Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1881, Page 2

- THE CHICAGO. NEW YORK. si Machine Influences Uppermost - °° dn. the , Senatorial . Contest.- : )* Conkling pan Name His Col- ‘". league if He Cares to Do It. Whether It Bo Pintt, Crowley, or “Depew Romains to Bo : Seon, Probability that Roscoe Will Hie Him to Albany: This Week. + A- Very Unfavorable Showing for the FiresLusnrance Compautes In America. : Tho Past Year One of Diminished Earn- ings and Oalamity for Them, " TOE SENATORSUIP. AN INTERESTING BITUATION. Bpeelat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Naw Yorx, Jan, 0.—Tho Sonutorial question In this Stato !s dayeloping a degroo of Interest among pollticlans unknown for 2 long tine pnat. Tho tuniagers aro busily concentrating thoir forees at tho State Capital, and tho week now ‘beyun will witness ono of tho most notive cun- yousoa over entered into hore. ‘Tu-mor- S row will find Atbeny © deluged = with frlonds of tho different candidates, Tho Thnes' Albany special tonight snys: “Woilo tho ndherents of the regular Republic- + AN candidates, Mr. Crowley and Mr. Platt, have been innking tho utmost offorts on behalf of each of thoso cauddldates, it has been an on- « troly friendly contest. The two ‘gontlemen havo been frequently in each othor's souicty, bronkfasting aud dining together, and re- < fraining complotely from hareh or un- ia worthy romarks upon tho prospocts of the other. Thulr frionds aro all agreed that whlobover may prove to be stronger ee shull receive the nomination, ‘Thoro Js really no reason to believe that any of the other can- “didates acriously expect to obtain a majority of tho votes, Tho friends of . MR SHERMAN 8, ROGERS will, if they get toa ballot for him, cast a few S complimeutary votes for the gentioman whom oy thoy admire, and who is so worthy of tholr ro- spect und confidence, “Mr, Depew's friends, more numerous {nthe . Bennte than in the Assembly, will voto for him " until bg ohauces are seen to bo hopeluss or un- expectedly hopeful. Tho friends of Mr. Crow Jey and Mr, Platt, who know thelr strongth, will unite in tho most friendly mannor when it fs seen that such action fe neccesary, and, which- evor candidate may be choson, there will remain no heart-burnings, “A well-known and woll-fnformed Republican, at who is Intimate with the men and the mattvos which aro behind cach aldo in the Senatorial contest, makes the following grouping of tho active FORCES AnNAYED AGAINST EACIL OTHER: Ho. ways’ Dr, Crowloy fs Jacked up In bis con- ‘vasa by Gen, Arthur, Speakor Sharpe, * Chiof-Justleo, Folger, Juseph D. Warren of Buffalo, John’,F. Smyth, and Congressmen Startn arid Hammond, On tho sldo of Str. Plitt . he placea Gov. Vorpoll, Superlutendent Dutch- 5 er, Chester 8. Culo, Captain of the Port, United Bi Btutes Marshal Payne, Gen.Meury E, Barnum, + Justice Jacob Patterson, and, in’ fact, almost % witbout exception, all the Sipointacs of Gov, Co: ‘ar tholr:. es null, 30 as sition bas been defined at all, Tho criticism made - against, ir. Crowloy -by somo of 1 Ss friends of Senator Conkling ‘who aro opposthe f hn is that he has not by any means in tho past beon a rellable supporter of Mr, Conkling’s viows or meusures, and that if clectod Scuutor ho might be apt to uke the bitin his tecth and t * runaway. On tho side of Mr. Depow ara to bo ‘ found Senators Wexner, McCarthy, Rocke well, and Robertson, ond Alongside of them it wns expected that such » menus Senator Baker and Assemblyman skin nerand Duguid, of Syracuse, could bo ranged. * Phis was 2 ruthor queer combination ut tho out- uot, for, if Skinncr had made any mark or - roputation in tho Hfouso at all, it had ‘ beon in opposition to the — ruilrouds ‘ and corporations generally. Tho weakocas, d howover, of Mr. Dopow's canvass Jays. in tho i * fact that, whilu be fa pecieaineauy, tho rajlroud nan, and ig supported by all the corporate. Ine torests, ho hus to look for hls casentinl support among the Grangors, and furmers, ' and = mils-producers, who have for years been fighting tho corporations, Tho elomenta of cohesion, in fact, do not oxist nt all among thoso who ure claimed to be bis support- i. ers, forthey are united only in. this, that thoy x. are opposed to Mr, Conkling, Tho side that ti- we vors Mr, Depew has becom pretty well *autistied ma and feola somewhat chagrined over the Tnet thut " vhoavor the Now York mombor may be in GEN. GARFIELD'S CABINET, dr, Conkling will mako the selection. Itisun- * loubtedly true that Gon, Gartield fecla persons “ally ‘and pontloally the proprloty of doing , tomotbing very handsome for 3tr. More wu, | an that if Morton is not . dis- “posed to take a placo in tho Cabinet. other than tho Sccretaryship of the Treasury, which Intter post ho cannot hive, he ls likely to have + the opportunity to go as Miniator of the United Butes to either England or Franco, «it Ia roported to-night that there aro some ludications that thero will be un attempt to bring tho appolntmant of n alg Teale to succeed the lute Mr. Pholpa in Now York to * Lotr in some way on the Cornell aldo of the Sen- torial tight, : :_ “Same extremoly loose statementsare going bout to show tho rolutive strength of thu regu- Jur and opposition Republicans. A recent cans vass of tho Assombly and Senate, mude alnce thoSpuukorship ight, shows;that tho machincltes Bro cusily able when combined to outveta ., uy. opposing Interest, Whon tho three or four eandiditas who bave cach balf-u-dozen com- Blumentary votes behind thei are out of the way, the men whe would voto for thom will go eithor to the support of one of the two pronii- Ngont regulars or to Mr, Dopew. The latter'actoc- n iy regarded ag tho ultimuto object of taf tho oppoaltion, The Senate can bo ro- m togive the Conkling candidate twelve and prelate fourteen, The opposition tashigh av thirtocn votus, but they ara unptitied to more thun clevon. Notwith- atandiyr, nll the talk about tho ‘anti. shine’ -atrength in the Assembly, it ia ditiouit to muke any classification of the rey- ulars and op pomtion, which will give the latter /Moro than iiftcen yotus, while it would be tnuch wure correct to say that tha “machine” vote will bo sixty-nine, and that ton or twolve yotes will be the utmost secured to the apposition.” Cougrcseman Crowley lett Now York to-day tor Alvauy, as also did Sherman 8. Kogers and .Chunticcy M. Depew. Levi B. 3flor- ton 33 ulready there, und it fs expectod ‘that Gon. Arthur will put in oan w /peurance there tho lutter part of the week. ‘Thia, of course, meine ubout the time of the », carious, whioh fs tobe bell on ‘Thursday, It 16 ' authoritatively atated here in New York to- “night that Souator Conkling will yo to Alban: * thle week {f bie friends dotormine that nts presence la houded there. INSURANOE, A BAD YEAS BOWING, Spactat Dispatch to The Chteaga Tribune, New Yous, dau. ¥.—There are no more anx- “fous and busy men in the city. at tho present . Rime than tho managers of fire-insurance com- panies, boing all deeply cugrouscd in preparing “thelr unnual reports of tho, business of thy puat Yoar. Tho Stato Jnuurance Superintendent re- = quires those ropurta to be completed anid filed “in “his office at Aluany. oa or before the’ [5th fnst. Formerly a- full month was allywod for tha proparation of the reports, ‘and, owing to thu lox udintalstration of the Btate *-Department, tho rosalts of the busiucssand tho gondiuon of the companies were not given tothe -public for soverul months subsemiently, The » ‘Thmes bas Investizayud the condittay of the com- = panies, and 1s cnabled to foreshaduw the goncral resulta which will ba olfiviaily anounced in a. ‘fortnight, Ofthe ' are ef EUROPEAN: COMPANIES have done fairly well, und two of ‘them will Show substantial profits ja-tho -year’s opern- tidfs,, Ibeas profits, howovor, ure not wholly due to superior tact or wood foxtune tu under= writag, but Jargely ¢o the advance jn the ‘soarket value of United. States bonis which were purchased ot par aud held os wevurity for policy-holdors, At least two of the farsign compunics will show that tho puth oyuccessin Awerican underwriting ts by no sicune of easy uccoss, Having succovded In ex- ponding more money than they recelved in premiums, tho wanagors of those companies ave beeucalled upon by thelr prlucipuls abroud \ Jdoing business boro, some bulf-dozen of thom tos ‘tise ‘and. ‘oxplain, . Thos ‘say |. the: ouly .oxplanation that can be = maito -49 that rates wore too tow, and © thoy were obliged to acuept thom ‘or allow tho bust-, ness to hw passed over to.nthor companies. Hy retiring from the Stato and country two forolgn - compantos which reported jast year—yiz.! tho. Scottish Commercial, of Ginsgow, and the Da Caisso,‘of Varia, oth of which pald denrly for thoiv experience on this eldoof tho Atlantie—nre rolfeved from tha necessity of exhibiting At thistime tho results of thoir business. Tho Lnncashiro, which, ns reported nt the timo, re- Insured all tho risks of the Seattish Commarcint, has not mot with tho success which its man- Agorsoxpected. For itsfallury to koop pace with its more fortunate rivals several enu Mre nasizned, the most reasonable, porhap Votng the divided responsibility. of its mango: ment in this country, Several of the : SMALL LOCAL CONCERNS —. disappenred Inst yenr, some relnsiring thoir Yisks nhd othors amalgamating with ather com- panies. The amalgamation ut three or ‘tour sinall compinies ia at present under conaldera- ton, and In a few days tho process of nbaerption will by doveluped, Larmaaeattcele fow of tha remaining local companice, althongh many of thom bay deelired semi-nunual uividends, made any money on the regular or tndacwritin Portions of thotr buatnesa, What hus saved not n few of them from reducing tholr surplits and perhaps Impnteing thelr capital fs tho ad- vance In value of tholr real estate and Gavorn- nent securities. Taking thal ugeregate pre- nium recvipts and tholr losses nnd exponses none tuto considerition, it will be shown that tho your's businoss hns beer FAR FROM PHOFITABLE, In very few uses has nny (eoefion. ofthe divi+ dends been eurned on tho bustnoes proper. It will be scon when tho statements of soing of tho companies nro made public that the divi- denda have been made up of Interust reecipts And drafts on surplus. End thore boon no “boon” in real ostate and In Government securities, many of tho wouk companies would have me to the wall, Tho timoty “boom™ saved them. Vo va sure, severil of tho lurge consoryative local companies Increased tholrsurplua and Improved thelr cons dition by tlolng a goodly shure of profitable husiness during the yeur, but these compatilca Ret the crenin, 40 to spoak, of the fnsurince milk. Notwithstanding the ‘ndvantages which tho companies of lnrme cupital buve over thelr sinniler rivals, yet several of thom wilt show tt decrenso in burplus, and one, at least, Which ling reduced tte dividend one-hnif, wilt show that no Feyiue of oven the redueed dividend was earned 1a ite regular business. As with tho local come panies do It is Inn Jargo menaure with the COMPANIES OF OTHER STATES doing business in this State. Soveral of the Int- ter have withdrawn and closed up tholr agenvics durhig “tho = pavt fow — months. Amon the more'recent withdrawals are compnies 0! Heston andfrom Baltimore. It Js rumored that sovernl other companice, including the Franklin. of Ruston, whose capital was iipaired nt tho close ot 1871), and tho United Flramon’s of Phil« adolphin will shortly follow. Viewlou tho results of business ns in whole, underwriters who havo paused {nt the work now enguging tholr atten- ton sem dopressed. Tho more thoughtful aupony thom seem to appreciate the turther fact that when premiums aro not suficient to pay tosses nnd exponsea it Is nbout timo to pp iar femedy, oven if the only remedy should be found fo retiring from business, a ITEMS. BAD WEATHER Spectal Dispaten to The Chicaga Tribune, New Youk, Jan. 0.—Tho storm which has pre- valled along the Atlantic coast difring tho list thirty hours renched here this morning, and from noon until 6 p. m, it snowed beavily, when it changed to sloot and rain, and has continued throughout the night, leaving tho atrects in & most disngreeudie condition, and uthsrwiso obstructed, Travel in the upper bay wastmnoroe obstructed to-day by bony flouting feo. thun at any time this season. Only two or three largo vesscla towed by powerful tugs: éntered tho Narrows. During tho day thy. feery-boats muda Irrezulur trips, boing much impeded by Ico, Fhermomater—3 a My»VFOoa.m. 10; and mid- BAD LUCK IN FIRES, Enrly this morning firo was discovered in the factory of the Ansoula Wateb & Clock Company, of Willinmburg. Loss, $10,000; jusurance, $19,- . Lhe second floor of the building was oceu- pled by the Welsh Cluck Cumpany, of this cits. whosolons a $10,000, Tust Octobor the Ansouli Clock Company's works {un South Brooklyn, | valued at $15,000, were dostroyed by fire, ‘ ee ead CANADA. , Our Dominion Neighbors Tickled ata Compliment Paid by a St, Potersburg Sclentitic Socioty—An English Farme or-Dologate on the Domlnion—Mer- cantilo Fatlarcs—Tho Exodus, ‘4 Speclal Dispatch to Tha Chicago Tribune, *,Tononto, Ont., Jan.0.—Tho Imperist Acudemy ,of Solonces of St. Pctersburg, ong of the most Induentlul scientific bodics in Europe, bns Ine dorsed tho suggestions mundo somo time ago by Mr, Sandford Fleming regarding the establish- mont of a new primo meridian for tho world 180 degroes from Greenwich; and tha adoption of a° stuudard reckoning. ‘Theso sugxestions wore made by Mr. Fleming ina paper road boforo tho Canadian Institute, Tho proposals were subsequently Init boforo soveral of tho obief selentitio bodlus of Europe, ‘Tho English and Scottish Astronomers Royal “avo unfayorable opinions, inclluing nut- urally to tho Greenwich mortdlan og tuo ttrmly established by Jong usage to bo deserted with propricty, Tho Imporint Academy of Russia, however, unreservedly in- dorsed the proposals, and forwarded to the Guv- ernor-General for the Canadiun Institute aa eluborute report by Mr, Ottu Struyo, Direc tor of tho Observatory at Poulkoya, de- talling reasons In support of tho ostablish- ment of tho new meridia, “Tho chief ono was that the meridia would not cross any cly- Mlzed territory, as it willbe entirely over tho Pacific, with tho exception of touoting upon the northeast cornor of Asin, near Rebring’s Straits, ‘Tho advantazo of this would bo that there would be no national —_joat- ousy about ie use. such us oxista at present rogarding tho Greonwich mo- ridlan, ‘Tho udoption of tho new moridiau would alio furntsh a busls for standard timo, In com- menting upon tho communication, after Its reuding before the Canadian Inatitute Satur: day night, Dr. Dunfol Wilsou * said that It was agubject of much gratification that so important a proposition, emanating from aCu- nadinn xolentilte man, should recive such appro- bation from a bouy of tho standing and inthuvnes of tho St, Poterabury Imperial Acudomy of es pectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Orrawa, Jun. 9.—The Murk Lane Express, ro- ferring tothe visit of Mr. Cubltt, English fariner-dolegute, to Canada, unys: “We ure giad to seo that tn Bir. Cubltt tho people of this coun- try hive an impartial aud outipoken critte on Canada. tuvited by tho Dominion Government to upy out the lund for thei, and to’ bless it if he ouuld, he has returned to Luglund to pro- Hounco whot ja very ke a curse instead of u blessing, Inutoud of progresaing, be thinka tho tarmers of the Domninion have retrogrided,— baving pursued u long course of oxhuuative opupping, and abowing na dispusinon to mend thelr ways, Ay to Manitoba and the rest of tho ‘illmitublo und tortilo, Mr. Cubitt was mercifully reticent; but hla reticence was moro Buiguest ve than words. ‘In rogurd to this visit to Sauitoba,’ hoe said, ‘ho waa sorry, after tho handsome manner i which be wus treated by the Canadian Geyernment, -to say anything burdhs but ull bo hud to say was, Let thoay co who wish,’ Unfortunately, a great miny Vine glishinen buye been treated — bundsomely by the Dominion Govorniment, and few of thom, buye bad tho courage and -conuclentiougness shown by Mr, Cubitt; or, ff we shanld) be inore charitable, wo may conclude that few wore shrawd or inqutritg wnough to tndous the yreat Manltoba deception," Spectat lat Disustch to The Chteago Tribune. Toronto, Jur, %—Dun, Wimnun & Co. mer> eantilo ygeney, give the number of fulturos Canada for Inst your av 007; Mibilities 23,012,78) tn 1878 the total number of failures for Cun was 1,0cs with Uubilitive of S2usH7,007. du 188 tho number was 100), with Hubiliti A tea. Sinus the repeal ot tha lnaolvent act the dw no stated channel through which tho fillures come,—consaquentiy some ara‘ never herd of outside of tholr creditors; butit is fatr to, aie: Te bit a wmall percentage: sumo they would form bu of the whoo. ’ Spclal Dispatch to The Denys Jan, \9.-—-Tho (Investigating certain’ irreguluyitics Ut bave ftuken “plice tn the. Jall-nianugenent.. hurd, Turnkey Gilbert tustliied that be persoually knew of no irevyularitied In the muimegoment of the priv. -A prisoner Muimed dupios Mickie had Cold him that Mra, Jorduu,-acting Mutron, udiuitted him und two other mun, Hamed De, dott and Baylor, to the yard where the female rixuners Were, Muack{o tustitiod that be, Dr, Kutt, and 4 ir, When udimittad ta the yard, - went jote the temule corridor; that bo was criminally intimute with Lulu Bins: and that Heago Tribune, ‘Caytor told hin that he was with another wytte | eee acetdl Blwateh, to - ‘ToutsineJun.U— the Clsher ian ate on tha exiius, ays: "Bir, Pope, Martutor of | Emigration, wssuctet that, Instead of TK Canddiuue Ruviog lets tho ‘euuntey bythe ioe Huron ports duciuyg the [one ending (he tuth af June, Idod, tue actual bal fered Datweon persona, golng from and cou to Cenndu during, that period was: By the Grund ‘Trunk, 5.857; by tho Great Wostern, 437. Also, that tho totul emigras on frum Canuda to the Western States, toruy, the ports iu the District of Uyrou,, during the Kouh wue 6,703. Mr. Vopo saya he obtalned big ures trom tho Auditara of tho Grand ‘runk and Great Wertorn Rullways, ‘These gentle. den furthor stute that, during the lust three poi ern waa 545, “Fime,_) Har.) Ther, jiu) Wind tho Anaonia Wate! lyn, burned to-day, Loss, $10,0U0; $20,000." for Autworp. | a atmeneronns Jan, 0,—Sallod, Arizona and us 1 3877, 1,802 Tatluros, und $5,623,005 Habllle, javerninent te: tho thtal nurhber of Weator: wurs from all Lastorn. polnta te Including Minttuba, by the Great ind the total golng in tho othor d the samo period tho Westorn- bound psseugors on the Grand Troitk num- ered 10,800; aualnat 10,003 coming Eust,—shovw= Jng that the emigention from tho western parts: of Canada during. the three months was about 60%. Por voutrit, the Colleetor of Customs at Port Huton ts prepared to take oath to tha ace curacy of bis Ngures, showing that 75,000 Cana- Giang entered as settlera at the ports within his district In’ tho yenr ending tho ith of Juno | Inst. ° Further, thore = bas beon putlishet . “nt | Washington on stutcment which declares that W42 Canadian imnlgrints chtored tho Uulted States during: the tive months ended thoWthot Novembor hist, whiob tern {neludes two outof tha three months during which Mr, Pope says that the total en. aration from the western part of Caunda amounted to 600," Tha Globe enystho difercnee butiveen these tro statements [a too great to bo accldentul, and enlla upon Mr, Pope to pudliah tho communications trom tho railroad officials giving tho oxact fyures, COLD WEATHER. KANSAS CITY, MO, Special Diepateh to Ths Chitago Tridune, Kaxsas City, Mo., Inn. .—A second visitntion of the cold wave reached Kunena City about 10 o'clock Saturday: night, and at 7 o'clock thia morulug tho thermometer registered 1h degrees below zero, It haa been terelbiy cold all ‘tay, but ts motterating somowhat. Tho river ja blocked closor than fur tuany Years, and an its muonge ninount of ico fs bolng stored, OMAIIA, NEB, Sotelal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune Osa, Neb., Jan. 0.—Suturday night was tho coldest of tho genson, Atd:30 a. in. the thor- mometer.at tho Government Signal Oillee Hera Indivated 17 dexrees below zero, and at midnight to-night the moroury stood ut'l0. Sleighing dis oxcolient, THE WEATHER, Orvice or Tie Cite SIGNAL Orvicen, WABtt- ivatos, D, C., dun, 10-1 1. m.—For Teuncasee aud the Ohio Valluy, ureas of snow, colder north to wost winds during tho day, and Jn the western portion rising, folluwed by fulling barometer aud clearing woather. tee A For tho Lower Lake region, cotdor and rencr- ally cloudy wonther and Ight: snow, wind from nosthweat to suuthwest, x For the Upper. Lake region, the Uppor Btis+ sissippl ond: Lower Missouri Valloss, very cold and clear or partly cloudy weathor, winds gon- erally trom south to west, with slowly rising temporaturo aud slowly fulling barometor dur- ing tha hfternoon or evening. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. CUICAGO, Jan. 9-10:18 p. ma. Veit ten. Weather ‘Melted snow. *Foo small to measure, UUM tonivoratire, 21 mIniaste e GENERAL ONSERVATIONS Fort Gibso: Grand Havens, i 1h 2 3 Fe 6 tt =I ca di | 2 w ) 14 a His) 215 s} 9 st | to a | 3 3 | n| a <8" |i Bw ry Fd » FIRES. . | AT $2, LOUIS. 3 Sr, Louts, Mo., Jan. 0.—A fire broke out at 11 o'clock to-night fn tho small whuo'store uf Jumes Fads, 1114. Broadway, and oxtended to the row of one-story shops, snloons, and restaurants north ang south, consuming thom all, A bigh and very cald wind blow the James acrosa the alloy in tho rear of thoso shopa Into tho oxten- sivo buildings of tha Broadway Founilry, sit- uated qn Collins astreot” between Care ond Biddle, and’ tho whole of that estab- Mehmont, is now iu. finances. Tho toss cannot be stated at this writing, but thoro:is a large amount of valunble -:machinory and patterns In tho buttding, and will undonbt- edly be destroyed, The foundry (was formerly owned by Collins & Hatley, but fa now known as tho Bron way. Foundry, 5 dont, and E, D, Fores, Jr., Scoretary. W, Truster, Preal- Tho Fulton boitor and sbeot-irun works of Rohan Hrothors ara opposit the foundry’on Colllus street, and are in grout, pork. Tho ilyht is intenacly.cld, and tho tremen gro work! under great disudvantage, ? < CINCAGO. ‘Tho alarm from Box Ke at Do'clock yeaterday morning was cousod by tho dlscovory of a fire in fA two-story frame building nt No, 163 Halatod street, owned and oveupied by Palmor Bros, 'n9 a erovory and bakery. Cause, a bed catching ro roma overheated “stove. Damayu, trifling. AT BUOOKLYN, N.Y. | ‘New Youk, Jan. .—Tho tomporary tactory of & Clock -Comy fnsuranco, OCEAN STEAMSHIPS,” Special Dispatch ta The Chlcayo Tribine. PoutLany, Mo. Juu, %—-Sulled, Lake Winal- péy, for Liverpool,” i Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Baatisone, Md,,Jan.9.—Sulled, Koln Bromon, Bpecial Cuble, Ita, for Now York. Aveclat Cable, “Burwen, Jan, 0.—-salled, Mosel, for Now York, QovensTowN, Jun, 9—Arrived, Bothnia, from New York, ——— OBITUARY. |: Spectat Dlapatch to Mhe Caicago Tribune, Donugus, la, Jan, ¥—Capt. Willlam Dolson, ne uy the oldest river men, died vury sudden- ly to-day, axed 65 yours.’ For ‘thirty-tive yours ho haa rin the river fron} St, Paul to St, Loula, aud at tho time of his denth'he wad the proprice 7 eI 0 - @ ’. ho wawene at the tat gonlat und best-natured {aun that over pulled a whool ur gavé an order, “* ALLEGED SLANDER, CLEVELAND, Ou Jun. 0-7, Bf, MoG ian & Co, extonslve wholesaio and .retull dry-yoqds mer- chants, bave entered aulfagainst Lounder Me- Uride and O,°'T, Soveloy or rosea re fer slander, in alleging that plutntits woro In fajting: comets, dnd tt Hal up. ‘The aac e ming un too q a sare af that tora, Ttoct & Co, Atlin, Of Naw ba u wholesale dry-good ne soy’ SUICIDE, . - “"peciat Dispated.to-The Calouge Tribune. - ‘gr, Louis, Mo, Jan. 0Richard “J,” Walsh, mannger of tho Bt, Loulé Beos-Cupning Com- puny, Diow bis. brains out to-night. Fingutlal dificulties wag the cause, , ae "+" FAILED JN- BUSINESS, “New Youx, Jan. 0.—Jullus Cobo, imanufactur> or of yurniah, 273 Pert gtreot, and: at Hunter's Foint, has avalyued, with Habilities of $100,000, Statics of Parisjan Litteratours. Btatues of thu followlny forty-uuo littdrateurs, all bora iu Paris, will be erected at the no’ Hotel du Villu: D'Alembert, Arnault, d'Arge son, Bailly, Heaumurchals, Rérauger, lotiuu' budé, Burnout, Cuvalgnuc, Courlur, Hatonios VEstoilu, Ferot,’'La Uruyore, a Roelofoucautd, Mulubrancho, Murivaux, sichulot, Mulidru, Mus- out, Muaquier, Porruuit, Ploart, Quinuult, Hex hurd, Mine. Holand, Rolly, Sutnt-Simon, Georges and, Bauval, HuriWo, Budalne, Biny. do Sovigne, Bylvcutru.de ‘Bucy, Mme. de Studi, Suc, de hou, Turwot. Villumale, Vout. { 3, giving a balance of six tn fhvor ¥, rook-, A KMeciprocity Treaty witl , chants, 1 an : MONDAY, JANUARY 10,° 188k. The loe on the Ohio River at Cine cinnati Not Yet Broken : _ Up. Two Laites in a Cutter Como in Col- ‘ Histon with on Engine aud Aro Killed. A Man in Milwaukee Terribly Mutt- lated by the Cars—Minor Accidents. Ick, Wueenina, W, Va. Jan. 9—The fee broke here nt 8:00 thla morning, and fs etlll running out, The damage to property fs ent. Thenew Botiniro packet was beached and tind a hole ten feet long stove in her hull. The Andes, Joseph Nixon, Courter, Prestdent Eiison, Nutt City, Molllo Ragon, and Belto Peinee wero unharined, ‘Two cont barges wero sunk, but ean bo raised again without trouble. Tho rivor is thirteen feet, nud falllug slowly, Lovyssvitie, Ky.,dan,0&—Tho day was dull, cool, cloudy, and quict, Large crowds visited tho lovee morning, Afternoop and night, e: pecting to sea the long-looked-for and muc! expeated brenk-up In iho rivor, but the day vis- Mors wero only entertained by boys and their slods conating down tho lovee. ‘Tho river up to this ovening bud risen over n foot, wird was atlil rishug, with avout ive and one-hulf fect of water in tho channel. As rogurds the broak-up, nono occurred, and itis the opinion of river men that it will nat cour before late inlduight or sume thio, Monday forencon, ‘he jeg moved ony -Mndigon, and wan supposed to be gorget again below thore. ‘The rlse in the elyer i¢ not sufigiont te brig a break-up Inn hurry along the river, und tho gorging of {co at yarous plnces along shoro would cnuso dolay in ite arrived and brenkeup here. Come whon it will it will not go below here, from the fuct that thors Is not suitulont rlge in the river to carry great folds of ico over tho dame and on down over the fala... If it doug not it will of course Indguin tho harbor, and stick tintil thore is auilulent rise in the river to carry Ib off, ““"EWO WOMEN KILLED. CLEVELAND, O., Jun, &—Tho Herald's Norwalk speolal snys 0 shocking accidunt happoned at Havana, ton mitos from there. Mra. C, G. Galley and Mrs, E. O, Ellis, wives of prominent men of that section, wero riding In aslelyh. Appruach- Ang the Bnitimore & Ohio Hallway through 4 cut in tho rund, the belts drowned tho nolao of tho pat aaa tocamative with caboose, The eutter aud loo the sume thine, Mrs, Galley, seeing her peril, tood fy oimotive rachod the crossing at up in tho slelgh and was struck by the pilot In such a manner that she was thrown over the enb of the cngino and fell its the aris of tho flromun, standing on thoatender, Mrs. Ellis wad thrown forty teot, Hoth Indies wers killed, though Mrs, Galley showad sins of Hfe forsome minutes, Tho borse was also killed, ond tho outtor ground to fragments, DERRIBLY MANGLED. Minwauker, Wis, Jan, &—John Krueger, an oinployé of the Milwaukee & St. Paul Muilway, whilo eweoping tho travk iu tho raliroad yard this morning was ruts over ke tho enyine of a delayed passonger-train, and orribly wungled. + DROWNED. rs Mutrows, N. J., Jun, 0Q—Two young mon and a boy wero drowned Friday whhe skating ot Bass Creek. STATE ATYAIRS. ILLINOIS, “- Bpettat Dispatch to, The Chteaco Tribune, Spruixarrecp, IL, Jay %—Tho special train on the Chiengo & Alton conveying tho First Rexl- ment arrived at 8 o'cloak.thls evoning, the trip having boon mudo , Basel 2 orinumest Or hote, Tbe,command wus received at the depot by the Governor's Guard and cs- corted to the State-Mousd, where cots have beon placed In tho corridors on the muin floor, fur- nishing tho boys with yory vomfortable sleoplog accommodations, Thoy wore taken to dilferont hotels and restairrants for suppor. Conipany A, tnoro fortunato than tho athers, waa entertained at suppor atthe Leland by Licut, Tom: Kimber, whl without accident nf the Governor's Guard, who ia an honorary mewbor of the company. To-morrow the reyi- ane will ho served with meals at tho Stuto- OUgC.. The Quincy Veternns, Capt, Mayback, and the Fiftn Regiment bang, artived this oventug, and. tho other companies of tha Firth Reyiimunt will _ arrive to-morrow. The ciety Mite up ‘with strangers, and tho Inauguration coremonies to-morrow promise to be hirgely attended and more imposing than heretofure, According.to the arrungemonts mode, the rotiriug aud incoming Stato oflicers, tho Governor's stuff, aud othor dignitaries will assemble at the Governor's mansion, The milt- tin will torm at tho Btate-Houso nt 1p. m., and march to the mansion, from ‘whence tho Governor and Stuto olficors will bo escorted to tho Stute-House, Tho Stute oflicera will be sworn in in the House of Ropresuntutives, In, tho presence of both Houses of tho Logistatura and invited gueste, after which Gov. Cullom will dollvor a brief indugural address, Those core- monies concluded, the Governor will reviow tho rom tho StatesHouse ateps, and tho POO} Guys exoralses willconeliude with n public re- goption at tho Excoutive Mansion in tho cven- CALIFORNIA, “BAN Francisco, Jan. Q—It having been re- Ported that Judye Wallico, Domocrat, would vontest the seat of Gen, Miller in the the United States Senate on tho charges that mombors of .tho Legislature had been elected under fruud- ulent Intluoncos to yoto for siller, the Call in- terviowed Judgo Watlaca who, whilo disclaim- ingadosiro to miko the contest, taciily ud- mitted that, if called upon by the caucus of Democratic membors of the Legislature to make sho nantoat, ho would bo b duty compaticd to jou, MAINE, Auvavesta, -Mo., Jan, &—Tho Committco on Guberanturiat Voto will-hold anothor session to-morrow ovontug to perfoottholr roport. It ts understood the Committe is divided on tho main question, and thord will bo two reports. ‘Tho tnujority aro in favor of deolaring Platated dlected by reason of regoiving a plurality of {ilo and tho ininority nfo in favor of subinit- ‘Court, dutta Wulker, qf tho Sonute, Mr Me- Kustek, of tho minority report, oO acnatitutional qpeation to tho Supremo House, and othors, will sign tho 5 i J ; * ARKASSAS, : Lirrer Rook, Jun, -Nearly ull the momn- bors of tho Legisluture, ybjch will meot to-mor- row, have arrived. J. B.Judking, of Lawrence County, will Rrpbably, bo elected Prestdont of tho donate, an county, Speaker of the Hpuso, Goorgo Thorntorg, of tho sama Cauada— Petitions to Congress Circulated for Siguntures Among Now York More New York Worla, Jun, 8, . Apotition to the Senate and House of Hapro- sontattyes for tho appoiatinent of Cunuufaslon- ery to ascertain and report basta fora realp- ft reaty botiroen ¢ od States und tho roclty British Provinces hus been placed by Mr. Arohl- bala T, Honey, ot No, 5 Coentics sl] tures fy the Pr exchanges, and also iii a fow lew bousca in thin city, The.petition bas beon aire culytod ouly two'or throo days aud bas nearly 600 signatures, und in Boston, where it bas been etroulgted by Messra,, Kimbutl & Iutea for ten days, two thousand signatures bave been obe tained, The Nutional Yount of ‘frade hus for tho past tive yours agitated ‘the question by moumortuliziug Congross and sonding delegates to Washington in behalrof tho appolntinentof oat but withoug succoxs until tagt eas » for signa ‘aduce, Stock, Sunt and iter Wing Uulnoss louse Comnjitteo on Foruigu Aitatrs reported u resolution fMyortug euch an appalne mont, but tho Feenlition fs yot awaiting action by the House, gblelly, i iho upathy of Now York merclunts. ‘Tho potle dunors propose to pluce the mutter tn tho bands of Copyrqestuen Cox ang Morton, and will make vigorous offarts to sovupo the appolptment of & Commisyion during the prey Oe E88, 4a clalmed, becunss of a Thifty Thousand Holars for a Seat in the Now York Stock Exchanges - New Yurk World, Mombors of the London Stock Exchange, who Pay an Initladon fee of $150 in our mony and about $100 yeuriy dues. will probably hear with oven more astoniahinent than was ‘felt ut tha news by many old wombers of tho New York Brock Exchansxe, who once puid $1,000-entrance fue fur ther privilege tyre, that the sum uf $1,000, ov £0,000 sterling, Waa yesterday pald a6 thy price of u transferred shire and seat In the Now York Stock Exchunge, toutbor with §1 fees of trunster. Notbuns oven in the * bull" wurket ofthe pnst year bus surpussed' tha ¢x~ treordinary rise in the poeoet Exchange sharea and gests dince the stockholders by a simull but suijofent majority in) November, 170," ine creused the membership from 1,000 to 1,100, and tho duitlation-fee from 10,00 tho additional furty members hud Joinod,— although it fy au unwritten law of | the Eschubgy that the last Iimit authorized Pee wot be exceoded. Tho funds thus to e200 After tecd—F100,0W—wont to the building account, ral and the ltinitof membership having been wub- Stantlally reacbod, $20,000 bus been the par price ofweats for more thuu wu yeur past, ulthouwy promitinis of two, three and Ave theéugand word soon afterwarda pald, ‘Pho rieeshown yestordity ds thorefore eau) to per cont, and there aro vool observers who Hpbi that before many ‘eiirs Rents Will be auld nt $100,000, ‘This sum, linge ns it Rooms, will hot equal tho prices which havo been paid on tho Paris Bourse for the pine of ono ot the sixty agonta tle change appuinted by tho Gaverninont. These plices of tate years bivo fluctnated from 0,00) to” 2500,000 In our: money. But when wo consider that thero are but sixty such places in Paris aiid more thant thousnnd bere, tho prosunt and proxpective val+ ne ot Now York Stock Exchange privileges will Bppcnr tobe fur the greater of the two. Tha higher tho ruling rate of Stock Exuhanse sents, though, bo it romembored, tho better will be the deunranges of caplint and of eharactor given by the brokers to the putile, THE RAILROADS, EAST-BOUND FREIGHT SIILPMENTS, ‘There has been quite an Increase in enst- hound-fraight shipments during the past week, which ‘is priucipally dus to tho fact that tho freight blockade whieh embarrassed most of the Enstern trunk ines during the Jast few months ins been removed, and busi- ness fs noving quite freely again on most of the ronds, Lt Is very likely that slilpments will continue heavy throughout tho month of January. "The fact that the rates ara now lower by 6 cents por 100 pounds to Enstern seaboards than thoy were this Unie Inst year, helps very much in sending torward freluh which, hid an advanes been imade, would now co Jjnto clevators and nvwilt tho opening of navigation. There is not ug much business Jn the country now as there was at this time fast vent, all the reports to the cotitrary notwithstanding, and it Is thore- fore not likely tat unother advance will be made this winter. ‘The Eastern roads will not beable to keep up their earninys if they do not stinulite trattte by offering low rates. ‘The earnings of nearly all the Western ronds are now slowing considerable fall- Ing off, ond tho Enstern roads woul show stlll worso results wera they to adyanee rates now. Even ag ft $s, it is not likely that the enst-bound shipments will continua as {envy as they are now longer than the end of this month, and after that iy Jaray falling off in tho business ts nntici- pated. The total shipuients by the six Enst- ern lines from this‘ clty for the week ending Jan. & 1881, amounted to 40,307 tons, against: ALOT tons tho week previous,—an Increase of TOW) tons, f "Tho following atatemont shows the mmount of business done by the various lines lending ae from this elty.for the week ending Jan. Prov's, Grainy! Flour, |fans of tana af] Totat ‘| Driv, |20vgtb.|ea th} tone, Michigun Central, Lnke Shore. Fort Wayn Panelandl Haltimore & Grand Trunk Motith..sservesenl Oh 144] 15,895) 40,067 WEIGINNG ASSOCIATION. Mr J.R, Whceler, Superintendent of the Western Railway Welghing Association, re- vorts the followihg mumber of loaded ears welghed durlug tho month of December: Northwestern, 6491; Burlington, 4,057; Ml. waukee & St, Paul, 4,484; U]inots Central, 2,021; Alton, 1,006; Roek Island, 2416; Enst- ern Illnols, 185; Miameapolls & St. Louls, 193; Wabash, 750. ‘Total, 24273 cars, . ‘Tho whole number of cars weighed for the several Hues from Aug. 16 to Dec, ¢ cluslye, 1s 23 follows: Northwestern, B42; Burlington, 2,717; Milwaukeo & St. Paul, 23,128; LUlknoly Central, 16,081; Alton, 13,180; Roek Island, 12,146; Enstern Llinols, 2,001; Minneapolis. & St, Louls, 1,347; ‘Wavush, S251; total, 133,004 cars, The Weightug Association thus far has proved o great success, nnd Is saving the ronds a grent deal of money, uy slippers aro no longer able to Joud more freight into the _So' ears than dg charged on the way: v= Oral HUW ronda Ulvo Mitels Julnad-the Avan elation, and others are expected to come in before long. ¥ PENNSYLVANIA ELEVATOR. Mr. RC, Meldrum, General Western Frelght Agent of the Pittaburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, has just received the following circular issued by J, McC. Cretgh- ton, General Frelght Agent of the Ponnsyl- vania-Rattroad Companys Wo beg to announce to shippora and rocolvors of grain that the new grain olevator of this Compuny., at Huralmus Cove, Jersey City, Ne Ju will bo cdmpleted and opened for buatnoss an Jan, 10, 1881, This ulevator resté upon vs solld+ rook foundation; bus been constructed fn.tho meat substautinl manver, oud undor the host- kuown plans for bandling. gratin nt New York. Ithas an actual storage cupucity of 1,500,000 bushole, with mnplo facilities for receiving from cara and dollvering to veasels, tt hus trnck-room for forty-uight cars, twonty-four of which can be unloaded ut ono timo, while the other twenty four ure being placed iu position. Itis furnished with forty-eight Fairbanks’ Jatest improved standurd scales (two at each olevator), insuring xeeuracy in wolght. To protect tho peupenty ogalust. tire. thoro are two ‘six-inch Knowles pumps to force the wator shropat Pipes digs tributed over all parts of tho building, two lines upon ench floor, with fifty three-Inch hogo con- nections, and on ample supply of hoxo convenlently placed =~ for Prompt. wae tion, ‘pro are also diutributed through the building chemical fire-extingulsh- ‘ors, und there fa elena fro cepurt: mont, eompbeed of omployés thotaughly drilied, In connection with the elevator nce tho beat and most capacious two-stury’ covered plora in this country, with wuter-front for ilfteon of the largest ships, fourof which can jond from tho clovator at ono thine. it is probablo that this arain-clovator ju more oompicte and substantial, and will atford greator facilities, than nny build. ing of tho kind heretofore constructed, NOT ENOUGII CARS. There fs nuch complaint among the people of Englewood against tho Rock Island Rall- road Company for thelr niggardly economy in not providing suMcient ears for thelr suburban patrons. The duminy-traing leay- ing the olty are filled to thelr utmost capac. ity, and the samo trouble {sexperlonced upon the train going in after Ieaving Englewood, Anothor cause of complaint on beth the Ayko Shore and Rook Island Roads is the frequent delays to trains in and out of’ the city crused by frelght-trains standing on tho main track, ‘There fs great nevd for separate tracks for the passenger business as far ite Englewood. Some tline ago the Rock Island pile downs third track it. of the distance atween Englewood and the elly, which it wus supposed would be used for this pur- pose but itis used to store empty cars, much bt disgust of the residents along the route, ‘ ‘ CINCINNATI'S KLEVPIANT, ‘Tho Cincinnatl Enqutrer says: * 1t hus boon whispersd quietly for somo’tlmo that Col, E,W. Cole, tho great railroad, king of tho South, Hus been tlurlng sub rosa, awith a portion of the Icssovs of tho Ulnofunati Sothern Ralroud and the Devereux interests to abtain tho porimanont lense of our ureat raliroad to the heurtof the South, dt hag been known -plins hava been latd and work bis been dono ta ure jeaniza Avompauy tor Uae purpose iu tho Ins wrest of Cot. Cole's Bouthurn system and tho Erlanger ayndlonte, ‘Thu recent proposition of the prosont lossece was mado with Col, Cole na chtof adviser, The now Compuny wus to have thut wontleman at tho bead of It, and tho de- olded tmekzor given'thia soheme by tho Tuleo- tiun recently by tho ‘fruatecs brought the Hon, Mr, Colo up to Cinoinnatl in post haste. Ho ar- rived avening before. lust und registered at the Grand, and departed us ued faust evening Tor Chattanooga. It waa given outhe had loft Cineinuatl yesterday invriuing, whon, in fact, bo wus tn the oity all day, and iu the morning held a conference with President Deveraux, the Hon. Aloxunder Ferguson, and others, 1t has been’ strongly jnthuuted abroad tho lutterenamed gentloinan leans toward loasing the road to the above Interest. [le lezal opinion as to the right to lease fg wot concurred in by a muority of the Hone of rated une Coralie a pelted euro UI wont yosturday enga casrd, Moudly, Kittradye, ani Yaples whe will shortly give “us extonsive opinions on tho subject. After all the talk on loualog tho Southern Rull- road, a nuinber of prominent rallroadura think the rond will wot now be paced for 6 year, or tnt after the rond Is bottled up by sonia im- BOeeeHE comings, who wil bo tho only one nd powllon ty Wivk syainst tho powerful Louls« villo & Nawhyillo Rullrund coubinugdon, If the roud 1s loused In tho Devereux or in tho -Inter- cuts of samo of tho Enstorn trunk lines, it is thought by many the Interests of our greatalty ‘will be gradually awallowod up, ty — ANOTHER CINCINNATI ROAD. '; Tho Pennsylvanty Company, which owns’ and controls the “Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolls Road, aro not well pleased that: they are soon tohave a compotitor through the Greensburg & Vernon and the Cinclnnatl, Indianapolis, St. Louls & Chicago Road, and they feel aggriuved that the manugement of tho Cincinnatl, Indianapalls, St. Louls & Chleago have to so great un extent alded Col, Horace Scott In pushing the Guorgia & Vir- kinda Roa so near to conspletion, And, 08 at collet, now propose tobulldan alr-Hne from Qreenfleld, Ind. to a potnt a few miles north of Cinclunall on tho Little Miami Ruud, A laneo at the map Innch of tho way throw" wrrtlory Ww: needs further raflroad foefiittes, and it tg that tho proposed: lind will bo nea distance «from. Indianapolls ‘to tinatl thht the Cincinnatl, apolly, St Louls & Chtenry Road “now ts, nudes will be much lighter than hicago, Indlanapalls, St. Louls & Chieagy, Connersvillets the only point It would strike tint now has ample railrond With thoir own and Van- Malla busiiess, and what woul! come te dunt from other connections at Indianapolis, tie ofMiclus of tho Pittsburg, Cineinnatt & St, Touls feel that thelr business between this alty and Cinetnnatl would building the rent. Hl stiow that f fAacconnnedation, justify them hn ‘Tho olticinis stite that tt Indianapolis and Cineinnatl Nettle expense would be theurred In the way of terminal f0- cilities, and {tis thought the right of way cnt ured without any trouble, which will io the cost of building the road to the and laying with tron or ‘oad reporter of tho Indi- anapolis Journal thought the wholo- svheme was based on a floating rumor, but Inconyersn- thon with two oiltelals, igh in anthor Cincinuatl & St, Louls hat tho bullding of the Hne 1s seriously contemplated, and one of the offl- elnls seems confident that trains will bo ran: ming between Indianapolis and Cineinnatt over this line before the yeur closes. BURIED IN SNOW. Morolem and Suforing in tho Virginia Mountaines—$A Thrilling Story of Ea- cape from a Tomb of Snow—U00 Pers xonw Imprisonod 11 the Mounts! Correspondence New York Sun. Bernyvitne, Clarke County, Vay Jan. d.—This evening avout dusk Mr. Hchard A. Ward, reside in on tho outskirta of tho village, found a man lying {a the snow near the roudsite, partially ine fensible from cold and torritly omaciated. Tho Stranger was at once removed to Mr. Ward's reaklence, whoro, after ho. hid beon rovived fnd bad eon supplied with food, which ho devoured in a ravenous manner, he startled ‘fa preservor by one of the straugest and most thrilling narratives of human distress that hos ever been chronicled. grading, cross-tiein steel ralls. ‘Tho rat the Pittaburg, he learned t ‘The mau stated that his natme-was Kogor 8, Couper, and that fie resided Ju tho Village ofParis, 1 amall town nor tho summit of tho Dive Ridge Mountalng, on tha dividing lina betwoou Clarke and Loudon Coun tos. He had volunteered to coma to Berryvilte to urgo tho realdonts by All tho tlos of humanity aud manhvod to organize a relief party and go to the nasistunce of tho villnyors, who were Ilter= ally buried In the snow, and to tho number of about 300 wero in dangor of doath frum both colitand hupgor. Tho village of Paris is on tho west aio of tho Blue Ridge, and it was directly oxposed to the terrible northwesterly gnie whieh Lexan on the hight of Deo, 0, Tho villagera at frat bebeld tho snow without alarm, ulthough as the tInkes cuune stondily down it bocame evident to thom be an unusually dec; that tho fall would For forty-vlght hours the storm continued, On Wednesday night the snow was plled h aboye all tho ronds und puths, drifted against houses, for tho night the snow wus contig. than avers, Cooper and bls family ocuupied 1 snimllcottnge near tho. westorn ‘slope of the platoau on which tho villige stands. He says that when he awoke Thursday found tt still dark, and supposed: thn: had not yet dawned. and was heavily Aa the villugors rottred » Aftor remntning in, be fur soveral hours, awalting daybreak, he got up, and lighting a luup, Baw, by tho clock that it was C- Somewhat puzzled ho went to tho Atoitered resistance to his push. ‘To his astonlahmont ho was vonfronted by a polld wall of snow, Hie bouge had beon buried ‘aung wite end obitd, when wna doep drift. Hia lon of wifalrs, nt first bo- {unformed of tha post exme greatly alarmed, but wore soo! bis tasuininces of sifety'. id : Cooper.is a buray, handsome young follow of Sh. ie is ovidently a coot-honded, intelligent man. Ho suys that the finit thing he did build a rousing fro, and. to insist oo havin, breakfast bufore doing anything. That throug! ‘with, ho took lony-handiod shovel and started his way through tho inprisoning wall of snow.” He made tupid headway at Urst, but bud ‘not proceeded five feut ‘bofore he bi eroubled by tho snow tnkon from the tunnel, He hod thrown it.behind bin on the floor, but it ‘threatoned soon ta fll tho entire Interiir, To ndd. to the diiioutty, it bexan to molt undor tho wud Inaide of an hour tho fluor ‘ho husband oud fathor strug- alinutly ut hia work, The snow flow froin tle tunnel Into the room, endeavored to pial ft to one al the nfternvon Cooper hud cut 4 narrow path- -way for nonrly thirty fout without seoing any signs of daylight... Sudden; neldroppod, and be was ° Putting forth desperate exertions, be struggled to extricate hiuself, | Tho .snow was Heht aid easily penotratod, Follow: tunnel, bo finally aucccude: loorWay, to find bis wifo lying senseless on tho c 6 describing his struggie through tho snow, Coopor shuddered, “the fueling of autfocation which taine over me," ‘Threo or.four times, a8 I plunged. biludly along striving to keop In the course of the tunnol, my head struck nguinst the hardened walle of tho ok Thad cut through the snow. ‘The roller £ experienced when [ burst into my houso {8 in- wasn nirncle that f ever got Ween ho recovered haustion be succveded in reviviny was now commplotoly prostrate anxicty. rete: * diy this time tho fro ia the hoyso had dled away, and tho iloor was coverod with {oy slugh. Cooper mado up bls mind gut through the drift was finpracticable, It oc et up the chlinnoy. in bed aod covering then up warmly, ho made the uttompt,. Ho ase conued with case untit about ton feot from tho top, whore tho chimney narrowed, utuck, Ifo descended aud got hate! Reascending the ubove the lovel of 10 ro tho brick wall, After an hour of ho crawled out upon the peaked roof of his house, Bostriding tho rida, he took ff tho sltuntion., ‘The snow had pliod monso erift, reschl ogainst tho front of bis house, have cut his way out from the doorway, asho would have had to penetrate ucarly we foot, only to Wind himsdéif on the edgo of 1 precipice overhanging a shoer fall of several hundred feet {atpnamail yalley forming the westorn boundary of the pluteau. Glance which way he would ho saw nothing but: round, unbroken wn many of which rosa 0, Indicating ‘that there wero . Biting ou that ridgo,’” sald Coope tho north wind whistily it tug forco, and’ almoat shuddered ua I thought of itumates of thoso housus frou which toga ool- unins of amoky wore not rising.” Cooper found that the most avaiinble oxtt would-be through front window: of his cottage, where the inclito of tho drift mado tho distance to bo cnt through the enow only about'ten fect, Ateguming hig tubora in that an hour he had tho sntisfuction of se light through the opening, ait ulitlcuity, made his way to Lhe house of bid ber, which, being In n more sheltered poal- escipod the worst fury of the storm, jo ten of thy fambly soon brought out Cunper's wife und child Jn the enine way that he oad bim- self yotten out, and tho family were soon onjoy- cotnfort again, « ihe snow. still descondud, dawned cold and dreury, tho belated villugera, “4 alonul sourrying Hikes of snow wery ominous of anothorstortn, Tho only thermoroter in the yil: lage registercd 10 degroes below zero at 81. My and us the day udvativod tho mereury fell alow unl It registered NH Christmas night the suffering from cold, owing to tho ‘scarcity of fuol, waa yory: grout, early tho next doy thore were not half a dozen firos fn the village. ‘The residonts, in order tu koep warkt, wore compelled to elthor romuin In bod or onvelop: thonnelyes in oxtra clothing or blankets. -At ahout 10.0'ulock the Hurgomuaster, Thoiwas Aldine, went around aud culled for yot- untevra to usslst in cutting o wi of ® poor widow. nume who, with two obildren in ong of the most expose Jago. Nothing bud action of the fire, ran with wator,. where his. wife de. By do'clock the roof of his tun- uried in tha snow, the track of tho ursting Into tho ho sald, “was awful, trom his ux- that the attempt to rrod to him to ti jolng his wife ant chlimiay, until tu the caves fo could nuvor mounds of snow, fro columns of, amok houses bencuth, around ine with, numbed with cold, T the conaition of tho tho second-atory direction, In about and ovontually with if being no glad unk ska ay iuto tha house Dirv. Kato Witmin, Occupled a cothy wrtions of tho vi oun heard from her for sovern! duys, und (hore was no siya of fro from tho chtuney, - Within an hour about forty men rod id the house of tho ufort> unato widow, and, armed with shovel wont bravely to work Ina blinding a ‘Tho firat mun to orifue the pote be A 10 bod wus Mra. Witiaun, 8 and cold in death.» When tho ‘stron; itd yvotly movod her corpea, thoy Sound by hor al two childrer: who wore carefully wri} aud somo old elotbing, erself aver thom in ‘the otfurt to keo] tho cldvst child, was fount ue te othor, ai infant 14: Stretched upon to be past all ald, monthe old, showed slyns of noim: in about two hours was out of danger, ‘Tho nextday was Suuduy, in oO nootluy of tha villagers was ho! ctor Wright, a leading ottisan, He spoke aubatanttally os t todogomothing, Ag sure » above, if. wo du not there * Will not be a live man, woman, or child tn tho , Lotus organize 1 reliet } commits, who shull take charge of nil fui and provisions wo have wi togetuer in as fow houses ne greatly economize our fuel. Louls Lsaw a urge membor of house bo attcruoan |) game tine cout a-tiird vices than “ Mon, wy baye ns thera fy & vulugo within n week, mune ua. By living |. patil “Wa cul ‘Wo buyo. gut to Hyves of- our wives and : Je thors fs any man hero who bua anything to say lot 1) boar bln " vive Ho Unie to lose, and must tuko bull right Away with w bu: ready to hour any plans you bouda."" ep ‘There was na solonin silence, gray-baired furtnor stood up and Chairuun, iu the name of God, appoint the A bum of upproval ran through be promptly exolutmed: Finally an old, tho crowd, and Bir, W: mittee of fifteen, with himself ax Chairman, after whlen bo exclaimed; there Is no wont appoluting thty eonunttt Jona what It gays In goin i ce tne nigra tall authority ier obo dane. Aro Wa to “Yas: do aa you plensa,” tinted farmer,» replted tho gray. a ¥ t nareo?” naked Mi, xp jib fie, Lats reap tngain a ‘on all hear, tuke hol nat give all those Rate * llaws who won'tdoas thoy are told. fale not K wo'll make ‘em do i Now, gentlemen, the gstent reams and yet ca al wale ute eat te in, walt un Pie fe want dove,” Ino’ 4 pc The Committeo remained tn consulta about halt an hour, Whon thoy rote yet Wright, sera onn desk, announced the ret Uk iitokly wns at cn Sten, what Bly tho Committeo a; ¥put will alt bo rendy to hand over your supine of wood and food to men who will be aont wround for (t to-morrow. Wo want everythin, —Uvery. fala, raliid you—whleh you cnn cat or barns Mt wil Drought here and put undor lock ‘and key. A fixed quantity of food will be ven outtoench family accoriing to the nunburet porsond, =‘Ta-emorraw you will move guid amiiies Into the houses around this bith lag, aud tho Cominittes will aco that ne many ed in ench house ns it will hold, ‘Theso Houses wilt be heated by fres supplied by the Commnitteo, and no one inuat touch them or put Anything on them except the Committee. heh dlay we will nppoint n number of won who. will fornix for food and wood, There are millions of birds frozon to death lying around in the woods ubout two milos from herd, and if we can get through tho snow wo will not want. for Meng, All tho barns and outbuildings not cuys cred by drifts will be torn down for fuel, “Now this ia all we huve-to may." Tho noxt day tho pinis of theoCommittes wore falthfully carried out, und by nightfall” tho en. tivo population of the salina. wits gatharod In ‘about twenty bouses i tho linmudhite vicinity Of tho school-house, which bad been converted tuto n supply station, Dneing tho day, tho Coins millteo at times found somo Gutioulty, Jn onfor- ciug tho order tor tho surrender of food. Suy- orm! of tho villngers showed a ilsposition to robel, hut the Inexorable Conmittes, led by Mr, Wright, helned thomsolves.tndlscrimtnatoly. ip: noring “nll bornpinints, Ones a nan named Emory rofused to comply with tho requisition, and, when tho Committee attempted to take the desired articles by force, ho and his three sung solzed thoi shotguns. “Wright wont up tw Eniory and knocked him down without a wo; of warning, In a moment tho reboiltous village era wore ull prisuners in the hance of the Eoramtttos who had quickly supported thoir Ps The Hmorys wero disarmed, and, after thel house had been ransncked fur fuel’ and pruvite jona, they wero berated, ‘Thera was rent sulfcring from frost-bites, Tho euergotlo Com: ifftca catablished n hospital in whieh the alling could by cared for by, tho sule phystuian of tho plnce. As tmuny ns fifty were sulfering ut ong line, ond several amputations had to bo per formed, — - 2 a It was deolded to xond a mossenger to Borry- ville for help, Cooper was selectod. He atarted on Tuesday, mounted on a strong horse, and supplied with a flask of whisky and’ a packagn of provisions, Ho trayelod alt that day and night. Tho nextday the horse gave out and could go no further. Coopor went abond us oot. Ho wus thoroughly farnfilur with the woods. Throughout Wodnosduy night tho faith Jul inessonger trampod through tho ‘snow, ‘Thursday moratng found bin stilt pursuing it Weitry way in nn alniost insensiblo conditfon, Couper remombers slinging, praylug, and laugh. fug ultornntely upto noon on ‘Thureday, atte whlch time he lost ull senso of what took place, Whon found by Mr. Ward, Coopor was nlf cove ored by anow, and deuth would undoubtedly bave ensued ina few hours, ‘Vuts fearful story was told by Coupar to you correspondent. In a modest, strulghtforward way. He pnesed Hghtly over hia own briva deods, but dwelt with enrnustnoas on the pltl- ublo condition of bis fullow-villngora, As soon ag his story was mado known, a party of three men In fourshorse sled were dispatched to Paris with Provisions and modteine,. - One at tho number }sn surgeon und nuother a clersy- man. It 16 not. yet known whotber thoy cus quake thelr way through the snow. Thore It grout anxiety in Foran to the fate of the do Yotod villagers on tie bleak sido of the ius ars A number ot Hives will certainly be los! ty this singulur blockade, A RIVER BONANZA. : Big Wind Expected at the Bottom of s Callfornta Eivor, ‘ San Francisco Unronteles : ‘The most axtenstye mining oporation of tt kind over Indiviy fn the history of, caller has beon Inaugurated by Enstern capitallst of Clileago, New York, and Boston, at Big Bend, on the north fork of Fouther. River, ten iniles above Oroville, Ono million Ol Jnrs, it is said, has been pledged to the unter: taking, and $50,000 paid in to start tho work, ‘The scheme. contemplates the working oug of Untrteen imfles of the bed of tho Fenther Liver, uot by the old process of fuming, Wut by 0 tunnel of suiicient capacity to drain tho river bed, so that it can be worked Ino manner familiar to tho early miners on the American River, whore so many fortunes wore mado in flush’ times. ‘Tho Feather River, at Whisky Bar makes a largo bend thirteen miles in length in the form ofa horseshoe. ‘Near -the junction with tha west branch thora rung_ into the Iatter a stream called Dark Cafion. This strenty heads in tho direction of the upper’ portion of tho north folk and in the neighborhood ot Whisky Dar. The distance’ between ff and the bar straight & through the divide ts less than 12,000 feet. & $13 proposed to construct an‘evcene tunnel le ubove Whisky Barto Dark Canon t dimensions to drain the thir teen miles of the horseshoe bend, and the J Bocurlig of the gold in the channel will then, of course, bo m-ensy inatter, ‘This tunnel will bo 11,000 feet In length, and. will be a littio Inrger than the ordinary railrond tun nol, -1t will huve v fall of fifty-tive feet ning inches to tho mile, with a enpaclty of dix charuing 6,820 miner's. Inches of water per second. At the highest ortion of tho divide the level of 9 tunnel will “bo 1,500 feat from the surfnee, Tho formation of this divide 1s mineral in character, consisting of strata of slate, porphyry, and diorlte. At Hauilk ton bar, where ‘the ‘water will bo taken out, a. dain will be constructed, tha lower portion of which will be of masonry, ' Along thesd thirteen miles soveral smal creeks run into the river, and, by meuns of ditehos nlong.the banks of the maln strep, an_abundanco of water can be obtalned, and tho gravel, whieh Is probably from fifteen to thirty fee! teeny can orally be washed’ by the most ‘mprove methods known in placer mining. By the well-cnown process of fluining great fort: tines have been made in the neighborhood of Big Bend In years past. ‘Tho works, how: ? ever, could only be prosecuted during the dry senson, as the floods always swept awa! tho works, With a tunnel, of course, this trouble will bo obviated. At the clalm, ‘from 3400 feot of tho river, by wing-lamsa and a" flume, in. forty-two days $080,000 was taken ‘out, with only one-third of the claim worked, when (he season closed. Anothor attempt to flume tho whole of Feather River was frustrated by the early raing, which swept the whole fib! away, Judging, from what hns bean tiken out, old miners estlinste that thirteon miles of tha river, at Big Bend, contain about $154- 000, OF course, to reach it requires the best engincering #kil] “and an outlay of af Yeast $1,000,000 hofore substantial results ca bo'nehloved, Waldemar Allatram, the finan: celal head of tho enterprise, feels competent to grapple with the undortaking, Ly taklu up the wator-right and’ running tho tunnel the mangers of the tunnel will gut an ex tensive right, which thoy may hereafter tur Into @ source of revenue for Arrigatings When tho bed of the river is worked out, may bo that irrigating ditches will be con structed, and the waste- seattered therourh dry regions In the Saoramento Valley. whe it will tind sale, and become a source of be manent revenue, ; _—— ny cs , o . Architecture iu. America. Moneure D. Conway's London Letter tq Clnetnnalt Come ‘nerctat, vider In Varlous parts of Amrica thoro 1a avidene of thy presonos of yood architoots, and even decoruiive artists, Frouk aenieg Lt ener hhayelt fult ub Pulladelphta, Lyman Bitebwe Syracuse; and Robert Ponbody in and arse Josto tn. City tho way, how happens iethat Unie lending urebltecta seould. wll bo sons. # at tarinn elurgyiwent) | But. gonorally 280 Oo hy public buildings tu Armorici put appears 10 prtvate rodidonoos, ne ohiot war ‘architect Ou ereater uttonuion ta 4 ure “in and wsguid byte cineinnael and 8 a. oxpense does evidently bean. fucurred. it ae an to by realized fg mupy Aumoricet olt{os thut ft faa Jarau part of the artol a oral 7] architect ta save monoy for hie eMnploy ere of any ong will wtop-long quough fn me C ity Syracuse, N. Y., to take a stroll or drive throug Ite atreot, capoclully Jumes, atreat civhlett vhinaaudug® tus plobalun namie, 1s one of the retneat viroets Ii the-.woeld), a will secu “sf wAUtiful Lowes thin can be picked put fron Cloolanash, Ublouge, and St. Loula, all tage be Yot Syrucuso baa outy 60,000 tnbubitunts, Ao) few of then weulthy, according to the wtandar! of the three more western cities 1 uve necols But Syracuse buppons to baye young archi who have studied thelr art und myster fapet the moat bonusitul houses and villus of Eo thoy have loarned that the best foutures of ig, cult be combined for yot tore beutiful ett yo und Uioy have learned that taste aud Hh oe further than monoy toward the construc @ bequtitul residence, ed Dold, piiuples, frecklos. rough akin, eruptiont Juspure bioud, Hop Uitters cures ws t t milght have boon bmie beautiful, aud ot ry