Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1879, Page 2

& \ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY: MARCH 24, 1879-TWELV®. PAGES, J * ORIMINAL NEWS. The Horrid Drama Witnessed by a Dramatic Company. Partiguinrs of the Brutal Murder Committed by James Curry. The People of Marshall Inclined to String Him Up. : ‘Mrs. Peto MoOnrtney ‘Squeals,” and ‘Will Be Set “Exes, THE SHOOTING OF PORTER AND BARRYMORE. Dispatch ta Cincinnatl Enquirer. Lrrrx Rock, Ark., March 2l.—The murder of Mr. B, C. Porter, of the DIplomacy Dramatle Company, was one of the most brutal ever known, J. 9, Shoppard and Ernest Stanloy, of Emerson's Minstrols, arrived in the clty yeater- day afternoon, and from them your correspond- ent learns the following facts: ‘They were pres- entat the time of the shooting.. Previous to the murder James Curry met Sheppard and Stanley, and acemed yery much disposed to create a disturbance, insomuch that the tio xentlomen avoided him. ‘The Diplomacy Com- pany woro in a restaurant at the depot, as previ; ously stated, when the murderer Curry walked in, making av obscons remark, Mr. Porter very gentlemanly called him aside and remonatrated with him, telling him that be shoul hot spenk so im the presence of Indies, “What tha hell Gave you got to do with iti? exclaimed. the -assassin, drawing two re- yolvors. Mr. Maurice Barrymore walked up just at this time, and, drawing off hls coat, re- marked: "We nro both unarmed, but, {f you will lay down your pistol, 211 give you all you want.” Withoyt saylug onything more, and without any otht® provocation, Carry fired both pistols almost simultaneously, one at Vorter nnd the other at Barrymore, ind quick as a flash ho fired both pistols again. The first discharze intonded for Porter struck him in the Jower part of the body, and the ball went through his bowels. ‘he firat shot intend- ed for Barrymore missed. The next struck his right arm. Porter fell to the floor and died within forty ininutes. He suffered greatly, his Jast words being: ‘*Giva me more morpliine.” Atter Porter fell Curry fired at Miss Cummings with both pistols, and, missing lier, he advanced and placed the muzzirs of boty weapons to her Dosom. The affrighted woman shrank Yack and — evaded the denaly dis. charge. ‘The brute then turnowt and fired severat times at na hoy and then at some one elses and then, when'he suw no one else he desired to murder, he showed his utter Jock of feeling, walked nv to a do lying on the .floor, and stamped his head. Of about forty men who gathered. around the place, not ono had nerve cnough to attempt an arrest. Curry, after doing all ne could, walked back into the restaurant, nnd in an insulting manner demanded: * What do Lowe here? and then adding: ‘D4! aee you sain,” walked out and gave filmeclt up, Curry isa brother of Mayor Curry of Bhreveport, and tt is said that Vorter is bis fifth victim. Porter was the only support of an aged mother, His remaina, in charge of Mr. Mur- dock, of the ilt-fated troupe, passed throuch the city this evening. ‘The murderer fs now on trial, and It is thought that Judge Lynch will take his caso in charge hefore the Jaw, by its in- direct course, will reach o dovision. HEAVY EMBEZZLEMENT. New York Tribune, March 21. Albert Falk, the confldential clerk and man- ager for William Ryle, a large importer of raw ailks at No. 83 Mercer street, was arrested re- cently on a charge of misappropriathix goods. The alleged misapproprintions extend, it 1s claimed, through several years, and will amount to over $100,000. The discovery was made only within « few weeks by Mr. Ryle. Ho secured the arrest of Mr. Falk, but until ‘Tuesday lust the clerk was allowed to remain in the custody of a Deputy-Sherlff. ‘Then, in default of $75,000 bail, lhe was committed to Ludlow Street dail, ‘The utmost care has been tuken to keep the fact of the arrest secret. Mr, Ryle, who Is President of the Paterson Toard of ‘Trade,.was econ Inet ovening at his residence in Broadway, Paterson, and made the following statement: “Mr. Falls has been in my cinploy for'uwelve or thirteen years, enjoyed my fullest confidence and catecin, He was first employed as saleaman and then aw bookkeeper. In iny absence 1 put the whole business in hla care, and he had a power of nt- torncy tonct forme. I have been nway a great deal, hayo inavared my business from Europe largely, and Mr. Falk had entire control while 1 ‘was aivay. “The embezzlements have heen folut, on for three years nt least, und probably for five. My attention was called to Mr. Falk's extravagant mode of living some Une ago. 1 spoke to hiin about It, He explained that hls wife had an income larger than bis salary, und that justi- fled thelr mode of Ife, ‘The explanntion wos satisfactory to me, for when I first em- ployed him he was in straftened circumstances, and T know uls wife helped lin greatly, a6 sho. is nyery cittivated indy, speaicing five lan- guages, At that time he sald that his wife's raperty Was locked up in chancery in England, . Hls after statement avout it corroborated bis former one. Then [thought the protits of the ‘business were not large cnough, and asked him about that, and ho said.thuet we were doing prot~ ty well considering the hard thoes. Trusting ie as I did, Awas’ satisfied with the explauu- tlon, “4 How did you make tho discovery?" “Through one of my employes, who told me somothing suspicions, F made au investigation and dlacovered Falk's method of operation. It ‘waa very jugenious. ile would extract from the J stock ag it was recaived bates of raw ailk, which che sent toa broker and had gotd for limacif. "Shen they were left out at the end of the year, when the avcount of stock was made up, He 6a ananaged it Hint there was never u loss in the year's business; the balance was always on the Moo of profit, 80 my books did not deceive me, knew just how the business stood, but [ was cheated out of proits which | ought to have had. Idow't find that be hins affected my business as it now stunds, tut T ought to be vetter of thand am, When T found this out, about twa wecks ago, I charged lfm with ab- stracting stuck, He deliberated for full tive miuutes without answering, ‘Then TU sald *Healtaucy docs pot agrea with innocence. Tio then ndimiteed that Twas right. Thad hin placed under arrest, and, the Justice ordered + $75,000 bait on what joss fo hud found already, Te was kept at a hotel for awhile, and then transferred to Ludlow Street Jail, f thinks on Thursday Inst. Hu couldn't find ball, of course, du thatumonnt, By sume influence be imao- aged to keep the arrest secret. “ET baye found also within a day or two another way In which Le embezzled, althougn when I discovered the other he deulared that ft was allof which he wos gatlty, He deposited at the bavk certain numa, but did not put them down on my hooks, aud then he drew them ont juomy namo und kept them. For instance, “he = would put 814,000 in the bank, charge ome with guly 38,000, ant then draw the $0,000 for hls own uses. J tid thia out from the pass-book of the ‘bank, but Ge vouchers from my check-boolk: he must have destroyed, for 1 cun'e find them, ‘The amount which hw took fu this way T lave not yet coinputed, but tt ts enouch to bring the whole sui considerably ubove $100,000, During the period in which this has been golng on my has amounted to over 85,000,000, Ay jock fe largely kept in Warehouses. Siuce the Boston nnd Chicago tres 1 bays not kept all tn one plico for fear that If fire destroyed the store Iny business, which extends to China and dupa, would be rulucd, Weaides Bulk there fe no one Impiicated tn this matter except the pone, who says he did us hls superior told _ him in tating the bales away, ‘They were soid by a Beaver street broker.” Te was ascertulned lost evening that Falk had . Myed dn the elegantly furnished hose at No. 100 East Ninetecuth street, with tis sieter-in- Jaw, who was the wife of u brother, now dead, Alrs, Falk hos frequently been mitataken for hte ‘wife, it fs sald, SPRINGFIELD. Speelat Dispateh to ‘The Tribune, SPHINGVIELD, IIl., March 28.—1t having been. rumored that the Pekin crooks were anxlouy to compromise the cases agaluat them by plead- ing gullty to minor offenses, District-Attorasy Connolly was interviewed onthe subject. Ilo paid Usut he had just returned from Washing- ton, where be bad been jn consultation with the Commissioner of juterval Heyeoue and the + Atlorucy-General. ‘He had not Jearacd of any, Buch proposition having beeo sare to the of- icluly there, und wus positive that uo such prop- ovition would be entertained, Not a word hud Deen sud to bim on the subject, and he would pot entertaly any such — proposition if made. Eyery ove of them tnast auswer to the iudictments, and if they chose to plead guilty Livy vould do so, aud Le believed that some of idk ding & them would. As for himectf, he would male no compromise under any circumstances. | ‘Tite in- dicted who haye have been in the city have not been In consultation with him or Collector Mer- rin, but have been examining the records nad preparing for their trints, It {s understood that Mr, Martha McCartney, Peto’s wife, who was indicted ot the same timo with Dr. Mason, of Neoga, nnd ia whose possession the large package of “coney" anit the famous $20" MeCartney plate was Uls- covered, has offected arrangements with the Government by which she will plead gultty to Naving had the “concy '? in her posseesion, but that sentence wil! he suspended, and her recog- nizance taken for her appearance. This moans, tn other words, that she hag determined to re- vent allshe knows about comntorfelting, and the Secret. will ble them to completely break up the business, ‘They do not pretend that any or- gazed crowd” is at preavat engaged In mau- UWavturing counterfelt: Treasury or National bank-notes, but say that Individual members of the old gang are at work “shoving” the old stock ou hnnd. It is known that, upon Infor- matton wiven by Mrs, MeCartnoy, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Wauk Hammond, who will bu in custudy before this dispatch reavhes the public. She docs not deny that she has a full knowledge of the whereabouts of many of Pete's old aseoclates, and fins given the altichrs olf foformation upon which they have acted. Sueciat Dispatch to The Tribune, SprixariEetp, Ill, March 22.—As predicted in theae dispatches yesterday, the Jury ip the case of Dr. Mayon retttrned a verdict of not guilty, ‘There 4 another indictment against bliin for the fame offense, which is sot for hearing ou Thurs- day next, —- ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER. apeciat Mepatch to The Teidune. Canuinvrn.e, HL, March 22.—Jerry Coffey, An Irishinan who last summer attempted to na- sassinnte A. McKiin Dubois, o banker of this city, waa tried jn the Circult Court of this county before Judes Zano te-day. Coffey wus represented by ex-Goy, John M. Palmer; the prosecution by the long. 8. T. Cuen, 8. 3. Utl- bert, and John A. Chesnut. A erent deal of in- terest was manifested in the cnec. After lengthy nnd able speeches on both sidus, the case was pent to the Jury, which returned a verdict of guilty of attempted manslaughter, the Judge to fix the penalty. BURGLARY. - Sneeiat Dienated to The Tribune, Soutn Benn, Ind., March 22.—At Lakville, few miles south of this city, the store of A. O. Van Licw was entered. His asfe was blown gpen, and $1,300 and ten watches taken. ‘Tha watches and most of the money were on deposit for anfe keeplug. The thieves took o horse and currlage and drove to this city, and took the train for Chicago. ‘There were three of them, all young men, They -were dressed Jn dark clothes. GONE TO LEADVILLE, Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune, Wauraca, Wis., March 22.—Dayls, the fel- low who stoly the norsea from tls city, auc- ceeded in selling them in Winneconno for over $200. He went to Chicago, whera the officers lost track of him. It 1s supposed he ling started for Leadville. Family trouble was the cause of his departure. 2 PREVENTING A MARRIAGE. ASlator Placing Hor Hand on the Mouth of Wer Dying Brothor, Correspanitence New York Sun. Wasnixaton, March 20.—On Sunday night Capt. Norman Crane, well-known here, was dy- ing at Meyer's Motel in this clty, The Cap- tain was worth about $20,000, He had Hyed five yeara with a woman named Mary Crane, and had introduced her as his wife in some of the most respectable circles in the Dis- trict. No marriage ceromony had, huwever, beeu performed. When Capt. Crane was dying he désired to make Mary bis legal wife. ‘Ihe Cantain’s sleter, Cella Crane, was violently op- posed to a marrisge, there belny, teppears, no. will, A elergyinan, the Rev. Dr. James G, Addlgon, was sent for, and was willing to per- form the ceremony. Dr. Townsend, who was algo oresent, thug described the scene fo an interview with a oat reporter: “The alster kept her placo by the side of the bed, and us Lasked the question first to prove is congelousaess, * Do vou know mei? he indi- eated his raly by an aflicmnsive nod of the hear. ‘Then Lasked, ‘Aro you willing to marry this woman?’ but belora he could nod hls sister putted him on the cheels, and sald, ‘Don't answer them, my dear brother.’ In his weak condition he would ot ouce relapec, and, after several at- tompta und failures, both To und Ur, Addisou wave It up. ‘The marriage was thus provented, and after the Captain's death the sister took’ possession of his nergunal property. ‘Thw alleged wife caused thie arrest of the sister on the neeusation of larceny, but on the witness-stand the com- piainunt acknowledged that there bad been nu murrluge ceremony, ‘Te Palles dustive theres upon decided that the sister, belng the natural heir, was‘ entitled to the property. ‘The so-called Mra, Crane was visited by a Post reporter, She ts of n petite ture, nbout 20 years of age, of falry cumplexton, and very Tady-like and modest in herdumeauor, She wus. dressed in deep mourning, Ble was evidently worn and worried with excitement, Sho sald she had been living foryearsas the wife of Mr. Crane; had forsaten bome and frlends for him, and in the eyes of God und man was lia wile, Speaking of the reason for delaying the imarringe, she explained that it had been spoken of between them, but that up to this last sickness nothing delinite had been arranged, Some time before Mr, Crune’s death the Rev. ‘Dr, Addison had called, but at that tine, although she thouctit of suggesting the marriage, she had aglerred ft, and when be next came Tt’ was too late, She added that sho did not know the sister until her arrival, and that the stster had prevented the marriage by placing, her hand over the mouth: and head of Mr. Crane, thus preventing bint from anawering the questions when asked, an TENNESSEE STATE DEBT, Kvectut Dlapateh to The Trioune. Nasuvinns, Tonn., March 23.—Recognizing the erltleal juncture of affairs, earnest efforts have been tmndo to-day by Influontia! members of elther House to bring about a compromise measure bearlug on tho State debt question, av framed ns to sult the two factions of the Dem- veratie party. As telegraphed you, the Senate has nyreed to subinit a proposition of 40 vents, with 5 percent interest, to the people. Since the avtion of the Senate, the Legislature is in receipt of telegrams from the bondholilers refusing to 'e from their orluinal propoultion of CO centa. low-taxment”” (Stato credit) men are now The surecd «that the hope of a settle. ment depends upon the action of te Hause, nnd they want to have the Senate proposition so ainended as tosubstl- tute 50 cents an 4 per cent Interest, Instead of Aandh, Should this be done, tere is no doubt but that a bill so amended will be agreed on by the Senate, und It {4 elaimed by the State. credit men i would mect withthe approval of the bondholders, The House will begin dlecus- alon.of the subjuct to-morrow, -——<—$——a OBITUARY. Epectal Disyatch to The THOune. Quincy, I, March 23.—Capt, Josoph Artus, of this city, dicd to-day at the age of 83. He had been a realdent of Quincy fur aver forty yoarss und was well Known throughout the tute, i Spectat Dispatch to The Tribune. ‘Tenne Haute, lid. March 23,—At 8 o'clock thls morning W, IL, Buckinghai expired at his realdence fn this city of tuvon ot the orain, after au (ness of abuut threo weeks. He has Leen an ollleer of the Vandalta Railroad since 1871, holding tho uillea of Auditor the pust tive yours, Me wae highly estoemed by a large elrely of our best citizens bs a very capable olliver amt ifs toss 1a deeply regretted, nd four children, a ZAMACONA. 81, Louis, March 23,—8cnor Zamacona, Mex- {can Ministor, aud suite, Jolt here to-night for Washlugton yia Cinclunuti, where Uney will Rtop one day. ‘The party spent a weck here os the guests of the Merchants’ Exchange, sud recelyed a good deat of attention from various vlasacs of citizens, werd shown through uumers ous mercantile and manufacturing establish- ments, viaited public schools and other jnatitue tous of learuing, and felt with quite a favorus blu tmpression of thy elty and ite people, ———— Death of a Laity tn Church, yg altumore Sun, March V7, Miss Loulsa Donuldsou, aged: 25 years dauuhter of Mr. Stephen Donaluson, No. 113 South Bxeter street, died suddenly tu Meh Kerect Buptist Church lust night, Miss Dosuld- bon Was in attendance upon a lady who was one of vive candidates for baptism, ‘This lady had been down inte the buotisuial pool with the Rev. J.T, Cray, the pastor, Silss Donaldson bad Service agents betteve that her testimony + assiated her in changing ber clothing In. one of the tirlug rooms after the ceremony. ‘Che tivo Indies walked out into the lectnre room, in the basement of the church, Miss Donaldeon, who was baptized a week ao, asked hor frlend if she did not feel happy, or words to. thut effect. Receiving an afirmative answer, Miss Donaldson sald she was unable to give expression to her own feelings. While uttering this sentence she suddenly fell bac® und in a moment was whe conscious, Her fatl®r nnd mother and other relatives, who wero tp stairs among the congre- entlon, were called toherslte. Mlss Donaldaon recotered attfllelentiy to recornize her parents, and then, wit a ‘deep respiration, expired. Dra. J, E. Gorsuch and A. ‘T, Shertzer had been hasthy summoned, but could not be of service. ‘rhe doctora were of opinion, from the ssmptons manifested, that she dicd of heart discase. ART. The Colleation of danies Jackson Jarves, of Flore: ‘To the Editor of The Tribune, Mosten, March 3.—Through the courtesy of Jones Jackson Jarvos, Esq., of Florence, the woll-cnown erltic and authority on Art. Len- joyed, some months sluce, the privilege of becoming avqualuted with hts choles collection of works by aume af the best men of tliat elor!- ousepoch when Art, froed at once from carlier sttitnces unt conventiouality by the supremo efforts aud britllant genius af a few carnest inen, was ratsed to a bight never since equaled or appronched, It {1s to this brief pertod, so rich in results, as well as In pure am! nobly Tessous In all branches of the arte in design,’ that all interested tu cathetic advancement, especially artists unt contolssentra, turn for ald and Instruction, not only in painting, sculpture, and architecture, but, whenever precedent ts sought, 080 basis of sound Judgment nud pure tasto, Mr. Jarvea, who has spent over thirty years In critical Art-studics und researches, and who, In profound knowledge and keen discrimination stands among thogo who lead even In Europe, hos never used his talents and experience to better purpose than In the selection of these pictures, ‘The collection, although small, is extromely rare nnd valuable, as the works contained fu it are not only authentie but are severally among the most interesting as tu aul Ject, und characteristic as to handling and method, of thelr various authors. Theso quall- ties render then invaluable to the Art-student, as Well aa to all genuinely desirous of acquaint- ance with the old masters. ss ‘The past meu of the carly Rennalssance arc represented; and, among those who proflted most by the great revolution, und developed into what may,be called absolute mastery and perfection, Leonardo da Vinel has certainly few peers, ‘This tluatrious painter and universal genus {6 represented by a Madonna and Child of exquiaite beauty, faultless in design, and wondertul {nu execution beyond all power of mine to describe. The lovely Maiden- Mother Juoks down upon the noble’ boy who nestics in her arms, with an expression of pride and tenderuess, mingled with half-sup- presscd awo and Jonging, as if pleading with him, as well as with the Powers above, for Just one glance into the future of this belng of mys terious birth, Whether looked upon as recaris the handling of the figure, stlll-life, or landscape for beyund the group la an exoanse of undulat- ing plain and sky never surpassed by efther of those great musters of lundscupe, Raphael or Titlan), it {sa masterplece, The Corregulo Is. an equally complete example of that master, who united enchanting grace of Une and subtie modeling with rich warmth of color and never-negiceted detull. That love of high breeding, intellectual power, and full forms, which. degenerated into either inalpia pretitness or gross sensuality ainong his follow- ere atter “At Parmigianini," fs always felt in. Allegri. He could join heartily in the chorus of “Wein, Welber, und Gesanz?; but was os thorough a poet and as pure a (ireck as dobn Bellinl, and curbed excess by manly sell-respect and agenuine love for Art as <lrt. ‘The Salvator Rosa is a remarkable Salvator Rosa, and, in splendor of effect nud vigor of ac- tlon, surpasses {ts companion of the sume size aud painted at the sume time which hangs i the Pitti, From ite broud treatment aud grandeur of subject, it gives the impression of being nt least four tiinos Its actual sizo, whieh fs about 8x19 feet. It is ono of Salvatur's lareest, ns well ns most {mportant works, and representa up action betsyeen bodlus of cavalry. Spirited und bold it Is, oven for this finpatueus painter, ‘The very elements: joln In the’ contest, and rugged ground, volumes of dust, aud aweepn tempest-torn clouds render sympathy coinplete. ther works ace equally worthy of detailed (leseription. Mr, Jarvis began this collection many years ago, and must have been favored by fortune to an eminent degree, for, with most profound knowledge, ample Iefsure, and inex boustible purse, such a collection cannut be made to-day, fur the simple reason that such works arouo longer for sale, having heen care- fully unearthed and secured by European Gaoy- eruinents, When one dovs meet with an au- thenticoxample of old Italian work of the best period, one finds the Euglish, Frenet and Itue- movement ant plan agents, with Government Trensu- ries to draw upon, nud orders to buy at any price, ‘There was excitement in Porugin when rumor said tint Count Cone- stablle, who, Hike many [tdllans of degree, was impecuntous, had olfered hia Rapheel for sale,— a Madonna dnd Child on au oval panel, rather stuallee thao an ordinary tea-saucer, and neither in good preservation, nor even a perfect oxain- ple of his earlier manner. ‘The Count, in spite ot his needs, held on, well knowing tne com- mereial value of his little picture; and the En- #lish rose in their offer trom $6,000 to $10,000, Russia quictly secured {¢ for 60,000 franca, nit! (twas removed secretly und by night from the city, and shortly afterward presented by the Autocrat of All the Ruesas to is Pay as a birthday —yift. ‘Tho Patazzo —Conestabilo was | atinast mobbed, and the Count retired for some time, ‘The people mourned tn their usual puetic strain, “The eye of Perugia la gone.” ‘The loss was Almply this: ft was calculated that the sh of tint little pleture alone among other objec! of intorest in the town, us un inducement travelers to visit there, waa worth to hutel-keopr ers, donkey-hoys, guides, and porters suniu- thing over $3,014) per aunum, ‘The thine ta not, for distant when our city, which has already shown taste nnd appreciation for Art commen- surate with its growth, will take the lend in #o- curing such treasures a8 a niches toward sunie- thing of lasting benefit und solid Instruction to all classes, Crrances G. Dren, ————__<_. Figiting for a Million. Neto Furk Sun, Mares 43, ‘in Aprll, 1870, Jonn A. Merritt, cattlo-dealer, ANG ins the old farmbouse in Rye Township, Ne Y., near Portchester,where he was born seveuly- four years ago. Js younger days Were spent fn taboring on the farm, but since its pareuts’ death, over thirty years ago, he thrived by deal- ing in eattle,. mid bls vatate at his death amounted, tt was believed, to $3,000,000. Since his death, It bas been found to be only $1,200,000 in cash securities, und about $75,000 {tu real estate. ‘Ihe old man was com- mouly believed to have dived und dfed a buch- elon, wnd the ast of lua lng, belie the only son of hls parents, Jdothgm and Charlotte Merritt. Bo fourteen cousios of the millionaire, mostly humied Adee and Merritt, wud led by the Hon. dared V. Peek, alatined the catate, and Surro- tatu Cottin, of Westchester, dechled that they wero the dircet teira to the property, President Jacob Campbell, of the Pacitle Sank, and Mr Peck were made adintoletrators, and the mongy was turned over to them, ‘They now hold tt, * But a now claimant: sueneal shortly after the milliouafre’a death, Mrs. Ktiza. Wilson, who wald that she was inarrled to Jobn A. Merritt fifty-two years ago, und thatason, “William J, Merritt, now lying, wiwt Bt years old, was the son of the old cattle-doater, She Joined with her son in suing the present adininistrators and heirs, wud ou Munday the sult was begun in the Supreme Court of Westchester County iu White Flows, before Judge Dyckuiin, 3 ee A Detralt Noy's Gulden Koln of Fortune, Detrali ress, Lust Noyeinber the Aree d’rexs announced that Wollan ¥, Tyler, of Detroit, bad become heir to handsome fortune by the death of # paternal unelo in England. Recent letters have fully coutlramed the atatemunt and furnished details of the bonanza. ‘The young Tnan Upon whoin this rure fortune hae fullen was employed wa a carrier af the free J’reas tn 1872, but a portion of the thug atnce he kept ice-cream parlors at 735 Woodward avewue, ‘The tullowing ia a copy Of the latent Jetter ou the subject? é No. 6 Rovewia Row, Cumrinieny, Mon, Eng. Kobi i, 18V.—Duan Nevnaws { “agalo write you a few Ilnes, in accordauce with your desire, concerning your Unelo Juhut's decease, who, aa [ bave previously informed you, dled Oct, M1, 1o73, und has willed to you 224,000 aters ting, which ta out on interest at dig per cout, But you cannot have apy of the mousey ‘uutll your adimlufatratora think proper for you to have soe (1 wy ous of tiem) ‘Thus will be when you decume of aze, Noy. 25, 1880. ‘Che Will dova not allow you tu huve anything ott thut date, but L will end you ou the Ist day of May next £200, when the futercat. becomes due. ‘The othee aduninlatrater wishes to add that wo should bu pivased tO correspoud with your wt- torney a eny thme on the subject. Your atfec- ttouaty uncle, Cuanis M, TYLEu, PARIS, The Youthful indiscretions of a French Minister of the Interior. . M, Lopore and. the Quartior Latin---The Story of a Poptlar Song—-Youth, Poatry, and Bohemia, ‘ Disquieting State of Potitienl Afatrs---Republteans aod 'Radicats4 Rising Star, a. . Clemeneean, « Dramatic and Musical---A Foe- male Lion-Tamer---The Concerts. Sneetat Correspondence of The Tribune. Pants, March 7.—Wo have a picturesque word for describing a youth that bas not beon exactly oil it might have been,—In fact, that bas been rather erratle and dissipated, We cali St sturmy,—aune jeunesse oragense, Contrary to a common tllusion on thls aub- ject, storinincas In na man's post is Ilkely in France to be particularly hurmful to bia fu- ture; unlesa he somehow can contrive to hush up old deag-nnd-gone tales, and to persunde people that ho tas atways a serious charac- ter nt bottom—even {ff he did leave the beaten track of propricty for a fow hours In deference to the fashton of his noighbors, A reputation for wildness is, however, comparatively {anocuous to {ts owner solong asho is young. ut, later on, it may bo his ruin. Anaspirant to political dignities could have to more unpleasant possession, If you want to crusha potitienl opponent here, talk and write of him persiatently as . YAS BERIRUX, Repeat the disparaging . term often enouch, and you have every chauceof succeeding. Awhololin- nenchiment Iles neatly packed in thoso two little words. They stigmatizethe accused as unsteady, flighty, unrellable, und, in short, as a decidedly linproper person to give any important post to. It they arvapplicd ton writer, they Insinuate that Mr, So-and-So. may havo infinite wit, and even somo talent, but that ho fs, afterall, stuffed with paradoxes,—clearly an unsafe au- thor to follow. In politics they brand you asa viafonary, or unpraetical, or a radical,—to bo dreaded by sensible bourgeois aud distruated In the Chamber. It ts not astonishing, there- fore, that, ou the whole, publle mon in Frauce are rather shy of reviving memorics of what they did aud sald in the year 20 of tholr oxtst- once. Perlinps they were radicals and Bohemtans, with a robust faith In tho dolights of life to o garrot. They may havo been fervent wor- shipers of Lisette os an institution, and way have beon {nclined to pool-pooh retigion in general,—tho Christinn form of it especially. Why remind them of it? They are “serious”? enough now, surely! It must bo dreadfully annoying toa centlo- man lke. MM. LEPERE, who has just risen to the lofty place of Minister of the Interlor, when an {rreverend, gossiping, maliclous print, suck as the Jigaro, exhumes a letter written m dozen years ago (and comfortably forgotten os bo had hoped), in which tho writer Jays claim to tho authorship of a very jovial but slightly im- proper sone called * Le Vieux Quartier Latin,’ —uall the rage amongst the gresclics and stud- ents shout the year of grace 1840, A Iettor written, too, to that most unrespectable indi- vidual, M. Jules Vatles,—a Communist, a robel, a polittcal criminal, M. Lepere was a humbler person In those days, though already well onthe road to distinction; and M. Valles had not yet won tho notorlety that has since attached to bis sname. ‘Lhe present Mlnister addresses the future Communist with absolute deferenco (the lotter : $s. dato}, 1887), and — cyidently is rather = protid = than — otherwise of uts verses, though lio carefully affects to slight them. And, Indeed, they fra capital vorses of their sort,—not unworthy of Reranger, I think. Nor aro they very Immoral, ‘They aro only pas serienz, ‘That Is a8 bad—for n Min- Sater. Voor M. Lepere! How he mast have groaned in the aplrit if he read the Jigaro this morning. & “Le VIRUX QUARTIER LATIN" has bad {ts day of popularity. It 1s 9 touching work, full of sentiment. ‘The pact ins agrest deal to say of ono Sophie, and hile favorite pipe. Ile also consecrates considerable spaco to recording In alfectionute lines all the fine things he did with hfs red etudent’s cap; and ha winds up enel stanza with tho melancholy roflection that his favorite Quarter fs no more." “Non, il nest plus, mon vieux Quartfor La- tin’? is the burden of his complaint. In 18401 Js it possivic! Why, wo are wont to assoclate tho thine with o' thingy delightful and frregu- Jar in Hohemia; and yet it seems there were laudatores temporis uctEuyon then, ‘Tender Sophle,” sighs M. Lepero, “ when, far trom the Prado, in thy proylucial rotreat, thon knittest Innucently of an ovenlny, dost. never hear a demon grinding an alr of Pitodo in thine cart... At the thought of the old Quarter, poor girl! ‘Tho soul alfps from thy heedless fingers, no doubt. ‘Thy heart is movod. Abt pick up thy needle, Thy old Latin Quarter is no more.” Tn the next atanza ho 1 very severe on the ef- feminates who abaniton the foul plpe for the inikter comfort of vigars. “Thy too burning breath, O my cbon-ttnted throat-roastor, would Upset ther sickly atomiachs; but lot no smoker of cigars east a look of disdain upon thee, or’? —, "and he menaces to shy It ut the offender, to Leach him to respect tho customs of son vioux Quartier,” ete. AML this is comparativecy Innocent; but tu the next verse our poct has expressed sentiments which may bo attumbling-blocks In his M{nia+ teria! path (untess he disown them), now that a ute unpleasantness hus ‘arisen about the police, “ab the sight of my red cap, cach spy would tremble," Spy, of course, was but a polite synonym for policeman in the mind of the author, I wonder what he thinks of tt now. A should like to give you the lettor te Valles inextenso, At any rate you must have AN EXTHACT: “ Alas! M. Jules Valtes, Iam tho suthor of the sony,” writes M. Lepore, “and twenty years ago L way young! Lam not one who protends to haye never bean young because the tine is past. 1 don’t. miud even confessing that, 1 committed this yputhfal folly after ove of those entertainments which we used to call nocesy «4. Wo bad. been making a night of it th 6 olclock fn the morning, It was too early to go homa | At Jeast so thought and threes friends of omilne, Wo knocked up Daynaux. I don't know whether dis cafe-rtetaurant — still exists; but, ns vou aro aware, it stuod formerly (per- haps still stands) in the Rue de L'Anclenne Comedic, nearly opposite the Cafo Procope, antl had a certaly reputation, “Thad jong forgotten all about my song, whon, In real he Lroit two or three years ago, T notleed Hie accawut of a taweult between the publishers of aM, Choux and aM. Wate ripon, who accused exch other of piracy, ‘The work pirated waa my ownsong. Euch pabiisher put lis author iu ‘the witness-box, Each de. elared, on oath, he owas the original guthor of §Lo Vieux Quurtlor Latiy.? al. Choux, however, waa, I bolleve, less poaltive than M, Watripon, who want s0 faras to assert that he compoayd tt in 1815, “The account uf the Lawsult made some stir dn Auxerre, where all iny friends knew T was the writer of the song, Bome of them looked at the alfnirin such a serious light what they wanted ine to take legal: proceedings, or, at any . to proclalin my rights through the press. en had it been wort white, I should have taken good curs note to act on the suuges- tion, Af that moment I had to conduct” an important case {n Parle, Tinaglus the reception Ushould huye got ut the bar of the Linporial Court if L had ackyowledged wyself a3 the writer of arather objectionably sony in honor of a lot of ruil-cupped students. I kept quict. Foor M. Lepere, once more| [is diserction avally blm nothing, Aud really it fe no moment for disparaging Miulaturs, Political affairs ap- pear to bo taking: A TURN DY NO MEANS REAGSURING, ‘The Republicana secu to havo lost thelr heads inthe excltement of attaining the power so Jong denled them. ‘the phalanx of the Left, tll now so , solidly — wulted, ‘threatens to split iuto two factions: one thy one side, the Centra Left; uu the other, the Extreme Lett, ‘the Modorate men are bee lng rapidly replaced by Radicals. At, de Marcero ‘bus bech sent to the rlzbt-about, M. Leon Say seems doumed tu follow. M, Waddington’s || departure 13 a mero question of weeks, fu place of the outgoing Mintetars, new men, little known to the public, are smn forward, Power Ie passing qtlckly from the Left Centra to the Lett. tt atop there, well and wdott! But tf ns reasonable Republicans ate beginning to fear and the Monareilsts Jubllantly predipt, It passes A step further,—tu the Ex- tremista of the Lowls Blane and Clemencean ataiiy,—there may be grave ditiicultics in store for France. Remember this Clemenceau. Ile ts A TISING STAR IN THE POLITICAL FIRMAMBNT, aod before many daya may be A sun. “Sites Me Gammbetta hns left the arena for the outum cam dignitate of tha Proshluntial chair, M, Clemen- ceau has leapod Into prominanes: with waudden bound, [fle aspires, they say, to play the part Uambetts has nominally rellnguished, that of leader of the Loft. Some whisper that ho alms higher ecll, It is very possible; and ff he dood the chances are he will auecced, for be toss will of fron and a beart of bronze, accordliy to report, M. Clemonceau la about 40, a cold, logleal, clear speater, nnd adoctrinalre, He fs also, 1 nay remark, ote of the imust accun- pished sivordsnien in France. ‘There are only two menin the Chamber whom Paul de Cus- sagnac abeluks from, Ono ia M. Perln. ‘Thu other fs this very M. Clenienccau, AMUSEMENTS. Lion-tamers ara rutticr used-up attractions to the public, We have seen so many inthe Inst few yoara,—Kualish, French, American, und negro,—that we were getting rather tired of then. The Cirque, however, his just found a way to revive our wanlig interest. A female Not-tamer is now performing(there. She goes into tho enge every ulght, with Hon, a loness, a hyena, two benra, ‘and tivo or three dows. whom she puts through all sorta. of Incredible tricks,—making them Jeap through hoops, dance and play at her command, with as much apparent caso as though they we so many cata. ‘The naine of the new prod), Cora. “There has been no novelty atthe theatres: sinve my Inst, with this falr exception. At the next Chatetet Concert M. Coloune promises to give us M, Tachatkoilsky's incidental music to the Tempest,” and M. Saint-Saens’ ballet inuste from his latest. opera, “Etfoune Marcol,”” produced at Lgous a fortulght ago, At M. Pasdeloup's, the chief feature will bo the overture to 'Tannhauser.” As the Paris- inns aro bent on not ginhag Wagner a hearing, a “scone” may bo expected, Hannr Maurzen. —ai— BRITISH FOOD SUPPLY. The Noconsnriecs of Life In London—Avrerngo Vricos—American Ment—Tho Ory of tho Milllon—Tho New Trade, Correspondence Hoaton Adcertiser, Lonvon, Feb. 28.—The recent attempt of the Government to interdict, for the tine being, the Smportation of moat into Great Britain from the United States and Canada, on account of the supposed existence of pteuro- pneumonia in America, has calted forth much coomont, both from the. press and the people, tt bolng regarded og a matter of vital moment in its bearing upon tho food supply of the country. “The trade jn lve stock has grown so cnormously in the past three years that are- duction in the prica of meat was considered as cortain in the {minediate future. Althouch, for the retail buyer, there las not bean any material change for the better, it has becn obvious to the least-informed that the trade could not long continue upon the present acato without telling in favor of the consumer, The scare |produced by the alleged outbreaks of disease among American cattlo has had the effect to show how largely the people have con quored thelr prejudices, and that they are fast coming to look upon American meat os sccond, only, if not fn all respects equal, to the home article. The possibility, therefore, of the atop- -page, even foratine, of this forelgn supply, hos created decided teclings of regret and disappointinent. Perhaps at uo period within the last score of years has the community been in « condition less favor- ablo than ’now to bear with equanimity such a disappointment; for the matter of fool—sood at the lowest possible rates—Is the one thing, before/| all others, uppermost In the thoughts of the people. With: the prevailing distress arin from the prolonged depression of trade and the consequent reduction of wages, it has becomo to the workingman 4 matter of the most serions concern how bo shall be able to provide for his family the necessartes of life. To-day, almost every article of food js dearer in London than fu New York or Boston. ‘Tho retatl buyer has to pay forrumd or sir- loin steak 30 tu 33 conta a pound: und _for tho round, 24 counts; best roasting pieces, 25 cents; aud less desirable cuts at correapunding rates, Mutton, neck pieces, 20 cents; lex, 2: saddle, 80 cents: and chops, 82 cents. nork, roasting pieces, 20 to po) cents; Fresh conts; salt do, 18 to 20 conta, Poultry is Nigh, chickuns and turkeys ruling from 2% to couts. Butter, very common, brings BO conta; good table do, 40 conta; und cholee, 50 couts'and upwards, Eoga always command good prices. At present the: sell for, ordinary, 38 cents a dozun} fresh Inid, 6Ocents. Milk fs10 conte @ quart. Fresh ish 1s alway Meh, cod and paddock bringing. froin 20 to 25 cunts. pound, or oven higher when scarce. It fg well untierstood that the supply of fish for the London market fs regulat- ed by telegraph between the elty and the ‘coust; so that on excess jin the supply isnot permitted, aud hence prices aro aus- talned, It is belloved thut Jarge quantitles aro thrown away in seasons of plenty in ordor to keep tho market in the power ot those who feoulpulale ft. Dried and smoked fish is com- paratlyoly cheap. Vegutables also command high prices,—potatocs, for instanco, which are -soid at retail by weight, teteh a shilling for tlve pounds, or’ about flyo conte’ o pound. barrel of potatoes, if romember right- ly, weighs ninoty-ilyo pounds, go the rate Is cqunl to $4.75 o barrel. Other yegeta- bles are vroportionately dear. The houses aro constructed without cellurs in which to store vegetables, or coul places in whieh to hang up meat, provided it would keep tn this climate avithout fee; and, ‘ag refrigeratorstare generally unknown fn toils, no advantage can be hai in buying by wholesale, a3 is common ln America. Provisions of all kinds, therefore, arg procured day by day, as they aro wanted, ‘the foregolug Mfst_ of prices Ihave obtained from alandiady who has had experience as the keeper ot a private boarding-house in London for many years, nnd who pays cash down for all her porctas Of course, moat, fish, nud vegotubles, if inferlor or less desirable dquallty thay sie pro- cures, can be had at lower rates, but this ta what fs pat by the middle classes generally, Incities and towne in the interfor, ag i America, orlees aro more Savorable for the buyer; but in the United Kingdom, as a whole, the cost of food, menntog thereby meat and form produce, lias probably never ‘been hizhcr thau ut the present moment, Much dissatlsfaction is expressed at the profits made by those hindting provisions from Atmetiea, in what {s understood to be the price there, und te cost to the consumer In En- gland. Just how this fs to bo remedied is not lovariably Apparent, but undoubtedly = the pros ducer and consumer = will, in time, be brought nearer together than they are now, Ax this whole queation of food Is agitating the community | canner iluse trate better just what the peopte ray aad think upon it than by quoting the folloing communl- cations, taken from nearly acolumn of ufmilar artleles, published in thia day's (Feb. 2s) Lon. don Dally Te eyrvaph, Some of then were evoked by an article dua previous {ssue from a cor. responduut, Who bad iutimated that the good the coming for cheaper food tind already made ite uppeuranee. ‘The daily papers abound with aslmilar communications: CuBAY FOOD, Montiaks, Feb. 27,—70 the Hditor of the Daily Telegraph: ‘The mnsewi lay paragraph of ** 4 Pour Father's" letter farine a koynute to thy question of economy of fvod which ts now being a0 much Agitated. Lhave travels goud deal, aud have always found that wherever an Eughstman te he capnot divest himaci? of tho fdea that only Eng. lish things aro good, and that unless he pays a bigh price the articls: purchased cannot. be of good quality, 1 don't know whore yuur corr. . ¥pondent gets the scraps of meat of which he epoaks av disparagingly, but thle t can tell hime 1 have for nearly two yeare dealt at some American moatatores, purehaaing my teat at the fullowing pelecat Siclow, 10d (20 cta.)3 tupalde (beat cnt), 10d, (20 eta, }s silvor side, Thu. (15 ets.) ver Hh, § und mutton, veal, pork, otc,, at currespondingl low prices, ‘This meat L prefor, unpatriutic thug! 4 muy appoar, to thy Englivl meat, apd so do my children. Tunes, Peenwtau,—To tha Editor of the Daily Tet graph? Laauld feel triply obliged 4f pny of your Teadere would Kindly: tail Wo where J can procure American bacon and! plekled pork at 45a por 1b., ag mentloped oy your correspondent, ** A London Vicar.” Dai paying 10d, and ds, per id, for what the tradesinen cull ** Buglivh. je Stupurtant, these hurd tlues, that persons of Mmited means, who can pay cash, should goto the best market, Tau falsnfully yours, \ A Victim. Feu, 27.~-To: the Bultor of the Dally Tele. rank} Vein tough obliged to © A Loudon Vicar" for bie calling attention, through tho medium of dur oxtensively road coluuue, to * cheap food," jut he dove pot yo auite far enough. He is huld- {nw out a teutuiizing bait that myvelf and the class for whom he has written cannot ‘reach, Among our class we do not” possoss friends that ore wholovaly provision dealers, ‘ond thoush f travel sovera! miles every Saturday to roach, as for as E know, tho choapess markot, and then carey m: ‘ovivions liome, £ canpot dud there yo ‘vatresky bacon” at anything like tha prica the ‘London Vicar" saya ovgh$ te bo obtained, 1 could not, as n tute, ask Aradeaman gratuitously, fut if “A London Viene,"" by youe kind periniasion, sould tet ue know where this ‘cheap foud ' could ba obtained, ho would chnfer a groat benoft on many A strug: Ring Inborer, as well as on yours, obediantly, Loxpon Meciamio,, ‘od to advertise miv Fan, 27.—To tha Kditor of the Daily Tetenranhy "4 London Vicar," in hie fetter to you dated yor. terduy, 18 tn error ae to the area prices of Amer {ean pickled pork and dried bacon, The lowest price now at which reanuctable London rataliera contd buy amall Amertcan pork, ttt for London trade, is 428 por cwt,. exnetly 44d 19 contad per Ub, and topay thelr expenses and pet a living ther would really tequire 144 per lb prot, thus bring- Jag the price to ti to Od (t2 conta) per Wb, Amerienn wf bacon would now come them StU add to this Lic. per Mb, bhie would ba 60s, ner 4 .) per Jb, oF Fay Gd. (12cte.) por th. for slrenky, and Sd. (10 gta.) to Grad. (LV eta.) for other ‘ents, American bacon thhv season if better both In cre and quality than was ever known before, and the consumption at preeent tow prices hae conseqnently very mucn Ins craneed tthe United Kingdom and on the Contr hent (eapecitily In France, Beleinm, and Ger- many), The Increased consumption ts truly wnat velous, and no wonder, seeing what excetlen food itis, Yremaln, alr, your obedient servant, ‘One iN Toe TRaDS. To the Editor of the Daily Teteqraph : Would the ‘London Vicar" Inform, throngh your valu able paper, © poor widow where she can get this cheap American pork anil bacon retall. e cans not hear of any nenr the price he named, Lam, alr, you obediontly, A Poon Winow, Fen, 27.—To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph: In reply to ** A Poor Father," I beg to any that the **toothsume bacon” anil the *tatreaky plekled ork" ta whieh he refers can ve bonght ut any icon khop; only they will be genernlfy offered as Englsh-fed, and charged the same prica as it the pork and bacon wore vroditced in this counter. Whe sauply of American iment has. so farns fam able to And out, beun of no Savantage whatever lo the starving populstion, owing to the action of the enlesinen, butumerece, and butchers, for these classes have simply pocketed the differ- ence between the wholesale price of American incat and the beet British-red. Tmay farther ob- serve that the anme remarks aun to overy article of fresh food tinported, olther fow! frult, ae verctallas, '**A Poor has, | can assure Lim, frequently bought Auartely beef and mutton for hame-fed butcher'a ment. ‘Poura, respectfully, * A Max tx Tis Crown, Now that tho people have had « taste of Amerlean meat, and it is generally known that itcan be produced in almust tnlimitod quantt- (ies, they will demand that legiatatlon shall be so adjusted as to permit its unrestricted im- Dortation into the country. in “Liverpool, whero most of it is Junded, ereat activity pre- vails; aml abatters for tho reception and slaughter of cattle from America are boing constructed upon a:Jarge acale, Jt ts under stood that upward ufecventy steamers aro now upon the sta in the ship-sarde of Englund and Scotland, which are belny fitted up express- ly for this trade. It would seem, therefore, thut. we have only just entered upon a trade hich fs hereafter to assume immonse proportions, and which, under the blessing of Providonco, is dea- tined to bring Joy to tolling millions this side of the Atiantic, . BRITISH BUSINESS. Somo Facts and Figuros for tho Past Year, Hartford Courant. ‘The figures of inst yenr's business in England offer an interesting study and a pretty fair woy to foliow, along with the annual reports of mnny of the companies, the fortunes of joint- stock associations over there for 1873. As usual, thd greatest show of proilts [s made by the in- surance companies. Three of the most prolit- able of these wore: ‘ Dividend for year, 00° “per cent: +83 percent. Union Fira and Life Company Rock Life-Instrance Company. Norwich Union liro-Insuray pany. eGo, 334 per cent. Several patd os high as 85 per cent cach, and 0 “Boller-Inaufanco and Steam-Power Com- pany” has pald 10 per cent reeularly for years now. The troublo with tho Glasgow Bauk has, as arute, bean a very bard blow to the whole banking business, Many that bave been paying dividends omit, and many that have pald, 20 por cent have reduced their divi- (lends to 10 per cont. Thoso that hold Bank of Glasgow paper hold it as yet in suspense with- out marking it off asa logs. Of course there have been lich} “strokes as well ug unlucky. Some of the banks have been strengthened by the other fnilures, and, besides paying their usual dividend, are calling for more capital to open the branches that are !n demand, . But the cliolcest bank report cumces from far away. ‘The Bank of Sidney announces the “usual dividend of 25 percent per aunun Ys 875,000 1s added to the reserve, $50,000 extra goes tothe undivided protits, ind nas a roward for skillful management, all salorice In the banks are raised 10 por cent. ‘Nhat sort “of thing is nothing short of cheer- ful, and other far-away investments are not bad; thus the New Zealand Loan Company anys 20 per cent on its capital of $400,000, the Assam ‘Tea Compony 25 to 85 per cent on §50,- 000, und the New Zealand Trust Company 13 per cent on tts $100,000, Such good luck os this is, to doubt, the perpetual insplration to tie sending of money so far off, as the English are so often porsuaded to do, . ‘Telegraph companies are only tatrly profit- able, ‘The Anglo-American cable pays from Bto 7 per cent on its varlous shares nnd re- ports an outlay of $70,000 for repalring the cable last year, Tho Cuba submarine cablo pevs O percent, and the direct United States pays 6, Horso-rallronas in Dublin, Edin burg, and Hull pald 8 per cent, fn London 8 to 63g. Two London brewery campanics are reported: one pays 16 per cont, the other 14. In tho long Het of railroads only one is ro- ported 1s paying over 10 per cont, and that fe the Parts, Lyons & Mediterranean, which pave 11 per cent, and sells for 215 on a par of 100, Among steamship compantes only one—the Union, with the small capital of £17,500—paye a noticeably larze dividend—173¢, ‘The most pralitable transportation company quoted jn all the tables [s the Leeds & nirerpoel Canal, that for vears has pit from 20 to 23 per cent. ins companies have inade few reductions of dividends. ‘Ten purcentis tha very frequent rate of division, ‘Tho highest quoted is tho Hult Company, 17 per cent. ‘There ts a calm expression of the average gas compan spirlt in the report of the London Gaslight .& Coke Company thint*whiié tho Directors have noyer rewarded the olestris Nght with ap- prehension, stil! they baye deelded at the expense os tis Conpany to demonatrate how much better gus-lghting fs possible than has been ab- tained, At whoge clsc expense the oxperiinents of gas compnnics on ordinary occasions are con- ducted they do not say; probably at the per- sunal cost of the managers {ndividually. 1t ia of interest to notice a very prolltable In- dustry in Great Britain which pays, 6o far as ro- ported, no dividends in America,—the come- Tory trade. ‘Sho Edinburg cemetery has paid WW per cent for several yours; the Edinburg Southern has eraduaily (ucrensed from 12}¢ to 13g, amd the Edioutrg Western cemetery pans out 20 per cent o year. A re. turn of the plague would likely double thelr profits forthwith. A few miscelluucdus concerns may be noted before closing, ‘The famous Langham Hotel paya 2) percents the Alubig Mvat Company, which js widely Koown by.name, pays 10 percent; and the Hudson's iv Company for a long series of yonra bas puld vothing, At the Inst auction salo of its ekins, beavers rose 60 per cont, and musquush BU per cent, und a galn of §150,000 over the previous year was nade, but atill uo pruilte to distribute, ‘The worst depresston ts found in the fron and stecl manufactorics, Bixty-thres concerns arc quoted, Of these, forty-six pay no dividends at alla dozen or so are "in Mquidation,” nine pays as high aa 7 por cent, ovly one pays over U per ceot. — Within an Ace of Death. Chambers’ Journt At the battle of Laon, Steffene saw a sholl strike the horse of o Prussian officer, Entorlig near the slioulder, it caused the poor snlinal to wake aconvulsive spring and throw its rider, the fragments of the shull belng projected oa all shies, While the rider jumpod up: from the rounl unuurt. Durlug the Crimean war, Col, Vyndhau, dispatebed to find out how matters were oily fy the frat attack on the Redan, caw a soldier sralleing along, the trench two or three yards ahead of tim. Presently a round slot caine tying over the parapet, the wan was Diduen from sight by the dust. When it sub aided the Colonel was astuntaed to sind bimael! beside a living man, whose countenauce pre- sonted a strange adulxture of fight wad Joy, as scratching its head, lie exclaimed: * V ts dush my buttons, thut was amazing nigh! “Ay, ay, my boy,’ responded the Colonel; “we'd lnuch better be digging trenches at three pence u rod in Norfolk! ‘To which bis fellows countryman only replicds “Whatt Are yew tew from Norfolki” ————____. Attempted Suicide, Sr, Louvrs, Mo, March 21.—The attempted and probably successful suicide of a prominent citizen bas: just coma to light, Last Friday Aloxunder Lorgue shot himsel! twice a the favo with a pistol, und eryaipeles haying set in yca- terduy, he fa now in'a dying condition at his reatdance, No. lark avenue, Mr. Larguo Js a well-kuown cltizgo,' eapur cially in gas-clrclea, he having been 5 stockholder io sas-works in Denver, Austiu and Sherman, Tex., aud this city, = é, ol, where he ig netockbulster fn the St. Louls Grating Company. He-halds the positfon of Metertn. Rpector, at a sniary 0) WU a year Mr, Latgue has been, up to within a short Ume, 1 quite comfortable circumstances, the cash vale of hls various, promerty having been worth ag much ag $150,000; bub when the Second National Bank, of which he was n Jarae g| hoider, closed {ts doors, he lost ty Shortly afterward the alfatra of the D Gas-Licht Company became complicat: Mr. Largue was obliged to make Jarre on the stock, whitch necessitated th inuch of hla niost valuable property, Sortunes lett bins completely beedared, and his condition of Jate bas been very patotul, bis mens tal powers having given way beneath repested Hi-luck. Mr, Largiie was oite of the moat pony. Jar men su the city, and nts misfortunes, expe. cially tetr traclejtermination, wil! bo universally regretted in this city. a THE PLAQUE. Its Influenco on Russian and American Trade, London Saturday Reriee, Starch 1, Already the Hiales bordering upon Russias Germany, Austrla-Hungary, aud Roupantas hava imposed restrictlons upon {mportations from that Emplra {in consequence of the plague]. Germany, being the most “tn danger, has been capectally prompt ond stern fn tho measures sho has taken. She has required all railway carriages coming (rom Rusala to bo thoroughly disinfected before crogy. ing the frontier. Sho has also lately prohibties the introduction of furs, feathers, skins, aud g Jong Het of other articles, As yet the plague jg very remote {rom the German frontier, The winter frosts hava arrested the industry of the infected region, and have almost put a stop to locomotion. If, nevertheless, the Ger. man Government has already taken auch strenuous precautions, it’ may be ex. pected that when summer comes, It wi} entirely proliblt communication with Russia should the disease spread os seriously as ts ap- prehended, The Russians foresco this, and are greatly excited by the prospect. Their news. papers accuse Germany of hostile intentions, and assert that not only are the precautions unnecessary, but the ploguc fs a more excuse for thelr adoption, The bitterness of the lan. Bunge thus used {fs measure of tho Injury to which Kussta funds herself exposed. Duringthe past quarter of a century sho has constructed a network of railways which connect her Kuropean provinces with the Jincs of Qer- many, and, through them, with thdse of France and Austria-Hungary. By this means she ha in large measure overcome the disadvantages of her geographicul position, Formerly the freezing-up of the Baltic cut her northern provinces off from the rest of Eurovo for near. ly half the year, while the length of the voyage from the Black Sea through the Bosphorus, Mediterranean, and Straits of Gibraltar heavily welghted her southern, Now, hs is independent of seasons, 80 far as Central and Western Europe are concerned. In the Inte war, when her Black-Sea ports were blockaded and the Baltic was closed, she sent her corn, sklus, flax, und furs by train to the German ports, and she habitually dispntctes her produce to France and Austria across Cicr- many. The German rallways expressly tay themselves out for this traflle. They vot only make low charges, but they have formed june- tons with the Russian linea on one side ant with those of France und Austrin on the other, a0 that a consignment of corn ‘ean bo cured direct: from Southern Rusaia to Paris orgVienna without once being shifted, Thus a yast traille las grown up, ond, as was seen during the Russo-Turkish war, Russia fs toa large extent protevted froin suffering by a naval. blockade. Sho now suddenly secs herself. throatened with the loss of this ‘ureat advantage. Of course, the joss to the German ratiways will also -bo ‘heavy, but that is “a tr filng price to pay for” security auatnat the plague. To Russia, on ‘the cone trary, there is no compensation. Sho secs this outlet for her produce closed. while at home sho is suffering from the pestilence. As regarda tho inagnitude of tho trade between the two Empires, wo find that in the six years 187277 the exports from Russia to Germany averaged nearly £10,000,000 per annum, while the finports from Germany into Russia averaged nearly £23,500,000. ‘he Imports and exports together thus averaged about £38,250), 000, Taking the two together, the trade of Russia with Germany fa larger than with any other single country; so also Is the fmuort trade from Germany; but Great Britsin takes more of the Ruasinn exvorts than does Germany. Taking the wholu trade of Russia with the outside world, that with Germany con stitutes considerably more than one-third. And it we add Austria-Hungary and Roumanta, ber tendo with these threo forins about, half ber total trado, Her teadu with theso tliree and with Great Brituln constitutes about four- fifths’ of her total foivign trade, It consists, too, of her ‘most Important prod: ucts, Indeed it may be snid dit Englaud, Germany and France purchase the whole ex- cess of the produce of her soll. Of course thi country will not entirely prohibit tmporte trow Russia, We shall no doubt take precautions should the need for them arise, Sut se ein! certainly stop short of total probtewion. ‘lx same may probably be sald of France, But thera seutns little reason to doubt th t, if the plague sprends towards their frontier, Ure hiany, Austria-Hungary, and Roumunia witl go the length of total probloition, Such, at least is the general expectation in those countries, Tt is not to bo supposed that half the foreiso trade of Kussla will bo cut off, let the mensures adopted by her immediate nelghbozs bo ever to stringopt, We-bave explained above thata largo part of the trade with Germany is really transit trade which coulu be carried on by sea directly with the countries ultimately cencerncd. tt fs to be observed, however, that the sa route must-bo the more costly, or it would not have been abandoned, und. ‘consequently the necessity of resorting to it would imvolve ao raising of prices con both aldes—that 18, both of the artictes imported into aud those exported from Russia, As respects the exports, arise of prices would place Rusela at a ilsad- vantage in sustaining the competition (say) with America in corn; and woula thus dlinimsh the quantity of. the exports, Another point tobe borne Ia mind is that, although exclusion may seldom be resorted to, all States wilt invusd some kind of restriction,—a quarantine, for ln atance,—supposing that the plague assumes the alarming charactur which is feuredj and this wit farther cnbanco the cost of tho sea trade, Jt scoma certain, then, oo the assumption ou which we have been reason Ing throngnout, that this outbreak of pestt lence will eauae a diminution of the trade of Russia which will plunge ber (nto serfous difll- culties, At the present time, when war bas awollen the debt nnd taxation of the Empire and iupoveriahed tho peaple by diverting botl lavor nid cupital from productive industry, the Russtang stand specially in need of protite able markets for thelr guvds. Ir they tod Germany sed against them, and if the see route fa elogyed by quarautive regulations, they will flud it mora UiNleult than ever te meet their engagements, Poverty will agurarale Ofavase and entbitter disalfect{un, aud the deft in tha revenue which has recurred for twu or three years will be greatly augmented. Even now the Russian agriculturista ara unable te maintain competition with the United States a equal terns. A Httte while agu Russia bs peesical command of the Engilsh graf met ot} but gradually ft bas been loalny crounly untll now wo draw our principal sup piles from America, Should tho state thins of which, wo haye spoken actually ariee Vie disadvantage at which the Russlac corn-gruwer will be placed caunot but ve greatly In "The cost of bringing their corn to the i market will be enhanced, and, at the same uf rapid dellvery will be rendered impra ie ‘Tho Ainerlcans will not be etow to percelve | is opportunity thus atforded them, and Wurst muy tiud IUdinicult hereafter to recover v pos tion wich she has once lost, ———————_—_— Historical Papers Sold for Song, Indtanapolte Sentinel. ir Yesterday something bappuned that can only happen fn a Weatern State whore sclentitle au Hiterary men aru stl! scarce, and but few pro ple know what historical documenta arg orth ‘The books and papors of the late Joba P. Ditton the author of the flrat history of the siate dudiana, were sold at auction, Amone ue papers were a goud mary valuable document whieh Afr. Dilton collected in Jils search for vu torieal lore. Atl of them were sold for foe tiffles, One of them, the most valuable s ne was the orlgiual contract of the founding of | in post of Vincennes, signed by the Royal Feet Oltivers, the Royal Notary (Gullmau), wil 8 others taking part ju the transaction, Alt € ; cept the Notury und the officers sned with X. Itiedated 1759, and written ty real Mr. Mattler, the attorney, who is of French vee traction, wud speake the French Jame fluently, was the lucky purchaser, getting i document for 75 cents. Ile kuows the value ‘74 such paper as this, and it is, his intention 16 noufy the Lstorical Boclely of Trance, at aris of big purchase. It isa pity that the tori ie Society of Indiana aliowed this hiatorical ree to go out of {ts hands. It was the jt Lienert coutract algued in our State, uudjwaa of & } importance in its curly histury.