, 1869-10-23
WASHtNG NGTON.
Sudden and Serious Illness of
Hon. Thomas Ewing, ST.
Statistics Showing the Distribution
Of Our Foreign Trade.
General Butter6e1d's Case Under
Consideration.

Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WAsn1s6ToS, D. t., Oct T..
s1RioC3 HINES OF HON. THOMAS EWING, sA.
Hon. Thomas Ewing, ST., Of Ohio, was taken
With fainting 1s while engaged In argument be-
fore the Supreme Court to-day. and Ii 4uppoed
TO tc dying. lie was engaged In 4 casa with
Judge Curtis, Of Boston, and lawyer Of this Dis
trict opposed 10 him, and there WAS much exc!te~
nent regarding It among III interested. Mr.
EstcE wAs kept listening attentlvelJ for two Of
toste hours, and when tho time catna for him 10
speak, he began with great energy. The
cou1t and whole har were paying close
attention, and the remark was made that he WAS
sreak1ng with much Of bis former power. AZ he
proceeded he became brilliant, and the attention
Of all IN the room was n1ei upon him. Suddenly
he complained Of fatigue, Aud nssed permission OF
the Court to aIt dur1nR the rest Of hts argument.
Taktrg bis Heat, he confined for few moments,
when be became confused IN his speech. aud his
associates reached him Just ttre to prevent his
falllrg to the door. He almost Immediately re-
covered, and left the room for short time, when
he returned and attempted TO 60 on speaking from
his STAT lie again began to talk iucoherent}y,
and th!s time fell inlo the arms Of those who Ap-
preached him. At nrat be seemed TO be dasd.
The members OF the Court Mt once left the bench.
lie hid IN the middle Of the room on bed Of
cushions, and hia tamly, friends, and phY4-
clan sent for. I1h Sons with two
dhueh'era soon h,11Ted, and, shortly after,
| General Sherman aud his vile Several
surgeons were soou On the spot, aud vigorous
neans were taxen to restore HIM After constI-
| efahIc interval the pulse returned, and In the
cnure Of an hour he was conscious. Towards
evening he was able to be carried across the hail
| to the reception room Of the Supreme Court, hut
tie PHYSICIANS would not consent to attempt TO
| take him from the building, Al this writing, ..
H., It IVES not supposed be could llrc through the
night.
LATER.
Contrary to this expectations Of his physicians,
Iii. Ewing oegnn tn rey!s c abons o'clock, and al
| O'Clock Is believed to be ont Ct danger. TIE at
tnck wns congestion Of the heurt. lie l. now en-
trely conscious Members Of his oxn family.
| General Sherman and family, With number Of
the most prominent members Of tho bar OF the
Supreme Court are ssi1l At the Capitol With him,
aud y III rruatn through the night Judge Ewing
xill bc eighty years OF age next December.
/ MARYLAND FINANCES.
The Republican Comulttce Of Slarsland have
| published etatencnt Of the financial affairs oi
| that Stale slnce 1860. It shows that under Re-
publican rule, the expenditures from 1861 to 1854,
| inclusive, with bounttes and all otnerfexpenaes OF
the wa1, were less than thirteen millions, while
the n1st Legislature after the war, which w2s
wholly Democratic, sFent tn two years oscf
twelve millions. The committee present .onlc!al
figures 10 prove fneis at1tements, mud
then call attention to tho fact that MARYLAND
| Is now the only Stats IN the Union that IL uniel
| exclusive Democratic control. mud there Is not 2
| constable OF County Conmisafoner, not 8 mcm-
ber Of the Legislature or n C1t5 Commissioner .u
any section Of the Slate who Is not radical Dem,
octat.
THE CASE OF GENERAL rrTTKRFsELD
hiss been under consideration By the Ad'
| mintsttn.ion today. There hare been e1
many attempts TO involve botn the presi'
dent and Secretary Boutwell, By ialsehoods,
and evidence deliberately prepared to sustail
then, that there Is disposition to believe all thE
stories from New York Involving the Sub. Treas
ury there with suspicion. II the Investigator
ROW In progress establishes General Dattcr1eid I
participation to any extent In the late gambling
there will be an Immediate change. At the cioss
Of the department to-day tho Csse had yesl
favorable look for Buftetnelh-
| GOVERNMENT ADVERTISING.
Tho Postmaster General has selected the fol
lowing newspapers to DO the department adse.
ustng in Missouri: Rtsfitehc Fest, St Josep1
t-ni"n, Ntstotsrt Democrat, STATE Times, an
Springfield Patriot
TIE MISSOURI ErTERy1soEsMr.
Supervisor Mart, OF St. Ioult+ arrived to-.l2
with o statement to Commissioner pe!nno an'
Secretary Bout well, from District Attorney Sohl
and other officials, concerning matters In his dts
: trtct, and the result viii probably be that VI
Mar will remain utdtsturbed-
plszniECEIoN OF QUE EoEEI6H ERADE-
: sGeresni Walker. Chief Of the nureaa OF 81.
tistics, furnishes the following statement Of OF
exports and rcexports to each foreign coupts
during the last fiscal year. detailed aecouI
Of our foreign trade Tor the Same year, s;atlu
lne quantities aud valncs Of out imports, export
! nEu rc-expofts ty articles, Was published +
r Mo1thls Report No. 3. The following tab
: SERVES to show how the export part Of this Ind
q | xsa dist tnhuted nuaonx llutrent C1untrdt4: