Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1879, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 187—TWELVEE PAGER. THE COURT —_— t Decision by the quumo p%‘:::c in the Matter of Special k Asgearments, — of Opinions by the Ape : ' 4 Batch 3 A pellate Bench ‘of the First . District. 2 . Appeals from the Ap- s :l‘lfntc 'l)cclalnn in the Gago Casec. e s Newspapsr for Libel and @etting Six Cents Dam- ages. —_— solvencies Ne‘:’roxizsltsjudlgnmems, Co;]- tesstons, Etc. galng wme e Di- ratlon-Connsel Bontleld yeflerdny re- .d(;g:‘v‘n'm opinlon of the Supremas Court In the et doct Bigelow va. The City pf Chican, It e opeal trom i Apvifeatlon for the eon- ;n stlonof a epecial ssrcesment to meet he (;:‘flllc of wiiening Btute street to o wl.dtll of Ortecttrom Harrlsunto Twelidhiatreet. Fotlow- e s asynopsie of the opinfon,which was deliv. eted by Juatice Sheldons There was atipnlution fo the case that Sinte scet I 120 et wide from the efver to Madison frrect, 100 fect from Madlsan to Juckion, 7 fmm.'mkmn to 1larrison, &ith condemoation roceedings to widen to 100 feet hetween these :.mu: 73 feot while from flarrison to Twenty- et 0 feet from Twenty-eecond to the city fnte. 1t appeared In the asscssment-roll that no lots north of Marrisun street or sonth of Twel(th street are thereny aescesed. Tho only acston prescnted fsas tu headmissibility of the owing evidenco by which appetlant offercd to siow that the real estate norit of Harrlson sirect wonld he eapecinlly benefited by the im- provement not lesn thap &0,000, aud real estate southof Twelith not Jess than $20,0005 **und S the assersment, o8 lovicd upon property Jetween Hlarrison sud Twelflh strects, was Jeried In the ratio of tho benefita.to the lots rapectively.” The evllence was ubjected to, and the objection sustained hy the Court. The case was presented on this eviidence, Ger, 245 of the act relating to citfes and villages, undee which this proceeding is had, Thich provides tor 1he trial by Jury aftee theres (urn of the sssersnent roll, declares that if it shall appear that the premises of the objector wre ascessed wiore or Jess than they will bobene- fted, or than thelr proportionate sbare of the qostof the lmprovement, the fury shall fofind, and mlso the mnount for ‘which such gremises ooght to be sssessed, nwl judgment rendered sccordingly, The evidence offered bo- log that TIE FROPEATY NOT ABBESSED was benefited the Improvement, and so that ) {iet cost was assessed tipon a part of the '3 yroperty benetited, it fa contended thiat the facts offered to be proved would establlsh that every Jot ubjected for was assesked more than its pro- portionate ehare of the cost of the Improvement, which was the defense sought to be made. But fee. 139, preseribing the duties of the Com- missloners, und Sec. 145 atating the' fssucs, nust Lo construcd tozetber. By, Nec. 1 it is made the duty of the Cum- missionera to examioo the . Jocallty where \he dmprovement s proposed " to he made and the lots that will Le specially Lencfited, and to estimate what proportion of e total cost of the Improvement will be of benetit to thy publle, and what proportion therent will be of benefit 1o the property to bo benefited, and appurtion the samic between the oty or ¥lilage and such property, so that cach suwl bear its relative equitabla proportion, uud, laving pald sakd amounts, to apportion and amess the amounts 8o pald to be of beuefit to the property, ubun the sevoral lots in the pro- portin ta ‘which they will be severally bene- fired, provided that wo lot shall be nasessed o freater amount than it will be actunlly bene- Bed. Thiess twu thingse in making the ossoss-* ment by . the Commissioners, under Bee. 18, to asscas the lots n the proportion In wilh they will ‘Lo severally beefited,” aud that oo lot “ghinil bo asseased o greater awount than it will be actuelly henefited,” ap- peared to bo what s put in issuc by Sec. 143, it would seew that the worda ' proportion- al share of the vost of the fmprovement " inthe Atter section should have no other meuniny than the words * propurtion in which they wi Ye eevetally benelted, ' ln8ce, 189, 1f the pro- portiunate share of the cost of the fmprovement. taken In its litoral meaning may be gone into, os clumed by wppellont, it would, s it seems, upen the lnq\-lrg as to whether the relative pro- rtions of public benetits nud special bonetits nd been correctiy fixed by the Commissioncre, 2 nquiry which wes " held not permissi- blo i Fagin ve. Chicago, 8¢ 1IL, 27, And, lodeed, thy wbolo questfon would wem to bhave been dellvered ln that casc adversely to the posltion of appellauts, In that case It was held that the examination of Mlinesses must be confined to o comparison of the assessmments objected to on a particuiar lot with a gencra) asacasment ngalnst all the other lots. {4 was wae ther the articular lot was overor under psscssed in proportion to the Feneral asacssmicut—not under or over asseased shen compared with property any and ever; where In the city, whicl, according to fanclful uutlons of witneascs, might be thought to be tenetited, but whether the nssessment was just 'y made fu pioportion to the nascssment on the uhwrlute I the ceneral assesswent ozalnet '," the oihier lots, thus Hmiting the scops of the luaulry before the jury to the property ncluded 10 the ssecssmunt roll. Under this geustun, the evideuce offered bera as to Muelber property uorth and uth of Ue terrltory embraced In the ussmunt ioll was lnwml{ benetited Lo have been proper- hrunlunh'd 23 lrrelevant, because without the ijsle s beyond the weone of the fnvestigation. it oointurl coneludes by ssylog, * We are of ke upinian tiat the action of thy Commissiun- e under the declslons of this Court und under e p:sl\;uullono of n‘n ct in question shouid be clusive os to the liwit of property ape- ::l;y ll;;ufinua.l 5 }‘uiulmr 100 er7ot b 1ho pxere ie offerad e } ' il o affira i teatimony, the judgment ,u"_“d;: Lickey, having been of connsol for the S5 0 ot participate fu the declsion of this i R e Emt s L L LS ety R BIX CENTS DAMAGES, tw Yorx Times of daturday hos on Iy s{ra relative ta the sutt. brouglt ugainat 1t mv;' Ellison B. Kelit, of South” Carolln A1t the Jury, Friday, found & verdict agalust -l;‘nma for alx ceuts dumages. Sewoky Ls doubted, anys the Limes, whother & e Ilanfzr tan b ot once agurcsslve, fearless, flu L[a dent without betug more or less selmently sued for fibcl” In theas days of ot lUx« lnwferl.llult against & newspaper e fimmn y & very expensive Juxury lor N},."“HHL lu nine cusea out of ten, theie i 1lre Instituted merely to silcuee uupfeasans ll::‘\-.:"' or Iuduce the publlc to belieya that .“"h Ul sssailed Is euger to vindicats bimsell, (rigSTEet tuajurity ol these sults never come Lo he sult, however, b L y y brought by Col. Keltt be- :73'»‘:";“’ Guite u different uu-gfry. ‘Itie platu- TefmEsy % kricvance for which be mistook s Yot Uy, Lhe detendaot bad uawittingly caused i :v:nl uiorthicativn 10 & woat eetimable und Dn" bl centlemun, tor which amiple satisfac- o _:.u Lot accorded bim, No injury was - ]m«l_lwm\;h could be sppraised o 8 court of umiT No wlsunderstandivg existed which o m'mnu-rrhun_gu of views could not have re- vl xllh-. Keitt sucd the Tunes for jujury “‘-w”h 's reputation by the publication uf & ol Matliz that Coll Keltt, of Newbury, 8, Viaay Levy arrestcd on & charge | of va While thu person really * argested ol omas Keilt, ‘of ~Newbucy, & fore P loéz_n, born on the Keitt ” plantation, d.n_\:‘ hu-urd us & chuttel by K 8, heut. The "i'ul:l sl w subsequent parazraph to which Wufiuluu Wus justiticd sssumed Lie reputad Inioper ChbviabiL Of the wulitto 1o bis furaer g h Llck weacruion (urieked the sulmus of '-uul";wm-u“""‘ The Times ways tuw, 48 it b oave douo ot sny . thae Lad . the proof R sty that thes refationabip rested on 1 casual oy, e Inneuage of the dis- It i ot ke w cleur euouyss distiuction o ‘IJI(A- 1wu Hudtta, wind, though it coutd by th‘n:‘x”[“ rglrfir huve ivra beld to apply to the o Ly thces who kuew biw, ita publivation oy ¥ eXLosed Dty 10 & qumewial sauo i f uoturicty, o1 which the Funes regrets to :Jblcu‘»l:um L RgON, e b W explauatory paragraph elicited by :J;f»ril"." froih Cule hentra entorncy did nok i 8 3UY such regret wae tnaiuly dus tw the fl:r.“l‘k]’.u‘- the desiand, Nalther explauation w:;.,i VRV Was souglt, but the pswe of the Kot #bubad writteu the privats letter teoi o rellia ou waich the dibpatch wos based. wase 1 b9t bound su giyg Uy the suurces erfurmation fur the purposes of ‘ufvgec- wisoformad. sud ik Sutdi fuctide the Zines Golda ‘eitive weasly biudiow. 14 whappre- The N Witoris) L AV ACS AT RET R RIS e EE S ek TfocaEEbabh e e YL - i Lubabrave wE o satisfactory explanation, Impressed U was {ncapable of pursulng any nbiect by mean or underhand methods. “If, then, fhe promist to pay'th uest as he mistook the mode of eliviting Better lc(]ul(nmn('n with_1liat gentleman had he paper with the conviction that he Ho admitted that his reputation had not suffercd from the publiea- tion of the allegcd ibel, but that he is not fr from the characteristic weakncss of the South- crn planter might be Inferred from his peraist- ent prosecution of his suit, which indicated how keenly he resented the preteusion that bis fornér glave could possilily be spoken of in terma which were nlso applicablo to bimself. ‘Fhe moderation with which a Northern Jury had aporalsed the datnage which he had sustained might contribute to 1he educational process of whlfih he and men Mke bim stood so much in need, APPRLLATR COURT DRCISIONS. ‘The Appdllata Court et yesterday nfternoon and annoneed their decistons in the fulluwing caneat Iiy dudee Pleasanta: 200, Coddinglon vé, —— ——; affirmed, c vs. Reed: atlirme, Race vs, Biank; atlirined. City ve. MeUiwing atlirmed. . finterberger v Wendler, Reversed and remanded, ‘Flie poind on which It was reversed was breause the record fatied to show it the I.mnuur hal wade the proper demand belore hringing hils sutt in forelblo entry und dotainer, x’r‘r Dudye Bafley : ohinton ; afMrmed), iman i atllrined, 1H. Downe O'Counell; uilired, Morris va, Kean; afticmed, 140. Bli«s vs, Qurdner; ruversed and remanded, By dudge Murphy s 11, Withowsky vs. Deckert aflirmed. This wus & suit_on an ofllclal bond given by the Ireasurer of an Odd-Feltowa' Lodge, ‘The chief detensy was that the buoks ol the Treasuror werg not coneluslvo os to the anount fu i Hhiiinle, but the Court hela—follossing thelr des cisfon in the Qage _coss an precisely the same. point—thnt he wid b8 sureties were estopped from [mpeaching the evidence of Lis bovks. 10, Goodrieh ve, Lincoln ilinned, 114, Divkersun va. Grant; allirmed. 45, Ilyde Park va. Corwith atlinned. This wan # proceeding 10 levy a tax to pay for local Improvenents, such as laying water-malns fo certuln streets i Myde Park, ‘The asecas- ment, was fn pursu of an ordi- nunee for radsing ta with which to pay the actusl cust of finprovements, The Commissioners estimated (hu sssessment at 80,203,758, but in fact it amonnted to $16,415, the surplus 810,100 bemg added for the purpose of makiuz property contribute its share to the originud cost of the water-works, which thefown Tad pald for several The Court held thut could not be done, beeause the ordinaice did not costemplste {t. No such power wus given the ‘Frustees. The ordinance was thelr only authority, und it gave no such power to fuelude an llem for improvements uade years ago. The fjudyment of the Cours below deny- ‘g & conflrmation of the nssessment was there- fore eorrect, 40, Melntosh vs. People. 4l. Tavlor vs. Bame, 163 Falrtleld va, Sume; all afrmed. These cases fovolved the legality of the tax levy by the vity in pursuance of the act of 1877 for the collection of the taxes which it bad falled to coblectunder “ BHIRO.Y The Courteafd they bad listeued tu efaborate arguments in the cases, hut had reuched thie coticlusion that the law was not uucomtitutiusal, und that the proceeding under it was warcanted, They felt elad to be able to declars the procecdlvg lezal, and they oleo felt it was equltable. The uesensment was for 811,000,000 of taxes for the vears 1998 and 1674, Of this amount $7,000,000 hiad been pald by the more dutiful citizens. ‘I'he partics who had been contesting thetaxes had enjoyed the same protection os holind pald, and they vuglit to pay thelr ‘I'he authorities were uniform Uit the act of 1877 was not Jllegal, and the declsion of the Cowt below continning the usscssment -would be affirmed. 123, Hurd vs, Marple; reveorsed nnd semanded. ‘This was o suit by appellee agajust nr cllant as pguarantor of a note mads by the Highland Park Tullding Assoclation. ‘The eppellee had mado an agreement with the maker for the extension ot payment oo conalderation of the payment of 18 per cent interest, A demurrer was in- terposedd and sustained. The Appellate Court held this was error. It was not easy, Judye Murphy sald, to sce why, If the facts afleged in the plea were true, it would not be a good de- fense. ‘I'hongh the agreement to puy uniawful Interest mizht not be a good conslderation until pald, yet a corporativn by atatuto was prevent. el ffom setting up euchi o ples, und, i the ab- sence of fraud, the contract was binding on it. e oxtr 8 per con! was a binuing promise, it was a good consider: tion for an arrcement to extend the time af pay- ment ns specitied. The fact that the appellce rovcived such payments of intercat froin her ogent was sufllcient to justity the couclusion that she was awaro of the agreeincnt for exten- stun tnade by him, The judgment of the Court betow sustaining the demurrer would therefore Le reversed. X 117. Gray vs. Agoew; petition or frehearlng grauted. 4. City vs. Gagre. This came up on a motion to chango tho order, 8o a8 to reverse the case without retomnding §t. Juage Murphy 83id ho was wiliing tv do ail he could to accom- modate the city, as the case was one of greut importance, und he would therefore grant the petition chianging the form of the order, He nsked Mr. Bonileld what he wished to do, a8 the wwenty duys in which to take an appeal hiod ex- pired, Mr. Bonficld sald he wished to make n motion to have tho former order vacated and o new one entered reversing tho cose only. After somo 1ittie talk this was agreed to, aud tho flual order in the caso was entered as of vesterday, This gives twenty days from R‘mer-lny. therefore, in which to nppeal, instead ot twenty duys trom the date of the former opinlon, Mr, Bondeld {mmediutely asked for an appeal, which was al- lowed without bond. DIFORCES, Mary A. Ifoughton Hled o bIll yesterday agalust heg husband, John Leater Jlouzhiton, asking for o divorce on the ground of cruelty und drunkenness, . Tiela E. Lorsen also filea a petitton for slonlar relief, charglog her Lusbaud, Edward Lursen, with adultery, Judue Moore yestérday granted n divorce to Alcxander B, Woods from Estelio A Woods on the ground of desertion, and to Harriet E. from William F. Wolcatl for the same cause, reas Bradlord Hancock was appointed Assigoee of Danfel W, Buker, 1, E. Jenking waos vlectad Asalgnee of George B. Thorpe. Au Assiguce will be chosen this morning for Wallace W. Hall, UNITAD STATES COURTY. Lovey France filed « bill yesterday apajust Noah Haloy und lsract J. Krack ta foreclose a wortgage jor $1,200 un the N, Y. a{ of the N. {‘I.g“ und tho N, 3§ ot the N, W, 3 of Bec. 'Tho Connectieut Mutual Life Insurance Company tied a LIl arainse Hlerbert M, und Ellen J, Tiaydon, Harrie E. llaydou, Mary ¥, Haydoo, Sat C. und Fannle "C, Heald, R doloh Behlocsser, C. 1. Mosher, F. D. Uray, Motes Uray, Willlawn Burt, L. M. Bhreve, Murk Bkinuer and Auson 3perry to forecloss 8 mort- fzazzo for $10,000 un Lots 1 Haydon' dubdivision of Orizinal Lo to 48, both fo- clusive, of Tuonos’ Bubdl 0 of Block 87, In the Canal Trustees' Subdtvision of the W, 3§ of Bee. 27, 89, 14 CINCUIT COUNT. August Fischer coinmencd s sult in trespass agminst Maria Backlaus, clafmnlug $5,000 daw- ages. K\\'. K. Morris and Lucy M. Morrls began a suit for $10,000 damages ugatost Jobu Covert. CRIMINAL COLNT. Thomas Linton and Henry guiity 10 buriglary, sud were remanded, Huury Btevong pleaded gulity to larceny, and Was scit to full. Ann Taylor, Carrie Robinson, and Ana Quizn pleaded gullty to recuiviug stolen property, sud were remanded, Eiunl Hsusou and Danlel Connors pleaded gullty to stealiug a lot of Lides, wud were re- wanded. - laney pleaded TUE CALL. Jupur Brobassr—otions. Tue ArrzrLatié Counr—In chambers. Jupox Gany—1d4, 128, 1o 132, 131, 135, 138, 140, 143 to 151, =)l Inclusive.. No,' 123, Me- Kiobey ve. U on trial, ~Asslaia Judge Gary, No «¢ JrouT Jaxka ou tral. Jrovug Moonx~30, 37, 88, 39, No. M, Fltz- slwinone ve. Filzainiwous, oo tnal. Jurnax Rovrns—44Y, 440, 443 to 4563, fa- ciusive, No case o telal. Jupux BuoTn—5S0d, . 600 to 515, inclusive, Chicago Weat Divison Ral- No. 48b. Mouroe v way Cowpony, v trial. £ _Junux Panwsii—1, U87, Wallsce ve, Carpentor- Na. 608, Tyaon va. Tyeon, ou Lot Jupur Loois—fusuivecy osw of Empirs Fite lusuraues. Cumpany ot 10 o'clock. Noa. 1023, 1,001, 1,646, 1,048, 10w, 1,050, 1,030, 1,057, ot Lt e . 850, 800, 874, 809, 818, rpot WiLLlaus—Nor. 835! N 811, and 816 % P JUDGMENTS. STrenion Covnr—Coxyersioks—W. 8. Hlokley ve. Wiilielm Waiter, $107.47. Ciret1r Lot kr- Codressions—Pailip Borger ve. Juh Poleuoury sud Jobs Heinle, $130. 83, Junay Rooxus—Puter Uayaou ¢hal. v, Law- rence 8. Deardals Rushing the Southern Pacific The Wheat, Raisine, Wine, and 0il of " of Trade renders know that Adelaide wheat is 'FRISCO CAUSERIES. Road into Arizona. the Pacifle Const, A Model Gans Inspector and PPolice Department. New-Year's Day Among the Mongols ~--Distressed Domocrats. Selling Steek-Deard Seafs--llnge Holsting-Works ---Spiritnalistic Specnlation, Brecial Correapondencs of The Tribune, 8An ¥nancisco, Jan, Zh—It may well be doubted whiker any raflroad constructed in thnes of peace has been pursued with greater vigor than the Arfzoun extension of the Bouth- ern Pacltle line. The stages will fu s few days make Glla Bend—a point over elghty mlles frqm Yuma—thelr place of departure. At this point the rallroad feaves the Gila River amd slarts across the Maricopa Desert, it belng the Intentlon to reach Marlcopa Wells within two months from this, It {8 pleasant to know that (thonks to the Irrigation from the Glla) plenty of wheat and barley Is already growing vo the ranchies scattered along that part of the lne now completed—and (hat the temperature, warying from about 30° at midday to say 50 nt night, Is such as to fuvite invalids scekinga warm cllmate. ‘The advantases of this road can rearcely be appreciated by those who have never met prospectors {n Arlzona complalning becsuse there was no loeal morket for thelr ores, mincrs grumbling hecause thelr wazes were In arrcars, and mine-owners growling because the expense of transportiog a ten-stamp mill or a Davis pul- werizer across the Territory was as great as thu cust of the mill or crusher jtscll. OXCR AT TUCSON 1t would be Impossible to predict where the rafl- road will go to, but the lioe acroes the Mexiean bonudary to Guaymag is more than Hicely to be coustructed within the next two or three years. Callfornlans scon long way alead, uml rome- body having heard that en Amerlcan now living in Bouth Africa had sold sixty ostriches fur £17,000, and a pound of thefr feathers for $560, now suggests that Southern Arizoua be made an ostricheratslug country. I §sto be hoped the provosition may ncet with suceess, Mean- while another ncelimating experiment of equal uterest hae just been made, twenty-one pralrie-chickens [rom Topcka, Kan., laving sturted yesterday by the Australia for Aucklund) on & 7,500-mlle trip. They are to be followeda by other consigninents of a similar character, On the other hand, Adelnldo §s sending a dittie wheat here for seeding purposes, Your Board not even excelled by the Algerian Tuzelle, but Adelntac wheat grown on California soil fs sev- eral grades above the vrigloal article, With all thefr genmbling, CALIPORNIANS ARE PROUD OF THREIR CLIMATE. They have learned with the highest satisfaction that thelr raisins are considered In the East cqual to the best Mnlagn ralsius, awd, as their climate Is drier than that of Spaln, they antlei- patean Increasing demand theretor, as well as for their barley, which your Milwaukee neigh- Yora are ordering fu small quantitics. Thero Is much Indigmation expressed at the adultcration in and doctoring of California winca which has been going on {n the Eust for some thae. [Ilere it Is casy to got pood ordiuary wine at rates which somewhat approximate the prices current in France. At.one of the best ctubs in the city, for fnstance, a capital Celifornla claret 1s furnished members at the rvate ot 25 cents for a small bottle, and _at Lucky Baidwin'e 69,000-acre ranch, near Los Augdles, you can flud as £ood port nud shereyas any fmported, In a fow years wine-growing here may bo expected to pay large profits; at present, shivping grapes to the Atlantie States s moderatelv prafitable. Botn grapesaiud pears from here reach Eastcrn citlcs several week ahead of the home kupoites, wind it wiil not by :IIEI“LL ero Californla shall shlp ber orunges to the s TIIE ORANGE GROVES A near Los Angcles have scarcely sustained any damape whatever from the recent frosts, and letters from there speal hopefully of the pros- pects for next season, ‘Ihe late ofl discoverles these are much more Impurtant than was at firat supposed, o powerful stream having heen struck at ono place, which spouted fifteen feet futo the air, fowing 6o rapidly as specdily to 1ill nnum- ber of tanks contalning 253 barrels cach, und necessitating an finmedlate manufzcture of o large quantity of new tanks, At present over 100'sarrels of ofl are running away dally, ad the flow fs fncrensing. Petroleuu is valuablo here, s, owing to the high price of gus—83 per 1,000 fect—mauny largo establishments burn olt peuding the introduction of THE NEW ELECTRIC LIGNT. Itis greatly to be regretted that the two com- punivs lotely estublished here do not seem in- clified to o ahicad In supplying us with this electrie fight, and it {s an nnpleasantly aliznitl- cant fact that Gus Cownpany’s stock, which a few weoks ago had fallen to 7, is now eazerly soughit nfter at 78 to 50, At the stockhiolders’ meeting, held yesterday, it was confldently announced that there was ho_occaslon for alurm, and that, while the electric Hzht might become available for large wpac flll would continue to bold supremiscy as_an llumiuator of bulldings und strecta. ‘The Company hus 400 miles of servics- pipe and 13,000 connectinna, cmploying 13,000 metera, It is noteworthy thut the City (ns In- spector sticks to his post, notwithstanting the redquetion of his_salary from §200 to $100 per mouth. Bomo of the taxpayers now suggest that the city ought really to chargo him $100 a month for thie privilege of holding ub ofllee und— doing notbing. Tu is fnpowsible to say which deserves the most pralse, the Uas Inspector or TN POLICE DEFARTIULNT, A few hundred members of the police force have beon eceking for weeks past to serve 8 subpzus ot Edward Ewald, the gentleman who is credited with befug 1he chiel furnisher of teacbers' exnmiggtion-napers un this coost, Dutlog the rocenWuyestieatton by the Board of Educatton Into this pleasunt little matter of purchase und salo, {t was trequently remarked that Ewall might be sten sereral (imes a day at his old baunts fu town, und the newspapers cantained eports of various interylewe with this excellent educator of youth. Not only this, Db they published n_long ltter from’ Ewaid himself, writieu fu this city, yet for all that the oticers vannot tind hiu, wid “all we bear gow about the fuvestization Is that & nutaber of the teachers who were Investigated out of positions are dofoz their luvel best to bo reinstated, On the other hund, it 1s sutisfactory to know that the ** Let-uo-gutlty-mau-escape ¥ policy 1s fully carried out bere, the zealous ollicers having the other doy arrested & blind man sud procured his couviction for begaing, ‘They are also very efticient fu capturlny Cnineso violutors of the Pure-Air law, sud aro sald to exercise strict fm- partiality In this reapect, always betng obls to ldmmy any Mongol, whother hie bo the otfender or uol, Just uow the Chinesuuro in the midst of their KONO GEX Oft NEW-YEAR'S PRSTIVALS, the 2ist—tlelr New-Year's Day—having been ushered 1 by the n'xuludimf ol fire-crackers, the clashing of cymbuls, wnd the deafenfug noist of recd-instruments. Ihe stores oro most of them closed for alx or elght days, und any Mougol who has not patd his old yesr's debts at the peginntug of the new one is cousidered some- what {u the light of & Jefauiter. ‘Whe fipm: lanterns, flars, and other oruawents hul the balcontes of houses in Chinatown attract large numbers of Amcrivay visitors, and the Mongols ars always ready to weicoms respect- sbic persons ad guests, {nviting them to partake of wine aud teg, Cufnesc swectineats, candy, atl oranges. It is worth while paving a few such visits if only to_observe the gruve diguity with which somy Chincse will enter, mak, found salaam, clasp both bis own hands, Chinese fashion of suakiug bands,—and Qeposit his red-paper card, whereo! nume aud rauk, ths slze of the chi 8 de- pending ou the tan'y position, Ou such ve- casions :l“ “fi wory 111 ‘: e chndrm: nu‘l 1adies than ondwarlly,” the latter apoearing in new tuulcs, with bet balv olled and braided, and feet Incased In then ra bis TUE DAINTIEST OF SUOES. © Quite a numder of the chlidren undorstand Eoglsh, und some of thun will even remove tbelr cups und sulute sccordwz to American fashion. A geoeral dcaniug-up took plece ln Cuinatown in orger worthily to celebrate tho festival, and new clothes, a cleau shave, undiuore hiquor thah usual were wInoDg the most notives- ble features of New-Year's Day. At such times the Cucasian Eousebolder 18 very gps to loco Lus Chinees belp, Jobn, wio peibkabs Knew nothing of hia dut! service, and whom vou have Lag struce In the mysteries of househnld re iy probably tel] you that he is forced to i you for ashort time, bt that he hu a “eous Who Ia equally well fitted for tie i chancus are thist the (0 will tlne he has become a valuatie rervi may want to depart. Ecandinavian help fs what 18 preferred here, or rathor 16 wos unul Kinge Kearncy undertuok to gather wing the beandinavlans of this clt his edict ra 10 how they wera (o (ol aelve: zen palt ¥ creasor, 1y by the t, he, too, 0, ke lils pro have to be shown eversthing, under his nl Iseug et i m- He has for some time past raled the Uerman warkingmen here oxing to there being among them so many **Bocal Nemoerats,” Among these Teutons no littie distress prevalts et now, and the very eillicdent Gernan Coneul, Mr. A. Rosenthal, has his hands more than full, RVEN THE BINCK BOARDS are feellng the cfTect of bard times, and the Cualllurn 0 dsclared a divides meinber, now offers to dispose of ten Basnd #eats at the not very bigh fiure of 85 aplece to new somb change Buard, which iately d or &30 per share to cach member of he San Francsco B 15,00 for having Gong business beneath the reculation minhnuny 1on of one-guarier of § per , had t his seat,—worth fully £20,04A)—owing to his inavility to pay the fine. Should the of things continue, we tiay posst- biy find stockholders fv mlves grumbling at Imrln‘f to piy asserrments dn onler that the I'resldent of the mine may get his £23), the Superintendent bis $300 to S0, per month, nrt 1he miners thelr $4 per doy. AL resent fhere £eenta uo tendeney to economize on thie part of manavers of miies, the North Consolidated Virginia having just had campleted THE CONTLIEST HOISTING WORKR ever produced for any wine in the world, The contract price of this machinery—the construc- tion of which has oceupled fuur months—is fixed at $160,000, ‘Ihe power for drivimg the ma- chiuery will be furnishied by steam eenerated from four tubular bollers, euch of Afty-fuur inchies diameter and sixteen leet long,” daly tested at 120 pounds to the equiare tuch, Tl eylinders ot the two engines are cach of twenty- ciwhit inches dameter, amd of elgnt feet siroke. There aro two shafts of the mune, nud by @ subsidinry engino {t wil be possible for the crank shiaft to hoiat the cage trom une shalt of the inine winl for another to b lowered fntu the mine ut the samc time, ‘The cage of either ntnn. may be rafsed at the blowd-curdling rate o rresent swate ONE MILR A MINUTE, It is to bo hoped that as the North Consoll- dated Virginia is a8 yet merely a inine with wprospeets,” the Directars consulted some uf Alie famous spivit mediums before Incurring all this expense, It §s considered quite the proper thing for mining men to ger their “poluts™ from the mediume, und §f all une liears bo true the spirits ought to bo credited with w lurge share of the $100,000,000 acquired by the Bo- nanza Kiugs, Certain (L 18 that prospectors who come to you with their pockets full of rocks will confidentlally inform you tlit Ars, Hood- winker, tho famous seer, has told thews that hey have got a Lrue flusure vein,—and if you are wise you will shake your hend and let echo au- swer, ‘* vain,” I must not known autbor, n couraged by the suc w York ferald etters on the mines, Is at present engaged on n extensive Dustrated work deseriptive of the Comstock, It 18 10 be published as au edition de {uze, nind will doubtless find o rendy sale, even though, aa seems now probable, the Cumetock shouid at the time of its publication be less productive than THE DODIE DISTRICT, Within the next few months Important de- velopments must be looked for from the Just named reglon. Your readers are famlllar with tire recent rich strikes in the Standard und South RBulwor Mives: the Bodle Itsell {s estd to be looking better than ever, and now the Dudley und ‘Tloga Mines ars cach ru?urlnd as having sgtruck ™ it. What with the Lewdville mines, the Utah mineral deposits, Bodie ore Lodics, and Arizoun *‘8ilver Kings,"” the Comstock bids fair in a short time to be completely cust into the shade, and perhaps even to num- bered among the thinga that were, C. 1L 11, skl A PERILOUS TRIP. Carcer of n Runaway Traln on the orse- shoo Bend=Tho Alr-lirukes Refuso to Act, Isttaburg Telegrauh, ‘The passcagers on board oue of the night. ex- press trains between this ity und Philadelphia are probably. unawara to the present. day.of. the {mminent perfl throurh which they passed while crossing the Allegheny Monntalns at the timo entioned, for it was by the prompt action of the engineer, who, by the way, Is oite the tmost ellable men in the employ of the Company, that o terriblo aceident was averted. And It way be remarked fu this connection that the craft of lo- comotive engincers und firemen everywhere ia wenerully compored of men of nerve and self- rellance, to which traits of character tn many of tho fraternity the traveltng publie stiould be gratetul for the prescrvation of Jfe In {nstances of which they did not dream. ‘The long tunnel this side of Galitzen had just been passed _on the nlzht In question, the train of three bugunge, three cosci, nnd threo sleeplug-cors was presently traveling at the usual speed down and around the sloping curves on the other sidy of the Alleghenies. The reg uintion speed, or that at which engincers ure requlred to travel while golng down the mount- afns, 18 tixed by the authoritics of the road at about fifteen niles ver hour, und all conduct- ora are cautioned a8 to the responsibitity they Iucur in golux at & higher rate, ‘Phie enginecrs, fu consequence, aro careful to keep thefr cae rines well under control, and it i not infre- quentthat the Westinghouse alr-brake is applted ta the trumn fu order that the rules of tha sched- ule may be properly observed, ‘The latter plan was usually adopted vy the encivcer concerned in the present adventure, but in thls instance ho was peculiarly pstonished when be attempted to the tendency of the truin to yush down grade, to tind thut the braiie apparent- 1y refused to perform its nccustomed duties. A cnflliog e tlon took possession of him for an tnstant when he further discovered that thy apeed of thy train wus hecominige more rapla each moment. Apprehcuding ao unfurtunate bréak in sotne portion of the apparatus, ho vet turned on the valve controlling the atinosphere o swith grester force, but there was no respou. his efforts, 1o even less time tbau 1t takes to relate the fact the train bad svsumed a velocity of thirty miles an hourl Ordinury as thisspeed would he ou 8 level road, it becaime o matter of the most perflous interest ou the steep slope of the Alleghenies, snd as tho momentum was bu- coming greater and greater, owlng to the free vondition of the awiitly-revoiving wheels, the exeitement prodaced can roadily be fmagined, Comprehending (ull well the finmbnent danger of the situstion, the cugineer, as a resort, ngain applied the alr-brake, giving the vontrive snce, which o addition to Its urcat power is ro- markable for {ts simpllcity und the alinoast lime pusslbility of gettimz out of order, the full bens etit of Jus most powerful force, but the effurt wus enbirely uscless, as lu no way did the traln glve evideiice of slacking up. An enclocer of an exeitable temperament at this teiriblo june- turg would no doubt have shut off the steam, und reversed his lever, but fn this Instance the cool but quick calculation of the englucer overs came_that extremity, which, i resorted to, would have ln«:vuubfy produced a cosuuity of startting proportions. Buch an effort could have been successfully accomplished had the train been gulog at ‘& speed of ouly a fow miles per lour, but in this case the cylinder heads of the enziny would have blown out betore it bad traveled ten yards, and the catastropbe would Lave been thus preclpdtated. Wutie the englueer, churced a3 Lo wus witn the preclous of lives bundreds of unsuspecting passenuery, was, for amotaent, making up his it us to what plan be should pursue in Lis verilous emergency, the specd of hils train wus meanwhile apuroaching & frightful rapidity, ‘Ihie Horieshos curve wus now but & few miles below thu swiltly sporoachiog traln, wud the quickly passing scencry of the uwiountalns, which, ou any other occusion, would have been nteresting to Jook upos, assutmud puantasmic torm, as tue brilliant glare trom the beadbpht revealed how awiltly (ke interventog grouad was being covered. 1t required but & briet apace of thnu for the engineer to form bis resolution, snd he was quwk to put it futo effect, ‘Fhie ireman, 8 youug wan jo Whe service, who was mokiog bis tirst teip ou a throush 1ruln, nud who was nearly trightened out of s wits, was restored Lo his sons ¥ 80 autboritu- tive command to man the bruke on the tender, und, us be procecded to wurk, the shirlll, sharp signal for “down brakes" resoundod oo the alr, and then the enginecr, with bis hand touch- fug the whistle cord, awslicd an answer, “Len seconds elspacd, and there was ho apparent decreuse 10 the speed of the iyl traly, Au- other violent pull oo 1be cord, uidd another shurp sound reverberuted througs e Llils, but it wus appurcutly as Iruiticas of result as e trst. ‘Ihie conductor and crew of brakeuen on board e traju, who bad been oo duty for a period of twelve days, und who bad ot securcd Nature's tull stlowunce of slecp, Were at (e present périlous woment lakiug. & beuelt, sud it waa not untll the fourth wurning signal wus made thut one of the Lrakeinen wus aroused. 1o the weaotimo the faitnful eéngloeer had become thuroughly frighteued {or tue tirst tiwe during the adveuture, and cold beads of per- woiration started trous kis brow, “Fhe terrlied Lrewal, gwikg e by o2 atecvuty bad given o t to mentfon tliat the well- I Btenhiouse, en- bis position at the brake, and awaited the shock that seemed unavolisble. Both of thein wera elieved from thelr terrible suspense when, at the fourth sound from (he whistle, the sparka were ree to fIv froin the wheels of the rear cary mnd presently from those all along the train. ‘The slenal had been heard by one of the brake nien, who at once slarmed the rest of the crew, and {t was nat long before the brakes were apolled and the speed of the teain reduced to 1he accustomei schedule time. But a ver few of the paseengers were awekened, and {f ao, were cither too sleepy to care inuch or ‘tlse did not drean of the terrible ordeal theongh which they had passed. \When the teain redelied Altoona su examination waa fn- stitnted In order to ascertain wlat had led to tho escapade of the train, when it was found that ome of the nigcl connecting with the alr ¢ylinder underneath the forward baggage-car had become rusted, and_was also considerably worn, #0 that, when the firast_attempt was made toput on the brake, it nad becotne loosened from Its position, of courne, all attempts after- ward to utllize the ingeniuus fnvention were in valu, o8 the air escaped as fast an it was forced frum the enelne, and the current thronghout the entlre lTength of the traln destroyed. Al- thourh the plucky engineer and his fireman Liad been wnplicated in Some pretty wild adventures betore this extraordinary occurrence, they feel #atlrfled tht It was the most severe ordeal of thelr raiironding expuriencer, ami the recoliee- tion of the terrible ride will no doubt never be tully effaced from thelr memories, ——— WASHINGTON SOCIETY. An Abwndancs of Itecoptlons, but Tew Gvening Kutortalnmentseilutel Hops— Grand Dinners=Scandal-Makers—=Rulors of the Lobby—New Kpanlsh Minister—Exit latinncy aud Re-enter Chandler—~The Line Abvlishcdeiinnors to Cushing =Tl Kpoffords—tien, Itanks to 1o n Mar- shaleThe Arllugion Cometery—Gen. Tay- lor's Daughter HBetty—Statuo of Rough- nnd-teady—~Atnsementa-Chint Taples, Epeelal Correspondence of The Tribtine, WasntnotoN, D, C., Jan. 25,—~The * season ** drage wearlly along, and those who pride them- selveson befng in “roclety ' will be glad to Lear {ta knell sounded by the matin balls of Lent. o be sure, there has been no lack of re- ceptions, Mrs, llayes bas recelved every Satur- day, the wives of e Judges of the Bupreme Court have recelved every Manday, the laales who are refated to the members of the Eabinet have clved every Thursdav,—In short, the houses of all our high uflicials have been opened one day In the week, amd there has been no lack of visitors, Bul the matrons and maldens who bave industriously goue from drawmg-room to drawing-room expected In return to roceive In- vitations to EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS ot the places which they visiterd, und thus far none have heen given. tientlemen have been invited to dinner-partics, but there has been no lisposition shuwn to invite hundreds of people, furnish them witn music for daucing, wid then give them a suppor. **Soclety ! begaun to de- spair, wheu a substitute was found jn 1OTRL NOPS attherival caravanseries. Thesearetypleal Washe ington entertafnments. Senators and sutlers, Uenerals and gamblers, diplumats and dead- deads, with ladies of Lizh and low degree, mect at thesa hotel-hovs, and liave » good thna gen- crally. The tadies display their most stunoing toflettes, and those gentlemen who are disposed to finbibe make frequent visits to the bar-room of the establishment. On Friday nlght there were rival *hops” at Willard's und at the Na- tlonal, the latter having the wost distioguished uests, while the Shoddy and Veueer people were fn full force at Willard’s, Frominent auong THE BWELL DINNERS of the week was one piven by Admiral Porter at the house on H street fn which he planted so much of his large share of prize-moncy won during the War. Anotler stately feed was at the Brittsh Lewativn, whers the dignlied butler, in full cvening dreas, serves the wines, whilea walter tn. corgeous livery stands behind each chalr, Benators Buyard, Edmunds, ‘Thurman, und Morrlll have atso given large dluner-partics, vo ladies—not even the mistress of the louse— golng to (he tablew s+~ oo o THE OREAT WHITRWARIED Representative from Louistana, Acklen the mag- niticent, hoa not had his name In the papers dur- ng the past week. and socloty continues to give him the cold shoulder. Mrs. Godfrey, whoae namo was wickedly coupled with hisat Welcker's reataurant last epring, 1s 8 sister of the wife of Represcutative Wiilis of New York, and n very lavudsume woman, recalling the imperious love- Huess of Mra, Senator Douglas when she was a bride, with “besuty fresh as worn,” Another imoerfal specimen of feminiue loveliness is rec- ognized as % the Queen of the Lobby,” who is ever teady to present some mcasures before Congress fu ah uttractive lght. A pout- ine lip sod o laughiog eve s more potent with many Congressmen than the most artful echeming of male lubby- ists, and ber Majesty nnderatands her busfoess. Arabella Crane did not take moro delight in teking that ungrateful and periidious tiger Jusper Losely than * the Queen of the Lobby does In throwing her nets over some wila and lawless rural Representative, und tighteniog her grasp until sho makes Lium vote aye or no at her will, regandiess of his party afiiliations or his home politics. As for TUR RING OF TAE LORST, genfal old Sam Ward, ke {s profoundly dis- pusted with the present Ilouss of Represcnta- tlves and its followers. e saga that he don't wind, when he has o mensureto *put through," eiving eood dinners to Congressmen, or sendine Laskets of champagne or Laxes of clgars to their rouma,—nny, bo takes picasure fn making loans when drasts are 1o be palil orsome other imme- diata demand for ready money arises. Dut ho cannot endure what he_ calls *centurions,” po- Hticad wire-putlers who have come here with 11 rural Congressmen whoss electiona th aldea in securine, and who now ofter, trol " & few vores on auy questions, lows are alwaya trylng TO ** KNOUK DOWN " UNCLE 8AM, and up to the hour of the vots o the Alabama claimns distributivn DIIL they expected that Lo would retaln tliem dn behalf of the insuranee Mr. Ward has an oflice [n & side These fel- companies. street near Willard's, neatly furnisticd, with o fow engravings, sonic shelves of rare [)ookn. a writing-table, und—a sldehoard. This Is always supplicd with the best Of wines amd Hauors, mid such men as ris, Bayunt, Anthony, Butler, und Sherman meet there, os the rival Greeks ured to meet on the Island of Delos, In peace, Jim Valentine, who was {ur years Ward's fucto- tum, is deud, und o queer wenius pamed Will- 1amyon vow does the hopors st the Eoatreet sldehoard i the ownes's absenvce. Mr, Ward 18 o ereat favarite amont the diplomats, who, by tho way, are just now duily expecting A NEW RECRUIT in the person of Scnor Dou Fellpe Mendor Vigo, who s to represcit Spain b Hu s not of ouy of the first fumilles of C. y but he haw worked bis way from a copvist's desk lu the Departmont of Forelyn Atfalrs at Madrid 1o hls vresent station, step b Ha i a manof rare attalnments, and Ie was especially setected to represent the Bpan- 1sh GGoverniucoy here, a8 it s proposed Lo cune clude a new commervial treaty Jowering the enormons rates of auty levied on (he products of the United Btates lmported into Cuba. SENATOU CHKISTIANCY bas finally aecided to Jeave Cougresaiodal duties {for & diplumatic position, Two of bis sons have been the weaus of aluost swambing hun, precus nianly, sud his bealth has falled siuce he hus hiad 10 breathe the bad air st the Capitol. As 1t 13 un wscertulued tact that Zach Ctiandler will Le bis successor, the President very hiudly offered the uld gentleman elther the mission 1o the con- solidated Ceutrul American States or that tu Peru, aud b chose the latter, Althoush some- what erratic in his party feaity, Mr, Chrlstlancy bias inade & mark in the Benaté as o good lawyer utd & close debater, Chaudler will, ot euurse, be welcomed back by bis numerous {riends, but it will be strauge to htmn, as 1t will be for Couk. ling, Logan, Edmunds, und otbiers of the Old Guard, 1o be in & minonity jn the Senate, whero they have been identitied with & wajority, Christlancy wil) take with biin bis youngest son, an dutelligont lad, but has oot fully declded whethier to bave bis youny wile go slung or se- wain 8t bome. MRS. SENATOR BRUCE. has conquered the prejudices of all ultra-Soutkiern Bourbous, und Lus rubblog out * the color-liue to & wouderful degree. Seoator Bruce resides iy a bandaomelv- furnished liouse on 3 streot, Détween Ninth wnd Teuth strects, which {s the wust fusbiouably quarter of the city, Mrs. Ilayes, Mra. Thowmp- sou, Mra. McCrary, and Mre. Ediunds Jed the way n culling ov ber, aud they have been fol- lowed by wany of ihe Lret veople, who ure Wasd pivssed WAl Nrde Lauses Bus wesy b age, Miss Josephine Wilson, and £be hing received A thorough edueation in En- glish, French, and German, speaking alt of the languages with great purity and fluency. Sho 13 of medinm bieht, comfortably stout, with a wealth of black gionsy halr, 8 DARK EYRS, MAGNIPICENT TRRTIT, antd an olive complexion, with red cheeks. One acquainted with the African race and those de- scentled from ft, recognizes In her nose and lipy #light traces of her parentage, bus there are twenty or more ladios in Aociety here—the wives of Congressmen or diplomats—wlio have darker complexione, The Mississippi Benator takes mintters philosophically, and sava that, while he ahall never attemot Lo force his way Into white tacfely, he cxperlences no Jack of civility or courtesy from his Congressfonal _associates, Downing, who nsed to feel 5o bad because he wasa't invited to the eptertaioments here, was alwass trying to push himself into white soclety, and consequently gut the cold shouider and much snubbing.” Bruce, more modest, Is every- where welcome, and so is his pretty wife. CALER CTAIING was handenmely eulogized a few evenings since by the Massachusetts tmen reslding here, al- though Hen Butler, who hadn't been Invited to rpeak, duin’t like the arrangements, and un- dertouk 1o get wp & larger aemonstration fa the llouse of Hepresentatives, Tho Laowell Brigadier nad better let well alone, anid not tnrn on the calcium Ifghts now that Cushing is pass- ing into history, Cushing was the Anron Burr of this generation. Like the orizinal plotter of sccesaion, “tho firat citizen of Newburs- port ™ was an industrious scholar, a shrawd jaw- yer, 8 gallant soldier, a gallant Jover of the fair #ex, a changeable politician, And & man not cast down by disappointraents, Yet he had o prin- ciple, no faith, no sitn, no_poliey, except the volitical advancement or the pecuniary enrich- ment of Caleb Cusbing. When set back by dolent, as ho alwavs wus, he displayed stofcsl plnlosophy, but he gradnally regarded tho people—who refused “to sdvance bim—with contenpt. 1lis foner private Hifo here has not been chronfcled,—it fs well to throw over it the patl which covered his volfin, The tnost elo- quent of the uddresees on Cushing was by his u‘»\vmman and former law pupll, the husbaod o HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD, well knowi as a writer for the magazines, Mr, Hpofford, who knows more about Cushing's af- fsirs than dves any one clse, {8 of ovinlon that ho has not leit a Jargo ‘pru;mrh'. as lunds are now selling. flo owned vatuable wate puwers at the s of Bt. Croix und ot the Falls of the Potomac, nall farm over tn Vireluia, ind o house ut Newburyport, Mr. Spolford und lits wife have been winter residents here for he actine us_attorney for parties css before Congress' and the De , whil: she {ndustriously plies her ven, ‘Lhiey hiad @ son, who died when e wasa haby, but hove nover had sny othier childreo, Another Massachusctts man, GEN, N, T, DANKS, will rotate on thedth of March from the Honse of Representatives into the snug office of United States Marshal for the District of Massachu- setta, As Uen. Banks has nevel hsd uny up- portunity to lay up any money, and has a wife and two'rrown daugliters to provide for, the emolumenta of the Marsbalship will be ver aceeptable. So faras deportaient Is concorued, Massuchusctts has not had such n Marshal since the early days, und it will almost tempt me to commit 3 to have him adjust the noose and give the sivnal for the drop to fall. Boston, by the way, wonits to put ber stately Chiel~Justice Uray on the Bench of the Bujireme Court In Judge Hunt's place, but the President thinks that one Judge frum that circult is enonel, and he will appmnt eome one from Vermont, Con- nectleut, or New York, which threo States cown- pose the Second Clreaits ANLINOTON, where repose In peace thousands of the brave toys {n Blue who died that the Repubite micht live, ts § ow a subject of contention in the United States Court ot Alexandrin, It was the property of George Washington Parke Custls, the grandson of Martba Washington uud the adopted cbild of the Pater Fatrie, e left it uild, who marricd Robert E. Lee, and it was sold for the non-payrucnt of war taxes, althougn a friend of the family tried to bid It tn. Stunton deterinined to take the home of the General of the Rebel forces for the last camping-ground of the Unlon dead, und so it will rem but the children of Mrs. Lee claim that they should be compensated for it as o part of their Inheritance, Gen, Lec, after ho tiar- ried Miss Castls, monnged to et detalled Lere- nbouts and passed most of his time there until he weat down into Dixte in 'L, lie was ave pleasant man, and among other bon mots of his treasured hero fs the advice which lie gave to ORN. TATLOW'S DAUGUTER BXTTY, ° soon after old * Koueh aud licady " had been Inaugurated as Prestdent, aud *had appolnted ter husband, Col. Biss, as bis Private Socre~ tary. Itwas ot a dinner-party ot the Wale House, and Capt. Lee, who sat next Mrs. Hlivs, was discussing with hier the hardahips of army Mle. Mra. Bliss took the ground that it was tig duty of an otlicer's wife 1o go with lilin wherever duty called him, no matter how much she might disitke to leave her bome, **1 don’t ngree with you,” sald the Caotaln, *and I have ucver de- bired to bave Mrs. Lee leave Arilngtow, A Woman, 1o matier how preity or huw clever she way be, cun never bave but “one wmother, b1 she cau always supply the loss of & husbaml.' Heveral years alterwands he agalu met the sae lady at @ dinner-party, but ju the mesutiing Col, Bliss bad tHed aud becu burled fn s ittio vountry burial-ground in Kentuceky, sud his widow=nce Betty Tavior—had murned a gen- tleinan who resided sl Witichester, Ve, Alter the two old sequatntances had chatted awhlie, she asked bim whether o remembered o plece of advice that he had once given her, * (ndeed 1 do, Madume," satd Lee, *nnd iL has been i ny tboughts cver since wu have been sitting although 1 dared not remiud you of it, 1 ce, however, that vou folluwed il advice.” 1L 13 o nuticeavle fact, by the way, that uo BTATUR OF GEN. TAYLOR wraces this metropols. We have Washington, tireene, Juckson, Stott, and balf a dozen Giene crals of the late War, gallantly wmounted on brass horses, and we have tancock, Jelfersou, andt 8 seoro of other notables In stune nnd on 18 no memento of ** OWd Zach!" the +* Rough and Houdy ' esudidute of the peo- ple, und the want should be supulied. Peuns sylvaniy, 1 sec, hus made o curfous selectlon of the two worthies who are to represent herin National Gallery, 8he has sefocted Fulton, a lirlton born, sud who uever resided In the Kevetone State, and Ueu, Mublenberg, wha comnanaed & brigade ot Virgluis troops 1o the Hevolutton, “Ibfi, too, when sba might Jinve been represented by Wiilism Penn, Benju- win Franklin, Robert Morris, Authony Wayoe, und others equally renowned. THE WERK'S AMUSEMENTS have been maloly by amsteurs, who have ren- dered that sprighitly operetta ** 1L AL 8, Pina- fure,”” % Caste,” winl a spectucte in woleh Mrs, Senator Dursey und other pretty women 1ok part, while spinlle-stunked men nopeared il) ot case fo thebta, Next week Mr, Chanfran will nppear fu * Rit” und *“The Octurvon " at the Nutlonal ‘Fheatre, while * Blandowski's Blundes * are w0 display tielr charms at the ‘Fheatre Comique, We have also un exhitition the Midgets, a bright little boy-awarf of Awer- fean parentage, wid o girl<dwarf of Mexivan descent who s very ike a monkey, Then < MAY MARSHALL who halls trom Chicugo, 18 undertaking to walk quarter-mitles (o ths e uumber of quur- Liours, and has accomplished about ones quarter of the task without apparently being luconvenicnced, She is u plucky hittle wowu, and meaus business, CHAT TOPICS, George Butler, u nephew ol the Genersl, who bae buen @ brilllaot writer for the prosk 16 confirined druukard, sleepluy frequently o the station-house, Charlie Nyo (4 sou ol the ou, well-known Bepator froin Nevada), who w very intemperate, bas reformed, und {s Lar “temneranco oratar, Mrs. G McClellau, who has been visiting her fathy en, Murcy, will retura to Trenton next weel ix-tiov, Henry Dy iv bas reguined his fo tune fu & Colorado guid wine, which oue of his sund munuges, ‘The Lactelors' Uermnaus sse very successful, sud the new hugging round dance s given with great success, Uen, Bher- nun has tuken one of bis daughters with bim i Lis Southiern trip. LRACONTEVM. The Death of & Drunken Bhevp. Virgina city Ghpowcle, *Billy,” the black sheep, (s desd. He mever had any eucinles. The dogs would not molest finansy wid whenover be rubled up seainit 8 oy ho was patted on the Licud, When he was a li- e Jawb he was given to nson of J, J. Couper, wind hus ever siues consfdered hlmself one of the fuatly, lle was a member of the pollce force, of th¢ Exempt Fire Brigade, and of the Wuol- Growers' Association, Otitcers Simpson und Hayton were favurites of Billy's, }hll)hlbl] be- cause they ulways carrfed pienty of tobucéo or private fasks. Thitly was—and we do not say it 0 cast & cloud upon his memory—a reckices in- ebriate, He bummed drinks " off everybudy. Anything was well received by his throttle, froi vlin cider to champagne, Flo never turned up bis nosc ut anyihing except Mounud House whis- Ky und_California white wine, When ho was pretty drunk, he was not so fastidlous, The wther afzht ho was taking his round; und souie of the boys gave bim vearly 8 guart ol whisky. He weot reeling down toward the jall, perhaps to give blmsell up, and dropped near Button avenus and U street. Mo was found there about widnicht, balf dead, Fhic Exempts took Lim fu charze, nid several physicluns were wobiote e dued B D utclucis yesierday, sid Was burfed with henore. The Exempts and pol attended, Kettle-Belly Brown delivered o touching discourse. A PIONEER ROMANCE, And Its Btrange Development in Madern Diys—A Deserted Wife, an Indian Elopes ment, a Rlunnway Son, n Marriage, © Nan Prancires Cheonlcle, Did some glfted novelist desiro the foundation for a story sufficfently wonderful to make tha world wonder at Its depth of plot and pecaliare ty of detall, he need only sdopt the clrcum- stances that have occurred In a certaln instanco smong us ua recently as a week ago, though be- glonlng jo the carly days of Californla, when the gold excitement was making lunaties of msny, Kecently thero came from a flour- shing town of Bonoma County, on an ex- tended viait to friends In this city, man and wife. Theatres were visited, s fall roned of amuscment and sight-eelng was {ndulged, and all ran merry 88 the marriage bell which raog for the couple In question as much as thir- H und three yesra ago, away off {n Kacine, Wis. few nights since, while” returning from the California Theatre, the couple walked slong Kearney strect toward Market, near which, by the light from a gas-lamp, they saw Iytog on the eidewalk before them a lady's chatelains and watch, which evidently had ‘become detached from the walst of some passer by. Bcarcoly was there time to stoop nnd pick up the fod when returned compnratively young couple, A rather handsome man, Who was remarkably - light In feature to the woman who walked be- side him, dark enough in complexion to lead to the Lellef that she was of Spauish extraction. A short explanation between the two cuniples enstied, nnd the article of femala ornament was resurncd to the younger 1ady, who had fost it. ‘The young couple had scarcely begun to move away,when the elderly ladynpopeared as if seized with s spasm, and with a shrick very unlike that of the traditional novel sort, screamed, “Charley! Charley!l” and almost falated. ‘flio suund of a name o familiar to him brought the his compealon Lack, and then tranger incident. That youg, min Juoked at the agitated lady, A shade of recoilectiun seemed Lo cross bis mind, and, thougeh struggline to subdue his zmntlun,hndld ot suvceed, nl gquickly cjsculated, ** Mother [ At the same time the ofder man bad been re- gardior the younger lady Intently, and In & no- m re exclaimed, *“Uood Gud, Itis shel"” The scene bad attracted quite n number of passers, and to prevent furthier notice by them the young mau spoke firmly und directed the sctors in the little cumedy to o with hitn, which they id. Soon they were aested fn 8 tomfortabla little purior within a redius of amlle from the pince of the mccldental meeting, and amidst many sobs from the old udv, much wonderlag surprisc on the part of the young lsdy, anda calfed-tor atmount of ngitation aud miogled anger on the part of the younz snd old gen- tleioan, respectively, the story was nade clear. “To relate 1t lucklly requires a retrospect of over thirty years, wien, in Racine, Dr. 8.— Setlerd will do, ua belue as near the real name as possible to spesk without making & complete revelution—a man aged about &3 years, warricd ong of three duughters of a farmer In the vlelnity. Dr. Sefferd kad, for o young man, & Tucrative practice, waoted only for luxuries, and fura thne the young couple traveled the toad of matrimony " comfortably. But disscosions wradually grew between thent. Life was not as suouth as was deslrable, even though o vou had veen born to them, aud another (events proved it a daughter) was expected. It wasn't the grestest wonder In' the world, then, for Racine to learn, oue Jday In "9, when California’s wealth of mineral was turning men’s heads, breaking apart homes and families, ond turning the notlon ahnost upside down, that Dr. 8efferd had disappeared. It was conjec- tured, and rhzmlly. thut he had started for Cali- fornfa. 'The littie home 1n Racine was Lroken up, the deserted famlly removed to the old tarm-house, and when, some time later, the duughter was born, no worl of the father was thern to cheer the mother's heart, nor was he sealo heard of for vears, He, lu the mean- time, haa reached Californla, and becauss of pecullar ways of wearing his whiskers und balr, becamne known as an Anstralian. After wan- dering for a short time about the Statc be cn~ tered tinally, with u prospecting party, ncar the Iatter eud OF 1850, the mining section known as ** Deadman's Bar,” in Butte County., The Bar wae g lively place 1 those day, noy hall civil- fxed, with wrough, cosmopolitan population, of which suiie tribes ot Digger ludians forined & wvurt, sud many were the characteristicrabberies, murders, nud miscellancous sensations chroni- eled. And Doc Sefferd was to ndd to the list, for before the year bad drawn to nclose bie cloped with the pretty wite of a member of the Digger trlve nud her daughter, then about 3 vears old, “Ihe motter was scarcely sbine days’ wonder {u the camp, and what becaine of them no onegearcd fo lnvestigate, and probably no oue of Al ‘resldonts of the Bar ever learned. But Doc und hls companton, aiter placing thechild tn the care of an old Spanish woman, who they felt nssured would take cood caic of It, rosmed the uuuutrly together, untit at last the woman diud, Finally Joc becams disgusted with his rove ing Iife, camne to San Francisco, was dead broke, and decided to settle down. He did o, resumed 18 profession as a homeopath, nnd finally re- trieved his fortune und grew comfortavly rick. "Then fricuds prevalled Gpon bim to seud for bis wite, He did 80, aud ouc hapoy day the fam- n{ waa retuited, with the exception of the son, whuso whereabouts none of the family kuew. When be had grown to youth's estate ho had couceived & desita to travel, and one day dis- appeared in & mauncer os nysterious as had done bis tather. He, too, vdine to Usllfornle, und, having studied telegraphy, succeeded in obtalulng a goud positfon, the ouly fault of which was that it kupt bimn travellog about the country, fitllng the vacancies ti were con- stantly occurring. Flnally he was sent to Los Augetes, where he was statfoncd a sufilclent length of time to become. acquainted with, court, wird marry a young woman of about his own ag, realdent in o Spanieh wntll’y, aud the daughter of the woman with whom Uoc. 8effurd bad cloped from Degdmun's Bar {n 501 So strapely bad fato worked its wonders! The rest 18 soou tuld, The reunited fanily removed to Sopuimn County, whure they still lve, P A, e i_[um. VN TIEATICR, Prices, “lbu 75¢, and $1.00. ‘or one week utly, Munday, Jan, 57, every’ oo iay SbL Satorey inatiecy, o) oveala® TUE BUSTOS U, M, 8 PINAFORE ENGLISIL OPERA COMPARY, Whenwill Lo produced (st time hare) the new Fu. and Aee glish Nautical 4, by W, B, tillue thur Satiivan (f uvudua, New York, and Bos- 0 henention HER MAJESTY'S SUIP PINAFUIGE? O s & natlor. Fur s Ldves gastava prograiniics. 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