Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1881, Page 12

1Z PEBRUARY 16, i88l—TWELVE P. JAY GOULD. The “Consolidator” of To-Day and the Conspirator of Ten Years Ago. “Black Friday” and "Blue Satur- day "Their Resemblances and Diversities, Two Dark and Shamefal Transnetlons, "and ‘Two Specimens of Disreps M 3 ulahlo Journatisin. Nein York Evening Post. On Friday, fept. 24, 184, there camo to n cll- mux the most wieked und destrictive financial conspiracy ever known. On Saturday, Feb, 5, 1881, there came to a ellinax A econspir—wo bex pardon, a “consolidation whieh mny in some respevte be differently deseritied, twill served usefnl and timely purpose to:set forth dn what these events were alike and fn what they were unlike, The former will take more tine thun the Inter, The gold conspiracy and the telegraph consol- Idation were allke in that they Involved the gain und toss of agrent mitny millions of dollars, Want was done in one cage was to put up yotds du the othor, telegraph shares; and ench uet had adecited ff varying relation to the whale trade of the country. Hoth nets depended on HOOPWINKING AND FLEECING THE PUBLICS und both wero lotdty declared to ho forthe goud of the pnblic, Roth wore bolstered by the ussertion that they had the alt and countennues of persons of high position; and both were de- vised and engineered by tho same able ot une scrupilous plotte “Tho callovation ts, then, Justified by numerous polnts of resenfilaney; - tnd It will be useful to review the earlier pro- ceeding tobelp the comparison with the later one. 8 : ‘That the villainous scheme which caused tho gold pante, and rote to Hs most lempestuons night on Black Felday, was Invented and carried out.so faraste could earry it out, by Mr day Gould ts notorlot Ve concetved, and his friends and tools exeented, the monstrous proj- eet, He was Preshlent of the Brie [tullroad, * and its coffers were at nfs back. dle control the ‘Venth National Bunk, which, by boundless certitleation, stood realy to further bis deslgns, Mr. Johit He Brout. formerly Cash of the ‘Tenth Natlunol Bank, testified 18 WNT), that the Directory of that represents Jay Could, Wiillum M, Tweed, B Sweens, d. HL Ingersoll, dames Watson, nnd wuminber whose names do not appour ber as tho transtera of thelr atock were mud y Gunitil, Peter B. Bie ‘onnalty, Hugh Smith, Henry Sniit eonll the rest. are what is usmull known as the Democratic * iting * of New York.’ Mr. Gonk! and bis familar spirits resolved to PUT UP TIE PRick OF HOLD. ‘This was essential to tho success of their speeu- Juttons, | But how was tt to bu doue? Let 4 ree ply in the words of tho report made Marek 1, 4870, by Mr. Gartelt, Chatrmuan of the Commnit- tee on Banking and Currenuy, whieh hud be directed by a resolution of tho Hosa of sentatives, passed Dee. i) 18H, “to investigate the catiges that led to the unusual and extator: alinary titernittons of ald in the City af New York from the lst to the 2ith of September, “This was to be effected by facta and argue ments presented in the name of the coumtry und Its business intercatss and atvanelat theory was agreed upon, which, on its face, would np peal ty the business interests of the cottntry aud enilst ie its support many patriotic citizens, but would, I ndopted, Incidentally enable the conspirators to muke thelr specilations emis nently successful. ‘That theary wits, that the business interests of the country reaulred an ntvitace In the prico of golds ttt, in order t imave the Intl crops and secure the foreign mare ket foruur grain, 1 was necessary Uait gold whould be put up to 1. According to Mr. Gould, thia theory, for the benefit of American trate andcommeree, wassuzzested by Mr.tames Wellenry, a prominent English Noancier, who furnished Mr. Gould the data with which to nd- ‘voeute tt.” ‘This precious “theory was fully explatued and held up to the Hight In tho exainination of Mr. Jay Gould and of Mr. dames Fiak wok piven nt Washington on Juy. 22, 1 Fisk, dt will be remembered, was shy of the plot at tral, Net that moral scruples troubled hin, but he feared the result, How bo was ae dust INDUCED TO JOIN THE CONSTIRATORS Ja shown tn tho Congressional report, further on: “To was told that Corbin [President Grant’ brofher-[n-tw] bad cntisted ihe {uterest of p sons high In nuthority; that the President, Mr: Grant, Gen. Vorter (tho President’s: private see- retary), and Gon, Buttertleld [Avian UVattcd Statesfreasurerat New York} were corruptly Interested In the movements and that the sec= retary of the Treasury: (itr. Boutwell) had been Jurbididen to sell god. ‘Thosu decturations were wickedly false, us tne evidence abundantly shows, yet the compounded villainy present by Gould and Corbin was too tempting a for Fisk to resist, He Joined the inuvement at onee, and brought to tts staal the foree of his inughetle and Infectious enthusiasm. ‘The mat- dien Induen ee whleb Catling wie! ayer the avelless and abandoned youth of Home finds a MetUng paratlel Inthe power which Fisk carried into Wall street, wit fallowed by the things of Firfé and the debauehees of the Oprrasilouse, he swept inte the Gol}-Room und del both the street und the ‘Treasury. Endecid, the whole gold movement ty bot nn unworthy copy of that wrcat conaplracy to luy Tome In ashes id dele the. streets in Blum tor the purpose of enriebing Those who were toupply the torch and wicld the. dugger” How far TUE ATROCTONS succeeded i3 well known, Gold wi mbove 10), Heputations aud fortunes Ww by scores, and have never been reeoves repittution and ove fortune ¢ tay measure, an exception, dudiaerubber sort, can toueh tind 1 SCHEME earried tdown ed, Une atitited. Ina cere ‘hey are of the apparently, that no infamy: hirkwindd ter. it was or the 2: piromber that Secretary Bourwell- iutettered. He telegraphed to Gen, Ruttertielt Co Sell 84,000,000) Of old itd tas buy 400000) Of bonds. Some one mug have kno this before the news cate Induce courte to the Gald- Ream, ‘The othsehtlds had the tlrst news of the battte, of Waterloo, AC wil events a well-known banker, Mr. Jumed Brown, bem to sett guld by the tuillion at Wi, The report saya: "A few minutes befe when tho ex- eltement tn the Golds loam had tien too tem pest, hanes Hrown ottered to gett $1,000,060 at 10: thuurmunetber SLO nt 1s thea 384,000,000 nt 1; and the inavket broke. About ten mimites arterward the news ee tliet the ‘Prewsry would #e.1, nud the break was complete, Within the spi Uiteen minutes thy price felt fram Joy to 1:5 nid, tn the bitactinge of One of the wit- nesses, bait of Wall street was davelved In rule, (it was not without diticalty that the eanspirn= tora caeaped from the fury of their vieting and | Wook rehige In thelr tyrtawn ktronbold,—tho olice of the frie Hullroad Company.” : The ernab SHOOK TIE WHOLE COUNTRY, It paralyzed business everywhere, anc thousands of houses shut thoir coors, Disnater came hot Useuch fresh butetin, ‘Phe price of yald hud ase cllvted so swiftly that tho very whres af the Indl- eutora filled keep pace with ir twas, in Tnet, in evidence tht tnstunces occurred when theae wires incited: or burned off in the efforte of tha operntors ta keep Up with the hows, Horrorand consternavion tle homes of the Nation, Hat we muat all this was Tor the rood of the p sirletly In accordance with the the wat the busluces interest of the country required unudvanes In the prices of gold. Tne pubtio oud, before all things, eried Ue “hurptess Just 48 now do the congpirators—we beg pardon, the “eonsolidaturs "who tnaist that the® publlo hood Is to be Turtheted by what thoy"have ae- complished, and that to strangle competition tn withing of universal consumption tis the best way to benefit a community, “Hut let ns see WHAT MIL GOULD HIMSELF RAID CR this thoes UF aeeving the public before tho HLL When did you first begin to buy Question wold Vargely? Nnawer~: Business wot Gald we ywovemen 1 bought gold alone in tho spring, very dull utter the Jamucnrnition, i dew to about 80, unt stopped the produce, Gur business in conse. ence Fe very mach. Tweot in und put vakdup. Che bears xolil gold down on the fu. waration of Preside Grant and the appoint juent of Mr. Btowart wa Secretary of the Trens: Vrook itat thelr price and putitup 4 or cent, whleb sturted ap business a little, and sold my goktoul, Deol it alas deorite Suis Other purties touk gold of sand chrriod gold sip * te about 42 or 4, “That was shortly alter Mr Joutwell was appainted, He went land throw 4 jarue umount on the iarket, laklug i wreens backs for it, und winking money very stringent, 4’0at stopped bua #4 the necou Kol bu That Wwe Were A went btu second th dn duly and August, palling gold. At that tine the fuel Tabished tht we bud au himmenee Larvest, and That there was xolag to by a lunge surpluy of brcudstulfs elther to rot or to be exported, | had a cureful exmumution made, ant t found that with wold at 4 oF 4 Aniericany could supply the Eogibh market with breadstuts; but that it would require gold to bu at that priee to equal igg Gur bigh-priced jabor and our rullroad trans. vortution with the low-priced Inher and (he wae Ter thunsportutlon Per the Mediterranean, With gold below 40 we could not expor 7» DUE With yobl above 45 we could got the trade, Sinan stanton aid you uke that culeuias ne “Anawer-Such of my information I got from A genticmun very conversant with that business, who bad originally futreduced American prod: Use Inte Enyland,— Auk, JAMES WHENRY, ~and who bad speut alinost bid whole Ifo in wtudylog 1¢ lu competition with the Greek sud went in witha view of “4 { Mediterranean produce. Lott Nin. Luot him to ir nb Which wo would get the trade, about 30 ta 45. ‘That we considered tho trie commercial price uf gould. ‘Thats wast prive Which would give Amerteant prodtice 1 marker: abrond, “Question—How will tho rise in gold give Amerienn produce the foreiun murkety " Answor—Tho furinera West are pretty rich, anid they xeit are relnetiitiy unless they get profit tpou thelr products.’ Labor and rile Iranaportation are bith, and. rathor that de: business at fost, they will let thelr produce Hey Mi is the price of” gold goes wp, thy priee of whentuzoos np. Last spring, when the Seeretnry sold gokl we tied in one day orders etopned for 4) cars that were ordered te atlp grain The of eal fel ke a pall upon the country, dustas this last movement ine fale, Every rairond inant knows that tho whole movement from tho West now is stopped. Gold went down In duly to about al ork, and iy fden was to put: gold tip to about 40 or 45, net lligher, * Ottestion—When ald the September moves ment begt, 8 far ne you are eoncerned? Answer—My only rule ty huying was to buy when gole declined below a certiiin peice, and to fell when It rose above a certain price, Beeston nat afd you bein te bus: mate S Answer—T boughtin ti fore part of Sep. tember and in the lust of Ang “Ouestion—To whor hl you give orders to: figured It at ay? “Anawer—t do not re brokers; Punye ne pe orders throng my: but they were aise triiated, [think the most of ny Hinsiness was done through Chapin and Willard, “Question—Were Chigin and Witard in’ com. pany? A “Anawer—No,’ But tho brokers there aro a fet of speculutorg, and, wher tho hurket who they think bas come powe! watet hin, nod, 1 tie gives thom an order to buy S101,000, they will first bry’ $200,000 or 8400,000 ort thelr own neconnt; so. In order to voneeal the movement, would sometinies give an order to sell while wo wero iy buving."* ‘Nhis pretty plan of giving orders to sett ww “we were ty bast has been empl I, we suspect, still fater,—tho ultimate object, of eourse, Uelng the goad of the public. Muny'lne nocent persons HAVE DEEN RUINED, itis tre. The Individuat bas withered, but the York World—ond we may add tho New New Yurk Jrihuneis more’ and more A Bross pieces of deeeption has been practiced, many tiresides have been desoluted, the whole canununity fy thrust under tte yoke of 1 merel- leas taxation—and i tow men, Me Jay Gould it, parted, have mate und will mnike tn grout .destot money, Amd this dy tho ataty of thins whieh to the New York friine’a inind Juatiiies it ingrinning through n horse-cotlar,and with Its tongue in its cheek vowing to the dear publie that it all for its woud; and whieh mikes It seunt good to the World only to diatermit: knuda- tlonsor its minster by silly tales that are no nore germane to the mutter than so many pages trom Debrett, We have implied and fn tend to point ant ti what tho two dark and shameful transnctions disertesed ure unlke as well as ib what they are ke; and hive hinted that the former would take tut title u itis palatal to soy that one. diversity: In tte fict that the plot of TSL boats the apparent cofiperntion of a mumber of high- ly-respected eluzens; and it Ja even more dis- Tastefil 10 us ns Journalists to gay (hat [tis ene thushustteally upneld by what hive been deemed reputable newspapers. Neither of these things could be sald of the Gold conspiracy; and here- fn, cortalily, fs , ‘A MANIFEST DISTINCTION, Perhaps our Hontonpara ret will maintain {hut the consolidator of to-day and tho: con- spinitor of ten yours ayo are net one and the sme person; that he, tall cveuts, bus purged and quit gaek, and means to live cleanty, 13 0 gentiemiun should; aud that the dearest aspira- Hon of bisheart t¥to put in practice what will i rerve Interestof tho piblic. Init we fen that not so many of thelr readers lel by tholr ywentle persuasions to li the leopard can change Is spots, as wi with sorrow on the moral of tuo. who sold his blew: COUNTY CHARITY. Remarkable Incrense in Evanston— Cauac, EXcet, and Cure, To the Tatitor of Tae Chteaga Tritune, * Citcano, Feb. H.-A number of trends who: rightly regard with awurm the rapla increnso tn the amount of county? charity distritated In Evanston haye requested ine to wive through Tan Prinene gome acount of my investi tong, that the people may be a little better formed on tho subject, aud fi compliance with these requests £ will briefly stuto n few facts, One yeur since, on my frst investigation of the mutter In thut town, tho § upervisur Avo me alist of forty-three families receiving ald from the county, which number wns considered rather large for such a wealthy town us Evang. ton, and on investigation the lst was reduced to. Lwunty-threo, . The year which bas intervened bas genernlly: been considered ono of prospertty, and It Is, therefore, surprising to people who have not studied the subject that the number of fumllles reeelyipg county charity In Evanston should ine erel over 100 per cent, there being ninety fumilles on the Hat the present winter, ‘The Superviyor of Evanston must certify on bills presented to the County Hoard that thoso perele, Are © paupers entitled to the public char- ty of Cook County...) ‘Cha word paper amon these people Isa term of degricy, not meaning: stably 8 poor person, Dnt eltuer a begwitr ar ove receiving public charity. Shore fi a vust dite ference between vate and: pubtic ehiurit, the one imay be accepted with thunkfuines: tho other demanded us a right, ‘To show thy catise of the inerense of pauper- olicet; to ditterent+ aLorders, 1 give the = IV 3 Jew in Evanston tt is only neeessiry tp cite a few cases. One Indy, n reamstresa, says she hes. irated nbeut recelvhys nay thing front the cout. Ty, Out was told that Evanston patt a howe umount of vounty tixes, and, as It was deste whie tok vii the town, she might i. from waxes that Evanston should wet its shal wen lie the fataily of WRtEONT, ae ey cornea whose cise 1 bad Mnvestigntod and found that tho real of poverty to ts Inziness and ebronte panty ‘Thy substan nt the letter wats as Foltuw Lord hing gh us health and pr shat by generous t6 those nok xo hosed. Whily no fault can be found with the sent of thls letter, Ht would louk a Ith juore sin If the welldr hud shown ber own monoy, Another cago [s that ofa family who are very much inortiled and tidignint’ te tind thelr nnaines on the pauper-tist, The relief was not, needed and was notasked for, int was forced on thon by a purty whose profit wis inerensed thereby Livi select one moro cuse, that of 1 colored fn lis, Who, to use the wards of the hy sbuncd, Bit Lord bless you, 1 would never recolve ald from the county LAP had not been told toy to Kir, J would Koonce starve, for E have got more pride than that.” a And yetag [looked through this “man's hase Tdlxcavered akearpet on tho. puvtar door and some chairs whiel he had etolen fram iy own house. My conctuston in this cust was, thiatlt he really needed support the vounty had ream for dlovin the Jidl, and his wife could well my fare Alure to betp In her support, ” . » < "Thus from high to low are the names of pers sons tilinded Ty une indiseriatinte iiss in thie lou lst. Kespeutable people, Highly conpected, with tends and relatives abundantly able to asdiat them, eltaaed (0a 1st with thieves und chrome pany Chea averzentous peapte iE And what will be the elteet? ‘Phe ans pte. Twill quote tron an artiele on © Charities nm Great Ueitut,” pallisned ta Ti Tae dan. 17, 10, and ttken from Maemldan'n ahi . “The City of Mehteld enjoys some notoriety In connection with: ity churltubte endowments, About £1,000 1 your ure distri ited indoles, and, there charities are sald toll the elty with dare: ninbers of the quer elas. ly the teatiniony: oF the tast intelligent Inhabltants, the euarities rms: Ww Viet ainonnt of begeary, llesiess, lye na, and prollgaey, utd destroy the feelings of xoifrespeot and thitependence’ a Mey Canin in his yeport. aa “Ut ik a striking tet that those sotvs to net dinlstish tudienve, | Ape Picante mulupky ag tha clanitiew incre, At Prayeolt, i Suntersetshire, | have myself Keen asntall vidage created in fot by charity. Such is the tener of wl the reports as pubs Ushed in the four-colwinn article In Tass Tr v What ty said of Mendel ay almost, even now, be sult of Byanston, ‘Tho amount distribited—#5,a0—$s the sine. While the Connty Board haa tho right to regu. {ate and veutrict the distritition ob thls ehurlty, the right is not asserted WE the perions becone Puttpers,—that ds, the towed can muke pantpers and the county can unmake them. 1tjé mun fest Unet the towns have the easicat partot the operation, ‘The must radi cure at present proposed by the Baerd is a generat diw ontorelng tho care aud pase Of the poor, so Tar AS Uuidoor rellot Js Converned, Upon vaeh town, aud ay bill to tit. offeet hus already been fatroduced in the As- a rey erosity with her sembly, Rpectfully, CHASUENLALN, rte Ouida Towns, rr THE RUGBY COLONY, ‘To the Taltor of ‘The Chteaga Tribune, Kuany, ‘Tenn, Feb. 12.—A gutting from your impression of tho Oth Inst has just reached me, from an anxtoud friend, containing the report fextracted from the Loulsvitie Courter-Journaly that “The Kuxby Colony wad tobe bodily re- moved from ‘Tennessee to Minnesata,’. ete. ‘This and tho rest of the Intforn in tho orlxlunl paragraph w Courter by a gentiemun front tbe Bast,” and they do credit to bis powers of linigination, for thoy have ubsolutety fomndation ii fuet, 1 aun, sit, your obedleat servant, STINGS HLUAHES, _ * vis ———— Good Viehlug in Water-Pipes, * Hartfont Courant. >, The Courant elovator, in tho ubsence of West Hartford water, 3 propelled by the streutn frou tho Connecticut River, “Slow strong this is may be [Inferred {3 when the HWwas opened, there wits towne ita smml perch, a reach or suntis neck ‘That half cel was ev inches long. ‘The valve ts not Inrge, and to eh three Kite! Nahiwlt in so short wospaee of time la tho strongest kind of evidence that itis one of the best places in the State ta fah, The hiw. how- ever, rigidly protects Individuals tt tdir fehl tights, an shop boys found in the cellar with fieh-poles wil he" amercilesly dealt with. Moanwhile the praposttion I snes If Hurt- Ford ting 8000 bitten supplied with elty water, and if theres ish come into one balding fii das, tho elty's total fish yield ta 24,000 thst Thoy may hot be alleaught, for there yey valves of this kind everywhere, but it thoy iq hraduced generally the fishing industry miht bo handsomely revived, th 1, ane a nll CURRENT GOSSIP. AN ORTITOEPICAT, ODE. Petroleum Wort, Charles purchased two sents in the boxes, * And sent thom around to Miss Moy; Tie explained ina note that accompanied ‘That the drama wos Dantel Hostay. That eve, to tho thentre, while walking, May took him to task, and sakt that Wos at very strange way af talking— She provounced the play Daniel Roshiat. He owned that he ought to know better, Yet, still, he had met a galoot Who, In spite of that very plain letter Would persist It was Dituel loshvot, Just thon they arrived at tho thoatre;* Tito sents thoy hard|y hid rot, When n lady snd: "it's always a qitery ter {3 this Daniel Hoshote" At old many who gat Just behind her, Remnarkeds ** My dear midi, Ont, tat! dust took at your bIN for remtader— ‘The wordiiy Is Datel Roshut.'* Al this, # young fop, Just from Paree, es Sal: Re-niwly, ny dears, now—nw, AW Your pronouncing fs wedie'lus, very— In France, aw, thoy say Dawnet Hoshavw.! CnIGGINS? DREAM. Ataston Tranacript. Gricgins has turned dreamer, and was In to- day to tell bis ntest vision, He says ho dreamed that he dled and went to beavenwhich of course was n strange dream, as we mentioned to Grige ulns; but then dreams always go by contraries, and ft fs qulte possible that tho rule holds good in Grigiins’ ense, Uuthold! I turned out that Griggins didn't get nny furthor than tho dour of heaven, ao that his drenm was not so remarkabdte after alt, But let bln tell his own story, . ; “Tdrcamed,” he said, “that T knocked at the door, and presently It opened, nud St. Meter Jooked out and sald, * What do you waut bore? “'T want to come i CS a “Who are yous he gald, . “<Griggins,’ said 1. “Then ke went onto ask moe where T camo. irom, who iy parents were, whether [was Married or alugle, haw many eblidren The, If Thad always voted the Hepnblican ticket, und alot of other questions. Everything seemed to be satisfactory until he asked me bow That oo- euros my tine, Ltuld bla Lwas a sort of col- jector, “+ Collector of what?’ sald he, “sor miauy things.’ L told him: and, as he reemen to be waiting for me to explain, sald, 3, “At one thug 1 was interested fn postage stumps. > “*in postage stamps!’ be exclaimed: then lowering his votce, he remarked: * Pretty good. business, Esuppose. Made antes thing out of it, ene” ‘s+ You don't tmderatand, St. Potor,’ satd I. * 1 dldu't make anything out of it: i did (t for pleasure simply, Olt stampa, you know. Leul+ eeted several Unotisand of them,’ “Suid he, int severe tone: * You collected sey- ent thonsands of stumps, stitnps that were worthless, and did it for pleasures aud it took it good dentor your the, suppose?" ©} told him that it took allmy spare time for five yenrs. You should have seen the, look he Rive me! He made a mation a3 if he wauld shut the door inmy fuce.but be thought better of [efor he slinpty touched bis forchend with his fore: Naver und shook tls herd, and gavo ino v lool uf Ainutterable pity, * And hive you gone on collecting them ever since?’ bo asked, ufter a while, ~*Oh, to, sald I: * Il gaye up stamps long ago, Twent Into coln noxt.’ “Ah. tsee!’ ho oxclalined, with a pleasant Uttle lnuizhs you gave up collecting trash, and Went to picking up money, “Very ood! Ital unt ny “eT think you sulsninlcrst ett mo nuain,' ant I, ‘}only cared for rire coin, Why!’ satd |, tho ofd feeling coming over me, ‘TE hive paid 85 for # copper cent, and if | contd only get hotd of some that 1 tried for yeurs to fad Pa give S100 apiece. You don't know of anybody up here xo thar’ eer ak gnld he, interrupting mo inn savage minner, ‘there ig nobody up here that’s in that kiad af bushiess!" . “T thought ho woukl have shut the door this time sure, he looked so-angry; out be didn’t. He seemed to bo sart of fascinated by me, as le we ui how long did you stay in tho colt bust- ness} he asked, “Ttoltbim PE kept it up about ten yoars, and never guve Lup catirely, but at the end of that Cine Tt became Interested In buttons, buttons! he tulely sereamend, "auld ds! I've got thousands and thane sands of buttons, and no two of thom alike “Tosi this with consilerntle pride: 0 couldn't help it, you know. Unt ldon't think St. Peter sympatnt in my exultation, indeed ido not. didn’t vouchsafe Ko much ast word, but tnerely went through tho forehvad- up and head-shaking rT ee ieee that he wasn'e Interested in buttona, Tthonght best to pays on te xomethting else, “*'Tho next thing Ucollected, etd 1, ¢ was bus- ineas curds, J suppose lye ot the Liggest cate Jecdon of any peron th Boston. Not i word, but only that curlons panto- Then Latso collected half a inillion eaten- Malt a malliton what?? He almost serenu my head off us he ented Vooukd see that he kuew nothing about cal- try, 8U EwOUL ON ta tell hin, Yon kee,’ ald |, * that it's got to bo the fash> fon far business concerns aud corporations to issue culendars, and of bite years Uhr pert taost of ty thine and store fo store far “+ Aro thoy very 4 olny about From uilleo to ollie thom," 3 Ivo?" he naked, On, Ho, sald Fs * they iive thom away, As T said, f buve hate a milion of then,’ tow data they ruu back?’ he asked, westee 5 they run back? —T suppose thes’ bero nvout the syeuroncand— Lace whut youre thinking. ane your! he Aime your! he yolted. wll F, Kine of Criyhtened Mk, eC AmEa helen million of tues a ‘i fone y sak again, but fainter even than before, s * 'Thon he tooked at mo as though led go through me. Bait bes Young man, we don't wontiiny postigesstump tllots, or col limitica, 4 ardor enloudar tends wp herv, i * Ite slammed the door with suck a ring that £ didn't caten the nuime ot the place, ‘The door slininina Kprang my eyes ectonn open, and 1 was widy awake tian instant.’ - “Tt wasn funny dream, wasn't it?” said Urge glas, by was of commenti Aud that waa all the eifect it had on hims but itanay prove benafeinl to others, wad that is our excuse for repeating it hore. PAPER WIL, ‘ York World, An ongaiged young min J+ Ivte in pay ing his regular visit ut the dwelling of tis muxlentiy:In- elined betrathad; the young hiuly is anxious; the Susully synipathizes with ker auxiety, Suddenly the bell rls, and tho calm uiuu ky of panes seappoirs In the young ylrl's exes as ahe 6 claims ripturously tat) ungramiatically:: “That's bind How exquisit his technique ts an tho bell-puil, and—O tho breadth of hia ring!” American news from the enterprising Gawlofas “Tho progresses af tho sclence. A seeker Yune keo hn Invented a hat grace to the whieh tho shunes can reddon ut the minute, Hus one pros houneed it word haproper, crack! there fs not Hat to press a little spring disshaulated beneath the bridles of tho hat, aud the tengion am tho are terivd xuilees to inake mount tho bloo/l to the . visage, and to produce tha redness the must pus (le, Most wtrongs, those Amerivang, and above all the Amerloanessent" “Yeu, young min," sald tho vonerable drug: xist to hia new.clerk, whom ho was xbout to fue (tite inte the mysterlea of the profession, “after a lfetine’s oxportency T ean conthdently asdure you that seven Jory contulning tho xeven speeliia draws of our'trale would sufice to set Wy. thy druz-store.* 1s air, whut do you hese sa othor SW fore © What for? Why, or A customer enter a restaurant: and ja served with an atrociousty bad dinner. When ho goes Up lo the proprietor’s desk vo suttle bly BIH he Durty Into tears, eubrices the proprivtur warm Uy and write hts hand, US eome now, ean or anurily, whut does th race you, my dear friend,” ways tho customer, biel {nto tears, because it is weltren i tho boolc of ftw thut wo shall vt upaln! . T t modesty of Orlentuls, A spuitlorialy Wad Once “} 1 to the Bultan Mahmoud, and found it waccided nubsanuce tu hive to sy Wad Your Mijoaty’* wt ale “Your Highness: ri moatevery wentenee. ‘The Sultan noticed bw PARIS N Glnbarrassinent und, divining its cuuse kindly: You may callmo "Ring of King fb foes Fornsall ¢ Ina wumbling-hell the frune ebevk drop on the ene of mind tho nearest player puta bis foot Upon the ivory, steous, and, after n women’s seureb, reappears triunphuntly witha red check, Which bu anda baniguly to tho bunker, rework: Danker lots 0 bluv tty. floor, With grout prea+ Toot! lev, the lrrep resaible practioal Joke Nowell-dressed gentleman stop on extend bla band ton trends 8 Alvses Ht tho mins car, have sense af shame Atmin with a yout senlakin overs goat and adiamond pin aeking a atentyrer for aling fn broad daytight! Where ta th for, slr, Soolety “thy Vowsnan't hey eityge—t sony got to shake hands with this gentlo~ monte YO thle nur pardon, then but really, 1 thought "“—. Baws irracetully etniles getlally, and sleparte, teay with at frantie dest 5 bourgeois ot the café enlivening their donntiioes nnd raw cueree with anecdotes of travel ond adventure, “Chad a felentfal ude venture once: jand when 1 was travel+ Ing with imy frst wifes Anueliqne. We wer chinblig aw steep rock on both sides of whieh Here yawning preeipiees atudded with tack, Jneyed rocks,” Dwas in front—she behind. Suds denly Cheardin erv—L turned—sho had dis nenred! TU rushed to thy edge of tho previpiea and gazed tnto Ita depths—horrorsy" Das to pleves?” No, sir, catight by ber dress anid #afe—not a scratch!" NO LE tho Suppression of MendiGaney anteps the atranee THI FOR BURCIL Detroit Free Brees, Aman from Brauch County, this State, being in Custer City suon after a Post-Qitica waa eatub> Hahed there, went 1p to tho shanty one day with Intent to lnqure for matt matter. aA man from Missourl was just nhend of im, and inquired [ft there was any tetter there for Zechariah Burch. “ Heyou tho feller? queried the Postmaster, “tam amed 7 ‘a. Sir, x Lifernal Jong for thls country. You'd better chop it In twa." “Taxed ff there wasn letter here for Zneha- Wah Mureh," Kei the Missourian, with a bad lenin Itt bts eyes, “And | heard ye, and thore ain't nothing of rae icharinh, are yer” scems to mo there [s,"” hen Tin a fine." he palr looked at cach othor fora minuto, a Rureh arked: “ Mebbe you ure!” Unele Sain's olicial hopped out of hls den and went for Zueharlih Bureh, | Itwas.a pretty overt inten for ten minutes, und then the Postinaster OL hig fave hold. Sogn atter that event Mr, Mirch observed: “Stranger, { reckon It's no use protongin’ this sorrowful fale,’ (oa. reckon not, but yo inquired for a letter for h es,!* AD taal any itto mo purty strong that sich fl rly. ; alotte “ Ye: "replied Turck, a8 ho felt of bis loft cur tosco whit portion was left for future dghts, “but Tye bin thinkin’ powerful hurd in the ast ton minits, and Egness tho ole woman back in Koti has put ot writhy’ Ul next Sunday? ‘ayo out and take sunthin' to brine tents to our eyes." QUIDS, “T want to know,” sald an eiltor, flereely, “when you are going to pay me what you owe mer” “I give it tp,” replied tho dubto: ine something ensy,"" “A Bay City (Mich. phllosophor tried to stop n runaway horse by taking holtl of 2 wheel of tho earring, When he stopped revolyIng he wasn't auy better looking than he was before, but he knew more. Hino D, asks us, “Do you think It right for A girt to sit on a young man’s Inp, even If he 1s cinixed to him?” And wo say Cit was our xirion our |up, yea; if {t was another girl on our inp, yeas; but, 1€ was our girl and another’ fellow's Inp, never.? Ambitions boy—"Mother, may Igo out West and Nyht Indians?" Motbkor—" No, my son; but you inty go duwn to the cellar anc teh me up avecuttic of cont.” Thereupon the henrt-erushed, Jad swore oternal hostility te soclety, aud forthe with became a phimber's apprentice. A bartender: Fittcen eents—A dineing- chiss: Ballot yivls.—" Bless inice hole!” satd tho cat.——Wher js Churlty Uke n bee? When it begins to hum, of caurse.—-It tales elght mit- Utes to dress a hog in Cineinneth; and wo now know past bow long it takes a Cinelnnnti man te. make his tutlet. Huston Commerctal Butte, Uniler the now Constitution of Loulstuni tho District Judge has tho power to test the quitlitl- Atlons OF the Jurors, and to excuse thens If hi ea Ht, Ata revent sittiug thore wad a nu ber of negroce sunnnoned, and the Judgo e nined ong with tho following resules Judge— tuto is this?” Juror— Desoul! J) fg) Governor?” Juror—" Niche! Whols President of the United States?" Juror"Grant | didge—" What name do all the States yo by?" Juror—" Onto." Judge—" mean whit kind of government do you Myo under?" Juror—" Dimlerutle — gavernment.” Judge—"Do you know what a veriict is" Jurors It's surter ‘twixt a tarrapin and a scorplon.” No was excused, PRINTERS’ TROUBLES. ‘The Cincinnait Gazette Company Kine Up Agulnst tho Typographical Union ~A Solemn Scene at 3 a.m, Clactunatd Commercial, Feb, i. At tho unseenily hour of 3 o'clock yester- day morning transplred a very solemn event in the Gazette oMive, Within a few minutes of that thie Mr, S. Itockwell Reed closed the Id of his Inkstand, placed away his pene holder, and then nrising, extracted a docu- ment from anadjavent pigeon-lole, and, with a decortan becamlyg the aecaston, walked frou his oftice ta the stalrway and aseenced a flight to the composing-room, where, in obedience to his order, the composttors were assembled nt: one end of the apirtinent, When quiet prevailed Mr. Reed, placing the Muuseripl on a case, read tho follawhys communiention, atter whieh tw went home mit enjoyed the repose of tho righteous, Heaving Ue mento wresde with the conun- rainy ‘Tuathe Compoaitors of the Clucinnatt: Gazette:— The Vypoxruphicel Union his not been able to enrry oul the uoderstand|ny according to whleh the Gazette office was to become at Union odie by tho udinisston of its printers Into the Un Lon ‘Therefore the negotlution to that cud hiasumlen bly terminated aad withont prejudice to cnher party. Tho netign of the Pypograpmieal Unlun WwW relecthig the “Gazette priuiers required that the Gazette Company should discharge good men for ne ather cause, it 1b appears, thine that thoy butt been tn the Gazette employ. Good faith anid tho original undegtandsig required that wo should retuse tonllow thls. ‘Che Gazette Company, will eran by thelr workanon, aismiel ns taoscol the Gazette pritters who apphed for admission, to the ‘typographieat Umer did so. upon tho understanding that this was to bie conte a Union oles, It appenra ta tho Gazette Company that the titlure of tho Union to carey out this understunding should, emigy the bonurable release ot these wen from the Union if they desire ity bat, while the Ga- aelle Company will stud by thelr workinen, the slitations ot Union ingen will not be prejudiced, ‘The Gazette Company inake no war on ie ‘ty poe graphical Caton, nor on Union prhiters, und They rexrot the failure of an atiempt watel: they nade In Food tall, and white ut tits tine they supposed to bo practleable as weil ws desir= able to the typoxraphies! Union, interviews were lad with Messrs, Perry, Kidd, anu Sinith, of the Gazette, as follow: Mr. Jobn Perry anid: © In beiet, the Unton Dromised 10 tke Tn Lat our men.und as iboy hive not done su, we consider that the nrringe- nent eatan end. You had better seo Me, Kd and get ncopy uf tho document thit wits rend, to the printers; It covers tbe ground fully, Et the Unton doves not understand the enso ns we dla, thy letter of agreement must have been faulty in constreetiun,” Mr Kidd wis bout to’ give the reporter an Opportunity af copying the cammusieaiton when dis brother, Wilisot Kiddy eaters aad otfered anoblection, stitiug that} pubiication mist surve to neRgravate Hatten u sane ly, and: furthermore, no copy bud been seit te the Vaton. It was purely a Gazette private business nutter, Cho reporter sul he was already in Posseavion of tho substance and would aye to Hey thats eiven From beuvany, cven nt tho risk of belng dacorrect Ina fow pirtleulirs, A copy at Shu paper would yive the correet phrascatngy and provent tny Unpleasant realty avismg from an erroneous siutament. Mri), Rudi ngread, with this view of tho ense, yn after a consultine Yon with Sr. Perry, the flociment wis fire hushed, una thoy alse dotorinined that the Union shonid Le wdyised Immedhately of is contunts, Mr. Kd, In conversation, sid at number of tuto, When tho te e became a ion-Unton au ninber af printers w Oo brought trom Jndntnupolts and ylven cases. Some of these, ‘drape verhips thicteen, wore yet remaintog, wid they rious workmel, to rin a Uatow xpress underatand ing these ten nid others quntaillon. Lhe izctte asiond, but hid fatled ta mela corresponding spelt on the othor slide. Lust week they biiekbulled one al the men Whoge name wis proposed, wud, st being of a conciliatory turn, the (dazette did not object, but took the min trom bis case. and gave tila om ployment athe jub-roou. List Wednesday, at amoeilng of tho Typoseaphicat Cajon, atairs Were nbout to be harmonized, when in menber wot tho tour and, by an datutmntory speech, Miewnited everything, and widened the breach wimost bevend ‘repaly. Cotumittoes and sub- committees wero nppolnted, and) adnirs ure Ho neurer settloment than tuys wera, tb eeomed almost useless ta make further efforts. ilehard Sinith bad now ucrived and was askel far xome remurks. He svemed Inu very eheerfal mond aud ne whee disturbed by the eituntion. "lho Gazelle bas not broker th compaer, butllyed nptalt, The fracture was Aes by the ypographical Unlon, or more} spenking, by men belonging tottus who, instead of worklog ut thelr trade! spent thelr time in idleness and in atiering up Aissensions among men who are Industrlously earning tholy living. (The Union would not exeee ta take In ull of the Gazette's men, but consented to take ton at ation, ‘The irst ion Went through all right, but tive of the nextine atallinent were relused, This also huppened Were excellent, sober, amt indy When fitely the Gazette ugve oltlce, It witk with the (hat the Uulon would tu .9F Boston roses falr to behold, when the third ten were presented, o of flat number onty olny necepted, This wes arbltrary and unjust, and ho would potitllow tt, partiowlarly when they took in thirteen Conmer- cla men ata jump.” : Heporter—" TF tho Union revonatders tts n aud aecepta alt your compositors, what thor re Smith (vith a laugh}—" That's further along.” However, If the Gazette requires forty or Atty priuters more than. are ready to stay with them, wo can farnish then at short notice, | ‘The so-ealled strike in our office the other day has given us an enlarged idea of thy resources of the count ie : The Committee from the Typographical Unton who. watted pon us just before the stuinpede down our baek stairs, brought a tule of great distress fram the Baqutrer ollice. ‘They said MeLean complained that when the Jenquirer was eharged for standing tine and the Commerctal wis not, It PMS AIL NTI Ing advantage, enabling ‘ung out the Commeretat fresh while the Enquirer was comparatively stale. 7 some timo since we heard a story that so moved and almost melted us to compassion, and we will engage to furnish to the Baqulver in twenty-four hours fll supply of priuters warranted not to rin, and who Will decept dhe verity of the anclent ob- poration, They also serve who stand and init LIFE IN WASHINGTON, Au American Vonice—Onr Tnundation Counting the Electoral Votes—Mustcal Party-Sceretary Sherman Reception wArmy and Navy Germnan—Luneh Pure —Kettiedrums—Varty at tha Obe tory—Mra, Hayes In New York— piion at the Wilts Hounc—Nae Vonat Library Lobbying—Col, ‘Tom Worth ton—Vetcraus of Aextco— Order of the Corne.Jit—Sons of Malta— Noted Freemasons—Waliker’a Pleture <Art Exhibition—Death's Dotngs—A Wedding OM Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Wastrisatos, D.C, Feb. W—A fow years eince, when Boss Shepherd hid Sulshed apending about $20,000,000 fin xrading, paving, eewering, ond othorwise adorning this metropolls, 0 Yankee Journalist proposed that as much mora money be expended jn makiog Washington an American Venles, To do this it would havo been negessary to oxcuvate the rondways of tho avenues and streets somo elght or ten fect, and. with tha carth removed to have dammed tho Yotomng at the Observatory, thus turning the river through tho network of cannla, Ridiou- lous aswas the fden, It was partially realized yesterday, when Pennsylvania avenue was sub- merged for several btocks, nud people were fer- ried nbout in boxts, Tho water came into the horse-curs, foreing the passengers to twist on thelr seats, aud empty boxes, barrcls, and bns- kots were floating about with the jee and drift- wood. Tho cetlurs aud basements were flooded, and business in tho Snundated quarters was necessarily suspended. In the Market the water was nearly four feet deep, but the butchers and huecksters took ‘possesylon of a grand stand erected in front of it for tho inauguration, and gold Sunday dinnera at a allghtudvance In price. THE MADE, which {3 q reservation reachIng fram Capitol Hiltto the Potomne In tho rear of tho White Honse, was completely inundated. Tho sewer which has taken tho phice of what was called the Hiver Tiber couldn't carry off the water which came pouring In from the rlyér, and was from four to six teetdeap. Scores of houses were completely isolutod, cept by bunt, and the Rotnnle Garden was converted “Inte, an nquarlum, The ponds known as the Babcock Lukes, where Prof, Balrd is breeding carp, inve probably been Sharousily washed out, and the beating appuratus [In tho basements’ of tho Pension and the Census afliees have had thelr res put ont, ‘Tho most imposing seony, how- ever, ig up ut THE LITTLE FALLS of the Potomac, five miles whove the city, whero tho river forces Its way through 2 spur of the Allegheny Mountatas, and dashes down at the ratvot thirty miles an hour with the grandeur of the rapids of the Bt. Lawn i broken up at the Great F: i few miles nbove, but tho fragments cover the rushing water, 10 presenta most extraordinary appearance ns they are whirled along nt the varying lmpulses of 1 thousand eurcents and eddies, ‘The salld grantt plera of ‘tho aqueduct-bridgo at Georgetown atood like u wall wgainst tho leo and driftwood dammed ugatist tham, Bur the wooden portion of the Long Bridve which connects: Washington with the Virginia shore went by the board. Une fortunately to lone eausgwny of the beidio re malned, forming x golld doin against which ae- cretions are forming thts, from which the high water forees foul guses up through the sewers, caualiy dipitherit, seariet and typhold foyer. THE COUNTING IN of Garfield and Arthur bas been the event of the week, nnd ail breutbo mora freely now that It ts over. ‘Tho ludles werd out In Loree to. witness tho ceremony, and those wno were not nbie to. obtnin tho coveted gallery tickets besieged the Representatives untit they surrendered thelr. seuta. Whon tho Xenute camo in, every fair neck was craned to eatch a glimpse of the Im- perlous Conklin, while the auclent muldena Hazen lovingly on those two well-preserved Rhode Island widower, Burnalde und Anthony. Brace, of Misaisalppl, purtly and swarthy, eauio dn with the ouce rich bit now impecunious Jones, of Nevada, while onlin and Churn looked aad, Tor thy ond of thetr long Congres slonnl careers draws nigh, NLAINE, OF MAINI, was detained nt fils home by an attack of gout, somo of his friends enall lt rheumutism,—but hig plannat diughtr Alice Was thoro us bis rep resentative, wenrlug ¢ beeomlimy walking-sult ot navy-bhug velvet. with stunning allver buttons anda hut to mate i B. Marsh, ot Hll- Hols, tho most burutifal Uride of tho genson, oeenpled a sent in the wallets beskle’ her We Yeareold stepson, who ts taller and heavier Unan sho ids while Sentter MeDonald and hls whiteshulred, qneenly bride st lovingly. tue ether on the floor,” There was net the leust ripple of excitement. But every one grew goon. uattured as they duughed nt the bliiders of Hatalia and Thurman on tholr cheek-Hsts, AL MUSICAT. PARTY was given by Mr. Knox, the Controlter of tho Currenoy, and dis wife, on Monday ot which was the tenth anniversary of the! rhige, Shoe wii Miva ‘todd, of thly city, and quite an holress, her tether having acenmulited 2 A hirge property as a batter iu the diuys whet ry Congressinan sparced a bonver hat, ‘Tho performers were Mra, Knox, who isan excellent, borforiner onthe pinnoy Mrs. Gump, av. pros fexslonal church voeullst; Mer. Voudt. a tenor trom Now Yi and the diuhters of Judge Hont, M.de Nonqnetras (tho Portuyeso Minister), and iepresentutive Goode, ‘They. of course, Bang churmiugly, mthough ench one apotogized for uw bad cot, and what was lucking in the music was nade up at tho supper, Mrs. Sonne Hd wore n white aatin court tan over a inal anti petticoat, with x seurtet bodleas Vs, Davis ot Calltorita, wore a sali brovads. Gress, und Mrs, Clutlln, of Massachusetts, wore a Dine satla dress, with a thread-laee overdresy, KECUUTARY SUEIMAN'S NEW 1100 i Was thrown open on the aame evening for tho tiestof four reeeptions which are to be piven there, Itis rooms, and adinbrably adapted tor entering, while the nov furnitiry aid cure ti rivuted the profision of flowers Mn Drill- ney. Mra. Shera word a dress of bluck Velvet trhtamned with old gold satin: and polnt hice, while her nicco, Mra. Gen, Mites, who res ed with hor, wore t white satin dross, with lea of white velvet striped with jrotd. President Hayes was nmonyg tho guests, Wut bo left tinmedintely after supper. When lie leaves the White House, on the morning of March 3, hoe will hevoue the Kuest of Sucrctury—then Senn- * tor—Sberman will he leaves tor Fromont aver the Haitimors & Ob Rallroud, which by so Londsanatly: complimented at Hultimore yester- duy. THE AUMY AND NAVY cLUD Rive its third German at the Masenie Lempla that sume ovening, and the “futuee eros" muda it wvery enjoyublo affair, Mrs. ilekets received, wearitur i luck velvet dress, trimmed with gold dace und fringe, and sho was ngslsted by Mr. Dickens, whe wore a plik silk dress witht whtte musiln averdress, Mré, Fort wore A whilo satin dross, with w conrtetraln of white: brocade, nud with Ler was Mra. Gyer, an Hiinals brite, who wore her wedding-dress of whlte authy brocide, Winitned with hund-emtroldored, Hounces and rire tee, : A LUNCIEY AUTY wag given on ‘Tuusdiy afternoon by Mra, Puinter, the wife of tho currespondent of the Patindelpnia hignirer, und the next atternoan there wits an cqually ayrecuble yatherlug ut tha residence of Mr, Nordnoly, the correspondent of tuo Now York Herald. Among the hidiva pres- ent was Mra, Helon Huot duekson, of Colorado, well known a the writer of eluver things aver tho signature of HH, who ts hure visiting Miss Mosley, the compunion of Socretury Beward In his tr bund the world. Hoth ladles ara on tho Poves side of the war of words wow waghig between Secretury Sehurg and Senutor Dawes. KUTTLEDKUSIA. Mra. Mabon and her daughter, Mrs. Lieut, Craig, give a kettladcum on Wedi honor of the wifu ot the Licutenant’s new eons wander, Gen, Huzen, ho rooms wore decorated with a protusion of flowers, inchiding a, basket and there Was music for the dancers, The supper wus a triumph of the cook aud the vonfectouer, and Wioes were not excluded from the table, On Vourstay evening Mr. Pollok, a wenlthy P patent “lawyer, give on okettledrum tit honor, of dir, aud Mre Charles Gould, ot New York, now bere on thelr ‘ork, Uridal tour, Mrs. Pollok wore a black sutin dreas, with lace and diamonds, and Jin. Gould a dack blue eitk trinmed with’ velvet and 4 pros fusion of atcel embroidery, Huro ulao tha sup- per was'profuse and excellent, with no lack of the fishionublo temperance cuke cated * baba,” waleh sume usgert fs alinply sponge cake soukdd in rum, THE ONSERVATORY Was the econe of a large party on Thursday ay @ Arlinirat Jotin Rogers and his wite hi Ited tho naval got nnd others to witness UEof their daughter {ite society, What with looting throngh the teleseape and pleasant Mirtetions between the yours Vikings und the girls, the evening passed way very plonsantly, Romo left carly and looked fh nt the Natlonid Iotel, where there wasn hop.” Several ot tho Southern hulies present wero remarkable by the richness of thoit dresses, especially Mra. Lowls W, Washington (whose husband was taken prise oner by Jobn Trown), who wore n dress of binek And white brocade, with an old miniature of | G. W, 09 0 bronstpin. MRS. WAVES Ja making the most of her last month as Madame fa Preaitente, “80 hag been at New York dur must of tho past week. sitting, ov ruther atund> ing for tho fulletensth portrait of her that Huntington is patating, to grace the White House ng a ieift from the temperance women of America, Mra. Willlin Astor entertalned ber nedinner, and bad te meet dn MAO notedle Now York Indies, with Lady horaten and dnughtera on thoir way home from a visit to Cannda. ‘Tho table was'a marvel of wealth and good tuate, tho beauty of tho silver plitenw in thy centre of tho table belng set olf by ninases of rare lowers, while tho dishes ind plites wero. either of solid silver or rare eblnw. Cho usual variety of wines was served with tho successive. courses, but Mra, Hayes did not tnste any of the tompting vintages, THE RECEPTION P hae at tho White Hottse yesterday was quite mimere ously attended, ag everyone wants to be ine to the re open bs invitation” on tho evening of tho 2th inat., at which it fy expected that Gen. and Mra. Garietd will he present. Yesterday afternoon Mrs, Huyes wate Ww black silk dress with lace at tho neck and sleeves, Sho hoa with her us questa Miss Lucy Couk, Miss Hnmmond. and Dr. and Mrs. Carter, of Colum. bus, 0, t oventugy there was nu hop" at ilard's Hotel, nnd ain enjoyable danee in tho. parlors ot the Ebiitt House, where the guests upperr more ns members of a large familly than, fy sojourners aban inn. The number of” aray and navy people always at the Eubitt inako its parlors attractive. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY hangs fire, uthough 0 “National Convention of Librarluns have indorsed tho undertaking, 13 they naturally woulkl du. Spolfurd cannot live forever, and every membor of tho “Nationil Convention” evidently funeied that the lght- wing wilebt strike bln, and make tim Spoterd's stlecessor. Su tho Ibrary floor remuins cluttered up with ples o€ books, wh'eh might be enstly sstowed away, to show tho necessity fev more room, while half of tho shelves nto ovoupled with copy ht trash which vould onslly be ace commorited ina warehouse. In short, the pres- ent apirtinentsare hirge enough to bold all the sholf-warthy Ldoks thut can be accumulnted during the noxt ifty years. Why thon spend $5,00u.00u for a Nationn! Library butiding simply to give Mr, Spotford moll with na hin suunding title than “Livrariun of Congress"? at tho Capitol ho is very userul,—yet away off In a Nutioual Library Le would not be worth y row of pins, COL, TOM WORTINNGTON ikhero again, older, heavier, lamer, and dirtier than ever before, buttonholing Congressmen wherever he can find them, andurging thom to vote for tu bil whieh with give bim a pen- salon of $0 a inonth, Hoping to get thie, he keeps hy “yrievance”™ botded np, but ocerslonally the cork will come out, and he will pitch into Grant and Shernumn without merey, decliring tut the Union army was unnecessarily sure pia ut Shilow, and would have been captured had itnot have been for bin aud_ the Forty- sixth Oblo, which he commanded. ItAvill not be surprising It he suceceds In getting bis name on the pension-roll, “far ho's wit Obto mas!” and It is very desirable he should go there. and stuy there. [Ie guceceded.). : THE VETERANS OF MEXICO will hold thete elghth annual reunton at Louts- ville, Ky. on the Std, and quiton detegation wit m this city. They ure yo be welcomed by Mayor Haxtor und by Gov. Pfestan; Gon, Green Clay Smitth will deliver an oration and homus Mackey will read O'Hara's thrilllag poem, The Hivonay of the Dead.’ The business of the reunion will be the creation of a new mill- ie order, buged on that of * "fhe Cineiuintl” which hag been framed by Gen. Albert Piko, whose expertence as a compiler of rituals for t advanced degrees of the Scottish Itite of emusoury has given bin great fallitics, None but those who fought, perhaps bled, wid didn’t dio in tho Mexican war will be eligiple, and the nsgoclation will be culled: THE ORDER OF TIE CORNEILA Tho Corneil! were a celebrated Tasntly: {non gent Rome, the Seiplog and the Gracenf naving beon members of There wre to be Nutonnl und State Counctls, ench with its oleers, gold crosses with i stir ut tho Interscetion of the arms thereof, various colored ribbons, Jowels of office, and a8 motto: Pro Patria, tama dngrata."” In ahort, the work Is maguiticently jutd out for a grand Natlonul Council, with sub ovdlnate State Councils, but (t will be Cound that there will not be thnber enough for tho eons struction of any such edifices, “Cho “Order of the Cornellii” will soon go, I four, to take 119 piace iu tho ranks of defunct ‘seerot and pati oo associations, tho foremost of which bere was THE SONS OF MALIA. That Order tlourlshod hicro soon after alot uf impromypt polltichuss had delfted Inte Congross onthe Know-Nothing wave, every one of thou betug roudy and willing to join auy other sueret order which infght serve 3 1 stepping-stone to future advaucement. Not only Congrossmen, but many of our best citizens, Jotned, and the building now known as Murini’s Ell wis sue ‘bly ttted up and furnished for the initintions the Order. Ldo nut propose to reveal tho renionics of these inithutions, but there can be no violation of obliqutions of Sree du nar- rating that wesmuittes aetnully hud the encek to wilt uport President Huchsian and tender lin the position of G. 18. JA, of tho Order. Old Buek rathgr comprehended tho situacton, as ho was very ruarded tn his reply, sayueg: “Lf your ts churttable, und If the olfiee you prupoae pater upon ime fy philanthropic ong, L will accept.” fie wetunily made an appalutment to Visit the ball und be invested wid the Ingignia of the offivey but some of the Deu tie Se Knights thodyht that it would be reg ins tho doke u Uttly too far, and they interposed. KIR KNIGHT GARFIELD will bo the first Koleht Vemplar over innugu- rated 8 Prestdeat ot tho United states, and curiously enough Gen. Uingock hae wlio ro. celyed the degrees of Kulwhthood. Wishing: ton, Monroe, dackson, Pulk, Bavhanan, and Johnson were Master Magons; Buchanan hid taken tho Itoyal Arch degrees, tnd Jonson was u ‘Thirty-thied degree Mas tho Scottish Atte, Suumtor Withers of Virgluln tye promi: nent Knight Pomplar, and Senator Edoninds ts Royal Acch Munson. [In tha House of Hepra- Bontatives-thord are over twenty brethren of the tayetle tle,” although thoy never muut 13 1 lodge, ng the Kopresenitives used to when Mrother Henry Clay was Speake WALKE cw one of the finest artistic decorations of the Caps ftol, has been retouched y bo regurded ats oy good palates of grevdlitin of Drombull, [this v nee the day's Valotane represonts the advance of tho United States forces under Gon, Quitwian on Chepultepes on tho Mth at Sept lier, 188%, ne Quit: Wow, earnest eral, oecuples at Howton, mounted ona dashing charger. Recelving instenel Trom. him is tae gallant son af Ei Shields, who has been Curved by a disinount und ty pull off his coat, yot who seems, determined aot Lo gift tho bloody fteld, Ou one sidy fs the famous stormy party whieh carried, the defenseson tho ‘tacubayn todd, commanded by Capt. Henny Roberts, wile another storming Micty as Advanchiy on the custle, under Cape. Pasuy, Who afterward wrote i bool of tactles. ‘fhe ucuon of THE TWO STORMING PARTIES, the rerlinenta that support them, the old erste towers up in the background, and thy eonllict fn tho foreground, are wdminably rendered, walle tho types of Amerioun nud) Mextean foutures, with the varied uoltorms and equipments, arp correctly given, ‘The picture his hung on the Wallof tho vouthorn grand statrenge of the Sof | ate wing at the Capliol alnee eh and hid bes como somewhat fided—Indeed, tus only, fault was a eubdued tone, Mr. Walker hus carefully rotouched it, giving it a bigher, brighter tong, and Uringlog out tho must mihinitedetaiis, 10 WI soon be pliced hivls on the wal, 6 valblo, nidition to the urt-decuration of the Capitol, AY Lo. LTION 4s now Oj fn tho funous- otd ootuzan house, south of tho Executlye Manston, which use to he tho olty‘uome of the Lay lor fumily, but while! hua of Inte yeara boo uniihabited, ana has ene doyed the reputation of bemy haunted. Ils vow Mlled with brie-wsbrac, old chino, works of art.and curtosities, some of thom possessing wront interest. ‘fhero i3 nto a tunch-roon, where adetichient ot heles fa over on duty, ready to serve thy hungry nud tho thirsty, DIN! ARTIES have been abundant during tho past weok. Vrominent among the hats weve Sie Rdward ‘thornton, Mr, Yoshida, (ho Japanese Atlnister, Seuretary Lvarts, Avsiatant-Seeretary Huy, Seautors Baya sdmunils, and Burasldu, Hep nitives Chittenden and Wood. Mr Wood, hus nmiaseed wy fortune trom the alo u! t's moWiNg-Mnchine, hud we lls eucsta Mrs, Hayes, George Bancrott, Gen, Sherman, Ate tornoy-Cenerat Devens, Hitahop Doane of Ale haty, Bishop Willan of Connecticut, aud Dr, eorge Lorlug of Massachusetts, GEONAE We Inads, ‘ our leading banker, formerly ie partner of W. W. Corcoran, tits byon sorely utiieted ly the rue cent death of bis slaughter, Miae. de Geottral, whose husband la now here wen member of the Fronch- American Chalny Comni Sho mare led bli whut hoe wis here. sous years tu, Od Secretury of tho Brench Legation, and uccom= panied bla when he went to Japan uy the French: Mintatur there, ‘Pho ellitute of Yuddo did not agree with hor, but it was thought that sho had reeovered hur beatth at Welsbadon, and sho res turned bere list summer appareatly well, but soon began to till. Her funeral at Mutthows? Roman Cutholle Church was uttented by tha Diplomatic Corps, four of whom, with Neerctury Evarts and M, de Chambrin, acted os pall waren, ‘There was wedu lurge uttendance of the Homleh lear andouf the diltorent charitable slsterloods, who had u geuteful remembraucuur the charitics of tho decensad. . «A WEDDING OFF. e Tnvitations were seit out inst wock to the un ere ae marriage of Mr. W. Us Lewls aud Mivs Carrie, eldest daughter of Judyo Nouh, the rght-band man of Secretury Ruinsey. The eeremony. wad to have been performed ut the Church of the Ascension on Weducaday next, aod it was to have heen followed hy a yy Nondi's hinteo, He Ae wna geek lON A dita was not enfoving a clerkship, ie ilo that hy Bote, ane thaw We Hak bog) cay OL sepe Wnidor falao pretenses, whieh Ie gtes Jewie und thou got druat on the proven Piney Nonh fasted cirenlar to those who Gail Invited to the wedding recalting qt? Hath And announelag that the weelllng ee! alan place. Wnt tage AT THE THEATHIEG dJofferenn has drawn orowded hatte Rivals” and © itp Van Winkie ae’ Ins Ty, Nine ho, always does, while. wits Satine i wewestiel ins to huve Goodwin's Hobbies "at ty Dura He: and “Oliyetto” at tho 0; Smit Abbott opera- coin Joss of Mrs, Koga, will jnent om the sist. DAVID DAVIS, Gonsip About the Tin Largest band-Owner Mnoln— Min Wealth 82,000,000—111m 2c ington—Personnl Speetal Correspondence of The Chics Bioomsatos, Ul, Feb, Mer your carrespondont was. st sidewalk in front of the Chie; ‘frado, when tho conversat subject of the wenlthy men of 1 what manner tholr fortunes wore successfulypeculator Ma whent and py that Uyrus MeCormlek aud Benntor Davia Were perhaps two uf tho riche. reaping State,=the through former the aventes munufacturing establishment; the careful and Jadicious investinen ‘i amany of the counties throughout ¢ Milnols, which, In tho natur Yolupment of the country: ole tone, Arnet L.—Or fon tn ot which + Cripy HOHE iH ts In rent the C2306 Mrcostrin Senutorry, Central Ue Estimated "AL Boom eristieg gn Tribune, Last si me nding on the KO Hoard Tue Upan he Winolsy and iy male, (ge Wehaang a Vavia men in th iy i is latter 4, eat ‘ental ML growth anda, Tullowed, mayy hin ong of the richest men In the State, White Judge Davis is the possessor of « tho most valuable farm-tands In tho W, numerous and costly Mocks I Bloomington, his wealth tho ownor of youd all ug oubt, been it was in the of come og est, aad bietneae has, tes greatly overestimat caso the Chicas yo whowt-speeulator, who emphatically a, elared that the Illuols Senntor Was worth es cool $1,000,000, ‘This atutement was though a bo a very wild one by your correspondent, why almost remembers the Senator w! Titoomlngton, over thirty a few hundred dollars. years ago, out on office as a practicing attorn good-natured, ambitious youn, the books of an Enstern Colle; sion of his patrimony, whieh amounted to Davis, like eariler ploncers of the State, felt v¢ thore wits a great futuro for the Wes vested nll bis money itt land, the svent of which he stiil holds to-day, niauny of hits belnus rented out for 33 und Davis cun safely be set down as the mi tonstve lund-owner fu Central [linols, and re, an total woulth, nt a fale estimate, ¢: 2,0W0.00, The amount of by him In MeLean County #4 per ‘nero, hen he camet, and opine, Ale wary tan, fresh trig and In posse only Porkog faray Ost exe his th be placed at fixes pat annually « is nearly $0, tho total amount of hig taxes wHl not Bhort of $77,000 yearly. Eo owns some best-constricted culties in the ce valiabls ig what is known as tho rr, wolle fall tar of the The most Purley Boe which tho Senutor erected nbont seven sear, ago, and which ho gavo to his daughter when sie Was married to the son of J justice United States Supreme Court. contulna n very fig opera-hotiso: but the Jui Was opposed to Bamning cho place after bluse, er oven to call dn honor of Wilh old gotticr. of an uum Bloomington, he salt the Swayne ot the "The Inutlding operiehouses sa Durle un elegant nuditorium should for all time to com: be cafied Durley Hull. excellent wife, Senator Davis w: attending public mituzoments, und, woen home from Washington, was often xeon sented in tka hall. in company with different members of bli funity, Hefore tho death of hit very fond of ils rosidence,which is one of the most elegant and costly in the State, 14 situated about a inie from the buainess portion of the city. Well-lals ich shitde-trees, tempting drives, out wromnds, ri the perfume of sweet flowers, the beautiful landscape to bo seen on every hand, muke the Hlinols Senator's home indeed nn Eneihty Pare adise,—nn abode tit for a icing or, a President, While, in the interlor of the house, there is ni to bu Seon uny foolish or unnecessary expenille ture of monoy, the ditferent apurtiments are fur nished inthe richest and must luxuriant man her, Since tho denth of the Senator's wife ad the marriage of his only dauhter, Mes. HY, Plerpulnt, tormecly of Chicago, and n niece ot Mrs, Davis, has hid cl re of tho establishment during tho session of Conuress, when tho Judge Is away from home, His son resldes about balf finite from the munsion; and, rithough bs home is tess protentlous Uni thatof his father's, ft nevertheless Is one of the toy and a hoine possessed of everytl! enjoyable. town, necupy st of Spur, ug to make life Tho Sunutor hes nun offer down ying nm suite of rooms over the Bloomington National Laut, of which corpon- Hon he Is the largest stockbold Fj und they are Turnighad in alittle better atylo than are'most of tho offices of the hiwyers i town, Whon ut home, Senator Davis generally man ages all of hia fmmenso real-estate business, tho Innst porfect system being und which haa been at y yours past. He is a wan in Bloomington, or ev at his post of duty ut an tater thundocs tho distiagu! adopt rietly Ui 1 L, ened is it hour ih 1 inevery areled ovit for worker, and no the State, pelt for qulls aun. Ile has been known to be engaged upon an extaust> ive and importunt legal opinion when he was en Associate Justles of the Supreme Court, and, while writing down tho law, he would at the aume time ylvo tho most minute Instruetia and sugestions to some of bis mtmerous teu nuts wha Lappene thelr rent. Nothi Ubrium, and some: wero writt to stroll Into tho ollie to pay ams to disturb pty cyt of bis most noted opinions Nata tino when bis oitive sus fled with tenants, whose questions were unswerel without the Judge belog compelled to suspend his welthuz, Durin Senator hig tong residenco In Bivomington, avis hasuever Leen what the worl would call a popular min. Although atrictly honest with wl et Lat, He 1s we} ertheless au individual who for tho list fow years has bel but very lttie friendly atime: ta Of tho vity. of the older resides with even sume Pernups fin coln and the lute Stephen 'T Logan, were the most intauate friends Davi ve farmer he hit an admiration se had. For the Tand friendship Which continued for nearly thirty seis. Te serms nov to be a settled thing that the Senste will retiro to private life term expires, und pags bly ren after hls Senatorial ys wherd antag diy ay thst he has lived from enely munhood.—a and | * aca) rledy iy avery* How * blogsoms 18 (ho rade Auing that makes a country desirable lous, and pape RANDLE CLEVELAND TAXES. CUMVELAND, O., Feb. in hePe'o Muck talk ts engaged 8 tho press exposition af tho werk ot tho Bourds of Kqnatization and Revision. Lael of the rlehest men in tho city have been. lropped on by the Hourda and targe sums aided to their Mating of taxes. Lately Mr. LC, Hawkins an Ing was raised $16,200 on i mortgage credit, 6 now it 18 disclosed that the millionalre A mast Stone wus raleod abort £250,000 0n Ile lttag bonds and credita. ‘he Hating of bond und otherwise Z,610 a0; Cinelinatly joint Rtock campin: roy County 13 nu ovidenve af tha’ slitep work of Hourde aud tho sleepiness of the ty ollicluls, 0 Cu Muniltea ——_— DECLARED INSANE. Bpeclat Diepated to The Chicage Tribusr Tax, Ub, elderly lady livlog with her waa declared (neato to-diy County Judge, at hia. oitice. fure fu the hospital here, but was Ml cured, Lately she lng been worse Tho e: e vitoment. Tho catise [6 rellszious exuito Nt qribunt aipeelat Diswates to The . GENEVA, UL, Feb 14.—-W county, formerly section Mm Milwunkeo & 8t, Paul Roa Ingnie aii sent to the nsy Was urrested guyeral days tho fo of his wife, THE ‘BLOND BUTCHER- Tho following starting item was this lively thie foro few weelts, us ao ulllce yesterdays Maet Stranger than BAO tho tapis, ti which tho nephew, " Tite popular posts wid Ln af — street take a prone ja Wi cnylable part, Feb, 1—Mrg, Zenos Mann 99 famnity tn thls eltys by Judge Ianatead iia guy On has I mat lotion—We " away durtag the unuannatl patere He or one uf Bug Tian Hutede Sho tims leon be Haeharged at hun ever Kane, of this ae Cpleaze yee evelared Bgl. Kuoe ngo tor aitenptlag WOMAN.” hunted Inte nticipate t Avant but ae —— SCOTTISH RITE MASONS. op ie Cincinnati, O., Fel cepted Scattish Rito Knight be Le The A ‘Ter Conslstary of the Stato of Oblo wl v'olock tls aftesnoon in Masonic awe wil cont i fon th Kubyhts presen vl hiss, Loulavilie, Tndlamp swell tha number to 400. at reo cle Ore allay ‘and eh para Supreine 1 convene st ‘Temple +f pitts: bere nyeiands ta ten of COAL. Reva Omaita, Neb. Fob. 15.—-There lt famine ! coul toranta in the city und a cout Teured hetoro a supply can reach Were aye Prrrauuna, Feb. 15.—Cont wbipmen i a0) present rise: Loutavilic, elgtitysthree hoats, tiventy: fuels, quik tive hox-bouts; bushels, in ten barys hi nett shuts, Washes ou warned. MND ene. ae HAXWELL'S ASSETS. stein Roxvour, N. Yy Fel. 15.—The e Jonn Muswell mous aealug fase cay anesss ta stone dealer, inst Hed, exceod tho nf itles $1 So Of all the “Popular, Fayorites,’ genuine article Is De Bulls po bead thu assets Cough mya cabied, We syrup, ele