Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1879, Page 1

ol VOLUME - XXXI1X. THURSDAY, !l‘fll‘l’iy APRING, IN THE SPRING. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SOTNg Ovencoals READY FOR SALE TO-DAY. If you have made up your mind to pay $10, we can please you foY 8. If you think you can afford to pay about $12, we can suit you, we guess, for $9. If you are proud and rich, and willing to pay $20, we can suit your fancy for $16 or $16. If you have just spent your last half million for four per cents, and therefore feel poor, we can sell you a Spring Over- coat for $8, and we have them WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CD, Boston Square-Desaling, and only strictly One-Price Cloth- ing-House in Chicago, Cor, Clark & Madison-sts. Also a Branch Store, 238-240-242 Biue Island-av., cor, Twelfth-st. Also another Branch Store, 832 * Milwaulkee-av., cor. Rucker-st, OPEN TILL NINE EVERY NIGHT, T SILVERWARE, Sterling Silver. PRICES REDUCED. Gorham Manf’g Co.’s Goods, Presentation and Wedding (ifts, Tablo Silver in Truuks, Cases, and N.MATSON &C0. Sole Western Agents, STATE AND MONROE-STS, 0 WEEKLY TRIMUNE. {0 WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Leading Features of the Cur- rent Number. onts of Tnx Cnicane WrExLY 20 nre the following: rant, Third Term.and the Demo- fect of the Four-Per-Cents an Sur-ler-Cents 8 Kind of Cor- tle Congreasional ¢uar- g v Shorman—Varagraphs on the 5 1he Kanaas Senatorship, Tolo on Sherlfr, Tete Sto- e Detense, the Florlas Election- ({aconsin Senatorahlp, e “mms'fmng-nu}n. \‘:i;lg)ll'u Come o Among the conti sz for dan. [3 ‘nigan Canals & Michizan U nslllnl:mn. Lo [ fd ar- S an M aid Oat under Tilden and the ce, Gen. Brayye and tho Confed- Supar-Frauds, tho Dullion utters, e ver. ‘Troublos in the Erench Goy- rreats-of-Pensions DIl ax & -Ilock (n the \\'I y (l)f All Subsidies, utaern Claims—St, 3| patches lefora the Potter Connit- he 8y udicnte Contract—The Patent Codl- n Bill—=The Post-Oflice A jznuture of the Pension ntimntes as to the Amount Needed ons—A_Clains that the ive—The I'wo-Per-Cent Fund— Election-Frauda_in aud Florida—The Hou x-siccretary Robeson—Calls for e-Twentles —'Ihe New York Custome Copkling ¥4, the Proat- - cenatar Edmunas’Coastitutional Amend- fen an the Subject of W Frner-Chaudler Telegeama— Conts aud the Hefunding Proce ‘entral Tteport for 1878— Work on the Nurthern Paciflc, iman—Kteanite of the Experis y P'rof. Collier, of the Agricult- ARENTAGE—New Fi Letters and Document d, Which l'rdfl‘i’u ::z Le; oln's Father and Mother— :F}x':funno Story Told in Lamo; Lincoln.” LRIMINAL NEWS—A Yonn Vs Father of §10,000—The Canvicted Indfan- apotis Murdercrs—lysterionn Marder {n Clare Torrible Domestic Tragedy 1n.—A Mauiac's Mearful lle Mistake—Tie Cobb Pai- St. Loulsan Robs ! Near ylll_flun\'me Dulnl—-.? 4, 000-M1 *='salexof Public and Rallrosd Lands of the Outbreak of the ile Cneyennes—Twenty-three of Their Number Kilted by the Snidiora—Sitting Bull Is , and Wants to Come in and Lo ¥ OF HUSBANDRY—The State Uranges of lilinols and Wisconsin. infuriated Parent Overtakes ple Too Late - ** Wherever Thou tc., Remarked the Young Bride to the Hnsband. A WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE—An Open Letter to the Governor of 1ifinols and the Legisiators Con- vened {n General Arsombly. NOT BLOUD—A Duel on tho Snows of Tum- dt Park—Capt, Goorge AMiller and a Jealous L.OR-Provisions of Ifls Will, = Night-Wrappers, Night and Da Drawers, Pelticoats, and Aprons, for Chil. ‘The Democratic Tail in Massachusetts ou that 1t Cannot Wa Lectare by Prof. Newberry, in New SENATORIAL~The Declaration of the Vote fn the islature—Matt Carpenter’s Victory n—Licction of o Seustor In Arkan- , nndn: Cuarge of Corruption 1n Connection ibatract of Nr. Talmage the Morale of American Cities. —The Russian Plagn v l‘u Spresd—Bulvar) the Butler Dov, C d Who Wil Be It on_fn Trouble with ud Ruomors Prevalent of Ille [ntended Reslznation—The Kecent Wedding of the King of Holland—Gen, Grant's Departure fromn Marseilles for Indla—Iis Pro- sente Hin Portrait to the Lord-Mayor of Dublin ~The P'arilamentary-Discipline “Blll in Ger- many—Increase of the Germun Army—Austria and Novl-lazar—Ruwso-Turkish Negotiations— rus—The Fiight of the A1 —Advance of the Britlsh Furces in That Country--Weekly Review of the Foretyy Urnin-i'rade—Our Foir-Per-Centy fn tireut Brilaln—~American Coal in 8witzerland— Rogal Wedding {n Tuss A Comueseral Collapse Imninont in Sweden ‘amine In Leypt—Severa \Weather in Kurope Threuteniug Latters to the Pope. $TATE AFFAIltS—Proposed Commission to De- vise u New Rovenue Law for 1llinots—Projeet- ed 'Leansier of the linols & Michigan Causl to the tiencral tiovernment THE CANAL~Twa Conventions of Men Interested in Its Presctyation--Neccassity of Thwarting 1road Conapiracy Againat the Water- The Rallroad Commiskloners Called on ‘tosecute fur All Discrimination SAND GARDEN~Qrchards ¢ Lvergreeus—Alle; tion - Bweet Avules for for (Chiccse~Taten dle—A Bugzestion—"The ULTURE—Meeling of the Northern 111i- noiy Norticultnral Soce tmall Frults—Orchard-Cul Seofield's Park—Dr. Pragt’ Lomnenming Factory—Arely THE FIELD AND STABLE- . Hizn Temperatul fl‘l{n’cfi;lli’funnunmllv l;llkl ndmfiflm 10 Ilealth = Migh Temperat e m.l‘::“nm:x.n ore Dangerous in the Efforts of the Men Who Desire to Bttt o’ndl'll_{_n;:kn)l:‘:zln the Future—Organ- - — M- {aral o e Louiuiatire . eeocition=so ALLY—Pruceediuge of the Wisconain Dalry- -AL NOTES—Farmation of tha 1l Unlon—touliry-Bliow st ifornis—A Corue NARIAN—Death of a Lady Who Was Bied with Gen, Latayette and Commo- '—An Effective Method for Thelr An- 1 Correspondent at rehal the Freneh Legivlature, Engiand 1o Buy Cy Anwer of Afghanisia CULVER PAGE HOYNE &CO. PRINTING, LITHOGRAPIIING, Deatn of & Cardinal hes and in all Btyles. alit; oDer—-IPrru- L’a:r'. Qualiky Cafnlogues, Posters, Pamplilofs, Cir- culars, Prico Lists Noto, and Letter leads, En- In all Brang! th winalers—A Ch 118 & 120 Monroe-st. TARTISTIC TAILORING. mfifi‘{s MORE 00 Per Gent Discount On &ll arments ordered of usin Jancary, 1879, STANDARD THE HIGHEST. EDWARD ELY & (0., Tailors, 163 & 165 Wabashar, arer Howreesl, HREAL RENTAT Manufacturing and Dock Property. FOR BALK—Lots on the North Dran Hrauch Causl, sad on the Nortwesier: & Pacita tuilruads, on (avorable ter wber-Planting— e—Evergroens— Terra Haute, Ind. —Rals C aneactlon i Towa, 2 he Sublect of Turial n' y. Ilerowlth Bequuathe Goieazo Modieal Calicge, —'wo Marsuges (Poom)—-Wirel uice: scma Wowen W hd Jaled; Herts Piates eaching the Cofldre [—Miscollanuou! CORNER—Answers to Last New Berapuciive Cube, 1in- Hight-Augied Triwngie, \orde, Ctisrades, Riddle, and Enig tor Waking—Ferns—To My At- liection of Humorous Notes, cago Money and Biock Markste— ot Four-Per-Cents, AL~--Chicago, London, Liverpool, New it Marketa: Chicugo, Exst L aterlown, Kausas ™ ting; Veal Loa Special Real Esta tu alfer, { few day: ly, st We are lu}hm‘llu\l llnc tr":); :"u‘ ’“I'L’ Dlé.";d Lois oo the West blde, The saie are ready improveinent, snd sre C Hatrls: Burea, Congreas, Hutslaun The termu of Tive Wiknsy THuUXS are as fol. I Ouo copy, pur yei $5: club of ten, $11; clab of twenty, §20. bLialned at the Counting- Lo bl sl B bl oo S opies can bu ol FOREIGN. Paris Still Greatly Excited by the Pending Po- litical Crisis. MacMahon's Resignation Re- garded as a Fixed Fact, ''he Formal Announcement to the Chambers Expected I'o-Day. Dufaure Declines to Be a Candidate for the Presidency. Grevy’s Election by the Joint Chambers Confidently Predicted. All the Foreign Ambassadors Dis- approve of MaoMahon's Course, England Still Negotiating for the Purchuse of Cyprus, The Tug-Man's Raid on the Old Constitution a Decided Failure. FRANCE. THR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. By Cable to New York llerald. Panis, Jan, 80—5 a. m.—The Council of Ministera which assomblod at 4 o'clock yes- terday aftorncon did mnot scparate untila Istohour, I have renson to boliove that the Marshal communicated to it his reso- lution to maintain his resignation, and to make tho Obnmbers judges of tho conflict, This formal resignation, how+ over, had not arrived beforo the council broke up, and the final resolution will ba adopted this morning. Evorything indicates that President MaoMahon will resign, It muay bo consi@ored that he hasalrondy morally douo 50, MACMATION STILL OBSTINATE. To the Wastern Assoclated Press. Pants, Jan. 20,—3, Dufauro this morning had a conference with President MacMahon, the result of which is not yet known, It is geuerally beliovod that tho Marshal porsists in tho refusal to sigp the decree, After tho conferenca the Cnfignat council was held nalone, and another this aftornoon, when the Presldent of the Souate and the President of the Chnmber of Deputies were present. Rumors of the immediate resignation of tho Marshal and the mssembling of the Chambers in Cougress obtain goneral cre- donce, It fa belioved the Chambors wonld olect Grovy or Dufauro Presidont of the Re- public. EN A G, Etc, TAS VIRTUALLY RESIONED, Pans, Jan, 29, —Everything indicates that ‘MacMabon will resign, It may be consid- ored that ho has alrendy morally done so. The probuble courze of events is as follows: To-morrow the Government will fornally annonuce the situation to the Chambers sud roport the President's refussl o sign the decrees respecting the great military com. mands, ‘The Henato and Chamber of Doputies will pnss votes of confidence in the Miniatry, who will thus bo obliged to press their demands on MacMahon for changes in tho staff of the Generals, A Jolnt Congress of the Scnata and Chamber of Decputies will aftarwards be summoned to uominate a mew DTresidenc, It is posaible Congross will not mea! until Friday. In the interval batween MacMahon's rosignation and the election of the naw Prosi- dent, the Councl of Ministers will be invested with executive powers, in mccordance with the Conatitution, Much exciteruent proval thore has been no disturbance, THE EXPECTED MESSAGR. Paris, Jan. 20.—1It ju possible that the ex. planation to the Chmnbers to-morrow will tako the form of a Presidential mossage, DECLINES, M. Grovy's chauces for the Presidency havo improved, Minlstor Dufaure having de- cliued to become a candidate, MACMANON'S HEPLY, Panis, Jan, 20—Midnight,—Presidont Mac- Mahon has informed M, Dufanro that ho wiil comtnunicate his docision to him at Vor- sailles Thuruday afternoon. It is wndor- stood there will be & message to both Houses. A fow persons fear the Prosident may avail himself of Lis constitutional right to form an extra Parliamentary Miniutry and prorogue tho Chambers two months, It Is wald tho difficulty concerning the mil- ftary commands {8 a wmore pretext, aud that MacAMahon s really dotermined to resign because throatoned with the impoachmeut of ENGRAYING, Cards, Bill, velopes, &e,, & . in Parls, but ch, and North nd ihe Chicagy AGY LAND COMPANY, e Tlouth § Owien 1 Ak to Notico, of on g~ i esier-avs. aull Lincoln. Jacksun, Van nd ilonore: the De Brogle Cabinet. THE MAHSHAL-PRESIDENT INDIGNANT. In The Tribune Building, two very desirable offices on tho second floor, and one on tho third floor. TICH. Room 8 Tribune Building. Lonpon, Jau, 80—5a. w.—A T'imesspecial from Paris says M. de Marcere, Minfster of the Interior, waited on President 3MacMaton this evening. The Presldent did not indi- cate in any way what his flual decision in rogord to resiguation would be. He confined Livwelf to declaring Le would proside at ‘WM. 0. DOW, 5 B Cuicaso. lfinull Wiileiie eidl roct NO. Camptrullor ot (i STEPUKN PZALOD NAPP & PEABODY, L York. ” W rities of all Kinde tock Excbapye on comuilwion, er by permilavion 10 Francie B, Augustus 5. Pclhfldhyu v OPTICIARN. MANASSI, OPTICIAN, Tribuze Hutldlax. “HYDE PARK. SWARRANTS.” The sunual State and County Taxes for the vear 1874 are jow due and parabie oty oee. Village War- ants drawn ou (he levy of 1878 will s reccived at 'f, the Stock Exchiany a3 o, ABAN ... uusINENy cAUDS. GEO. C. " BATER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Shite on sctontific S Felewopos, M Spectal attentivy fo Mialag Litigation, NOTICE, at Cobinet Council ‘Fbursday, All accounts agreo that his rofusal to sign the decree relative to the military commands was couched in vehoment terms. Ho has not evon sigued the decrces relativo to changes in the Miuistry, and the correspondent re. gurds the suggestion es to the prorogation of the Chuwmbers by the President : AN ADSURDITY, and considers it certain that MaoMahon will annouuce Lis resiguation in awessage Thurs- day. " He sdds: “The Chambers assembled in Congreus on 3ha samo’ evening will ac- copt the resignstion by a vote of about 830 nd proclsim M. Grevy President, who, us Machuhou's resiguation is uot the at tho vidage tax, and all warrauts drawn 1 funds will Le received la payiment of & resulutlon udopted by the Bosnl LEADVILLE, COL. ) JANUARY 30, 187—-TWELVE DPAGES. the Prussian Diet to-day discnssed a motion mads by Herr Windhorst, an Ultrimontanc, for restoring the three articles of tho Conati- tution concerning the relations of Church and Btate, which were nanulled by the Eccls- A counter motion was jutro- duced by Prof. Aegidi thnt the Jouse shonld pass Lo tho order of the day, and wns adopt- ed, the Ultramontane, Polish, and all the Conservative Deputies only opposing it. OTHER PARLIAMENTARY NOTES, Beauiy, Jan. 20.—The Provinciul Corre- #pondenre mnintains the pressing importance of the Parlinmentary Discipline bill. In & debate in the Lower Houso to.day on the relations of Church and State, Herr Giniest pointed ont that tho restoration of tho articles to the Constitation would mnerely interrupt the pending negotiations with the PRICE FIVE/- whl put the law In force: and they have not merely proposed but decided to start o lottery 000, half the sum to be given to the Jiquidators of the bank and half to be distribut- ed in prizes—some of them very large—to the holdersof lucky tickets. The luttery scheme s thus described by the rosult of intrigue, will unhesitatingly ac- All the foraign redresentatives at Paris havo notified their respective Governments of the probable rosignation of MacMshon aud the ascension of M, Gruvy, DISAPPROVED, Only one Ambassador has approved Mae- Prince Hoheulole, the Uerman Ambassador, is absent from the The Great Beanj H High on the Horns of 472 sinstical lawa. Seotlatdd has for the moment gone mad. nrenosterous al immoral acheine of paying the tlebls of ahsreholders In the City of Glasgoty Bank through a miranti ol men’s minds il it §s actually to be tricd, nuid on ‘Thursday 8 * large and infldentinl meeting,' pler, of Milliken, in t lved, onthe motion of StrJames Wataon, tocarryitout. The concurn fsto be ealled the * Runk Ald-Liquidation Bel . twenty gentlen m bbm &1 tickets, which are in lottery tickats, Half the six u paid 1o the liquidators, aud among the schicine shareh varying from £5 to 425,000, utterly alwuvd from a fnsnelsl point of view, as at_on an average uvery house- United Kingdom will pive £1 enth of a chance of getting £33 ur, if a million {s devoted to heavy prizes, the ¢ of 8 [ortune; ‘The zood folk of Scot- apparently, under the pressure of side not only thelr righteous- ness, but their arithmetle. HOUSE-RAILROADS IN GREAT BRJTAIN. it ali Grvette, Jur, W1, The Board of Trade bave recently issucd a well-compiied statement about the street nnd rowd tramways of the United Kingdom which have been anthorized by Parifament, there apoear to be filty-elzht tramway Hnes,— that is, counting an original line with its subse- quent extensions under apecial acta as one, capttn) suthorlzed to be ralecd was £6,5 the capital pald up was lesa than two-thiras of that sum, numely, £4,045.404 (20 willlons of dol- companfes apparently have spent more eapital than they secount fors the ftem “ eapital oxpenddi " 15 given as £4,207,- 20, Colleutively, the compaufes were author- ized to construct 3163 miles; the lengtu open for public traflic was 283 mfics at midsunimer last,—140 miles befugz duuble tracks, the re- remainder single, ‘Then there were 193¢ miles of prssing-places, A Well-Grounded Belief that He lottery tias taken hold 18 Entirely Ruined. Malion's conduct. Causes Which Have Produced This Fortuitous Re-~ KO PASSPORTS, unanimously re Loxpox, Jan. 30 0. m.—A dispalch from Paris says passports are no longer re- quired by Frenchmen leaving for the United Enmity Toward General Prosperity of ders n honuscs the Gemina of PRONABLY PREMATURE, A Paris correspondant of the Daily Newr is mssured that Minister Dufaure already holds Preaident MacMahon's resignation. ‘I'bis is probably premature, . All other re- ports contradict it. PRECAUTIONS, ‘I'ho polica and, military authorities have taken some formal precau- His Persistent Attempis to Prevent Re. TURKEY, sumption and Create Panles. morallty Is even wors Toxnoy, Jau. 20.—Negotiations continue between the British Ambassador at Constau- tinople and the Yorte relativa to the pur. chage of the State domains of Cyprus. THr GREEK FRONTIEIL France counscls Greccs to moderate her demands relative to the central portion of the fronticr not distinetly defived by the Berlin Congress, PORTUGAL, TERRIBLYE DISAS L~ A large guarey in the suburbs of Oporto, Portugul, caved i, bury. The mminy then took Statement that His Lossos Have Been $100,000 a Week for Months, Spectal Dispated to Tha Tribune, Jan. 30.—The Times sayss “ About the beginning of Jast October Mr, Jay Gould, sceing & near approach of the time when the Government Lisd promised to establish the return of specie-nayments, began to shape his operatiuns dectsively foran assault on the credit of the natlon ut large, Including in hia designs The statement is made, but lacks confirma- tion, that at a dinner on Wedaesday night 200 Generals approved MacMahon's conduct. GERMAN COMMENT, Benuiy, Jan. 29.~The North German Ga- eetle in an arlicle on the Fmr:h crisis de- clares that radicalism fs leading France and the Liberals only too speedily llo their faf GREAT BRITAIN, 10LO. I By Cable to New York Herald, Loxpox, Jan. 29.~It is quite probable that an fnternational polo matelr will take place during the coming summer at Now- TLovers of this exciting and this ' sido of the already talking of send. the futh of better class of the people who had confi- dence In und hoped for the realization of To effect this, be eo~ aged 1u an effort to % bull " the gold market i to * bear stock heavily, being actively engaged fn both movements,—though, as is well known, the nutural result of either move- ment in any extended scule {8 to produce the . ‘The 1st day ot January, 1879, came, aml the Government pledges were 80 amply re- deemed and by such easy processes thut there was not the aligktest disturbance §n mercantile af- On the contrary, whatever movement was cxperlenced was Lenefiddul, and tended to stitntlate present business, as well as the expec- The stock market, like- Towpox, Jan. ing several honses, fire, and many persons perished. the nativaial promise; A FALR PIIZE Maoprip, Jan. 24,.-The Meritime Tribunal red the English hark San. tarita, seized at sen with 14,39 kilos of to- bacco on board, is a fair prize. of Cadtz has de oxhilirating gamo on conveved during the yewr ended Juue, 18978, M,2553 the gross receipts durmg the Presuming that the sammie year were £1,145,40%, recelpts were from passenger truflic al ives an average fore sl L3335, leaving of some of the best players in the Hurling- ham naud other English clubs to plsy against o team of the Westchesier Polo Clab, or to make a mnatch with any represoutative Amer- ‘With s proper degree of en- rhtly under 24 (4 cents) worklag cxpeuses were L2300 as net receipts, after making allowance tor 16,104 arimug from n de- scurn, e net receipts, as stated above, are bl per cont on the capital exe On the Suth of June lnst the compu- nles had 1,121 tramway cors in use and 9,222 horses, or 8.2 hurses per car, Englund and Wales hud, of course, by ver) shiaro of the business,—namc £4,121,508 capital expended, 19 ation, und carrying 59,420,000 pus land had elzbt Tine tal, hadt 433¢ miles open, o carrl er traflic per uidle th ) Trelund had six Hues of tram- niles open s tac cupitul expended 03 the passenzers conveyed were ted in proporting to len of line. England und Wales hud v Seotland, 1,122,000 00 per rofle,—~usiig round num- Loxpox, Jan. 29, Egypt is reportod as torrible, BY MAIL, TARD TIMES IN GLEAT DRITAIN Palt Matt Gasette, Jan. 31, The firures eiven by Prof. day's Times hardly bear out the {dea of wide- spread depreselon or distress amone the work- irg classcs 1 this country. of labor in certain districts there certoinly ls und the tron districts in England, Beotland, und Wales, some of the cotton towns, nnd Cornwaill afford only too clear evidence of the fact. There i3 also reason to belleve that {n some directions. wo have not set seen the worst. But Mr. Leone Levi ean mako the followlng satisfactory state- ment with regard to the conditlon of the work- {ug classes. Putting the total working popula- tion at 23,000,000, out of a tatal of 4,000,600, and allowing a falling-off of £30,000,000 fn the wages of the textile and fron industries during the past year, he reckons the earnings of the working classes at not less than thirty-three —The famine in Upper tations of the future. feet in the Salfors REPUSED TO RE HAMMERED DOWN, and responden to the toneof commerclal and mereantilc confidence which had been struck by the ringing of gold once more in the factory and counting-ouse. Under these pleasing circum- publlc have become of the conditlon of the nan whose energies were directed against the realization of these results, nnd, for some weekis pasty littlo or nothing has been heard of Not many months azo & mere rumor thut he was Lestiog down the market this tournameat doubtedly be brought about, und o Lrilliant serios of matches take place at Newport in the month of August. taud to strengthen Polo playing in America just aa tho visit of the Irish and British rifle teams served to develop the wonderful capacity of riflo marksmen in the United uch the larzest cone Levt in Mon- Such a match would Urave displacement Mr. Jar Gould. THE CONSTITUTION. To the Western Assoclated Press. Loxpow, Juu. 29.—The High Court of Jus- tice bas diemisged the motion to prrest the United Btates frigate Coustitution and her cargo, Minister Welch, in his lotter of in. structions to the solicitors for the Constitu- tion, says: “Tha Constitution is a natlonal ship, ond her cargo wes in charge of tho United Status Government for public pur- Under the circumstances, I cannot recognize that the High Court of Justice has any jurisdiction.” Connsel, for the Crawn aleo motion, aud sald the grantingof the'appli- cation might oven result in a war botwesn Graat Britain and the United States. Judgoe Phitlimoro said in no case had such application as this been grouted, and there was no circumatances in tho case to takeft out’of the ordinary category. become as o destroyer, Men ran sway when' they heard he was coming, so tu speak, for his varcer had been noted from the remorscleas way in which he rolled over and crumbled up values, A day's esreful Juquiry for his whereabouts has reveuled the real cause of his silence, and shows, 10 effect, that the market is in fact submittiog hits to n rolling and erumbling process,—that UL 18 UNDERNEATH TINS TIME, and the people ure doing the crushing business most * trastworthy' , 113 B0 tustances from the lips of men who have een his business associates und know bis present attitude und strength, it was learned to<day thut Jay Gould- the welzht of about DESERTIONS PROS TUR BRITISI ARMY IN 1874, The number of descrtions from the English army {n 1378 amounted to 8,000, being about 0 1nore than took plave duriny the preceding year, when 7,700 desertions were reported. the number of desertions wasonly 5,629; but n 1374 1t was 7,000, while in 1573 the numbee was 1t must be remembered, howe ever, that the number of deseriers revorted I any o yenr far exceeds the number of men that the ariny actually Juses during that period, as mauny descriers are apprehended and brougit return voluutarily to thelr Other men, oy, desert.twd or toree tines In twelve months, and ewh fresh abseace Is reported us o desertion. But, even aiter dug allowance has been made for the nuni- otal of men who every year suceeed in making zood thelr escape frowm the ranks, the total will still be found to be Nor Is it satisfactory to fiod that the erine of desertion has uot decreased, but if anything rather wcreased in frequency of late yearss Wheo, fo 1876, deferred pay was given to the army It was contideutly anticipated by many who from thelr position aud experience were well qualified to form u correct opinfon that the futroduction of the new eystem wonld materially check deserti country of about half “olller’s pay waa Ine but this fncresse of wagn s nol given to the but retained and hianded to in a lumpsum when he (8 dischuried. rally forfeits ¢ b he by earned utud which stands to his eredity und it was boped that this would fnduce wouy to remuin with the colors who wottld otherwise not hesitate to deaert under some trifling temptation, ‘the return of last yeur's desertions unfuriunately poes to prove that this expectution have fallen conslderably siice 1860, the purchas- ing power of these wages, which show an in- creass all round since the examination which Prof. Leyi made at that date, bas constderably augmented also. Undoubtedty, hed the men fo he trades naw speclally nffccted exerclsed fn times of prosperity that thrfft which might bave been looked for, their present condition would Letter than it Is, ures given snow thut the higher standand of cowtort has been mauintained nore In the dires- tion of enting thon of driling, cnormous as 1he waste has been fu the luttes dlrectton, douhtediy, therefore, the whole connunity Is better nourished now than 4t auv previous pe- Out of the 24,000,000 dependent upon va- rious (ndustriul oceupativng, FL{0,000 ure a unl earnerns wml It 48 fntercsbine to observe that, out_of the total of 505,000,000 given as the earninze of & year of full empluym “bevond question back, while othe Is stuggering under no one will buy, and that, while stumbliog with this weizht ow him, he s rgaching In every di- rection ta clutch about 120,000 of stocks un the wenersl st on which he has been short for A man whoso relations to Gould tave been very Intimato sald: * Well, Mr. (tould has made a great mistake this time. has been foolish enough to AUAINST TIE WHOLE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Lis story I lonig, mud [ esn only give you the tle was alwags o gold bull, and, when resumption was anunounced to tako effect ln Junuary, he believea he saw a chanco to make Ilis mind is so distorted agatust real values that be dresded to ace u retnen to the sollld basls of gold, for herevels in every kind of commercial disturb- nnve. By ascries of mancuvrus, fo the street and through outside agencles, he did sctuully suvceed fn furclng the vrice of gold up 1to 13§ per cent, but {t was only temporary, As soon sme hecame known Lo was staggered by First, you know New England is u luyal portlon of our country, and Mr. obtalned a good Unlon Paclile haviug its bead- quarters in Boston, some of his friends thereat onee seut word to hin that, If he meant to us- suult the eredit of the Government, Uy would cull in thelr luans, us they could not countenante any act which sought to cimbarruss the nation's falth and fotegrity, welghed down with his holdings fn Unlon Pa- afle, atd this weruing brought him to » stund, bers thus added to 1h The creditors of tha susponded Cornish Dank have accopted o composition of 16 shillings in the ponnd. LAMP WOLKB DUNXRD, Bimusartoy, Jan. lamp works have been burned, An linmense quantity of goods were loat, and 200 work- men thrown out of employment. ‘01t AUSTILALLA, —Four hundred locked- out ugricultural laborers left Kent for Aus- iR i R St e eSS R Al A cost to the millton aunpuaily, ¢ ed twa pence o day e wotmen in domestlc sel earned £61,000,000 1or 1,849,000 ensplo, £43,000,000 earued by LG0ON0 {n” {ndustrial work, Uie value of e fuod belug evidently reckoned fu the first extimate. Dumcstic service seem to be better patd than 1 the workers, male and fe- A years of age earn 0 less than £61,000,000, ar 3 Jttle Jess thnt a seventh of the totul carninga of whalis, chiefly depreased 4,253,000 Taborers are cuguged, carnlng fu s tar year LI52,000,000; and Liof, Levi bos wllowed for a Joss of one-slxth of ti whule during the past yeur. The view that the resent depression Is 1ot so generally severs an ad been feared 15 also borue out Ly he conten- tion of the engiucers in thefe cirendar published Accurding to these, wheress tn one mors dash. Loxnox, Jnu, crting, o mun ni TAT PLAGUI, PRECAUTIONARY. Beruiy, Jan, 29.—~The proposals of the Committoe appointed o diecuss measures of precaution aguiost tho plague have boen adopted by the Vederal Council, and sub- mitted to the Empuror for s 11 the industries now wus © uot well NEW USE OF ELECTRIC London Gusette, din. ATPrench balrdresser has fuvented an fngen- fous plan, which he is now engazed {n perfect- fog, for the soplication of the clectric tight to carrlage-lamps. A locomotive-cugine when in motlon will, ho malutaing, under his avetem wen- erate electricity enough suttlcfent to {lluminato o rallwuy trata with the brilbansey of w meteor, Steamships, In like manver, will by thelr own wuchinery supply themsclves with liguts so powerful as to lessen materially the chunces of colllsfon even fn the thickest of fugs. moreover, not ounly rallway-truins ar vessels that will be lzhied on thesame privel- ple. Ordinary carrlages drawn by horses con bo luminated by weans of electrivity sup- plied by the rotary motlon of their wheels, the view of demounstrating this fact, the fnventor futends, i€ hie can obtain the requi- sito permisslon from the authorities, to try the experitaent on the cabs of Londun, ox beiug the darkest nd dingiest cityin Europo, und nosse 10 thut scctfon, 8r. Prrenssura, Jau, 20.—An official re. port atates that thero lnve been no cases of plague in Astrachan sioce the 2Gth of Jan- out of work, present thne only that condltion. for also what an cffect the depression of one fndustry has jn_keepinz unother afloat, they point out that fn conseauency of cheap coal, eheap lron, nnd luwerced water of mschines for INTS showa an fue uver 1877 of na less than & return of only eleven months, Ahhougl, there fore. Prof, Levi iy have underrated the redue tion ot wages In other traded than those wi which be especlally deals, there is still coough Lo show it what we bave to fuce {8 tather o considerable shriukaye of values ull round, and u severe strluzeucy i a few barticular trades, congestion of the Industry of nat the outlook for the next uths 13 gloomy must be sdmit- ted; but there ure already surns it nien and tnusters alike are beginnlng to understand that both inust give way on veeaslon; uad it oy be hoped that even the coulneers wasy contrive in the course 0f the next few weehs to como to an He was slready. THE RUSSIAN PROGRAMME, B1. Pereussone, Jsu, Russe veports that a commitloe of Ministers, ot which loading medical authorities wero present, decided that the bodies of the dead throughout the infocted districts should be burned ; that all executive authority slould ba concentratad in the hands of Count Lor- ris Melikotf, who should immediately pro- ceed to Astrakhan as Commissioner-General, inveated with tho most oxtensive powers to deal with the emergency, and that the advice and assistance of all well-known Europeun pliysiciaus should be readily accepted. AN INVESTIGATION. ViEnNa, Jau. 29,~—Dr. Breriadeck, a load. ing physicinn of Galicla, and several Aus- trian physicians will start for Ruusia on Fri- day. No definite measures. of precaution will be adapted uutil their report is recvived. CHINA AND JAPAN, 29, —T'ha Agence ¥ NAD BOLD ‘8HORT' on the general list of stocks, and the resumpe tion movement went forward so steadily and surely that heowas already very much bebind, hut his fustincts as a *bear? would not pertlt ‘shorts,’ and he becamemors uml more involved by bis contracts, You kvow the only thiug he cyer *bullod’ was gold, If we exeept bils uwn LoMings of Erfe aud Unlon Pu- Jte lias always been seeking to DESTHOY OTHER MEN'S PHOPERTY AND INTEH- than uny geer: him to ‘cover” hi s publlc velleles, Le maintulus that, us with une horse-power 1 Jublochkofl caudle gives o Hht equal to sixty- 8iX v fots, b0 witn oue eab-horse-power hils carnare lump will trunsform cven a *four. wheeler™ when 1o inotlon Into & dazeling wid glorfous object. Thad our cabs stund radly In tifylu iutluences of Nght after st uoou olso at the present f, f5 beyond question; ne arriage lawp, 1€ 1t pos ex the werita ntributed to 1t will mect one of the most pressing require. 123 e had somo fricnds, und, for a time, was able to induce them to haue with bim, but it wus ugainst thelr Judgmient, and they at Just broke louse, leaving him virtually slone. His own partuer, Mr, Betden, was urged by Gould to go TUE BCOTCH LOTTERY SCHEME, Londan Spertator, Jau, 12, Charles Reade, In “llard Cosh,” describes with great power the fatlure of u bank, und the etfect of (be calumity upon astring of represes ative depositors. Among them 18 a plous Wes- feader, oraman of that kind, who, belue deprived of the savings of years, buros his Bible, declares that God cannot be, and thenceforward leads a sottish amd protigate Ite, Wu thought the jllustration, as we read the novel, absurdly exuwgerated; but If we may judge from sume recent proc AMr. Reude understood the clfects of hatitual repression on human nature betier thau wo dil, ‘The fallure of the City of (Hasgow Bank turns out to Leeven a worse calamity than we, who never believe fu the fallure of sulvent or uearly solvent bauk, ventured to auticipute, wharchuolders o the baok, Lut hesald to hlm, ‘Uonld, I can't do it. 1 shall copper them, He didu't go In, he tirm has dissolved, and Belden uud he are no longer even friendly. 1 am pretty reliably Informed when [ tell you that Guuld's luases for weeks past have i AVERAGED $100,000 & WEEK," Another wenticingn, whose record In Wall strect 5 tnuch older than that of Mr: Gould, 38 by iLs luventor, Suanaitat, Dee, 30. ordered o satisfuctory softlement of ‘Wuchihshan outrage. 'I'ho iustigutors are to be discovored and punished, The Russians aro constructing a dock at Viadivostock for the repairs of thoir navy in Chineso wators, ‘The Spanish treaty regulating coolie emi- gration to Cubia has been sigued nud ratifled. A largo tire occurred ut llong Kong on the 25th sud 2Gth. Bix hundred Louses were burat, mostly foreign. hiave given ap the foundry, and the dock has passed Into privato haods. —T'he Government has TUK ANNIVERSARY OF VICTOR EMMANUKL'S edinzs in Scotlond, Rowmg, Jau. 9.—To-duy belog the aoniversary of the death of Victor Fainmanuel, a greut coti- course of people, notwithstunding the fncessant rain, coutinued gathering st the Psntheon throughout the whole day, und quantitics of ths wers lald i frant ol his tomb, BSeventy-tive of thuse were sent from as many of the different sodoties of Ttal first to enter the Pantheon was King Huwmbert, who went at7:8010 vislc his Royal fathee's grave, All the nssocistions, guilds, und clubs walked in procession with thelr pauners to deposit laurel wreaths fu wemory of the great Kiug, ‘Toward noon the professors and students of the Runan offered 8 wornificent crown, Ewauuel Ruspoli, the syndic, a shares of Michigau Centeal unid 25,000 shares of Jake Shore, sud that ho bas been Jurgely short iu llinois Centeal, Northwestern, comwmon and . preferred, und 8t, Paul, common sud preferred, ever since last Noveber, He sold Northwest- eru at 41 und 4aad to-asy it {s up to 63, strong and steady. Lako Shore has goveupon him 6 polnts, und oo Michigan Central 1118 BISKS ARE ENORNOUS, for he sold it dowu as low as 40, sud it would bave togo dowato 83to let him out. Buc to-day it stunds on tho list at 89, less man, but s certaluly in s very remarkably tigbt place this time, aud fs not bucking siugle operator, und sll trustees for such cstates, boutterly but when they have becn rumed, the depositors will stil) have lost, as we understand sccounts which ure wtill hazy, at least_one-third € of thelr propertics fu the bank. iterally thousands, of iwost solveut ooy will Lo lung juto pov- rge proportion of them luto a3 leaves ho alternative be tween death or the receipt ol the wisery decpens and widens, the Scoteh, usually s0 restralued, svemn to be losing thew ubtl) they are disposed, * for this onice," to cawt Uieir own rules ot worality to e defy ull leasons of expertcuce, und extri- etastlves lrow their dilficultics by meana, bowever ruluous either to reputation or Very vonstleruble uumbers ot reputable und loducutial men, backed, it 1s seid, China merchauts amd reputable Yogouaua, Jag, 11,— sty ul 8 very bas returncd from Coren, the Coreans hav. ing appealed to China unsuccesfully to con- scut to tho Jepaneso dumands to reviss the probibitory tariff, GERMANY, The Jepaneso Envoy Rowe. ‘The wreath from the City of Venles wus 1n0s4 remurkable for its beauty. 4 o'clock Queen Margherita drove to the Pan- theun fu o close curriage,dn deep mourning, and covervd with s loug crape vetl great luurel crown und kie't long in pruyer at grave, ‘The anulversary of Victor Emmans ucl's death falllog durg " the octave of the for the desd could be s day, but there will bo a Graud Requieom Mass tu the Panthcon on thy 15th other will bu celebrated by the Royal Fauul the Pleduontese Coureb of the on the 1ith, and prepuratious are niaking for w third in e wagulticent Church of Santa Marie Deetl Angelt, in the Baths of Dioclstian, oo the £5¢h, tw be celebrated wt the expense of the Roman wunicipality, people settlod with hiw ouce or twice on North- western comuon, wud let bin Davo the stock at 1per ceut, but what did be dol Wby, sold right out azain on them. Bage has had to lend Litn a large minount of money ou Unlon Pucite, and 1 know the current Lupression {s that, with- out Sage, be would drop at once. He coulda’t et along without him. GUULD HAY BEEX & OREAT FAILUR! fur (ke past three mionths, Mo has dowe eyeyy- - 4 Epiptiauy, no massce Busu, Jan. 20.—It is sad the Imperial Chancellor clings tenaciously to the tobacco- The Pruswsian Minmtry ouly resolved to opposs it by a majority of wonopoly scheme. «d to savedeporltors and relieve share- holders by etarting @ wigantie lottery. They Lave discovered some looptiole (we suppose the “charicuble objectof Ahe probosal they can evude the law, ofthey Luiu! CHUNCH AND STATE. Bexriy, Jau, 29,—The Lower House of