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BUKLIXGTOX, FUID.U', D1X'. 31, 183. ITISLMIEII KV 'i'te I'rca. I'rrxs .lsotinliou. :. ;. i:i;M'.ll(-r, iMlior, rrm-iJai(lii j far, al ) i ml. :! It is announml tl.nt Kmwaul l'Mlji, of lSU3JIoicy litter faiof, lias riliicl from j.iunmliMuandAvUI Iravrl for a l!.i(ry firm which ili-ala in undertaken, supi.iios. -nr. 1-hilp lm. pome ciperience in Uie miner t:.Wr" 'uslntxa, l.aUnfi driven sm ral nails into the .Hiii of Hie IK imrjlic narty. Mr. Disclclll-, a New Yoik politician, wasapolicecoumiii-sicmcretf that metropo lis, lie was superceded by Col. J. 1. Lr kardt, who hud tkeVtiice with. high credit, for several rears. Mr. DWltckcr did not like it, aud so he feued Col. hrhardt, m one oiNhcNcw Yoik courts for the amount of the fcalarvwfilth the latter drew ascommis ticocr, with interest, and obtained a judg ment for 2l,0d0, Mr. Erkardl making no appearance, and letting the cum? so 13" de fault. He has nut paid our the money. Lowevtr, and it will rcl-ably lc after I Li1 when he does. If Mr. Ihsbtckcr ha nut patcutel his prove?, we Tepecl fully com mend it to Mr. Tilden. He might suoMr. Hayes for 6200,000 and interest, in tire same court, and recoup a'l his eke tion rutht-. The gist of th ikcUionof the Snren.c Court cf the I'mti d States, in Whitney vs. Fin-t Xutional IkiLkif Ilrattleloro, revers ing a decision of the Supn me i'uurt of er mont, is thafa tunk is bible for a specid deposit or bond-, taken by burglars. Our court went upon the giound that the obliga tion was one wh:ch the Ikiuk had no author ity to make. It will Inhoove bank mana gers to be extieiuely careful after thR As n matter of practice ai.d of fact, the fitial deposits in a bu.k are mde solely for the convenience and safety of the dcrWilnr without reinum ration to the bank. Such dvpo-itorsaie few, aud generally are actom. aio'iated as a rxrsmal faor. The Mock- (.(ukrs know in liking of the transaction, or- .oinjilrlhe diiectors do not. Directors, as tnibli-Cfe fur tH khoUers will hen-after proh ably pay more attenii-m to this branch of business wbicli if not umuIIv hazardous U liable lo cause severe loss w Inn loss tlierr is. The census of ihov.s the imiiortant fact liuit the black nnn is n.ultiplin in this ooumiv f.iittr th.n the white. While thewliites have intreu-ed from S,fiCT in IbTO lo SU1,U?1 in onth Carolina, the blank advance is from 4l2,lc;t) to 001, ; in the lhstrtLtof O'lumbiathe whius grew from frS.TS to llB.SiJ, the blacks from 43,404 to o'J,4iJi in the city and county ot Iialtimorc the while incriasc was 24 and the black 34 per cent ; in 25 North Carolina counties the whitepcrcent of growth wa32jandthe black 3-1;, and in IT Alabama counties it was IS rxr icnt whito and 27 colored. The figures, of course, include among the colored population large numbers of persons of mixed blood,and there is a whitening process m progress at a greater or ks rate among the blacks: but while the pu.portion of pure Africans to the white races ma j not Ikj increasing, the evn eas mukes it tolerably plain that the condi tion of freedom is not physically desinictivc to the colored race. A HtiTi-ii exi-edition to the South Ile is U-ing organized, and another, having the same object in viev,is nearly ready to set out from Italy, under Italian auspices entirely, aud under command of Lieut. Hove, who has Lad considerable experience in exploring the Northern regions. Uesidt s making research in the interest of bcicncc, Lieut. Hove hopes to liud new whaling croiindsaud guano lds and a reliable route by which mmgators can reach them. IIxiedilious to the Antarctic region Lave leeu few iti nunder. In IS1I, Sir James Itoss, in the Krcbtis aud Teiror, croSMd the Antaictic circle, difcotred what is now known as Victoria I -and, aud estab lished the lines of the Seuthcrn continent froui the seuiitiitb to the seventy-ninth par allel. The faitbest jx-int he reached was an opeu tea, within 1,200 miles of the mystical South l'ule. Jiincs Cooke and Charles Wilkes, amoi'g others had piewoiwly tried and failed lo tii.d a path to the open -ca. Sir James bad only sailing vet-els :it his com maud, while the new exptditioiis will have powtrful steamers. The Uin.is, with whom Kngland has a piuhII war on her hands i Soutli Afiica, 111 whiLii ahe is thus far getting the worst of it, are Dutch colouihts who had f-ct up a little lepnblic of their own, knounas IheTrans vaal, west of the Zulu oniMry. Sir Dartle Frere-, the IZnglih governor of Caj-e Colony, duiing the Zulu war seized upon the Trans vaal ami annexed it to the Urjtisli dominions because it was a coineuient base fur military opciutiocs ngaiut Cctcwao. TIe inhabi tants fubmitteil cif tjecessil3", for tlieir cun try was occupied by a powerful army : but they address d an tamest rote? t to the Uriiish government. Thir mu t wasdis-regardt-d and lley bidel their time, which has romu with the llasiito war. They hue now declared 1 li ir inih'iK-ndence, and five thousand of the i;ht thousand white men in tin' provinrr are in aims in support of the declaration. The :ip- Colonial gou-rnmt nt finds the Uasutos ilone iimic lh.in it can well manige, and is lihraphing to Ioudon for mere troops, whih the Iri-h louid-Inguers are very willing to 1.ae m i,t out Tiic siiwts ut Jrc-iIi-nt Auge-U anti the Unitetl Stales cvniuns'-iontrs iu makim ft new treaty with the Chi neve government at trjets tvn-id(rablc nttinti'ii in Lurojn. Tl.e icpbhty and tare with which the ar rant n 11LS Lave Iwt t. made sur rises the Plncleh dipiomatM? It is wt 11 known lint wettid nothing in ll.c iiy of lreparatory ineuMts, whicli is ih Ilmopean fashion, and tha, at th' outfc( t, wc st tii.eil to have a very bard rasu to uphold , for wc l.iid not treated the Chinese in Am- 'ica with on' great degrte of ierit, aid tt.e objftt c.r the prorwwe) ticity was to take from tl.em I heir right to com', to this country. Thai un h-rlhetir-cniiiUiict s our e.:inniscior,crs were able to ilowhutit is-supp-l they have ilonf, U re garded a vciy (-kdful mid fucei"sful di plout-iey. Quite hk ly when the di tails of the nt got i'iI i ii w known, it will 1-c found that the Chinese 'government was rpntc as willing to have its -ubj.-rts stay at home as our cumiiiif.ssion. is win to hive lh m re main. However, it si - :m to be tnken for granted m Kun:e that th-Cnitn! Sutes is on exceptionally fiiuidly terms with the Chinese governmt nt, and that this may re bull In making grent 1 hanges 1:1 the eftinmer ial aud iliplomMie slanduig of that country itfpef ting the nst of the woild. Tiittriitlof 1 In- imlitl'il Laud Iifaguris commeuetd al Dul lin on TwfSlay. Chief Justice May read aii address, Mating that af ter the tiiiscoiic'p1 i"n v. h' h had aiU'.n as to what hesaid on n !rn t r ik ca-ion, hf should m.t tukc pHil in the nS4-i.t trials. After Cldet JiittMf M ) htd tinidietl rending. Jus tice Htirt raid took th. t ,h f s,it and the trials wt rr pro etded Willi l fon him und Ju-tit-c Hairj. OnH eighteen out id twtn-ty-tour juioiH calUl aii'-uetetl trt th'-il niuus and h jury v.n-t ciupaueliHl nftt r m;if !i dilll culty, Ibu pn"i hi ic':iiing two 1-ours. H coitbisii of ttght Catholics thru Protestants and one Q inker. lln att iriicy gt it ral open ed 1 he casu for the Crown, ming t'n- nhjn t of conspiracy in wh'i h tl e respond nls were rngaj-tl was to f-m-" lb. -r i d c coinmun leutioti of a uutiili 1 of u 1 HiiH and to make then bus n-t woitli ih h'tvmg. llest'vere ly coiid. iiimi lii.- p ilicy of tl.t- L-tnd-I-igue Wtllt'h !if Mild, .ii!v.. ,1- d fltliloui, Jt t brtrtitfht -dl its p v.t i to Tnitr in coficjonof private m livid I .Is. 'I h g m 1 niiiitt, hes-ud weie I.uii-I ix itisiiMitr piijcit mugs tn pit tloM'iitke wi ked aitati"ii. 'I In trials will be wotcbe,l with gri-it iiitiitst, idthough it U genrrilly undi isIothI that eonvielioti muf-t follow. T he litif of defence is, as rej-orted, on the authority of Mr. Davitt, a denial of tha League refponiiibility for the ngratimi out razes, and a demonstration of the fact i that, In ppit UU which I ! is p "! oi'ii-a'' iat '" Mf SiifT - '- , , THE BTJItLrN'GTOyrV'T., ITREE PRESS, '"IDAYMOByiyG, Its Lcjislatoo cf 1SS5. Use cf ia !eiti:i:. It ill tile a day orto to Mftout the lu- We ajrie with the SpriniK . ,'. m ins of the I-csMature, . as to discover in U' " raa.ri?n villi u. . . 1 : hat shape some of the measures rasse.l, ami ..icrjing evil in Xcw K .1 i ..... Of to be ahlc to say ju,t how nmeh of good it li I corrupt . lection mcthoJs m .-.lio, the . toshowforits siity-nine .lay.-'session. It ;" ys : "Irgc sums arejearlyrpcnt I and it la too line that bai 'Is make clc-ctious. on rccorJ, ec-cding the average by at least tl,i.wrt-L. It enacted ihc revised stat- utes-passed an important la ous minor tax bills - stiffened the prohibitory lawbytomc stringent nuisance and civil law by Mmc stringent elamace enactments; abolished the office of Superintendent of Agriculture, and re-established a Hoard of Agriculture. Six of the constitutional amendments, pro posed by the Senate, passed the House, viz., the amend incut giving Hie Gov ernor power to order a new election if a va cancy occurs lathe Douse or Senate ; an amendment forever prohibiting the pa-sing of laws allowing the manufacture and sale of intoxicating litjuor, except wine and cider made from native fruit, or for mechanical or medicinal purposes; an amendment pro viding that the Legislature shall have no power to authorize any town to pledge its credit, or ereattiaoy ekbt, in aid of railroads; an amendment providing that the Secretary of State and the Auditor tr Accounts shall be elected by the j-eople; an amendment in relation to reprieves and pardons, and an amendment reijuirin:; an additional oath of the members of the tlentral Assembly. Kconemiy and retrenchment of aln.ost everything but the lime and pay of the Leg islature, was the watchword of the session ; aud the State tax of the two ytars to come will average but iyhUe main half agaict an aerage of tfiirty-jice cents for the two ears past. That fact alone will coni mi nd the Legislature of lbSO to the favor able remembrance of a majority of the people. The recent session of the Ix-gislature last ed G9 days, and the Stale Treasurer paid out for the pay of mcmle:s and other expenses, jr3,4:0, or nearly 51,000 a diy. With a House of 150 members, the same amount of work could and probably would have been done in half the time; and the State would have saved over illO.OtH) of the expense of the scsinn. Mk. Aircmnain Fckiics the famous Eng lish war correspondent tells two stories that lie has heard in Washington. One is that at the close of our war, I e fore the French had withdrawn from Mexico, General Grant, thinking it might be necessary to drive them out, offered General Lcc the command of n force to enter Mexico for that purpose, and General Lcc accepted the proposal a very pleasant story but one the aecurae of which nviyIcopen to some objection. Gen. Grant being then lieutenant-general commanding the army, and having no authority to offer a command to General Lcc, who in his turn could become an officer only by haviug his disabilities removed by the action of Con gress, and lacing then nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Foibes's other story is that during the controversy with Spain while General Grant was President, he sent for General Meade and told him that if w ar should be declared be bad tklermiued to attack Spain, not in Cuba, where an attack was expected and the Spinitli lit. 1 1 concentrated to repel it, bnl in Sp iin iteif ; that he should organize a force of sixty thousand men, put General Sheridan in command anditi-paUh the troops in steam transports for Corunna, where they would lind and march directly for Madrid and dic tate terms of peace there. A feiut was to be made again L Cuba to distract the attention of the Spaniards. 4'iant olfeied to Meade the position .f chief of staff to General Sheri dan, whit It, after some delay, was accepted. This stoiy let ins to to fully as credible as Ike fir?t. The editor of the Providence Wir, who was fur a long time a Washington corres pondent, gives an anusing account of the appointment of the late Amos T. Aker man as Attorney-General. Sir. Aker nuu was an ordinary country lawyer and probably not a third of the members of the bar of 13s own State had ever beard of him. lint he had hapjicneil to meet General Grant while 1.1 Washington on business, and the General formed a high opinion of his good sense and integrity. When Gen. Grant upon the retirement of Judge Hoar, resolved lo have a Southern man in his cabinet, ob jections were made to everyone whose nunc was suggested. At last he determined to se lect some one lo whom no objection could to made Ikcaum no one knew anything about him. So he appointed Mr. Akennan, but neither the Piesidi tt nor anjl-ody else knew bis address, and some time was lost in a search through the departments, when at last it was discovered on some decumcnts which he had fiVd, and a despatch w as sent to him. Ashe affirward told the editor of the Mtr : He liwd a Ion g distance from the nearest telegiajh ollie, and General Grant's de spatch lay at the point where it was receiv ed for at least twenty-four hours lief ore any aiicuipi to mm 11 to linn was made, iiien, when anxious inquirie s for an answer began to come: innii uaMimgton, tlic operator, hain been a-Bured that he would lie reim bursed any expense he might incur, hired a negro man to take the important message to Mr. .kenuan. Mr. .xkerman said that this colored man rode up lo his gate as he w-as sitting on bis porch al aout dusk one ccn- ltig, ami ins sui prise at reading tlie message. can 1-etter be imagined than dcscriln-d. lie had m night no olhce, and did not know that he could command political mlluencc enough to get an ap-ioinnm-nt as an internal revenue agent. He of t ourse accepted, but lieforc lie was hetnl horn 1 lie country liegan to doubt the existence of anysuih man as Akermau. Tnr Vtrmot.t le gislature, in its choice of a new i.iiln ad commissioner, si ems to have made almost as enat an error as it did in its re jeet 1011 ol Judge Itarrctt. The extent of tin: railroads of that Slate, and the great in IlueiKt whie h they are well known to exer cise in all kinds of legislation, would seem to reipiireth.it the commissioner should be a man wi U .:maiuted with the practical work ings of our railroad system, and should also In a 111:111 of tried and uuMiiestioiied strength of chain-tir. Wrtuic liaihy, the new com- mi-sioiM r, ci rtaiuly docs not misscsi the first nciuisite, and nothing is known as to his claims lor the M-cond. A lawyer by profes sion, anil at piestnt register of probate for the Ituiliud district and asistaLt door-keeper of the House, his only recommendation seems to ha vi U-en that he was so unfortun ate as to hive l1h hands blown off by the pn mature tli barge of a cannon while cele brating ibe t lection i 1 'resident (.rant 111 1672. The is a suflieitnt voiieher for his n publH lini-tn, I ut is no good reason why he tdiould 1 t'l-ttcd to a matt ion of such oHnthi ii'ipottamc as that of Uallruad Coinmissionrr. 'Ihe f.wt that he received a purse ot-sl'l from sympathizing legislators on the li-,t night of the session dees not tend to increase one's 1 -tim itei.f his independence of (haraetir. 1 1 would have N-en as well if the Leii-l.ttuie had al.olMud the otliee al togelhi r. -n w:i :itt uipltd Sj-rhajfutil ,- 1l.i WimUHmu li'mrs under the delusion that the oilicc of railro-id (oiumis.-ioiierisoiie of on;c 1 oii-ffjticiicc in this State. 'I hat is not the ia1- . Whateu r may lie the amount of Mr Dailex's ixpiiiener, capvity and tharaittr, .1 isttitain that he his enough to to railro-id ouimi-sioiK r. 'I he ollitu is ab olutrly without ower, authority or conse-ipn-nte. 1h ro'ids give the cjuiuiissionir mi Jnfoih..itioji th it tiny would not cheer full; give to the public willeait him. He Imn no r.ii.trol r i iiilluince ovirlhc re -ads, and uobtMly would ver know Hut there was hu h an otliee or ollici r if it wt re not for the app aittiK e ot .1 repeat trotn hiln Cwhith Iio Iwdy it. ids or tart s anything about) 111 the voliin e of iep'its of Slate otllters and the bli imii.i! litlh- clir aboot attohshing the titilce. 1 he ofh e uotild not le r taiiuil a day if the small Ki'airv c:ime from Ike public tri usury. 'I In laihoadi aie Willing lo piy it Iwe-ause I hey pn U r an aetual nouiiual supervision lo II otilile 11 al sui maon on th' part of the Mate.ni' h iw might Ix attempted, if the prest tit faif-f if mi;i rvision wim done away with. The filliM amounts -Imply to a requisition on the riuiroadi to give .ome (lever ft How bjtt of sympithy a salary of GOO and pas s ou r tki ir rouls , and Mr. IIailey,who coiKimnded bim-i If lo the members by his all nt ion and couiltty as dooiket er, as well an by his mi-foitui e, msy as will have it as anjlMily. A 1 id in 4'eoigia was arrested as a mspeet- .i .......1. r -.11.1 in i-Mi ! Hit fallow n. tftjijllsli .. mi ii. t.iummiiic a mhkii lurii i. ha-i nam tune aiil l'1n . 'Hut l.ruiiiitit H '-ll-JUT ll(fXi!Iltly lO tt. 1 It lit IJiiT J. -it ill hi li' promt it h I'te Iuiih'ic &-v "in, nii'1 So far as appears on the mi fare there is Utile .oik ii buying of voter-. The money clue fl fiixrs to ward boscswho deliver the votes, ' Tliey arc frequently riven so mm 1. b-r t wry vote beyond a eeitain majonty tn.it can to shown m tbi3 or that precine;. 1 111.3 nan 01 the monev exncudi i 'is piobabh wasted,- that is to say, r.o Miuivah nt is remit mi for it. Au enormous am-Miut goes in the piy mentof ikU taxes. Accoidi.r; to the cur- rent talk t.r Hosto:i politKims Cougusannu Morse was told that he iim-t put up H'000 for this use in the recent e-ainpaiu. Axd Dearboi 11, Democratic candidal! in the Thii d District, was -.messed as ini.eh, aud called upon to double it 1-efore he got through. Suvs the Hostou Jhruld . "It i-. not uncommon thing for a candidate for Congress lo epeud ;20,UUO or $30,0u0 to sume his tleetiui. It is estimated that, in the two iioston districts this ear, the amount ex pended was in the neighliorhood of :Silt,0lO. A ilistrict in whuh there are smh contests becomes terribly demoralized. A regular clas3 of political hummers is developed, who look upon a campaign as their barxest lime, aud to whose linger a large part of the money expended slicks. The s ime rec kless exiiendiuue has been introduced into the stale elections oy ien. imucr, wnusu i-y iwnne in bis two last ctuiiiuisns xere esti mated all the way from im,W0 to $230,. 000. A Concord. N. IL, politician writes : 'I suppose over 4100,000 was j-ptnt for votes and liquor in this city and ucimty. Ihe leading nominations except Gov. hells went to meu with bar 'Is, the Democratic electoral ticket especially being handed about to the hi 'best bidder. t hen Nat White died there was a canvass of the State to get a man of eeiual wealth and liberality to suc ceed him. It was a campaign fought with money and drinks on both sides. Facts similar iu kiud, if not cim d as re gards the extent of the corruption, are men tioned, from Connecticut, Maine, and even Vermont. Allowing something for exag geration, thereremams a melancholy amount of truth, in the picture thus drawn. Where are wc coming out if this sort of thing con tinues ? How shall this evil be remedied ? are questions aiked by many a thoughtful student of the signs of the times. Somcthin iu the war of retarding the spread of such corruption, may be effected by constant de nunciation of such methods on the part of the honest men of both parties ; but wc do not believe that an effective remedy will be secured till every State, and the United State0, has a law under which cases of bribery or corrupt ue cf money in elections can be taken, by a short and easy process, no, to any legislature or political body, but to the courts, with the result that the proof of a single case of bribery or corruption throws the Congressman, member of general assembly, or officer, against whom it is proved, or in whose behalf the money was used, out of his seat or office. The elections of members of parliament in Cauada, take place under such a law; and it has had a wonderful effect in purifying clectiots in the Dominion. The de-cent people of Troy, N. Y., arc congratulating themselves tkat the re port tint their Democratic miyor, .Mr. Murphy, was present at a brutal dog fight w hir h took place in that cily on Jlonday, and the owner of one of the dogs proves to be incorrect. The mayor has sued the editors of Ike Tioy Tthgram for libel for stating that bo ow ned one of the dogs, and it seems to to coneeded that he can clear his skirts or any direct connection with the tight. Some others of the Troy oilicials, however, do not come off so clear. The Troy Tinas says of the tlog fight ; It was an open-day and almost public dem onstration of savagery that would disgrace Hottentots ; aud yet it is alleged that among those in attendance upon the light xvas Lewis E. Griffith, avdaitl jiolice vuightmte. Law rence Sheary, city superintendent, and Police Comm'isswncr Gi can it wj hi The brutes ;dogs) fearfully lacerated and lore each other to the bone during the fuht of neatly two hours, no doubt to the delight of the two legged managers aud admiring observers. The four-legged fighters weighed 21 pounds each; the two legged gamblers who let on Tioy 'win" to the amount of probably ro,000. No arrests; of course not I Aud the question arises xhcther, the way things are going here, civilization is not pretty much played out in Troy in spite of free schools and gosp?l temperance, the churches and other agencies of beneficence? And the further question suggests itself whether Troy shall continue to be the elyslum of law defying blacklegs, official or unofficial, whose cockicg-maius aud elog-lights, brutal and barbarous as they are, may flourish xith im punity, and even receive encouragement from those whose swoin duty it is to enforce the law ': The Democratic party, so completely de feated at the lecent election, may disband and cease to exist as at present organized ; but those of the persons who compose it, w ho have opinions and purposes in common, willdif their views as to measure are opposcel to those of the Itepublicans, naturally re combine under another name, and the relf samc rose by any other name "will smell as sweet" as before. Stnator njinnnih. in the Xorth American Jictific. EZSSOUAL AID POLITICAL. Hon. Albeit Clarke, in a Utter from Wash ington to the MiyteTigtr, says tint Judge Aldis enjoys his new tmsiiion as president of the French and American claims commission much better tiian he did that of chairman of the Southern claims eommisrion. In that he was both judge and allorney for defend ant; in this he is only judirc, each govern mt nt employing able couum 1. The judge's miny accomplishments as jurist, linguist and diplomatist rentier him entirely at east ii Op position. He has become quite at home in Washington, having built a handsome re-i-dei.ee 011 Uhode Hind nvtu'ie. He and his family occupy a high pO'iiimi iu the In st o ch ty and adorn it. An mini nt Mas3chusi Its statesman wiitts ton friend in this city from Wash ingion, and iys The impies'ion prevails iu the best informed circles here that either N r.ator Dlaine or Senator Hoar will to offtr a Svw Iliigland's ple in the cabinet" Jtvtvn Tmccthr. 1 he f.n t is, and it cannot he stated loo plainly, that (here is more bigotry towards foni'uers within the Democratic parly than evi 1 d 1 n e 1 loiy oilu r, -ave the 1 fni.ri Know oihii.g pirty. Kcpuhlic-.ns do not secretly scratch the names of their German allies on the party's ticket. They do not court the foreign vote n election thi arid spurn it the day arter Votirs, in New Lug laudalhast, hate lift the Democratic 1 nrty liecause their disgust was not wiih honest foreign-born citizens who hae been always loyal to the party, but with native fogies and cowards who want to use Hit rank and file, foreign or native born, for tht-ii own si Hish ends. The toliey of "keeping the party convtnbully small," for fear lheie might not to olllt es enough to go lound iu the day of victory, has produced the result whUh might have been expectiil by any one but the llour bons who cite risked it tiottvn J'llvt IIOTES AUD MOTES General Grant has turned author aud writ ten an article for the February Xvith A tut ri ot n IfiCitir, in which be will favor the st heme for a Nicaragua ship t iiud. Charles Lamb stid ''When you loauid a htiok to Coleridge, it 1 c turned with addi tional value." The trouble with hu ht boohs that are loaned is, they don't it (urn at all, ".Mr. iMmunds," bays the Troy Tim, "is wanted hi the Senate ; Hnd, for that inalti r, onthebendi too. Dul th re are not lid iuiindsc-.s tuougli in the totmtry lo ro nroimd " I!oyc(4t is more than i;it,0iHJ out, "but what is that, inquiies the Springtitld A'c jtuUtMn, "to a man whohaslM come a tib." "Hut what gain," asks the Albany Jottimtt, "is there iu leing a vtrh, if, like l'oto!t, ou have only a passive voice e" This was drop(ril into the Troy postolHte : "Myeleer Santa Clans Won't you pleas bring me for t rismas a nice torch bte pros sensiun on Imrsebac k -a i can tide mvcll, Johnny (loodnin, Troy. The nMlogies of Weaver and Spftiks, (he Congressional blat k guards, to the House, were amusing. Weaver suid, in aiiologiing "I t I him n liar, it is true, and I am sorry t 11 but in thcrccordof the proceedings in the Congressional dole, he or son.eldy so changed the punctuation that it reads: "1 called him a liir; it is true, and I am sorry for it." Congress will reassombhi on tl.e h f January. Gold t-cntinues to come lroiu Lnrope to America. This is our golden ae. Gen. Giant received a Christmai present of a grand daughter, of which Mrs. Sartoris 111 Ilngland, is the happy mother "The Senate," siys the Springfield Ilej'uir iVvi, "will h-seiis-uatch dog of the treas ury wheaMr. lMmunds goes on the Su preme Iktk':." Prore-sorSwing of Chicago got a lift from 6i,000 to tlO.OOO em his balary. Iteason : Thicntcned to Collie to XeW Yoik. It IS Ik.- lieved the extra 53,000 was secretly contrib uted by New lorhers. W,rUl. Professor : "Mr. M., what is the answer to my question?" -Mr. M (utter wailing in vain to be prompted) : "Nolmdy seems to know, profi-'sor.' The rublic min who contemns the news. paiRTS despises the be-t means of learning what hf most needs to know the condition and mownicnt of opinion. Whit degree of influence he shall concede to it is his own affair. A Washlatsn Lettsr. WvsIIinotov, D. C, Dec. 21, lSbO. To tti? Editor of the Free lrcss Hti'lTiaios: There is one branch of business in which Washington excels, which may fitly be term ed wholesale, and that is Ealing. The inno cent observer beholds with amaeir.ent that about every third house he passes is an cat ing-cstablishmentof some hind, oyster saloon restaurant, small hotel, all vicing with each Other In their glaring devices aud the entic ing enumeration .of the delicacies willun. The political economists aud pldlosophers In Congrcs-i have right here Ihe anomaly of a non-producing, all consuming populace. The appellation "City of magnificent distances ought to be changed to "Cily of magnificent appetites. Of course when Congress is in session, the capitol is the centre, the Caaba of this Mecca. Let us step into one of the galleries of tie House. At twelve o'clock, the Speaker raps on the desk with his gavel. There is a violently improvised lull in the noise and the chaplain offers a brief prayer. With his AmentXhe buzzing and bustle return seven-fold and in crease still more when an asthmatic youth begins to read the Journal in a perfunctory, monotous, tow n-crier lone. 1 he x hole looks and sounds for all the world like a school of grown up pupils, at their copy books. The members postpone their correspondence till Ihe session begins and then hurriedly proceed to despatch it. The (lapping of hands, the summoning of the attendant hoys, the run ning to and fro of these light footed Mercu ries the talking and walking constitute the interesting scene. When the young man has at length finished his melodious madrigals, immediately half a dozen arc on their feet crjingout Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker!! inaxaj' that would distract au ordinary mortal, but does not seem to effect him of the gavel in the least. When one begins to speak Ihe confusion is not a whit abated. The few that are disengaged placidly con template the indivielual as a sort of nine days wonder, surprised at the Quixotic extravag ance of the man, to try and make himself understood in such a place. When you pay a visit to Cougi ess yon ex pect to bear some good speeches. It will be bylhcmeicst stroke cf good fortune, if you are not disappointed. It will most likely be like going to the menagerie to hoar the lion roar and the contrary beast is not in a roar ing mood. In fact the displays of oratory in Congress are exceedingly rare. It is not so much a gathering of orators matching ami measuring Ihcir eloquence with each other as rather an assembly of business men. Most of the work is done in the committee rooms and ou the general floor, they mostlv con fine their efforts to fighting through the measures already determined upon. Here the existence of party divis.on occasions much skirmishing aud causes much delay. Lvery step, evety movement forward is jeal ously watched and challenged. There is thus necessarily much dispute and harraug.ic on technical, parliamentary points. The motto of many seems to be the words of Harry Cornw all ; "Our Ambition lies but in little things " Thus far this session there has not liecn much flourishing of the tomahawk. On Ihe whole every body seems amicably disposed, the victory at the hist election was so very thorough and overwhelming. The successful party feel content and can afford not to stand uponttitlcs; the outgoing party, especially those with whose further patriotic services their country feels con strained gialefully to dispense, might per haps be expected to make things unpleasant for their opponents during the few remain ing days of grace they are in power, but in their digust they evidently feel like saving with Othello: "Let it go all!" There are line locking men in the House, men of im posing presence, men on whose brow is .stamped the mark of intellect. A striking feature is the preponderance of old men, among thceouc remarkable personage. An invalid's carriage is wheeled into the House. In it its a little old man with snow white head and attenuated frame, apparently too infirm to be there, but when he began to sjieak yoii would change your mind about that. ThisisAlev. II. Stephens of Georgia, an instance of the mastery of the mind over the lioily. It is interesting to mark the wou tlerful dexterity with which he wheels his carriage from side to side while he speaks. I11 the Ser.ute the number of hoary polls Is still more preponderant. The eje eugcrly looks for those men w hose names have be come houst hold words throughout the land, Kdmunds and Hlaine, Hill and Lamar, Thur man and H-iyard, Coukling and Cameron and Login Gen. Grant's visit to Congress formed nn interesting intermezzo. Doth Mouses took a recess of ten minutes in honor of their guest and all who were so willed came up and shook handsnud it was noticed that those who hung back were Northern Democrats, whereas wjqc were mot c cordial than Ike Smthcmers. Looking upon the lonely scene, one should have supposed thnt he wa- their long lost brother iustead of their enemy and conqueror Will, it Is manly lo ht by-goncs be by gones and not to build the futuie on dead issues thrice rejected. In the uvulsion of the order of things con sequent upon the Iit election, the complex ion of Congress will be completely reversed from that exit-ting a few years ago; we will now have a Ilepublicau House and perhaps a Democratic Senate. The aggressive and the defensive will change hanJs und the battle will rage again. Hut when you descend the steps of the Capitol and turn to take another view of Ihe great building, jou see that though the two opjiosite wings, in which the two Douses respectively meet are far apart, ami apparently receding, yet they are insep arably united by the central building, capped with the stately dome, surmounted by a stat ue of the Goddess of Liberty, and it be comes a com foiling symbol to you It is us if both the Northern aud the Southern wing thiough thtir common, liberty crowned dome joined in the cry, which souuds above the wrangling and bravado of politicians and partisans, "The Union, now and forever, one aud iiidivi"ible "" Yours, X lle7 Ycrfc Letter. It IbllOE JOIIINOS HIK I t I'lTAM IKSriVAIH biou:.a octsmmi cox, me New YoifK, Dec. 2y, lti. 'I utile t'Jitur ut Hie Tie ITem mii1 Time's I he streelsof New York are a pit ture in holiday limes. .Money Hows like watt r, and Ihe air quivers with the babbling of U-IIcn, with the most coquettish costumes ami brightest of holiday faces. Ihe storts are filled with Ihmgsof Ideality, and the ury windows have this ear lm u th coral ed with , wondtriul el ilH.iateness of nrtiolir display, j Some of Ihe combinations would do credit lo 1 the most rt now ned sieiuc artists. Onets t'ibtishment, for instant e, has an enormous Hiodul of Niagara Falls, with hacks, vi-itors etc., moving til jou t iu the most natural htle, and water (lowing too. Another has three enormous windows t a h framing a scene iu the yearly udventures or Santa Clans. Iu one the good old gentleman, with frosty low is disclosed in his workshop, packing up the the results of his long year's labors to delight the good little ones. In another heisdis- covcrtu in lull career, urging on ..- . lioi.al reindeer to win re a likt eml of smoke bctiavsatbttagc lull biirhd invmw In j 1 1 au. 41k r, is a Jife-like scene of Mile nutom- ( atom thVoveriug the iri-a-ures h ft by Ike saint. Liu changing r.nu :ue atiraere.i by thebu devices. The main streets are lined with veudeiE each v.Uh a h iskeiful of s me one toy each moio ailradive than the last seeii, and all so cheap that nickels ami quar ters arcirrc-sistibly Impelled to p.ut company with their quemdain owners in exchange for them. Nor is charity forgotten. The great fairs of churches arc thronged, and purses melt like ices before the fascinations of the fair sules-ladies with their winning wavs. Al oue Hebrew baoar not lessthau 70,000 was realized iu .1 single nigh'.. And thehop!t lis arc lu have-two "hospital days" this jcar, when the casud penny may find itswav iuto boxes set up everywhere. One day brought $2?,U0O la-t year, when the idea was new and little understood. It wouldn't surprise me if 100,000 should be gathered in in the two diys this time. The staid Puritans of New Ilngland, and their kin from Ohio.h ire got the start of Xinas with Forefathers Day, aud this jcar thty h id two Forefathers Days, the new Hrook lyn New llngl md Associ iliou claiming that, by some, newly discovered evidence, Ply mouth Hock was pie ked up adiy earlierthan bos generally been held S.i they led off with aa immense affair iu the Hiooklyn Academy, with Grant, Hayes Sherman, Sheridan, Hee-chcr, and pretty nearly every body else and all his relations when speech and song and story kpt the rafters ringing with mini) till almost daybreak. The next evening w. as the New York celebration, and Granljnade speeches whith very much sur prised aud delighted those who thought of Ihe old-time rtticei.ee of that once very silent man. President Hayes, too, had previously put iu a good div's work, flirting with the girls at Packer Institute, and then metaphorically patting scveial hundred bojs on the head at the Folvterhnie, winding up his educational j Hint with a confab with the mixed classes at the Central Grammar School, and then re freshing the inner man, in company with a select crowd of stupendous bigwigs, at a comfortable little spread given by A. A. Low, the China merchant, xvhosc !oard groaned umhr a royal service of pure gold, whiles band phyed, and illuminated con servatories threw their tropical fragrance on the brilliant scene, and the priceless wines which were brought forth in honor of the occasion. It was indeed a notable feast. Diphtheri 1 doesu't abate.and there's a new theory about it that it is brought from Rus sia, where it is endemic, and kills thousands to one it docs where not so established for ages just as cholera is bred among the pil grims to Hindoo shrines in India and the plague among the unwashed hordes of Cen tral Asia; and it is proposed to quarantine and disinfect all I!usaian immigrants with chlorine gas before suffering thein to land. One immigrant steamer, the Italia, with over a thousand pisvugcrs, with small pov on board, has been iu the lower Lay over a week, undergoing purifving rites and cere monies. We have a new paik board, with a fresh commissioner, Salem II. Wa!es, one of our scientific sages. He was for many years editor of Ihe .) ntijic American, and now edits and owns a Icrmidible rival to it. He votes for himself as president of the board, claiming he was put info the otliee to cleanse the Augean stable; and as the others don't see the point they haven't been able to or ganize yet. The commissioners have cheer ful hours casting innumerable ballots. They all draw 1 lrge salaries. Fultou market isn't pulled down yet, nor apparently will it be ; but it gets a new roof and a new foundation, and 11 new something else every now aud again, when the author ities seea little money iu harassing the stand holders. Just now, several companies of firemen, under protection of strong bodies of police, have been tearing down the awnings, to the dismay of the people whose holiday stock was rudely exposed to wintry blasts and snow and possible rain. Yours, D. QEJJESAL SUMIIASY. District Attorney Phelps of New Yoik lies at Die point of dtata. The St. Louis railroad bridges earus ?40,- uudaiuotitli, jn.l tlii-j tliink it Is Utter thau free ferries. Ireland Is now garrisoned by 10,000 sob Jie-r and 12,C4hJ pelai-, au.t jet 11 l-i nut ex net y pe'ace'lul ttiere. Hon. John C. New of Indianapolis is in rapidly failing lieatlh, hu I Lis conJutoa excite aluriu among tils fnen U. Capitalists are negotiating at Washington for a site fur a lmUliol tiuli 1 to e-i lu-e aimtunir of its kind on llus woutliicut. The nublic debt statement, which will be tsuetl .MaaJ.iT, Janairy 3, irliutiowa rtduciion of ihedelitfor hiteini'cr of alwiit the umeaaNo v ember; Hiat n. about GtWOK-v. The tlNburne menu uf the lillereut tiepirtmeim eluriDir the month liavt beeu very hem). Attout -,uo),ood h tve been paid out in peuilom. Virginia leads all the other States in the ninaufartureol tba.'eu witli a yxosj proJatt the last meat jearwf S'i.w.'" pounds, ou w tilth the internal ret'tiue m was ij.oiw.ihM ; New Jr. ej comes next with lfi.5iH),iHD pound, and .New lork tuiru hhu uuw j-vuimi. Saturdiy, near White Sulphur Springs, Ky a man named Theodure Lie was nViu Led uy hu three b-irfiiera-in-Iaw, aud a desperate bipjitI ensued. 1.. .I.iwli.hn pistol, shot Chris I it sou, oue ct l.t i'i nits, through, the ht-art, 1 him ImtaiiiU. 1: Mist if a as uuund-sJ. l.tiinitr recover. la-.imi.i .. the as mlt is s 1 i be . desire oil the p ut utt'i brnihers-iu-l i iu jbram l.t'fc 1 proper! J inroi.j.i nit u. The sde of three negroes for vagrancy at lJh.Tr-. a. ha bffii aaiJi iiv the County touit. and the men civ cn their Iibeitj. It appears that JMward Kissam, a negro nailer in emirk, murdered hit wife with a club, trushlnir her fcKuli.it c., Christ nuui div, aud hlept with the iorpe. lie has bctn rribtel. There wcte 700,000 letters, newspapers and ptikiees dilocrtd from the New ork. in-t-oin-e-,on vioad o, luakiu the hmie-t dii's work in the liibtoty ol the otliee. Niuie ol the tartlcra hit lo ie ruiuisneu nun cans. A despatch from Trenton, N. J., says Gov. Mill Han has diihned to accept the presidency of the NfW Yoik I'ndrl ground Kadmad Company, to tilth he wai reeeiitiy elecie-L lleillgo abroad Hlth his family iu April ucxt. Very few women voted ou school matters, ut thf rertttt t ity fti tion in rtostoa. '1 he nuuibvr rei-lstered as aw less than lit ear, and or those rejfistered not atiiajorliv voted. Hut one woman was elected to t lie s. hI ftinnuittee. Mm IVilnnI), win was on all sorts of tltktts. In twenty 3 ears the 3 icM of the Comstock lob lias lieu 2J5,ioo.Hii noilh of bullion. Tlw It until of shalts and iratlLllos Is two hundred aud llftj miles. 'Ihret hundred and sixty iiulilon tout uf waste rock liaic Uen hoisted, and l0 WO tons of water 1 uiuped to the surluet . APaducah, K3., man who was bitten by a mad ilog four tear ago, alUr lia Ipp had seeral couvuUlons In the interim, was ire ully alt teked by hydrophoiiia. an-l atttmptrd 10 kill his wife aud and bite alt w ho eiuie near Mm. lie injured his father, but W is -e Hied aadbouii.l Ii ill 1 anl f.nt to his bed. At niooimtiglon, 111 , the wife of a farmer in the absence of her husb md, was w ateriuz to-W. A pet row iurulnj her Iiel tpntkly knocked her Into the well, w here she remained three hours, sn kept her head alove water by cllliJmir to the bruks, but dud liom the "'l so-u atier belli, takiu out .Miss GaiiUner, an Irish landlady, was te entlv assaulteil to a mob in the bi reels uf Itulliiia, lrl md, and took icluife la a jthop. whose proprie tor ordered her out. Mie theu diew her reuilter and waititsl lnik ihe telling crowd, and aueh was the fame of hu: mai ksmaii-hlp and her cpmtthil th mab was held in i heik until ihe an n nl uf the in.liee. When Rachel first pliyedbefoic Queen Victoru ihe tjut en's uiother look lu-r ludit .shod from her shoulders aud wrapped it almut her. Me tot la uai e her a diamond bracelet Inscribed us from one iiue-ii to another, and toiirl tuillillijd wen Issued itspeitim.' hir health. When .the visited Enifhiiid a aieond time, the Irrejrulir iu inner t.f hei life had be mue know n, and uo one hIk.uI the n-uit paid hir the least so. tat ur perboual uttehiioii. Judge Ibiilan, of the United States Su preiue Court, has ilerbbd that a railroad romp my U fully resMiusiblc lor Injury doueu piuieuiiir oil a Pullman bkt p r without leterence to the lat that sui h a ar Is owned mid nunai;el by nuotlur toiii pauy. '1 he euiiipanv w hu h sHH u tleket Is l t-sm-Mlile forth. sutity of the passeiiuer, Jndtfi II irtan holds, audi lie toiidii' tor and lwuier or a Pullman car are In the 1 uv the erv inl-i of the raWroa I iom panv. The bindou correspondent ot the New Xi-rk riMta writes us lollowa: "An un example d tiu!liti t.Mit.1 letliiia iowai.1 Amrriean woik, tiitrr' lay'tztne tor November leaehed ii sileul ovtrll.Oiw eopien. . tire illation Ut yer than t' r o, .VtitiriiftiH, I'trtiiMi, I-taii, i:tihkuvi.J, or the i'vnUminratjf. ' Itiepotirait of eiladiteue III Strtiner lins lell frtat bntisfai Hon tultie I'lrinui's lauiUy aud finu-li The private library of A. W. Griswold, Ka.i.lliL'foriiitrlvtlehNew XorkHwyer, wajsll ut auelloii, n few dijs Him e. A new iiiiaIoi;iif was m ia lor the sale ai arohiot )i,"u. i mir .tie n l.JoolMta m theeaUloKUe, Urc ty d tarly i;iif1U'i ihh irv and Ihe draiui. I.laik. hllei ImkiKs, Aldiio and I'lt-vir edilliiiisi.t Hie bissits, AiuerU'itii i unit prUutiiy priiited woiks. 'I lie sale itallzed ilr,"oo. A woman livinir in Hruoklvn, N. Y., has leeoKUUed l-i auk Latnmi ns. a einul iiiued murder er at Newark, N. J., as In r husband, yiie says she was marrh-d lo Ijnuiiuiiii twiiity-sevtti ye irs ;, that hi i teen T ars ag". w hen thev lived iu Hrookltu, i... und H.-iii. ,i m Hue ears' lunr1s"iniitnt al Mue "itiir fr iimii'irT, wns transb-rted to .iiturn I'll MHi, uii.l Im It nt HIS ii'iio i:Mirit '-i !- ni-1.1 iiv. lie was llmi Iran-del led to Ihe I ilea luiane Asy- liiiu.aiid htvlmr It-en reimriisl dead, his wile so loiisi.ltteil nun. nt ii i-ii"i trank Ummiiii. the inurdui r, she did m.t think hfwasherb.imer Im-lm-d who spelled his name 1'i.uiz Ijimmeiis. but on ciiristnus oeshehida Inamthitthv Newaik pilsoner was her misHlmj husband, and mi 4 biltmad it a whilr dove new to her loom ami aliKhOsl uin.u lur Hlioulder ex. II) a dove had done bbie her oldest duiiijtiltra death. This led her to goat -e t Newaik. Oot doubtless amid have made before now uworite Leirislalure than that of IPSO, but Und never did. Time istuie cotnforl, while had Legislatures tlie there is no resurrection for them in this world. ltutlantl llerahl. Ucrthera ?a::c ?.ailr;ai- I'.'L-l'AUATlONS TOITSII UIC ttOi:.' -IS! Ei.V I V WITH ri.Es-IUEXT ClIIINiil-. fbn Frederick Hillings, pusident of Iho Northern Pacific railroad, was intirvuwtd by a Tirus reporter, at his New York ollice, oiiMur.diy. Air. Hillings said that, by the recent k-a:i of 10,000,000 effeited by the cornpan', ample funds are secured to carry forward Ihe enterprise at both ends ami iu the middle, just as fast as a jit.licii.in expen diture of the 1110113- will allow. Uvtrv- prep aration is la nig made to push I he work dur ing the coming 3 car with the greatest possi ble vigor. There is to be an immediate i:icreasof enginetrinr and other ollici d force to meet Ihe teipiireme nt s of the work. Gen. Ar.der son, ihe engi'. 1 r ia thief, his juct returned from the YillowMone Valley. He has al miiby contruc tid for lies and timber for -00 miles of tint dhisiont and his instructions are to accomplish in the coming year the largest possible amount of mileage construe, tion up the Yellowstone Valley, with Ihe viw-ot tto.-ing up the central gp of ti-JO tnih s and having the roid running through in HSi. This central gap is from G lenitive, wliere the Missouri thveion riidsnn the Yel lowstone, . iho caslem end of the Find d'Oreille Division, which extends liOO miles from A.insworth, on the Columbia River west to Lake Feud d'Ortille. The Fend d'Oreille diviiion will lie completed in carlv Sprint. U Is nearly all graded, the materials are all provided and en the spot, and the track is now going down. As soon as it is completed the work will be continued with out interruption eastward, and with vigorous progress up the Yellow.stone going west, and trom Lake Pend d'Oreille going cast, 1 he company confidently expect tot lose up the central gap in 1S3. In additbn to this activ ity in the heart of the continent, work is to be commenced this Winter on Ihe 120 miles across Northern Wisconsin, to the Montreal River, being the extreme eastern division of the road, ami steadily carried forward to completion. This division will form part of the Lake Superior Soutli Shore Line, running to the Eau!t Ste. Marie, connecting with the Canadian roads, and to the Straits of Macki naw, connecting with the New York Central and Pennsylvania systems. Il also makes a new connection withMilwaukecand Chicago by the Wisconsin Cent nl. Hesldes the work : on the central gap and on the Wisconsin division, Ihe company propose, during the coming 3 car, to begin the connection on the western end of the Pend d'Oreille division with tide-water. The company is authori7ed 13 its charter to build a hue down the Columbia River to Pugct Sound, and also over the Cascade Range to the Sound. The Cascade Range surveys are neatly com pleted, and indicate a favorable route. It is probable that the line over the mount litis will first la; bull!. In spcakinc of the material for all this con templiited work, Mr. Hillings said that .11,- 000 tons of rails, 40,000 of which are steel, have already been purchased, to lie deliver ed during the year, with all the fastenings; 1,7.10 additional freight cars of difftieut kinds, and 32 Uvomotivea, with new passen ger care, etc. Twenty thousand tons of the rails are intended for the Pacific coast, and shipments will 1 made at the rate of 2,000 tens per month, beginning in Jamiarv;. It is expected that the road will lw running from Glcndive, where it strikeslhe Yellowstone, (to which point the track is nearly hid, Hp the Yellowstone to Miles City next Jnlv. a distance of 700 miles. Passengers will be carried to the Yellowstone Park in July of the succeeding year. The president has umloubled faith in the futiireof the raid. L'p to this time it has been chiefly run through a region specially adapted for wheat. Now it is penetrating the finest glazing regiouonthc continent. Northern Pacific beef is to Ijc as well known as Northern Pacific wheat. It will soon be in the great mineral belts of Montana. All along the line Ihcie will 1 local develop ments, and the busituss of the road will be steadilvand largely increasing. The presi dent siid the ino-t sanguine Northern Pacific man does not fully realize the ilevelopment that will take place in a brief period iu the irrcat belt of which this road is to lc the trunk Hue. The usefulness of the road, its necessity, and its succc&s arc alike getting recognized by the Government ami the peo ple. It is as much a National work as a private enterprise, and it is the ambition nt.d ihe purpose of the company to get it done as s-Hni as possible, nnd have it so well done and so honestly douc that it will le a credit to every body connected with it PEESOUAL. At cording to Kale Field there is but one portrait of the lite George Eliot in existence, and that one a crayon, which is in the pos session of the RIackwoods in Edinburg. .Miss Ft Id believes George Eliot is the only woman inthecivilied world who hw never Wen photographed. A spee ial to the Hostoa Tranvrij s&ya . The statement that Senator Edmunds (Ik-s not desire a seat on the bench of the Supreme Court is made w ithout his authority. Should Judge Hunt be n tired, he would undoubted ly lie named for that position. General Giant has turned author and writ ten an article for the February Xvrth Amer ican litrieic, in which he will favor the scheme for a Nicaragua ship caual. Apro pos of this ihe New York Tribune nays : He is showiugso much versatility in practis ing the ails of pence that the country would not be overwhelmed with surpri.-e if some day he should make a flank movement nn Parnassus ittlf. George Eliot wrote with a golden pen. For her ''Middlemarth" she is sudtohave received i40,000 on the delivery of the manu script, and for "Daniel Deronda SCO, 000, besides a percentage which probably 3 ielded her 20,000 more. She was a bard worker, spending seven or eight hours a thy at her desk, though from 40 to CO lines a diy she considered an ample "output " She was slow and mitholical iu woiking, nLvays preparing her pl.t and even her narratives in her mind so tint putting Ihcm on pnper was merely a transcription. When she had completed a book she invariably suffered from fits of iitrvoiis depres-ion, which weie only relieved by trivel and cliinge of scene. Mr. Ci other, tl.e San Fiancisco inilliou aire, had to pay ij00,0o0 taxes this 3 ear under the new Californi 1 constitution; so he has dec ided to bring his millions Eat and will build a pilar e on Fifth avenue, New York. The death of Thomas Carole miybeau uounecd at any 11.13-. The prevailing trouble of his life has leeti ilyspepsia, fiom which he has been a sufferer Iu his last 3 curs it is said that he has dictated his biography James ICeene, the speculator, is siid to le iu wretched health, and oltcn troubled with sh eplessness. He his been burnt along the spine bv' Ihe doctor- Haueroft.the historian, is thin and straight, but he walks sturdily every afternoon. He wears a tall silk hat and carries a stout walk ing stick. He walks on the roadway near the curbstone, so that he may not be josllnl I13- the crow 1 1 on the sidewalk When Senator Edmunds speiks, sis a Washington letter, "he usinlly begins by putting the knuckles of his right hind down upon hts desk in a manner which -hcius to say that he has not only clinched Ihe argu ment but I hat he Ins d me nil bis hiumiering beforthand. The 3oungesi soldier in the I'nionstrviee during the war of the rt helium was doubt less ihe only son ol Jacob W. Mesu k, now aineuiberof Ihe Legislature ed Indiana. He tnl Med as sergeant in Couipiny A, F01I3 sccond Indiana, and took with him his n, Johnnie, then but 'J 31 art of age. as drunitmr W13-. The l id was present at evt r3' action in which the legimt r.t was engaged, and was at last duly rniistend out at Ihe mature age of 1 w elve. Last Priday Mr and -Mrs. Duthan Htnji miti of Wlutihall, N ., tihbrattd the sixtitti anniversiry ot their marriage, an event it is given very lew persons the privi lege of observing. Mr. Henjaunn has never lived ovtr three mites Ironi his birth place. Mrs. Heiijaniin, nee Hilinda Allen, was liorn at Pawlel, Vl., October 12, lSlM, and is, as it is said, n kinswoman of Ethan Allen. Eleven t hildten wtic born lo Mr. ami Mrs. Henjamin, live of whom survive, and then are now living U grandchildren and 1 !teat grundc hihlrt 11, all of whom wcte present at Ihe telilii.ilioii.nl Friday Mr Iknjainiii has Iki n a himtir and t nipper all his life, and llnte vi-ars ago shot his I i-t deer on the Dresden, N. ., mount iin He is still eret t and vigorous, and savs he can ii1it a i;uu as well as 1 v 1 1 Mis H iijitmiti also t njo.s excellent health, and the mt. imiplebid bur to survive many 3 ems The Di sMolues t Urn .'.yoftr publishes an extract from a letter fo'tu Hon. John A. Kasson, Cnited States Mini-It r to Austria, written ut Livenool, on his w.13 to Vienna, in whith Mi Kasson siys We hud a dreadfully rough passage, a bad storm, und several accidents to passengers. 7)i:cemht:i jsso. ! w ,s niice thrown across the snip, receiving a wound at the top (,f my thioat, badly hutt-111- my ribs, xuth ,,hir bruises, and was in the hands of the ship's surgeon two or three d is, but am now only feeling Ihe .r ness, wilh 1.0 broken lir.tw . 'lwilve jrsons aile.rs and p.i--engers, have Intn nijurcsl, more or less, on the vo3;igc. We did not go into Quernotovt n, but cuiie direct to Liver pool, arriving in tihiedus, notwithstanding the .-ti noy we-ilhir. STATE 1TEV;S. A httlechihlof lluirv II. Wolf's of lit 1 LmralKayearaudahtU ol I. r, 11 fnM its tesl, M'in.liv iiicui. an 1 died within thiee huan lrot.1 'he itfiiti, of ihe fall. It is ii-a-itni that :i ralu ihh kaolin bed lias bit 11 di-euiini on llo faimof X 1 .,.nii of Nee, lljv.n -il .11 1 niib-fom liie fain..,-1. Iitcu VIotiLtoil Hiram Alkim of the Aryut MI on th- icy p tv t men!, ret ently. :n 1 l.rok.- ins w tt. Mr. Oriin (J re cue of Topi-ham nttemptetl b kill liluiself bvriinliijrhwihrnat, M only mode rn uyl, irti-isi.m u. Ihe windpipe. (.iirjreon " -v.ed up lie wonn I a-id thinks he in iy rieintr. JuJs;nni.t luis to n rendereil in the Su p.i.ue totut at Cu-ibm in th.- trdnt rf M'.iiMJ I lie c;ranI Trunk ra'iroi I lu favor of 1 U ulfi II. Woithenof I-laml 1'i.nd. It is l lie lartt Jndjr me,i 1 er i end-1 il 111 1 hi -1 ouittry f'r f ts..nil 111 j 1 11 v Iii Oranze Coi.t-tv Court, the case of XjVltmh vs. I'.iiII.hI tame t. .01 uiitiuielv end, Saturday moiiiin. lloa. -lohuW. Koweli. .Meten. ds eomisi I. preienitd a dozen aitMav it all dts Ur injrtnat ctiarlis chandler, .1 Juror fnua Strafford, had hem heard loeprttsaa opinion to Hie ni,i r tn.il Vleleu.lv never ouht r luveae.-ut. Chand ler wis au-nrd.tv ixriuie.i, and th" tinru's tminf I ikrliniiij to iroere.! with i levi 11 Jur-u's or to -tiiiiniou a new jury an I rtb jrm 1 .0, the can vias e-outin-i. .1. Several jcirr. :yo . I. Grilllth of Dauby r.11 h a eiinn u-t wuh VV. II. mrnimi id t't.nnetti 1 ut 10 tiiniHh him with a lare amount of h ireiul. 1 lie hard times s.mii rarne m ami Itaruam ri'fusel intake the iti it nn I unilltti brought sun ajauist hira for danii-ri-?. The -nit wa reentf si tiled i.y lUruum airre iar t.i pjv fW.iHl, ihe lir-r install ment of w hit li has m-t be.'ii rei i ne.1 bv t.ruiilh. Vtf h. t , J , . . The cum of Knox ngain'l Ihe town of Uhitt.H-k 111 fi ettintv 1 onrl ar st .i.,iii-.btirv. win Ii required live tlavs for its trial, ha ristllted In a er1n t of io for the ptaiutiir. '1 he el uui w as for iiiunw fer uijiii v net ivcd on a htiflur.tr in the detendant tow 11. Weeks :ijaiii't the tovvu'id I jn lnn a rimi!areae. resulted in .1 verdlit of $t,oo lor the plaintiff. He clainicsl jli.ifi. twontlier ca3 for iwranual in juries, in wlurhh tUmtifH iinmedfjiHUia-jii ia.i-, resulted iu verdure of ?i;n nn I i -o r.i.;i.-.. At West Randolph, the either 1I13-, a x-onns nun aimut t at ohl, rather t-ti.ml? i.:nit. IijrhT eomplexma an 1 sail t It nr. coin;: his name ,n tiordon, nud eliimisl 10 irprafnt the firm of 1 . T. Haymonds A Co. ot New urn, tailed 0:1 tt. W. ISeaU -i;d s il l.i tit a tail of varniihesand ih)s. He wanted lo pita drattof t;.im the tirni cached, and a-.ktd Vlr. li.Mii 10 Identify lnni at ihe bank. Mr. Ht au aeemnp lined Inm to Ihe llandulpli National Itiuk. iiidornil his i!ratt and a was paid. Iu the atiertioou h - left for NorthHi-M, and was there ar rested 1;' the I'.itil.itiil 01 a buiitiess tnaa in Wex-Uttek. b ,m oilber lrointh.it town. It seems he hal plived a Mtuilir irime there nnd the tirm hid been imtiiii'd. when iik-v telecraphe.1 to arrest hiiiiasnaiiii-t-tiirand liold hu.i. I he otftVer, how tvir.sttthd with him and Ut luni u Mine then the lirtu have wutn u to the ea-leer of the Kail dt.lph Nitiou.d lUtik (tut this is an old offttider wlio hai travt It. l ihrouh the Uk t ,kir.l t.rdeia and thf 11 l.ri.irtiui; itn.ne' t.t the parties He is uowon a ioi,r t'inaih Nev.- Lnj'aa.i, and b.iHiuess Illrll sti(.(ild (jilt f..r 1.11J. Dik Li Motte Hcine.E. Afb r ihlays of various s(rts Nith brandies of the legisla ture agreed upon a bill for the appropriation id monev to build this bridge. The State has voted r7,OOo lo It paid xvhen the bridge is eonipbtid nnd authorized the town to bond itfelf to the amount of ten linns its grr.ud li-t, vvl.it b is i'.nW, si that -t.uk' -?10.-(M)Ovvin In avail ible c rio:ii;h to complete the work. With Ihe completion of lie budge it is estimated that -H, 000 or rO.OOil woiiln.f trade will be yearly turned from New York to our own State and the Minders fondly hope that thev will irrow in populism and wealth spce-ihly. Xkveu wire such m ignificeut an 1 c ntly structurts in course of eru lion at 2nc v Yoik. The t.a-te of New Voik's rich m n in Ihe manner of houae decoration, out fide as well as inside, gr w-s more luxurious cvcr3 3car. Some are not sail-fiid with American work or American mabiial, but liuiilhive both from abroad. '1 hey actu illy insist upon having men brought over from Europe to carve the stone tract rnsand figures on their bouse fronti. A magnificent building at the cormr ot Fifth avenue and Hxty-ninth street is tn iking vt rv slow progress on Ibis account. Every figure niu-t be tut hy Im ported woikmt 11, and as it takes time to get men from the other side, and thev don't al ways suit when thev com, there is, of course, mm Ii di lay with the work. It is the same case w illi the cMl- new V in.U r bilt buildings. 'Ihe ornamental work must wait till "artists from Europe are read" to do it. In addition to the three Vauderbilt houses, there are now building on the ave nue elcirant mansions for Hob rt Geolct, Ogden Geolet, David D.)w II. H. HUhop and oue of the Astor family besides. One of the new palaces will have a single imported chimnc3'-picce that cost ;4,b00, and is only a wooden one at that. The Astor house U be ing built by Mrs. W. W. Astor for her diughtcr, -Mrs. Ko-ve-vclt. The materials are brown stone anil brick, the bisement being of uncut stone, and the lines of the front are verv severe. The hou.-c is J7 feet with and nlmut i?0 feit deep. The sculptor, St.Gauden.s, will design the artistic details ot the entrance. 'I he plan is that commonly known as an English bisement house. Dcvtii of Hev. K H. Chapiw lie v. Ed win llubbellCIupin, D. D., one of lheinoDt e mine nt e Icrgymcu iu this count r3', and nnn3 3cars a Under in the tiuversalist de nomination, died in Xew York. Moad 13 morning, after a prolonged illness. Dr. Chapin was born in Fninn Village. Wash ington ctmntv, X. 1 , Dec. 20, 1S1 1, ami re ceived an academic education in Hi nnington, Vt. After completing his studies he Wcaiac assoitate editor of a LViversahst jnitrpulr lisheal iu Ftica, X Y., umhr the title of The Magazint ttiitr Ailoftttt. From thus ad vocating the doctrines of the Fniversaltst de nominaticn in the columns of the tress be took the more prominent position of a preacher, taiteriiu the pulpit in 1SJ7, when only twenty three years old. His first pas torate was'ovir the Independent Christian Church of Hichmond, Va., where be remain ed three vtars. From Virginia he went to Massachusetts in IS 10, and was installed as pastor of the Fnivcrwilist Church in Charles town, litre he attracted much attention 13 his effectiveness as a preaclu r, ami as a re sult he was called in lSlel to a broader ii 11 of work, the School Street I'nivtrsalist Church of Host on em igiiin him lo ad a - as soci lie pxstor with I lev. ILea Hallon, I hen regmled as one of the fathers of the liberal eretil in Xew Engl ind. Two 3 tars laltr he was railed to the pa-ti-Vate of the Fourth t nivi-r'-alM Church niXew Yoik, and accepting Ihe invitation, entered upon a relation which has continued to the pn-eitt time uniuteiiupted except by the illntss whicli, compelling him to seek rcciin ration by rest and by tiavel in Europe, has kept him exit of his pulpit, a number of months just. At the time of his ileal h he was one of the longe-l lilted pastors iu New t ork cilv. Iu addition to his putpH dtltie' and Ihe cxereb-e of his fund ions as a pastor. Dr. Chapin was it frupit nt matipant of Ihelt.--ture plitteirm. He was also an author, ami hu published vviral works of moie thm ordinary value. These included seve ral vol umes of seritiotis and works entitled "Duties of Youiu Men," "Duties of Youtur Wo men," Char.iett rs in the ("ospel," "t'oiu munion Hours," "Crown or Thorns, "'Ihe Heatitudcrt," ".Mortl Aspictsof Cily Life, 'llutmnity in the Citv," and " Fiiic M n liness." As an on tor Dr. Chapin had few jveers. IHs genialil3' made hint a welcome gmt evirywhete; as a preacher he gained the respect of lii-. bean rs, and as a fneiid he cenii 11I1 tl the Umd by tie-sot warmest Irieinl ship. 1IZ2 F.i h 1 01: VI Mts-l lt iS i v Sir w There hi-; Is en oi:ir fun atnl no lillle trouble iu p.i3ing the mcpscn! rs whti bve brought the elce toral voles to the capit il. 'I hey are patd at the Tieasitrv Since Ihe establish ment td the Llei toral College until litis ar messengers were ptid tv uly-tivc cents mile age Wlh wavs. In last 3i:it's approprii lions lull it was ver ipndlv p rest n bed thit they should le aivcii a mileage of t w 1 nty -live tints a mile'', but only tor one way Not a mi issemjer knew of this eh 11141 '"hey all expected Ihe fat little tmh-iaV ot Iwtntv five o-nts tmtli was, vvhich would rnibte those- Ironi a distance i sit th" capital and c:iir honie 1 loi e Utile ChlMmas iilt.d otr ain't aUve txviist Thtrewasgre.it rivalr Isfoiethe Liu toral Ct-lhaies of 1 .11 h State for Ihe olm . of mesMticr Win 11 lht-M' ginthaniii wire brought up wild a round turn at the Tnasurv', and initeai'e otilV one nil) tend, ltd to ihim, Ihire was tin p thsappottilinenl. In many ta-cs tin re was not onlv disappointment but a th-pute. They 1 1 limed tint the Tn i-urv wastlelraud tv the in, and were loud in Ihur protests. 'Ibis was aliiuM itivinibly the 1 .im whtn Ihe hie Aineriiau uliui trom the wild West or the hielv Southwest came to -;tt his money. An-lhir ptunt of di-s.igrceinent was the len Mh o the inesM'tigir .s jourtiev. He il.uimd to hive Iravelhd in nearlv i-v.rv case .1 -ire'itei distance than Ihe care fully made-up Tieasiir tabhs -hnwnl. but he mvariibbj hid to submit to the Tre-is-ur s he doles it-f,iifjt.m Itjr. E.sst. Ji x iio As Dr. Fertiu and wife' wen- it tin uui' boiiie. '1 ti.ir-l.iv rVi'mnp, thev iti.Htulil their hoiwe w it tin lire. Oil i loser imes tur it ion. Iiortt tr. tin v bmn I tii imiisn it npiM-ir .tut-e to ai isc it. mi .111 ett 11- ive illiiiiiutatioii. in the iiiltilr, tvltervtlie) l.itnid m-irlv tut hiindit d td their ft leu is, 1, oh It biutuii the illtei nth 1111111 ttrssrv id 1 heir 111 n I !--. V in ire mni'ilt le sin prist-was nt vt r iiijovt tl Ihe 'iiist-nis neieiiu tuereiis :md t It t ml. Nut let aide aiinnii I hem vvus a h ur t-iotti si,i, 1 titbit- null Hal) in 111 irtih ti. h ui'lilitr, t jtni 1 h Jr. side limp, bub I st I. vases, and in a nv oth.-i thiii.-stoiui')-riius l iiieiitton. ptiiulv tleiuoii-.lratiut' the lutttutthe tbM tor and hisi-tnnible vvtlewere In-l.tv t-l mid ai'j're l itcd b the jHt'i'le vvitti tliiitlit hive ass.Miile.1 lo. Ihe lust itfht eirs Ib-v. Ii IVrilu the oiilei it hiff 1 terminal! id lilteen venrsjip.nw is resent and 111.1 verv hiei'V luinutr. e mgralnl ited le fhv-l emu ami Kite and pit t mcl th" KHts vvitti ailnriate rem uks iy vvhieh l'r teirlu bnerl reflleil. News by Telegraph. vi:i: vr m:s- -EII I'E I.T . I 1043 ACTHOIMTIES. 'oiitii Ti:ot, Vt., Dec. 29. Ciktonis Oili c.r Pittingill sti,d yesterdiy a span of horses, Ii.trncss ami tU ih ami a I irge iman lity t.f lirpmr.lHloni'in.' to AIIm rt J. Kitt ridge of Xewpt-rt, forinfriiui it of th" ri-toms laws. Kiltrid e Is a notorious smugglt r, just released from jail for nun selling. c icon u suic:ro. stSTrxt e ricviCEn. Wa-iiixoto-, Dec. 20. It is stated that (he sciitc'ntc of dismissal of .Major Dawson, of Ihe marine corps, for disgraceful conduct at Phil tdt Iphii, his ln-cu revoked, and lhat the M ijor will be allowed to resign. xiinoi: Notes. Senator David DavU's friends deny the rc ivtt thit he is willing to accept a position on the supn me bench. It is i.ow piedietcd lhat the total popula tion of this country will leu few thousands iu exet ss ,f 11ft- millions. WOOL cjp.OWCl'a tOSVESTIOS. It is announced that next week, Commis sioner Le Due a ill call a convention of wool gmweifl of the Liiiied States at Washington in January. This Is in acconlancc with direction of the AVnol-growers' Conventional Phi lade I phi 1, last summer. Arrangements will probably lie made for an annual or bien ni d sheep and wool show. senatoi: Divin nvvrs. An Illinois gentleman, an intimate friend of Senitor David Davis, says that the latter, in private conversation, since this session of Congress began, has expressed great dissatis faction with the democratic policy and man acemcnt. This gentleman believes that on important epiestions Senator Davis will proli ably side with the republicans. rOC SECRETARY OF THE XAW. Wa.shi.-i-tix,Dcc.20. People who should be; well informeil assert lhat the President will appoint GemWickham of Virginia as the successor of Secretary Thompson, he having ascertained from Mr Garfield lhat that gen tleman will to hi 1 apiintmcnt for Secre tary 01 me .N:iv-. THE CiLSCLT-. Ol HE CENStS. The following statement shows the iopula tiou of certain states and territories, accord ing to the census of 1S30. This statement is , still subject to possible corrections by rea- , son of Ihe discovery of omissions or duplica tions of names of lists of inhabitants return ed : Alilrinn, 1.201,241; Arkansas, 802,- , Cfil . Conmcticut, 0033; Delaware. 14C,-C-jI. l'1-.ridi, 200,r.nd; Georgia. 2.53T,b?8 ; i iowa, 1,1.21, 10: Kansas, i"0.,So."; Ken tiuky, l.OtV.'i'J. LoiiHana, 010.201: Maine. t'dS.fir.: Massachusetts 1,713,03(1; Miss stmri, i.lO'J.Oid; Nebraska, 4.12.4,ti ; Xeva tln, ; ,2i".i ; Xcw Hampshire. 3 17.7S2 : New Jersey, lti:,!02: Xcw York, 5,02,M4 ; Xorth Carolitn, 1,400,000 ; Oregon, 171,707; Khotle Iskiul, 176,u2B ; South Carolina, 99",70C. Tennessee, 1,5X2 AM; Vermont, 332,250: Virgin! t, 1,512,212; West Vir ginia, C18,1!1J; Wisconsin, l.IIl.i.SbO: Dis trict of Columbia, 177.03S; Idaho. 32,011: Montana, 3l,l.i7: Ftah, 113.007 Washing Ion, 7M20: Wyoming, SOSi I l's- ,-ILTER AND MOnn COLD. 'I ht re has Wen a marked falling off 1 itcly in orders for stand ird silver dollars received by Treasurer Gilfillan. The Treasury De )ailmei.l hat directed the transfer of S4, tM.Hi.H0O of gohl bullion from the assay oflice at Xcw York to the Philadelphia mint for coinage into eagle) aud half eagles. After this Iransftr there will still remain in the Xew Y01 k asay oflice about SC3,000,000 of iohl bullion, more linn enough to keep the Philadelphia mint employed tor siv months in Ihe Coinage of gold exclusively ,ii iv nr;i,Nn r.ws. msVsT1:oiS tOLHSIOV. S vi em. Mass., Dec. 20. The cumins of the G 13 afternoon train for Danvers jumped the track near Carl ton vHIc station, lust niht, anil ran into some freight cars standing upon a siding. The collision stove in the boiler head and demolished the pilot of the engine, ami the car struck by the engine was demol i shed. The train consisting of two passen ger and baggage cars was uninjured. a Li itbi it v rNnot'BTEDi t elected. Cotor:r, X. IL, Dec. 2". The special Congressional election in the third district to fill the vacancv,- caiiscil by the death of Evarts W. Farr was held to-dav. The returns arc incomplete, but 41 towns, including the prin cipal ones give Ossim ly Crep., 7,000 ; Hose-Iy yhni. , 3,703. Of thirty-bLTcn towns iu the third Con grcssiemal diitrict hcanl from by the repub lican state t ommittee all but one show a republican net gain ag-jregatiu 1,050. The vote was very light. "The law provides that the returns should be made within lo days. It is understood, however, that the executive W1I3' will immediately issue Mr. Ray's cer tificate, so he can go to Washington the firat of next week. citi this ami rvsrw.TiUN. ABSCONDED. Fall Hivci:, Dec. 20. J AY. Mclne, aged 24, clerk for eight years for the Pocassat National Hank, has Wen missing since Mon day. It has U-en discovered that after mak ing up the hook, Fndij- night, he took 51,200. A lew aril is offered for his arrest. He leaves here a young wife and a four weeks e'ld thdd. XIEl VMIIOIY SriCIDE. Jersex Cm. Dec. 20. Sophii Frechew, w ifc of Frederick Frechew, a wholesale tobacco dealer of New Jerscy.who resides in Hoboken, suicided by hanging herself to the gas pipe in the bath-room of her house to day. The couple lately lived unhappily, and her husband had lctt his home. Mrs, Fnchew, 3esterdiy, received a notice that he liad commenced proceedings for divorce County plivr-iciuu Converse invcstiateil the I case and iirantcd a inrmit for burial, say- i ing the case is pnrtlv one of Miicide. Fre ' ,1 . 1 1. . T...... .i:.nn.i 1. t.'.ni.nn. to comiui nee :i libel suit against the New York Telegram for intimating it wasamur d r iu il issue of this afternoon. SiitANToN, Pa.. Dec. 20.- Ella Iliggins, aged H, of sporthill, near this city, hung herself lo-d.13'. Cause, threatened arrest fer obtaining goods under fale pretences. sITPO-ED St 1CIHE Emviifthi-out. X. J., Dee. 2lk The lodv of a woman was found buried in the snow near Summit cnv-sinL, this moniiu. '1 he UkIv was neatly ckuk 'I he woman wa appirently :d"'Ut "4 13 cars of a-je. An cnip ty nuilicti.e vial w.w found in one of her pockets and it issupKKed that the unfortun ate worn 111 1 ununited suicide. mi i:itt:oi : afihav. Foi:ii.e--i Moxrok, Dec. 25.- A distiub auce ik 1 tin el Frieki3' t veiling at Smithvitle. lift ten i.nk-s trom here, between a white man nmu.l Ibinn, and a party of colored men, whi bid nut to orgauie a military n 'tnpaii v ( ie of the men can ht Dunn 13' thewhisktts md slapped his face, where uptiu be thev. 1 single barrtletl pistol and killed the n .to. Dunn theu rm into a store and l.d.d his pistol, when a crow 1 headed t D Cook, with a drawn sword attacked I. in: lie shot Cook dead in his tracks. Hit 11 -tieil a butcher's knife and tut his vv:i3' out One man. El Drew, cut 111 the altlonien, will probably die. The others are more or less injuretl. Dunn gave him -st If up nntlist.ow in jiil at WUIianisburgh. tlre-it evriieitUMit pn-vsiK tri: 'EN TO OEM 11 Dcxkii.k. e , Dee. 21 J u-U Tuiinsoii was found this mortung froen to death. He was iu wtor health, and it is supposed he tell and was unible to rUe or mike hitmclf In ard. sarin: vm i is 1:1c i:. I'm OF A I1BEI si ir. JixR-tv Cut. IVv 20. - The hbel suit of Assctiihlvniiu McDermott against the Even ing Joiirtiak vhith paptr alleged tint Mc Deiiuott ptrsouated an otlicir iu serving a writ of cjictment. was coii"h tiled to-elay. The virditt awards McDermott U0 dam ag s I'lVIOEMi PEcT U:El. Xit;vi:v Fairs, Dee 20. -The Niagara Falls Intimationd Hridge Cttnpany, yes terday, dcrlirctl a emi nnuuil ttividend of three pe r rt nt. IIEVVV -NOW Fill Wvih:iiwn X. 1.. Dec. 20 lifieen iiu lies of snow fell list niaht. au 1 it is still "tii.viiir I'lainsare de laved. i:t-il ITS OF THE nroi:vt. Hviiviox-, I.. 1 , D.c 20 -The storm ol Sumliyiuht I roke the telegraphic connec tion between Fab-den n-i I Fire Islmd. Xews was rtttived UmI 13 (hit the i-torm was severe theie The surf broke across the beath between the Suit llutf.1 ami the light house. 1 he pavilion on the ocean suiewas umleiminiil, aud t(0 bathing; houses washed awav. The hotil narrowly csiaieil. A I irgt-ship's cabin ami much wreckage was washed into the b iv. AKIttsTKO FOi: I1DEL. t Ti:ov. Die. 2r?. II. D. Cuimim-h am, eih ' tor of the iVh'ffnim, was arrest til this after ' nthui and lodgTd in a i ell at the second tre rind station, on :i warrant ih-argmg him with iriiiiinillv hlHlliug Mayor I .d ward Murphv.Jr. 'Ihe hUl totisi-ts m the pub 1 hcalioii of a Maliment to-di3 that Ihe mayor uttindttlaihn; fight vesteiday and lhat he ' w is sudt.xnvii one of the contestant- The uttitle iu the Ttlegram M'vcrtlv- t ensured the in iv or. I-iti r iu the nftirnoon Cunning li mi was taken on 11 haWas corpii In-fore , .Iihtge Sheet and bailed iu rj.t'iV. ' STVTIE INVEllEl Vtlwitl IEUKMOMJJ.S. 1 NvwAtrk. N. J.. Dec. 28 The bronze statue of Ceu. Philip Kearney was unveiled iu Military Park here to-di with iniiosim eeremouies. parlicipatcel in by t-Ieu, i'rant. Gen. Sherman. Jen. Wagner. Ccn. Kilpat rkk, Ccn. Hawley, Gov. MeCIellan, and numerous state dignitaries. Gen. Grant was the guest of ex-Senator Frelinghuysen. Previous to the nnyeiling the long procession of grand army veterans, militia, guests and disiinguished citizens paraded the streets. On returning to the park the statue was un veiled amid cheers and an artillery salute. An eloepient address on the life and attri butes of Gen. Kearney was then delivered. Luncheon was then served to the visitors, after which Gen. Grant returned to New York. (Jen. Sherman returns to Washing ton by the midnight train. The statue is slightly over life size and is mounted oa (uincy granite and a bronze base. EXCITING AFFAIR IN NEW MEXICO. I.03 Vkuas, N. M., Dec 23. A notorious gang of outlaws, composed of alout 2-j men, who, under the leadership of "Hilly the Kiel," the past six months overran eastern New Mexico, murdering and committing other eleeils of outlawry, was broken up Satuielay I13 the killing of two and the cap turing of four others, including the leader. The prisoners were lodged in Levi Vcga3 jail and calls of lvnching were provoked, but ihe vigilance of the capte-rs, Deputy Sheriff Gar rett ami others, prevented. Yesterday forenoon Garrett and the other captors lHiardcd the train with the prisoners for the purpose of taking them to Santa Fe. Sheriff Homers remonstrated against taking Prudabaugh, one of the pris oners,w ho killed the Los Vegas deputy sheriff, to Santa Fe, but to no effect. He then went In the depot with nposae of 300 men and made a formal demand for the prisoners, but xvas told if he wanted the prisoners to take them. The sheriff then stationed men at the engine to cover the engineer and the balance of the pos3C crowded about the train, the platforms of which were crowded with additional guards pressed into service by Garrett, and nearly every window of the cars scrveel as a porthole for rifles. Some body suggested, takc theprisoners at once." Stewart, of Garrett's party, said the In stant the first shot was fired he would unloose every man and arm him. For a while a fight seemed imminent, when Chief Engineer Jtobinson appeared and demanded that the train be allowed to proceed, and the master of tran-rportation said if the train was not allowcel to proceed he would ai m all the railroad men and take it out. Detective J. J. Morel y of the postofficc department jumped into the cab with a pair of six-shooters and told the engineer to leap out. A conference has just concluded a- compromise by which it was agreed that the sheriff and two men should go to Santc Fe with the party, and if the government agreed to bring Prudaljaugh bach to Los Vega. The train then proceeded. A SERIOUS TIVIE ANTICIPATED. Santx Fe, N. M.. Dec 03. A veryser ions disturbance exists to-day at Socorro. The authorities refused to araest the mur derer of Conkling. the editor of the Socorro Sun," and the citizens finding reconrsc to I iw useless have arrcstetl and hold by force the sheriff and four others, including the murderer of Coukling. A rescue of prison ers is threatened and bloodshed is imminent. A request has been made to the military commandant of the district for troops.and al though troops cannot lie used as apossecomi tattts a company has ljecn ordered from Col orado to New Mexico, as a means of pro tection for the public property and the prop erty of the railroad company. Bodies of men are being armetl at Albuquerque and other points in this vicinity and will go to Socorro to-night. Grave results may be expected to-night. All the women and chil dren have been moved out of town. Acting-Governor Ilieh Is doing all in his power to secure propei action of the law. IMV11IMON MIHS. Qcebec, Dec. 20. A partr calling him self J. A. Harton, offered for sale 3csterday a thousand dollar United States bond to a broker and also to a bank. The Cnited States consul telegraphed the number of the Iwnd to Washington, and received a repiy that it was a bond lately stolen in New York. Harton was arrested, but refuses to produce the bond, alleging he sent it away, lie wa3 remanded for three days, awaiting the action of the United States authorities. CANADUN TOUTXTEETS. Monircai, Dec. 29. Volunteer officers here are asking the Canadian government to artn a force with Martini rifles. It is also urged that Montreal volunteer corps should be briffadeiL Thi3 is owing to the prevailing belief that incase of bloodshed there will be a Fenian daih. across the border, in which case the volunteers would be at a disadvan tage against American rifle?. ICE TtGIDGE. Montreal, Dec 29. The Southeastern Railroad Company began to-day, laying rails across the ice at Hochelaga, to connect with the North Shore road. libel sriT. The Canada Guarantee Company has en tered suit against the Citizens Insurance Company and its manager, G. E. Hart, for libellous statements concerning the Guaran tee Companv-. Damages are laid at S"i0,000- tOlCllH'S Mitts. THE I0ST AT A LA NT . Lnndon, Dec. 29. The report of the com mittee on the loss of the British training ship Atalanta, which sailed from Bermuda in Jan uary hist for England, with more that 300 young seamen, and has not since been heard from. Is published. The committee say they consider that she was a very stable ship in most respects ; that the alterations in her rig only tended to increase her safety. The committee speak favorably of her officers and crew, and point out the fact that at the time of her loss exceptional storms proved fatal to a number of merchant vessels. su vnr criticism. The Pall Mall Gazette this evening, in a leading article on the affairs ia theTransvaal, says : At any time the past three v-ears we have had it in our power to secure peace by concession and justice. We are entering in an expensive and irritating war of conquest, against a people whose injuries we admit. THE GREEK QUESTION. Vienvv, Ike. -,J. It is reported that cer tain Turkish diplomats advocate the creation of a court of arbitration on the Creek ques tion, to lie formed of neutral powers, such as the United States, Belgium and others. THE ST VTE TRIALS I ITTLE EXCITEMENT IjOndun, Dec. 29. The correspondent of the Times at Dublin says the first ehy of the state trials was remarkable only fer gloom andelullness. Those who expected the city would Io full of excitement, that thousands would assemble in the streets, ami that the court would W besieged I13- an eager multitude clamoring' for admission, were sad ly disappointed. There has not Ijccii the slightest manifestation of public feeling beyond the rather! ng of about two hundred persons of the lowest class on the quay in the vicinity of the court. TlIVT I M ''ENDING KaILKOID WaR. Further particulars as to the ''impending railroad war, heretofore spoken of in our columns, are given as follows As is well known there has not lcen of late a very cor dial feeling: between the Central Vermont and Northern (N. II. J Hoad, nor between the former ami Iho Connecticut river line. The rather critical relations Wtwein these lines have l-een very much aggravated by the sale of the Sullivan Hoad to the Connecticut Hivir Corporation. The Central is laboring to gel a shorter and more direct route to Bos ton, and is also striving to tr t an independ ent mid between WinJser uad Bellows F.dls.t,! take Ihe place c f Ihe Sullivan Koael, the use of which litter the Central is hable to lo-e at any lime The Cen tial is backed hy the Grand Trunk, and also by the Boston and Lowell, and they can secure the building ot Ihe Forest line road from Windsor, Vt., to Greenfield, N. H. when they will have a practically consolidat ed trunk line from Chicago to Boston. The first movement to bring this about was the leasing of the Nashui and I owell Heiad by the Bo-ton and Lowell Corporation, but the parties opposed to the hmldiih of Ihe Forest line are n ported as K'ing determined to break up this lcose on the ground of alleged illeg dity and a!si to get control of the charter of the Forest line und thus prevent its construction. The opposition to the building of the Forest line retad comes from the Northern, Concord, Cheshire and Connecticut Hirer roads, which make a pretly strong combination. With Ihe building of "the Forest Line road the heavy through freight whit h now comes through Concord vould be sent wholly over Ihe new route til Wmlsor ami Greenfield, as would also the Ctntral business, whicli now goes over Ihe Cheshire roatL The sev cral railroiids w Inch w ill be concerned 111 this expected contest have retained a large num btr of law vers and lobbyist, and the fight, if it conn's, will lo a bitttr one On the other hand there are those who say lhat the Central Vermont is agitating the Foret line question iu order lo frighten the Northern nut! and get U Iter and more rerwi ment freight tariff arrangements. Hiciimom The fire that burned the Kit hinoiid Hotel was first discovered bt the en gineer or the erlj I'as-teneer train about halt past t.mr o ttH-k., He blew the danger signal wa.stlt; for Meveral minut en. when help arrived at the grocery .lore where the are ori)inated. Tin door was i.rnkea in. when the dop sujinff there ran lr dear life, the names bursting out ot the door There v as no wind at Ihe time, or the vv hole run of bnihV Iiirs nuist have burned. The out build ires from the hotel were very uear the building ot the lion. J. L. Mason and it was with mm h hard woik thithU build in jrs m-re nnved. The outbulldinc connected with the hotel were torn down and clear ed w ar. .vir. Mason cencroualj rewarded the men t!at saved his proieny. I'apt. CoUev has reut d the Sherman block lor a hotel and will tmmedlab 1 lut it lu thorough repair. The Universal Society held a fair the even itnsof the 13th and lh. at the church parlor. Iroui vvhicb the j realized. ime llW. Christmas was observed at the Catholic churrti, and quite a number of families hal thrw mas trees