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¥" < £'4 •> ^ A \ J. TAS 8LTKK, Kdltor * Hfflffrw, JtcHENRT. : : : ILLINOIS. IPITOME OF THE WEEK. Condensed Telegraphio Hews. 'V' * TBI OldD VOMJk : 4*'HI4 & LOKDON telegram of the morning < of the 4th announces the official confirmation «f the signature of the peace preliminaries. m The conditions are said to be substantially as ^ heretofore announced, except that the Turks " Will evacuate Eneroum and the DanuWan ^ fortresses. ROUMANIA has notified the Powers that she desires to participate in theCon- *: fMence to settle the European aspects of the ^ Turkish question* ̂ IT has transpired that Russia is con- ^ Sentrs.ti5j- her troops in the interior of Rrai- _, mania, with a view of being able to turn them ^ west and north to oppose Austria should she conclude to oppose with troops tine carrying oat of the Russian plans foreshadowed in the peace preliminaries. Forty new battalions were ordered to be raised by the Russian Gov­ ernment, on the 3d. AT Calais, France, on the night of the 3d, during a circus performance, there was a false alarm of fire. A rash followed, and ten persons were trampled to death, and many others badly hurt. THJC news from China, received at London on the 4th, was to the effect that 8,000 ,000 of people were destitute and suffer­ ing in Northern China, and an appeal had been made to England and America for aid. An asylum few women and children, at Tien­ tsin, had been burnt and 2,000 persons per* felted in the fire. THE office of Grand Visier of the Saltan has been abolished, and a new Ministry formed in accordance with modern European forms and designations. A RAGUSA dispatch of the 5th says Ike Prince of Montenegro had finally accepted the armistice and ordered a suspension of hostilities. WHILE M. Trepoff, Prefect of St. Petersburg, was giving his usual audience for the reception of petitions, on the 5th, a woman fired at him twice with a revolver, and dangerously wounded him. The woman was arrested, but refused to explain her motives. ?: THE Convener of the Glasgow (Scot- land) Presbytery of the Established Church H has telegraphed the Pope that an interdict will be demanded against the proposed establlsh- of the Papal Hierarchy from the Supreme Civil Court of Scotland, and the laws of the country rigidly enforced against it. To CARDINAL SIMEONI'S protest against the accession of Kiug Humbert all the European Powers have replied that they could not accept the protest, as they were friendly to the new ruler. THE Russian occupation of Rnstchuk and Sili stria is viewed with great dissatisfac­ tion bv Austria, according to a Vienna tele­ gram of the 6th. SERVIA has also demanded admission to the Conference, with a consultative voice. A PESTH (Hungary) dispatch of the 6th says the Turkish men-of-war, on the Dan­ ube, had been surrendered to Russia, and the Turks had agreed to abandon Varna. INTELLIGENCE has been received at 8t Petersburg that the Khanate of Kashgar had ceased to exist, having been captured and absorbed by China. THE German Parliament was opened, «n the 6th, by the EmpeitrWilhelm^gi person. THE reported occupation of Con­ stantinople was officially denied by the Rus- : sian Embassy in London on the evening of , the 7th. What has really transpired is that they have placed themselves where, if for any reason peace should not follow the armistice, they shall aot lose the advantages they have ao far gained. By the terms of the armistice tike Russian right was to take position on the line of Buj uk-TchekmedJi, about twenty miles from Constantinople. A BUCHAREST dispatch of the 7th says both booses had passed a joint resolution de­ claring that they were determined to maintain * the integrity of Soumania, and would not _< agree to the cession of Bessarabia to Russia, THK Greeks and Turks have signed > ran armistice upon the understanding that all , causes of dissension between the two Powers Shall be referred to the forthcoming Confer­ ence for settlement. THE Pope died on the afternoon of the 7th. His last moments were lucid, and his 1 last words were, "Guard the Church I loved vo well and sacredly." A LONDON dispatch of the 8th says the British fleet had been ordered to Constan- - -tinople. IT was reported from Vienna, on the 8th, that the 20th of February, and Lausanne or Geneva, Switzerland, had been fixed upon as the time and place for holding the Euro­ pean Conference. THE British Parliament has granted the Cabinet the £6,000,000 credit demanded. The vote stood: For the credit, 338; against, 184; Government majority, 204. A ST. PETERSBURG special of the 8th says an offensive and defensive alliance be­ tween Turkey and Russia is to be inducted in the Definitive Treaty of Peace. THE Provisional Government of Thes- ssly has addressed a proclamation to the Hellenic Government, declaring Tliessaly an­ nexed to Greece and entreating the protection (4 that country. THE Russians have occupied Chatalja, flflivria and Osmanly on the Sea of Marmora. THE London Globe of the 8th says Osman Pashq, the Turkish Commandant at rteyna, was to be court-martialed some time during February or March. He was charged Wh burying Russian soldiers alive. ing. An examination showed UaMIlties aggre­ gating #140,000, and assets, *368,000. IT was reported from New Orleans, on the 3d, that J. Madison Wells had, in ac­ cordance with an arrangement made to that effect, surrendered to Sheriff Houston, at a station on the New Orleans & Mobile Railroad, where he had been shopping for about a week. He was token to New Orleans on the 4th, and locked up in the Parish Prison. His bail was fixed at *30,000. THE failures in Chicago during Jan­ uary numbered forty-two, with secured liabili- tier of #810,196, and unsecured, $1,341,875. THREE murderers were hanged, on the 1st, one at St. Louis, named William Weiners, for killing a saloon keeper, named A. V. Lawrence, about a year ago; one at Mo- line, N. Y., named Joseph Woods, for killing Stephen Woods, and a colored man at coving- ton, Ky., for the murder of his wife, last fall- NORFOLK (Va.) specials of the 3d declare that the steamer Metropolis, which recently went ashore on the coast of North QaroUna, wass In every respect, an ssnseaworthy malt; that its timbers were as rotten as punk, and that it was a veritable death-trap. The statement is issde that *a attempt wmH made to hold the owners, contractors and in­ spectors to a strict account. The Metropolis had on board a large South American mail, the most of which was plundered by wreckers living in the vicinity. These htunan ghouls rifled the corpses that were thrown upon the beach of all valuables, and even stripped the dead of their clothing, A NEW YORK dispatch of the lkh an­ nounces that ex-State Senator Harry Genet, one of the Tammany Ring fugitives, ha^'giv- en himself up, and was placed under bonds of *25,000. - THE proposed- Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, conferring suffrage upon women, was voted upon in the Judiciary Com­ mittee of the National House of Representa­ tives, a few days ago, with the following re­ sult: Teas--Messrs. Lynde, Frye, Butler, Conger and Lapham. Nays-^Messrs. Knott, Hartridge, Stenger, McMahon and Culberson. Mr. Harris, of Virginia, who is opposed to fe­ male suffrage, was absent. It was thought there was no probability that the committee would, at any future time, take favorable action on the subject. THE man, named Joseph Heniy Shrack, who pretended to die and come to life again in Philadelphia, some weeks ago, is pronounced by the Philadelphia press to be a transparent fraud. The church of which he is a member has investigated the «ase and ar­ rived at the conclusion that the suspended an­ imation was altogether simulated. CONSIDERABLE excitement hfm been caused of late at Mauch Chunk, Pa., over the alleged miraculous core of a girl named Ame­ lia Greth. The priest who performed the alleged miracle claimed that the girl's lungs had become decayed, and that she was in effect dead when he restored her to life. A telegram of the 6th eays the priest had made a report to Archbishop Wood, of Philadelphia, who, on investigation, pronounced the affair a delusion, and counseled the priest to do all in his power to correct the bad impression which may have been created. AUGUSTUS M. TURNEY, paying-teller of the Bank of North America, of New York City, has proven a defaulter to the amount of $100,000, a small portion of which was recov­ ered fay the bank, on the 6th, and the defaulter ww arrested and locked op. UP to Feb. 7, the subscriptions to the 4-per-cent. loan had reached about $3,000,000. IN the case of Anderson, of the Louis­ iana Returning Board, on trial at New Or­ leans for conspiracy and forgery in making up election returns, the jury, on the evening of the 7th, after being out one hour, returned a verdict of guilty. The jury was discharged, and the prisoner remanded to await sentence. Mr. Wells was still in confinement, bat his had been reduced to $10,000. THE Michigan Greenback State Con­ vention met at Jackson, on the 7th. The platform calls for the repeal of the Resump­ tion act; the remonetization of silver; the payment of the National debt in greenbacks unless coin is specially called for in the bond; the abolition of National Banks; the restora­ tion of the income tax; the. establishment of Postal Savings Banks, etc., etc. Delegates were chosen to attend the National Conven­ tion at Toledo. A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 8th says that Vice-President Wheeler and Speaker Randall were strictly enforcing the rule pro­ hibiting the sale of liquor (including beer) in the Capitol. AUGUSTA, Ga., was struck by a tor­ nado, on the evening of the 7th. The lower market house was demolished, as was also several other buildings, and several lives were lost on the second Monday of March, for the trial of causes arising out of alleged depredations on Government landa and the cutting of logs and timber thereon... .The Military Academy Appropriation bill was considered iu Commit- tee of the Whole.̂ -, . SENATE.--The discussion on the Sil­ ver bill was resumed and continued on the 6th, Mr. Thurman making a lengthy argument in its favor, and Mr. Kernan speaking inoppo sition....Resolutions of inquiry relative to the condition and fetate of efficiency of the Life-Saving Service on the Coast of North Car­ olina, and concerning the circumstances of the wreck of the Huron, as affecting the improve­ ment and security of navigation on coast, were agreed to. HOUSE.--A resolution was adopted directing the Committee on Commerce to In­ quire into the cause of the wreck of the Me­ tropolis A bill was introduced and referred uiakhig the Department of Agriculture an Ex­ ecutive Department The report on the con­ tested election case in the Fourth n«u>^rr1« District was called up and discussed. SENATE.--A bill was passed, on the 7th, to remit taxes on insolvent savings banks--A resolution was adopted instruct­ ing the Committee on Appropriations to make inquiry as to whether there existed ade­ quate provisions for prompt examination, re­ port and action on the cases in the Pennon Bureau, Surgeon-General's and Adjutant- General's offices The Silver bill was again taken up, and Messrs. Blaine and Johnston spoke in favor of the remonetization of silver. HOUSE.---The contested election case of Wigginton vs. Pacheco, from the Fourth District of California, was taken up, and the minority report in favor of Pacheco was re­ jected--yeas, 126; nays, 137--after which the report of the majority in favor of the contest­ ant (Wigginton) was adopted--136 to 125 SENATE.--Several petitions were pre­ sented and referred, on the 8th... .The Silver bill was further debated, Mr. Hill opposing its passage, though favoring a modified re­ monetization bill, limiting the coinage of sil­ ver and its legal-tender quality, and Mr. Withers advocating the present "bill. In his speech, on the 7th, Mr. Blaine spoke against the Bland bill, but favored a double standard of equalized silver and gold....Adjourned to the 11th. HOUSE.--A bill was passed appro­ priating $132,617 for the payment of claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasuiy....Majority and minority reports were made in the Louisiana contested election case, the former favoring Mr. Ackline„the contesting, and the latter, Mr. Darrell, the sitting, member In the Committee of the Whole a bill appropriating §15,430 to pay full compensation for tne use of the Pioneer Mills, in Alexandria, by the United States authori­ ties during the late war, called out a lively discussion on the question of the payment of Southern war claims, in the course of which Mr. Tilden's letter adverse to such payment was frequently alluded to. The bill was final­ ly reported favorably to "the House, and was then rejected--yeas, 94; nays, 109 Ad­ journed. the session on the 9th to be for de­ bate only. ILLINOIS STATS FOLLOWING are given the figures regarding the Illinois hog product for 1877, as compiled from returns received fay the Department of Agriculture: mST Gocnrrup. It •-t TUB NEW WORLD. A DISPATCH from Fort Keogh, dated 2^' *v,?/e?lVe,d at St- Paul> Mlnn-. on W Btated that the main body of Gen. Miles' force was en route to Fort Peck. Oen. Miles confirms the report that Sitting Bull had crossed the line and was then on American soiL Gen. Miles inquires of Gen Terry as to the status'of Sitting Bull, and asks how he shall be treated in the possible even Of his being met and overcome in a trial of •Was. A courier left on the 3d, with a reulv torn Gen. Terry. AKBANGEM EHTS were concluded, on the 2d, to reopen the Topelca (Kan.) Bank and Savings Institution, the depositors agreeing to give fix months' time, all deposits un- 4et $100 to be paid 50 per ofent on the reopen- A Brave Defense. CMtflBESlllOllAL. SENATE.--Several petitions were pre­ sented and referred, on the 4tb, and a num­ ber of reports of committees were made on bills previously introduced....Bills were in­ troduced--to incorporate the National Pacific Railroad & Telegraph Company; supplement­ ary to the ioint resolution in relation to the rans Exposition, authorizing the President ™,app^nt eighteen additional Commission­ ers... .The Silver bill was taken up, and Mr. Beck submitted an amendment relative to the purchase of silver bullion, after which Mr. tayard spoke in opposition to the bill. HOUSE.--Bills were introduced--au­ thorizing the payment of customs In legal- tender notes; providing that bonds hereafter issued by the Government shall fce payable, principal and interest, in gold, silver or legal- tender notes; for a Constitutional amendment providing for the election of President by a direct vote of the people; making receivers of railroad corporations amenable to processes and judgments of courts of the several States through which said railroads are run • to re­ organize the Judiciary... .The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was reported from committee.... An affidavit was presented and referred, from the Doorkeeper, denying as utterly without foundation the charges against his official integrity, and he earnestly requested an investigation on the part of the House. SENATE,--A number of petitions favoring the remonetization 6f silver were presented, on the 5th, as was also a petition from a large number of well-known citizens of the City and State of New York, setting forth the appalling famine raging in Northern China, and suggesting the appointment of a Commission from residents of China to act in connection with the United States Minis­ ter In procuring' and distributing relief, and also suggesting that the unexpended balance of money received from China in 1876, as in­ demnity for the destruction of certain prop­ erty, be used to relieve the sufferers Mr. Eaton spoke in opposition to, and Mr. Howe in favor of, the Silver bill, and Mr. Teller sub­ mitted an amendment to the bill. HOUSE.--Several petitions and reso­ lutions were presented and referred, including memorials from Boston and New York asking Congress to adopt some measure of relief for the sufferers by the famine in Northern China, bill was passed--139 to 1(B--authorizing S. Q*pecial terms of the Circuit vourt for the Southern District of Mississippi. A few minutes - before four o'clock this (Sunday) morning, five despera­ does having faces blackened entered the office of the railroad depot at this 5lace, saluting the night operator, An-rew Kinkade, who was at his post, with a "Good morning," at the same instant " covering" him with revolvers, and demanding the money in the of­ fice. Mr. Kinkade, with a remarka­ ble presence of mind, replied that there -were no funds at his command, at the same time opening an empty money- drawer. The leader of the gang or­ dered Mr. K. to "open that safe, mighty quick, too," at the same time shoving two cocked revolvers in his face, Mr. Kinkade informed the party that he did not have the key--Gardner had charge of it, and they could go to him at the hotel--adding that the funds had gone east on the train a few hours before. Mr. Kinkade bravely stood at his post defending $2,000 in hard cash of the company's funds, which, had he faltered, woula have been taken. The west-bound Pueblo express was approaching, and something must be done. The five well-armed high­ waymen, confronted by a boy, were foiled. They threatened to blow his brains out if he did not open the safe. Kinkade had a small derringer in his hip-pocket, and, cocking it, attempted to draw it, when one of the highwaymen, noticing his move, said: " No you don't --hand that over," and he laid it down on the counter. Kinkade knew the hotel men would be there to meet the train in a few moments, but when he was ordered outside and marched down the platform his only fear was that he could not inform the conductor of the danger. Shouting to Blanchard, of the Eureka, to "go back, these men are armed," one of them at­ tempted to strike him. As the train drew up Mr. Kinkade escaped, crossing the track in front cf the engine, fol­ lowed by a shot. Running down the train he informed Conductor Mallory of the danger. Blanchard was taken in charge, but made his escape and armed himself. A dozen shots were fired into the train, which the robbers stopped after it had pulled out 100 yards. Again the train started and was stopped two miles up the track, where it was de­ tained twenty minutes and twenty shots exchanged. The' town was aroused. In company with eight or ten others we boarded a hand-car and starfed to the rescue. The train moved off before we reached it, and we saw the mounted robbers, six or eight in number, well- mounted, approaching. They crossed the track toward the river, and three or four shots were fired at them. A large party wcH-mounted started in pursuit at once. A telegram from Dodge City at six a. m., states that Conductor Mal­ lory, Engineer Anderson and Express­ man Brown held the fort and lost nothing.--Kinsley (Kan.) Republican. --A. huge mass of metal, weighing four or five tons, resulting from irelt- mg down counterfeit plates and dies captured by the detectives of the Treas­ ury Department, has been laid as the "corner-stone" of the foundation in the erecting-shop of the engineering department in the Navy Yard at Wash­ ington. A j man named James Graham, a resident of the Township of Etobi- coke, Ont., murderously assaulted his son, Henry Graham, with a knife, stab­ bing him in live different places. The matters ° quarreling over religious Ten-dollar bonds are well enough for capitalists, but Secretary Sherman should issue something low enough for editors to subscribe for.--Lotoell (MOM ) Courier. " Adams-- Alexander Bond Boone.. Brown.. Bureau Galhoun-... Carroll Cans. .... Champaign...... .. Christian.. .• .....< Clarke ..••< Clay a Clinton.. Coles Cook .."iw-'i. Crawford......... (/Mmberland*. • •• • • DeKalb DeWitt Don&laa--........ DuPage Edjmr, ••.. Ed^wards-......... Eftineham......... Fayette F«ml Franklin.... .... .1 Fulton Gallatin Greene Grundy. Hamilton...... 'i.\. Hancock ....... Hardin Henderson......... Henry ..... Iroauois Jackfxm.. ....... Jasper .... Jefferson........ .. Jeiney Jo Daviess..... ...t Johnson. ...., Kane Kankakee Kendall Knox Lake ' LnSalle Lawrence....... Lee Livingston Lojjan Macon Macoupin Madison Marion Marshall Mason Massac.. McDonongh.. .. Me Henry McLean Menard Mercer Monroe Montffomery....... Morersui Moultrie Opfle Peoria. Perry Piatt Pike Pope Piilaslri Putnam Randolph - Kichland.. Bock Island/. . Saline Saneraman Schuyler....... Scott Shelby Stark". St. Clair Stephenson... . Tazewell Union Vermillion Wabash. Warren Washington.. . Wayne. White Whiteside Will Williamson.. ,. Winnebago..... Woodfom 46,169 1,689 7,171 9.960 9.1*7 52,212 4.961 28,308 ••21 86,905 26,666 17,802 9,77# 5,710 14,144 11,979 15,525 3,642 41,140 20,256 13,016 8,393 19 238 7,681 7,186 11,614 38,569 6.634 NumVr grot* weight. ll,618jr>95 . SW.800 U»,186 2158,680 2.206:7M>I 13,675,130 '750,200 8,930,030 6,608,670 4,686.030 2,443.750 1,460,840 3.111,680 2,994,750 3,912,300 2,090,370 10.572,980 4 537,895 4,413,920 2,306,075 4,809,600 1,805,035 3,796,500 2.796,062 4,456.660 882,420 54,5331 12,900,621 VOiue, m m 4.167! 22,616 11.111 4.4711 36,060 5,523 20,344 68,296 46,568 5,305 4,732 11,989 11,349 23,877 12,260 12,028 11,898 23,695 Total 937.575 5,966.740 2,D44.11o 1,117,760 8 285.480 S.104.60© 5,036 000 K,264,584 10,892,000 981,425 1,112,020 2,61*7,525 3,064,230 5,587,218 2,881,100 3,307,700 3,874,60!) 5,81(8,750 51,408 15,576,624 11.5311 3,459,3001 17,899.928 2.450,581 8,817,660 16,615,330 6,533,280 8,329,440 8,350,209 5,328,260 2,6S6,8fi0 6,516,820 1,997,550 714,420 7,890,480 5,846,454 15.289,300 3,128,175 7,058,880 1,143.090 4.105,000 2.787,856 3,695,660 14.8W,200 15,147,925 646,200 4,308,590 9,321,780 1,662,090 661,875 2,515,288 1.814,450 1,568,370 5,166,528 2.011,501) 12,008,750 4.022,160 2,488,8'.» 6.170,725 4.193,931 2,169,300 8,435,040 7,208,530 2,617,000 8,826,600 1.284,275 16,016.000 785>S»0 1,879.380 2,627,024 9,967.628 5,170,600 2,396,295 6,194,100 6,689,000 30,C08 >57,201 268,166 ""1,908 55,769 11,293! 32,658 62,322 27,222 37,620! 34,363 21,7481 14,927 21,022 8,330 3,969 32,877 22,578 68,805 13 903 32,680 6,080 24.525 11,518 16,724 45,140 46,609 2,731 16,445 36,556 6.518 3,875 8,614 6,598 6,819 18,192 10,209 48,035 16,759 12,444 29,6% 14.613 6.19© 35,970 27,202 10,468 36,560 5,465j 52,006 3,926 8,866 11.624 38,044 25,853 10.197 22,524 33,445! 2,115,804 536.969,971 291, i 30,i 857, 268, 188. 97,750 61,689 116,688 86,312 469.440 182,296 163,315 98,093 198,161 74,909 71,860 110,407 184.947 36,532 490,234 37,508 238,670 128.082 50.299 331,419 49,701 208,528 731,906 544,600 39,257 44.681 107,901 133,294 223,439 208,041 148.847 168,541 265,444 662.007 157,398 756,897 85.770 374,751 696,947 299,224 868.161 334.008 239.772 94,090 292,257 94,550 30,363 378,748 219,458 612.151 127,01)4 399,297 57,150 200.124 120,693 147,422 715,018 643,787 24,579 172,344 872,871 66.484 25.284 ' 168,912 75.300 62,735 214,411 86,777 486,354 179,942 89,496 239,424 178,242 103,041 354,664 294,106 104,680 360.125 60,344 663,453 30,260 71,604 102,979 438,587 268,530 92,737 263,249 275,587 *22,738.881 ON the 1st, the Governor pardoned William Zeigler, convicted of larceny at the September term, 1877, of the Logan Circuit Court, and sentenced to the Penitentiary for one year. The pardon was granted on the certificate of the Prison Physician that Zeigler was in the last stages of consumption, and had but a few weeks to live. It was learned after the pardon had been issued that Zeigler bad died. THE report of the Joliet Penitentiary for January shows that during the month there were fifty-six convicts received and fifty-four discharged. The smallest number in the Prison during the month was 1,840. At the close of the month there were in the Peni­ tentiary 1,843 males and twenty-one females. THE repor t of the State Board of Agricul­ ture gives the following as the value of the principal crops of the State in 1877: Corn .....j... $77,562,879 Hogs 21,971,368 Winter wheat 84,96'>,824 Spring wheat 8,041,258 Oato. 16.259,647 Pasture 14,764,112 Fruits 8.689,672 Total tl72,169,760 A WOMAN from Indiana lays claim to the greater part of the City of Jerseyville. ALL over the State merchants are advertis­ ing that they will hereafter do busincss^on a cash bads orJy. ABOUT 300 convicts are to be soon removed from the Penitentiary st Joliet to the Chester Peniteiftiary. ABOUT ten years ago Dyplel Duffy and Ellen Hessey, of Gardner Township, eloped and were married--the parents of the lady oppos­ ing the match. As the years passed by David did not- prove to be the most dutiful of hus­ bands. He became addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating beverages, and finally hie conduct became so outrageous that his wife abandoned him, applied for a divorce and was granted a decree at the last May term of the Sangamon Circuit Court. After that the way­ ward Daniel repented--in a word, he joined the Murphys. He then again sought the side of his Ellen, who during their married life had borne him four children, wooed and won her, and a few days ago they were re-married. THERE are 10,548 saloons in Illinois. THE main line of the Illinois Central Rail- ioad is running all its idle grain cars North tor corn. THE Jacksonville Journal reports the Greene County Agricultural and Mechanical Associa­ tion in difficulty. It was heavily in debt a few years ago, and was reorganized in such a way as to wipe out the old stockholders. The legal war is between the old and new mem­ bers, and the result will very likely be ruinous to the society. THE Democratic State Central Committee have been notified to meet at the Palmer House in Chicago, on the 22d inst. JOSEPH THonMLY, an employe in the ma­ chine shops of the Ohio & Mississippi Rail­ road, at Pana, cut his throat, on the 7th. Temporary insanity, induced by pecuniary embarrassment, is assigned as the cause. The Metropolis Disaster--Statement of a Survivor. % . ^ James F. Alcorn, temporarily at­ tached to the Metropolis, formerly an officer in the United States Navy, and a journalist in Boston, makes the fol­ lowing statement: On Wednesday night at nine o'clock I was called by the Mate to assist the carpenter in stopping a leak .around the rudder trunk. Found the stern post loose, and so reported. Remained at the post, using all possible exer­ tions to stop the leak or prevent its in­ crease, until about 5:80 a. m., when I was called on deck, and found the ship a partial wreck. "One of the port boats was hanging over the side by her bow tackle to the davit, the smoke­ stack gone, and the ship heading for the beach. Reached the fore, cutter, and, in obedience to an order from the Captain, commenced to start the water in the casks stored forward to lighten the ship; was assisted in so doing by the carpenter and one of the Quartermasters, who was afterward Urowned. Finding the Mate, suggest­ ed sail should be made by setting the foresail, and on getting his consent went aloft and, assisted by Charles Seaman, loosed the foresail and suc­ ceeded in setting the sail, which re­ mained but a few minutes until carr|ed aw»y5 and it was necessary to clew up the port wing of the sail. Shortly aft­ er, the ship struck heavily amidships, evidently breaking her back, but she continued to drive on the beach. The admirable management of the helm, assisted by the foresail, maintained the ship's position head on until fair­ ly beached. I then took my station on the hurricane deck, with the desire to assist the Commander and officers in maintaining order. Some one raised the cry of fire, which was quickly found to be a false alarm. Soon after this the mainmast went, and she began to break up rapidly, the fiist seas that boarded her having destroyed or crippled all the remaining boats but the dingy, which was attadied to the starboard forward davits. Upon that boat I placed my chief hope of safety, provided I could maintain possession of the boat for sending a line ashore at low water. But while my attention was otherwise engaged, the boat was lowered and my purpose defeated, while she, without any management, save the Providence of God, was borne to the beach--a perfect "ark of safe ty" for the six or seven poor fellows who had the courage to secure the op portunity. During the trying hours of the day several of the ill-fated passengers, bravely intrusting themselves to the tide, evidently lost heart with the passage of the first breaker over their heads, and, abandoning all hope, sank without a struggle. Others, either washed or leaping off the wreck, would almost seem to have committed suicide, so deliberately did they bury their heads beneath the waves and meet their doom. Toward evening the Second Officer, Mr. Couzzins, having behaved with ad­ mirable gallantry throughout the day, proposed a passage to the shore, and, taking leave of the narrator, left the ship, falling foul of a mass of wreck under the ship's bow, which had been fatal to many during the afternoon. Here he became en­ tangled, but the gallant fellow, using a small pocket-knife, labored on, while a dozen heavy breakers passed over him, and succeeded in cutting several ropes that confined the mass of wreck to the hull, and was swept away with it to the northward along the beach. I am hap­ py to say he succeeded in extricating himself and in landing safely. The foremast falling aft, and the foresail being still partially spread, several were either killed by its fall or buried beneath the mass of the sail in such a way as made death certain. One young man, particularly conspicuous for his daring during the day, at last sought refuge on the topsail yard, evi­ dently in the hope that the mast would fall over the bows or side. Of course, instant death was the result of his mis­ take on the fall of the mast. At about half-past four, or perhaps five p. m., the mid-ship body of the hull, the fore body being already gone, began to break up rapidly, while I urged all who would listen to me to trust themselves to Providence, the waves and their life-preservers. Many did so, and the majority with success. At length the closing scene was upon us. The lower-deck beams gave way, and the starboard broadside, giving a few more heavy shocks from the surf, sank slowly beneath the waves. Then the narrator, assured that neither ad­ vice nor example could be of service longer, struck out for the beach, and, fortunately, reached it, but in such an exhausted state that he would have cer­ tainly gone to sea, a victim of the un­ dertow, but for friendly hands and aid. The Captain and his officers are high­ ly commended. Quartermaster Poland made three attempts to get a line ashore, and only gave up when the line proved too short, and Timothy O'Brien, on reaching the shore himself, returned into the water and rescued some fifty persons as they were dashed toward him by the waves. The scattered dwellers along the coast are given warm praise for prompt aid and munificent hospitality. Sketch of the Life of the Late Pope* For a long time there have been re­ ports of the failing health of Pope Pius IX.; and his death, which is announced as having taken place yesterday, Feb. 7, at Rome, has not been unexpected. His life and his reign have both been prolonged, the latter beyond precedent. Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti was born May 13, 1792, in Sinigagli. His parents intended him for tne military profession. In 1802 he attended the college at Vattena, and in 1808 began at Rome his theological studies. In 1818, at the age of twenty-six, he was ordained a priest, and in 1823 he ac­ companied the Papal Legate to the newly-formed Republic of Chili, and for two years resided in Santiago. In 1825, on his return to Rome, he was appointed President of a hospital, and two years later was ap­ pointed Archbishop of Spoletto. He was then but thirty-five years of age. During the political disturbances of 1830-'31, he was Civil Administrator of the Provinces of Spoletto and Perugia, displaying great ability in his civil duties. In 1832, he was translated to the See of Imola, and in December, 1839, was appointed Cardinal-Priest by Pope Gregory XVI. That Pope died in 1846, and on June 16 the College, by an unanimous vote, elected Cardinal I*erretti Pope. He was crowned Pope June 21, 1846, by the title of Pius IX. He has survived all those who par­ ticipated in his election, and the present College of Cardinals is exclusively of his own appointment. In this respect we suppose his as.'jrjsrat.teto or who filled the days *>f Peter--tSat A'* as PoPe *or twenty-five years. At the time of his death he lacked ot being eighty-six years? old; had been a priest sixty, a Bishop, fifty-one, a Cardinal thirty-eight, and thirty-one years and seven months. Of the long list of 257 Popes, there have been but nine who served over twenty years. One of these, Pius VI., was Pope twenty-four years and six months. I wenty-five years is the time attributed r?. tv' ?n(* no other Pope, except i ' has served a term of that length. A-| ^ Pius EX. began his reign by a general amnesty, and by a vigorous reform of the Civil Government of the Papal States, making personal investigations into abuses, and promptly applying the remedy. In 1847, he convened a Pop­ ular Council of Delegates from the various Provinces, and was looked up­ on all over the world m the leading po­ litical reformer. The next year. 1848 revolutionary proceedings took plac^ in all parts of Europe, and the Pope refused to approve or indorse the pop­ ular demands. A revolution took place. County Rossi, the Minister of State, was killf d, and the Romans forced the Pope to name a more radical Ministry. Declaring himself no longer free, he escaped to Gaeta. A Republic was declared in Rome. He continued to reside at Gaeta until April, 1850, his authority having in the meantime been re-established by French arms. Among the many notable events of his Pontifi­ cate may be enumerated the following 1852, re-established a Roman Catholic Hierarchy in England; 1854, aftter a convocation of Bishops, formally de­ fined the dogma of the Immaculate Con­ ception; 1856, established English and American colleges at Rome; 1862, can­ onized the Japanese martyrs; 1844, the famous Encyclical Letter; 1£69-'70, the convocation of the Council of the Vatican, and the declaration of the dogma of Papal Infallibility. The political trials of Pius IX. have been almost continuous. He had been Pope but two years when he was forced to leave Rome by the Revolutionists, and was restored two years after by a French Army, in 1859 began the agi­ tation for the unification of Italy under one Government. The conquest of Lombardy, the annexation of Parma, Modena and Tuscany, in I860-'61, were signs that could not be mistaken. In 1861, the Kingdom of. the Two Sicilies was overthrown, and that monarchy incorporated in the now-recognized Kingdom of Italy. Then followed the annexation of Umbria and Ancona. These matters brought the King of Italy and the Pope into direct opposi­ tion. The Pope refused to recognize him as King of Italy, and there has been open contention ever since. The French Army had been continued in Rome from 1848, and Rome was, by the intervention of the same Govern­ ment, protected from Italian occupa­ tion; but in 1870,. owing to the war with Prussia, France withdrew her troops, and in September of that year Italian troops entered the city. A popular vote taken soon after was in ' favor of annexation in Italy, and in January, 1871, Victor Emmanuel entered Rome as the Capital of the Kingdom of Italy. ^ The protests of the Pope have been incessant and spirited. He has declared himself a prisoner in his own States, and no longer free in the dis­ charge of his duties as spiritual father of the faithful. But no power has in­ tervened in his behalf, ana he lias died, leaving the political States of his pred­ ecessors in tne hands of the King Of Italy. ' In June, 1877, was celebrated his- golden jubilee of fifty years a Bishop. He was visited by pilgrims from all parts of the world, bearing to him large sums of money and other gifts. The private life and character of the late Pope have, as a general thing, been commended by. friend and foe. He was a scholar, and a liberal and discriminating patron of learning. He was a man of affable manners and fas­ cinating address, and has filled a larger share in the world's history than any Pope who has served during the last three centuries.--Chicago Tribune* --He had staid until the clock hands hung together at eleven, and that valu- eble recorder of time was menacing a strike. 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