Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 14, 1879, Page 6

[} © STATE AFFAIRS. Proceedings of the Illinois General Assembly. Utter .and Imbecile Inability of the Present Body. An Ignobte Surrender to the Pas= sion of Prescenting Bills. Discussion, in the -Senate, of the Bill to Regulate Banking. The Time of tho Honse Almost Wholly Spent in Cutting a Salary. Passage of n Biil Redneing Warehouse Commlgsioners to $30 Per Weeke Enormous Floods of Speech to Bs Emptied Out on ilte Drainage Question. THE LEGISLATURE. \ BENATE, &peetal Dirpalch to The Tritune, SrriNar1ELD, 111, March 13,—Seuator Hamil- ton occupled the chalr fn the Senate this morn- LT After prayer, Senator Archer tried to get his rosulution prohiblting the Introduction of bills alter the 15th {nst., bofore the Senate, but the Benators wonld not permit noy linitation on thelr usefulness in this digection, 8enator Fuller then called up his motion to reconslder the vote which yesterdsy sent Iuykendall's fee and Bolary bill to the Judiclary Commltiee. The vote was recons sidered, and the biilmade the speelal order for ‘Thursday next, Benator Walker presented a petition praylug for the taxation of church property. TIE USUAL ORDEN. The bills then began to pour in, (ocluding: By Senator Joslyn, npproprinting $4,000 for fucl, englocers, and fireman for heating the State-House; and §7,58.05 to pay D. W, Lusk, late contractor for Stato binding, under a con- tract which expired Nov. 1 inst, and 85,000 for the sama work to July 1, 1870; £700 to the Su- perintendent of Pubtle fustruction, for postage, yepairs, sud telezraphings $300 to the Adjutant General for like expenses; 812,000 to pay the ncldental expenses of the Thirty-firat Geéneral Assembly, 3 BANRS. > Senntor Jones' bill for the protection of bank depositora.then came up on second reading, as uniinished business. ‘I'he provislons of this propnsed law arc very severe on any bank ofileer who recelves any de- posit when he knows the (ustitution Is insolvent: mukes fallure within thirty days after receiv- ingz n deposit prima facie evidence of {nsolvancy and on (ntent to defraud, und tixes the penalty at o fine in double the amouat of the depoait lost ur lmprisonment In the DPenltentiary, 1t nlso forbids Il:f bank, incorporated or other- wise, to losn its deposlt or trust funds Lo nny of 1ts officers.without the consent of its depualtors, Auy ofticer_ taking such funds without tirst ob- talning such consent shall be held guilty of ob- taining the same under false pretenscs, . A long discusslon ensued over this bill, nud a hg:e number of smeudments wero offered, enators McClellan, Mayficld, sud Archer op- poscd the bill. Sepator Rilldle suvporied the bill, saying that mearly every bank fallure that had occurrea In Chileago In the last five venrs wae attributableto ho fact that the.bank oflicers borrowed the de- posits und fupds,.and left theirworthless notes or tho merest - formality of o sceurity to show Jor it ‘The bill was finally amended 80 as to mako the provision in regard to oflicors borrowing the bank funds apply to savings banks only, und o was then ordered to a third reading, il THR PRINTEN, ‘The dolnt Comunittee on Printing [Blils, ete., reported in favor of allowlne the priuters $200 for extra work, but a resolution to that ecffeet was tobled. Since the commencoment of the gessfon there lna been wuch complaint on the subject of the public printing, and one or two juvestigationa have already taken place. ‘I'he Tact, s the Public-Prinier Did so low for the wor k that e Is unuble to conduct the busiucss except at o losa. ‘There 18 more work than ho can do by day, nnd at night the inereased prices for compositiou nbsorb hls proflte. Between the Leglalnture nud his printers lie is likely to vemuch barassed, THONOUGHLY DEMORALIZED, ‘The business of lezislation in both hrauvelies of the Uceneral Asscmbly 18 draceing on with unexampled dellberation. ‘The susaton pramises to continue for two months moro at least, in #pite of all the spurring that members may re- ceive, Moudays und Saturdays always find a good many vacant seats fn Loth Ilouses, and frequently they are left without o working nuorum. -~ There is pending a vast amotnt of nseless leglslation, which “takes up valuable time nnd | foeumbers the records of the Legislature, ‘e members . appear to be strugglie to gceomplish their private ends und to carry out thelr selfish pur- Doses to the negleet of the fnterests of the pro- ble. 'The reully ssary business now pend- Jnz might readily be accomplished {n two weeke, wind an adjournment. bod, which would roliove the naul)lu tot only of expense, but of the danger und injury of” mischicvous legisla- tion, ‘There seems to be o disposition on the part of sonie members Lo attucle successful en- terprises, und to futerfere with the proaperity of the Stute—by larassing measures waich havo noother end thun the personal aggrandizes aent of the [ndividual, TRE REVENUE COMMITTRE can do nothiyy, for the reusou that all measures upon that subjeet ure referred to the Joint Bpeclal Committee. The Jojut Committee have not Leen able to sparo time cnuuigh fron thelr onlinury lewislativo duties to enter upon this subject, und the prospect §s as promising ns ever Lhat nothing will' be accompitshed in rovising hie revenue code unless o Connnission Is ape potnted for the purpuse to sit Jdurlug vaeation, ‘Flie Appropriation bills are lageing behind, and the Drainge bills are still tn 4 Btale of uncer- tainty, Too much time fs speut in debote, und _too little on actual lewislative actiow. The Joint Spectal Commlttes ou Revenuo ore progresstng slowly with the work before them, There is not much vrospeet that thero will be much aecomplished at the preseut sesslou of the Guueral Assembly to remedy the existing evils ot the revenue . It (s a fact quite apparant to the observer that there {8 n Jurge cluss of ur thrifty citizeus who do ot desire any legislation, ‘Ihey ore satisfied with the law asitis, This class of pooply are thoss who ‘have their wealth {n personal property, stuch ns dry coous und geoerul werchandlse, which vractically escapes the eyes of the Assessor. These peaple appear blind to existing evils, and are (uite content that thefr neighbors who own the veal estatoshiould bear the burden. Senator Tlainfiton's resolution, lovking to the appolute ment of TILE REVENUE COMMISSION 10 st durlng voeatfon Lo coustruct a revenue code, to bu subinitted to an ndjourned session of the Leelslature, 18 6til] fn the hande of the Comumittee, “I'he author of this schieme, which sl secms to bu the only practicable oue, §s be- coming restive nt the detuy, und will shortly «all for the resolutlons, i they are not revorted back, that thy Senate may set on them befurs 1t breomes too Jate, and put themeelves square- Iy on the record, 'Pliers beetns Lo be a pros- vees thut o fow hmpoiluonn will be reported buck to the Assembly by the tevenus Commit- tee, but there will be no attenint to construct u uew codo or revide the presont vne, HOUSE, A large insyrance lobby innde its appearauce at the Lelund slotel this morning, for the pur- posw of taking part fu lezislation, In this dele- xaslon Chicago Is represented by A, L. Clietlaln, Kirk Hawes, £, B, Baldwin, C. H, Cuse, George C. Clark, Wilitlum Ashmith, J, L. ' ntlock, O, Pavue, George M. Bogue, F, H, Wiiston, W, 4. MeCormiek, U, Biakely, Besldus these there are Lra Mason George tardoer, Thomas Hoyue, Mr, Hubeus, and several others. TUE GREENBACKERS sre notall dead yet. ‘I'h following petition has been circuluted und sigued by the members of that morlbund orgaulzation who beloug to the Generul Assembly, settiug forth their wants sud demauls uy foltoivs: Brarz or IrLinois, HaLy oF HEPUESENTATIVES, Sruworirn, March 12, 1870.—70 the Natlonal Members of the Forty-sizfA Congress : We, tho undorsigned, National membera of tho Thirty-firet Ueneral Assembly of tho State of 1llinols, heroby expreas oitr Appraval of the nction of the Natlonal members of Congreas In thelr conference in Wanh- fnxton on Feb, 2, and we coulldently expect thioy will carey ont {n good faith the luo of policy oxpiresred in” thelr resolution, and that they will stand_togetlicr na one man In favor of finincial réform, and for the relfef of a suffering peo- ple: that we hold patriotiam ahove party, princlple above patronage, and mensnces abovo men; and that we m:cgmn ns friendy ar onr catise all thoso who hayo heretofore, anil who_will hereafter, Jn tho Congress of the Upited States. work and vote for the colning of nllver wpon the wamo condftions with gald: tho jesuinz hy the Unitod States of s full legal-tondor chrrency, vxchnugenblo at par with coin At the option of the Government; and tho sbstitulion of mitch cireency for Natlonal-bank notes; and for such othee legislation ns will make our conntry the commercial centro of the world, instead of a trib. ttaey to other powats that contro) the voluma of gold, and who mpeculnte upon the necessitics of the people of all nutions, R A. B, Sonmit, TitoMsoN, SN Buuor, Jouy W, Fov, CaLvin 1l Fagw, + L. M. Piatrs “IREATING. Mr, Keulston this mornlng fatroduced na bill providing for an act to prohibic the habit of treating tointoxienting iquorsln saloons,orother ublic places whero Intoxicating liquors aresold, TJm(er the provisfons of this act. it is made un- Tawtul for any one tooffer totreat, or tonceen: a treat, in any saloon or public place wheve lquora are sold. The penaity for each offenso is inade not less than £5, nor more than 815, which mav be recovered by an actlon for debt betore nby Justice of the Peace, for the beneflt of the School Fund. It is atso made o nisdemneanor +for any person who Is a candldato for oflice to offer to treat nny of his onstituents, ander the pennity of u fne not exceedlng 850, or imprison- ment not exceeding twenty daya. Mr. Thomasson prescnted a petition from cit- fzens of ‘Lodd’s Point, Moultrle County, askinyg for a change in the law voncerning marringo Heenses, which {s rather a curiosity in its way: ‘Thte law oa it is allows County Clerks 10 Issue Ticonses to girly nt the age of 14 years, by the can- went of their parents or guuniiang, We had o case of that kind n our neighvorhoud Inst Deccubver, Joits W. SAVAUEK, Davin Riciny, Joun R, Moas, M. ML PRTENS, which causcd considerable talk, and the peoplo are almost o unit lo have tho Inwy changed to 10 or 18 years of nco beforo license can be {ssued nunder any circum- sinncea; nnd 0 large majority of Loth sexes nre in favor of having the Jaw chanued to 18 years of aee, We could point out severai who have married an young aa 16 years, ana hnrdly knew n_henlthy. ona amony them, snd out few live to the ago vf 30 years i1 thia country who marry 50 young. ¥aying nothng of thelr girlish waye, We could gol nine-tentha of both males aud fotiales In this part of the connty to ign A petition to that effect, Wo do not know that we wil) live to protect our chilaren, therefore wo strongly nrge the present Legisitiire to take nn action on that part of the law before it clotes, ¥ WANTED—A COUNT. Mr. Lovell, of Kaue, presented the following preamble aud resolution: Wignrag, Many approvriation bilis ate now bo- ing cousldered by the General Assemuly upon which mombers cannot act ndvisedly without fur- ther informations therefore, ba it Aexolved, by he Housu of Ropresentatives, tho Senate concurring hieremn, Ttat tho Finauce Com- mittees of the House and Senate by and they nro Nereby fnstructed to ascertain and report a8 woon 83 practicables 1, 'I'ie smonnt of money {n tho state Treasury, and the conditin, as to security, of the vaults and safes of tne Treasneyd “I'he unexpendetl balances of existing appro- priations; 4, An estimate of the probable amount of mon. cy required for all Stale purposes othier thun for I"m payment of Btato indobtedness during the two years commenciug July 1, 18705 and 4. The smountof outatanding inaebiedness of tho State nd the time when tho same matuces, Mr. Iolliday presented the following amend- mont, which “was aceepted by Mr. Lovell, and the resolution was adopted as amended 5. Also the estimated smonnt of revenne to como into tho State Treasury before the end of the cur- reat ecal year. - THE LADOR COMMITTEE. The Speciul Committee appolnted in compli- ance with a resolution ndopted on Feb. 7 to visit Chlcago und Braidwood to obtaln such In- formation us might be required by the House for the cuactment of such laws as'will anellor- ate the conuition of the working people of the State, reported this morning that they had ob- tained the informatlon required, recommended that sueh informatfon be printed, und sked to bedischarged. ‘Ihe report was adopted, THE KICKENS. Mr. Thomas this moruhui introduced a petl- ton from the citizeus of Lake View remonstrat- ings nguinst the passage of the bllls now pendlng f the General Assemuly providing for the elee- tion of the Board ot Commissloners of Lincoln Park, stating thdt they belleved rhat making the oflice eleetive would foutroducs an element of politica into the mauagement of the trust, which woulil be Injurious tu the publle lutereats wud allow the control of funds contributed by prop- erty-ownera and taxpayers by thoss who bear no part of the public burdens. TIE METRIO 8YSTEM, Mr. Taylor'a blll legalizing the metric sys- tem of welghts and measures wns this morning reported buck with the recommendatfon thut it pass, A IOTTLE 8CHEME. Alittle sciemo fllustrating the unblushing cheek and Enpudenco of gome of the ventlemen fn chargze of the Statu Institutions of 1o is now pending in the House. Ten years ago therg was o fine plece of lund comprising about thirty acres lylnge adjucent to the Insauu Asylum at Jaeksonville, * Dr, Carricl, of that jostitutlon, Iinving u thrifty mind, purchased this land In i own nawe, paging for it o rood round sum, evidently belug finoressed with the {dea that here wds o chauce for aspeculation. Forn pumber of years the Trustees of the Insane Asvium paid the Doctor §500 a year for the use of this lund. Finally, hard times come on, the property fell rapidiy tn value, and the Doctor's ront was greatly decreased, 1o now cotnes into the Lewlsiature and clafms that he bought this luud for the Insnno Asylum, and has had o bill drawn trapsferring” Ib to the State, on the payment to hlm of the purchase mooey. “I'his bill bus passed the Conunitlee on State In- stitutions in the louse, nud 18 now before the Committae on Appropriutious, with o fale prus- pect that 1t will” et through, Doubtless the Uaeneral Assembly would do well to puss u 1wy tnkiug the real estate off the hands of sl citl- zens who huve wado unprofitable laud trades during the last few years, TR MILITARY DILLS, which were made the sveclal order for 10 a, m, to-day, were_postpoued until Tuesday next, nt which tima thev will by takenug and considered. THE WAIEIOUSE COMIISIIONERS. Ilouse billa ou third reading wers then taken up, wd the iest one o this order el Mr. Morrlson’s bill, Introduced Jaa, 20, reducing the salnrles of the muembera of the Raflrond aud Warchouse Commissloners to §1,500 per anpum, Mr, Moreison salil that 1 deafting this blll ho had fixed the compensation about on a par with that recelved by othier ofllcers for the perform- ance of hke dutles, e was willing to uckn edgge that the rentlomen who were dischurizing the duties of Warchouse LCommlssiouers were able wnd eflelent, "The nuulnu were overbur- doned with taxes, and he thought thls wasn guad opportunity to make a reduction lo thelr tayor, Mr, Mitchel), of McLean, said ho was in favor ot reduclng the ries of the Commlasioners, but ha thoueht this was not the woay to et at it He thoueht the Levlslature should o to work where its effurts would bo of somu conseqnence, e diu not belieye thls B was fn the tnterest of econuinyy for it mileht result In placing men in the position ot Comlssloners whom the peoplo did not want there, o moved to recommit the bill to the Commitiee on Re- trenehment. Mr, Carter, of Adnis, il not belleve tho Assombly ought o puss o b reducing the sutury of thesu ofileers from §3,100 to 81,500, It was # reduction FARL DRLOW THI STANDARD REQUIRED in the [nterest of economy, e was in favor of the matlon to recommit, that some reusonable veductlon of the salury mlght be ugreed uwon, Mr. Runuey was not in favor of theorctionl ccouomy, but he was iu favor of practieal ceonomy, Mr. Bherman was In favor of recommitting this blL L sald this was a vosition of ereat responsibiliey, power, and honor, ‘Yhe Commnis- slonurs coutrolled uuvlmr.\umu wieldhge muny miiltions of dotlurs, und he did pot consider thut o reduction should be wade n the salaries of the Conalsstouers which should practically say to them that Whelr seryices wers no longer needed, g Mr, Durt eafd ho hod Jetters {n his possesston from prominent ratlrond munugers wbich ud- vised the' Lewlslature to contioue the Board of Commlasioners. 1My belfeved the futerests of the people required o reduction of their salas ries, und he was opposed to the motlon to refer, Alr. Fleklin sald the gentlemun from Couk (8berimun) wus always speaking fu favor of econ- vmy, but he ALWAYS VOTED TIR OTIHER WAY, 11 thouizhit thers was no dauger of the reslgnas tlon of thy Commlsstoners on account of this prugused raduction, . Alr, Herrington proposed to annul the bill by providiug that hereatter the State should vay no sulary to the Commissfoncrs, but that the yalls roads #hould pay themn such compensatlon os thetr services and capacitivs might commund, r. Hulllduy was upposed to_the provesed re- duction, sl satd when this salary wus reduced Ul Assembly practteally voted 't destroy the Cdimwmission and {ts benefis to'tie people. Mr. Hopking sald be came from -a corporation THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MARCH 14, (8790=TWELVE PAGES. 4 oy dlstrict, and ho was In favor of cconomy. This Commizsion wna for n speclal purpose, nnd re- nuired a speclal talont. Ho did not beliese 1ho neople were now paying too much for the serv- fees they recelved from these Commissioners, Afr, Ifarts was In favor of a reduction of the salnries of the Commisstoners to £2,000, but ha helieved i the bl waa recommitted 1t would not be heard from azait. Mr. 'Tavlor, of Winnehago, was In favor of the bili a8 it stootd, and %rllmuzlu $1,i00 per an- num quite suflicient {A¥ 1he services rendered, Mr. Robinson, of Fulton, sakd the Comnitice the fdoor, found themselves In a dark roow, fn which thev were coolly shot down by the unditt, while soveral wamen and children were Iyl fu the honse partly sheltered by beds, but ot sulllelently 8o to protect them from wounds Aoflicted fo the frav, After no fewer than seven of the pollce had been killed out- righty and six lay wounded on the floor, the chilel of the band “escaped with one companion through o hole which they nd made in the wall communicating with the adjoining house. Linja made his way safely (o the open cuumr{; but would not abandon the neleliborhood ‘with- Invontion to bo bronght toperfectlon and put to practienl uso is thoe now systemn and fnventions now controlled by the Ameriean Cable Comn- ]um_v. theso Intter Instrnments serving ns the nais ol the new discovery, 'Flie abovo-named Company hag, wu ore fwformed, an oxcliisive right to the nse on all of its proposed cahles of both of theso most wonderful inventtons, bist the General Agent owns and controla al the other rlghts or voth {nventions In all countrles und for all purposes. It is now belioved that with the comblned uso of theso two inventions it alds on the floor, Bianor Rolura ckly Alvlding the wool on the neek aind hunrflnn the slurp point of n small fllver syringe under’ the skin wnd frjecting the antidote. ‘T'his was n pale green lauld, atd (s, § belleve, a_deenctlon from the root of the Astracharlls, found In South Amerfen, The lamh wan then turned on its back, Signor Rotura atanding ncrosa It, gontly compresalig its ribs with his knecs and huda in such a manner as to imitate natural bireath g, In ten minutes the anlmal was atruggling to freo ftaclf, nud when released skin clfnut burglar who b |l|°"~ enters my house may expeoy toby ‘The reporter then ealled Mr, B J tlon ta the fnct that n relrions n.fu‘l‘f{,.‘u.?.““" it this oty recontly offered ng prizes Inlwd ertiiing lts subsceiption lists three yige ) I volvers, with & prosnectus remark n;-u"’ i yolver fn the houso nt midnlght s soper muore usofal than n book, elinicy 1 think it e sald .\lr!"u(encgc‘:fu uod fdoa oud quita siguen the new Cable Company will be ablo to reduce | through the door and went gamboling and PRy o to which it had been refereed wera unautmonsly | out polug to pay o visit to {he | the tarlfl for eable messages between Now York | bleatlys over the littla green in front, Nothing IIYD“AULIC GOLD'MINES 111 favor of the bill, nnd hiad pledged themselves | adorable Callva, H)u votred with her | and the five dilferent countries which nre to bo | has ever imoressed e so entircly with a sense —_— . 10 nuse {licir ¢fforts to sceure its passage. to the louse of n feend ot Conteasn, | connected dircetly by its eables Lo from d to 5 | of the marvelous, Ona Is nimost tempted {o aslc A Talke with an 010 Cnllfo, liar Methiods of Wyidraul Ing=Largo Yiolds of the Mr. Lovel! eald he helioved they wera dealing now with a delieate question, and he was op- posed to the wholesale reduction vroposed in wns ngaln besieged, and this time guve way, 03 cents ner word niil pay dividends of from 8 to 20 the witnesses declared, to desperation’ and rinn=The Toen. por eent an It total capltat, Wo tako grreat wind in presence of stich n discovery whether death in and Drigg. y rift. Mine {tacl€ may not uitimately be baflled by seientiiic thoughts of suichle, 1iis courago was restored by the words of tha heroine, who slood ot ths door of the Nouse, recelving two dungerons wonnuds, swhite tha man, Qeing from an upper window, once more slew the greater number of his adversarles, und made good his escape, leay- Iniz Caltva to he captured und tried hy o court which, partly movei, ns it seems, by ber appear- noee nod courage, has sentenced lier to a term of only fourtcen months' fmprizonment. YOUTIIFUL CRACKSMEN. A Couplo of Dime-Novel-Reading Young- stera on u Ralds Desperato robberles and burelarics are so much In voguo this scason that two younesters, who had studicd up how such things were nes complished, yesterdany ** turncd out,” nnd this fs what they Wid: At 10:80 yesterday fore- noon, two young inen nrrayed fn dusters drove up wllh n ratlier neat-looking horse and bugwrs 10 No, 80 Winthrop place,~~one of a long row of two-story brick residences standivg back from the street wallk, They walked up nnd down for o fewv moments, ono of them carryly a large Dlack satehel, and louking for ofl the world like n puddler of some gort, Finding the mrmulmmfs quics, they stepped to the deor of No. U0, which Is' oceupled Ly T, Menard, & Frenchman, and tamlly, ~ Miss Menard camg to the door in respouse to a ring of the bell, wnd as shie vpened the door both micen rushed I tipon her uud pushed her to the flovr, 8he screamed once, nnd then fainted dend away., ‘The men hastlly closed the door, and carrled ur drogeed fier prostrato form to the rear of the hall, Mra. Mcuard, who Itad been alarmed at her daugbter's scrcams, started to run down- stairs from the second story, but was stopped half way on the stulrs by one of the men, who ordered” lier to “Hush!” und at the same time plumped a cucked revolver in her face, ‘The lady fell upon e stairs, and covering ber face with her dress swoaned away several times. ‘Thie robber stood guard over tndisguised satlsfaction n the fact that s Amerjean company 18 to ba the first to enjoy the distinctlon and recelvo the benefits of tho intraduction to. the worli of these two {uventlons, concerning which moro full in- formation 48 yet to bo received. They will be lustrumental §n bringing abont mar- velous ndvaucements in the distribution of nows nud private communieations by telo- graphic methods throughout tho world, The roat importance of this discovery may, pers \aps, b hetter appreciated from he addlttonal statement that ot the moment of slguing the docunient of transfer to the American Com- pany throuh its geueral agent, the inventor was offered for his ‘»ruuuu 80 lnrye o sum us £(00,000 by the Anglo Company throueh par- tlea interestea fu. the lutter. lnasmuch ns b could not have heen uecd by the Anglo Com- pany for lack of the proper eleetric instru- meinte, the benefle of it would, ‘'of course, have beew lost to the world, W understand thnt a company 13 to be formed in London, with Inrge capital, to bring over and operato all other rhzhts of the fuventivn outslde of thosc held by the American Cuble Cowpany. ‘Tt I8 evident that ocean telegraphy 8 yet 10 its infancy, und Americavs will have reason to feol proud of seelng the promised rovolution fn the buainess set on fout by a company thut beara their couns iry's nawe, SUSPENDING ANIMATION. Wonderlul Tales an Antipodean Contem= porary Tolls Ita Rendeors—A Now Frocesa for Froezing Allve Cattle, Sheep, Spond- thritts, and Poor Relutlons, Dathurat (N, 8. W.) Courler, Jan. 10, We gladly give publicity to a discovery that promises to revolutionize all previous theories of meat cxvortation. If the norrator of the fol- lowiny extraordinary facts is not too sanguine as to the success of the marvelous experiments ho informs us he has witnessed, the squatter who to-day is puzzling over the future prospect fnvestigatlon. You will sce at onco the benefits clalmed by the discoveries of this provess, Cargoes of llve sheep can thus bosent to Bngluud by large steatners, wnd, although a freezing atniosphere will still be an essentinl, & temporary break- down neecssitating o stonpaze of elzht or ten days In the production of cold would be of no consequence. When -the sheep are landed n England ony that fafl to entirely rally will bo Imrruutly good tnent, wherens the others cnn be urncd on to pastures or driven to market, Ot course the same rdsults can bo achleved with bullocks, but thelr greater welght makes them more difficult to handle with safoty, und the carcass Ia rendered brittlo by freezing, making them more labto to Infury, It sounded odi to hear Mr, Grant and Siznor Rotura Inylug streas upon the danger of breakago on (he voyage. Bignor Rotura telts mo that thouglt o has never attempted hls exoeriment ou r human beitge, he_has no Houbt at afl as to ita perfect safely, The next felon under eapital sentence s hus requasted Sir Henry Parkea to be allowed to operate on, Ha propusus placing bim in the freezlug-chamber for one month, und declares he s no fear of fatal result. As to whother thia temporary suspension would affect the lotizevity of the subjeet hie can uzlve no positive informatlon, but Lelieves 1ts duration miht be prolonezed for years, I was nnxious to know, it o Fcrlnd al say five years of this fucriness wero submitted to, Whether it would be so much cut uut of ona’s life, or I it would be shoply five years of unconscions existenco tacked on to one's sentient lfe, Signor Rotura could wive no nositive answer, but belleves s no change takes pluce, or can take place, whilo fn this frozen trance—no consumption, destrue- tion, or separation of tissie Lelnyg possiblo—it would be sv inany unvalued and protitless years adued to a Bifetime. It oceurred to me ut onve, ‘what a chance for youug gentlemen of fortung, who havo outrun thelr meaus, of allowlnys thefr flnances to right themsclves' by the most rigld of all personal ecconomy,—lying up for a few yuara in the frozen stagu | A letter from Mr. Grant states that, far from Uraval New Vork Tribune, stareh u.m"“" John IL Thomas, of Laparte, Tarizest hydrautie mincrs :?r llnn'tg::\.l‘e'.‘:::t e the Park Avenue flotel, on vluILlnfl\cm-; b ?lr.cr an absence of twenty-thre yogrs L\‘(y' ‘Tiiomas tama to New York from Massnchuscty,” a lud of 17, without a dollar, aud found empp . uent with David MMt & Co, dowy ool “Bwamp," until hoet\rnmlcnoughlurnucc hn passago to 8an Franclsco, and at oneg wmr:m the mines fn Piunas aud Slorra Countles, w:l - bie ting remained untll he has become nm: of am p‘rlncinnl oirners of the Great Blue Lead, “m ‘Thomas f8 tow fu his 40th year; of his nmf 4 lurI work ho seems habitually retteent, i 1 answer to questlvos abo perlg{wle. Mr. Thomas sald: M lning ez. “Well, it I» not very lnrge. I 1y work in the gold-gravel of Plumnn“ Y:m:' °§fg ¥ Countloa for over twenty yoars, but know mf? of mining outsldo except by Tearsag. | 0 after gold, wnd foding thnt the fieay the gold-gravel chanuel was around l’uut Teak and LitUe Grizzly, I declded to flay, n“; every year slace 1'vo had n botter reasoy l' “ dolug. The really lasting S and rich gol, bods of Califoroin are found fn what aecd(f::‘l:.l he chiannels of large rivers that one nearly uorth and soutl, or at right aug]:(l":f:'u‘“ present rivers, ‘These channels appenr tulm: been first nearly fillod with washiugs from old quartz velos, then volennle acion tumbled mountains and lava over them and ralseq them up. There are thres of these channels, known 98 the White, Gray, and Blue Leads, 'l:lm By Lead s the Jargest and richest, nud on this Iive. worked, and of this only I would rather talk, ‘The head of o chanvel holds th gold, sud the most of it, thla blll. “This a blow, whother intended or not, at the very existence of the Board, and he believed 1t was wrong. MIt. MABON, OF COOK, entered o protest ogalnst language nsed by wembers on the other side who called 1t cow- ardly to stand up und defend the Comnnission- ers at the expenso of the people, Me retored by saying that It was demagogery for them to ad- vocnte the reductionof any ofllcial 50 per centnb one fell swoup, Il thought it would bo more cousistent for thesa men to first reduce the saln- rles of all the State ofllcers 0 per cent before coming in here and aeking for this reductton, He did not beheve Hlie best talent of the State could be had for 1,500 a year, )\'lr. Jolinsoy, of Jasper, spoke in favor of the Mr. Thomas, of Cook, rnoke agafost it, Mr. MuFle satd ho should vote for the bill, 3 Meyer nnmed the previous gusstlion, which was cavrled. Mr. Morrison, under tho rules, then closed the debate, whereupon the motfon to recommit was last, by a vote of 103 to 27, Mr. Lovell moved take the bill from the or der of third reading and place it upon the order of second reading, Alr, Frow ralsed the noint of order that bLills must take thelr natural course, und that the Eruvluul question being the order, tho next usiness wust be a vote on the bill, which was the maln question. . "I'he 8peaker ruled that the point of order waa well taken, und directed the Clerk to call the roll on the passagre of the bill, ‘I'he roll was cslled and the bill was passed, with the emergeney clause, by a voto of yeas, 1105 nays, 10, Mr. Pearson, o former member of the Board of Rallrond wnd arehouso Commissioners, evaded u vote by leaving the Cnawber durlng the rofl-call. X 'The roll was called and the House ndjourned to 10 n. m. TIE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CORFORATIONS this afternoon had under consfderation Seunte C coarsest Hio_the head of o oE, ¢ 5 ) * wwishing the discovery kept n secret, ho aund hiy | 8iulce, and the licad of the Bl Bluc 13 probab Il 114, providing for the eluction uf the North | fle tieihik bis bevolver A ntarvale, SE-bis AT ls 0 o7 Bl ol botors Dartners ara most Anxlous Lo court the wideat | producing mare gold than any territory of iy spl::v‘i)llx:;{l(‘l LL?;“:’I‘I‘:!!((‘:gs:::-’nm:lEfi‘l‘}ln‘:"l}}%fi“’lfl‘éfi Wby furtlier resiatance, while his compunion ran- him that may fairly bo termed golden. We | publicity, Sfgnor Rotura procceds to Bouth | size in the world, ‘There about ten i ¥ o les 5 atiended the bill eo as to make tie oflico an sacked the upper room lor such valuables ns he | venture no opinion on the process, an necount | Amerieant once for o laree supply of the two | hag yislacd, aceording to lowest cstim Syl 2 sl b cadug ntee, over e ; ; Conld find. Both Mre, Menard und daugliter | of which wo eive tn the writer's own words: necegsnrles for the snfe conduce of his process, | 90,400,000, €. W. Tiendel ctner }"L‘j(l‘l:; et l“,:“"_l‘:::‘;h‘f‘“g"“::“l“l‘,'fifi’g ;l’,':fll‘; wers s0 compietely friehtened that | Any of your readers who kuow sydney Har- ‘!‘;‘élr:‘:m these substances at prescut remalna | & ot T el “";';:,';'":':““'“"fl to tho Tionsc, with the e ution ihat it | they Tay like dend J".‘l‘!ulls upon | bor wiil rémember the long inlet opposite the coty-fve {the floor, und _are not able to describe them, ns the tmoment they entered the door they covered thele faces with blackk masks mude for the pur- pose out of black ollesin. ‘Tlie daughter remem- hers that both were low In stature,—not much taller than herself. L Some ehildren ot play in the strect, who lad noticed the horse nud bugey drive uy, saw the men rush in at the door, nnd heard Miss Menard?s screams, as also did a younz man named Jones, who had just fimshed “bullding o chiinney {n a new house just across the atrect, Heads known os Middle arbor, Hers n per- fect sectusion, with o carcful avoldance of pub- llelty, 18 being condueted nn experiment, the success of which, now cstublished beyoud any doubt, must have a wider cffcet upon the fu- ture prosperity of Australia than any project cver contemplted, Thegentlemen engaged tn ibis enterprise are Signor Roturn, wlivse re- searchiea into the botany and natural history of South Amerfea have rendered his name eml. neat, aml Mr. James Gront, o pupll of the 1ate Mr. Nicolle, so long assoclated with Mr. pass. “There wagn warm debats fn the Commit- tes over the bill, Mr, Thomas taking stroug grounds aganst the clective system, while Mosars, Sexton and Webber carnestly sdvocated this plan. It {3 doubtful whother tho bill wil pass. years,and who reported on it for Commlssioner Raymond, says that from the vicinity of La- porte alono over $100,000,000 has been takea out of the gravel. The Looks of Dr, Brewster, who was, mall and exvress earrler feom Lanorte, show that ho carried out In sixteen years over $69,000,000. Then, too, In this ylun. ity are the greatest gold quartz iines of Call- fornin, the Plumas, Eurcks, Slerra, Buttes, Mammoth, and others, that together have pro- MILLIONS OF MONEY. Mrs, Mummella Vast Inhoritanco—A News. vender's Wife Falls Holr to 820,000,000, Cinclnnutt Inguirer, Marel 10, Out In Betts-street Hospital lles an old lady, 77 years of age, aconflrmed fnvalld for twenty years, unablo to care for hersclf. Down on Budd strect, in a littlo dingy brick bullding, a THE DRAINAGE DILL was made o speclal order for 4 o'clock to-mor- row, und wiil call forth a flood of debate. Mr. Alnswortt, of Itock Isiand, a member of the State Boorit of Equaltzation, appearca belore the Jolnt Revenue Cominittee this afternoon, Iie ehildren spread the news rapidly enough | Thomas Mort In his—fseczing process. It ap- news-store In front und tenement in the rear, is dufuu in the nolghborhood of $109,000,000," wad v i viows o somo ength upon the sl | from ' ouse to Bouse, i 3r. *Joncs | peara o nonths” ago R ol asara ‘calicd | an old man of 00, her busbaud, with o passace- | % Are not the eraval-buds about worked outt” ran to the door “of the Menard mansion, | upon Mr. Grave to Iuvoke his nssistance fu'a “* No, gravel-mining ls {n {ts inf il ticket for London in his pocket, and SGLy 41 2 infonce with is; DAMAURS. but the thieves had closed it. Ilo rang | schieme for tho transmission of Hve stock to | nis wite's zoodbye kiss “m,l:, his lps, T}’“‘l"’“f”'“.'l‘““’fl‘“"“‘"“"““l"mflllm"’ymnl Mr. Granger's il repealing the 85,000 lmle | the bell two or threothnes hastily, Mr. Hol: | Europe. Blinor Rotura avorred tut he had die- | jo W58 CRSF0 0 Hay to. abtaiy | 8L tho uravul-bods axtually esplored, tuoualed, of damnge 10 caso of deach b gceldent or neg- | Wwan, who bad fust loft his home, No. 38 in the | covered o South American vegetable poison, ol- a or: ikirope. .ty Olitoin, Al onened, 1 do wov think one- leet of rallroads was under conisideration by tho | row, also heard the sfabn, and ran back tothe | ied to the well-kuown toorara, thut bnd | Posscssion of an Immenss fottune, estl- d“"i‘c"' ""“ havo been worked, 'The Uulon, a Cummittee on Corpurations this afternoon, | house, e rune the donr-biell soveral tfmes, | tho power of —perfectly snspending sni- | mated at 820,000,000, to which his wifo hus swd- 'l‘? Dm.nE.Euvcrwcd over $100,00 ver acre, Durtng the dicuselon Mr. leadick was_ ¢atied | while Mr. Janca and I1: M. Taylor, of No. 8 | mation, und that the trancy thus pro- | denly found herself cntitled. Joseph Hummell | fro Do¥n East,also drift, wot over 830,03 upon, 28 ho attorney of % road, 1o oxpress i | Winthrop vinve, ranaround to the rear door, | duced continued il the application " of rom six ncres, This s heen about the ver- {8 his name, Germany his nation, aud for the vast Qfteen ycars, sfuce o Rebel’s bullet at the batele of Duval's Blufl rendered him unable to sit upon the tallor's beneh, the vendingof nows- papers and perlodieals has been bis meana of obtainlng a llvellhood, Now he flnds himsclf oplnton us to the elfeet of the repeal. Ho stated the that, in his opinion, there ought to be o linit, otherwise the railway companics might be mulet in ncnvf datwages, which might possibly result 1 erlnpling theso corporationa, ‘Lhe Committee {inudly resvlved to recommend that the bill re- peallug the Hmitation be lukd on the table. hopivg to head ol thieves, as wus known they “were inside. Mrs, Menard leard the ringiog of ‘(e bell und koew that help was near ot hand, But the maa standing over clieied his revolyer it wer head, and calied fuan undertone Lo his conipAnlon, wLome down, Joe, there's somebody ¢ Jmng. Hurry up, Jog!” anotter vegetable essence caused {he blood 1o resume ita circulation ond the heat its fune- tions. Bo perfect, noreover, wus this suspen- ston of 1ife thut Slenor Rotura hiad found in 4 warm climate decomposition set ln at the ex- tremities aiter o week of this ll7ing death, and lie [magined it the body while in this inert state age of our drift miues, which, working only three or four feet of the eravel nearest the bed- rocis, ot from §3 to $18 per cudle yard, ot on avernge expense, including Improvements, of about 25 per cent of the product, when pa $J to 84 a duy for mincrs. Ouyr hydraulle mtnes sliow averares of 13 cents to G0 cents a cuble Doth men weit ‘to the sccond’ parlor, | were réduced to o temperature sufliciently low | 8uddenly o millloualre, througl an inheritance | yard, nd thers are from 10,000 to 20,000 cubic ARKANSAS und, hcurlufi te”'hotso of the people | to arrest decomposislon the trance might be | of his wife, with whom he plighted bis vows in 3?"1-! per aere; (t;&) average in the main channel (2 who were by .thfd "timo eathering about | kept up for months, possibly for years, IMo | the Fatherlamd long years ngo. o 80,000 to 100,000 cuble yards an acre. An fuch LEGISLATIVE LAST LIOURS, the house, they “jdfulekly ~divested them- | frankly owned he bud never tefed this prescrving of walery abuut 2,000 cubic fect, with head of Larrie Rock, Ark., March 18.—The House passed thy Senate b granting State lunds in It Is o strange story,~strange cven In these 100 to 200 feer, wiill wash from 3 to 4 cubie timos of sudden fortunea nnd us sudden reverses. of the tissues by cold, und could not conlldently 100 o (00 Loty WL yal Lram d o Sauiie 3 2 selves of the duneu,p&fl all extrin clothing, und & speak us to fts ¢ffects upon the ofter restoration teaving behind thelr''datehel und ks contents, % | broko out of the rear oor and_ ran. At tho | of the animal oyerated on. Bofora he loit Mr. | Josoph Hummell isw native of Germany, and | a8 ncll. Now apoly your acithmetic uid sco ald of the bulldingof the Iron Mountain & | 0555y alley fuflor and Jones made a | Gront ho turned that centloman's doubts into | thers s married his wile, a widow, suvinteon | how smatl an arca of this chanuel {s necessary Helcua Raflrond, and refuscd 1o pass the Seuste | fovite effort 1o (Udutura them, but. with | wondeeing curlosity by exporimenting on bis | Yeors ulder thun hmsell, In 1813 tliey came Lo | to produce the amounts 1 have named, und pro- bill to pay the spolation c¢lalms conscquent on | a few oaths ong . threatening clicks of | dow fe Injected to drops of his liquid mixed Amerlen to seek thelr fortuncs. They landed ‘I“fi" theo as profits, the operations of Gov. Clagton's militla (n 1878, | thelr vevolyvers, ' iyhieh, the way, | with a littis giscerine into o small puncture | iu New York, remainod there two ye MI%",‘({:“ ‘“"" ":'Y "H‘“"’ no rush to these The General Appropriation bl passed voth | wust, have been pty, they scared them | made fn the dog's ear, wil tn three or four min- | 1845 went to Boston, whera Joseph e gold ficlds, o8 thera {d to Leadville! off, They ran sw! feross the pralrie tn o A utes tho.animal waaiperfectly rigld, the four routhwesterly diredtion,’ elosely -~ pitrsnctt” by Louses by resolution. Tegs strecehed’ Wiekivifids, oyes B o U here n\‘qfllayn:lwcuu|nuy af them and ter- Jovote e ! ribla ones in .tfmes past. Under the old lawas I'he 1Touse fully exoncrated Representatives iy’ onen some twenty-tive me, wid bovs, A liorseman | puplls very much dilated, und exbibit | Unclo Sam's army, went South, was wounded, | muh could lowate 100 feot wido of thls grasel, Hatileld ana Furbush in tho bribery busiucss, | was aeked 4o follodlithemn wp until ho saw s | i symptoms — yory similar 1o thosa of | diacharged, and (ually with his wifo woni A thoksandsiol ik Jocations weretaidd s expressing 115 sensc by a voto of 45 o 0 that the | policcionn, but ho''féfused. ““Fhey soun dis. | death Ly stryclnine, —except that thero | to Cliclouati, Unnbie, by reusou of his | ently excitements, but the locators soon found tanced thelr pursuer#’id were out of slizht, Upon euterigg the lionse by the door which the thieves leftopen'ifter them, both ludies were found upon the lluur‘t}rml.ns overy one thoughit, testimony taken by the Investigating Commit- tee showea they had been offered a bribe, but by vartles other than Walker or Johnson, At 3 p. 1, the Honse adjourned sine die with- outpreviously communieating its intention to the Goyernor ar usking Joint action by the Scuate, 'This actlon 18 rezurded 08 unconstitutional, but, a8 the legal limit of the sesslon wiil be reached at 12 to-nfeht, will stand as the final adjournment. . ‘e Benato remained in sesslon several lionrs longer. It fa supposed the Senate's actlon de- feating the aweeping reductions in salarfes of Stato oflicers proposed by the Ilouso,fs the cause of the suub. had been no previous struegle or paln. Begging his owner to have no nrpruhumlmll for the ile of thls favorlie animal, Siznor Rotura lifted the dog carefully amt n‘ncud him ona shelf 1n the cupbonrd, where he bezzed ho mizht be lef titl the following day, when hie promised to call at 10 o'clock nil révive the apparently dead brute, Mr. Grant continunlly during that Quy and-night vistted the cupboard, and so per- fectly wus Jife suspened in s favorite—no mo- tlon of the pulse or heart glving any indication of the possibility of revival, tho frame being perfectly rizid—that ho felt the sharpest re- proaches of remorse at having saerlficed a faith- ful fricnd to o doubtful ‘und doogerous experl- ment. ‘Fhe temperature of the body, too, in the tirat four hours, gradually lowered to 25 wound, to sit upon the taflor’s beneh, he beguny peddling pletures, Looks, churelpapers, and .perlodieals. In this eccupation he made a seanty living, living in obscurity and comunras tive pover 1lis wife, meantfine, had been u confirmed Tovalid; and, eathering together o few dollara, ho invested (b In o little stock of papers, books, nud sacred pletures, nud foryears past has glven his time to these and the care of Nis aged und helpless wife, hoplug for nothing more than o comfortable living and o llfe in conformity with the requircments of the Church of Rome, of which he is a devout mem- ber. Two years ago, however, his-wile, In lookIng over a newspaver, chaneed to notiee an advertiseiment asking for the whercubouts of the helrs of Caspar Welss, formerly un Ad- that to work thelr property with profit re- quired Jarge outlavs for mites of ditehesif for hydraulle, or thousands of feet of tunnelsit for drift, mlnlni:. Many abandoned their clalms, somu combined, and a few formed companies nnd suceceded fn gretthng money enough for prop- er equlpment, und it is “onlv within the last tive yeara that hydraulle minlng has been really established. Now It ls growlug mors rapldly than our quartz mining, ‘Cle Director of the Mint estinates that Californiv's gold product for 1875 was about 20,000,000, 1 think it was fully that, and that two-thirds If not three-quarters wes from gold-gravel. One ¢lalm of the Duteh Company ot §3.13 8 cuble yard from 27,000 cuble yards, und anotlier got 320,87 per yard from 8,000 cuble yarde, Craic’s but_they goon showdll'slany of life. Both wers terribly shocked, wdf wers quite {1l all day, Phie plunder which thdthieves hnd seleeted was Iying fn o Jicop, il couslsted of o nulf wnd” bog, n silv bosket, mud sonib he ruflons, In Cthefr flight, mmic off with o watch und “@hain. "The artleles were ntl packed away into the satehel, whieh waa of the largest slze. ‘I'oey’ had evidently Intended to leuvo their own wobthless traps, nind il the satehel with valusble oods, us fa avother heap upon the floor were found the two dustere, ealic-bugket, o curd- ailk handkerchiefs, S B ‘. ) er 3,000,000 from the pockets of which wero four wootlen gugs, | degs, Fahrenhelt below ordinary biood temper- | miral in the Euglish navy, deccased since 1804, Flat and Morristown yrot over 35,000, ) INDIANA. T i Attt e Jonie roll ot | nare, witleh increasad bis fuars as t the resuity | © Caspae Welss, sho snld, 1was tho namo of | BLOUE twenty-to neres, und from ' about fane PROCEEDINGS, stout cord, & sodaiwater bottie contafn- | amd by mornin the body wns as cold s in uetu- | my grandfuther, Can it be that this s in relu- | SEveH acrus ol the Couly & Gowell ground e Soectal Diwateh to The Trivune foi o ittt whisky, n pair’ of afso | aldeath, At 10 o'clock next morning, necord. | tion to him und his helrs? 1o was, too, un Ad- | SHOMOKI has been, taken. This Cumit Isp1avarovss, March 18.—Hoth Houses to- day passed’ the thirtcen bills, which dfed by reuson of expiratton of the session. The Senato took up the General Appropriation bill, which been before them three weeks, but made no mustachies, one dark’and the other light, and two masks whicll they had worn, In tho was found nuother und u smaller satchel contalulng the foliowing artlelea: Four towels, oue bar of soap, 8 black bottle filled with u lguld supposed o be other, & black ehlnchilla Ing to promise, Signor Rotura prescated bilm- self, and, lsughing at, Mr. Grant’s fears, ro- auested o tub of warzh watcr to bo brought. He tested this with the thermometer fto 93 degrees ahrenheit, ond in this lnfd the dog, Dead under. To Mr, Grant’s objections, Sliruor tlral, uid died aboub the date mentioned, Cin it bu that I am the ofie wanted to lay clulm to his fuherltanced” Ner husband zave the matter littla thought ov uttention ot first, but, flnding her positive in her statement of famlly hlsm:"y!lluuhludwwruu to the address men- vided 3264,000 profits in ono year from a total expense of 83,600, ~ * Why uro not theso gravel mining stocks on the 8an Franclsco Boards1? “ 1 suppose tmainly hecause brokers do nob like them, When the companles wanted work- the 3 clvel d ¢ 3 ¢ “The re v er | Ing capital they nsually got lv by private stb- 0uress, overcoat, with velvet coblar, and lotuea ussured bim that, ns nuimation wust | toned, diving the facts, ‘Ihe result wus u lotter \ K A W]fir:hsu House, after o solrited contest, the mi- | VO™ one white nnd one weay guster, u | remulu entirely suspended il the udwminfsten- | Of inquiry from o lawyer named Wulmr, in Lou- Hfrinlll!ll»_ in naity Inatnmfn from Lufi:g:_l;l:;:‘ norlty report o sk Cghlie i m;“:hj:w wew | black folt-at, om0l black | tionof the suindote, no water could be drawn | don, stating that Caapar Welss, an Adwmiral, died | when once working, tho returus are " lat, a round plush eay, two pair of Kid gloves, sl sizes, one pake of red woolen wristlets, utd two mors waoden gugs, ‘I'he horse und buggy, wolf rone, and horae- blanket were taken to the Weat Twelfth Street Statton by I, Kelley, of No, 215 Loomis street, mto the Jungs, und that the lmmersion ot the body was slmply to bring it azain toa blood- lient. After about ten minutes of this bath the Dindy was taken out und another Jquid injected in o puncture made fn the necik. Mr. Graut tells me the revival ot *Turk was the most therels 8o lithle to bo sald, surmised, vr vrou- fsed, beeatige overything 1s i sizht, that thers. is ittlechance for manipulation.! EIGHTY-SEVEN DAYS. in London fu 1804, lenving o fortune of £1,000,- 000 fuvested in 4 per ceut seearitles; that during the long years sities no claimant nad ever ap- peared for the fortune; that 46 had by the natural process of interest-benring grealy fu- creased sluce that time; and that he was d the Auditor of State’s oflleo was adopted by o vote of 58 to 39, umang the yeas belng the Chafr- man of the Connnittes who siened the mojority report, ‘This report savs that Ienderson hus £14,000 of insurance fevs which beloug to thy o State, collected during tho st two years, ind | und - thenee to the Armiory. Lust night | starcing thing he ever witnessed, und, having | slrous, #f possible, of finding tho rieht- that, i1 not pald withfu thirty days, sait stiould | the rlig was fdeatfiled by tho pro- | sluco seen 1he snmo experlment. mado uponn | ful owners. ‘The claims of *Mrs, lum. | The Rochestor Lottor Which Got Arour ho brought vn hig oflicial boud by tho Attoruoy- | prictors’ of Newton's lvery In Couch | sheep, Lean fullv conllrm lis statement, The | mvll seowed, he sald, to bo well catublished, the World in That Thae. Uenerul) place, ITo stated that the rig was obtained at | dog ilrst showed the retuen to life in the oye, | but heasked for further intormation, with doen- Rochester Unlon, e e— e aboui 8 o'clock fn fle woruing by dorepl Bertrund, a bell-boy ab Burke’s lote); who said 1t was wanted for o guest ot the house. The clew to Bertrand’s companfon in crime was found earlicr {o the cvening, Mrs, Gurman, of No. 410 May strect, visiied sovoral of the polico stations nsking i her boy, John Joseph Gorman, had been arrested, a8 he had Jeft humedwith Bertrund n the moraing, aud, not huving returned, shie feared that he had oo into pome trouble, Bha statos that Bertrand’s peuple formerly lived i her house, wnd that Joo and her son wero always chuind ‘The former was always wild, thougie monoy-maklig and fudustrious, and some two” nonths #go the two boys bad what §8 called o *“bum® for two or three days, i consequence of which the Gorman boy™ veased golng to school, Sfuca then, sho supposcs,. they havo been enmugzed i planning te deviltry “wnich they earried futo exceution yesterday,” Upto midnight ueither hud been a — STARTLING INV Two Hundred Words a Misute Sont Over Onu Cnble-Wire—A Whotlo Newspapur Can o Telographed In Haif an Hour, Btoston Pust, Uaren 11, Wao aro ennbled talay before the readers of the Tost this worning n plecs of exclusive Intelf- gence which wiil be found of intense sl univur- sul interest, It renches us by the tast mail froth | Lomton, und Indieates that the Old und New | Worlds aro about to hail the approaching dawn of cheap telegraphy on Innd st under sen bo- tween und through all the countries of the elvil- Ized globe, but maro particularly seross the At- and, aftee fveand o half mivutes, ho drow a fivat tonz breath and the rigidity leit his Mmbs, In a fow miuules more ho com- menced pontly wageineg his tall, and then slowly ot up, streiched bhimself, and trotted off wa though nothing had huppened. From that moment Mr. Grant became aware of the ox- traordinary lssuvs opened by his visitor's dis- cavery, unid promised him all” the assistaucs in his power, ‘They next determined to try freez- ingr the body, and the first two experimonts wero discourazing, A dog (ot ‘Turk, his master declining to experbment any furiher on this fatorite) wua put In the freczing chamber ut Mr, Grant's works, after boing proviously “guspended ** by Blenor Rotura; wid althoagh e unimal rovived go far as to draw aloog Dbreath, the vital oncrities uppeared tow oxhaust- e for n compicto rally, wnd the anfmal dled. "Plig two uext aufmals—a dog and o cat—died in alike manner. In the meanthne Dr, Barker i been taken fnto thelr counsels, nud, av his supgostion, reapiration was encouraged, asin the ease of pursons drowued, by artilicinl_come- pression ad expansion of the lings, Dr, Baker was of opinion timt, 08 the heart in eyery casy comueneed to beat, it wos o want of vital foree to sot tho lungs in motlon that caused death, Tho result showed his surmises to be cutirely correct. A nuwber of anfmale, whose life has been acaled up i this artitleinl death, have been kept in the freezing chnmber from one to flve weeks, und it {s found that thoueh the shock to the system from this freczlngiavery great, it s notiu- creased by durution of time, — Measra, Grant and Rotura then determined upon the erection af the works just flutshed nt Middlo Hurbor, an .(muarurlmuu capitulist fluding the necessary unds, Un Saturday last I was invited to 2o down to meutary evidence of her idontity, ‘Ulien followed more correapondence, in which the faunly his- tory und records were thorouuhly scarehed amd ventllated; amd_the result was that several wonths sz0 Mrs, Hummell recelved the Inforing- tion that there was no longer any doubt ua to her {dentity, and that she was the long-sought- for descendnnt, nud entitled to at lenst A largo portion of the funds In question, which™ could bo obtained Dby heraelf or her ropresentative upon complying with the necessary lezal forms, ‘Ihere’ was, how. uver, u serious obstacle to remove, und that wis the lack of tunds. Mr. llumimeil, the husband, wan very poor, beity ennbled by his very scant: income to little mors thau furnish the necessl- tics of Mfo for hunsell und by mvalld wife, Finally, however, ho succeeded {n fntercsting ls fricnds in the Soclaty of which he was o member to s suflicient extent, and they, besom- g convineed thut the elutn was probably valld, congented to advance sufliclent hunds Lo enable hln to meko the Journey to Loudon widd claim for hits wife, who fs unuble by reason of hor age and {nlrmitles to travel, the fortune. —— —— Full particulars haye bofurs been riven fu the Union regardiug tho letter eont round 1ho world hy Thumas C. Montgomery, Evij, uf this clty, which made the clreult i uiv.'ul.\"“‘“_ days. 'Ihe news of this nuhleremcnt‘havlw, reached the Post-Oftice Denartnent (n Wasbliz: ton, tho following official uckuowledzment has also been made to Mr. Moutgomery': Po3rOpricH DErantMENT, OIyI0E OF Fo_l? 216K MAILS, WASHINGTON, D, C.y Marchi & 137 —Thomas C. Moatgumery, Jiochester, N Sus L have recetved your postal-eard dlat Lo {ust,, atating that a fetter malled ot llurh:..l H Oth December, 1878, accomplisheil the vlr!.'" a‘!xn the glube n clghity-seven ml}-.-. le: l!l\k lon Francisvo Due, 17, Hong Kong Jat. h.‘,uu'l ld, Feu, 92, and arelving ot Kowaester Mureu 1879, Iu reply to your fnquiry whother lh'-: tiousl postul system hus shown any A FUNERAL POSTPONED. Remarkable Cago of Tranco Reportod from Hulllvau Connty, Ind, Ivsnuich tn the Enguiyer, FrertanosviLLe, Ind, Mareh 12.—=What is conaldered u remurkable cass of trance has han- oeved hete lately. Thoe victhn is Miss Flora Leibleman, the doughter of n well-to-do farmer, reslding near this place. The facts, briclly as possible, are these: Miss Fethleman, whoso family are Catholles, returned from (he school of Notra Dame, Indlang, Inst December, 8ho roturncd Lo stav, Biueo ber return she hins been in very il hiealth, sceming to be gunerally alfected, moaning winl wnsm}i in fever ut nlght, Tmmediatoly nfter the late cold spell ghe wis nttucked with pneunionia, now so futal- /1y provalent in this rezion, Notwlthstiuding she bud the best mediesl attendanee to be pro- cured in this vicinity, ahe diod on Mouday, Murch 8, or at least apparently dicd, for the villaze physician b charge 50 pronounced her, Wera it not for the fuct of Misa Felhloman heing un onlv child, it 18 probubla she would huve been burivd * finmediately, but us it wus It was decided to hold tho corpis until refatives from Oblo, wao had been sent for, coudd arrive. ‘This delayed the burial until March 8, The funeral was to toke placs At S pom, At Ahat tinw os the friends and rofa- tives were taklnga lust Jook, the corpso not huy- iz Leen tuken [rons the ouse, the wather beilng Just to view the remaing, swidenly bent over tho body, und, uttering u ery, dectared that sho saw thie syellds move us If I hite, "The lather, with other trivnds, conunonced immediatoly to try by gentle muvements to withdraw her frou thy tter re sult than this, und, If 8o, how muctt vetter, 1 s only pee ceount uf 8 Lave to stats thut the only recent ‘;“mu g led was that glvon in the November number of the Jouril vostal missive makiig thu eirculp o to which my atteution has been el Henry Ward Benchor on Shonting Burglars, < New Yurk Wornt, Murch 13, 4 Mr, Beechor," said the reporter, “you have read the account of he killing of o burglar by Capt. Richards, of the Boventh Kegimeat. Whay do you tuink of [ M Zutirely justilable1” answered Mr. Beechor with emphasfs, “ Bupposy i’uu found a burelar {n your house at nizht, What would you doi” “8hoot lm quick ad llehtnlng!” exclatined the clergyman almost llereely, ** Apy inan who from motives of personu! safety nllows u burglar to walk tbronzh his house with e, Subllshed by the futernational bureuu at et thluurl:m , of u post-eard muuml‘ u‘x*;u;; miutz, Baxony, on the 3ith of -\!flhm ol 7 po ., furnished with o request ) Postmastors " to dispateh it mfl.c“""v'q’uun'. without loss of timg, to A]B‘I“Llrlfll,q#ll"L".o'R‘ Yokohamu, Sau Francisco, awd > f]“ummnl "'iis request wan comolied Wikl un e s arrlyed ut Chemitz from New York uul et of Haplember, 1873, it having made th Kiird of the worid ln 117 daya. Ju was staiel B G Iatlon Lo this card that had it """':;‘:,’m.n Chiemiutz oua hour earlier (befure D the wuuld have ecomplished s journey oY o and tmpunity not ouly acts fun i coward!y manner, 0} days (n3tea i ¢ ) k FOcenibu N e " | seo wimt hud been uffected. Arrived at the | but violates aus of the most sacred dutles ho | route iudicated by by seuder o fuakh "“‘“! lad """”;’ uccomplishud this | lantic Ocean between Buropsuid Amerlea, Wo | Wi N iddte Durbor, T was takon fnto (ho | owes to 1he comniunlty, Every mun's hiouno Ia | or 117, ¢ the globe I w lul? ‘lu corpsy, to the surpriss of nll: learn thut the Awericun Cable Company, of New Duilding that contaius Mr, Graut’s spparatus | his castle, not only to lve fu but to defend, [ Your letter mada thie circult of ]bucu Bosst suddenly aroso il - agmuned 4SS | York, through its general agent, who ls now In | for yeiierating cold. Attachod to' this fo tho | roara bim who alls to'defond 1t in th wima | Blas daya Toss imo than sl LS, Y duute London, has Just closed, sigued, und sealed ong of The must lmportant contracts that wero ever vonnovted with the subject of telegruph- fug, und by which the uew Compauy has secured the vxcluslve right to the use of a new dnvention, or process, for ucndlufilmunngu by “eables nud otherwlse, Ono purty to the contract kuarantees to send ten messices of twontv words euch per minute thro the conducting wire between Poria or London und New York. ‘U'nis 15 the minlmum specd stated in the cons tract; but it 18 wald thut ot the maximum speed what could be sent Ju_ thirty infnutes would bo equyl to (e number of words coutalned in ono number of the London Lanes or thy New York dlerad. Aud it fs plso ussertod thut by thix process au ontire humber of clther ot the above uamed journuls could be digpatehied through the cable from New York to London or Purls, or freezing chamber, o smll, dark room about 8 feet by 10 feet. Here wore fourtecn sheen, tour lambs, and three plgs stacked on thelr sides in & beap, ulive, whicn Mr, Gruut told e had been in their present positlon for nineteon asys, and were 1o rematn thers for wnother three wonths, Selecting one of the lumbs, Blguor Roturs put 1t on his shoulder and carried 1t outslde fnto the other buildiug, where werd a number of shatlow vomented {unks in the tloor, havimg hot aud cold water tups to cach tank, wnd @ thermowmeter hauging slungslde. Une of thess tanks was quickly filled, and ita tomperaturo tested by the Bignor, I meauwiilo examining with the groatest eurlosity snd won- dor the nineteen-days’ dead Jamb, “Thero was e lanb, to ull sppearances dead, and us hard slmost us n stane, the ouly differencs perceptd- ble tome between his conditlon and ncinal death buing the aosence of dull glassiness about sald, by those whu witnessed the ses puzed dround with a vacant, surprised then, unllie cases of trance usuully, tu have sunk back upparcutly oxbausted. Bho wos im- mediately remoyed und placed 1o bed, but it was, perhapd, threa hours beforw she was cou- scious evouth to glve »m{ account of hersclf, ‘fhie pertod sho passed in trauce shu s perfect- y dead to,—scembg a perfect blank, ‘The last Blie remeniners Was bofore her nppurent death when 1ying fn bed, and the lutervenlng space fd to ber like o dreamless sleep. ‘The parents are overjoyed, und the case excites much comment in e nietliborhood, e A Carmen in Iieal Life. Palormo has o Curmen in real life named Caliva. Bhe was wondrous (air, und felt fu love with o daring il suceesstul “brizand, Bho wis llzht as I would a soldiur who, belng intrusted with tho defense of o fort, allows the enviny uuresisted Lo enter und tako possesslon of It 'o permit a burglar to ransack my house s sn fnjustico to the community, beeause it holds out a templation to shlftless vounyg men tocom- mlt burglarles, Expericnced cracksmen of course will run risks where there ts a bl prize fo bu won, but ordinary robberics are commitied by less fearless men, wno would not attemnt them if they knew they would {uenr the danger ot being &illed in tho act, Now what could o burgtar et by coming Into my bousei The things ho could gather up und carry ofl are auch a8 ho could not sell for mora than $20; sud _do you think he would risk his Jife for thatl - No, indoed! But, he argucs, * Beecher 18 a clerry- mani he would ruther laso twenty wutches than take u man's llte.” Not n bit of It 1 wouldu't let bim take even the pointer of o wateh, Aod Dlo for the postal card referrod tog il o it a muchunemr result I:D{;::x;:]l;;hlc at 2 LTy Tespec i PreseaL s R0 ng{,,.“ i l‘“'“”;‘lvl'u. Superintendent of Fureis e ———— gL taburse Tho Manufacture of Gluss I burg, P Selentte ATMTGrS thun t a,y produces o I oAt b Unlted States, 115 1ators humber saventy-three, with 600 mn,“ e umployment to 5213 tauds, whose e’ e roacly $3,000,000 nr_wu‘r;" “nmL l:l‘?‘l:t;-‘“." he inautf g \ Vs ‘.II:’ fildl‘::l ‘lmln ash, 45,310 tons o{ :m (! bushels of Mne, 1,218 tons mu?lu Dbushels of culkie, 4,635,700 bustie cords of wood, U,Uk tons o atr: o Pleady ot salt, 260 tons ot pearl ush, BiJ Lo e 50.00s" fiva Drick, 2,053 tous of UeHld frel 250, aud Feduits Juekler fu_ et cholco thau the Gypsy of Bizet's | from London to New York, und be reproduced | the ove, wiilch still rewniued fts brilliant trous- | not from a mere property consideration | 'fhe packing-boxes "‘m ‘f”:‘;,‘;“’,'v '.::,m and b drama, Her Jover, Plajs, was the leador of the | at those polnts fu fae nlml‘». on ostercotyped | parency. ‘Uho lumb was dropped gently futo | efther, but becanse it §8° my duty to | £103 kews ot nalls. ll:u i ‘Lhe space Qluliauest band, sud hmlfiom: been lueffectusaily | block or plate, complets und veady to bo peluted | the warin bath, and.was allowed to remaln fnat | defend the sauctity of iy household. | horses werd mulfloi‘i' A “In Ll o I 8T chased by lhogol ce, whon at tast bo was rua to | from, in thirty mioutes, and st teliingoxpense, | abuut tweuty-three mivutes, s head boing | My house, where mv wife ‘and children | vceuoled by the W“‘lu“-i:“ 1, l,mcwuc\‘ix ,“;. eurth in o bouse at Giullne, and at- | This would make au uyerago rate of woout 2, ratsed above water twico for the futreductiou | live, sbull not bo eatered violently by ony man | sud the capleal m‘1 ull ")’f;,_! S0, - 4 tacked there Ly o force of seventevn | words per miuute. uf o thermowoter iote the mouth, and | excups atbls perll, And so I have taught uy | grounds 1, tu_rouu ""‘fiwuwl:w' gendarmes, The™ assallaats, after forglug What has euabled this wonderful process or | then It was taken out and pla on usiness produces sbout 7,00 wife and all my children to stoot, and any