Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1879, Page 9

ent and force of the ro-called Nihilist move ment fermenting in the country. I deemed It to be a struggle of the sane vature as that pro- duced by the nsptrattons of the Young Rusalan party sonto five or ten years ago; but now J ant hound to acknowledge that the movement proves to bo a great deal tuo intense and tuo serious to be put on the same scale as aimifar: agitatlons of former years, You have alrendy Heard, I presumo, of the rlots which took place Intely at Klef. A descent of the polles oflletats and an fispectlow of papers took place at 8 ofclock in the evening of the 23d of February at tho lodgings of o suspected student of the University. © Tha young man boarded at the howse of au advocate, but was not at home when the police cate, ‘The polico made a thorough’ search, and succecded {11 laying, their hands on a certain hee eae he young: man, from: which they learned that the sveret-printing-oflico of the Soelalists was to bo found in the fown and’ ata place very def nitely pointed out. ‘The student, on returning home, was arrested, aud four policatnen, with an undor-afleer, wont to the place where the printing-oilles was to be found. ‘the Indicatlans contuined {n the letter proved to be quite correct, ‘Tho policemen went in by: the way indicated for the use of the {umutes of the house, bat were fired at the moment they made thefr appearance. Seelug themselves tn the inldst. of sume dozen resolute and armed youths, the polivemen thought ft prudent to re- Lire, md Went to the nearest polica station for reinforectnents. Tho Nihilists had no tine to remove anything, and did not chouse to giva thetn over to tlic pollec cheaply. ‘They lost uo time fn getting upa pian of action and o detense neninst the expected attack. Thirty-four police. men returned. Some were stationed sroand the hotae ss outposta, and the reat went directly In by the wate of thy yard, which had a tivo-storied house on-the righ? hand aul one on the lelt, All the windows of the second floora, ag well ns the roofs of the two houses, wera ov- jy the pe: y fronting ronnd-dogr enloous had beer ¢ With flowers. Urineess Beatrice, Lady Church! the Hon. Eth rl favons dlr Jam told, wi we Queen ‘vcetl= oles the first floor of the Embagay, ‘Two altting- roomns, a Wwailti-room, aud a vestibule tead to the bedroom, which has red furniture, a bronze: ait hedstead with canopy, a writing-tesk, a fulllensth looking-elass, und a Louis XVE table, It fa the bedroom of the Pelucess Bor. Rbeve, that Pauline for whom Napoleon hat conceived a wart affection, and wie table still benrs the (nite | Pt er Majesty will receive to-morrow morning the Lrestdont of the Ropublle, who hig request- ed berinfesion to greet her on her passage through France, and M. Wadalnuton, it is be- Heved, will ala bo alowed the fionor of uo tne turview. Mr. Adame, C. 2B. nnd the other Secretaries of the Ensbassy, will Ikewlse prova- bly be received by her Nulisty, The Duke wid Duchess of Conneught, who will arrive to-mor- row mortlng at tie Hotel Hristol, will luneh With the Queen, who will Ieaye Paris at 4p. m1, {ua speelut traln which oes direct to Arone. The ramor of her departure will probably spread, and, notwithatanding her incuunita, o crowd will no doubt collect along the Bottlevards to witness her passage to the Lyous Staton, ‘The Debts remarks that this ts the fourth UUme that the Queen of England has come to France, "In September, 1843, she pad a visit to King Louls Puilippe at the Chateau d'iiu, Te 1855, while the Engtish and Freneh armles wero fighting together in the Crimea, she came to visit the Universal Exhibition, and remained a week in Parls, Lastly, in i858, the port of Cher- Voury bad the honor of revelving her. It is our duty to bow respcetfully to the ruvereien who for more than forty yenrs ling given signal examples of patriotiam mid virtue, and who, by her strict reepevt for the Parliamentury system, hos mado Engiand the freest: couutry that ever existed.” Rost, March 26.—The Duko of Aosta has left Rome for Turin, whence he will zo to Baveno to welvome Queen Victoria to Italy in the name of thelr Italian Majestic. ‘The Duchess of Genoa ACROSS TIL OCEAN te iy. Financial and Social Scandals and Mysterious WMurders in Paris, i Nihilism In Russia---Terriblo Fight bee tween the Reyolutionists aud Pollca. Queen Viotoria in tho Fronch Capital The Emporor William's Birthday, The City of Szegedin, Where tho Creat Flood Occurred---Ntate vs, Chure in Ttaly. PARIS GOSSTP. Correspondence New York Times, Panis, March 21.—Financial senudals, soctal seandals, political Imbroglios, mysteries, and iurders never were so plentiful, ‘The Sruth of London has given the ames of all who profited hy the great stock jobbery into which the As- sembly, to screen M, Leon Say, bas refused to. yoto an inquest, so that 1 need only add one de- tail which the British Diogenes tas omitted, to wit, that sho who profited most—of course after the Stock Exchange notablva—is an octress, Who pleked up 2,000,000 between the 2% andl the 27th of February, aud who on the’ 20th ot February was in treaty with a usurer tor the ent of her diamonds. Sho ts an artiste ut ono of the theatres;—thut ts, if you can callan artist | cunfed by armed students, who welcomed the and Prinve Curignano will algo, ft fs stunted, ro one whose plastle beauties give her a prominent. polies vide a swvetptnie sally of pulltsy: Tiree. ig beeue 0 ete peice Bie Anieuatie oe e vi h stupidity 18 | posiccinen fell dead on the spot, the reat retire Z el vine this morniny for place 41 tableaux vivants, but whose stupidity 14 | pole euitation. ‘They determined to enser the | Baveno, where they will remaiu in attendance co proverbial that sho has never been Intrusted with a speaking part, But sho {a falr to sea, aud was summoned to the cabinet of a certain reat financier, where a convention was signed, while her official protector, M1. M——, was kick- ing his heels in the ante-chamber, walting for an audience to which ho had Leen invited In the morning, the result being that the gen- suman beared” and the lady “bulled* the 5 per cents, the Intter pocketing and the former paving precisely the amo differenced on settling. day, about which AL M——remariced that She had shown so much heart In the affair—bhe has not the faintest idea of her winntye anything— that he fs quite consoled for his losses.” Iu the mystery Hno I can wlve eoveral: First, there fa the murder of an “unfortunate,” one Marie Fellerath by numme, found with a knife up to its handle between her shoulders, and no one the wiser as to the authorship of the crime. A noble but exiled Polu ts under arrest for ft, and has already zone through a series of qtiestion- house, Intending to fall upon the Nibiats who. remained down-stulrs in chargo ol the hooks and the pressed. And here, in a large room, was anueted 9 fearful scenc. ‘The fight became general, and the result was as follows: On the side of the police four men received Heht wounds, three were serlously injured, aud four killed on thy spot. ‘I'he losses on the side of the Nihilists we t seems, ereater,—four young girls, students of the University, and three students killed, while all the others wero wounded and Anally arrested by the pollee. The spolicu selzed the printing presses and a great number of {uterdicted books of fureitn publica- tion, How many neople were arrested {n all I do not know, as the number of politival prison- ers ia not fully given by the ofticlal reports, But the affair did not end here, Sinultane- ously tivo other girls nnd several nen were ar- rested in the neizhborhood of the printing-ullice, ‘Then.a Mile. Herzfeld wos arrested, —the daugh- wer of a Gen. Lerzfeld, who occuples a high po- on her Majesty during lier atuy, EMPEROR WILLIAMS BIRTHDAY, *_Dlapatch to Landon ‘Timea. Berrtn, March 23,—The Eimberor’s birthtay yesterday was eclebrated in tha usual way as far as ontward demonstrations went, though the imperfeel state of the Emperor's health, owlng to his late fall, compelled hhn to curtail the tiresome ceremony of receptions. At carly morn a corps of trumpeters, standing on the cupola of the Royal Castle, biew a lusty blast, awakening the slecpiug city, which was sean all Muttering with the flags of Prussia ond the Emplre. Tho tricolor af the Republic floated over the French Embassy. ‘The sun shone out, but very coldly, and, despite the cutting cast. wind and the driving dust, the Linden was crowded with « holiday populace, who gathered a momber of the is ‘ ition ju St. Petersburg, belt h z fuga whieh would drive any man of ordinury re + stadia vere C | around the atatuo of Fredorick the Great— ithe though tunvcent, to simulate guilt | Suite Counell, ‘The young aud renowned Comt- | sicty adorned with evergrecns—opposite the rather than submit to the continuance of moral ess Panity, Kclonetug torture. This ono's appeliation is Jules, wud hie gt sion futnilles, wos also taken. Her stepmother 4s roported to be ati} one of the dames d'bon- Royal -Paloce, and vented their loyalty in rings dg cheers, ‘The Generals and ollicers of the Eater igen ee Eston it neur of the Enrpress, amt st, Front ceondtater Eareieoly ‘parade in fall walforat, ab the of finpecunlosity; and then, tov, te has eeatnst roa tee eet ene of am stats a pie Palace, ant nt midday o fich! battery tin the damning evidence of a palr of folls and two Arab duggers hanging im his bed-room, which are considered to bo substantial proof of Hi guilt, a8 the murder wascummitted with o Japanese fan-knlfe, such as can be purchascil for 4f, £0. on the Avenue de Opera, butgthe like of which ne one Ind eyer seen at any time: in his possession. _ Mme, Joubert, a newspaper sender in the Rue Fontaine, ubout half a tnile from where Thiera used to live, but described by nm Anglo-French journal to be “in the neighborhood of this iHustrious man’s former residence," was stinshed to pleces with a hom qerorahatcheton Sunday evening last while waittug for customers tu her shop, “There hav- {ng been no witnesses except her dog, Porthos, who did not fly into bis usual ft of rage when- of the Guards flred a oyal enlute (LOL rounds) on the Konigeptatz, beside the Column of Vie- tory, though the Joud and contrary wind bore the Songratalntory: thunder far away from the Emperor's und his subjects’ ears. At night innumerable candles burnt Inthe windows of the citizens and the shopkeepers nround the loureled bust of their beloved Kalser. Inside the Palace the seene was iuch the samens of old. ich and various cifte were henged on the table of the Emperor. Gorgeous ings from far wil wear were pressed 1 His Majesty first of all reeviyed the congratulations of bis own family amd household, after whom came the various Princes and Potentates of the Enmpire, heeded young ladies wore taken in the act of firing at the police with their revolvers. Tw names of the other individuals taken up have not trans- pired os yet. It {snot tobe wondered at that girls of igh families are found involved at such disturbances, ‘The women of Mussa have re- peatedly taken part in the mant{festations of na- tional uspirations, as for instance, Martha Pos- sadnizo, of Noyorod; the Princess Sophia, Peter the Great's enterprising sister, und others. Russinn Jadieg in the olden tinea of doinestic seclusion could not be kept wholly trom talking an active part 1u popular movements, and nowa- days they take a Ityely share in all that concurns their husbunds and brothers, and are quite ready to support them when the occasion comes. " # . . - by the King of Saxony, who hod specially cyer a stranger appronched hfs mistress, it ts | p re fava provlous to the dlsturances Rist journeyed [itther in honor of thu aged Eupposed that aome acquaintance did it, where- asanesiuated, “The Prince had rourived auvoral Monarch, . But here the work of ‘re. upon the charitable world turns ite suspicions to- | rene mous ietters, warning lim of his tinpend- | cebtlon ceased. | the Emperor'a strength ward ber son Vietor, who will eertalnly ba sent | RROBYNOUS Io cis ae eeded them. Person. | Seatcely permitting - him ‘to receive the to Muzay if the pollee cannot fud out fe beau | WF te'prines was very popilar,—aocially ag n | BeTeHa! good "wishes of hile Generals, jeune homnie blond, @ Don Juan of the barriers, whom some one thinks to have scen fn the shop a few tninutes bofore the supposed time of the the Ministers of State, and the diplomatic body. Exceptions, however, were made in the case of Count von Moltke and Prince Blamarck, good husband aud father, ie had been married nuoul ten yenrs, amd leaves one girl of 7, on- other a little younger, und after bis death his imurder. “Only as an acquittal of conscicive 4 : : the two inost .[ustrious. paladins of hits Court Taveai of thu Wysterede alewtly, because. ih 3g |, WHO was prematurely delivered of a boy. AYA | aud ‘the stpuorting pillars of his nmphre, 1 hot quite certain whuther there Was ar, stag not | Private nian | Arapotic ercticd. = Many | the spacicus hall where the Congress sat the private houses were hung with black on the day ofthe Joneral. . But, onthe other hand, the document. Haul shed by. the Executive Commit- teo,of the Russian Socialists contains a lone Ist. tofatleged erlmos against the causes of Sociatisin, He ts.uccused of having martyred" people fn the prisons in the most inhuinait manner, one or two women jiaving oven died in consequones of the floprlus inflicted on them by Krapotkin’s orders, ‘Lhe cup of his misdotng was proclaimed Binystery at ulBid that suburbun varadisa; but not long ago the stillness of the ‘night was broken by shricks und sereatns and ayonized extls tor uelp, and night-capped citizens throw open ther windows and marked In the distance actrugeling group of two well-dressed men and one well-dressed womatt, at least the witnesses thonght they were well dressed, so far us they could Judge ut a hundred yards’ dtstancy by the Vght of an extramural gas-lamp, ‘There, was Choneellor spread a noble banquet ta the SAm- boseators and ruling divuttaries assembled, in Berlin, and Inter in the evoning the, Emperor gave on entertainment, to which about 400 celebrities of various kinds were tnvited. ‘The Wworned bodies of Berlin, the municlpulity, and the theatres Ikewlse devoted thenselves to feasting, speech-maling, und special tain menta? at the various reahinental messes the officers toasted the venerable head of the army, rome hesitation about dine down-atalra to ine | t¢ bave overilowed with bls last wet of | wate the menexulted in theenjoymentot Ibert: Ay bette : . "| seizing and arrestlug. Fontin, one of the : sited AeaN ota raied terfere, for the burghera of Neutlly are not dis- | fo fen . who made an ‘armed attack and Ia Yelvgrama from all the chief towns posed to risk thelr sucred persons in uncounters with night-prowlers, but onu of them, bolder than lis fellows, bethonght bim of a plan which, as he felt (t would have inyposed upon of Germany speak of similar rejoieings, the Uke of whieh wi} not occur mzain Lt the Emme perof celebrates bis “golden wedding” in dune, on tle pollee on the 13th of duly, 1878, nt- tempting. to retake a polltical couviet named Voluaroleky, who was ‘being transferred from mse " * one place of imprisonment to another wader an - Usiselt, alate tell: 16 qual aot nerd Js eavort uf gendarmes, One of the gendarmes was SZUGUDIN. Fete eee a ee ae tueiowe age | mortally wounded io the nffatr, Durlug fomln'e London Timer, Quite apart from the lato melancholy catas- trophic, Szegedin has Jind an cventful history, although, unfortunately, Its chief features are connected with not the brightest: phases iy the fortunes of Hungery. Although the present fortress dates only ‘since tha Turkish ovcupa- {lon of the town. iu the sixteenth contury, it was already a flourishing murt and one of the strongest placed of Hungary so far back as King Matthias Corvinus, ab the end of the four- teenth century, Lt was here, in 1520, that he Thungarian Princo Sznpolya, encamped at the hend of 14,000 men, sealed the fate of Hangary, prostrated by the overthrow. of Moles, and submitted blmself as 8 vassal to Solyman the fmprisonment several attempts were mado to releaso hin, but failed; several letters were re- ceived by Krapotkin demanding Fomin’s libera- tion, accompanied by threats of vengeance in case the demand waa not acceded to. But Kra- poticin persisted in keeping Fomin under arrest, and fur this, the Sociulists say, lic was killed, "The trial of Fomin began at Kharkolf on the Sth of Match, oli preenutions being taken agatost possible Interference from the Kevoluttonists, Disturbanees were apprehended, but as yet Arauillity veeins to prevall. Not thu least strilding feature fn the proccedhuige of the agitat- ors is the endeavor to make thelr executions quite sengutlonal. It is reported that rome ts ys before his death Krapotkin went to the prison where Fomin was detained, and, seein the prigoncr, told him that his days were mim aupeared In the dlstance, dressed himself and reported the facts at the nearest statlon- house, with the addenda: “Three persone went upon the Binenu Bridge; two only fled from it ‘upon my approuch."” Next morning the police Wereat work with drags, and, fo the midst of an excited crowd, ushed up, not what they eought, but the Lody of o soldier, with bis throat cut and fa pockets emptied, who hud Leen written down a8 a deserter from the Cour- Qevole barracks for a week. ‘This wos anew clenent to curiosity, but ag it was only a man ot War, iuterest in hts fate and ite causes suun died out, and spines aM. Y.? hus written 10 the papers that the whule disturbances was caused by a lady who had a fit of hysterics after A champagne sapper, the denizens of the Bineaw and Chateut Boulevards have renouneed thelr fntenth © boel y bored, Fomtn replied, “Your days, iu any | Magnificent. ‘The Sultun burnt down the a wealthy. OE a ae APO Bs cose, will bo fower than im! me”? On| eveater portion of Szegedin, and on the St. llondre, has had o Mttle domestic | the 8th of Februury a servant girl went | ruins erected n fortross, which Lecomne oud of the buiwarks ot In. those revions for aver ao century and ahalt, It wes the chief town of ono of the fourteen. sondjaks into which the conquered portion of Hungary was divided, all subject (o the Pasha who reafded nt Buda, with te au- thority of Beglerbeg. But when, In 1038, Duka Charles of Lorraine plured Buda, the our of deliverance had ulso arrived for Szegedin. Avaln, in 1349 the town was fated fora few brie¢ weeks to play a prominent tart in the terrible drama of the thne, July, Kossuth ant the Provisional Government had to quit Pesth, retiring befora the adyan Austrin forves. ‘The seat of outhority was trapsterred to Szegedin, the eltizens received Kossuth with enthuslasm, and ha assured them that “freedom woukd start from Szegedin and con- quer Europe." ‘The Deputies and magnates assembled, buildings wers set apart for udiiue istrative ollices, und a large amount of paper money Was Issticd. Kossuth proposed to, sot up ah army corps of $0,000 men, but. he had nelther time nor imen to carry aut Ids designe ‘fhe Austrians gave dim no reat. At tho end of duly, the Dictator had to. quit his temporary restine place. On to the uficvof the Khurkoll stesscuger und statd the Ottoman power that, hor master being dead, ber mistress had Alepatehed her to beg that a apace ve Teft in the next day's paper, and that the space should bo bordered with black for the fusertion of the gentleman's ‘obituary. ‘The girl suid that ner miutregs Wan unable to write the announcement: herself, but would send it to the olllce later m the evening, But the announcement was never sent, and the entiro issue of the paper apocared with the small bluck-borderat space empty, ready to be filled up by the announcement uf death! Everynody noticed it ant wondered for whose name thy space was futended, In the evening Krapotkin jaa killed, aud simultane. ously sayeral rockets wero sent up from differs ent ends af the clty, ‘Tho list of Krapotita's erlmes, as stated by the above-mentioned Soclallstic decree, 13 drawi ‘up fn the most accuraty manner, ‘The names of ifs victims and the dates of their deatha are given, It fs almost {mposaibly to bulteye that such barbarous acts could have been cominitted fun large und populous city, nnd with the indlae pensguble ussistance of many subordinate olliclals, without something of it having come to the knowledge of the public, or that auch tortures trouble, Being on the wrong side of 60, and having a handsome son of 22, he was fool- Jsh enough to try how May and Deevwnber would pull together, and so wedded a lovely American girl “of 18, who has bolted with George, leaving a concise but unsatisfactory coufeselon of her long attachment to her son- {odaw, with whoin slo lus fled to seck huppl- nese Ino foreln Innd, M. De Z.—Champs Flvaces—ttuds Jess pity among his friends in his usfortane ot being tricked by an udventuress, Ly whom he was persunded {ntu the belief of ble paternity of a chubby urchin, bought cheap ut the Fouudling tlospitai, and endowed by the Ine fatuuted old ‘uontleman with o handsome hote? {nthe Avenue d'Antin and 50,000 francs 0 year to the suvings fund for the {nfant’s future use, A quarrel “between the real and the fictlttous inaninas brought the fraud ta light, aud the Po- ice Correctionclia ty to decide whether the swtudty he penal. Meanwhile, the legitimate Pin De Z. fs tudignant, aud gues her husband for a separation, BY vey body in New York has elther heard of RIC oer a 1 may mention Uiut this sulshed person hos just buen shut up os a Mnatte fu the Malson Blanch ea strange sequel 1 eretl to tho strange cai eats. ise V | on men and women were Jntlteted by the ordera | Aug. 3, turshiat Hayman entered the town, cirl, "The prick hartaelette agaceote exdaneioR: | of a man of such a gontio dlsposttion as Itrapot- | und at once opened tira un the Hungarian amy, posted on the other atdeof the rlyer, bobind the euburb of New Szegeuiu. This suburb was burned to the ground and a great powder maya- vine bla up, cuusing great havoc. Haynun wus ably to cross the river, and the ddleat and fight of the [hingarians completed the downfall of the revolution, A few duya titer the capitis Jution of Vilugos put an end to all levitimate re- sistance, Lt may be observed that the Falla bridge over the ‘hers at Szeveiin, bultt in 10, was considered ut the thou to be the greatest work of the kind in Europe. Jt 4s estimated flit the amount of land under water tu the fine inediate neighborhood of the clty ta about F00,- 00 tungorian neres, or nearly 10 Engliel square miles, ‘The ehlel proprictor ta Irhice Paltayt- eln}, who owns about 100,000 aerea, of which at least three-filths ara submerged. ‘The loss of the crops within the tnuniduted district 1s eet down at 10,000,000 of florins (21,000,000), anid of tuxes in connection with the sume at 1,000,0u of florins (£100,000), ‘The lowest estimate of the mischlef done to the town itself sets [t duwn at 6,000,000 toring, or £500,000, STATE V8, CITURCH. Roms, March 24—At Sulmona on tho 19th inst. the pollee authoritics interfered and pro- vented a young Elunese lady named Amully Fratt from enteriug the Order of the Celvstines under the nauie of Sister: Marla of thu Cross, at the moment the ceremony. uf tuklug the voll was about to be consummated, It appears that a few months ago some Hench Celestine monks and nuns lad established theimsclves at Sul- moun with the view of reviving the veneration for the spot where thy founder of thelr Oruer, the hermit Metro da Morrone, afterwards Popo Celestiue V., had lis cave, wut where the auclent hud for a short tine, aly was aunt adrift with a | Kit Was kuowa to be Dundle of what ho thought was mercly waste Paper, but whieh turned out to be title-deeds to wns of the richest of) tande in West Viruinta, Hosa says that the wily old monarch coupled ite uift with the proviso of ushary in the prof- ts, Af anything ever come out of it, and that he aves A pension of $20,000 per annum from his carded inistress, but this {3 probably a canard, 8s her Fevenus was scarcely groat enough for sa pilneely Mlargess. -She led “a very quiet life Oftur her necession to weulth, making herself conspicuous only by thé quiet elegance of her equltages ond the mugnifleence of her diamonds, any she faye choice Unners nt her hotel on the ae do dena, to whieh the best men in Paris met oaltedy but where never set foot any of ats cbritivsof thedemt-monde. Mer madness ohne on gradually und {ucomprehensidly, for oa ie Dever ult of an excesa of any kinds aw 96 a0 aifoctlon in the eyelids, whieh fell fui ro putomattcally, without any act of voll- hee op ey Dart, ‘Then the sieht faded away, te hen ee conviction that total bitnd- Unilin Whociwal Vai ‘ore for this female Nar- bass hours of joy Ip self- admiration before Ler lookin, cs Jluuysaye has described ie ude chological moment y hig P ca," of which sho ts a heroine, cit Fab lenos Mysteres Mondaines,” bat neitl romance hur philosophy brought consolation, xplostons of ill-temper succeeded Mite of floomy metan= choly, until ually, after a generat smashing of Crockery, mirrora, and cut-ziasy decanters’ bes cansy the lighteon her dinnertable hurt her seh the great mad doctor wua sutumoned, and Fimoved her to hls establishments incurable, JUor old Mario, too, hus beun put into.s utrait a-ket of Milan: aud the winner of the great }rze of atts ee Ns oval Lottery is Mkely to fallow QUEEN VICTORIA AMNOAD. DMspatea to Landon vines, Panis, March 20,—Her Majeaty, after spend- ing the nlght on board the Royal yacht in Cher- bourg harbor, landed this morning at that milt- tary port and took a speclal traln of nine car- rlazes to Paris, ‘the train arrived at St, Lazaro Btation at 6 this ovening, ‘Two laudaus und o brougham in ordinary livery awalted herarrival. What passed inéfde the station I cannot say, for strict orders Nad been given to the railway au- thorlttes to close the gutes of the Rue d'Amster- dam und to forbid access to it even by tho rall- way staff, ,Oncot the managers of the company —o British subjoct—was begged to refrain frour makiug his appearance on the urrivalof her Majesty, who had alsa refused to receivoone of President Grevy's sides-<de-camp. ‘The carriages conveyed her Mujesty nud hor attendants from the station to tho Embassy by the Kuo du Havre, Rus Tronehet, Rue Royule, and the Faubourg 8t. Honore, and, notwithetanding the Queen's etrict incognita, a considerable crowd had collected at both: the extremities of the route, the Kugtlsh residents in Purls furin- ing a large proportion of the throng, ‘The first carriage contained the Queen, the Princess Beatrice, Ludy, Churchill, and Lord Lyous; the second, General Ponsonby, the Hon. Etael Cadogan, Sir William Jenuer, und Capt. Eu- wards. ‘Ihe crowd were caper to cutch o glimpse of ber Mujesty, who teaned back inn corner of the carriage, but it was after suneet, and the closed windows and the wournluy attire courts du nut socn protect M, | of the Queun sendered cvery eflort futlle, | ubbey ts now a penitoutiary, Ag both fubrlort heoinst the persecutions of aiiatet |. Noy eee tha waving of hits and hondker- | the avonks nud nuns appeared tu ontkinallers who are croppiny up to dlaputo hls | eblefs showed her Bisjeaty Tee oval subs | litt thelr work. ta educational mattors, erubip of the Jucky number, jects greatud her cordially on the foreign suit, | they werd in ho Way {utertered with; but, pre- suming on the Hberty accorded them, the nuns ventured not only ou aduing & new yoturess to thelr number, but sent oul semni-public invita. tlons to the ceremony, ‘The great halt tn the Valuzzo Surdt they Wad rented was filled with spovtatora, ‘The celebration of musa hud ter- milusted, and the ceremony of tabling the yell bod ‘The Qucen reached the Embassy at 6318, some of the balvoutesof the oppustte hunses belay atill Med with pouple, notwithatandins the duse and told, Mra, Edwards, Une wife of ono of the Boos Telanes of the Embssay, who had eeu doputed to conduct her Muajusty tu her apartuents, Rrected the Queen’ on her arrival. ‘The large NUULISM IN RUSSTA, Bre Pe abnndence Nero York Herant, “ ue Ereuswuna, March 10,—Huving been for sveiah yeara absent from Iussla, I failed, on Y return hero, to appreciate at onco thy ex: dust com accompanied by bis secretary, a carablneet n delegate of police, intermpted the proceeding, Ascending the altar step, the Procuratore del Re declared the funetton tobe at an end, and i Hts declared the function to be at an end). aud | Progress of the Life-Insurance Italy, he dissolved the ascembly In the name of Companies. the law. these Freneh monks and nuns haye been ordered to leave Sulmona within twenty-four hours, ering the Voat-Onlee te undortake the collection of debts was agreed to to-day by the Chamber, ‘The maximum at prescnt will be S00f, aud the ercditur will pay L per cent, besides 20 cents to the Postmaster und ihe same tu the-Collector. The Post-Onico will also receive subscriptions to newspapers at 3 per cent. that the collection sy: for seven years Jn Germany, where $0 1875 b+ 627,000 de! thus rettled, the newspaper subscription schetie boing also at workin Germany, Belgium, nnd other countries, to the condition of a parlicular envelope belny used and nso to the Ho Ikewise proposed should bo accepted, but these anendinents were rejected. ‘Tho Annual Ball of Parisinn Actresses at was glyen last Saturday night, wasan oxtreme- ly brilliant affalr, It was held at the Grand handsome addition to the finances of ] panies doling business iu New York for the past the fund. The boxes wero all taken, | to year: ; = ; both on .the ground tier and the sec: | Agaregate preminins tn 187% «4.4 ++++804, 720, 192 ond one, and the floor wus densely | #éFeHste premiume tn 1878, OB NES, Ab0 packed with gazers and promenaders from mid- night till an early hournext morning. The out- ldo of the Opera-House looked extremely beau- the shape of lyres were to be sven ornainenting glowed the great Jablochkolf Jumps, lighting {ts proportions anil so gorzcous 1s its ornament- tation that tho usual decorations of draperies, flowering plants, cte., arenot needed, and if used, general curlosity to witness the entry of the chatnctrlatie cos tuiiey of which the bull’ can vantageous transformation mto an jp when th Re, ett Procuratora de No resistance was offered, It ts atated An Aggrogate Increase of $2,000,000 in Net Surplus, NEW POST-OFFICE FUNCTIONS, Panis, March 24.—M. Cochery's bill empow- Tho Large Companies’ Extravagance in Salaries and Rents. The Fire-Insurance Companies Still in Trouble. M. Cochery stated em bad been f1 operation ts, amotntine to 220,000,000, wera | Threatened Adverso Legislation—An Eo- centric Insurance Editor, Snectal Correspondence of The Tribune, New Youn, April 7.—Life-Insurance statistics are usually pretty dry reading, but it ls only by diligently studying them thut one can arrive at any intelligent conclusion with reference to the netual progress of the business. ‘There has Leen so mich odium cast upon the business by the developments of the pst two years, tliat the popular impression lias becn that the com+ panics bave all beeu going from bad to worse. Well, the figures compited from the Intest oficial reports do not exactly prove that the common opinion fs correct, but they demon- strate that the amount pelmz patd for MHfa-in- surance {8 far leas than formerly, ‘The follows isa statement of the Income of ull the com- M. Laroche loubert objected proposed minimus of 20f, that paymenta on account BAL DES ARTISTES. tho Opera. Correspondence PAttttelphia Inquirer. Paris, Murch 18—The Actresses’ Batt, which Opera justead of, as horetofors, in the eramped little theatre of the Opera Comique. To judge by appearances, the change muat have Ied to a Lows of income,....00+ sesesrreaereS 0, 077, 852 These Heures show the relatfon of the public to the companies. OTHER COMPARISONS OF LIFE BUSINESS, It appeara tht, potwithstaudluys the defleit in premium income, the companies as a whole gained lurgely in cross assets, and relatively fo surplus, as shown by the fullowing: Gross admitted aseets in 187° Grovs adinitted aasets tn 1878, Gain we. serene Totnllinbiliticeexceptcapital, 1897. Total labilitiva except capital, 187%, tiful, For the first time, devices m gas-jots in the lampposts on the steps outside, ‘There, too, the Palace de POpera with a very dazzlo of pallid daylight. Within, the sigantle thea- tre looked much as usual. So grandiose are would be of none effect. Early in the evening: the great centro of attraction was the grand stalrease, not, as fs usually the case, on account of {ts awn magnificence, but because of the of all the companies, Dec. 1, 1 ” $3 03,020,422 Not surpius Dec, 31, 1878. © U5. 181,004 Gainin 1878... S$ 2,147,182 EXPLANATION OF A PUZZLE. ‘The foregoing agerevates appear at first glance to contradict each other. ‘The apparent fact In the first instance fs that the compantes lust six milifons in their income, and increased their ia- Lilities four avd a half milifons, and yet in- creased their net surplus over two millions! ‘She reader mas ask how this cau be. The key to the problem les in these figures: Poltelea in force, 1877 « Policlea in force, 1873... lending actresses. So tt was ined with gazers till Inte In the evening. The house itself pre- sented a brillant apocarance. it is only on ball nlghts thatit shows to full advantage, since the Insulllclency of the, lights at the ordinary: performances always makes tt look dull and dreary, But, ublazo with the vas jets of a myriad of temporary chandelers, its splendor ta geen to the best advantage. Of course, the boxes on the main tter wero all filled with tho prettiest nud hest-dressed actresses of Paris, and, cqually of course, every- body on- the: dancing floor stared up at these yoxes, and peapla tumbled over cach other or ran wainst each other in rather Hvely fashion, for the crowd was very devse, . But the boxes were worth fook{ng at, for the anke of the occu- pants and their totlettes, First, in ane of the mainproscenium-boxes sat Mme. Judie Ina stun- ning Pierretis costume of deep yellow crape, with a hlzh-poluted hatin yellorsntin, decorated withyellow cockades, and wearlny fon black lace inittens, black allk stockings, aud yellow shoes wich high heels, ‘The Queen of the Opers Buutle 1s beginutug to look old, however, and has lost muctt of thy sparkle and yivacity of her mannera. Sho rune about, cuts capers, and dances Just as usual, hut the apoutanelty of her inerriment is atan end. Stl, with hor lovely dark eyes glancing from tuder the shadow of her yellow hat, ahe looks very charming. tAltee Lody, who is just 19, occupies the next ‘box, and shows conspicuous, not’ only by redsonof her dell- eate and refined beauty, buf*-becuuse of the aplendid necklace of diamonds and emernids that fs clasped around hesfslender girlish throat. A ttle further on wdicome to the box of the Comedie Francais, whtre Mme. Livya shows supreme in black Jaco mad many-colored rusess and pretty Jeanne Summary looks prottler than ever iu her simple ball stress, Next we lave little Mily Meyer, ofithy Renafssanee, whose lovely childjah face pers out of the deptha of a huge pink sutin (390,252 OFF Lapsed poliches..se seeveseeresesversses MTD These tzures prove that the companies were able to deduet froin their abilities the amounts of reserves held against the 23,500 policies: which Innsed duchy the year. ‘Thia fe made further apparent by the total ammount at risit, us foilowas Wuolo aum Insured, 1877... Whole sam Insured, 1873. Toss in amount insured 4... 65 84,028, BOS Drictly, it may bu stated that the reduced fn- surnnces reduced also the reserves required to: be held as a Hability against policies in force, and thus, by reducing the Jlibiity, gave the companies the benefit of an fucreased eurplia. ‘The additional asseta were derived evidently from uccummlations of income or eurnings upon investinents over previous years with: dftinish- ed Jogaus and expenses, EXPERIENCE OF INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES, The particulars of the experience of compa- nics shows a wide difference. “ Fourteen out of thirty-eight companles show o fallin off In gross asdets, the balance a varylug increase. ‘Lhe larger companies report the following te. ure «$1,000, 950, 814 . 1,516, 1b « net an bie as a cartwheel, nnd Juoks all thé more piquant o 420894, Uau, 578 fart novel” Headgear, Brom. the "Odeon | eine ara eee cot ond wo have Mme. Leonide Loblane in 5 33, B03, OUD white satin dress blazing with diamonds; and | Germania, N.Y ad Mme. Helene Monnier, of the Gyinnase, fa with | Knickerbocker .. Manhattan her, algo in n very elegant tonette of white sat Mawes, Muotunl tu. ‘Khe Vaudeville may boust of having sent Out the, bello of the eveniog-In the person of | Mutual. ¥ retin Mule, Dayray. Superbly ustited in ball-dress | {utunl Benet a of pale-pink erape and sath tint fits her exquls- | New Yurk L rh ite form with glove-like perfection, with ber henutiful arms bare to the shoulders, and o white plume fastened by a diamond bandean in her dark hair, she carries off tho palm of beauty ungueatiouably, = Amid the dancers figure prominently two of the Inte girl Jaurcates of the Conservatolre—Mile, Berger, with broud straw hat shading her powdered treesee, and the bewitching litthe Sisos Of the Odeon in the simplest posafble costume of white cashmere, but adorned better than with lave aud diamonds by the freshness of her cirlish bloom and the brightness of her laughing dark eyes, Poor pretty children—the tirat just 16, aud the sec ont but a ttle over 17,—Wwhat are they doing here In this nad whirlt Mere {s Gubrielle Gauthier, of the Varieties, Northwestern Pennsylvania Mutual, PhUUX. +. Union of Maine..+.ve+ INCOME OF THE BAM COMPANIES, ‘The following table shows the income of the companies for 1877 compured with 1878: Alina... Connecticut. Equitabie Germania . Kmiekerboc ‘Mannation Muse, Mutual Mutual, N.Y Mutuat’ Benet: Deuutiful to beliolil in Ler splendid und aveurata | 28w Bugiend costuine of a Mervelllewsas” {tis tu pale-bluo | Now Mark Life erape richly worked with silver, and. the head- Pennsylvania Muttial .. drees is ntorsade of pink erape, held down with dintnond pina and shaded with pule-pink and blue feathers, Tt {s one of the richest and moat EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT, Until the bound volumesof the Lusurance De- partinent are out, it will be linpossibictocumpare the relative expenses of muuagementfor the two past years, buttheru iescarcely ngonbt thuton the whole ft will show well for the companies, ‘The expenses, however, reduced for the period named, are yet tuo large, und snouldactract at- teution. ‘There ara muny ofllces iu this city where superfluous expenses are paid ont of pol- {ey-holdera’ money with a prodigallty deserving: the neverest rebuke. Especially in the item of official suluries there ts npparently no dlspodl- tlon usa rile to reduce them, bug in rents and other disburseiunts there haa been an tiaprave- ment, ‘The tlisco of the Mutual Life in une 80 per cunt rebute question put so many companics on thelr nettle. as canlidates lor popular fayor that money was Bt to iutluenee patromuge which had “better Inve beun saved, Pubile at- tuntiun Isso closely concentrated upon the vari- ous offices thut Uiey ure not bikely to Tudulge in much, if any, extravagance this year, Say what qwe will tu the preguilice of Stata supervision, ib Jetain a flood of Nght upon the workings of compantus which eauld never be attained with- outit. ‘The hiner view is attugather more futer- eating than the vutivard signs. THY FINEANSURANCE SITUATION Is not promising. ‘Fhe companies in this city are still wrestling with the problem of how to ralse rates, Some slyns of Hife have Leen infuse uta te Kate Munroe is dressed os Diana, fn a white satin costume, with o Manond cres- yellow hair, Five yenrs aro sho was, un of benuty, exquisite in form, in incotoring, Now, changed by the help of art from a radiant brunette to a Justre- Tess blonde, the once dazzling American girl his undergone u wonderful and not Hitowuther nd= any burlesquer or opera boullist. a belng whereof Lydia Thompron wns the perfected speeiinen, Here fa Gabrielle Eliving fn inslo attireas a Louls XV. bridegroom, wu rich but altogether unbe- coming costume, consisting of u white satin veut and full ekirted coat,-aud a white felt hat turned up at the side, with a bouquet uf orange- blogsoms, and streaming with white satin rib- bons, Her slater accompanies hur in the dress of the bride, but it cunnut be sald that the party looke very bridal. ‘The beautiful Angele, of the Varieties, leoke exceeding) y handsome tn nrieh Spanish costume, which ests olf to ad- vantage her glowlys sud luxuriant charm. Ouse of thy prettiest costumes of the cyeulag ts worn by Mile. Miette; she is Gressed aa o hyurtsedse, in Hilxe crape and purple yolvet, with a great velvet hearteeuso in her hair, unc one ather breast; sie sinu carries w huge bow quest of that tower, Mile, Lea d’Asco, of the Ueualasunce, shows resplendent veo pilgrim ty a white silk gown, bordered with atlver scallop shells anda brond white felt hat looped with sitnilar shells; herp! im stall fa iu silver, decorated with whit hong. Very pretty 1s the costuins of Aflle. Mary Luhon, who | Me proposed ‘Tarll Assoclation; bat, as it fs fg dressed oad of Suret-ine-not, Inu Dased upon the fdea of unanimous aasent, and short = blue —antin dress, looped — and | atleast twenty of the compumes have deciiied i gurlanded with wreaths of (sat dainty azure Mower, Another dress, representing winter, 1a yery effectiya, and we recommend {t to our Judy readersfor reproduction. It consists of a short skirt of ellyer thaste bordered with wans- down, and an overskirt of white satin, also bordered with swansdown, a4 f6 the tong, Heht, Jow-neenedt cuirnes corsage, On the head, a hood with a deep cape of sliver Ueauc bordered with siwansdown, und the same solt trimming edges itis, Lip of thu white satin boots with silver, ice ‘The crowd av fret was too great for much dauclng, but about 2 o'clock the promenaders heuun to disappear, go the actresses loft thelr boxes, und the youngest and prettlest of then onjoyed thelr waltzes and quadrillea with all the true zest of girls out on a trolle, ‘The elder Coqueliu, too, distingutahed himself by the gayely and apirit wherewith be led off fu the dance, Jt wus not till an carly hour fn tha morning thatthe bull came to an end, having proved one of the most brilliaut und profltuble eutertuinmonte ever given for tha bouedlt of the Dramatle und tu Paris. - a to folniu the movement, the prospect is not promising in the direction of snevegs, It is quite dlegusting to witness the distrust manifested by the compantes toward: cach other. “Te ofl] cinds of -companies talk as if thelr office jt themselves Were the cinboultucnt af honor ant consistency, and all their neiwhbors aud com. potitera Were organized chusta and frauds, Vliere are not slx companies iu New York whose officials are absulutely willing to trust a majuri- ty of thelr rivals, ‘They will) rezale you by the hour with sturies as to how this and thut coms many cheated all the way, alony from 1873 to Si), und declare Unt such companies canuat bo trusted now. ‘This sentuuent of distrust and fear undelles the whole dillenity of sireckys upon rates and rules fur truly iwelorm- ing the business. All ciforts to bring about a uniform agrecment have so far proved futile, und will coutinue to be fullle until the compa nies learn to truat each other, lt was wittily sald by aluwyer nou recent case that the In gUruuce cumpaites have been cheating the pub- He so long that they huve latterly tuken to cheathyg each other, ‘Thut wie a hard aayiny, but it Joukstu a man up a tree aa If it were dy- served. ‘THD NUSINESS OF BEVEHAL STATES, ‘Tho returns from the varluus States give us an fusighe into the rvcelpts and losses of the compantes theres for tie past year. In estl inating profits, it must bu borne In mind that the expenses of the bustiess, Including commis- sions, expenses of speelal ayenty, taxcs, feva to the devartincuty, ete, must budeducted, ‘They will averdge 80 per cout, ‘Pha returas from New York antl Masauchusetts ura’ not yet in shape to give them tu full, But the following ures, giving a wide range of Nurthern, An Autoulshod Passer-By, Asa man was passing a housy Ju Portland, Me, thu other day, ad-veur-old girl, who was playing Iu a secund-story rout, Jumped out of the window and struck fairly on ils bead, «The child tell to the pavement and was badly bruised, thowzh nob seriouly hurt, und thy, tan, except being halfscarcd to death, Was not miueb dojured. < Corrnption in ue nations! afatre bas the same effect on the Government that ® severe cough or cold haa upan thu human sytem. Polttical reforat dy the former and Dr, Bulls count neg iu tov latter cave will rumedy thu vvily, All the druggists woll it fur 25 cents w butte, |, thercon, ‘Miesu details were very grateful to 8 Western exper teen, 0 CH, will be found worth a study: . parental love in our hearts, Johnnic, the first Seerifiey on the altar of filial love,—Clay ntud, : Premiums Loree ‘Truly, dear madam, anid all my sors States, acto " fale 9 | row always remember I am his wife and thelr eae St, Tm Oa mother. I bug {ft oyer to my heart as the ah BT HOk sweetest, most comforting meimors, giving 72, 118 | Pramisy that the Father will not forger mo 11 ayaynuy | altczether, however much I may be called to 1,730, 120 woolse7 | codure. In the hours of the night f lived aver BK 80,801 | the beautiful twenty years of my married life to 1,078, 4 716,850 | the Tasty and over ahd over again could L near bh 134,00 | Johnnie, iy brave, dellente boy, the last words i fey if he spoke to me other, if L leave father they wi kil hint? He did not leave him and, traa to his words, the yilo demon killed “angbody who gets jn the way of my shooting Judge Chisolm”; killed, him, first ‘shooting off, witt dciberation, bls hand, and then piercing bie Yeart. 1 heard my husband's Inst whisoer, “Jerur, Father-—wife, precious wife,” Cor- neliu’s last sweet words as J gave her a white Hist’ “Mamma, you've a alck baby this morn- ug.” Again L saw her litle white fingers hold ft’un nid whisper, “Mamma, how inet’? “Yes, sald J, it is the emblem of purity,’ aud over nnd over again she whispered the words. “purity.” I told her the angets in Ieaven were not more puro than my baby-girt, She amiled back at me, and in an hour God had healed her wounds und made her well In Heaven, “Of the blood of the murtyrs Is the seed of {he Church.” But ft is hard to perceiva wh the bravest and grandest of mun; the folrest, gentlest, most fearless of boys; the most dell- cute, winsome rosebud of girls should in time of “peace? (1) (anarchy) be called on to die by the brutal hands of those incarnate demons who were styled men,—to die for a country which ‘dues not sce the legal micans to punish the guilty murderers,""—hard for the wife and mother Of those three to comprehend. May that God ‘who hus justice ng well us tercy among his at- tributes environ with ils direst curses tha avolo- gists, the fnatigators, and the foul perpetrators uk he nla of the Eve, porean who fait vice tus to their hate on the Sth day of April, As D. 1877.—Aimen! y tala “The morning after my arrival at Salona, I was invited down to the family parlor: there J found. all assembled. The son, young Mr, S{zmund, read a portion of the Scripture appropriate to the ¢ircumstances, and, all knecling, a Jady present raised her soft low volve fu prayer, ‘the prayer was oot n burden of complaints that thu Lord tad so elected us, as We are prone too often tutmake, but secined an earnest expresalon of thanks for ull His mercies. ‘Ihe day proved beter cold, with a driving rain direct from the north, and a heavy snow tnder foot, yet, when all repaired to Me Methodist chureti, about 16 o'clock, the large house was full. In the pulpit were the pastur, the Rev. L. G. Heck, the Rev. R. H, Fletcher, the Rey. Ae. Diven, and the Rev. L. L. Haughawaut, The Rev. Mr’ Diven wasthe princlpalspenker. He recapituiated many” ofthe facts, paid a beautiful tribute tothe patrial- ism of the father, the fiflal devotion of the son, und the wonderful love of the daughter, which avercame every senso of natural timtdity and made her forget self und gladly die for her futher, Iretmember he thanked the man who made it possible they coutd tind n resting place fu the midst of their pelgborhood: und tn the name of the community at large bade both the dead and the living members of my husband's family welvoine du thelr midst; sssured his hearers that thera would ve ao monument erected, and bade them note the moral it would. polut. "Twas said thut, notwithstanding the in- clemency of the day peuple were gathered fu from tenor twelve miles; and J heard ft said. afterwards that f{ the day had been fine the cemetery itself would not have held the nom ber, ‘fhe fine Salona band volunteered their attendance, preceeding the precious remalos, playlng a solemnly sweet dirge. At the grave were gathered oo yreat = pumber, and after the burial service = once = mora ad mother Earth take into her bosom those who are deartu all who love patriotiai and filial devotion, Ieannot love or thank the people enouch for their kind sympathy, but I can aud wil honor them, for thelr genuine loyal devo- tlon to thelr country’s friends which prompted allthis, Idfd not hope to removes my dear oucs to a sweeter spot for thelr Inst rest than they had before, or that the wild bird's song would tril! forth n softer melody, or that the flowers apuve them would sed u sweeter pers fume. It was not that the. place where they wero already reating was uot endeared by mauy thes. Otheradear ta me sleep there; near by Ig the pleasant cottage to which my husbund took me as his young wile, where were born Cornelia. mid Clay. All these aweet memories rose to lL ine let them slecponundlsturbed. But no, I could uot let them rest In the soll of the State which for two veurs has falled even to put tie seal of her disapproval on a crime which uppalted Satan himself, and caused his lesser demong to cry out and hidu themaelyes In borror, They now rest on the beautiful hillside, at whose foot rip-. ys 1,60, Oto... 3, 3.845, 278 Observe what a» harvest the companics had froma {nots and Towa, and what ® contemptl- ble fleure ‘Tennessee cuts for u State secklug to supose obnoxious legislation upon her own 28 well as foreign compantes, THE ANTIINSURANCE LEGISLATION Propored this winter literally “knows no North, no South, no East, nu West,” for it is general. ‘The companies aro taking it very coolly, al- though a valued pulley Inw; afinilar to” the Wis- consin atatute, fs being vigoronsty pressed right under their noges in New York. Massachusetts also hus pending © bill (already passed one House of her Legistature) requiring the: com- panies tu walye certain conditions tu their polis cles, But, generally speaking, Wie worst specl- tnetts of obnoxious levislation hail from the West. ‘The lezistators tay iurent new schemes to compel companies to asKuma wew or clffer- ent contracts frum those granted in other States, aud to draw bleod-muney from the companies by State Jaws, but tn the end all this moucy and all the burdens {mposed must be onld fur by in- surere, Of cottrse, our fire-underwriters view this question with thelr eyes blinded to their own advantage; tint still they firinly belleve that the pubic will oe the chlef suiferers. From thelr standpoint = they argue tut capital invested in tnsurance stock Je entitled to be as Ireu from interference ag any other cap ital, and they failtosece why the Legislatures should seek to control their contracts with the public auy more than they acel tu control the contenets between pork paar or dry-oods merchants. One of the shrewdest tinderwriters {u the city cays substantially that this is the year of craze on the subject of insurance com- panics, and that the craze will exhaust itself ns soon as the people realize that they, and not the companies, are payliy the piper. MORE JOIN NOEL CAPITAL. The Norwich Unton Insurance Company of England has made o deposit of $200,000 nt Al- bany, and lias len authorized to transact bust- ness In this State. ‘The agency has been com- initted to the care of Messrs, Frame & Hare, and they are already {u receipt of numerous ap- plications for the Chicagu agency. (Perhaps the numerous gentlemen fn your city who cought the agency of the American of New York muy transfer their energics to the Norwich Union, since the American 1s disposed of), The comin of this Company bas been anticipated for many montis, nud probably 2 dozen ener- tetle agenta In this elty have tried to secure it Jor themeeives. It fs well kuown that the Lon- don & Leneashtre Compuny coutemplates an early compliance with the New York laws, and will commicnee business fn this elty early in May. ‘This Company is ted up somewhat with Jaree relusurauces carried for the Liverpool, London & Glohe, and fs not so free to accept Amerivan riske ng the other English Company, The Lon- don & Lancashire agency will be a prizo for some distinguished uuderwriter, and wil undoubted- Jy select a first-class party. The report is wide- ly circulated that its Northwestern business wilt be conmnitted to the mauagement of Charles U. Case, of your city. CONSISTENCY OP AN ECCENTRIC EDITOR. Apropos of the “ Norwich Union” entrec above mentioncd, there 18 considerable amuse- ment in this city aver the Inconslatency of Ste- phen Euglish, the belligerent but talented edit- orof the Jnsurance Times, Stephen used to lye in Enghid, und fancies that he has great influence in thatcountry. During the titne that. the “Norwich Unian’? was preparing to enter thls State the Jnsurance Times noticed the Com- pany favorably on many oceastons. In the Feb- ruury Jima ft wag referred to In the must laudatory terme, but, alas! the Company ap- pointed agents contrary to the editor's advice, so In the March feaue of the Zimex Stephen foce for the Company and its ew representatives with characteristic energy, Ie could searcely say that the Company was a weak Institutlon, ‘Dut he tntlmated it ns strongly ag he dared, ‘The other dusuratce journals have taken up the sub- ject, undare polcing tun quite Hvelyat the Times a editor. But hy bristles up, and will talks back. piraom.wbamong whose cyer',. with energy, nv doubt. “Phere wit be some fun" pe ereg sprit binda mice anil bas Bag before the ume ty ended, NEMO. | Them. Gentle hunda will wreatho fresh flowers“ above ther breasts, und modest violets and pure-walte Hilles will perfume the olr. The rocks on the mountains are tlt symbols off¢he strength of thé rar patriotism of the freemen forming the community, and they will be the inet poople to surrender the battle-fag under which they will be found, ever ready to contend tor thelr country’s rights. My long letter lias nuw closed. If {t conveys to you the mformation so lindiy asked it ie welts {f not, take for ny apology the greut alt. sieulty for me of all others on earth to write a descriptive letter on this subject, which fs the one emotion of my fie. Very respecttully your friend, Mns. We. W. Citsonot. ‘To Mra. 1, C, Ingersoll, Sucretary Chisolm Monu- niet Association, paid eee ee INDIANS, Sitting-Inll on tho American Sido of tho LinexwAn Uidlan Story of the Denth of Custer. Speeiat Correspondence of The Tribune. Woon Mountains, N. W. Ter, March 98.— Sitthng-Bull Is on the American elde of tha Une, on Tunerman’s Creek. 1414 camp fs great- ty apllt up, amd he had now only a few lodges with hin-the great seareity of fuel In this region necessitating hia removal, a the timber here, which was very scarcy, is about consumed, fic must either be on the American side, o1 vonie into the Mountains and starve, aa Ue but tuiv are all on the American side, Black-Moon, with about 200 lodges, Je catnped, near the Wood Mountains Fort. Ap Indian avcountof the death of Custor will not, [thiak, prove uninteresting. ‘The Ine aus vay that, after the general stampede, ter trled to ratly his men around him. THE MARTYRED CHISOLMS. Letter from dudge Chisolm's Widow-The Boles of the Murdered Father and Chil- dren Roburied In Penneyivanianttecallec- tlons of the Massnero—A Cry for Justice. Waguinatox, D. C., April 2 1870.—Zo te Editor of the Tribune: As the columne of your puper first gave to the country the atory that thrllied the hearts of the people with Indignua- tion at the Chisolm massacre, I hope you will Mind room for the inclosed letter from Mrs. Chisohn, giving an account of the refutermuut in Penneylvanta of the bodies of the iartyrs. Te T may judge from the letters still received by myself as Secretury of the Chisolin Monu- ment Assoclation, the interest awakened by the first telling.of the story ta welther dead nor buried iu the hearts of this people. Au ex-sol- der from Li Porte, 0., writes: “If your work fails n the Teast particle, it will be wdiezruce to eyery true man and wouan in the coututry.'” Surely ft should not fail, ‘fhe book which intro- duces to tha country the true stute of uoelety in Kemper County, Misa, should go all over the land, and the monument to fillat devotion should bo butit, | but the funda received us yet have nat been enough to cover the expenses of the second edition of the buok, an appendix to which relates the won- derful story of Walter Riley's herofsm and truth, "Threatened with being burnt alive if he did not suy that Chisolm put him upto the murder of Gulley, and promised Ife wud tree- dom if he did, this hrave colored bey choso to «ld on the senffold rather than tell in untruth about Chisolm, te iriond of big race. The whole particulars of the avent should be reatt by every one who wishes to ineasure the ele- inate which the colored man Uiruws Into poll- tes. S Partor readlnga for the beneft of the Chisolm fund have been tried with success, and the sale of the book can be promoted in this way by women of our land why are Intereated fei the ubject. ‘hut there ave many euch we still hope, ILC. Inaxnson, Beerctary Chivolm Monument Asauclation, fo} lie wayed his platol In the air, and shot it aff twice, to attract bla inen. Two or three gathereo wroumd him; but, as the Indians, still con: Unued to advimee, one of the solders tried te runaway, Custer fred aot him and killed him, and then, seaing the caso quite hopeless, the Indians gatherlug arotind from nll parts, turned his revolver on blinself, preferring to div by his own hand, ‘The Indians say thut they think this person was Custur, ax he waa a chief; but they arg not certain of the fact. Raln. Fuce took a soldier prisoner; but he was not allowed to Ive long, as he was killed ata dance that followed the feht, ‘The indians bere all agree on one thing: that the nainber ot In- dius killed In the flht was thirty-six; they tive thelr panies. Communication fs still kept un between tho Indians here and those at the lower Agoncics. ‘The news of the Cheygnne outbreals was here ha avery short Ume, Tain sutisicd, from what L have ace of tha Stoux here, that their return to the Agencles: will nuthe ata very varly date. ‘The ludiuns say thut, if the buffulo falls, they will ge north . to the lakes, ant live on ish MUS. CHISOLM'S LUTTER, Wasmixaton, 1, C., March 29, 1879—My Draw FI ns month from to-day aud tive ave passed since the terribly 20th of April, | which those who blackened with crane that sunuy Sabbath, justingly or threatentizly necordiog to thelr mood, call the binek Sunday.” La mnswver to your Kindly re- quest taut | abould write you when 1 eucceeded ib bringing away the reals of my hasband and: ehittren who on thut day tell martyrs to the umiallowed hate of the 200 so-called * best citl- zens of Kemper County,” Missisulppl, L now address you. For wenry months I havo planned aud been Aleappoluted fu my hopes, tiny heart crew sick, but on the 4th of the present inonth £ re- veiyed from our true friend, Mr, Charles Rugen- baum, & telegram telling me they bad sent by expresa, Three davs Joter cume o letter giving jae particulars. When they) were disinterred the coltlng Were foun in so perfect 9 state they Wero wut even soiled, ‘these collins weee Ine closed in boxes ned with ine and soldered, aint the nanve of cach deur occupant was written 4 What Is Dotng tn Tht Encauraging Outlook, Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune, Sivunton, Col, April 3%—A much larger number ot mines baye been worked during the past winter inthe San Joan region, eapeclally in Sun duun County, Col, than during any preceding whiter, wod generally with very wratl- (ying reuults, This ta especially truo of the mines fu the vicinity of Aufinas Forks, on Mueral Potut Mountain, in Poughkeopsle and Cunningham Gutchea, ut Howard's Forks, and on Sultan and Iazolton Mountains. A farzo quuntity of pretty high grade ore fs on the dumpaof the mincs in the above us wall as other jocullties In this and adjoining coantics, w ing for the smetters and other reductlon-woi tuslart up. ‘These works have heretofore been closed duriug the winter aeasou,—parttally for want of ore, and partially for want of means cf transportation frons thy mines to the mills, nie, Lleft Washington the morning of the 5th of the present month, passing Uurough Hurrisbury, where my son Cluy julned” mig, wad we proceed> ed to Lock Huven, the county-eeat. of Cilnton County, Pennsytvunta. Here wo wero anot by Mr, 0. CG. Signiund, of the ‘Town of Salons, which Lea init rich valley betweon two mountaly ranges, about five inlles fram Lock Haven. My Klug friends adyive me uot ve attempt Une ment fag With thoag, ny beloved, Whe are walled den; Dut with me, thimy thoughts wwake, and ti my dreams asleep, they are always present, and [ folt thut nest to mocting them Ii Heaven, dys | and fron the nflls te the end ot sired to be with them once more on earth, Alt | tha railroad, But ft ds) conten Rature wus robed {n spotless snow, us if in | expected that most, if not wil, of the auelters einblem of their own purity. The mountalu- | witl hereafter rau the year round, ug the roads ave been ulready greatly unproveds und this tops on cvery slag pouited upward, and the itu passable condition. evergreens an thelr oles reunided mo thut ] year will be put into qu . livaven ta eternal. 1 nved uot tell you of | And the supply of one wil] hereafter be nual the gracctut welvome axtended by Mr.Signund’s | sulliclent to keep oll the aillla that are itv here now, uiul probably twica as tury, runnlug to thetr full capacity all the year. Thero ts, 1 think, alunduut asdurance that the road over Cunulugham Pasa will bo put da condition yery early ja the seuson, co that heaytly-loaded teams can come slit th from Alamosa, thy preseut torminus of (he Deuver & Rio Grande Railroad, ‘There are hut about tye miles of road yet to bo tructed. woAttosatlen, thy outlook for a much moro proaperous season in San Juan than we Lave . pver yel Lad is exceadingly eucourugluy. pte bt funily and the iriends of hie household who wer there. You can easily perceive that those whd hud so generously profercd mie for my friendy the Eospalley of uerove anon thle wrand seonery of thelr snountain bome knew how tomulie It acceptable, J cannot tell you of that night, I wonder that even |, who have Hved through su auch, did sot dia beforu It wax over, And yet, O ny Giod!) thy deligitful happiness of once more bel assenibled an un- broken family ctrele under the same roof,—ury husband, myself-Cornelty, the frst to awaken