Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1879, Page 2

Z e probahly be s deflelt it the revenues of ny.nnv- ernment during the next fiscal year, of $27,000,- 000, and asking authority to isssue 4 per cent bonds te cover such delficlency. Mr. Wilson, from the Commitico on Forelzn AfTairs, submnitted a report in regard to the treaty with Mexico. Ordered printed and re- committed. % Mr. Wigzinton, from the Committee on Pub- 1lc Lunds, reported a bil! to determine the _mln o the tract of land known as the Rancho Pano- ~che Grande, California. Heferred and recom- maftted, The outo soon after went into Committee of 1he Whole on the Leaislative Anpropriation bill, Mr. Blackburn was In the Chair. After disposing of sixty-threo pages of the bill the Comnifttee rose. ‘The remainder of the day’s session was devoted to memorlul services of the Iate Julian Hartridgo. CASUALTIES. THE TLYING-TRAPEZE ACT. Spectal Dispatch 2o The Tribune. DetROIT, Feb. 18.—Marfe Azurine nnd Frank ‘Monroe, with fanclion’s Parisian Folly Troupe. were performing a trapeze act at the Theatre Cotnique to-night, when the woman met witha terrible accident. Bhie was swinging Ihrough 1he alr, prepuratory to leaping to the grasp of her partner, who hung head down from the yroscenium, and, whea at the greatest nitituda of her flight, she was eelzed with vertizo, her hands reteased the grasp of the bar, and she fell head downward thirty feet, siriking on an orchestra chalr and thence rolling down to the floor nnconsclous, 'The result wns a broken collar-bone, three ribs fractured, and {nternal iojuries. Her recovery is improbable, 8he wnas » superbly formed woman, wolzhing about 160 ‘pouads, and 25 years of age. BURNED TO DEATH. Spectal Dlapateh ta The Tridune. Droosxgroy, 111, Feb. 18.—Yesterdny o ‘daughter of James Robinson, who lives at Brown's Grove, near Stanford, was so terribly burned by her dothes catching fivo from a grate, that sho died last night, Sneetal Dispatch (o The Tribune. Davesront, In, Feb, 13,—A shocking accl dent occucred ot Iowa City Inst night, which sulted to-day in the deathof Johmile, the 3-year- old chilid of " the Itev, Oscar Clute, pastor of the Universalist Church of that city. “The boy was alone fn a room up-stairs, where he found a box of matches and be&xnn foamuse himself by lizht- oing his clothies caught fire, When his mother heard him ery she rushed into the room and found herboy enveloved in flames, These she succeeded in nmuylmrlnf by the aid ittlo boy ter- ribly burned from the neck to the knees. Medic- al ald wna summoncd ‘aud the child’s patn Ercuuy alleviated, but at 4 o'dJock thia morning 8 began to aluk, and in a few hours was dead. ing them, Iu so of a blanket, but only to find the UNDER THE WIIKEELS. Bpecial Dirpatch 10 The Tridune Irpianaron1s, Feb, 13.—Charles Ilolmes, aged 18 years, whilo attempting to board an out- going passenger-traie at 4:45 this mornlng, at o curve immediately vast of the Unlon Depot, missed hls footing, fell under the sheels of the train, and was deageed nearly o square, crush- ing both his legs and bis right arm. He died at the Surieal Instituto at 0 o’clock, Iolmes has been, until recently, employed at the wholesale drug store of A. Kiefer, but, belng out of work and without monerv, was trying to get to Frank- o, whero he had friends aud relatives. EXPLOSIONS, DrrROIT, Feb. 18.—The oveus in the restoring- room of the Jackaon Chemical Works, at Jack- gon, exploded this murning, entirely demolish- ing the building, and fatally scalding one of the furnace-men. A shock liko that of an earth- quake was felt fora quartcrof 'a mile, Loss, 2,000. Burraro, Feb. 13.—A boiler explosion to-lay demolished the Delaney Forzo and Iron Works bulldipg. Nobedy was burt, STOCK-TRA IN COLLISION. Borraro, N. Y., Foh. 18.—A colllslon oc- cwrred op the New York Central Raliroad at ‘Werdo Station, sixteen miles cast of here, ves- terday afternoon, demolisling two eneines and the caboose, breakink the bumpers of cvery car, and kithng a_uumber of sheep and hogs in transit to the East. A IIORROR, 8Saw Faascisgo,; Fob,' /1, —A | dispatch from explosion in o tunnel of the Southern Coast Rallroad, near Alma, in- jured fourteen men, Nine Chinamen will afe. Ban Joso aays a fire dar SETTLING DOWN. PorraviLLy, Feb. 18.--The houses aver the Kolinoor mines arc sinking. The Inmates have fled for eafety, NETHODIST PREMLUNS. Arrangenment of Mefhods by Which the Varlous Organs ol the Cliurcl Shall He- cnre Subscribers, Special Dispateh to Tha Tribuse. New Yous, Feb, 1.—The General Book Com- mittea of the Methodist Eplscopal Church is liolding its annual meetine ab the headquarters of the Book Coucern in this city, The sesalons began., yesterday, and will conclude to- morro®) The buslness tramsacted fs gen- crally executive, sud of lictle outsido in- terest. A miatier of some Importance to the West was broueht up yesterday through a move- meut to ptace the Western pgners;which aco un- der the control of the Church; on un equal foot- ing with the Eastern orgaos. Hitherto the late ter huvo been favored fn various respects, and eflorts have constantly been put forth by the Enstern members of the Book Comnnlitee to Dush forward the Eastern publlcations at “tho ‘“xnense of the Western. This year the West- ern members decided to make o strong stand for equality, on the ground that thero ought to be no rivalry between the publlcations coverned by onc and the same General Commfttee, und no unfalr ndvantage glven to one publication over another, The question was rufsed by the futroduction of a resolution regarding tha giv- ing of premfums, It apoears that, by eiving fine and costly premlums, among other devices which the Weatern papers could not equal, the Christian Advocate of this city lay endeavored to push its way Into Wostern subseription ficlds, ‘The resolution iustructed the Apentsof the Book Concern that, In making pretniums for the publications of the Chureh, before sueh offers ahall be madu by circular or otherwiso by tho Azentsof either the Eostern or the W Concern, the Adents shull consult toget! #gree upon aunlform prewiwm, In cuse they canuot auree, they shall give notice to cach otherZ what they dntend . o do indopendently, and, when any premium shall be adverticed by olther of ths bouses, East or West, coples of the premium shall ba furnsheil to the other Agent at the cost of production. This resolution, which secures 1o tbe Chleago, Cinctnnatl, and other papers an equality they have notbitherto enjoyed, caused alively dobare of six houts’ duration. 'Ihe resolution wus finally pussed, however, by a vole of 1 to B Another point galned was that no uastor shali derive any benefit, us heretofore, It he takes a sibscs paver awd gives it 1o another, wembers {eel well eatisfled with what bas been wecomplished, “Phe Conuugttes has closed the Deposhiory at Atlanta, Gn. JUDGE SENEY'S DISCARDED WIFE., Snectal Disputch 1o The Tribune. CINCINNATL O,y Fub, 13.~The sult of the Tate wite of Judge Heney azainst the present Mrs. Seney, In which shie asked $10,000 for allen- atlon of her husb ind®s affeertons, was brought to tin to-duy, the intini luw, ung an abrupt termivution at Court deciding thal, under th Wumasu canuot sue another for seduction, e ee— - A LITTLE SPAT. Livre.e Rock, Feb, M. —Au unfortunate pub- Me altercation transpired this ofteruoon boe tween Cobo Robert W, Julmson and (ivo, Miller, the former veuting severe reprouches upon the responded with ntlemen regret the Goveruor, to which the la warith, Friends of both matter, which Is probably cuded. e e — = FINANCIAL. Rocuegres, N, Y., Feb, 13.—Stethelmer, Tono & Co.’ baok closed to day, Auticipating a run, they decided to snspend. ‘They expect to pay fu full. PeTERsBURG, Va., Feb, 13.~The Commerclal Natiounl Bunk, the last Nuttousl lhank in the clty, has gane nto lquidatiun. New Youxk, Fen. 13.—1n ‘e, F1T0,000. FOREIGN. Reassembling of the British Parliament After the Yiows of the Ministry on Load- ing Toples of Public The South African Natives to Be Put Down at All Haz- Reports that the Native Troops Hnve Murdered Their English Officers. Little Change Yosterday Observed in the Labor Bituation in The New French Cobinet Will Oppose the Wholesale Impeachment ‘Warmer Weather Inoreasing the Mortality from the Plague in Russia. GREAT BRITAIN, MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. Loxpoy, Feb. 15.—Parlinment renssembled The House of Commons met at 4 o'clock this nfternoon, aud the House of TLords at 5 o'clock. Lord Beaconsfleld, in the Houso of Lords, nnd Sir Stafford North. cote, in the Iouse of Commons, made form- al announcements of the logislation pro- posed and the state of foreign relations, 8ir Stafford Northcote, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons said it was not desirablo to either exnggorate or deprecinte the unduly severs blow in South Africa. Thero exists goneral admira- tion for the gallantry of the troops and uni- versal sympatby for the sufforors. The Cnbinet is resolved to repair nnd wipe out ‘The first batah of reinforoe- ments leave before Thuraday next. recommended abstinonce of oxpression of viows upon the disastor until furthor dotails Papers in the case have alroady been laid on the fable, and othera Then it will bo possible to stata the intended course to provide for expenses. I am happily nble to congratulate the House nnd country upon A MORE BATISFACTORY §TATE OF AFFAIRS in the other parts of the world, 'There is sotlsfaction with the wero received. will shortly follow. evory roason for progress of the Darlin Treaty. sians bave alrendy begun to withdraw from Tuarkey, and there is every resson to hope for the complote evacustion in duo time. Tho Chaocellor praised the energy and ekill displayed by Mr. Layard, Brtish Min- ister at Constantinople in, his negotintiona. His illness, he said, was not surprising, and he will tnke a short respito, as matters now allow of a respile, REGARDING REFORMB IN ASIA, ho snid the Porto hns shown carnestness in tho arrangements now under discussion, and which it is hoped would prove adequnte. In Cyprus, Euglaud has faken over the Crown lands, paying the Porte £35,000 annu- ally, besides the surplus stipulated in the Auglo-Turkish Convention, which is about £10,000 n yenr, INTENDED INQUIRIES, Messrs. Rathlbone and Mundella (Liborals) gave notice they would ask questions to- morrow in referenco to plouro-pnsumonia among American cattle. Sir Staford Northeote, in reply to Mr. Mure (Liberal), a8 to whether the reiuforce- ments asked for by Loard Chelmsford woro withheld, drew nttention to the Bluebook. which sct forth that Lord Chelsmford’s de- mand for jufautry reinforcoments weras the only apptications, aud were cowmplied with. ‘Thero was no roquest for cavalry, AFGHANISTAN. The expedition to Afghanistan may bo snid to bhave accomplished its object, and satisfactory arrangemonts for the protection of the northwest frontier, while preserving the indepondence of Afghauistan, are now In regard to the present distress prevalent in England, ho loped tho improvement in the weather would diminish it. LEGISLATIVE MEASURES, In concluding, ho enumorated tho meas. ures to boe introduced by the Govornment during tho session, including the Criminal Code and the BAnkruptey bill intended to propose a resolution regarding the business of the House of Commons, The Intter rofors to obstructions, LORD BEACONSFIELD, in tho Houso of Lords, mnde n statement similar {o that of Sir Btafford Northeoto, Lord Benconsficld particulatly defended the Bultan against tho chargo of unwilling. ness to reform tho administration of his QGovernment, and nnnounced that the Com- mission appoiuted by the Bultan to examine tho neods of the various provinces had just presonted its report. “The vbject of the Governmont's interfer. ence in Afghanistan,” he says, *‘has boen complately nocomplished, throo great bighwaya oonnecting Afghan. istan and India, and I hope we shall nlways Wo have socurod a frontier which I hope and bellove will render Indis invulnerablo, in a way which will trench as liotle ns powsible on the independeuce of Afgboulston,” LORD GRANVILLE criticlied tha annoxationist tone of the ofit. cial utternnces in rogerd to tho Coloulal policy Ie declared that the Opposition would cordin'ly support all efforts to wmaivtain the honor and mafety of thoe troop's and tho coloniuts of the Capo. Loxl Cornarvon declared that he, whon in ‘Wao now hold the of the Government, sivencss of Cotowngo, and suggested that the IN THFE 1IDUSE OF COMMOXS Sir Htafford Northeote said the scheme of Tantsy Fob, 13, —Tho Oabinet s still re. ‘Ihe Corslean spy who murdered Count Cutne- ct ¢ raty for huvine ventured to 8ip 8 noto in the pacification rolative to Groece is progressing | solved to oppose tho lmpeachment of the [ -t T Emprers Bugenlout s stato ball, Do Broglie Ministry, but has romoved tho | has nat been biving fn London ever siuce, Hu presonted by the Governmont includes a bill | clause against it from the Awnesty bill, for | 6id tot live Liers fur tors thau two days, as by for the reform of couuty government, one | rensous conuectod with pasty tactles, was wlnost Immedlately overtuken by another for tho reform of tho Ivlsh Graund-dury sys. DEFEATED. tem, and probably ono relativa to banking, e said tho Hst of measures to ba tho exteusion of the Indian fro .tler, the jn. oporativeness of the proposed reforms in | or their value out of tho civil list, Asia Miuor, oud the uoglect of the Irish THE AMNEBTY BCHEME, University Education bill, 2 i ‘The Irish members genorally complained | Deputics havo olected a committeo ou the | Zambo, ckoey, Juckeon & Cu., dealers u spices, bave suspesded, Liabill- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDA FEBRUARY 14, 1879—TWELVE PAGER of the Government's neglect of Ircland. | Amnosty DIl Fight members favor the BL Sir Btafford Northeoto, replying to n ques- | Government mensure, and threo desiro full tion of Lord Hartington, said tho expediency | and complete smuvesty. Tho Bonapartists of the joint occupation of Roumelin, in the | voted with the Radicals. ovent of disturbnnces after tha Russinn RADICAL FCIEME. . BUTLER. A New View of the Much-Disliked ovacuation, had beon mooted, but the dis- | Pants, Fob. 18,—Tho Rndicals aro resolved Politician. cussion had not advanced, in conseqnence of | to demnnd tho impeachment of tho Mintstry the indifferonce of tihe Dowers excopting | of the 16th of My, An overwhelming ma. [ The Doughty Warrlor at Ills Austria aud England, w. Jority is predioted for tho Government. Homo l!l Lowell. ¢ g “ BOUTII AFRICA i 7 AFGHAY WAR, AT . he n:;":h?sa:;::mm of Indin had pro- TROOPS OFFERED. How Ho Lives, Conduots Business, and posed that England should lond Indin | OALGUTTA, Feb, 1.—Tho Government hins Extonds Hospitality. £2,000,000 for n term of years without in- offored to supply n contingent for tho Cape torest. of Good Hope. Mr. Lowther, Chicf Seccretary for Ireland, BTARTLING REPORT. snid the Government could not undertako to Toxpon, Fob, 13.—A correspondont of the deal with the Irish University question with. | Maochestor Guardian telegraphs that paper out reasonable assurance of suppott. that “Intelligence fs recoived from South [ To the European spectator ot American A motion of Capt. Nolnn, that the Govern. .:hfflcg l]l;u‘uh ulxlu native lovies surflu(s‘; with ::Llélcnl[l!;:]u:nnn ‘l;“l:m\;ll:g l::mc‘:;nl.:; :‘ &)Iulcn:‘m; pitting tho Irish University Edu. 0 Dritis] avo risen on masso and mas- on. v m;::;. ,:n:n the g}'u‘orm of the L.mfi laws | sacrod thoir oficers. ‘Those natives engaged ?"‘.‘:""f{ ::uv.v::.‘d:t‘;’\‘la‘lht: lll]:‘s“m:‘l;-w !;ynlhcer ‘vfl:' from ita programme, had ill-requited tho | in the fight of the 21st ultimo have mas. oze o d papers, by peoplo for tho increased burdons mada nec. | Bncred their officors, aud the bulk of th: essary by n warlike polloy, was rojeoted by a | notive forco aloug the frontier is 'denefllnm vota of 72 to 25. The Coloninl Seoratary, referring to the IRELAND. above roport, says : Loxpow, Feb. 18.—Tho Ministerial jour- | tion In any way confliming tho rumor that nals intimato that the Government will not | the natives havo rison ngaiust their officors,” # Wa hnve no informa- Tis Good Quolities-~\Why 1is Friends Worship Him...Anecdotes of lis College-Career, Hoaton Hernid, the ablest spoakors and politicians of the high- est rank, by men of all parties, by pen and by pencil,—how such an ono can calnly walk to the heated polis on election day, with a following of more than one hundred thousand, voters, is not. casily explalned to the onlooker fdm a distance. Geon. Butler, as he knows him in the newspapers, ot — has but one character, a figure ail in shadow, It %:m[;: 2 2“;: :"I';: b:r Llnhnfis:d‘v::‘gm‘i::; TURKEY. 18 a satanic atatate, thrown n bold rellef by a of lnr:arg:'l‘inlorcst, and the prineipal points LEAVING BULGATIA. :I,::l‘fr:la:;h:nhxn “E‘,’,fif,:‘...‘“‘,’m':’fi‘{ :méI:;:,::_.T‘; will bo the criminal codo and roforms in tho | Lowpo, Feb, 10.—The Russinos in ]13"1' at the mentfon of Gen, Butler. A gloomy revo- local government, gria hava boen ordered to hold thomaolves | 4 0iat, o form ot fron will und nevor-sicepliz TNE PLAGUE. in rondiuess o leave at tho timo appointed | yate, nman of Intrlgues nna overthrows, an The Presidont of the Collego of Physicians | by tho Berlin Congress. encyclopedin of all that's bad, {8 to o larze has called & meoling to discuss the procau- TYTUUS, extent the only viston of Gen. Butler known tione nocossary against the plague. EASTKRS AFFAIRS, hero or nt Knuala. ' den The Times anys it may bo hoped the Gov- from typhus nt Xantho has renched 250, Tho ernment will bo able to malke statoments rola. | mortality there is decrensing. tivo to affairs in Afghanistan and the East Barontoa, Fob. 18,—Thore fs no sickness The number of denths fn this country. There is, however, to this most promincut pleture a brighter side than polities have bestowed upon the subject,—for no man s all vencer,—a phase of character in which there lingera o farze share of the sunshine of life, & second and better nature gl y ROUMANIA. far bevoud the pale of public decds, s genlal :,%:;::‘;::;fi:.‘;d:rz&f: :21;:::1‘0“ RUSSIA WILL HAVE IIER WAY. whole-hearted tnan, a man tender l;[ o!hers; R Dof.:R-LAnolelts' 5-"?““:_ . Vinnsa, Feb, 13, —Russia persists in re- | kind, genorous, loving aof his kith and kin, a 3 i ] garding the Roumanisn occupntion of Arab- ,,“I,:f;}’:!, 05:: .401 'fm Tfi:mia:,l::: z: Tabln ns an affront to her military honor doy, nnd decided that unless the masters | Which must be sottled botween herself and ngi;cd to the old ratos by B o'clock this Roumsnia. Russin's attitude, it is said, is afternoon, thoy would demand an advanc of | 81most suro to fnd support at ’;‘l'“'“ A the dny rate, sud of & penny per hour for Russian brigade has been ordered up from ovortimo. ! Dabadegah. It is hoped the Powors will Livereoot, Feb. 18—Aftornoon.—Tha find soma way to allay the asperitics of the ship-owners remain firm, At the closed [ ©289 docks, where the men are fed and housed, SOUTH AMERICA. REVOLUTION. New Yong, Feb, 18,—An arrival to.day from Maracaibo snys the revolutionists have sent five schooners with a harbor tug-boat to as- sault Laguayra. The vesscls at Maracaibo Ponsenuce, tho birthplaco of Bir Humpbroy | must await the return of the tug to get over there wore more applications for employment than cou'd be accommodated. Lveneoor, Fob, 18.—Tke strike canses no delay in tho equipment of the transports. DAVY. Davy, to-dny celebrated his centennry by an | tho bar, exhibition of scioutifio apparatus and an electrio light. WEST INDIES. UUIBREARS. F. B. Chattorton, lesseco of Drury Lano Kivastoy, Jamalea, Feb. 18.—A rovolu. ‘Theatre, has filed a petition in bankruptey. | tion has broken out in Hayti. Liabilities, £40,000. Negro disturbances of an slarming char- DEATH OF A NOTED TURFMAN. acter have occurred in tho Island of Bt. Vin- FAILURE, Loxpoy, Feb, 13,—Gen. Pecl, o famous | cent. turfman, is dead, » man to admire: GEX, DUTLER AT NOME, You would, perhaps, nsk, Where 1s his home? A tremendous mansion, furnished with nll.of modern luxury,—n great, grav, granite castlo, os 1t were,—is where ho lives In Washington, Here, though master, he is not at home. The offlee at 123 Pemberton squarc has scen him, on many oc- caslons, throw oft his boots and coat, stretch upon the sofg, and fit, a0 to speak, into the sur- roundings as aporopriately as do the marbles In o Ylorentine mozaie. The yacht Amerien 15 to bim n genuine delleht. Upon fts deck, or resting on the cabin cushions, ho looke s if ho bnd uever known a place of which man could be fonder. Timo alons prevents its Inrger enjovment. Landing from lor deck gs the “western shadowd course across the lawn at Bay View, he strolls to his snmimner honte, n granite, substantial house of one atory and 2 mansard roof, OC this place, purchased fn 1860 und completed - the year foiluwlng, Gen. Butler §s maost genuinoly Tond. The liouse fursithed only for o summering, The flo aors covered with matting; the chuirs ave ratta everything speaks of light. The laws are dot- ted with flowers, and hers the evemng s mado cool by the fdling brecze that blow aver Ipswich Buy. “The owuer 15 sincerely attached “to his eyery surrounding, for the site fs his sclection, He zavo it its name, and much of Its present prosperity 18 due to hia fostering carc, Yet when winter throws n snowy blanket on the 2 GRAN'T. ground, aud all the Jandscipe luics: are wavy OPERATIVES' STRIRE. white, the Goneral ls not at Bas View. He ia Loxpoy, Feb. 13, —The weavers at Ashion. I8 ARRIVAL AT BOMBAT. home, at_Lowell, at Belvidore, - And, o8 you under-Tyne wont on n strike to-day. The | Dodnav, Feb. 18.—Gon, Grant and parly masters will probnbly lock out the spinners, arrived horo to-dny. BY MAIL. OERSAN DOOKS Fon 1878, Pans, Jan. 27.—The officlal list of German books publishied durlng last year has just bren reduction in wagos. Tho spinners offer to | fssued by the Lelpsic Dooksellors' Association. accopt a reduction of & per cont. If the | Thetolal numberal noveltics, together with new mastors rofuse the offer, 10,000 spinners will | cditions, was 18,012, azninst 13,025 in tho pre- atrike, ceding year. In 1803 the number bexan to cx- The cotton-spinners at Remiromont aro ceed 10,000, and since then there has been o although they desiro to continue work. ‘Chero have beon further stoppages of mills nud notices of reduction of wages. Forly firms at Bolton gave notice of n 10 per cent drive up to the western door, over the frozen anow, the sun has set beyond the cltys the tall- ng darkuess {s broken by the lonz row of dia- mond ligzhts from_the factory windows und by the glow within, You pausc s moment to note the view. TAIS PLACH I3 VERY DEAUTIFUL, A grand bill crowiled with onks -and pines, & rondway that winds past arbor vile hedees, hard- l{ high enough to hide the uaried shrubbery and the émoty flower beds, leads up to tho housc. ‘The residenca fs o stately structure of wood, two stories bigh, with a brond veranda sup- ported by licavy columns an the northern alde. ‘The houso fronts west, and a bow window goard- striking. stendy Inerease, The class entitled “pedagogic | o by columns breaks the monotony of & straieht - 3 works? stands first. Of these t};cru were in n-ami %ruuslbfcknll.ngrdm‘;"m nm}I orlmu- THE 5 1878 'no fewer than 1,775, Sccond coma law | site the L stund tue stubles and a round glass m,.,,g,}(,‘g‘;\f;" g}fi,‘éficm“ politics, statistics, and toclal questions, with | vinery, ornsmonied In patterned biue, 'the 81. PeTEnsnung, Feb, 18, —8inco the thaw ental lnnguay disease and was worse ot lnst acconnts. MALTA. 1,419, 'FThese are followed by theology, with 1,2165 betles lettres, with 1,1815 chemistry nnd sot in tho number of the plegue-stricken at | pharmacy, with 73 medieing and veterinary Zaritzin has incrensed. Prof, Jacobi, head surgery, with 7893 popular publicatlons and ¢ . calendurs, with 715; listory, biography, mem- of the Medica! Commission sent into the iu- | oirs, wnll'uflU; n’rt. Swith 511);' trade und indus- feoted district, lns beon atincked with the | trial sublects, with 577; and classieal und Ori- 8, With (00, Among the remain- ing cateories philosophy figures with 164, pasinslsic BeolaakiciMid driyewny passes round the house and winds out of sight below thie brow of the ill. It reminds you of an Enclish country homestead, und the builder, Mr, Luwrence, must Lave bullt with wemorles of mather Englund to color his de- slgn. Gen. Butler has linproved It much since its purchnse five-nud tiwenty years ago. You opea the hall door, a rotund tigura steps from tho study on the rieht, and you aro wrected with o blufl, frank fashion that speaks a roaillvu mind of some sort or other. T'he nun Marra, Feb. 18.—Quarnntine will bo im- SUICIDE. whose truest vou aro for the nlght offers his posed on all vessola nrriving from Tunis and Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune hand. Yet beforo ha greots you, even an un- TEgypt, oxcopt stenmers passiug throngh the | FPITmoune, Pa, Fob, 13.-Capt. Samucl Clarke, szed 79, nud oncof the coal-kings of Snez Canal without communionting with the I'ltluhl’lr;:, committed sulclde this morning by MILITARY CORDON. shooting hllmncll luh the }|mml \\‘h}’;’ ‘(n the xl)il‘ot- N house of the tow-boat Tiger, which was lying S7. Perznanona, Fob. 18.—A military cor- | 1" promont coal-works, ncar Bellevernogn, ou the Monongahela River. Mr. Clarke tnd mado three previous attempts to take his own MORE DOCTORS. lifo. It fs supposcd he was suffering from 81. Perensnuna, Feb. 13.—Seventeen moro | montal deranzement. doctors havo been sont fo the infeoted dis- | Sometimo durlig last night tho dead body of tricts, - Gen. Melikoff, finding the local pris- | Gorge Hamilton, ex-County Conimissloner, ous in a shockingly filthy condition nud wis found in a field adjolning his resldence at Drushton Statlon, an the Pennaylvania Railroad, ovorcrowded, threatoned tho officials with by a geutieman who was ou his way home, Io was over 00 yeurs of age. Ilis death s sup- shoro. don ia ordered along the entira course of the Vaolga to provent the sprend of the plague. denth if tho condition of things continued. common individuslity is manilest everywhere. Sklus of animals are strewn upon the floors vou tave notstepped Into oneof 8o muny New England Shouses with its cheerless, unjuhubited entry aud closed parlor, Gen. Butler’s house was bullt sml 18 used for comfort. It Is not even woll furnished, according to Beacon stroet fdous of what a house should be; but thero is ap- parent in every nouk awil corner o senae of con- tent that tells a plain story, The owner loves cpso nnd rest, and a womaw's hand and a womnan's taste have interpreted him his wish, ‘I'ie long parlor into wnich yon step for a mo- meut whilo waltive the evening meal I8 o hupd- soma ruoin with two large oven flres, elowing so 68 to dely Juck Frost, sid throwing thefr crim- son yoliow gleams futo the clustered prisins of the glass chandellers. ‘Tho windows, which the curtalus frame, open to the lobg ve- airas " randaby, the lelsure resting-place any sum- QUARANTINE EXTENDED, pused to have Leen caused by heart-discase. | mer evening. Opposite are tho wouded ManszinLes, Feb. 10.—Tho quarantine s | He was a prominent loval politician, slopes of Dracut lfights, To the leit the rrolonged on vessels arriving from Spain and apectal Dispaich ta The Tridune, Italy withi suspected goods. 'Tho nnporta- Fr. Wayxn, Ind., Feb, 13.—0n Tuesday nizhit . Jolin Dunford, Intu of Canada, walked into the tion of rags Is nbsolutely prohibited. Wool- | o jior0) at Pleasant Lake, Ind., ond an- nounced that fn less than five minutes he would on, silk, horee.hair, nnd common goods are smoking chmneys and the sharp-cut gables of Centratville, Below winds the sftent Murrimae, 10at in the blue of a distance that faintly reveals the faces of Monadunock, Wachueett, and Wata- ties wink to the vight the river is os beautiful, for it bends fu quarastined for an indofinite period. bo dend. Ilc kept bls word, for he was immed- PRONT OF DELVIDERE, 'l{ uttucked with a spasm and died beforo the | earrying its messaze from this busy city to the GERMANY., thue speviied, 1o waas recently. married toa | sen.” Nearerto you, and sull below, are two THE BRUNSWICK SUCCHSSION. widow nnined Piviey, Conuublal fufelieity ai | houses, sltntly “striking in their architecture, whisky led to the rash act, In his pocket were Droxswick, Fab, 10.—The Committeo of | found’s wint bottls of lytior and & xmalt vial tho Brunswick Diot on the Regency law say | frum which he had dranc landanam, Lelonglug to the manufacturors of & perfume that Joeal wit with all of local Irreverence hus christened * Colugne Cathedral.” But turn P e — uway from this wiiiter cold—oyen the scarlet- to tho Diot that thoy consider tho Duko of THE MEXICAN EXCURSIONISTS. pnlu’;uu chnirs on the verandah hardly save tio Cumberland’s refusal to recognize the Ger- xtyesron Mok 1T 2he wa"m;‘ Hibh n\utnrgllwmlllu c}fl‘lll-melru Is henm{ l‘;u(du to o Y 3 Ny o B = | see. ‘T'he walls of the parlor are painted a warm man l‘odumlm(‘,onsulnlinu rondurs hia sncoes chants’ deputation to Mexlco hava arrived hure | pale pearl, the carpet i3 lald to match in the un. slon impossible, ou thelr wity home. They say the Mexican peo- | obtrusivencas of quict clors, Over o of thie THE RAILWAY BYSTEM. . plo ara uuahimous for loser commerclgl relu- | mantelpieces hanes & portralt—n threc-quarter Benuty, Feb, 18,—In the Lower ITouse of | tons with the ited Stat length—ol o woman, a woman whose inllucnea ——— e e “hine mada the graco of this Lowell hame, Blanchs tho Prussion Dilet to-day tho Miunlster of - NEW QUARTERS. Butlor,~now Mra. Gov. Ames. Tho face s a Commorce said nogotiations aro pouding for New Yonw Feb 0 . strlking on he face of 3 woman of energy, the purchaso of all private railways in Prus. tho Empive was contemplated, but unfortu. By nately the Federnl Government did uot con- C tho lnw of 1870, Ilo hopad the Diot would | which surlne out of 13,—~The Unfon f.eaquo . Clubhas vuted to erect a now club-house ut sin. ‘Tho purchuse of all privata rallways in | Fifth uvenuo wnd Thirey-mnth street. e — . ro of the Feet, g ¢ Suringflend (Maen) Repudiican, cur in tho project, Plussin wonld, howoevaer, Many of the colda so prevateut at this senson oudoavor to carry ont tho system of Btato | commence at the fevt, therefurs to Kesp thews . cextyomities wariy s to effeet an fusuranve railways withiu hor terrltory ou tho basls of | yeainst the ntmost intermtauble list of diserders u sllght coll” First, taleut, und tastes you cannot look into those oyvs uhd go away uiud forget them. If the por- tralt fs true to the reality, this woman must bo vory beautiful. A word from your host breaks the reverie, Dinner s ready, ‘The dinjug-runm, to the right of 1he hall, jofua the library, It 18 & room sult- cd, as are the others, to its purpose. ‘The flaor 8 Juld fa dlnmnmu strips of polished oak und ash. A maguificent old sldeboard, rich tu rare m\r\'lnz‘l cummsnds one cnd, und the walls uro never bu tigntly shod. Buots or shoes when | udorned with suwples of the talont of Mrs, support the Government In this objoct. Uiey it too Clusely press uzafust tha foot ke us | Atiess water-colorsketchica, cleverly done,— PARLIAMENT. to prevent the irce ewculation of the blood, | this pafr, trout and partridges, belug particular- Diniio; Feb, 10.—Tho Ratehiteg. has wio'| ity o WA ifupy Yoy, B Somnamtivily eleated Ilorr Forkonbeck PTrosidont by 161 | gpuces feft but een tho leatherand tie stocking votes out ofva fotnl of 218, Von Stauffon- Ilu(‘ulnc‘ mhigll with ‘lll mlnnlurnmlo 'ml‘un‘:y of v " & wann air. ‘The second rule 1s never sit in anmp berg, National Liberal, was elooted Firat | Gy " i aften faummed thit tnless they aro positively wet it I8 not necessary o chanea RETURNED, :llxulll- Tm: lsbn erc‘v..(ur ]whunluigllum. § N ampuess {8 absoroed fnto the sole [t is at- Bentay, Feb. 18,—The Boclalist membert | {ruvied to the foot by its warmth, und thus thie. of the Nelohstag recontly expelled froin | prespiration In"(lnull.vurlunrlyrflcukml. ‘I\ny 'x‘wri Terlin have returned, preswming that the | sun van prove this by trylug the experiment o + eglecting v Ty faot will bou oftice, wns awnro of tho insolence and aggroes- | Emperor's decreo summoning tho Rolclistag | ::h'}.lfi‘.l,‘,',': y!,';u 2‘,‘,’;’,"y‘,‘(.‘}um.,g.,’“‘,,,“‘.‘.ifi‘.'.’,;‘i,',‘{ aunuls the dereo of Lanlshment, the shoes and warming themn they will appear Govoernmont now send troops from India to I‘[‘EG\'—‘- anilte ury, 3 z CE. A Ploasing Bouvenle of the Empire, Landon Wortid. Vice-Presidout after Lwo closa ballots, THE IMPEACHMENT FCIEME, Vensatirs, Feb, 18.~Tho Bureau of the | French Conn 1s troaical fute, Corslean, o friend sud protoee of poor Came- i}”}?}'m"l lnlxlur‘durcnl "'.f"fi turn, m‘-ixlur l[ffllmllu" Panms, Feb, 18,—Tho hoirs of Napoleon | Brldue. Lis face was uisfurer’ with virlol so Lord Hartington citleis:d generally tho | IIL, have been defeated in an action sgalnat lfi?&j.‘{“:“.‘-’.,,.‘:‘.’,‘v:‘.‘..,;’ the 3.,-.'(’“,3'""6;",'.‘,’; policy of the Governmout, touching upon | tue Btate for the recovery of the Chincse 'é?.‘.,“.f{""&.;’,;.';:’u"' , Was mot *'a certain . Busuom and arms at Olateau Piorrefonds, through uls maikier of tho Princess Elisa Bona- wiedged as p coustn ut the court of und had just been appoluted u elllor.of State whon bo mut with ‘The name of Lis assassin was Iy goud. Al the skutchies treat of TIH LUXURIES OF DINING, ‘Tha meal ia scrved unobtrusivoly, and passes with the stately gratitication of an English din- ner. The san carves, Everything ls good, woll- cooked, mml of the vest, though the fare 13 not over-rich, Your host vats but little, thourh a well-urdered dizestion allows him to eat any- thivg, o drinks 8 ginse of claret, bis only wing, but offers you champngng, Azd all the odd imoments are given over to conversation, Au hour or soToveads to you why this mun has o following that swears by ‘him. Every- thing he says matures | a mold that i3 uew to you, ‘The commounest sub- jucts are shaped freshly, conclsely, wiil oftenthnes with s nimbie wit that carries its counviction ltko o well-alned bullet. Ho ehows a fuirness, the real equity of fairness, In ail this hittle chat thut coinmands you with sur- pru Aud girough (it all thero runs u tendur- uuss, & chivalry of “feeling about his home that nroves a kindiy nature somewhere. An fucl- dent witl fllustrate: When George 8, Buutiell wa3 at the hicad of 1he Treasury Dopartment, with Danficld as Bolleltur, 8 friond of Butlor Lapponed 1 one morniug und found the tien- eral stormng most furiously, uslue lunguage moré foreible than hed—Tor the Generut lias no very tremcndous vl plety, Astng what wus the matter, Butler answerva in strong terins that un old may, wio bad served under Jackson, wus sbout Lo bedischariced, u fman who bad onee befiiended him, und be would * turn AN ’rrunur{ upside down, it Lo liad to in- troduce a resolution inta Congress.” ‘The man wus 8 ere nothing to him. But thisis Gen, Dutler's way with his friendss A friend ho lo wos the grandson n oncmy lio never foreives. A certaln Goneral who succeeded hlm in com- minud on ano oceaslon wrote 1o (en. Butlor ex- Inining the reversnl of one ot Butler's orders. he only replv roceived was, Y RVEN WITIE YOU BOMB DAY, e counteit thoman as an cuomy; he meant i, unquestionavly, ho paid ¢ chorishes bls friends with a deop carnestness; it Is ahvays a forlorn hopo Lo perauade Gen, Butler that any person ho has by any poseibllity, *go maclf {s su ateel-tria to his opinion, lio eannot admit of anothier's defec- Ho scats himsolf ac hiy desk fn acay tho flre, or perhans th 1ds into a abort ntep-‘?ml 1he General loys b that hane on the dro, ing, he holds it in hi nishel fn neutral tints, Iarge collection of by ahicives, mostly ponde; hold the maze'of law. 1zed with your surrounq the General Invites you fon eam, player? The (3 close” the score r M are {nvited {o |, ever hefriended could, back ! on bim, 1lls friends worship him, Nono among them ‘Iho magnctisim of his | KUest, 40 and yu ‘Two tables ara o all probability, game, and woul; on the reles the rooin a friendly whirl of the lonz apartmen! and {s a voritable eablnet of c 1s strewn with skins by the walls are plied with ) booka there, in svery direct; topic, law, however, mantel hangs a lay lorn, covered by ara the least lukewarm, own positive niture seemato be imparted b him to all with wsom hocomes in socinl contacts A falthiul moemory that retains in n most mar~ velous way details und eventas a cloar-siznted- ness in getting ot the drift ol that forms at once nn opiolon; a biunt direct. ness fu speceh, offensive only to thin-skinned thiemaelyes fu etf- what you say, o frlendstip as And when 10 this those that know him sce an idcal tenderness to his child, ideal devotlon to n wifo, ean you wonder that they pralse hitn, admire, nud “then love himi Many a delegntion desiring a SBunday audicoce has been told: * No, I spend Sunday with my fomllys comne to mo_ Mouday morniu, Butler has Iinpressed bimself- upon 1t upon bis times, upon history, but upon nothine more deeply than the hearts of his friends, may not listen to them, he may roughly r thelr udvice, for you waste your breath on fron wlien ones his mind 18 madoi but a vasi capabil- ity for the Ighest affections {s seill 1! neath that haed shell, 03 hie Is to-night, ut his own table, you can fin no mora genlal companion. o sory, to hear or tu tall. ‘The samo fund of humor, 8o noticesble now, has been his since buyhood. 1lo tells. you a story of '36. those noble-hearted women “that made New England what it is, and gave to n country arare attern of motherly graco and Puritan virtue, rought Denjamin F. Butler Into this world. Mrs. Butler was o woman who united to deep caraestiess of purpose a diunity of . demeanor and a womanly grace that made her loved ue, old-fashiope quatut carving, 4 AN OLD SOLDIER'S 11AND, The artist was Capt. Zeph, prabably the carving was done days with Wolfe at Q wielded this old horn was thy vour host. Basido the horn re which was slung at the Cantain’ clambered up the silppery rocks cn’s Otbraltar, and below & swoy many a revolutionary fight. old vetoran, and feom his [ faithfully under Hickor host derived that sido o d | best known.” Not far off Is hy certificato Massachusctts pres taok part in the War. ot father and son bung side by sl story of all these your host dwells able delight. The billfurd tablcs, are often run tozether at the ond floored over, and’ theatricala flourish exceedin; play sometimes, Qeneral gu havo no doubt but that he pl The desk just there is whers he udge Hoor, Dut your £0 pleasantly, *‘the night’ {; 0 igzest rotiring, A unmmu,' 0. You, and s0on the . 0 only by the yiyg And away from alfairs, avce. Her conversation wuch sought many o story s attles when the old lady stoutly upheld Slavery, bufors the great fasuc sottled it forevor; wid from the conversation “her Beuny " was rarely absent. She loved to talic of him, to tell of his boyhood trials and trlumphs, to dwell on her ambitions for him, and, ho doudt, what Lie has to-day of tenderness was firat o zift from thia devoted woman, When the question of coltege cnmo up, his father was for West Potnt, the blaze of war, She, with a mother’s love, desired ardently that her son l(’yhl of lively war fortable chamber recelves Ience of the room s broke among the trees. You will not flnd your host down next morolog, Ho ls hardly an early ho will sit up to an; his powers of work, when down, 1lls abliity to do tho worl 1ishes scems to come with the po ng himsell of the matter in b methods he employs. Oftentime: from 8:80 or 9 mllZ2, lunch til twenty minut¢s—ho has the power to sl anygwhere, and in any position—{] at night, Leaving his study, to his bedroom, throw off his cares and {n five minutes there 18 no sounder sleeper the grave. In his officedls system I8 o sclence. 118 letters arc ovened and brieled on the back of wh ‘This briel 18 read to him, Thy tated to his short-hand secrctary, Major; or, if he letter I8 particularly fniportant, he reads the t it. His methods of thinking ba ean y communicate to asubordinate, sndbs two most trusted clerks, Gens. Whituey std Cassell, relieve his hands materially, takes the luw nilairs, Cassell tho political mat. ters, 8o carefully have they worked into bis mothods and thought that thelr usual morninz communicationa to him about correspondeccs are somewhat like this: sav tois and that. Isupposo I had better tell him so and a0l sex, writes for documents relatiug to the Wah. outclaim. Ihave sent him from the libary “Right.” In this way the fr mendous business {8 accomplished, and eah clajmant recelves his response. Durfogthe War Qen. Butler outworked bis stafl, and Secretary Stanton told one of his aldes that Butler's vork was sont Washington butter of any other atafl in the War. For he neser Ho exacts the most rigid - -A fieat fallure is met with ¢ kindly remark about care for the future. Tre repetition of a mistake s ot forgiven. To thoso who call upon him he gives audlencs readlly, hears them patiently, asks, “Is the all17 and then shows tiiem out unhesitstiogls. Time Is precious, and the callers many, To by perhaps, a lttle more conriesy, but they know business drives, and do not stat, He may hurry them off, but they are amare thit little roughness of manner is merely 12 If ho fs their fritnd, be bas nothing but friendship for them. They aa photograph him different| catly, sce another Gen. I to the world, and a man wlho, if ho fs a gt failure to his oncmlos, remalus ever In theirsight a triumphant success. ——— THE WEATHER, Orrics or Tue Cuigr SioNn O Wasunaroy, D, C., Feb, 1—1a. o=l tlona: Kor Tenncsseo and the Obio Valks colder and cloar o partly cloudy weather, wiad mostly from north to west, and, in the essen portions, rising barometor. Tor the Lower Luke reglon, to soutbwest winds, partly cloudy weathen :xsl. possibly arens of Light snow, witt risiug barom: a8 parilufi of u:c xln'}. pher Lake region, Up) enouil Valloya, very cotd und e or falr weather will coutinue, wiin wlndsmlmll from the southwest to northiwest, probably o lowed duringr Friday night by slowly risingtes: peraturs und slowly fol ‘Fhie 'Tennesses ind fall slowly. I'he Upper Ohlo will Fab. 13,—>ore snow and the mereury sunk to about nizht it {8 even colder than that. running ireely In the rlver all LOOAL ODSERVATIS bour conversing; THE PEACE OF TIE CIIURCIH. But, whother this or not, under rellgious Infla- ence she determined he should betill old enough to choose, o he went to Waterville, Me. Here he worked at conir making to pav the college dues, carning, perhaps, 80 centsa day. Absence from prayers one morning brought him u fine of 10 cents, and n misconduct mark tn the class, ‘This was a serious matter, und several oceaslons brought young Butler up to the piteh of re- by » protest that was permeated through with bis personality. QOne of the professors had, a few days proviously, preached a sermon in the collewe church, ln which he enuncinted thres dogmas worthy of Calvin himsehi: L The clect, and the elect Of the people commonly not _more than one 0 savad; 3. The heathen have a better chance of salvation than tho Inhab- countrles who noglect their opportunlties. Upon this Butler spoke, e drew up a petition to the Faculty, couched profound respect. on this side of intever is important, e answer Y dis S A el fn n hundred wil e ftauts of Christian Gen, Blank writes to M. Smith, of Es. in language of be “cxcused from further aticndanco at prayors und sormons on the grounds so ably sustalned fu the discourse of the preced- {ng Sunday, If, be said, the doctrine of that serinon was souud, of which ho would not pre- suwo to entertain a doubt, he wos only prepar- ing for himsclf o futuro of more cxquisitc an- He bezeea to be the Faculty that the church achied contained persons, nine of TN L G o e No. — ete.”? oy ¥ Jprepaced than that gulsh by attendin atlowed to remin in which the sermon was usually a congregation ot whom were his revered professore and tutors, uud, s ouly one fn _n hundred -ordinary Clirls- tiane could b saved, thres of the Faculty, good men as all of them were, were ineviably Could he, & mere student, and not one of the most. cxemplary, expect to be saved Nothing remained for him but perdition. In this melancholly position of offairs it becams bim to boware of height ing nis futurs torment by listening to'the mov- ing cloquence ot the.pulpit, 1 or avalling himselt rehielon, Colleze laws,' compelled attendance, imposed & po- Ino and disgrace, nud thus, threatened with domnation in tne noxt world, and disgrace i this, he finplored t| tlon of the Faculty and asked to bu excused from all attendnuce at prayors. But, nlus! for the Hie of humor. ‘The Fuculty did not tako the joke, und the petitioner was VERY NEARLY EXIPRLLED, Collezo dayal \What a flood of memorles pour over every mau's presonce when such a key-note Othier stories of Butler’s carly days crowd upon you ns the laugh for the last dlies Butler was full of pranks; in all college hazing he had his shiare, yot was over as willing to tako as glve. Onu o uel, a man particularly neat of dress, in fact, fuesy over ik, camo duwn the cullego stops one lis plumage as smooth as n peacock’s, of water from an uj him sadly. ‘The Facnlty met Butler, examinzd him, and then retlred for dis- cussion, Un reaching a declslon, one of them went to eall the boy, and found him {ast aslecp. Asleep! A man wlo could sleep In the presence of such terrible impending disgraco must bo in- d he was allowed to depart. He seeins, indeed, to have had a facllity to sleep on One morning the Watervills Professors woko to find o suctllege, in tho oves strict dlsciolinarians, 'the collego chapal urnt - by the rlver bank, the rest thrown into the flowing Kenne- Recitutiona were suspended, a star cham- ber [nquest bogum, and Butler summoned, for he alwaya had the honor of Letng first suspect- ed, He went to the Presidont’s rootn, but was entircly oblivions of the matier, and _was sur- prised that he shoutd be sununoned. ‘Tho Prosl- dont locked bim i the room to provent hls con- ferring wich other students, und made every cf tort to detect the guilty, I mined to resort to a’ruse. Returning to hils room, he found Rutler sleeping soundly, his head upon his hand, “The sleaping student was too well aware who was present to wake. aroustd, he inuuired with kind solicitudo what progresas had beon made In detecting the rogues, il when the puzzied President, assuming a se- vero air, sald enough had been dropped by some of hils nssociates to justify his expulsion, but, it e would own up, e would be dealt with more Butler answerea: understood it to be nine points fu the law, when accuscd, to deny everything, und to fuslat upon 1t you already.buve prool neuinst me, there {8 no” need of owning u ing, you have learned nothing from my assoclates, for when I undertake mischiof Ltuke uo nssocinteat In politics ho manifeated always * AN ADSORNING INTEIEST, the students generally belng interested in the In the exclting canyass for (ov, Kent the Collego boys took sliles vetiom- Butler was opposcd, itizens of Watervillo detormined to colubrate the event, and, o _turtheranco of this, they ro- uested the students to leud a flag which was their property. Py spares himsell, herence to orders. before his superlors? outgrowth of haste. of the privilexes of utler than {3 pletarel the tutors, a Mr, Bam- aud Lower Missourt per room changed astily, summoned ling barometers Cumberlnd Rivers ¥l AR AL B e such occnsfons, \ Bar, TAr Hu, Wind, | Vel. been removed, 153 KM, 30, 130 10 1% 4. NEUAL (18 IERVATIONS, Crt1oa0n, Feb. 13- TR WA, T At nkae Sl S0 = 1 “1 have always . But 1 am sure lssues of the day, Kent elected, the A studonts® caucus was held and voted to Jond the flag, Butler voting in the A committeo was appointed to ac- tlug, but, when ready, the_flax d not bo fouud, nor could passed the eveniug in the woods a mile dlstant, wirither Butlor removed the flaz whila the com- mittee was ut suppor. But oo moro story of theso hvely boylsh days, Lelug a boy of ambl. desired to reacn tho Presidency of Literary Bolety, to which le be- o could not, however, command suf- As the lnst vlection to that of- fice dusiur his college courso drow near, u ro- yival of raliglon snimuted Watuevilie lite,” But- ler was u zeulous convers, took an active art in the ncetings, in pravera und ex- e ———— LATE LOCAL Bome timo durlng Wednesday ficient support. atuting, was eiLe o p of I, G, Itabinson, at ¥ ot of the Tear e burglars, who cut & pauc] ‘Iho safs was blown opei time, as occasion occurred, o would privatoly suguest to Wis uew mude fricnds that It wu ardent deatre of lls heart to become I° ot the Literary Sovlety before bu left college; that {t would "be a svothiug satlsfaction of his after lite to remombos that ho had once held ‘Flie new converts were won to his vause, und ot the election be carried his trlumph by o siugle vote, His religlous xeal, sad to say, was.then luld aside, be lapsed {nto his furiner skepticlsm, und frequentiv reminded his old opponents that shirewd managemunt, le had captured the Presie whoi he undurtook anything, In jts accowplishment, playmates were inade to lesl that thers was ine deod u leader amonie them, You liave dined slowiv and well, has led the intersecting brieht mosale of wit drawn from a boundless .experlence, retalned by a spleadld memory, Riajug, wo stroll into his study, o pleasant rooy on e right us you onter, thie bow window of which fs lled” with & bloom ot calla lilica, {he samo KME 1 ‘Fhey helpsd thensel {n postage-stamps aud cas! and 6 numbor of valuable which wore afterwards foun tho tracks of the Northiwestert house Jast nleby that vroud oftice, he had succeeded by dency, and Lt Hlouse, he rarely faile Massasoit o S R hidlen trom b ost or ha Franciseo and $50 fu cash. OCEAN STEAMSKIP il Pnu:hlu-nu. Fob, 13.—An from Autwerp. Feb. 13. plbn s Now ¥ ark, have arl miuutes with a