Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1881, Page 2

T S T 1 v i CHICAGO TRIBUNI FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, ISSI—T\VELVE PAGLS, tlon totho Committee,while only three Demo- crats voted In thair favor, ‘Phey’ were heard Lo threaten that they wouhlt o to West Vir ginin in n body when next Senator Davis be- comes a candidate for election to the Senate. INTEROCHANIC. : LADS. Apeetat Dispaten to The Chieago Tridune, WasiiNaroN, D, Jan, 20.—The Inter- oepanle Cannl Committeo: hins not ugieed to repork favorably tho Kads Ship-Raflway bilt, 8 hns beet stafed. Mr, Eads 1s very conll- fent, however, that the Committes will do 30, King, Chalran of the Committeo, .Ims alwnys been favorably dlsposed to the Ends plan, and, last winter, was regarded ns one of Ends' leading supporters, "Capte Pheéips, the ehiel vromoter of THE NICARAGUA SCHEME, will not oppose Ends, unless e shnll ask for nsubsidy, Ewds dods ask the Governnint to gnarantee the interest upon fifty milltons of Bomds, Mr. Phelps says that the greatest ob- stacle that the Nlearagun projJect now has to overcome Is theargument that controt should siven to the Government, The Nicarngua Company fs not “disposed 1o concedo this unless the Government shall grant a sub- afdy, -Meanwhile. Mariner Thompsou, ex- Seerctary of tho Navy, who I3 coming to be known as ** Monsteur Tonson,” again to- dtny, before one of the Committees, recited ho detuils of Do Lisseps’ plan, | Mr. Thomp- n s n very husy wan, and will earn lis dnlary, at least diring tho session, AROUMENTS, Wasnitxaroy, 1 C., Jan, 20.—Ex-Seerctary ‘hompson continued, this morning, his argument before the Commlttee on Forelgn Aftairs ngainst the appilention of the Monros doctrine to the Panama Canal projeet, and Capt. Ends made n further argument e before the 1louse Comumnittes on the Inter- ocennle: Cannl In support of his plan for an Intertoceanie Ship Railway, A Sl[A]li{ CAUANT, AND LET LOOSE. Spectal Duwateh to The Chicags Tridune, WASIHINGTON, D. C,, Jan, 20:—Washington volice cireles have been more than usually --agitated to-doy by the discovery'that an En- glish “confidence” wan has been dolng n Inrge stroke ot business here Withlil the past few days. This hmpostor ins begloperating largely in New York' since lnst, Jinreh, nnd represents himself s Chatles Alhert Ashloy, n scton of the distingulshed Englfsh family of that name. Ie nlse affects o singular style of wenring his halr and, beard, copying closely, it is said, the*"Dictures of our Savior. In dress—lie 1s rather flashy, as he displays oan unusual quan- tity of _J6welry. 1Ihs gume i3 - to borrow iioney on collaterals represented to be of fabulous value, mul belonging ta the, Ashley family, for which he s careful to take recelpts, promising to redeem them by n certain date. d IE WAS AT D TO-DAY, at whieh he profes: great Indignation, Seated at hendquarters in the reception-roon, he maiutained adignitied sllence, ocenstons ally pieking up na nowspaper which he pre- tended to read, but 1t was observed that hls oyes wera seanning every one who entered over the top of his paper. During the proeess of searching him he was highly fndignant, - not relishing the thought of exhiblting the contents of his pocket, When he was asked if he wns "ot ashamed to pluy his swindling gnmes, Ashley replied that he thanked God that he had o superior Bradn, by which he could get o good, Mving, and if he could make his viethis belleve that a cobblestone was a diamond it only’ A RIOWED 1118 TALENT, That was business, 1, in trylng to get tho best of him in buslness pursuits, his enstom- Ors find themselves worsted; | It was luokout, hese were tixed * busi- maxims of Nls, uml no one had g vight to complaln, Ve professed to be u thorpushly competent dealer In precious atentes, ahd; I 1a eondd make s man think n pavingstone was dinmond, it oniy showed his superlog business qualitles, Ashley has also assured the ol of preacher at Balti- more aud other placesy i which gulse hewes embled to get Inte thé dood graces ot somo very respeetablo peopl Oy % WIHEN CONFEONTED, DEN Ashley coolly repiled that, 1 his girts enabled Blm to deaw tears from hls audience, some good had been done. This morn- Ing a popniar.’ temperance advoeato appiled to pollcu hendquatters and totd his experience with this man, statiiug, In o nerv- ous manner, thut ho hail Juvested $250—nil the money Ho had. 1118 story wis that, seelng the advertisement n- the papers, he enbled upon the gentleman, and was Informed that hedesived o tempornry loan of- money,. and would give a collsteral pawn-tieket, which ho held for advances mada by n pawn-broker on somo dinmonds and - Jewelry of great value. This yvoung man concludsd thut it was A PERPECTLY BAFE INVESTMENT. ‘Tho young mun felt that he made n secure investments nor were his susplelons aroused until reading the nceount in the paper of the arrest, In the face of these evidences of ras- callty It has been found that Ashley lins nat actually violated the hiw, and so he hns been set at llberty, A searel by the polieo of his roou at the Natlonal 1lotel brought to view aquert of *snide” dinmonds and * finsh jewelry of all sorts, INGERSOLT, ON REFUNDING, Bpeetal Dlspateh. w-"Me Uhicago Tribune, Wasninarox; DG, Jan, 20,—Col, Rohert G, THifdEso)] Suld to-duy that this Refunding net, us passed, I entlrely mpracticable, A gy per cent bond might foat, but not a shott one. 1o sald the bond ought to bo mitde bn sueh n shapo that the poor people would find n safe and convenfont celnnnel through it for the fuvestinent of thelr snv- ings. 1lo'wanted the poor fo be encouraged In economy. *“That country I3 blessed,” sald he, “whera tho rleh are estravagant and the poor econowleal, The veonowleal rleh munids n eurse snd npest, e banks have been talked about o great deal as the source of n lonn, ~When the Government wunts money it rushes to tho bunks. Bank- ers know nothing abont the worth of money. Putamon innbunk for six months und he has not_heart enough to stock n humming blvd, When Franeo wanted money the Rothsehllds tried to syneeze the conntry, mul the Government ealled on’ the people for n loay, aud the next day there was A LINE OF POOR JIEN AND WOMEN, I blue glouses, a mfle lonk, with thole littla sums, 0 it wus uot mora than a live-frane vlece, and the “woney was reallzed, L tell you the soonor the Government learns o look to the folks when It wunts help, the better it witl be for it. £f the country wants woney, all our farmers out West will have s hundied dollars or 50 to spare, even ifthey owa to souebody ¢l 1 am In favor of Nutlonal savigs bauks, whera the poor can wvut fu thelr small surplus and get it out ugaln through the profection of tho Governe went. 1had sonie money In a gavings bank onee, and 1 took 1t out nguin,. 1 thought1 wlght as woll spend It as the follows who van the bank, This Government savigzs bank {3 what 1 want, but It we ean't got that I want A byt so tixed that Gvery mas, womun, and child who saves 810 can havesome of Jt. Ay 10 this bond, the. yate fs ull sight, provided e thue for It to run was tixed to sult, but it Is ot But wo want o bond to suit the peo- yle, not tho bauks,” THLE CENSUS, i MORE MONEY WANTED, Epecial Dapateh to 'The Chicugo Tribune, * WasmiNaroy, D, C, Jon. 20,—Senutor Tendieton -will, endeaver, when wn oppor- tunity shull offer, to press the passage of a' B Linl uyplovrfi’:mflnuomer‘ ‘ewo,tmr Tur the completion of the censng, With this addi- tional appropriation, tGen, Walker ean com- plate his Investigatlons of ansindustrinl and foelal nature now being conducted with the highest expert knowledur, . These Investim- tions will make the fentl census an alnost perfect inventory of the Industrial, social, and vital conditiow of our peaple. Gen, Walker finds the Government Printing-Ofles so crowded with work that he desires nuthorily to havo some of his pinting executed by con- tract at private printing-ofiices, GEN, WATKEI will, in rday or two, seml out eclreulars de- sigued to bo fitled out with information of statistical nature regarding schools and churehes. Thoso relating to, schools will comprise Informntion s to numbers of studonts, studles pursued, valiie of school- proverty, ete,, while fn those relnting to elinrehes, statistles of properly " valuation, membership, ete,, will beeolleeted, This in: formation contld not be obtalned any earlier, a8 tho necessity for speedily obtaining the statlstics: of population for purposes of ap- portionment. wns then puramount, Cen, Walker sald to-night that ho is preparing a letter which will thoroughly fuswer the strfetures whieh have been mude by the formeér Superintendent of the . Census upon Uen, Watker's management of the work of the present census. The letter will review Konnedy’s ndmintstration of the same ofilee, and expose the shorteomings of that gentle- man mereflesly, It will be remembered that sinee Kennedy wns relleved *from oflice ho lins been eriticlsing the methods of his suc- ©eSs0T. . TIIE PONCAS.- TOSTON THIUMPNS OVER SCHUNZ Spectal Dispatch to The Chicags Tridune, Wasuinaroy, D, 0, Jun, 20.~The mem- bers of the PPonca Commlsslon have passed o resolution of seereey as to thelr preceedinigs, and nre preparing thelr report, which they now expeet to submit to the Prestdentin about o week,” No ofilefal Information can bo obtalned frdm_ them, either as to the re- sult of thelr visit, or-as to the charneter’nf thelr report. 1t 15 alleged, howavor, by prpt sons with whom, some of “the Commissibnl nhave conferred, that there %31 be two re- ports—-n mnjorlly and a minority: that the wmajorlty report will support Fhbles and Dright-Eyes, and generaliy t: L8 Boston side of tho enase, and will be’ signed, by the two ~military members of the. Com- misslon, Gen, Crook and - Ger, Miles, and. Ly .the clvillan . from Doston, Walter Allens that the minority e port, which will entirely sustaln the Interior Department, will he signed by Mr., Stickney, of Washington, the other clvilinn memver nl\ &) the Commlssion, who lins at different period; had some eonuection with the Interior De- partment, “Stlckney-Is- understood to have been the member of the Commission who EGRAVIED FIOM TIHE INDIAN TERHIS ¢ TORY i to the President that the- Commission could not tiro a P'onen to return to Dakotn, 1t was this dispateli. which.the Commlssion reeently reported was wnauthorlzed. It ts very evident, unless all reports are untrue, therefore, that the story told by the Tudlan Chicfs liere was either not thelr whole ease, or else the mafority of the Ponea Commisslon has been decetved. : s FITZSIMMOXNS, MIK HHAVES WILL SAYE 1M, Spectal Dispatels to The Chicago Teibune, . Wasiinaroy, D, C., Jan, 20—t Is pretty definltly understood that Marshal Fitzsin- mons will. not be dismissed during the pres- ent Adminlstration, He Js in the elty now, and seems to have wade his penco with the President, pussibly through the. influence of Mrs, Ilayes, between whom and himself there ks n personnl friendship. Inthe menn- thne, his bondemen have filed with the Attorney-Genermt ‘n petition, in which' they: nsk to be released from their boud, on the ground 'that they have recently diseovered that Fitzshnmons was he was appointed to ofllee, . ‘Ihis, of course,; tha Attorn eneraleould not grant. They thon nsked that Fitzshmmons shull not bho allowod to Inerense hly lability any further by being Intrusted with the custody of any nublie moneys. [t-Is understood that Gon, Davens Is anxious to-remove . Fltzsiimmons, but that the Prestdent ‘I8 unnlterable In his UC(crull‘lmllon to leave b nlone, A HEAINNG, TV {he YWeatern Associated Press, . WasinNurox, 1. C, Jan. 26—Col, Fitz- shiminons, Unlted States Marshal for Georgln, was given u hearing toAlay by the Attorn Genoral und President, in defenss of himsolf against the statements mado by the Speeiat - Agent who recently visited his oftice, NOTES. | AL “ Spectat Dispatch to The Chicagn Tribune, WaslINaros, 1, G, Jan. 20,—Representa- tive Newberry, of Michignn, who Is urging an lnvestlgation Into tho figh frand at Hallfax, has recelved letters whieh seem to show that the forged doouments upon which the Halifax award was based wers propared before the Washington Treaty wos nego- tinted; that they were brought to Washing- ton by Clare Ford, one of the representatives of the Britlsh Goverment, and used here in order to sceuro the Insertion of the fishery scction In the Washington Treaty, Mr. Cox, “Chalrman of the Fotelgn Atfalrs Committes, hpvingsthe fishe ery subject *in charge, says ‘lmt Cummlllcg wilt speedlly commeneean exnmination of (g question,, M. Cox hlinself takbds speckil Ins terest fn the matter, ns he wus one ‘of the first to eall public attentlon to It, and, on the Hoor of the 1ouse even, oppused paylng thy Hallfux wward until the subjeet could be Iy~ vestlgated, Mihgard now of the pplnton that Congreds made'n mistnke=in not Msten- ing to Mr, Cox’s adviee nt thpt thne, TARIFR, 3 . A gentleman prominently conneeted with New England industeles, who Js hero in the Interest of the tarill, exvresses the opluion that the Eaton bl will be presed by the Houso | ut this sesston, and that then the tarky guestlion will be taken out of politics, The Eaton bill,which has passed the Senate, s now upon the Speakers table In the 1louse awniting netion, i SENATOI, DON CAMERON to-tny sald that he"had dttle deubtof the election,of Ollver-in Pennsylvonla, but that It waspot probable thut the result would he Immediately reached, i MATHIMONIAT, A, Trlpy, of Chieago, was warrled here this evenlng to Miss Corlune, ‘dunghter of Gen, Wihitlamson, Commissioner of the Lawd Ofilee, * Charles Tale, sonof D, 11, Hale, of Chicago, wis ono of the groomsmen. M, Tripp will soon leave for Scottand, fn the s terests of the Chiengo, "Toxus & Moxlco Ruil- road Company, which Is In progress of con-: struction, ind for which nelarge sum has Leen subscribed by Scottish eapltalists, LARE FRONT, 2 Benjamin Ayer, atlorney for the Illinols Centrul Raltrond, wil bo heard by the House Committec on Publie Lands te-morrow, In referencs fo the Lake-Front bill, - ‘Thero jsa new clement in this matter, Bowe prombers of the Commlttee, including. the Chatrnuu, inslsb that the Government aught to have Bome of the $500,000 which the rujl- Toads proposo to glve the elty, Ay, Ayer, in his argunent to the Conuulttee, Deld thnt the Governmont has no equitable tiles that it only has the naked legul titlo by whieh it lolds the lamds In trust for o publle use, uud that now the vublle, through the ununbuons volee of tha Comion Coun- ell, desiye to have that usq changed, Repry- sentatlve Davis, although his bl dilfups in somio purticulars from that of - Aldrleh, wil} cobudrate to secura the general results to whigh both bitls are directes! BIVEUS AND HARLOUS X To the Wealern Associated Press, WakniNGroy, D, ., Jan, 20.—~Fhe Llotss insolvent “vehen mttee on Comn resumed conslider: and of the River and Harbor bill, and agreed 1o tho following items of approprintion: Harbor of Erle, Pa., 82,0005 Monongnhels River, 823,000 Allegheny River, $25,000, POSTAL TELEGRAPIY, The Springer resolution was ordered by the Commitiee on Post-Oftices mid Post-Ronds— 7 to 1—to be favorably reported to the House at the earliest opportunity. Following 13 the test of the resolutfon: Resoleed, Thnt tho Contmitteo on Post-Ofliees and Post-Romls be Insteneted to tnquiro Inte tho expodicncy of establishing by law a tele- graphie postal system ticder the tiovornment of tho United States, and also the cust of repro< duelne the faellitles for teansmitting tele- gruphlo messngeg cqual to thoae now posseased by tho oxlating corporntions, and ns to tho ex- ponso of vperating fho same, with pawoer to semd for persons and papers, and report nt any thne, by bl or otherwlee. THE PUNDING QUESTION, The Iepublican Senatorlal Cauens Com- mittee has decided not to exerelse any haste fnmatuving o Puuding bidl, but fo wait and see what e Denocratie Senators are In- elined to do, and nseertaln the character and nature of the amendments they propose to make to the House bill, THIE RTECC AENATE Wasisatoy, D. O, Jaw, 20.—The ‘ndies’ gatlery was vecupled nt the hour of mieting, malnly by membersof the Nutlonal Woman's Suffrnge Assoetation, The Viee-Preshilent submitted n communi- cation from tho State Department; relating to the offer macde to sehl the Depagtment the orlginal manuscripts and historleal papers bequeathed by Denjamin Pranklin to his weawdson, Wiiliam Tewplo Franklin, being the callection of lenyy Stevens IFrankin, Among the pavers I3 the original petition ot the Continental Congress: to teorge 111 in 1574 stened by the defegntes, “The collection. will be offered for sale in London for £7,000, if tho uffer to this dovernment Is not uecepted. The communiention was referred. . On motlon of Mr. MoDonuld, his resotution of np, Inst sessfon for n standing Committee on tho® Rights of Women Citizons was taken up, Mr.MeDountd nverred that the proposition was one affording a mediun through whioh this class rof npplicants for legisintion coull have thelr rights heard before tho countrs, Mr. Conkllng sugirested thut the Comnitiee he made a speclul one, 8o that tho benefleont thove- ment in behalf of womnn's rlehts might rosult speedlly in something practienl, {Applause in tho Indles” gallery.] | -~ Mr. MeDonald Insisted upon a Permanent Com- mittee, ns tho subject wos n contioning one, As long ng the hum w family lnsted, on the foor of 1he ¥ennie the rights of women wouki demand congiderntion, Mr. Davia (W, V) moved to refer to the Com- mittee on Rules, Agreed to—yens, 253 nnys, & \ Mr. Kernnn presented n vesolution, which was adapted withuut dobate, requesting tho 1resl- dent to forthwith tranamit to the Hennto if, tn s opinton, not Incompatiblo with peblie In- tevesty, coples of any and all correspondenco sinoe 1860, whicn may have passed betweon the Scentpry of Stato und any diplowatic or eon- silnr agent of the United States, cithor In Bwitzalud or any other forelgn country, in relatior ta the sending to tho United States by any toelgn State, canton, or munleipality, of eriminug, prupers, or insane persons, L The enaonedue of private bills ocenpled tho res muinder of the morning hour. 3 3r. - Pardleton Introduced and nsked the present’consideration of the Jolnt resolution for a lowir oy the Becretaries of Warand the Navy of flugs and bunting, In Government depots, for use in decorting the City of Wushington, on the 4th of Mareh, i Messrs, Melonuld, HIL (Colo), nnd Walker were appolited a committee of conforence on the ML genting lnnds to Dakota, Mantani, Arvle zona, [dalio, m} Wyoming for university pur- ) ) . u ' Tutding Lil was recelved from the House, and referred to e Counnittee on Finsice. 4 communieaton frqi tha President was re- eolved tenfamnitiyg o Jptter from " tho Seeretary of Stute tn relutjon tnilie recent olfort of tuo Staes . kb, a nhout pence hutwoen ety uid A Opdekelt printedt erulit i\ buing tho Lillto provide for 1he utlotiypnt of leny tn severulty to the Indlansg a1 ek seservitiqng, and to extend the pro- cetinfi e hiws of\tho Sttes wd Terrltories i for, athor purposes, wis tikon pled tho ‘symalider of the day, ake, \vl"mdlnr i ‘the bill, explafiied its ma, ‘The ’l“*v‘"“"\' whenover, I his udgnient, n reservittion o€ nd on whielt Ine dluns sre foeated shaltebid (U for ngrlentturnl piirposcs, Is 1o have the snitd sarvoyed and al- uted D the mumier speeitiod by g firstseation 10 the individanl indinns of tho tribes for which. 1t hus Leen set upart, Tho exeestof lands Intho roseryntion wWhove wint may b thts, pllotied t Ividuats [s to be negotlstod forby gy of tho Tnterior, b il the moedintlons are mtdied” Uy Cungress, 1t b2 also provided that the bitl shall ot ba ap- plieattu to the bnding Terrltoey. ana, torthor, “that tho lunds shall wot e allenated within twenty-thvo yours Ly sy of tho nllotitecs, . Me. Vost toved nu amendinent 1o tho seventh sectlon excludhng thy hudinn Tervitory trom thy operittion of the b, o us to make 1t rewd thit the aot shll not 10 tha reservitlol, of the Churokees, Crocks, Chootuws, Hnolos, lllhl Chickusuws in the Tindiun ‘4 rrlmr’u In nnr[ of his umendment, he nrgued that whato! ALen WiS now tuken shold” Do zo tnkon s p of u uniforu wid geneesl polioy, churged ngndnst il b pogedd to aftiek tie in tho Indlnn ‘Fereltory, On tho vontoury, ho propused to observe overy mm(f‘. both ti jutter and spielt, and proceeded to eritietso thoe Com- mitiee on Indlun Atfalrs for huving oxcepted from tho billund lett under the old réglimo the !l‘mily Indian teibes, vr remuants of tribes, on the s, 3 i < Mr. Teller opposed tho bill. 1Te roferred to the mutnorinl of tho Commissloner ot tho Aeneral Assembiy of the I'res) United Stute clvilization, in v t claimed thut tho A should have gooad edus antion and vellgions liherty, I agued that thesu gontlemen wern impricticatlo, . They Dosed 1o trout all Indiana, &avaee and frleidly, allke, nud yot thors wan ns sitch alifurance between Indinns as botween elvilized beings, aud leglalntion thut would by beneticlnl chiss wonlil fudl If n‘mllu-l ta the othor, Tho effect of glvhie land 1o the Ipdinns atsoluiely would be, us it had been In tho past, o sabjuct thom to tho rapaeity of tho whited, dond, nid- mntely doprive thoin of o resting-plice of this canthient, Mr, Suundors supporied tho il ns Cacllitating tho breakbnr wp of teibal relatlons, and afford. ng tho 1ndliin hetter foollitles than be would havo without It ta prepure for smml wltiapnship, while rcquh‘mfir fothing more than wis vequlred 1o clses It would muko his title to Ty il s that of tho whito man's, - Mr, It oF Cotorado, suld that, us tho alluged opposition ol the Iindinng to n severalty provision had been urdwd agningt the proprioty of ny onaetment on tha subjeot, ho hid cuduivorod to nseertali tho trith us to the feoling ot tho In- dians i that polit. - 1 reaporiin (0 1084 guiey he huut vocolved from the Commisaloner of fie Ainn Aftades o lettor which e wonld now road, Thir letter stated, n substnnee, that Red Clowd and Spatted Tl Tid for 0 yene pust heon duo- mudlisg sepurnto nllottnient of thoir iand, tholp request nut having boun complled with owlng to tho survey not hnvm;( bueon comploted, The nigonts of tha Slolix of Sebrwska, 110 Chippewns of Wisconsin, anid mumuroits othors reportod that thaie tribes: hud siguilied In somo instahcos unnnfuougly, thele destre to bo locited in reveratiy, wtid In-other lnstanees tholr desiro to huve putents [ssned totham for tho lauds i pro- vided i the treaty, Vory fow outside of the Hyvo ewilized tribes In tho Tuding Perpltory ind fallod to fuvor the movement. Without siction on the bill, the Benate went Iululuxcuuuwnus- sjon and soon wbjo! \ . IUSE, My, Calking (Ind.) stnted thas ho wonld not eail up the coutested election cuso of Hoynton ve. Lorimg, but woukl ylela te the Cominitics on Appropriations, and then the morbng hiur having heen dispensed with, the House wont into Committee of the Wholo (Alr, Cox In the ehnfe) upou the Naval Apprapeiation bill, < Ay, Atking briotly explulned the provistons of tha blll, which appropriated §14,401,00, 8 not in- erensd of §45,000 over the approvriation for tho proesent yonv, ‘I'hie bitl wns rond by seetfons for nmendmonts, Mr. Hiscoek movod to fuerenao from $500,000 10 SLOOHN thy suproprintion (ur u Burenu of Brewn Englucers, . - M, Atkins opposed the smepdment, o M, Hawley st Cougress shoulddoyise n plin fora hueo ndAition 1o the navy wtd tion i to Wwork nnu nitko nnsual spproprintions of &.00),- () For i serles of youve antll tho unvy shoulil bo bl "Pho prosoit cendition, of . tho nuvy was a contitinl gulbioo murtitlentdon.. Alter furthor dobute the, mnendment was re- Yt Tl niys 87, " . Thu Comtnletes then vodu and roported fho Lill ta thy House, when it was passed exiothy,ns re- rted from the Committes o Approprlgtions, v Blaekburny from tho Counnitteo on Ap- proprintdons, reportad the Post-Oileo AH roprls ulmn L“ which was ordered printed and yecome Inittod N . 3tr, Culking then called up the contestul-oluoe tun vawo ot lwfluuu va. Loring, from the sixth Comrvasslonnl’ District of Mussuchusatts, with thu reports of i Ilm{,urll{uf the Comwpltteo on cetlong, slgied by Republicnus crutsy declaring tho contestew entitled fu rotal; ‘raes, lost durlig the year U 1t-hnd. bean, 1 thu prodn that ho pros weenties with elvilized trities, fur ono Dewgy- n lits gent, tho report -of n Weavor, belng (i favoraf the eontestan « Mr, Lorlng took tho floorSnor, a8 be mitld, tho purpose of apenking - support of his e Lut for the prrpoto of defending the great Coms- monwenltt of Muyssnchusetts from some chirges nunle ngainat it 1y tho reportof the minority, At tho eonclusion of Mr. Loring's speceh” the Tiouze took @ recess until 00, tho evening e slon betng for tho considorntion of Distriet bu ness, .CANADA. RATLAWVAY MAPTERS, Spectal Dispateh tp The Chicacn Tribunes . Tontoxro, Jan, 20.—The Ontarlo Govern- ment has deelded to handover (o the Ontarto & Tacifie Junction Rallway the S8$,000 per mile bonus which ‘it promised some years aro to any ‘rallway which would' tap the Canndn Paclite at Lake Niptashye, The total nmount of rpilwny completed within Ontarlo up to the close of 180 way 2,014 mlles, of which 1,46{ mlles have been fintshed sinee "Confederation, Of rallway utuler construction thore aré at present 510 miles, of which the greater parb Is expeeted to be completed amd ready for trafie hefore tho elose of the current year, The amount netnally combleted In 1850 was a little over 60 mlles, 8 55 8prelal Dispateh ta The Chicago Tribunes Orrawd, Jan, 90.—Tho temder of the Stephen-Angus syndicate to build the Can- adn Pacific Rallway Is to be put ‘throngh without further de! The two’ classes of Conservatives who will voto for It without hesitation are (hose whose seals ave sate, and those whose seats nre us good ns gond,—the first elasy beeanse they will get ek no mat- fer what they do, nmd the sceeond bheeanse they aro 08 goad a8 dead men nlrendy, The “Nutlonal Polley” carried them hion its huels, but It eannot do it ngafin, ‘Thoe eluss of Conservatives who will hesitate s eotnposed of those whose seats are uncertain, and who ennnot alford (o go 1t blind, ‘Thy Northorn LRaflwuy bill nowlefore Par- linment, whieh lias vot to recelve 1ts ‘second reading, provides that bonds may Do lssued on behalf of fself and the Tinmliton & Nor western Raitway Company, to the es R120,000 If ary, for the purpose of worklme und hnprovine the vomd,—the North- orn to Issue 88756,000 worth of bols, and the S35, 4 Northwestern $3i5,000. worth, - ‘The o shall rank next after the third vreference honeds, . pectal Dispateh to The Clieago Tridune, MoxrisAL, Ju 20.—~Commonly the Grand Trunk Railway s In Hthzation with its tieket- scalpars, to proseeute these gontry for inter- ferenee with rafliway-tickets, W, Abrahams, 1 <ol purchaser and sellor of | , now puts the hoot on tho other leg, He 1s subyg the Grand Trank Roll- -\\I‘u\' to compel the company to honora certain Rit ety Issued to convey pussengers vin Montreal, when Montreal s 0 wry parties no further, Ile alleges that several per who lave pur- chased this elass of tickets haye beon res fused transportation; ail now he will test the matter i o efvll sult, Tho St Johnsbury & Iake Chumnlain Ratlway Company (formerly the Lamolile Valloy) has eftected o loan of 600,000 upon martzage to Bradley Barlow, of the Sout eastern, and Kuunons Raymond, of the us- sumpsice, 'The rond witl he_ extenderd In the combug summar from. Swanton o Rouse's Point, N, Y,, there to conneet with the Og- L8, Jensburg & dhmunlum Rowd,~thus guintng ' Western conneetion, TORONTO I'V'E , Svectat Dlspateh to The Chica Tonosyo, Ont., Jan, 20.—~The Waubuno ease oceipled the attention of the Assize Court dung “the. entlre day, Mr/Thomas Ferguson, |\, Gy addressed the Court for three houry for the defense, and Mr. Be- thune far thy plaintilt eccupled the greater part of the\ afternoon, The Judge will charge the {l\r_\' in the morning, To-nteht WL, Cogswell, an netor in tha Roso Eytinge company, was detected con- niltting i fidbeent nssanlt npon u_hoy - ployed i the Royal Opera-louse, nnd, “upon el selzed by Manuger Conner, drew o knlfo aidd attempted to =tab the Iatter, o was ejoeted from the theatre, Cogswell was tho originnd Herzoy In tho Blaek Crook, INTERNATL Al PARK. Spectal Dispatels to.2'he Lytcagn Triune, Tonoxto, Jan. 20,—Tha Giohe publishes n long article on the scheme for the establish- ment of an Internatlonal Park at Ningara Falle, The comparntively modest sum of £1,500,000 Is given ns*the outshde mmnunt re- unired for the purehnse of land on the Amér- fean shde for the envrying out of o plon em- bracing the most essentinl fentures of tho orfginal seheme, Lo Globe says tho netlon of the New York Legisluture df Tavorable to the seheme, or some madlileation o recelve luterast {n the eorresponding plan for the restoration of w strip of lsnd on tho Cana- dinn side, which can by effeeted at conshiler- ably less cost than that entadled fu buying the Iand on the Ameriean side, A VESSELS LOST IN 1880, Speciat Dispateh to The Chieapo Tribrihe, Orrawy, Jan. 20,—The approximath valus of vessels of all natlonalities, with ‘thefr cur- S0 wins no Juss than §H1,045,000, Inclnding Dritlsh proverty wortl §17, whdtky reportgil was 1,630, which, compared witlh th total humber nt the end of 1 shows n diwrense of elght. Britlsh-owned ships munberedl 41, and those of all flags wreeked on-the cosst of tho Britlih Isles 450, ‘The repistered tonnngg ageresnted upwards of K00,000 tons, exclusiyo of 160 steam-vessels, mostly —owned I Cthe United Kinedom, About 4,600 Lives perlshed, and nbout 200 sels wero lost through collision, T8, Speclal Dispateh ta The Chicago Trivune, Toroxto, Jait, 20.—Mr. Justico Cuneron has been paylug his compliments to (hat fm- portant elass of the comunity known' ny, Justiees of the Pance, He says that some of- them arg so Illterato s not to bo able to wrlte thelr names, Numerous fnstanecs are, glven ot the nability of somo (¢ il out o Anmons proporly, or even (o siell the com- monest words correetly, 'l'I'w[mul)lu wrlses from the fact that, ns i rule; Histlees of the Peace nro nlxlmlulml aswreward for puty= serviees, nd ot because.of their personint qualifioations, .., - - . . OTTAWA STATISTICS, Special Dispateh:to The Chicago Triduna ', Orrawa, Jidn, 190.—Tho population’ of Ottawa I8 21,025 an Inerenso of 20, Tho elty’s dabt 18° 51,037,000, Property exemptions by* denominations are:s Profestant, $408,5007 Romnn Catholle; 8357,500; totnl t-xmnmimm.' Ineluding Government lufihllng», S10,435,700, Esthmnted rovenue, $240:,000, . . A FATAL BLEEP, i Quenke, Jan, 20.—Jumes Coyle, a farmer,, whilo drivigs home at Frumpton; on the Levis & Kennecbee Itatlway, yesterdny fell asleep in his vehiels, and, the horse taking, tho trnek, fell into o enlvert, where lo ves im“uuu tn the truin cnme along and killcg“ o WIPE=-WHIPPING, ol Speetal Dispatch to The Chieago Tribune, 3 MoxvrEAL, “Jun, 80, Constabje s sald tu huve deelined t arrest n man for beating hls wife, giving ns n reason that n hushaml Tl right to punish his wite, und o ofton” Dent his, T s suggested t Jeet for the whipping-po: RAILWAY TUNNIL, Moxrnear, Jau, WA projeet 15 on foot hora for making n rajlway tunnel wpder tho Fallsof Njugirn, - . i e - :THE MEMORIAL TO MRS, HAYES, Spectal Plapateh ta "The Chicaga Tridune, _GiNerNNaTL, dJun. 20,~Miss Pagh, of Now York, the Treasurer of the fund helug pro- vided for placlng o portealt of Mrs, Hoyes In the White 3euse in himor of her devotlon lo temperanco princlplog, was in the clty to- day, seturmng from n Western trip, Sho s © confident > of the suecess of the movement, ‘Fho chlm‘o and frameg ara to cost ubont L0, In anInterview to- dny 8ho “sald: YO (LI ten feet high aud four ot five feot wide, e base: he - pllaster will ¢id lnurels, the cblom of victory; the top Wil b of 'onk, tho emblem of uo\ver;flmnldm will ho cove ored with lHljos, tho elabilem of purliys the! bottow with, English hwthorn wind ‘waters Hiles, the emblews of” po and heauty. ’\“llfi Il;l::m;)wlmfllu,lulr ‘ul{l?n"ll.l"bslvfi: ! Wi exquigiily desighjod hy . 1 of- the frume, fillll‘afid on g shield?™ '_9 g it hols w1t sub- I bo of onk, . The total number” of” THE CRIMINAL RECORD. A Government Clerk in San Fran= cisco Arrested for Alleged Embezzlement. A Young Girl Enticed into n House of Ill-Famo in Milwaukee and Ruined. Connolly, the Crooked Officer in Xa- fayotte, Ind., 8till on Trial, .mrest of a Noted Harse-Thief by the Kansas City Police. MR, WEBSTER'S MAN, . Speetal Disvalch to The Chteiqo Tribune, 87, Lotts, Mo, Jan, 20.—Jonathan Web- ster I8 anxionsly looking for Willkun 1oy- Iand, Mr. Webster I8 an old man, st wns induced by a friend to go on the bond of Toyinnd, who s under n charge of bignny in the Criminal Court. Yesterdny Webater had s mmn and aecompanled him to the Four Courls to deliver him over to the Deputy Sherll for (rlnl. They resched the snloon opposit the main eutrance of the Four Coutrts Bullding and had. n diink, The nest chapter In the story, tald by M Webstor lo«lny, opons In n room In the Monn 1ouse, where,* o says, ho found himself this morning, A §200 cheek, lits puckethook containing some change, and n fine mbe of gold sleeve-bultons and some money, all footing up nearly 500, were missing, dfe went down fo the elerk nnd iy ,]llqlllrlps, and was told that two smen Tt brought him there-the night before, and that I at tho thne was“In an uieonselons condition, or, ns the clerk pat it, cither un- cotiscious or drunk, 'Ihese two men paid the FOHL amd lert, My, Webster tooms on Olive street, and Iy wonderlng who the men are who taok bim to the Mona Touse, 1o thinks Hoylatd was one of them, for he is misslige, Mr, Webster reportel the facts of tho ense to Chief MeDowough to-dny, hut was Informed that it was not. hu Lhe provinee of the Tolles Depurtmient to hunt up men who had Jumped their bonds, thelr portion of (he Leanisactlon ending with the lodging ot tlie prisoner in thy Jatl, el i CONNOLLY, - e Spectal Dispateh to The Chirag Tribune Lavaverrs, Ind, Jan, 20,—Thero wad an unexpeeted turn in the eause of The Statevs, Comnolly this morning, Nearly afl of yes- terday wag consunmed In the exaniinatlon of Miller, prineipal witness for the State, and in srguing disputed polnts of Inw, ‘Fhismorn- ing the defense filed the afildavit of Daniel Murray, - Charles Stoddard, and Mugh J. Crawford,—the latter nn nitorney,—to the ¢f- aeet that on the 1sth ult. Danjet Clark, one of the Jurors, had sakd in thelr presence, that in the event of the Introductian of certuin evi- dence, shmilar to that brought out in the telal of Willlam Tlarlan, some wécks ago, the Jury would conviet Connolly. The defense therefore nsked, in behnll of thelr elient, that the jury be discharged. "The State asked for time inwhich to file connter-nMdavits, and were given until 2 o'elock P, (o do so. The hitry wus then Incked up, and the Court bewan examining tho luw pofnts, At o'elock R, P Davidson, for the State, stated that they hnd used proper diligence in tholr elYorts to procure counter- aflidavity, and espeelully that of g futher, fn whose presence tho remnrks ure sl to have been made, The State also asked that the aftldavit of Clavk, the juror, e taken, and the Court so ordered, lo whie the deferise objected. Snmuel 1% Baled was designated 1o tyke the aftlduvit, E AMUROSTE, AT O, Jun. 20.—Tom Ambrose, ex-United States Cireult Court Clerk, eharged with embezziement and defrauding the Gov- ornment by overcharges, and who is sup- poseid to be in Cannda, publishes a four- column defense b to-duy’s Commercial, 1le rus {hat ho ty not guilly of any criminal it 108 lotter conmnences: * Mine ene- miles nre Hvely, and they are strong, and they that hate mo wrongfully are multiplied, I am a fugltive from Injustice, That which I thought no combination of cirenmstances conld necomplish has been forced” upon mo a8 the only menus of escava frous nu lmme- mindous fato far worss than (leath ltselr.” e then bears very heavlly on .}mlgu Daxter el Distriet-Attorney Richardy, saying they ‘xrom-cutml Tl beennso of publie elamor, Io declnres that o falr trfal beforo Baxter was out of the question, and that Buxter's enwity to hlm arose from his nstrimentality in procuriye the pussage of w law which pre- vents Cirenit Court Judges (rom removing elerks on mero whins, 1o eharges Daxter with appolntini relutives to positions. in Nushvlllo and Cleveland, and with intendmg to do so In Cluelnnml, ™, ; Cixe: PROCURLS! Xnecial Dispateh to The U MILWAUK procliress at the notorlows mnch of Mary Kinesloy Indiced a glrl 17 years of age to coma to this ety from Freepovt, astensibly to becomo n kitehen-girl, Sha was tinnlly se- dueed, and took her place nmong the fallen women of (hat place. Seyerul dnys ngo the sl vefused to go tnto the pavlor aud *re. celve compiny,” Iard words ensted, .and tho girlwent to the adiolnlg house to stuy,. To-y Superintendait Whitehead, “of ‘tlie Ihwmane Soclety, mile tho prrest ot the girl, andzthls afterndon sentlier to hor honw Freeport, Hu reports that o lnvge nmount of mg]l:usx I3 buing dono by procuresses In'this ATLLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT, SAN Fnayeisco, Jan, 20.~Tenry A, Hed- ard, Chiof Clerke In the Internal-Revenue Department in this eity the past two years, wad arrested hisknlght on n churgo of em- bozzling moneys,, "I'o arrest was made at the Instarfen of Rovenue-Agent Someryille, whe recently éanio’ to this const from the Yawtorn States, 1t {8 roported tint Holmrd furned over to the Unjled - States authoritles Ll tho oney: he had, and gave seearity, n;lwrmuns. 1o guve: ln’| 1-in tho suin* 3 ; 1 3. 00 Tribhne, |~ . ARREST OF A HORSE-TINIEE, Speetal Dispateh to The Chicag Tridune * KANSAR CITY, Mo, Jun, 20.~J, €, Crow, o noted horse-thie? from Kubng, wus arvested about 8 o'elock to-nlght aud locked up at tho Centyal Statlon, 'Che polley have been on the lookout for the desperado for gome duys; and to-night ho went to hendquarters’ niul asked for t nlght's ladieing, not thinking ho would ho reennized, He tried hard to eseape, but aid not sueeeed, wid will e taken buck to Kunsus as soon'ns tho proper- oficers asrive, ———— STATE-I'RISON CANDIDATES, Spectal Dispateh to The Uhicago Tridune, . . Craxroy, 1L, Jan, 2.—~Johu Buarton, Will- fam Barton, and John: Barton, Jr,, were all Urought befora ... the CGrand Jury ot . Quiney, . I, yesterday, - nut indieted for' - burglary, arson, and lmrxe-smnllnfi. They will now be trled, and Inall probubllity sunt: 1o .Joliot for o fow eavs, This will effectually break up the iovse-thiof gnng of De Witt County, Llzzde Lnrton Wil ulso go to State's rison, e m——— A MISSING GRAND JUROR, , Spectal Dispalch to The Chicago Tribune, Rockronn, 1L, Jun, 20,=When the Grand Jdury - were ealled to. ordor this- morning Samuel S, Martin, of Durand, was absent, Search was at ouco commenced, wid at 2:30 he lind ‘ubt been found, -About 4 o'clock Coroner. Nawvte, vecelved o talsgrum from Durand snylng he way wanted to hold an I quest, No iting was givoi, sl It isthought something, . has ™ hoppened to the wlssin Grand Juror, 1lis clothing nid porsonal property rensaln In his room at the hotel, at JWiideh pluco o hias not beon seen sliee Ipty )'l:dumlny artel o * OBITUARY, i 4 Bpeetal Dispateh to The Chicago Triduns, Eva, 1L, Jay, 20~George Wemmering, & farmer from Harper, I, died yesterday at the State Jospital for the Insane, whero ho wits o patlent, 1o was aged 49 years, aud ", Wis, Jan. 20.~Recently o' Dody wil be sent to Harpor for burlul, Spectat Dispatch to Tha Chican Triunes DroomiNaroy, 1k, Jan, 20—Lolert 1% Funk, eneof the first ploneers of MeLenn County, died in Sumner County, Konsas, yesterday, nged 70, {le was a brother of the Tow. Isane Funk, a noted resident of Me- Lean Cownty, who died In 1865, 'Fhe tle- censed resited hers many yenrs, John Gutlirle, another of the early seltlers of MeLean County, diak o few days ngo I Duadwood, Pak, Lotsvinee, Jan, 20.—Andrew Mader, aged 98, Torme orimulst of St, P'eter's Churell, stint himselt through the heart 1n the sib- arbs to-day, He hag beena Bard student, preparing to teneh, nud it 13 stpposed his ke wis affeeted, CASUALTIES. MICIHIOAN ACCIDENTS, Bpectal Dispaateh to The Chlcagn Tribunes Avntay, Mieh,, Jan, 20.—About 10 this mornlig two frelght-irning on tho Lake- Shoro Road colllaed al Cluyton, this county, with disastrons effeet, wreeking both engines nnd some ty frelglit-ears, Instantly kil- Ing Hreman Willlam Pettit, of Jlkhart, nud fnjuring one englneer. Western passenger- tralus were delayed here sunie hours, Dernorr, Mieh,, Jan, 20.—A frelght-train colllsion_ocenrred at Clayton, Mich,, at 9:30 this mornfig, Both engines and ten ears svere smashed, and the fireman, Willinm Pet- tit, of Etlchart, was killed, Wiltlam Olierdyee, a hrakeman, had both Tegs crushed this morning by a Michigan- Central enigine at Ypsilantl while stundine on the truek, 1o lived ot Wayne, ik Bosford wa killed 3 ay aftarnoon tn g woods near lngar, Beerlen County, Mich,, by o tres falling on him while he was eutting logs, 1183 e was 33 yours, COLLISIONS Onaxat Covter-Houvse, Va,, Jan, 20—A frefght-traln, vunning in seetions, on the Cuartottvllly & Rapldan Draneh of the Vir- ginle Midland Rallrond, was wreeked this morning. The seeond seetlon broke In two, and, befg withont @ brakemun on the part nitached to the engine, ran into the first see- tlon, which was standing at Mason's 'Fank, 'I'he englie of the secomd seetion and (he en- boose of the first, with several box-ears, were budly broken, . Aunaxy, NJY., Jan, 20,—A colllslon of two frelght-tralng on the Central Rallvond, on the down-grade leading to the frelzht bridge, ocenrred lust night, wreeking threo Nocomotives and o number of curs, sonte of} which were londed with graln md merchun- dise. The damnge will- reach ssveral thou- sud dollars, No one seclously Injured, COASTING ACCIDENTS Woonnurr, N, J¢ Jan, 20,—A fatal const- ‘ ing nceldent oceurred {o«lay.. Two hoys named: Harrigon White and Caleb Courlis waere sliding down hill near Duke’s Dridge, whert-thelr sled, striking o stumn, turned and ran oft the bridgeto the lee, sume twenly tbelow, White survived only s few mo- nts, I C(Hur]nls). \?‘hjn fn:lll tho same distance, s only slightly injured. . ‘l’unr).lm-' 'I-Anls'os. L. L, Jan, 0.—L, Frank Tooker, n_collexa stident, and J. Sumbel Ackerly, foreman of the 7'hmes offiee, wera ot serlously Infured while consting to-ny, Ackerly s likely'to die. "Tooker I3 still In- sensible FLOODS IN TT R WEST, $AN Fraxaisco, Jun "here hnve been great floods in Oregon and Washington Tere rltory, A very warm rain folt in torronts for over thirty hours, melting the large qunnti- ties of snow which had fallen carly In the winter, and swejllug the riversto an unusual hight, In places the low lands wero Inun- dated for wlles, bridges were swept away, whiteves and wirehnuses flooded, and rafl- ronds washed out, The damage to property in Portland is very great, 'Fhe lower storles of dweilings and” several Jurgo docks were flouded, covermg lavge quantitics of graln which could not bo removed fu thae, Loss probably 500,000, . BNTOMI Desven, Colo,, Jan, Zz = D ATIVE, 20.—~A miner named John Wilson, whilo at worlc at the bottom of a shaft iu the vielnlty of Chnlk Ranch, near Leadville, last Friday afternoon, was burled nlive by o snow-slide, the avalanche com- pletely filling the shaft. 1113 companton mi- raculonsly eseaped by selzing the windlnss, After tho silde, the survivor proceeded to Loeadvitle and obtained assistance to rescue the man In tho shaft.” Whéh the body was reached it was cold in death, and had been erushed by tho fca and snow into i nisshapen 188, \)’ilsull was a native ot Vivglnla, Sl s LR KEELER KILLED, - #pectat Dispatch to The Chtcago Tribune, Orrawa, Ik, Jan, 20,.—Peter Keeler, n brakeman on the Chiengo, Rtock *Island & Pacitle Railrond, was Killed at the crossimge of thy main line of the Burlington Rood, about noon to-day, by belng knocked from Ho was ned about 20 years, and had been n residont of thls city, 3 A MTAND=CAR WRECRED, CrLEVELAND, O,y Jun, 20,—A specinl from Findlny snys the enst-bound frelght on the Lake Erle & Western to-day ran into a and- ear near Blutfton, killing Mike Flannigun, breaking the leg of another section had, ditehing several ears, ivolving consldornble damage, und blockading the rond, 1t Iy ox- pected the rond will ba clenr during to-night, A STONECUTTER'S DEATH. Pigua, O, Ju 20,—Ollver Dushuell, n stoneeutter of this place, was instantly killed to-duy, nt 1130 o'olock, while working on Dr. Gray’s fee-houso on Ash street. Tho roof of the bullding fell en him nnd _broke his neck al back, Ho leaves awifo and Lwa ehiildren, ) DBLED 'O DEATIT, . ndipectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Bromuxaroy, I, Jan. 20.—A specinl from Snyhraok, twenty miles east, snys Mar- tin Kiser, living nt Rankin’s Grove, while cutting-it pleco of leathor with o sharp knifo, sgvored tha Tumoral artery: and bled to death in twonty mikutes. Ilo was' n young mar- rled furnier, |, 0 nc.\hnmx TO DEATH, o Bptclal DispateA to The Chicago Tribune, LANsING, Mieh., Jan, 20,—A little S-yenr- ol'danghter of 1lenyy Curtls fell Into u pan of ballig water on "tuesday, 8ha dled from tho efteely of her terviblo” burns yesterdny nfternoon, .. DBROXE 1118 NECK, ' Dis Moixes, In., Jun, 20.=William Searf, aged 60 -years, whilo under the Influence of Hquor, fell down a flight of stalrs this niter- 1w foon, turnime a complete sumvrsot and bronking his neck, Iladied atolnte hour this evening, | SUNK BY 10R, EVANSVILLE, Jud,, Jan, 20,~J, JI. Morvls & Co.'s taw-bout, 3L 8, Lhianhauser, was out down by lea nt Green River Islund this nfter- noon, Itwill probably bo ralsed. "The bont was valued at §4,000, apd not nsured, - e e Tho Last American Bmpiros Panama Stur and Lepald, The ‘mneml oplulon In Brazil 13 that the Rine i toni ontlive tho ridkn of the prose. cnt Bmperory tho good Dom Pedro, The bmpes il form of governnent docs not flonrdsh on thu soll of tho Amerlenn contluent, and the Ems lmmr‘l populnelty, whioh 18 very gront, hus kept i eheek the demiocrutle tundentles of the couu- try, Which cunnot always be controlied even by wholesottie laws and wiso, lihernl, und progeess- iva government, Dom Bedeo will probibly bo tho Inst Amorican Emporor, und the vust couns try which tin rules with so miuch- jutelligenco and. moderntion will bo numberad, for good or A1, umong tha repnblican oxporhnents of the eontinent. The transition from tho aristocratlo ta the demoerutiy form of governnent neod not necessarily bo sttendud by violenco or dunger 1o tho publlv peace. Tho people ure educuted to selfvgovernment to o certuln extent, und the chiange will beone ratler of forw thun of fust or prineiplo. It will be rendored more cusy to “tho public mimd us the successor of 1iom Fedra Isu ere cbild, who has not suiticlent fullowiug to control public soutimont, or t keep o his throne by force. 1o s tho son of tho Ewmperor's videst duughtor, and ls but 8 years vt agy. Tho wothor s umier tho coutrul of tho Jesuits und f3 Intonsely unpopulsr, Wero tho Jmperor todle during” the Cogstitution makes tho wothey Rogent. s au- thorlty sho ould uot loug sustaly, Tho Lms tho eause of his death was pneumotita. Fho | peror wishes to e the Con ‘I'ne ene-nid-one-quarter mile da: il frefght car whilo passing undor the bridge. stunding ns to cach other's Interests. 0N **the engd cditorinl ¢ |‘|{»pnlmm rathor than Kelly, ‘Thet values Gurfleld’s recollection of cortaln ! tuil flushes far moro than ll tho Intluen oven *u hudred thousand wnnrmed e tuckians,” -"Cho Kvening Post indorses views of the New York Z'inies on the question, and uifeets to unde ruy-Watl 0y's inluority the s i 11 kot the erown mu. v grandehild, the kon of whowe hiieband 14 1 German yours ohl and exhibits deg tho vonntry ees whirh b Itoyalty Is unpopulay X n e . (e kbl 1y eutire political fabric, A Gone nmoent ije tlonnl President whll soon dispines’ (he o ymarh, el e tie 1 Witory: tho almpii of repablienn 1ife sice pomp nid &pletdor of niperiatism, wid Amerienn Empire witl be known only e —— e ANNUAL MEBTINGS, T UNIVERSALISTS, , Speclal Dispatch o The Chicago Tribune, Eraiy, 11, Jan ‘e seeomt day of ihe State Conference of . Universallst My, Tsters In sesslon i this elty was npened With nennfercnce aml prayer serviee. Thy sy, Jeet of State missionary work was diseusse nnd that of thoe dutles of & minister mulmg" he peoplo of his parish, ‘The leading spepk. erg were the Rovs. Slade and Tomlip, though tho diseusslon was inforsmad and par thefpated tn by nearly all the ministers s, enl, 1t was resolved to hold a ministerial eoa ventlon al o place (o beherenf| ln-r,m-h»nulued, beginning on the third Tuesday’in Janunry, 1852, : X ‘The nfternoon sesslon was opéned by (hy rmulln}g ol nn elnborate paper by the 1t 8. Sagt, of Sgeamord, on YV Are thy Hindrances “I'hat Lie in Our Ways which he elatmed the leadersof the orthodyg churehes weve adoptine the peeuling eroed of fUnivoraalisin without the name. ljg wag followed by tho Rev. Holmes Stadg on the same subject, venine & publie serviea was helil gt tho Universalist ehureh, whieh wis openeg Iy the ey, Mlss Florence Kolloch, of Hlyg I8l The Rev, A, 1 Laing, of Jolje, predqel This evening u mnss thiye | Iu-.lu,z held, I speakers K. Gibson, A, L Labng, und J, ot thoSter and Covendat, the Loy W. Ilanson, JO DAYV S LAWYERS, Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicaus Tribune, . GAnexa, I, Jan, 0.—At tho annua) meeting of theJo Daviess County Bar Assoe clutlon, held fn this eity (his'evenlng, the fol. lowing oflicers were eleeted: President, Louls Shisslers Viee-President, M. line son Recording Secretary, J. S, Daume; Coz responding Seeretary, W W, Wagdin g Trease urer, J, J. Joness ceulive Conylttee, D, SheanyJ. W, Luke, and W, Spensley; Come mitters on Achnissions, ‘1, J Shean, W, R, Hm‘\'lur, and I L. Dedford. A resdluting was aelopted vecommendine the amendmeny ol the Inw relating to Appellate Cotrts song to require the Judges of snld courts to writg nlsl Mons, In announeune their decisions, iy nll enscy where Amlmnunls are reaflirmed or eversed, - The Assocntion voted to pivesy Datigutet on ‘Thursdny ovening, Feb, 17, whicl will be a notable affair, . SPORTING. . : . RACES, SAvANNAT, Ga,, Jan, 20.—The sceond day’s races of the ‘Ten Broeek course wore well ute tended, ‘I'ho Bonaventure stake, mile heats, was won by Col. Spragues; Emily F. sceond, and Venita thivd, Thme, 1:50 and 1:8Y, Was won cond, Lottery The third race, mily Long Taw, Thae, 140 Donnycastle sccond, and ¥iiy A by EN ln Warfiehl: Redman see Ilhh‘ Time, 2183 Was wWo by third, CURLING. There will be a curling match at Lincon; Parkthisafternoon, commencing at 2 u‘clo«:k.i hetweon the Chleaigo and Poronto Clubs, " THE SIX COMPANIES. Attomipt to Brenk Up’ Ono of Thein Bluckmailing Practicos nt San Frans, clxco, BAN Prasersco, Jan. 20,~For years It hag Ueen the eustom of tho Chinese Six Compae ‘nies hera to allow no''Chinaman to teaye for Chinp without o reeeipt from ono of tho Companies that he was elear from debt, ml had pald Dis dues. The system wad really o blackmalling arrangement upon which the Slx Cowmpunles thrived, ns the Companles had n.contred wlith the Pacitic Mafl and Oceldental Steam ship Comnnniés preventlng any Chinamen sailinie on their stenmers, A thio Jnst sesston of the Leglslature I was pagsed making 1t nmisdemennor for any steamshlp coms pany to refuso passago to any person who puld bis fave, ‘The . dnw was taken wlyants ago of Dby intelligent Chinnmen, nots withstanding that all Linds of I timidation was used to prevent thele leaving without paying the Companke thelr demands, Lattorly, however, the Six Compunies have been successful in levylng thelr tax on out-zoing Chinamen, puelally those from the Interlor, "I'o counteract this, Chief of Polleo Crowley, of this city, rev contly Issned a eireular In Chinese, notity« Ing intending passengors ta Ching that they could go homoe Dby shnply wvurchasing thelr pnssage tickets, and that the potle could bo depended upon to protecy them from the Compuny. 'These noticed huviig heen posted i ovory Chinese canp o tig Const, To-tny it was illscovered that the Six Companles had eirenlated n eonnter statement, stiuting that anvone attempting leave. withont piying hts dues will © rested, and, 10 he fost his money or b o would have only himself to bl Chimumnn who lniu the compinles' cire culurs hns been arres Tlho authorites are detormined to break up thBbluckmailing practiee. . P S i MURRAY, The Man Who Iefused Cannon n Cers titlente of Rloction as Delpgaso (9 Congress from Utah—Watterson's fes Iations with Murray, Soeclal Disvaten to The Chicago Tribunc. Loumsviax, Ky, Jan, 20,—Tho Courler Jowrnal, which Ins been defonding the ne tion of Gov. Murray In refusing n certiticatd 1o Delegate Cannon, 18 espoclally carnest I behalf of the Utah Governdr to-duy. A mentlomnn who belleves ho understands th relutlons of Watterson and Murray ventured the followlngs “EH Murray has neither nervo’ nor native shrewdness, but he B ambitious, and has much faith I 8 handsome fuea and figure ol @ pleasunt address to “win for himsdd position. 1le learned In Utah of the ver/ untural wish of Kentucly Rtepublicans to b recognized I tho ‘noxt Cabinat through the appalntuient by Gurfield ot Col, It M. Kellsy .ntruo and tried Republican, n ninn of cult ure and ability, e quickly resolved on s\: enrlng attontion by rejecting Cannon, hophis fo gnin Garfield’s favor thereby, and thed took the firat train for his forier home huit Sinco reaching Lonisville, Murray and Wate terson lave buen together vory ey m-ull): and It 38 sald that they have o mutia \ll,l‘l‘lfll.{. yatte ad 1o put )lnrrui through \\,l"if Ercs& boys,” und took him to the "I“b unquet tnst week, in order that 1o pursonal appearanes might ]»crlmm ustice. Murray belleyes he ta have Murray snuish e ittersol hopes chanees of both Kelly and Murray in onle that ho Watterson) mny tuke the plaee ‘xuy hullnw))nlm.) It s said lhuUQ: ! Ren which ¢ Mormod sl the MUF erson wlllance perfectly. WOOL IMPORTS. ‘Bpectal Dispatek ta Tha Chicaga Tribunt. i BostoN, Jun, 20.—The Collector of Port i delaylng tho lquldatlon of the ¢l of the Importer of Douskol wool-tops 1of bate of dutles due hiin under the i i the Treasury Dopartment. ‘The case has W 5 referred buek to Washington with the m'"f:j mlcm‘luflun indorsed by Ieading woul-desl Q s uuu;oun-u Instead of washud, L [stan 0 ¥ srssitied clty that tops un’“t;ll,u[w ,:’”:m n unger this classification would bd 7 utely prohibitory of tho first wud second