WASHINGTON.
Annual Report of tlio
Comptroller of tlie
Currency.
Statistics of the Nation
al Banks for tlie
Year.
Effect 'of the Currency Bill
Passed at the late
Session.
How It Works as a Meas
ure of Contraction.
Tho Railway Postal-Service—
Review of Its Opera
tions.
The Flan to Establish an Exclu
sive Mail-Train from Chi
cago to New York.
Imperfections of the Present
System of Compensat
ing Railroads.
Injustice of Making Weight a Basis
of Payment.
Deports from Military Division ami
Department Commanders,
The Army Appropriation Bill—No Mato
rial Changes.
THE CURRENCY.
nnroitT or the coitPiuoLi.En,
Special Ditpateh to The Chicago Tribune.
Washington, D. 0., Nov. 27.—Tho Comptrol
ler of tbo Currency has finished his report and
It is now in tbo bands of tbe printer. 11 shows
that 2,200 National Banks have been organized
since the establishment of tho system. Thirty
five of theso have failed and thirty-seven have
gone into voluntary liquidation by a vote of two
thirds of tho shareholders, leaving 2,023 hanks
Iq existence on tbo Ist of November, 1874. Tho
report contains tables showing the resources and
liabilities of tho National Banks at corresponding
periods for tbo last five years; also a table of
their condition on the 22d of October, tbe date
of tboirlaat report, tbe returns from Now York.
Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and from
tbe other redemption cities, and tho remaining
banks being arranged separately. In tbo state
ment of Oct. 2, tho loans of the banks in tho
cities named aro separated, first, into loans on
United States bonds; second, on otnor stocks
and bonds on demand ; third, on commercial and
accommodation paper; and fourth, loans payable
in gold.
Two bills passed tbo lent Congress
rotating to the National Banking sys
tem. The first bill, which is quoted,
failed to receive the approval of tho President.
Tbo principal points of the second act are given,
which wont into effect June 20, 187-1.
-. Tho amount of currency distributed under thin
act, and tho effect of the act on the rosotvos of
tbo National Banks, aro briefly discussed.
TUB SUBJECT OP REDEMPTION
is discussed at greater length, and tho hope ex
pressed that the present system of exchanging
mutilated notes for new paper issues will, not
long hence, be suporaddod by a true system of
redemption, namely : fhe payment, on demand,
of National Bank notes in coiu or its representa
tive.
Tbo amount of National Bank-notes outstand
ing of insolvent banks and of banks in voluntary
liquidation, which are redeemable at tho Treas
ury, is $812,285. Tho amount of circulation,
therefore at the disposal of tho Comptroller, or
(o bo placed at his disposal for distribution from
these different sources, mas follows: Tho
portion of tbo $850,000,000 lomainlng
unissued, $2,072,754; notes of banks
which bare deposited lawful money
for tho withdrawal of circulation. $7,714.-
650 ; notes in circulation of banks in liquidation,
$0,402,285, amounting to $10,279,580.
The Comptroller expresses tiio opinion that a
Bufllcicut amount of tbo circulation will no re
deemed to supply tho applications that may bo
received for some mouths to ecme. When the
amount withdrawn and destroyed from thoso
sources shall have been reissued, it ohall bo tho
duty of tho Comptroller to mako requisitions
upon banks located in
STATES HAVING MORE THAN THEIR PROPORTION.
This circulation will*bo withdrawn chiclly from
lihodo Island. Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
The aggregate amount of circulation hereafter
to be placed at the disposal of tbo Comptroller
from all sources Is $17,850,743.
HANK DESERVES.
Tho wbob amount of legal* tender money re
quired to ho held lu the vaults of tho banks un
der the National Bunk act, would have been, on
Oct. 2, $121,878,751, and the amount required
to bo kept ou hand iu tbo Treasury
under tbo law now in force is $101,528,000,
The amount of legal-tender notes, therefore, re
leased from tbo reserves of the bank* under the
now act of that date, Nov. 1, was $20,350,000.
Tho amount of cash reserve hold lu the vaults
of lbs banks at tho dato of tho last report, Oct.
2, was $55,000,000, and tbo total reserve $91.-
700.000 in excess of the requirements of tho
present act.
A table is given, showing tho kinds ami amounts
of reserves hold by tho baukd in Now York City, in
tho other redemption cities, and iu the remaining
banks on Oct. 2, and the amount these banks
would have been required to hold if tho rosorvo
laws had remained unchanged.
the rank tax.
Iho amount of taxes paid Into tbo United
Stoles Treasury by tbo National Banks for tho
year ending July 1, 1874, was $7,083,398, of
which $3,104,000 was derived from circulation.
Tho rates of taxation under tho Stale laws dur
ing the last year wire s In Now York City, 3 80-
100 per cent; Boston, 2 84-100 ; Chicago,
2 84-100 ; Cincinnati, 2 57-100; St. Louis.
2 44-100; Charleston, The average
amount of taxation assessed on tho
capital of National Banka ia estimated
at from 3 to per cent. Beal
estate and personal properly are generally as
sessed at not more than one-third of their actual
value, but bank shares aro usually assessed ot
their full value. There is no doubt that the
rote of taxation of National Banks is greater
than that of auv other species of properly.
Tho amount of fractional revenue tax derived
from tho sole of the 2-cont stamp alllicd to
checks and sight drafts for tho year ending July
1, 1874, wus $1,500,000. Tho Comptroller recoin
mcuclstho repeal of the latter tax, and if itm
not repealed that tho not shall be so amended
and such penalty provided as shall tend to pre
vent evasions of the present law.
DANK KinMNOU.
A table ia given showing the aggregate capi
tal and surplus, total dividends, and total earn
ings of the banka, with ratio of dividends to
capital and surplus, and capital and surplus for
each half year, beginning March, 1800, and end
ing tiopt. 1, 1874. From thla table it appears (bat
tho average dividends on capital during (be past
yuar have been at tbe rate ox 0 o>lo por cent, the
dividend on capital and surplus 787-100, and the
tamings to (bo capital and surplus 0 08-100,
STATS AND PIIIYATE HANKS,
Tin amount of taxes collected by the Com-
missionora of Internal Revenue from Ravings
haulm, Slat® banks, and private banka and bank
ers during tho loot year was $3,887,000,
Tho Comptroller given statistics of tbn re
sources and iJabllltion of Htato banka and savings
banka during the post year. Hut fow or tlie
States liavo lawn requiring regular roportn to bs
made to tbo State authorities, and a still Ices
number of States comnlio qucli reports when
received, Tbo returns given are ohloilv from tbo
banka in Now England mid the Middle Staten, and
tli© Comptroller lias addressed acirmilnr-tottorto
tbo Governors of tbo States suggesting tbat
recommendations bo made to the novoraf State
LrgiHiaturoH, urging tho passage of acta which
will secure information in reference to tho money
Institution!) of the States, am] flaks tbo Attention
of members of Congress to the subject, and tho
exertion of their lulluonco to that end.
denomination of notes outstanding.
Tho Comptroller gives a table showing the
amount of National Bank notes of ouch denom
ination oucstaudlng, from which It appears that
l h°.»*n° u| it of notes loss than the denomination
of $Q now outstanding is, $9,077,811 ; tho
amount of National Bank notes loss than $lO,
is $189,980,496. Tho amount of legal-tender
notes outstanding of less than $3 Is *36,222.852,
ana tho amount of lognl-toudor notes loss than
•*lO is $107,408,965. if tho whole issue of legal
tender notes and National Bank notes
under $5 should bo withdrawn, it would
require $36,228,000 of specie to take ils place,
and if all tbo paper money, including tbo frac
tional eitrroucv, under *lO should bo withdrawn,
it would require '*203.685,000 of epcoio to take
its place. The United States Treasurer holes
$885,400,000 of United Hlatos bonds as security
for circulation of notes. Those bonds con
sist of $143,931,000 of 6 per cent bonds,
and $289,944,901) of & per cent bonds,
and there has been an • increase of
3 nor cent bonds during the last four years of
$148,497,000, and a decrease of 0 per cout bonds
of $100,909,000.
THE BANK-NOTE PLATES,
The Comptroller repeats bis statement of
last year, that there is no present necessity for
the engraving of now designs for tho National
Bank notes. iho average number of Impressions
printed upon tbo present plates docs not exceed
4,690, while they are capable of printing an aver
age of 80,000 impressions, Thu largo amount of
engraver's work on tho National Bunk notes, and
(he similitude of design of each denomination,
have tended to prevent tho issue of counterfoils,
not more than forty-six of the whole 0,000 plates
which have boon ongtavod for tho National
Banks having boon successfully counterfeited,
while under iho old plate system tbo counter
feits wore numbered by thousands.
Tbo Comptroller recommends an approprla
of $3,006 for tbo redemption of miHlgued notes
of National Banks, which were purloined from
tuo Treasury in 1807.
t/o the JtsoeiaUd Preen.)
Washington, X). 0., Nov. 27.—Tbs annual re
port o£ the Comptroller of the Currency shows
that during tho past year seventy-one National
Banks have been organized, with an autuorizod
capital of $6,7-15,000. Three banks bnvo failed,
and twenty gone into voluntary liquidation. Thu
actual increase of National Bank circulation
during the year la $3,570,207. The total circu
lation outstanding Nov. 1, including $3,130,00-1
duo to banks for mutilated notes destroyed, was
$351,027,2-10. leaving $2,072,75-1 yet to bo issued
of the $3i)4,000,000 authorized. Since
(ho passage of the tot of Juno 20,
137-1, foi tv-six National Bunks have
boon organized, with a capital of $1,010.(100. to
which circulation has been issued. Applications
have been mndo for the organization uf sixty
four other national banka with a capital of
$5,110,000, and circulations amounting to
$-1,500,000 has been assigned to those proposed
organizations tinder Hoc. 4 of the act of Juno 20.
1371. Seven million seven hundred and fuu< t« en
thousand live hundred and fifty dollars
legal louder notes have boon uepot-ited for the
purpose of withdrawing from tiiianlation the
sums amount of National Bank-notes.
THE AMOUNTS ISSUED TO HANKS
since June 20, 1874, aro as tallows:
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Texas
Kentucky
ToUUCSbOd.....
Ouio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
lowa
Minnesota,
Colorado..
Total,
Tho amount authorized to bo issued to banks
already organized is $3,7U7,U01), and to be issued
to proposed organizaiioija $4,503,000, of which
llhodo Island, Connecticut, Now York, and Penn
nylvauia receive none, but Ohio receives $1,335,-
000. Indiana SBOI,OOO, Illinois $103,000, lowa
$315,000, and others amounts smaller.
THE - AMOUNTS BUIIJECT TO WITHDRAWAL
under bees. 7 and oof tho act of June 20, 187-1,
in States having more than thoir proportion of
circulation is uo follows :
Haute. Where titutkd. A mount.
4 New York City $ 1,333,.733
17 Providence, It, I 2,318.100
15 Connecticut 3,034,020
33 Bouton 12,8.73,750
20 Massachusetts 3,5.715,2J5
4 Maine (103,000
4 Vermont 60.7,00(1
12 Baltimore 2,11 V,870
1 Delaware 1)2,851)
41 Pennsylvania 8,9(57,103
11 Now Jersey 000,000
' The amount of circulation remaining unissued
and tho amount to bo withdrawn, as before
stated, is $10,279,589. Total $47,350,748.
ari f £CT or the withdrawal or legal tenders.
Tuo Comptroller says: If Congress should
provldo for tho withdrawal of logal tender notes,
and tho isnuoof National Bank-notes us needed
in placo thereof, when tho amount at local ton
dor uolcs should bo reduced to, say SBI)j,UUO t OUO,
llio legal tender nates would then be in demand,
and, in proportion ns (boy should be reduced in
amount, ibo demand fur them would
increase, until finally when tho amount of
bank-notes issued should bo largely in
excess of tho amount of logal tender notes,
outstanding, tho National Bank notes would
thcuifiolves bo withdrawn at cot tain seasons of
tho year, on account of tho difficulty or expense
of obtnii mg lawful money with which to rodcom
them. Thu gold com of the country would tnou
mako its appearance in answer to tho demand for
an additional amount of lawful mono/, and
specie payment would follow. Bodomptiou in
its propor'sonso implies tbo exchange of a prom
ise to pay for the thing promised, namely: coin,
or its representative, which is convertible into
coin on demand. Tho i fleet of such redemption
is to confine banks of issue to a legitimate
business, which is the discounting of commercial
paper. If banks of issue are obliged to pay
their circulating notes onco in sixty or ninety
days, they must discount such promissory union
only as will certainly bo paid within that time.
If tho payment uf bank-notes bo frequently de
manded, banks of issue cannot safely invest thou*
capital m reat-oatneo loans, in doubtful clocks or
bonds, in accommodation-notes which require
renewal, or in loans on doubtful security, but
must have their capital at all times In
vested lu loans which will bo promptly
paid at maturity. Such a condition indi
cates & healthful business, and promotes
sound banking; and the reduction of tho
amount of Icgnl-toudur notes, accompanied with
such increase of National Bank-notes as may bo
required, will secure a proper system of redemp
tion, render free banking practicable, and grad
ually restore specie payments without necossau
ly decreasing the amount of the circulating me
dium.
AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED.
The following amendments lo previous acta
aro recommended :
First —Au amendment to Sec. 1 of the act of
March 3, 1873, providing that if any shareholder
or shareholders of banks whoso capital stock is
impaired shall refuse, aftor throe mouths’ no*
tico, lo pay the assessment as provided in said
section, tv aufllciont amount of tbo capital stock
of such delinquent shareholder or shareholders
may ho sold to matte good the dolicieuoy.
Accomi—-An amoudmout of See. 39, of the Na
tional Uank act, eitonding the limit of the lia
bilities of any association, person, company, or
lirra, for money borrowed, from 10 per cent of
oupital paid in to 1C per cent of capital and sur
plus for banka located in redemption cities, ami
ouo-toulh of capital and surplus for other banks.
2'hird-~ Also prohibiting the deposit of more
than 10 per cent of the capital of a National
B&uU with any private banker, or any peruon or
association, other than a National Banking As
-IThat no National Banks shall bo lia
ble to make good auydoilclcnoy which may here
after arise in anv special deposit with such bank,
uuleea a receipt'shall be produced by tbo owner
of such deposit in which the liability of the
bank shall bo distinctly stated.
Fi/Ui—Tho repeal of tbo 2-cont stamp-tax, c.
an act providing that all bills of exchange,
checks, or receipts, in place of chocks drawn
upon any bank or banker, shall be subject to a
stamp-tax, with a penalty of 920 for each viola
tion thereof.
The Comptroller renews the recommendations
contained iu his last two reports for tbe pansage
of an act to prevent the issue and circulation of
unauthorized currency, and requiring the words
“counterfeit," “altered," “illegal" to bo
stamped on all counterfeit or unauthorized ia
THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE t SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1874-TWELVE PAGES.
rmes; also bis recommendation for the repeal of
tho fourth section of tho net of Juno 1, 1870, so
far as it applies to the organization of savings
banks in the District of Columbia, and for tho
enactment In Its stead of a general Jaw in rof
etnneo to such Barings banks, with judicious
conditions and restrictions.
THE POSTAL-CAR SYSTEM.
WHAT IS SEIKO ACCOMPLISHED 2)1 THIS BRANCH
OP TUB SEUVIOH,
Dispatch to The Chieaao TYfbim©.
Washington, D. C., Nor. 27.—George S.
Dangs, Supurintoudoiit of tho Railway Postal*
Service, has completed his annual report. Prom
this report It appears that, at tho oloso of the
fiscal year ending Juno 80, 1873, fchoro were in
operation 39 Hues of railway post-onico oars,
extending over 14,860 miles of railroad, on which
was performed 31,023 miles of service daily, and
12,747,023 miles of service annually, by 732 roil*
way post-office clerks. Those dorks are
classified os follows: 283 head clerks,
879 dorks, and ninety assistant dorks. By tho
establishment of uow lines of railroad, tbo postal
facilities have been greatly increased. During
tho threatened refusal of tho railroads to carry
tho mails, an offer of tho Baltimore A Ohio was
accepted by (ho Department. This gave dally
service between Cincinnati, 0., and Chicago, lit.,
810 miles. This completes a
TUIIOUQH LINE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND CHI
CAGO,
and forms a connection between tbs roads cen
tering ai Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Chicago.
Of tho present condition of tbo railway post
office service Mr. Bangs says : “ Tbo railway
post-office oars are uow In operation on most of
tho most Important connecting and trunk linos
of railroad, giving the most direct and available
transit to tho mails between the cilice of origin
ond destination, and forming nearly a perfect
connection between tho vorlous railroads upon
which service Is performed by route agents.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILUOAD SYSTEM,
perhaps the most extended and important in the
country for mail transportation, is nuw lined
to a grout extent In tbo forwarding of through
and direct mails ; but, owing to tbo poor postal
facilities at present furnished by that road, it
cannot bo utilized to any great extent in tho dis
tiilmliou of mails in transit. As ibis Company
has expressed its willingness to grant improved
accommodations, tho bonoiit to ho derived would
fully warrant the Department iu tbo acceptance
of tho same. Tho necessity of this addition to
the postal-car linos can best bo Judged by the
lotloAiug statement of tho bulk of mails passing
between tbo East and West: Now York City
ongiunica
FIFTY-FIVE TO SIXTY TONS OF 3CAIL-31ATTER
DAILY,
as shown by thoir official statement, Forty-five
to fifty taua of this is forwarded im tbo trunk
lines loading to the West nml Southwest. Throe
of theflo lines—th« I’ounuylvauia Railroad, Nuw
York A Erie Railroad, and Now York Cou'ral A
Hudson .River Railroad—carry daily over their
wholo length an average of 98,0i.0 pounds of
mail, and as the bulk of this mail is deposited
in tbo offices at the latest hour possible to mako
tho trams, or arrives on connecting trains, it
must bo distributed in transit, taxing tho pies
out accommodation to tlie utmost, especially as
tbo Erie Railroad is the only one upon which
the Department have such accommodations as
uro required. Tho propriety of establishing
A EAST AMU EXOI.VBIVS MAIL-XIIAIM
between New York and Chicago has boon dis
cussed for some time, and there appears to be a
growing necessity fur the same, tms train to bo
under the control of the Department so faros it
1b necessary for tbo purposes designed, and to
run the distance in about twenty-four hours. It
is conceded by railroad officials that this can bo
done. Tho importance of a line like this cannot
no overestimated. It would roduco the actual
time of the mail between tho East and West from
twelve to twoiuy-fourhours, as it would necessari
ly bo established upon one or more of the trunk
lines having an extended system of connections.
Its benefits would be in no wise confined, but
extended to all pails of tho country alike. It
would also, if this line bo established, ho prac
l.cablo to reduce to one line daily, beside this
through due, tho servico upon (ho throe trunk
Lucs to bo West. This reduction would compen
sate for all the additional expense incurred by
■ he fast mail-train, especially as, by Ihooporation
of tho law governing mail transportation, tho more
mail concentrated upon a single lino of railway
tho loss is the aggregate cost of transportation
per pound or ton pur mile.
With reference to tho complaints of some
railroads that
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THE COMPENSATION IS INADEQUATE.
Mr. .Bangs says : “lu this connection it would
be aavisuble to recommend legislation placing
tUo compensation to imlroads on another basis,
that of weigui alouo. Waca weight was first
made the basis of compensation, the mails were
mostly carried in bulk, mm the space required
was relatively bo small that it did not enter into
cuusiuonuiou, but with the increasing railroad
facilities and closer connection made ut
terminal points, came the necessity of
distribution m transit, or else delay. Thus has
space prawn into primary importance, and the
relations between the space required and weight
earned are becoming so varied on different rail
roads, governed entirely by the country through
which the railroad passes and its connections,
that it worus unequally, and is an increasing
source of complaint upon the part of the rail
roads wbo furnish ample accommodations, and
of embarrassment to tho Department when rail
roads refuse to lurmsh the sumo. The compen
sation should be ao baaed tb&t it
would command tbo use of' any or all
trains run upon any railroad, and
ample space for tho proner working of the mails.
It should bo so flexible that mails could be
changed from one road to another at tho option
of tuu Department, when uomamluU by a uuauge
of connections.”
Mr. Bangs reviews the subject of
the cost ok the railway postal*service.
about which enouuous opinions obtain. He
says: “Tho additional eomponsaiiou given to
tun railroads lor furnishing and Uausportiug
railway post-office curs is, as nearly &u can be es
timated, SuU9,UU(> annually. Thocompenbationoi
cicrks performing tins service is $1,058,21)0
annually ; the cost of tho buporinteudoncy lur
biliary and per diem is $34,420; a total cost of
02:4,020. That thin coat is apparent, however,
ami not real, will bo seen in the following : The
railway post-ohicos, with three or lour excep
tions, perform the way or local service ; fcnat is.
supply the otfiecs along the line of the ralhoau
over wuicU they pass. A careful estimate suov.a
that to do this wont would alouo lequiro 8.0
clerks or route-agents, nhich would oust
at least SI,OOO each per year,
tho average salary given on that class of route,
amounting to $870,000. Again, were not tnib
diotubutiuu made on the cava, it would ueocinsi
tate the establishment of at least fifty ndiiiuomil
distributing post-unices, employing from one
additional clerk in the smallest. to seventy-five in
the largest. This latter is the estimate (or Uul
cago, Thin it would require a larger force'iu
the otficcs than aro oa the cars to tuaite the dis
tribution of tho Buiuo amount of mail, is evident
from tho following icusons : On the cars, they
have the whole time iu transit, while in the
posb'OUiuo tho deutnhutiuu must bo mono in the
shortest possible time, requiring a larger force,
in order that it may no forwarded by tue first de
parting trains titer its arrival. This must at
least onset the balance of compensation to
clerks. The additional space required iu tho
pobt-oflkea would alone aggregate to no incon
siderable Item. Too Hupumittmdcucy would be
necessary under any system, as tho distribution
and dispatch ol mails would require the same
general supervision as now to seem s tha best
possible results
" Not the least consideration In favor of tbs
railway poat-oiluo.B
TUB AVOIDANCE OF DELAYS
resulting from any other system than the
distribution o( mails iu transit,”
A curious compensation, not embodied in the
report, shows what the Government would be
oomuclled to pay if the postal-cur system was
abolished. To return to tbo old system of dis
tribution olhcoß, a vast additional sum would be
required. i‘uc cental ami dork-biro. Tnuro
would bo, besides, an enormous additional
expenditure. The railroad companies would
require compensation 1 for tbe weight of the
pouches. Uauh weighs pounds. There are
now in use 150,000. A return to tbo old system
would require &u increase of I,UOO por cent iu
number. Tbo cost of transportation of tbe ad
ditional mail-bags under the old system, if tbe
present facilities worn maintained, would be
made more than tbo ent.re exponas* of the
postal-car transportation.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
ari’Koi'iuATioNs ron this hnhujnu m».
.Special DUpatch to The Chicago H'ribttne,
uvauiNQTON, Nov, 27.—The Committee on
Appropriations have neatly completed the War-
Bopartmout bill. They bare closely followed
the bill of last year, The army is to bo still
maintained at 25,000 men. There is no deficien
cy In the War-Department estimates for this
year.
DEPAIITJIENT AND DIVISION UEPOQTa.
Wathmgton Dupatch to the JJoiton A drerluer.
The tiocrotory of War has received the annual
reports of all tho officers commanding tho mili
tary divisions and departments. Gon, Scho
field, commanding tbo Division of tho Pacific,
sayu t
Since my last report satisfactory pregrew toward
tbo final settlement of the Indian question, so far as it
depends niton military operations, has boon made.
Under the wine and vigorous administration of cien.
Crook, the fow Apaches who otattmdoly refused to
submit to necessary restrictions have been hunted
down and killed, and Gon. Crook thinks if tho Indians
of (he various rcflcrvatlons in Arizona are now prop
erly managed, kept (o work, furnished wllh seeds and
Implements, mid their present interest In agriculture
ami stock-raising encouraged, no further troublo need
bo expected, aud they will gradually become self-sup.
porting. Tuo business of the Department has boon
conducted In a satisfactory manner, with duo regard
to economy and tho geueral interest of tho pnbllo
service. 1 lako pleasure In renewing my previous
commendation of Gen. Crook's mansgoment of tho
difficult Apache problem, and cordially approve of (ho
administration of tbs Department of Columbia by Col.
Jefferson G. Davis.
. Gon. Emory, commanding tlw Department of
tho Gulf, reports at length upon tho position of
troops iu his Department, aud details tho cir
cumstances under which a portion of thorn hare
been employed iu maintaining tbo civil authori
ty. In regard to tho difficulties surrounding a
military officer ia command in the Southern
States, Gon. Emory says t
I beg leave lo call atlcntlcm to the delicti© and un
defined nature of duties Imposed on tho troops serving
boro, and to suggest that a general rule of action b»
defined, ami that .parsons performing such duties bo
protected bylaw In the execution of them. At present
tbo troops sro expected to keep peace without having
any power to correct abuses, however flagrant, or
power to tirrntd parlies for tho most criminal offenses;
nml yet thoir presence In case of riot or disorder ren
ders thorn liable to civil suits it cnsuaUioM should oc
cur. ©rou by accident. Yet it cannot bo denied that
Ihclr presence Is necessary to tho conservation of
peace in tho Southern country, and, In my opinion, to
tbs existence of tho Government llflolf, I, therefore,
do not consider It too much to ask that the wholo
subject of (hose duties In tho Southern country may
form tbo subject of consideration.
Qon. Hnncoolc, commnmling tho Dlvinlon of
tho Atlantic, shows a most favorable condition of
military affnirs throughout his command. Tbo
health of tbo troops has been excellent, and the
number of desertions has materially decreased,
lie nays that special attention b&s boon given to
urdets of tho war Deportment issued in January
last, sotting forth tho necessity of rigid economy,
and nil purchases and expenditures have boon
reduced to the lowest possible limit consistent
with the abuoluto hoooHsilics of tho service.
NOTES AND NEWS.
LOBBYING IN ADVANCE.
Spccwi Ihtpatoh to The Chieagr ’/Vifttttu.
Washington, D. C., Not. 27,—Retiring Con
gressmen report a curious operation on tbo part
of the managers of tho Northern Pacific Rail
road during the past summer. It appears that
they have scut agents into nearly every
District to make personal visits to
CoiigroHbmoo in connection with the intended
attempt to scours legislation this winter.
OFi'tCIAD CHANGES IN TUB TItBAfIUBT DEPART*
KENT.
{To tht Aa*of.iat*l Pve* ».l
Washington, D. 0., Nav. 27. —John P.Blrolow,
chief of the Loan Division of tho Treasury
Department, who has been iu London some
monllm pant in oounection with the funding
oporadonu of tho Treasury, will arrive horo to
morrow, and havo a conference with Secretary
Bristow. Ho will shortly retaru to London, bin
it is Mild will resign his position as chiof of tho
Loan Division horo temporarily, as his duties
abroad will engage his attention for tho next two
years. Mr. Halter, at present chiof
of the Warrant Division, nod formerly
assistant in tho Loan Division, will bo
appointed chiof of tho latter until the lotnrn of
Mr. Bigelow, and It. T. Leopold, who resigned
tho position of chief of the warrant Division to
accept the Commissiooorshm to settle np ttio af
fairs of tho Froudmiu’e Savings t>n:i Trust Com
pany, will bo appointed chief of tho Wairaut Di
vision.
ArPOINTMEHTfI,
James 11. Hemphill has neon appointed In
ternal ilevenue btoiekoopur for tho Eighlu Dis
trict of Kentucky.
The President to-day appointed H. S. Haskell
Postmaster at Pottogo City, Wis., rice C, I’.
Austin, commission expired.
TUK JIUTi-Ell-JAYNB RING
have not yet given up, althougn they were badly
beaten la.-t session. They took part iu tho cam
paign this fall, working actively against candi
dates for Congress who bud been instrumental in
securing Hie overthrow of tho moictv system,
under cover of winch they robbed and oppressed
the mercantile interests of the country so out
rageously. They made a specially strong effort lo
defeat Mr. Charles Poster. Since the election
they have been preparing tho way for a re-enact
ment of the hateful law. They take advantage
of tho decrease of customs receipts to chargo
Hint it is due to increased smuggling and
fraudulent invoicing, which they claim
U nut detected now that lucre are no moie
ties paid to spies mid informcro, up it
was under tho old vvoitlea law. They utterly
ignore the fact Hint the hard timoshavo operated
to docrciso importations. They will make a
very plausible showing to Cougro s, and Mr. Boa
Butler will do all iu his power to'help them.
The lobby that they will bung to hoar will ho one
of the mobt formidable that has over been iu
Washington It will not be so bungling proba
bly as to spend or offer much money by way of
bubery, but will command biaius, and tho
shrewdest manipulators Hint money can buy will
be enlisted in it. Thoro are doubtless defects in
the present law but it can be made ns effective
as the moieties sya;omJia time. Tho small thieves
who fattened at tho expense of the merenutt'e
c.iiiinmuitv ijave grown toi v loan and very min
giy, and limy will work'dcsperuloly for a renewal
of their old privilege.
OATiY A PAUPER,
Slow the I'cniuuutai'j' Authorities
Arc I mpobnl up«»n by yioati»Siiiri(fc3
Cuuvity ofr>cuU»—LuUi£wat Persons
.Seat (o J.*rivoa vu Trumpud-ui»
Churn oa.
Jolust. Nov. 26.—The frequent receipt of
prisoners at tho Penitentiary,—of convicts whose
worst orimoa eeomupou the nmfaco to have boon
that they wore paupers,—has led to tho holler
that there ought be such a thing as a trumped
up charge, to free tho counties from (heir sup
port and cast tho burden upon the State at the
Penitentiary. A trio of this class, apparently,
were received at the Penitentiary on the morn
ing of the 2ith Inst. Qov. Beveridge, being at
tho institution, became personally cognizant of
tholr condition when received, and called upon
the Warden for an official statement. Upon tho
receipt of it, tho Governor will investigate the
matter fully* The following is tho statement of
the Warden:
W*arvv.s’aOmcr, \
Itnwoia SrATt J*f;jiik.vhart. V
Joliet, Id., Nor. tifl, 3874. J
To Hit Excellency John L, Ueceriitie, <Vor et'imr o/'Jlhuoti;
Sir: In compliance with your verbal request. lime
the honor to report the following fact* concerning
three prisoners received from White County or the
evening of the 24tb lust. •
James C. Donovan, sentenced for five years on a
charge of burglary nml larceny. Thin prisoner lad to
be brought on » stretcher from Wlilte County, uuil was
sunt to tho hospital us soon a* received. When re
ceived ho was unable to speak from exhaustion, lie
is, and was when received, suffering irom congestion
of the spine. Tho muscles of tho left leg are contract
ed sml powerless; his left bund li mpploti, sad ho
Is minus the right eye. Hu says bo has been in tho
above condljon shout two mouths and a half; was
taken to tho court-room for trial in this condition.
He claims to be Innocent of tho charge, and to ( clung
In Cold Springs, Putnam County, N. Y. Says ha did
not receive necessary medicine or attoudauce while
tick In jail, the physician giving as a reason for neg
lecting him thut "it was pulling the county to too
much expense ” to visit him as often as it was neces
sary. The prisoner claims that bis bedding was not
changed during bis entire slay In the jail, and that
bis cell was In a filthy condition oil ths time. Ho was
sentenced on tho 13th Inst.
Hiram Rankin, received ssms day from While
Comity, under sentence of three years, for larceny of
a hone. This man las school-teacher, ho says; gives
bis ago as 31. Is minus a right arm; belongs iu Qsl-
Istin County; was smuted July 13, and sentenced
Nov. 90,1874.
Silas Hiker, received tho same day,from Whits
County; aoutenood to one year, for larceny. Minus
right eye «ud toes of left foot. Ills family Jlto at
Grayvllle, White County; have resided there for
three yours. Tho statements of this prisoner and
Itauklu, taken separately, agree In tho main tith
those of James 0. Donovan, as to his treatment while
la jail In White County, sml as to the seeming anx
iety of tho authorities lo get him off their hands vud
into Hie Penitentiary.
I hare the honor to be, Governor, your obedient
servant, It, W'. MoOnuflimr, Warden,
CONVENTION OF SHORT'HORN BREEDER?.
Syecml DwwtoJi to Tho Chicaao JVi&im/.
SmiNOKJELD, 111., Nov, 27.—Tho hall of (lie
House of IloproKontatlvou has been scoured by
tho breeders of alrort-honi cattle iu this State,
lu which to hold their National Convention on
Doe. 2. lloproßontutivca from Canada and all
tho Stales iu tho Union are expected to ha pm
«at.
FORMALLY ACCEPTS.
Newark, N. J., Nov, 27.—80 v. Dr. florr
horough, of Pittsburg, formiillv accepts ho
Bishopric of Souiliom Now Jersey, iu a loltar
published to-day.
Tho Rev. L. 11. Unreason. of Hook Deli,
Olmstoad County, Mlim., preached a uonaoaeu
the l£Hh mat., it bom; tiu 80th birthday.
HARDENED SINNERS.
Some Have Been Caught at
Thoir Tricks.
Others Too Numerals to Mention Are
at Large.
End of the Famous Burglary Trial
iu Washington.
The Jury Unable to Agree as Regards
Whltely and Harrington.
Shocking* Case of Wifc-Murdcr in
Fond d.u Lac County,
Wls.
Preliminary Examination of tho Chi
cago Defaulter in Pittsburg.
The Reign of Terror in tho Scranton Coal
Region.
Tho Washington Snfc»fiurelary Cane,
Washington, Not. 27.—Tho court-room was
crowded to-day from 10 to 11 o'clock, iu expec
tation tbat tbo jury In tho safe-burglary conspir
acy would bo scat for by Judge Humphreys, but,
after a visit to Judgo Marshall, ho nooonncod
that nothing would bo dono till 12 or 1 o'clock,
indicating that tho Jury would bo allowed an ex
tension of timo, in ordor, if possible, to make
up a verdict. Harrington, Wbitoly, aud Will
iams (tho accuse), wore present.
TUB VERDICT.
Later—At twenty minutes past 11 o'clock tho
jury came into tho court-room. The roll was
called, and the Judgo said: "lam about to ask
you a few questions, but you need not answer
anything except Just what yon are asked."
Turning to tho foreman, ho said : “ Have you
agreed upon yonr verdict ?"
■Foreman—'Wo have, sir, as to one of tho de
fendants.
Tho Judgo—ls there a reasonable probability
that you will not agree upon tho guilt or lu
uoconco of tho other defendants?
Foreman—Tlier* is.
Tbo Judge—'What do you all say, gentle
men ?
Tho Jury were unanimous that they could not
agree as to tho others.
Tho foreman said that after a full consulta
tion with the members of the Jury, ho thought it
impossible to agree.
Tho Judge-Well, that is the only way in
which you can find out about it. How, I want to
caution, all in tho court-room against any
domouatration when tho verdict ahull be given.
Ido not fool as though I ought to bold this jury
any longer, after what 1 tool has boou a very
careful consideration of ttio case on their part.
Tho foreman, rising— u ,We agree that Arthur
B. Williams is innocent, and cannot agree upon
Wbltoly and Harrington.” The juiv was then
discharged. Tho Judgo ordered the dork to con
tinue the recognizances till tho next term. The
Court then adjourned.
lumwdlat»d> alter the adjournment, Harring
ton, his brother, and A. B. Williams at once
slopped forward aucl congratulated Barker, one
of the colored jurors. After tho jury was dis
missed the fact was dl.ulged that on tho fust
ballot they stood eight for acipntcal and four for
conviction in Harrington's case, tho following
jurors voting for conviction : Craig, Mann,
and nickllog (while), and Mosoly (colored),
and tho vote did not change during tho
whole time they wore out. In Whitaly's
case the vote stood nine for acquittal and three
for conviction. Xlickling changing'hia vote in
tho case of WhUcly, and tho voto was not fur
ther changed. There was no difference of opin
ion iu Williams' case, all agreeing that ho was
innocent. Tho jurors agree iu tbeir statements
that Craig stood like a rock for conviction, aed
Unit Muon and Mosley adhered to bhn. They
al.no assert that Craig was cursed, reviled, and
called every Ttio cphhefc it was porsiblo to imag
ine, in order to mako him change his opinion,
but lie did not Uiuch. Ho was intimidated by
every plan they could dovlse, but without effect.
Tho crowd lingered about tho couit-room tor
half au hour, disciifsing iho subject, and tulk.ng
with the jury, who wore foe to relate what trans
pired in tho jury-toora.
A UJSTOUV OF THE AFFAIR FROM THE BEGINNING.
From Hit Boston Aumti’ser inm,
Tho Bftfo-buiglnry cubO. now on trial la Wash
ington, baa been bo long tho subject of Uie
l-aicbcs fiom the Capital that very likely most
tenders have got tired of it, and given up tlio
attempt to keep truck of its devious and mys
terious courses, la anticipation of tho conclu
sion of tho case, it in perhaps worth while to re
view its origin, and tho circumstances which
make it important.
During the last session of Congress, investi
gation of the conduct of affairs by tho Territo
rial Government of the District of Columbia was
entered upon, and prosecuted wiilr energy.
The motive of this investigation was a memo
rial to Congress asking fur it, which was signed
by Columbus Alexander, W. W. Corcoran, and
other respectable tar-paying citizens, who
alleged that they bad reasons to believe tho
officers of the Territorial Government guilty of
a corrupt oxcrcito of llndr authority. The sus
picion of euch malfeasance in tho 011100 was
notoriously common iu Washington, and else
where wherever enough was known to base a
judgment upon. When tho matter was brought
before Congress by tho memorialists, an investi
gation was ordered. There was some reluctance
on tho unit of several Boimtois.it will bo remem
bered, to serve on tho Investigating Committee,
hut after a while a committee was constituted
which sot about its business, and with little dilil
culty found that the cocdi tiou of things was hud
enough. The result of their icport was the over
throw of the District Government, tho appoint
ment of a Commission to draft a now scheme of
government for the District, and the eclahlish
mentof a provisional government to have charge
of the public interests ad interim.
The Assistant District Attorney under tho Ter
ritoi ial Government was a lawyer named liar
lington, and ho appealed at the sittings of the
Investigation Committee as counsel for Gov. A.
B. Shepherd and the other members of the
Donrd of Public Works and oillcers of tho Terri
torial Government, who noon came to bo desig
nated popularly as the Washington Bing. Har
rington was super serviceable to his clients m
tho way of preventing tho Investigating Com
mittee from finding out the facts they were
searching for. Some information (bo Committee
and memorialists particularly desired to obtain
was su; posed to no spread upon the books of
John O. Evans A Co., a firm having dealings
wiih tho ring. There was turned ovor to the
Committee a sot of books purporting to ho
those of the Arm, but tho suspicion was
strong that the sot was not tho genuine,
original one. This suspicion, together with
many other circumstances iu connection with the
investigation, made tho caso look blue for tho
ring. It became clour that nothing would re-es
tablish their prestige but tho hrealdug down in
some way of the character of the men active iu
pushing the investigation.
One night last spring the safe in tho offleo of
Harrington, tho Assistant District Attorney, was
mysteriously robbed of a bundle of papers. The
robber was taken into custody when leaving the
doorstep of the bouse of Columbus Alexander,
one of tho memorialists, whither he bad Loon
trucked by otlicors or tho Secret Bervioo, who, by
a remarkable good fortune, wore standing
by to see tho burglary committed. Immediate
ly tho report was diligently spread that
Alexander hud put up the job in las excessive
zeal to procure evidence rguiust (ho ring, and ho
was, we boliovo, arrested for complicity in the
rohhery. Tho matter was at onco taken cog
nizance of by the Investigating Committee,
who made a thorough investigation of tho
whole case, with tho result that Alexander
was cleared of suspicion, and evidence obtained
which Indicated that tho job was put up by
llarriuctou himself, with the guilty complicity
of A. B. Williams, an Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney of the Washington Police Court: Col.
11, 0, Whitelv, Chief of the Secret Service- of
the Treasury Department; and I. 0. Nottloahlp.
Col. Whltoly’a first ossiataut, who employed
some notorious butglurs to break open the safe,
abstract certain documents, and deliver them to
Alexander, who was to bo arrested at the instant
of lecolviug the stolen pioporty, and so involved
in a felony, by which moans an Investigation of
Harrington'e clients would bo broken down. It
happened, however, that Alexander did col an-
ewer the summons of bln door-boll, end the plan
failed to tlml extent.
Tho evidence boloro the Conprcaidonnl Com
mittee wns of nuob aoHoiid ohnrnottr that tho
Treasury Department look enguizouco of it in
so for as It affected th' /Ices of its Secret Ser
vice Department, auci u.at branch of It was
thoroughly investigated by n law officer, whoso
Information being submitted to tho Secretary of
(ho Treasury, tliat olllccr diHiniesod from tbo
employ of the Government ‘Whltoly. Notllo
ship, and tho real, and, indeed, reorganized tho
Secret Service Division altogether. lu tho
course of time tho Gram) Jury had tho caso sub
muted to them, and Harrington, Williams,
Wbiiely, and Netllcsblp wero indiclod for a
conspiracy to commit burglaiy. Their trial on
this indictment is tho case now drawing to an
end. Tho chief evidence for tho prosecution
is Biippliod by ono of tho burglars, named
Hayes, who turned State's evidence, and
tola a startling story of the negotiations con
ducted by Whiloly and Noltlcslfip, by which his
professional services wero secured for a price
aud a guarantee that bo would not have to re
main in jail long. During tho post week aomo
of tho defendants in tho caso have procured tho
arrest of Hayoa on a charge of perjury, but this
is In some quarters hold to be only a trick to dis
credit Ida story with tho jury. There wo many
episodes connected with tbo which have a
special interest, such an tho spiriting away of
important witnesses, and tho release on nominal
hall by application of ono of tho alleged con
npiratotsof an alleged confederate. Tho Dis
trict-Attorney. Harrington, being on trial, tho
prosecution of tho case has boon in charge of
Ansiataut Atiornoy-Gonoral Clement 11. Hill and
A. 0. Iliddlo, Esq., of tho Winchcmor Bar, who
was Hoodally commissioned by tho Department
of Justice.
TorrlJilo Pomonllc TrnsrertT— A Wile
Murdered by Her Iliiiband,
Special Diupatch lu The Chieaoo Trfbtou.
Fond mr Lao, Wlb., Not, 27,— The JStenfnp
Commonwealth of this oity publishco tho par
ticulars of the most
ÜBAUrLESS wife-murder
that over occurred in this county. Tho terrible
deed was committed iu tbo Town of Spriugvalo,
about 12 miles wost of Fond du Lac, at an early
hour this morning. HueaoU Blown, tho mur
derer, is a well-to-do farmer la tho Tov*u of
Spriugvalo, an old resident, and was for many
years regarded a* ono of tbo fluent mon in town.
Ho hod much trouble with his first wife, am) a
year ago last April be attempted to kill her.
Ho claimed that tho attempt w.is made in
solf-defonso; and that his wiio had often at
tempted to kill him aud his children. Soon af
ter that occurrence
DUOWK DISAITEAUPD.
It wan supposed for a long timo that bo had
committed suicide by throwing himself into tlio
rivor. Six weeks later bo was beard from in
Syracuse, N. i., wbero bo was crazy. but with
friends. That your bin wife got a divorce. In
the fall Drawn returned, and was an eauo
an over, and took charge of bin largo funo
ami attended to tbo business with bid Uhual
thrift. All of tbo neighbors supposed
that he bad been permanently cutcd. In
Apiitlaßt be was married to a widow named
Booth, a very lino woman. They seemed to live
in harmony, no ono thinking there was any
THOOIILK BETWEEN THEM.
On Thanksgiving, Brown showed some signs of
a return of tbo terrible malady, but it was not
thought worth while to watob him. Soon after
0 o'clock this morning the children, who slept
up staits, awoko, mid, in attempting to como
down Blairs, found the door fastened. Thoir
cabs awakened the larger children, who slept
downstairs, and tboy opened tbo door. Upon
looking about, they found that all of the outside
doors and uovcrul of the inside doors wore
sccuioly fastened. A girl Id years of ago,
daughter of Mr. Brown, went to tbo room m
which her parents slept and called them. Re
ceiving no answer, she unfastened the door and
went in.
A MOST SICKENING SIGHT
met her gaze. Thero on the oed was her
mother, her face covered witb blood, lilolcss.
The alarm was given, and a sou of Mis. Brown,
Albert Booth, at work half a milo away, was sent
for. By tbo timo bo arrived a largo number of
the neighbors woro prcsont. Tbo scone was 01.0 of
the saddest seen in that part of tbo country.
Tlio children, several of whom are quito young,
woro mourning over tbo loss of thoir mother.
It was found that the fatal blow bad bocn struck
with an ax, which was found iu tbo bodroom.
The impression is, that tbo deed was done bo
tween i) and 4 o’clock iu tbo morning, as Mr.
Brown's mother, who lives in a bouse iu the
sumo yard, and but a few foot from
THE SCENE or THE MURDER,
heard somo one walking about the bouse at that
hour. The indications aro that the blow was
struck wbilo tbo woman was aulcop, and that she
was iuatnut'y killed. Tboro seems to bavo been
but one blow, and that with iho bond of tbo ax
on the temple. Upon going to the barn it was
found that ono of the horses bad been takou
away. It was thought that Brown had (akon tbo
horse, and started for this city immociiatolv after
committing tbo deed. Sheriff Klotz and several
assistants aro making a thorough
BKAHCII roit THE MUllDEltEn.
Tho terrible deed has caused intense excite
ment, audit is thought Una haU-iusano fellow,
•*ho first tried to kill one wife, and afterward so
brutally murdered a noble, loving woman m cold
blood, and without cause, would faro badly if
caught by the friends ol tho Uto Mrs. Broffu.
Cullen, ncGrulh’* Bookkeeper, Kclrt
iu WO,OOO Bail to Auuit Chicago
Officers.
Special Ditnateh to The Chicane Tribune .
PiTTsnuiia, Pa., Nov. 27.—Cullen, the man
arrested for stealing $20,000 fiom J. J. Mc-
Grath. of Chicago, was committed to jaii in de
fault of 510,000 ball for a hearing on Monday,
on information made before tho Acting Mayor,
charging him with being a fugitive from justice.
Detective Grav, of Pinkerton's Agency, arrive 1
with tlie necessary papers, and has gone to Har
risburg to have ihom approved by Gov. Hurt
ranft, of this State. Cullen will probably be do
livoiod to tho Chicago authorities Monday, un
less ho comes again before tbo Criminal Court
on a writ of habeas corpus.
Terrible Condition of Affair** In tin;
Scranton (t>a.) Coni ICcgion lCiut
nuil Murder Kumpiim.
Scranton, Fa, (Aop, 21), Correspondence of U\t AVir
York Herald.
On arriving at tho depot here, I learned that
the body of a man, beaten and mutilated, had
boou found at the foot of a stoop embankment
just outside of tho (own; that tho timo and
cause of tho murdor nero mysteries; tiiat tbo
party who committed tho deed was unknown,
and that (ho Mayor of Scranton had offered a
reward of SSOO for his apprehension. I proceed
ed iu tbo direction of my hotel, hue could not
help taking noto of tbo extraordinary bustle ami
contusion which seemed to exist everywhere
along tho street. Tho natural supposition was
that the nows of tbo murder down along tho
rivor had boon widely circulated, aud that the
people had rushed forth to ascertain additional
particulars. As 1 passed along the thoroughfare,
however, an opportunity was afforded rue ol
catohiug (ho drift of the general conversation,
and I had not proceeded very fur before I dis
covered that tho murdor iu question was not
being talked ol at all.
I addressed a man standing at the corner of
tho street, aud asked him tho cause of the ex
citement. ...
“A young man was mnrdoroa m a dance-house
last night,” was tbo answer.
••But lust night was Sunday night.” I said.
H I)o you moan to say that your dance-houses are
opon on Sunday?” , kl ... .
“ Oh, yea : dauco-housos of that kind are open
at all tunes.” was the response.
“Have they arrested tho man who did tho
act ?" was my nest query.
•* Yen,” ho answered, “bars now iu tbo bauds
of tho authorities.” . . „
Upon arriving at my hotel I was informed
that llio evening previous two men had become
engaged iu on altercation in a low drinking
saloon ; that one hud tired a pistol at tho other
aud Killed him, while, incredible as it may bo,
1 was assured that in u section of cnuntiyuoar
boro, named Pleasant Valloy, a man was found
who had actually been cruciliod. Below will bo
found tho names of the three men who, within
tho past twenty-four hours, have been killed:
Michael Kearney, found dead along the river ;
William Goodman, killed by Michael Connell;
John Boland, shot by Frederick Berger; name
of the man cruciliod at present unknown.
Tbo Lackawanna Yiillcy contains too many in
habitants dependent ou tho mines for thoir Hip
port. U is, thoroforo, a necessary consequence
that somo must starve, and that when all rush
for the bread that at best will food only half of
them, many must fall to the dust and bo trod
den mercilessly and rovongeluily underfoot.
Wore all the mines tn the Wyoming and Lacka
wanna Valleys running at •'lull blast,” they
could barely employ toe won who reside about
thorn; ami when tho fact is taken into consider
ation that roauv of tho mines are not wonted at
all, and that ah the others, with a single ex
ception, me running on partial time, somo slight
conception can bo formed of tho Immense num
ber of men wbo aro Idlo.
While on route for tins point I mado several
stoppages, and I find that hi tho Wyoming and
Lammwanna regions them aro over 8,000 men urn
employed. There is no use of bogging lUu ones
won nor of turning awnv fiom inevitable issunai
these 8,000 mon must bo fed, and a starving mu
knows no law. Unless tbeso 8,000 men scuun
wofltj riot, outrage, and bloodshed will continue
all winter; not tho comparatively Insignificant
outbreaks of the past few days, but a revolution
that will comprehend tho entire aroo of Wvo
ming and Lackawanna, ami which tho cmirc imll
tiiv of tho Stale will iliicidifilcult toqnoli. . . .
lilotsi are a daily oeoummeo, and the few men
engaged In the mines arc compelled to go to and
from their work armed with rillos. Murders are
frequent, and thoft anil assault tho products of
every hour. Ihero in no praimoot of work, and
the long winter is just opening. Thoro is no
doubt that this eutiru region is on th* vorgo of
a not unhlto any lhat tho country has ever soon
before, and a riot which only tho entire country
shall forestall. Though tho awful moment has
not yet arrived, it will surely como, when a err
of agony, brought about by the cravings of hun
ger, will go up from thin region for broad, and,
if that cry Is unanswered. 8.000 human souls,
with their shivering wives and children behind
their bucks to urge thorn on, will seize tho knifo,
the plutol, or Iho bludgeon, to find ttiat load m
dofliinco of civil law, mid at tho sacrifice of
human life. Tho issue is inevitable j it must
come; this vast community cannot survive tho
winter without aid. Tho fact is already made
■manifest by tho assaults, nmnloru, aud crucifix
ions that have already occurred.
Murder and irtutiincion of Two Prom*
iuent CUizeos of Clinch Comity,
CJft, '
Uumcrviltc, Clinch Cnxtnty, On. (.Vor. 31), Corruvond
cnee «/ lhe Savannah A'cits,
Ono of tho most atrocious crimes over com
mitted in this county (If indeed it has a parallel
anywhere) occurred on yesterday.
You doubtless remember lhat some time ago
Caraway aud Tailgott almost boat tho wife of
Caraway to death In Suwomico County, Florida,
and mado their oacapo into this State. Under a
requisition from the Governor of Florida, Gov.
issued his warrant, and recently Oman. y
was arrested by tbo Sheriff of this county, Mv,
Hebert N. Brady, and his brother, Jackson Brady,
lie was delivered to tho authorities of Suwanno,
County, and placed in jail at Live Oak. At tho
time of his arrest tho Brndys took possession of
ifia horso, gnu, and pistol, which Caraway asked
them to hold. The Bradys live oomo SO miles
from boro, iu tbo lower part of tho county, aud
near the Florida lino.
It appears that oh yesterday afternoon Robert
N. Lnidy and his brother woro at homo alone,
the family being absent on a visit to some friends
in tbo neighborhood, A body of six armed men
were soon by different parties going in tbo dlroc
lion of Mr. Brady’s. The parly consisted of Tip
I’adgott, tbo oowly-olocled lloprosoutativa from
Ecbola Comity, whose sort was Implicated with
Caraway in boating bis wife, Leo and Hunter, of
Echols County, and two Blounts, and another
man not known, from Florida. They staled that
tboy wore going after Caraway’s property, and
Into in tbo afternoon tboy woro soon returning
,w Ith iho property. J usb before night a UUlo
nepbow of tbo Bradys, and a ifr. Lano, wont to
Mr. Brady's place, whoa they found, to thoir uttox
astonishment and horror, Jackson Brady shot to
death and fearfully mangled, and Robert N.
Brady, tbo Sheriff, lying speechless and Bwcltor
iug in bis blood, shot la seven places, and bio
tbront out.
At I ant accounts he was not dead, but was sup
posed to bo dying. Mr. Brady bud boon notified
by the authorities la Florida not to deliver up
Caraway’s property, oml it is supposed he re
fused to do bo, when ho and his brother wore
both shot down. Aftor committing tbo murder,
and in passing some people in the neighborhood,
the parties stated that tboy were going at onco
to Live Oak, and that before day, the jail there
would be broken, Caraway released and on hia
horse with them.
Another brother of the Bradys, Mr. Asa Bra
dy, came boro last night from tlio scone of (be
murdor, and tbo authorities at Livo Oak wore
telegraphed as to the intention of the parties.
Every effort will bo made to aricst tbo murder
ers and mote out to them tbo punishment they
so richly deserve.
Tbo Bradys wore men of groat daring, b (.
peaceful and law-abiding citizens. As Sheriff jJ
this county, Mr. Robert A. Brady was a fulthiJl
and efficient officer., .
Another Victim of the Vendetta*
From tht i Yew Orteatußu/fcffn, AW. 2t,
There can bo now no question but that tbo
man Nicolo Cottona. whoso body was found in
tbo swamp back of Algiers, was tbo victim of tbo
vendetta.
On tho afternoon of Oct. 21 last, the citizens
liviug la tho nclghborhoodof Dumaiuo and Ham
part streets, were startled by the report of a gun,
and, lo their search for the reason of its dis
charge, found one Pedro Girocho, a Sicilian,
weltering in his blood, which flowed from several
buckshot wounds in the back.
When questioned, ho would giro no Informa
tion us to who wore his murderers, and ho died
the next night without revealing his story.
Suspicion pointed to several who wore mem
bers of tho crowd, against whom ho had a ven
detta, and although au aflidavit was made, nono
of tho suspected parties could ho found. Nicola
Cottons, tho sum found yesterday, was ouoof
thOKO.
Capt. Malone, of tbo police, had been after
him for somo timo, and last week made inquiries
of several Sicilians as to bis probable where
abouts. In response ho was told that Nicolo
Oottona was then lying with tho buzzards back
ofAlgoris. Thinking that tho men were joking
with him, ho paid no attention to the matter,
and only yesterday realized that what he had
been told was true.
Tho opposing faction have probably tracked
Cotlona lo the woods, aud, In pursuance of their
bloody code. avenged tbo Ufo of their compatriot
Pedro Girocho, with that ol Nicolo Cotlona. This
vendetta docs not end here. A day, a week, a
year may pass, but as surely as tbo world mores,
we will bo called lo chronicle another mysterious
murder, and tho victim will be somo Sicilian,
who was a party to the last trngody. Never for
getting, nursing during life thoir determination
to bo revenged upon one nuotlror, tho vendetta
will he kept up as long as there iu a man left on
either side.
Additional Correspondence Uclatlvs
to (he Umttli Kidnapping Case*
Special hiapnlch to The Chicago Tribune.
SrniNflFiEU), HI., Nov. 27.—Gov. Beveridge hj
to-day iu receipt of a letter from tho attorneys
of George W, Smith, who was hldnupped in
Massac County, in this State, some timo ogo,
and taken to Henry County, Tennessee, at
which place an indictment was ponding against
him for a murder which he is charged to have
committed during tho War, the particulars of
which have boou furnished in those dispatches.
Tho attorneys write that Smith is still m jail,
awaiting hm trial. They further ray that they
think that Smith would bo released
should Gov. Beveridge recall tho requi
sitions which he ban mad© upon Gov.
Brown, of Tennessee, for the arrest and deliv
ery to tho agents of Illinois of iho men who par
ticipated in tho kidnapping of Smith. Gov.
Beveridge, iu reply, declines to ho a party to any
compromise, and ogam renews his demand for
tho sale return to lids Slate of Smith; amt. from
intimations dropped from the friends ol Smith,
it is behoved that if ho should bo returned it
would bo ditlicult to get evidence upon wbicb to
convict the kidnappers. It therefore scorns
probable that a compromise will bo effected be
tween tho friends of Smith and tho authorities of
Henry County, Tennessee, by which the kid
napped min will soon bo restored lo Ids family
Tho dimness with which Gov. Dovoridgo Ima
stood for Iho vindication of the law in this cast
iu certainly commoudablo.
A halo i’orroil ami somo S2((I00 fitolon
Special DimUch to The Chicago JViOujw.
Peouu, 111., Nov. 27.—Tho wholesale grocery
houso of Henry Oakford A Fahnestock was en
tered somo time lost night, tho safe blown or
forced opon, aud about $2,000 hi ourtonoy and
bunk chocks stolon. Yesterday being Thanks
giving Day, a largo amount of money accumu
lated In tho safe, tm tho banks were closed, and
thoro was no opportunity to deposit. It is
thought (hat tho burglary was commuted by
rni tles hero, oml that thov wore familiar with
the nroiniucs. Tho matter is in tho hands of
tho detectives, who oro busy at woik. endeavor
ing to ferret out the guilty parties.
T l,o isvpuiit Kallrotui llonil Foificric**
Spraal Uieuatch to The Chtcapu Tribune,
New Your, Nov. 27.— 1'inkorlon’a dolooUros la
thiii city «ay that (looigo Hilt, aliua J. B,
Uatcbottlor', Boorolary of tbo Bafoguard lufiar
auco Company of VhlludoJpbla, nrrcuted in Umt
oitv, in muipoctod of being ucccuuory to tbo
forgery of tbo Chicago k Noitlnrcatom Ballroad
bouda. It ia utlogoil that iboao bogus bonds
bavo boon traced to tbo prisoner Ililt, who bid
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