Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1880, Page 2

: , frreguiarities As is 4 ime, SMart a THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1880—SIXTIMN PAGES, AN” “ithe Inquiry into’ the Negro jae Exodus to Be Pros- eouted, _ A” Sub-Committee Being Ap- pointed for That Purpose Yesterday. in the Postal “Star” Routes to Bo "Looked into. Warfare on Indian Commis- sioner Hayt Opened ie at Last. The, Fernando Wood to Introduce His Roe funding Bill Next Monday. Important Telegrams in tho Ingalls Case Destroyed by Accident, Distriot-Attorney Leake Recommends that : Golsen Bo Not Pardoned, : HE EXODUS. INQUIRING THE CAUSE OF THE MOVEMENT. 3. Bptelat Dispatch to The Chicago Tridunes - Wasutnaton, D.C, Jan, 9—The Exodus Committee was organized to-day, and will soon commence taking testimony. No definit. ‘glan has been determined, although Senator Voorhees, Chairman of the Committes, has 0 dstof names of prominent Republicans and athers who are to be summoned as witnesses. fhe Democrats purpose, It Is understood, w endeavor to prove that wicked Republic ins organized the movement with the inten- dons of colonizing Democratic or doubtful States with colored Republicans whose votes ould ba counted upon. There may have seen a talk among political managers that it Fotild- bo, shrewd move to take such tn ndvantago of the exodus, but It {s quite cortain that the exodus Itself did not wiginate with Republicans, and that it ls mitlrely spontaneous, Republican members of the Committee seem to think that the Committee will ba compelled’ to Inquire of the negroes themselves whe have emigrated ascertain the cause of the exodts, and dat Voorhees, If he is anxious to know why some of those nerroes selected Indiana, will ye obliged to ask them, and not inquire of white Demoernts:In North Carolina, The Republicans will Insist that the negroes who - ghow most about the matter shall be sum- noned. “Tho story has. alreaily been pub- dshed. Tho testiinony forthe prosent will bo uostly taken In Washington, “STAR? ROUTES, TUE MATTER TO NE INVESTIGATED, Sprelat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Wasitnaton, D.C, Jun, &—The louse Appropriattoh Committee evitlently fintends wo Make n thorourh, investigation of the ‘star? postal services. ‘The Sub-Committee ippotnted to-alny to investignte the subject is syn most stalwart character, and consists of Blountof Georgia, Blackburn of Kentucky, Clynier of Pennaylvanin, Cannon of Ti- hols, and- Hawley of Connectient, Blount has always been a determined opponent of Jargé appropriations, Blackburn, although: he comes from a-section where the "star? routes exist, {s sald to have been against the Appropriation of $400,000 Inst year. Cannon, bSE-TMyols, while a member of the Post-OMica Committee, did not fayor such an extension f the “htar” ‘rotte’ service, although he « lite" niways been a strong friend of the Post-Ofies Department; while Hawley, of Conneeticnt, will support neither friend hhor ‘foa where there is any proof of wrong. The postal authorities will be able to make dut a Very good ens ff Congressional sollel- tation eanfhe urged in justification of an at- ‘tentpt to Increase those through fears of a "deficiency. The Contract Office lias letters trom some of the Congressmen who have de- pounced the alleged extravagance, making fecompicndation for an increase for service, It ts sald that Mr. Blount, of Georgia, who is ou of tha most pronounced in agserting that . the Post-OMice Department has exceeded its authority in this matter, will have the pleas- nre of rending some of lis own letters in which he recommends that the service be In- creased. COMMISSIONER ITAYT, CHARGES AGAINBT 11M, Sptctal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, -Wasurnotoy, D, C., Jan. 9.—The charges against Commissioner Hayt, which will bo pressed by Gen. Fiske, contain numerous specifleations, perhaps a hundred in number, * They cover seventy-tive pages of manuscript, They were submitted to Secretary Schurz to- day, These charges are divided into three general classes, First, those relating to. tho alleged transactions on the part of Com- tilssiqner Hayt before his appointment; sec- ond, charges of alleged mualadministrations sinca his appointment, such as neglect of ofllclal duty, and, third, allegations based on fransactions In which he {s nsserted to have been recently engaged. Ono bf the most serlous charges mado by . Fiske against Ilayt Is that the Ute outbreak was duc, more than to any other cauxe, to Hayt’s {nllure to provide the {hdlans with rations and clothing In conform- {ty with the Brunot treaty. Had he fulfiiled bis plain. duty in the matter, Gen, Fiske malntains that thore would have been no oc- sasion for any difficulty with the Indlans. Mir, Hayt says he Isable to disprovo all tha sharges made against him by persons con- , heated: with the Board of Indian Commis- doners. Ho evidently +. ATTIMBUTES THESE ACCUSATIONS ‘na large measuro to Leeds, his first chief slerk, who Is now enguged in buelness in ‘Wall street with Gen. Fiske, of. the Board of Indian Commissioners, who makes" the ac- cusations, Hayt says he-has no: interest whatever in any Arizona mines, In reaponse to a request that Gon, Hammond, of Chicago, who has’ been Indlan Inspector, be aum- moned to appear before the Board of ‘Com- missioners of. Indian Affairs, ‘Iayt ropliod that Inspector Haimmond has consed to be an Oftlcer of the Interior Department, ‘I'his was » surprise to tho members of the Board, INGALLS’ CASK, IMPORTANT THLEGRAMS DESTROYED, Special Dispatch to Tha Chicago Tribune, . Wasurneton, D, G,, Jan. 0.—It appears that part of the telegrains wanted In the In- galls case have been Inadvertently destroyed by the Western Union Company. ‘It hap- pened In this way: A subpann was seryed ou the officers of the Company calling for all dlupatehes sont from a large number of ~placea which wore named, ‘Tho local Super+ intendent at Topeka collgcted and forwarded to the General Munoger at Now York the - dispatches filed there, but the Company ‘neglected to send the subpanas to the wanagers of the small towns namod. ‘The consequence wis that the dis patehes sent from the smaller. towng were. collected and, In the ordinary . Course'of business, destroyed. The Inwyors “‘who'are proseouting the Ingulls case clufin “thas the dispatches that have been destroyed -were the iinportant ones, upon which they ‘based thety case, There may be some at tempt to charge the officers of. the ‘Company with contempt, but the Klectlons Committed’ has giready been advised that the burn! - + was éuttrély accidental. Ingalla' frends #a tat ths pide hie mite, tat te a satroyed Pinte ‘wee bap tant, ‘suas, Hie Caw aw terfuge which they are secking to take ad- Santnne of in aniee to secure: the probable’ fallure of-thelronge + NOTES AND NEWS. GOLSEN WILL NOT DE PARDONED. Spécial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasutxatox, D, C., Jan. &—Thera is now litle probability that Golsen will be par: doned. Some time since the Department of Justice, ina letter that was published In the Washington dispatehes to ‘Tre ‘Truss, referred the application of Golsen for pardon to District-Atiornoy Leake at Chicago for Investigation and report. To-day a letter was recelved at the Department of Justice from Leako recommending that Golsen be not pardoned. TRLEORAMS TO NE INVIOLATLE, Gen. Thompson, attorney of the Western Union Company, ling prepared 9 bill to pro- vice for the Inviolability of telegraphic cor- respondence, The LIN, which will soon bo presented, proposes to place telegrams on ‘the same basis as letters, and is in these terms: A Dura In retation to tetexraph communtentions. He AL enacted, Tout all telexeaph morangos de- Iverod for transinission to any telegriph com. pany avalling itself of the provisions of Title (Sof tho Roviacd Statutes, and copies thereof, mado by such company at tho placu of dostina- tlon, or nat any intermediate point, shall be deemed to bo private matters of the senders nnd receivers of such mesaayes, and shall bo pro- tocted from unreasonuble search and setzure, and from production ns evidence In Judielal and: legialitive penoucelliia, to the samp extent ns communications sent by: the United States initls. WOOD'S REVUNDING SCILEME. Mr. Fornando Wood wilt introduces his Refunding bill next Monday under the call of States, ‘Tho bill will be sent to the news- papers in full Sunday night by the Assucl- ated Press, It fs ashort bill of six sections, and Ita essential features were telegraphed in these dispatches somo days since. ‘The bond fs to bear Interest at the rate_of 344 por cent, nnd it is to rin fifty years, Mr. Wood expects to provide for $100,000,000 of tha 8780,000,000 outstanding by $10 certificates, the-rate of Interest to be such that they will not be Dought up by speculators, as were the $10 4 per cent certiticates. INVESTIGATING LE DUC. ‘The House Committee on Agriculture will hold aspeclal meeting next Monday, ‘Che business beforo it will be the mapping out of an investigation of Le Duc, Commissioner of Agrieulture. Afr. Covert, Chairman of the Committee, says that, while he Is opposed to bills introduced into the Senate to erect the Agricultural Burean Info an Executive De- partment, making the Commissioner a Cabl- net officer, he thinks the majority of lls Com: mittee favor the plan, and there would seem rently some danger of the adoption of the sugeestion werd it not for the fact that Con- eresstnen are in the habit of Intreducing such bills without any idea of passing them, THE PUNLIC LANDS, Tho Public Lands Commission has com- pleted the tirst dratt of a bill to forahute the survey, chissifleation, and snie of the publle Inuds. ‘The testimony which will accompany the bill and the report of the Commis: fn fills nbout700 printed pages, and issatd to be of great Interest and value. ‘Tre drattot the propused Dill Is now undergoing a fhoroug dscussion and reviston by toples. It is understood that the testimony taken and opinions gathered In the Western Territories, by members of the Conunission, Inst summer, largely pre- ponderate in fayorof tho survey and sale of all the thubered lands of the Government to private individuals, It is, of course, not nown what the recommendation of tho Commission on this subject. witl be, but It Is Probable that In this, as well ng in other par- teulars to be discussed by thein, the mem- hors of the Commission will be, toa great extent, governed by the opluions and festl- mony above mentioned. MOSDY’S LETTER, Col. Mosby has been seeking ndlotiety ever since, in his papnelty a & guerrilla chief, he persecuted Union men in the Border States, {is letter from Chinn on the Consulates is as- certained to be ag crooked fn {ts faets ag the means by which It was published were Irreg- ular and discourteous, Ibappears that Col, Mosby has been wrriting of inatters that he ought te know more ahont than he does, and that he has confomnded ‘two very different personages,—nt Mr, Balloy, who was appoint- ed Consul at Mong Kong by President Grant in (870, with u Mr. Bradford, ‘There are se- vousand probably well-founded reengations against Bradford; yet Mosby in his letter has aweused Balley of the jronmlotng which can only properly be attributed to Bradford, if tuanybedy, Mosby sent his Jetter here in triplicate; and the persons who honst of hav- ing obtained for publication a copy from the State Deparinene mislead the public and libel the State Department. It is pretty well understood that the copy that was published ina New York paper was obtulned, either througth breach of falth or by purchase, from onvof tho outsides persons’ not. connected with oficial life, to whom Col, Mosby sent the confused and inaccurate statement, Mosby himgelf has been guilty of a violation of thé regulations of the Depurtmont whose honor he geeks to defend, In’ that he he has communicated an official paper to « private pergon, TARIFF MATTERS. Fernando Woot, Chalrinan of tha Wa and Means Comnilttes, thinks that there will be considerable tari discussion this winter, ‘There willbe an early and serious effort made to secure a reduction of tha duty on steel rails, The opponents of the present high duties on stee! havenlready tiled several Smportant arguments with tho Ways aud Means Committees on this subject, io suc~ cess of the effort to repeal the “quinine duty at the Inst sesaion is to be followed by a aim- ilar effort placing all drugs and articles which enter in tho materia-medica on the free list; and Mr. Wood thinks this will be partly sue- ceasfl, ‘The sugar question will alko be neltated at great length, and many Southern. members wish to change the tax on spirits, THE LAPHAM UiLTo, To the Western, Associated Press, Wasitnaton, D, C., Jon. 0.—The Honso Judiclary Committes nereg to report favor- ably the Lapham bill, which provides under cortaln elreumstances for the refunding of taxes collectsd upon capital omployed by any: person In the business of banking. PORTSMOUTH, 0, - The House Committes on Commerce has Instructed Representative Townsund to re- port to tho House, with the recommendation that ft be passed, the bill making Portsmouth, 0., @ port of entry, : TI STAN ROUTES, Representatives Blackburn, Blount, Can- non, Clymer, and Hawtey have bean appoint- eda aul Suny ittee to investiguta the Star ervice, THE ExoDUs, ‘Tho special Senate Committee appointed to Investignte the negro exodus consists of fussrs, Voorher: ‘ance, and Pendleton, Pemocrate, and Windem and Blair, Repub- hea DISMISSED, nolle pros was entered by District- {tomy Wall today ta Nie etlskno wn indictments against John W. Wright, Ia Agent of tha Cherokeo Indians, oh DISMIBSED, ; Maj. William ¥. Sweet, Chief of tho Inter- nal Itovenus Division {11 tis aftice of the First Controiler, Treasury Department, has been dismlased for oxtravagant oxpenditures made while traveling on Government account, THEN RECORD, nousE, Wasutnaton, D. ©. Jan, %—Among the bills Introduced and referred was onv by Mr, Tyan, of Kansas, admitting free of duty elothing und other articles destined for the re- Net of colored humigranta, Commi{ttoes for reports of a private nature ‘wer then called, Mr, Huyos (IL) introduced a bill granting OG ponsion to cash survivor of the Mexican War who was not engaged inthe Inte Re- bellfons or who did not ubet the sate, Re- After the expiration of the morning hour the House went lito Commilttes of the Whole (Gos un tho shine) on ee private calendar, n advocating one of the bills on the calen- dar for the reflef of Calvin Bronson, of Ohio, Mr, Tucker referred to Slr, Garfield as his distinguished friend who had recelyed not so much what he wished as what he merited, which remark was recelved with applause on the Republican side, ‘Tho Committee rose und reported the fol- lowing bills to the House: For the rellef of Suinuel Lord, Jr; for the rollef of Thomas Langton, of Sitch fan; for the rellet of Cal ronan, of Ohio. Th en passed, Adjourned ti] Monday, s » re Blood yoasola burst by whooping-cough, Hale's Houvy of Horvbound aad Cire otra ° FOREIGN. = The English Church to Move Once More upon the Offending. Mackonochie. Sxecution ot All the Afghans Ime- plicated in the Cabul Massacre, The Report of Prince Bismarok’s Seri- ous Illness Authentically Confirmed. Gonzales, the Would-Bo Regicide, Petl- tlona Alfonso for Pardon, Montenegro Appeals to the Powors for Hor Rights Under the Treaty, GREAT BRITAIN, MACKONOCIIE'S CASE. Loxpoy, Jan, 9.—The Times this morning says: “Wenre informed thatthe Bishop of London bas signed letters of request to tho Dean of Arehes Court, province of Canter- bury, lia fresh sult against the Rey. Alex- ander Mackonochic, of St. Albans’ Church, Holborn, ‘The new proceedings will be for the deprivation of Mackonoehie's rights of priesthood.” AMERICAN COMPETITION. Lord Derby, speaking at the Trade ban- auet at Hudderefleld, last night, sald the United States might be our most formidable rivals, but the Americans do not face us {1 open, they fight Iutrenched behind a pro- tective tariff, even with the help of whieh thoy have not wholly checked the importa- tion of English manufactures into Americn, Stl, American competition is not to be iightly spoken of, THE FRENCH CANLE, Lonnoyx, Jan, 0.—The authorities of the French Cable Company say ns soon as the eeble to make connection between Brest ant Engtand ts lntd their cable, which is in per- feet working order, will be opened for tratle, certainly not later, they think, than the first week in February. THE TICHBORNE CASK. Considerable interest is felt_ tu the reopen- {ng of the remarkable Tiehborne ease. J. 2 Benjamin, the ox-Ameriean, who has achieved considerable fame and fortune here as an advocate, has been secured as counsel by the claimant, and prosectites tho writ of errorin his behalf, Soveral witnesses wre coming from Callfornia, and extraordinary revelations ure promised by Micklejobi. Among other serious charges which, It is claimed, will be established. bn this trial, ly the assertion that the jury on the first trial ues packed In tho Interest of the proseeu- ‘Ol, GERMANY. RELIEF WORK. Terry, Jan. 0.—In the Lower ITouse of tlic Prussian Dict, the Minister of Finanee, in asking avote for the relief of the sufferers by famine in| Upper Silesia, announced that the Government also contemplated the con- struction of two branch railway lines tn Silesia, which would require a grant of 12,600,000 marks. ITe sili 100,000 persons at present needed relief, aud that provision for these had been made to the end of the month, ‘The Governnent, he sald, hoped to effect lasting Improvements by the extension of drainage works, and the promotion of local industries. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM, in replying to the New-Year congratulation of the Muatlelpality of Berlin, writes that he takes this opportunity to give a decidéd ex- pression of the hope that, with the blessing of the Alinighty, lls efforts may succeed In securing peace for Germany, DIAMARCK, A report elrculated here that Bismarck's wife has been summoned to Varzin because she condition of the Chanecllor is serlously changed for the worse, is Incorrect, She lis merely returned to Vurain at the expiration of vyisit to Berlin. Bismarek is still suffer- ing from neurulgin, . St. VALINE, Pants, Jan, 9—Lu France announces that Count de St. Valller has consented to retalu ils post as Ambassador at Berlin provision- ally, and that probably he will remain per- nanently, Toxpos Jon, 9—A Berlin correspondent says Count de St. Valller lus: fixed. the mid- dle of February os the Iatest period hie is pre areal to remain ay French Ambassador at Berlin, MONTENEGRO. APPEAL ‘TO THE POWERS, Vienna, Jan. 9.—Austria has recelyed a clreular from Montenegro protesting agalust the non-fulllilment of the stipulation for tho surrender of Gusinje, accusing the Porte of inciting tho Albanians to resistance, claiming indemnity from Turkey for being forced to keep a large number of troops under arms, and urging the Powers to take enorgetie uetion in behalf of Montenegro. CONFIRMED. Loynon, Jan, 9.—A Vienna correspondent continns the reports that a conflict hnd taken place near Gusinje, In which the Montenc- grins defeated the Albanhins, but places tha strength of the forces engngud at 5,000 of the former and 7,000 of the latter. ‘Tho Alba~ nlans were commanded by tho Chief of the Albanian League, ‘Tho fight Insted tive hours. The sume correspondent says the Porte hns finally recalled its officials frum Gualuje and Playa, AFGHANISTAN. NECENT EXECUTIONS, Lonnoy, Jan. &—A dispateh from Cal cutta snys tho particulars of tho proceedings of the court-martial in Cabul, on the Afghans lupileated In the attack on tho British rest- dence In September last, show that all of the fifteen men who had been excuted were either concerned in the mussacro of Maj, Cavnguarl and his stuff, In the murdor of wounded soldiers, or had taken part fn treacherous attacks on the British, All the other prisoners will be released, Gen, Roberts has communteated with Mahmod Khan at Guzeni, YAKOON'S FAMILY, Lonpon, Jan. 9—A Lutore dispatelr says the wife and mother of Yakoob Khan, the ex- Anicer, are on thelr way to Indi ay prison- ers, RUSSIA. DIED, Sv, Perrnsnuna, Jan, 0,—Liout-Con, Skobolet, Jnspector-Genernal of Cavalry, fathor of Gen, Skobvleff, who dlstingulshed IMmself dn the ‘Purkish war, js dead, : SUPPRESSED. A nowapaper called the Word has been suppressed for publishing an objectional po- Nitleul article, P REVOLUTIONARY, The Moscaw Gazetta announces that the valley have discovered a depot of revelution- ary proclanuitions, SPAIN ANTIBLAVERY PETITION, Manip, Ju. 9—The Spanish Society for the Abolition of Slavery has addressed a po- tition to Congress for the tminudiato and shine ultancous liberation of the slaves in ull the Spanish possessions, T Alone of ihe tulnorily int treo seetlons of the minority in the Chamber of Deputtes persist {n ‘abstention, DESIMEK PARDON, : Gonzales, the would-be regielde, ling write ten King Alfonso nuking to be pardoned, Cael manana INELAND, FAUMERS' CONFERENCE, Donrty, Jan. 0.—A conference of farmers! clubs has been held at Mallow, County Cork, to consider tho land question, Several men bers of Parllament were present, among then Willtam Shaw, Home-ltule member for Cork, who suid the question lnvolyved was whother asuiilion poonle,. who might live comfortable In Jzeland, were to te driven to the popr-houss or swept away to America, aL ~ fruéhie MEETING. N Tho Tome-Rule League has called a public meeting for the 21st ingt, to consider thestute of the country. . h SOUTIL AFRICA, A REDED AnRESTED. Care Town, Jan. Q—A warrant has been issued for tho Arrést. of Paul Kruger, Presi+ dent of the Committee appointed at a meot- Ing of the Boors on the 10th ult, which adopted a resolution to maintain the demand for the Hitlcperlencs of ‘Transvant, and ine structed Paul Kruger to suinmon the Vodl- ria, . AUSTRIA, THR IMMRIANT ABFATIO Vienxa, Jans t—The Austrian Govern: ment. has recelved: no elreular explaining the Imbriant affair, The Itatlan Minister here, however, has brought the matter forward {1 comvurantlon; and that will probably be the end o} WRVIA, RUSSIA TO PROTECT HER, Rents, Jan, 9—The Natlonal Zetting publishes a statement to the effect that In ylew of the differences between Austria and Servin, Russia has formally engaged to pro- teet tie Intter, VARIOUS. STRIKE, TLoxpon, Jan. .9.—A Parls correspondent reports that a sorlons striko is in progress ninong the titers hi the Basin of the Lotre, and some disturbances have occurred, FLOODS, 3 Lonpox, Jan, 9.—A Vienna dispatch says that the waters’ of the River Vistula have risen so that twenty Sillaues in the Cracow District have been dite, + PERSIA, A Berlin “dispatch announces that news comes from Teheran that Russia ts puttlag severe presstire upon ia Ina effort to recover her lost Intlnen MARRIAGE ANNULLED, Lonnon, Jan. 9—A Rome dispatel says the Court of Appeals has annulled the mare riage of Gen, Guribaldl with the Countess Raimond, DEAD. Dr. Willlam Budd, an eminent physician and author of many medical treatises, is dead, es CANADA. Tho Trade of Moutreal—Canndian Pas pers on Parnell’s Misston—Angling: Priviloges—Leginiative Unlon=Flnid Hook=Montroal Telegraph Company— The Lumber Tradc—Orango vs. Greone Speclat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MoNTREAT, Jon, 9.—Str Charles ‘Tupper, Minister of Railways, visited Sectlon 11, on the Lachine Canal, where Davis & Co., con- tractors, have suspended operations for the winter, The discontent among the working classes, at being deprived of work, belug rep- resented to Str Chartes, he made a minute. examination of the works In company with the Government engineers, and will shortly decide whether an extension of time will be granted the contractors, ‘Tho report of the Council of the Montreal Boare of Trade has been Issued tn antieipa- tion of the annual meeting which tikes place shortly, It opens with a brief review of the eommerclal and fnanelal condition of Can- adn during the past year, and notes the brighter outlook for the present year result- ing ina great measure from our good har yest and the favorable prices whieh have ruled, The revenue for the year at this port shows an increase of $863,089, e ‘The proposed rallway between Lake Nipts- aing and Gault Ste, Marie, to connect with St. Paul, Is to be Infd before the Government, and no doubt of the suecesy of the move 1s entertained, * The compiction of the connection of the Grand Trunk Railway with Chicago aud the Northwest 1s ulso noticed, : ‘The newspapers heze, with one exception, are throwing cold water on Mr. Parnell’s infssion to this continent. ‘Tho Star snys: We fancy thut as Mr, Parnell proceeds wost- wardand tds himself among peeple who nro mnaluly Innd-holders, he will discover that his purtictlur theory ua te syinent of rent will bo regurded aa comnmmistic. “Ho will learn that thore ure on this sido of the water land- Tords who are just 6s cugor = for thelr dues nS tho | most exacting absonteo. When he hears of the Astor property Of 8,700 tengment-housea, and learna thut ono Gf his countrymen in Quebecthe Hon. John Hearn—has a tritlingy ostato of soine | 125 tonomenta, whoxe ranting plves him con- sunt and pleasing — occupation; — when hy begins = to. cumprehend —_ somethin; of the Minis, Indiana, town, and Michian} lund systems, ho’ will discover exactly why tho people, while quite ready to contribute generously to the rellof of tho Trish suttcrora, will emphatically ‘att down’? upon his land doctrine, Prosperity hus made tho Aineglenn people very conservative on the sub- Ject of tho rights of property. To the Western Associated Presn, MOonrrear, Con., Jan, %—The first call of 10 per cont under the double Hability of the shareholders of the Mechanics’ Bank was made yesterday. Very few responded, A syndicate is formed of shareholders to buy up the claims, Orrawa, Can, Jan, 9—At Manuvakl, on the Gatineau Iver, a man named Brishals quarreled with hig -partner atu. diterally chopped him to pieces, ‘The murderer es- eaped, ‘ Tatras, N.S. Jan. $7Shipping returns to the Int Inst, show that the losses of the past year of vessels on the Yarmouth regls- tr have been wnprecedentadly large, num- bering thirty vessels, nggregnting 15,055 tons, and attended with: the loss of ninety Cour Hives, besides five seamen lost by falling overboard from other Yarmouth vessels, Speetal Diavateh ta ‘The Chicano THbune, Orrawwa, Jan. 9.—The Department of Ma- vino and Fisheries sollelis written offers for the ungllag privileges Ina number of rivers on the North Shore, Quebec, Bale Do Chat- tours, New Brunswick, Anticosti Istand, ols. ‘Thesd privileges aro becoming aw protilable source of revenue to tho Department, wid, if they were nudverttsed in outslde paren, tne atend of local papers ar bnorthiug the Govern- menity the revenue would bo still more profit- phic. Prompt imcasures have been taken to stamp out the sinall- tly a noticeable fact that the disease has been confined prin elpally to French families who live in sinall hotwes, nud do not bellove In yaecination, Prominent Hudson Diy otftefais contradict positively tho rumor that the Company have any connection whatever with tho ppbitea. Hon to Parliament on behalf of the Hudson. Bay Uailroad and Navigntlon Company fort charter, ‘Tho Lompany hope, however, noxt. year to direct a large tmmigration to the urthwest ‘Territories, and with that object in view, have caused to be printed for dix tribution in tho older countries some 60,000 copies of a pamphlet: setting forth the nd- Fantanes offered by thelr Innds to Intending buttlors, All the students at St. Joseph’s Collega Wave been vacelnated as a precautionary baal 7 teh to The Chicaga Trib ipect ich to Yhtcaga UN BELLEVILLE, Ont, Jgn. BM KK Blacks well, Assistant Locomative Superintendent on the Grand ‘Trunk here, has been uppalnted Locomotive Superintendent of the North: western Grand Trunk, with his headquarters at Chicazo, lal Dispatch to Tre Chteago Tribune, Montnuear, Jan, 0,—: the NomintonSteam- ship Company ts building another tine now steamer, to be named the Oltawa, for trading between this port and Liverpool, Sle ‘will be 300 feet long and 4,000 tons burden, “Two other new vegsels have Just been’ completed for the Company, Auny peuply In tho elty, Conservatives and Liberals, are beghining Wy talk in favor of legislative union, ‘hoy ara those who op- poge Independence Or A LEKaHON but who aro not satisted with exlating conditions, As already stated in'a dispatch to Tam Trinuye, Johnson's fluld-beef fuctory Is putting through somu, 150 cattloa week tn order Co Al Its contracts for fluid beef, Quite ademand has sprang. AF for the manufact- ured nrulelo, and Mr, Johnson states that he employs sixteen men and boys my mnk- ing the ting he uses fot pucking, whfle two pherlonoet gattle-inen pre alway: fhgneed in, purchasing animals for slaughter, he anawer (60 queation, SEG Johnson remarked that the bint supertotity of Scotch and } English beef wus sie, not tho better breed merely, but to better feeding of the :cattlé, which were fed from infancy pon @ generous diet of rogts, oll- con ‘ slaughter yf) et cai Was tender; white Canadian eatile were allowed 5 hip ! } trict Ins Just cone to fornge pretty much.for themselves, nnd toughened with Inerensing are, y - The Montreal pollee recovered from thieves slung tha year 1871 843,500, vi notin hey Jd not recover 1s nub given in ho report 3 ‘A Montreal man {s sald to Ivlve secured the patent-right of the Edison light for this elty and Ottawa, ‘Tho annual report of the Montreal Telo- graph Company lias been published, ‘The nunber of messages hasincrensed, chiefly In the last. two months, 41,60, ‘The number of miles of wire is inereased 177!¢ over the previous year, Tho net profit on the year was 81, being an increnso of S7H+ over 1878, ‘The balanes of the contingent fund ts S141408, "ns ngninat $171,483 in 18%8—tho dimfnutton bel attributed to coat of new ines constructed. ‘The Company’s busl- ness has grown In the thirty-three years sinee its establishment, front fevtng £00 miles of wire to its present working ecapneily of 21,000 miles, Its offices have In- creased from nine at the outset to 1,010 nt present. During ail the years of ita exist enee, half-yearly diyklends have been de- clared,—the present one being tho sixty-ffth, Sir Hugh Allan, the present’ President, has oceupled that ofica twenfy-one yenrs; Mr, James Dakers, the Secretary, lias ‘Rerved the Company thirty-two sents and Mr IL 1, Dwheht, the General uperintendent, about. the same tensth of time, Some complaint fs made by the shippers of gratu that the Grand ‘Trunk - allway Com- jy do not take proper measures to meet he growing wants of the grain trade at Portland, Me., and that shippers ft conse. quence suffer considerably, The complay nants aver that the Company has but one vator there, with a capacity of 160,000 bush- els, and, If they Intend to make Portland an oven Winter port of ay, magnitude, they must —aiford tho best faellitles to ‘sailing vessels that can be given, at the same timo allowing ‘stenmers the very greatest dispatch, Mr. Drinkwater, who Is teting for Mr, Hickson, states that the Company will do their best to meet the wants: of thelr customers, and, in fact, are making arrangements in Montreal for elevator-room in whieh to store grain which comes through consigned to order, Further, that as soon 19. the business warrants "it, clevating-room to accommodate the grain whiel: is expected to flow itherward over the Chieagu extension of the Grand ‘Trunk, Mr, Ilekson, the nan ager, is now West, arranging to Ineorporate a few companies whieh forn_the connecting Hnks between thetr line at Sarnia and Chi- engo and Grand Haven extensions. Apectat Dupatch to The Chteago Tribune, QvuEnec, Jan. ¥.—It fy reported thatone of the lurest milling establishments In this dis- uded the snle of the whole or large portion of Its manufacture of pine deals for the coming season to 2 London firm, ‘The prices are said to be in the nelzh- horhood of $104 for first quality, and two- thirds and one-third for seeonds and thirds respectively. There is_a brisk Inquiry for pine deals In this market, and prices, If not the highest ever touched, are within a frace ton of those realized in 1873, Some larg transactions have ulsv taker place In spruce tleals, at better figures than for some years back; andyaltogether, the prospects for this trade are very satisfactory. Spectal Dispatch to The’ Ohteago Tribune, ‘Toronto, Jan, ¥—An order-In-cotnell has been approved by the Lteutenant-Governor, based upon the report of the Inspector of In- suranee, prohibiting the Emplre Auta Flre- tustrance Company, of ‘Toronto, from tak- ing any further risks, on the ground that Its. assets are fnsuflicient to warrant it in con- tinulng business, Roderick Campbell, who for twent: fins hunted and “traded in the CG 2008 Jand, Is In town. He says Sitting-Bull and Uls warriors would return to Aimeriean soillt given permission, but they have no thought of ereating trouble while In Canadian terrl- tory. Mr, Crunpbeil confirms the report of the sufferings of the Blackfeet, but still they show no turbulent or rebellious splrit, Owen Cosgrove’s hotel, at the corner of Dummer and Queen streets, which lus stoad. so many 12th of duly: sieges, has passed into the hands of red-hot Orangemen, and will no longer be the battle-sround and rallying point of Orange and Green factions, N, F. Darin, counsel for, the headless rooster men, has Informed Sir W. P. How- Tand, President, and oflcers of Ue Society for the 1’ ntion of Cruelty to Animals that they wH! be helt respousthle for the death of the bird in the Polies Court, re- cently, by Its ownor, one Morrill, of Brant+ ford, who valned It at $800, Mr. Darin has also entered i uetion for false arrest on be- half of Sinith and Fraser, the exhibitors of the rooster. Bpectal Dspateh to The Chicago Tribune. BenLevinis, Jan, 0—Lhe Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of this city have Invited Mr, Parnell to visit Belleville on hls forth- coming tour, i ‘Spectat Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune. Srnatvorp, Jan, %.—Work on the Strat- ford & Huron Railway—which is boing ex- tended from Listowel, {ts present terminus, to Wiarton, on the Georginn Bay—hag been atopped in Wallace ‘Township, Perth Count by acts of ylolence of laborers, who savage. attacked fellow-workmien, burnt and de stroyed railway-property, and resisted the law, “Orange and Green” is the eause of the row. Orangemen largely predominate In Wallace ‘Township, and they have been ac- enstomed to carry matters with a high hand, It is not the first time that the township hns heen the sceno of, riot and bloodshed. It was the cnse’ thers for many years that no one who did not share the opluions of the majority was allowed to vote atall. Efuny one of these objectionable person approached the polling-place, it wes dono nt the risk of ltl: here has never y years tts Hite, 1 been any one punished for thesu outrages, ‘The township Is banded together to prevent unishment reaching any of the ofenders. Magistrates refuse to fsstie summonses, aud Constables carefully omit to serve those that are issued, Persons in authority openly Justify the Jawlesness of the rioters, ‘The Government Is asked to cause 0 searching investigation Into the Inst outrage, and tako stringent measures to bring about a new order of things In Wallace Township, ——_——__—— F STRIKES, ‘Trouble with the Went Virginin Miners -Other Labor Dificultion. Wuirenart, N. Y., Jan. 9—About 300 miners in the Chuteaugay ore-bed, on Lyon Mountain, autt work yesterday, and at- tempted to stop others, ‘The Sheritfand sixty special constables from Plattsburg went to the mines and arrested tho ringleaders, who aro now in fait, WHEFLING, W. Va, Jan. 9.—For sone thine past there have been Indieations of trouble brewlng among the miners of the Kanawha Valley of this State over the question of wages and employment, and some slx weeks since these troubles culminated In strikes tinong tho conl-miners of Faulk- ner, Johnson, Strangham, Coal Valley, and other mines in the Kanawha Valley as well asin Fira Creek mines and the’ New River section. ‘Tho émployés of the Anstedt Mines, near Hawk's Nest Fay, however, went to work, Most of the Kanawha Valley and New River sections are banded together inn secret Jengue called the Knights of Labor, and dw bofore Yesteruny thoy sent sword ontthat worl at the Anstedt Mines must be stopped pence. ably if possible, but forelbly if necessary, Last evening about one hundred miners selzed the east-bound train on the Chesa- peake Railroad and forced _ the con- ductor to tet then ride “free to tho scene of — uperntions, and this morning about 150 minors repeated tha netfon ae the down train from Richuiond, ‘Thus the striking miners were able to muster 8 forea of 500 men, and Inthuidated the em- ployers and owners of the Anstedt mines, Col. W. HL Hugemian, counsel for tho Chesapeake & Olio Rallroad, whe ts in this received dispatches to-day from Prest> uit Huntington, af the Chesapeake & Ohio allroad, apprising him of the situation, and reaealli him to eallon the Governor for inilitery ald to suppress the disorder, Gov, Matthaws, whe is in New York Cit; was sburg telgraphed and has ordered the Low and Charleston companies to hold themselves in_readiness, i ‘Tho milltury will not be called upon unleas thera ls dunger of Flot, or to protest these ailnors who ure willing to, work, ‘ Special Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune. Pirranunog, Jan. 9.—Thore are indications of a general atrike of river and rallrond coal ininers in Western Pennsylvania, They meet in miass-convention iu this elty next Wednes day ondopta seals of prices, which, It fs snitl, the mine-bwners will not accept. The uilners number nt least 5,000, E — & AID FOR SILESIA, . , 8 Schoeneman & Co., L.'O,. Wek, and other prominent Gyrman firms on the Board ot Trade, have contributed sufficient funds urchuse of 500 barrels of iN erie ait be sent for iliatributlen to the fomished districts In Upper Silesia’ fl ————_— } to off th tha "Ji Corn: pilos? ewiltcuruiy ore nud ond palte ts ovals ~: CRIMINAL NEWS. 5: The Testimony in the Intermine able Hayden Trial at Last. Concluded. ABellef Preyalont in New Haven that the Jury Will Dis agres, An Awful Murder Perpetrated Friday * Night at Zama, Ill, : Two Young Men, Living Togethor, Quarrel Over n Sweetheart, Tho Result Is, One Boats tho Othor's Brains Out with » Hammor, HNAYDEN~THE EVIDENCT CTOs Spectal Dispateh to The Chteuyo Tribe New Haven, Conn, dan. 9.—The end of tho testhnony was reached In the Hayden case this afternoon, the fiffy-second day of the trial, whieh began on the 7th of fast Ov- tober. ‘The defense during the forenoon put In some strong evidence golng to prove that Hayden remalned at tho memorable church oyster-supper, Instead of going home to be with Mary Stannard, as alleged by two of the Stute’s witnesses. The defense rested, and from this tline to the close of the day there was an almost unbroken series of disputes between counsel on the admissibility of some quite Important evidence offered by the State In rejoinder, However, the State generally got the best of It on rulings, the Court appar- ently being disposed to let in all possible Nght on this most mysterl- ous case. Mr. Hayden has denied ever admitting to on brother Meth otlist clergyman, the Rev. Mo Eldredge, on the day after the murder, that he was con- versant with Mary Stumar<d’s menstrual cou- Mitton, Mrs, Tayden testifled that the con- versatlon of Eldredge was really with her, {wo days after. lie met Hayden; but to-day Eldredge was backed by Ms wife and the Postmaster of his town, to whom he had told of the matter before meeting Mrs. Hayden, ‘The State next endeavored to get in ‘testl- 5 planta the sisalery, of the bload- ub, which two of the defendant's alleged to have heen found wear the a old Ben Stove ‘The Court ruled that this was inadmissible fn rejoinder, for the reason that the existence of the stick had never been netually proven. Counsel were Instrueted that tt woulil eousequently not be a subject of argument, Several witnesses were called to contradict witnesses for the def who testlled that ut the first trial Luzerne Stevens, one of the witnesses for the State, had stated that he saw Hayden around home as late as 2 ofc! es at noon of the murder, Ste and his wife both denied that any sueh thing, was ever said, although some beWwsiater reports so gave It, and athers dit not. Justtee Wi cox, Who presided at the trial, prodneed lis notes, and no such entry was visthle. How- over, Wileox sald he felt sure of the fact, When the State drew from him that he had come to this remarkable conclusion within iwo weeks, and when al done at night, the counsel had some fun with hh about this sudden revelation, and almost lazhed him outof court, A Methodist minister, the Rev, Mr, Gibbs, was the Jast witness on the stand fn this trial, and had little to say other than. that his testimony aeanst Hayden was prompted by na bitter feding, and that he had never enlled hn a’ dudas, The Court adjourned to Wednesday next. That day and ‘Thursday will he devoted to arguments, and the ease will probably gu to the Jury on ‘Thursday evening. Opinions are wiely divided as to tho result, Conviction of murder In the second degree ty the most sovere verdict that is anywhere predicted, Many believe there will bo un acquittal, but the most prevalent opinion, anil larauly. anong those who haye followed the testl- mony with the greatest care, is that the fury will disagree, ' AN AWFUL CRIME, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicugo Tribune, Davesvort, In, Jan. 9% — Intelligence reached this city to-day of a horrible murder which occurred Just evening at the farm of ex-Sherlit Payne, in Zama Township, Rocke Island County, Ulnols, The vietin and the murderer were both young men, about 24 years of age, working for Mr. Payne, 'The former was John W. Palmer, who recently came from Ponnsylyania., The-latter is Jolin C. Keyser, until within a few months shicen resident of Davenport, a painter by trade, and long considered vicious, The young men, bud a dificulty during : ‘Thurs- day in regard to thelr respective claims upon nn eertaln young, lady of the neighborhood, and hud had words. ‘Tho nen then seem to have separated, anc did not ineet again until supper time. When this meal hud been partaken, Putmer and Keyser were sitting {nthe kitehon, Mrs. Payne was in the same room, preparing for tha family’s inorning meal, and Mr, Payne was in an ad- Jjotuing room reading. There had been no loud conversation or ofher excitemont, when Keyser left tho room and. went out upon the porch, Ilo very soon came In, but so auletly as not to excite the attention of elthor Mrs, Payne or Palmer. All atonee, and the first thing she saw Keyser was pounding Palmer over the head with a common enr- penter’s claw-hanuuer, which -he had found on tho porch, She sereamed for help, and her cries brought Mr. Payne almost fn- stantly, Quite naturally, ha did not at the Instant fully comprehend what had been done, He anw thats row was in progress, and at oneo dragged Keyser to the door and kicked him out, Redntering the house, he saw that Palmer was covered with blood, and groaning. Me at onco went out = aguin after Keyser, whom he caught and brought back, making him a prisoner, The wounded inan’s skull was fractured in several places, and. the surgeon who attended him pronounced the injuries futal, In all provabitity ho Is now dead, ‘The murderer was safely lodged in the jall at Rock Island. ‘ rou d THE REY. ROMAINE STEVENS, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicag Tribune. Lostos, Jan, &—Tho Rey. Romnfne Stovens, who ls by his own confesaton gullty of hundreds of erlines committed in atl parts of the country, from New England to Minne- sota, and whose booty has aggregated many thousands of dollars, arrived here to-day In enstody of Dotective Wade, to whom ho was delivered by the Governor of Now York on therequisition of Gov. Talbot. Stevens’ erim- inal career covers a period of more than twenty years, J¥o serveil a torin of two years nu Sing Sing fora robbery at Tlempstead, I. T., and, on being released jn 1802, onllsted in the Ono Hundred and Thir ticth Now York Reglment, where ha dld good service for two yeary, and then deserted, After living fora few months on a farm he again returned to crime, ‘His plain has been to visit a family of hospitable Christan people, and, on the strength of his ‘respoctabltity and iuiniaterial title, secure quartora for the night. After all had re- fred he would quivtly depart with all the valuables he could lay his hands on: Ile has sometinies Vietlmized hotel and boarding house keepers and inmates In the same way, ‘There are charges of this nature agulust hin in Natlek, Lowell, Uraintrea, Stoneliniy Woburn, and other places in this yicinity, Stovens hus already werved three yours for robbery in the Mussashusetts State Prison, anid now awaita action of the cuthoritles in regard to thefts Ju the towns above imen- joned, : g 4 ED. A MALICIOUS TRAMP, Special Dispatch to The Tribune, _ Rockyonn, Ill, Jau.0.—Andrew J, Me- Lean; an insane tramp, Indutged in a little sport yesterday afternoon by throwing ‘elght Jayge rocks nt tho windows I the Clreuit Clore e alts rg ee ae of argo, panes of Vreuch plate-giqay were ken, eel one of. tha clerks was hearly Killed, | ‘The man was arrested and lodged in jal. While the pilcaps jail he sokd hi ated’ to concerning tell them somethiy a Pritchard mnprdey, Witeh hie were taking him to | been a profound mystery 4 1 Ve is the same: ern hag Nee ash aetna dows fit sovarul of the coutlte sehool-on Nhe total damage ts perling phot Tho fact of tho man talking aliut the Priteh. prt nueder has ted thei to bare ‘i tu be A-YOUNU MAN'S uy, Epectat Dispatch ta The Chleago Tune, NAAS Crey, Mo, dan &~Thbs Fternoon cteher GriMth, formarly the trust book. keeper of J. A. Coopir & Coy was aetitycet to four years In ‘the Penitentiary for tuthozs zlemont, ' Gritith was for several Yes tn * the employ of this firm, and Inst Febr, ary, waa accused of theft one night ty, the ‘private room of the soulor partner, and he vot. only aeknowledged hts ately Ting handed over $1,000 whieh he bad tn hk porket, Gla was then allowed to depart, but ater developments showed that ho had stolen nearly $1,000 and squandered ft pin a uidatress swith whom he was iy le was at Inst apprehended, and torts: fount tity, as ahove stated, Te reeelved hi nee xtoleally, Init his wife heard thy news which coustned her husbind tog felon's cell with an onthurst of sugulsh, POST-OVFICE BURGLARIZED, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Quincy, TL, Jan, 0.—Last night the Post. office at Canp Pott, twenty miles north ut this elty, was entered by burglars, who took $200In cash. ‘Tho burglars afterwards stole ahand-car ont of a seetion-house ‘and cana to Quincy, throwing the ene olf the track Just above the rattrond-bridge, Tho Quines. pollee were notified of the burglary, anu to day detvetives live been fn quest of the thfoves, but without success,, It is supposed that they escuped Into Missouri. MURDER AND SUICIDE, Gatveston, Jan. 1—A News special from Cambridge says M. A. Seay, a man supposed to be insane, left the residence of J. N. Ladd, ten intles exst of here, and shot Ladit dead without the least provocation, ‘Thence he went to Samuel Tubbs’ house and shot hin five times, ‘Tubbs is not expected to live, Seay then went to Logan's farm and he formed Logan of what he had done. he could be [eevenbeds he placed a plstal to Is own hel and blew out his braing. . * CAUGUT AT LAST. Speetat Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Beuvinere, UL, Jan %—John Ott, a young man of % or % years of gee, 0 former resident of this place, Is under the sentence of death for haying killed a man out West some years ago, but the thing ‘has Just deen brought to Hehtand the murderer arrested andtried, Ile has. been Hving at Omuta, Neb, for year past, traveling under ag - assumed nine, —_— MANGED, : Wratnatoy, N. C., Jan. 9—Allen Mathis (colored) was hanged here to-day for the mnurder of Reuben Herring. Within twenty: * five minutes from the thne the drop fell the body had been eut down, the funeral servies held, and thy remuins were on the way to the Potter's Fleld for Interment, ————————— BOGERT’S DEFALCATION. Tho Strange Ventures of the Death of ” the New York Produce Exchange ‘Treasurer. Spectal Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune. * New Yori, dan. 9.—The defateation nnd sulelde of Benjamin C, Bogert, for twenty yenrs the trusted ‘Treasurer of tho Protuce Exchange, and for many more years than that a trusted merchunt, suceeeding his father in a business long established ant prospéraus, fs one’ of those eases which make aman belleve In the doctrine of total de pravity, Thnt was: the expression used thi morning by an old gentleman who knew Mn Bogert jutimately from his boyhood, and had been closely. connected with him in bis ness transnetions for yenrs.: Mr. Jolin Sutphen, one of Mr. Bogert's bonds men, who also knew him thoroughly, both in Is business and social relations, said Je never knew a squarer man; that Mn 4 Bogort was,ulways: punctual to the moment in his transactions, fulfilled his engaggments to tho letter, never broke hls promises, and that his word was Mterally ns good ns his bond among those with whom he dealt. If ho had asked a loan of $20,000 or $30,000, Mr. Sutphen would have made ft, ho sald, with out hesitation, ‘The same remark was made by President-Kincken and 2 dozen other, promientmembers of the Produce Exchaner, ang thesu gentlemen expressed thelr regret that Mr. Bogert had not chosen that way out of his embarrassment, Instead of the death. by which he has brought sorrow upon his family and disgrace upon his good name, Tho facts, brietly stated, aro. these: Wedneaday morning the managers of the Produce Exchange In- structed Mr. Bogert tq withdraw from a , certain bank $31,000 which his books showed . ns deposited there. Ile tried to evade ths transfer, but the manngots insisted, though suspecting nothing wrong, Mr. Bogert promised fo sign 2 check for the transfer, and left the mangers? Heottute Ho did not te turn, and, finding he had not been at his office, a yisit was made to the bank, with the {lseovery that but $301 were there deposited to the eredit of the Exehnuee. Mr, Bogert proceeded from the meoting toan uptown disreputable house, at which he was 8 well-known visitor, and asked for nqulet yoom where he would not be disturbed. Then he took nearly slx ounces of Inudanutn, and when discovered next morning was wr consclous, and soon after died, despite all medical efforts... His sons engaged with hin in business were notitied, had tho bands at ones removed to an undortaker’s, and tried toconcenl tho clreumstinces, Tho defalea: tlon, howaver, prevented hushing up the af fair, and the Inquest disproved the assertion that death was caused by apoplexy, Mr, Bogert was n large, powerful flac Jooking man, Ile leaves a wife at Wueken sack; where he Hyed tn aptenitid style, ly two spus were onmaged with him inthe flour and feed business In this city, It ig anid that lately Mr, Bogert thought he had the inside Knowledge on wheat, and specutated heavily, the result being that he was caught, and took tho Exchange monoy to tide tim over. "The news wus a startling surprise to the pradwe men. They da not believe Mr, Bogert =) fi his right mind, or he would haye chose another place to comnit sutelie, if that was Tis Intention, He wasn Democratic potiticla of considerable Influence in Jersey polltles, though not un ofiesholder, MISSISSIPPI. JACKSON, Miss, Jan, 0.—In’ the Touse, # DIN appropriating $70,000 to defray the ex penses of the Legislature was passed, In tho Senate, a IU muking the crime ol ingving ralls oF placing obstructions on rall- road treks punishable the same as murder was introduced and read a fint the, Re ferred to the Judiclary Comumittes. JACKHON, Mlss,, Jan..9%—Tho Democratle eancus Js in session to-night. ‘Tho majority rnleta adopted, Barksdale ts apparently the favorit candidate, . i Barksdale, Slugleton, and Waltham wer + piscetl in nomination. ‘The first ballot stood: Barksdale, Gig; Singleton, 44; Wal ‘withans ‘Third ballot: Barksdale, 53; Singleton, 804; Waltham, 8334, 5 a es : SUICIDE, © Spectat Dispatch ta The Chieago Tribune. Fr, Warne, Ind, Jan. ®—-At Lin, Ov this morning Charles Fisinar, aged 20 years committed sulelde by awallowlpg morplloe account of dlsappolutinent in fave, Speclat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Sr, Louts, Jan. %&—A_ horrible sutelde 0 curred yesterday In St, Vincent's Insane Asylum. Willtam Burke, a young rallroi man afflicted withinelancholia, has been cor fined -in. the Asyjum forsome days, but 9° powed. tw be recovering, and was loft uloe 1 his roome *¥ostorday morning at 5 o'etoe! wnurse atthe Asylum went to the rooml gywoiken Burke, and on ent pring he found thé man Jand cold, while The , the 10bn and articles of furniture were | jitenily drenched in-blood, Barke had broker ‘ wittlow of tho room, ‘and, taking eee of | giana, hack ont dis throat with it, ‘Two gress fpahes appeared, one. on each aide ‘of te hroat, the Jusutor and carotid arteries belus completed severed. -Hils manta: consisted 1 o bellet that he was forcibly sevarnted {ryt his sweetheart; thotigh the sweetheart doc Wot appear to have even existed. ee Prete oF Before «,,