6 LONDON. A Novelist Sued for Libel. Portraiture! of Real Personages in Works of Fiction. How Swinburne Figures in a Eecent Novel. From Our Special Correspondent. London, Nov. 23. A novelist, who is also the editor of a London daily paper (the Advertiser), is being prosecuted for libelling an attorney. If Mr. Train, the prosecutor, is really the “Mr. Corwin” of the story, ho is, no doubt, treated Tery harshly. Ko one believing in the truth of the sketch would go to him for counse m u difficulty. But I want to know whether this kind of action is to he common! A commotion among authors has already begun. I rarclr read a novel, by a clever author, without finding in it ono or more familiar faces. Mr. Disraeli has not written a novel without a sketch, under an assumed name, of a public personage. He gave the world Count D'Orsay and Theodore Hook, nud made Wilson Croker odious under the name of Mr. Rigby,” longbefore he thought of M. Capel, and limned him as Mr. Catesby. There was actually a “key” toConlngsby. Mr. Thackeray made people in Loudon so ciet v laugh by the closeness of his carica tures. Charles Dickens thought of a near relative when he created Mr. Micawber, and •idmittcd that Leigh Hunt suggested to him t-ome of the characteristics of Mr. Skimpole. Lord Evt ton pinned one public man after •mot her to the wall in his “England and the Enclish.” Mr. Anthony Trollope is maligned if he has not made fancy portraits of Mi*. Bright. Lord Palmerston, and Mr, Gladstone in recent stories: and Charles Lover has point ed with outstretched linger at a score of diplomatists. Lords Lieutenant, Irish Judges, counsel, and-so-forth. I hardlj* kuow where 1 should stop if it were expedient to contin ue the enumeration. And these are only notabilities. How private acquaintances have fared I leave the reader to judge. A fashionable novelist, a lady, said to mo the oilier dav. You kuow who so and so are —mentioning characters in her novels. I confessed 1 did not, and she proceeded to tell me in detail. Some sketched themselves; otliers their wives, their children, their hiothers and sisters, their acquaintan ce*. their lawyer, their parson, their schoolmaster. One of the plainest instances of caricature is in a novel before me.called. “Two PlungesforaPearl,” by Mortimer Collins, In this book is given, with others, the poet, Mr. Algernon Swin burne, and under the thinnest of disguises. Read the following: A new arrival, of the other sex, was staving with the Earl,—Mr. Reginald Swynfen, favorite poet of the ladies anil the pre-Raffaelites. A little mau, built like a grasshopper, but with en ergv enough to inform the bodies of both Anak and Chang. It was hard to criticize Swynfen's lace for the vast amount of bright yellow hair which he wore wherever hair would grow: but his eves, small and deep-sunk, were of an intense blue.’like the first llame of a lucifer match. Swyn fer firiulv believed himself the greatest li vin c poet; and his fnrv, if anybody ventured to doubt this, was exquisitely amusing. His excitable brain could stand but little wine; a pint of claret made him as mad as the Atys of Catullus. He wore a violet velvet morning coat, cravat and rallies of lace, awaistcoast of white silk, buck skin breeches, and top-boots. Every button visible on his person was an antique gold coin. Thus accoutred, he had ridden to Lepers on a piebald horse,—a thing of beautyjand a joy for ever, in his own eyes. 'He was smoking Honey Dew from a wonderful Viennese meerschaum, with certain choice carving of Aphrodite and Adonis. He always smoked Honey Dew, though it invariably made him ill. Reginald Swynfcn makes love to the heroine, and iu this supremely ridiculous fashion: Miss Lepel was a good deal surprised when he suddenly exclaimed she had seated her self on a rustic chair beneath a Portugal laurel, and he stood before her I love you, lady.” Sbe looked at bim with a mischievous humor which he was unable to perceive, but uttered no word. Ay,” he went on, and with no boyish fancy; with the bitter-sweet love of a man wno has sounded all the depths of delight,—who has been wrecked on every sboro of sorrow. So do I love you that I would kill any other man who looked upon von—that I would have you all my own— that I would rain passionate kisses upon you as the stonuv skv rains them on the sobbing sea.” This rhapsody Mr. Reginald Swynfen uttered with such swift vehemence that Miss Lepel, a well-conducted younglady, was utterly perplex ed. As he grew more violent, she was rising Irom her seat, when he—suiting the action to the word—suddenly forced her back again, and kiss ed her on brow, and eyelids, and lips, as if ho had been Apollo and she the fiying Daphne. A pretty position 1” was Geraldine Lepel’a thoucht. as he almost stifled her. The whole absurdity of the thing flashed upon her at once. There would be an endless laugh if the affair were known; and her brother would probably horsewhip the unfortunate poet. It was too ridiculous. But a magnificent idea occurred to licr. The chair on which she was sitting, and to which bo bad lorced her back, -was fronted by a gravel l»atb. on tbe other side whereof she remembered seeing a cylindrical hole, some twelve feet deep, tbe beginning of a well. Her brother had altered his mind about its position, but had not yet given orders for tilling it up. The stalwart lass made up her mind in a moment; rose from her seat, taking the impassioned little poet off the ground as she did so: half forced, half carried him across the path, until he was on the verge of the well, and then dropped him into it with much greater case than Lady Audlcy did her luckless husband. True, he rather grazed the side of the pit (which was weeping clav) in his descent; but the vigor ous swiftness with which she disembarrassed her self of his clutching arms might have taught the poet (were such lesson possible) that physical strength is sometimes more important than the most wonderful faculty of alliteration. Reaching the bottom, he found himself in about six inches of slush, which, as he was in boots,mattered very little. The verge of the pit, where he could Just see the fairy feet of his goddess, was about six feet beyondlus utmost stretch of arm. Geraldine Lepel, having thus got rid of her lover, had a hearty laugh at his expense. Comparing him at that moment with Launcelo't Xydiard. he wore a ridiculous as pect for our hero did not look like a man who would indulge in a sndden rape of kisses, still less like one whom she could cany across a gravel-path and drop into n And now, what was to he done? Reginald Swvnfeu, at the bottom of the pit, with nose and waistcoat defiled by damp clay, felt liken tiger and looked like a fool. Miss Lepel addressed him with quiet deliberation: It is very unfortunate that you should have slipped into that hole, Mr. Swynfen but I dare >ay my brother won’t consider you a trespasser for (hoi. Somebody is sure to bo coming tbis way before evening. I hope you will soon be helped out.” Away went Geraldine, full of amusement, loav ingher wild wooer, vowing rabid revenge, at tbo bottom of Ins hole,—yet resolved to be taciturn for the present, having no wish to be either laughed at or horsewhipped. Both are fatal to poetry. Has not the gifted young author of “Ata lauta in Calydor” good grounds for au ac tion against this novelist TEE NORTHWEST. ILLINOIS. Jacob Thorp, the oldest Methodist in Peoria County, died at Lancaster on the Ist inst., at the advanced age of 22. Christian Schurtz, a young farmer living near Metamora, was murdered on the 4th inst.. by some unknown person. Daniel Goldsmith, who had been employed on the farm, has been arrested on suspicion. The lire at Lincoln, on Wednesday last, was most disastrous, and tho work of destruction ter rible. Twenty frame stores and four stables were destroyed. The stocks of goods were par tially removed, although most of them were bad ly damaged. Tbo wind was extremely favorable, or a large portion of tho brick blocks would have been consumed. Tho loss is now estimated at $50,000. —Miss Gerty Florence, a rope-walker accom panying Professor Martino, was severely injured at an exhibition in Peoria, a few evenings since, by falling from a rope. —ln the Circuit Court of Pike County, at Pitts field, last Tuesday, Bartholomew Barnes was con victed of the murder of John Gresham, and was sentenced by Judge Higbeeto be hanged, being the first time In the history of the Circuit Court of that county that a man has been sentenced to death. —A-mnn named John McCarthy died at Sterling, on the Cth instant, from exposure to the cold while drunk. -Small-pox has made its appearance in Chenoa, El Paso, Secor, Pontiac, and Wenona. —At the High School at Lacon, on Tuesday last, Mrs, McManigle, wife of a resident dentist, enter ed during school-hours, and, with a curling iron,” knocked down the Principal, Mr. 6. M. Tucker. A publication of names of the High School scholars in the Lacon papers recently, with the grade of study of each, in which Blrs. M.’s daughter’s standing was not marked very high, greatly enraged her mother. On Monday a inle of the school was violated by Miss Me- Manigle.and, when questioned, she manifested such rudeness and obstinacy that Sir. Tucker re. quested her to take her books and leave the school. This order brought the final vengeance of Tuesday. Mr. T. was struck near the right ear, but not seriously hurt. IOWA. Edwin Forrest is to visit Council Bluffs, profei sloually, in the first week in January. A. x'ortion of the ncwrailroadbridgeatDavcn port was carried away by the ice on tbe 3th Inst., involving a loss of $5,000 to tho —The Street Commissioner of DesMoincs got out suits for poll tax in alphabetical order, from the polling books, to liud that some were over age, some dead, and the costs exceeding the amouutto be collected. The order woe rescinded, and the tax remains unpaid. —Judge Grant, of Davenport, is busily prepar ing injunction papers for the purpose of contest** ing the election held in that city a few days ago, upon which occasion a large sum of money was voted to build Water-Works. The question to bo decided is, whether the city has the constitutional right to issue any more bonds. —Tho Bov. M. C. Kompscy, lato pastor of the Baptist church at Monticello, has been appointed Financial Agent of the Cedar Valley Seminary, located at Osage. —The Tipton Sdvrrliser says an eagle attempt ed to capture a pig. in that county, last ™*,lmt ■was himself captured. From Up to tip of its vrings it measured over seven feet. -The dam at Farmington Is being taken out, and the Btoao used In the now Capitol building at Des Moines: -which destroys another of the few existing evidences of the celebrated Dcs Moines Diver Improvement Company —jowrio A Smith, of Boone, hare lately made outa transcript deed that is thirty feet long. It shows the transfer of 2,000 pieces of land, situ ated in Northwestern lowa, and all owned by one man. —A hadnsome woman named Garst has created a sensation near Osceola by leaving her farmer husband and children, and eloping with a dash ing young man. —At a recent wedding in Taylor County, a foe of 25 cents was (exacted at the door from each spectator,—the sum obtained being appropriated to starting tbe young couple in housekeeping, —Joseph B. Crowley, formerly a conductor on the Dubuque Sioux City Railroad, died recently at Lancaster, New Hampshire. —Dubuque has nine packing houses in opera tion at the present time. —Seven deaths in Dccorah have been caused by intemperance within a year. —The hog crop of lowa for 1871 is estimated at 1,003,571 hogs—an increase of 40 per cent over that Of 1870. ■WISCONSIN. —The lumber companies at Menominee are making preparations to put in 15,000,000 logs from the burned timber thereabouts. —Cricklair’a new opera house will bo opened at Green Bay this week. —Oconto seems to bo a peculiarly fatal place. Last week, James McCann was killed by falling from a gravel train; Jeremiah Quirk in a simi lar manner; Neil Crawford by falling from a lum ber wagou and breaking his neck; one man by falling under tho cars; another by the caving in of a pile of sawdust; and still another by falling from a bridge. —Tbe Green Bay Advocate learns that about 60 buildings have been put up at Peabtigo since tho fire. Sir. Cavoit built the first house in Peahtigo thirteen years ago, and also built tho first house in the village after the fire. The house was com menced on Saturday after tho fire. l The'Waukesha Freeman says the small-pox seems to have nearly, if not quite, disappeared from that county. —The Monroe Sentinel eaysT. L. Eaton recently brought to that market two Chester White and Suffolk hogp, 19 mouths old, that weighed 1,040 pounds; tho largest weighing 655 pounds. —The small-pox has been brought to Menomi nee by a Canadian. INDIANA. A Harrison County mau put a hale of cotton of his own raising into market, at Now Albany, the other day. —There is hope of the recovery of both the Park girls, the victims of the Clark County mas sacre. —'The baffled Regulators are trying to make the people believe that tho attempted lynching of Cheek, in Franklin County, was nothing but a joke. —A New Albany man, named Creamer, bas been arrested for tbo abduction of a girl named Hodge, who has been missing for over a month. —Miss Lizzie Campbell, principal of tho public school at Osgood, Jefferson County, struck” tbo other day for an advance of 25 cents per day in her wages, on the ground that she was as compe tent as a male teacher. Her demand was grant ed. MICHIGAN. —The residence of Sir. Graves, a Grand Rapids artist, was destroyed by fire, at that place, on the Cth inst. The loss on his house was SOOO, and on his paintings SIO,OOO. —The furniture factory of the Excelsior Manu facturing Company, at Corinth, was destroyed by lire on the 7th inst. Loss, SIO,OOO. —A man named George Payne, who lived in Mussey, St. Clair County, was killed on the 30th ult., by a tree which ho was chopping down fall ing ou him. —The question of uniting Portsmouth, Bay City, Salzburg, ‘Wenona, Banks, Essexville, and Dolsonville, iu one corporation, is being dis cussed. —One hundred and forty-eight buildings have been commenced in Manistee since the late fire. —The Congregational church at Almont was burned ou Thanksgiving Day. Tho people were iu church at tho time, but all escaped without ac cident. —There are 220,000,000 feet of logs contracted to be gotten out iu tho Manistee lumber region the coming winter. —Tlio shipments of fruit from Bcntou Harbor, by vessel and steam, from June 15 to Nov. o, 1871, were as follows 250,524 baskets of peaches 14,- 358 barrels of apples; 2,537 baskets of apples; 45,207 half-busbel crates of berries C 34 baskets of grapes; 107 crates of melons, and 033 baskets of pears. —A Niles correspondent of the Detroit Tribune says: “This community was surprised and shocked, on tho morning of the Bd, at the an nouncement of the death of tho wife of Captain 11. A. Ford, late Superintendent of Schools of this county, and at present editor of tho Michigan Teacher. Mrs. Ford was one of the most accom plished ladies in literature and music in this city, and her death is deeply mourned by tho en tire community.” MINNESOTA. Octavius Longworth, reputed to bo a brother of Nicholas Longworth, tho Cincinnati millionaire, lately deceased, is keeping a hotel on tho banks of Clearwater Lake. —The St. Paul ‘Water Company have anulled tho contract entered into with the Common Council of that city, and St. Paul has now no pro tection against lire. Tho contract is annulled owing to the abuses which tho company have re ceived from the city government. Tho under writers, in consequence, have raised their rates 50 per cent. —The St. Paul Press "says of St. Joe, Stearns County, that, for “several years past this town has received only $l5O for town purposes. The llnest roads in the State, and tho best bridges across streams, are to bo found in this town. School houses have been built, and a tine ebureb, entirely of granite, has been erected, and all without tax upon the people. The last town tax of $l5O was all paid in, and only SIOO was used, and it is a very serious question with them what they shall do with tho SSO surplus.” —The total school fund of Minnesota, derived, from the sale of school lands, is now $2,375,267. KANSAS. F. P. Baker, tbe editor of the Topeka Jtecord, has severed his connection with that paper, and says; Tlie conclusions I draw from my editorial experience is, that independent journalism in Kansas is not a bril liant success, especially at the capital. I would advise no young man to enter tho editorial profession. If he docs sc*, nml expects to make a living by it, if ho has no higher motive, I would advise him to avoid tho lux urvof independence; to cringe at tho feet of power: to always help the strong and kick the weak; to avoid indulging any opinion whore results are doubtful; and thus avoid the misfortunes of F. P. Bakeu. —Dr. James A. Rubicon, a prominent physician of Atchison, died iu San Francisco recently. —The Kansas State University has 328 students. —The Directors of the Kansas MogazineJibXQ fully organized by electing Thomas A. Osborno President; John Guthrie, Vice President; F. W. Giles, Treasurer; and Henry King, Secretary. mSCELLANE OTJS. Ladies who have just returned from abroad re port that large paniers have gone entirely out of fashion, and overskirts are made short and plain. They also report that the latest style of dressing tho hair is in a simple coil at the back, and tbo front hair smoothed over the forehead and put back plainly behind the ears. —There is a man in Paducah who breathes through a silver tube in his throat. It is Imme diately below tho apple, and goes into the wind, pipe. He can only talk when he places his linger on tho tube. Ho has been in this condition for eleven years. —Not long ago an inventor applied to tlic Patent Office for a patent fora new process of embalm ing, and, in order to comply with the supposed re quirements of the law, iliat a model be deposited in the office, he prepared a neat little coffin, with a glass face, in which he deposited the remains of a liny infant, which had heen embalmed by his process. It being considered not desirable to make the Patent Oflice a catacomb, thomodel was returned to the inventor for burial. —Memphis has a girl so full of needles that if a crank were attached she would make a capital sewing-machine. The rate of speed with which ♦hey travel from one part of her body to another is wonderful. At night sno felt them in -her check, and at 5 o’clock the next morning they were in her arm. A bountiful application brought out three steel points upon her arm, and with the aid of pincers three needles were extracted. The rubbing was kept up with unabated zeal, and six more needles came to the surface. This exhaust ed the supply, for, despite the most prodigal use of liniment, not another needle would appear. A Danbury, Coun., man saw his daughter into the cars and passed round to her window for a parting look at her. While he was passing out the daughter left the seat to speak to a friend, and at the same time a prim-lookiug lady, who occupied the scat with her, moved up to the win dow. Unaware of the important change inside, our venerable friend hastily put his face up to THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1871 the •window and Imrriedly exclaimed, “One more kiss, sweet pet.” In another instant the point of a blue cotton umbrella caught his se ductive Ups, followed by the passionate injunc tion. Scat, you gray-headed wretch!” and h« scattered. —Vivisection is now the agitating subject of Philadelphia. It seems the anatomists of that city have applied to the authorities for the im* pumdod dogs, on which canines it is proposed to introduce the popular French practice of vivisec tion—or dissection daring life. As the Philadel phia impounded dogs are given into the care of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, that they may be put out of life as easily as pos sible, it is hardly expected the vivisectioners will succeed in getting possession of the brutes in order to practice death by inches on them. —Jlr. Gladstone is essentially a gusher,” says the Loudon Advertiser. “Ho is as fit to contend with statesmen of the Bismark type as the limpeat production In nature—say a jellyfish—to resist the prow of an advancing steamer cased in steel." —Tmnysou, in his latest idyl, The Last Tourna ment,” furnishes a motto for Mrs. Woodhull: Free love—free field—wo love but while we may —The amusing discovery has been made that M. Emile Ollivler’a famous phrase, professing to embark upon the war of 1870 with a light heart, was, after all, a piracy. On June 20,18 CC, on the eve of the war with Austria, King Victor (Eman uel wrote to Napoleon III.: Italy has an army of 250,000 men, and a reserve of 50,000. To-morrow I shall put myself at the head of my soldiers. My heart is light.” ilfcm cccur csi legcr. The very words of Ollivier. —A Now York letter in the St. Louis Republican contains tho following; Josephine Mausfleld is a very beautiful woman. The little excitement of this Fisk war has reduced her in size a couple of numbers, and it is an Improvement. I saw her yesterday in the street in her square-cut chariot, lined with white servants in white livery. She has beauty enough for a dozen women. Her features are regular, her eyes dark and very brilliant, her hair black and glossy, and her mouth her prettiest feature, as she has teeth like pearls. Josio is represented in the affidavits as using such language as, Bul ly for you, and Hunky hoy.” Now, I hardly believe that. On several occasions, when I have heard this famous female discourse, she has used no slang, and expressed herself sensibly and in telligently, betraying no evidence of tho corrupt influence that has been about her these many years. She is an exceedingly gener ous woman, as many have reason to know. A few years ago she took a Mrs- Brady, who, with several Children, was struggling for a pre carious living. She gave this woman and her children a home with her. She dressed tbe woman up splendidly, and, finally, as Sirs. Brady had a good voice, persuaded Fisk to bring her out as a singer. Under the name of Nully Pie ris’ she sung at the Opera House and got a good salary.” The Tremendous Power of the Chicago Fire. New Lenox, 111., Dec. 7. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sir In common with manyothers,lhavebeen puzzled to understand, and give reasons explain ing, the causes operating in producing the tre mendous power of the flrethatdestroyod so muen of Chicago. But, if wc refer to the known laws that govern electric action, we can fully explain «ome strange phenomena seen in tliis fire, and also in the great conflagrations in olhercitles and places. Perfect dryness la the first and essential condition of all substances known as electrics, before wo see any evidence of the presence of the electric ele ment, An electric is any substance that will not conduct electricity, such as dry pine wood, glass, stone, etc. When an electric that is perfectly dry is warmed by artificial heat, and then subjected to friction, we invariably find it exhibits all tbo phenomena of electric excitement known to science. But this fact must be noticed: let the electric be ever so dry, it cannot bo very much excited until heat Is applied. This excitement in creases. in electrics like pine wood, up to the point where combustion commences. An electric conductor, if highly charged, give off a current of wind strong Ohough to blow out a caudle. Or, if wo take an electrified body into a room In which the air is full of particles of dust, and hold it in the sunbeams as they stream iu through the window, we seo the particles of dust «nd currents of air hasten toward the body or substance thus electrified. A piece of dry pino board, bold to the llro until it Is nearly ready to burn, will, on being planed or whittled, show signs of great electrical excitement; the shavings will stick to the knife, and sometimes jump off several feet and attach themselves to the nearest object negatively electrified, which means not having as much electricity as the positively elec trified shaving. The facts are that—always near a fire—all substances subjected to tbo action of heat are electrically thrown out of balance. Any body positively or negatively electrified exerts, by induction, a powerful Influence on the electric element in all other bodies. This inductive prop erty of electricity in its active state must bo par ticularly noticed. It is a fact, common with electricians, that, if a charge be passed through a wire, another wire, placed alongside and paral lel, but not touching the first, will, on the current being stopped, exhibit a current smiilar*to the first. Take a sheet of India-rubber u?at has been thoroughly warmed by the fire, and place it on the bottom of a tin pan or a sheet of zino; till tbo rubber with electricity by rubbing with a piece of warm dry fur; place another sheet of metal on the rubber, having a glass handle attached; on lifting the upper plate from the India-rubber, an electric spark will jump from both plates to tho nearest conductor. These sparks or charges were inductively attracted fr>m surrounding objects by the electrified rubber-sheet, andwillilght tho gas of a burner, or, If the finger be covered with some combustible substance, will, on present ing it to tho plate, set on fire tho combustible material. This simple experiment involves tho principles of the electric instrument known to science as the Elcctrophorus, and fully explains how and why buildings were seen to burst into flames far iu advance of tho fire. The iutensoly-heated blast, as it swept over tho roofs and walla of the devoted buildings, operat Ed, by heat and friction, to produce very oppo site electric conditions between the inner and outer surface. A lull in the tompoat, or veering of tho blast down another street, would remove the attractive force from the outside. This would also set free the electric force on tho inside, at tracted and held by the inductive power. This be ing removcd.perhaps a strong spark would strike from the knob of a safe through tho combustible curtain that hangs between the safe and tho gas pipe, setting tho curtain on lire. Thus a building might bo on lire In several places, far in advance of the conflagration. Moisture, water, nuts out all Hie and sign of electric action. All large build ings ought to have water-pipes that ramify through every story,supplied with water fromur tesiau wells. In case of tire internally, every room could be deluged instantly. It makes but little difference of what material Chicago is re built. so that the city authorities compel the putting down of many artesian wells, and tho putting upof water-pipes in buildings not strictly lirc-proof; these water-pipes to be supplied with water from the artesian wells. If every planing-mill and lumber-yard within the city limits had its artesian well, with a sys tematic arrangement of water-pipes, both mill and lumber might bo deluged in case of lire. i Such an arrangement would save enough per centage on insurance. In a short time, to pay lirst cost of well and pipes, besides doing away with the necessity of tho removal of planing mills and lumber-yards to inconvenient distances. Ksick. The Saving of Plenties in she Academy or Design. To (he Editor of The Chicago Tribune Sir: An article in to-day's issue of your paper intimates that I have received a considerable amount for salvage, which, unfortunately for mo* is not so. The author of said article states that Mr. Rothennel came to mo personally and re deemed his picture of tho Battle of Gettysburg; which is also incorrect. Mr. Rothennel, Jr., came in search of his father's picture, which T Immediately gavo up to his charge, and, at h!s request, I accompanied him to Pittsburgh, where I met Mr. Rothennel, tho artist. Ho thanked mo kindiy, and was very glad tho picture was saved, and gavo me SIOO to pay my expenses East, after paying which I have remaining $35, which is not sufficient to repay mo for tho expense I incurred in removing tho picture and taking care of it whilo T had it in charge. Mr. Rothcrmcl has also Invited mo to sharo a part of his studio iu Phila delphia, which I gladly accept. That ho will do more than tbis is improbable. The picture was insured for its full value in four companies, two of which sustained heavy losses from tho great lire, and were able to pay only a fow cents on tbe dollar. If the picture had been destroyed, Mr. Rothermel’s pecuniary loss would have been con siderable, besides the loss of the celebrated and original picture, which can hardly be estimated in dollars and cents. For salvage on other pic tures saved from tho Academy gallery I have re ceived nothing so far; but the Academy promise to pay all reasonable charges. My own Toss was considerable—probably as groat as that sustained by any other artist in tho Academy building. I also wish it distinctly understood that I had no sclllsh motives in removing tho pictures from the city to my owu homo at Morris. A senso of duty Impelled mo to take every precaution to se cure the treasure I had saved at tho risk of my life, and also tho loss of many of my own things. I did not, however, succeed In removing all the pictures to Morris before some of them were car ried off,—and, I would add, have not been heard of since. The pictures I succeeded in removing I have disposed of,—giving some to tho owners, and the others to the care of the Academy of Do- tried conscientiously to discharge my duty in this matter, and that tho public may so understand it is my sincere wish. Mr W. A.Wheeldon wasthefirst man, except Mr Downing, who volunteered to assist mo in re moving tho pictures from the building; ho work ed heroically. Woalldldour best, and rejoice that wc did so. L Rockwell. Dec. 4. Arlesian Wells* Philadelphia, Dec. 7. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Em: Having, m your valuable paper, road an article advocating the sinking of artesian wells in the city of Chicago, for the purpose of guarding against future loss by lire, we bavc thought that a few lines from us would be kindly received. We have for several years been engaged in tho business of sinking these wells, and have, for tunately, been very successful. A great many wells have been bored in this city, and throughout tho Eastern States, with very agreeable results. Tbo average depth of these wells is 300 feet, producing from 160 to aso gallons per minute, with a temperature of from 46 to 51 degrees. ftTbe misfortune which has befallen your beauti ful cltv seems to make it necessary that a work of this kind should be speedily commenced; and, as your paper Is the only one in which we have noticed an article on the subject, we have taken tbo liberty of writing to yon. Enclosed you w ill lind a circular, which may at some time become useful as a reference. Bloat respectfully yours, Melvin* «fc Me ttouuts, No. 019 Walnut street, Philadelphia. ZURICH. The Great Fire at Chicago—Relief for the Sufferers. Energy of United States Consul By ers—Calumnies Against Chicago Officials. Correspondence of Tho Chicago Tribune. Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 20. CHICAGO. Chicago, the great commercial emporium ©f the Northwest, iu ruins! Its splendid pub lic buildings; its rich mercantile palaces, laden from top to bottom with the goods and merchandise of eyery part of the world; its princely residences and proud marble-fronts; its Opera House, the like of which one could hardly tind by travelling all over the Euro pean Continent; its theatres, hotels, bank buildings—all those magnificent structures reduced to cinders and ashes! Could the most fertile imagination ever think of any thing more disastrous—of anything more terrible 'When the first tidings of a conflagration raging iu the city of Chicago came flashing over the submarine wires, who could and would, even for a moment, entertain the ter rible thought that the next twenty-four hours would tell the terrified world that the most beautiful portions of the most wonderful city on the Ifaco of the earth, that unsurpassed monument of human intellect, energy, and enterprise— was no more! How anxiously I watched and looked out for the news as it came, ever and ever more terrible, more and more discourag ing and disheartening; hut there was one hope yet, a hope intermixed with doubts and fears; it was the question whether the 2'ribuuc Building -would withstand the fire, and therey prove that there was one barrier yet—the work of human hands—that could stay the flames in their onward course, lint finally the telegraph announced that oven that fire-proof building had succumbed before the flames and the heat, and now it was certain that the tierj' clement was the triumphant master, and that no human power could do anything to break the fury ot the conflagra tion. I had, by this time, made up my mind that the last hope was to ho found iu a battle of the two inimical elements, direct ed from some other source than steam fire engines, or the fire would rage until,for want of nourishment, it would die out of itself. But, while Europe was yet stunned by the news of the raging flames, and the accounts of the misery of thousands and .thousands of houseless and hungry people, other news of a more cheering character, came over the wires. It was the great uprising of a mag nanimous nation to the most noble deeds of brotherly love. While yet the flames were raging iu the doomed city, depriving num less thousands of home and hearth, hund reds of thousands of others were already busy at work to contribute, money, provis ions, and clothing to alleviate the sufferings of their uufortun ate fellow-creatures, “illie Vaukeeskuownothinghottorandhigherthau money-making;” how often had I heard such foolish remarks and how proud was X when I now could point out to these people how the same Yankees, with a liberality totally unknown in any other country, wore lavishing their money when they could help their suffering brethren. Where is the na tion to bo found, I may boldly ask. which, m less than twenty-four hours, would collect and contribute millions of dollars to allevi ate the sufferings of tbeir fellow-beings, as the American people have done Hut, while I speak with so much admiration of the magnanimity and tho truly benevolent spirit of the American nation, it would be unjust to undervalue 'VVlwt other nutl°D9, especially the people of Europe, have done iu succoring our unfortunate city. Not on ly in England, but all over the European Continent, a noble spirit of brotherly love has manifested itself in the liberal contribu tions, which were given with a will, and which show clearly _ that the nations inhabiting different portions of the earth, although separated by oceans of water, begin -to feel themselves hound splidanly together in cases of greatjniblic calamities. DONATIONS IN SWITZERLAND. Here, at Zurich, the donations for the humed-out people of Chicago were very lib eral, as could not bo otherwise expected of the Swiss, who, like the Yankees, are fond of money-making, but, at the same time, mag nanimous and"benevolent bat it must not he forgotten that our American Consul, S. H. M. Byers, exerted himself in a most praise worthy manner to impress upon tho people the magnitude of the terrible disaster which had befallen Chicago, and tho necessity of lending a helping hand to the sutierers of that unfortunate city. Throughout tho whole district of the Consulate, Mr. Byers, with untiring energy, organized committees, and, to bis unceasing exertions it must mainly be attributed that nearly 50,000 francs, equal to SIO,OOO in gold, could be sent to Chicago. I cannot, and will not,. let tho present opportunity pass away with out saying a few words to the well deserved praise of a worthy representative of the United States Government, who. hy his gentlemanly conduct, and tho conscien tiousness with which he fulfils the duties of his oliice, rellccts credit and honor upon the country which he represents. I do not be lieve that the same certificate of ability and probity could bo afforded to all and over3 r one oltho diplomatic and Consular Agents whom President Grant has scut to Europe; but, even for that reason, such men like Mr. Byers ought to ho brought to tho notice of their fellow-citizens. Tho Consular In spector sent from our Homo Government to inspect the Cousularotliccs in Europe marked the one at Zurich as Al. Mr. Byers, who was a Lieutenant in one of tho lowa _ regiments, suffered all the hardships of prison-life m Libby Prison, and some other places whore the rebels tortured tho Union prisoners, dnringsixteen months, and wasonly liberated from Columbia Prison, where he composed tho song “Sherman's March to tho Sea, when General Sherman had taken possession of the capital of South Carolina. The defect of a great many American Consuls in Eu rope—their want of knowledge of tho lan guage of the country where they are expect ed to exercise their functions—does not attach any more to Mr. Dyers, who, by his earnest exertions, has become master of the German tongue, which he flu ently, to the great benefit of Swiss people who come to the American Consulate there to transact business. CALUMNIES, I was sorry to observe that au article in. a German paper published in the city of York preferred charges that j'ourßelief and Aid Committee did not treat the Chicago sufferers of German natiqnality with justice, but showed some partiality to the sufferers of American birth, and, for that reason, called upon all the Aid Committees in (*oi> many to send contributions collected in that country to tho German sufferers; and an other article, in tho Now Ilettin (Prussia) ZcUung, written by a man who states that ho had lived in Chicago over live years, oven went so far as to charge the city administra tion with tho same corruption as tho Tam many ites of New York, and to say that the money sent to the Mayor of Chicago would either stick to the lingers of that|functiqnary and his associates, or would he appropriated to buy tho votes of tho Irishmen! Ibis worthy advised to send all tho moneys col lected in Germany to the German Consul at Chicago. lat once wrote a card contradict ing those foul slanders in tho most peremp tory manner, and called attention to the iu jury such proceedings would work to tho Gorman sufferers at Chicago. What effect my remonstrance will have in Germany, I do not know; hut certain it is that tho whole 8 wise press, as soon as tho article in the Now' York papers appeared, quite unanimously de manded that tho moneys contributed in Switzerland must he applied for the honeUt of the Sw’iss sufferers at Chicago. A LADY PHYSICIAN, I intended to write you something about the schoolsbf Zurich, but my letter has now already longer than I wished it to be. So I will tell you only that, the other day, a young American lady, Miss Susan Dimock, of Boston, graduated at the University of Zurich, and, after a public discussion of a medical problem, was created a Doctor of Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. The Rec tor commended the young lady in the high est terms, and especially dwelt upon her having proven that ladies of an irreproacha ble character could attend oven medical lectures without any detriment to the school. L. B. Public Libraries* Moline, m., Dec. 8. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sm: Shall any city or town in this State ho per mitted to establish a public library I And, by a public library I mean not an eleemosynary in stitution, under the direction of some private as sociation or corporation, running around hat in hand, maintaining a precarious, half-starved ex istence (if indeed it live at all) by subsisting upon the scanty and litful alms of tho occasional bene factor; but a vigorous, growing library open and free to all, rich andpoor, who choose to avail themselves of its privileges, and costing but a very slight annual tax for its support. Many a township in Now England, with less than one thousand Inhabitants, has what cannot he found in the great State of Illinois—a free public library. Many a man or woman coming from an Eastern homo to dwell in some thriving town in this State, inhabited by a wealthy and cultivated people, profuse, not to say extrava gant, in their expenditures for schools, has been surprised to find that such a town has no public library for those who have passed beyond tho schoolboy or school-girl ago; and has started out to institute a reform in so vital a matter, only to discover that there is no law on our statute book by which a dollarcould be raised f °Why K lmv?we not had some law enacted in for mer times for such a purpose Probably for the reason that it only concerned tho general good. Had it been some private affair, some united Metropolitan Improved Hot Miiilln and Crumpet- Baking, and Punctual Delivery Company,. several private axes to grind, it would, doubtless, have beeu found among the three thousand pages of private laws passed by some of our former leg islators at a single session, and notmuoh of a Leg islative atthat. But, now that we have a Legislature for the public good, why cannot we have a law passed lor this purpose! The Legislature may as well remember, m this connection, that they are not asked to take the responsibility of taxing the people to establish libraries throughout the State against their wishes, but simply to pass an act allowing such towns and cities to tax themselves for this purpose, if they shall express a desire so to do, by a vote of the people. E. THE TICHBOBKE TRIAL. Startling Slories-The Claimant to be Arrested for Perjury nt the Salt of Sir* ■BatciliTo— Strong Testimony for the Plaintiff. London (Nov. 21) Correspondence of tlio Now York World. The surprises in the" highly sensational drama of “Baronet or Butcher” are not yet over, if there bo any truth in the following startling statement which appeared in the London correspondence of tho Scotsman yes terday. It will ho remembered that the case of the defence is that tho claimant is not Roger Tichbome, but Arthur Orton, son of a butcher at Wapping: Some vears ago a person who had been brought up to the law, and who had held tho position of Superintendent of Police in Greenock, and a pro curator-fiscalship somewhere else, came to Lon don and became a clerk in a place close to London bridge. Soon after that he went to Australia, where he remained about clgbt months. When ho returned to London he bunted up a well known Scottish gentleman who had befriended him more than once. Ho mentioned to this gentleman that, when ho left Sydney, there was great talk there about a man namod Orton and tbo Tlchborno case, and expressed his sur- J>riso at finding somewhat similar talk going on u London about tho same person. Ho had found, that a customs-locker at Brewer’s Quay, London Bridge, had been in tho Carabineers when Roger Tichbome figured in that regiment, and he strongly denounced the claimant as an impostor. All this was brought to tbo ears of tbo counsel for tbo defence in the Ticbborno case. Tbo Scot tish gentleman wbo had been to Australia was quickly engaged at apayment of £350 a year, ex clusive expenses, to go to tho antlp odes and (hunt up Orton’s antecedents. This gentleman has Just returned to England, and he i able to give full particulars of the whole career of Orton, from the beginning to tho end. I am told that he can prove that tho Orton about whom there has been so much talk, went out to South America some years ago, as a butcher, and settled on tbo “ranch” or farm belonglngtoa man named Do Castro. Orton after some time took |tlio name of Do Castro. When Orton camo home, ho used to be known among bis friends as Do Castro quite as much as by his proper name. After a time old Orton became tired of supporting his son in idleness, and ho sent him off to Australia in charge of a number of Shetland ponies. It appears that tbo Captain and some of tbo crew of tbo vessel which took Orton and tho Shetland ponies to Australia are to bo brought forward as witnesses for the defence. This occurred within the last ten years. It Is to be sworn that Orton was landed at Sydney, that be has* never been in Melbourne, and fimt his occupation whilst in Australia con sisted of what is known os loafing and busbrang jug, lam also assured that tbo Scottish witness to whom I have been alluding has got a warrant against Orton for a crime allegbd to have been committed by him. I am further.informed that tho claimant is to bo permitted to make as much assertion as ho can bo induced to make, and that Mr. Ballantinc will be forced to proceed with tho part of the evidence respecting Orton before the defence will be entered upon. If I am rightly informed the Orton evidence will he a very sensational affair. A man is to ho produced as a witness who will answer to the name of Orton. His evidence iu chief is to bo allowed to bo given without any interference. After that tho Attorney General will proceed to prove that this man is not the Or ton that has been so much wanted, but his broth er, Edward Orton. I have also been positively assmed that a well-known London detective Is in attendance every day, close at hand with tho claimant, to present him with a warrant for his arrest on a charge of perjury, at the instance of Mr. Ratcliffe, tho husband of Kate Doughty, for that tbo books of tho Carabineers are to the fore and can prove that Roger Tichbome was with his regiment in Ireland tho whole of tho year in which the alleged seduction took place, and. that his cousin was tho whole of tho same time In Eng land. No matter how the case ends, this warrant is to be served. It has been calculated that the trial will cost a quarter of a million of money. The whole of that large sum has to come out of the Tichbome estates, which represent about £23,000 a year. In the meantime you will proba bly have noticed that tho Tichbome £IOO bonds, which were selling some short time ago for 10 shillings, have gone up to £4O. Among thQpip.ny other Btories TlhieUarc afloat concerning the further developments of thlscase, the following, which came to mo to-day from a well-informed quarter, is one of tho most inter esting Among tho witnesses yet remaining to bo exam ined for the plaintiff is Mr. Anderson. Tho Wiz ard of the North.” Anderson was in Australia when the plaintiff’, who was then passing under the name of Do Castro, was arrested, la company with Arthur Orton, upon a charge of horse-steal ing, and when they wore examined before a Mag istrate Anderson was present. The examination ended in tho discharge of both tbo accused, and “De Castro” then presented Anderson with a drover’s whip, which ho will now produce in court. It is added that Orton Is now undergoing a sentence of uenal servitude in Australia. It was Intended that he should bo brought to Eng land and produced os a witness, but this cannot be done without his consent; and upon learning tho importance of his testimony la the case, ho refusea to allow himself to bo brought hero ua loss he was paid a large sum of money. This emu the plaintiff and his friends were unable or unwilling to pay, and Orton, consequently, will not be produced. LOXDON, Nov. 23. Yesterday was tho fifty-first day of tho trial, and it was almost wholly taken up by the exami nation of a witness whoso character places him above all suspicion, and whoso testimony of itself Is almost enough to make certain tho success of the plaintiff. His counsel seems to have adopted the plan of bringing forward their weakest wit nesses first, and of holding back their strongest ones until tho last, A perfect revulsion of opin ion has occurred since tho case was reopened, and every one now declares that the verdlctmust be for the plaintiff. But still the defence must have a case, or they would not fight as they do. Tho witness of whom I have spoken above la Mr. Francis Joseph Baipent, of Winchester, an tiquarian and arclueolofeist, who had long been well acquainted with the family of Roger Tichbome, with his mother very intimate ly. lie perfectly well remembered that young man before ho went abroad,from tho ago of 17, in 184 C; remembered his appearance distinctly; he was thin, broad-shouldered, awkward, very plain looking, and altogether remarkable look ing. His principal pursuit was smoking. He was not fond of society at all, owing to his difllculty in speaking English, and associated with his in feriors, was much about tho stables, was of few words, aby, and fond of being by himself. Wit ness speko of the time claimant was at Stony hurst, of his fondness for drawing, ships being favorite subjects; of knowing him when ho was in the Carbineers; of recollecting when he was going away and tolling him it was foolish to do so. That was tho last time witness saw him pre vious to his departure for Australia. Wit ness continued an intimacy with the Tichbome family, and witii Sir Alfred in particular, to the tinieofhis death. Since the return of tho claimant to tliis country witness had been in Inti mate association with him and assisted him In every way possible, for the sake of justice and no other reason, certainly not for payment. Witness communicated with Lady Doughty before ho saw claimant. He did not believe claimant to be tbo man until after he saw him. In December, 1880, witness went to Alrcsford, and first saw tho claimant at tho Swan. Tho circumstances of that day, which did not lead to the recognition then, were minutely detailed. Having in tho mean time seen Bogle, witness again saw claimant at Alrcsford. The witness spoke of preliminary precautions taken to have from the claimant some inkling of identity before he and Mr. Hop kins (who was at Alrcsford then) would meet him. This was effected by a letter written by the claimant to witness, containing allusions to certain matters. Having been shown a photograph of tho claimant (much as lie is) witness then said, That is Roger Tichbome— there is no mistake about it;” and this notwith standing minor differences of appearance. In tho event witness saw the claimant in person at Alrcsford, and ho went on to tell what occurred on that occasion, dwelling particularly on “a smilo remembered of old,” and other minute (with singular intonation, and showing much command of memory) relating to the taming of a horse, and other adventures of tho claimant at Melbourne. Nothing more passed then, and nothing was said about the Tichbome family. Witness formed an opinion then as to his identity by his features and his voice, which had an electrical effect on witness; but ho still wished to test him. Tbe process of testing was minutely described by tho witness—the likeness of tho Tichbome family growiue upon him; tho peculi arity of his knuckles andliauds; his questioning tho claimant on occurrences of former days, most circumstantially narrated, comprising references to persons, Mr. Henry Sey mour, and some of tho Tichbome family; places, Stonyhurst for instance; special matters, such as tho settling of tho Doughty property when he camo of ago, Mr. Hopkins going to see him at Cahlr with deeds to sign, the date of his going into the army; his saying that ho liked Kate Doughty, because she was his only relative who did not try to set him against his mamma, and his knowing some handwriting shown to him as that of his mamma. Tho witness strongly repudiated the notion of his having prepared the claimant for this interview, for he was muchprejudlcedagainst him, and did not believe him, originally, to bo tbe man; on that occasion witness came to tho con clusion that ho was the man; on the Sunday fol lowing tho claimant was to go to tho chapel at Tichbome to see Mrs. Greenwood, but ho was pre vented, and witness wont mono; witness saw claimant at Mr. Hopkin’s house on the following Thursday, hut he took no further trouble to assure himself of his identity, there being no occasion; since then witness had t been constantly in tho claimant’s company, and he repeated there was no possibility of a doubt that ho was Roger Tich bomc. Desperate Encounter with a Steer, From the Peoria (11L) Transcript, Dec. 9. Franz Burlet, (pronounced Borlay) la a stone cutter, engaged in working for Triobel Belcher. Ho is a robust, courageous man, and would ho no mean antagonist in a personal encounter, as our sequel will show. Mr. Bnrlot resides on Moss street, on tho bluff, somewhere in tho vicinity of Streibach’s vineyard and heer-garden. Night be fore last he quit work a little before 6 o’clock,and started for home. It was a little dark and he hastened along Seventh avenue, on the brow of the bluff, his steps doubtless quickened by tbe thoughts of the warm supper that was awaiting his arrival homo. Near Streibieh’a is a small gully, and, Just be fore reaching this, a large wild steer approached Mr. Burlet and at once attacked him. Mr. B. thought the animal could easily he frightened away, and raised his voice into a shout and struck tho beast with his dinner-bucket, Tho animal paid no further attention to him than to draw back far enough to get a good start and then lunged at Mr. B. ho had no time to dodge and so turned to run The beast followed, and,| just before preaching the little gully above mentioned Mr. B. felt the beast upon him and turned. Tho animal struck him with his head and knocked him into the gutter. Then, with another lunge, tho infuriated beast pinned Mr. B. to tho side of the gully, one horn passing under his right arm, and tho other under his left arm, and bearing rather heavily upon his loft breast. Tbe gentle man tbougnt his time had come, but determined to make a desperate struggle for life and die came, at any irate. So he caught the steer by tbe horns and attempted to push him off. The horn pressing upon his left breast gave him intense pain and nearly drove tho breath from his body. The steer kept pushing with all his might, hut spent the most of his strength in forcing nia horn against a stone, under Mr. B.*s right arm, or the monwould have had no chance at all for his life. Suddenly, Mr. B. exerted his utmost strength, a ni? by twisting the head of the animal by the h oins, succeeded in throwing hbn completely over upon his side. The beast fell heavily, ami Mr. B. didn’t stop to ascertain the result. Con sidering that ho had a respite from battle, he jumped ont of the ditch, and, without waiting to find out the fate of his dinner pall, started on a run for home. The animal made no attempt to follow him, until Mr. B. lost sight of him In the darkness, and, considering that ho had all the fight he wanted, hurried nome without learning the fate of the steer. Early yesterday morning, however, the beast was found lying dead, in the position in which Mr. b. had thrown him, and, upon examination, it was found that his neckhad been broken. The sudden, powerful wrench on his horns had thrown the beast and broken his neck, at the instant when he seemed about to put an end to tbo life of his opponent. We learn that the steer, which was a fine largo one,broke away from a herd thatwaa drivenfrom Farmington Thursday afternoon. An Irishman employed at the residence of one of the Messrs. Woodword onthe bluff, was attacked andknookod down by him before Mr. Barlet came along. In his eagerness the beast sprang over the prostrate form, and before ho could return to the attack, the man Jumped up and ran to a place of safety. But for his good fortune in falling the man would, in all probability have been killed outright. Mr. Bnrtletwas around yesterday, but his left side and breast trouble him so that he did not work. It is not thought, however, that his in jui ies are serious. He has the honor of being one of the very few men who can take the bull by the horns and come off victorious. OBITUARY. Sir JttmeH Y'orke Scarlett. From the New York Tribune, Dec. 8. Sir James York© Scarlett, whose death is an nounced by cable, was one of the veterans of the British army, having been, in the military service over fifty years. He was the second son of the eminent lawyer Lord Ablngor, and was bom February 1.1799. He was educated at Eton, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1818 he joined the Eighteenth Hussars, and studied fortification at the Military Academy, Sandhurst. Ho subse quently passed to the Fifth and Third Dragoons, becoming, in 1840, Lieutenant Colonel of the lat ter, and, in 1851, Colonel. 'When war was de clared, in 1853, between England and Rus sia, he was made Brigadier General, and the heavy cavalry was placed under his command. He went first with his forces to Turkey, and thence proceeded with the military expedition to the Crimea. Ho rendered cfi'ective service in the advance from Eupatorla, but par ticularly distinguished himself at the battle of Balaklava. The Russians commenced their ope rations on that evehtful day by attacking tho work in front of tho village' of Camara, and, af ter very little resistance, carried it. Three other works also fell promptly into their hands, anathe Russian cavalry at onoe advanced, supported by artillery in very great strength. One portion of them assailed the front und right fiank of tho Ninty-thlrd, and were driven back by the vigor ous and steady fire of that regiment. The other and larger mass of men, numbering nearly 2,000, turned toward the British heavy cavalry under command of Brigadier General Scarlett. Before tho flight of tho Turks from the cap tured works, General Scarlett had been ordered by Lord Raglan to move down with tho light squadrons to support them. He was in tho act of executing the order, when, for tho first time, he became aware of tho presence of an enemy. The distance at length between the Russians and Gen eral Scarlett was about 400 yards. On tho edge of the Cheroneae upland, andin full view,great num bers of Turks had gathered to witness cho mar vellous deed of arms about to take place. By the side of Scarlett, rode Elliott, hla Aid-de-Camp, and there were two horsemen close In his rear, a trumpeter and an orderly. Kinglake thus graph ically describes how Scarlett, with only 300 of his cavalry, became engulfed in 2,000 foes, and his gallant hearing in the fight. Scarlett well knew now much all depended upon striking at the enemy’s masses while yet they stood halted; and, so far as concerned his own orders, ho was hardly in tho humor for travelling through all the anterior stages. Ho turned to his trumpeter and said at once, “Sound tho charge.” While the notes were stlllpcaling, and before they could take effect upon the fall squadrons behind him, Scarlett moved forward at a trot: and, although tho Impediments of the camping ground made it necessary for a rider in this first part of the onset to pick his way with some care; yet tho liorso that Scarlett rode was a horse of such stride and pow er that his rate of advance was not slow, even over the obstructed ground; and as soon as the clear field, which was at length gained, ena bled tho leader to get into a gallop, the distance between him and his squadrons was swiftly in creased. In a few moments ho was so far in ad vance of them that Elliot judged it right to call the attention of tho chief to tho position of his squadrons. Those squadrons were by this timo advancing; but the impedimenta of tho oamplng ground proved, of course, more obstructing to the Grays than to a horseman with only one companion and two attendants. Scarlett could not question that tho distance between him and his squadrons had become ex travagantly great: but still, judging as he had fudged from the first, that it was of vital moment to strike the enemy’s column while halted, he rather desired to accelerate tho Grays than much to retard his own pace. Therefore, still pressing forward, though not quite so swiftly as before, ho turned partly round in his saddle, shouted out. “Come on!” to tho Grays, and invoked them with a wave of hla sword. When the squadrons attained to clear ground they began to reduce tlio space which divided them from their leader; bat it is computed that, at the moment of Scarlett’s first contact with the enemy’s column, the distance between him and the squadron -which followed him was still at least so yards. Scarlett himself and the three horsemen who constituted his immediate following were now engulfed In the column. With a rolling prolonga tion of clangor which resulted from the bends of a line, now deformed by its speed, the three hundred” crushed in upon the front of the col umn. Close-wedged from tho first in an enemy's column on all sides penned in by tho Hussions, Scarlett was neither killed nor maimed, for the sabre which stove in his helmet was stopped before reaching his ahull, and tho only five wounds ho received were each of them so slight as to bo for tho time altogether un heeded. Finally tom through by three hundred, assail ed on fiank and front by the squadrons prepar ing to support tho charge of Scarlett, the 2.000 Russian cavalry retreated rapidly, and the day bad been so far won. Lord Raglan pronounced tills ebargo “oueoftbo most succcaful ho had ever witnessed,” and tho British nation resounded with praise of tho gallant soldier, whose desparatc bravery was perhaps only rivalled in tho cam paign by the memorable charge oftbc light cav alry which succeeded. On the return of Lord Lucan to England, General Scarlett took com mand of tho entire cavalry force in tho Crimea, and the Order of tho Bath was conferred upon him for his services toward the close of the war. After his return, ho received the command of the cavalry brigade at Aldershott, and on his resignation was appointed to the Governorship of Portsmouth, and the command of the Southwestern District. In 1860 ho was made Adjutant General. Among the military honors ho enjoyed at tho time of his death were Lieutenant General, the Colonelcy of the Fifth Dragoon Guards, and tho command of a division at Aldershott. In politics Sir James Scarlett was a Conservative, and was returned in that interest In 1837, but lost bis seat In July, 1841. He was a Magistrate and Deputy Lieuten ant for Lancashire. The Rumored Resolve of the Pope to De part for France—Allitnde of the French Government. M Thiers has been Interviewed by a corre spondent of the De6a/r,who publishes the fol lowing as, the substance of the President’s re m“MySami?tSmßfo the French representatives in Italy In case the Pope should take the resolu tion of demanding an asylum in France are very simple and very clear, wc express no opinion, no wish, no desire relative to the decision the Pope may take. God will enlighten His Vicar by the voice of events. We shall not mingle with the voice of the French Government. On our part there will neither bo insinua tion, suggestion, nor dissuasion. We only wish tho Pope may understand that if he demand an asylum in Franco, ho will bo received with most respectful solicitude {respeefnex em>resse men!), with most sincere veneration. He will everywhere And safety and deference. Wo say this in the name of the government, and wo know we say it in the name of France, with some exceptions which make np for number by clamor. The French Government-Franco—is still independent enough without and within, thank God. to procure Independence for tho Pope by offering him hospitality. Ido not now pass judgment on what Franco has done In times past to procure Independence and protection for tho Pope. Ido not disavow on this point any of roy former opinions, and let not tho good Pope believe that the hospitality which wo do not offer, but which wo shall extend fully if ho asks it, will compel us to make tho least display of force without or within- No, within four seraents y thin route Is as quick, and tho faro as low, as by any other. Passengers by this route leaving Chicago at night remain In sleeping car at Springfield until morning, thus avoiding the disagreeable necessity of leaving the cars before daylight, incident to other routes. FLOUR. ‘PLANT'S EXTRA.’ As some retail grocers are charging exorbitant prices for PEAJVT’S EXTRA” EEOVR, tee icill hereafter fill orders front EAJfIX EXES, at sll, delivered to any part of the city. Price to the trade $lO. A. M. WRIGHT «fc CO., Exclusive Agents, Southwest corner Canal and Lakc-sts. FOR SAX/E. Sugar-Cured Bacon Hams. Just received, a small consignment of the celebrated MARYLAND BRAND of Uanvnssed, Sugar-Cured Hams; also, of tho “SIMMS BRAND ”of Hams, both well-known and highly-appreciated in the Eastern and Southern cities. They are tolerably heavy, average 14 to 19 IBs; are in choice order; veryjuicy, and most suit able for the requirements of hotels and restaurants. Will bo sold at moderate prices in quantities of 1 tierce upward, to close consignment, by y HENRY MILWARD CO.. Boom 1, No, 100 sixteenth-st m i n mu tob sui, Lot 22, in Block 46, School Section Addition to Chi cago, together with the frame bnUdingstamling there on, (known as No. 81 West Jackßon-st., Clinton at.J V Said Jot is S3 feet front by 82i feet deep. Rida will bo received by tho undersigned until 18th Inst, at noon, and will bo submitted to the Common Council for action thereon. GEO. TAILOR Chicago. Dec. 4.1871. OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE AT Tribune Office, 15 South Canal-st. BRICKS arriving daily, and for sale in quantities to suit* Can be seen on cars comer 1M West Adam s-st. Dock Front In the new Lumber District for °r to {case, g quantities to suit. CHICAGO SOUTH BRA DOCK CO., 523 Wabash-av. MISCELLANEOUS. Hard Wood Lumber. OGLESBEE MATTINGLY .Haro removed tlielr Btockol loinher torn TC3 South Canal-st. to tlio corner of Canal anu racag eentb-sta., and have now on band nj fnU stout au kinds of bard-wood lumber, “pi?,, l \,iHa cut to order, asb, wbitewood, hickory ™d elm bllia cut to oruer. F. if. HAMILTON, Agent, comer canal ana ttignt eenlh-Bts. OLD IRON. one Thousand Tons wantrib SMea clalt}. Rear 103 Thlrd-av., Chicago. SHOW CASES. Se^r«^M%T— an?S. e IS KortbFonfSS.. Philadelphia. PATENT BUILDING Clifton House NORTHWEST CORNER OF VISHUGM MB HMSTEB-STS. W. A. JENKINS, Proprietor. H, P. KITTBBDOB. St. James Hotel, d, (MM A 1 M-ffi. The only first-class, well-fur nished Hotel on the South Side. CITY HOTEL, Corner Sixteenth and State-sts., in the NEW BRICK HOTEL, with all modem improvements, where we have first-class accommodations for ONE HUNDRED guests. J. W. TOWNE, Proprietor, GEO. S. PAT.TVTTTR, Clark. The Metropolis Hotel, BUcblgan-av., cor. Fourteenth-st. WILLIAM! COX PROPRIETOR A first-class Hotel npon the European plan. The rooms are all large and elegantly furnished. MeaU and rooms at moderate prices. Boots d Stines. DOGGITT,BASSETT SETS, EEABaXTABTEBS AT g 522 Wabash-al comer Hannon-court, are now receiving a new atoc Boots and Shoes, and ore prepared to snpply cns- J. lIEBENSTEIN &CO., Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers’ Agents of CABINET HARDWARE, MOISfEBEI’ MfICIES, MB mmm mmm c» it fflichigan-av. and Harmon-court. TO LEASE, For a term ot years, a WELL-LOCATED LOT on Washington-st, near Chamber of Commerce. G. S. HUBBARD, Jr., 7© South Canal-st. Mi Tntau Wanted—Several Copies of the fl’lElitV XItIBUNK for several years past, for which a liberal price will be paid, XKIBUiVE CO., 15 South Canal-st.. Cliicago. Albany Shoes. On or before Jan. 1,1572, for the better accommodation of our rapidly Increasing Chicago and Western Trade, Corner Michigan-av. and Ilarri sou-st., up stairs. TSOS. PEAREr SONS. ty FACTORY—4.6.B and 10 Unlon-st.. Albany. N.Y HOTEL TABLE At the Imperial Parlors, 584 Wabash-av. 50 cts. per meal. THE NEW OPEBI HOUSE RESTAURANT OtJNO.'WBIGHT, G-17 and CM Wabash-av., Is now pen. GlveJhimacalL A lull lino of Una confection* cry. Wedding and other parties supplied- Dr. A. G. Olin, The longest engaged and most s I lC c W3 Wash aUChronic and Special personally ington-st.), la now confidentially rn Send stamp or oy mail, at 5C5 State-at. Chicago, m. or cixcnlar. HOTELS. BOOTS AND SHOES. tomers. HARDWARE TO T.EASEi WANTED SHOES. we will open a Branch Salesroom RESTAURANT. MEDICAL CARDS