6 THE NORTHWEST. Illinois. °dd Fellows* iTnll and tin* property on which il is built. In Quincy are advertised to be sold on t herd of next mouth, on a debt of over $20,000. The property is also subject io another indebted ness of SIO,OOO. —A Post Office lias been established at Harta burg, Logan County, —Hie Bock Island Argun, claims that “the largest yield of coin per aero ever recorded in Bcott Comity, was produced by L. W. Clemons, of Pleasant Valley township, ibis year. Ills sworn MaUmentlo the Scott Comity Agricultural So ckly. is that the yield was 154 bushels and 0 peeks of shelled corn 1 —A man named John Ryan, a resident of Pana, Lung himself in the City Jail on Friday. Ho was in custody for drunkenness, and was dead (when disc overed. He succeeded in suspending himself with the aid offr ball and chain,such as aac some tmns used to shackle prisoners. —Silas McWilliams, a fireman upon an Illinois Central freight train, while at work Thursday on the train at Pana, fell from the engine upon the ti nek. The locomotive passed over his left leg, mashing it In Mich a horrible manner that ampa- lalion became necessary. -—A few days ag<* the dead body *>f a mail named .Tames Hawkridgo was found in the woods near Punter Hill. The lasi heard of him was six weeks since, when he left a saloon iu an intoxieatcdcon diliui. _The Western Cutlery Works in Ottawa are nearly finislnd, and -will be iu full operation iu a lew days. —A genin* from Quincy sent a letter to the Secretary of the State of Ohio asking Hhe would net look over the census returns and *ec if Gor don Arnold, from New York, wasn’t iu Ohio. Tho inquirer poll! cly enclosed a Ihree-ccnt stamp. As the request involved looking over some three million names the Secretary hasn’t yet made up his mind to undertake the task. —The Greene County Agricultural Association Las been reorganized, new officers elected, and arrangements made to rc-cstubll-h tho'soeiety as one of the best in the State. —The Sit. Vernon Free IVcss is to be greatly enlarged Jan. 1. —James Marshall, an old citizen of Morgan County, Is dead. IOWA. —The Davenport OazrUc of the 12th Inst, says, with regard to the bridge Operations were re newed yesterday on tho false work for span three —or rather the foundation for if. Four cribs, built of heavy timber, of a width of 7 feet 4 inches at the bottom and 5 feet 4 inches at the lop, and 48 feet long, arc being sunk. Piles are to be set up in these cribs for the support of the false work. With good, cold, ice-holding weath r, the false work can be finished in two weeks, ;.ud twelve days thereafter will see tho span swinging." —DetMcincs h:t> lost three editors, by death, within a year. —The prize fight between St. Clair and Carr, wh u h was to have taken x»lace iu Wisconsin not far above Dubuque, on the 11th iuat, did not tome off. one of the parlies being too drunk at the lime to put in an appearance. WISCONSIN A Mj-5. Bradley, of Tomab, found a baby upon her doorstop the other evening, with a card pinned to its clothes which read: “I commend i:-.y little darling to your care, Mrs. B. Please call her Madge Armilda, Please never give her stimulating drink of any kind in her food, for il:at came near killing her, and cold water was all that saved her life. Please lot her food be made l cream, loaf-sugar, and boiling water. Mother.’* INDIANA. There arc bnt two savings banks operating in Indiana now—one in Terre Haute and on® in La layette. —Some wretch, who eau scarcely bo called a human, lock a mattress which had been used by u person afflicted with small-pox and threw it :uto the seminary lot at Vincennes, occupied by the Sisters of Providence as an Oi*x>han Asylum. —Seme young men of Fort Wayne went into a K-stuuraut and dined to the araonnt of several dolhns. One young man proposed to pay the hill, when another stopped him and he proposed to pay. Tho game was played by all, when it was proposed to blindfold tho waiter, and tho one he caught was to pay the bill. While tho waiter was groping around the room the deadbeats made good their escape. —Dr. Lindsey, of Clay township, had valuable notes, accounts, $l6O in greenbacks, and an old fashioned leather 4 pockctbook, eaten up by his i-uw, a tew days since. —George Ulrich, an ex-Mayor of Lafayette, died on the 9th inst. —Two minstrel managers, David O. Bryan and Edward Myers, are in limbo at Terre Haute for debt.* —Uneasy ■wives who pant for freedom will be glad to hear that Indiana still stands llieirfriond. The Total number of suits for divorce brought in the Allen County courts this year up to the pres ent time !s 1,200. Of these 1,084 were granted and 112 dismissed. Forty-ono divorces were granted in one day. iIICIIICAN. Mr. E. D. Elliott, of Byron, Shiawassee County, familiarly known as “Old Dad,” died of heart ditease Nov. 22. He was known throughout the vicinity as an inveterate joker. —Tbo will of the late Hon. J. M. Lamb, of Dry den, was disallowed by the Judge of Probate because it was not attested in the presence of the testator. An appeal will probably bo taken. —Three specimens of Young America, at Brigh ton, aged from 13 to 16 years, recently went out hunting, with a bottle of whiskey as a fourth companion. The youngest boy got dead drunk, and would have perished of cold had not one of his companions procured .a hand-sled and took him to a neighboring bam. He was afterward taken home, where his life was with difficulty saved. —The mother of twenty-six children, whosebus band is an invalid, called at the State Land Ollico a fewldays since, and from tho proceeds of cran berries she had picked during tho past Jail, paid the remainder due tho State upon her little farm in Shiawassee County. —A man named David Duel, formerly a resi dent and Supervisor of Medina, New York, has been arrested at Jackson, on charge of embez zling 51,4t0 of public money. He was tracked through Ypsilanti, where be bad been doing odd jobs for some time, to Jackson. He claims that he wandered away from home in an insane mood and came to himself in an Illinois insane asylum, that ho knew nothing about tbo money, and that he was trying to work bis way back home. He had hitherto borne an unimpeachable character, and has now gone back to face the facts. —Wenona has had a small prize-light between one Amos Nass and Buffalo Bill.” On tho third round Bill was knocked out of time, and tbo light ended. At this point the Sheriff and two police men put in an appearance, and tbo bystanders took to their Locks and left Bill bleeding and naked on the snow. Nass was arrested in tbo city bhortly afterward. —The Eev. Charles Clutes, a Baptist minister near Holly, recently separated from his wife, giving her £SOO and a cow and calf, according to her statement, but not accordiug to his; for he replevied the veal, which brought affairs into the Justice Court. The calf was finally awarded him. MINNESOTA. A purse of SI,OOO baa been raised in Duluth, to be given as premiums for cleared, fenced, and plowed tracts of land, witbin twelve mile? of the c jty—sl 300 :o be given to tbo largest and best, and smaller sums to smaller tracts, ibe awards to be made in 1873. —Horatio Eobinson, who was in the Peniten tiary for life for tho Chaska rape, died suddenly on Friday last of consumption. —The Eev. Mr. Dickey, rector of the Episcopal church in Austin, has severed his pastoral con nection with that body, and will soon leave for Wyoming. KANSAS. Wabaunsee County has thirty-two organized school districts, nearly ail of which have good fcthool-bouscs, many being far superior to aver age. The Kansas papers announce tho death of Colonel James Montgomery, one of the leaders of the old Free State cause, and who headed a party ■who went secretly from Kansas to rescue John Brown while lie lay in prison in Virginia. ITcdied at Muurd City, Linn County, Kansas, on tho Cth just, of pleuro-pneumonia, aged an years. —The Humboldt Land Office has been removed to Nct-desha, Wilson County. THE FAB WEST. The Antioch (Cal.) Lcdacr of tho 2d inst. says: “Roberts, McMurtry Kimball,of tho Land Rec lamation Company, who are largely engaged in tho stock business near tho Point of Timber, were ihe losers, last week, of 1,500 head of sheep, burned to death upon the tulc land onwhichthoy we re grazing. The fire is supposed to bavcj)cen the work of an incendiary, and the scene, as de scribed by an eye-witness, was truly pitiful Tho dames spread with lightning rapidity through the parched tulos, and in the hasty retreat of a largo band the above number of sheep were en cJrdcdiu the Humes.” —A severe tornado swept over Baker County, Oregon, on the let inst., destroying several buildings, and up-iooliug tiees in every dircc lion. —The Grass Valley (Cal.) Republican says that from one hundred pounds of manzanita berries three gallons of brandy can be manufactured, while it takes from seventy-five to eighty pounds of grapes to make one gallon. Furthermore, tho former makes the best brandy. number of prominent citizens of San Fran cisco have incorporated themselves into a com pany wiled “The Central Polynesia and Com mercial Company.” Its object is tho purchase and nf (ju;sition of lands on the beautiful Naviga tor Islands, aud the cultivation, sale, or lease of the Fame. Tim formation there of a coaling sta tion fort lie steamers of the United Stales, Ketr Zealand Sc Australian Mail Line is also proposed, as also the establishment of a Central Polynesian depot for commercial purposes which would serve the whole croup of islands. Tim capital steelc of the corporation is to be ?too.ooo, in one thousand .“Imres of SIOO each. —The Sacramento Vuiot. of rtio Ctli says •‘Tho success of Colonel Strong in growing cotton in Merced County D remarkable, and at tests tbo vain# of our Slate us a producer of the staple. The Snclliutf Argus of a recent date •dves Hie product of ilfty-ouo acres just gathered at 74,450 pounds of seed cotton, worth G.cents a pound, which is a yield in value of about $37.30 per acre. The appearance of Colonel Strong’s i-otbm bafnro gathering was such as to justify tixo highest expectations. —in Los Angeles (Cal.) the earlier qualities of oranges .ire already Jlndiug their way to market. The finil in all the orange groves ls well ad vanced, and an abundant crop will be obtained this year. —II. P. Taylor ACo/s printing oflioc, in San Francisco, was destroyed by fire on the ad Inst. Tho otllccs of the Uullcfin and Call were also for a time in danger, but were saved, with alight damage, —Tho Colorado Transcript of a recent date says: “The silver veins discovered last August on Lincoln and Press Mountains, continue to ex cite unusual attention. Mines have already been purchased in that district by enterprising moneyed corporations, and we may look for rapid development next spring. Wood and water are abundant in the vicinity of the new discover ies, and the formation surrounding tho ore is mueli the same jis that at White Pine and Cotton wood.*’ —The taxable properly of California, according to tho last assessment, is set at $277,538,134.07. l The cultivation of castor beaus iu tho south ern counties of California is becoming an indus try of some imx>ortaiico and attracts tho atten tion of those interested in tho trade elsewhere. —Tho Hawaiian Government has agreed to pay a subsidy of $36,000, for tho next eighteen months, toward tho maintenance of the Webb lino of steamers from Ban Francisco to Austral hi. RAILROADS. The Preston Hepuhliean says the rumored lease of the Southern Minnesota Railroad has not been consummated. —The New Ulm J'faiiuhakr of Friday last says tho iron on the Winona A St. Peter Railroad is laid to within live miles of Red Stone, and will be completed to that place this week. —TI.W. Hixic, General Superintendent of the International Road, at Hcarne, Texas, has is sued a circular announcing that 50 miles of tho road, from Hcarne to Jewett, will bo open for business on the lllh Inst. This road makes con nections with the Houston A Texas Road. —There was a meeting at Huntington, Inch, on the Ist Inst, of tho citizens of that place, for the pm pose of organizing a new railroad company, in the intercstsjof tho Baltimore, Pittsburgh A Continental Railroad Company. Tbo former or ganization iu that interest, in Indiana, was seem ing^'defective in a legal point of view, aud a new organization was accordingly effected. The read proposes to connect Chicago with Columbus, no B'.uflton,Huntington,and CVllua. —The St. Paul Chicago Railway bridge at Hastings is completed, and was satisfactorily tested on the 9th Inst. Tho bridge is three-fourths of a mile in length, aud was built by tho Ameri can Bridge Company of Chicago. —Tho CTeston, lowa, Headlight of Bee. 7, says: “The first regular train over the Creston, Bedford Sc St. Joseph Railroad, left this city on Thursday morning of this week, bound for Bed ford.’’ MISCELLANEOUS. Two young women bad a game of billiards in a public ball, at Portsmouth, N. H., recently, aud made runs of 36,33, and 45 points. —Two industrial expositions, the “Louisville” and the Grand Central,’* are being organized at Louisville. SSO,OOO having been subscribed for the first, and SIOB,OOO for the hitter. —The dogs of Algiers, opposite New Orleans, are being rapidly thinned out hy a voracious pan ther. —The Postmaster of a country office near An napolis, Md., lately broke the key to a mall bag, and not receiving a new one from Washington, the mail remained unopened for eight or tea days. —Cornell University is to try its hand in the manufacture of journalists, and tho Course in Letters,” or, as it is more commonly called, tho •‘Journalistic Course,” has finally been an nounced. —Two hundred pounds of pure honey were taken from one tree in Australia recently. —The old Manassas battle-field was sold a few days since for $3 an acre. When the war com menced it was under a high state of improve ment, and the dwelling-house upon it was one of the finest in that section of the State. —England is excited on tbo subject of her favor ite bivalve, oysters. The price charged for good ones is five times as great per bushel in 1871 as it was in IfeiU. The beds bavo been dredged to death, and cannot restock themselves. —A negro on trial for murder in Kentucky, sharing the general belief that ho would be hung, sold his body to some medical students, who waxed very wroth when their fondly-anticipated subject was sentenced to six years* Imprison ment. —A Cincinnatian married tho divorced wife of bis own son. —A German cutlery manufacturer in Troy, N Y., runs his machinery entirely by dog-power. —lt is quite a singular coincidence that the cel ebrated Warwick Castle in England and the War-, wick House in Boston should both have been seri ously damaged by fire tbo same day. —An enterprising Japanese brought over to California on a recently arrived steamer an enor mous quantity of tea plants, which are to be planted as an experiment in California. —The Superintendent of Police says that 500 men, women and children go every lino day into the streets of New York city for the purpose of stealing whatever they lay their bands on,—tho aptitude* of many of whom is glossed over with the good dress and good manners of lady andgeu tleznanhood. The Supreme Conrt of Vermont has rendered a decision in favor of tho plaintiff in the case of George Newman,Treasurer of the town of Brat tleboro, against S. M. Waite, Cashier of tho First Nationalßank of that town, to recover penalty for his refusal to make a return of stockholders to tho Town Clerk. —A whale,'lately captured in the vicinity of Boston, is now moored to a wharf there, and is daily visited by curious persons who pay 23 cents a head. The monster is about 80 feet long, girts about CO feet, bis jaw is about 18 feet long, and it is estimated that be will yield about 100 barrels of oil when cut up. —A lady of Newburyport, Mas?., bns earned with her sewing machine in twelve years $5,018.25, without paying a cent for repairs, —The Montreal Gazelle says: “There exists but one opinion in this city on the subject of the cen sus, in so far as it relates to Montreal, viz.: that it is utterly untrustworthy.” Tbo Gazette thinks it is probably 23,000 out of the way, and that the actual population of tho city la between 130,000 and 110, oco. —Can we bo sure that anything in tbo market is what it purports to be! Alligator-hide boots, for instance, arc much believed in, and cost more money than can be cheerfully paid by any person unless he has cash in plenty and a passion for keeping bis feet dry; yet we are told that or dinary leather is now stamped to resemble alli gator-skin. Bo an indignant gentleman writes a newspaper that genuine mattress curled hair is now made from whalebone finely shaved. —lt Is tbo style now-a-days when an engage ment is broken off for the lady not to return tho presents given Ih t by her fiancee, or even the eu gcgemtnt ring, which she keeps as an Indian keeps a scalp as a trophy of victory. Isaac P. Wainwriglit, a well-known Boston broker, died of apoplexy on Wednesday last, aged 37 years. —A Guilford (Conn.) woman, ?G years old, has prepared sixty-three Thanksgiving dinners un der the same roof. —Several of the Japanese iu Amherst go to the First Church Sunday School, but theif teacher finds it difficult to interest them in sacred''history without pictures representing tho lesson; aud then sometimes they fail toget the exact moaning Foroxample, they consider the destruction of Pharaoh aud tho Egyptians iu the Red Sea, a shown iu the picture, to be a huge joko on the Egyptians. —Adelina Patti was recalled after her firstpor forma nee at Moscow twenty-nine times. —The ox-Queen of Hanover, tired of waiting for her throne, has resolved to betake herself to a nunnery and turn Roman Catholic. —A lady iu Quebec was so affiicted at the sud den death of her husband that she wept herself perfectly blind in two weeks thereafter. —lt appears from a report preseated to the Swiss Statistical Society at the eongrea s recently held in Paris that Switzerland can boast of twen ty-five public libraries, containing altogether mq e°o volumes, and not fewer than 1,029 other libraries containing 687,930 volumes. Tho most extensive libraries are those of Zurich, which con tains 100,000 volumes, of Basle, which has 84,000, and of Lucerne with 80,000. -A Bochestcr girl, in a note making indignant complaint because a man spit tobacco juice on her silk dress in tho street, says: “Never while men chew tobacco will Igo to the polls to vote. This country may go to ruin before I will have my clothes spoiled or even jeopardized.” —A Long Island farmer has sued his wife for di voice, because, after coming to New York and listening to n lecture in favor of free love, she in sisted upon hailing every man who passed the house and inviting him to have a talk. MODERN MARTYRS. Pcrsccnlion in China, To the Christian Advocate and Journal of November 2l>, the Rev. R. 8. Mac Lav gives an interesting account of tbo persecutions to which the missionaries “in the Tlokchiang District, which lies South of Foochow,” China, have been subjected. 110 says “1. At llaiknu, a town six miles southeast of liokchiang City, our native preacher, Hu ChiongMi, has been severely beaten bv a mob. On August “1 a baud of rowdies seiz ed in his own house, dragged him into the street, heating him mercilessly all the while. While this gang was engaged m beating and dragging him through tho street, another company destroyed everything in his house, fho noise oi the riot attracted to the spot an inferior military officer, who is iu charge of the towm. He at once commanded ordcr.and proceed to inquire into the cause of the dis turbance. Iho assailants began to denounce oiir.prcachcr as being connected with for eigners, and as having been hired by them to poison wells, &c. What proof have stud tho officer, that he poisons your well, Did you lind any poison in his posses sion To this direct question they were compelled to answer No. “Well,” continued the officer, “has any one been poison* J To this question, also, their unwilling answer was, No. By this time the assailants became alarmed and ran away, leaving our preacher and some of lus friends in the protection of the officer. “2. Septembers,ntTengiiong, n larger town, about eight miles west of liokohiang city, Brother Ling Mi Lai, our native preacher, was seized by a mob and beaten almost to death, under circumstances of aggravated cruelty. It appears that a few days before tho riot a dog, belonging to a resident of the town, had died, and the rumor was at once put in circulation that the dog had been poisoned by the Christians. Tho people professed to believe this unfounded, and silly story, and used it as a pretext for attacking our preacher. They seized and heat him until lilo seemed nearly ex tinct. One of tho fiends then proposed that they disinter the dead dog, put some of its liquid corruption into a bowl, and force our preacher to drink it; but tho pro posal was too horrible to meet with general favor, oven among such miscreants. They then told our preacher that if he would sign a paper confessing that ho had been hired by foreigners to distribute poison, etc., they would release him; but, if ho refused to sign the paper, they would put him to death. He replied; “Foreigners have not hired mo to distribute poison lam entirely innocent of tho charges that you bring against me; my life is in j'our hands; God knows that lam innocent.” They sot upon him again with yells and execrations, such as per haps only a Chinese mob can utter. Tho preacher believed that instant death awaited him, and (as lie touchingly says) felt thankful that he was counted worthy to die for the Blessed Sa vior* whom, having not seen, ho loved. Just at this juncture, by what seems to mo a direct interposition of Providence, some of the respectable people of tho town interfered in favor of our preacher, and stopped further proceedings. More dead than alive, he was taken to a place of safety, and subsequently was rcmovcdjto Ifokchiang city. Measures arc being taken to bring the guilty parties to justice. “2. September I, Brother Li Cha All. one of our preachers, stationed at Anglian City, 5n tho Ilingwha Prefecture, some seventy miles south of Foochow, was nearly killed by a gang of foodpads, who attacked him as lie was walking along one of our most public roads, ‘When his consciousness, after the first attack, and, iu a measure, his strength, had returned, ho tried to resume his jour ney; and, though weak and suffering great pain, he managed to make some progress, avoiding the main road and keeping to the hills. He had not gone far when another crowd attacked him with their farming utensils, saying that he had been hired by foreigners to poison wells. Arc. One of the assailants struck him a vciy heavy blow on the arm with a largo Loo, and it is thought the bone is shattered. Iu his exhausted state he was utterly unable to endure such an attack, and swooned away. The mob ap peared to think he was dead, and one man proposed that they dig a grave and con ceal the body. He, however, began to re vive, and as tho crowd gradually dispersed, he arose and staggered toward his destina tion. Presently Tie heard another crowd running toward him, calling out Poisnuorl’ \Kill him” Though ready to drop from sheer exhaustion. Brother Li rallied his strength and tried to run: but, being oil* tho road and unacquainted with the country, he suddenly found himself on the brink ”of a rocky precipice some twenty feet high. Finding myself falling (andhero I quote his own words), I thought of Stephen, tbo lirst Christian martyr; and as ho, when stoned, prayed with his latest breath for his persecutors, I commended my sonl to God and prayed for those who seemed to thirst for my blood.-* Strange to say, tho fall did not kill him; and on returning to conscious ness he found himself lying alouo at tho foot of the precipice. It is probable tho people supposed him to ho dead, and, fearing lest they might he charged with having killed him, they had all ran a wav. From this place he crawled and walked till he reached one of cur chapels, where he was received ami eared for by kind Christian friends. This case has also been duly reported to tho Chinese authorities. At Hokchiang, a district city some forty miles south of Foochow, there had been con siderable excitement for some weeks, hut the mob was held in check. .Brother Sia was unremitting in his efforts to protect the Christians.' Karly in the morning of Septem ber 4 lie was informed by a friend that a plot had been arranged to attack the Christians and teai-down the chapel on that day. and that during the jmevious night inflammatory placards to this effect had been posted throughout the city.. The danger was so imminent, and had sprung upon them so suddenly, that the poor Christians were utterly confounded. Brother Sia saw at once the grave character of the emergency and determined to do all in liis power to avert the threatened calamity. A petition addressed to the magistrate was at once drawn up. and BrotherSia, accompanied by some of tbo brethren, took it to the mag istrate’s yaman (palace). It happened that the magistrate was absent; but the deputy in charge received the paper, and, on read ing its contents, seemed immediately to ap preciate the urgency of the case, without the slightest delay or equivocation he gave a favorable answer to the petition, and at once issued orders to meet tho emergency. Calling for the constable of tho ward, ho or dered Him to go through tho streets of the city and warn tho people against committing any acts of violence against our chapel, lie then sent a posse of soldiers take charge of the chapel during the (Jay, and keep it from all harm.” The Duke do Biron* From the New York Evening Post. I’rcsiilent Thiers has conferred tho mission to Berlin upon Louis Gonrault, Duke clc Biron, a descendant of one of the most an cient and aristocratic families of Franco. The now Ambassador has always been a strong Legitimist, and his appointment by a Bourbon Prince instead of tho President of the republic would have excited loss sur prise. Tho Duke’s ancestors have been con spicuous in French history for more than three hundred years. During the religious wars in tho middle of the sixteenth century, tho name of Arnand Gonraulk dc Biron had become a household word in France, on account of his gallantry in battle. Ho was born in the Perlgord, and in his youth came to the court of Margaret of Navarre, where he was brought up as a page. He served under Marshal Brissat in Pied mont. Although more than suspected of sympathizing with tho Huguenots, ho was raised to high command in the royal army, and in 150P was made grand master of tho artillery. Ho was in Paris when tho massa cre of felt. Bartholomew was planned, and had been selected as one of tbo victims. During tho massacre, however, he joined tho Huguenots in tbo arsenal, and, by pointing cannon at tho infuriated assassins, repulsed them. He was the first to declare for Henry IV., after the death of Henry 111., and was appointed by him Marshal of Franco. He was killed at the siege of ISperuay, in 35(£, in his (»Sth year. He was a “universal” scholar, and carried a pocket-book in which he noted everything that appeared remarka ble. This gave rise to a common remark at the royal court, when a person said anything unusual: “You found that in Birou’s pocket book.” Still more remarkable was the career of AruatuTs son Charles, the favorite of Henry the Fourth, who made him a Duke. Ho was yet iu his bovhood when an affair of honor” obliged him ‘to withdraw from court for a short time. A Colonel at 14 years of age, ho was rapidly rising to the rank of Lieutenant General, and, on the death of his father, the King gave him the title of Admiral. This i itle he exchanged, four yeors afterward, for that of Marshal of France. With an ingrati tude not uncommon iu the history of court favorites, Charles had hardly received tho highest honors of the State when ho entered into a traitorous correspondence with an agent of Spain. His intrigues were discov ered and forgiven, but when ho was scut in 1(101, to the court of Queen Elizabeth to an nounce tho marriage of Henry the Fourth with Maria de Medici, ho bcomo involved iu now intrigues, and was sentenced to death. He was executed iu the court yard of the Hostile on the 31st of July. 1002. The grandson of this favorite, Charles Ar maud de Biron, was one of Louis the I< our teenth’s ablest Generals. Ho served under Turenne and during an heroic defence of tho fortress of Luudeau was dangerously wound ed. Louis tho Fifteenth created Inin Mar shal of France. Ho died in 1750, m his ft-d year. His son, Louis, was also an illustrious soldier. He served in the French army for nearly sixty years, aud died as Marshal of France iu his'Shth year. His nephew aud heir, tho unfortunate Ar niand Louis de Gourauit, Duke de Biron aud Lauzun, led a very adventurous life. In Ins early years he studied the military aud naval resources «f Groat Britain carefully, and ro corded tho results of his researches ina work which created a profound impression, aud in which he pointed out tho weak points in tho cmcdial system of England, Ho was employ ed in I<4<, during his ‘.hid year, to head an ex pedition against Senegal. Gambia, aud other British settlements in Western Africa to which he had directed, the attention of tho French Government. This enterprise was successfully concluded in tho same year. Ho then came with Lafayette and Kocham hoau to America, and took part iu our war of independence, distinguishing himself fflE TgfBTOE; JPKIDAT, DECEMBEK 15. 1871 iu several important actions. On ms return to France, the King entrusted him with the reorganization of the coast de fences, a work in which ho was engaged at tho beginning of the French revolution in li>o. Tho Constituent Assembly, of which ho was a member in ITW, gave him a com mand in tho Department of tho Nord. In July of tho same year he was made General of tho Army of tho Rhine, and in 17H2 he was appointed to command tho army en camped at Rochelle. Hero iho insubordina tion of his troops, and the other difficulties of Ids position, caused him to oiler his resig nation to tho revolutionary chiefs. It was not accepted, and, on being repeated, was considered evidence of treason. He was ar rested, tried by the revolutionary tribunal, and executed in December, 17P2. Tho present Duke at.d ambassador to Ber lin is the grandson of the last-named office*. He held various diplomatic offices during tho reign of Louis Philippe, although ho was noted for his Legitimist principles, and he distinguished himself repeatedly by aa ener getic resistance in tho Chamber o£ Peel's to the measures of Prime Minister Thiers. He was a member of tho Right in tho Republi can Assemblies of IS4B and 1840. After the vonpd'itai of December 2,1851, he withdrew from public life. In tho present Assembly ho has v oled generally with tho Legitimists, but refused to sign M. do BelcastePs memor able address to tho Pope. Ho has written several able political .pamphlets, and is gen erally esteemed for his talents, his generos ity, and benevolence. Fast Sailing. From tho Detroit. Free Pros*. Doc. 12. The following are some of the quick runs made during tho season of navigation iu IS7I by tho vessels named; steamer W. R. Clinton, Detroit to Bay City in 30 hours, including landing. Propeller Fountain City, Buffalo to De troit in 22 hours. Schooner Sweetheart, Detroit to Buffalo and back in 4 days. Schooner Truman Moss, Sandusky to Lex ington, and returned with cargo iu -1 1-2 days. Schooner Reed Case, Toledo to Buffalo, grain loaded, in 24 hours. X’roxicller R. J. Hackett, Detroit to Eseau aba and back iu 4 days. Same steamer, Lako Huron to Detroit in 5 1-2 hours. Propeller Idaho, Buffalo to Chicago aud re turn in days and 22 hours. Steamer Saginaw, Kscanaba to Green Bay iu 7 hours arid,s minutes, stopping 40 min utes. Schooner Columbian, Buffalo to Detroit River in 22 hours, flying light. Propeller W. T. Graves, Milwaukee to Buf falo and back to Chicago Ur 0 days and I hour. .Schooner Oneida, cargo lumber, round trip. Bay City aud Buffalo, in 8 days. .Steamer Northwest, Detroit to Cleveland in 7 hours and 22 minutes, with 20 lbs of steam. Schooner F. 8. Grant, round trip between Chicago and Portage Lake, Midi., iu 04 hours. Propeller J. L. Hurd, round trip between Bay City and Toledo lu 4 days and 22 hours. Steamer W. T, Graves, Detroit to Buffalo and back, with barge Russel in tow in 4 days. Schooner Jennie Mullen, Milwaukee to Port Colborno in 2 days. Steamer R. J. Hackett, Kscanaba to De troit In 44 hours, deep loaded. Schooner Fayette Brown, Cleveland to 13 s cunaba and back iu S days and 4 hours. SehoonerS. P. Ely. 2 round trips, Cleve land and Esennaha in J7 days. Schooner Monitor, Erie to Duluth and-re turn in 21 days. Tug John Slarliu towed schr James Couch from Port Huron to Chicago in 2 days andfi hours :Ivessel laden with 1,423 tons of coal. Propeller R. G. Coburn, Marquette to De troit fn 47 hours, calling at way landings. Schooner Golden Rule, two round trips be tween Cleveland and Marquette in 2*.i days. Bark F. B. Gardner, Chicago to Buffalo iu 2 days and is hours. Schooner Mocking Bird, Duluth to Detroit iu 4 days. Propeller Tioga, two round trips between Buffalo and Detroit in 7 days. Schooner Dundee, Port Dalhousie to Kings ton iu 10 hours. Schooner Elvina, Milwaukee to Oswego iu S days and fi Lours. Propeller R. Prindiviilc, with two barges iu tow, Saginaw to Buffalo and back inS *sark Lottie Wolf. Milwaukee lo lluffalo and hack, took on full cargo coal at Cleve land,’ and sailed through the rivers both ways in 121-2 days. Bark Nelson, Chicago to Buffalo iu 4 days, delayed in river 12 hours. Tug O. Wilcox, Detour to Detroit in 17 hours, following the coast. Schooner Eagle Wing, EscauabatoSt.Clair River in 28 hours. Schooner Columbian, Chicago to Buffalo iu 4 days, 1 day head wind. Schooner {Sweetheart, Chicago to Buffalo in 4 days. Steam barge Arizona, Detroit to AnSablo and back in i days. Propeller Idaho. St. Clair Flats to Detroit dock in 1 hour, 40 minutes. Schooner Eagle Wing performed Iff round trins in the ore trade between Detroit, Mar quette and Escauaba respectively during tho season. A California Editor Shot at by a Judge. From the Saw Francisco Bulielln, Dec. 2. At half-past :J o’clock yesterday p. m. Charles do Young. of the Chronicle, was walk ing on the east side of Montgomery street, from California street toward the Chronicle business otlice, in compahy with John Mo Combe (money-broker), when Judge Delos Lake, who was standing on the inside of the sidewalk, sprang upon him, precipitating the whole force of his body upon him. Ho struck at him several times rapidly, but without effect. He theu raised his cane as if to strike him. Thev both struggled for a moment, when de Young freed himself from Lake’s grasp. For a moment they stood eyeing each other, when Lake drew a Derringer pistol. Upon that de Young closed with him again, and grasped his right arm to prevent his shooting. The}* struggled for a mo ment ami fell, do Young under. Lake all the time had his pistol in his hand, and was endeavoring to.point it at do Young's bead. He alternated this endeavor by pounding de Young over tho head with the pistol. Do Young was unablo to resist except to endeavor to prevent Lake’s shoot ing him. The struggle lasted perhaps thirty seconds. No one in the meantime interfered, as lookers-on were chiefly anxious to get out of the way of flying ballots. Finally Lake discharged his Derringer. Tho ball grazed do Young’s scalp, inflicting a flesh wound, causing blood to How freely. Lake then con tinued to pound do Young, clubbing his Derringer for that purpose. Several persona then sprang in and tore Lake ofl‘ from do Young. Lake was arrested and do Young was accompanied to his office by a large crowd. 4 The ball which Luke fired took effect in the thigh of F. D. Wheeler. Wheeler was taken to his room. It is eaid that de Young put his hand in his pocket as if to draw before Lake drew, but do Young denies this, and asserts that ho was not armed. The Chronicle office was im mediately surrounded by a dense and ex cited crowd, and tho denunciations of Lake were loud and deep. Tho cause of tho attack is found in tho many reflections on Judge Lake in the columns of tho Chronicle, and more particularly tho recent articles drawn, forth l>y the Casey libel suit. Lake was taken to tho office of a Magis trate immediately to give bail. Lake’sstate ment is that his intention was merely to give de Young a sound caning, bat seeing him go down into his pocket for hlspistol, ho (Lake) drew; that do Young then threw up his hands as a signal that ho was unarmed, when ho (Lake) closed in upon him. Ho says be did not intend to shoot him, but that tho Derringer exploded accidentally. Proposed Naturalization of Indians. It is proposed, hy a bill which will bo re- Xiortecl from tho Senate Indian Committee, to provide for the naturalization of individual Indians. They are to have their proportion of tho reservation surveyed and made over in severalty, as also rata amount of all annuity or other common funds. Be fore becoming naturalized tho Indian will have to renounce all paramount allegiance to his tribe, prove himself to be or good habits, and as having, for at least two years prior to his application, lived a civilized life. The bill in which these provisions are contained is designed tqiecially to provide for the sale of lauds belonging to tho Stock bridge Indians. The authority for the proposed provision for naturalization is based upon a precedent relative to these same Indians, or a portion of the tribe, who, by act of Congress, some thirty-five years or more ago, were naturalized in a body. Mr. Cushing, when Attorney General under President Pierce, had this question of an In dian’s right to naturalization submitted to him for an opinion. He argued that tho pro.- cess of naturalization was not necessarily confined to persons of foreign birth; that, as in the case of Indians, there were persons who were domestic subjects, and hot citi zens, Congress had tho power to naturalize them in a body, or by some gen eral law allow them individu al ly to take the initiative in that direction. Tho Interior Department is anxious to have such a provision as this made law. Tho same bill will provide for the inalienability of the Indian’s homestead, at least tor a term of years, and its exemp tion from execution and sale. It is believed that tho adoption of some such plan as this will do much toward settling questions that are now being agitated among tho Choro kecs, Creeks, and Choctaws, as also with ssme tribes of the Nebraska Indians, and soon to arise among the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico. Colonel Boudinot, a leading and highlv. educated Cherokee, has for some time past boldly advocated the organization of the several civilized nations west of Ar kansas under a Territorial Government. Old Pnri*. From the London Globe. The most ancient cemetery in Pans is at present being removed and dug up at the cost of the Slate, and under the direction ot the government authorities. Its existence dates back to a period, anterior to the sixtu century, aud, as wo might expect, the work of exhumation baa disclosed objects of tuo most valuable antiquarian interest. This cemetery was attached to the original Cnarcu of St. Peter and St. Paul, afterward known as Stc. Genevieve, and a little book written in the ninth century, and entitled lao Miracles of Ste. Genevieve, describes it aa extending all along tho road which led to tho route to Sens, up to and including the territory of tho Church of St. Marcel. It is at that part of tho cemetery that tho works arc now being carried on, and tho workmen have como upon a series of coffins all belonging to tho Merovingian epoch. The dissovery of numerous skeletons, not iu coffins, confirms an interesting point of anti quity connected with tho adjoining church. The Church of Bt. Marcel was founded by Roland Comte do Bloyc, nephew of Charle magne, and its Chapter for along time held the right of administering justice over a large part of the Faubourg St. Marcel. It had its regular officers, its procnrenr-liscal, its bailiff and its register. Tho gibbets, the most popu lar attributes of justice in those‘days, were permanent institutions, and, iu fact, remain ed standing there till lfi74, when a royaledict removed them to Chatelet, which had just been created. In tho church was the tomb of Peter Lombard, Blshopof Paris, so well known as the “Muitro des .Sentences,” and in tho cemetery itself were buried many men whoso names are fa miliar to Europe D’Agucssean and Du Moulin; the famous lawyers ami Juriscon sults, Dc Thou and Duchesne, the historians, and several members of the princely house of Conti; hut the remains of these and other illustrious dead have already been exhumed and were removed to tho catacombs In 171*4. The coffins which the workmen have discov ered arc iu some eases of very old date, some of stone, some of composition, and some of baked clay. Tho ornaments upon one prove it to date from the seventh century, and tho heads of the skeletons are all found turned to the east, according to tho usage of tho primitive Church. —lt Is said that the underwriters of New Bed ford, Mass., propose sending a powerful steamer to the Arctic Ocean, to ho on hand next season to rescue some of tho abandoned ships, if such a thing is possible. BRICKS. BimCMCKS! OFFICE OP PISTi mi W MS! No. 105 Son til Cliuton-st., NEAR SHERMAN HOUSE. 1 have opened an Office for (he sale ol Bricks. Parties In the country having Bricks they wish to sell will please address me as above. I have more orders for Bricks than I can till, and plenty of teams to handle them from the care, and will only charge a fair commission tor doing the business* JOSEPH n. LYONS. Refer to Morrill Ladd. Esq.. Evanston; Thos. B. Bryan, Esq.. Chicago; City National Bank. Chicago. SATES. CALL AND SEE THE FINEST STOCK OF Fire Burglar-Proof SAFES. MARVIN Sc CO., 17 South Canal-st. TEAS. [ESTAIBLISILKLU ISOV.] THE GEEAT iililic ail Fade Tea Go., No. 8 Chiircli-st., New York, P. O. BOX 5506. Importers and Jobbers of Teas. A complete asportment of latest Importations always on hand, and for sale at importers' lowest prices. Mer ohants can have our monthly Price Use mailed to tlirin regularly I>3’sending us their address. NOTICE. To the Creditors of the Hide Leather Insurance Co., of Boston, Mass, Tlie undersigned have been appointed Receivers of tbe above-named corporation by tho Supremo Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Tho said Court, by Us de cree dated December 9, 1871, has directed said Re ceivers to declare and pay a dividend to tho creditors of said corporation of THIRTY PER CENT upon tho Just claims of said creditors. Said dividend Is pay able in Boston ON AND AFTER THE TWENTIETH OP THE PRESENT MONTH, to such of aaldcred- Itors as aliall prove their claims, to the satisfaction of said Receivers, before the first day of March, A. D. 1872. CHESTER J. REED, JOHN W. CARTWRIGHT, OLIVER H. COLE, Receivers. NOTICE. After tills (Into all applications for assistance from tlio A. T. Stewart Fund, for relief of destitute widows and single women, will lie made to tlio undersigned by letter. Applicants will give former residence (if burnt out), present residence, general circumstances, wants, and that they are not regularly receiving old from anv Relief Society, and must bo endorsed by two re sponsible citizens who know tho statements to be true. If. S. BOUTON, standard Hall. Dec. 11.1*71. FOR SALE. Sugar-Cored Bacon Hams. Inst received, a small consignment of the celebrated "MARYLAND BRAND” of Canvassed, Sugar-Cured Hama; also, of tho" SIMMS BRAND” of Hams, both wcll-knowu and highly-appreciated In the Eastern and Southern cities. They are tolerably heavy, average 14 to 19 lbs; are in choice order; very juicy, and most suit able for the requirements of hotels and restaurants. Will be sold at moderate prices in quantities of l tleroe nxrward. to close consignment, by HENRY MILWARD CO.. Room 1, No. 100 sixteenth-st OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE AT Tribune Office, 15 South Canal-st. BRICK For sale In quantities to suit, arriving dally; delivery prompt. Can be seen on cars, cor. Clark and Twelfth ntß. JOHN F. SCANLAN, KM West Adams-at, SHOES. Albany Shoes. On or before Jan. 1,1572, for tho better occommodatloa of oar rapidly increasing Chicago and Western Trade, wo will open a Branch Salesroom Corner Hicbigan-aT, and Ilurri sou-st., up stairs. thos. Franz? sous. ggTACTORY—4. 6. 8 and 10 Union-fit.. Albany.N.Y WANTED^ My Tint Wanted—Several Copies of the WEEKI.Y TRIBUNE for several years past, for which a liberal price will he paid. TRIBUNE CO., 15 South Canal-st., Chicago. WANTED. Parties having Houses to rent, furnished orunfur nlshetl. can obtain good tenants by applying atWW H. SAMPSON ACO.’S Real Estate and House Rent Ing Agency. 285 West Madison-st DISSOLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. 7 The copartnership heretofore existing between the undersigned. under the firm names of Taylor