Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1879, Page 2

NP EECTE S ‘ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ‘TUESDAY, FEBRUARY o < ; w3 tnced 1 . The | of Indians who ars Catholics are placed in D 0 ’E‘cn\;‘t!'::rréhsv::a\l::fi)‘:}r:‘ ‘.‘"’.‘::.%‘?:ge-“-:“qs alto | charge of denominatione in which they have no PO R EIG N. do the States north of the Onfo River, West of | intercst or confidence. Referred. . the Mississippi and on the Pacitic Const the in- | e Bavant submitted a resolution requesting T creasa I8 very decided, espectaily In the newer States and Territories. Prices bave continued 5 decline. During the Inst five years the aver- age price of hurscs over § vears old haa fallen off about 8 per cent in theSouth AtlantleStates; in the Gulf Rintes, about 38 ver centy in the Bouthern inland States, Mpercent; fn the States north of the Ublo luver, 21 per cent: fn the Btates weat of the Mississippl, 20 per cent; and fun the Pacific Const States, 10 per cent, The rapid movement of jooulation westward, sud the conscquent aetticment of the vacant arcas of the Western States uml Territortes, account for 1he smatler decltng of values fn this region. A home market for horaes has thus been created. “Taking the whole countrs together the decline has averaged about 95 pef cent. Cows show an fncrease {n nearly all the States. TheanlyStates repofting 8 decline aro Pennsvivania, Marygland, Virinis, Florida. Luuisiann, Texas,” and Tennesste, cach 09, ‘The Btates showing the greatest {ncrease are Nebraska, 1237 Califoryla, 118; Miunesota, 1123 Michigan amd Kansas, 111 each: Oregon, 110. Prices have declined in al the Btater, In some instances the de- cline Is considerably over one-third. Cattle aro shout cqual In number to last year. Lhe greatestdectine—10oercent—wasinl.ong Island. "The greatest fnerease—1p cent—in Nebraska. TPrices have also declined. “Flic number of sheep has {ncreased about b per cent. 'Fliere {8 asinall Aecline fn the Middlo States, but all other sée- tians of the Unlon show an {ncrease, espectally the Gulf States, which have advanced 13 per cent. The largest rates of State increase arc 44 por cent in Nebraska, 85 pér cent in Kentucky, and 23 per cent in Mtonesota. ‘“The Btatea show. inz & dectina are New Hampshire, New quey( Pennsslvania, Virgin{s, Indiang, lllinois, und Tows, which fall 1 or 2 per ceut below last vear. Prices show a declino on the whole, but uo! reat os_in other kinds of farm animals. acific States show poritfve Incrense, as also docs Pennsylvania. Tfiu prices for hogs received {n January, 1879, are ruinously low. ‘fhereconia of this Departmeatsince fts furmation have never shown sa_lawa price. Ouly in o few of the extreme Northeastern States, where the home consumption cxceeds the production, dous the prico hold s falr comparlson with the price of previous years, ‘The numbers as compared with those returned January, 1878, snows an incresse of about 5 per ceut, whlch Is mainly caused by large increascs in Btates west of the Misslsaippt River, the States of Iilinols, Indisna, Ohlo, nnd -Kentucky remaining nearly the samo as last year, Mulca increased about 2 ver cont, Kansas reporting 22 per cent, Minnesota 14 per cent, and Nebraska 10 per cent mora tlhan lust year, A decline of 1 or 3 per cent is moted in “New York, New Jursey, Penusylvanla, Virgiula, Ten- ‘nessce, Kentueky, Ohlo, und Oreizon, “The other ‘Btates ranze from 100 to 106, Compared with five years ago prices rhow n still greater decline than those of horses.” . NOTES AND NEWS. TR DEMOCRACY. Fpectat Dispatch to The Tridune. Wasninaton, D. C., Feb, 10.—It {s mmored that Benator Wallace, of 'cnnsylvanin, is to be made Chalrman of the National Democratie Committee, to succeed Scnator Bainum, of Con- necticut. the Conmittea on Naval Affairs to consiler and repurt upon the advisabllity of making a sufll- clent approptiation for the completton of four double-turreted mouitors,—the Paritan, Am- phitrite, Monadnock, and Terror,—now h! proc- cfs of construction, Ile sent tothe Clerk's aesk and bad read & letter of the contractors at Wilmingtun, Del., to the effect that the Amphl- trite had been upon the wavs for soveral years, yesulting in aloss to them because they were prevented from taking other work on account ot that veseel occupying the ways. The resolution was agreed to. * Mr, Matthews presented a petition favoring thepassaze of a bill allowing the use of rail- road wires for commercial purposes. Referred. ‘Ihe Armv _Appropriation bill was receiyed from the [louse and referred to the Committeo on Appropriations, The bill authorizing rallroad companies to construct and inaintsin telegraph lines for commercial purposes and to securs to the Government uae of the samo for postal, mill- tary, nud other purposcs came up and was Iald aside to pive parties interested an opportunity to be heard. Mr. Matthews gave notlce that ho would call it up on Friday, next day after the meeting of the Committee on Railroads. After passing scveral billson the calendar, the bil} to provide additlonal sccommodation for the libeary of Congress was Iaid aslde informal- Iy, and Me. McCreery spoke In favor of the transfer of the Indiun'Bureau to the War De- partment, At the conclusion of Mr. McCreery's speech, Mr. Paddock called up the resoflution submitted on thie 4th of December fast by Mr, Davis (West Virginla), justructing the Committeo on Agri- cultura to consider what can or ought to be done by the General Government to better ad- vance, encourage, nnd foster agricultural in- terests. Mr. Paddock ronde a brief apeech, and the resolation of Mr. Davle waas agreed to. ‘Flie louse bill to authorlzo the construction of a bridge aczoss the Missouri River at or near Lexington, Mo., wae reported favorably from the Commlttee on Commerce, and placed on the calendar, Mr. Garland_gave notfce thnt on Suq:rdny next he would move to tako up the Texas Pacitic Rallroad bill. After executive scsson, adjourned. - CAPT. COWDON'S PHOTEST. Followlng is the protest of Capt. Cowdon on the Misslsatopl Commission bill: Wasnivatox, 1. C., Feb, 7.—7a the Honorable Senafe: Houee il . 4,118, which has passed that body, provides for the creating of & Comn slon eaid to bo for the finprovement of the Mis eippl Rlver, ‘I'his bill virtaally piaces the fortunes and fates Vailey In tho ;mmh of five mien, whose witi ia to bo almost abso- ute, ‘I'nese men, or their successors, nre to remain in oflice so lung as they can Snd anyshing to du, and 45 1t probablo they would look With fuvor ou sny plan that propuses todo the work in a short time B aalh xbeneo? s It not more pravable they would favor the plans that, when onca start- ed, would only endin squandering nundreds of milllons? There have beon from time to time Commiasions 1o wake surveys and reports, which have recom- monded plans that would cost vastsums and no definite time for completion. il 'nls Commission, which reaulres 850,000 for expenges (1), will dounticss do the rame mmg. for in all probablifty rome of the rame men whil bo on it who, not twoyears azo, recommended 8 plan for levees, colllllg wome forty-aix millions (o muke a Dbeginning, and moro ‘recently a river jetty system that will cost as manv more milllone: and, ns a test, ank only 8400,000 to deepen one eandbar, when there ato furty additional burs, Should thie new Commieslon mako s similar ro- port, then what will Congress do? Wil they bo any more wise than now, or he any more wiliin to vote one hundred millions to bulld mud-walls and river-Jetties thun they are now willing to vote even The British Meet with a Serious,Raverse in South Africa. A Column of Nearly One Thou- sand Men Nearly An- nihilated. Five Thousand Natives Reported Killed During the Terrl- ble Engagement. Small-Pox and Spotted-Fever New Sources of Alarm in Russia. The Plague Has Appeared on an Island of, the Grecian Archipelago. Leading Provisions of the Re- cently-Signed Russo-Turk- ish Treaty. A DBritish Order Prohibiting the Land- ing of American Cattls in Englands SOUTII AFRICA. A BRITISH DEFEAT. Care Town, vin 8t, Vincont.—On the 215t inst, nBritish column, consisting of a portion of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, a battery of artillery, sad 600 native auxiliarics, was ut- torly nunihilated near Tugels River, by 20,- 000 Zulus, who captured n vnluable convoy of 102 wogong, 1,000 oxen, two cannon, 400 shot and shell, 1,000 rifles, 250,000 ronnds ammunition, 60,000 ponnds weight of provix. jons, nud tho colors of the Tiwenty-fourth Rogiment. It is estimated that 5,000 Zulus were killed aud wounded in tho batile, AMONG THE RILLED on the Dritish side aro two Majors, four Coptaius, twelvo Licutenants, nnod the. Quartermnstor of (he ‘TI'wenty-fourth Regi- ment; two Captains of the Royal Artillery, a COolonel, Captain, four Licutennuts, aud Sergeant-Major of Engineors, besidestwenty- ono other British officors commanding tle native levics, Savon nttacks subsequently made by the Zulus have been repulsed, and tho colony is now somawhat recovering from tho utter consternntion which at firat pravailad, Natal, bowever, is in groat dangor, and dis. turbnnces aro feared in Pongoland. Lord Chelmsford, commander of tho ex- pedition, has beon forced to rotire in conse- quence of the defeat. It iy estimnted that 500 BOLDIERS WERE KILLED, besides tho oflicers enmmnorated above, Gov. Sir Bartlo Frero has sont appeals to England and Mauriting for reinforcements, fne mail steomer for England wns dis- patchied o day earlier than usunl with o requost for six regiments of Infantry and a brigado of cavalry. e 3 Tho men-of-war the Active nnd Tenedos have been ashore. 'The Tencdos was seri. ously injured and obliged Lo go into dock ot Simous Bay. HOW THEY WERE CAUGIIT, of the people of the lllnlnn\pm TIE TELEGRAPH INTEREET. Tt is Jearncd that the tactics of tho oppunents of tha railrond telegraph proposition will vonsist fn o motiun to strike the provision from the bill on the ground that It {s not germane, and is subject to s point of order. WIAT RANDALL SAYS, Speaker Ttandall sald tolay that he did not want an extra session; that the country did not . desiro it3 that the 1 cople wish nine months of peace to ses what will como of resumption. He 4fd not add that If the country could stand un extra scasion the Democratic party could not. The finaucial view of a called eessfon would evidently be ono of the most scrious aspects of it. The demouds made upon the Treasury hy the Arrears-of-Pensions bill, in viow of the de- creasing revenues, toake dangers from foflation legislation very great. THE SAVINGS-UANK BILL. The Chivago bill to retlove Insolvent savings- bankas from taxation may possibly come up Tuesdoy, as thut day has been sct apart for general business from the \Ways and Means Commlttee. whou 8 plan that will teat tho vroblem, nat costing o8 much as the expenec of tnis Commission, is op- posad by thieae men wath great hostllity? Now would It not be _moro wise 1o appoint a Joint comaittee, conniating of, any, flve enators nnd fifteen lteprenentatlves, toatart from &t. Lowis on a rteamboat and go down to New Olrenns, and bolow, landingat muoy points, taking the testi- wony of practical rlvor men, planterd, civil onele neers, and all Who might app Let the advo- caten of outlet, Jetties, aud lcvecs all qu alons and produce )l the ovidence possibiu in favor oi thelr fespective plans, This, tugether with what the Committes could ree, would bring out ail the facts, and enable them to make ap wtolligent report, and defoat all jubs. ‘This would not cist 810,000, and result 0 not only auving hundreds of milliona to the Govern- ment, but bring forth” an honest, cheap, and rpecdy solution to the great probloin, Arethese sugeestions not worth conaldering? 1f Ce cky can appolnt Commissions to investigato eleetion frauda and muny other guestions of no great Importance, why not treat this all Important guestion i the samo way? It was In this way Con. gresn scenred such vast Informatioa on transporta- NORTHERN PACIPIC. There seems litle doubt but the blll to extenid the timo for the vonstructlon of the Northern Facitie wlll pass 11 its friends can koep it out of a combination with Southern lies. The sup- portera of the latter aro 1nslsting upon o unjon ot forces, 'This ut the present stagoe of the ses- tlon will probubiy kil all. . Gov. J. C, Brown, of the Texas Paciflc Rail- road, {s eeriously il nt his boarding-louse in | tion 157, Iespectfully, Joux Cowpox, Fob. 10.—A dis this tity. " Tlin ity havo heen Informed of s i —_ LoxpoN, I‘:lb ll!: m‘\l drmrmlch from Capo coudition, a telegram velug sent to-day to them 1HOUSE, Town snys tho Dritish foreo was compellod * at Pulask!, Teun. OBITUARY. To the \Cratern Associated Dre: WASTIINGTON, D. C., Feb, 10.—Ex-Chiol Jus- tice Cascy, of the Court ot Clalms, died to-day, aged 64 ycara. THE YOUR PR CENTS, Bubscriptions to the 4 per cent Government Toan stnes Baturday's report aggregule $4,053,- to reeross tho borders. Tho force which was aunihilated was attacked whilo guarding tho enmp of the headquarters of tho columnn at TInsandusans, during tho absence of Lord Clolmsford with a strong force reconnoiter- ing. Motions Lo suspend the rules and pass the hill repeultug the law fo regard to the test-onth of Jurors, nnd also the law for the appointment and payment of Supervisurs of Electlon and their aids, were rejected,—yeas, 1205 nays, 113, —nat the necessary two-thirds votiug in'the ufe firmative A mution to suspend the rules and pass the bill to catublish_postal saviugs-banks was de fented,—cas, 8035 noys, 184 M. Acklen introduced a bill to sestors the franking privilere as to letters scut or recelved by members of Congress, Also a bill to sbol- 18l the milenze of members of Congrees, and to substitute the payment of uetual truvellng expenses, Relerred. Mr. Whitthurne muved to suspond the rules and adopt the resolution sctting npart Feb, 20 for the coustderation of reports of the Nuval Committs n matters recently fuvestiguted by i, Defented—yous, 125 nays, 107,~uot the necessary two-thirda in the allirmative, The flousy then weat futo Commtiee of thoe Whole (Mr. Bluckbura lu the chair) on the Leg. I:lfimu, Exccutive, snd Judiclal Appropriation uill.. (The bill appropristes $15,154,475 aa acainsy esthnates of 16,000,001, und as_ wrainst au ap- propristion of last session of $15,351,:538,) Ar. Atkins, Chalrman of the Conunittee on Apprurrluuou-. made o stateent i regard to the bitl und the stute of the finsnces, Discusslon was futerrupted by adjournment. —— HANSAS. The Ingalls Tnvestigution—Spoaker Clarke's Notatlo Reonrd, Spectal Disualch to ‘Tha Iribune, Torexa, Kus, Feb, 10.—In the Ilouss this afternoon, Lewato offered a resulution discharg- fuge the Scuatorial Investigating Committeo from further proccedings under the Houso res- olution, but retaining the Committes to tnvestl- gute any charizes that may be presented aalnst individunl members, and requiring the fuvesti- gation to bo mado with upen doors, By a vote of 6L 1053 the [fouse refuzed to consider Le- gute's resolution to<day, It coues fu regulur urder to-morrow, but its adoption 18 not probia- ble, nor s it likely that the House will accedo o the Bevate's demand for u Jolut inves- tigation, Pumeroy returned here yester- day, and proceeded o close carriuge ta a private restidence, where he s lurntehing aid wnd comfort to the inyestigution cunspiracy. Bpeaker Clarke had a row with the proprietor of the TeM House to-day over a board bl which wus presented to bim. 1o refused pay- ment, und was denounced by the proprietor as adeadk-beat of Jong standing uml gigantic pro- wortions, - Clarke utterwards smuggied bls haguuire out at the stde-door and lete the houre. 1i¢ owes the sume hotel for hoard furnfshed two years uzo. ‘The Jowt Committee of Ways und Meaus have recomtnended the location of & Btate Reform-Behool at Topek TURKEY. NEW BULGARLA, CoxsrantrvorLr, Feb. 10,—The Russian Governor of Bulgaria and the Consulaof the Great Powers will attend tho iunuguration of the Bulgariau Governmont, THE PORTE'S CABISET. Tt is bellova:l thot thero aro differénces in thu Cabinet which must cause tho retiremont of cither Kheriddin Pasha, the Geand Vizier, or 8aid Pusha, the Minister of Justice, FPOTTED TYPHUS. Tho Russian army m the Balkan peninsula suffors much from spotted typhus, THE DEFINITIVE THEATY. Loxpoy, Feb, 10,—A Constautinople dis. pateh says tho defluitive treuly betweon Rus. sin and Turkey deelares poace and cozdial ro- Intious to be ro.cstnblished between Rusein and Torksy; provides that tho articles of tho Ban Btefano 'L'reaty which wers not modified by the ‘Treaty of Dorlin shall remain ju forco, The mode of payment of the war indemnity and eompensation to Nussian residonts of Turkey who suffered through the o yrar 13 luft for future agreemecut. Al prosceutions for uiding tho other side during the war are abandoned, sud persons fmplicated in the Rowmalisn disturbouces are pardoned, ‘I'he protocol declaros that the recognition of the "L'routy of Torlin in the prosont troaty changes neither the character uor range of power. As Servin, Montcucgro, and Rou. wanin ave indopundont, Russia leaves them free to come to un undorstanding for them. selves with the Portu relative to their claims for war indemnity. ¢ EVACUATING, Losvoy, Feb, 10.—A correspondent at OConstantinople status that it {s aunounced from Adrinnople that tho evacuation by the Russinug hay ulready commenced, GREAT BRITAIN, TUE CATTLE TRADE. ATTPOINTMENT, ‘The Prestdent hus nominated Alexander L. Russel, of Peansylvania, Unlted States Cousul at Montevideo. LIDERALITY. At g debt-ralsing at the Old Foundry Method- ist Church yesterday, Presldent Hoyes contrib- uted §500 of the £15,000 sccured. BENATOR JONNSTON ILL. New Yorx, Feb, 10.—A Washivgton apeclal says that Behator Juhnston, of Vhfmln,l: alurm- ingly NI, 1is family have been telegraphed for. CONFIRMED, ‘The Bepate confirmed the following Tost- masters: l'ennsylvania—{larry Dorouse, 8t. Peteraburg; A, T, Moreh Jr., Indlanag Robert A, 8mitk, Houcsdale: M L Billy- toan, Poltsville, 1llinols—Oliver C. Enton, Ha- yana: O. D. Sanborp, Chenva. Michigan— Lutber Whittley, Muskegoni 8. D, Bluglam, Lansiog; Churics D, Crundall, Big Hapids. THINTI-ONH BOCIAL QUALITIES, Dy Telegravh 10 New York Tribune, WaauinaTox, D. C,, Fob, 7,—The Benato was o & pluyful mood lmlu|v. and dlsported itself with wuch gleo {n consliering Kcuutor Burn- slde’s bill *To introduce moral wmd soctal sclence tuto e public schoolauf the District of Columblu” ‘The bill, which was {utroduced last winter, and was widcly noticed at the time, enumerates thirty-ono **woral and soclul ¥ qual- Itles, as follows: Industry, order, cconomy, punctuality, patience, sell-dental, bealth, purity, temperance, cleantiness, honvsty, truth, justice, politeness, peace, thlality, phtiauthropy, patria ism, sclf-respeet, hope, “perseresutice, cheers lulneas, courage, selt-reliun gratitude, pity, merey, kinduess, consclence, reticetion, und the will, " The Clerk bad gotten part way throuszh this list when objection was madeto the proscit consideration of ~ the bill, buk the objection was scon witndrawn on & request from Benator Coukling to permit tho readyie of the bitl, The aimost tutermlusblc list was beiun over, The bill had baen referred to the Committes ou Education uml Labor, and repurted hack with 1uis list stricken out. Tus belug wn smendinent, the llst was agaln read, wmuch to the amusement ot the Democratie Senutors, ‘The smendment was lost, und the st of virtues to be fostiited futo the minds of the youth of tuts District wus left unchaneed. Another amenduient, making it the duty of the Commssloner of Education to “direet “the operations under this act aml report upow the result in his sunual stuteinent,was adooted, nid tha bill put npon St passuge, As the Vot Was abuit to b Liken the Bour expired, und it went wver for u duy. Gen. Burasde did not seem fo flod much digpedics i 3 b N . Livenroor, I'eb, 10,--The stenwer Iitrian, smuscaient 1o the procecdiogs, 1le said ba wus from Boston, arrived to-day, and her cattle not wstiumed of the bill, und added 1hat somes SUICIDE. were oll admitted without trouble. The Diritish Governwent Lias issuod no such order as that published fu New York Baturday, decluring that the landiog of live cattlo from the Uulted States ofter the 28th of February was forbidden. On tho contrary, the Goverument Las intimated that, unless futuro arrivals prove the existouce of the discase, thoy have no intention of interfering with the eattle trade, "o Mersgy Dock Board has already commonced the wrection of lairage. Teelstutive budies in the countey would be bet- ter behaved if it had been mude 8 law sy years agu. Hpuacial Dipatch (o The Tridune, 87, Paui, Minu, Feb, 10.~G. A, Sexton, of Northfield, & bardwars dealer, shot himscil last eveumn, lodghue the fatal ball in Wis brofu, He canuot recovers He had been driuking freely fur a few daye on acvount of belng discaraed by & young wowsn of Faribuult, to whow lic waua cugaged, and, when found, attributed bis sul- c1de to his luve troubly, Lust full, while ridiog wit the youuns lady, ho was met by a highway- wan and rubbed ot 200 und o zold wateh. Samuel Levl, ol ting city, o glazier, a Polander birth, committed suliade soon alter wid- wulzut this morning by cuttine his throat. Cause, chronfe despondency sgeruvuted by iliuess. He leayes a wife und boy of 12, with & botesteud a1y} sume wmoney vu baod. THE RECORD, THE sEMAIE. Wasuixeron, . €., Feb, 10.—The ereden- $lals of Scnotor Carpeuter were placed oo dle, Bills were futroduced : By Mr. Moreill, suthorizing the conyersion of National gold bouds. Referred. Also, 8 bitl amending the Revised Statutes relativo to the deposit of bouds by assoclutions, Referred. ‘T'he House bI suthoriziue an fssue of certifl- * cates of depeslt of the denumivation of §10, In 8d of the refundivg of the pubile debt, was pussed with sy amendment Increasiug the in- terest to 4 per cet. Mr. Withers presented the petition of the Catholie Youug Men's National Usiou protest- logz sgainst the discriwipstion made by the Uuited Btates Government fu the sppowtment’ of Cbavlatus fo the srny urd pavy by which Cathulic eoldlers aud scameu sre deprived of 1he benetit of thelr relizion, and in the appotut- weut ul ludiad agents, whersby vast nuwbers YACTORIES CLOSED, Loxpoxr, Fob. 10.—Threo of the largest jute factories in Forfarshirs have sfoppad, owing to the depressed trade, and four in Dundee aro cxpected to stop. OUDER 1N COUNCIL. Lonpow, Feb. 10,—A special supplement to the Guzells bns been issued contsining an order of the Privy Council revoking, after March 8, 1879, Art. 13 of the ‘* Forcign Animals' Ordor 50 far as it relates to the United States, Under Art, 13 Americsn OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Loxpoy, Feb., 1U.—State of ludians, from New York, aud Moravlan, from Baltimore, bhave arrived out, New Youg, Feb, 10.—Arrived, Germanic and the Queen, from Liverpoul. QuekNarowy, Feb, 10.—Arrived, City of Mon- treul, from New Yo ledoota, from Now Yor! LOKNDON, Feb, 10.— and Lord Clive und Vaderland, from Phfllur‘i’- s, Lave arnved ouk, eattle have hithorio been landed without slaughter or quarnatine. The present order applics to the ports of Grent Britain only, THE STRIRERS, Toxvoy, Feb, 10.—The Liverpool Inborers appointed a deputation to learn the views of the Btenmship Owners' Association, bLut the deputation is prohibited from mnking any compromiae, Not n singlo vessel sailed from Liverpool for n foreign port Monday. Sev- eral hundred sailors have formed a union. The boiler-makers of London bave struck, The bolt-mnkers, pattern.mnkers, aud a hun. dred other (rades aro to follow, Loxvox, Feb. 10.—A Liverpool dispatch snys the number of sirilers of all classes now hero is estimated at 70,000 to £0,000. ‘The sending cf tio deputation of laborers to steamship ownera is regarded as a hopeful sign. The snilors cxpress n willingness to send a deputation witha view to adjust- ment, TRANCE, PERE IIYACINTHE'S CRURCH, Pamis, Feb, 10.—Father Hyncinthe-Loy- son's Old Catholic Chnreh opened yesterday in the Dbuilding formeriy the TFolies Montholon. Father Loyson said ho cx- pected the Dishop of Moray and two other Protestant Dishops wonld nssist at the dedication, but circumstances prevented their attendance. DE LESSEDS, 1.8 Francs snys Da Lesscps is n prominent caudidate for the Governorship of Algerin. EMBEZZLEN SENTENCED, Bonpeavx, eh, 10.—Delbecque, the Di- vector of tho Mint, has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and 125,000 francs fino for embezzllug 1,100,000 franes in bullion lodged in the Mint by tho Rotls. childs, Delbocque substituted galvanized .coppor bars for tho bullion embezzled. MINISTER TO RUSSIA. Losvoy, Feb, 10.—Thu apposutment of Gen. Chanzy as Freuch Minister to Russia appears to be finally decided upon, QUARANTINE AGAINST TRIPOLL Malta bas cu‘!nblinhud n quarantine against Tripoli boeanse of an outbresk of sickness amoug tho troops thers who recontly nr- rived from Constantinople, DEAD, Pants, Feb, 10.—Paul QGorvals, the eminent. naturalist, is dead. EPIDEMICS, THEIR PREVALENCY 1N CENTRAL KUSSIA. 81, Petenspuna, Feb. 10.—Advicos from the interior state that goneral unhenlthiness and a predisposition to epidemic exist. The Goverumant of Baratoll complain of the fonl condition of tho Kamishin, ‘Typhus fover and small-pox aro incroasing in an alarming manner in the Goverament of Tver. ‘Tho Biborian plaguo bns appeared in on- other village, The ecottlo plague in the vicinlty of Ekntermosiay hns spread to twenty-seven noighboring localitics. Of 2,000 head at- tecked, half perishied. The plague hins ap. peared at a village on the Kiefl Railway, "Tkoro is groat mortality at Orsk from small- pox and another unknown disease. An un. Lnown opidemic has apponred in two villages of Tambov, and the plogue ot Roatov. A largo nmnbor of Cossacks who fled from Wetlianka wero found frozen to death on the banks of tho Volga. PLAGUE IN THY GRECIAN AUCHIPELAGO, Bertan, Fob, 10.—~It is ofticially announc. ed that the Greek'Governmont has recoived a roport from the Cousul at Kavols, on the Mgean Hea, confirming tho rumors of the outbreak of the plague there. UNBURIED CORPAES. - Sr. PeTERsnunG, Fob, 10.—The Golos pub. lishes sousational letters stating that hun- dreds of bodies of thoso who died from the plngue in Astrakha® in Docember remain still uuburied, aud the corpses are strown over eight vorats of the Luostajowsker dis- trict, GERMANY. THE GAG-BILL. Benrix, Feb, 10.—Previous to the passage of the Parliamentary Disclpline bill by the Federal Council, Bismarck took part in a vory lively dobate. The representative of Waurtomburg inelfactuaily nttempted to fur. thor nwmend tha bill, and thoss of Bavarin, Oldenburg, Reuss, aud Bromen voted against tha bill. Lospoy, Feb, 10.—A Berlin dispatch re. ports that Dismarck spoke forcibly but un- uvallingly in tho Federal Council for the re- tontion of tho clauses of the Parlismentary Discipline bill which wore stricken out by the Committeo, It is also rumorod that the bill ouly passed by one vote. 'The repre. sentntives of Baxony, Baden-Baden, Howse, and Prussia voted for it. THE POMMERANLA DISASTER, Hasuuno, Feb. 10.—~Judgument of the Muritime Boant of I'rado in the cnso of the sinking of the steamer Pomnmeranin is that tho collision was due to a wrong movemeut ou the part of the bark Moel Eilen, The condnet of the Captain and' crew of the Tommernuia i worthy of all praise. INDIA, POLITICAL—CROPS, : Carovrra, Fub, 10,—Advices from all poiuts are highly satisfactory as regards the political and militery situation. Tho rain holds off in the northwest provinces, and the Puujaub harvest pros. pects mre most gloomy. AUSTRIA. WILL MAVE NO TAAFR, Viexxa, Fob., 10.—Couunt 'Unafo has failed to forn a Cabluet, and will take his dopart- urg from Vieaun. S SWITZERLAND, VILLAGE DESTROYED. Beoxe, Fob. 10.—~The Village of Megrin. gon, a great tourlsts’ rosort, Lins boen almost totally dustroyed by fire. BY MAIL, THE AMEER OF AYGUANISTAN'S PKOCLANATION TO UIS TRUOYS AND PEOYLX. *“In the name of the most merciful and com- passlonate God." Otticers, soldlers, public servants, peaple, and friends of Afglanistan proper: Kuow tiut when men embark themselves on an undertak- ing with an object fo view, sud, with the hops of accomplishiog §t, spend thousands in movey and wasto sll thelr bedily cnergics, God olten grauts it to them, and they reap tho bevelita thereof. In like menuer the Koran was seot to the best und most approved of Prophots (** May peace and salutations be upon hiwm!") as are- ward for the troubly and excrtion be had un- dertaken fo its cause, for turning his back on worldly posscasions, fur observing poverty and fasting, uud for undertakisg the sufferings uud tofls of & * febad™ as {f bo were partaking of 4 most deliclous beversge, until Le was exalted with a noble title, 'O you faithful bellevers,” 0 jou that repent, ** God bas bastcned to send down unto you the Koran to remove your sius und 10 graot Jou forgiveness. To God bo the highest glory.! 'be leader of all true belicyers and the chosen of adt Mohanmedans ’um ruler of Atebanistau) has, througn years of toll und excriious, pro- pared fur you all sorts of Lwplelucnls of war, 11, I879—-TWELVE ot ndvice, replete with verees of the Korn und commentarles, with the hopa that they may bear frult when his subjécts, with all their hearts, lives, nnd inner souls, may exert themaetves in the fntercets of thefr ruler, seck from God hefr recompeitse, and gain renown in this world, Thank God that sll you ufilvers and men are Muasulmans and full of religion, _Every Mussulman has certalnly read the Koran, but s not understood its meaning, owing to It Leing in Arablc; wherefore we ex- pound to you in Peratan that the Imperlshable Creator has fu 1t eald: “The Creator of the Wurkl las bartered Paradixe with the trae be- tievers for thiclr iyes sl _thelr po: * By whileh is meant that, the Creator recel 1its Paradise all true ellevers who have ulven their lves and the.r wealth for holv war - dertaken for the wavs of God, and you know that the Almighty 1s fncapable of deccption. Is alro neapuble of breaking a promises for even i Kingy who is, afternil, hutnan, 18 ashamed of Wtmsclf for ot Keeping his word_to one of Nis subjects. Wherelure v Mussulinan offers wp prayers {n hof aud asks for Paradise, “without knowlng whether ft will be granted him or wot. But God hus undoubtedly hela out a promise to thuse Wwho strive aind oxert theemselves ina * jetad,”? when e rays, O you falthful believers, I will polut sut unto you a merchaut who will save you frum painful torments. Wago a4 holy war Yorthe ways of God und 1is Pruphet with vour property and with your lives.” What could be more assurfug or more appropriate than tle abuved - Let those wha arc rich give their wealth in thls * Jenad,” and cquin those wha are nelther mounted nor pussess OUY arms or acroutre- meuts, and when all s ready Jot them give their lives i this hotv catise. When men with no resources have done so mucl, what would not the Lord of the World, who I8 the most merelful of the merciful, do tor them! e will receive them in His Paradise of Bllss and bestow Lifs favors upon them., 11 we wero to glvo vou further quutations from the Koran our ndmoultion to you would rua to tou great length, nmd vou would weary of listeniug to the trutbs of the Holy Byok. If any one among you sveks for further {nforma- tion, let Wim ‘read certain chapters [uames wmven) of the Koran, sl seo for blnself what great stressthe Lord God lavs on this polut, You oueht alao to know that the Leader of our Fulthful (Amcer Bhere Alf Khan) has never without » cause attacked atrihe; wiile a forelun natfon, without the slightest provocation, has Tuid the hind of oppression on our hovor, nudt has onde up its mind to lurade our country and to conquer it Should this happen, where will he the commands of Gud to 113 peoplo and the boast und pride of the Afghanst 1t is also necessary thut you should remember that the Amecer (the " Leader of our Faithful) bas spured his graclous person no palng, uml has cheerfully ~ underzone ¥ 1atinite labor, In protecting your rlehts, your pergons, and your property, mnd in not toferat- oe forelen iuterference. ” He has atso made great sacritices of property for yoursake. 1L it wero otherwise, you would say, * Rulfng Kings nowhere experience trouble or toll, for where- cver they oo they plteh theie tents and array for turnioil.” A due sense of power sud shame ought to fnfluence mankind ot ull thnes, When our ruler hias cheerfully undertuken the protes tlou of his sublects, affer such tolls amd hard- ships, 1t would be ulmost a thousand pitles that wae should be unmindful of the bonor und futer- st of our master and of the commands ot God und of His Prophet, und shrink back frow the Iworthlcas fufidel fn hopes of living & fow days ongar. This decrec of fato Is known to all that whon [the anael of] death overtakes one there is no eseape from hhis, as is fully oroved by the sacred verse which saya, * Verily, when death from God comes down upon you, {t does uot give you mttch time to act.* But if your death bas not come no harm ean befull yous wero you tocharge tp to the verymuz- zle of guns in thousands of fighis, as you olil- cers knoty of your own knowledgo thiut there are some among you who have heen up to denth's very door fn hundreds of fights without. belng touched; while when one’s hour bas come ho will dls (perbaps ot fever) where he stands, Thanks be to God that Ile has taken upon Himselt the ooligation of requiting with the re- wards of Paradlso an_appointed death, wiich s catied * Togurlb.” We men avod this kind of deuth snd rua after the Jenominlous one, ** which fs dispraceful, as is sell-cvident,” In this very scnse the ** leader of the earavan of the Faithful (Shah Murdanj—may God ilu- mine his face!—hay sald: 4 Two daya to fear death Is tmpropar— When it 1 ocdained and when it's naty Tho day it s, exertions avall not— Wnen it {8 not, repining is linproper. ™ In short, ‘sinco ' death’ I8 pre-ordalned, why shonld we ron away in war, for the Everlasting Creator bus snid in the Koran: % Those ainong you who ara strong i fuith when the Iniblels close upon you In battle In greater numbers than your awil, you ought not to turn your back upon them. And he who will turn except it be for the purposo of combat will Incur the wrath of God aud be commlitted to hell-lire, Lot thin also ve known, that God has made victory dependent on lirmneas and_stubborn- nesa, the limit of which Is death, Wherefore, Mussulinaus, let those who have pat thelr fuith in God and in Iils Prophet not shrnk trom dv- ing the death of a miartyr, tor the Lord Gud hutl sald: **Fhose thaturo killed or die In the ways of God are forgiven, The grace und nerey of "Goit b upon all of them.” And, aain, Ho hns mald: **Those that are kitled in the ways of God are not dead, but allve near thelr God. Tlhey are jonde to taste of joy frum the bountcous dcsires of the Lord,” Glad tidings of them will be given unto those who tollow thetn and their progeny. ‘They know of no feur or gricf, Glad tidlngs will be given unto them of the bountles of the Lord, tor the Lord doca not withhold 11is reward from the true bellevers,” Were the firminess nnd stubbornness diaplayed by yuu in the eventualities and difficultles of warfarg greater than has been sct forth, likewlse witl your reward from God bo all the greater, You'wiil cet o great name in this world and by deserving of 1,000 fuvors from God und the gen- cerous Prophet, und be honored by themn. Besides remember that the Ameer Sahib Bu- hadur considers cvery officer and solaier like children of his own, wherefore it is a duty you owe hitn as such that you should listen to his fatherly advice, which is fall of quotations train the Korun; and bear In mind that the Lord God has over and vver agoln promiscd you victory if you remnain firm,—that 49, I8 1s made dependent upon your Hrinuess, 1t all Mussulmans were it and uutted, vie- tory would be thelr vortlon, and they will not eain it i they bo inclined 1o glve lu alter two or three days’ fightiog, in which case thers will o no breach of promise from God, ‘T'oia fuct also eught Lo bo burue fo mind, that the worthless jutidels [the Euglish] ura now bent upon deceit und treacbiery, snd are pres lmml tobribe [or buy over tothem) trnibes of slaw, witt promises ol eiving thousands of rupcesl But truly, where {s there a Mussuluan who would barter the luws of God aguiust the carrion of this world{ As the poct has suld, ** Let not the heart of thut mean oae re*mu‘, who has for his faith of the world made cholee,” But the most astonishing part 1s that the tribes of the {ulideis should bu recclved Lecause (une suys) 1 will sell uuto you my chlldren, my futnity, iny Kgoods und cnattols, sud those of my co-religinng- 1ats, for ten or tifteen thousand yupees, It any uf you have faith und a proper scase of honor, 1 huve strong_hopes that vou will treat this kind of speculation as utterly worthless uid buse, l)uriu;f the war In Bwat “and Boner the vontestants had miet i battle, when the Mua- sulimans of Swat und Boner and other parts stood firm and offercd m stubborn resis without the-means of dolng so, und the eny 'y notwithistanding hly nuimnerous guns sud risles, was unable to carry their }mnmann There ls not the shigbtest doubt thut i you, otlicers, soldicrs, and ptunlu of Afghanistay, were to st up to the teaching of the Koruy, you would be hon- ored buth fn_this world ‘und the next, sl blunt the tecth of greed of th Infidels with re- gard to juvadiug our country, ‘Uhis, our admo- nitlon, 18 necessary, as they on thelr side are ready, Thoy (Enelish cd of ‘lives il ¢hildren, although 1hev do not share future rewards; they are not afrald, why should we bel —we who are promised future fewarda by Gud, who huve to defeud the bouor of our religlon, who i we get killed will be admitied Into t‘am- diso, and who I wo are spared witl be bonored futhis world. It will be & matter of great re- Kret to us were we to be shiorn of all thuso worldly bunetits and the prom'se of future re- wards without making & stubbory resistance, Address dssued und slgued by Kuru Abdool Kadar, Militery Becretary to the Ameer, dated montt Sharval, year Hijira 1203,—1. ¢., between Oct. 13 und Nov. 11, 1578, ENGLAND'S ZULD WAK. New York World, Feo. 6. England has on ber hands snother war which is likely to prove wore troublesome than has proved her coottics with the ex-Ameer,—a strug- ile with the Zulus of South Africa. Biucu the Cape became s British colony the natives have kept the Enzlish sutborities busy. In 1811 the tirst Caffro war broke out, when the Caffres were driven back to the Great Fish Kiver, neither side taking prisoncrs, Elght years luter the Prophet Moksnua beaded sn attack on Grahamstown, which, however, was repulsed with heavy loss. The second Caflro war was fought iu 1823-'31; a third broke out in Decem- ber, 1584, when 12,000 uatives ravaged the settlcs ments, the raid being the preludu to s Jong aud blvody war Sir Benamin Urbas faallv achicving & victory ab au cxpemss of £5w,000 PAGES, nnd caused to be published no end of circulars | and many lves. The then Colonial Secretary, = dectaring that the Unfl'm?md ampla fustifl rage from would kil all thelr cattle, destroy their crops, decimated by fumine und plague, till comling of age, arch south of the e(&xgmn Jeets within the 10, W und 40, 8,400 between 40 und 50, und 4, Lord Glenelg, however, repudiated his action, tion for making war, nul reealled him.” Proba- bly the UafTres had, but it s certaln that the Ulenclg-1)'Urban disagreement hassiues proved a Trftful source of strite. “The War of the Ax" broke out in 1316, his countrymen having rescued from (he police a Caffre on his way to prison for stealing an ax. I emded, of course, n the suceess of the Tnghish, Sie Henry Stmith extending the houndars of the colony to'the Ket River, In 1850 another war broks,out, which Iasted for more than two years, costing England £0200,00 aid the lives of 400 noldicrs, to say nothing of the colonists massacred “in the outlytng villagep. A prophee had justi- mited i, and “goon after fts close (in 1837) avother prophet set afloat o mes- the delties that if the Caflres and aow o more graln they would be super- nnmmllf alded to recover their former posses- They did so, nud, In spite of the nassist- ance of the English and Dutch farmers, were t was thought thai their splirit was broken. It was nearly twenty vears cru they rose agaln. 'The Galekna® lcrrncry‘nnrr an shortive attempt at insurrection in 1850, wes dividea petween the Uaikas und Fiugoes, thelr ruler, Kreli, beine sub- sequently ermitted sca-vonst Naturally the Galekns hore the Fingoea no 1o cstablish nimself on the ctween the Kel and Bashl Rivers, 1uud will, sl though the strong hand of Englund kept both in order n spark only was needed to kindle & flame of drunken ding, 'Aug, 3, 1877, a Galeka was kill- In s open hostility. weile Urawl ot n Fiogo ed; a weck later the Galckas crossed the Itno aud carried olf all the Fingoes! cattle, re- prisuls enstied, atd when Sir Bartle Frere visited the Trinakel 1o rettlo the feud Krell refused to meet him, and, collecting 5,000 armed men, fnvaded Fingoland, the ~Galkas, turbulent, chief, Sandall, Joining bim. "1t then beeame a war between the English and Finzoes and the Glukas Cunyughame, und subsequently Licutevant- General the operations of the former, tusisted on actiue indapendently, and 8tr Burtlo Frere hnd to disiniss his Minlsters when they (Feb, 4, 1873) censured lim for exceeaing his constitutlonal Toen) mander, though hamnpered by the voluntecrs returning homao at the end of thelr term of acrvice, the English under thelr and Galekas, 8ir Arthur Ion, F. Thesiger, directing the ‘I'ie Colonial lurces the com- cut, subscauently tunctions {n placine under the Imperlal Qordlan knot thus ‘Thesiger was torces ‘The Geu, went on harmoniously to success, and in June 1878, the war was closed, Sundilli beinge Kifled, anid hin trother Edmund surrendered uncondi- tionally. 181 mon, ten ollicers wounded the rebels Jost 8,080 killed and 171 prisoners, besides 43,000 bead of cattle, The English tost twelve ofllcers and and 208 men being Meauwhilu the Zulus oo the border of the ‘Transvaal and the independent Chilef 8ecocoent, xlxll-ur P'retoris, wers coming into the_complica- oile clained all the jund up to’the Dlood River, had been on tndifferent terms with the Dutch Boers on the teit bank; indeed they bad been at war Just Leforo the Britlsh anpexation of the Re- For nearly twenty years the Zulus, who in 15775 but the Boers concluded a described by Sif Theophilus 8hepstuno as & i humillating and likaly to make Secocoent think thy whites were afrald of him, fused positively to recoznize the Zutus' claim to the disputed territory, und the latter were only kept from active livstilities by the tirm at- “titude of Col. Lanyon aud the diplomatic tacy of 8tr Theophilus Shepstone, Zulu King, was found to Le lu correspondenca with Se wa had {n the foterhin succecded to the title on the deathof bis father, the late Chancellor—massed 2“;” avatluble man In Pretorls to mees the ulus, = The English re- Cetewnyo, the coent, and the tetant that 1 Caflre ¢cnded Lord Chehinsford—(ien, hestger Sir Bartle Frore had meanwhiio dispatchied an ulumntum to Cetewayo, the Zulu King, recog- nzing the justice of tThe Zuins' claimn to the dis- puted territory, but fuslsting on compensation tor farmers wlio had to leave it througn fear of Cetewnyo, the payment of flnes und surremder of certaia chiofs engaged In outrages, the dis- bandingol the Zulu aruy, the establishment of 8 Dritish Residentl n” Zulnluid Dower, mission for missionaries Lo return to the coun- with muen o fair trinl for ull offcuders, per- try, and the freedom of Znlus to marey on A month was given the King to make up s mind, sud ho promptly refused to avsent to the coudltions. “Tne cxtrome it of grace expired on the 11th ult., and the war has been begun, Zulu King vonld haye accepted suma of the con- ditions, He had diwbanded his army eurly in It 18 not ut ull clear that the December, nnd ordered compensation to be mude 1o settiers who auffered loss by the dise turbed conditton of the froutler, wid some years ago the Zulus were willing to receiva a Hesle dent. But to survénder'any of his chiefs would b to risk the mutiny of the others, and the ucstions of recelving the misslonaries il changing the martdage customs of the country would be most daugerous, as tho King's com- plinnce would be followed by n Joss ol prestiize and the awukenlug of fauatle prejudice, Cetewavo is the most powerful Afriean mon- He has 300,000 sub- anuaro mites of Zuiuland, and they area powerful, well-bullt, race, eap: ble of great endurance. tle has already asscm- bled 8,000 men on the frontler and called out his army, ‘Thers are forty reglments, seven of which, however, consist ol meu over o, remaining thirty-three, fliteen are composed of bachelors nnd elghteen of married men, the Jat- ter belng distingulshed by thelr shuven heads, onwhich only o circlet of lalr is uitowed to erow, Lach corps has fts distinetlve warks und special station. At 14 or 13 the Zulu malcs pass into the army amd are formed into regiments with which older soldicrs are nilxed. Mot til 40 {s marrisgs permitted. At present the a contalvs 22,500 men under 80, 10,000 betwy 500 between 60 und 005 tota), 40,400, " The sol- diers have breech-loaders and some cannon, Each reglimont bas two wings of oqual atrengtb, subdivided Into companies, Thy reglment has a commnander and secoud §n command; there aro two vfticers to sach wing, besides compan olficers unud two or threo Junfor ofilcers. All have their rozulated dutles und responsibilities, amd thelr orders arv readlly oboyed, Drill there 18 none, thouwh the Zulus perform somo simple moveients with method, such ns forwing u clre cle: of compuules or reglments, heading into compunles from the clrcle or forming a Hne of march in order of companies or in close order of rezimouts, The commbssariat und trausport are shinple. ‘Tho former consists of a provisiou of mafzo or millet wnd a herd of cattlo propor- tioued to the alstance to be traveled; the latter of the youths of the rezhnent, who carry the wmats, blankcts, and provisions sud drive the cattle. ‘That they aro *carelcss of the sinzle Hie " in the feld appears sulliclently from their tactics when they have to cross an unbridged torrent, ‘They form in denss volump, each holding on ihe other, und force their way throuth tha fluod by sheor weight, those behlad preasing the othera forward, “The last und greatest upponents of the whites In Bouth Africa will bo confrouted by between 14,000 aud 15,000 men, of whom 5,000 are Britisn regutars and 6,000 native levies, Of the Caffres 10 ver cent ara armed ,with rifies and the re- maiuder with assegals. They are ofllcered by whites experlenced in Cape warfare. ‘The regu- lars uro two bottailons of the Tweanty-fourth Heghuent, ove battalion of the Third (Bufls), onsof the Nincteeoth, und seversl componics from the Thirteenthiund Eighticth, with twenty- six wune, mm“"d::fun artttlerymen, Thers 14 ulaa & naval brigmle 300 strong from the ships Active _und - Tenedos, and the King's Own Royal Iteghoent, ta which tie Quecy presested new colors n Decewber, ls on its way to the Cupe, 'The Colonlal for couslst of eight corps of mounted voluntees ‘fhe disposition ot the forces 14 as follows; The Northern column (left), comnmanded by Col. Hugh Rowlands, C. B., & Victoris *Croes man, consisting of the Thirteenth and Elghtieth, is escheloned from Middlesbur to Pretoria. The Central column, uuder Col. E, Wood, C, 8., ahwo & weater of the V. C.," consisting of the Nunetfeth and Colonials, is at Utrecht, ready to striko at the heart of Zululand from Uie weat. The Bouthern column (rixht), commanded b, Lord Chelinsford, and comprisiog the Third an ‘Twenty-fourth regiments, 1s_on the Natal fron- tler, facing norticast, ‘Ibe Calflre coutingent is alvided smong the commands wiil comne into play in desustory warfare ratber than in aoy ol the regular operations, TUE PRENCU LOTTERY. Duspatchto London Times, Pauts, Jan. B.—The lottery drawings com- menced at 10 this torntug in the large ball of the Trocadero. At § o'clock, though the roada were thick with mud, people bezan to collcet outslde, und ou thy opening of the doors an eager throug, furoished with peacil and paper, and having thelr tickets fu thelr pockets, streamed In 28 1 countiuz on golng away pos- sessed of m fortune, Alas, whst disappolnt- wentsl After the tour bours’ drawiug many =3 hopeful countenances were chaplallen aud many brilllant dreams dlspelled. The places set spart for distinguished visitors were halt empty. On the platform before the orgap was o small wDumbered wneel Lo determiug the serles, Another wheel had twelve sides, oumbered frow 11012 1o frony of the flll(urln was the Burcau of the Commis- slon. 3. Martesu, the Dircetor of the draw- inges, reud aud vxplalned te miechaplsm of the wachine. ‘The gallerics applauded, soxious to suo the entertaloment begin, Threo wen stood bel wheel, Upou two taps of an ivory humumer two ol tho wen advauced, the third being a supsruuwerary, Ouc of them put the series-wheel in motion; the numbers, The big prizes cm?w ;I'm'. n‘ o e rives the rest of 1he denveing of jaer W de- 10 o the fourth acrios won it st No. of 125,000 francs, and No, s o ek Ues serlca that of 100,000 fennca, Mot onh 110 Aty plauded,Evklently the wimmcrs st 1 ent, ttor were they fn the case of the 3""" 50,000 francs, of 5,000 france, i 0 2ct ot The spectators beeamo ratner apathet| o enly oecasionally, when one scrics cam s A ceal times numinz. or when the :u“““"' wheels produced somesingular figure, nmkm Any atir, after which they’ resumed \»k"""" Hhelr tickets Lo aea whethor nnybing forn ¥ This went on several Tiours, tiie wheatsreot) ing seventy-fve times an I'mur, the 1"“"‘ striking, ‘& mombor of the purec, Iner out the wnumbers, ull the pcuplem"ln of ‘the monotonz, Teft g "o i for new arrivals, who had been #hiversr, i the cold and ‘mud. " Considerni ®lEE Lhis 16 to £o on for weeks, it s ‘o p pis, At spectacle will notdriva poonle out of (ot atd how many enemics the Republic hl”’mi Zar of making~for evorsthing that n-p;d"' lald to the Gavernment~among dlmlnlil:n' neopie, who fiud that they have simply th, o m\‘nylln-lr {rancs! In the musnaes{ i} collected around & man who ad fainge; T2k real sight was outslde, viz., the Rardens, bridge, the Champs de Mara, and tne baniy the river covered with suow, the shrubs burled under it, the statues draped i "Ml lcces of water frozen, and not a living gat 0 he scen, To think um.lhrcamnmh‘:fi" 100,000 people n day covered this now dese ! 8pot was eaough to make one melancholy, b CASUALTIES, DROWNED, Bpecial Dioateh to The Trivune. Jourer, Ilk, Feb. 10.~Two slaters nay Maggis aud Nellto: Crane, the former e and the latter 14 years, were drowned fg e Desplaines River, uear the Clty Bridewel) g, forcacon. ‘The girls lived with thelr moty: . widow, on Desplaines street, the honso beie situated only n few feet from the bank of the river.. Netlio wens fo the river for water, uy the fee giving way beneath her sho dispper Uer alster ran lo the rescuc, but the fee ey gave way und Jolt both stru geling in the wyye, “Lhieir mother, fearing thelr crics, hastena 1 their asslstance, only to break through and ol ber daughters. Ilelp areived fn time to resyy the mother, but all effurta to resuscitate:ng givls after the recovery of thelr bodiey way fraftless, An fnauest Was held und o yenios o death by accldental drowning was retamed, o ACCIDENT TO A BRIDGE!-.. Spectal Disvateh 1n 7' e Trioune, Rocxk IsLaND, 1il., Feb. 10.—~The contaadly firm of Reynolds, Saulpaugh & Co. reeefdpy telegram from Thomas Snulpaueh; at Giggy, Mo, this evening, announcing that at 10 o'dwy this morning the American Bridge Combaay, of Chicago, lost & span between the gt iy second piers from the north shore of the bridey building ovet the Miasouri River at that iy, The damage was done by an lumon{emln; the false work out. Two hours latee they won'd baveswung thespan, ‘The Bridge Company'siay 1s between $30,000 and $10,000. Tne bridge wyy being built for the Chicazo & Alton Railres! and would have been readv for use by the hx:l Murch, The Inat span was 250 feet long, and thy bridge, with its appronches, 4,000 teet loog, - ACCIDENTAL XOISONING: CixcinNaTi, 0., Feb. 10.—William Ruoges and wife, and Granville Orent and four of by famiiy, of Greenville, Ind., were poiscoed fur. urday by eating buckwheat cakes. (L seers that u farmer named Hall had put areenicfotle baru to kili rats. A portion of it Lecame misd with the buckwheat, which was alierwards sl to the parties pamed. Runjyon is quite Ui we othiers will probably recover. SEVERELY BURNED. Cincinary, 0., Feb, 10.—During the Enny fire this morntug John Brockmedr, who keepis saloon u the same building, was badly baroe} wiidlo rescuing two ehildven. The Jalter i also baaly burned about the feet, lezs, acd liead, ‘The total loss Is now placed at &0 FATALLY INJURED. Socelal Disparc to The Tribuns fonrt WAvNE, Ind., Feb. 10,—iVilliam Goole win, o brakeman on the Pittahurz & Fn Wayne Kullroad, was' ‘fatally injured wbls coupling cars at_Monroevillo to-izht. Bewss 28 years old, aud recently married. FIRES. CHIICAGO, At 8:50 yeaterday afternoon a one-slory i<t barn {n the rear of Nu. 175 Rebeeca styect, 08 ed by August Zoelloer, und oceupied by © Bossclman, wus set aflre by the latter's $re old son, lwn:n was playlng with matches Di WX l;?lll';-r,:l':u:m to Iook and Ladder No. & mt caused by u firs on the roof of No. 33 Wt street, causcd by aparks from the chimner, “f butlding was owned und oceupicd as & dwelto by Jobn Keliey, No damuge, AT GREENCASTLE, IND. INDIANAPOLIS, Tod., Feb, 10.—The oid e lego buildings of Asbury University st treet castle, Ind., were destroyed by firo today. T bullding was eccupled by the students aaelees {ng rooms and by the proparation deparintch foprecialon, purpoce, Lons ot Lo and 2 o mnry was'i nnv-fll 1n o dumaged conditiva. coverod by lusurauc e e——— HE WEATHER. Orrvics or Tur Ciuzr SioNaL 0rntt Wasningtoy, D, C., Feb, 11—1 o m—loth* tlons: For Teoucssco und the Ohlo Vaith cloudy weather und rafn, southerly 'lndl.lh:t tug to westerly or northwesterlw fallior, lowed by risjug, barometer, snd ;u\ver,l:w ture, slight changes in temperature. LA For the Lower Lake region, cloudy wessh with snow aud ruln, falling, followed by bsrometer, southerly winds, becomiog ¥ and, 1 enstern portious, w elight rise; follow 1l in temperature, N b,F.:n“.llm Umm!l Laku Iteglon, Upper SIW‘( “5 and Lower Missourl Valleys, areas of it - lno:, lu}ut:lmlml hybwldcr dnru:‘l;ul.:l:ly It;lz:dflls’lf" buromete! m(rf‘m:'t:n:'nr; l.‘l‘.‘."null continue at Graud Harrh Mulwaukee, und Ludington. LOGAL OBIRRYATIONS 33, vayons. st Fub, 10-10:1808 Wind, Ko, Hesd “Mazimum, 51t winlinu; EXERAL U Can s | BETUZIEYSREULELLT 270! S 30,041 .00 Nasbille oo ew Urleaus North i & =41 3t 4 2o {25 L ———— G! OW FEVER suBSIDING! ., Uvmeuxnz.uxr., Feb, 10—50 r:rm-:“‘ Courier-Journal correspondets r‘tfifu. oot Do yellow fever fo the Soutb, ;:“ = ¢ wortal sickuess scoms o bave - .m:f'-'i ihe distnterment of budies of Prevs! of yellow fever,