Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1880, Page 9

—— INTRAMURAL TRAVEL. gomething More About the Ca- ble System of Street Cars, Interesting Interview on the Sub- ject with Mr. Henry Casobolt. . fhe South Side Company to Ex. periment with a Sec. tion. ghondvantages of a cablo over horses as 5 motive powor for strovt cara acem to bo np- einted tn Cincinnati and St. Louis as well as fa chiengo, and tho first-named city will prob. ably have the firat ling, ns ruilway-men thoro pave examined tho plan, and concluied to Iny a cablenssoon ak permission ean bo obtainod from tho Council, They have bada conference with Mr. Henry Casobolt, the inventor, and wore swell plenecd with bis demonstration of the cticabllity of tho Bchomo that they immo- diately sent to San Franolsco for a cuny of tho barter of onc of tho companios operating thera asa basis for an ordinance. Rallway-moun in Bt. Louls, too, are thinking the mattor over, but will rovably wait us usual for Cincinnatl and Chi- cago tonot before they do anything. Having visited Cincinnat! and St. Louts, and oxplainod tho workings of tho cnblo road to Interested rites, Mr. Casebolt has como to Chicago todo tho same thin Hohad been nt the Shorman House but an hour or two when he rscuived tho card of Superintendent [olmes, of tho South ide Company, who called to got posted, Mr, Holmes belleves in tho system, and borrowed ome traciugs in order to examine tho iatter orourbly. THE Tinunn of recont dates containci con- iderablo on the gonoral subjoct. Chicagonna who bud been in Ba Francisco and wero = interviewod ‘ossed = thomeelyes ws convinced of tho practicability of cable ronda in tho South Division, though thers appeared to bo two questions about whiok thera wassome doubt; (1) whether the cable would work around Acurve; and (2),whother the trench in which the cnbte ‘is Inid would not fil up with mow andice and provent tho running of the cars, With o view of gotting INFORMATION ON THESE POINTS - areporter convorsed with Mr, Cascbolt yestor- dey, asking hitn at tho start If thore was a road wih curves in San Francisco, w NO auld ho; “ mvat of tho roads thoro.aro eho, you think carscan bo drawn around 4 tury! eit Yes tt 1s practionblo with the right kind of a‘ grip’ to retain hold of the cable,” Fino you {invented tho ‘right kind of a iijlew Is tho cablo arranged?" “How is the cablo +]t rung on a series of pulloys with a mtinrd rall,aud haa rull play. Tho friction is alight. There can be no difloulty unless the car is obliged to stop on acurye to provent an accl- dent, aud tho cablo fa lost; but wvon that can bo ied.” Can a car bo stopped easily?” “Very, Tho cable is dropped by tho turn of a lever, ond tho brake applied by tho man in the ‘dummy’; and the conductor can puton tho brake of tho car proper.” “ Does the *dummy’ make any noleo?” “None at nll, It and the cnr giido along smoothly, When first operatod in San Francisco everybody wns nstonished, and the Chinntnen are to thla day. ‘Thoy seo tho cars go niong with apparently no motive power, and one of thom said Hat horsee, no pullec; no smokes, but go Ike hello,’ “WIL not the snow get Into the ‘tubo’ in wine ter and frocze, and stop thorunning of tho cara?" “T think not.” wagers fg no cablo rond ina cold country?” you" “Thon yon don't know as to that?” Not cariulaly of course, but I do not think It interto my be’ conatrioted? - “It is two and a hit to three ‘toot dosp, with ao granting, or, slot atthe top: threo-quartors of 0." an inch wi tno anow and water could got Inte It thon?” A pipe der “Tho rain could be gotten rid of b: tods to make it run off; and tho Httic thut wont! inside could be denined into the sowers. Tap. prebond no trouble from tho cold weather,” a - enblo road is more economical than n horse aa “Much moro." “lt costs 30 contsa milo at present; how much ofareduction would thore be?!" “LT hayn't figured it in that way; but one man and ait engine can do . : ‘THe Wonk oF 500 Honsrs.” “How many ongines would bo necessary ona Aine say four niles long?" nv would do the work." “What is tho carrying enpacity of the car?” “Those in San Francisco will soattwonty-two, and the dummy ns many more; 100 people havo been carricd,” “But forty-four can got sents?" Yes,—about twice as many asin tho ordinary vars In use in Chiongo,” + ae “How many cable roads fn San Franclsoo?” Soe 1 “Six, and tho three horse ron i adopt tho system in tho apring. “The cables bavo been in Uso thoro four or five ycara, and thoir utility. ‘and economy have been demonstrated,” © What specd ean be mado?” © Tho luw altows elght iniles an hour. That is two miles faster than horso-cars,” “Can tho cable be lald ovor a swing bridgo?"* “No, (t must be solid, However, the cnra could bodruwn to the bridges and then pulled across by horses at a small expense,” “Cun tho onrs bo rin from one track to an- other at tho terminus of n road?” “Yes; switching is casy by means of a drum Jargo cnough to shift tho'cablo from ona ‘slot’ tonnother,”* “ Aro you golng to make a teat In Chicago?" “Yess that is what I came hore for, Tho south Bide Company isgoing to put inn section of pus. We want to soe how tho weathor will nf- fect it. An artlelo In tho San Franatsco Cali, shown tho Toporter by Mr, Cnsehbolt, spenks of tho success of tho cablo runds thor, and says that thoy ylold rom i} to G0 per cent greater profit than thoso operated by horses, = - CONGRESSMAN HAZELTON. Ho Thinks the Democrats WIL Not Obe struct the Electoral Count—No Iovin= fon of tho Tariff—Tho Protection of tho Bullot-Mox the Grout Question Uefore tho American People Congressinan Hazelton, of the ‘Third Wiscon- Un District, left tho Palmer House yesterdny to take his seat In tho House of Hopresontatives. Ho was provonted from being in Washington nt _ tho opening of tho present session on account of aickness, which was brought on by an unisual amount of campaign work during the Presidan- Mal election. A Tumuns representative mot Mr, Hazelton, and naturally sought that on- Ughteument concerning certain uspecta of pub> Ne affairs which mombers of Congress are gen- erally supposed to be willing to finpart to out+ Hide barburiaus, “Mr, Hazulton, Taco that there has been quite Scuonge in tho Repubtiqnn majority in your dis- trict atnee your election to Congross two yenra Bo, aud itdocs not look from the official ro- Urns os it your district would bo considorcd doubtiulin tho future. It was prodluted by sume of tho Keputillenn paners In Wisconalt, @bout tho tno of the Conyentlon, that you would not be nomInated, and, if you should, that you Woult bo benton at the polls.” “You; thore was a good deal of loose talk Upon that subject umong the politicians bofare: Me Convention assumblod, but tho delogatos were not. fengralty, candidates for the nomiias Woo, and Dhad no dlitioulty in avouring a throo- Quarters vote. My diatrict Is vory largo and tho People very intelligent, und there are koveral ambitious gantlomon—bright, active follows, Most of thom—who aro unxlous to represont tho People in Congress. They bellovo in rotation in Oflcy, and, aa 1 hud served two teria, it was pros Posed Anat [atep down and ont and lot somo of Wo other boys haya a chance.” * Why did thoy prodict your dofeat when your Rominition was so nearly unnuimous?” *fhatwasdone only by a few Ropublican soro~ beads, and the wish was futher to the thought, ‘Three of the principal Republican nowspapers in tha district—thy Grant Couy Herald, tho Mineral Point Zriduna, and the Darlington te wuAllean—had opposed ny mination 80 vige Orously thut they were of littly use to mg after ihe Favaceled into ling, whon 1 wns finally nome |. “Then, ite my majority two years uzo wa: ony 103, (eaid louk- to {080 ‘anacjuatnted with thy circumatuncea that there wns great dangor ty defeat. In 1878 tho Greenback ornze wos Monlog wild in the district, Evory Grango was turned Into a Greenbuck "caucus, ut inoney was the panacea for ovory Pelittent aid -Nutional i The Demooraty, tug impotent for any aigyressive action themn= Gives united with tho Greenbackers, and cor dally supported Owen King ogainat me. ‘Tho clusion swept through those counties lkoa cyclone, dome the injury betore it was suspect~ ed. My emull majority two youre ayo pecatly Gisouraged tho two frotions thie full, wn dude pothern and his fricnds belleved that 1 would bo faten. Bir, Janes, tho Greenback oandidute, Ni Khdrow in fuyor of Cothorn, und they undo a Re Behe, Cothorn was much botter known than Fret und mado a much bettor cunvass, Iie wot hay preehbuck-Hepublican votes that J 1 Eee BBE but for the cunulng delusion. And yet tat Cothern by ¥,jWmujsority. I curried evory Sounty in the district oxcept one, und my voto m1 larger in every county than Gen. Gariteld's. oh 1 Greenback party Is deadin my district, and i Be ally and comforter, tho Bourbon bo- “liuw nbout the coutost that Is now on Ja Wisconsin over tho shotev of tho” ee ‘ NEXT UNITED STATES BENATOUP™ isa mutter that tem not well posted “aah re in operatjon’ TUE CHICAGO TRIBUN about, having given tho subject but little at- tention. From what T have read and hear, however, Famof tho opinton that tho thing has gitamercd down ton cholco betweon Keyos and “Which Is abend in the raco, antl which aldo ara a onR" “Tdon't know which ts ahead, and don't pro- se to take cithor side, My motto is, * May tho peat min win.’ They ara both good mon, tut thoro nro other Just as good men in Wiseonsin for United States Senator ns olther of thom. tn the ‘Third Distrlot, Mr, Koyoa his considerabie following this winter, 13 he hid two years ayo." “Do you anticipate that this will bo an exclt+ ing, avesion of Congress?” “Thu session following a Presidential ciection Js usually a quiet one, but as the Demoernta mice geoded it miuking a good deal of fuss after Mr. ‘Titden was benton they bos minke Rome musiS thiswinter, The Domocratio party fs in tha ina Jority in Congress, nnd ise fulloe the devil ns an ogy Jaofiment. Thore Is no telling what the: will nat attempt before thoy bid o long: furewelt to tholr power in tho Hontse.”* “Will they try and conenet 2 scheme to pre- vont the Inaiguration of Garfield and Arthur?” “No; they dare not. The Demoeratle party of tho South precipitated elvil wir once beewuse thoy tld not tike the man for Presitent who was chosen by a innjority of tho people; but thoy Were forced tu uccutnh at Inst after a trome: id ous atrigelo, ey will not try that See at nequiosca in tho Inauguration of Mr, Uarticld, bocauso they are inno condition to resist the popular will,and Tdo not antieipateany tnatious opposition to tho countot the Electoral votes according to precedent und the method that bas beon tnarked out by the Constitution,” “ Have you nny option nbout the formation of Gen. Garfleli's Cabinet?” “Tain decidedly of the opinion that no gen- tleman has yet been offered a place in it, atid that vory likely Me, Garileld hes not yot made up his mind positively in regnrd te nsinigle mem- bor of tt. My opinion ulsois that tho next Cabl- net will bo composed of first-rate men, tho bast. tho country niforda, and worthy to be nssociated with tho diatingulshed statcaman, who will ho atthe head of thy Government. Tho people miny rest nssured that James A. Gnrfeld will do moro to Glgnity tho Amerienn Ropublic than his beon dono before for many years, He ta ow scholur, Christian, 1 gentiomnn, and a states: Hee sn wil cull to his aid the best material In mirty.” ‘hat Inet remark suggests tho question of Clvil-Soryico reform, How do you regard Gar- flold as that sort of a reformer?” * [ think ho will prove a truo reformer in that respect without the usunl sentimentattty and Rust upon that subject. He will not eneouraga ‘he old spoils systom, Neither will ho discnrd. mon beeause thoy hive been vigorous workers for thopnrty. My own viow is that 0 good many ollices are Mod to-day with political fossils and deadbents that ought to be ousted and thoir places given to thorougly competent men whose services to the party deserve some recognition. itisin nosensen ‘reform’ to keep a manin oflico who js lazy aud ineficient simply because be Ins fed a long tine at tito public erik. io should bo honest and capndle, and he should bo an netivye and useful citizon. His duty ne an oniccholder fs not Incompatible with bis duty ng an Amerlenn citizen.” “ Tinfer that you look for what ls popularly termed a* Stalwart’ Administration under Gon. Gartlatd?" “ The Prealdent-eleot has all the quatities of a great Judo His moral natitre predominntes, and bis mind and soul are instinet with the sense of justice. Ite will nint to dy Justies to all sec- ttons and to nil people inthis broad Jand. You rovubly noticed that in his letter of. nee tend: he roversed the logical order of the Chico > platform and put the Southern problom frat. 1 prediot that you will not find tho word ‘recon= ellfation’ in his inaugural address. Tis only reconollintion, in my apinion, will be to insist thnt all classes of cftizens, whito and binck, rich. and poor, shill abey the Jaws ond shal! bo pro- tected by the Inws.* “Wilt thare be a revision of tho tariff at this sessian of Congreany” . “No; if Speaker Handall and Wood can pre vent i. Randall {a a Proteottonlst, although a bitter partisin Domocraton general principles, and couldn't como to Congress if he wore 1 Freo-Trader. Tho Democratic party four ae agoat St. Louts, when It nominated Mr, Tilden, PLEDGED ITSELE TO TAIMFP Intron, but has not lifted a flnger Iu that direction. In- deed, one of the Ilinols Democratle members xt tho Inst seaston gut binwelf into vory hot water beoause he tried to dodge tho Committee of Ways and Means, und got his little wnti-protece tlon bill considered fe another Cominitt ‘Thore ought to be a'royision of the taritf, hor ‘evor, but it will never bo done until the Repub- Neans tnke hold and dost. ‘Cho avornge Deino- orntig stitesman $8 too mich engrossed with Btate-rights and other plnyed-out Isaues, and Is two unproyressive tortcal with tho great come mercial and financial probloms of the liour, Most of thut crowd ara living in, tho past, and aro Jolned to thoir idols.” “Mr. Hazelton, what do you consldor to be the Moat Important question that confronts tha Re- publican party at the present moment?” “Tho grout overshudowiny question of tho hour is the protection of the Dullot-box, It ls much too important to be discudsed Lero und now. It lan thome worthy of tho best Intellect ip the Nution, because It indoriles tho perpetua- ton of our free inatitutions, Tho bailot-lox is tho eradio of our soverclenty, and uniess we can Kcep it pure wo are vertayly: lost. The right of overy man to vast one yotd as he plonses, und to have thatvoto honestly counted, —that {sof more consequence to ua thin any question of fiance, orturif, orlabur, It ie tundninental, and those who desecrata tho oradlo of our sovercignty commit a crime agulnst efvil and relljlous Hb- erty and aguinat tho perpetuity of our form of Favernmonk ‘Thoy are thieves and robbers. Tho tupublican party lost four or five States in the South at the last election becaure of thig rape pon tho ballot-box, and tho enemies of freo institutions were only de- tereod from ‘committing tho same criine tn other Btates in tho’ North bucnuse of tho nover wearying vigilance of our friends, Give us n falrvote and un houest count. aud tho great Republican purty of tho Union will control this Government for tho next twentyellve yours, We have the wealth and intelligence on our side, und thoy will dominate any country under enVOn, dal bani poured tha er, and the gentioign from sald * Good-by. porter of tha Patin- Wisconsin politely THE STATE LEGISLATURE, Contest for the Speakorship and Minor Ofllcenes Sptetat Dispatch to The Crteago Tribune, Suntnerienp, I, Dec, 20.—The situation ns to the contest for the Spenkership of the next House seems unchanged, but the latest information fs to the oifect that Dan Shopard wiilnot be a candidate for Clerk of tho House, and that W. 0, Taylor, of the Wenona Index, who was Clerk of the last House, will probably be redlected without much opposi- tion, Capt. H. D. Dement, Seeretary of Stata elect, is understood to have xclected those who will fill the yarlolis positions in tho Secrotary of State’s oMee during his adiniutstration. Mr. 2. P. Johnston, the present Assistant Secretary, waa offered ils position but declined, and will bo succeeded by James I. Paddook, tormer Secretary of the Senute. Tho most spirited contest hos been that for the position of State Librarian, a num- ber of worthy lJadivs belng applicants, At the request of Col. Harlow, the retiring Sec- rotary, Capt. Demont, will retaln Mrs, Emma Borlsten, the presont Librarian, that being tho only request made of his successor by Col, Unrlow, Most of tha other clerks wil bo retained until the closu of the Iegislative session, excopt Maj. Ludian, who lins charge of the dueument-roam and supplies, and who will ba succeeded next month by Ai N, Ilyde, of Dixon, ox-Clreult Ciirk of Leo County, aud an army comrada of Capt, Dement. ‘Ihis will be the only appointment mate from Lee County, ‘Thery are several hundred candidates for the ininor ofilees within the gift of the Log- islature, song Whom are an wiusual nun- her of ladies, most of whom are seeking the ppaltious of Postmaster of the Senate and ——————__— INDIAN TOURISTS. Sptelat Dirpatch to The Chicago Tribune, Br. Louis, Dec, %.—T'he Missouri TPacifo train from the Far West, which arrived hore this morning, contained thirteen stalwart Indians done up in patnt and feathers, ‘They were on tholr way to Washington, where thoy intend to visit the Great Father for the purpose of protesting agalnst’the frequent Intrusions madu by the white man upon thelr unting-grounds, and with o view of enilst- ing the ald of the Governmont in provonting treapnsyers from locating in the Indian ‘Ler. ritory In tho future, ‘The party consisted of Gray Engle, Big Soldier, Wlack Benr, and ten ator Chiets, “They took, thy vast-bound train on the Baltimore & Ohio Koad to-night. ——<——————- . THE SEAMEN'S CONVENTION, Bpeclat Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune CLeveLAND, 0, Dec, 20.—Thu Seamen's Convention finished the reylsion of the con- stitution to-day, Richard Powers, of Ohteago, wns elected General Presidents J, t, Cary, of St. Cath- arlucs, Genoral Vice-Prosident; Joseph Bur- -nard, of Milwaukeo, General Secretary; oud J, Klokko, Genoral ‘Treasurer, for the on sulng year, The Convention adjourned slue ato to Incest in Milwaukee on the second Mon- day in December, 1881, : LL. Spectat Dispatch ‘The Chtcago Tribune, Typianavoris, Ind, Dee, 20—The Ton, John C. Now, Chairman of tha Republican State Committee, Is condined to bis bed with typhoid symptoms, TIT DROP IN GRAIN. A Lively Deal on the Board of Trado Yesterday, Tho Bears Mako ‘a Determined Raid on the Wheat Market. Other Ooronls Take a Drop in Sympathy with No, 2 Spring, Suspension of Two Largs Commission Firms. ‘Thero was a biz commotion yestorday in prod. uce circles, Tho murkets were wenk, and weak witha vengeance, Thoy were even panicky at tines, until it seemed as if tho bottom bad Uropped ont altogether, Tho wheat deal waa tho govorning factor in the situation, with ovorything clsu depending upon It, Tho other markots tumbied os the coront fell, and strenginencd as it turned up from tho bottom prices of the day. Tho downe ward mayement really began on Saturday, Tho wheat market closed on "Chango that day at $1.01 for February, but In tho afternoon, atter tho Exctnnye rouma wero cloaed, tho ocurb- stono. deniers put it down to §101l or $1.01%, The furelgn markets wero tne derstood to ho on tho downward turn, and chilly because of Incrensing supplies of wheat front Itttssiu. H. Kains Jackson, the woll-known writer in Dornbusch.” bad stated, that thore wore near the cloge of Inst month HG wheat cur- xoes aflont from Russian and other Blick Soa ports, ogalnst 163 cargoes for the samo tine hist your, PhS was a complete set-bick to thosa who bad belleved that the fusects had been Bo numerous in Tussle as to have absolutely do- stroyed all hope of a aurplus in that country for export, Letters and telegrams frum Western Europe Indersed Jackson's view of ‘the situa: tion, which waa, In effect, that the Amorican whent-holders hud tet oa ‘large part of tielr golden opportunity fo by, wero prictlcaliy ut tho mercy of the consumers on tho other side of the water. Tho result wnsstho wenkness noted Saturday afternoon, and this nerved tho bears for un of alaught yesterday. Lt may be noted that tho benrs referred to ure eblefly parties who hud sok short when the markat was up in the neighbor: hood of $1.10 tu $1.15 for February, and, while It was necessary for thom to buy baok'nt somo time, It was to thoir intorest to buy inas cheap- ly us possible, There saving to baye been a let Int, between two or three, perhaps more, of the leading short: operators, for they took hold of tho “buckot- shop” in force yesterduy morning, before the opening of 'Chunge, and PUT THit PCE DOWN to $1 for February, being nblo to do 60 by tho snle of nh mitch sindler quantity than would hayo been necessary to efuct tho same thing on'Change. Thoy knew that there were a great many “stop orders" hero—that 18, ordors from parties who were lang on whent to sell, if the inarket should tonch $1, thelr object being to prevent a greater loas by’ buing oblized to sell at amuch smaller figure, The shorts referred to caluulated, therefore, that, If thoy could put the market di io $1, it would Lring out those “stop orders," aod tho increased volume of offerings would depress prices on ’Chanyo sev- eral cones per bushel additional, enabling thom to titi in nt n big protle, Tho market opened on ‘Chango at $1, and suott weakoned Under the offerings referred to, tho process being helped by n liberal calling for marging from tho “longs.” ‘The murket do- clined to 014, nod at this polut ft wad announced that Jones & McDonald were obliged to suspend, ‘Thera was no doubt about tho fact, becatise the firm wore busynt that moment notifying: parties who held contracts with thom that thoy must tnko care of the trananctions, and thus whent to the extent of nbout 00,000 bushels was offered right and left nt such a rate as broke tho nurs ket down to 98%; within a few seconds amid tha wildest confusion, seuces of operators predicting: sin Iminedinte drop to the nelghborhood of 10. But there were too many shorts to be fillad’to pormit of this extreme depression, Tho market did not go below 08%, and, in fuet, rallied from that figure long before wil the whent bad been sold out, though tho Jones & McDonald whent ‘wns supplemented by several hundreds of thous tanga of busbels more from othor partics who ud been and SWEPT OFF THEIR PRET for tho noment,—that is, to the oxtdént of not Doing able toiniegin up at. tha dopressed. fig- ures, By the time that all this whent bad beon cleared out of tho jay, tho murket hud risen to Mg, nt which figure It Is ‘befloved tho Inat 5,000+ lot wha sold. From thut tho market slightly downward ngnin, but ruled stendier during tho remuining part.. of....tho ny, with call for comment cutsidey tho rin of affalrs uaunily treated off ia the commorcinl column, Tho market closed ut Wy to WM conta on ‘Change, though it was announced just ut tho closu that another failure had occurred, This was nfterwards proven to be only a temporary suspension, the party in quesvon making ar rangements to have hla deals closed up to-day. Thero was uv little up-and-down movement the cull in the atternvon, but tho Intcat trading: of tho day wis tho sno as that at 1 o'clock— that fs, U8 cents for Junuury, and 19g to 1014 cents for February, that boing a decline of 2t¢ conits from the lntest regular price of Saturdays, Tho corn market wus, of course, aifected by the brouk in wheat, but it also had 2 depressing iniluence of its own, Jonos & McDonald wers understood to be lopg on about 1,000,000 hysbels: of corn, mostly for May dellyery, and the mar- kot went down about 1 per bushel, which ig not far from 3 Be cont, boing, therefore, About the sama relative decline as in'tho caso of whoent. Of coursy murging wore called In corn, ng in tho wheat market, and the offering of tho 1,000,000 buehels referred to forced a great many other holders to solt, us tho margins hud becn in many cases protty nearly exhuusted by tha wenkness uf en Jeaving some commis. slonsmon unprotected, and tho break | wis 80 sudden that thoy bad not time to telegraph to their customers in tho country without danger of scelng the market go ao far away from them, 08 to ie at bigger toss than. that covered by tho adultional murgins. May corn deviined to 4233 per bushel, making tho rico for Jnunary wbout Ory. It reached to 43 for May, and closed a little below that ture, In tho afternoon tho oall was procooding stoadlly, + WHEN A THUNDER-CLAP CAMB, in the shape of an nnnouncement that Ray & MeLuury had failed. Theso partics had mar- glnod up in tho morning, but the additional calls had rendered it inpossible for thom to Faspoud. It waa underatood that they hud about £60,000 in hand in the morning, and the total calls on thom wero for nbout $4), Tholr, largost cuxtamer Ja understood to be 8 gontiomnn in Uuttalo, and when they tologriphed to him that thoy would bo obtized to draw, they received the Inconic roply, "Don't draw." Of course thoy suaponded, timuay bo noted that Ruy & MoLaury bad not been marained very heavily previously, ns, poomiaelt was known that thoy were carrying a long fine of corn, It, was supposed to he fora house with which tho Juniur member of tho firm tad boen for muny yours Identifed, and thoro was tio fear of failure in that onse, It will be understood by those familiar with the prac- tees on tho Hourd that when @ party toa trate bolicyes the other party to be porfeetly aufe, he is very upt to nvold gal Hing for margin’ t pro- teot the den!, beuause, under the rule, tho por aon inaking the call cay be required to put up a margin rg well us tho othor one, so that the effect often ia to lock up the money of both pare tles to the trunenction, Itny & MeLiury bid sone wheat duals on hand, but that murket war not materially alfeoted by the announcement, be- ‘onuse the whent cui] was aver at the time It was nude, ‘Thera woe a Htile irreqular trading and. tolking on the curbstone which was eset hy the Knowing ones aa an indication of a further decline in wheat lordiys ‘Tho oats murket was depressed by tho fact that tho parties referred to were long in that deni also, but thore wero no particulary features in that inurket to call for speotut commont. It closed rathor firm, : THE PROVISION MARKET was relatively steady. A good many calls wore made for margins on pork and lard carly in the day by tho shorts, who thought that the break in wheat and corn would force a decline in the hog product, Hut pork only fet alt about 12 couts per barrel and jurd 24 toh cents per i pounds, nftor which thora was a rally. The Inurket was helped by a reportad advance of 10 cuts per 100 potinds In hogs at tho Stocks Yanda, aud threopence per owt, on turd In Liverpool, tho markot for meats on the other sido being: also stronger, Thuro was a yoo dealoft nerve oubiess, however, In this part of tha deal, gove eral hotilers banging around tho pit during 9 Inrge part ot the day und watching anxlougly: for symptoms of a brevk, in which cusu they Wore prepared to gcll before tho market sotto the bottom. They wero not anxious to put thelr property on the market In such shapo ns todos Tress it, and sa, as a rule, thoy did noteell. Tho provision murket wae roully’ steadier than tho Tecont sveruge,—a Cuct which ts something won. dorful, copsidoring the closcness of tho bond whieh for ‘sovgral weoks hag united the wheut and the pork deals, causing one to move up und down in sympathy with the other, Lator in the day soine partied of the portinas clous order hunted up Dornbusch of a dite near to that ++ which Ar. Jackson's jetter up: peared, and found the number of curgovs of wheat from South Mueslan and Dune ubian porta to only fortyeuix cure inetund of etek fees as report 1y Ir. Jackson. Jt waa this that gave tore stondi- neas in the lntter part of the day, and this fuct nuuy perhaps give go much additonal confidence to poopie to-ilay us to cause an Upward reaction, or nt luast provont a further drop, The people who bave becn colouluting on au addidonal dos cline to-day may boright, or the event insy prove that they aire inistuken, Thure were rumors utloat that two other houses had fulled, but go far as known tho rumors wore not founded on fact, and it would thereforn be unjust to mention the numes of the Purtles connected with thom. TNE YAILUUE OF JONKS, M'DONALD & CO. waa'not really an unexpected event. Thoy wore * bulls" iu tho woeut and corn market, and 2 wore boavily toaded down with whnut ouretusesd TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1880—TWELVE PAGES. all tha way from the highest down to nearly the Jowest point. They fouvht inaufully against the storm, putting up margins for themselves and thoir customers ts fast as enlled for, watt it was inipossible for them to go nany further. The frm composod of Hen Campbell Jones, C, ) Donald, and If A. tall, The firm of MeDonald commenced business in oltice thon being in the Exchange where they o1 onan nel fa tmde. A yeur ago Inet May thoy monyed Inte tholr pres: ent «tarters, » 12 La Sale, northwest. corner of Madison streat, Hero they carried on A general commission business, which yrow papi to maminoeth proportions, Inst mouth's coininissions alone amounting to nearly €4,000, In tholr trananetions It 18 estimated, that tot fers than 2500.00 has been ted up. itis ead that the flem did some trading tupon thotr own aeeount, but aa te this there was no muthontion+ fon, After tha firm had gong under, WH. te Honoré, of the flrin of Grant & Honoré, of New York, who hits won sponding a few duys in this elty, was ou the Board, where he openly stated thitt Jones & MeDonud owed hlin $1800). Tt 1s said that A. 8. Locwenthal bas also something between $1,000 nnd $12,000 dua him from the firm. ‘Thoy are also largely indebted to other firms in their vicinity, bet to statement could ba. had of thelr asseta car Hadith thay put uy) it was only n short thie ao that Muargius to. the extent of €100,000 In one day, Their unloading yesterday amounted to 800,000 bushels of whent, Rial 1,000,000 bugh of corn, They beld o tittle pork, all of which [3 fully margined, some lard upon which thore 13 1. Droit, and some outs, whieh Ieave a margin on the credit side, During tha afternoon nT UNE reporter entted upon the fri at thelr ott No, TE ba sulle street, where Mr. th C. Jones: was found, &Thoy hive got us down,” sid he, “but we will come up again. I suppose that this tanlesson all young men starting out in business have got to lone, but we tre going to come out the best way that we know how. We margined until we got down to Satur. day's fizurea, We kept on putting up until to-dny, ou nv Inaricet that wns going down, down, down, ‘No-day wheat und corn went lower than we ever ox- od thoy would yo by tve cents, and we be- mt that thoy are gong tlown lower yet. ‘This, Jn fae of atch events, we concluded that It was tho only sensible thing ta do for us ta etenn Up, und, basin, cleared olf tho tables, get up and yo at it again ¥ “Tow about your Inbilitios?” “Ag to that we cin’t tell. Nearly everbor: with whem wo have been dealing la marzin onty thative hive not purtip théso Just culls. We can’t tell how wo stand) until we shall hava wot in all our outstanding claims." “How about these outstanding claima?” “They ure coming In rapidly, and in two o1 three auys we niet SHALL HAVE OUR STATEMENT IADY, Nearly alt margina are up to price, and thera sett by very Hetluieft unpald after settioment of sales,” re vat you endeavor to gottla by a compro- oe" 1 sboll not try to sottle it that way—that is not toy Ilea, though L have not spoken ta Mr, McDonald. A bave nodetalls wud no reports to go by to sny what will bo done. 1f things pan out with ud a4 T think thos: will, I don't: think that we shall have any trouble in fixing up and golng nhend ogain. Think of whut wo have Bt up to: Tho wheut market deelined 10 cents in two weeks.” ¥ 1 “Yau held soma wheat at $1.13, ald yor not?” “We bought some whoat at that figures but these accounts were sottled long gu. und thore wore no trades ut that price open at the tine of one failure.” Some extent of tho bus{iess and losses of tho firm enn be best tmngined! by stating that yese terduy morning Jonesy & MeDontld were esited upot for mnurgins td the oxtent of something like $60,000. 1 ‘Thoy did not feel Hke' furthor crowding tholr custoinors, and tad down, : Last evenlug, at quite a lite hour, 1 Truss reporter learned Crom foals, rellablo sutbor- ity that the failure of ws & MeDonald te AN EXCKEDINGLY BAD ONK, aarentdeal worse than Mr, Jones imagined at the time he wns interviewed, Since the down- full in wheat, corn, and pork tho tem baye lust In tho neighborhocl of 890,000, “hore is uo usvet talking,” antd Tie Trin UNF min's Informant. “asolvent frm docan’t suspend, ‘The house had too much vt stake, If thoy could show that thoy were solyont the bunks would have helped, them ready." ‘Tho Habillties of tho firer will aggregate £600,000 or more, In thelr transuctions witn. dir, Loowon- thal that gentlemen loses something Ile $11,000, nfter closing ‘out his dels Inst evening. Iut Mr. Locwanthal fs perfectly solv- ent, being analy in that condition where he hud to stop for the time bolng, and Mr. Joho Lyon took bia dents, So fdr as Jones & MeDon- afd are concerned, Mr, Jones took tov hopeful a view of tho situation. Tho eas eannot, under oxisting circumstances,” and itt the mute ural course of events, pay imore thin fron ® to 40 conts on the dollar, If that much, Truc, thoy-have a lunge ue of eush whent and corn, but thore haye iso been Jargo overdrafts nt tho bunks, Furthorimore, some of tho firm's claims uguinet purtios for whom thoy havo buen deuling are not supposed — to worth much, and it is hurd to tell how much they will renlizo there, - Yesterday morning the tet threw on the tnurket 1,590,000 bushuls of wheat tnd alike amount of Coen, besides some pork, the foss upon which negreated, on n diiferenee between Saturduy’s and yesterday's prices, nearly 8t0u,0u. ‘This is the real condition of tho ‘firm: Linbilities, — $60d,0 mssats, including evorything, will probably not run over $225,000 to 200 if thoy will nererate clther of thest amounts, With this showing, Jones ‘& MeDonnld cunaot possibly pay any. thing more thin Ut cents, if that, ood it ts more thin Ikely that the amount will be as low aaiWeents, itis better for the firm that these faut should be made public. To Mr 1.1, Honors thoy ure indebted some $18,000, hat pertieman was seen list eventug at tho Palmer House by a Tarsuns reporter, 10 whoin ho stated that tho above amount was core ret, The firm of Grant & Moré, ot Now York, wud. atfeoted by thia loss nt all. ‘The would not He awako nights over it. They were secure iu their business, belug ainply imargiued by nib tholr customers, and this loss, though they would rather it had not occurred, gave them Wo unowsiness utall They were abundantly able to stand it at this thine, und thoy were glad THAT IT WAS NU WORSE Tho firm of Honoré & Grant, with whom Jones & MeDonald traded largely, always were prompt in putting up inargins, and. thore wis no om Darrnesment whitever enused from the New York end of the Hne, as Wag rumored upon the atreet yesterduy, ‘There wae 4 rumar on tho strects that tho firm of Jones & MoDonald had spevulnted for the Non. J. [tussell Jones, the fatter of the senor partner, und that Loe had test about $100,000 in ho denk A reporter cutlod at Mr. Jones’ house Just evening to make Inquiry about this story, but was unable to sce bln, as he wis sick. lis son, howovor, Bild that there was no teuth in it—that hls father did't speculate. The firm had never dono id businesa for him except onee, a your and a half ago, when he and others bought 160,000 bushels of corn, His father hud notntercst In the firm, 2 Tho roport of thu failure of Jones & Mo- Donald bud searcoly div nway whon It was announced that Kay & Moluury, at 160 Was! ington street, had also Kone under. Thelr gy pas did not take place wntiinearty 8 o'clock. Their checks woro certified at the iin all the forenoon, and tu up marging eng fast ons calted to tho = amount of nearly ),000, Thoy wero great wheat dealers, and had some big deals on hand for Enstors: parties, who at tho last momont degerted thom and allowed them to gounder, Thalrlargest customer wero in Butfnlo, ono firm alone stunting on thoir hooks In nn account of 57.00), which, up to ye: terduy morning, wan thought to umount only to Hi,000, “‘Phosv poopto failed to honur tho drafts Inade upon thom, with a'resuledisustrons to itny & Menuwury, ‘Lhe firm fy composed of Con W, A, Ttay and ‘Thomas G, Mefaury, mon who have Deen in bualnoss on the Huard for yours, wid Whose roputntions siood high, ‘fhelr tutlure Was 0 grout aurprise to everybody, beeausy thoy wore believed to be good for everything. that they handted, os thoy onty dealt for othors. Mr. MeLaury ts in New York. Ile was formerly socinted with Mr. George C, Walker, anc the firmof Ruy & Moluury has not bean in istonce Jong, the concern having being Has Co. Shortly atter tho announcemont of the failure a ‘Tununr reporter catted upon dtr tay. Ho wits hem aid cars in business. Ho hod been buyfng and welling during the day, not dreaming of tho impending crisis, Re waa engaged with hia clorks in sending out NOTICES OF 1114 SUSPENSION, ‘and ordoring nll dents to be elosed out upon his account. Thera were people tucking in for set> themonts, but everybody wna good-natured, aa note mare peut und gulf-possessed than Vol. Hay himself, oe the reporter he sald: 6 “This is really unexpected tome, Thad po idow that wo werd going down go siitdesty,’ * What was tho cause of your suspension?” “Simply thia; Wo have been dealing for ‘parties in tho Bastern eltios, mainly in taal, who baye suddenly left us fi tha hureb. We jwlegrpand them for money, nnd thoy failed to honor thulr margin drafts, Thoy wired ts not ta draw on thom, but wit were wo todo? Tho banks, which had been very Kind to us, wanted money, and sa wo were compelled to suspend, With tho Eustorn drafts wihonored we wore compelled to soll out our stuit, ‘This morning £ considered the Hrin gounil ts But We had put. Up 855,000 fn margins, ‘This morniig wo were culled upon for nuarly 00 anor, Whish wo paid. Uuring tha duy §25,000 more was callad: jor, and wo couldn't putup, This lennsays If our trades bad been settled this morning wo vould easily buye puld 100 cents on the dollar and had something loft, Of course, lecan't toll now what tha result of the sales will be, bocuuse wo have sold 6a much short,” cok you imlght have averted tho catas- troy “Certainly, If tho partics East had como to time und put up the afternoon margins wo would bave had iu trouble. Hat fimugine the predicamont L nus in, Sy partner is in Now York and my bookkeeper {8 slok. f roally. van searovly toll whore Et stand. J don't know whuther Lbave told you correctly or not, bit £ want to bu fulr aud just with all, Tho storm cane like 4 thunderclaptome. 2 intend to cluse Up all tho trades that [I bavo on hand, wid, if there fs no waterial vhange in tho market, £ shall be ablu eually to. py, duh eonts on the dol- ur, und thut tg whut Phope tadg, If it ts othor- wise, 1 shull have a very lurge loss uccount, and, us bow much, 1 cun't wy. Just to show you how furge wy bitehices ts, 1 closed out one account “u fow days awa. 1) QHO hour, pvselt. af ane mitllioy the morning they put allding, * bushels of wheat, On the down-turn they mars ln tts Like bl Ifwe could only make tho *ehort’ and * long’? meot—make one hand waah tho uther—theee would be ne more trouble. All with whom wo have haddenlings have treated us well, ana I now hope only for a favorable mar ket that inay allow tis te pull out.” ‘Thies statement waa inady by Col Ray while he was busy with otbors, As to figures, ho could give notie until he bad struck balances of assuts and Hubitities, Mr. A. 1. Inowenthal. of 81 Tin Salte atrect, ave notice # on Chango” anne tho day that Mr, John B. Lyon would sett all hls deals. A eallttpon Me. Loewenthal nade by a Taree reporter, showed that the gentleman was atinply sottling all bis cinims at a bundred cents on tho dolkir. He had not fatled, did not propose to, but did not propose to goon further holding Whentand corn ou a losing market, When be had settled up his dents he would reavine busi- hess, and that was wll there wns of it. CROPS IN KANSAS, Tho Drought Not as Widespresd or Mad an Reported—The Stnte Net Beg- wing for Contributions, but Is Ablo to ‘Take Care of Its Own People To the Editor of The Chicago Tritune. BALINA, Kas., Deo, 18.—White ft Is true that this portion of the Btute suffered somewhat from drought Inst yeur, and our crop of wheat and corn was short, 28 compared with what wo consider a good yeur, yot tn the Countics of Me- Pherson, Saline, Ottawa, Cloud, and Republle, anil the country east of the counties named, — that ts, all cast of the W4th degece of longitude, —thore was ut lenst a good half crop of whent und corn, and in mitny casos a two-thint crop; und tho Counties of Mitchell and Jowell farther west, which tle up north next to Nebruska, were Porhitps Jittle, if any, benind the counties named, But. as we go west of these counties, tho country suffered more seriously, and in the extreme westurn mind southwestern Kettiements there was practicntly nothing raised, and lurge hutnbers of settlers buve ityailed themselves of the benclits of the actof Cungreas upproved June 4, 188), which gennta thema icave of nb- Renee Unt Oct. 1, 1851, from homesteads, and an extension of n year's time, from Oct. 1, 1881, on all previnption money due. The exudus by tho leaving of those who avail themselves of this ielief act, reduces the ntmber to he supported by the Ald Commit. tee. At tho first meeting held In the Governor's office tu tuke steps to orgunize a State rellef as sucintion, It was. distinetly undorstoud tbat 10 permit shoul’ be granted any one to solicit ald outside the State. An exception was inude us to, Kansns Cuy and St. Joseph, hecuuse of their proximity to us and the tntimate relations tht exist between those citles and our State. [think no ony hus been eotnmissioned to solicit ald in the Eust. Our Wu wre wbundintly able to provide for the se on the frontier who went oul there without means, expecting to rule o crop of corn tho Mrat yeur, ‘Tholr total falluire forces them wither to leave tho Stute or to de- pend upon the State Rellef Assuciudon, which 1s, doing its work ulfectively. 1 have no peraunal knowledge of “Egyptian: riee, ir“ rice-corn.” There hus been searecly nuy of It planted in this portion of the State, Loheant of its having been planted tu a considerable extent up in Gove County, and. have written to friends up thore for such facts 1s they cin furnish, Judge + Bondi, one of okt John Brown's confréres in tho carty days of Kansas, rays that it was tried in Kansas fu 1960 under the nate of “ Doorah” or * Dunn” corn, It came from tha Upper Nile country. Ho says it eee twenty-five or thirty bushuls per acres wil grow pene as well without tnoisture og with (4). It makes good chicken-feed, and docs well to teed stock xenerally. The flour or ment is slimline to that made of baricy. While it muy Answer A youd purpose on our extrema west. ern border, yet 1 am inelined to think that lu this Stnte, where sich vast crops of corn and whert cat be rained nearly every year, It will be a lone tine before our people will cure to experiment inuch with rice corn, because, say what we will about drought, and grassboppers, and ll the other iis thit afict us as A State, Yul tuke a series of yeurs together, suy_ any tive yours, und the extent of erups of corn and whent ralacd K is ig wonderful, and there will in Kan: bo no nee to resort to any new kind of cerenl, As our counties grow older 1 notlee our farmers became better Uxed, They get so thoy can keep u store of corn over from year to year, Juat as all prudent farmers do just as soon ng they get lei so they cun; but tho first fow Bi years ho first five youn es ® general thing, they are so poor that they are forced ta sell rything olf clean even at tho risk of hav to buy aguin beforo another crop is raised, Lam willing to admit that tho extreme west- ern aca ‘of tho State should bo given up to cattio and sheep rilsing, ond 1 thik that ts etting to be the generally-recoived oplulon; but many inteltiger ens men think othor- wise, and ft is dificult to iy where the Ing should bedrawn boyond whieh no mun should colt ho expects to follow general farming. 1 have seen grand crops of worst grow in tus sell County, aud fn Eilis County, beyond tho ninety-ninth degree of longitude, good crops: have been raised; but last yoar both of those intles suffered severely.’ In due tline this question will regulate itself, and ovr western eountios will bo great cattic and wool growinir counties, walle the central and eastern portion of the State will continue to ustunish the Union With lininense crops of corn, and wheat, and other cerents, and will rival your own fertile Prairio State in the production ot bogs; for where corn grows 1s it does hore the hog prad- ‘uct must bo tt great source of profit. EMO. ALLEGED PERJURERS, Somo of tho Dangers of Carclesly= Made Alidavits, Norman Finite was urrested by Constablo for. Tolkcum Saturday last ona warrant sworn out by Henry It. Aduing, charging bim—in making an alldavit fora caplns—with perjury tn false- jy swearing thnt Adatng was about to letve tho State for the purpose of defrauding bls crealt- ons. Flulte was unable to give bail, aod re- mined fn jalt until yesterday, when ho went be= foro Justi¢e Meech, nud took # chunge of venue tu Justlea Prindivilte, who continued tho ense until Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr. Aduims proposes to make wn example of Finite, and thus endeuvorto cheek the abuse of the statute under which bo made his ulleged false oth. Just hofore the Inst Prestdentinl election Her- man Josephson, 0 wrocerymian aud a Republican, mot 4 Democrat in Ultrieh's areata on the North Side, and made g bet of $10 with him that Mnols would go Hepublican. Ulrich was desa- iynated to hold the stakes, and did so. After tha vlovtion Josephson clulmed tho 220, but Ulrich refused to turn tt overto him for some reason or another, butsubsequentiy he gave the mone! to the other man for €. Josephson sud Ullrich before Justice Brown for bis lu, and obtnined a Judgment. When o Constable went to servo tho execution Ullrich scheduled under the exemp- don Jaw, swearing that ull hla property was ex empt. Jt was subsequently loarned thut he bad an note for $300 und a stoye that he had fulled to echedtle, Yesterday Josephgon wont before Justice Brown and swore ont a wurrint charge wog Ullrich with perjury in swenring falvoly ag to his property. Constable Hartmun served tho Wurrant, and Ulrich caine into court and ec Dall for his Hp bourinee on tho th inst, at 2p. my, tho bond belug 8500, — SINGULAR DIVORCE-SUIT. Special Dispatch to The Chleago Tribune, Lavayerry, Ind., Dec, 20.—Richard Rus sell, a young man Hying on. the west side of tho river, Is the plaintht Inasingulardivorce- suit in the County Court. He alleges that ho was aininorat the time tho marriage core mony oceurred; that he was entleed to the elty by a brother and brother-in-law of nis wife; and, at the dead hour of night, he, the sald Rlehard, was taken by the brothor-In- Jaw to the Clork's office to obtain a teunso; and was afterwards escorted to the home of the bride chosen for him, whoron Justice of tho Peace tled the knot that he ts now striv- tng to have sundered,—he all tho time being Jdieduress, a3 he alleges, ‘The entise hangs, tho Court awaiting the Frealuetion of ovidence Mn aupport of tho alleged courcion, Tho brothor-ln-law's story docsn’t ngres with that of Richard in respect to the duress. According to the brothor-li-law, Richard was not only not coareed, but voluntarily walked two miles and by agreement met the rothor-h-law at tho Court-Honge and pro. oured the Heenses aud, unable to walt while ‘the brother-in-law stopped to secure the Justice of the Peace, struct ont for the home ‘ot his Intended, whero hoe was found 9 halt hour Inter, anxiously waitlig the arrival of thod. 2, Russell has called on lis wife but once sluce thy murriige, EDUCATION AT THE SOUTH, Byeciat Diapatch to The Chicago Tribune. Inptanaronis, Ind,, Dec, 2.—In on Inter- view this afternoon touching his recent Visit to the Southern Statos, State-Syporintendent Smart sald that ho found the Teputation, of Tndiang tobe excellent whersyor he went, espectally In its prominence in education al matters, This was particularly shown by the ‘part which tho State will take in the muoting of tho Asso- elation next July. Besldes his own Srangural nddress a3 President, Dr. Moss, of Asbury Unlyersity, and President Whits, of Purdue University, wil deliver fnaugural addresses 1 the presiding oficers of Impors tant depurtinents. ‘The lending educators of the whole country will attend tha meetin Hext summer, Including such men as Vrof, Parker and Dr, MeCosh. Tho vducational intureste of tho South will pe one of the prin- clpal toples of discussion. He he the peo- ple of the South ure not now thinking about polities, but ure asking Instead how they may bait up what they enll the New Soutll, ‘The Professor expects w very largely attend ed and profitably meeting of tho Assoglution ab Atlanta i Alwnsoy Dinight, Joky Sebel! 9 THE COURTS. . Experts with tho Microscope Will Disagree. A Justice and o Constable on Trial in tho Criminal Court. Record of Judgments, New Suils, Ele.—Tho Grand Jury al Work. A NOVEL COLLISION CASE, An intersting ense to them that go down to tho sen in ahips {a on trial hefure*Judge Mlodgott, The Nbetant, Thomas Doherty, owner of the schooner George EF, Purington brings a silt agajnst tho steumn tug #roteetion to recover $1,000 damnges for an alleged collision, He claims tut on tho Sth of November, 1277, tho schooner was lying off shore here about hale a imite south of tho southern end of tho break water riding out tho gale und tying a fing of distress, Tha tug Protection, belonging to tho vessel Owners Towing Associntion, came out to her assistance, and steamed within tfty or 100 fect of hor, checked down. and almost stopped ov her stirbouw bow, Thea. instead of tiking hold by in hiwser, Tibelant. elqling tha tug ran Across the schooners bows ond parted he anchor-chaln, ‘Tho schooner drifted south, and Analy went ashore at Wolf Lake, while tho ti paid ho further attention to her, but steamed away. ‘The defense was practically an allbl on tho purt of the tug, that she was not at any the within 200 feet of the echooncr, ur ahend of her, so that she could have parted her chain, The damnges claimed ura 4,000, ‘The case ts heard witha jury, very unusual proceeding in an Adtufrulty sult. A KNOTTY QUESTION, Judge Gardner was engaged yesterday In hearing a motion for injunction in the two cases of George Gay agninst J.M. Young &Co, and against C.F. A. Hinrichs. ‘These were two ‘Dills to set aside two judgments by confes- ston obtained. against Gny, the Washington street crockery deuler, a month or Bo nyo. Ho claimed that the power of attorney was ultored after be signed tb, ie tho substitution of ord * date” tnstend of the word “inaturit in eueh a connection n3 to zive the ereditora the Tight to enter up Judyment any time after the date of the note fistead of after tts maturity, which latter thie would not be tnt February, 1841, On behalf of the compluinantthe slidavits D . Danforth, Dr. Chirtes Adame, and Tolmun, experts with the microscope, wore rend to the elect that the worl date hud been written in after the rest of the writing and in a different band, ond oan afidayit af Orrin Reynolda, mn expert ta hand- writing, to n like offect, On the sido of the defendanta, the nilidavits of Prof. If. U. Babcock, Prof, C. Gitbert Wheeler, George A, Mariner, I. U. Viper, and Willian. Hoskins, microscopic experta, were produced, ail to tho effect that nosutisfictory evidence of alteration was discoverable, The defense ntso armucd that the court hu no jurisdiction in tho cave to f, ‘Tho ditdye, ut tho conclusion Hents, took the matter under adv ment, aol will decide It this morning. Mr. J.M, Kouthworth appeared for complainant and Judge Blackman for the defendants. MASTERS IN CITANCERY. The Juaves of the Superior Court held a moct- doy Saturday afternoon on tho question of ape pointing new Masters in Chancery, Yesterday an ornler was entered reappotnting the three old Masters, HT, Steale, 1, D. Magruder, ond Franklin Danigon, aud slo appointing four new ones, EJ. Whitehead, Hempstead Washburn, DJ, Avery, aud J. K. Custer, to currespond with tho increase in Judges, A JUSTICE AND CONSTAMLE TRIAL. Tho grenter part of yesterday was taken up in Justice Harris’ branch of the Criminal Court in the selection of tho remuining jurors In the Fleming-Doran-Miner conspiracy case, Assistant State's-Attorney Nhotmson thon pro- ecedled tu stato thot the thru dofeudunts, to- gothor with one Bernard Wilson, allas 8am Morgan,now missing, were Indicted forconspiring toxuthor to refeusy one John Turdy from jail through the medium of a straw bond, Purdy was the fellow who went through W, 1. Clapp & Young's jewelry store and Q, 1. Keith & Co.'s infHiinery store in September, 1879, was caught, tried on tho two cbarger, anid committed to sall, wheneo be was liberated, said the Assisuint Blalc Aten, throush the sucee: forts oof Voming, - a Stock Justice of the Peace; Dornn, n Constable; Min- er, Purdy"s lawyer; and Wilton, tho straw bail, ‘This was on Sunday, the ith of Septembur, 187), aince whieh day both Purdy and Wilton havo been consploucns chietly: for thelr rbsence. In his statemont of the cas¢ the Assistant Stuto's- Attorney said he proposed to ehow that Jailer Currier warned the Justico tat the scheine wis one tosccure the man's ceenpes that Fleming, dlare Hog tho waraing, tuok advantie of Currler’s temporary wbsence to persuade Depnty-Julicr to release Purdy ou a straw vond concocted by the inasing Wilton and avcepted: without tho Jeust authority: by the sald Fleming; and that tho consideration In the case, as wold bo shown by all the surrounding clreumstauces, was a tuatter of dollars und ceuts, Mr. Mitchell, one of tho three lawyers for tho trio of defendants, endenvored to ‘show to tho jury the grent lmprobability of Fleming's (nten- eas olny anything wrong, though it wns not unlikely that ho had been deceived by the represcentutions whieh were mide to him into accepting the bond. Mr, Mitebell also put in a good word for Miner aud Doran, who were quite fis innocent, according to bls statement, us tho aspersed Justice from the Stock- Yards. Utto Young, formerly a member of the firm of W. 8, Clapp, Young & ook the stand and hit no sooner proceeded to telt whut ho know of Purdy than Mr. Van Turen, for the defense, heaved {1 an objection to bringing tn something thant wasn't in this case for the only apparent purpose, us he sald, of intlaiwning tho jurors’ minds amainst somebody. The point wos argued at some length, the Court finally holding that the prosecution might traco Purdy tram tho story to the Police Court, and from thore to the Jail. ‘This was urletly done, Ex-Jaller Currier, one af tho ipatiant wit- nosses for tho prosecution, testitled Uiat Flan Dontn, and Wilton camo to tho jail foulnr Monday, showed him tho band, and asted hin to rolouse the pritoner, Ho asked why it bad been necesuiry to go to the Stock= Yards for a hustle, and was told that none of the city Justices could be found, “After looking at the bond, nnd the property which was scheds wled, ho told Fleming he feared the thing waa erooked, and that I he (Fleming) accepted it he was Iikely to get into trouble. | Floin- ing antd if that was tho case he didn't want to-do $t, Doran represented that lo knew where tho property wis, and bad rented it forgone yenr, mentioning somo sual sum an the rent. Witness guid he didn't think that Flomtog nad a right to take ball anyway, that boing the prerogutiyo of the committing Jus. dew; bue Miner said. ho hud tho right. Finally witness tok Fleiniug to go out and ascertain ie the bond was ynod, and loft orders it tho office to aceoptit from Fleming in case bis inquiries sutlifed him on that point. In i conversation with Doran the othor night, hoe reminded the latter that he had told hin he was right, aud that Doran would himself into trouble over the bond, Dornn mnted, und remurked that it had been “1 big bother” to him, nthe erosy-oxaminition tho ex-Jaiter ad~ Mltted that it had been the custom to nveept bonds whigh hat been approved by othur that committing Justloes, though i was a practices whieh be regarded a8 wrong, After tho frat Ine terview in the jall, Fleming and tho rest went aff inn carriage, the Justice remarking that ho waa going to naka inquiries with regard to the sulllcleney of tho bond. At this point tho case-wont over until this morning, aud tho Jurors wero placed under tho cure of the Halll over night, ITEMS. F, K. Rowen was yusterduy appointed Kecelver of tho Creat Wostern Volugraph Company by Judge Barnum, in place of #8, McClelland, roe signed. ‘Dueling the rest of tha weok Judge Jameson me Hear any pussed caus that muy ready to akon wpe Judges Re veon; Tuley, and Harnum will hotd nO colirt Hext week, Discharges from Raniceuptoy wore gninted yeatorduy to George W, Lackey, C. Ry ky Koch, and Henry 0. dacoba, > Dischurzes were retused to Churica SMeFartand, Marry Worw!tz, and Matthow Marx, aA tiret und gual dividend aicuting wos hold esterday In the bankruptey case of Josuph Bigewin ‘but thore were only suflicieng funda to ay thi XB. pr hominnt dividend was dectared In tho estate of Urmas G, Smith. a esitand o Marecstanrths oft age, Sent wae polars i a cise Of Jit ba O, Cleinont, an ono of 14 percent in that or William 1%, Wilcox, UNITED STATES COURTS, The Layo Holler Compound Company filed 9 Dil yesterday ngalust Jacob J, Luyo to restrain him from uslug A patent for au invention of a chotleal compound for proventing und romov- ing tho accumulutions of suules und Inerustae tivns tn steam boilers, jssuod April 15, 167d, to J. J, Lave, and unother for a compound for pro- venting and remoying Incrustatons from stew boilers and ee ttkert foumlngy, Issued Deg, 2, 1874, both of which puteats were afterward a> signed to complainutiut. Edward K, Wara bogut uguinst John Frankenrider, THE CRIMINAL COURT, The triul of Andrew Anderson for tho murdor of Jobn Benson on the night of Sept, 17 buy been but for hearing to-morrow mucning. Tho fol terduy inoruing Criminal Courts 0. C. Mestillan, im e Milken Clark, ON May ts er cont was a sult for $1,000 Aobivy, Willan Wadley, and othea, Martin Dunno, M, Do Caudros, Henry toote! Christin Band, W. Ht. Dunton, We Ac! Murphy ¥, &, Cosaitt, M.D, Dean, Francia Munson, 1. fe Wells, J, E, Cassiday, 0. 1. Greon, Chris. Tegt= moyor, J.8, Hair, William Ward, Charles Liu bershelmer, John G. Downcy, and G. T. Pritt, Mr. MeMillan was Nppointell forcrnan. "ths Jury mot in the rooms formorly acoupted by ex- daticr Currier, where thoy held one session. Ten eases woro henrd and four true billa-ro- turned, No bills were found in three ones, and three presentations were passed. Tho homicide cute against James Burke for kilting his brother ening up forthe thirt time. Thora pelng bit. ton flay for the Boastin ved tho jury—Christmns * Nev rs interventng—thi Le protracted meotings. SEEN EOIN, A motion was rande ant argued Inthe Crimi: nal Court yesterday by Mr. Van Buren to quash the Indietinenta in'tho ense of Walter MeDonald, City Beater, and Charles Aldrich, churged with coroplleity In the Morrow jewelry robbery at the Citron Howse several weeks ago, The charge in tho indictment was “concealing information from the magistrates of the county.” It was through the mzvnoy of those purtics thatthe owner recovered his property. They noted ine dependently of tha polles atid on thelr own ree sponsibility, and as thay refused to dlactosa th Hames of the persons froin whom they. received tha stolen property, the pollee procured thalr ine Mictinent. The motion was argued vt somo length, and Judge Gary held that the indintmont must show some afllrmative net how tho oifense of coneenlinent was committed, aud ua It failed to do this ho qtnshed tt. $ STATE COURTS, Sophronia Smith began a sult yosterday tor $1,000 against Tolman Wheeler, C. Whitesite and A. 2. Wilson sued Joseph ind Sary E. Quinn for $1,000. TUK CALI, E Jopar Bronarrr—No call. Sot admiralty ease, Doherty ¥. Tug Protection, on trial. Arrnteats Count—Motions. Jvpor Sttn—No preliminary call, Trial ent, S404, TAM, BOIS 9,014, 3,629, ond 3,523. No. 0,403, People y. Wohlers, on hearing. Ju ANTHONY —I185, 187, 188, 2 except son, No caso on telat! tee Jupge WILLtAMSON—Assisis Judge Anthony, No, i115, Vaddon v. People’s Insurance Compas ny, on trint, e Jenny JAMEsON—Bet cases 733, Otls v. Drown, and 62f. Jooy v. Kaufmann. No case on hearing. Jug Gat — Uh, 25, 20, 27, No. 23, Nichole fon. Reese, on par ha ey BR , an lo cnso on JUNGE ROGERS—159, telat. AE MORAN—O2, 34314 to 42, Inclualvo, ex cept i, No. 3, Armstrong v, ilusdale-Doylo Grant Company, on trial. ed Jupay TuLey—Motions, Opinions will bo de~ liverod at 10 a, m. in nil cases now hetd under advisement, unde BAINuM—No call, No. 13, Sawin v Hociinesters, Life-lusurance Conipany, on heare TEs JupaRr Loostis—Continned ens Wu s Nos. 1,205 and 1,113, and eomnmon law cases Nos, 4 10, 1 42, Aine M4, OF, Thy BH BF, U1. 18. ind 17, JUDGE GAny—Nos, 255 Zor, BOR, ‘J 8, 257, i308, 260, 280, 293, 015, 616, O10, 620, 030, G31. S07, iN, ak, tH, nnd 2h, Acnoy HawEes—No, 10), the Town of Lake con- splrioy case, Judge Gury wita engaged In hearing the caro of Willlam “Schmidt, charged with in assault with intent to commit ripe. upon Frederickn Floisehor, a you e irl about 15 years ot aye. eka was positive that Willlam was tho man while Willlam was, equally poaltive that It was cago ot mistaken fitent! he Tho ovidence wug quite contradictory, and the Jury upon rotiring were instructod to sex! tholr verdict. JUDGMENTS. Surrnion Count—Cosrrssions—Dotos W. Ele dred vy. William Haythorn and Thomas T. Brown, BAT, Cincutr Counr—Jupar Rosens—Atgust Lim- ‘burg ¥. Michael Bauerle and Frank Stark; vor- dict, €114, and motion tor new trith Junak MotaAN—Willlan R. Kerr v. The Scot: tial Commercial Insurinee Company, $483.30, a POLICE PERSECUTION. How Officer Rixcth Revenged Himsclf on a Prisoner. Yesterday morning ut the West Madison 8treot Polico Court n young man of 18 yeurs, nained William Hovey, was arrulgned before Justice Walsh on tho charge of drunk, preferred by Oticer isixeth, of tho West Chlengo Avenue Stt= tion, Tho prisoner took a change of venue to Justice Morrison, but Bixoth put his man inte a cell at Madison Street Station, and [a reperted to. have said that he would “go and take a good sleep. and he (Hovey) could stay thore until h—L freezes ayer,” being mad because Hovey bad tuken a change of venue. The mothor af tho prisoner sat in dustico Morrison's Court several houra, walting for tho ullicor to bring her son in, an fay that Justice went dawn into tho station and bad tho young mnt released on ball. Itwas tho duty of the officer to tnka transcript from Justico Walsh's Court to that of Justice Morrison along: with bis prisoner, but he did not do olthar, louv- inp the trantoript in the Police Court and the prisoner inncell, Mrs, Hovey is tho mother of, geveral small children, two of whom aro ill with have fover, and needed ber enro and attention, while she was delnyed at Justice Morrison‘a. Court by an officer ‘who clearly committed an outrage on a pelsoncr who {5 not o criminal, and. who had not teen arrested bofare, - JUDGE WOODS. The Domocratic editors of his ofreutt on bis appotntinont to the Supreme Hench: Monteomury (Aln.) Advertler and Mail (Dom): Tle stands well with tho Bar throughout bis cir Jie Is learned, industrious, and honest. Ant he fs 4 gentioman, . . New Orlewna Timea (Dem.): During tho’ Inst* eleven out tha Judge bas attended evory court: in his clreult promptly, sometines going over it twieo tnayear. Wherever bo sppoarad ag Clr- cult Judge te made a'profound impression upon the public by hiy great ability and fairness, His reputation bas grown dally wherever ho. {s known, and that ts almost ull over tho cntire country, for his three yoluincs of ** Woods’ Moe vorts" have a very prominent place fn all quar ters whore legal cultura and scholarly. attain- ments kre appreeluted,” : Atlunta (Ga.) Cunatitution (Dem): Judgo Words ff a native of Oblo, but fora number of years hus been a oltizen of Atlanta. In politics he Is n stalwart Republican, but dis logal attaine iments are of the largest; indeed, be may ba ranked ninong the great lawyers of the country, Tn his position ia Clrouit Judge of the Cnited Rtates he hag won the respect of tho Mar, and bis fitness will nut be questioned by those who aro best qualitied to Judge of the nature and extent of nis protesstonal nequiremoats, Judge Woods is x lurge stockhokler in the Teoumse: Iron Works of Cherokey County, Alubama, and Is ins terested In other Alnbuma enterprises, Atlanta hos been his home for about twelve yenrs, ans his residence, which was built afew yenrs ago on Venehtree, our fasblonuble street, Ia ono of tho haudsomest in tho city. Judze Woods is highly esteemed as 4 eltizen, and bis appoint- ment fs regarded bere by Bar and people ag ono of the best which could have been made. Four yeara ago Judge Woods was strongly urged for tho vucaney in the Suprema Court canteen by tho reaigsiition of duetice David Dayle by Joudiug mombers of tha Bur all ovor his olre enit; by such Demoeratic Congrvssinen as Rans dull Gibson and senntor Morgan, of Alubama, and by James A. Garilatd, Yestorday afternoon tho Cortatitution tntor- viewed several prominent members of tho At. lnnta Har—gentienen who hive a good deal of practice in the Ualted States Clrouft Court—o tho appointinent of Judge Wiliam B. Woods at quate of the Supreme Court of the United atus, Judge MeCay sald: “1 consider it a most ox+ collent appoiutment. Judge Woods fa a mano of splendid talent and wonderful {aduatey. Ho is in uvery way fitted for tho “high posltion. Ie ought to be confirmed, and [think he will bo comtriued. Te will muke a great Jude.” Col. Pryor Mynntt sald: | Judge Words is ono of thu thiest nist prius Judges in tho whole caun= try, Hebas a nind of remarkable quickness atid greatalepth, and [ bavo never sovn a mn on the beech swifter to grasp, and grasp clearly, tho point at issue in a case, more pulnstaking, congelentions. and Inborians fn his attention to tho details, Nothing c¢cuped him, and in thor ough mastery of tha evidence ts always followed by uptand ripid application of the Inw. 1 thinls tat he is onnently titted for Justice off the sus povme Court of tho United States, and that bo will MUL the place with great credit,” Savannuh (Gn) News (Dem): One of the principal reasons for his selection av an Agaas ciate Justico from his particulur ctroult fg bls Jrreatunad knowledge vf local laws. During bis omg term, Judge Woods has nequired a thorough knowledge of the hws of the various Stites com qisiag. his efreult, and will thus, more parfectly banuny otbor man of tess oxporicuce and ap. artunity, carry to the Bupreme Bens tho nowledge of foeal Jurisprudence vsseutial to that clovated ollice, “In general jurisprarience, ils long training and experience upon the eneh, bis tntenga application, aut tuo peenptoulty and Togleal farce of his dealsions, bi pressed tho Ur with bis aniline ness for thle well-merited promouons and bas assured then that he will carry to that elevated | podle Yon a wealth of - culture and Jewul attuine ment well calculated to adorn tho atution. Identified with owe State and people and thoir interests since tho War, ho will honur his adoptod fata aud to bisorodie belt sult, hu, hu bis profess . aionnl asaoclation with the Georgla Bar, hasever Miapluyed tho frank, wental courtesy Of W jut, h Tieninded gontioman, gud bus thug render blinuclt dosorvodly: poultry as spit ha wee by Teferenoe ton tribute pald to bls wer! our Savannab Buy, und nrhtoh is published thismorn- | ing In our loeal colunine, Astothe “carpet-bag" nonsonse, tho Bouth may remember that ox-Judgo Davis, of Tlinals, fa & Murylander by Ddirth, and that Juigo Bwayny, credited to Obio, ts a Virginian. Somo of the brightest mon of the South, and whom sho delighted 40 honor, were Northern “carpets Uugyure"—viz.; Burgout 8 Proutias, George D, Prentice, Tom Allen, Robort J. Wulkor, James 11, Hammond, Moves aud Samuol Austin, Victor Newcomo, tho Hearny family, Jobn M. Berrian, the Goldthwaltbe family of Alabama, tho ane cextors of tbe BMcLaws and Hayards of Delaware, William 0. HH. Whiting, Albert Biko, Cpegter” wolenri, fine