NEW YORK. Amiuttfecnt, Ari« Faiblonn, Do*B«, and the Chicftgo Firf. CQirwpoadvucc of The Chicago Tribune. New York, Kov,‘«.£ ThejjnwmVof gaycty had certainly never bcoa.iitore brilliant. The season began for some reason or other »o early by the middle of October,-we •were already in the very heart of oar music. Apart from Parppa, and Wachtel, who has drawn to tho Stndt Theatre n an audience by no means exclusively German, and who, at tho Academy, met Parcpa m one never to-be-forgotten night of -ITovatote; apart too from Nillson now in the midst of her operatic season, and some minor attractions, there was much interest excited by the de but of Mrs. Moulton. The Parisian prestige of thisjtfihtming hru nette, and the well-known loveliness of her voice, were much in her favor; and her fnemis can hardly be said to bo disappointed m her success, although not once has she m -111 t public the completeness of ad miration that envelopes her in tlio parlor, xsot once-boa she been quite eo fascinating as at «w. Stevens’ crowning musicalent New port, where she put all auditors into uhout tbo same enchanted condition as that iu which ehojmld the Emperor, at Compeigne. by her illimitable singing of ballads and nursery rhymes. Nothing was talked of for a day and a night but her voice of delicious mezzo soprano, her marbbslike complexion,the nnm l>er of her lockets (thirteen, I believe, on the necklace), and the length of her dark eye lashes, rivalling those of kola Montes, which could uphold a cigarette. Hut. with an au dience like that, the public is. iu comparison, like friendship to love. To say that the one is ‘pleased. Is, iwrhaps, praise as much as to say of the other that it is Infatuated. As for Nilsson, she is attracting just such audiences as her relined genius craves; and with brief exception, her voice has been In excellent condition. Other chief excitements have been the weddings, the yUcht races, and preparations for the entertainment of tin* Grand Duke. Of the weddings, the most beautiful of the season occurred iu Ascension Church. The bride was one of the loveliest and most queen ly of our Now York belles—the reigning l>eauty, indeed, of two seasons—ami the orig inaiot -Fagnaiui’smuse, “Thalia.” Twas an evening wadding; ami the altar scene was particularly effective, because the grooms* men, those funereally mipielurcsque objects were omitted; _,tue bridegroom bad his “best .map.” and tl»o bride was accompauieil by six young girls, in a cloud of white tulle like herself, only with leafy garlands across the corsage and upon the head, in contrast to her point lace veil and Normandy-shaped crown of white jas mine, and the corsage bouquet f jasmine and orangu flowers. Nearly the whole of the bodv of the church was reserved for the beautiful dresses; and (he scene was altogether daz-1 zling when“Le parlate d’anmre broke sud denly into tho “Wedding March” and the brutal cortege, was announced hv flu* entrance --with their hardly more than bridegroom hushamls,—of the two young sis tew of the bride, almost as beautiful as herself, ami both of them married within the year. The ceremony was followed by a reception at the house, ami day-nvantious afterwants, for the wedding trifis, which, us a matter of course, nowadays, wen* rich beyond description. Fbe yacht races have been altogether rath er a mixed pleasure, hut the winning of the Sappho gave genuine delight, and when its gallant owner, who has won so many laurels this smunn-r, came in late to the opera that night, he found himself quite a hero among Ins fair friends. In lln* amici pa ted delight of entertaining two brand Duke, the delay seems not to iiavoquenched the ardor, hut to be merely a boon to our fashionable girls who found themselves, after their summer's campaign “in rags," and have had little time to pre pare* continue* rfc hnf. Every 1 hing now stands in exact state of completed preparation. A huge platform has been erected in front of the Eyeret House, just where the most per fect view of the procession will occur, for the principal music and guests; and the apartments at the Clarendon have been a mingl'd with elaborate gocnl taste. The drawing-room has. us the ground-work «f its color, both in fresco ami in tapestry, the pale Kussiau mven, just the most delightful tint to give relief to the many lovely objects of art, and the paintings in the most artistic, modem tints. The coat-of-arms of the Czar of Russia is over the door. The dining room is in rosewood and scarlet, ami has a wonder ful nmsic-box, almost as largo as a piano, with castanets, and drums, and bells, and ce lestial voices, exactly suited to accompany with harmonious strains the delectable courses of the Duke, and the bedchamber is in "blue "with all those beautiful draperies of lace that seem made to bo the guardian wings of pleasant dreams." The paintings here, and the ornaments, as elsewhere, are chosen with charmingly sympathetic etleet; and a little garden is made to open from the windows, with fountains and groans of fresh flowers, companions of those winch, at the last moment, will be plucked to till the vases;! mid which will doubtless he very delicious to eyes that have travelled the long gardcnless highroads of the sea. The fashions—since the weather remains so mild—are by no means pronounced; at least upon tho promenade, where silks are now imiformally still worn, with the addition, on a cool day, of a cashmere saeque thickly em broidered, or a sacqitc with rape, bordered with needlework or passementerie, and t'ringcd. These are soon be displaced bv blade dresses of very thick material, and elaborate triimningof fur. All tho inevitable rumors that at every transition of fashion thrill the slender purse with pleasure ut the promise of everthing very plain, arc as usual utterly dispersed, and *‘mnrc trim ming than ever" asserts its well-established place. The colors are. for the most part, softly blended, and in shades rather than in hues; the purples arc veiled with grey, the scarlets have a secret warp of cream; tho lovely mezzotints of ivory and rose and azure make the draperies subordinate to the com plexion. Color this year has a little pensive in&st to it, as if it had caught the motto: Ours must sutler to be beautiful." And «ecd I tell you that over all these things the torch-light gleam of those wild nights lu Chicago, when life and death stood face to (ace. U*i east that atmosphere of shadow, that air of mmi/fity, which these vanities, delightful os they ate, mid neces sary as they are, do always catch from the reduction U|khi them of that in tenser world, through which they can never give ns the Qucousutping gannwnts to pass. lu nest I sliall have much of in ternet, probably, to tell you of our picture galleries, wbjeg are opening :»ow several ex hibitions of note. New book* ot this soaaon enmo fast ud thick, aft if they only united for summer’s engrossing chapter to In* closed in that grander hook, of which October “tarns the leaves.” Many of tln-m um of a religious .turn. Among these. Miss Warner’s Hmjae in Town/* was published by Carter simulta neously with I*>Uy Norris’ Enemy,” uu ex cellent lllu«i/»tiOn of procrastination, by Joanna B. Matthews. ami “A Grandfather’s Faith a very touching store, ami ono of the most prised of recent uivetules. Miss Warner lias cuoseu for her book— which amplV sustains the reputation vvou hy “Wide, Wide World.” and,.indeed, m her characterization of the de)ieate. ummnted, and lovably effective heroine, is jjusurpassed hv bar previous works—the motto, 44 r«n innn that w.irreth entanghdh himself with tin* affairs of this life; that be tuav please lluu who Imth chosen him t«* he a soldier. Al the same time, we have from Randolph s "Auut Jane's Hen.” hy the eyer-weleijme Mtn. Fjrefttta. With the exception of a lew marring passages, the book i» parhcnlaily pleasing and well-timed. It is a plea for the establishment of flhnplo Christian homes, such as do not keep young lovers waiting weary years to IniihJ up or inherit grand establishments or wnrj? I heir .itioieo hy money eonsiderations. It draws a inithfur and attractive picture of a little home, that in one respect, at least, resembled the heavenly, in that it did not require the «duaigef(tilamps o£ fortune to ht« “thelight thereof.” Randolph publishes also "CunsfusConso latoft” or, “TheFulplt in Relation to Social Lif,. nsericaof earnestly thoughtful essays, hv Dr. Alexander McLeod, ujkiu such jrniet!- subjerts as Iho social mission of the pulpit; its office as an elevator, a healer, •meducator, a liberator, and a regenerator: its secrets of failure and sucre**, ilo moper range, ami just valuation. Of novels, of which almost every* publishing house offers something new. we have from Hurd A Houghton a paHjruhirly attnictive volume. 44 Zuuita. a tale ot the 1 osennto by 1 Iteresc Yolvcrton, Viscountess Avininmre, which contains the most gorgeous deccriptton of the sceneries and weird characters of that wonderful laud. Late Cfternnce* of the Ex-Ctnprror Pin potcon. The Bath *fqm« contains an account of an interview which a rcj»orter of that journal bad with the cx-Empcrgr of the French on OcUW, during Ills visit to that city. After £ome mutual compliments lunl passed, tin* reporter wild? “There are on** or two jmli. lie questions about which much interest Is felt, and upon which yotir MajestyV opinion would he gratefully received, as wall hv the Htircus of Bath ns Inc «?oimt;yat large. J trust your Majesty will not consider m« inipcrthiwut m asking them* The Emperor—Oh, no: Inc re porter—Your Maiostj*. when former} v resid ing in England, enrolled j'our&clf us a special c»Bstabl»' during the disturb auccs which vore threatened. by the Chartists. There js a tfrmiir .Republican agitation arising in this countrv. If vour Majesty were resnnne It: England. and there was danger from this a rf}|atnm to the British Constitution, would vou still enroll yourself on the side of law and orderf Tho Einperoy—l should do that which I done before. (Tins reply was given bv the Eujperor with tuncli emphasis.) The RelK.rt.l—Will your Majesty i«f"™ wo it thm> he ;uiy, truth m th« «i.trart» imffl Jl. Lmsiuv's Jlntwtn, Iravurr ivf menee to the aimcxatiou of ISelpnni. :u <1 particularly to the afalemcut that the hinsr «»f Ihc'llelßiaHHrvftßhimself iiwu to treaty I The Knipeior— I have received those paiupli lets, but 1 cannot answer for what is sum. The Reporter— lias your Majesty any knmvl /edge of the statements referring til tho King of the Belgians being fttwn to treaty f The Emperor—What treaty! The Ueiwrtcr—lt is stated that the King of thd .Belgians was oju-ii u, make ur ningcmoutß xV»f the transfer of; IMimim to France. The EtHueror (very d.*cidcdly)->ot .Jit all. The RcpdrU*i—J ;mj sure yonr VOLUME 25. Majesty will pardon xuy-asking you if consider tho existing govern- ln «»t franco solid T The Emperor A cannot tell; I do not think so. Aothuigm settled. Tim Importer—Tho Em pixstw m now in Spain, and I trust she will re turn m invigorated health. Would-your Majesty oe pleased to say if tho visit of tho Empress .to Spain hn# any political fiigmhcaiice f Thu Emperor—No, no; not nf oil; alio Inis gone to ,see her mother ami visit her estate there; aucl I hope sho will re turn in good health. The Ite porter—l will ouly ask one more question. What effect does your Majesty consider tho elec tion of Prince Napoleon for Cor sica will have upon future crept* in J ranee T The Enipenu—That Ido not know, Ui« Eejiortcr— I (.eg again to thank vour Majesty for the. pleasure of this interview. ;md to express the hope that on some future i occasimi you will favor us with a longer visit to the city of Ilath. Tho Emperor—l cannot say when 1 may come again. Ju >croir. v THE MICHIGAN FERES. licllrr from the Uon. AVillinm A. Howard to Alexander H. Bice, of Boirloti-Thr HuOcriug and Ibe Need of Aid. The Hod. William A. Howard, T,aud Com- S r f 1,; addressed the, fol letter to the Hon. Alexander H. Kice, i,AM» Dei'AKTUcxr Grand Rapids i and Indiana Railuoad, OIUXD R.it’WS, Mich., Oct. 20, 1871. The Uou. -1 lexnrulcr IT. nice S J* Yourleitcrof thoaith la received. Ou tile 2flth I advised yon of the receipt of your uud tUat 1 drawn for Z'mV&PJ' 1 faVur< jf Avery,Treasurer. I aa kcau. thacharncter and c ,\u} *l*° by Arc in (bis State. You Ute fc 5 l st b T considering the \rDo?j tll localities. lake any ordinary map of Muiiisr.in uml notft tlwpltift vhcrc the Meuetul uec iUvtr euipUwi into OTwn.Boy.rWtHtlviT «.\T H ,L h V f tou tta fl aQ’ Ustweru Wisconsin l Mtcl»f*iu». The Pcshtlgo, niter widening into a kind of bay, empties into Green outh l»rl:ap6 ten or (Uteeu. t Uc town of that nanus was six or eight miles from On e« Buy, on that river, and, of course, in wis lH‘l* town was burned, with Rurh learfiil loss of life, survivors fiertto the lumbering viages on the Michigan side of the Uuc- These lunges were burned with great loss of life. Their people and our people ate sufferers together, and ■wlun the Mayor of Milwaukee rslTmutes the number of deaths at 1.500, f suppoto it must eju bniee ours as well as theirs, theira being much the hirg»r number. Of course (hey receive aid alto gether, and mainly in the name of Wisconsin, ami, V*ro.igh their committees. Ho can ship supplies olivet fnjm Grand lluveu. but, to uvold confusion, wo l.nd it host 1 1 send money and supplies Co Milwaukee. where. I believe, the best thing* uve done In the best way, so far locality is concerned. tio omeh for Hiscousln and Michigan on Given Bar. ~f i diiroii, attbo foot or bake Huron, and billow the shore northerly clear around and up Saginaw Bay, and intending baek fttmi the shore Into the country for miles! win 11ml a country where the horror and saf fermg.is almost pan belief. The loss of lift, is ry great. Hfty dead bodies were fonud in the rear of our town alone. Women and children saved their lives by rushing into the lake, with their hair burned off. These people are being Guyd fur by Detroit and all the eastern imrtiou of this .State, nobly aided by Toledo. ChvelutuU and, indeed, all over Ohio. New York, and last, but not loa t. glorious old New England. Excuse the contradiction, but she seems to me hot only the best but the oldest coimtrv in the world, ncr h.-nw ?«**■;«use f first saw the light them. If you would now find the held of the western branch of our State Committee, you will please place vourself at Grand Haven, at the mouth of Gmnd I.lyerauil the western terminus of fho Do* troll it Milwaukee Jtailroad. If you go north along the coast almut ninety miles, you will find the Place where .Mauist.-e was. if you go south from Grand Haven about twenty miles, ami turn itjhmd ami cross a little lane, you will find the rums «f Holland. Of the-villagers yon will find three hundred families. In all perhaps two than sand t»crsous, who were utterly destitute of food and shelter, and of clothing, except what they liad ou their persons when they fled (or their lives, hv stead of Hading su-cur from the surrounding country, the country Itself Is devustuted. One hundred and thirty stripped of build ups fences, crops, ami their Inhabitants were driven below the tire to tho village. But I need not d.•scribe the Ret u vs at Holland nr Manistee, They simply needed everything there. But the llbendUy of Urn American maiplcV. and esjiceuilly of ail the railroads iu carrying free, and giving preference to cars loaded with sup pm*s, has enabled the committee to accomplish more than could have been expected, I inclose a printed slip that has roam sifggc.stiuns deemed valuable lor HollamL The people of Manistee will more readily find employment ip getting mil lumber. hen once provided with shelter, bed ding, and the men set to work, we slmil in* ivliev id to a great extent. The lire extended uevoss live whole Mate. 1 have tried to point vou to the shores. U was less severe in the Interior, al though ther.-art* many cases that do and must secure, attention. At Manistee and Holland we have depot*, and i earnest, faithful men and women working to dis- I tribute t»i Hie neeesahlesof tlic people, our great depot is at Grand Haven, from which point we i readily replenish smaller ones. Wo seek local coiltrlbutitUis iu laud. food, second-hand clothing. 1 cooking stoves, etc. I hope il.oto of voar bounty h.j.s reached IVshf/gu or iViaity. Sonioof it isn't t Holla ml. iu the shape of Hekiug for -draw b,-ds. or cheap prints ami wadding being made into warm comfortables; hummei-s,nails, putt)', glass, i Hour, jiorlr. etc., etc.; a few dollars in a sh.mtv here and barracks there. When a people tlmfs the wolf althe door, and is lighting him forlife.it i euuspirada little money very tin'll. Our opera- i tltms must continue a long time. We feel us i though we laid entered on winter's campaign. I He are very thankful for your people’s llbernlitv. i Moiiivokoyotir/>yiiiiKitltv:ttt(lnhl in the future' i I heg leave to say tliat if some of vour wealthy I uu'U would loan to those Holland tanners some 1 money to aid them In bulhllug, they would com- blue, business -with charity. Proliabiy prompt i p-.iymeut of interest could hardly be cxju'ctcd :fa* i tlrst year, but tKo whole principal and inti r< st i could Jh* made very wife. Tfiev are the most Indus- i tr.ous iwoplo I wvr saw. They s ;ttlcd tw.'utj -livo years ago Iliaif Hat laud, densely covered with i largi' timber, and with nothing bm their lumds, ami they converted nine to,vi ships into a garden. But have already ixten 'e.l tnis letter, I fear i beyond your patience. Very respectfully, b >i. a. Howard. i THE WISCONSIN FIRES. A Matniuing l'p of the fioi* of lAfr and Pmpmr, Jp.l correspondent of t he Mil uankee who lias travelled through the burned re gions ia Wisconsin, tiius.suniH up the loss of life suul property in the country through which he passed; “After making a deduction for exagger ation. I supposed that 500 would cover the uuniher of dead on the west aide of the buy. I now learn from reliable sources that the a«tu:d nmiibor of interments up toMmiduv night, counted np to 30J. Add another 100 for remains of ashes and charred bones at IVshtigo. and I think no have not far from the true number on the west side. Add 15U for the cast aide—waking 7oU in all—ami the death roll is nearly complete. “Itmimpossible to liguro the aggregate losses of pirn* limber and farm property with any degree of closeness. It i« to the interest »f mill men to underrate the amount of fallen u»c tljat must lie secured this winter to save Amedium estimate of damage to pine ds in the Green Hay region is st(o,puo. damage on the Wolf is ppnted at fcaoo,- The joss of the fifteen sawmills burned ut at s£y»,ooo. Thu loss ef eordwood. hemlock hark. Sc., is set m $200,000. The of fences, buildings, wagons, cattle, crops, ooug the six hundred farmers can not h.‘ .ess than sooo,ooo—making a total aggregate of men? than 000,000, aside from those at "‘-shtiffo. m, U ini riiuennntry through from llrown Countv north to Big fctnruoon Hay, for 100 smunv milis, is utterly devastated. At legist four hundred farms in this tornado sec tion alone are left desolate—6iripi>ed of of ♦•very improvement. Fences, bams, dwellings, implements, furniture, wagons, harness, and crops, nil went up in a “whirl wind of lire.” It will take ;tu years, in that cold, hard soil, for their timber to grow again. In lac aggregate, then hs»*ea must foot Up to sl.tWo a family. Fanners here have saved half of their teams, that were let loose in the woods, and a third of their slock. Rut they haw no hay. .straw, grain, or feed of any sort —hot even the poor ihanei* of browse in the woods. Nearly all, with large families. have lost their lost eow «ml pig. In u ride of .six miles, on nearly a straight line. I saw but three hens, and a fanning mill—the indy farm implement left in the town. In the Belgian scllb pient, op Real River, 02 families wen* burned out m u row I p bouse, not a slmml, not coop—not mm fence rail left upon aunt Her. The families bad tied, almost nuked, and breathless, to the few cabins on the ont skirts Umt were saved. “There are DW, or more, wounded sufferers remaining in hotels, boarding houses, and hospitals about the Bay. Fifty of the iVsb tigo sufferers were at the Dunlap House. Mar inette, Half of them were able t« bo atumt. Burned ears, faces. hands and feet were coin man lb nearly gU, iJjjnv in rooms could hardly stir in bed; Thete'wi.’ie women wjfb great burns \>tv the sideband Uipbs, tyith faces like kettles, and Immls likP flaws, burned to fhe hones, .Men could light'rbeticr, and dure mare than women. Mo4“bflhcm perished by suffocation, Little chilaTun are sadly maimed in their tee?. ytid-fiuHrs. I saw one with a heel gone, and another wit}; an eye. Nearly all will recover without loss of Mfelit or limb. I could till a book with stories of the hospital. Most of tljein suffer move from hurts »»f mind than body. 1 hwVi- a *id mem ory of a J>oor widow who lost her crip pled boy who went oil crutches, and a sprightly little oiri vl»o feU between the burning logs. Thev wen* alt oOier ruiuijy. ‘The. screfltgs of bntli, she said, ‘Seemed forever sounding in Ijcr ears/ There is a future, am}, no doubt, for all these suffering «m*A 4 Most of these cabins that arc left arc crowded with fwo mid thr**; 4 families each. 1 saw one with four men. Uvo women, npd sixteen children—two of them suckers, They bail just received an pntfft of clothing—warm. sWiinfi?. knit hoods, thin shawls, thin gait ers, ami light cdoitv) drears for the women and gills: odd-fashioned Jw*, burned boots, thin jackets, and summer coats ami pants for tho men mid boys. There werp seme occasions of laughter, but none of ridicuU: itU Were fflml aud surpnsed A getting what they Unl„l sgw A»u}uimedutt<* want of itrovisiniuu Hour, park, and luml wivilistribnlcd to all, iwckajr™ often and coffee to most. There arc nearly I'otatoca enough in the country, if distributed. Their stock that is left has been driven ott' to meadows and iields not burned over. One large hearted.old fanner was keeping eighty odU cattle belonging to his unfortunate neigh bors. Uhoutstonping to consider the ways ot Providence, or the uses of philosophy, these anupic minded jvcople seem to have understood the art of helping one another. GARVEY ABROAD. Important Letter from Ouo who Croitcd the Ocean with Him. from tho New York Time*, Nor. 4 fuo following letter reached the Times row Bremen, by tho mtest mail. It wm be seen that the writer was a companion of the groat plasterer on his voyage to Europe, i i. h or y is ■fall of lutciest, and corroborates all that we have said of the flight: i To the Editor of Ou Sew York Time*.* American newspapers are quite rare in Get i many, and It was by mere accident that I enjoyed 1 the. good fortune to capture a number ofyoar .paper of tin?aoth ult. Your remarks with refer-- ‘I III l lt> the rumored escapade of a member of the Tammany Bing fleeing to Europe from tho wrath to como. at once chalk nged my i articular attea llQii. If the New York police had searoheda little mum diligently, tho anxious public of your city, i would nut Imve' beta UUt fu doubt us to the Identity of the fugitive. It required no ex i traordluary detective skill to And him. lie came j on board the steamer llermauu at midnight be i fore the day of sailing, the 22d ult., and I enjoyed j the oxquiMtehouorul travelling in his company all I the way to Europe. Sandy Hook was hardly out of sight when I became convinced that a furtive from Justice was my fellow-traveller, and. after i gathering all the points and drawing my eomTu- I sions from the whole muss of accumulative avl -1 deuce, I have no doubt whatever that the fugitive was none other than “Andrew J. Garvey.' r My experiences la this direction are quite lute rusting, and a brief recital of tho same may possibly prove acceptable to your readers. Honest men will re joice that Garvey had to carry a tortured con science and “pale-faced“ terror along with his plunder, and his associates iu crime will curse the I hour wlieu they trusted this coward with their 'secrets, and rewarded him with a sharu of the [spoil*. The pilot had left the steamer, and wc were i fairly out at sea before I was aware that Garvey i 'rife were on hoard. While friends vrero bia l ding farewell to each other at tho steamer’s dock, while the boat glided slowly into the river, amid the cheers, and greetings, and tears of honest men, the criminal and his better half Het ns Lone;, were locked In their state-room. Off Sandy Hook i he canto on deck mid Introduced himself as a Mr. I McDonnell, of New York, I had not conversed with him nvo minutes, oud had looked upon the gorgi-oua diamonds ot namentlng his wife’s hands j but once. when 1 put him down as tho worst typo 'or>en* York ahoddt. From this to the Tammany lung was of course but a step, and tho thought at’ om-e flashed upon mo that Mr. McDonnell wu» sailing under false colors for a coolercUmatc than i.ioar latest tutorials had predicted iu the eily of New York. My suspicions were soon confirmed. He Informed me that Iu the hurry of embarking he had forgotten his passport, aim inquired whether he could trav -lel without it on the Continent. Ho was quite In dignant at uiv censure of Tweed A- Co., and claimed that all elm rites, without exception, were I unfounded, and tluit the public excitement would i soou blow over”—tins very words of tho Doss. Though ho intended to travel incognito, he was too stupid to keep up tho deception. Like all partenuea, ho boasted of his wealth, told me that ids establishments lu city and country cost him £uo.coo jkt annum, and Ui the same breath In termed me lluvl he commenced Uls career iu New York as Captain of iv tire company; thus Indi rectly admitting that he wmuasea his wealth by urtlttclul means,” for, aside from his herculean physique, he is too small u uiitu tu every particu -1 lar to nave earned his millions honestly. To n»y 1 mind, as he stood licforc mo. over nix ‘feet in m* cuoimous boots, 2to ]muiu)s avoirdupois, with Mtorf eropjxtl hair and colored mustache, ho was the veiy man to pull an engine single-handed, and lead the Tammany repeaters to the polls. It was, hardly m-vexsiry that Ids wife should speak in glowiiix terms of their country-seat at Belle Isle, or should inform my family that her husband had presented her with a set of diamonds of tho value of S:a,uw. or that shushould exhibit to me a gold dollar with the Lord's Prayer engraved upon It. which siie said friend Tweed had presented to her. My suspicions were continued by other fact* galued accidentally, and more conclusive. I thought It strange that Mr. •McDonnell should carry hi* wife’s picture lu a locket attached to his watch-chain, with the Initials “A. G.” in raised work 1 iq »on the locket. Mr. McDonnell, us a matt of wealth, saw himself compelled—though it must I ■have been a sore trial to his patience—to exhibit a j taste for literature. 1 found him one morning lu I the cabin reading “Lit tie Dorrltt.” He left the 1 bis k upon the table, and In carelessly turning the Hi st leaf I found a cornvr of th« title page torn off. the very place where the name should be writ ten, but hi looking somewhat closer I deciphered uj«m dark-colored fly-leaf, distinguishable only when the light fell full upon It, written in pencil in a lady's hand, the name. Drill? Garvey.” That my fellow-traveller was'a Mr. Garvev, and not named McDonnell. 1 knew, of course, when saw book mid hH*ket, but who Mr. Garvey was X culv learned from your leader of the 20th ult., and after X had parted company with him at Djvjijeji, as a Chicagoan. I was only familiar with the, names of the head centres of Tauuuauv. i I tut if none of the facts recited luul presented themselves. if I liad never exchanged a Word with the runaway swindler, I should have known from the abject, childish fear which lie dispho’ed during the voyage that I was in company of a e.mselenei'-stnekeu criminal. It was pitiful to bmk upon hi* ghastly countenance during heavy weather; he would ask a hundred questions in a mhmtc about the safely of the ship, and like a frightened hoy whistling in the woods, while he fairly trembled with terror he would deseaut 1 upon the excellent sailing eajmelties of the jjrr mimii, praise her offleers to the skies, ami while lie was white iu the fact* like a raw recruit with u battery iu front and a bayonet la-hind, he would say with a sickly smile, Who's afraid 1" His 'terrible fear fairly unnerved him; he evidently was not ready yet to go to Ids fathers; the heavy bags of imbhc money weighed down his spirit, Though Im can pull a machine single-handed, u slight lurch of the ship broke his hold and threw him against a Ik-ucli. wounding him precisely in the same spot where Wilkes Booth was injured when he escaped from the theatre of hi* crime, ami like Booth, he. too, may 1m prevented by this wry wound to go beyond the reach of justice. At Southampton neither himself nor his wife wei o seen upon deck. As I afterward Icarm-d. ho wasiumortul fear of an arrest by telegraph. When wc weighed anchor and steamed again Info the t junmel. there was uo cud to hh» questions about the name and business of every passenger who came ou board at Southampton. The badge of Hie German pilot who joined ns at that port, almost seared him out of his wit*. But at Bremerhaven lie laid bare his guilty conscience iu the most absurd and ridiculous manner. While the steward was assisting him to laud, tho pay master of another steamer Mepi»cd ou board. The brass buttons and blue elotli were a terrible sight for the pseudo MeDur.uell. He thought his hour had coiiie. and. like a true, son of Tammany, he, us a last resort, attempted to save himself by bribing tbe oflb-er of justice. Quick an thought he handed the pavmuster a handful of sovereigns. Tlie lat ter. surprised and indignant, throw tlie money ut his feet, and left him to gather tlie shining pieces out of the mud. amid the wonder and derisive laughter of the bystander-. In Bremen he stojqs-d at an obscure thlrd-rato hotel, luul Ids woudd dressed iu great huote, and started the same evening for Band, after cautioning the steward not to inform no* of Ids destination. And here cuds uiy story. I have written it out tor you ns u mutter of duty, for al though I am not directly interested In New York uflairs, residing, us I do. m Chicago, where t*oUtl elans of all event- am strictly honest. I fully ap preciate the iiuiHU-tam-vof the problem which is just now tieing solved in your city, whetlict Dem ocrat)'’ institutions furnish u romedy for the vices arising from tin- sjMeu,. J .dm’ijvJy hidle’.o they do, if every Imnest eltl/en will fearlessly ussUt lu pio-ecuting the corruptionists. 13ui:mi:s. Tuesday, Oct. in. tB7l. THE NORTH POLE. Dr. l*ctermnnn’» Account of the German Expedition. WuslihiKtou, cNoreiuber 2) Correspononee of tbo New York Xlrnß JJcJotv idtlmfull U‘fl< of Dr, Potoriimim’s circular announcing tho great discovery of Lieutenants Fnivr and Wvprecht in the high North. It will he seen that it corrobor ated the old American discoveries of Dr. Kano ami the splendid theory of Captain Silas Bent, propounded iu tlus country three years ago; <»onu. Oct. net. You will recollect that the tlrsi iiuivtus to the present jHilar explomtinns wixs gtvett by the pro po.-ilitin ot Captain Osborn. U. N..scvcu years ago. lor a Itritbli cxik'ilUlou for expluriug the Central Areilo iveion.to pixHHMd by way of Baffin's Bav and .'*mith 4 s Smml. which was most earnestly ml* Vocali'J hr Ifi.- seagoing nud HriCuiific idUliurilies of Ureal ItrilaiiMuiil waslua fair way of being en* t< rtidm*dtiytheitr(tlsh (tovemmenf; hut when I placed my views uud projects •berorc the latter, vecmmixnidlug the wji !>etweon East Grvcuhuul and Nova Zcmida a- the basis of Arctic cxpeili tloiis, ('a\ttaiu Osborn's project was, after nn ox lumsliug discussion in four sittiqgs i-f the Royal Society of Umdon. rejected, and fo my vicw lhe fullest approbation accorded." Nothing, Iws since lH*etl done by the English, while Ger many. through the genenpus contributions of her clilzeip, wnt mio tb»se ileldu |v,o uatlugul expo dlllmis t*aptaln Koldewv.v.nutl. lu addition, oxteii-lvo explorations wnv wade m the dlrvcttou Indicated by i)r. Uotvt uud Hr. Bessels, tu Rosen thal's vessel, and subseipieutly by Count Zell uud Von Ueugbtln «t their own and verv lm )M>rbmt trsolts rvne!h*d,tlirmjgh which Norwegian rtshenuen were aide to clear, some of them. f»? per rent over their pecuniary investment, and. moreover, to odd the uu>st valuable M.*lewtltie ol»*.r\ .moiws and snrvovs to our fund of SufoYmalion. Captain Koblewej- lui.> since e\- prev-ed himself, in rcg.nSl to North Polar vxjicdl tlops, entirely of iho upiuiinj itf Captain Oslnirn, deeming .Smith’* Sound tho Iroute, hut Ido not iM lievo that he will ohtain the iiiuncv for a Uennan expedition on nn English plan which baa Ixvn rejei'titl by the British nnthorlties themselves 1 smd for which he. imnvover. believes two steamers, luted out'hnd Hnvmtsi »ur ni Vt»rv,'wol t»e indispensable. Alrvmly. during tbc Mvoml North tiernu a ox|ienis I’ii.iiuiu kt.j.p.uj.y jlpco out >hlok U i;ws wiry to gf\o rciu«u*s for his views and ussevuouss flow Jlttlc raptahi KohJcw»y 4 s«j*mU*iu»urf4.lumsl by other equally competent. experienced, and M’lctitiile men is shown by Uu* fact that, hmuedl* :itc*y after the publication of these opinions in Mar,im exircuiilou iefi in Jiu.e fur ibe ijXpbjca- Uuu of lUu very s',:a which C,ipp»m KolduVey would choose tu vicit mjiy'm hi}’ comiKiuy. and that tiiri own associate In the previous expedition, tlio distinguished First Lieutenant juUos Payor, of the Austrian army, and that excellent naval oltSccr. lieutenant Wyprccht, undertook it. Compared CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1871. with Koldcwey’s last expedition it would have been «i\jusi lodeuy to tho routaßß awl the hciontilic ferror of them ymntieaca tie very lilghot appreciatiou, if even they luwj been successful. They wont with very poor mean* -in u small, hired >«»rwt-plan.sailing vessel-while Kofdeway hud been provided with two of the fluent vessels, fitte<| oat luxuriously. He man aged to penetrate, during two summer*. only to ir> decrees 31 mluutcs north, u third of u deem? higher than Clavering forty-seven years eea «ud i In sleighs only to 77 degrees 1 minute north; while Lieutenants foyer and Wyprccbt sailed la u samll vessclthrough that much dreaded eeatoTSdecm*. north. Tho telegram of Octobers, announcing the re turn of Payer and Wvptecht from the high Vorth to Tromsoc reads verbally us follows: b “fn September, open sea, followed from, fortw two degrees to sixty decrees east of Greenwich beyond seventy-eight degrees north latitude* Highest latitude reached was seventy-nine de grees north, on the meridian of forty-throe de grees east. There found favorable state of Jco to ward the north, probable connection with the Polynia.to ward the east, probably the most favorable route to tho North Pole.” v 1 The Inst part of tho telegram Is not entirely clear, but Iha to reason to conclude from It that King Curl’n hand, discovered last year by Count Zetland Von Hougblln, reaches southward t,\ degree twelve minutes north The latter gentlemcnharo received acknowledge* meats of the highest value for their and lal>or* iu Eastern Snltzbergen from the Koval Geographical Society or Loudon and Its late Pn>u Ideal Blr Boderick I. HurcUison. The cruise and the discovery of Payer ami Wv preeht prow how little weight can bcplaced upon the views and assertions of CaptainKoldewev ind also how much appreciation the undcrtatlu’ir or thewexplorcrs. tfidr courage and their genuine scientific nrdor, in tho face of *nch errors rie servt*. The discovery Is the more remarkable as ail other tidings from the European Arctic lluls far expressly state extraordinarily unfavorable conditions of weather and Ice. It must be as sumed that Payor and Wyprecht i.rolmbly haw penetrated through holt of drift Ice before they roached nn open sea of eighteen degrees longitude in »‘Afom f and that they thus for the find rime broke through the Amlo Usr belt, ►•huilarly a* Weddell and Bosk rrixatedly broke. IhrwaUtbe Antarctic. On xuy chart of Uio Gulf Stream, pokllfibed in 1870, I drew, after Dr. Bessel's observations in Bosentlial’s steamer Albert, 1680, the Gulf Stream a* far north ns seventy-five degrees and seventy six minutes, showing there stuln temperature of four degrees Jtcumnr, torty-tour Fahrenheit which is a higher temperature thou tho GuU Stream has ever been round to oxhihlt on the ‘surface in the same latitude. The name Gulf Stream and the arrow ou tho chart point directly to tlie yiot, latitude 70 uurth, longitude 43 east which Lieutenant Wypreeht, a gentleman enuai ly cautious «ud thorough In h Is profession, now announces hs that ef the most favorable ire rela tions for the probable connection with the open Polar Sea toward the east ami for the most imu-tlcablo and favorable route to the Xorth role. I have received also other highly interest ing accounts id other JtorUi Polar expeditions «t this year, with valuable reports uud u complete Journal, from which I will publish abstracts, with u very interesting original chart, in the next number ot tho “GeognipblschoMitlheJlmigen,'' A. I'tTnrtJi.txy. THE ARIZONA INDIANS. Pretest Again»l the Quaker Policy. Washington (,Vor. 3) Jhtrpnteh to tho >*ow York Herald. Tho War Department has received an ad vance copy of the petition now circulating for general signature iu Arizona aud portions of California, asking tho President whether he further intends to permit Vincent Colyer, as the agent of the Peace Commissioners, to interfere m tho management of tho wild In dians iu the Territory, who refuse to live cm reservations, or whether thev are to he left to the control of General Crook. The petition sets forth, iu expressive words, the disheartened condition of the citizens of the Territory, ami the intention of many to abandon their liomes and property, iu despair of betteirthiugs, when the Appoint ment of General Crook, with full power to deal with the savage Apaches at his discre tion, gave them hone, and they resolved to wait a little lunger for the peace and security they have never yet possessed. The plans of General Crook are commended iu tho petition for thmr vigor, moderation aud success, and their breaking up by tho philanthropists de plored. The petithmersaver that, while they had no confidence iu Colyer and his plans, they gave him aud them all possible assistance but the manner in which the Indians have laughed at tho Commissioner and continued to murder, outrage and pil lage tho settlers aud travellers, as though ho did not hear tho commands of tho gov ernment at Washington to make peace, is convincing proof that Crook, tho man of action, and not Colyer, the man of words, is tho proper agent to negotiate vitb the Apaches. Tho signers refer to the past his tory of tho Territory, aud tho prospects of (loath and outrage for those left alive as their jUHlilieutum for this direct appeal to the President, and through him to the American people for protection, ami cuncludp with u statement of mur ders and outrages committed by tho Apaches since 1804 that is truly apalling. Names, dates ami places are given through four solid columns of printed matter, and evidence ad duced that they are far from reaching the whole number of casualties. It is certain that Arizona is giving and will continue to give a great deal of eoncem to tho adminis tration. Crook was doing reasonably well when the Congressional Board of Charities and Correction stepped in ami upset him; and though those brandies of the govern ment concerned in the management of the Indians have little, if any faith iu the hoard, except an an auditing committee ou tho ac counts of speculative burnt officials, they are afraid to interpose such authority as Con gress has loft to them between tho Commis sioners and the muddle thov* are making bv their propensity to meddle with every phase of the Indian question. An Arizoualottcr re ceived hero to-day.complains that an appeal to tho velvet-cushioned religions sentiment of the country always curries tho dav for theseheneyoleuf Mr. Eusya against the set tlers and m favor of Feummore Cooper's .herpes, the only specimens of Lo known m Philadelphia. The Territory itself is as unfortunate as its inhabitants. With i» climate conducive to perpetual lifts there is but little to make such a fate desirable. Abounding m mineral wealth, the scarcity of water hiterfeivs cficctualh* against all min ing operations, and though tho General Gov ernment spends immense sums yearly to keep 1 alargoiijilltan* force to protect tho miners and agriculturists in their efibrts to de- vcjop the country, the latter an* obliged to admit that their means of support, ns well ns safety, depends upon the continual presence of tho troops. But for 1 the necessity of keeping open tin* only route 1 for (ho iHtpnlpns ami thriving Territory of i New Mexico it would be cheaper for tho 1 government to abandon Arizona, move its population to some happier locality, and nnj»- i port (hem (ill they could support themselves. J 1 ho death of Sylvester Mown*, in London, deprives Arizona, at the crisis of its history, l of the man who has done more than all others 1 for its fortunes since the day he entered.it ns 5 a Brevet Second Lieutenant, fresh from West 1 I'omt. A DESPERATE CHICAGO REFUGEE. lie Attack** a Farmer and Gets Kitted* Knwn the Umn (Ohlo> Unzi '*c. Tlio fire in Chicago has lyeynn in make U felt in tjje rural tlisirtets. Additions mv daily made to the pojuilaliun of the country towns.. These additions consist generally of meu with .scarred faces ami sinister looks, who an* looking ground for some opening in the way of business and trade. On last Saturday, October :IS, out* of these cnlVrprising unfurtuiuvlcH visited some of our fanners in Amanda, German, and Morion Townships, in this comity. He was in Mu* horse trade. Wherever he wont ho wanted to buy horses. All day Saturday was consumed in fruitless attempts to hulsc*. Kight found him iu Marum Township, about time mites west of Hilda. Between 7 ami b o’clock in the evening he entered the house of Andrew Stover. Stover is about 00 years old. a bachelor. aiu\ has live reputation of owning considerable of this world goods. HeUvcsabuiQ iu a email log uthe owner of the farm on which the bouse is situated, and has resided here for twenty years past. He has the reputation of being a ]>caceable. quiet, inojVousive man. After entering the house of Slevcr. our horse buyer from the burnt district introduced the subject of huT*»>.and proposed to buy one from Stever. Stevcr had none to sell. Ho then inquired lor matehc*, and requested Stever to furnish him with some. This Me ver proceeded tJ do. The matches had scarcely passed from his hand before Iho stringer drew from his pwket a revolver, and, presenting it at Stover, asked him “if bo saw that f n Stevcr replied that he did, but that “this was no place for it.” Stevcr m the moan time had observed that the fea tures of his visitor were disguised by daub ing wind in his mustache and whiskers, which were of nut more than a week’s growth. Stever, therefore, by way of precaution (and wlpch piDcg’ition had also probaldy K*en qmckenptT by fho sight of the revolver) opened tlio blade of a pocket-knife, and kept it iu his haud—bis hand in his pocket. A motion ou the part uf the stranger to present his revolver was the signal on which Mover actetL. Grasping the hand that held the pistol with his left hand, he told the man he must leave fl*e hausu. A terrible struggle ensued. 'Tables were’ tunnel qver and un»- ken, and everything movable in the house was displaced. Stevcr kept his hold upon the pistol arm, wla|p tl(e stranger strove to beat hint over tlio head with the pistol as seyeruly-’as' was possible under the duatlt grip of Stevcr. Idle this was going forworn Stever continued with Ida right hand to ply the knife. This ho continued to do, although he was under* so good pur- Jiose Vo u>>e UUowq language.lie-made imi •■grunt.” Hl»h«l«TuiHin Mererrelaxed, when "Stever raised fnnu tlw tU*or, the 4r»lJ}ger rHng with him., On m*niug to tpeir feel tup stranger reeled and fell m the iHuiol of tho door, when Stever jumped over him and ran to a ncigbbor—a Mr. Carr. With Mr. Carr he returned t«' Jljp houco* wln»rv they fie gave one or two gasps after they gut t«l the nauso ami was dead, Tito Coroner’s inquest ou Sunday developed the following facts; Be* tons entering the house he visited the stable and procured a bridle. This, with his hat, overcoat, ttpd shawl, he left near a stack of straw. On his person, was found six watches, two revolvers, ope single barrelled pistol, and f&2AO m money. Hia arms were tattooed with India ink. lie waa apparently about -15 years old, with as forbidding features as ouu seldom sees.- There was nothing ou hia per son to mark who ho was or whence h© came. Tho Coroner’s jury examined Stcver, and tho Ikmlj* of the unknown was disposed of by tho Coroner. A SCIENTIFIC HEPOST ON SPIEITTJ AXIBM. IfceX«n4«a J>i«t«cUcal fiMicirh Investi gation—What was Found—Mr. ,Hene Able to Exbibit Hlr Fawna-Haxlry on Spiritualism os nn Antidote, to Hni cidc* thermion DaUrJSeir*. the 96th of January, is®, the London Society appointed a committee to investigate the phenomenon alleged to spiritual manifestations and report thereon, ihe committee originally con* mated of twenty-eight members of the society, out two of these gentlemen declined to sit, and subsequently eight other, gentle men were invited and agreed to join. This n«Hly of thirty-four, being obviously too large to conducr inquiries by personal ex periment, was split up Into six sub-eoromit fees, and these were requested to such investigations as w«re possible and send in their report. This has accordingly Wen done, and wo have here their evidence, along with a mass of correspondence and otiier communications, all bearing ou the subject?.in i baud, rue wholo forma one of the most cv- nous volumes which have been published for many s dav. aud furnishes matter for ilfo [meat interesting studj% quite apart from the, maw topic of spiritualism. Wo shall, how ever, ini rely summarize in a very brief fash -,}s?■ the reports of the six sab-committoes. I I rue hnt ot these bodies went to work in n most thorough aud business-like monitor, and I managed to hold uo fewer than forty meet-! ,D of these some of the bo- I Ca *md spiritualistic phenomena were ob served; and the witnesses report that they i Sf\°.Sl«f5 l SP rauy £?o. 3 met six times, and the witnesses seem to have been cluetiy occupied in watch ing and testing the tilting of tables. Never thelesa, they haa a few messages rapped out, and thus they _report that, “besides the 1 evidence tins afforded of tho presence of this not generally recognized force, we believo we have had in these experiments, evidence of nn intelligence directing it—ns in movingby l request in a particular direction—tilting a cerium number of times as required—ami hv lilts spoiling out words or sentences addressed to those present.” Sub-committee No. 4 remarks, in a rather contemptuous taslnpn, Uiat nothing occurred in presence of this suu-cQimmttce. worth recording.” HOMK Cut’Ll) DO XOTJUXO. .'Snb-comuuttco No. 5 scorns to have been the most innmrtant of these bodies, and forthwith addressed itself to tluj (aoklinc of MT._Honie. Tho first seance waa held in April, 18w. In addition to tho members of the committee, there wore present tiro or three persons interested in the matter, among tueui two noblemen whose names hare been much mixed up in tho reports of “communi cations. On tliis occasion the manifesta tions were trifling. A weak afterward another seance was held. There were, as bc fV.rLV.te*\rap% ami tho table inoifd jhKhtly; hut nothing further. A week later Mr. Home again met the committee, with no result, ihe fourth seance, which produced only the same tritling phenomena, was tho last; for Mr, Home became umrell, and the investigation was not resumed, Tho report states: Mr. Home afiorded every facility fur uxamination, and unjH'sired to he anxious to further the object which tho committee had in view. It is almost unnecessary to add that nothing oc curred at any of (he meetings which could ho attributed to siipeniafcira) causes. Uio members had fully expected that they would have witnessed some of the extraor dinary levitations of Mr. Home, but ho ox duuiedat the opening of the inquiiy that the phonoiuena produced through his agency were of uncertain manifestation, and that ho had no power whatever to pro duce them at will.” Tho last of the sub committees, No. 6,lms to report that nothing occurred, except when a lady visitor once brought two children with her, aud these being placed at. n small chess table, pro ceeded to rock it to and fro, “to their own intense delight, and to tho amusement of the company. At no other meetings was there OVCI J» Hl® Protcnco of any spiritual phmmm >pw, let us turn to (lie impression wfimfi alt this evidence and tho examination of a largo number of witnesses produced iu tho general committeo, Thev, too, have fur nished u report of tho conclusions at which they have arrived, which would, perhaiw, be of more value hail the names of tho con sentient gentlemen been added. The fol lowing are tho propositions: T. Tlmt sound* of n very varied character, an- Mtvutly procrediQs from ntilclca of furniture. Hie flour anil walls of tlio room—tfie vibniUuns uccuiupniremg which sounds are often distinctly ¥*rcypilble to the touch—occur, without being *ru.ln(v. That the elrcmuatancen under which the phenomena occur are variable, the most promin ent fact being that Iho presence of ccnaln persons seciu* uceessarj' to their occurrcnco. and that of others ginerally adverse; but this dlffewm-e do*s nut appear to ifctioDil up% trweb would inrolre mu-h trouiiWnd (unless it ere unlike all inquiries of tSit kind 1 nave known) much annoyance. In the second phicc, I take no interest In the sutyect. The only case of 1 have had tS) opportunity of examining into fof mjself was us ktoasanin?. pri .smss. Se7 lv T^S£ ter thing, to do And. Ittfie foffi tS rofitSl aSSraS^JSfSkI demom tratisn Jof th e trutam- 1? *4} addltiunaJ aadflJt tUli cldfc\ Better uvcu crusalng-awccpcr die and be made to bilk twaddle by n medium” hin dat a guinea seance. I am, sir. ic, Jan. 20, it*33, WHAT DO THE NATIONS OWE P Letter Tram J4ecrciary Btultrcll, From the Kew York Evening Post, lu answer to onr remarks of ‘last Tuesday open the amount of tho national debts of Eu rope ana America, we have received the fol lowing letter from the Secretary of theTreas- TUK.ISCBV DKPABTMEST, f 0r TUESBCKETAUr. 2fOV. 1971. i Tome kditorg uf theJ'ost “In your paper of the ait* ultimo you state that, m a lecture recently delivered by me in Xew \ork and Boston, I gave the uggreuto national debts of£uroi>o and tho United states at Fkj.oo).- 000,000. The statement made by me included the debts of all the nations of the globe, whoso financial con dition is known. Baxter. In his work on National Debt?.* at {•age 07. gives the amount ns three thousand nine luudred and eleven million immids sterling. His tables were prepared for iwj and ls7o, and do not include too adnuuuiK t« tho debt of Frame,caused bytJio recent war. I estimate tho increase ot the debt of France at live hundred icUlloi pound.'* sterling. This gives a total of national Indebtedness ot about twentv-iwu thousand millions of dollars, without including the increase of the national debts ot other countries. GKo. IJouTWjieL.*’ The lutcit pificiol reports we have front most of the nations of Knfopo'are not of later date t fit iIN 8 some of them are of 1807— ami front them the estimate was made up. But Jt. w probable that Mr. Baxter, iu preparing his book had uo more recent authorities. £ow the debts of Austria. Belgium. Denmark, franco. Prussia, Hamburg, Bavaria. Baden, Great Britain, Greece, Italy. theNotheria ids I Portugal. Russia. Spain, Sweden, ami Xur Key, together, amounted, in 1807 and l»>s. as nearly as possible, to St3,3si».OOU,OOU; so that his estimate, adopted by Mr. Boutwell, was far out of the way. Bat there has been a largo increase iu the debts of a feu* of them since that time. .For instance, Spain, iu January, xßt>7, reported her public debt at almost exuctlv SUWO,uotMXX); probably a false report, aiuco the otficial re turn of it on March 31.1870, was $3,<339,851,7b3. Tho debt of fiussia, reported iu 1803 at $1,300,000,000, had already become $1,700,000' 000 iu 1800, and Isjirobablv* $3,000,000,000 now. The debt of Italy, understood to be $1,350,000,' «X> five years ago, was so swollen in the in* terval by deficits and bad'credit that last year tho budget called for 407,814,813 francs for interest upon it; which wooid indicate u principal of about $1.850,000.000. As for the debt of France, it is impossible to ascertain tho amount with exactness. In October. 1870, the adjusted or funded debt was said to be 13,033,718,07.5 francs. Besides (he expenses of the war. France has since in curred the war Indemnity debt of 5,000,000.000 femes to Germany, aud has only paid part of this by borrowing the money, so that the na tional debt at this time cannot well be less than $4,000,000,000. Making allowance for nil these additions since tho lust ollidal debt statements, the ag gregate of the national debts of Kurupe will bo found to be at this time about $17,400,000,- OOtl; and, adding that of the United States, wo find that the productive industry of Christendom Is mortgaged to capitalists for abow.t knoKvuiu Asia, and there are none in Africa CXC cpt iu Egypt. The debts of the American con utrics beyond the United States are too mna JI to raise the estimate above twenty thoitsuml millions of dollars, which mav fairlly be assumed jis tho present sum of the tiaCi oual debts of the world y*, -SMARTER OP HORRORS, Twov Pirn murdered— Mulctdetoi'S From the St- Louis Lcmocrat, Kor. 2. Tin? vicinity of Marshfield, iu Webster Couutj Mo., was, on Saturday lasr.tho scene of a dot tblo imirder and suicide. The follow ing fach arc gleaned from an extra edition of tho Cith m; A man named Denny received a load Of lumber a»t Me Vane's mills, to 1m delivered to W. C. Da* venporr. au ex-SherilV,at Marshfield. About fifteen miles from tho mills bis wagon broke dovn and hois said to have left in structions that any one cotthl take the lum ber for ten .dollars. George. C. Chamberlain, of Tanc.v Qonnty. took the load, but after hauliug'it ah out fifteen miles. Ids wagon also broke down. He then proceeded to the house of his aou-iu-Law, of Marshfield, for another wagon, On ,-eaclmjg the broken wagon again, with his son-in-jaw. George W. Fran cis. he was met by Davenport and Jacob aud Matt. Hallman, who ordered tho couple to halt amt j-mrender, which they did. Daven port andsuicof tho Hufimaii brothel's then nrod on Cfliambcilaui, killing him instantly. Francis etndeavored to escape, but was also shot dead", within ten steps of Chamberlain, not less than twenty shots entering his head. A shootin-? match w;«a in progress neai the spot, aud«>n- heaving the reports of tho mur derers gnus, a dozen men liurried to the scene and were cooly told to "bury tin? thieves and 'when you come down to Douglas County and k ill any, wo will return the com pliment,” ;tfu t which the criminals rode leis urely awaj*. Davcnp<»rt snbse’«r.!. At Yonkers, Westchcjtfter C’uuuUv*. v.misider aolo excitement and a3nriu ha w been ex perienced during the past forty-eiglC hour*, owing to a shocking mid almost miaceonnta bio form - cnjntsl by the parents of dene*, found him in violent spasms, barking like a. dog us he wild ly tossed Ins head from side to side, occasion ally snapping at some of Haw who were holding him on the lloor by dint of force. Having administered an opiate, which in a brief Umo produced some sleepi ou the hurt of the patient, the physician wtis invited to another apurtiueut ofvhc house,. where How- was tmnering from sympttnns precisely similar. Ihe wvum treatment was adopted, followed by hko results, and quiet again reigned m the neighborhood. Most singular to relate Howard was on a friendly visit to his inend Jones, and although in an adjoin ing room with were struck down in horrible convulsions at the same instant. The at tending physician stall'd that the symptoms indicated were nut those of hydrophobia but were rather superinduced hy nervous ness. He also gave strict orders that the patients should not hr allowed fo see or speak, to each other. Both meu felt very *unch debilitated during the following dav, until Monday evening, when they were again attacked more violently than Iwioro at their separate homes. Those who witnessed their mbid actions and terrible contortions were shocked beyond utterance. It is asserted iu the village that Jones was bitten by some man with whom ho was quar relling a few weeks ago, and that the unto wanl circumstance had token a tenacious hold of his mind. When be was first seized with one of those terrible paroxysms, lust week, he, it is said, inflicted a savage bite ou his companion. (Howard) while the latter was endeavoring to aid him. The parents of both young men are iu bum ble circumstances, and the condition of the unfortunates was kept concealed for some da Vs after Jones was first attacked. A strange feature iu the latter’s malady is that immediately ou recovering conscious ness, after one of his agonizing tits of mad ness, be eagerly asks, When* is Gua! n and then adds, Gna is in a fit now.” The patients, although greatly weakened, fd tolerably comfortable yesterday, but it is on the approach of uight the malady seems only to develop itself. Those Uving in the vicinity of the stricken youths have become so alarmed for the safety of themselves and their families that on their application to the authorities a special police officer has to patrol the neigh borhood each night. Bstlt Sec. Dlsrie Canal. From the Detroit Post, Oct. 90. Bias fortho continuing the improvement of the St. Mary’s Falls Ship Cuual were opened at the office of the United States Eu- Eueer, in this city, on the 10th inst- The west bidders were Baker Williams, uf Onondaga County, Now Vorkuta lufhpin (.ten oral Poo yesterday awarded the contract* The firm named are tho contractors for the improvements already being made at the upper end of the canal. It is fortunate that they have present job, be cause being already ou,.lhu ground with n large force they wilFheWde-to turn their at tention to it witiwifKatcr facility than could new party. They are now advertising for 800 additional laborers, and intend to push tho work forward with tho greatest vigor. The amount to be expended under the present appropriation is &iV),000. That tins wul complete tho improvement* is not ex- NUMBER 93, pected, for they are almost eqtial in,extent to I the hmWuig of the original canaT.' Ik i--* hoped, lioqcver, tq have the au pi-ounaticm so far expended as to enable the engineers to form a tiueniWy coriectcsfiiaaßi of the muore it ist la tu DomU-s ami Jnra. ?«‘r!n™2» rv^t,c 1 l lV >rt anu J* "f occupation to.jO.aWmwt within iifteiu da vs 'after the r.iUhcatum of the convention. France agrees to pay the third instalmentof thoiiidemnity. a» well naSUO.OOO.OUl)interest.. in. fortnightly liayiiientH, from the l-’itlj of January to the Iw ca f“ non-payment. the evacuated territory, which remains neutral ■miml.tniy respect*. would W- reocetipied. t ranee is only allowed to retain a force in if v^r\ ceH forthemaintenauee of order. The rjitilicatious of this convention are to be exchanged within eight da vs. The convention with regard to the Alsace ami Lorraine ctiHfonis duties provides that goods in Alsace and Lorraine will be aibmtlej duty free mto France from Septem ber I. to December m, IS7J. and trill he ad nutted on a payment of per ceiit of the dm> until June SO, ISTi?, and on payinenr of •id pei »Hit until December 31, ISW. Alimen tary article* are excluded from the provi sion* of the convention. in case France im poses new taxes upon raw material and dvo sfuds used m the preparation of Alsace ami Lonnioo manufactures, a' eorresmmdinir in crease of duty may be levied. French iiiann faeluves which are perfected in Alsace ami Lorraine willlm admitted duty free. These *:oods, on being re-exported into France, will p*. a proporl timato duty. French articles n in Alsace and Lorraine for tmishinir nKU l ..f;ul,. r .s mil Ikj duty free m.tif Hie ilbt «f lliceiiilur, 18*1. They will I.c “'',{S l ot ,I|B onliuiuy duty until tiie oihh of June. IST:*, and to SO ner Cent until the tflst of December. 18? J. Until comes into force, the duties paul upon arficxCSilw^relureferred to willhc refunded. in order tcTiirdfiCt againsit fraud. Courts of Equity and CnambeiS-ir>£ommrrce will be established in Alsace and i?. I V r V t i tH r or of goods com" eluded lieforc or durmg.the war will share in till’lliliiiiimly from duty granted by this lumriitinn. Tlio sumo ajiiiliio to Irnnch goojls u Inch were ordered during the same (H’l'iods in lraio-I’. (Joruliiu y t-mlia rlio iKirinbos of R:oui-lfs-bo:\ux oml Ri«m-snr-li>- 1 bun.', os w-01l os tljy luirish of Jiriioymid |IIUT of ibo districtof Avricunrt. Tbo Fraiico- I iormait Irent y iTsjwctiDg trado-uuirbs ju-.iio oomes mill oniTiitiou; The ooiivouiions w«ru to bo ml dud bolorc the cud of Oolobor. A Letter From the General Land Office in Regard to Burned Timber, ri Fro tu v IJa r city. (Mich.) Clmmlele, N'ov. s. *J Dlbce in thisdiV fnef. Hon. W. k Ihjtes, has been repoatedlv written to by aettiem, oecuvauta of guwni ment lamls, and who have Ven suflerers bv thc recent tires. :tskuiir if they could make use of tho injured timber to assist them in their distress. Tho general impression is niat all burned limber must be cut imme diately if it is to he made into lumber, as the borers will soon Iwgiu to destroy it. The Kegjsfer wroto to the Laud Office" for infor mation on the mutter, and tho following cor respondence will show the result: /A Last S-mrs iw. ATicit., Oct, 31,1971. To (he Ftithti'uf the Ko(tr\trmc Bjr: The terrible devastation produced by the lin-s along the shores of .Saginaw bay ami /n flits l-iml District hasalleeied a Uirw immiterof home stead Mjtllers with whom we have to do. have Ih>hi m constant receipt of letters from ncarlv every county ma th of here, asking i*cnuissjon To out and dlsimso of any pine Hiulkt which mav have been burned over. On the ifith in>t. r wrote to the HpuorabUi Che ComTuissinoerof tho (ieue* *eJ.ifV ao n t T* l ttttla St« him the desperate emi ditlou In which ninny settler* ure pluceil, amt ask ing for tustriietlous lu the premise*. Enclosed herewith i* bis reply, which by jwlnting, bm be more rapidly and widely circulated than hv cor resiKimleucc. Vmr*. very respectfully. \v 11 JUti*. Ih’gteter lf.if.hO. 1 fJF.NKUAI. L\Nl> OFFJCK, .'y 1). C., Oct. 33.1871. hr/jintnut.'”' Herrtrrr. has! Xanhi tuc, Mifh. UKNTLKMK'.V; I lIUVO received tllf! Register's U;U«t «f ih« irttit Jn»t.. in regard to homestead set tlers in your laud, district having miifen-d bv the llivh which lately burned along the shhrcs of the Saginaw Hay, hi which ho saj>; “luumuvln- Stuueen tliulwr stood upon these homestead* n hivh has hem harned over by tin* Arc*, mid. un less tin* flintier is out fids winter. It becomes com paratively valueless. If cut this winter, these settlers will 1* enabled to live through the winter upon advances made upon the timber; If nutal vevy CToat?'*” tbC> com l wHwl h» suffer rt vlll upon you to deni as timber lio- rcf 1 lu l ”tses to which the Register's let- rn.n.f 0 to i«° r W'ts r settler-? under the yonaro already l nc co as to lighten the calamity under which tliey sillier, to aid hi restoring their im provements destroyed by the fires, und la procur ing tho means of continuing their eeUUanents and cultivation of f*ic laud. In dealing wiihsiich eases it may be hi your power. In exereL»j;iga sound discretion, to aid the settler while keep.'ng within the limits of your official duty. In ihn'ng so it would not. in mv opinion, I*j incumbent on you to proceed against or treat as trespasser iht* honest settler who might make use* of such timlH*P i‘o the end of is-rfi-cting Uls homestead or pre-eiuptW*U title to the land, in volving no 10-s to tin* govern.menr. Very Respect fully, jour oivedieut servant, WilusDul'jijiomi, Commissioner. Aiiriupl to Bara niSicliltu VUlogr, From ibe Jackson (Midi.) CilUen. Charlotte h;w beta considerably excited for a few days past over repeated attempts which were made last Sunday morning, by ou© Voi nov J. Miller, to fire tfie city. It seems that about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning a watclunau discovered man skulk ing suspiciously along tho alley iu the rear of the business blocks on the west side of Main street. Upon being followed be lied, and a few minutes afterward a fire was discovered among some rubbish back of Lowry's store, which hail burned to within ten inches of the building. The man Miller alluded to above mot a man by the uaauiof Steele, about noon, and while m a conversation with him, said that he bad started the lire with the intention of burning the whole city. He threatened Steele with death if he should disclose the secret, saying that he had better speak for his coffin. He then conducted Steele to the rear of the American House and showed him a little fire which he had kimll&l in the drv leaves back of the barn. Mr. Steele trampled the tiro out, and went Immediately 'to the American Honse and told of It. A crowd im mediatelystarted for the bare, and when they got there found that the lire had broken out again. Miller has Ikhui identified as the man who made the first attempt, and ho ©yen boasted at his boardinghouse that if he had not been discover*! by the police he would have ac complished his purpose. Ho was arrested Sunday afternoon, and is now awaiting an examination. What-the reasons were for attempting such a feat are unknown. but from the manner hi which he attempted the business, one would imagine that he was crazy. He is from Lenawee Comi ty, and is a reckless, dissolute man. The Dcntitotlon in San Joaquin Valley. From the San Franti*co Bulletin, Oct. 27. Tv 0 have clear evidence that over an area of country on tho west side of the San Joa r [Cheers,} There is hardly a day passts m which we have not some proof of the extwrt-of this eoorl feeling, what has been the feeling In England 7 I don’t Ixdievo that uono at our large manufacturing towns hail been burnt'down more sympathy would have been shown—uot only in Manchester coimcctcd by feelings of interest with the L iiited Mates, holm every part of the coun try, and in the capital of the country—than has been shown with the Miftcrimr ami calamity which wo regret so much the iu imbltauw of Chicago have sud'ercd. [Cheers. I On ilio other hand, what do vresee? I hcanl a ,murmur of an intended Fenian in vasion. I telegraphed at once to com municate with Mr. Fish. That wonder ful instrument .*of communication of thought informed mo the very next day than the government had already sent instructions and given orders of- tbomost stringent char acter. And we have heard, although only from-very meagre telegrams, that it appears that the American Government instructions liavo been obeyed,’ and the most ridiculous amrwautoir raid has been put down—not bv the Americans themselves. [Cheers.] Ami if I may I* allowed to mid orm single sen tence, it is to the effect which* think our ex ample must have with regard to the settle meut of international atiairs.” TIONS. The War on Porljnmr-Wiu ike .Harmons Waalilopton, to ihoriilla»lelrhL» rrca#.' Officers of tUo Pacific Railroad aro hero lo ascertain how far the govera luetit intends to push the execn uon of the laws against the Mormons. Ihoy profess to have information from Utah to the cucct that aa soon os the goveninu*ut» resona to extreme measureswith the loaders, the people will resent it with force, and tight t a o-'mV'L ,V tl; mt,,,s U understood S'.i'tf'VS tlioirprocramni.' is to tear up the track of the Union Pamir Railroad and "V' <{?'rl. between tins Kastem States and the Pacttie coast. After that they ex pect to at imp the Indians to make war upon the frontier, settlers, the success of wCh thei hope will lie assured after railroad com munication IS enr off, whereby the govern ment a ill he nimble to transiairt troops and nmnumns nf war. Of eomU the nalro’ul oißuals are anxious to prevent any depreda tions being made upon their road.'aud there fore counsel forbearance upon the part of tho government toward the Jb.nuotis. They £s“ *‘IV J «‘SUlent that while the Monuous Sr L?h :l lul imprisonment hfsd .Sirl •*i awk iJ K not suffer leaden like Brigham 1 onnir to ho dealt with according to law;. Their plan into have tho leading men tried ami convicted, and then pardoned. They think that this will have a good effect upon the masses of the Mormons. ?SSoi3 t t, Ti, s, T <1 M n tllo government troll I lie. Die President. however, is disposed fo ict the law take 1(3 course iu tho case of all who an* arrested ui L*f;ih charged with a violation of the acts of Congress. He doc* not seem to ho neared hy the throats of tlm to retaliate, whether by destroying the track of the Pacific Railroad or stirring »I> a general imliaii war. These are conse quences the Xh'Csideut thinks which must be met the same as the 3forutoa defiance of the law. It seems to be the policy of the govern ment to sustain the civil authorities ui their course in Ltah at- all hazards. A teUfKJI" Tight Place. From the Randolph (lltTT*JSnn?£2l tfr On Friday night of lust wcekltTr-silrtcmm was made to enter three of the saloomTilKiiL west end of town. In one case only were the i jmrglara successful, and in this instance tho °bt; imc give only din* more ex inbitiou before they went into winter quarters. Smuggling on the' Itlexicnn Fremio, Washington (Oct. to tlic Xch* York kvfijhis? Post. Keeoutreports represent that smuggling is Kt\lU‘arrtcd.on openly along the KioGramht Inver, principally by Mexicans, who defraud our government out of u large amount of money. annually. The attention of the Mexican Government* w*as smno fnncr.'ico'ealh'fl fn the fact that un der the decree establishing the Zonsi Libra, smuggling was in reality sanctioned by that, nation, ami that therefore the abrogation of this decree Tran firmly demanded. This request not having been complied tntlu the question of enforcing the demand wus yesterday a matter of consideration be tween President Grant, Secretary Fish, ami benator Patterson, member of the Senate Committee,on Foreign Relations, As 1 his would require the use of the military arm of the government ani undoubtedly lead to a war between the two countries, the Presi dent decided to let the matter remain as at present, and call the attention of Congress to the subject in his next annual message and ask for legislation. b A despatch from Trenton, N. J„ refers to a curious and important case which has come up before the Court of Chanccrv. The Ger bilV fn Company claims that a it company, and enable i t to build a railway from New Vork to Phila delphia, was passed by both houses of the ->c« Jersey Legislature and delivered to t?io Ociernor March 31; the Governor .nays the bill reached him on tho *thof April. The question of date of delivery affects the vitality of the measure, os the Governor's date kills the Hill, ne having retained it without giving it offi cial sanction 5 but- the date claimed by the railroad company gives it life, as it became a taw by lapse of the six days required by tba constitution. The suit which the railroad .company brings in this case calls the Gov ernor into court; he refuses to go, claiming that the court has no right to inquire into his official acts or legislative omissions. Tba issue of the case will have considerable in fluence hereafter as a precedent. Great Qannthic* of Coni Discovered In Dakota and lows. From the Sioux City (low*) Journal, Nor James Allen, a resident of VermilbnrT n T., called at the Journal office lastSatim}?C raoraiDg. rnth a; specimen efrauwooaf takc-n from tlio Wnll oppoaito tho St XicholaA Hotel, in the town of VcnniUtmi an?** reports that he luU .“ote time donna the past year, to F rw,““ ™fo? coal alpn/r the Somx ami Misaoiri Birera-ami hia labor has been rewarded by the discoVerv rl M. n 4}! le e Bitß in «tydi/roront p"ac« no r/aintS StS Kck Bevrnge t —Two ttrn Killed. (A Cation* Cn»e*