Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1880, Page 3

FOREIGN. me Jondon “Times” on the Interoceanic Canal Project. Finally Concedes that the United States Has Rights in the Premises. yglish Liberals Gaining Confi- dence as the Campaign Progresses. Every Doubtful Seat in Parlia- ment Being Bitterly Contested. A Fuou-Fledged Nihilist Organ- ization Discovered in Parijs. fhe Italian Parliamentary Crisis Ended by a Vote of Confidence, GREAT BRITAIN. THE MONROE DOCTRINE. Special Cable, ys, March 20.—The Times publishes this soroing the following editoriil on the Panama ‘The Isthmus is a heavier tax on the 7 of mankind than is either war or A’ few miles of oozy quagmire wi-jungic, breeding pains and fevers and serving lazy negroes for a squatting ground, im- their mark on every bule of goods between, te Old and a large part of the New World. The mpincers, beaded by M. de Lesseps, have the standard of rebellion against jis inconvenient geographical _fact. jn this time of stagnation M. de might have fatled, but ‘he- has mlieved himself of half the responsibility by sifting the burden of assent on the United Rates, out of whose opposition he has fashioned swespon to subdue thom to his purpose. 3f. de Lesseps offers to the world a boom greater thinthe Suez Canal. If itnow be regected in theform he proposes, he will be able to argue satit is because of AMERICAN JEALOTSY. Most patriotic Americans must feel that their cnntry cannot withhold on selfish grounds from therestof the world, and from themselves, the denefit promised by a stranger without assum- ing the liability in his stead. In tho view of ost American citizens, the Monroe doctrine isn hwof nature. It isnow propounded tlsat by the Monroe doctrine a canal through the Isthmas at Tanama or Nicaragua, or any other isthmas which shortens the distance between the Ameri- can Continent and Europe, is virtually part of the coast-line of the United States. Great Britain. may congratulate herscif that the (sledonian Canal is already dug, for it might stherwise give rise to international complica- tions.” GLADSTONE’S SPEECHES. To the Western Associated Prest. Lospox, March 20.—The campaign increases inactivity. "The Liberals seem to be more con- fident. Their organs predict an overwhelming vietory. Gladstone's speeches occupy more space in the newspapers than those of al! the other candidates together. Gladstone madea bitter denucciation of Austria in his first speech atEdinburg. A correspondent reports that the Emperor of Austria has told the British Ambas- sador that, as Gladstone disapproved of Aus- wia's foreign policy, the Emperor hoped Beac- onsfield would be successful in the elections. Gladstone, repeating this statement, said if the electors approved Austria's foreign policy, ho would advise them to vote for the retention of ‘the Beaconsfield Ministry. Austria, he said, has ever been the unflinching enemy of freedom in every country of Europe, and there is not a spot og the whole map where one could piace his finger and say: “ There Austria did good.” A DECISION WANTED. According’to the ru! horse-racing, when. ‘nevent is postponed oWer Sunday all bets are “of.” ‘The question nas arisen whether this mile will apply to tho betting on the university ‘boat-race. re The dinner of the university boat crews has ‘been postponed until Monday night. ; JOHN BRIGHT, speaking at Birmingham, sald: “ We are at this Moment witnessing the dying hours of the worst ot modern Parliaments, and beholding the spec- tucle of the worst of Administrations brought Up for judgment.” THE CONSERVATIVES conduct the campaign more quietly, but every doubtful seat will be contested to the bitter end. REWARDED. Tbe Rritish corvet Comus called at Tristan DAcunha, the principal of a group of islets in the South Atluntic Ocean, claimed by Great Britain, on the 8th of February to present. in the name of the President of the United States, Wthe Senior Resident, Peter Green, a god chronometer watch, to the next in rank a cino- Gulr glass, and to the rest of the inhabitants #4, asa rewurd for saving the lives of Amer- dean shipwrecked crews. PAROLE. ‘The Sportsman and Bell's Life concur in stat- fog that it was the general opinion yesterday het’ theS tewards would award the race for tho Liverpool Spring Cup to Parole, Both these Journuls say that there wascertainiy foul riding, it Not more than is Irequently passed over ut notice, but if a hard and fast line is to dedrawn hereafter, no objection can be taken {oprecedent. ‘The Stewards who investignted the case yesterday were Lords Coventry, Sefton, pa Marcus Beresford, W. Gerard, ind Col! The reporter of the ‘Times, in his description @ the race says: “When half-way up the fistance, Advance tried to get through on rails, atthere was no room, and Archer, who rode, to pull round both Strathblane and Parole.” SHEEP LOST. TROL. March 20.—The steamer Palestine. nm, lost many sheep, owing 6 deaty weather. iiss ME LoxDON “Tires” ON THE CAXAL PROJECT. 2{2sdos, March 20.—The Times on the Panama ftgPcanal says: The Monroe doctrine, oven in mio Testricted shape. has never been ad- ited into the law of nations. Certainly no ch extreme interpretation has yet been at- (xpted to be fastened upon it by the Americans q2itismade to bear in President Huyes' message Con neTeSS and the resolution of the Select Amumittee of the House of Representatives. & to these two statements, had the the mbian Confederation itself taken charge of epiiect, the United States would have been Payded in prohibiting the works, That the ited States, by furnishing the money should angun the special right to wuteh over the safety Peaceaule use of the new channel, is what monPG: 8nd particularly Great Britain, would Kiet all desire, but the world is entitled to eithete United States to make up thelr mind the S20 let De Lesseps do the thing himself by at his command, or to charge themseives with the tush. ron TEA. anic is reported in tea. Common Congou, hich was Nov if Show sage in November and lid in January, ee FOR PARLIAMENT. X, March 20.—Mayor Gray will contest: ‘Carlow County for u seat in Parkamene, Lo ALL BETS VOID. Tarewox: March 20.—The Committee of the sails, to whom was referred the question. Ritther the rules reguiating betting om horse= Postpoat, ‘applicable to bont-races in case of a apy Zement over Sunday, has decided they do y+ Consequently all bets are void. EGYPT. ITS FINANCES. G Special Cavite, ‘AIO, March %.—Minister Horace Maynard Hey ousul-General Farman had a long inter- With the Kbedive to-day at the Palace. arp Abedive afterward called on Mr. Maynard Rishotel. ‘The interviews are wholly confined ee, Snancial situation, and to the interests of Palted States in the schemes of liquidation how being projected. If the proposed sau aston be created for that pursose: Hucse Meclaio; ted States witl probably not deem its n binding upon Russians and Americans. ITALY. A ROT DISCUSSION. Fieve March 20.—During the heated debate in manger aber of Deputies, Signor Mancini re- ton ed that Bought, Ministor of Public Instruc- Tenn the Minghetti Cabinet, had treated the With Olympic hauteur. He was called upon. maye TeSiécnt to moderate bis language. He aa. ered that the expression was not an insult, in a hot discussion with the Presi- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY, MARCH 21, dent, who finalty left the chair, President adjourned the session’ “Wie Poeacct tendered his resignation when the Deputies again met, but it was not accepted” = Se on OF CONFIDENCE. are, March 20.—In the Chambe to-day the debate on the Government's tortie Polley was ended, and a vote of contidence in the Siinistry passed—220 to 93. Previous to the vote lnghettl, of the Hieht, declared he fully se. cepted Premier Cairoli's declaration relative to the Italia Irredenta agitation and the mainten- ance of good relations with Austria, ‘Twelve members of dhe, Bxtreme Left abstained from Gas ae; Ghg Note of confidence greatly strength- THE POPE, while not approving, will sub € sion of the Jesults fretn Pee amt to the expul FRANCE, ‘UNTRUE. Panrs, March 20.—The report is untrue that Father Becx, General of the Jesuits, has come here from Home. REPORT ORDERED. The Prefect of Police has issued a circular to the Commissioners of Police instructing them to furnisn him with a detailed report respecting ail the religious communities in Paris and the provinces. a NITILISTS. There exists a regular organization of Russian Nihilists holding its sittings in this city. It numbers over 250 members, and assembles ulternately and at night in three places in the Rue Cruiser, Rue Monge, and Vendanges de Burgoyne. : Pore D SUMMONED TO ROME. re Didon bas been summoned to Rome the General of the Dominican Orden teens Co account of his recent conduct and’ language. His free spoken theories on relations berveen Church and gpience have created much com- ent MEXICO. THE GRANT PARTY. GALvestox, March 20.—A News special from the City of 3fexico says the Third Kegiment of Rural Guards, commanded by -the Misses Fris- bie, daughters of the American General Frisbie, il Serve as an escort to Gen. Grant on the day of his departure. Grantand party visited the mint, and the workmen presented the Gencral a collection of Mexican coins. The Academy of Arts yester- day presented the General with 1 medal com- memorative of his visit. The Committee pre- sented each member of the purty with a pieceof silver flagree work. ; z ——— GERMANY. SEVEN PERSONS KILLED, Loxnon, March 2.. dispatch from Halle, Saxony, says: “Ina collision between two pas- senger trains at the railway station here, seven passengers were killed and many injured. Sey- -eral railway carriages were broken to pieces.” RUSSIA. NEWSPAPERS IN TROURLE. St. Pererssexa, March 20.—The Minister of the Interior has again probibited the Golos from publishing advertisements for two months, The Tits Gazette has been suppressed by the Government, THE WEEK. ENGLISH POLITICS. Speciat Cuble. Lorvon, March 20.—The Kingdom is complete- ly absorbed in the elections. Parliament expires like a candle with an evil smell. It has been de- voting its Jast hours to passing a bill forced through by the Ministers, which facilitates corruption by legalizing cab-hiring, thereby enhancing the advantages of rich, unscrupulous candidates. The Liberals consider that their po- sition with the country has decidedly improved during the week. They say that Lord Beacons- tield’s attempt to force them to assume the de- Tensive his failed. The canvass {s everywhere proceeding with redoubled energy, and the con- fidence in a Liberal triumph is daily increasing. it is expected that Lord Beaconsfield will an- nounce some new and startling coup once Par- Mament has adjourned. GLADSTONE'S MID-LOTHIAN CAMPAIGN: is the central event of the week, and engrosses the attention of friends and opponents alike. ‘The demonstration at his departure, on Tucs- day, has been followed by others, evoked by hig progress northward. The present enthusi= usm is as remarkable as that mani- fested during his November tour. His specches at London, Grantham, York, New- castle, and Berwick have struck the keynote of the canvass, He insists, everywhere on union among all opponents of the Government, waiving all minor differences. He urged the Newcastle electors to support Mr. Cowen, not- withstanding bis Jingoism. His reception at Edinburg, the Scotch papers say, surpasses the previous demonstrations. The eagerness of the people to hear him is unabated. Tickets to hear him have been sold for $50. He speaks thrice daily until Wednesday next. The Times, sneering editorially us usual, reports him ver- batim by telegraph. The leading provincial pa- pers also give full reports, minus the sneers. It is believed that the success of his Mid-Lothian campaign is certain. SINGULAR TONE OF CONFIDENCE pervades his speeches. Lord Rosebery says that & compicte and careful canvass mide before Mr. Gladstone started on his tonr guarantees his election. The Tory scheme to make nearly 300,“ fuyot" votes has tailed, owing to the suddenness of the dissolution. ‘The nomination of Herbert Gladstone for Middlesex surprised the Tories, who expected a walk-over. It is fresh proof of the grow- ing contidence of the Liberals and the personal devotion to Gladatone. The movement __ori with =Mr. Forster and Samuel Morley. The City Liberal Club enthusiastically supported it,and Mr. Gladstone telegraphed his assent. A meeting of the lead- ing Liberals ratified the nomiuation and agrees to defray the expenses of the contest,—about $50,000. ‘Success is hnrdly to be expected, as the last Tory majority was double the Liberal vote. THE QUEEN departs next week for Baden, and will remain away a month. As a change of Ministry would be impracticable during her absence, it is in- ferred that Lord Bexconsfield intends not to re- sign before Parliament meets in May, whatever may be the result of the elections, alleg- ing that it is doubtful whether the Home-Rulers will support Lord Hartington in moving a want of contidence yote. The pre- text is buseless, since it. is now certain that all shades of the opposition—the Parncllites, per- haps, excepted—will unite to expel the Ministry, including frish Liberal Jingoes like Mr. Cowen, whom the Newcastle Liberal Association sup- ports because he has pledged himself to vote Tor such a motion. Irishmen continue to manifest a determina- tion to make the SUCCESS OF THE OPPOSITION CANDIDATES everywhere the first consideration, regardless of Home-Rule pledges, Mr. Purneil’s friends will mect him at Queenstown and endeavor toin- duce him toacquiesce in the present program, re- serving tho right to exuct conditions from the Liberal leaders if successful. Itis impossible to conjecture whether Mr. Parnell will nccept these proposals. The Irish of moderate opinions ex~ press fears that Mr, Parnell’s head bas deen turned by imposing demonstrations in America. The Irish people ure prepuring to wel- come him on his arrival. The peusantry in Mayo propose to light every hill-top in the county on Sunday night. It is proposed to illu- miinate the towns and have boniires everywhere. The exaggerated accounts:from America in the London and the Irish Times stimulate the enthu- siasm. & PARNELL'S FRIENDS say that he intends to issue a separate addregs, urging the Irith everswhere to oppose Liberal candidates unpledged to support Home-Rule. "This would be suicidal folly. « Mr. Redpath reports that the result of his persunal investigation in Mayo confirms the worst accounts. Charity aloue prevents a famine equal to that of 1817. The entire popu- lation in many localjties have nv food, except- ing the allowance of Indian meal from’ the ite- lief Committees. No work is to be bad, and otatoes intended for seed have everywhere ecn eaten. The funds already coffected will enable the Committees to arrest star- vation until May. ‘Then the gravest results may le expected should the contributions cease. The Government measures are inadequate to the emergency, If ont-door relief were granted the Bourds of Guardians, persons who are now able to support themselves would be pauperized by the extra taxation. Notwithstanding the frightful misery of the poorer tenunts, the Jand- lords in the West are constantly issuing processes for their ejectinent. . _ PRINCESS FREDERICA. Sir Stafford Northcote’s assurunce that Parlia- anent would not be asked to give a dower for the Princess Frederica of Hanover, is explained by zhe announcement that it is intended to provide hher husband with a sinecure ollice. ‘The naturalization bill was passed yesterday. Mr. Maclver, the member from Berkinhead, having sald that Mr. Bright insultingly accused who Irish of idleness, and declared it was tha enuse of their misery, Mr. Bright replies that however often “a le may be contradicted, tha Tories still repent it MINISTER LOWELL. Mr. Lowell's return to Madrid is occasioned by letters indicating the possibility of bis wife's removal. He intends to establish her at Biarritz temporarily, where an American friend, Mr. Wheeler, offers her his house. The physicians say removal is essential to her recovers. Mr. Lowell hopes to return to London before May. ‘THE PRINCE INPERIAL’S STATUE. The completed east of Buehm’s statue shows Prince Louis Napoleon embracing a sword which he intended to use against France. The Queen, the ex-Empress, the Dean, and the courtiers generally upprove the design. though it violates the promise that the memorial would be of a non-military character. ‘The artistic merits of the design are consider- ‘The opposing Committees have adjourned the ‘appeal to the public against pieciee the statue in Westminster Abbey till after” the elections, ae kiss ‘BEEFSTEAK CLUB. the general meeting of the Beef: on Friday'taanotlon was Proposed to neetener ioe committee to invite Mr. La Bouthere to resign. His enemies took every precaution to in~ sure his expulsion. The proceedings, however, collapsed through informalities. Mr. La Bouchere has “been juyited py the sadleals to contest. orthampton. stand for the latter borough.” "1 Probably, ur ARCHIBALD FORBES, tho war-correspondent, his completed his En- glish lecturing tour,’ and expects to visit America in the autumn to deliver 100 lectures PERSONAL. Hal Cable. Ss) Pants, March 90—Mrs. “Downing sails next month for New Yori, where one teint i eat duty for her son's sake to reside. Her last re- ception was on Wednesday night, and was mic merously attended. Gen. and Mrs. Noyes, Col. Hitt, Mr. and Miss Hoopes, and Mrs fagnant and’ her daughter Nina were atone the guests, ‘Miss Fagnani” ‘to turning out. a Vocalist of rare excellence, and has great charm of manner, and a pretty, dark italian ace. | President Grévy, not being able to quash the udginent passed by the Correctional Police on r. Crane, the dentist, has granted him pardou, ‘The details of this case. which was trursped Up against an fnnocont man because ho was prguie ist in Pere Hyucinthe's Church, Will not bear repetition, . The Gorm e OMATIC. MENTION. 'e German Ambassador's civility to the Ce- lostinls Is extremely marked and potuts ve secret Regotiutions between Pekin and Berlin aguinst i. Prince Orloff’s recall will not have serious con- Sequences, and will not be permanent. Mme. ‘TroubetzKoy is supposed to have envenomed tho Hartmann incident to avenge herself on Prince Orloff, who represented ber to the Czar as a dan- gerous, designing woman. The bail ut the Chinese Embassy was gay and animated, and marks a step in the leveling proc- ess golug on throughout the world. The Ambas- sadress was in Chinese toilet, and her young danghter did the honors unti! supper wis announced, when she retired to the women's apartmentg . The Chinese women stood for support aguinet the Chinese servants, who lined the stairs. The supper was truly’ Celestial, Many dishes were disagreeable, others sweet and nicely aromatized. The sharks’ tins were particularly recommended by ‘Tung to the Yenerable “diplomats us rejuvenating food. ‘This fete was given In the house of Mrs. Riggs. : HARTMANN. : Spectat Cable, Pats, March 20.—The confession of Hatt- mann published in the London journals has demonstrated the dunger from which the French Government has escaped by its prompt action. Had this moral proof of his culpabilit} been added to the evidence, imperfect thoug! it was, of the man’s identity, which bad been furnished to it, it 1s difticult ‘to see how the French authorities could have avoided holding him over until fresh testimony hud arrived. By ifverating bim it has escaped ‘the peril of alien- uting the support of a large number of its own political adherents by his extradition. THE RUSSIAN JOURNALS, fancying from certain relaxations of rigor in their regard that they were entering upon, a new era of liberal reforms and concés- sions under the Loris Melikof régime, had begun to criticise pretty freely tho action of their Government. They have been recalled to a sense of their actual position by an udmints- trative decree which deprives the Golus of the right of insorting advertisementa, ann. The delay allowed for sending pictures to tho Salon expired to-day at6 o'clock. Up to the lust moment numborsof grimy auvergnits employed rtists might have been seen trudging slong toward the Palais de VIndustrie, load~ ed with pictures intended for the exhibition. More even than usunl are excluded this year in cousequence of lateness. Donna Sol is at work on a bust ofj welin, her colleague of the Francais, She is indefatigable; bas two busts and a picture ready for the Sulon, and is study- ing new parts for the coming senson in England, to begin about May 44. There is a great deal of grumbling among the artists about arrunge- ments for Brouping the works in the Salon this year. Had the plan of hanging the works of foreigners “in separate tooms been adhered "to, several eminent —_paint- ers would ‘have refused to contribute THE STAGE. Only two of the numerous novelties promised at tho theatres this week were actuully given. The production of Henri Bornier's “Attila” at the Odeon is postponed ‘till Tuesday. Before this we may have “Aida” at the Opera. No discordant note is heard in the opinions of the Paris press regarding tho sucvess of Mlle. Marie Van Zandt’s début. Yesterday’s Glove says: “This artist has studied in # good school, kuows how to manage her voice, and to produce agreeable effects. At she is alrendy an actress and singer ‘of great promise, which it is sure Mile. Van Zandt willffulfll.” “The Nationale snys her accent and the metalic timbre of her high soprano voice are strongly reminiscent of Nilsson. ‘The story of the origin of Gilmore’s National’ Anthem i fumusiny Continental Journals: Br ntony La Motte, the angel who appeares to have chietiy ing] weed str, ilmore, is alive and Well, and not at all disposed to join the heavenly hosts Just yet. ART SALE FINISHED. Special Cable. Fronexce, March 20.—The first week's sale of the collections of Prince Pual's Demidott’s Pal- ace of Sun Donato was concluded to-day, the remainder of the objects of art in gold, silver, and silver-gilt baving been disposed of. Among the more important relies were: “Diana, the Huntress,” a fino mechanical group in siiver and silver-gilt by Jamnitzer, $11,400, M. de Heym; 2 large oval silver ‘soup-dish, Repousse and chased, French work of the eighteenth century, $2,300, M. Mannheim; magniticent jag of silver repousse and chased, by P. Germitin, $7,400, Mme, Eyre; rich gold ‘chocolate pot and jamp, With jasper handle, by Etienne Baligny, Tus fo 118, $2,000, M- Guenot, of Paria: silver cpergne, repousse " and chased, French, Louie XVI SH. st, Aiftehelis fing rringer in’ silver glit, after erain, French, Bre00. Mr. Jackson: silver-gilt teapot, Russian, of the eighteenth century, $1,700, Count de Sa ia de Leggin; magnificent silver-gilt oil-cruct, by Auguste, 1770, 810%, Marquise. de Guar lunge drinking-cup, Coblenz work of the se 800, M. Lowengard. ‘Total to- day's wales S180; wean total OF inet peeks lay’s sules, of week's sales, $615,602. VARIOUS. RESIGNED, ATHENS, March 20.—The Greek Ministry has resigned In consequence of the resolution adopt- ed by the Deputies expressing disapproval of the policy of the Government. —————— A BRANCH MINT, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Sr. Louis, March 20.—The Hon. Horatio C. Burchard, Director of the United States Mint, was in this elty to-day, and visited the old Cus- tom-House with a view to examining its adapta- bility fora branch mint. After an inspection of the various parts of the building, he expressed his belief that it could be made available. He Jeft for the East to-night. ———— THE SEASON’S HOG-PACKING. CrNOINNATI, March 20.—The pork-packing of the six large citiesof the West for the winter season of 1879-80, compared with the returns of Jnst season, fs as follows: Hogs, No. packed... average oct weight, D: ‘Average yield of tatd, bs. Pork, brs rande. A Visit to Andersonville. A correspondent of the Boston Herald who re- cently visited the site of the prison at Anderson- ville writes as follows: ‘Anderson is the name of a station on the Southwestern Railroad, about: sixty miles, or two hours ride, from Macon. It is nothing but a raffroud station, and the oniy other thing besides the railroud which charac- terizes the spot is the immense Union cemetery of some twenty acres, over which touts the Star-Spangled Banner. The cemetery is con- structed on the spot where the prisoners were buried, and the trenches were dug with such precision and regularity that the soldiers were not generally disturbed, but allowed to remain us their comrades interred them working under the watchful eyes und the fixed bayonets of the Georgi Home-Guard. ‘The cemetery is sur- rounded by a stout brick wall, with an iron gate, and is under the supervision of aSupcrintend- ent, who lives on the grounds. Itis a plain spot. ‘There is not much attempt made to ornament this city of our martyred dead. It would take agrent deal of even such influences as plunts aud flowers possess to dispel the melanehol memories that haunt this bill in ‘the pine woo of South Georgia, “Southerners shun the spot, but the cemetery is much visited by Northern ‘travelers, and the register in the Superintendent's lodge contains many strange inscriptions besides the uetmes of the visitors. One lady usks forgiveness of God for the murderer of her brother, who sleeps in the cemetery. ‘Sentiments of passionate denun- ciution are more frequent. Occasionally 1 man who was in the stockade turns up umong the visitors. These men, whatever thelr natural temper, the Superintendent says, can almost be distinguished by the elfects of feur, dread, and yivid recollection, which come back like a shock into their faces as they again stand on the now quiet and sunlit sccno of their war experi- ences. in the cemetery the ground is of a general Jevel,and the graves of the known and unknown, properly separated, range in_rows, closely Inia, as far as the eye can reach. There are actually buried on this elevation 14,715 men. The soldier whose identity was preserved by his comrades is marked in bis resting-place by 2 white marble stone, rising eighteen inches above the level of the ground. A square marble block with the word * Unknown’ on it {8 repeated about one thousand times in the cemetery. There wus no necessity for. the contractor to swell his bill with mule bones in filling up this burial-place. There were bones and millions of bones; bones ready at hand when be began bis work to occupy ‘him till long uftor he was wearied with it and 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. longed to see it done. The bodies of 14 who perished not where death was neck oq wow? with life—on the battlefield.—but In the compare ative (2) security of prison Walls, “Part of the stockade 1s still standing. ‘There ere two rows of trees—one inside the othec ‘The outer row has fallen down, save for a few: posts here and there, but a large’part of there. her wall still stands. ‘Trees bave grown, up around the old pen, and a thick growth <P underbrush now covers ‘the site of the prion No traces of the famous.brook that ran through the stockade remain, nor the wonderful welt dug by the prisoners. It. is all now a mild “Sag Pouceful section of country. Mung of the oa Giers in the cemetery have handsome headstoces lifted to their memories by friends tn the Nagit and efforts are frequenUy made to have cereal graves ‘kept green’ with flowers and a shower. Pot." LOUISVILLE’S RESERVOIR, A Portion of the -Walls Give Way— i, Danger of the City’s Supply of Water Being Cut of, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Louisvitie, Ky., March 20.—Some weeks ago the City of Louisville received from the con- tractors to whom had been given the work the Crescent Hill reservoir. The cost amount- €d to . $1,200,000, and the outward signs and newspuper descriptions gave the impression that a magnificent job bad been successfully completed. To-day the fact leaked out that something had occurred at Crescent Hill, and it waa ascertained that the reservoir, to all outward appearance, is now a complete wreck. An Argus representative went to the Crescent Hill to take a peep at the wreck. It has the appearance of a: ship at sea that bas just passed through a heavy storm, and has been decidedly worsted. The reservoiris divided into two basins, known as the north and south basins, with a stone wall between thom whichis called the centre bank. This centre bank presents a sight worth going to see. It istorn apart, Hke the ground would be from a violent earthquake, and presents a decidedly dilupidated appearance. What has occurred is what is culled a slip, which commences at the extreme end of the western side of the centre bank and extends about two-thirds of the way across, it not having slipped on the castern side. This aperture varies in width, but in most places it is about three feet wide. ‘This is the worst looking feuture of the slide, but the western side of the north basin could not be well over- looked. From the extreme south end of the south busin to the center bank can be ob- served a beautiful curve, with 2 ‘downward tendency toward the middle of the western side of the south basin. ‘This slide, which is a very ugly thing, can be accounted for in many ways, and there are a number of theories as to its cause. The bottom or founda- tion of the walls ure Supposed to be a three-foot puddle, and on the top of that nine to eighteen inches of broken stone, which forms the founda- ton. Lying on the foundation, sloping upward, are nine inches more of broken stone, and on top of this come the stone blocks. Ibis likely that an iinmense pressure was cuused by the water passing into the reservoir, and the press- ure of the solid stone wall, in addition to the heuvy pressure of tha water, may huve caused the ‘slide. Another theory js that the slide might have been caused by a sink-hole. A. number of sink-holes were found and. tilled up with concrete. It is possible that the wall may have been built over one of these crevices, The work of reparing will be begun at once. ————___ BILLIARDS, Panis, Mareh 20.—Slosson and Vigneaux, the principals in tho great international billiard mateh, have finaily come to terms after a wordy disagreement of eighteen ‘days over the selec- tion of a referee, Vigneaux refusing all Amer- icans, and insisting upon dne of bis own coun~ trymen unable to speak English. Matters were finally amicably arranged on the following con- ditions: The match to begin at9 o'clock on the evening of April 3,in the dining-room of the Grand Hotel, and continue four days. The game will be ',0W points up; the stake $1,000). There will be tio referees, one an American amateur, residing in Paris,'and the other 1 French professionnl, M. Piot. The player scor- {ng the first £00 points will have the privilege of selecting the referce for the lust night, The Jockey Club hus 100 seats for cach night, and Rreat interest is felt. Vigneaux is the favorit, by big odds, and fs looked upon asa sure winner, He is in his best condition. a NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. New Yors, March 20.—The following is the weekly bank statement: Loans, decrense, $2,- 894,500: specie, decrease, $2,187,800; legal-tend- ers, decreuse, $97,300; deposits, decreuse, $5,812,- 800; circulation, increase, $8,700; reserve, de- crease, $1,124,400, ‘The banks now hold $860,050 in excess of their legul requirements. <a NATIONAL-BANK SHARES, New York, March 20.—Bank oflicers say the decision of the United States Supreme Court declaring unconstitutional the New York State Jaw providing for taxing as personal property National-bank shares is likely to decrease the taxuble property of this city $60,000,000. << CROPS, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. CancixvILue, I, March 20.—The prospect for winter wheat in this county was never better. ‘The weather is plensant. aud everything poiuts toan immense crop of all the leading cereuls. ————— SUICIDE. New York, March 20.—William S. Smith, of the firm of John W. Dakeman & Co., dealers in dried fruits, killed himself in his oitice. Smith Was 25 years of age, and was recently marricd. es American Girls in Paris—The Rage for Titles—TLhe False Just as Good as the True. London Truth, What is richest and most’ uncultivated of Aterican girlhood drifts toward the Faubourg St. Germuin, and there casts auchor. The Amerienn belle who has not been “raised” in. Virginia, or in that Athens of the North, Boston, imagines that untitled Europeans are trashy whites. She would give every cent she hopes to inherit from her futher in exchange for the right to wear a “Countess’ comb." A notion has somebow taken root in fashionable young ladies’ academies in the States that it is felo- nious for a woman whose husband's nobility is uot genuine to have a coronet on her stationery and backcomb. ‘This notion is attended with the hupplest consequenees for the aristocracy of France, which hus been rewarded a thousand- fold by American heiresses and widows for the services rendered to Washington and bis confed- erates. ‘The lawreéstablishing tities, pussed un- der the Empire, is yet in force; but, practically, any one who pleases can make himself or herself noble, Mile, C— P—l is a“ Baroness” at her place near the source ot the Loire. She borrowed the title from the Baron who transferred to her his proprietary rights; and, whatis more note- worthy, every friend of hers who has since cone on a visit there assumes during his sojourn the prima} owner's naine and title. I heard no less 2 personage than tho late Bishop of Orleans lament this desecration of an ancient nobiliary title. A hemispheric beauty, who can afford to have carriuges and horses in her mows, is nearly heis not on thestagy ,* Madame ItCom- resse"” with ner porter and the iradespeuple with whom she deals. Nor are instances wanting of women in the monde comme i faut ennobiing themselves, though their husbands remair@imple bourgeois.’ know of a ‘remarkably pretty American, the wife of an artist of talent, the son of a simple miller, who has bud “La Com- tesse X-—" inscribed on her ‘cards. In point of new blood, that whieh tlows from the United Stutes into the veins of French no- bility is the t Tr hus, at ‘least, vigor in it, and it goes with cheerful if not refined manners. Itulso goes with better morals, though some of our fair friends from across the Atlanti¢ soon learn in Paris to do as Paris does. There are in noble circles here some feartully objectionable Englishwomen. I huve met, one at a Henri Quinquist celebration who. expressed mon- archical sentiments with 4 Tower Hamlets uceent. An heiress,let_her be from Chicago, Lambeth, or the Burbican, who pays a great sum tou good-for-nothing noble tor the right To be culled “Madame In Marquise,” values her rank according to the money it cost her to obtain it, and tw the sacrifice she made in rejecting 8 suitor with whom she could have lived more happily than with the Marquis. The airs she assumes are taken very serionsly by French- women why have no curonets to stick on their backeombs and pocket-hundkerchiefs: and they havea profoundly irritating effect on Parisian bourgeoises, who become tov angry to be amused at the absurdity ofthe ennobled lady's preten- sions. awe The Attempt to Capi ure President Lins coin. Philadelphia Press. Mr. C. Irving Ditty, of Baltimore, an ex-Con- federate officer, who is now n prominent Repub- } lican, and of whom it was suid in an editorial in arecent number of the Prexs, that he “ com- manded the Rebel cavalry’ company which was detailed to capture Mr. Lincoln, in pursuance of the first, plot arranged by Wilkes Booth and» Jobn H. Surratt, sends us a communication for the’ purpose of correcting any wrong inference that might be drawn from this statement of 1 historical fact. Mr. Ditty knew nothing of Wilkes Iooth or John HL. Surratt, and at the time be was enguged in the expedition which bnd for its object the capt- ure of President Lincoln, he was under tbe or- ders of Gen. Bradley 'T. Johnson, commander of the Hirst Reginient of Maryland Cavalry (Con- federate). He lexrned after the War of the pur- aoe of "the expedition, but as fur as he hus any’ information the plan wis arranged by Gen. John- son and not by Wilkes Booth utid John H. Surratt. The assasination of the President was not-con- templated, and it was merely intended to make him a prisoner of war und carry him to Kich- | mond. Mr. Dit ve = Bedition: itty gives this account of the ex. . Sly regiment, First Maryland Cavalry, com- manded by Col. (afterward General) Bradley T. Johnson, of this city, in June, 1864, ‘was lying near Richmond, together with a large -foree of other cavalry, when we were ordered North, with several days’ rations. I was quite unwell at the outset, grew worse, and on the first nicht of the march’ was burt by'a horse. 1 applied for a short sick-leave, when Gen. Jobn= son, stating — that. ery important | move~ ments were on foot tyhich he could not disclose, but in which I would regret not to share, urged me toremain with the command. I did'’so. A few days ufterward we met Gen. Sheridan at Trevillian Station and fought hitn tor three days, wben he returned to Richmond and we jmarched on Washington and Point Lookout in Lower Muryland, where there was a large number of “Confederate prisoners, whom we intended to release. 1 heard nothing more, ex- cept vague rumors, of the movement to which Gen. Johnson referred until. after the War closed, when I learned that Gen, Johnson, not Booth, hud planned the capture of Mr. Lincoln at the Soldiers’ Home, where he was then spend- ing the summer, This'plan would doubtless have been executed, or attempted, had notGen. Early ordered Gen. Johnson to cover his reur while he any) advanced on Gen, Hunter at Lynch- ‘The only matter in dispute is whether Wilkes Booth and John H. Surratt were privy to the lan for the capture of President Lincoln which ‘en. Johnson attempted tocatry out, or whether the plot in which they were engased was to be excettted by other agencies. At the triul of the assasins it wus clearly proven that Wilkes Booth. and John H- Surratt were engaged in a conspiracy focupture Mr. Lincoln while he wussojourning at the Soldiers’ Home, and John H. Surratt, when be was Subsequently tried for his connection With the assnsination plot, escaped punishment because the evidence ‘against bim seemed to relate to the plot to capture Mr. Lincoln rather. than the plot to assnsinate him. The stututo of limitations saved him from being tried as an accessory in the tirst-mentioned plot. Being only a misdemeanor, no prosecution could be brought after two years. LINCOLN’S STORIES. Plensant Pen Pictures of the Great War President—New Anecdotes Never Told Before-How Mr. Lincoln Got Hid of a Consummate Bore. Philadetphia Times. Mr. Lincoln was undoubtedly the champion Joker of the United states. When care sat keaviest on his heart and the prospect of a fa- Voruble solution of the War seemed most doubt- ful he would turn away from his troubles aud lighten the-gloom of the hour by one of those jokes which soon became National in their rep- utation. It was this faculty of casting away care that enabled the President to endure the wear and tear of a great war that would have killed most men. Many people will, no doubt, always believe that many of tho jokes attributed to Mr. Lin- coin were manufactured outside of the White ‘House and laid to the great President's account, and, while this was partly true, Mr. Lincoln did tell thousands of anecdotes, and if some cred- ited to him were told by others there were scores of Lincoin’s jokes that have never been re- peated or published. Iremember one day going to the White House with Senator Ben Wade, when Mr. Lincoln as- sailed us with a perfect avalanche of jokes. Mr. Wade was ina hurry, having to be at the Sennte by 12 o'clock, and it was then after I. “Sit down, Mr. Wade; sit down, General,” cried the jolly. President; “I um going to tell you a story? “Mr. President, I should be most happy to Usten to your story,” said Mr. Wade, “ but I have some little busitiess with you this morning, and then I must go to the Senate, as it is almost the hour for it to ussembie.”” ~ Well, well, [guess you will be in time, but I Nant totalic to you, and if the Senate meets without you, why let it meot, that’s all.” ‘Then, turning abruptly to me, the President inquired! How are the people vut in Kentucky?" I was then in command of the Blue Grass region of Kentucky, where Mr. Lincola had many friends. ‘They are pretty well,” I replied. “ Aro they loyal now?” asked Uncle Abe, with asmile. 5 Sometimes they are and sometimes they aro not,” ireplied. |“ When thoy think the Union is going to win they get loyal until Lee guins a battle on the Potomac, and then when it looks better for the Confederacy they become disloyal aguin. ‘That reminds me of the high and the low combed cock,” said Abe, “and as it isa capital story I must tell it wo you.” “Now, Mr. Lincoln,” said Wade, “ I must be going, as it is nearly 13, and Ehave barely time to reach the Senate before’ it assembles. Ihave a little business with you, and——" “Sit down, sit down, man,” cried Lincoln; “the Senate’ can assemble, I'say, without you being there, and I must ‘tell you this story; besides, I won't be tive minutes, and you can surely ‘give me that much of ‘your’ time.” Uuele Abe then related the following story, which I will repeat as neurly as 1 can recollectin his own words: “When I was @ youngster out in Kentucky there was a chap who ‘hud 2 bigh-combed cock that could lick all the roosters in the country. One day an emigrant came in to settle wno said he hada low-cumbed cock he reckoned could thrash anything in them parts, the higb-combed cock included. ‘The interest became intense, and the chickens, were exumined by all the boys. Roth looked “well, and seemed to be genuine game-cocks. A meeting was arranged to come off between the cocks, and the whole neigbbor- hood was excited over it. ‘Squire C— wasa noted man and very sharp. ‘The ‘Squire was al- ways right, but no oue could ever find out ex- actly what his beliefs were. his reserved opinions being the correct oues. The ’Squire was con- sulted about the roosters, as he was about every- thing else, and. putting his spectacles on his nose, heexamitied both rovsters carefully. He sald the high-combed cock had ‘pints’ about bim which indicated he would win, but the low- combed cock was much the henyiest rooster of the two, and by sheer weight might beat his an- tagonist. ‘The young fellows who wanted to bet questioned the ‘Squire closely, but they could not get any nearer to his opinion of the real merits of the chickens. The day cume for the battle, and with it agreut crowd. The 'Squiro presided, for in those days more than now. ra- cing, fighting, and betting was the hightof a Ken- tuckian's glory. Close attention was given to the "Squire's position on the fight, as be was both oracle and judie. “*T propose,’ said the ‘Squire, ‘this yere shell be a fare fite, and tharfore we will giv three cheers for both roosters.’- It was done with a will, and the fight berun. “At every turn in the battle the ‘Squire would cry out: *Hurrah for the high-combed cock!" ‘Hurrah for the low- combed cack!" Once he made a bet on the high- combed cock, but immediately hedged by bet- ting on the low-combed cock. At lust, after a bloody contest, the low-combed cock jut the worst of itand turned tail und ran. ‘Hurrah! hurrah! burrah for the high-combed cock! Gen- tlemen, I knew that rooster would win in the end, but it is always unfair to express un opinion inacontest like this in advance of the rale issoo. Now, gentlemen, you have had ull the fun, but you see that high-cumbed rooster was vound to win. Why, look athis comb! Any man can sce with half an eye he is a real game chick- eu, while thut other oue is only a duughill fowl!” “Now.” cried Uncle Abe, “that is the way it is with those fellows outin Kentucky. ‘They want to be ou both sides of this fight and hureal for the high or the low combed cock us poll dictates. If we win, thoy will be, good Union men, but if Jeff Davis were to win, they would be the best Rebels in the world. General,” he said, seriously, “I think we have got the bigh- combed cock’ in this fight. We must see to it that our rooster, wins, and then in the end we will be all right.” Isat and looked in astonishment at the great man before me. Ihadcome to Washington to explain to him my emburrassments in Kentneky on account of the anomalous position of the State and the varying temper of the people. Kentucky was then a State in the Union, with « representation in our Congress, butshe had sent no less than thirty-four ‘thousand men to the Rebel army, und had ulso x repre- sentation in the ‘ftebel Congress at Ki mond. had expected: to fave some difficulty in making my embarrassments under- stood, but here was ‘a man who knew evers- thing, and by asimple story had not only ex- Inined my situation, but hid pointed out what should do. [related the story to Mr. Stanton, and after that always reterred to the contest in Kentucky us that between two roosters, Once L wrote to Mr. Wade: “‘fell Mv. Lincoln our high-combed cock is doing very well and can hardly fail to win. The ‘Squire bets three to one on him ‘at, present.” “In his next fetter, Wade replied: “ { delivered your message to Mr. Lincoln and be laughed heartily, und told me an ant-story, which you should get him to repent to you the first time you see him.” “Blessed Old Abe, was there ever a man like him?” | Certainly not in this country, and £ doubtif ever in any other. One day not long after Mr. Lincoln issued his Enuncipation Proclamation, Mr. Wade came in, laughiug all over his face and said: “Well, Old Abe has just done the damnedest thing you ever heard of: He has given out be bus the small-pox to keep the politicians and ottice-seckers away from the White House.’ ‘The story rin thus: Mr. Wade went to the White House to sce Lincoln, who had been ill, He found the President a little pale, but jolly as he Md be. Sit down, Wade; Lam glad tosee you. Oh, Ihave the ‘funniest thing'to tell you: ft witl make youlaugh. Inever did such a thing be~ fore in my life, and never will again.” ‘Then the President laughed until the, tears ran down his “heels. : ¢ Now, Wade,” he sald, “you are not to repeat this outside, for it would give offense. and It by no manner of meins comports with the dignity which is supposed to hedge a President nbout, ‘The doctor put me up to it to rid myself of w bore; L ought not to have done it, but I couldn't help it, it was 30 funny. You know £ have been ill, and a great many people have wondered what niled me, but nono of them could tind ont. Tho truth is, [ was worried to death and talked sick pretty unich by one man, the most everlasting bore you ever saw,’ who ‘wanted an office. I knew ho would.’ come again as soon as I was able'to sit up, and the doctor put mo. up to get rid of him by 2 Tonly got out yes- Tre-called onme. Thad determined to be polite to him, but he staid go long the humor seized me and I saying I had the smallpox, terday, and sure enough this mornin} sent for the doctor. Giving him the wink, I held out my hand, and inquired: «Postar, What marks ae those on my gna? mn ee lass deer ‘arioloid, or mild small-pox,” sai “Well,” said I, ‘it's allover me.’ It’s con- tagious, is it not, doctor? oy ** Very contagious indeed,” lied, * you should see noone. °™ De Feplied, ‘an “My visitor, who had been getting more and more hervous every moment, now could stand it no longer, and, rising, said: *- «* Well, Mr. Lineola, Lean’t stop any longer. I just called to see hy y " Started to burry oun, 0 Weres Gnd then Bo “ ‘Stop a minute; I want to talk a,” id I, ‘about that office. a “*Excuse me, Mr. President. You are not well this morning and I won't bother you,’ said he, shoving foward the door. ‘.*Never mind,’ said I; ‘don’t be in a hurry. " 5 Row anyhow; ou malght aa vest down, t ‘f ice Thank you, sir, but I'll call again,’ he re~ plied, fairly turning livid and executing a mas- terly retreat from the fearful contayion with which he supposed me to be attlicted. “*Now,” said Uncle Abe, ‘it will be all over the city in an hour that I buve the small-pox, and you can contradict the story, but I want-yout to: romise You won't repeat what Ihave just ‘old you.’ Wade laughed until be was weak, andjwhen he could get bis brenth sufficiently to speak he Jooked ut the clock, as was hig custom, and said: “Now for a little businesa, and then I will “Don’t go,” cried Uncle Abe, and laying bis head in his hands on the desk In front of. fj he Inughed untit he shook ail over. Presently rais- ing up bis face from between his hands he wiped his eyes and blew bis nose uutil the report sound- ed like the siading ofahorn. After another tit of laughing hesuid: “ Wude, you should have scen him, and how scared he was, I’i{ bet that fellow never comes buck here while I am President.” As might have been expected, hardly had Mr. Wade quitted the White House when he heard the President had the smull-pox, and was very sick. Wude promptly contradicted the story, but that night it was telegraphed all over the coun- try, and many people will yet remember the story of Mr. Lincoln's having the varioloid dur- ing the Wa ing on the report, Uncle Abe said to Wade: “Some people said they could not take my proclamation very well, but when I get the smail-pox, Wade, I shull then be happy to say I huve something everybody can take.” JAMES S. BRISBLN. LATE LOCAL ITEMS. Mayor Harrison made a tour of State street and other attiicted thoroughfares, and had blood in his eye, according to the proprietors of Chey- enne dives. {n one or two places he expressed his sentiments quite freely, and some action on his part may be expected during the coming week. James MeGarland, a stranger only two days in the city, was put off on outgoing Alton & St. Louis passenger-train at $:30 last evening at the Jnekson street crossing because he was rather slow in finding a ticket for Bridge- port, which he claimed to have. In being put off, he fell beneath the wheels in such a manner that the toes of the left foot were so badly crushed that the amputauon of a part of the foot will be necessary... He was tuken to the County Hospital for treatment. His mother lives at New Haven, Conn, = ® : A bright, handsome female infant, neatly clad in calico and flannel wrappings, wus found at3 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the steps of St. Mary's Church, at the corner of Eldridge vourt and Wabash avenue. Otticer Heidel- meler, ‘who found the {nfant, brought it before Justice Wallace, by whom it was christened Mary Eldridge, from the place in which it was found, and wus sent to the Found- ngs’ Home. At‘a late hour last night an agonized mother cailed at the Armory request- ing information about the enild. She was re- ferred to the Home, whither the waif was sent, but prior to going there she explained’ that the child hud been placed in the cure of an irresponsible young girl while she went into St. Mary’s Chureh to attend serv- ice. The girl ran away to play with some com- rades, and during her absepce the child was found crying and helpless on the door-steps. Mrs. Johnson was not ut all anxious that the charitably-inclined should care for the infant. ———— Greek Brigandage. On the 1ith of October last Col. Synge, an En- glish Commissioner for the distribution of relief funds to the distressed Bulgarians, wrote from Tricovista w letter in which occurred this pas- suge: “The assertion that ‘It is unsafe to go 8 few miles beyond the walls of Salonica’ is ag true of that town as it is of London or Dublin.” On the 1th of February he returned to Tricovista from a tour slong the Bulgarian frontier, and five days later a band of twenty-five Greek bandits, headed by the notorious leader, Niko, invaded and pillaged his residence, and carried of himself aud his wife, bound to the suddles of* their horses. The Colonel was allowcd to write 2 few lines to Mr. Blunt, the English Consul at Salonica, explain= ing the elrcumstances of his capture. e London ‘Telegraph, in this connection, Bayst “It was in April, 1870, that ruftinns of thesame breed seized and carried off, close to Athens, tho unfortunate party making an excursion with Lord and Lady Muncaster. There were, hesides these, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd anda child. Mr. Vyner, Mr. Edward Herbert, Secretary to ‘the British Legution, and brother of Lord Carnarvon, with Count Albert de Boyl, Secretary to the Ttalian Legation. The ladies were released on the first night, after much rough usuge. and Lord Muncaster wns allowed to return to Athens* to negotiate for the £2,000 in gold and the free urdon which the vilinins claimed. The Greek Government on that occasion bebuved very un- aqiisely, being unwitling to disburse: the money, Ind embarrassed by” political considerations. ‘They were, besides, shamefully hampered—it was said—by agents of the opposition, who com- municated secretly with the brigunds, encour- aging them to insist upon am unconditional amnesty in order thut it might become necessary to convoke an extraordinury session, thereby affording opportunity to drive the Ministry from office. Contrary to its pledge, the King’s Government sent armed troops after the bandits, who, being enraged at this, and in danger of capture, massacred all the four prisoners remuloing in their hands. They murdered Mr. Herbert und Count de Boyl ner Dhilissi, and the next day killed Mr. Vyner and Mr. Lloyd at Skimatari—three of the four corpses bearing wounds in the back, which showed that they had been-stubbed from be- hind by the cowardly assusins. The courage and patience ‘with which these unhappy gentlemen bore their long ordeal, and the nnseruble offivia! blunders which led to thelr death are passages of nn indelible memory, dis- graceful to Greece, and:poorty atoned for by the Pecuniary fine which was exacted, or by the pur- suit and “execution of the greater purt of the Bang. The heuds of some of the mulefactors were indeed exhibited at Athens, but, if we re- member rightly, the chief escaped, and has per- haps since gratified bis appetite for other people's Property in active political life and by patriotic Awitutions for the ucquisition of Turkish terri- ory.” oe ‘Women Who Tipple—Drinking Habits of Some of the Women of New York. New York Correspondence Grand Rapids Democrat. I would not go so far as to say that New York ladies drink to ex supposing that public drinking is permissible ina lady at all. But £ do say and see that ladies here ‘are drinking a fret deal of both wine and spirits. Youn judiee—not fast girls—when out shopping go into Bigot's, or Purcell's, or Deimonico’s, and order a “hor Scotch” with as little hesitation as a Grand Rapids lady would order a pound of tea. Lbuve noticed this hubit for several years, and have written about itin New York and Boston papers. [ have read what others huve suid con- cerning the mutter, and I believe observing men generally will agree that the custom is grow- ing. Yerevery time the subject fs raised in the papers there isa grent hue and ery, and the thing is denied very persistently. Notwithstand- ing the rows 1 public mention of the evil has ul- ready caused, Taftirm, of my own knowledge, it is true. Idon't know that [ have often seen Indies intoxicated here, save at Liederkranz or Arion balls, but f have seen hundreds of them drink freely. I am not writing of drunkards now, but of women who drink wine or something strong- er every duy of their lives, ut home or abroad, ‘That there gre hundreds of women here, in good society, too. who are drunkards, there gun be no denying. A Indy whom {have ‘known for ten years has died since [ was here lust summer, from the effects of hart drink. She was a beau- tiful woman, and as brilliant ‘ag she was bad. Neverthgless, society in the metropolis has not ceased mourning for her yet. T know whereof I allirm when I sny that beer is the most popular beverage in New York to-day. A glance at the tables in Roster & Biol’s, Thies’, or any of the public or private places here, will convince the most credulous. You willsee os many women as men enjoying the foaming cup. At the hote{s or in private bouses, unlessvine is commonly used, you will find beer to be the ordinary drink. Yesterday xfrernoon [Satin the saloon of alittle German hotel on Fourteenth strect, talking with an actor whom Grand Rapids knows, and to whom it delights to give big houses, when avery nice looking middie aged judy, dressed In widow's weeds. entered the bo- tel, sat down at a table, and drank a glass of beer with evident relish. [ should not huve no- tleed the ctreumstunces particularity if she bad been one of a party, but drinking her beer in such a solitary way seemed a little out of the usual course. New York Commercial Artvertiser. ‘The Post-Oflice authorities of this:city think they have urrived at_a practical and thorough solution of the question of prevention of second use of postage-stamps, which is a fraud that has been practiced by washing off the ink with acids gaged in this cheating of the Government have Deen very ingenious in devising modes of doing the unlawful washing. A new process of can- cellation has been invented, and is to bo brought into use in the Post-Oilice here to-morrow. itis toscorch the stamps. Specimens of the new ‘process: shown to-duy by Assistunt-Postmaster 1 Pierson, shows very effective work against the after the stamping of o first use. Persons en- | fraud of second use of the stampa, the cancella- tion mark being absolutely indelible. The im- print made is Just the samo as that made by: the ink-stamp, except that it is slightly burned or scorched instead’ of being an ink impression. ‘The new stamp is heated by gas, the metal being tain, to allow of both quick heating and rapid cooling. Itis used the same as an ink-stamp, but with a saving of time that wilt enable tho person using it todo at least twice the work that the ink-stamp would. In using the latter it travels between the inker and the letters being Stamped. Witn the new stamp, the operation will be a continous rising and falling of a few inches, It can be used in all offices where gas is burned. An experienced hand with an ink- stamp cancels about 125 stamps per minute. SAN ANTONIO, TEX. A Queer Old Town, and How to, Get ‘There—Hope for the Hopeless Con- sumptive. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 10—Going to Texas in old times was quick work—at least, thestart. ForaregularG. T.'T. generally took leave between dark and daylight, and lost no time. But, after running or riding to the Lone-Star State ceased to be so common and railroads east of the Mississippi were general, even then a trip to Texas was no light matter. Four days and nights from New York to New Orleans; twenty-four hours to Galveston; and, if you are a health- seeker going farther West, sixteen hours of rail~yes, they called it a railroad—to the Colorado, and thirty-six of Staging, brought you to this much-talked-of but hardly known old town of San Antonio de Bexar. And, up to as late a day as the autumn of 1876, the above was the easiest way of access to this isolated spot. It is not surprising that few consumptives “braved the terror of such a journey,—that is, few compared with the many who would otherwise have sought restoration in this health-giving climate. Now allis changed. Select your route to St. Louis. Thence by rail, in a Pullman, withont change, to Houston, in forty-eight ~ hours, where you make close connection to San Antonio in twelve hours,—riding, if you please, in an elegant drawing- room car, over a steel-rail, iron-bridged and thoroughly-equipped Yankee railroad. it is not strange, that with such communica- tion, Western Texas is at last inting its own as a health-resort, a watering-place for pleasure-seekers, and a home for the steck— raiser. The history of San Antonio has been so often and exhaustively written that I for- bear. Yet its mixed population of 2, Americans, Germans, and Mexi- cans; its all mixed costumes, archi- eq tecture, and vehicles; its irrigating Witches of Spanisi construction, running close by hydrants of last year’s introduction; the ‘lexican ass, the cowboy’s pony, and large Northern cartiage-horse, all helping to block the same narrow street; the Romish cathe- dral of the last century, confronted by the most modern and beautiful of Gothic churches,—these marked contrasts in people and things continue ta invest the old town with a charm of novelty and_ inconsistency that will require a lifetime of improvement to efface. The story of the Alamo and its brave de- fenders will ever be vivid. ‘The three Span- ish missions, even in partial ruin, will always excite wonder; and the peculiar feature of employing mild force in conducting mission- ary operations would certaiuly, at the present aay call forth astonishment, if not admira- ion. The little stream, bearing the name of the town, and winding 's0 crookedly through it, will always be beautiful,—but not as wonder- ful as the springs above the city, which burst out with a force sutticient to acquire in four short miles the dignity of a river, nvording: power for four mills now in operation, ani for as many more as the wants of the coun- try may demand. ;¢che commerce of San Antonio, moreover, is as large and pushing as the place seems, upon first inspection, contracted and slow,— this being the trading point for most of the Southwestern frontier, as well as a ah portion of Northern Mexico. Here centre the cattle, sheep, and horse interests uf two- thirds of Texas; and here ate headquarters for the Department of Texas, eimbraci twelve permanent posts and over one-fifth oi the entire army. But, while historical old towns and great enterprises are attractive, I care more te speak a word of encouragement to the host of Sonsumptives who cither have never heard -of Western Texas, or regard it as beyond reach, Portions of Southern Europe, Florida, Minnesota, — Colo- rado, and Southern California have done much to save’ life; but all of them combined cannot show as large a percentage of patients restored to health or comfortable working condition, as this hill coun- try of Western Texas. San Antonio has an elevation above salt-water of about . 700 feet. Within thirty miles north you find an additional altitude of 600 feet. "The air is mild, dry, and brecing,— awonderful combination for weak lungs. The record of remarkable recoveries mace here, and within an area of sixty miles, would Ul a large volume. ‘ The writer hag studied climate for fifteen Years; has nota dollar’s worth of property in Texas, and no interest to promote but that of the poor, Ranting. short-winded thou- sands of .,dellow-beings, who, if but threatened with cousumption, might 1 cover, or, if seriously diseased, might enjoy as comfortable health asa large proportion of those supposed to be well. If one or two intelligent physicians from each of our large cities would visit Western Texas, with a determination to become thor oughly acquainted with all that could be Jearned of its climate; the bad as well ag good,—would converse with tif scores whose dives have been saved,—and then publish the result of their investigations, rest assured that the death-rate in the United States from this horrible and National destroyer would materially reduced. H.W. C. a Stories About Animals, A Madison County (Ky.) hog that bad its nose. mashed by a timber goes about with a cob, stick, or stone in its mouth ty facilinte breathing. A buzzard captured in Logan County, Kentucky, badon one of its fect ustecl trap of peculiar Pattern, which was identiticd by Mr. Tranghber as having been curried away tive years pre- viously. A young woman fn Glen Cove, L. L, haga hen: that sings “Hold the Fort’ with all the unction of Widow Van Cott. She has only to Sturt the alr, when the pullet joins In and sings along with her to the end, following notes and minding all the rests. Twodogs, a bull and Newfoundland, wero having ailerce field at Haymaker, N. ¥., and a cow wus looking on. Neither dug getting worsted, the cow stopped the buttle by throwing both dogs overa bluff. They returned to the fight, and the cow hurled one of.the dlogs to the top of the bfuff, and the other a dozen feet In unother direction. The dogs then sneaked away. 4 On the edge of a slate-quarry a thrush bad made her nest. Tt was so blose to danger that when the rock,was blasted a piece of the falling slate cumne most into the nest... At tho ringing of a bell the bird saw the men run. She left ber nest too, und after the explosion she returned. ‘fhis the thrush continued to do whenever a blust wus tired, ‘The men rung the bell to hoax tho Dird, but she only peeped over the nest, and, ag the imen did not run, settled down again, A two-headed cat was owned In Washington, N. J. Tha heads were distinct and well-formed— one jet bluck, the other the color of # pure Mal- tese. The hudy was divided in color exactly like the heads, it had only four iegs and ane tail, over which cach head seemed to have control. If the Maltese side was tickled the black bend took no notice of it, and if the black side was rubbed the Maitese heud purred contentedly. Both heads ate at the same tlne; but one slept while the other was wide awake. Congressman Blackburn's private secretary is amonkey. It was presented w him by a Ken- tucky naval officer, is wel! educated, and per- forms his duty with ease and dispatch.- Jocko occupies 8 chuir opposit Mr. Blackburn at the table, and when the mail is put down he quickly seizes und rips open tne first envelope, tosses the letter to his muster and the envelope into the waste-basket. The monkey knows the best brand of whisky and passes the bottle with great solemnity. —>$__—. Chance for a Display of Taste in Color. Porney's Progress. A French dyer in business in Moscow has a churming duughter, but she is a3 cold ns she is, beautiful. She not only will huve nothing to dau with any of the legion of young men who would pay their court to her, but if’ they write to her she shows their letters’ to her father, who bus not the best of tempers, a4 may be understoiml onreading what follows: A Russian Lieutenant fell in love with the young jady und usked for a rendezvous. When he went to keep the appoint- ment he met the old gentleman, who forthwith dipped im into a lurge tub of blue dye. Ho brought tho dyer into court. and there that per- sonaye swore that the blue wus a preparation of his own javention and could not be removed. He expressed his willingness, however, to di the Licutenant again in some othercolor,—whlc! might or might not take effect,—giving bim bis choice of shades, but regretted that it was en- tirely out of the question to restore the naturnd hue of the average min. The Lieutenant has the severcst attack of the bias evar reported, * i venue :