THE FARM AND GARDEN. Lrgitlatire Tinkering—Need* of the Slate Xlorticpltnral Society—Tranuctlons of the Stale Agricultural Society—Four Conundrum*—!• Farming a 'Business —A New Farm—lSegum Forest Trees— The Weather. From Onr Agricultural Correspondent. Champaign, ill., Dec. 9. Tinkering the laws appears to bo an inhe rent principle in tho American mind, and one of a most pernicious tendency. Every new man who becomes a part of tho law making power,—and we have plenty of new men,—shows, as he comes to tho surface, a desire to tinker. He isamhitioustodosomc thiug for his constituents in the rural dis tricts, and at once sets himself to tinkering some one or more of the laws that affect their interests. The desire appears to he to do something, not because something is re quired to be done in that particular direc tion, but simply to do something that will attract attention. At present there is a bill before the Legis lature u For an act to reorganize the Illinois State Horticultural Society.” It must have required no small amount of genius to hat e made the discovery that this society needed any reorganizing. It has been making steady progress for Ihe past fifteen 3 cars, since its first organization, at Decatur, by some half a dozen energetic, practical men, who appre ciated the advantages that were presented in onr State for more extended operations m 1 his department of rural labor. The progress made has not so much depended on the law as on the ability of the management. Wo have had some tinkering in the way of a .State Horticulturist, of imported teachers, and the sending of the reports out of the State for printing; but these have been out mown, and it is nowin tbojuost health con dition, and has no need of change in the law or the present line of management. The State has steadily supplied it with $2,000 an nually, to aid in the paying of expenses, pre miums, and the printing of its annual reports. All that is required at this time is to lot the law part alone, and simply continue the animal appropriation; for, without this, it cannot he maintained in all of its present usefulness. Let the friends of tho institu tion sec to it, that tinkers are compelled to keep hands off. Don’t lumber it up with State horticulturists, or county societies, but let it stand on its own broad basis of use fulness. giving tho people valuable lessons through "its annual meetings, its essays, and reports of standing committees. Protect it alike from legislative tinkering aud char latan management; for it is ono of our most valued State institutions, ami should receive the fostering care of the General Assembly. It needs no large amount of funds, as $2,000 a year is ample for all its requirements. A like sum is now paid for the department of cntomoligical science, from which wo yet hope to reap some advantage. ini: state agricultural society. The Transactions of this society for the yeais ISU7 and 1 >4ts comprise a volume of some loOpages. The gist of this report has all been published years ago in our agricul tural journals and local papers, and the vol ume will iiud a (inlet resting place in our public and private libraries. For this pur pose it is valuable, for it has been prepared with both care and ability and, had it been promptly published, would have been of val ue to the cultivator, the stock-breeder and the orchardist. But, in this age of progress, tln ee or four years are liable to throw some things in the shade aud strand them in the forgotten past. Our State publishing de partment is no doubt a big thing in its way, but hasnogreat attractioufor the progressive farmer, stock-grower or orchardist. If there is no remedy for this stateof things, I would most respectfully reommeml that hereafter tin* Transactionsof this society be dispensed with, or that the manuscript copy be tiled away among the archives of the •State. for the benefit of some antiquarian in the later ages. For one. I would be willing to trade ot! the whole edition for an etlicient dog-law, that would allow us the privilege of keeping a few sheep on each farm of the State. i oue coxunducms. First. What can a farmer In Northern Illinois pay a good hand for eight months, common ring the Ist of March id. How much grain will this hand grow and put into the market in eight months in, an average season Thini. How much money is the crop worth at average pi ices i Fourth. What profit has the farmer on tho man s wages at S2O per mouth and board e give it up, and pause for a reply. Auy person who can correctly solve these ques tions shall be entitled to a pint of pop-corn, either shelled or in the ear. But these conundrums are suggestive of another question: “Is farming a business pursuit?” Fanning must must be ranked as a business pursuit; for it requires capital, labor, experience, and intelligent manage ment. It must, therefore, come under the same general system as other departments of industry or of trade. It has less risks than most other departments of business, but is as liable to rum a man in its speculations as manufacturing, merchandise, or operations on ''Change. There is no mystery* about farming; at least, no more than in the man agement of a smithy, a carpenter-shop, or a grocery store; aud the man who proposes to hire a hand for eight months may sit down and figure up the prospective profits or loss with as much certainty* as can the grocer when he hires a clerk, or the blacksmith when he adds another forge fyr an extra workman. TLe man who enlarges his ‘business must have a corresponding business capacity or he will lixnl the large figure of tho account on the wrong side of the ledger. Some men can manage their own labor and make a proiit out of it, but if these men add other men's labor, they fail in the attempt. Others, again, are only capable of labor, and the management must devolve on others. We see this every day, great mechanical genius must form a paitnership with business fact or genius will starve. Few of our inventors have made money unless aided by the busi ness knowledge of some other person. Some times the wife is the guiding star of destiny, hntofiner some judicious friend. There is no mystery in all this; ii is simply in the nature of things. Some men make excellent faun laborers, but will never make good farm managers; some men can manage a small farm that requires only the labor of themselves and family, but could not make a large farm, with paid labor, succeed; some men can manage large estates, that require immense outlays for labor, and vet thus? men would make but sorry dav-laborers tor they would chafe under the restraint. Ami so it is with fanning, as with all other business; there must be an adaptation proper conditions to en sure success. r J wo men may hire out for £2 f J a month cash and their board. Both are in dustrious, both sober, using neither strong drink nor tobacco; one saves nearly all of his earnings, while the other has somehow frittered his away. You cannot fully account tor the difference, yet the fact is there. MAKING A NEW J'AIIM. A friend of mine, whom I will call Milton, was a hardware merchant, making money; hut his health failed, and his physician ad vised him to go to the country, lie selected a farm of U2O acres, about one mile from a small railroad station. The land was open prairie, and cost him £lO an acre. He hired a small house in the village, or, rather, where there might be a village m time; purchased two span of horses, and hired one man to as sist him; and at once entered upon the matter of breaking up the turf, that had been well pastured by the cattle-feeders, and of building a house. In this latter a serious mistake was made. -The habits and exactions of the city' had not been shaken off, and tho money that should have gone to construct a good farm bam was added to tho house, making it a city mansion rather than a snug, cozy farm house. Three years he has been ou the farm, and every day’he has worked on it, unless called away* for market purposes. Last month I spent a d?y with him, and went over the farm, and admired the well-tilled fields the thrifty orchard, with its thou sand trees of apple, pear, cherry*, plum, quince, and peach the rows of currants, of grape-vines, and of strawberries the belts of shade trees, and the open drains that have made the long slough a productive meadow, which will soon be ready* for the plow. He has 100 acres of corn that will average 40 bushels to the his neighbors say’ SO to 00 150 tons of prairie hav, from that pan of the farm not yet under the plow; 17 bushels of beaus, 20 acres of wheat, and a line vegetable garden.trills stock is made up of 20 Alderney's, grade natives, and Bar hams, the latter the present favorites. licie is a man, by trade an engraver, but as be could not brook such close eontiue mciit.heleft it for the hardware business Fortunately, his wife was a farmer’s daugh ter, and trusting to a few thousand dollars from the savings of his labor, and his busi ness tact, he made the venture. Every* plau was carefully considered; every improve ment proposed had to be subjected to figures; and every dav’s labor was applied to some useful end. There is no mystery in this in stance. Ho blundered in the house; that was natural, for one of its rooms contain an elegant piano, and another hundreds of vol umes of valuable works. But he kept stead ily a: his task, through summer sun and win ter frost. In the held and the garden, in the hauling of building material. in the market ing of hay and of com, be played the work ing farmer, and has carved out one of the most pleasant and comfortable homes that gladden the Grand Prairie His health is restored, and he is. in all respects, pleased with the prospect before bim. ICxcept in having-time, iu corn-husking, and mechanical labor, he has kept but one man, and this man has been paid £2O a month and board. How much proiit there bus been derived from this man’s labor, I cannot say*; but I know* this; it was needed as a part of the force to carry* ou and make this farm what it is; and, further, this laborer has learned many* valuable lessons iu farm man agement, has saved the most of his wages, ami will soon own a small farm of his own. Fnuithis, and thousands of similar cases, we arc justified in saying that farming is a business that is subject to business manage ment. Learned men fell us that fanning, as at present pursued, is a species of empiricism,— a eort of haphazard business, destitute of science, and ■without those? elements that broaden men’s views. These men aim at writing D. D. at the end of a shoolboy’s name, give him a copy of Homer, and place him on alarm. The empiricism is then to disappear; for science will brighten his fur rows, and he will be titled for the plow, a State Legislator, a member of Congress, te hold an office, to run a ring, or to hold a mul titude spellbound with the charms or his eloquence. Perhaps, at the dawning of the Millenium, wc may see this now class of fanners: but, until (ben, it mil be .1 Bomidor policy to consider famine snbieot to the fairs that govern other departments of man’s needs. When ire surround things mystery or superstition, ire put them on the downward road, aud beyond our control. A farmer, i\ itb good business capacity and implication, can soon master other branches ot business outside of fanning’: ami so cau a good businessman also master the business routine of fanning; in short, it is this tact, or this adaptation to husiues cuds, or want of it, that makes or mars our farming operations. And this leads me to suggest that now, when the evenings are long, and the fanners sitting-room is warm and cozy, the fanner and his hoys, the wife and daughters, discuss the varied operations of the past season, to see where they blundered, where they made a success, and to revise the plans for the com ing vear. Here, the winter is so short that the leaves have scarce been swept into the autumn eddies before the vernal plow gives not u e that spring is marching Northward. There arc thousands of business men, past the prime of life, whose fortunes and hopes were swept by the great lire, who could make pleasant homes in the country, and, outside of the seething current of over pressing labor, spend the remainder of their days in comparative pleasure. Such men would not inquire the per cent of protits on a mans labor, but would consider how much labor it would require to produce a given amount of farm products under a given con dition of things; and such men would soon rank as successful farmers. M e have long been in need of a work on forest tree culture, adapted to tho prairie country; but, until now, that want has not been supplied. “Forest Trees for Shelter and Ornament. 13y Arthur Bryant. H. J. ■Williams, publisher, Now York,” has just reached ns. Mr. Bryant is too well known at the West to need any endorsement from ns, and all we need say' is. that the work is of great value, and should bo in the hands of every farmer and tree-planter. It can bo bad at all of tho bookstores and news dealers. Tin; weather The weatherwise, as is customary, have been busy casting the wcatiier-horoscopo for the winter. The verdict is an extremely long, cold whiter. "Well, it lias commenced early; that is true so far. We had no sur face-water to give otF its latent heat, to hold the temperature at a medium point; but then, again, we shall not have to thaw a largo body ot ice in order to give spring room for its coming.aud wc may have an eariv spring, or, at least, the latter part of the winter may bo moderate. Those who have had an abiding faith in the Equinocial storm have been badly shocked this season, for it refused to put in an appearance. But, for the benefit and solace of these peo ple, I will state that, for the past fifteen years, there has. at this point, occurred an annual storm of rain and snow between the 15th and 20th of November. So uniform have been these annual cold periods that I now look for them as though they were a fixed institution. Nearly all of these storms have occurred on the 10th or ISth of the mouth. I know no reason for the recurrence of these storms, unless it be to give the farmer a cool time for hog-killing. The autumn of 1800 was cut short by frost, and thousands of bushels of potatoes were never harvested; hut our farmers have, since that time, kept their autumn work better in hand. It is better to be prepared for cold weather, and, if the prediction of the prophets has tended to hurry up fall work, so far it is a good thing, aud should bo repeated annually so long as it has that effect. Itun-VL, LIGHT AT LAST. The Bowlaby mystery Solved—The mys terious Voting Woman nt the Hudson River Railroad Repot—How Alice Rowlsby Really Rled. Prom the New York World, Dec. 7. The sad fate of Miss Alice Augusta Bowlsby. of Paterson, N. J., will hardly bo forgotten for years to come. It will be remembered that on Saturday. August 20, an illiterate Irish carman, named Picket, was asked by a woman to take a trunk from a house to the Hudson River Railroad depot for her. She told tho carman her name was Julia Sidney, and that he should go to tho house CS7 Second avenue and ring the basement bell, get tho trunk, and take it to the depot, where she would meet him. Tho man did. He went there, and from a man, whom he subse quently identified as Jacob Rosenzweig, alias Ascher, received a common, small-sized trunk. This ho took to the i ail way depot,met the woman there; she seemed afraid of the trunk brcakln*', had a strap put on it, bought a ticket for Chicago, and left. Tbe carman did the same. Thotruak was placed on the baggage platform of the depot, where, from a repulsive odor ex uding from it, it attracted the attention of the rail road oflicials, and was burst open. In it was found the body of Miss Bowlsby, nude and dead, crushed into a space so small that theaccomplish ment of the fiendish act would seem an impos sibility were it not for the fact of its having been done. G. W. P. Rosenzweig was arrested, identified by the car man, a handkerchief marked “A. A. Bowisby,” and identified as here, found Jit the ahortionisfs house, a servant-girl of nosenzweig's named Jane Johnson turned State’s evidence, and swore that she sawn young laoy answering the description of Miss Bowisby enter the house with itosenz weig on the Wednesday before Saturday, the 2tith of August, and never saw her leave it. Rosenz weig was tried and found guilty ou Saturday, October 29, two months after his commission of murder, and sent to State Prison for seven years by Recorder Hackett. But in all this time no public mention of the name of the woman who was the agent of Rosenzweigiu the lust act of the bloody drama was made, and the police asserted they knew not of her. But one little point was noticed by a World re porter. It was this: When sentencing the pris oner. Recorder Hackett said;*** Rosenzweig. no man knows better than you that when you with a steel instrument on that Wednesday performed the operation the poor girl flooded until Thursday bight; that she grew better on Friday and that she got up, contrary to your advice, the Hooding came on again, and she died.” This would seem to indicate the possession of secret in formation by the authorities. They were in fact possessed ot such information. The girl Johnson swore on the trial that a girl named Netta was around Rosenzweig’s house, a frequent visitor there, and that she was there on that Saturday evening. When the police searched Roscnzwcig’a bouse on Wednesday, the 20th of August, they- found a quantity of letters, prescriptions, and other doc uments. Among them was the draft of an allida vit, to be made by Rosenzweig, to the effect that one James Miller, suffering from lung disease bv lus advice bad left the city for the South, to re cruit Ins health. On the back of this, in a scrawl ing, Iceble hand, was written Agcnotta Duuioyn East Henrietta Monroe County state of New York tins is my tmth jlacewhare I was Lorn v.-.-re once I was happy ami free, but now I am doomed to roani in son uiv and Auger. The writer of this, Agnetta Dumoyne, is tho woman, or rather girl, who had the trunk contain ing Miss Bowlsby'a body brought to the Hudson River depot by the carman Pickett. Agnctta Duuioyn is nearly 20 years of ago, but looks younger. She is one of those women who do not show their age, smooth-faced, thin, of "Irtish build, with dark hair and eyes, about tire feet ouo and a half or two inches in height. Her handsare very small, and she speaks in a slow ana deliberate way, but with ease, never stopping fora word. She walks in a jauntish sort of way, as if she felt sLe had all the courage she undoubtedly has, and il»c terrible attribute of calm, nervous power which she showed on August 2C. when thlakhi" that the l:d of tho trunk, with Al.co Bowlsby’s muidi red body inside, might falioff.shc asked the bagangemastcr the price of the strap, and paid for it without a tremor in her voice, or a shake of htr Land as she took out a bill from her purse to pay lor H. She is an orpnan, both her parents, farming ptople, bi mg dead. In the couutrv her life was a miict cuc and htr nq utution that of a good girl. But, like Alice Bowlsby, she fell, and her seducer scut her to this city, where she went, as did Alice Bowlsby for the same purpose, to Jacob Rosenz weig. He was then living at 103 First avenue. The operation he there performed on her was successful, and she did not die from its effects. Thus began her acquaintance with Rosenzweig, which continued up to his arrest. She obtained a place as waitress in the Union Fqtiarc Hotel, corner of Fifteenth street and Union square. There her conduct was exem plary, bat some of the persons attached to the cstablisLmtiit wondered how she could dress so well out cf her salary. This is easily* explained, for a sum of money was left her by her parents, and the annual interest of it is paid her by a gmrdian, who resides in this city, and who, if he means justice and right, will aid the authorities in the furthering of this case. »Bhe was a con stant visitor at Rcseuzweig’s residence, and often took her meals there. Her relations with the family were of the most confidential character, and she frequently* visited the house of Rosinz weig’s mother in Bayard street. On one occasion the landlord of Rosenzweig’s house, CS7 Second avenue, came there to obtain Ills rt nt. She opened the door for him. asked him to be seated in the parlor, slid that Rosenzweig and his family were not within, but that she sup posed bo came for his rent. He said he did. Bne said Very well,” and pulling out her purse paid bim. He pave her a receipt. At H:i." o'clock on Wednesday, the 23d of An glo t, Alice A. Bowlsby walked into 3 Amity place, where, under the name of Ascher. Eosen zweig advertised hia terrible calling. There she bargained w’ith him for her deatli, and paid him t. o, v up the promise of 52.3 additional for murder ing Her, Bostuzwcig brought her up town with I l .i T t iej ’v fc J ,ter,ll S the house, were seen by There, ten minutes after, be pei formed the operation ou her. The opening woids of Recorder Hacketfs sentence tell the icst. She died 011 Priday night. The girt Agnet ni"ht Um JU Sln,t m KDBCU2we| S B htmse that The next morning Bosenweig went out earlv and. calling on an undertaker named Coyle ash ed if he corild not bury the body of his servant girl, who was poor, in the cheapest c-mieterr without a burial permit. Boyle said ho could not. Rosenzwelg came home and told Nettie Dv.movn his situation. She said in a moment, Have von an old trunk in tho place i Koscuz weJg i replied, “Yes, but what of that.* She said. Whr can’t you put it into it and send it away I It was done. But who should carry it to the. railroad. Roezenwcig dare not. She of fcied to do it fJr SIOO. She got the money. Jane Johnson, the servant girl, was sent out to walk with the children, and told she could stay out uu til vening. The cartman Pickett came, the trunk was taken away, and all thought they w-tre secure. So much so that when Netta Du moyn left the depot she returned to Koseu zweig’s house, tupped with him and his wife, and rapt there that night. Tho next day tho news papers blared the dreadful discovery abroad, and the early morning the lied from justice. Where can she be J It is impossible to tell. The, iiekct for Chicago that she purchased. No. was traced to Albany, and it is probaalo toe went to Canada. Detective skill fails to dis cover her whereabouts. FOREST TREES. THE CAT-FISH WAR. Letter from Secretary Fish to Minister Curtin. Washington, Dec. 7. Tne folio wing is an extract from a letter ad driseert to Minister Curtin by Secretary Fish, dated November ic, 1871: A remarkable letter was published lathe New ioiK world of the 29th of November, 1870, pur porting to be from its Washington correspondent, under the caption of 44 Russia and America,” a copy of which is appended hereto. The subject and its treatment attracted attention. It boro evidence of ire inspiration from somounofamiliar with the instructions from his government to the Russian Minister. and ofhU confidential correspondence and conver salicus. On tho Ist day of December the second day after the publication of the letter in New lork, beingthe day which the Secretary of State set apart for tho reception of tho foreign Ministers, Mr. Catacazy called at this department and introduced the business of his visit bv al lading to a newspaper article attributing to him as lie asserted, views, remarks, aud opinions en tirely untrue and without foundation. He denied having any conversation with any newspaper re porters or correspondents except ono belou"in" K k° Baid ™yiald him in New \ork some tune pre viously. Ho referred to the letter m the World above alluded to, and said bo knew whence it camo; that it was writ ten by the Perkins set of fellows,” using these words, and added, “they want to get rid of him, and invent these things.” Ho denounced the let ter as malicious, false, andfabsurd, and said ho would address mo a letter on the subject, which bo requested to be laid before the President. The following day I received from Mr. Catacazy the i a tC( l D 1 c t c ylnch, in his olllciai inter ten lew. ho had indicated an intention to address me, and which ho had requested to bo laid before llie President. Notwithstanding this official character of Lis note, he marked it 44 Personal” and Confidential,” and introduced into it some things which may be tuns regarded. These parts are withheld; tho official pari of the letter, i-elatiug to what had passed between us in the official interview of tho morning of tho dav on which the letter is dated, is appended. In this letter, as m his conversation, Mr. Catacazv do ilies, emphatically and categorically, all connec tion-direct or indirect—with tho World's false and absurd assertions. Speaking of tho state ments, Arc., in the World article, he says that from beginning to end they constitute u tissue of lies and absurdities; and then ho undertakes to point out the source whence it proceeded by indicating parties interested m a certain claim, meaning the •‘Perkins claim,” who, he says, he lias good reason to believe, spread these new calumnies. Notwithstanding this emphatic and categorical denial of all connection with tho World's article infm mation soon reached mo confirmatory of the opinion which the structure, purport, and state ments of tho TTorW article had originally forced on me, that Mr. Catacazy had furnished tho ma terial and the statements of Article A, appended hereto Jcorrcspondence between myself and Mr G. W. Adams, the very intelligent, careful, and icputablo head of tho office in this city of the New York Korld]. The letter from Mr. Adams to me conclusively confirms the corrcctnessof the opinion I had previously entertained, and shows that the article was written from notes made during an interview of Mr. C-ita cazy‘s own timing, and at his own house: that it was written under the stipulation that Mr. Catacazy should revise the writer’s manuscript; that it was devised in whole and m part from no other source what ever; that it was left by the writer for Mr C ita cazy, who stipulated the revision at tho Rusai m Legation; that It was returned to Mr. Adams at the Russian Legation by Mr. Catacazy’s direc tum; that it here tho marks of his revision and that it was printed and published without alter ation after such revision. It appears that Mr Adams, who writes this letter tome, himself re ceived at tho Legation, by Mr f’ata enzy’s direction, and baring the marks of his ro vlsion, the manuscript of tho article with winch Mr. Catacazy emphatically and categorically denied all con nection. He denounced it as false and absurd He stigmatized it as a tissue of lies and absurdi ties, and endeavored to attribute it to the parties interested in a claim against his government whom lie charges with a design thereby to injure and get rid of him. The impropriety of a foreign Minister thus attempting to influence and mis direct tlie public opinion of tho country, must be admitted as sufficient grounds for hisceuamg to be a proper agent between tho government which he represents and that to which he is accredited In connection with his denials, it certainly was more than sufficient to deprive Mr. Catacazy of the confidence of this government, and of the personal respect which wo desire ever to main tain for tho representative of His Majesty tho Emperor ol Russia. In Mr. Catacazy’s note to mo of December 15 i&TO. be alludes to tyhat he tails a forged docu ment. in the early winter- of Itod-w a wTpfti-f wag telegraphed from Europe, and extensively copied in the journals of tins eoimtry, that Generallg natietl had succeeded Prince GortsehakolT as Chancellor of the Empire. The documents al luded to by Mr. Catacazy, In his letter, jmrportcd to he an extract from a despatch of General Ig natieft to Mr. Catacazy. respecting Jus manage ment of the Perkins claim, and an alleged rauir of Mr. Catacazy. The letter contains gross mis statements and slanders upon the Secretary of State. It made statements which tho archives and records of this department, as, also, those of the Russian Government, could not fail to de tect and expose. These papers were not calcu lated to mislead auy persons familiar with the othcial proceedings or tho two governments or their agents, nor any one knowing tho falsity of the rumor which has plac Jd a successor of Prince Goi tschakoff in the position he has so long adorn ed, hut that rumor was very generally credited throughout this country in the early days of tho year 1S70; these papers were thrown into tho possession of the agents of tho Perkins claims ami the character and language of the alleged despatch from tho supposed successor to tho Chancellor of the Empire were well contrived to stimulate their hopes and induce them to attach an impor tance to tho supposed possession of genuine de spatches. and they availed themselves of their imagined advantage to give publicity to them. It would appear from otlidavits hereafter referred to that they fell unsuspectingly into a snare con trived to entrap them. Sir. Catacazy very indig nantly denounced these papers as forgeries, and pointed to them and their publica’ionas among the base means to which, ho charges and has con tinued to charge in conversation and correspond ence, and through numerous publications in the journals of the country, the agents of that claim were ready to resort to for the purpose of injuring him. In the letter annexed, B, ho says You know that the authors of these forgeries want to get rid of me at any price, because they very er roneously suppose I am personally opposed to a claim.m which they are Interested! The annexed affidavit of Mr. Lewis T. Tusis tro shows that ho obtained knowledge of these papersot Mr. Cataeazy’s house, and before they came into the hands of the Perkins agents* that lie subsequently received them for the pur pose of having them delivered to Mr, Stewart the attorney lor the Perkins claim that he made the translation of them, and delivered them to Mr. Stewai t, one of the persons whom Mr. Cata ca/y denounces as the author of tho forgeries gotten up to injure him. Although the atlidavit of Mr. Tasistre is only recently sworn to, the purport of its statements has been known to this government for a considerable time. The paper annexed, marked F, was published in tho Ciucin nali Enquirer in. February list. It follows'tho lone and the key-note of tho letter in tho Now York World of tho 28th of November. It falsities many facts. It greatly magnifies Mr. Catacazy, whose name it repeats no less than four times. Beside its reference to the Russian Minister, it misrepresents the President, and drags in tho great Perkins claim, “in which {great stake.” it says, “our worthy President is interested.” As with the letterin the New York World, the internal evidence of this article, erroneous in its state ments and indecorous us it is, unhappily, but un erringly, pointed to Mr. Catacazy us its author. His attention was called to it, and with the moat solemnadjurations.be allinucd asu man, declared as the representative of bis august sovereign, and swore before Almighty God, as a Christian, that he had no connection with it, know nothing of it, and had never seen it. Having heard that he had admitted tho authority of this article to Mr. Frank Turk, a gentleman of respectability, and long associated professionally with the Russian Minister, I requested from him information on the subject. He reluctantly an swered me intbe letter appended, marked G, staling tlmt Mr. Catacazy positively asserted to him, in calling his attention to the same (the arti cle in the newspaper alluded to), that he knew all about it. for he himself had written it. Your despatch coutainsjalso what purports to be an abstract from a letter from Mr. Catacazy to tho Vice Chancellor, in which ho says that after an interview with the Secretary of State he asked an interview with the President; that the Presi dent received him with kindness, and addressed him as my dear Mr. Catacazy,” and inquired alter his family. Jgm directed by tho President to ray that this extract conveys an utterly inexact account of his interview with Mr. Catacazy, and that tho ex pressions and language which I have quoted as attributed to him by Sir. Catacazy were not used by him. After having been told by mo that his recall bad been requested, Mr. Catacazy went to Long Branch, where the President had been seeking seme repose from otliclal duties. He requested an interview with the President, which was re fused. Tho request was renewed, with tho as surance that his object was to pay his personal respects, and was accorded an interview, with tho condition attached that .he was to confine himself to the professed object of his visit. Being admitted, lie endeavored to introduce tho subject of his posi tion and relations to the government; when tho President admonished him that he could only discuss these queatlonsjwlth the Secretary of State. Still attempting the same line of conver sation, he was peremptorily interrupted, and the Presid cut observed throughout tho whole inter view all the coldness and reserve that civility in his own house would admit of. Neither then, nor on any other occasion, did tho President ad dress him as “my dear Mr. Catazazy.” The in decoiumof this intrusion by tho Minister, in disregard of tho usages and proprieties of his position, upon the Presi- dent, of affairs which the Minister was entitled to discuss only with the Secretary of State: this disregard of the express condition on which, alone, ho was admitted to the Presi dent’s private retreat; and, above all. the inac curate account given by- him of tho President’s conversations, aud manners, made it necessary that the President should protect himself, during the time he mightconseut to tolerate tho Minis ter, against the possibility of further obtrusion or misapprehension. Ho was, therefore, constrain ed to accompany liis assent to the Emperor’s re quest that Mr. Catacazy be tolerated, with tho announcement that hereafter Mr. Catacazy would oulv be received when he might accompany His liuieiiul Highness, and that on no other occa sion would the President hold any conversation with him. Mr. Catneazv has since seen flt to address a note to this department to the effect that, upon his request, his august master had deigned to all'ord him a leave ol absence immediately after the visit of His Imperial Highness the Grand Puke Alexis. This was regarded as at variance with the understanding that his relations were to tciminate immediately after the visit of the Grand Duke. Tho President is not content that Mr. Catacazy should continue to hold ofll cial relations with this government. He could, under no circumstances, consent that those rela tions he continued after his return to St. Peters burg, ami during an absence on leave, which wouM imply not only continued tenure of po sition, but the possibility of return. The dignity nna self-respect of this government, and a regard lor the interests, and a continuance of tho past coullal relations;of both governments, require a termination of* Mr. Catacazy’sotllcirflrelation to .?°\H l Kmcni lio has, therefore, been noti -1,0 soon Transmitted. The acts which I have enumerated, grievous as they are, and mjurioiia to the honorW preju dicial to the interests alike of lius-ua aud tlio United States, are but some of the offensive acts of tho same class, which it would bo super fluous to mention, and, although amplvsullleient of themselves to require a cessation of olHclal intercourse with Mr. Catacazy. thov have long been tome with, in jirofound respect for tho per son and the government of tho Emperor, and in conviction that, as soon as he should bo apprised THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 11. 187 L SLd cJSfm.S5 lio s taveT^d, PTMfdSntSS'SSSf to which lcaTo 1110 SS but t0 Immediately do .liver passports to Mr. Catacazv, Tho settled for cipn policy of tlio Uuitea Statei is iiV tlie fa miliar knowledge Of oil Enron? lea. Tkot policy forbida 00 o°S- pa?? aU hi lerfcrenco in tlie internal affairs of other rover!. Meats, and excludes mtetrcrcncoby themfSou™ Against this fundamental policy St tho United Slates, Mr. Catacazy has dcUbiratcly oacndld and is now dally and deliberately offemll™ Ha has made himself busy In season and out of sea son in eflorts to obstruct, embarrass? and dp.fc?f the recent negotiations between the United States and Great Britain for adjustments their mutual dlllerences, and bo continues In the same wav now to Interfere with the duo eiloirtionSr the Treaty of Washington Tt the 'K last. As the Government of tho United States would pot tolerate such conduct on the part of tho Minister of our close ally the French Republic, in a similar emergency, in the carl? days of our history, so it will not tolerate that conduct on the part of Mr. Catacazy. intimate as arc the ties of amity between us and his "overn went. Mr.Catacozy’spassportswillbe delivered to him Immediately utter the Grand Duke shall have paid lus visit to the President, and his ofti cial relations with this government -will then cease. lon will read this despatch to Prince Gortschakoir, andleavc a copy with him. I am sir. your obedient servant, Hamilton Fish The remaining portion of the correspondence contains a letter from Mr. Catacazy, dated Nov 24, informing tho Secretary of State that helms bren detailed to accompany tho Grand Duke Alexis on his tour through the UnUed States, and that he Ims leave of absence from his post be •ginning with tlie end of the Grand Duke’s visit and that General Gorloff will meantime bo in charge of tho legation. To this the Secretary ot State replica, Nov, 21. that tho President 'lias already notified M. Catacazy that ho shall hold no further intercourse with him, and that M Cataea/y’s return to Russia will he considered as a practical compliance with the request for Ids recall. To this Mr. Catecaay, on the °7th of November, replies that ho protests against nil charges made against him, and reserves to him self ihc maintenance of immunities permitted by international law. Mr. Fish, December l, replies that there are several ways in which relations between the Executive of the country and an of fensive agent of a foreign government may bo interrupted, and intimates that some severe rem edy may bo adopted toward Mr. Catecazy, but he hopes there will be no occasion for It. REVISING THE UNITED STATES Kcpori ol the Commissioners— Progress of Tho Commissioners appointed to revise and consolidate the statutes of tlio United States, under the acts of 27th June, 18CG, Chapter 140, and 4th May, 1870, Chapter 72, respectfully submit to your honorable body the following report; Tho Commissioners met m Washington in September. 1870, and began to work by a joint examination of the whole body of tho Statutes at Largo, in order to classify every provision under it appropriate title, and to arrange the matter of revision in »weli a way that tlio reviser of each title should lie assured of having before him all provisions belonging to it, and none which did not. For this purpose the present Board of Comiiiisax-mcrs adopted, witli some modifications, the followin'' provisional scheme of titles, according towhicS the work lias been carried on by their prede cessors. 1. General provisions. 2. Tlie Legislative power. 3. Tlie Executive turner. •I liovislous applicable to several of the Executive Departments. 5. Tlie Department of State. ti. The Department of War. 7.. The Department of tlio Treasure. 8. Tlie Attomey.Ucueral. 9. Tlie Post Ofliev Department. 10. The Department ot the Navy. 11: The Department of tho Interior. 12. The Department of Agriculture. 13. Tho Department of Justice. 14. The Judiciary. J5. The Annv: Hi. The Navy? 10. The Militia: is. Anns, armories ami arsenals: 19. Military posts and fortifications. 20; Diplomatic and Consular officers: 21. Provisions applicable to several classes of offi ce!*; 22. Tho Flag and the Seal: 23. The Seat of Government (including the public buildings. 24. Tho States; 23. The Territories: 2(J. civil Fights; 27. Citizenship. 29; The elective franchise. 20: The freedmen. :-o. The imUaus. 31. Immigration. 32. Naturalization. 03. The vensus. 34. The public lands. 33. Duties ti|>on imports. The collection of Import duties ami regulations of Imports and exiwnts. 37. i ircet taxes, ;w. Internal revenue. Debts due by or to the United States. 40. Coins, coinage, and money. 41. Currency. 42. Legal tender. 43. The custody and transfer of public moneys. 44. Appropriations. 43. Public debt. 46. Public contracts. 47. Public property. 43. Public printing, advertisements, and public docu ments. 4u. The postal service. 50. Foreign relations. 51. General provisions regarding commerce anil u gallon. 52. Regulation of merchant vessels in foreign enu muieu. 53. Regulation of merchant vessels in coasting ami iulamltraile. 54. The fisheries. ~y\ StcamlHiat.s. 3*>. Jleuliaiit seamen. 57. Capture and pi i/.e. 53. Lighthouses, lightships, buoys, ami wrecking sta tions. s!*. The coast survey. IX*. Pensions ami Immity lauds. Gl. Thepnhlir health. (>2. Hospitals, asvluros, ami cemeteries. (3. Patents ami copyrights. 04. Ronknipley. 63. National Ranks. 06. Riversandhurbors. 67. Railways. C.S. Telegraphs. Extradition (Intcrualional and Stale). 70. Neutrality. 71. Fines, penalties, ami forfeitures. 72 Disinfection. 73. Climes. 74. The slave trade. 75. Guano islands. 7«i. Smithsonian Institution. It was of essential importance that every pro vision of every general ami permanent enact ment should be assigned to its proper title, be fore tho work of actual revision should be taken np. Tho misplacement of any provision might leave tho reviser of the title to which it actually belonged, in ignorance that some other provision before him. on tho same subject, hud been modi fied or repealed. The Commissioners, sitting to gether from day to day, began with tho most re cent statutes, and proceeded thcnco to the ear liest, examining them section by section, deter mining as to each whether it was of a general and permanent nature, and should, therefore bo included in the revision, assigning every dis tinct provl.-ion of each section to its title, and noting in the margin these assignments, and all amendments and repeals. As the work advanced, the Commissioners found that It involved a con siderable amount of preliminary study, and were more and more convinced of tho importance cf a correct decision, in each ease, at this stage of the work, on the chief means of avoiding subse quent errors and omissions. Tho whole process w as, therefore, gone over a second lime, when changes in classification were made. Tho Com missioners believe that this work is sulllciently correct to afford a safe guide to themselves or to any sucecßior, in the process of revising auv par ticular title. That process occupied about live months of continuous labor. Tho entries made by the Commissioners upon the margins of their volumes of Statutes at Largo were transferred upon alternate pages of two ad ditional copies, by clerks employed for that pur pose. ISveiy provision marked for revision has been separately pasted on a leaf of writing pa per, upon which is written a memorandum, stat ing the date of enactment, tho chapter and sec tion from which it was taken, tho volume and page of the Statutes atLarge wheroitmaybo found, and a note of any statute amending or partially repealing it. The largo mass of papers thus arising has been assorted to the titles in tho proposed revision to which they belong, and they have been numbered throughout, and put up in convenient portfolios. The Commissioners have thus provided against any interruption of the work by a vacancy in the ollico of any mem ber of the board. In this process tho Commis sioners examined and determined upon the na ture of over 23,C00 sections, a largo number of which contain several distinct provisions, be longing to distinct titles. After separating from llu**c all provisions which had been repealed, all which were not of a general and permanent na ture, and those which had been revised by tho foimer board, tho Commissioners found that tho number of provisions to be revised by them somewhat exceeded 9,000. Sonic auxiliary labor has been performed which may be useful in the execution of the work. A tolerably complete list of adjudications of tho national courts, illustrating the construc tion or opciatlon of acts of Congress, has been piepared, under a chronological arrange ment, which will enable the reviser of a particu lar statute to ascertain readily whether it has been construed by the courts. A considerable number of leading cases on the meanings of terms oxployed in statutes, have been indexed, as u guard against inadvertant changes in the phrase ology ot laws, contrary to the course of Judicial decision. Duplicates of some of the more im portant writings of the Commissioners have been prepared, as a security against loss by tiro. Tho Commissioners have, in tho processes stated, accomplished an equal and considerable progress upon every one of the sovouty-slx titles under which they have arranged the statutes. In accorrt*nee with the act of Juno 27, IB6d, which governs their proceedings, they have printed and distributed, for criticism by persons acquainted with the respective subjects, the fol lowing titles: Ko. 1. Cecen:} provisions K». leidfi'alivepowrr. J>*o. Exi-calivo power. J»o. 22. Has anil seal. No. 23. Seat i.f govern ment, ineluding public buildings. No. 2-1. Slates. No. 25. Territories. The greater part of Title 11, "The Judiciary,” is in print, and, alter it has been farther revised and reprinted, will soon bo distributed to the members of your honorable bodies. These titles will have disposed of about 2.71)2 sections. The Commissioners respectfully submit here with one of these titles, “TheLeglslativcPower,*’ which has been framed m the form of a separate statute, so that it may be acted upon, should Con giess detm that course convenient, without awaiting the completion of the revision. None of its provisions depend upon the adoption of othe.- titles; and it is accom panied by a precise repealing not. The same method may, if such is the wish of Con gress, be pursued with most of the titles under which the revision is arranged. It Is submitted that by this method several advantages may be attained. The future progress of the revision would he expedited, for each portion enacted will form a precedent or authority in framing those which follow; while, hy an immediate substitu tion of one statute for numerous enactments, widely scattered and conflicting, some beuetic would bo derived from the work at once, by all persons who have occasion, during the progress of this revision, to examine the particular subject thus disposed of. IVcw York Dry Goods ITlnrket. New Youk.Dcc. 9.—The dry goods business is generally quiet, and confined chiefly to the local trade. Prices are steadj*. It is anticipated that highfr rates will prevail when the spring trade opens. Woollens will command better prices, in consequence of the high rates for raw material. Printing cloths scarce ami llrmat7 3-4 c. Prints in light supply for the season; all da-irablcfancy makes are held firmly at 111-2 C. Heavy brown sheetings m limited request, but ftnu at 12 i-2a 13c. New York mills muslin, 2lc; Fruit of the Loom, I7e; Gold Medal, lie; Green G, 111-2; Glasgow ginghams, lie. Scarfs and nubias in good demand. STATUTES. (he Revision. No. Civil rights. No. 27. Citizens’np. No. 2% Elective franchise No. 2n. Frocdmen. No. 31. Immigration. No. 32. Naturalization. No. 33. Census. No. 73. Crimes. No. 71. Slave trade. MARKETS BT TELEGRAPH, Foreign markets. London, Doc. 9—1:30 p. m.—Tho feeling on ’Change is better to-day. Consols, money, 91 7-3; account, 92. Ronds, 'C2,921-4; '05,93; ’07,951-2; 10-408, 90 3-1, Paris, Dec. 9.—Rentes, ccf 60e. Liverpool. Dec. 9—Evening.—Cotton quiet and steady; middling upland, 9 3-4; Orleans, 10al01-8, Sales, 12.000 bales; speculation and export, 3,000 bales; sales on amp named at Savannah or Charleston, 9 3-4. Shipments from Bombay since last report, B,coo boles. Red winterwheat, lls 7d. Flour, 23a295. Lard, 45s 3d. Cheese, ffis. Cum berland middles, 38s; short rib, 38s Gd. Kansas City Live Stock Market. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Kansas Cut, Dec. 9.— Cuttle— Reccints.itt head; shipped, three cars, 71 head—per North Missouri Railroad. Hogs—Received ot the yards, 1,303 at the packing houses, 3,103 head; sales, 54 head, aver aging 213 lbs, at S3.C(); slaughtered, 1,500. Sup plies liberal; prices $3.50 to $3.85, with a drooping tendency. t The Prodnce markets* NEW YORK. New York, Dec. 9.—Cotton—ln fair demand, and higher; middling upland. 19 5-80. Breadstuffs— Flour steady; receipts, 12,000 hrlsj super Western and State, $5.75a6.00; com mon to good extra. $G.30a6.55; good to choice, f4i.55a7.25; white wheat extra, $7 30a7.50; extra Ohio, $C.C0a7.30; St. Louis. $G.80a9.25. Rye flour firmer at t4.50a5.80. Corn meal quiet. Wheat firm receipts, 19,000 bu; No. 2 spring, 51.52a1.52; winter red Western,sl.sßul.Co amber, $1.G2a1.C5; white, f1.C5a1.75. Rye, quiet; buyers of Western at 90c, and sellers at 92a93c. Barley dull aud unchanged. Malt quiet; Western at SI.OO. Corn firm; re ceipts. 25,000 bu; Western mixed afloat, 79a80 l-2o; .new,7Ca7Bo. Oats heavy; receipts, 17,000 bn; Western aud Ohio, CGas7c; Western in store, 51R-4C. s Hors—Finn. Leather— Firm at 2Ca29c; Orinoco. 24a27 l-2c. Wool—Active and firm; extra Ohio, 05c; un washed, 49c; pulled, C2l-2a6.»c. Groceries— Coffee firm; Rio, 17 3-la2co. Sugar quiet; fair to good refining, 9 l-Ba9 i-2c; Cuba, 9a91-20. Molasses quiet; New Orleans, 41u35c. Rice quiet at 8 3-Bii9c. Petroleum—Frm; crude, 13 l-2a!3 3-4; refined, 23 1-2 C. Tcrpentikee—Dull at GSC. Provisions— Pork firm mess, 113.50; prime, $10.50; prime mess, He; mess for January, $14.75; March, sls. Beef steady; plain mesa, 9allc; ex tra,liaise; hams, 24c. Dressed hogs, 53ia6e. Tierce, dull; prime mess, 16a17c; India ,me6B, 19a20c. Cut moats dull; shoulders, ">ncc; hams, Dalle; middies quiet; long clear, 7 5-8 c; short ribs, 71-4a7 1-2 c; Cumberland out, 7c; short clear, Bc. Lard firm; No. Ito prime steam, 9a9 G-8c; kettle, 9 5-9o December, a 5-8 c; January, 9 3-4 c; February, 10c; March, 10 l-Bc. Butter— Steady. Western, Ua23c; State, 22a 33c. Cheese— Dull; Hal4c. w Metals— Manufactured copper firmer; ingot lake active aud higher at 25 i-2a2»; 1-4 c. Scotch pig-iron dull afc33.a34c; American, 34a37c; refined English and American bar, BGc; Russia sheet quiet at 17 l-2alßc gold. Nails steady; cut, $1.05; clinch. sG.lsac. G5; liorficslioe, 19a33c. Whiskey— Firm at sl.Ol. MILWAUKEE. Milwaukee, Dec. 9.—Breadstuffs Floor dull and nominal. Wheat steady; No. 1, $1.23 1-2 No. $1.215-8. Oats steady No. 2, 33 l-2c. Corn scarce and Ann No. 2. 43c. Ryescarcc aud firm; No. 1, Cl 3-4 c. Barley scarce and firm No. 2, 04 l-2c. Hoes— Steady at $3.75a4.10. Receipts—Flour, i.ooobris; wheat, 22,000 bu. Shipments—Flour, 2,000 brls. PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia, Dec. 9.— Breadstuffs— Flour firm; Wisconsin and Minnesota family extra. $7.25a8.25; Indiana and. Ohio, $7.00a7.25. Wheat quiet; State and Western red, 51,57a1.c0; amber, sl.Coal.Gl; white, $i.G5a1,70. Rye sold at 98c. Corn steady; old yellow. 80a82c; mixed Western, 78c; now, 7Cc. Oats steady; white, 64a5Sc; black, 50e. Petroleum—Crude,ifi l-2e; rclined,22 Ma223-Bc. Whiskey—Firm at $1.09. Baltimore. Baltimore, Dec. 9.—Breadstuffs—Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat dull; Ohio and In diana, $1.55ti1.58. Corn firm; white Western, Csa 70c. Oats quiets, ut 50a53c. Provisions—Quiet and unchanged. Butter—Strong Western sells at jfia26c. Whiskey—si.oo. CINCINNATI. Cincinnati, Dec. 9.—Cotton—Fair demand and higher; low middling at 18 l-4c. BREADSTUFFS—FIour dull J!nil drQQn-g.v. atjc.coaC.73. Wheat ecnrcc ami firm,‘atli.4sai.4B. Cvru Bur demand juid higher, at 47ai90. Bye dull, at ttagfle. Oats firm, at 36ai0c. Barley steady, at 76a85c. Oils—Unchanged. Provisions—Pork Arm at sl3.socash; 613.75 a 14.00 January and February. Lard steady; prime steam, 8 3-4 c; kettle, 9c. Bulk meats quiet; held firmly; shoulders, Casl-4o; clear rib, OaOl-fc; clear, 6 l-4a6 l-2c; outside rates when fully cured; but little demand either for present or future de livery. Bacon quiet and unchanged. Hoes—Steady for good tooxtra; dull for light; whole range, $4.23a4.50. Receipts lo.aoa, W iiiskkv—ln good demand at 92c. LOUISVILLE. Louisville, Dec. 9.—Cotton—Active and tend ing upward; middling advanced to 18 l-2c. Breadstuffs—Flour active, with sales of as sorted grades on basis of $0.30 for extra family. Grain quiet and firm at previous prices. Hogs—in fair demuud; choice $4.60. Yards well cleared. I ROVisioNS—Fairly active. Hess pork $13.50; hulk meats in good demand at previous prices bacon, but little here, prices nominal; lard in moderate demand, at 9alo Me. Whiskey—Quiet, at t»oc. CLEVELAND. Cleveland, Dec. 9.—Breadstuffs—Wheat excited and 3a4c higher; No. 1 red winter, $1.161-2 a 1.47 No. 2, $1.36 i-2a1.371-2, closing Arm. Corn tlnu new held at 50c; old, 37a5Sc. Oats better held at 42c,.tfic bid. Petroleum—Refined firmer; 22a22 I-2c for car Jots; 23u23 1-2 c for small lots: crudo stronger -13.00. Toledo, Dec.9.—Breadstuffs—Flour steady ««al steady No. 2 white Wabash, $1.47; No 1 white Michigan, $1.46; amber Michigan, *1 43 i-** No. 2 red, $1.34 rejected, $1.23. Com in fair do maud, and a-4e higher; high mixed, coaso l-2c low, 48 l-2a4‘.< l-2c; yellow, sic: Michigan. 30c Oats a shade belter; No. 1,41 c; No. 2, 40 c; Michi gan, 4lc. Ci.ovkr SEED-flteadyatS6fio. Hogs—Sternly at *3.12 i-2a5.20. IlKCEtfxs—Flour.i.ucobrls; wheat, 4,ooobu:corn l 3 5.000 bu oats, 4,000. SnifMKsrs—Flour, 800 brls; wheat, 1,000 bu corn, T.CCO bu oats, 3,000 bn. _ BUSINESS NOTICES. For Dyspepsia, ImligcMlion, Depression of Spirits, amt General Debility, the Ferro-Phos phorated Elixir of Calisaya Bark (Callsaya Bark and Iron), is tho best tonic, mado by Caswell, Hazard «fe Co., New York, and sold by druggists. Clinped hands and face cared by usin' 7 Juniper Tar Soap. 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MANUFACTURING CO., 21 Courtlaud-st, N. Y. BUSINESS CHANCES. A CIGAR STORE IN THE BEST PART OF Chicago for sale on account of family troubles. Only S days’not.ee. From Sgoo to Jsoo cash. Inquire at 1(3 West Adams-at. JOHN WEBELMESSER. AT A GREAT BARGAIN—BOARDING HOUSE full of paying boarders. Price &m cash ;or will take part in horses. Address J. 11. COTES, Tribune office. /GROCERY FOR SALE—FULL STOCK. GOOD vT..corner, paved s-treeta. West Side, centre of busi ness. trade all cash. R. KENNEDY CO.. 133 West Madison-st. ONE OF THE BEST LITTLE BOOT AND SHOE stores in the city for sale; will bo sold for cost if sold Saturday or Monday. Call at 237 Mllwaukeo-av. v KAA SECURES HALF INTEREST IN BUS CPQ"" Incss and 81,000 stock of retiring partner clears £450 monthly: no bonus (S3 State-at,' Room”.I MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. TO RENT-PIANOS. BY WM. R. PROSSER 3 Sixteentli-st. Established la 1550. 8 AMIISHWKHM. WEST SIDE OPERA HOUSE, Cor.Bandolphand Jefferson-sta. MAXAQER hS. MVEBS Arlington’s Minstrels! REINFORCED, REORGANIZED, AND RECONSTRUCTED. Mammoth Double Company! FIRST WEEK OF John R, Kemble, Ben Cotton, Frank Kent, and Prank Bowles. Great combination of artistes every evening and Saturday matinee. PC7~Prlcea.73andsNTLEMAN AMD WIFE, WITHOUT children, can find two furnished rooms, with board, In a private family on West Madison-st., at moderate t ernis. Reference required. Address lICB, Tribune office. Madison house—l 24 and 12s west madi aon-st. $2 per day; ilay board, $5 per week. Three gentlemen wanted to take a suite of rooms, with first-class board, in a good location, and private family; must be permanent. Call at 337 West Washingtmi-st. jaaq BOARD WANTED. Board and rooms—two gentlemen de tiro a suite of rooms, well-furnished, in a house that has modem Improvements, and where there are few or no other boarders a first-class table desired and dinner wanted at Gp. m.; references given and E. 11. CURTIS, Tribune branch office, 4G9 Wabash-av. BOARD AND LODGING—FOR THE WINTER, in a private family, or where are few boarders, by a young gentleman, unmarried; north of Twenty secoml-st and east of State; terms must bo reasona ble. Address, stating terms, «tc., GEO. 8., Tribune office. CLAIRVOYANTS. DR. MATHEW AND MADAM MAYNARD CAN tell of business. Journeys, marriages, law suits, absent friends, lost or stolen property; can positively* tell the truth about anything you wish to know; cures all diseases, or no pay. 130 West Madison-st. PERSONAL INFORMATION WANTED—OF JOHN O‘NIEL, supposed to be somewhere in Michigan; lias been to work on i-ome railroad. Any information concern ing him will be thankfully received by his sister, Mary Aim O'Niel, at 359 Cottage Grove av. CITY REAL. ESTATE, For sale—by kerb, davison a welch, ItruJ Estate Brokers, Room l, (it South Canalst; TPsiCOIt ou Wells-st., between Madison ami Mon roe-sts. ir-x;.o ft on Wclls-st., between Washington anti MmliMin-sts. bmiges and EO ft on Park-av. co it on West Mailison-at, near Panllna-st. 2fxiCs ft on PrairitMiv, ■*Bxl2s it on West Mouroo-sL, near Liucula-st-: very clitnu. si ;wxro ft on Mndisnn-st., near Wells-st. J-xIOT ft on duirles-plnee, near Wells st. -.1x107 ft on Wells-gt., between Polk and Taylor-sts. j<|xiro it correr of Tyler-st. at d Fifth av. to acres on West Lake, near city limits. Ii!. a f r r s 1,f ar Brighton: very cheap. :n, Hana-av.; cheap, for a few days. U-u' and Lake-st. rort Hi* llen Bt between Union and Jefferson-sta. —_ n "f^iuer-st. between Union and Jefferson-sts. A coi 25 EAST KIN -10 yrali.'M.;.fcral‘ rmi, a «a» balance Lots on Sedswicfe.st.il «V) OOxIUO on Snperior st. 100 H -r foot "O”*”"«»t. tw.Moot. Lot on Bremer-st, near oak -oxll2, Ouk-st. east ol State’*?:, tier f.*of Lots ru Larraltee-st, SI,OOO 1 loot 25 feet comer Ene and Las a Jle st« fat-, 155X150 Nor th Clatk-st, $l5O pel to.’.t North Side onr motto. K.a. linn a CO F°w.« kJsSw.^ UIIADKI ““OTHKRS. t” 30x100 feet, northeast corner Clark and Frie at* Water its* U Clalkat betwecu River ami North 50x150 feet on Clark-st., north of Gocthe-st. «r,m'r foot. y ICOxICO feet, corner Franklin and Ontario-ets.. sp» j»oo 2’x120 feet on Stiile-st., near Thirfy-hrst-st, Siio tmr foot. 42x1f0 feet on Monroe-st, near Canal-st, $3,503. Collage house, and lot 50x120 foct. on Park-av. Dwelling house and lot on West Monroc-st-, $3,50). SSxICO feet on Illiuols-sL, near Statc-st. For sale—good and cheap lots on the South Side, on Arnold, Butterfield, Bndibtn, Gar ibaldi. Twenty-liftb, Tweuty-sixth. Twenty-seventh. Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth. Thirtieth, and Thirtv lii st-£ts.; also, on Wentworth, Wallace, and Slmrtleif nvs. Five years, at U per cent. Noadvanee In prices, tbongli sm-li lots must double in value. The increased demand for building lots, near where so man v tens of millions must be paid for labor, will advance the price of such lots. The old prices and ven* easy terms. ALBERT CRANE. 572 Wabash-av. I7OR SALE—RIVER PROPERTY—IO ACRES ON the West Branch of the South Branch of tho Clilcago Branch, west of City Bridewell. SNYDER A LEE. Real Estate Agents, No. li Nixon’s Build ing, northeast comer of Monroe aid LnSallu-sts. FOR SALE—MANUFACTURING PROPERTY— -20 acres on Egan-av and Kinkend-st. near tho now cotton manufactory: dwelling house taken inpay ment. SNYDER LEE, Real Estate Agents, No. H Nixon’s Building, northeast corner Monroe and La Sulle-Ms. FOR SALE-379 ft. on scuilt.er-st., with a frontage of 83 7-10 on Lnko Michigan, with ro parinn lights. Also a cream-colored horse. 9 years old, fast trotter. Bound, and can do his mile high up in the forty a. For particulars inquire at 507 North Stato-bt. 1?OR SALE-CHOICE LOT FOR A BANK. 2{ FEET, corner Huron and Franklin. N. D. on longtime, without cash payment PHILLIPS .son*Hßlock.ilglitandairy, rent cheap. Ap ply to Wax. H. THOMPSON,22Q West MaiUson at. j npO RENT—A GOOD OFFICE; ALSO. SECOND X and third story floors, well situated for business. J. A. NICHOLS CO., 23 South Canal-st. rjtO RENT—THE BASEMENT 0E690 WABASH- X nr.; also a good front room for office. Apply to JOS. R. BICKERDIKE, Gf>o Wabash-av. mo RENT—DOUBLE PARLOR AND ONE BED- X r° om *°r office purposes, Apply at 129 South CJlntoa-st. J. A. HILL, TO BENT—ROOMS SUITABLE FOiT oJBtCES or .sleeping rooms, over J. B. Shay’s drygoods sto»e, 2-Ij West Madison-at., Block. In quire on premises. TO RENT—THE LARGE NEW STORE. 21x36 feet. No. 771 West Madiaon-st. GEO. W. NEW COMB, 21-1 Warren-av. TO RENT—GOOD OFFICE ON FIRST FLOOR, on Wabash-av., near llnbbanl-coart, till Ist of May. Apply at Room 3,330 Wabash-av. TO RENT—TWO SETS OF LAR°E PARLORS, suitable for flrst-class stores. A largo basement, a number of good office rooms, all within a half block of the Post Office, on Wabash-av.; without doubt the best location in the city; also, an entire house on Wa bash-av. for business purposes. WARREN, KEE NEY CO., 331 Wabash-av. FOR RENT—ANEW STORE-JUST COMPLET e«U opposite Messrs. Field Letter* Co. on State fit, near Twentieths!. Apply to H. McKey, 71 Pnrk-av. TO RENT—STORE ON WEST SIDE LASALLE st., between Lake and South Water, 43x30 feet, for a term of years: owner will improve to suit tenants. OGDEN, SHELDON CO., tliird floor northeast cor nor LaSalle and Monroe-ats. TO RENT-HOUSES. mO RENT—AT THE RATE OF $2 000 PER AX- X mull, until May l, 1873, a now. first-class marble m nt residence, in a fashionable location, and none but a first-class tenant need apply, for it will oe rented only ns a gentleman’s pnvate residence; for convenience and beauty it.cannot be excelled in Chicago. Drop me a note, mm 1 will call with horse and buggy, and shew you the house. E.H. CUMMINGS, No. 603 Fulton-st. rilO PENT—AND FURNITURE FOR SALE—A A good two-story wood house on Waliishav. near Twenty-fourth-st. E. H. CUMMINGS, No. 603 Ful tou-st. RENT—A VERY COMFORTABLE MARBLE Jl. front house on Van Rnren-st, near Ashland-av, with carpets on floors, furnace, bath-room, and all modern conveniences in the house. Apply to JOS. B. BICKER!)IKE. RJO Wabash-av. TO RENT—ROOMS. TOREKT-FOR LIGHT MERCHANDISE OR oifices, suit 3 rooms, 46 South Desplaines at .-ood basement. Apply to A. KIDDER, rear-16. T~ O RENT—FURNISHED SLEeSng~ROO>L without hoard. Apply at 50 Loomis-at-, West Side, near Jefferson Park. TO BEKT-A FEW PLEASANT FURNISHED rooms, with or without board, suitable for gentle man and wife, or single gentleman. Also, a good frame barn, with room for lour horses. Apply at 63 Ellis-av. WANTED TO RENT. ■\\TANTED—TO BENT—A GOOD, WELL. FUK t" nislud house, on the Sooth Side, north of Twen ty-11 t lost. and east of State-st, by a responsible nartv, who Is willing to board owner in part parmentof rent, with the privilege, if there aro accommodations, of taking a few strictly lirst-class boarders. References exchanged. Apply to CIIAS. C. AUSTIN. S7l Wabash av. T\ T ANTED-TO RENT—BY A YOUNG LADY t t rooms, furnished or unfurnished, with or without board. Answerforone week,Lll W, Tribuneollice. WANTED—TO RENT—A FURNISHED BOUSE t Y of 7to 0 rooms for a small family, by a prompt tenant, with first-class references rout not to exceed §llO per month. Address L. C. BUCK, southeast comer Canal and Elcbteenth-sts. LOST AND rOTTOT). Lost-os iiosday evesixo of the prcat fire, from a dray, corner of Twelfth and H.ilsicd-«t, a tin box marked “A. McCoy,” tho property of Antasa McCoy, lately of Crosby’s Opera Honse. Contains nothing of ralne ox. ccpt to tbo owner. Tho finder will bo liberally reward* fd, and no questions asked, by leaving tho same at the office ofihe Tribune. No. 15 Canal sL Owner can bo addressed at Eockford 111. i; OST— SATURDAY, DECEMBER 0, KEA.K THE t i ciinjcv of canal ami Ramlolplnats, au otter slore. 7ho iiurtu* will be MUtably rewarded by leaving it at OAIiHCK «t CATIiElts, 30 West Ramlolj>b.st- STOLEN— ON THE OTH PROit THE BARN of F. Rales. 160 Mllwnukee-av, two ilark haya, white soot in foreheads, one white hind foot: one horse had blanket on. JOHN LON PART* WATOP-MAr.T. WET.*, WlEcellmißuni, WASTED —CO lIEJT TO CUT I(■ v t\ 'tjmv* TITAMKD-!.'i WOOD Fvivi a rt 'w™ irtew WANTED —EVKRY ONE LOOKING KOft v\f plnynicnt to call and see oiir m w Lnrn shell.H G bushels per hour; retails at SSSt»Kmg* mwu WANTED-A SIAN WHO CAS SI-EiK GKB. mamnilElislisL. Apply at il Kortli Canahu at 10 o clock Monday. TITANTKD RAILROAD LABORERS ASP 11 faint bands to pi South: highest naltt• i heap tickets to so South. E. A. ANGELL.'*’! \Vbs£ Ramlolph-st. Bookkeeper!, Clerki, See. TTAXTED-aV DRUG CLERK WITH AT LE VST ft two or three years’ experience: one who it» belli hi business in Chicago or New York: fair silarv Apply to C. H. BENNETT. Le Jlaw. Iowa; or' Telman King. 53 West Lake-st. WANTED—BOOKKEEPER. ADDRESS BUSI »i NESS, Trihime olllce, with name, price and reference. Tmdeai WANTED—FOUR TAILORS. INQUIRE ATSM TT State-st. \\TANTED—2O OR 30 GOOD SKWKD-BOOT M.VK i* era. Apply early at US3 stalest. \\TANTED-SLATERS. APPLY TO A. KNIS ./"...UV CO., at 72 and 74 West Monroe sf.. or at the Illinois Central Railroad Company's Round House, outlie lake shore at the foot of Fourteenth-st. W;\^i TE .P“ A first-class job printer. wi!wii?«A — EDITRESS ACQUAINTED IN society; also ladies to lake subscriber* for DOIfKKYS WEEKLY. Good salary. AmVly at Loom*», West Madison-tt. 11 J XYTAN TED—EXPERIENCED FUR SEWERS T T 138 West Mndiaon-st.. second door. Room I. t. _. Domenttr*- T\TANTED-OIRL TO DO GENERAL HOUSE it work.at 1485 Prairie-av. TOTAN7ED—A WOMAN TO COOK. WAS A. AND 1 T iron apply at 53 South Carpenter-st. ■HTJXTED-AINEAT. COMPETENT PROTEST t i ant girl to do general housework, at "ir South Gieen-bt. u WANTKD-ONK dining-room girl TO yiut on tabh-:iml one chambermaid at GRIV. NKLL HOUSE. Grinned. lowa. For further particu lars apply or adtlrcss as above. i u ’ANTED—TWO GOOD GIRLS TO DO GE* end housework. Apply at S3 South Hoisted^ TTASTED-A GOOD GIRL FOR GEN HR 1 T housework at I H South HalsteJ at. Seamstresses. TXTANTI-.D—AN EXPERIENCED CLO.» rf maker; one who understand* the business desires g<*od pay and a permanent place. at the Cl Emporium of HOTCUKIN, PALMER CO Twenty-second st. SITUATIONS WANT ED-MALE Bookkeepers* Clerks* dco SITUATION WANTED-AS SALESMAN clothing,drygoods,or notiuus business* bt u-fercnces given. Address JII S, -Hi St ite-st. Trades* SITUATION wanted-by a good te: V perate practical engineer, in a mill or fai-lm clly or country. Address P. Tribune etlice. SITUATION WANTED—BY A FIRST CLA. ■wood turner, m Wisconsin, Northern Illinois lowa _ Is a married man, ami wants sternly win Tty him. Address care of H. S. HANUUET Tomali, ilonroc Comity, Wis, CJI TUATION WANTED—BY A PR VCTILM niaua.s foreman moohleriu an iron foamier; h hart J6 years’ experience as foreman is tirst-cb. shops; understands all branches of the business, ai is capable of taking: charge of a shop of any sizo cla«s of Trork; hem last situation hi an Eastern cit Address MOU.LDER. Tribmie othee. MISC£XtI*AN£OUS» Be SURE AND SEE THAT JOHN WRIGHT serves your little sociables. «te.. with all Uiu rcijiii. ‘*»es this wilder. W7 and wr» .fty» 1 Divorces without newspaper report, loan, real estate, and common law business. NEWELL PRATT. Attorney, 1124 Wabnshav. Divorces legally obtained fee after decree, scandal avoided; eight years’ experi ence. Address Post Ollico Box 1037. I OFFER FUR SALE, AT ONE-TENTH FIRST cost, the tools, lixtnrcs. eta, of a manufacturing business, which will pay 53.0C0 per annum; will some live man try it; capital required, SI,OOO or $1,500 to set the w hole nmning, as I will sell for SSCO cash. Ad* d RIGHT’S celebrated Ico Cream Cakes,” «fcc.. at Ids “New Opera House,” 617 and 619 Wabasli-ar. WANTED— PARTIES WITH *IO,OOO, TO TAKE ball interest, or with $60,000. for whole Interest, to put into buildings which will return $35,000 annual rents. Ground will be sold on long time, at low figures; S2O,CCO per nnnnm, in five and ten year leases, can besecuredat once; property in the most central location. Address, S. M. MILLARD, 403 Wabash-ay. •WANTED— I TO TAKE CONTRACT- no work T by the day in clearing debris from the burnt dis trict. Will furnish teams. Apply at HENRY MYER’S, 101 Hermitape-av.. comer Polk, or leave orders at 102 West Bandolph-st. \\TANTED-CAbT OFF CLOTHING. WATCHES, T t diamonds, jewellery, old gold, silver. furniture, nnd all goods of value; cash paid at SBARTLETT*S Loan Office, 21 North Caual-st., between Randolph and Lake. WANTED— ALL PERSONS HAVING ITOL’SES or stores to rent, win and it totneir advantage to leave them with us, for we are having calls every day for same; particular attention given "to the collec tions |nf rents, etc. D. COLE SON, House Agents, 133 \t est Madlson-st. WAKTED-A FIRST-CLASS MAN. WITH SOME tT money, to handle “Palmer’s automatic or self acting bobbin-winder,” for all shuttle sewing ma chines. There is plenty of money in it, and the right man can secure the general agency for any of the fol lowing Mates: Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, and California. Address or apply to A. HONSINGER* C 0.,206 West Madlson-st., comer Green. WANTED— A PRACTICAL MAN WHO UN derstamls thoroughly the manufacture of lime, to take a working interest m a lime business. AST, Tribune office. "TTTANTED—SOO TEAMSTERS. FARMERS, AND Ti laborers, to buy army overcoats, The cheapest, warmest, and most durable clotldng for men working in the ruins, CLEMENT SAVER, 230 Milwau keo-av. (JJQWK A MONTH, EXPENSES PAID—SIALB GJO i U or female agents; horse and outfit ftn? ntshed: business new; circulars tree. Address NQVEITV CO.. Baoo Me MACHINERY, AMES’ ENGINES, PORTABLE 3 TO 40-HOESH power: threshing. Sand 10-horse: circular asir mills, Foramen’s grinding miiin, com an ell era, belting. etc. COLLINS EATON, Agent, 70 South Canal-at. BRANDY’S STATIONARY AND PORTABLE engines and sawmills, Daniels Woodworth’s planers, sash ticker and moulder, shaping machines and mortising machines. 33 Canal-at. i*. W. NORTH ROP, Agent. C* G. COOPER CO.. OFFICE JO AND 12 West Ramlolph-st.. Manufacture Stationary and Poi table Engines of all aizes, Circular Saw Mills, and Flouting Mill Machinery. Send for illustrated circular. HORSE-POWERS— RAILWAY ONE AND TWO horse sweep-powers, from two to ten horse, clip, pers, hay and corn-stalk cutters, wood saws. Hutchin son’s Patent Locking Grate Bars, Barker’s Sandpaper ing Machines, com shellers. etc., manufactured and for sale by H. A. PITTS’ SONS. 11 South Jefferson-st. IEO\I EO\ PLANERS. DRILLS. BUTT-CUTTERS, belting, twist drills, at the machinery depot of W A. JAMES CO., 113 Fnlton-st, V Machinery for sale—one itj-foot so inch swing; ono 22-foot, 32-inch swing; one 12-■ foot, 24 inch swing; one 10-foot, 20-inch swing; one 3- foot, 23-inch swing; ono G foot, IS-iuch. and various other sizes; atari, a few second-hand engine lathes at low prices, at machinery depot of W. A- JAMES