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In.lt.l.lrtllcra «nd control or which no rcrjon
ffncvcil lo liftvc hccn iclcclal for nny oilier
limn lime,. to lllEcliorffD the trail
' i.,1 lo him. In Imc of no nnall trait
' i he' pohllc mm private li'innl ol the
(or llm l«M lew »«"• s V'* , n
‘ I, 'loo Oiiirht to ho to me hat on In the
l.iolio”t Ilrjiroii irrallfylhK nnil rulllhlernl M n(-
«tinir prumb" for ft realization of such on
,'lnil Of cWlonor nnil reform In other ilopnrt
iots of me Froercl (lovbrnment n, linn hereto
lo moor hlloteilicr hlrnl mill ,1, on
rr In sating this, however, tlie Buftrd due*
«.« nu-iii U> 1* nm erstuod m entertaining or
Iho ohlolmi that the Wet folul
hllitan Arniiemy l« In all rejtierla In rlccl, hilt
inr-r on- <>t the <iDlntor» ihnt-hut little nr Irn-
Movement rcnnini to ho clfcclcil by llioao hn
tnctUaicly In control of aud responsible for If*
a iming rollon, nud that nuv changes looking to
us betterment nr Increased future efficiency will
itcln the direction orijnlargetiient. ol the ex
ulina course nf stimft «>r In the nature of
mechanical accessories, the provisions fur both
of which are dependent upon Congressional
Ifglilallon or money appropriation*
b standawDop admission.
\s to the standard of admission to the Academy
liic Hoard arc invariably of the opinion that—
The efficiency of the Academy es a military edit
c&ilonal insmimeiitalHy Arnold ta greatly Increased
hv r oi«iiu llic standard or quollOcatlons at present
«f candidate* for admission. The crl
tU-iicc that line led lu (Ids conclusion may he thus
utisiiy dialed: At present the cnncstlonal require
iitriil* for the fourth das* tßrstyear) of the Acad
fmv arc oxrcedimily low,—lower Ittnn are requisite
f.ir'tnc admission of Freshmen In any of thu lead
jm; nnlvcr-itks or colleges of the country. These
requirement* arc not hi nny degree AVliidu the con
•pMof the Academic Hoard, but aro prescribed by
fiatute. One of the consequences of tide h»'V
piuudnrd Is that the greater portion of tho lime o'
jlic tlrst yenr Is devoted to the learning or ele
mentary branches of ktioAtlcdCf, \rhlcli could t»o
acquired ontmdo of the Academy ns readily s*
within It. It Is nlio pertinent to this dlicntslon
itiuw that the present fcqtilrcments for admission
to mo Academy ore ur helot* thorn for admission
into the military and polytechnic selMWla ot
France, whlchcmorace In the Department of H«n
fumilcu more Ilian is studied during the nr«i year
m West Point. . .
For this mid many other reasons which tho
report elaborates at great length, the iiouru
nnnnlmoiulv voted to recommend lo Eongrus*
that the standard of educational qualifications
lor admissions to the United States Military
Arademv bo raised at tho earliest practicable
inuiuvut', amt they believe that the cillrioncy of
the Academy and the usefulness of the gradu
ates to tho* country will ho greatly Increased
thereby. As such change will, however, uccod
ssrilv involve u revision ton greater or less ex
tent'of the whole academic course of Instruc
tion, the proper coumo would seem lo bo lor
Congress to rcler the whole subject to a com
mlP,ii/u to report amendments to the existing
statute* and Academic regulations.
THE FISCAL SYSTEM.
in regard to fiscal Affairs the report says:
A« before shown, the cost of maintenance of the
Academy, asst present conducted, is nbonv •
IK)(> pcrai'tiitm. Thu* is about one-fourth the cost of
a rcipumU ot infantry, and About equal to thu cost
ui keeimigsnold shln-of-lhc-llne or a flrat*clss*
ormured naval vessel lu commission.
In conclusion the Board say:
With the exception of raising thestandard for ad
mission to Hie Academy and the revision of the
tuosroucot four years’ coarse of instruction, there
is. In the opinion of the Hoard, but little present
(jftn.iml nor a large opportunity for Improving the
rxistmg condition of affairs at West I’olnt, save
lurvnglt the granting of some additional appropria
tions uy Congress. The Board fully recognize,
lioiviver, that tbc financial condition of thecoun
trr nnd the present temper of the pnolle alike de
ruond the practice or the most rigid economy In re
nnet to all national expenditures. and that, there
fore, It would be Inexpedient, If not useless, for
iLemtoask for any material departure from such
policy on the part of Congress in determining the
next Appropriation of the Academy. The Board
have accordingly not recommended tho appropria
tion of a single dollar for the Academy over and
above the average amount usually granted, except
with a view of economy conjointly with efficiency.
After alluding to clTorts In some directions to
cxdic unreasonable prejudices lu tho public
mind ogolust ibis Institution, the report closes
as follows:
West Point, In phcAif being In any degree an
object ot public prejudice and suspicion, ought,
on the contrary, to bo rather an object of pride tu
the whole nation, an institution of whose gradu
ates it is no small compliment tossy that they
neither steal nor tell lies.
personnel or ins board.
Tho report Is signed, In accordance with the
Vote of tho Board, by Mr. Wells, Capt. Frank
lin. and Prof. Venable. Tbo Board consists of
Irlg.-Oca. Christopher C. Augur, U. 8. A.; the
Her. dames Lewis, of Michigan; John C. Ropes,
of Massachusetts: Francis B. Wheeler, D. D.,
of New York; Senators Catneron and Morgan
(on the part o! the Senate); Representatives
Fort, Lvude, and Manning (on the part of the
House ot Representatives); and tho three gen
tlemen elected officers of tho-Board.
SPORTING NEWS.
THE TURF.
New York, Nov. B.—'There Is a large number
of people to-day at Jerome Park, where the
American Jockey Club, availing themselves of
the election holiday, ore giving an extra day of
racing. There were seven races ou the cards,
flic first dash, three-quarters of a mile, had
lour starters, with Dan K. the favorite. Blmnoti
won, Pique second, Dan K. third. Time, I ;18.
The handicap, mile and three-quarters, was
wnu by Loulanlcr, Bayard second, Franklin
third. Time, 11:14.
The dash of a mile and an eighth had live
starters, Bonnie Wood being tbe favorite over
the Held. Bertha at tbe start ran away with
her rider, and was never headed. 81m won br
three lengths, Warfield second and ten lengths
adore Susquehanna, Hattie r. fourth, aod Bon*
Vie Wood last. Time, 2:UI){.
The selling nice, one mile and ono-eighth, was
50a by Bimoon, Albert second, Higgins third.
Time, 1 MUM'. Pique, the favorite, ran herself
out before the start.
Tbe three-quarters rare for Swear-olds, be
tween Htartlo (111) pounds) and Kingston (IUO
pounds), was won ousllv hv the latter. Time,
I :2t. Startle was the favorite at two to one.
Ban K. woo the balf-milo dash, La Belle sec
ond, Bonnie Wood third. Time, :50. Bonnie
hood sold even against tbe Held.
PEPESTIUAKISM.
At half-past I o'clock this afternoon the start
will bo given the pedestrians competing for ths
various prizes offered in tbe fifty-mile tourna
ment at the Exposition Building, About ten
«* the best walkers In the United States are
entered—O’Leary, Scbmebl, Guyon. and Smith,
(bampioi) pedestrian of England, being tho
most prominent ones. It Is quite probable that'
tbe distance will bo covered iu less time than
ever before In this country, sa tbe contestants
Venn men of superior fume to those ever at
tempting a similar feat before. The rocowtli
riWe about U o’clock.
YELLOW FEVER.
VICKSBURG.
Sotiiai Dttuateh to 7a# Tribune,
Vicksburg, Miss., Nov. s.—The yellow-fever
oeiihj In the city were James Tucker, who fig
ured pretty ezteuslvely in Vicksburg politics
•bins years ago, aud Addle Barrett, both color
*"• Axscl, sou of a member of the Board of
Supervisors of tbe county, died at his residence
urar the National cemetery to-day. Martin
hrntell and Mayor Reese Cook oled In the
Mr. Freese, connected with the house
« Harrison & Lewis, at Edwards, Miss., died
• n ‘l one new case developed
nfr.f 1 r * Ji* *♦ Reb, who boa been attending
me sick at Henderson, la, for the past eight
reports having treated HI rasesuf fever,
fflesUy colored. There were two deaths, both
u * MEMPHIS,
aiifrius, Nov. s,—The Hoard of Health oQl
®*hv reported eight deaths from yellow fever
ttrlng the past twenty-four hours ending at 0
work to-night, Among those who hive died
«• Adolph J. Homo, Mageto Breen, Blakely T.
*^ ilx blcdel, Henry Lemmers, Mary
0* Patto. No new cases were
njrjby reported.
jJJSii? l ** 5.-Etoo» 6 o’clock
hart uut M * w * oo to-day the undertakers re
til*! kr .* * or Interments o( persons who
“iw to ami outside Of the i-Uy.
CAIIIO.
ttv»r i *1” Not * death from yellow
. . ... lhe twenty-four hours. No new
tula , itiCnj trd h'ui four coses ou band all
‘•"raan’JwSS™ “° ,lck . ,ull lb “ #,Mr
IvS'Si 11,0 oldest Inhabitant ol
> died to-day, nut not of yellow lever.
NI?W HKLKANB,
Sbd . i Nov. 5.—-The weather (s clear
Ut ‘.i H'-’atha, 9; cases reported, 0-1
U ; tutu cases, Lj.-jti.
j,„ r . . JACKbOV.
UuLtv 50 *’ -Nov. j,-’Jt7O deaths and
* >OLk w
FOREIGN.
Russia Denies Any Participation in
the .Bulgarian Insur
rection.
Itepnbllcnti (lain* In the rrcneli
Mcnatorlal Elections.
Another*Destructive Earthquake
In San Salvador.
THTI TIABT.
TUB lUHAIARIAN INStmRECnOW.
Sr. PbtiKsburo, Nov. R.—lt Is ofllclally de
nied that Russian officials are participating 10,
or encouraging, thu Bulgarian Insurrection.
Gen. Todlcbco has Issued fresh orders to the
Russian commanders on the Hast Hotimellan
frontier to prevent the organisation of Insur
gent hinds, and to watch the movements of the
insurgent committees.
PA PA I, SCHEME.
Romb, Nov. R.—The Vatican, apprehending
tho Russian preponderance In the East, Is en
deavoring to back tho Armenian Separatists to
allegiance to Rome,
ARRESTS,
Constantinople, Nov.B.—'The Russians have
arrested uOU Bulgarians about to enter Macedo
nia.
nanzt.uoN,
London, Nov. C.—lt Is stated that the Inhab
itants of Kohlslnn have rebelled, and murdered
the Governor. The Ameer sent a largo force to
restore order.
!I(t*MAN REINFORCEMENT.B
London. Nov. B.—A Constantinople dispatch
says B.IWU Kussinn troops land at Bourgas
weekly.
RUSSIAN AND lIUI.OARIAN ATROCITIES ON THE
TURKS.
BccitAUEsr, Oct. 18.—The reports of atroci
ties committed In the districts evacuated hv tho
Russian troops In retiring from tho environ* ot
Constantinople] will surprise no ono Avho has
personal knowledge of the condition In which
the returning Mussulmans, lx>th civil and mill
tnry. avIU hod their native villages, a* they re
occupy the territory evacuated by them upon
tho advance of tho Muscovite legions south of
tho Danube. There is scarcely a Turkish vil
lage or u Turkish quarter of n mixed village
which has ono house lelt In a habitable condl-
tlon throughout the whole territory passed over
by the Russian troops. As the Mus
covites advanced, the Mussulman in*
habitants, utcrlv panic-stricken, fled with
the retreating Ottoman soldiery. Witnlo
an hour after tnelr departure the Bulgarians re*
moved the doors, windows, and furniture of the
deserted dwellings; and then the first Russian
battalion which arrived cold, weary, and hun*
irrv encamped lor ihu night In the abandoned
locality, and used the ratters of the Turkish
dwellings ns fuel to cook their frugal suppers
and to warm their half-frozen bodies. Fuel was
practicably unobtainable lor a largo body of
men at short notice in any village in Turkey,
and any other troops would do the same thing
iu similar circumstances. In this way the Turk*
lib soldiers and peasants lost their rude homes,
and now, as they arrive once more in their old
haunts, they flud nothing but piles of broken,
unburnt clay bricks where they seek tho
homes of tnelr childhood. They find their
furniture lu the bouses of tbc neigh
boring ' Bulgarians; and It is expecting too
much of half-civilized peasantry to re
frain from vengeance In suen circumstances, or
to depend upon hatf-diselplinud regulars to re
press such acts of revetigu when they And their
own homes In the same condition ns those of
their less responsible civilian fellow-country
men. At the close of the American Civil War
East Tennessee, which had a population divided
between the two lately opposing armies, was the
scene of innumerable murders nod other out
rages committed by the soldiers ot the victori
ous party upon the persons, families, and prop
erly of tnelr returning neighbors; sad certainly,
tnc populations of Turkey cannot be expected
to conduct themselves better than tboso I hare
referred to in the great Western Republic. I
do not speak from hearsay in either case, for I
was living in East Tennessee at the time 1 de
scribe, and I have seen all that 1 describe in
the country between the Danube and the Bos
phorus. Tills explains why 1 have advocated so
many times tho occupation of the Turkish
provinces bv neutral troops until tho popula-
lions have q'ultcd down, so that they muy have
oomcthlug ulsu to oecupv thelruttcntfoa besides
Ibo pressing doslre to take revenge upon the
nearest available objects for their present con*
dltlon of destitution and misery. What has
already occurred ucar Constantinople is a trifle
to wbat will happen if Mussulman soldiers and
peasants rcoccupy the scones of desolation
which await them, unrestrained bv anything
stronger than a paper order from the Sublime
Porte. In ouo of tho pnblbncd extracts from
the Übodopo Commission’s report 1 read state
ments of outrages committed upon Turklib
women at the taking ft Lovcha by tho Hussion
troops. This Is utterly untrue. 1 entered'
Ijovchs with the Russian soldiers, and the
whole Turkish population bad tied. There was
not one man, woman, or child left to outroga
or Insult.
A FROUD DAY FOK BOOHANIA.
fiwehatfit, (A/, eu, Itsciui 10 Lnii'lon Tutft,
This has been a proud day for the Houma
nlans. For tbe first time iu 800 years a Rou
manian army lias made a triumphal march
through the national capltaUAiul after such a
long Interval of subjection Ul6 people mav welt
be pardoned for the exuberant manifestations of
exultation which have been visible In the streets
tud suburbs of Bucharest. A Review of infantry,
cavalry, end artillery was held at Baneussa, a
suburban village, and, after tho Prince and
Princess had Inspected the troops, a religious
sendee wm odd uoon a field altar, and at Its
conclusion the column, headed by the Prince,
marched through nn Improvised arch of triumph
sixty feet In bight, and of very creditable de
sign, surrounded by stands erected for the diplo
matic corps and tbe public bodies of the capital.
Tho city will be illuminated to-night, and a
grand banquet will bo given to the troops this
evening.
I note a Reuter's telegram from Washington
In the Time* of the 10th lust., asserting that
Dr. Smith was not authorised to recognise tbe
independence of Koumatila on tho part of the
President of the United States. 1 can only
slate that Dr. Smith told me himself that he
was the bearer of such a letter from President
JUyct, and, moreover, that he had presented
tbe said letter to his Royal Highness tbe Prince
of Koumoulo.
It is stated here to-day that the Roumanian
corps of occupation iu tbe Dobrudja will con
sist of 10,000 men, half of which will be taken
from the force reviewed here to-day. Thu en
try Into tbe new territory wtll be made ut once.
The Russians advertise their depot buildings
and stores tor sale tt Ibraili,'Bucharest, and
PetroshanL have olrcady been made
here, and boxes of supplies coating 35f. were
sold for 7f.
Thu Prince gives ■ dinner at the Palace to
night to the general Half of thu army.
Gen. Mklilne, commanding tho Russian troops
In Kouuaola, and his stall, accompanied Prince
Charles to-day In bis Inspection of thu troops.
ALBANIAN TURKS DBTEHMINBU THAT UHBECI
HULL CRT NO TERRITORY UNDER TUB
TUBATY.
Vienna, Oct, 20.—According to a letter from
Prisrend In the IVi Vteht C’orretjto/uletii, tbe ru
mor that the purlo had decided upou giving up
Bpua and PoUguritxa to Montenegro, and that
Franco and Italy were doing all Iu their power
to Induce the Porte to satisfy, at leust In some
measure, the demands of Greece, by which tho
Albanian districts were likely to bo given up,
has caused the Albanian League to stir, and
tbe governing central committee of tho
league called together the Influential chieftains
for a consultation at Ojakova on the fith fust.,
where It was resolved to occupy In force tho
road from Uskuh to Prlsreud; to lortlfv the
line of Pristlua, loek, and Djakuva, and to keep
tberu at least 15,000 men; to send a force of
8,000 men to tho vldnltv of Podzurltzato pre
vent tho Turks from surrendering that place;
and to issue a proclamation to the regular
troops luvlGng them to join iho Albanians. It
may possibly-carry out these resolutions and
send forces lu tho directions named; but unless
the League has found (he secret of changing
titu restless and fickle Albanian nature, even If
it succeeds lu getting the forces tuthu places
designated, U wfil nut easily keep them there.
VOIUBION CHAIN TUADK.
WBKKLT ItIVIBW.
LONDON, Nov. s.—Tbo Murk-Lant Exprtts
says; “ Active progress has been made wtln
sowing, and In some earlier districts wheat is
beginning to show. These, however, are ex
ceptions, as U will probably be another fort
night before tbo bulk of tbo wheat will 1 have
been sown. English wheat has been marketed
more sparingly both lu Loudon and the prov
inces. A healthy lone has predominated, al
though to the present lime without any effect
on prices, home samples showu have been bet
ter, but a largo proportion of the offerings con
sisted ot damp, discolored, or sprouted lots,
which naturally w ere only salable at ruinous
prices. Indeed, larum’ deliveries throughout
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1878,
flic Kingdom folly testify lo the fact that the
English wheat crop has suffered enormously
from deterioration consequent on the damn
condition (n which it was gathered. The
honoris of foreign wheat Into Iximluti Avere fair,
Kaccpl for tin* aeilon of America* avo should
probably have seen lieilcr price*; hut shipment*
pavit been *» largo, and the mornment to tide
water so active, that neither the badly-cundl
tfnnrd home crop nor the good Continental de
mand have hccn able to combat the depression.”
HAX HAf.VAnOIC.
destructive barthquakb.
Panama, Oct. Sfi.—Tho filar and Herald pub
lishes a lomr account of the earthquake In Sal
vador on the evening of Oct. 0. In Jitcuapa
nearly every house was destroyed, and many
tamillc* burled In the ruins. At the latest ad
vice* ten bodies were recovered. Many persons
were still (hissing. Nuevt. Guadalupe, Santiago
dr Marls, and Chlnatncco arc destroyed, and the
loss of lift* I* serious In each place.
The other loavd* which suffered bv earthquake
arc Ultadiilupe, Usulatara, the Casorlodel ami
Arctial. An eruption of the volcano of Hants
Ana is apprehended, and serious consequences
feared.
BOSNIA.
Trtn AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION—RETURN OP TIIB
CHRISTIAN REFUGEES WHO PLED FROM THE
TURKS.
Vienna, Oct. 20.—1 t looks like confidence la
the speedy pacification of the occupied provinces
that the question of tho repatriation of the
Bosnian and Herzegovinian refugees has been
taken In hand. As tho military task was both
caster and sooner accomplished In Herzegovina,
tho repatriation could likewise begin sooner
there. The first to stir have been tho refugees
from Montenegro. A number of the old chief
tain families had managed to retain their prop
erty without turning Mnhomedans. With few
exceptions they all Joined the Insurrection In
ISTS, and carried with them in a gh?at measure
the whole Christian population of the districts
of Nevesinje, Docko, Plea, Kudlnc, and Banja,
Inducing them to send the women and children
into Montenegro, while the able-bodied men
joined tho Insurrection and the Montenegrin
forces. Some of these districts, like Plva, Ku
dlnc, and Banja, have been In part annexed to
Montcucgro by the Treaty of Berlin; ami a* the
Montenegrin force had actual possession of
them, tho repatriation of the refugees from
Montenegro has been going on lor some time
past In these districts. As soon ns, by the tak
ing of the Klohnk and the occupation of tho dis
trict* of Nevesinje and Uacko. the Austrian oc
cupation of ilia Herzegovina had been accom
plished, no time was lust Inopening negotiations
ivlth Montenegro concerning the repatriation of
this portion of tho refugees. Tho pn>-
posal was all the more readily respond
ed to, Inasmuch as the larger proprie
tors Arcre themselves anxious to toinke
sure of getting hack their property, and a num
ber of those who had taken refuge In Montene
gro have already returned. It is the samb with
those Herzegovinians who had taken refuge In
Dalmatia, mostly from (ho districts close to tho
Austrian border, whose repatriation I* going on.
It Is now thought that a beginning may bo made
with the repatriation of the Bosnian refugees
located in Croatia and In thu former military
frontier district. Measures are being taken lo
repatriate a number of them without delay;
and it Is hoped that bv the cud ol thu year It
will bo possible to take them all back.
The whole numburof ChrlstlansArho fled from
Bosnia into Austria to escape murder at tho
ItamU of thu Turks numbered neatly 2dU,UOO
souls.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tflß COTTON M 11.1.8.
London, Nov. s.—ln the milts at Wigan 1,070
looms and 04,000 spindles are stopped, and f 1,500
looms and 010,000 spindles ore ruunlug ou short
time.
PAPAL MATTERS.
Bomb, Wot. 0.-Negotiation* between the
Vatican ami Russia have been suspended, as the
attitude of Russia affords no hope of a satisfac
tory result. Tho Pupa will probably Issue bis
protest shortly against tho violence which tho
Catholics of Polotfil endure from tbu Russian
authorities.
A CARD-CHEAT.
Paris, Nov. C.~Balthazar Jacoiln, a Repub
lican, and three years a Senator, accused of
cheating at cards, has resigned on the demand
of tbo Minister of Justice.
TUB LAST OP T(IV PENTANE.
London, Nov. fi.—Thomas Abeam, the last ol
the English Fenian prisoners. has.been , released.
RUSSIAN YACHT WIiRCKND.
Bt. Peteubuduo, Nov. fl.— I The Imperial vacht
Levadla loft Lcvadla on the 2M ult. for Odessa,
with the Grand Duko Bcrelua, son of the Czar,
and lulto. Thu yacht was swamped during a
fog and heavy gale, hut all ou board were safely
landed. The >nrht was afterwards thrown ou
the rocks, and will probably go to pieces.
Tilß FRENCH RI.BOTinNft.
Paris, Nov. B.—Ulllclal Information from tho
Department* In which elections were held on
tho 27th of October for Communal Deputies for
the Domination of fresh Senators confirm the
previous reports of thu result of these elections.
Thcsu Deputies, together with other Senatorial
Electors, are to meet on the Bth of January, In
the chief (own of each Department, fur the pur
pose of nominating fresh .Senators. The Repub*
llcaus will carry furty-tlx of the seventy-five
Bonatorshlps to be tilted, being u gain of twenty
eight.
FIRES.
NEAR ABILENE, KAH.
Sr. Louts, Mo., Nor. 5.-~Dispatches from
Kansas say that the great three-story atone
barn of John Taylor, In Ulcklusoo County, some
miles from Abilene, was burned one night last
week. The barulwas filled with grain, agricult
ural Implements, lumber-wagons, and twenty
five head of fine horses, ail of which were
destroyed. The loss Is 129,DU0; no Insurance.
Mr. Taylor, the owner, was formerly of the firm
of johnTavlor A Co., of Cincinnati, hut for
several years has been a very extensive farmer.
AT SIOUX CITY, IA.
Special Ditpatch to The Tribune,
Sioux City, 10., Nov. s.—Afire here this af
ternoou destroyed two dwelling-houses owned
by J. 8. Foiled,—one occupied by a family
named Palmar, who saved, their effects, aud the
other occupied by a man named Peabody, a con
ductor on tho Illinois Central Hoad, who lost
his persons! property In the house. There was
uo Insurance. Loss ou buildings, |2,UUU; In
sured for ucarly their value.
IN CHICAGO.
The alarm from Box 112 at 3:45 yesterday
afternoon was caused by a burning chimney lu
the brick house No. C 34 Indiana avenue, owned
aud occupied as a residence by E. A. Small.
Damage, t&O.
CANADA.
Meteorological Korvtcu —Testimonial for
O’Oonovau Itoaaa—The Haitian Club—
Huxatt-l*ox.
tbxrtal pttpateh to The TWSuss.
Toronto, Nor. s.—Thu report ot Prof.
Kingston, the Superintendent of the Meteoro
logical Service of Canada, for 1877, baa a largo
number of interesting and Important details.
The work of extending the service lor the col
lection of thesu meteorological statistics still
goes on wtihluurcaaiug etUcleucy. New stations
are beloc opened, sod the service Is being made
always more thorough In tboao already estab
lished. There are now ten chief stations,
fourteen telegraphic ones, and upwards of 100
which may be called ordinary. Out of 743
warnings of storms, 510 were verified; and, of
these 510, as many as 453 were Issued In full
time to give notice of the storms* fur
the fifteen mouths previous to the close of the
year, a synopsis of the weather fur the
C receding twenty-jour hours, aud the proba
llltics fur the next tweuiy-K-ur, were Issued at
Ida. in. dally Irom the ceotrul uillce. Of 3,U7d
predictions thus Usucd, 7S.U per cent were vert*
Ucil lu every particular, aud W. 5 were verified la
whole or iu part. Too number- vcritled is
steadily on tbe Increase, so that tbe number of
fully-verlflcd predictions lor December lasfwas
H 7.7 per cent. Prof. Kingston calls strongly fur
extension of the service as at once highly inter
crating and instructive.
Pat Bevies editor of the Jrith-CunadUtH, is
gutting uu a testimonial lor O'Douuvou lloasa,
who Ulu the Uruukl> u (N. Y.) Hospital. Among
the contributors Is uTurouto Alderman,who has
•üb*crll*cd twice, butia 100 modest to give his
name, although all the other contributors have
given theirs. . . ,
A meeting of tbe Ilsnlau Club, was held to
'giscuss the wmd-uo of matters relative to the
toiat season. Thu accounts were read by tbo
secretary aud Treasurer; and, although they
showed that the expenses bad eaten uu pretty
well all the Club’s share of the champion’s
winnings, they Were deemed eminently satis
factory. Considerable discussion took place n%
to the futures nod the luceliug passed a reso
lution to uU‘U UU COiTUsOOaIcL'.C with uarltwi
In England to arrange a campaign on the
Thames and Tyne for next season. As soon a*
replies to the rornnttinteations which will DC
sent are received, another meeting of the Club
will I* held, and probably an ««sn*AnicMt made
on each member i«i ral*en fund wherewith to
defray the expenses of the Transatlantic trip.
/Hwilrh In Ifif Tribune.
Nov. s.—The Sanitary Insider
of Montreal, hi a report lo tho Cltv Board of
Health, says; ''in view of the large Increase In
the number of deaths by small-pox, and the ap
proaching session of Parliament, I would re
spectfully suggest that thu Hoard of Health
should at once prepare a hill toticcrtilng vacci
nation, In order that thu system may he obtain
ed as soon m possible, founded upon the best
possible basis.”
Bogus hill* on the Canadian Bank of Com
merce are In circulation.
Sptetat iiiMpatrh to The Tnbunt.
St. John, N. H., Nov. ’hie slngle-scult
boat* owned bv the backers of Willaceltoss have
been sold at auction. Ross bought the Halifax
boat, which cost ll.K), lor and the Scots
wood fur IIS. Tlie paper boat, George A. Bar
ker, Was sold for f IS.
KAILUOADS.
TIIR EAST-BOUND TOOL.
The Committee of New York trunk lines ap
pointed at Saratoga to tako Into consideration
the division of East-bound traffic has decided
that the points of division already agreed upon,
viz. s Chicago, St. Louts, Indianapolis, Louis
ville, Cincinnati, and Peoria, aro not sufficient
to cover all route* by which freights may be
shipped to the East, and that, In order to make
tho pool effective, the following point* should
be added, viz.: Cairo, Evansville, Lafayette.
Columbus, Toledo, Detroit, Port Huron, Joliet,
and Milwaukee. The Eastern Committee
respectfully requests the Western rosds ter
minating at tho additional point* named to
bring with them to tho meeting, which I* to bo
held at New York on the7th Inst. ( the statistical
Information ncutssnrv lo make tbo divisions.
Commissioner Fink, on authority of the
Trunk-Line Committee, write* the following
letter to Mr. J. N. McCullough, Chairman of
tho Western Executive Committee, regarding
the object of the meeting for tho lofoimatioa
of tho Western railroad managers:
The object of tho meeting is to moke a division
of Clio Kast-bonnil frelebt, not only between the
terminal lines from lbs several pooling point*
Avhlch have not yet agreed, bnt olso to maze the
division between the various connections of each
terminal line and their connections, until the
freight reaches ll* final destination.
It Is not thought possible (o make (his division
by the separate action o( the Eastern and Western
Committees, asnotonlrlho terminal line* West
and Hast, but also the Intermediate lines, hare to
act In till* mailer and agree to the division • hence
It was thonalu necessary that officers of all the
roads Interested should meet together at the same
time.
The work to be done I*. of course, one of great
Inirlcacv and requires more attention than Is com
monly given to nui-h matters In general conven
tions, and representatives of roads saould there
fore come prepared to remain nntll the work Is
finally completed, which can hardly be expected to
he accomplished In a day or two. It Is also of the
greatest importance that they should bring with
them all the autlstlcal Information tbatbears upon
the OUtrihntlon of tnu East-bound freight between
terminal llnev nt pooling points and thi-lr connec
tions To explain what sort of information Is
wanted, 1 will state n few Inatancra, whicti each
rood can then apply to Its own cisr.
The Michigan Central Itatlroad should Ascertain
the distribution of Us business twhlch U receives
at Cnlcago and from points Wyatt as It has taken
place heretofore, between the (irand Trunk, the
Urcat Western. and tho Canada Southern Rail
ways. Tito Grand Trunk, Great Western, and
Canada Southern Hallways ahotild ascertain whot
disposition has been made of fha freight received
of tau. Michigan Central. Ha distribution between
the Vermont Central, the No* 1 York Centra), and
Erie Hallways, < (
The Lake shore Hallway should ascertain the dis
tribution of Its buslners ;it Erli and Buffalo be
tween tho Pennsylvania, tbe.jJj'ew York Central,
and Erie Hollways.
The Pittsburg, Cincinnati Stf St. Loots Railroad
should ascertain what part ofJU cosiness jias been
given to tbe Pennsylvania anti' what part to tbe
Atlantic & Great Western Hallways.
The Toledo, Wabash & WeUarn Railway should
ascertain the distribution of lu business between
Its connections at TtHeduamiOMer junction points,
and the connections should state how tno business
from the Waba«h Railroad barbcea subdivided be
-1 tween their connections. n
The ImliontiDolu & si. LoqJi.Rallroad should as
certain tno distribution of lW freight at Indian
apolis and other Junction petal* on Its line be
tween Its connections, amt tncitconncctlons show
again tbo distribution made by them.
The Ohio & Mississippi should ascertain the pro
portion of its fit. Lotus business given to the At
lantic A Great Western and'Ho the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, ami so an. '-j-.b
The terminal roads mar bo able to show tho ills
tribnlhin of their business f/lm pooling point to
destination point, and, If no,.they should prepare
statements ns complete as possible, and for tbe
longest period ol time. 1J '
These statements are msrelyto be used as a hints
to such extent us tbo Interested parties may
specially agree upon. In tftr science of any
statement, tho division coulAonly bo made loan
arbitrary manner, which might not be satisfac
tory. m
From (ho foregoing It will appear that the form
ation of an Kast-twiind pool, in tho manner con
templated at Saratoga, rdtjilires considerable
preparatory work before a division can bo made;
and when the division Is onermsdo it requires
proper organization and machinery t*» carry u In
to practical effc.t. All ot whlyh questions have lu
be thoroughly considered. And It la for the pur
r ose of doing to lhat the Committee of tho trunk
tnee ask fora joint meetup; with tho Western
Committee at the earliest day practicable.
JOLIET A MRfmOTA.
Awciaf DitpaiJt la TWiuas;
BvniHafizi.i), ill., NoVj, s.—'The Joliet *fe
McndoU Short-Line Railway Company filed
articles of Incorporation with tbo Secretary of
State. The proposed route 1 la from Joliet to
Mendoia,wltb a branch from Grip ton to Bela
vin, Capital, 1000,01X1. Corporators and Di
rectors: C. u. F. Holden, Joseph fi. Reynolds,
and Walters. Cook, Chicago; David F. Holden,
Mutteton. HI.; Newton I*,' Holden, Frankfort
Station, IK.
ITEMS.
The committee of railway manager* to which
has been referred the subject of paying com
missions oo passenger business and agencies for
the sale of tickets will meet at New York City
Nov. 0 to take final action regarding those mat
ters.
The application for a Revolver for tbe Canada
Southern Hall rood oo account of claims for land
sequestrated at the ferry landtags near Am
heratburg was partially beard before Vice-Chan
cellor Proud foot, la chambers at Sandwich, a
day or two ago.
Tho report of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada fur (be six mouths ending June 30 has
Just been Usuod, haring hoc a submitted to the
Board Oct. 16. It shows tbat tho grow earnings,
after the deduction ot (ho loss in American
currency, have been £831,003, against £800,386,
and thu working experts** £017,258, against
£661,4(17, leaving £213,750 as net revenue,
against £106,013 lor the comutaondlng period In
1817. There has been spent during the half
year £30.440 extra fur repair, and reucwhlsof
way, ana rulUng-atock, ami there has been a re
duction In tbe ordinary charges fur running
engines, traffic department, etc., ot £17.054,
which makes the increased charge £2,800. There
has bceu a Urge addition u* thu perpetual 5 per
cent debenture stock, Viz.: £1.340,359, but this
has been mure than equalized by tho absorption
of various preferential securities to tbe oxteul
of£l,yU3,*ii2.
LATE LOCAL ITEMS.
Andrew McCarthy, 32 year* of age, tom.
Had forth bis disgust at die way the election bid
coue lu the marble halls of the I'sloier House.
The head porter ordered the nuisance to bo ejected,
and a* his assistants, Michael Scanlon and Patrick
Harper, proceeded tu carry out the order, they
were opposed by McCarthy’s friends. A
row c tuned, bat the mau was finally
ejected. and was so roughly handled
that be laid for seme lima ssuseicts upon the side*
walk. A severe cut over tbe left.eyc, which was
doobiles* received tn falling against some sharp
substance, seemed to bu tbe worst of Ins
Injuries, Scanlon and Ward were arrested, as
aUo waa Mania feouthwlcW, a (rteud of tho
lujured mau. Early tn the morning It wss reported
that tbe mau hau died, but tnu Iruth of the rvport
was doubled, Scanlon Is tbo porter wbo killed u
negro sums time ago In thv rainier House, but it
was decided that bo bod acted lu »olf-do(eu«e.
Idu Mny stole sl '> from Jam on Connor*, of
Ko. aiayftth avenue, and wa» lucked up atibe
Armory. Dora I.«« v»aa locked up it lb«
*;nuo place charged with ibu farceur of twenty*
Ihree jrarJa of »llk from Jolm l\ Colby.
bU« formerly lived will! bleu, autl dpou bis
return from tbo KxtioslUun at l*arl» bo presented
berwltb the illk. and now that eho bar found a
new love bo baa her arroated (or •tvalms U.
Tbe ebarae I* decidedly tblu. TUo now lover, J.
Uvory KowaUkt, elappod Colby In the face, and
be U »Uo looked up (or disorderly gaud act.
FINANCIAL
Boaiost, Nov.s.—The failure of Clark, Adatna
& Clark, one of the largest lraj>ortlov and job
bing cwkery-waro houses here, >• auuounced.
A media* of tho creditors will bo tailed oa
aoou aa a atatemont can be prepared.
New Vouw, Nov. s.—Tnc creditors of Slate,
Woodman & Co., blank-book tiunufoelurers,
hare jte.l a eo.u-jjj.uuu ufbJeimi*™* *i<a
dollar, attending over two year*. Th« liabil
ities of the firm were $W7.000.
Holland, Mich.. Nor. r,.—J. Van Landecend,
hardware dealer, his failed, Liabilities about
UiOoOi asset*, nominally, $14,000.
San Nov. fi.—The suspension Is
announced of Hresbach Ac Co., extensive grain
shippers. ft la understood that the suspension
will bare no material effort on the grain trade.
The firm loaded shins and sold Immediately,
carrying but little liabilities, borne few losses
wilt accrue In reehartering ships engaged by the
firm at reduced rales, ft fa thought some
large graln-raUera In the Interior may be beayy
loacrs.
CASUALTIES.
A porta,. cr.r.nK n*m,Y new.
'Kpfftal DirvaleJi to Tht TYibunt.
Firrsntmu, Pa., Nor. 5.—A pcalal clerk on
tbo fast line west over the Pennsylvania Rail
road, named Wilson, met with an accident at
Mifillntown last night. In passing that point
the train was going at tbo rate of About forty
miles an hour. When In the act of throwing
out the mall-bag for that point he lost his bal
ance and fell oni of the car. The recurrence
was not, It seems, noticed by others In the car,
hut his absence was soon discovered, and in a
short time after they learned by telegraph what
had befalleo him. He was found on the track
by o woman living In (he vicinity, and at once
received proper attention. Ilia injuries are *<»
serious that tils recovery la considered doubtful.
Ills parents arc said to reside at Fort Wajuc,
I nd.
lIAIMtOAU ACCIDENT,
itoflrtl Pupate* ta The Tribune*
(JCINCT, HI., Nov. s.— An accident haopened
on the Chicago, Barllugton & (julncy Railroad
this morning near Rockport, resulting In the
Instant death of Arthur 8. Farrar, the engineer.
The locomotive was thrown from the track by ft
cow. The fireman escaped without Injury.
KILLED WITH A PEN-KNIFE.
Xptdnt ihtirttrk to Th« Tritmnt.
East Saginaw, Mich., Nov. 5.—A 7-yetr-old
daughter of John McArthur,'a well-known at
torney, felt on a Dou-kntfo thia afternoon, the
blade penetrating to the heart and producing
almost Instant death.
COLLIERY mJRNKD.
Pommt.i, Pa., Nov. s.—Hickory Ridge Col
liery, near Shamokln, U burned, throwing about
-DO men and boja out of employment
SPANISH SPORT.
How Heven Dulls Entertained a Barcelona
Crowd—The Thirst of the People for Blood
—A Thrilling Fight In the Arena,
Cvrrtiunndthet Cincinnati Umtttt.
Barcscoma. Spain, Sept. 25.—Yesterday was
the feto day of the sainted patroness of Barce
lona. As a fitting celebration a bull fight of ex
traordinary dimensions was Inaugurated by per
mission of his Royal Highness the King. Every
thing in this country, except the Carlist revolu
tion, Is by the kind will and generous sanction
of tils Majesty. Tbe season for bull flebt game
Is drawing to a close. TbU fact, added to tbo re
ligious feeling Inspired by tbe day, brought out
everybody In hollJayattlrc. The performance was
advertised to commence at 3p. m. By S o’clock
tbo streets leading to tho amphitheatre were
thronged with pedestrians and carrlagcs-of all
descriptions. The women were out la full force,
and. although tbe day was chilly, carried the
everlasting fan, and used It, too. The tans were
of all colors and fashions. ( enfiesvorsd to
trace some connection between tbe colors of tbe
dress, or mantilla, and that of tbo fan. but (ailed
utterly. A blue fan, a green dress, and a yellow
mantilla seemed to please the dark-cycd scoorlts
equally as well as the yellow skirt, tbe black
msntUls, and the white fan. I gave up the
problem as too deep for masculine eyes to
fathom. Joining the crowd, we moved along
with It, and towards the outskirts of the city,
where tho light is to take place. A greater varie
ty of costumes enn onlybe found InTurkcv. The
most vloleutconlrastaof colorant to be seen on alt
bauds. Beggars sit In the dust, holding up de
formed arms, legs, and infants. A tall bpaolord
hands a picture of starvation a copper piece,
seventeen of which ara equal to 30 cents, ami
asks for half of It back in change. His face
plainly shows that he has performed an act of
unusual generosity. A matron clod in a green
f;own gracefully makes a few passes with her
srge, red fan, and looks excitedly at the Kit of
lighters on which tenorka, her daughter, has
discovered som familiar name. Dashing
through the crowd comes a com pour of cavalry.
Admiration Is pictured upon each face as what,
In America, would bo at once out down as a
minstrel troupe dressed for a Mulligan guard
chorus passes through the rloud of dust. Then
follows u regiment of Infantry armed with Rem
ington rifles and long mustaches. These are
the civil guards whose function U to repre
sent the Government and to preserve order.
To cut a long walk short, we will now reach
the Plaza dc Toros. At tbo first sight of tho
building a betting mau would give heavy odda
against the field ou Its being either a prison or
a gas-house. There are u Dumber of entrances,
no one of which could I discover as being worse
than the other, uar do I thluk such a thing pos
sible. Mounting a (light of dark steps we cornu
out in a corridor running round the building,
from which doors open Into the boxes. These
boxes are ut tbo top, and just below them what
would correspond to the dress circle lu one of
our theatres. These are the only parts of the
umphilhcatru under roof. From the edge of
the gallery rows of stone seats extend down to
the outer barrier of the arena. Two or three
yards inside of this is a board fence about six
feet high, over which the brave but retreating
chulos arc supposed to vault, but for tbe bull
the same Is considered very uufair play.
The clear arena Is 'MO feet In diameter. Gain
lug our seats, wc gaze down and around at the
vast sea of bead*. Never has a mere crowd so
impressed me. It U hard to realize that wc are
living m the latter years of the nineteenth cen
tury. The memory of school-boy days rush
through our bralus, and wo cau scarcely help
Imagining ourselves at one of the gladiatorial
combats that Cicero tells about. When tbe
gray-beaded old poulard rides Into the sreua,
followed bv bauds of gorgeous baoderilloros,
picadors, clmlua, and gayly caparisoned horses
to demand tbe keys from tbe presiding oillcer,
wo goae at the opening gales fully expecting a
band of Christian slaves to appear Uisteau ot a
bull- The band strikes up a loud flourish; out
tushes the poor goaded animal. The
delighted spectators receive him with
shouts sod cries of "El loro.” To tbe
mane of the bull Is fastened a ,'lung
bunch ot ribbons; It is hla last decoration.
Rushing from the pen In which ho has been
tortured Into s freuxy, tbo Infuriatod beast
makes a charge ut (he •• chulos," wbo ware
tbclr red cloaks sod then boldly leap tho fence.
Tho picadors, mounted on their raw-bouod slid
blindfolded steeds, look for all the world like
so many Imitations of Uou Quixote. They seem
to show about as much bravery as that gentle
man did when lie first heard (he nolao of the
windmill. They would run, but the bull can
travel faster than they, as they stand their
gruuud luuco braced under tho unu. As the
bull rushes at tho nearest one he receives the
point of tholanccln his shoulder. Maddened
by tho palp, he plunges hla long, sharp horns
Into thu horse's Dolly, and away go beast and
man to the ground. The olcodor lies as one
dead.
The bull gazes ot bis prostrate foes, and then,
instead of coutlnumg Uu work of destruction,
turns to charge the cloak of a ehulue. The fall
en picador is raUod to hit feet; he cannot rise
unaided, on account of his armored legs; the
horse U dragged and beaten until bo rises, or if
that is no longer a possibility for the wounded
animal, ho Is put out ot further misery by one
of the blue-coated attendants- Again tbo bull
makes a charge at a picador, und again the
horse la tom o|*n ? sway he gallops with hla en
trails trailing to tho ground, while the spucta
tun rise to their feet, and, Instead of crying
shame* their "bravos" drowu the bellowing of
tho bull. The picador raises bis sombrero to
lhauk the audience for applauding hla valor.
'UiU continues until the people signify
their desire for a greater degree of
cruelty. Then, white the trumpets blow long
blasts, the " liatulcrtUeros" leap into the
arena. Koch carries two darts, both ot
which U Is hU ambition to stick iuto tho bull's
already bleeding ueek- Tho distracted, yet
plucky animal, gazes (or a moment at hla new
adversaries, and them with head down tad eyes
' shut, charges ut them. A brave bauderllleru
thrusts io hla darts and leap* to oue side,• whllo
1 tho bull rushes past Imu. If etther ot thu darts
lall to stick, the bunderillero Is hissed os au un
skillful player would bo at oue of our ciiumi'hm
games of base-ball. After six or eight dart*
have been fixed, (he clapblug of thu bauds and
shouts of the spectators show tbat (buy again
want a change. A uuw UuurUb of trumpets,
and tho •*matador " advances iuto thu centre of
Hie arena. In one baud he carries a bright
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scarlet uloak, and lu tho other a loua doublc
inlgcd sword. To assist him uro a dozen
wary “cbuloa,” with their red cloaks.
Thu animal, by this time, ha* become
suttlclcotly oruauatvd lor Shu swords
man's purpose. With head down bo
mukca las Uu ebarpe, not at the •'matador,
but at tbu dusk held ut arm'a A tiuiek
tduuiro of th« sword between tbc shoulder
blades, uiul, with blood epurtlmr from mouth and
uoflrUs. toe lon'i-turtuted hulU tfutuo to the
last, s taggers toward his now brave adversary,
and /alia dead at hla foci. Tbs about* and ap
plaudit* Of the spectator* Dll the air, bat* art)
thrown Into the arena, the ladle* (ear 017 thofr
glovcsand throw them to the successful "mat
ador, 1 ’ who ha* killed Id* hull with
a single thrust. Another flourish of tho
trumpet*. In rustic* gsyljr-caparUoncd horses,
and the dead animals arc dragged from the
arena at a rnu. The cate* arc closed with a
banc, the spectator* resume their leaU, the
bind strike* up a Utclt strain, tn rushes another
bull, and tba same disgusting performance Is
repeated. The blood ol seven lulls was neces
sary to ioDcase tbs people on this
hot/ day. One hull killed six horses,
and wounded several more: another
twice succeeded tn pursuing an adveesry over
the fence. There were a number of dose pur
suits, In which the 11 cbulos ” went over the
fence just an (nen or two Id advance of the pur
suing boros. At such a momentum excitement
of the spectator* was raised to the highest
pitch; It was difficult to tell whether most of
them favored the pursuer or toe pursued. One
poor bull required to have tho awurd of the un
skilled 11 matador ” six times plunged Into him,
and even then, with' three feet of steel In his
hod/, he defended himself so well that the
" matador” did not succeed In withdrawing his
blade. Taking up a small dagger, he thought
to redeem bla reputation by hurling It at the
animal so aa to penetrate between the base of
the skull and the Ant vcrllbnc— although the
point struck In deep!/, still tho right spot was
not reached. The plucky bull still faced bis
adversary, and another sword bad to be used to
finish the business.
As the last hull U dragged out, the people
leap to tbetr feet and the arena Is at once
crowded with the friends of tbo cutthroat*.
Pieces of money and cigars ore thrown to the
favorite "matador.” Then, with excited dis
cussions over the encounter*, the people fill
the streets or roll olf In their carriages, prob
ably to atop at church to give thanks for the
day's entertainment. Such Is one feature of
tho Spanish character. We were hungry and
did not stop to make any more otaervations.
We made our way to tho least miserable restaur
ant we knew of. and nude our dinner, with no
beef upon our bill of fare. We hid no desire
to partake of any of tho late toro.
KASBY.
Mr. Xanby Gives ft Farther Account of the
Progress of the Flat. Money tUperlment.
Toltdn Hind*.
CosrEPniT X Roads (With Is in the Stale uv
Kentucky), Oct. 20,1979.—We bed a great deal
uv trouble with Bascom to git him to consent
to accept Fiat money for his Ilkkcr. lie sed be
wuzwilllucf we cood git the Louisville Ilkkcr
deeiers to take it for whisky, but not other
wise.
"When what I hev Is all gone,” he scd.
”how kin 1 replenish ef they won’t take the
money I hev? ”
I thought tbor wus sntbln In this, and I
bed a mind to sling at him the text, "Bullish*
ent for the day Is the evil thereof, and the
whisky likewise,” but It don’t do no good to
quote Bcrtotcr at Bascom. He knows only cue
text,—"Fay what thou owest,”—and he hurts
that at me with great frckeucy wen 1 quote
liulr Writ at him. The more finer pasasgis he
don’t know nothin uv. He I* a onc-sldcd man.
1 sejusied that we call to us a Louisville
llkker dealer and see ef wo coouent camper
tulse oo the Flat money. Ono happened to be
Id town, and 1 pot him Into Basconrs to later*
view him. Ho wuz a very pleasant gentleman,
and a floold talker, but was sadly detlsbcnt In
flnzoshel knowledge. 1 asked him why Loots*
villa woodont take our Fiat money!
14 Mr deer sir,” wuz bis reply. “ we can’t take
It bccoz thur ain’t uo necessity for taklo It. Ef
wo want Flat money, wat is to prevent our hcvtn
our own I I bciecvo lo lupoorttnp our home
lostlloosbctii. Too jnrmtlo facilities of Loois*
Tlllo are excellent. We liovprlntio*ofllces witn
out number, and coal for power Is cheep. When
we pit to bankerlo after Fiat money, wo don’t
Intend to send to the Cross-Roads for it. All
we her to do Is to send to a prlntln-cllli and pit
It struck o(L We kin do prlntln Jist ez cheep ez
voo kin. and, cz It ain’t never polu to bo re*
Ileemed, the faith uv tno City ut Looisvllle Is
Jist cz pood ez the faith of the Cross-Roads."
There wuz nothin to be made out ut a man
with slch antckatld uoshuns, and 1 lelt him in
distrust, and a committee waltld upon Bascom
agin. Ho thgt the matter over, and when I
sejested to him that the money wood hey to be
taken, he consentld on these coudisbns:
The glasa sbood bo set on one cod ut a coun
ter scale, and we shood pour our drinks into it.
Then, afore drlnkln it, we shood nut os many
dollar bills of the Flat money on the other end
ut the scale cz wood balance' It. That Is. we
give pound for pound, the class locludld. This
worked very well. Wo bed to Ishoo an enor
mous amount uv It, and Simpson's press wuz
keprunnin dav and nlte, and Sundsts. but we
swelled the vollum so the Corners didn’t suffer
the pangs ut thurst very much.
But jist cz we pot this to runnlu smoothly an
other trouble okkurred. One day Bascom lound
among his money a note wlch bo didn’t know.
U wuzn’t uy the Cross-Roads, at all. The legend
on its face wuz different. It hed tbo same
“ This Is a dollar" onto It, but It wuz secoorcd
bv the faith ut the corpurashun uv Liberty
vllle. The next day there wuz one from Sc
resflouvlllc, and the next from Davisburuh.
This wuz more limn wo lied bargained for. On
InvcsUgashvii wo dlsklvercd that every Village
and Mooulisipallty within a range uv fifty
miles lied taken our Ides and wuz Isbooin Flat
tnonev.
This woodcut anser at all. We didn't want
anybody clse’s Fist money, cz wo felt that we
cood print cuulf to supplv the entire country.
Wu refoozed to take It. We held a mcctlu uv
the Common Council and so resolved. Then
tbo other towns held mediocre, nod resolved
nut to take oura until reciprocity wu* estab
lished, and that brought us to terms. We wuz
compelled to recognize the fact that they bed
ez good a rite to Ishoo money ez we bed, and so
wo decided to take everything that cum* to us,
that wuz properly stamped. Possibly it wuz a
mistake, but we aid U.
Then It come thicker and faster. It com
menced eoinlu In silicic bills, then m masses,
and Anally by the hundred wall. There wuz a
flood, a avalanche uv It. There wuz luillloua uv
money In the Corners, millions! It come to bo
more than millions. We hsd our own Ishoo,
wlcb wuz Increcsln every day.and In oddlson we
bed the Uhooa uv all the surroundlu country
txmrlo id. We never saw ao much money lu ths
Corners afore. The Nashncl Bank is hoot, and
the greeobaxwuz all druv out, and by no chance
did one uv eiu ever appoor. 1 lied to go to Louis
vlllc last week, and ez thu conductor on the rood
woodcut take Fiat money I bed to git two dol
lars and u half uv Nashncl currency. 1 found a
former wlcb hod that amount ana thu grasplu
fiend made me give him twenty-five hundred
dollars uv our tuuacy for U. lu LooUvlllc I did
succeed in glttlu a ten dollar Fiat bill chanced
for small bills uv Nasbuel money, cveu up. The
man wlcb accommodated mu wuz very drunk
and confldiu. Hu handed mu hia pocktt book
and I made my own change.
But we arc prosperous and bev attained wat
we desire money Is plenty. The farmers Is
(iroipcrous lor prodoose hes cone up om axing
y. I saw a load uv corn sell lor s#o a bushel,
yesterday and the seller cood jlst cs well hov
lied 1500. Wheat U any price they choose to
ask fur It, and real cstatu Is active at auy price
asked. There Is, however, truhble. A farmer
sola a hundred bushels up corn forl£s.UU). aud
fell on my neck and embraced mu uzhufinau
shut preserver. He said he never expected to
hevso much money. Hu wont over to Bus
coin's aud asked me to take sulhJu. and that
cost him one tenth uv his load, aud Pettus, our
shoemaker, which takes Flat mouoy, charged
him wat wuz left fur a pare of stogy shoes,
lie wuz amazed, for ho expected to pay oil a
morigace onto hla farm with this money, sod
wuso T t satisfied (111 1 told him he didn’t ask
cuulf fur his corn. There Is trubhles in
everything, aud fiuanseeriu ain’t the cosiest
thine lu the world.
Ef wo cood only git iron and bildia material
for our money there wood set in tlch a era ur
prosperity ez wu never dreemed uv. But finan
sbel ability however great can't do everything
to-wuust. Wu shel eumu to that. Itlseuulf
for tho present that we kiu gll hkker for It, and
with that the average croos-rouder is tolerably
content. Uv course Flat money is u experi
ment, but wo oro solvlu the problem. Aud wo
hko it. Thcr alnl uo work bciu duuo at tUu
Corners, fur we are all spevklatiu, aud bcsldca
wat is the yoose uv work when mousy kin bo
made without 111 We hevfuuud our
last. I'eruoLkusi V. Nasuy, Floauseer.
P. 8.-—There's more trouble. Biiui>sun the
tiriulcr U out uv Hie** *"d he cau’t alt auy In
l.ooUvlUJu unless we glvu him some Noshncl
monuv. Tho (shoos bev come to an cud, for
Want uv suibiu that will furnish supplies.
P. 8. lid.—We uav bridged tbu dUHtmUy. Wo
huv found a lot uv wallpaper, aud by redooaiu
the size uv the bills and voosln that, we klit alt
on for some days ylt. We hev also Inereeicd
the deuomluasbeoi, tsbuoin now puthiu less
than Basuum Uto take half the watt uv
the llklx-r iiiscld uv cveu wall ez before. But
wat wo sbel do wheu that U guuo 1 uou't know.
This will require the highest possiblu financial
skill. But "sullivleul lor tbo day Is thu evil
thereof. 1 * 1 find unspeakable comfort In tho
•crii-lcr. My supplies will hut ea long ezthe
wall-paper does. - P. V. N.
, Knawr It, of Course.
Tkirolt ¥rH Prut.
A Detroit grocer, who boa a little thou to
study bumau nature, ami wtio'd save money if
t> «J, tua a liulo more tune, wrote a note to
several parties selected for the occasion, to the
effect that he had h*i Mi account-books-nod
mast depend upon their honor to call rnd give
In the balance against them. One of them re
plied that he presumed ha owed #3 or $4, whim
the books showed that he owed f 38; another
thought there might he a possible balance
against him, thougn ho had been very careful
to pay rash down, and yet bis account was #l4
ana over. Out of twalve or /ourtccn custom*
rrs tho grocer found one who replied that Ids
owed #3-80, being 00 cents too much. He then
wrote to each that ho had found his books, amt
sent statement of account, and as they dropped
Into tho store one at a time each laughed, shook
hands, and remarked t
" I knew it was nne of ynnr jokes, of Course,
and no I thought I'd give yon a cbanco to pla/
It clear through I”
GAUBEXXA’S BRIDE.
Ills Choice • Heroine of the *' History of •
Crime,”
Parli IsUtr to Sm Turk Trihunr.
Gsmbclte, it would appear, I* teallv engaged
to Mme. Arnaud de I’Arlege. A most hoble
and queenly i'reshlente do la Republlque ale
will make should her future husband ever be
brought by a vote of tba Chambers to head the
Executive. But—there ta a but—it la a pit/ she
la ten year* the senior of Oambolta. Mme.
Arnaud disdains those artlftcra of the toilet In
which French women of fashion, and many En
glish It would also appear, believe. Her
whitened hair la unsullied with dyestuff*, and
her checks have never been dueled with pondn
(Urit. Her beauty is of a commanding order.
It Is now In its Indian summer, and must soon
pass on to the winter period. Oambctta baa for
tnauy years been the Intlmsto friend of Ihla
lady and her whole family, sod I think
was disappointed at not finding hi* name men
tioned in tbo will of her millionaire uncle. M.
Dubochct, Who died leaving n fortune of 180,-
000,000 francs(#3o,ooo, COO) not manv months ago.
One-balf of this labuloDslv-grcatlubentancc fell
toM. Jules Dubochct, aciorklu a banking-house,
amt tho other to Mme.tiulchard, wife ut the Re
publican Deputy of the Yunne, Dr. Uutcbard and
Mmc. Arnaud's mother, who Is her only child.
I understand that Mme. Arnaud, with the con
sent of her children, hat agreed to aettle a third
of the 40,000,000 franca Hint Mme. Qnichard.haa
bestowed on her to her future husband. Shu has
a son and a daughter. Tho latter Is monied
to a cavalry officer, and has a little girl
called Lcome. after Uambetta. 1 am told
that It was in the bosquet of Julie, which
la in Mmc. Arnaud's ‘ park, overhanging
Lake Leman, that Gauihctta asked tho honored
oml Interesting widow of M. Arnaud do
I’Ariegle to place her mltilous in the boat wblch
boars him aud his fortune*. She admires hla
genius, and ts an ardent Ucpubllcao. Her ex
ample nt the Elysco could not but produce a
salutary Influence on French society. To see
her is to loro and respect her. Her life has
been spotless, and her virtues much more than
negative. Without being brilliant, she is a
woman of fine Intellect and noble feeling, and
would think her vast fortuuc well spout In con
solidating the Republic and enabling Oambolta
to devote hts ccnlus exclusively to public bust
ness. Up to tho time her husband was elected
a life Senator, her existence was passed In the
school of adversity. Mlstorlune touched, but
aid not spoil her. She bears her exaltation
with a sweet, modest grace. The fashions she
will set, should she ever become the I'rcsldcmc
of tbo Republic, will bear tbo stamp of serious
elegance.
THE CITY OF MONTREAL
Special Ditpaieh to 3%* Tribune,
FaaxKfonr, Mich., Nor. o.—Nothin* dsflalta
has yet been learned of the propeller City ol Moo*
treat, bat, from the evidence* of a wreck of eome
kind which are dally coming ashore, the
worst is feared. Everything tbns far beached
Is of a light nature, and would float
fast. Setersl cabin doors, the top and part of tbs
tide of a pilot house, rtteamer yawl boat without
any name on It, beside the life-preserver with the
City of Montreal printed on it. havo been fonnd
near Frankfort. One piece of the pilothouse
contained the bell-pally. The wlna
has not blown from one direction
lone during the post week, which probably ac
counts for no more things coming ashore.
We are informed by a fisherman tnat numer
ous pieces of a steamer-cabin, pieces of rail
ing. and a gangway-door have been seen
floating in the lake. No donbl Is entertained here
that the steamer has been lost, and it le thought
from the evidence that she collided with a rcsiel,
as a vessel’s railing, a quantity of rigging, and ■
vessel's hatch cover have been found.
RELIGIOUS.
SottUtl Plipateh to The Tribune.
Eloiw, 111., Not. G.—‘To-night itu held, In
tho First Baptist CUurcU of this city, Uic open
ing session of the Sunday-School Convention of
the First District of Illinois. The Rev. D. B.
Cheney, D. D., opened with thanksgiving and
prayer. The address df welcome was made by
tne Her. C. E. Dickinson, end responses by the
Jlcv. J. U. Foster and others. The CotiTention
continues In session until Thursday night.
LOTTERY.
Evansviu.b, lod., Nor. s.—The Orphans*
Bent-11l Association distribution has been post
poned from Nor. 3to Dee. 111. The shortness
of time has prevented sullUlcnt sates of shares
to warrant tbo distribution before Dec. 31, at
which time the distribution will positively taku
place.
A CARD.
Njcw Orphans, Oct Hi. 1378.— The undersigned
certifies that he hold for collection fur account
of Thad Sturgis, Flnt|Audltor’s. , o(hcf, Treasury
Department, Washington, 0. C., unohslf of
ticket, No. C.WP, class K, In the Louisiana Statu
Lottery, which drew the fourth capital prize of
lihnou, on Tuesday. Oct. 8,1378; said ticket hav
ing cost the aum of sl, at the oflk-e ol the Com
pany. sent by correspondence addressed to M.
A. Dauphin, P.-O. Box AW, Sew Orleans, La.,
through George W. Fridley, No. Ulfi Pennsyl
vania avenue, opposite Willard’s, and that tho
amount was promptly paid on presentation of
the ticket at the office of the Company.
T. M. wascoit.
Agent (southern Express Co., New Orleans, La.
AN ASTOUNDING FACT.
The publishers of the American Reprint Ency
clopaedia Britannic* have corrected over one
hundred errors which occur in the "original**
Vol. ftaloms and otter (gratis) tho complete
twentv-one volumes to any one who can urovo
the (so-called) Edinburg Subscription Edition to
be an exact reproduction of the "original.”
Address Western Agency, ISO East Adores
street, Chicago.
Honest Old Abe.
pMiadehtMia Tm**. ■
When Abraham Lincoln was Postmaster lu a
small Illinois village, word came that the Post-
Office Agent would be clonic In a day or two to
collect toe balance due to the Government. It
was about 175. and one u! Lincoln's friends,
alarmed lest the young Postmaster should bo
embarrassed hv the sudden demand for so pinch
monov, o tiered to l«nd him the requisite sum.
Lincoln declined, with tliauks, the uroOoivd
kindness, and, going lo the upper »heif of a
closet, brought down a bag containing thu
amount In tho very coins which had eoihe Into
bis hands. He said hu never allowed himself to
use, even for a day, monuv which was lu his
possession belonging to other people. Would
that oil who have the houdllng of the money of
others were as rigidly square In tbetr transac
tions as honest Old Aoo was lu his.
Hsmuiyi Nephew.
Detroit hm, AVe. a.
A Detroit Kcotlemau Juat returned from
Turoutu lays that I’eltou, TUuap'a pepbow, baa
cuiinofwl room* (or tbo winter under an aaaumcd
name, at tbu Quevu’a Hotel, to lUat vliy. U
baa bceu altogether too warm for blm lu New
York aiuce tbo expo*© of tboae telegrams.
I am C’raaed with Toothache,
and aervua you right for having neglected to nee
Soaodont. Had you done *o your month would
have becu healthy and your teeiU sound. Uvt the
*' euai” pulled out and commence atonceuamg
hoxudust. thereby preserving the balance of your
teetb.
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ton* who bavv peeu taking coti-llver oil will be
i.Jejutd to ivaro that Ur* Wilbor baa lucceeded,
from direction* of avveral pru/caaioual acuiieuien,
in combining the pure oil and lime lu iuch a man*
bet that it UuUaaantto 1U« Uat«. audits effects
lu lung complaints are truly wonderful. \ ery
many ovreon* wboae caaee were pronounced hope*
lets. and who had taken the clear oil (or a lons
lime without marked effort, have been entirely'
cured by using this preparation. lie aura and get
the genuine. Manufactured only by A.H. Wilbur,
•\iciuUt, UoaUiu. Hold \»y alt drutcglata.
OpluUu of Eminent Ur. It- 11. Walton,
Annapolis, Md.—Coideu'a Liebig's Lluuld
of Utef U a too*t excellent preparation. ]l u oar
excellcoce. Superior bo cod liver oil or anything I
have ever u»ed lu waaled or impaired constitu
tion*. A recent letter from Ueuiooto. Teho.,
state*: •• t'oldcn‘e Liebig 1 * Liquid Kxlract of Uc«f
La* Uieu extremely beuciicial a* a preventive of
Yellow Ye/er Malaria."
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