VOLUME 29.
Elegant Jewelry!
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS,
ESPECIALLY EOH THE
HOLTZO-A/STS I
0. D. PEACOCK’S,
98 SWAma^ST,
OPPOSITE FIELD, LBITBII S CO,
SILKS.
lllirtiSim
IKT
BLACK
SILK!
jA-X
Pli
BROTHERS.
121 & 123 State-st.,
Tweity-sEcoMlaMlcliam
NOTE THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
$1.50 Gninel’s M Silt ■ $1.20
1.75 Gninefs Black 11 ■ 1,35
2.00 Sninefs BW Silk - 1.50
2.50 Gninefs Black Silk ■ 1.75
3.00 Gninefs Black Silk ■ 2.00
3.50 Gainers Black Silk - 2.50
4.00 Gninefs Black Silk - 2.90
4.50 Gninefs Black Silk ■ 3.25
ALSO
50
ALL-SILK LYONS
CLOAKING VELVET!
Of THE SAME POPULAR MAKE,
Arc
$7.50, $9, $lO. sl2. worth $lO,
sl2, sl4, sl6.
An examination of tho above goods
-is earnestly solicited.
“ Samples sent on application.”
HIM BROTHERS,
121 & 123 State-st,
Twenty-second-st, and Miohigan-a?.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
FOE THE HOLIDAYS.
80 GIFTS BETTER APPRECIATED!
hit Out—New, Fresh, and Handsome.
GEMS OF ENGLISH SONG.
i rerftot collection of songs. with piano nccompanl-
Vent, comprising over 73 of tbocbolcnt long*, hil
led*, Duete, and Quartets known; selected with great
sue, tad with sapedal regard to quality and popularity.
H3i pages, full rouilo size.
Tbs A'eio York Evenina ilatl bats: “ A moit ex
traordinary collection of really doe conga. . . .
One could hardly imagine so many vtnfabis uemi could
ss contained la a tingle volume.
Price, $3.10 plain; |3 in muslin; $1 full gill.
Of tbe same form snd price, full music size, are
” Gems of Strauss,” a new edition, com.
phing over 100 best Btrsuss Waltzes, etc., ate.
"Oigan at Home."
''Musical Treasure."
"Qema of German Bong."
"Pianoforte Oeme."
"Gems of Boottleb Song,"
"Moore's Irish Melodies,"
■toy of lbs above books sent, post-paid, for retail price.
LYON & HEALY, Chicago,
•OLIVER DITSOH & CO., CHAB. E DIISON & 00.
Boston. 711 Broadway, New York,
DISSOLUTION NOTICES.
_ DISSOLUTION.
ITMcopertnerablp boretolor* cxlaliug between
JauinlgEed. under Ibe Arm name of Qruaendor' (t
Mueller, la lit* lumber bualneaa lu Ctilcngo, baa I «« n
•“•Wred by mutual consent, Uonry Uuellor rot 1 xlnn
(roa tbe Am. All delta duo to end by aild Arr 4 will
£a paid by and to Henry Oniaeudorf, Joint 0 .Lard
•nedrich Vlscber. wbo continue ibe uualooaa . under
<*• atyia of Ornaeadorf, Ott k Co.
HENUYORDBEy nonr.
tv MUKU >;ii.
Chjoioo, I)(
UISSOLUTIO^.
Tbs oop*riii«r=iilp heretofore exisli a n under Ihs
“fa name of HLU OLTB k UAXTEj *| t this dif
““•elves by mural cement. WUll , m Mailed will
JeaUpue the uuslurie, assumlog all 1 Jshiliilte ond cuj.
of the late Urm, TllOfcl/ ,a ui^tCKLLH.
p sa.d>tßT>. WILLI m MAXTED.
» 0 „ MSSOIjtja.TON.
* amt!f b#r#bT Ten ton the, panoerablp builaut
* MAYEB. of IfcU at <y, 1» llda day diraolvixl
2SSt2 t . u * I . CoMeat ’ “V ®r wUI comlnut to carry
n 407 Boom (Jiark-nt., aud will pay aU
panaerahlp IndabUdaaM. CLAUA UAYKU,
LOUIS ADLKH.
HKD BUALEK.
jHc. «, 1878.
DISSOLUTIois.
few«*▼« **** tha partocrahlp hereto
*imnnf *»>»•««» the undersigned, under the Arm
MBMOfQIbU * Klein la barVjy dUaofved hy mutual
bSt,-. . 0. F. OlUtJfl,
P*ted Dec. 6. *iß7&. UAIUtV KLlilN,
HEALTH! LIFT.
Thfi Hfialth-Lift.
kn fL* m C f?,° Health-Lilt Company have opened par
* "«»■*>- 1 j A . 0 J**rol;te and tale of Manat Improved
cornu h * l j Q , oilsk Block. Uoom A, main flour,
kt»!*f.£SS k,,f £* l,d Doatboni-aU. Eric* of machine,
DA a, *s®!** * or ■!* months. sls: twelve month*,
»wd for dioo iax*. eTI. BJiUU. Manager.
®bc Paito ©fibime.
JEWELRY.
PURS.
HDDS’ FINE FIRS
At Half Price.
MARTIN’S, NoTIM State-st.
AN IMMENSE STOCK OF
aucnsTK,
SEAL STCXUST,
OTTER,
3ITSTCTX,
And Other Fashionable Furs,
HALF USUAL PRICES.
IT'n'lsnme Set French Seal Maries or Lynx s’o
Slink Mu IT, with Boa or Collar |ls and J3U
Extra quality Lynx or Maries Set sl3
rino Mink MufV, with Boa or Collar SAi
Lomlou dyeil fleal Skin UulT and Boa $23 and S3O
Genuine Seal Skin Cvn« t\ $7, SHI
Ladle*’Scat Capa.&.-lt «
Elegant Beal Biicqmo $35. $75, SB3
QUALITY AND PRICES WARRANTED.
Goods rent C. O. D. Examination allowed on pay*
ment of cxj'reM chaigca.
R. T. MARTIN. 134 SUtc-flt.
CHINA. &o.
LESS THAK COST.
DECORATED DINNER SETS,
DECORATED CHAMBER SETS,
AT A OUBAT SACRIFICE,
AND BALANCE OF OUR RETAIL STOCK AT FROM
10 TO 25 PER CENT LESS THAN COST
As we ora determined to close it out entirely
by Jan. 1. Parties selecting
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
"Will bo consulting ttaoir own interests by
examining our stock botore purchasing,
alseweere. Wo sdvo you irom 33 1-3
fit) per <:(• on auythiug in out* lino. Oall
early, while utook is complete. We will
continue our Wholesale business as usual.
KENT & KEITH,
202 AMI 2«i WAHASIT.AV
WINTER RESORTS.
FLORIDA.
ST. JAMES HOTEL
Jacksonville, Florida.
Tbo largest «nd mont comfortable Hotel in Florida.
Hss accommodations for 300 guwts. Is kept In flr»t
chuH manner. Open from November to May. Address
J. R. CAMPBELL. MiUSRer,
Jacksonville, Florida.
ST. AU G XJSTIWE HOTEL,
Bt. Auguatino, Florida.
This Hotel, u . .Iji: lucu doubled la elzo, and entire
ly refuruuli ■J. li uoiv tbo largest hotel la Florida. A
l3inlng-r.-,0.i! t ucating 3W, bwt been added: Oue, Elec
tric Annunciator, Oath Room*, Telegraph Uttlre. fee.
________ 33. B. VAllili, Proprietor.
RESOBT.
HOYAL MOTOUIA lIuTLL, Nassau, N. I'., Daha
out—Now ojk!d. Tueinoit delightful climate lu the
world, Steamers will leave Savauuuh, On., every tea
days, and make (be Uln la two days. For particulars
Address JA3. LIDOKItWOOD, 7M Broadway, N. Y.
FINANCIAL.
“1.010.000”
lathe averagA monthly profit cstlnatcd to ha r*Jd to
luildvnof untk pitvUejca- by variou* bankers iu V/*U-it.
Tbo b:nito of Meaars. /iljiandur I'ruiblngnam &, (j® jj
Wall at., Now York, who p iricai a world-wile r /puuiloo
for their strict In'orrUr. offer to iond (tratul o' n \y forone
tear ibolr Lltinnoial WosUlr UeiHirt, and a bo explain
ing bow anraa from wa dollars Us tUgneaude may bo in
vested. Tboen who Invest little have the «e Burantajro
aa Inruo operntora. Send for t.nolr weekly. Post.
Wov.U. Addroat AI.KX. KRoTlHNflfr^MiCo..
Rankers and Broken, l‘J_tVall- n,, Haw Yoik.
MONEY TO LOAN
On Real Ealata lu Chicago ami, -vicinity. Funda in
band. MEAD k COE,
ICO Liß>lle.at.
BAKING POWDER.
IKT <0 ■3? ICE!
I>. S. SHOSIPSOS’S
MATDFJLE&S BAKING POWDER
Is UO’W ■offered, to tbs trade at Hie following prices:
In Large or Pound Gina, pnr doz ~....54.00
In Mo Irani or Ualf-ltouud Cans, per doz '.'.15
In Duly.; Mu
Til'* Proprietor challenges any MAN, MEN, or CO.
to l> f<Hliue a belter article. Si ml orders direct to tbo
Mb aafactory. *iBH Walwah-av., and »ave 3ft per cent.
TO RENT.
For Rent,
To a reliable firm, for jobbing pur
poses, second, third, and fourth
floors of our store, Nos, 38 and 40
Madlson-st., St. Mary’s Block, each
floor 40 by 85,
BIDDLE & BOYD,
FOR SALE.
SWEET I SOUR
ORANGES, I
From the 81. John's lllvsr, f
There Is no such Fruit on crei
found constantly si
TAT'
143 East
COLLECTION AGENCY.
HOICK
There U more clear money made to collecting oat
atundiug claim* than making newouaa, litigation or
lack of laciliiies, however, deter* many from imahlng
them to adjustment until dlaaaler result*. We Dili
evert dollar uut of Him# old ruatiea, with interest, and
uo charge unle»s collected,
FHABIEU'B COLLECTION AOEHOV,
Corner State and Monroe-aka.
OPTICIANS.
JAMI2S W. QUI3UN & CO.,
OPTICIANS,
084 ClM'Btmit.al.* CUi Broadway,
I’hUsdvicblu. New York.
Spectacle*, Eye Olaaeoe, Bpy Olaaaea, Teleecopea,
Open and Fluid Ohuaua, tUereoaoopea tod View#,
Micro*copee of all gndea. Mathematical. Drawing,
and durvojiag inatrumanta and Materials of all oo
acrlpUona.
Illustrated Oelalogues to any address, 10 oeaU aaob.
CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER’ 8, 1875.—TWELVE PAGES.
WASHINGTON.
Scenes in Congress During the
Beading of the Presi
dent’s Message.
The Document Favorably Received
by Members of Bolb Parties.
References to the Finances and
Cuba Especially Com
mented, On.
Senator Thurman Predicts Early In
tervention in Cuban Affairs.
Joys and Disappointments Attending the
Drawing for Scats.
Prominent Western Items in the Es
timates for the Current Year.
Ex-Consrrcsaman J, Q. Smith, of Ohio,
Appointed Indian Commissioner.
Gossip Conccrniiisr tho Arrival
and Plans of tbo Hx-Rcbs.
THE MESSAGE.
nEscxmioN.
Dupateh to The Chteaq} Tribune,
Washington, D. 0., Doc. 7.—No put of tho
Proßidcnt’a message was listened to with so
much attention as that part in which bo in
dorsed tho recommendations of tho Secretary of
the Treasury with regard to the moan* of ro
sumption. The two specific recommendations
are familiar to tho readers of The Tribune,
having been frequently elaborated editorially.
The first, to enact that after a certain day green
backs shall be no longer a legal-tender Li now
conttacts or liabilities, is generally accepta
ble by all friends of specie-resumption,
und oven by many who oppoeo
what they call contraction. Tho necessity
for this proceeding as a preliminary to specie
ictjumption is obvious to all. The continuance
of a paper legal-lender is, as the Secretary
states, a barrier to the ose of gold and silver,
and it will of necessity remain so. To take
away tbo legal-tender character of tho green
back for now contracts in no instance can affect
injuriously tba relations of debtor aud oredito'..
would not depreciate tbo value of tbo curron
ana would enable tbo business of tho
country to at once - assume a IVerrua
uent basis. Tbo socood rooomnjoudatlo j, t bat
tho Secretary of tbo Treasury be authorized to
fund (bo greenbacks at tbo rate of $3., C,00,000,00,000 a
mouth, is bnt another form of Tuv Oiiicaoo
Tribune's proposition to bavo them funded at
tho oution of tho holders. Tba ro*,i rt . m cDt of
$2,000,000 of currency a month r o uld make a
very slow process, and there is d anger that, as
tho greenbacks would bo legal-traders only for
old debts, they would decline '.q value ; but tbo
m opoeition iiself to fund tbo greenbacks in long
bonds at a low rate of inter JB t is a natural cou
eoqueuco of tbo adoption • the first proposition.
’Tbo omonnt of monthly fundings can easily bo
increased as time sugg jstß, and tbo demand of
the holders of groenbr become more urgent.
Tho men who predict nnlvorsal ruin from any
contraction, will, if. greenbacks bo limited as le
gal-tenders to old. contracts, discover how readi
ly and rapidly *aq whole country will demand
that they altogether,
j The President's hearty and vigorous Indorse
ment of ttjo reoc.mmendations of tho Sectotary
of tbs Treasury will elicit a hearty respouho
irom tbo. biioiuußa men and producers of tbo
country..
’ms effect in new vonic.
f/vteiaJ, frtvaUh to lhi Chtcaw Tribune,
' New Vo7.itc, Doc. 7.—The President's mrnaaßO
is the euhjcct of much comment among financial
men at IJelcnomco’a, Fifth Avouuo Hotel, and
tVindao r Hotel, to-nigbt. The explicit declara
tion of the message of do probability of war
with Spain is regarded favorable, while the
Treasury report Is couaiderod likely to cause a
low er but firmer tone of stocks.
[To (hi /UwciotoJ frw. 1
diplomatic comiEsroNiiFNCE.
Washihotoh, D. 0., Dec. 7.—lt appears from
the diplomatic coiiospondenco accompanying
tbo XTesidsni'a message, that In July last tue
.Venezuelan Government patdUo tbo American
Minister £18,860. being funds deposited for
United States claimants under Lite awards of tbo
Mixed Commission, ami oilers monthly pay
ments to future.
The correspondence of Minister Cnsbiog with
tbo Secretary of State commenced on the 4th of
November, 1874, but contains no dispatches of
recent date.
Congreasmon very freely comment upon tbe
message to-nigbt. Tbe following interviews,
selected from very many, fairly represent tbo
views of leading men of the two parties: Sena
tor Sherman said bo approved tbe message un
hesitatingly. It was a manly, straightforward
document, full of common sense and good
policy. He was particularly pleased with the
financial portion of tbo document, and he woe
glad to eeu tbo rresident entering so earnestly
into the bard-money cause. Ho did not thin*
either tbo rresident or Secretary of tbo Treas
ury had soy doubt of the practical working of
bis (Bharoiau’s) bill for redemption la 1878.
The Senator thought the financial portion of tbe
message was rather bungling!/ put together, but
tbo ideaa were correct. Tbe Senator was very
much interested in that portion of tho meneago
referring to our Spanish relations, and was struck
with the forcible recital of tbo case.wbicu would
give the public a more intelligent knowledge of
the facts. Fish had evidently much to do with
thin part of tho document. Mr, Sherman had
no doubt that tbe sentiment of tho country
woe in favor of tho non-religious school system.
While ho thought there woe no disposition, so
far as educatiou was concerned, to interfere
with religion, bo always (bought that tbo priests
bad better bo kept out of tbo schools, and bo
did not think tbeio ato two opinions on this sub
ject among the majoiity of good citizens in tbo
country.
. SBIUTOB BTZYE-NHON
Skid, in conversation 10-riigbt, that tho message
was such a contemptible bid fora thud term
that be could scarcely express bis indignation.
He foil like rising iu bis piece and replying to it.
He did uol tbluk that the President wrote a Hue
of tbe message except with a view to bis third
term. It was adroitly put together, aud spe
cious in its pleadings. •• I agree M(b bun,” said
tbe Senator, '• on bis bard-money ideas, but 1
am opposed most stroiiuoualy to the
repeal of tbe Leyal-Tender act. As
for Ibe Cuban question, 1 bare no
doubt tbe President intends to interfere.
In bis special meesags which be promises to send
In, be will no doubt develop bis views. It seems
to me be intends to proffer intervention, and. iu
case that is not accepted by Spain, it is bis pur*
pose to recognize belligerency.’' The school
question, tbe Senator (bought, was being forced
somewhat bv tbe President, who evidently sup
posed be bad carried Ohio on it. Tbe Catholics,
be thought, stood in tboir own light, aud lucre
was not tbe difference of sentiment on the school
question which tbe President seemed to behove.
I LEMONS,
Florid*, received weekly,
sd in Chicago as that to t*
JIUt’SS,
ladison-st.
btevenson said tho message was lb* boat writ
ion document tbs Piesideut bad yet soot to Con
prune, Boualor Mortou eipresaesa decidod ap
fio.al of tbs tueeearfo. and aave it it by all odds
be heat tbe President baa written. He approves
Us tooe and its general views, but B<tya there are
some suggestions in it wbicto be oppoaee. He
deolloos to say wbat they sie at present, but says
be will bM* %a opportunity to disc use tbetu.
COKOBUSttSK INTERVIEWED.
OTUCB INTB-IVUWfI.
Tj»o maniffifltod do disposition to npoak
of tbo mek’iaffo as a tbml-tcrm document.
IN CONGRESS.
TOR lAVIAUNa FIZZLE.
•Sp/rtaf iMvoXeh to The Ctneaao Tnburu,
Wabj/isotos, D. C., Dec. 7.—Holman, of In
diana, tbo moderate Democrat who really so
cured, the defeat of Fernando Wood yesterday in
tho Louisiana case, said t>day that if the radi
cal. Democrats attempted to enter mien such a
Policy, tbo Democracy in tho House would soon
tm disorganized. It Is evident that Wood, La
mar fc Co. endeavored to force their party into
reojttuing the Louisiana case without a consulta
tion, with the rank and bio of tbo party. It in
known that Kerr was opposed to tbo Wood
movement.
DRAWING ron FEATS,
The drawing of seats in tho House wan at
tended with tbo usual incidents, hut the cere
mony won preceded by on act of discourtesy to
the Presidential oflioe wbicb has probably never
before been witnessed In tho American Con
gress. A secretary of the President was it.
wailing at tbo door of tho House with tho mes
sage, and bio presence was announced, but, con
trary to ail precedent, tbo Houoo refused to then
receive the message, cries being board from
tho Dotnccrfitio side, “Go on with
tho drawing.” The formality is the
Fame in ovary Congress. Tbo method
is prctc/.ibed by tbo rules. Tbo
floor is cleared, all tho scats are vacated, and
(ho members stand in tho lobby at tbo rear c-f
tho scn'.s until thoir names are drawn. Tim
names, printed on stilt pieces of card-board, aro
placed in a ballit-box, and tbo Clerk of tbe
Huusr i draws from tht box one name at a time
until uh are drawn. As tbo namu of each mem
ber irt announced lio steps forward and takes his
cho ice of any seals that are vacant. Having
once nude biscboict-, tho inloo require him tc*
Loop bis eo&t until the drawing has ended.
'Vvro hours wore requited to-day to scut th.';
members.
It happened. t.» it always doca, that some of
tho ment uniinporiant and obscure men obtained
tho flrr.t choice, while Bocae of tho leaders of the
House on both sides found litllo to hops for at
the bottom of Pandora's box. Judge. Kelley,
who has become tbe Doan of the House, woe by
immemorial usage permitted to take bla first
cbo.ee. Us chose tbo old seat of Dawes, woo
was loader an well as Deaia of the
House. Alexander Stephens was permitted to
have a eeit reserved. whitobouso, of New York.
<rau tho Unit name drawn from tbo box. Hill
King was tho sixth called, aud took ins seat an if
he meant to keep it. The announcement of bis
name excited merriment. Tbe Now England
members, hy a freak of fortune, were nearly all
drawn together, and among tho first. The Mor
mon Elds'f, Cannon, secured an early call, and
was not so modest aa'last year, lie looks
prominer, t seat in tho costro aisle. Hatoldaon,
of Alabama, a negro, secured a place adjoining
tho mir.ta of Hoar, Wheeler, aud tieelye, the
Libetej New England Professor. Fernanda
Wood,, driven from the Democratic side, look a
Boat, nmoug the ncpubllcans within throe seals
of 'this negro. Tammany Hall advances. John
Y.oung Brown chose hie scat near to the place
shore ho earned hie laurels last winter. Blaine
got Kelley’s old ;seat, a commanding position
for a leader. The Illinois members were quite
unfortunate, and wore scattered all about tbo
House. Tort was the most successful, secur
ing a front scat.
THE HOUSE COMMITTERS.
Tho House adjourned over until Friday, anfl
may then adjourn over until Tuesday without.
transacting any business, in order to allow M r.
Kerr to make up tho Committees. Kerr sa ya
that it is utterly impossible for him to arrau go
the Committeca while CougreM sits. Ho will
invito tbe different State Democratic delegations
to prevent tbe names of gentlemen ir. ihoir
respective delegations whom tboy consider en
titled to Chairmanships, but it U not understood
that ho proposes in so far to abdicate the
Speakership as to agree to accept tho persons
thus recommended. ~x
I'J'n the A etod'.tt/d PrtttA
the senate co.-Mirrcus.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 7—There will bo no
changes of importance in the ScnrUo Commit
tees. __
THE ESTIMATES.
WESTERN ITEM.M.
Soteuu Wnrnfc/i to Th* CMeaqit Tribunt.
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 7.—Tho following
items ato contained in tho estimates:
Hock Island Arsenal $ <59,900
I’ort Wayne, neir Detroit vft.OU
Surveys of transportation rente* to seaboard. IOj.oOU
Surveys of Northwestern lakes and rlvem.... JNI.OtO
Survey of public laudi lu MtuucaoU 40, UK)
la Dakota... 70,000
lu M*,i*o9
la Nebraska 75.000
lit Colorado CO,OOQ
lu Idtbo •••••• 90,000
Dalanen now available at tho IndlarupoUs
I'ant-OUtre 7, C00
For Courl-lIouM at Uadlsoa, Wls 141
AtOmaba A.... 3.MH
At Topeka ID.OCO
At Lincoln, Nob
Ualntico now available for PotUOflice at Chi
cago 978,015
AtCaT) 1»5K15
At Milwaukee U
Hocelpls from Customs by dlrtdcts:
Detroit.. » 810,183
Huron 7.1,71*9
Michigan City 9/07
Superior. s,'Jta
Kvutmlllu ML
Now Albany !,***
Cairo.... . 21,'fiO
Chicago 1,451,41)0
Minnesota 10,103
Darlington 310
Milwaukee.. 73,U)5
Heccipts from Intent Revenue:
Michigan $1,001,149
Indians 4,6i0,3 1
Illinois 1,707,910
First District <if Illinois 7,603,911
Elflb District of Illinois, 4.n74,1UJ
IViscoDhin 9,728,0(0
lowa I.WU
THE RECORD.
SKNATK.
CREDENTIALS PRESENTED.
Washington, D. 0., Deo. 7.—The Senate was
called to order at 12 o'clock. After a prayer by
tbe Chaplain, and the reading of the Joarnal of
yesterday's proceedings, Ur. Baton soot to the
Clerk's desk and bad read the credentials of
James 12, English, who was appointed United
States Souatr- from Connecticut, in place of O.
8. Ferry, deceased, and tho oath of ofllce was
administered to tbs now Senator.
UOt'SB MESSAGE.
Mr. Adams, tbs Clerk of tbo House of Repro
soutativos, appeared >t tbo bar of tboßouato
with a message annouuciug the organisation of
tbo House aua the appointment of a committee
to Join (ho committee of tbo Houato to wait upon
tbo President of tbo United BlaUs.
At 13:15. on motion of Mr. Frelinghuyseia,
tbo Hcusio took a recess until 1 o'clock.
Upon reassembling Mr. Anthony, from tbe
Joint committee t»wait upon tbo President and
inform him of the organisation of tbe two
Houses of Congress, reported that tbo Freni
dout replied be would communicate with Con
gress immediately in wilting.
At 1:15 Mr. Lackey. private secretary to tbo
President, appeared at tbo bar of tbo Bennie
with tbo message, and it was road by Mr. Gor
ham, Secretary of tbe Senate. The reading waa
concluded at 8:04, ami was listened to with
marked attention by Bunalors and a large audi
ence in tbo galleries. Bir Edward Thornton,
British Munster, was in tbo duplomatio gallery,
and appeared to bu deeply interested with tbe
portion of the message lu regard to tbe school
question, taxation of church property, Cuba,
our financial affairs, and ibo condition of our
navy especially attracted Ibo closest attention.
On motion of Mr. Coukhnir, tbe message was
ordered to lav upon tbo table and be pnuted.
He also offered Ibe usual resolution to j nut
extra copies. Referred to tbe Committee on
Piloting.
TUB liKVAimiBNT UKFOUTB.
The Presideut pro tern, laid before tbo Booata
tbe reports of tbe various Cabinet otUcnra and
Comptroller of tbe Currency, wbiett were or
dered primed ana to lay on the table.
Adjourned.
UUt'SH OV REPRESENTATIVES.
FIUISOM4L KIfLAWATIOM.
Mr. Blaine, rising to a personal explanation,
said that iu tbe debate yesterday on
question* be bad oiptoaoea a hope that the other
■ide of tbo House would not, in an incidental
way. attempt to reop mi and dishonor the agree
moot made lasi year. Nome persons imagined
that tbo word ‘■dislmoor’' bad been used with
some mitpe.io to impute it to the gentleman
from Mississippi (Lamar; as a personal affront.
Ho had used it ontr in tbo sense of nullifying
and disregarding, and' not with Urn remotest idea
of offering an ailront to that gentleman.
Mr. Lamar said bo bad not beard tlio word
which tbo gentleor-m from Mainowas reported as
haring used, and bn accepted tho explanation in
tbs generous spirit In which it was made.
Tbo House th«?n. on motion of Mr. Landfill,
took a recess till I o'clock, tbo hour fix' d for tho
drawing of seats. At that hour tho wan
further extended, to give members absent on
tho Committee to- wait on the President—Messrs,
Cox. Knott, and Jllaine—an opportunity to ho
present and soluot their statu when thoir name;*
should bo called- Tbo courtesy of allowing tbo
oldest continuous member to a dent a seat in ad
vance of the drawing was ex tended to Mr. Kelley.
A member,war also poimittod to select a scat
for Mr. Htonlions, of Qeorma.
At 1:15 Mr. Cox roporlou that tho Committee
bad waited upon tho Pres.de;>:, and that a com
munication in writing would bo sent to the
House furttmltb.
Tbo HpeaUor submitted tbo question whether
tbo House would draw f-nu or bavu tbo
President’s message read. Tim former course
was adopted. A blindfolded pago then drew
the names of membenr from a box ono hv one,*
and tbe member diawn came from outrode the
bar, where all were congregated, and occaMed
tbo seat which lie purpo -od n aiding for the Cou
grecs. Tbe first namu diawn was Wbitubouse,
and among tbe tlrat half dozen wore Hoar, Ely,
and King. Tbo DetnooriiiN took their on
t bo cast side to the right of tbo Speaker's chair,
the side which they Lavo partially occupied for
many Congresses. Home, however, selected
scats on tbo west, or Republican side of the
ciiamber. Mr. Banks selected the scat which bo
formerly occupied at Hie extreme left, resisting
the invitation of Mr. BUino to take a seat u«:i*r
him, and intimating that the atmosphere about
there *as too strong for him.
TMD KCRRAUE.
It wan twenty minutes pest 2 when tbo draw
ing *•« Ait soon as order wan re
stored the I’lCßid-enfa message was recoiled ami
presented to tho House and read by tbo reading
Clerk, Mr. Mchr.ny. Tho reading occupied two
haunt and five minutes. At flret tho message
was listened to with considerable interest and
attention, but after parsing tho portions relat
ing to cflucalvou, chorcli property, and Cuba, the
attention beuan to tlag, members gradually re
tired, bo thr.t during the reading of tho latter
half of tbe, message there wore probably not
forty members in their seam, and few of these
paying tbo slightest attention.
The message won ordered printed.
Mr. Cox presented the petition of W. 11.
,Trr*cott and others, of South Carolina, with
reference to tbo ru'Utof the Third Congressional
Di strict of South Carolina, and moved that it bo
referred to tbo Committee on Elections, So ic*
ft jrred.
The House then adjourned till Friday.
NOTES AND NEWS.
CONTEMPLATED HUBERT.
Sptrial Ditpatch tu The Cnicaoo Tritune,
Washington, D. C., Deo. 7.—Tho Centennial
xxtmagers propose to Invito Congress to visit
P'olladolpliia to see tbo Centennial bulldogs,
xioxt week.
fTo the A nodal/a PreesA
THE INDIA* COMMINNIONERMUT.
Waphinuton, D. C.. Dec. 7.—John Q. Smith.
ox-Membor of Congress from Ohio, wan to-day
appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
WASHINGTON CHaT.
oathtoiso op the democracy—confederate
CONOIIEHSMEN. PIPIkUdATS, AND SOLDIERS, IN
tub ronn-poußTn congress—what they
WILL DEMAND—ADVENT OF CONGRESSMEN—OR
GANIZATION OP TUB HOUSE—TiII: DUTLEU BLOCK
—TUE DOUULAS HOUSER—THE IIIUTUU LEU.V
TION— THE PABUIONAHLE REASON.
Aj«m( Corretvonaenee of The Chxcaao Tribune.
Washington, t)eo. s. —'‘Hero we are again!"
as tho circus-clowns exclaim when they accom
pany the lidlng-masters into tho ring to inaugu
rate a performance. Oar bar-rooms, gambhog
bouses, and other questionable resorts, have,
during tho weok drawing to a close, echoed with
tbe samo announcement: “gore wo are again!"
from the advance-guaid of lobbyiuts and place
hunters who have occupied tho Metropolis. Ex-
Henator Dilworthy and tbo Old Guard of Treas
ury-plunderers from the South; Deacon Pogram,
with his band of Border-State Democrats; the
lion. John Morrissey and tbo 800. William Mc-
Mullen, at tbe bead of riotous roughs from
Now York and from Philadelphia; with tbo old
Copperheads of this District, who retired to
their holes when tho War became a success, but
who have now emerged to bask in the sun
of patronage and to hiss venomously at tbe
Bopubticans,—all those disreputable follows
have been here, indulging in crooked whisky,
applauding tbo candidates they thought it profit
able to susiaio, and denouncing all others in
choice Billingsgate, seasoned with profanity.
Docent Democrats did not hesitate to denounce
this dark shadow cast before tho coming events
of their restoration to power, at one end of tho
Capitol, on Monday.
TUB DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. REPRESENTATIVES,
who came after Ibis ontptioo, were lacking in
neither respectability nor mtclligonoa; but there
was no evidence that they desired to “march
under tbe flag and keep step to the music of the
Union." On the contrary, their acts and words
haveochqod the rebellious notes of “Dixie,"
and they have manifested a deep reverence for
the “Stars and Bars," by honoring those who
upheld them. Nor is this etraugo, whoa it is re*
moraberod how largely the Confederate Govern
ment is represented in the Congress about to as-v
notable. Bob Toombs may not be able to call
tho roll of his slaves on Bunker Hill; but tbe
roll-calls of the Bonalo and of tbe House of
Representatives, next Monday, will remind
jzmcusoN UAVia,
of bis Government at Montgomery, and after
wards at llichmond. His Vice-President and
coadjutor, Alexander 11. Stephens, of Gcondo,
will bo there, if his health permits; ins Pos-t
--mastor-General, and for a time acting Secretary
of tne Treasury. John IT. Ueagan, is a llmiroaunt
ative from lexaw; his .Minister to lluhsta, L. Q.
C. Lamar, is a Representative from Mississippi,
and honored by being chosen to preside over the
Democratic caucus; and Ida friend, C. J. Faulk
ner, who, while representing the United Stains
at France, advocated tho recognition of the Con
federacy, >8 a Representative from Virginia.
TUB I'OMFKPELUATK CONORKHH
will also bo noil represented in tbo Forty-fourth
Congress of the United States by John
Goode. Jr., of Virginia; Thomas K. Asbu,
of Noitb Carolina; Ben 11. Hill, of
Georgia; Otlio It. Biogletoo, of Mississippi;
Robert A. llatclior, of Missouri; John I). 0.
Ahitus, of Teuuossee; and A. T. Cspertoa, of
West Virginia. Mr. Fitabugb, of Texas, who
was tbo Bergeant-at-Arms m tbo Confederate
Congress, will bn elected Doorkeeper Monday,
aud have about 100 appointments to make; and
although the Democratic nominee fur Chaplain,
the ilov. J. L. Townsend, was never m tus Con*
federate service, bo was forced to vacate bis Ueo
torsbip in Connecticut because bo refused to
read prayers for tIQ President and for the suo
cess of tbo Union arms.
TUK OONVUDBIUTK AUMV
has furnished a goodly squad of lenruite for the
Fortv-fourth Congress. I,unman, in the preface
to his skeletou sketches of (he now Congress,
buys that “ twenty-eix served in the Coaioderate
uruiy." But the olhnUl rosters of tbo C. 8. A.
in the archives of tbe War Department tell a d.f
feront story, aud show that among the •' wearers
oftbegray’ 1 wereiAdJt-Oeu. OoorgeGoMtbwnUe,
Brig.-lion. W. H. Furuey, Col. Paul Bradford, Col.
(1. W. Hewitt, Col. B. B. Lewis, and Mai.
J. N. Williams, of Alabama; Brig.-Uou. W. F.
Blomoos, Col. L. F. Gauss, and Mij.Tuomas W.
Guuter.of Arkansas; Msj.-Gou. J. ii. Gordon,
Col. J. Hartridge, Cut. P. Cook, and Capt. W. li.
Bmitb, of Georgia; Lieut.-Col. J. B. 0. Black
buro, of Kentucky; Sf»J.-Gou. R. IS. Gibsou,
Col. W. W. Levy, and Capt. John Ellis, of
Louisiana; Brig.-Geo. J. L, Alcorn, Col. L. (J.
C. Lamar, and Col. C.K. Hooker, of Mississippi;
Brig.-Gen. Johu B. (-lark aud Capt. B. J. Frank
liu, of Missouri; Maj.-Gen. Matt H. Ransom,
Brig.-Oen. A. .u. Scales, Brig.-Oen. It. B. Vance,
Col. W. M. Robbins, and Lieut.-Col. A. M.
Waddell, of North Carolina; Bng.-Oon, G. B.
Dihreli, CuL W« 0. WbUihoxuu* CoL Oastu
Young, T.icul.-Col. Davie! M. Key, k . ent.-
(.'ol. John D. (J. Atk.ns. of Tonnes iMa).-
(Jfh. S. I). Matey, Jtng.-Oun. James Sirouit
morion, an 1 Col. I). B. Cuiverson *Tcxos:
ami ihig.-Gen. Eppa Hnntou, lirif Vh. Will
iam Jerry, Col. itohort E. Withe col. C\ .1.
Faulkner, Col. George C. Cabell, •' Jkpl. Bov*
erlv H. Douglas, of Virginia, c
Homo of tho above-meuliomy >v*igresstne:i
veto in the Confodorale rank* » battle
of Hull linn, and served until t '» t ’*eat eurron
dar at Apoom&ttux Court-Ifc s» <■ A number
wore severely wounded, hmik /e lost limb-*,
end others have been prisoner* at For; Warren,
at Fort Lafayette. at Johnson's Island, or at
Point Lookout. They stood shoulder to shoulder
during tho bloody struggle, and now they will
again bo a united phalanx in the Congress of
the Republic whioii tho? uogallautiy, though not
wisely, fought to destroy.
Tbexe Ox-Confederates, with tho aid of those
MnuUiorn CongretMinen who took no active part,
civil or iiiiutarv, in tbo War, and of tlioir North
ern Democratic allies, are bent on securing
throe things, viz. :
I. Tho fundin'.' of tbo War-doola of the States
which acre in rebellion, at 4 per cout interont,
and a reduction of tho interest on tho national
debt of tho CnUf'd Slates to 4 per cent.
11. Tbo pcm-’oiung of sick and wounded Con
federate soldier-*, mid of the widows and chil
dren of tbonu who fell in defense of “ the Lost
Cause.”
111. Tho rearrangement of the flats on the
national Bag on a St. Andrew's ctose. as the
thirteen stars representing the Confederate
Slates were arranged on tins imum of the Con
federate Hag.
Theme time propositions are to he urged, and
a Dgnt will he iinvic agamsi tho nasßago of tiro
bill making ap» ropriaiions for the payment cf
] ensions to Uaion miidi'-r*. widows, and orplians,
unleiis the Southern iicusioucra can i>e placed ou
tho lolls.
run aovkmt or* roNnnrnssiEV.
A dcshe to iiarucipito in their caucus brought I
all the Democrats hero on or bsfoio yesterday ; i
ami to-day tho incoming trams, like thoTiujiiti .
bctTHo of old. are d.hgorgiug dozens of lie- |
publicans. Thu smilin'? hotel-keepers are find*
mg guo«ts for their newly-painted rooms ; while
tuo more frugal citizens are moving their per
sonal elfecla Into carrels and basement 1 *, whom
thoy hope to hibernate, leaving their heat looms
vacant for tho ocmpat.un of lodgers.
it was very different when Congrovn first ae
uombled boro, m a newly-stakcd-otu eeltletncnt
in the wilderness. only accessible by Bianca from
Baltimore and from llichmood. or by private
conveyances or saddle-horses, Ho lato ns I'j.H,
Gov. lleynolds, when ho came hero from Boll*-
villo to occupy Die s*>at of tho First District of
Illinois (Illinois had hut three Il«nrcsenl*tivfls
them, bad to leave home in the middle of No*
vembor. and was auteou days on the way. Ho
came via Louieriiio, Wheeling. and Ballimoro ;
and. in narrating the eroote or tho Journey, he
used to repeat a number of the quaint Hayings
and good stories of David Crockett, who was
then also un M. C,. end who bad just published
a book at I’hiladclnbia which an experienced
writer bad prepared for him.
TUB OUCUNIZATIOX OP TltE HOUSE.
Clerk McPherson will not probably have much
difficulty in organizing tho House, as tho law is
very clear and mandatory. Formerly there were
often ('guabhlos, more or loss prolonged, prior
to tho election of Hpcaker. Thu most notable
one was m December, IHHJ, when Hugh A. Oar
land. who was Clerk, refused to call (he names
of ccrtaiu mombors-elcct from Now Jersey. Day
after day did the Ileprcsootaiivca elect wrangle
over what was to bo dono, until, ou tho fourth
day, John Quincy Adams roso. and naked tbo
House if they would permit tbs mere Clerk of
(bclr creation, whoso existence depended uuon
tboir will, to usurp tho throne anil to net tho
Jlcpresoutativcs of the pcoplu at dotiauco.
Having excited tho enthusiasm ol tho House,
ho called upon tho members to imitate tho ex
ample of Uiu Virginia House of Burgesso.*,
which, when tbo itovai Governor ordered it to
disperse, refused to obey tho insulting ami
imperious summon?. Before tho cheers
which greeted this asset non had died
away, Mr. llhott, of Hoatb Carolina, mounted Ins
detts. and ahouted: “I move that John Quincy
Adams tako the Chair and preside until tbo
ilouae bo organized I” The motion was od .pted
by acclamation; and Mr. Adarao, having gotten
the House out of its entanglement, presided un
til it. M. T. Hunter was elected as Speaker, de
feating John 8011, of Tennessee. Mr. llhott, by
tho way, was on own cousin ol Mr. Adams. Ilia
name was Smith, but ho and hla brothers changed
it to linctt about when thoy removed from
Noith Carolina to Beaufort. H. (J. Their father’s
sister, Abigail Smith, was tho mother of John
Qoiucy Adam*.
Among iho additions to tho Metropolis elnco
the adjournment Uel spring, is a massive block
—dirt-clly south of tho Capitol—erected by lien.
Ben Butler, of granite from hid Cai*j Ann quar-
Hes. There are three largo houses in the block.
That one winch is the most distant from the
Capitol ix leased for ten yearn to the Cuait-&ur
vey Bateau at a round price. Had the Massa
chusetts people re-elected Gen. Bon to the Houne,
ond had the Mississippi people re-elected hia
Bon-in-law, Got. Amen, to the senate. the General
would have occupied the house nearest the
Capitol, and the Governor the middle tenement.
But politics is uncertain; so the General has
moved into the middle house, and he (nought
that ho had rented the other to Senator Jones,
of Nevada, although the Senator’s friends de
clare that he did not clinch the bargain.
This Butler block occupies tho site of a house
built by Thomas Law, a brother of Lord EJlon
borough. who amass'd a fortune in India, and
came hero to escape being called as a witness in
tho trial of Warren Homings. Visiting Mt, Ver
non, bo fell in love with Miss Custls, a grand
daughter of Mrs. Washington, and, to gain tho
good graces of G. W., ho invested considerable
sums m lots in this city, which bad Just been
laid oat, Tht marriage was not a bappy one,
and the investmouta of £100,0(10 did not realise
1 100,000 after bis death. It is a curious fact
that, although Washington advised ail hia
friends to invest in •* Federal City” lota, which
rained a number of them, ho onlv purchased
two for himself. They are just north of the
Capitol, and now belong to tbo Wilkes family.
Tho small square on which was formerly the
Eleasaut hula yellow house in which Stephen A.
muglas resided before ho built and removed in
to his more palatial residence in .Minnesota row,
has been surrounded by two-aud-tbirty rather
small houses, of tho latest stvle, which hat o beta
built for Alex Shepherd. Hhould there not be
some memorial, on canvas, in bronze, or hi mar
ble, of •* tho Little Giant,” hero at Washington ?
Mrs. Victoria Guelph, who keeps a man Lore
to look after her diplomatic interests, bus had
nuilt a stunning, groat, and xub-itautiai residence
for his occupation, at a cost, with the laud, of
cTUU.UOO. It fronts on Connecticut avenue, and
has “the-Royal harms, you know!" over thi
front entrance. Entering tho spacious hall, ouo
b'cs at tho far oxtrnmitra bioad staircase,
which divides, at the drat landing, to the
right and left; and there. gazing benlg
nuntlv on all now comers, is a lull-length por
trait of the lioyal mlcr. The dnvwirg-rooraa
and bull-room are spacious and splendidly fur
nished: but the finest apartment is the dining
room, whore, bv the aid of a •* table-allowance,”
tho Minister dispenses liberal hospitality, and
disarms those rampant Congressmen who hun
ger and thirst after a war witn England.
The present British Minister, fiir Edward
Thornton, is the sou of a diplomat, and has been
trained to the business, lie came to Washing
ton eight or nine years since, and is tho senior
member, in point of service here, of tho Diplo
matic Corps. Ho is about 5S years of ago, spare
in person, with white hair and mutton-chop
whiskers,—a living fao-slinile of ex-Uoprosouta
live Boland, of Vermont. His wlfo—Lady Thorn
ton—is a tall, apore, willowy blonde, whoso Unit
hubbaud was a merchant: and they have a sen
and two daughors. The oldest oiihese girls is
to make her debut into society this winter, and
grand “jamborees” are anticipated by the up
por-tua.
THE OOJJINO SEASON - ,
“Whatever brawls distuib tiro street, there
should bo peace at homo,” Mays tbo wtll-knuivo
bymu; and, although tbe Democratic
and the Kopubhcau llhibbolmes will squabble
aud light at the Capitol, there aro to be gay and
festive doings hero before si.ring. Ahead rare
the hotel-parlors graced by Mrs. Commodore 11.
I'ounaut. Mrs. Col. Uabiou Fontoou, Madem
oiselle Dcloblio. .Mrs. Fotipbar Bhuddv, tne
widow I‘ousiou Jluutor. and other well-known
ladies who have been boro iu past seasons. It ia
an sweet to eoo that dear Dr. Sarcophagus glid
ing about among them, proscribing champagne
aa a tome, brauav aud water os a dilutout bever
age. cbickou-tulad as a diet, aud dancing the
Oermau aa tho best exorcise.
Of coarse, this •• Vaaitv Fair ” attracts crowds
of idlers, sharper*, and fasuiouablus, from all
parts of the Uuiou. French hair-dressers aud
Uiberuiau waiters an retaining from tholr sum*
NUMBER 104.
mer-work at soanide ronorta; mulatto washer*
women rnjolco at the prospect of profitable
saponaceous ablutions; luckmsn are treating
ILi'fU* nags to extra allowances of oata; ambi
tious shopkeepers have attractive displays of
goods at fabulous prices; and I bare Invented lo
a new notebook, witerein to record auoh Itoma
of nows, gossip, and qbat, aa may not bo gath
ered by ibo lolograplllo correspondents. Aa
revoir. UicoatEca.
THE TEXAS HORDES?.
A Mexican Version of tlie Ontrag*
llustness.
fr'i-ml frtpalch to Tht Vhteaoo Tribune .
AVasiiimito.v, D. C„ Dec. 7.—Tho Hon. Jobft
Foster, United States Minister lo Mexico,,
arrived in Washington recently, for the purpose
of consulting Vltb Secretary Fish and tbs Frosl
deni. In regard to the beat method of putting aa'
end to the chronic troubles npon tho JUo Grande ’
frontier. Ibo reaaon why this Mexican border,
question Id more diiTlcult of adjustment than It 1
otherwise would be, is that, when our Govern-'
tnont makes complaint to tho Mexican people, it 1
is mot by counter complaint on their part,
against tho people of Texas. The Mcxi-J
can Government admits tlat Its citizens dol
commit depredations upon Texas, and U<
is unable to prevent it, but adds that!
the Toxins aro equally guilty, and ara not pan-]
ished by tho btato or national authorities. Ncar-|
ly a year ago Mariscal, Mexican Minister to, the'
United States, brought Ibo grievances of blaj
Government on thie subject to tho attention on
Mr. Fhb. Ho said that, in 1873 and 1874, or*
unusual number of crimes and outrages of all]
binds were committed against the Mexicans it*
tho Slate of Texas by the inhabitants of thatf
(■tale, and that the perpetrators in a great mW
jority of the canes remained nnpunlabed, eilhon
through tho carelessness of tho State aathorl*
tics or from some other, cause still more to bo
| lamented. Ho said that ho had hesitated
I to complain to tbo Government of tbo 1
United Slates until all legal resources'
for the punishment of tbo criminals
hUoiiM have been exhausted, or until}
lie should l>e reasonably convinced that allb
efforts to this end ncro absolutely unavailing*
This, ho said, was certainly required by tho
Criuclpka of international law, which bethought
o had observed in this matter with scrupalous-I
ucas. nbich at tirst sight might bo earned toot
far when the conduct of the Government oft
Texas was considered, that it bad been notori-j
curly hostile to the Mexicans, Tho immediate]
occasion which induced Mariscal lo bring tbiW
matter to Mr. Fish’s attention at that time was
the murder in November, 1*173, of seven MexM
can shepherds on a Block-farm in Nueces.
Texas, owned sinco li(U by Don Dos
cauo, a Mexican living in the State of Nouvo,
Loon. Tho murderers were supposed to boi
from tho neighboring towns, and, according toJ
Fnvcnd wituesncH, it was customary for land-/
owners and other residents of Texas to
for tho purpose of killing shepherds who ore o<w
cased of the enmo of stealing and skinning cat-’
tlo m order to sell their hides; but tbo samo'
witnesses aim declared that, in spite of such,
alleg.d devastation and thefts, the Texan au
thoiitiou do net punish, but exprosbly permit tho
free unto of tho hides that may have thus been l
stolen, ond in thin manner encourage the crime
which they ofterwarda punish in a manner aa
Illegal an it in barbarous. Tho victims of this
bvtitem, iloriacalssid, were usually Mexicans, and
in thin manner, ho was informed, many Mexi
cans had been nut to death whose relatives,
through ignorance, terror, or houiu other causa,
do not take the necessary stops to obtain n«
drcbH. i’ri'tendod attempts th runieb the mnr
di-reiß in the caio quoted, ho said, had resulted*
in nothing, and really no attempt had been made,
to punish crime. In order that justice might
bo done, the Mexicau Coonul at San Antonin ad
dressed a note to Gov. Cabo, who, after throe
mouths' delay, replied, admitting that lawless
ness prevailed to a gloat extent in the western
and border counties, and Hint in soma
degree it could cot bo reached by the
regular authorities, oml added that this
Plate of things reunited necessarily, in a meas
uro, from our form of government. Tbo Gov
ernor added, that this did not Justify the murdei
of Mexicans, and. oh a means of avoiding crimes
of tlild kind, which he called inflictions, be ad
vised borddmen not to enter tbo Slate of Texas,
or. if they did so, to ho very scrupulous in their
r-'Hoecl for property, which ho said be was in
formed they bud mil always bojn.
After such declarations as this, Mariscal saidt
it scorned iii-eleas lo continue to take measures
to obtain Justice. He also complained of tbo
hw passed by tbo Legislature of Texas in May,
1674. expelling by impl.cation cattle belonging*
to Mexicans from Texas under penalty of oon
libcatiou, if found uisowhoro than on laud bo-' t
. longing to thoir owners. Too execution of this
law, bo said, could not fail to do much .
injury. Besides this, tbo military companies l
raised by authority of Gov. Cabo In Moucee andP
Duval Counties had been a most terrible aoourg*
to the Mexican population, among whom tbejJ
had committed outrages and even murders, Itt\
conclusidu, Mantes! asked our Government for'
indemnity for Lozada and for the families of bis •
shepherds vho wore murdered.
FLNANCXAJj.
WINONA. MINN.
Xptcial lh»palch to The Chicago TrC/unt, ' <-
Winona, Minn., Dec. 7.—The drag-house oft
Messrs. Larruboo A Kelly, of this city, wa»|
closed in tbo interest of its creditors on Monday
evening by an attachment Issued In favor of I
Messrs. M. M. Smith A Co., of Chicago, for a
claim of $655. It Is understood that the llabih-j
ties of tho llrm amount to $16,000, and the as
sets. it is claimed, will aggregate $13,600, Two
meetings of creditors have boon beta to-day to
consider a proposition made by the llrm to settle
at 40 cents on tho dollar. It is thought that a>
settlement on this bssls may bo brought about,'
NEW YORK.
Maw Yobs, Dec. 7,--judge Lawrence has da*,
nltd the motion to vacate tbe orders of arree*
against members of tho Arm of Duncan, fiber*
man A Co. in the suit of Rootling Broe.
t «The German Up-Town Havings Bank has sus
pended. There are about £6OO depositors.
Liabilities, about $330,000. The officers expect*,
to pay at least HO cents on the dollar.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
Qitbxhtowx. Dec. 7.—Steamship Marathon*
from Boston, lias arrived.
New YonK, Dee. 7.—Arrived, steamahlpr.
City of Now York aul The Queeo, from Liver*!
pool; Frisco, from Hamburg.
London, Doc. 7.—Advices are received to tb*
effect that tho steamship Anglia, of tbe Anchor
Line, from New York for Glasgow, has recently
been seen with tbo loss of her propeller pro
ceeding under sail. Two togs have been
dispatched to her assistance.
BorruAUPToN, Dec. 7.—Steamer Neoker, ftoue
Now York, has arrived.
THE LATEST PEQ ON WHICH TO NANQ A
STATE CONVENTION,
Crwrtaf Vuivteh to Tht Chicago 2M6u»w.
Coldmuuu, 0„ Doc. 7.—The tramp nutaanoe
has become so general la this State that a con
vention of representatives of all municipal cor
porations in the State will be held at the City*
Hall to-morrow and next day, for the purpose of
considering the best mesas for the regulation
and presumable suppression of this class oI
American Arabs.
THE ERIE CANAL
Aptttal Ditoatch to Tht Chwam ZVfbun*.
Buffalo, N. Y., Deo. 7.—Mr. Nilos Caae, who
returned from down the canal this morning, re
ports ice 6 to 8 inches thick la the canal at Can*
ajobarle and nearly as heavy at other points.'
With tho Hudson River frozen solidly, there Is
no object iu spending time sod money to breali
a passage to Albany and Troy, aa tbs boats can
not be got through to New York, and this ao
counts for the apathy of the canal men.
PORK-PACKINQ AT SIOUX CITY.
IhtpaUh to T\* Chicago 7 ntuns.
Sioux Cinf, la., Dec. 7.—The pork-paoktyft
season commeuoed here to-day. The packing
house of Boogo, Wearo & Co. will pack ahooi
20,000 or 25.000. The hogs average about 4
auarter hcavieri and of a mud bettw qualUr. _