Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1881, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, {881-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. . : 11 NEW YORK. ‘Death of Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes, the Ex- plorer. A Brief Outline of the Arctic Voy- : ages Which Made His ~ Fame, His Subsequent Career as a Re- publican in Metropolitan Politics. golet for the Chicago ‘Fire Sufferers. Which Was Not Paid Till * 187. Xo Flurry in the Money Centres Over the Trouble at Poughkeepsic. peath of Ex-Judge Henry E. Davies « -—A Fire, with $325,000 of . : Damage. : Aiiress of the Executive Oommittes of the i Irish-American Convention. ‘ph. NAYES DEAD. RE ALCTIC FEXVLO & GOES TO THE UN~ DISCco’ 1) COUNTRY. Special Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribune. ‘ New York, Dee. 1%.—Dr. Isaac ‘Tsrael, Hayds, the Arctic explorer, died suddenly of peartalisease this morning at 10 o’clock. He had been ing at the house of -a friend, J. B. Tassett, No. 422 West Fifty-seventh street, since Tuesday last, having left the Sinclair House, which he made his home in this city, to secure a few. days’ rest. On Friday he wasattacked by illness; but towards uight herecovered so far that his friends lad no fear for his lite, This morning he was again stricken, and before a physician could be called in for. consultation he was dead. ‘The news was a great surprise to the many who were acquainted with him, as the Doc- tor, or “Polar llayes”- as he was familiarly called, was but 49 years of age, und apparent+ dyin pertect health. > THE LIFE OF pi. ISAAC I IAYES was one of travel and adventure until within the past few years, when he became an act- ive character in the politics of this city. e ‘will be chiefly remembered for his explora- tionsin the Arctic Ocean, which made his name known in every portion of the civilized world. He wi well-known figure om the streets of this city, and his reminiscences of Arctic adventures made hina well addition toany social party. - Of jate ‘years he had fallen partially ont of notice, owinx to the rapid advance which has been made by oth- esin polar explorations, but, although he had uot visited the ice-fields of* the North fince 1861, he was still louked to as an authority on all questions relating to the Polar Sea, in the exits! eof which he tinnly believed to the day ot his death. Dit. ISAAC I. AYES was born in -Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 182, educated in Philadelphia, graduated medical doctor from the University of Penu- sylvania in 1853, and was almost immediately: afterwards appointed surgeon of Dr. Kane’s second Arctic expedition, with which he re- turned to the United States in 1855. He had become convinced that there was an open “polar sea around the North Pole, and was anxious to liead an expedition for its explora- fion. After almost five years of effort he was enabled, by the liberality of Mr. Henry Greu- nell, the American Geographical and Statis- tieal Society, and Sir Roderick {£ Murchison, aad several of. the members of the Royal * Geographical Society, to set sail in July, 188, in }. THE SCHOONER UNITED STATES, ofUStons, from Boston. Me penetrated as far north as SY degrees and 43° minutes, and wade explorations and observations in re- gard to the country and its inhabitants. On his return, in Octover, }S61, finding the Civil Warin progress, he volunteered as a sur- geon in the Union army. r the restora- tion of peace, he published The Open Polar Sea; a Narrative of a_Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole 1m the Schooner United States.” He had previously given some reminiscences. of his first voyaze in “Au Arcti¢ Boat Journey” (1860), and, in 1810, added some incidents of his second jourpey in “ Cast,Away in the Cold.” * 1869 Dr. es again visited Greenland, and ex- >plored the southern coasts of the peninsula in Acompany with the painter Bradford. He had Wen very desirous of leading a third explor- ing expedition to the Arcti ons, but Con- 1.” &tess fecided to bestow their aid upon Capt. Hall. Hayes received from the Royal of London in 1867 a d veries, and in 1863 + . shnilar honor from the Soci de Gégzraphie of Paris. A «>> Inisi2, after his return from @ r. liayes decided on inaking Ni City his home. ‘This was the last reenland, w York pensive i. He “Was a stanch Republic actively interest ‘to the New Ye y the Ni “Assembly D) 1876, 1 e city in 1875, taking: 1! die was reélected in. 1879, and 1880. IN THE CAMPAIGN LAST NOVEMBER he was rendminated by the District Conven- ition, but declined to run a He was a inewber of the Georraphical Society, and his dast.pubfic appearance was_to deliver a lect- ure'before that body on * Commerce” about, {wo months azo. He was also a member of the New York Press Club. | toh TOE CHICAGO FIRE. OSE OF THE FINANCIAL OPE wc . FOLLOWED IN 1TS TRAI : fg: Special Dispaten to The Chicas, Tribuns. New York, Dee. 17.—The Hox. Edwin D. Morgan made the tollowing statement to the Times tonight relative ta the French artists’ f° fand which was raised at the time of the teat fire in Chicago, and which, according _ beadispateh in the evening papers today, is _ Bow on deposit in New York. Ex-Gov. Morgan said that the money which had been realized from the sale of French artists’ “Paintings had been paid over. about four Years: ago, together with the interest that-had- accrued: upon it The Mayor 8f--Chicago had announced that Cni- go uo longer needed help, and _ bee Gor. Morgan showed te reporter the Correspondence which had passed upon the Subject. On the 22d of March, 18i, Mr. 3 Morgan wrote to Mr. E. Meissonier, at Paris, that when the money had been realized from ie of the pictures, in 187, it was found | : \ THE RELIEF COMMITIER OF CHICAGO {the proper boay to receive it) had suflicient funds for all ascertained wants, and the coni- aitteein New York were requested uot to » Sud the French painting money without - further advice. 1t was not until the autumn 9f18%6 that the committee in New York Were informed by a communication from the Chicago ‘Reliet and Aid Society that the funds were needed for ji: THE LEGITIMATE SUFFERERS ; Bitte fre of 1871, and, at aineeting of the ImMittee of New York, held Dec. %. 1876, - After very carful consideration of the whole ues it was unanimausly resolved to call nthe money at that time out on bonds and sarteazes, and, the fund. and its accumula- ce being alli hand. to pay it over to the purpose Pa and Relief Society for the very aed bee cl it had been originally in- the fe nee le donors. **All this,” continued Pretdebe ees done, as will be seen by the On the ioth of February, IS, Ex Me “Ban wrote to ‘ebruary,1877, Ex-Gov. Mor- ry ME. C. G. HAMMOND, Freident of the Chicago Relief and Aid So- ciety, asking that a settlement and sent to him showing for ‘What he made ane ioney would be used if sent to the Society. Such astatement was necessary to send to the artists in France, as they had understood at the money was no longer needed, and seven-eighths of them had given their con- sen) thay tt Should. #0 fon the “Figure of y, was EF bor of New York. redeem 2 eae ER, WIRT. DEXTER, as Yresident of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, answered on the 20th of the same month. The money he had would be used . to meet the necessities of sufferers of the fire of 1871 for food, shelter, clothing, medical aid in sickness, and expenses of interment. In Teference to the statement that the money Was not needed, Mr. Dexter said that that statement had been made. because of the money actually in hand, and of various large ‘| Sums revorted as ready for the society? sonte of which, howeyer, were never received. The wants to be supplied were much larger and longer continued than was at first ex- pected they. would be. THE SOCIETY IAD PAID the expenses of interment of 1,276 fire-suffer- ers and sent to the hospitals at their own cbaree 2.667 persons. ‘There dite of writing, on their books 1,535 fi A es, embracing 6,407 persons, who were receiving nore or less assistance monthly, a Ex.Gov. “Morgan then asked the society that a separate account should be kept by it with the fund it received from the commit- tee in New York of which he was Chairm: as he desired to send to the donors France a statement of the manner in which the money disbursed, 5 To thi er replied by telegraph on S77, that the society would comply with this request. On the Sth of Mareh ¢x-Gov. Morgen in- closed, in a letter to Mr. Dexter, WIS: CHECK ON THE NATIONAL BANK OF . COMMER in New York, for $33,693.45, being the net proceeds from the sale of the paintings sent by the French ‘artists in 1572, and_ the accumulations thereon, which, princi: pal interest, he day re Compahy of New Yor! money had been deposited in June, 187. 1 for duplivate receipts. one'of wh was intended for the French artists. ‘4 original amount realized. = 5.93. the 10th of Mareh Mr. Di the receipt of the money, ter ende THE POUGHEREEPSIE BANK. NO FINANCIAL FLUERY. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Dee. 17.—The late defaleation in the Poughkeepsie National Bank has had no effect in Wall street, where it is hardly mentioned. Mr. St. John, the Cashier of the Mervantile Bank in this city, said this morn- ing that no bank or depositor would lose a dollar.” The Poughkeepsie Bank was very strong financially, having « capital of $150,- 000 and a surplus from undivided earnings u cived from the United States Trust h which the He # a, S On nowledged and there the mat- er July 1 of $154,000, It an account with the Mercantile varying from. $50,- 000 to $100,009 in its favor. Just before the defalcation it ‘had to its credit $100,000, on the day of tlie defalca~ tion $60,000, and has now $40,000... The bank has anumber of first-class securities, upon which any amount of money can be raised. President Buckingham wrote to St. John, ng him to sustain the Poughkeepsie in ease ofa “run,” and 330,000 was Sent ab onde. ‘There had been no run, however, and every- thing is quiet there, the depositors h; iz “perfect confidence in the bank, President Buckingham has large private means. THE IRISH. ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Di cutive Com- mittee appointed vention, held in Chicago on the 2d inst., met today in Ryoin No. 111 Astor House. The committee consists of Col, Michael Bo- Jand, of Louisville, Ky.; Gen. P. As Collins, of Boston; Patrick Ford and Dr, W. B. Ballair, of New York; D.C. Birdsall, of Connecticut; Alexander Sullivan, of Chi- ¢ago; and Andrew F. Brown, of St. Louis. All the members of the coinmittee were pres- ent, and a permanent organization was effected by the election of Col. Boland as Chairman. Andrew F. Brown, of St.-Louis, was made temporary Secretary. In further- ance of THE PLAN SUGGESTED AT CITCAGO of- forming a National society to aid the people of Lretand, but- which did not at that time meet with favor, because it was feared that such a society would interfere with the autonomy of the various local societies al- ready existing, which it was proposed it should, embrace, the committee adoped aresolution requesting all the Land Leagues in’ the United States to correspond with the Secretary, giving their views as tothe best method of forming a National society which shall embrace the local secieties—Ilibernian, Land League, and others—without affecting their separate existence. ‘The committee spent most of the day in the preparation of . TNE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: New Yonk, Dee. 1%, 1881,—To the friends of Ire- land in America: AX the Irish National Conven- tion, held in Chigizo since, at which every portion of the 0 ably represented, vhich they ure now tptully deprived, and that, with all the resources at our commund, we should aid th who ure evicted from’ their Jittle holding: of the ne generally understood in this country that the provisions of that measure do not extend to those who, on account of the famine of last year und the reduced crops which preceded it, ure ¢ IN ARREARS OF RENT, and are now being mereilesiy. turned. out into the highways to perish from cold and bunger, if churity does not rescue. ther. algo Sal- emnly pledzed by your representatives in con- vention that we shall stand by the people of Ireland in their resolve : TO MEET COERCION WITH COERCION. as tho first installment under these pledges, the convention resolved to send to Patrick Egan, ‘Treasurer, before tne Ist iss, the sum ot 3 in Irish people in America do not sympathi their kindred in this _ conte: mutionul and inalienable rights, and 13 an assurance to bur brave countrymen that we are tlest of their flesh, and shall do our du the hour of their great if It the tenantry of Ireland hroush tho winter in their ranny of the Irish landlord system, the tillers of the soil. WILL BE ENABLED TO BECOME,ITS. OWNER, attiticiul famine will be. rendered forever im- possible, for the people of freland will have come jnto their own again, and be ple ed on the road to nationhood. To". this “benef icent und just end your combined and self- ritlemg elforts ure necessary. «Proceed tt once, by every method in your power, to raise the mone with which to redeem the solemn pledges of your representatives. Let euch s0- ciety represented in the convention redouble its ene’ Let those who are not members of any society Join such as they elect, or hand their. subscriptions to the local committees.. At this gmicious season, when all Christian hearts ure filled with’ good-will, when every home is being brixbtened for the Lenful festival of Christmis, when cuch purse, whether awplg, or scant, fs opening with friendship and aifec* tion, it iS eminentiy becoming that our hearts and our purses should be dirceted to our kin- dred in the mother land, TO THE BARE TOMES which landlordism and legal tyranny bare stripped of everything; to the prisons In which the uublest of our race are languishing for de- Yotlon to their kind: to the mothers bereft of sons; to the little children who know nothiug of the joys of Christmas In tne most pious and who will not country uuder Heaven, even have bread unless wo send it; to the families evicted from humble roofs, and cast out to perish in the name the taw and’ civiliza- tion: to our poor and brave countrymen. Let us do our duty manfuily, and to the end that our hative land shall cease t0 bea beggar among nations} MICHAEL Bouann, Chairman. B.A. Couutss, £ ‘2D. C. BrupsaLu, Partick Forno, Wituiaw B. WALCACE, ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, Anbnew F. Brows. BALDWIN. WHERE THE MONEY WENT. New Yor i Keasbey filed a bill in court-at i J., asking furan order to show catise why the property of Oscar and Theodore Baldwin should not be put into the hands of a Re- ceiver for the benefit of the Mechanics’ Bank of Newark. The billsets forth, among other things, that, ‘although his salary was $3,500 a year, ‘Teller Baldwin is the secret owner of the Park ‘Theatre, at Newark, and -that he fitted it up last year ata cost of $30,- 500. Between 1872 and 1878 he bought other properties worth $36,000. In seven years’ ending with 1877, Oscar Baldwin became the owner of real estate worth $30,000. The. court granted the order. KICKERS AGAINST KELLY. .__ THETR ADDRESS. 4 Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New York, Dec. 17.—Ata meeting of the - members of the Tammany Hall organization who have recently rebelled . aguinst the “Bossism” of John Kelly, and who have re- signed: or have been expelled _ this evening, an address to the Democ- racy of the city was — adopted, declaring against Kelly’s autocratic rule of the past nine years, and holding .that it has been demonstrated that ne has neither the political wisdom, nor the knowledge of man- kind, nor the true conception of American institutions essential to the “make-up” of a successful leader of the Democracy of this great metropolis.’ ‘The address says further: While frequently uttering a hypocritical cry nguinst the ulleged. combination of bis oppo- nents, he has himself aguin aud again prosti- tuted the Tammany organization to the basest Republican ends, electing by its uld- for three years| a epubticun Govern- or of this” State, and yenr after year bartering to the Republican party the votes of a few dependents in the Board of Aldermen for the mere gratification of his spite ngninst Dem- ocratic Mayors, whose self-respect and hovor forbade them'.to become his pliant tools. ‘At’ this very moment he is en- waged -in coercing the chosen representatives of the people, and to that end has just exacted from the Tammuny Senators and Aysemblymen a self-dexrading pledgo which destroys their in- dividuulity, and enables him, if it bo complica with, todeliver them over to the cnemy like dumb cattle. THE SPRAGUE ESTATE, IT IS STILE worrit $3,000,000. Speciat Disputch to The Chicayo Tribune. New York, Dec. 17.—At a meeting of the creditors of the A..& W. Sprague estate, to be eld on next Weduesday in Providence, in’ response to a call of the committee of creditors, the proposition made by Gen.. Butler to purchase the entire property for about $3,000,000 will be submitted to those who hold claims against, tho Spragues. Itis,understood that all of - the Sprague family are willing to join in the sile to Gen, Butter, as well as the trustee, Mr. Chaifee, and the comumittes of creditors. The great legal expenses ‘necessarily in- volved in defending the suits, which, if a settlement is not made, promise - TO CONTINUE FOR YEARS AND YEARS, has mollified some of the greatest opponents of 2 compromise, and, while there may be a Few creditors who will continue. their oppo- sition, there is reported to be a great- er disposition. now to end the in- tricate litigation than has existed be- fore. Ben Butler is understood to be acting in the negotiations partly for him- self and partly for some New England capitalists with whom he is already inter- ested in imill property. If the purchase is concluded he will. pay a cash. equivatent. Mrs. Mary , Sprague, ex-Gov. Sprague’s nunt, and Mrs, | Fanny Sprague, his mother, will’ sizn the deed. They will be obliged to give. up their homesteads, but itis not expected that they will be allowed to suifer for want of an income. Ex-Gov. Sprague will probably haye charge of two of the mills. - earn : HERRMANN. HE HAS THE GOOD LUCK TO ESCAPE DEATH. = Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Dec.” 17—Among the tricks practiced by Herrmann, at the Grand-Opera Mouse in this entertainment this evening was one In which he apparently invited death, avying loadwl his revolver with five bullets, . which _ had been previously marked by*the spectators, he handed the weapon to aman in the orchestra, with the request that he’should examine it. Duting this examination Terrmann returned from the middle aisle to the staze, and, while his back was turned, the man who had the pistol secreted Herrmiann’s weapon and DREW FROMIUS HIP POCKET A[DERRINGER, remarking to those sitting around him, “Tl seeifhecan-stop this bullet.” ‘I'he: fellow cocked his pistol and, as Merrmann, all un- conscious of the matter, was about to return to the auditorium tuok deliberate aim at him. Before’ he ‘could execute his purpose, however, the man was seized by r. Robert Taylor, of Thirty-fourth ‘street. who snatched the pistol from his hand. Several ushers who perceived the situation hurriéd to the Doctor’s assistance, and th man, who smelt strongly of liquor, was ejected. ITEMS. MISS VANDERBILT'S WEDDING. Special Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, New York, Dec, 17—Miss Vanderbilt’s wedding wiil be tne leading event of next week, and, as the cards-of admission: which were issued with the invitations will be strictly demanded at the door, it is expected that the crowd will be limited to the outside of the church. ARCHITECT HILL. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Dec. 17.—Grave charges are made against Supervising-Architect J1ill in the Washington dispatches to the Limes, and itis intimated that avery loose condi- tion of affairs exists in his department. * RDUE STEAMSHIPS.- Only twenty-seven of the forty-one steam- ships which were to have arrived this week have reached port. ‘The steamship Vandalia is twenty-one days out from Hamburg. ‘Phe Main, which left Bremen upon the same date, isalso unreported. The Pollux is twen- ty-two days out from Amsterdam. The State of Georgia, from Glasgow, Dee. 2, and the Oder, from Bremen, Dec. 4, are expected tomorrow. BLAINE’S NOTE. * The Herald prints a slap-dash article on Mr. Binine’s letters to Minister Lowell, and usks what the United States proposes to do if England refuses toagreé to a modifica- tion of the Cluyton-Bulwer treaty. ‘The Washington correspondent..of the Herald auswers the question, ‘The United States would simply stand off and allow the other Powers to go ahead with their canal (if they ean get money enough to build it, and when the time arrived for it to take action, will quietly step in and take possession ot it, THE GARFIELD NATIONAL BANK of this city was opened for business, this morning in their ofice in the Masouic, Tem- ple at the corner of Sixth avenue and Twen- ty-third street, formerly occupied by the Isl- and City Bank, a State institution, of which the Garfield National Bank is the successor. EX-JUDGE HENRY E. DAVIES. ‘Tp the Western Assoctated Press. New York, Vee. 17.—Ex-Judge Henry E. Davies died this evenmg. * RAILROAD MATTERS. 3 The Baltimore & Ohio Company has ap- proved of the close tariff agreements made with the Pittsburg; Youngstown & Chicago, and with the Valley Railway Companies, establishing a line to Cleveland; also the agreement with the Baltimore & Ohio and the Butfalo, Pittsburg & Western Companies establishing a line to Buffalo. The Luke Shore Tratlic Company, con- nected with the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western, has declared a dividend of 10 per cen! BANK STATEMENT. ‘The following is the weekly bank state- ment: Loans, decrease, $1,310,500; specie, increase, . $363,300; legal-tenders, decrease, $1,900; deposits, decrease, $1,317,500; cireula- tion, decrease, $105,600; reserve, increase, $600,774. The banks now hold $371,200 less than their legal requirements. FIRE at 14,16, and 1S Crosby street tonight caused a Joss of $250,000 to A. & E. Wallache, fancy goods, and $50,000 to Dessor Bros. & Co., clothiers. The building was damaged $25,- 000, All the losses are covered by insurance, Z Gambling in Park Lucy He "¢ Letter ta Cincinnatl Er T. Lhear Frenchmen declare continuully,that it ig.a great pity the Government does. not permit the redstablishment in Purisof public cambiing- houses, regulated and controlled by the police, which institution would do away with a ercatt muny of the abuses that now hang around the fashjonuble clubs of Paris. These clubs, being the only places in the city wherein-hign play is permitted, are positive dens of iniquity so far as gambling is concerned. [have heard of gentiemen losing $3,000 at a sitting; and sometimes ten times as muchinasingic night. And that a Public gambUng-house in Pyris would be a .cut off their victim's tongue, the, * splendidly profitable affair may be guessed at from the terms of a proposition that was made to the French Gevernment soon after the Franco-Prussian war. The Operg-house was then not nearly finished, and only u single block wes completed of the Avenue de,l’Opera. The enterprising individual who’ made the proposition offered to fintsh the opera-house and to open and. complete the Ayenue deVOpera within a given space of time in ex-.| change for the concession. which, it {s needless change to iamotget, ‘The great difficulty about the public gambling-houses of Paris which did exist during the reign of Louis Phillippe, was tbe immense harm they did among the lower orders. The card-pltying at the clubs affects nobody but the rich, or at least the upper classes of soriety, white those, establishments where a workinginag might go and pledge his iittle earn- ings wrought incalculable evil to the poor. ‘The French, fike ‘all the other races of Southern Europe, bive a passion for gambling, and it is to this passion that the great munictoul’ and Gov- ernment loans owe their immense popularity. For thore js always a series of so-called premt- ums attached to these louns, and the holder of one of theJucky sbares becomes entitled to a rize of $20,000 to £500, a8 the cuse may be. ence, too, the popularity of the exhibition lottery in 1818, una most of the other jotteries which ure got'up from time to time chieily for benevolent purposes. ———___— THE WEATHER. Signal Service. Orrick” or THe Cie SicNan OFFICER, WAstinGTos, D. C., Dec. I$—1a. m,.—The Chief Signul Ollicer furnishes the following: 2 Fairy weuthor has prevailed east of the Rocky Mountains. ‘There has been a slight but general tise of temperature. A warm wave extending to the south and enst, nveragiog: about BU de- grevs above the meun for the month, is central in Minngsota and Munitoba. Southwesterly winds are reported from tbo Northwest, tho Middle States, ‘the Luke Region, and New En- gland; northeasterly in'the South Atlantic and the Gulf States. Fair weatbor is indicated for Monday for New England, tho Middle and South Atlantic Suites. Auntie Sunessee and. the Obio Valley, fair weather, southwesterly winds, stationary or lower temperature, rising followed by falling barometer. *, For the Lower Lake revtion, fair weather, west erly winds, stauonary or lower temperature, ana. higher pressure. : ate for tho Upper Lake region, slightly warmer, fair weather, westerly backing «to southerly winds, rising followed by falling barometer. For the Upper Mississippi und Lower Missouri Valleys, fair weather, Westerly backing 10 warmer southerly winds, aud stationary or lower pressure. Cuieaco, Dec. observations ure taken at tho same moment o} time at all the stations uamed: GENE(AL ONSERVATIONS, Ter. 17—10:18 p. m.—The following Wind, [eulirver. Stations. | Be me Albany. Skewes BEHAHeeRse! Sh ee eg ee ee : seg encceencneoe: Eaeaecaeae EEE PEER chbighe LOCAL ONSERVATIONS. Bar | Ther. ‘Time. Hu| Wind.) Vet] In. Weather Clear, Fair. 0 o 0 0 0 Maximum temperature, Minimum temperature, Mean daily barometer, 3.220. ‘Musndully thermometer, 427. Mesn daily humidity, BLOOD-ATONEMENT, SI Practiced Among the Mormons— Morrible Punishmeat of a Woman Who Revealed the Secrets of the En- dowment Mouse. Correspondence St. Lowis Republican. Sarr Lake City, Utab, Dec. 6.—With regard to. blood-atonement 1 am assured that it is practiced today #3 trequently as it was twenty- tive yeurs ugo, though not so openly. There are no Coroners in Utab, snd when u body is in death it issimply buried. Poison does the work and there are no inquiries. When a man gets tired. Of his wife be*poisons her. One crime, whick was committed here only a short time ago, J must describe. Sirs. Maxwell came to Salt Luke City“ with ber _hus- band in 1869. Two yeurs afterwards her. husband took another wife and one year sub- ently he was sealed toa third. Mrs. Max- well had two. sons, aged respectively 14 and 16 years. Their father urged them to go through the Endowment House und become Mormons. bound by all the ouths of the Church. Mrs. Maxwell having led « life like that of Sf Hunt, objected, and, in order to prevail oveiPher sons, she told them’ the secrets of the Endow- ment House. The penalty for revealing these secrets is dismemberment’ of tho bory,..the throt. cut, and tongue tora out. Mr, Maxwell overheard bis wife, being in nn sdjoining room, and forwith be informed the elders, wno sent for the unfortunute woman and ber two sons, They were taken into what is called the “ dark pit,” a dlood-xtoning room under Brigham Young's house. The woman was then stripped of atl her clothing, and thun tied on her back to a large table. Six members of the priesthood then performed their. damnable cri they first then cut ber throat, after which ner legs and arms were scv- ered.. The sons were compelled to stand by und witness this dreadful staughter of their mother. They were then released and given twenty-four hours to get out of the 'fercitory, which was then an impossibility. The sons went directly to the house of a friend, to whom they related the butchery of their mother, and, obtain{ag a pick- age of provision, they started; but on the tol- lowIng-morning they were both dead—they bad met the Danites. One other casé almost simifnr to the above occurred about tive years ago in the city-hall. These are truthg, and the lady to whom the sons told their story is willing to muke alfidavit to the facts if sbe can be puarant immunity from Mormon vengeance. $ a J, W. BUDE CASUALTIES, Children, Left Alone, Burn Themselves : Up. Szecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Hanuor Sprixas, Mich., Déc. 1%,—Two cbil- dren, aged 1 and 4 years, Were .burned to death in August Albert's house yesterday ‘afternoon. Apileof shavings bad been left in the house. ‘The parents were gone a few moments, and on their return they found that the childcen had set the shavings on tire, burning themselves, the Rouge, and the contents. OBITUARY, Lewis Fy. Morgan, Historian. Rocnester, Dec. 17.—Lewis I. Morgan, the historian, is dead. THE PHILADELPHIA POOR-HOUSE. PimLspELPnta, Dec.17.—Before the commit- tee investigating the mismanagement of the alme-house by the Guardians of the Poor, today, it was testified the by Flour Inspector that hehad frequently refused .to brand flour for the alms- house on account of its being musty and sour, He gave the names of several flour-dealers and contractors whose tlour he refused to brund. Of one tirm the witness testiied that when he in- formed them that the flour wasnot fit for buman Deings to eat, they replied that it was for the alms-house, and good enough, "Texas. ‘Texas is a prodigy, not only ns to the extent of her territory, but in the variety of ber climate, her soils, atid her productions. “A portion of the State, tho size of New York State, is fairly well adapted to wheat-raising, producing twelve tu eighteen bushels to the ucre; and the wheat makes tine flour. Oats of fine quality, xrowing forty to 100 bushels to the acre, also good crops of barley are grown. All kinds.of nuts and fruit cat easily be zrown. ‘Wild grapes grow in the greatest profusion all over.the east half of tne State. Without.a doubt Texas is the natural home of tho grape. Shrubs und flowers of all Kinds do well; roses bloom ‘ten tmonths of the year. Vegetables of many kinds do extremely well. ‘Three hundred bushels of Irish potatoes have been produced to the acre. There aro large crops-of thef best of sweet potatoes. Beans, pens, beets, Yurnips, onions. cabbages, lettuce’ celery, etc, ete; all do well. TES crops of tinely-tlavored- tobacco can readily be grown. portion of her territory, 150 miles - wide and miles long is. especially udupted to stock-raising, where x beet can be grown aAtacost ‘not exceeding $8 per head. The average profit of sheep-rulsing is fully 2% per cent, and in muny cases it yields 50 per cent. - A mustng horse can be grown for $10, There are large profits. in the.goat, espe~ elally the Aragon. Hogs produce well—thouch corn is uot a very good: crop—and cost almost nothing to raise, as the: mast is vircually inex- hanstible. - It must be remembered stock are not noused or fed at all, merely herded, and allowed to graze, winter and summer, Texns hus a belt of territory 300 miles long by 150 wide, that is a5 ood 2 cotton country as there is on tho globe. She hus a lurge. sugar-belt that “produces cane ten totwelve feet in hight, full of saccharine mutter, and yielding good ‘returns of sugar, ‘The enst half of Texas {g susceptible of good cultivatién. The west half is mostly barren desert, on account of drouth and lack of water, This is tho xreat drawhack on an area fully as large as Ilnois and fowa together. A CRUEL CAREER. The Sanculnary Record of a Chinese Pirates Murders and Thefts, 4 Shanghat Courier. ‘The sea-robber’s reign is not yet at an end in the Taichow Islands, if we-are to judge from- recent reports. From the district which has just begn mentioned comes’ a most interesting story of a pirate chief who is now occupying a large place in the consideration of the topics of the day with Chinese of ‘the district, ‘The sea-robber possesses more than ordinary courage aud «audacity; he seems to be one of those bold, bad men whose talents invest his crimes with a good deal of rotmurte. His exploits are ofa most daring character and he forms exactly one of those personages that a novelist of the. Mayne Reid stamp would delight to limn and present to the pub- lie asa hero ot original romance. ‘The his- tory of the pirate chief isa remarkable one. ‘To commence in true dramatic style we shall state that in the Village of Wang Ye, in the Districts of Ning Li, which is+ near Ningpo, and the Chusan Isles, so renowned for piratical - exploits, stands the castle of a pirate chief named Kwang- king-man. Ie is head of a strong nest of pirates, and he styles himself King of King- man, which signifies the King of Gold. In many respects his biography resembles the life and doings of the celebrated Mahratta Chief, who was the terror of India in the me of the Great Arunyzebee. Kwang- ing-man is a native of Ningpo of the Ninghi District. He is ally power- ful man, and ean lift w eights more fitted for a Milo than an ordinary man. He is proficient in the use all war- like weapons, and can use the rifle, as well as the bow and arrow, with equal and remarkable effect. His phys- ical strength. and courage were strong itt- dneements for him to follow an avocation which should require the exercise of these qualities. Accordingly he betook himself to. the occupation of a “brave,” and he acted originally in that capacity as the Ieader of an escort to the merchants ing Sein-! nd Kwang-yi, which were infested with pirates and robbers of all descriptions... While in pursuit of this avocation he made aconsider- able amount of money, and had also gained great experience in the life and habits of those that lived “under the shadow of the black flag.”? it happened while Kwan: acting asa ‘brave? that his father w: rested by the Government, for some offen: and shortly afterwards beheaded. Kwa king-ihan, who declared his father innocent of the crime imputed to him, was so enraged ath ecution that he swore to devote his life to avenge his deat and take revenge on the Imperialists. He Shortly put the desizn into execution. _ Leestablished a rendezyous and stronghold, and gathered around hima large number of followers, who all, or nearly afl, came from the Ningpo district. ny of his retainers were men who had’ fancied themselves aggrieved by society, and several were actual out- laws, who | had ‘Jifted ‘their. hands against society. purely from, crimii al in- stincets, and not because they had any inju- ries to avenge or wrongs to right, ‘The. first act of Kwang-king was to capture ‘Tung- chu-shan, between Ningpo and the prefecture of Taichow. ‘This place he made his arsen- al, and his operations were at, first confined toacting.on the defensive when attacked, collecting arms, and making gunpowder. He then commenced theplife ot a pirate on a small scale, and his petty enterprises were conducted with caution and an extraordinary skill. But, emboldened by success, he en- Jarged” his plan of operations, and. this year commenced _-piratieal — transactions on a more. ambitious scale. On the 3d day of the sixth moon of this year, he suddenly entered the City of Ningpo with his followers. His plan of action had been determined by the reports ot his spies, for he had put into practice a good system of es- pionage, and through this he discovered the number of criminals who were: confined in ing-man was ar the Ningpo prisons, ‘These he determined to liberate, in order to. swell the number of his retainers. Inthe nighttime of the date already given. his bayd marched toward the prison, forced pen the doors thereof, and freed the prisoners, all of whom joined the pirate’s gang. The Mandarin, on hearing of this. audacious -act, “dispatched - soldiers against him, but to no purpose, for the mili- tary had to retire before the desperate valor, or, rather, imposing appearance, of the rob- ber bana, cae ; ‘The next dayjthe pirate chief perpetrated amore daring act. With a fewhundred men he descended upon the Whoopin-lekin Tax Board, killed the oflictals, and carried off the money. Le spared, however, the head official, whose nose he cut off so that he might return to his superiors and inform thei of what the pirate chief had done, and what the nature of future enterprises would. be. His next act was to send toa rich widow and demand a loan of Tis. 1,000, and on this being refused he captured her son aS, and held himasaransom. ‘The latter only liberated after much neg for Tis. 500, This transaction to the ears of the village magistrate, who thought it a most fitting operation for squeez- ing the rich widow. Ife told her that unless she gave him ‘Tis. 500 he would report her as conspiting with the notorious. robber. “Phe frightened woman at once paid the money. The robber king, hearing of this extortion, descended on the village maxistrat nel after reaging him a homily on the wicked- ness of robbing those. whom he was bound by his office to protect, he took from him the money, killed him, his subordinates, his wife and his son, sparing only his daugh- ter, whom he carried away with him, pre- sumably to be his wife. Such acts. as these have inspired all ranks of people witha lively terror of this robber -chief, “and the soldiers who went out against him on many occasions have recoiled from the task. When tie offi- cer of thelekin board reported to his superior the outrage that had been committed on him, the latter ordered a body of troops to ar- rest the pirate, a thing more easily said than done. ‘The outlaw was so strongly support- ed by his followers that thesoldiers feared to attack him, and the fact that héwas as skill- ful on sea as on land intensified their fears. Kwang-king-man is doubtless. a most re- markable personage as regards cool courage and physical strength andskili. Lis exploits on the water are truly marvelous. It is said that he can stop for twenty-four hours at a time in the water when either in pursuit of or when flying from his foes. ‘Last year one of the nayal officers of the rank of Captain boasted among his comrades that, although the pirate chict was very pow- erful and nobody darea to touch hit, yet he (the Captain) would undertake his arrest. Sis comrades told him if he was determined son this to speak to his superior officer. He did so, and his superior authorized the Captain ‘to make the attempt, promiis- ing ‘him a -handsome | reward if he should. capture the pirate king. The Captain, accompanied by some funk containing 300 men, set out ‘will al speed for the pirates’ stronghold. ‘Che pi- rate king was apprised by trusty spies of the expedition, and he kuew perfectly well the object of the approaching fleet. _Hemadeno remark as to the strength of the force dis- patched against him, but grimly said, “Let the Captain come. Lshall be delizhted to see him.’ Arrangements were made oy emissaries for a. meeting. between the Cap- tain and the qobber chief, when the former would arrest him quietly after he had detached him from his __ band. ‘The, pirate, in accordance with the terms of the meeting, which was intended by theCaptain to be treaciierous, set out the date agreed to, ina Jarge boat, which wasan enormous dug-out, carved and gilded in im- itation of a dragon. When he approached and.sighted the Captain, he warned. him through..some of his followers to return home and save his life. ‘To tits the Captain replied ‘by a discharge from his_.gans. fA. genetal. epzagement ensued, which ter-| minated with the death of tne Captain. The pirate king dived from his Doat and. killed the Captain witha “seu-tzen,” a kind ofa sleeve catapult, a weapon in the use of which the pirate was most skillful. He then behead- ed him, and the assailants, losing their leader, lesisted from further fighting, after having ac- Quitted themselves with creditable valor and having lost considerably. The pirate chief 3s notonly an expert in the use of this weapon, but he employs with equal effect a cross-bow furnished with a bullet instead of a bolt, and itison account ‘of these accom- plishments that he is so much dreaded in i dividual combat, Since this: Inst enga; ment no one has been hardy enough to di: turb this ruthless freebooter. eee CASSAGNAC’S 17TH DUEL. ‘With Difficulty ie Avolds Killing His ie Antagonist. . Londen ‘Telegraph, 2% Panis, Nov. 13.—The duel fought yester- day between M. Paul de Cassagnac and Mf. Adrien de Montebello is, after the Minis- terial crisis, the event of the day. There has been for some timo a bitter grudge be- tween the two, which was ageravated by } de Montebelto’s attempt during tne clec- tions to wrest the constituency of Mariande, originally represented by M. Granier de Cassagnac, from his son, The contest was keen, but-the Bonapartist triumphed, never- theless. For some weeks there seems to have been a sort.of truce, but M. Paul de Cassag- nac took offense at M. de Montebello’s con- sratulating M. Clemenceau on. his attack.on the Government, and on the following day the Pays appeared with a furious article against M. Leon Say’s chief secretary tram its fimpetuous editor’s own pen. ‘Che, insiilt, was too -zross to “be passed over, and M. Adrien de Montebelfo accordingly at once dispatched two of his friends, the Vicomte do Saint: Pierre, Senator, and M. Casimir Perier,. Deputy, _ to: M. Paul de Cassagnae, for the purpose of} arranging the preliminaries of a hostile en- counter, ‘These gentlemen 2 promptly joined by M. Georges Brame, Deputy, and Commandant Blane, acting for M. de Cassag- nae, and it was settled that the duel should take place on Saturday afternoo! o'clock, at M. Buloz’s estate at Epiniy sur Seine. Punctual to the minute principals and seconds appeared at the trystine place, but it was svon perceived that the ground selected would not suit, and an hour was spent in search of a better arena... Finally’ spot was found that answered every re- quirement, and the ad’ ries were soon face to face with each other. It battle of giants. M. de Cassugnacis a bis,- heavy min, rather over than under six feet in hight, but he is small in comparison to 3. de Montebeliv, who actually towers above him, though of very spare build. Both are. very strong and adimirable fencers; but the Bonapartist proved himself tne better man of the two, After it pass or twoa blue vest worn by M. de Montebelin was pierced by his ‘adversary’s sword, and che ex- claimed that he thought he -was touched in the breast. The ductor examined the place, but found no wound, and the combat Was continued. It it the fifth: pass that M. de Montebello was wounded in the right arm, M. de GusSagnac’s Weapon . penetrating to the very bone. He dropped his sword, and M. de Cassagnac, turning to his seconds, marked that he thought it was all over, as. he felt that he haa struck home. His pre- diction proved correct, the doctar refi allow the combat to be continued. issagnac has declared. that although he had aiready. fought sixteen duels, he had never’ had such trouble with an adversary before. Although hardly a mateh for him, M.de Montebello was very ergctic in his attack, and M. de Cassagnac needed all his address to di i himself, and to avoid inflicting a. mortal wound. on his opponent. |“ ft is lucky,” he rei edt to a. friend, “that I have been prac ery day for some time, as, had Lbeen a. little rusty, Lshould have been iesssure of myself, aud the duel might’ have have terminated in a tragic manner.” Curiously enough, ‘a rumor was current for several hours last evening that M. de Cassagnac nad been se- verely wounded, and that his lite was de- spaired of. Some even went so far as to as- sert that he was dead. As for M. de Monte- bello, he returned to the Petit Luxembourg, a5, and found many.ot his friends anxious—’ ly awaiting his arrival. His wound ds not serious, but a few days’ rest and care are -needed to set him to rights. Lord Beaconsiicli’s Sous. Ata recent Conservative meeting in England a political song, entitled “The Yeomen of Bucks,” composed by the late Lord Bencons- tield, to be sung at a political dinner in Bucking- hamshire forty yeurs ago, wher, us Sir. Disraeli, he gat for that county, was given with muck ap- plause. Only one copy of it was known to be in existence, preserved by the wite of a Bucking Famshire yeoman. It was originally dedicated to the Marchioness of Chandos. Tho text runs thus: “ro knignt and to noble the minstrel full long Jius sounded his burp and devoted his song; But here's to a race wot less proud thao the cer, And Wits hearts not*less stout than the bola cavulier— The Yeomen of Bucks. “The land they love they will ever defend, Ever firm to foe, ever true to friend; ‘Amid their green pastures and homesteads 50 fair, To Live and let live is the motto they bear— ‘The Yeomen of Bucks. z “ Ah, land of the Chilterns! ah, land of the Vale! Will the sons of thy suil from their faith ever rail? And, If Chandos’ green banner ware high in the wind, : ‘There are some gallant spirits will ne'er lag behind— ‘The Yeomen of Bucks. « And if the dark cloud that now over us low'rs Bring revolt to the State and bear gloom to * “our bowers ‘We know brave band that right soon will be seen Astir in their saddles to guard thelr young Queen~ - “The Yeomen of Bucks. ‘Then a health to the county that ench of us loves, Its halls and its hamlets, its flelds and its TOVCS; And to each blazing ingle where yet may be found Tho bolacst of yeomen that e’er till’d the ground. The omen of Bucks.”* ———=>>__ Abolition of the Gothic Alfabet In Ger- many. Pall Matt Gazette. ‘There are signs that tho total abolition of what is calicd the German alfabet. or uncouth Gothic letter, will before lonz become x burn- ing question jo Germany. - It Js true that all the chief newspapers are- printed in the old-fash- joned, ill-looking type, and ‘ince Bismarek refuses to read Books printed in the beautiful Roman character, on the ground that his time ig valuable: but the scholars and historians are already showing the way, and in the long run the general public may be trusted to follow. A writer in the Cologne Gazette, himself un advo- cate of reform, bas put together all the arzu- ments on the conservative side which the ut- most ingenuity cun discover, and an examina- tion of these will sow better than cun be shown inany other way the overwhelming necessity for change. The arguments for. the present Ger- mag-Uothic character may be reduced to three: First, it Is patriotic; secondly, it takes less time to rend and write, which is. untrue; and thirdly, there are great practical difficulties in the way of a change. ‘There is no stich thing as 2 natlonal German alfabet—sueh an alfaber, if it existed, it would be Runic; the only choice is between the “round” and the “angular” form of the Latin alfabet; ina word, the angularGerman character is bustard Latin, and the round character bas just as good w right to be culled German #s that con- torted varicty of It which uneducated Germans gre pleased to consider distinctively nutional. The Germans received their alfabet, as the! received their civilization, trom Rome. All German books, before the invention of printing, were written in ‘what is now distinctively called toe Latin charucter. ‘This is true, for in- stance, of Ultiln’s tranalation of the Bible (A. D. 400), the Heliand (A. D. 800), and the whole abund- ant literature of the ‘Nibelungenticd, Pursifal, Lohengrin, ‘Tristan, and Isolde, end. Keineke Fuchs. Of course no one writer wrote precisely jike unother, und the monks in purticular amused themselves by introductag special varia- tions of theirown. ‘They pointed ang twisted thu simple toman characters till they formed an alfabet like that whose use is now supposed to be incumbent upon every patriotic Teuton. AS the monks were the-chler copyists, thelr .in- genious perversities naturally came to be con- Eidered as the type of a good hendwriting; and. When printing was invented,” it was” thelr Ritnbet’ which the frst- printers, not less naturally, closely inultated. - con- Torted alfabet was, however, by no fneans pecullar- to Germany. printers of. Erance, | Spain, ‘Hollanc, Pad even Encland at fitst used n very similar Ghuracter. ‘The first edition of Holinsned’s Chronicte is printed in a type closely resembling that of taodern German; and, oven if alt such bovks had been lost, the’ extstence of this type at come period of English bistory woud be suf ficiently indicated by its survival on the front page of a modern “daily.” . Other countries, however, gradually shouk themselves free trout theso monkish trammels, and returned to the Latin character in its,true and upperverted form.’ The Romance. peoples bexan the move- jnent, and were followed by the’ Swedes, Danes, Mohemians, and the rest. Only the Germans. clung obstinately to thelr beloved twists and fydelee dt pesame, however, necessary with tho “tathor, mother, and brother. 7% a increase of international intercourse to under- . atand the ulfubet of the rest of Europe, and to™ use iteven for writing German. ‘Thus the-ub- surd result brought about that one lan- _ guage bas ta.be expressed by two distinct and diferent alfabets. one . So much for. the “ patriotic”. arrument. ‘The two others may be brietly dismissed. . As a mat- ter of fact, the ‘* Latin” occupies less spuce thaa the “Germun” character, and, if a Germaa gays that the former takes him’ longer'to read, thut is merely a inatter of use and wont, with no reference to the real attributes of either alfa-~ bet, ‘The German written character {3 exp! by 301 strokes, ns compared to the vinety-four of the Latin alfabet. As to the “ practical dill- culties” in the way of'chunge, they ure very in~ - considerable. Every’ German, without excep~ tion, ean read and write the Lutin character... £¢ istaught and practiced in every schuol, even the. humolest, throughout the Empire.’ It is exclusively used for maps, slot monumental inscriptions, railway-tickets, paper muney, and commercial circulars, besides being employed to a Vastly-increasing extent for books, pamphlets, and reviews. The difficulties, tnercfore, in the way Of its universal. introduction © are merely nominal. On the otner band, ana ag arikuments for its introduction, are to be considered: 1. Tho greatersimplicity and beauty of the true Roman type: 2..Tne.extraonlinary prevalence of short sizht in Germany, whien is largely ascritably to the constant use of this aif In which every letter is more ur less Other; if. The gain that would accrue . to cducution if a boy or girl bad only one char~ acter to learn to read and write. They would write more rupilly und better (a good handwrit- dog is mice in Germany), and learn to write much sooner;-4. The extent fo which the use of the universal alfabet would facilitate mternational intercourse and_iherease the dittusion of Ger- man Ilteruture find. science. .. Many forelguers ureat present repelied from German books by the initia! diflicultics of the altabet. These con- siderations can be further supported ‘by the authority of many distinguished German schol- ars und philologists. Schleicher has -hotly at- tacked the “German” churacter, and Jakob Grimm has carried the war into the enemy's cump by matatitining that there {3 one true Ger- nun churueter, und oue only, und that is the true in. ——_ Questions of Survivorship. ~ New York Wort. The Vienna catustruphe instunces whole funities nev will lead to interesting questions of individual ‘orship eetine property rights, such, yong delared (1 our own courts: over of tho steamer Pulaskt at sea some forty: ago. A cust of the sort 18 now on the trial” docket ‘of “the First Chamber of. the ‘Civit Tribunal of Marseilles, in which a decision ts souzht as. to who. are the rightful “elaim- Ants to a fortune of about 2,000,000 frances, It seems that on thegltth ‘of ‘June list - aeertain M. und Mme. ttivoire, living at Mar- seilles, were rowing outside the hurbor when & lurge steumer Game up, erusing their boxt to bo capsized. Both husband and wife were drowned, body of the Inter only was recovered: ¢. ivoire hud left wwill making herhusband,— - sole legatee of her fortune, to the exclusion of her owa family, who appeur'to be in straitened circumstances.” ‘The knotty point for the tribu- nal to settle is which of the two was the survivor. If the cr thun his wife, he became ‘the possess- or “of bec property, and tne French Iuw would now assign it to ‘his heirs—namely: nis If, on the othar hand, the hustand was tirst drowned, bis repre- sentatives have no, clnim, and the two milituns belong to the wife’s family. In such cases. En- sh und American courts now seek first to ag= in if there are nny fucts discoverable as to- cert survivorship, und thep to let these yo before a In the” total absence of ~ facts “the courts trent the question “as x thing umascertainadle, 30 tor. alt that ap- pears to the contrary both individuals ‘may bave died at tho sine mument.’ Ina leading American case, where @ father. 70 vears old and his daughter of 33 were lost. togetberin a steam- er foundering at sea, und when of the cireum- stances of tbe lossy ‘absolutely nothing was known, it was held that there could be no pre- sumption of survivorship, and that there was no evidence.- therefore, on which a party bringing: suit could recover. “In short, unsatisfuctory jury. a3 it may seem a3 a principle of: law, whoever - asserts a claim to property based upon - survivorship must * present sume facts or Jose. it. In one lending English ease several learned Judges Were so puzzied that they udvised nll partes insany, way Inter- ested in the property to seree to.a Compromise. Few cases dependent on ‘survivorship, however, > are Ii onrise in which some evidence will not be forthcoming to show which of tro or more persons lost in the Same catastrophe lived longest, were it only, us one law-writer bus re- marked, for“ the time of 1 peudulum’s swing.” —— The Guillotine on the Staze. St. SJumen’ Gazette. ‘The “naturalist” school in France haveevery reason to be sntisiled with the present condition of che stage; fur the most repulsive works of Me Zola have been dramatized, and tho Inst new saine theufre, hus drawn from an old novel en- titled * mbert,” by M. Jules Claretie. ‘es a name to this dramy is tho About to be guillotined for a he isinnocent. The father of Petit Jaccues bas been sent with a verbal mes- sage to. 2 young creole who is staying in Paris that he is in danger of assmsination; but as pe reaches the house just after the murder, and is wounded by the murderer whom be endeavors to seize, he is himselt arrested by the -pqlica 23 the criminal. examining mulgistrate before whom he fs taken ig the murderer; but be buys the innocent tnan’s silence and induces _bim to * plead guilty by setting a lerge sura of money upon his child. The night before the execution the cbild, who is left incharge of a vagabond who knows that his futher is not scuilty, basa terrible dream, which sv moves the vagabond that he vt Once denounces the real culprit, who is nrrested justas the Innocent man Is being fed to the seatfold.. ‘The prison-yatd, In which jae guillotino stands, bas been reproduced with fidelity; and if « chronicler of the Flare is to be believed, the Illusion was hightened on the first evenius by the presence in the theatre of the Governor und severit wardens of the prison, to whom tickets were presented. : The public executioner will, it Is expected, honor the per-- formance wil bis patronage and presence next week. = * nay Dissatisfied with the President's Chineso -* Altitude. ‘San Francisco Chroniclé (Ind), In touching upon the question of Chinese im~ migration he is equally unsatisfactory. He ex- presses pleasure at the conciusion of the treaty, and adds: ‘The prompt and friendly epirit with which -the Chinese Government, at the: request of the United States, conceded the moditication of the existing treaties, should secure carctul regurd for the interests and susceptibilities of that Goveroment in the enactment of any taws reluting to Cainese Immigration.” It is-doubt~ ful what this recommendation of President Arthur's means. It ig quite certain that any etfort to consult the interests” of the Chineso Government’ in the enactment or 8 law. reguinting —_ immigracon from that country will only result in rendering the treaty # nullity. ‘Tho object of sending the Coninissioners to China was to se~ cure important moditications vf the Burlingame treaty. ‘There is some reason co apprebend that ourdiplomutts were not # onttch for the Celes~ tials, und that the concessions obtained were not as important a$ the peuple of the Pacitle coast had hoped for. 1: i3 certuin that tho labor of the commmission will have been wasted if the rec~ ommendation of the President 1s followed, and- the interests of the Chinese Government: ten~ derly considered. The true policy will bo to take advantuge of évery privilego the. treaty allows, and thus set some iimit to the Oriental influx. ‘That was tho object of the commission, and it shoul be the duty of Consress to give 15 force by passing a closely-drawn act. ~~ ? —————___— A Squirrel Kills a Rattlesnake. + Cincinnati Enquirer. : Astory so strange tbat it seems almost ine credible comes trom the Zidlogical Garden, putit is nevertheless true. Yesterday. afternoon o little squirrel killed a rattlesnake about to devour it, and the aggressor became the { vietlm. It {3- customuty tu place live animais, such as the rabbit, .the rodent, or the squirrel in the dens of the reptiles. ‘fhe snakes, when they are tuagry, with [earful de- Hberation approwcn their territted prey. and relentlesly devour it. ‘The squirrel crouched trembliigiy in a ‘corner of the snake's abude, and seemed to understand that it would soon be food for the disgusting creature. Slowly but surely the. rattlesnake crawled - townrd the squirrel, but tho buanig quickly jumped on a perch above the deadly reptile’ head. ‘Tne long flat bead was raised upon the perch, and the forked tongue spit_forth its Yenom. But the squirrel, with a sudden spring. alighted on the back of the snake and bit off ‘one of his rattles. The wounded reptile wheeled quickly round and etruck the little heroa fear- ful blow, breaking the right hind lez. Brave little fellow, once more he leaps beyond the reach of bis maddened foe. Another spring and, the squirrel was triumphant. He caught tho’ shuke behind the bead, and with one firm thrust of his sharp, white teeth decapitated the sitimy monster and fell exhausted by the wiggling mass; but the battle had been wonand the soake was dead. The Prison Lubor Problem. On the Ist of January next the letting of con- viet Inbor by contract in the penal” institunons of California will ic. When Gov. Perkins as- sumed the duties 6f the excoutive olfice be ap- plied himself to the task of discovering or sug-* gesting proper employment: for the convicts which should not work an injusticc'‘on the tree skilled iaborer. Ilis conclusions were embodiea ina message to the Lexistature, and the latter: at once made upprupriations fur the erection of buildings and the purchase of machiuery neces- Sury tu eury out the new plans. ‘The ‘buildings are nuw up and the machinery in, and on Jag. 2 the Warden or the Stn Quentin will put 1,500 risoners to work on the wanufacture of jute 1 accing und bags; of which there is un immense consumption ou tho Pacitic. Coast... Millions of these bugf are imported. annually, and only an insiguiticant number wre manufactured, princi- pally, by Chinese | lubor.” Thus, under Gov. rkins’ plun, this industry in -Saa Quentin wil compete with no free white labor, while 1t will. ‘supply an article yf constant and Jago demand - 4 : i 4