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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. FOREIG Substance of the Franco- American War-Claims Treaty Recently Signed. ‘The Report Concerning the Magnifi- cent Gift of the Baroness Bur- * dett-Coutts Confirmed. ‘A Proposition to Invest the Money in Land to Be Leased at Low Figures. Analysis of the Vote in the French Deputies on the | Amnesty Bill. England Believed to Be Scheming for a Protectoraté Over Persia. English Politics as Affected by Recent , Parliamentary Elections. oie he Arctio’ Navigator Nordenskjold -Eu- | Z thusiastically Received at f Naples. FRANCE. “qu VOTE ON THE AMNESTY BILL. | *s pants, Feb. 14—In the division in fhe Chamber of Deputies yesterday plenary am- nesty was supported by all the Extreme Left, seventy-three members: of the Advanced Left, five of the Pure Left, one of the Left Centre, and four Bonapartists. It was opposed by the Pure Left and Left Centre, numbering together 185; by forty-seven of the Advanced Lett, forty-seven Royalists, and thirty-seven Bonapartists. Twenty-three, of the Ad- ight of the Pure Left, and yanced Lats al ts and he cuustiste did not VeRANCO-AMERICAN WAR-CLAIM TREATY, Loxpos, Feb, 14.—The substance of the treaty between the United States and France, signed at Washington on the 15th of Jan- ttlement of the claims of Frei eens resulung from the Warof Secession, has been pul lished here. The y provides that 1 commission of t a hs ne appointed by France, one by the United States, and the third by the Em- peror of Brazil—shall meet six months sfter the exchange of ratifications to arbitrate definitively on the claims of French subjects, and on any counter-claims pf American citizens who sustained losses under like circumstances. The treaty ap- plies solely to demands for indemnity origi- hating from acts of injury committed with the cognizance of the Federal authorities, he United States Government having abso- tely refused to accept the responsibility for e acts of the Confederates, or for any loss arising from the loss or emancipation of welayes. GREAT BRITAIN. : MUNIFICENT PROPOSITION. Lrvexroot, Feb. 14—The London corre- spondent of the Courier says: ‘“‘ Assurance is given me that the statement of the inten- tion of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts to. de- ‘rote £500,000 to the amelioration of the dis- tress in Ireland is true. Contradictions have ‘been made in most of the London daily pa- pers, but the fact is incontrovertible. The money will be fnvested in the purchase of Jandin the District of Connemara, County Galway, tobe afterwards let to small ten- antsatlong leases and moderate rents. A committee of Irish gentlemen interested in agriculture is associated in the scheme.” SEED, - Loxnos, Feb. 14.—When the motion was made to go into Committee on the Seed-Po- + 7 tato bill, Mr. Nolan moved that the Commit- tee have power to extend its provisions to other seed besides potatoes. Agreed to. LOANS. « _Yesterday Henry Lowry Corry, James Thaine, and John Mutholland, Conservative members from Ireland, waited on the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer in relation to loans from the Treasury to railways and other public undertakings. The Chancellor prom- ised to appoint acommittee to inquire into the subject. NOBODY HURT. - Arthur Creagh, Magistrate of Carrahan, County Clare, was fired at five times in his own house, through a window, but was un- hurt. Creagh rushed out and fired eight shots at his assailants without effect. Two men have been arrested on suspicion. * AMESDMENTS TO THE RELIEF BILL. Hoste of Connon Yor eg wi, tn us for Reading, wil Committee, move an amendinent 10 the Gov. emment bill for the relief of the distress in land, to leave out the restriction of two Inonths as the term for which relief may be given. He will also move for a new clause, ants ejected during the present pent at, non-pas ent of Fens thie nent | to ion for disturbance of ten- ‘ure, under Gladstone’s Land act of 1870. SOUTHWARK ELECTION. The election at Seuthwark for member of arliament resulted: Edward Clarke (Con- GS; Cobre hiner Dann (Liberal), H ‘ipton i Teseiitativey $05, ip! (Workingman’s rep- +, THE SCULL-RACE WON BY BOYD, Pigs lling-mateh between: Boyd and ver e Tyne championship pape to-day, for £200, Was won by Boyd by ve lengths. Time, 20m. 52s, Boyd al- wed Hawdon four lengths’ start, THE OBELISKS. ARCHEOLOGICAL CURIOSITIES. Special Cuble. Catro, Feb. 14.—The recent discoveries Made beneath the obelisk destined for the United States have stimulated beyond all Precedent the interest taken in those monu- ments that remain, The Khedive has in- structed ML Bey, the famous French Exyptologist, to. ~=—resume his Work of investigation under the Obelisks of Luxor and of Kanark, which are €xpected to yield archeological curiosities filly as rare as those that have yet come to ht. The Khedive is to have a great popu- Teception on his return. He is daily gaining favor with his subjects. His Prompt resentment of the insults offered by King John was a stroke of unexpected Policy. His Ministers are fairly well liked. The budget that has just been published is more reasonable than those which pre- led it. ‘he peasants have been relieved” ae ious taxes. ‘The expenses of collection Drone n lightened, and everything gives Ronareh wilo Pane ins power 30 Ue ‘suspiciously, ” RUSSIA. WHAT ITS BELGIAN ORGAN SAYS, Bhessers, Feb, 14.—The Russian organ, Nord, says: “ The system of incitement, ©f provocation, in respect to Russia, has never had Such fullplayas now. In London frerything seems to be done that is calcu- lated to harass Russia and stir up public gainst her, both by covert official Genunciations and by sensational telegrams, ventions of journals.” : GERMANY. PRESIDENT OF THE REICHSTAG. Bent, Feb. 14,—Count Von Arnim Beyz- ‘terburg, elécted President of the Chamber in Sho Reichstag, was the candidate of the Min- sterial Conservatives and Clerical. ‘The though the latter’s frequent interviews with Bismarck before the opening of Parliament gave the impression such would be the TREATY, qe Coralie Bates ee vernment a5 nn present the Federal Council. bs 1 SABOUROFF, the newly-appointed Russian Ambassador here, has fone to St. Petersburg to give an account of his reception. NORDENSEJOLD. WIs ARRIVAL AT NAPLES. Special Cable, Napres, Feb. 14.—The Vega, with Nor- denskjold on board, passed the Straits of Messina late on Thursday night, and as soon as the news got abroad great preparations ‘were made for his reception. Every train | had. been: bringing visitors to meet the distinguished explorer. Ali the ships in the bay hung out their flags, and in the harbor of Santa Lucia the fishermen’s boats were bright with bunting. Early in the afternoon adistant gun gave signal of Nordenskjold’s approach, and the tidings passed rapidly along -the shore, from Capri to Sor- rento, from Castellamare to the Spiaggia Della Marinella, A salute from the Castello Dell Ovo woke the echoes of the old town, and at 3 the Vega steamed gallantly into ort. She was received by the Prefect and Mayor of the city, by. the military, naval, and- civil authorities, by the foreign Consuls, the representatives of scientific societies, and the press of Naples and many other cities. Addresses of wel- come wereread, ‘There wasa great crowd of vessels in the harbor, and the Wyomlin; abd two. American barks were the gayest of em all. *" THE CANAL SCHEME. DE LESSEPS’ ESTIMATES: : Spectat Cable. Coxon, Feb. 14.—The engineers employed by ML Ferdinand de Lesseps in the task of ‘surveying the site of the pro- posed canal, and of estimating the probable cost of it, have to-day issued their report. They unanimously favor a level canal. They estimate the cost at 843,000,000 francs, M. De Lesseps will now publish a circular, inviting American sub- scriptions to the value of half that amount, ‘The work is to occupy eight years in the ac- complishment. The tolls are calculated at 15 francs per ton. . AUSTRIA, RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS, Lonpoy, Feb. 14.—A Vienna correspond- ent says the Austrian Liberal Ministers— Baron Von Stremayer, Minister of Justice; Baron J. Von Horst, MinfSter of the Na- tional Defense; and Baron Von Korf Wei- denheim, Minister of Finance—persist in their intention to resign. Count Taaffe, President, has opened negotiations with Besetsua Besetzug for the Atnlstyy of Fi- nance, and Conrad for Minister of ‘Instruc- tion. Both, however, refuse to enter a reac- tionary Cabinet. ROUMANIA. . RECOGNITION EXPECTED. Boucwarest, Feb. 14.—England, France, and Germany will probably recognize Rou- manian independence simultaneously in a few days. THE WEEK. ENGLAND'S ASIATIC SCHEMES. Special Cable. Lonpow, Feb. 14.—It is generally believed that the Government contemplates assuming a-protectorate over Persia, and effecting with her the joint occupation of Herat. The qual- ified denials of Lord Beaconsfield strengthen the conviction. The Ministers in both Houses decline to say that the possession of Herat is notincluded in the arrangement. Continental journals confidently aflirm that the terms of a treaty between Englatid and Persia are substantially arranged. They amount to an offensive and defensive alliance. The Russian bugbear is made to do duty once more as a pretext for these fresh entangling engagements and enormous responsibilities. ‘The Liberal leaders are undetermined what line to adopt, but sober men of poth parties are alarmed at these additional Imperial bur- dens, and consider the project the most se- rious news since the Turkish conven- tion, it being perfectly calcillated to in- flame the Jingo spirit, captivate the masses, provoke Russian susceptibilities, in- crease the difficulty of withdrawing from Af- ghanistan, and pledge England to a policy of rpetual aggression in Central Asia. No- Boay in Parliament thinks it worth while to denounce the flagrant immorality of trans- ferring Herat, where England has absolutely no right, to Persia, who hates the Heratese, and is hated in turn by them. Evidently Parliament and the country will refuse an opportunity to express an opinion till, the treaty is accomplished. Lord Beaconsfeld, having affirmed on Tuesday that there is no foundation whatever for the statement, now admits that negotiations are proceeding. ENGLISH ELECTIONS. The Tory success in Southwark occurs opportunely, strengthening as it does the vernment’s hands for further aggressions, The Tory victory was anticip: since, the Liberals persisted in running two candidates, but they are chagrined at ‘finding that the Tory is chosen by a clear majority over both. The joy over the election to-day at the Tory clubs exceeds the jubilation over the Liverpool victory,and is perfectly justified. Aneminent Liberal says that if Liverpool was a disappointment Southwark is a dis- grace. Government officials already hint at an immediate Gssolatians saying that there. is proof abundant at the administration can now carry the country, especially with the help of more “gun- powder and glory” business in Asia. ‘The Liberal victory at Barnstable on Thursday is hardly noticed, the place bei @ com- paratively insignificant borough. The Tories confidently expected to win. by local influences the support of the publicans. ‘The workingmen’s dissen- sions and the personal inferiority of the Liberal candidates contributed to the disas- ter at Southwark; but the most cautious of the advanced Liberals are disposed to admit the country is momentarily intoxicated by the glitterings of Lord Beaconsfield’s success, and adinit that if there were a dissolution now a Tory majority would be returned. They believe that the Ministers are consid~ ering the expediency of dissolving Parlia- ment before Introducing the budget. Gen. Roberts’ letter denying THE AFGHAN HANGINGS, read before the House yesterday, satisfies no- body except those who were satisfied before. It refutes minuteiy the least damaging accu- sations, and abounds in _ gene .de- nials ‘of cruelty, but it fails.. to meet the specific accusations contained in the detailed accounts of correspondents from his own camp, which were apparently not brought to Gen. Roberts’ attention at the date of his letter. Sir Charles Dilke imme- diately repeated his demand for a detailed statement respecting the alleged one hundred executions. The leading _Lib- eral papers {n _London and the Prov- inces decline to accept Gen. Roberts’ vague declarations, and {insist that a full in- quiry is imperatively necessary. Gen. Rob- erts’ assertion that correspondents were al- lowed to accompany the army without re- strictions is contradicted by the previous ad- mission of the Secretary of War, though Col. Stanley attempts to throw the responsi- bility of the infamous press regulations on the Indian Government. William Howard Russeli’s letter reaffirm- ing his charges of GROSS MISCONDUCT and insubordination on the part of the troops at the Cape has occasioned a question in Par- liament, but it has elicited no official infor- mation. Nobody doubts that Mr. Russell is able to prove his case. His letter points out that his sources of information were mostly British officers themselves, complaining of mutiny, drunkenness, violence, and attacks on towns. The officers lives were_endan- gered. Mr. Russell uits Gen. Wolseley of the responsibility, ut convicts Lor elmsford. s . Remonstrances and memorials, both public ‘and private, against placing THE NAPOLEON MONUMENT in Westminster Abbey continue to pour in from distinguished men of all parties. The announcement that it is the irrevocable deter- mination of the Dean to admit the statue has elicited a public accusation that he had given a pledge to that effect to the Queen and the ex-Empress Eugenie. The declares he never intended to drop the project, but that the monument is still far ‘om completion. He declines to recéive an opposing deputation, because the in- terview would be useless, and intends to make a further public statement on the whole subject. He alleges that the op- fositon is due to a misconception of the act A supper is to be given by Mr. Irving to- night at the Lyceum to celebrate the an dredth consecutive performance of the “Merchant of Venice,” a circumstance UNPRECEDENTED IN ENGLISH STAGE-HIS- TORY. No Shakesperean play, except “ Hamlet,” has had an equal run, and no manager ever attempted a similar entertainment. Three hundred and fifty invitations were issued, and 300 have been accepted. The guests will include many persons of high rank and social —_position,—literary, ~ artistic, and scientific celebrities." Extraordi- Nary preparations have been made. The sare after the conclusion of the performance will be transformed into an immense marquee of gayly-colored stuff, and brilliant- ly illuminated. An army of 300 assistants has been engaged for this evening. The arrangements are so complete ‘hatin half an hour the tables will be laid and an elaborate supper served.’ Mr. Irving’s friends jatendl to resent him with testinoninls dur- play, having engaged a large por- tion of the house some weeks ago. ee CELEBRITIES ILL. s ‘There is an unusual number of celebrities i, ‘The bulletins regarding the cause of Lord Salisbury’s illness conflict, but they admit that .it continues. Political gossi assert that his malady is really a quarrel wit! Lord Beaconsfield. Mr. Bright has been suffering from bron~ chitis for a fortnight. He spoke on Tuesday with Sonte Heh. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn was unable to preside at the Warwick assizes. rd Rosebery has been suffering from searlet-fever since Monday. To-day’s news is favorable. The American accounts. regarding Mr. Kinglake were exaggerated. ¥ is now quite recovered. PRINCE NAPOLEON. - Special Cable. Pants, Feb. 15.—Prince Napoleon advanced on Ash Wednesday morning many strides in the direction of the ¢lerzy. He and his po- litical staff attended the penitential service at Saint Augustine Church, and received ashes on_ their fore- heads, On Shrove-Tuesday night a council ‘was held at the Prince’s residence on the ex- pediency of a move toward Rome, for which a majority pronounce. The Pretender agreed to attend the ashen service and kneel before the altar, but in order not to give oc- occasion for scoffers to assemble out- side, the church and. hoot the Je- romite penitents, it was agreed to meet there at 7 for early mass, which generally a few old ladies only attend. THE LATE % CREMIEUX, for whose public funeral the Senate voted 10,000 francs, was twice Minister of Justice in revolutionary Governments, and was the first Jew that ever sat in the French Chamber. He was likewise the founder of the International Alliance of the Hebrew race. M. Gambetta, who was formerly Senator Cremicux’s secretary, was one of the pall-bearers :to-day~ at“ the obse- quies. Louis Bianc, ie last surviv- ing member of the Provincial Government of 1848, saw his old col- league “to the grave. ‘The hearse was of the plainest kind, according to the Hebrew ritual, Following it on a car was a_gigantic floral trophy sent. by Algerian Israelites, whoin, in 1870, Cremieux emancipated. Judges in robes, lawyers of the Paris Bar in caps and gowns, and the most noted artistic celebrities of the Capital walked behind the family. The indigent Hebrews were nu- merous. MM. Cremieux’s income was $15,000, out of which $600.were regularly spent in charity. The funeral orators were the Grand Rabbi and delegates from the Israelite Al- liance, and from the Algerian and Rouma- ian Hebrews. nian GERMAN ARMAMENTS. Special Cable, . Pants, Feb. 14—The declarations em- braced in the remarkable article pub- lished, in Bismarck’s _ organ, the Norddeutsche Aligemeine-Zeitung, in con- nection with the German armaments, have covered the Monarchical press here with confusion, and have exposed the ab- surdity of their treacherous: and unpatriotic efforts to represent the Republican insti- tutions of France as a formidable danger to the political systems of other countries, and, consequently, as a‘danger to France itself, as provocative of alliances against her. ft is clear from this article that the Projected augmentation in the German military eifective force has been re- sorted to rather from the fear that the present Republican régime may not be able to hold its own than from any apprehension of its bellicose tendencies. This fear is un- questionably inspired by the course of the intransigente faction of: that Republican party itself, than which anything more un- reasonable or impracticable has never been witnessed even in French political history. THE LESSON THUS GIVEN by Prince Bismarck’s organ, followed up as it has been by the well-timed rebuke contained in M. De Freycinet’s able speech on the amnesty question, _ will, it is to be hoped, induce M. Louis Blanc and his adherents to obserye greater pru- dence the manifestation of their views, Should it do. so. the alarm which has been created here by the military preparations of Germany will not have been unattended with useful results, both as regards the Republican party itself and the Monarchical factions, which were pushing their audacity to the point of invit- ing foreign intervention. THE PEACEFUL ASSURANCES embraced in the speech of the Emperor of Germany confirm this view of the political situation. They have served to convince people here that as lon; as the present institutions are . maintainer there will be little danger of aggression on the part of that Power. All this, of course, tends to strengthen the position of the Frey- cinet Binley, St, ii y the by, some are .not, perhaps, aware that Sardou, like Gounod and other dis- tinguished Frenchmen, is a Spiritual- ist. This reminds me of an amus- ing statatement brought to_us to-day from Vienna, The medium Hansen has been making a great stir on the banks of the Blue Danube, but has also been making enemies. - NO MAN IS A PROPHET in his own country. His seances were dis- turbed by frequent hostile manifestations. Hansen has determined to prosecute the profane Interruptions, _ and the case will shortly je tried. The defendants say they will expose what they call Hansen’s swindle. He, on the other hand, proteases his readiness to give a prac- tical demonstration of his good faith by the example of his power as a medium in the presence of the Vienna magistrate. ‘The result of this unusual lawsuit is eagerly looked forward to. Your readers will be interested in learning something of the preparations that are being made by AMERICAN ARTISTS for the coming Salon, C.S. Pearce isto send a “Hercules at the Feet of Omphale,” with figures larger than life: E. H. Blasfiela this time contributes a Roman subject, “ Relief to the Besieged.” Fauré and Carvalho are still charging all ears in the Sunny South. ‘They sang with the greatest success at Monte Carlo on Thursday. They brilliant ensemble was completed by Miles, Fechter, Riquetta, and Byduchesne. "Heilbron, despite her splendid figure and her $0,000 francs salary, does not please the public at the Grand Opera. She essayed the diflicult part of - helia on Wednesday, in Thomas’ opera, for the first time, with only indifferentsuccess, She has, nevertheless, done her best, for she went to Ellen Terry for inspiration, as Maurel went * Henry Irving _ when studying the part of Hamlet, but, as the proverb says, “La plus, Belle fille ne peut donner que e e gucile a,” and Heilbron has little but a fine form and voice to give. here, while on the topic of feminine charm: Imay add for the, ladies’ private eye tha rich mixed poppies of Gauffred silk pansies-:‘are_ the newest flow- ers for bonnets, mixed with tea-roses. Trimmings of mulberry tints are also much in favor, an imitation of bead-work trimming made of straw being used a good deal. It is impossible to detect the imitation. Husbands ih doubtless be pleased by the economy of innovation. LITERARY NOVELTIES. ‘ The Figaro this morning publishes the latest addition to the divorce controversy contained in extracts from Paul Féval’s anti divorce pamphlet. The letter of Paul Féy is not, perhaps, very convincing, but his pomphier is decidedly entertaining. e says, is not an unbeliever, though he dis- Parages Bishops, Popes, and Saints, eves first in himself, and then in a God. M. Féval defines marriage as the “freely legitimate union of a young man and a young woman,” and humorously applies the term “Mormons of legality” to Dumas and his partisans. This, and a new volume. of travels by M D’Audiffret, called ‘Les Notes D’un Globe Trotter” ara almost the only literary novelties of interest. Though written in a lamentably familiar and slipshod style, the Globe Trotters obser- vations on life and nature in the East have no little piquancy, and are thoroughly read- able. OPERATIC. Adelina Patti began her season to-night at the Gaité in the ‘traviati.” Probably no such brilliant audience was ever seen in Paris since the war. It was a magnificent transformation for the theatre itself, the home of spectacle and opera bonffe; ruled by Marie Laurent in the one, by ‘Theresa in the other. Patti was in splendid voice, and her lower notes were especially admired. .She was recalled three’ times at the end of the first act and once at the end of the third, but the audience grow lukewarm towards the close. INDLA’S SNAKES, Where Thero Are 1,000 Cobras to the Square Mile—A Remedy Worse Than the Bite. Times of India, The statistics show that during the last year the amount of rewards paid for the de- struction of wild Yeasts and venomous snakes in British India was 99,189 rupees, As far as regards the destruction of wild beasts, the money was, no doubt, well spent, though the rewards are sometimes too easily earned. We have, for instance, heard of a young wolf, which had been brought up domestical- ly until it was as tame as a lady’s lapdog, falling a victim to a greedy servant in’ the cook-room for the-sake of the head-money. But, after all, wolves are not very pleasant pets, and there can be little doubt that the offer of rewards for the destruction of reall: dangerous animals is in the main useful. Tempted by this, the village shikaree, though he may have no baby of his own, will sit up -for the wolf that, prowls about, the precincts of the village at night thirsting for infants’ lood. - In reality, only three species of snakes dangerous to human life are to be met with in the Bombay Presidency—viz.: the cobra, the chain viper, and a sinall black snake, banded with white, which is known to nat- uralists as Bungarus arenatus. There is another prettily-marked little viper, which is common enough, but, as it is barely a foot in length, its bite is very rarely fatal. To these popular Anglo-Indian tradition adds several most deadly species, the carpet snake, the whip snake, the eye snake, etc, The last owes its name, according to Dr. E. Nichol- son, toan idea prevalent among otherwise sane Englishmen that it is in the habit of hanging by the tail from a branch of a tree for the purpose of hitting passers-by in the eye. Of the three species mentioned above, the Bungarus is very inoffensive, and not common, while the chain viper is extremely lazy, and generally gives warning of its pres- ence by hissing furiously when any one ap- proaches, so that accidents from these two species are probably rare. ‘The cobra, on the other hand, is one of the commonest snakes in India, as itis one of the most fatal in the world. Dr. Nicholson, who was appointed in 1873 to superintend the dis- ‘tribution of the rewards in Bangalore, esti- mates the cobra population of that region at 1,000 per square tile. This calculation, if correct, will perhaps serve equally for any station in the Deccan,as,for instance, Poona, where the cobra finds both board and lodging on easy terms in the holes of the field-rats, and probably does man more service in’a year than all the mischief it does him in a cen- tury. Throughout Bombay itself the cobra swarms, especially on places like Malabar Hill, and Cumballa Hill, and Parel. That the cobra is so rarely seen is only another proof of its extremely timid and wary disposition. But snakes, Indeed, shun man far more than man shuns them, Their first impulse on hearing his dreaded footstep is to run, and among Europeans who wear boots the possi- bility of being bitten is small. geNatives, walking noiselesly with bare teet, are, of course, much more liable to ac- cldeats,. yet the statistics we have already referred to give the total number of persons killed by venomous snakes. during the year 1878 at 16,812, or less than one in 10,000 of the population. And itis not unlikely that we should be nearer the truth if we cut down that number by half; not only because snake- bite has been—since the days of Hamlet’s father—a most convenient explanation of doubtfu) deaths, but because in hundreds of cases, where the bite of the snake would not have sufliced to kill the man, native methods of cure complete the work; and putan end to his life. a é A correspondent, in calling attention to the danger, sends us an example very much to the point that came under his own notice, A strong young Mussulinan, an energetic and eirorous man, was turning over some rubbish when a speckled snake, about two feet long, bit him above the ankle. Noone else saw the creature. He himself did not stop to look at it, but rushed headlong home, implored his friends to look after his chil- dren, and rolled over on the floor. In a few moments the whole neighborhood had gathered together, determined not to let tim perish withoutanattempt at rescue. Adozen chickens were at once procured, and the rem- edy was put into vigorous operation. 1t1s, by the way, one of the commonest native specifics. Then some jungle men passing by were called in, They were practical men, and at once sucked the wound. They sucked. and chewed the man in halfa dozen other places besides, but this might have been de- signed to act on his faith and cheer him up, and by this time he needed cheering. Next some local savants suggested that the poison should be got out of the man’s stomach, and a good handful of salt was given him, with an immediate result. After this a decoction of neem leaves was administered, both in- ternally and externally, plenty of it being rubbed on the crown of his head. Some other decoction was smeared under the root of his tongue. Two men well versed in charms then came on the scene, and cutting some twigs from a tree of very great potency in such cases, belabored the man for an hour ortwo over the head and face, muttering charms the while. ; Allthis was, we_are told, only the begin- ning of sorrows. For four or five hours the wretched man was plied with drugs, and de- coctions, and charms, every new comer put- ting some fresh abomination down his throat. At the end of that time he was quite sensi- ble, and not a symptom of snake poison had shown itself. There was no pain in the bit- ten part, nor any swelling, as far as could be ascertained, considering how the place had been plastered, and blistered, and bandaged. Tio or three. hours later, however, some fresh dose, prescribed by a new arrival, gave the coup de grace. The man succumbed, be- came insensible, and soon died. There was a Government dispensary in the neighbor- hood, with an apothecary in charge, but no one ever dreamt of consulting him until it was too late. In this case there was not a particle of evidence to show that the snake ‘was poisonous, and in all probability the man. was simply cured to death. The victim was unfortunately a poplar man and much re- spacted, and had he had fewer friends he might have been permitted to recover. If the blame of half the snake-bite cases in the Government returns is Iaid to the snake ac- count, the reptile has probably had its due, and after all the annual returns give one death only in each 10,000 of the population. a ‘The Small Boy Not “a Slummix.» Detroit Free Press. ‘Itis often charged by writers that the small boy is a “slummix.” That is to say, he goes sloshing around with his thoughts at the North Pole and his eye on the south, and that it is all the same to him whether he runs over. a street- car or knocks down alamp-post. Such attacks on the small boy arise from pure jealousy. One of them, and one who may have often becn attacked by jealous historians and small-minded Doets, was waiting on a Woodward avenue cor- ner yesterday, when afar up the strect he espied a load of hay. The farmer on the load was smoking. That small boy had been sent on an errand and told to hurry up or he'd get his jacket nicely dusted, but he no sooner saw tho hay and the smoke than he jumped over a fence and lay flaton his stomach. In afew minutes along came the load. The horses were on the walk and the driveron the puff. He had just - got down to where the tobacco tasted |, and. was making the most of it. As the load was passing the boy drew in his breath and shouted, “Fire! fire!’ at thetop of his voice. The effect on that farmer was wonderful. He threw the pipe clear to the curbstone, rolled off hsi lond to the pavement, jumped up, and had be- n unharnessing his horses when a pedestrian lemanded the cause of his excitement. “Some one hollered fire, and I thought it was the hay,” he explain i He walked al) around the load, sniffed atit, and when certain that there was no fire he shook his fist at every house in the neigkbor- hood and climbed back to his seat and drove on. ‘ If that boy had been 8 slummix he wouldn't have seen the hay. If he had been careless he wouldn't have put the hay and pipe together. If he had been a mope he wouldn’t have rea- soned: ‘ “One load of hay, plus one pipe, equals tro gous phic lifted that fellow clear out of his WASHINGTON. The Elections Sub-Committee Decide to Unseat Wash- burn, of Minnesota. Bon Butler in His Great Act as the Friend of the Disfran- chised. Prospect of a Rousing River and Har- bor Bill at the Present Ses- sion. A Finanos Debate of No Partioular In- terest in the House, WASHBURN-DONNELLY. THE FORMER TO BE UNSEATED. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasurnctox, D. C., Feb. 14—The Sub- Committee of the House Elections Committee met to-day, and the majority formally an- nounced their decision to unseat Representa- tive Washburn, of Minnesota, and to seat Ignatius Donnelly, in the manner already outlined in thesedispatches. It remains only for the whole Elections Committee to approve this action of its Sub-Committee, and for the House to indorse its action, to complete the outrage upon the State of Minnesota® There is little probability that the Sub-Committee would have ever come to the conclusion it has had there not been assurance that the Democratic majority of the enire Committee would concur in its report, That the Com- mittee will, therefore, vote to UNSEAT WASHBURN c seems certain; but, for political reasons, it may possibly be decided to withhold report- ing the case to the House until after the Pres- idential election. The Committee may also decline to print any report upon the subject which could be used against them by an out- raged State. Itis probable, however, that there will bea majarity and a minority re- port made to the ie, The minority re- port will probably’ be written by Gen. Keifer, and will be an __ interesting document. The Sub-Committee have taken the ground that bribery on the partof Washburn and his agents has been proven. But, thus far, only ten votes are shown to have been obtained by THE EMPLOYMENT OF MONEY. In one county, where" Washburn had a majority of 491, 2,252 votes are to be thrown out, because the ballots were numbered. In Minneapolis some 1,700 votes are to be thrown out because of irregularity in making a can- vass.of the returns in some of the precincts. ‘The objection to counting the returns for Washburm, is that they were signed by two Justicesof the Peace and a Probate Judge, instead of by three Justices of the Peace. A member of the Sub-Committee said to-night that he believed the Committee would not hesitate to consummate the out- rage and seat Donnelly in the face of a clear majority for Washburn of 3,012. “But,” he adds, “the minority willbe able to pre sent some interesting reading for the pt lic. when its report is ready to be presented.” BEN BUTLER’S BOOM. HIS BRIEF IN THE BOYNTON-LORING ELEC TION CASE. Special Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, ‘Wasarvcton, D.C., Féb. 14.—Gen. Butler to-day filed his brief in the case of E. Moody Boynton (Greenbacker) against-George B. Loring, from the. Sixth Massachusetts Con- gressional District. Aside from the lecal features of this case ithas a National bear- ing on account of the view which Butler takes of the effect of State statutes regu- lating suffrage upon the representation of the States in Congress and in the Electoral Col- lege. Gen. Butler’s friends have declared that the presentation of this brief would have the effect of a bombshell in Congress. The following are the principal points of this ar- gument so far as they have GENERAL INTEREST: An amendment to the Constitution of Mas- sachusetts, adopted in Know-Nothing times, declares that “No person shall have a right to vote or be eligible to office under the Con- stitution of this Commonwealth who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name.” This provision, Butler claims, has been used in Massachusetts as an instrument of political oppression, and is the real cause of the de- feat of Moody Boynton. Taking the State census for-a series of years, Gen. Butler draws the conclusion that of the 400,41 cit- zens of the United States in Massachusetts, made so by the Fourteenth Amendment, some 136,859 ARE DISFRANCHISED under the constitutional provisions of the State above cited. This provision, he main- tains, 1s in contravention of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Consti- tution of the United States. The right to vote, he argues, is one of the privileges and immunities guaranteed to acitizen of the United States by this amendment, and he claims to be able to demonstrate that 136,859 citizens of the United States. resident in Massachusetts have’ their immunities and __ privileges abridged, and are deprived of their right to vote in the State, in violation of the Federal Constitution. But the conclusion which Butler draws from this is that the representa- tion in Congress should be reduced from eleven members to eight, and e ITS REPRESENTATION IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE from thirteen votes to ten, inasmuch as he claims that two-thirds of her voters are de- prived of citizenship on the ground of illit- eracy, Butler recommends, therefore, that Loring be unseated and Moody Boyn- ton seated, on the ground that the House has the right to prevent wrong-doers from enjoying the benefits of such Wrongs, either in too great arepresenta- tion in the House or in the Electoral College, thereby controlling the choice of President. ‘The Democrats, who are seeking various pre- texts to unseat the Republican members, will doubtless take a hint from Butler’s brie: search the statutes of Indiana, Wisconsin, and Florida to see if there is any hitherto un- dis¢overed clause in the suffrage laws of those States which will help them in their conspiracy to STEAL THE PRESIDENCY by the House in the event of a non-election by the people. One of Butler’s purposes in advancing this theory is said to be to secure the repeal of the Massachusetts provision relative to illiteracy. He is confident that if that safeguard to the ballot-box should be removed he couki secure his ambition to be Governor of that Stote by the votes of the 136,000 illiterates who, he claims, are disfran- chised, and thus make his own election sure, ‘The Massachusetts people will dispute ler’s assumption as to the extent of the eracy, and deny his conclusions of law as to the bearing of the Fourteenth Amendment upon the suffrage statutes in the States. NOTES AND NEWS. ACKLEN’S CASE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasmincrox, D. C., Feb. 14—The Sub- Committee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, engaged in collecting the evi- dence in the Acklen case, and in making a re- port upon it, was in secret session the entire day. So secret, indeed, was the session that the door was locked and the keyhole stopped. The work of the Sub-Committee isnot yet completed, but there is reason to believe, as already indicated, it will find that the news- paper charges of misconduct against Acklen are fully sustained. There is no reason to donbt that the whole Committee will approve the finding of the SubCom- mittee, and that their report indicated will be made to the House. ‘When that is done the jurisdiction by the Committee will end. It is intended, however, that some member of the Committee will then move that Ac len be censured at the barof the House. Itiseven possible that a resolution of exclusion may be offered. if z RIVERS AND HARBORS. ‘The applications filed with the Commerce Committee for appropriations for rivers and ia | harbors show that there is a prospect that the River and Harbor bill will this yea be great- erthan ever before. It will be many weeks before the bill is reported to the House. , DISTRICI-ATTORNEY LEAKE. District-Attorney Leake is here on what he calls a vacation trip, and to attend to some unimportant routine business. He says that the report that he is here to look vent Charles feed Tomy sesh eee Mm secu: a for bint is nufounded: res sai ake, “ was settled long ago,” mea that it was settled when the Attarney-Geners submitted the matter to his (Leake’s) dis- cretion, The settlement at time was made in two minutes, without any difficulty, except to the newspapers. THE INDIAN TERRITORY. It has been discovered that the bill now under consideration by the Senate Commit- tee on Territories, which has been alluded to asa bill tq extend the jurisdiction of the United States Courts over the Indian ‘Terri- tory, really, in its present form, provides for the opening up of the Territory tosettiement. One of its sections is said to provide for the establishment of a local land-oflicein the Ter- ritory at such a point as the Secretary of the Interior may direct. The lands of the Indian tribes are to be surveyed, and every member of the tribes is to receive a homestead of 160 acres of Jand of their own selection with- in the reservations of. their respective tribes, Maps are to be made in accordance with the pew. surveys, and the Interior Department is lo ISSUE PATENTS TO THE INDIANS for their homesteads, vesting in them a com- plete title, but containing a condition that the lands shall not be alienated from the orig- inal patentees or their heirs within a term of twenty-one years. After homesteads are thus selected by or. for the Indians, the re- mainder of the lands in the Indian Territory are to be sold -in the same manner as other public lands. are disposed of, the proceeds to be invested in Government bonds and held in trust for the Indians. These provisions are said to bea direct violation of 8 : dl FARCICAL, Probably as farcical a proceeding as any in which the House of Representatives ever dulges in is one of it# sessions “ for debate only.” On such an occasion the House di- vests itself entirely of its legislative charac- ter and functions and becomes simply a de- bating society. About the only members who make their appearance are those who never miss an opportunity to air their eloquence, and who seldom get @ chance to do so jn the regular session of the House. Yesterday it was agreed that the House should meet to-day, but that no legislative business of any kind skould be done. The restriction really seemed quite unnecessary, for thus far very little le lative work has been done this session. ‘The House, to be sure, has made a show of doing Something during the last six weeks in re- yising its own rules. When that work was begun so experienced a legislator as ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS expressed the opinion that it could be com- pleted in a week or ten days at farthest. Six weeks have assed and more than one-half of the revision stilf remains to be gone_over. A feeling of uncertainty pervades the Demo- crats, and they have constantly struggled against doing anything. ‘They have not even Passed the bill to pay United States Mar- shals what is due them, notwithstanding the promise freely made by Chairman Atkins and other leading Democrats before Con- gress inet that an appropriation should be Promptly. made. When the House met this morning there were about thirty mem- bers present, At no time in the day did the number exceed fifty, and it dwindled steadily until the hour of adjournment, when about a score were in their seats.. In the galleries there werd just enough spectators to make the chamber uppear more lonely than if all the seats had been empty. The speeches were made for constituents only. LOTTERY CASE. To the Western Associated Press. Wasninetow, D. C., Feb. 14.—Judge Free- Tan, Assistant Attorney-General for the Post-Oftice Department, will leave to-night for Louisville to represent the Government in the lottery case. SENATOR LAMAR arrived to-day, and will take his seat Mon- day. He still uses a crutch. *: THE RECORD. HOUSE. Wasurnerton, D. C., Feb. 14.—The House met for debate only, and was addressed by Mr. Bright on the question of funding the public debt. He attecked the money oligarchy which had for so iong a time dictated legisla- tion, and to the rapacity of which there ap- peared to be no bound or bottom. Mr. Finley advocated his bill to equalize bounties. He asserted it would not probably involve the expenditure of more than $20,000,- 000, instead of $100,000,000, as estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury. Bir. Hayes discussed the many phases of the financial question, stati he hoped th: for one session at least, Congress woul cease all attempts to change or disturb it. The people wanted no more Congressional tinkering with the currency. Mr. Joyce spoke in opposition to the rec- Iprocley treaty between Canada and the inited States. Mr. Myer followed in favor of the bill, in- troduced by himself some time ago, for the retirement of National-bank notes. The House adjourned. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. The stated meeting of the Board of Man- agers was held at the Bible House, Astor place, on Thursday, Feb. 5, at half-past 3 o’clock p. m., William H, Allen, LL.D., President; in the chair. The Rev. Edward W. Gilman, D. D., read the nineteenth Psalm and offered prayer, The death of James W. Dominick, Esq., who nad been for more than a quarter of a‘centurya member of the Board of Managers, was announced. A committee was appointed to prepare a minute on the subject for the Record. Grants of books were made to various benevolent societies and to individuals, to the value of more than ‘$11,000, includi ff $3,000 to the Southwestern Bible Society and $5,000 for colportage. Ap- propriations in money were also made, amounting to $2,163, including $1,000 to the Evangelical Committee of the Waldensian Chive and $1,000to the Russian Bible So- ciety. Secretary Gilman made a condensed state- ment concerning the visit he had made dur- ing the past six months, in the interests of this Society, to various persons and societies in Europe. He had everywhere been most cordially welcomed, and had gathered much information, which it is believed will be of particular service to the Board in the execu- tion of its broader plans for the near future. The Board determined to establish an agency in Versia, and appointed the Rey. Williomn L. Whipple to take charge of it. * It was determined to hold the semi-millen- nial celebration of the translation of the English Bible by Wickliffe in this city on the 2d day of December next, when an_ oration will be delivered in the Academy of Music by Richard S. Storrs, D.D., LL. D., of Brook- lyn. It was also decided to hold the next an- uiversary of this Society in Louisville, Ky. ‘The Morning Sun Bible Society, lowa, was recognized as an auxiliary. ‘The receipts for January were $49,290.43. The number of volumes issued, 96,603. Just Like in Mayne Reid. London Te ‘Treed by pigs is not exactly the position in which we should expect to tind a Colonial Secre- tary,—at Jeust, not often. Rut when Mr. Fowler, Colonail Secretary of the Hondurus, was recent- ly exploring the interior of the colony. he was overtaken by a drove of peccaries, and had only time to take a snap shot ut the first of them and scramble up a tree, Gropping his ritle in the per- formance, before the whole pack were round bis pereh, gnashing their teeth at him, grunting and sharpening their tusks against his tree. Now the peceary is not only ferocious but patient, and, rather than let an object of its anger escape, will wait about for days, so that the Secretary had before him only two courses,—either to re- main where he was until he dropped down among the swine from sheer exhaustion and hunger, or else to commit suicide at once by coming down to be eaten there and then. While he was in this dilema, however, what should come along—and looking out for supper, too— but a jaguar. Never was beast of prey 80 oppor- tune, for the Joguae has a particular fondness for wild pork, and the peccaries epee for no sooner did they seo the great ruddy hi thrust, cout through the bushes than they bolted helter- skelter, forgetting, in their anxicty to save their own bacon, the men) they were themselves leav- {ng up the tree. ‘The jaguar was off after the swine with aamirable promptitude, and the Sec- retary finding the coast clear came down,—re- tlecting, a3 he walked towards the camp, upon the ble arrangements of Nature, who, having made peccaries to eat colonial secre~ taries, provided also jaguars to eat the pecca- a q qegu —— ol 1e wl ie. = bdani’s début at La Scala in the rdle of Li was a complete failure, as also was the rep- resentation so far as it went. The tenor, Arumburo, declined to proceed, and the rep- resentation was brought toa sudden end. 1 “The case of Gregg,” MEXICO. Are the Americans Prepared to Inegr-. porate a Million ignorant Greasers, eed Or Is the Vision of Aaron Burr to Become a Reality? Evidences that There Is a Strong Feeling Leaning to Acquisi- tion. . To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cuicaco, Feb. 14.+Occuring events bring’ to memory o story heard tielve years ago. upon the cars between Chicago and Detroit. From hasty memoranda made at the time, and the vivid impression madg, f can recall the substance of the conversation with reasonable accuracy. Occupying a seat immediately in front of the writer were two gentlemen, evidently officers in the regulArarmy, though no insignia designated thgfr rank. It was evident they felt that the fhen late IWar he not given one of then ail the\pyportunity. desired to secure position, and he looked up- on the prospect of a long peace with ill-con- cealed regret. The elder officer then stated, in substance, that, when it’ became evident the War would soon close, several subvdi- nate officers and various ambitious civilians, after various preliminary meetings, agreed that it would be a good plan to commenca the systematic cultivation of unfriendly feel- ings with. Mexico upon the Texas border. The well-known disposition of the average Texan and Mexican herdsman was accounted. a large factor, which, if properly worked. upon, would succeed in embroiling the. two nations in a war, necessitating the use of an army of at least 100,000 men. The men could readily be enlisted from the veterans of the late War, and form 2 force which couldsweep unchecked from the Rio Grande to Yucatan, and would give a chance for the restless off- cers in the army to secure commands, as all troops raised would be for the United States army, not as State troops, and be officered so far as was possible by regular-army offl- cers. When Mexico should suefor peace it would be accorded upon the cession of the Northern States of the Republic—Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo-Leon, Tamaulipas, and Vera Cruz. In some of these States were located great historical mines, from which the Az- tecs, Spaniards, and Mexicans had taken un- tokl treasures, but which were nuw not worked, owing to the laxity of law and gov- ernment; and also great tracts of arable and, fertile beyond our own, delighttul for climate, etc. That already keen, shrewd men were abroad Spying out the land, securing titles where possible, learning the disposi- tion of the people, plotting out roads, exam- ining the mountain passes, locating streams and springs, and securing as thorough 2 top- ogtaphicil knowledge ot the country as pos- sible, so that the march of au army need not be delayed until reconnoissances could drag their slow length along at a needless expense of blood and treasure. That capital had already become enlisted in the ente! and were now advancing money for prelimina: work, in Washington and New York. Muc! more of detail was given, but it is unneces- sary for recital, 2 Not long after the writer came to know that unusual activity was manifested in the Topographical Department of the Division of the Missouri, Maps were prepared from recent surveys of the western frontier ut Texas; some of the most experienced and daring officers were detailed to commands in that direction; a great cry was raised in ‘Texas for more troops, and the larger por- tion of cavalry in the army was dispatched to and distributed along the frontiers, and in a few months the press was chronicling -al- most daily rencontres between the nations, Everything seemed goin well, A sudden turn in the political kaleidoscope, however, ‘rendered necessary an abrupt cessation, tem- porarily, of the plans. ‘The current of events, however, was arrested, but not stopped. In 1876, a gentleman of San Francisco— who went to the Slope during the Mexican War as a Captain ina New York State regi- ment, and married after the war into a family renowned in the Spanish and Mexican rule of California for wealth and political and so- cial prestige—lost the ereauer part of his fortune in speculation. Ina few months he departed for the City of Mexico, where his familiarity with the language and habits of the people, his family connections and ‘pres- tige, soon placed him en rapport with tho rulers ofthe Jand. Since his residence in Mexico he has made twe trips to this coun- try. He has visited nearly -all- the large cities and been in close con- verse with sundry army officers, politician: adventurers, capitalists, railroad m« rs likely to benefited by a change of cli- and to be encouraged by hopes of per- 2erandizement, and who might de sed to listen to dreams of Empire. And now we are told that Gen, Grant pro- poses to revisit the scenes of his early tri- umphs, that he is even to lodge in the Castle of Chepultepec, ap whose stony hights, asa stripling, he led bearded men. He will make atourof the country, north, reaching the borders of Texas in the spring. How easily his experienced eye will detect the weakness, and sources of strength also, of that unhappy land. Nota feature of the country will left unscanned, nor a salient point unnoted. When he leaves Mexico, he will be more familiar with necessary Knowledge of the Jand than many of her statesmen who are to the manner born. The natural leader of an invading army will be his constant compan- ion, and common consent will be given to the statement. that he is fully fitted to under- stand questions which may become of prac- tical value to him ere many years. In conclusion, Are the American. people prepared to incorporate a million or two of Tontely ignorant Mexicans; or, is the vision of Aaron Burr to become a reality? of mal sonal suppo: How Ho’d Do It. “Detroit Free Press, Several men were gathered at the door of a Dlackemith-shep ences ayenne he other cee ing, when a school-boy, not over 9 yen: ' canto along with tears in his oyes,and ono of the up asked: what's the matter, boy,—fall down?” * “N-no, but I've got a burd ‘rithmetic lesson, and I expect to get I-licked!” was the answer. “Let mo see; L used to be a king-bee on frac~ tions.’ ‘Tho man took the book, turned to the page, and read: ‘ “Rous 1—Find the least common muitiple of the denominators of the fractions for the jeast common denominator. Divide this least com- mon denominator by each denominator, and multiply both terms of the fractions by the He re e rule aloud, ant All shook their beads, and he thon continued: “Well, now, I think I should to work and discover the least uncommon agitator. I would then evolve 2 parallel according to the intri deviator and punctunte the thermometer. “ So would [1 answered every man in cht and one of them added: “I've worked:’em ou! thht way a thousand umes!” Not one of the men, all of whom were in busi- neas and had made money, could even uniler~ stand the working of the rule, much less work examples by it, and yet-it.was ‘expected that a year-old boy should go to the blackboard and_ do every sum off-hand. = could understand it. FINANCIAL. : “MUSGRAVE & (0,, BANKERS, . No. 29 Pine-st., New York. DEPOSITS received subject to check at sight, and terest allowed on dally balances, GOVERNMENT BONDS, STOCKS, sod alt invest ment securities bought and soid on commission. DEAW BILLS OF EXCHANGE ON London Joint Stock Bank, London. Buy and sell all American Securities upon the Lon don Stock Exchange on the most fuvorable terms. ‘TRUSSES. RUPTURE) cern ' Reward. 1 M1 to to 2 charitadle insti- aon $10 te eno ofan inguinsl ‘Hernia that ean that we cannot retain with STIVE COMMUN-SENSE Ry jcago, I. Dr. Parker, the patentes, has had, twenty years’ ex- rience, and 1s curing many of the Worst cases of Riiptare’ ‘Manufacturers of the celebraced Common Sense Truss, adopted by the Government as the bess