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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
HEAVY FAILURE IN ILLINOIS.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Jan. 1.-The wcll-known
and extensive banking house Of JACOB Bum made m
assignment this morning, to Hon C. C. Brown. OF Spring
field His wife joius him in the assignment. u Is said
the liabilities will reach SSOO.000. The assets arc stated
10 be sufficient - pay everything IL time l. allowed and
the prope.ty Is no: sacrificed The immediate cause Of
tie failure Was owing the large amount of Jrodnc-
tive real estate Ecd by the baus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
THE NATIONAL cArIrAL LIFE INSURANCE co.

NEw-HAvEN, Conn, JAM 2.-Ths morning
Judge York of the Probate Court decided against
the motion TO remove the application Of
Tho polcy-holders OF the National Capital
Life Insurance Company for trustee 10 the
limited states Circuit Court and said he would grant the
application and appoint trustee Two OF Commission
ste,Imans eases AGAINST the cOmnanY were postponed
TWO weeks In the superior Count, and tao trial Of tnrd
for nandamus 10 compel the production 0i the books OF
The old American Mutual was begun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
ARREST OF A THIEF.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.-lnfOrmatiOn has
reached the police authorities OF this city OF the
at New-Orleans La, OF James Flannery and com
panon named Richard Reifsnider. Flannery. who
wos clerk I'm the employ of the POttstOwn Iron Compa-
nv disappeared about ten days ago, taking with him
e. 800 OF that companys fuuds The detectives have
recovered ~, 200 of the stolen money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
FAILrRE or rHE c0AH COMMUNION
ANOTHER FIUIrIEss MEETING HELD At Pn,LAprL-


ANOTHER FRUIrLESS MEETING HELD At PlI,LADNL-
PTlIA.
PuIAprLrUA, Penn. Jan. .-The.adjournoi
meeting Of coal shippers and operators, having IN view
a final combination OF oil the interests. held to-day
al tie office of FrauKi!n Is. Gowen, President OF the
Philadelphia aud Reading Railroad The following gen
t,mrn were pgcScut: AJClssl. Thos.A scott and j..
WIstar ~ the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company Mr..
Wilbur and d. Lndcrnan, OF The Lchlgh Valley + z.
Gowtn, Reading Company Samuel Sloan, Delaware,
Lacl,waunaiGnd Western Thomas Dicks u, Delaware
and Hudson T. W. Clark. Lchish Navigation Company
f. =. Ilhrop, NcwJcr,cy Central Railroad; g. A. Hoyt.
PENNSYLVANIA Coal Company. and j. T. GraeH represent
INK the Individual opel a;orS a. the StaiYlhll
region The ting lasted until o'clock, and was held
In secret. During this time there were two or THREE
ballots tacn the percentages. IL seemed innOssble
IA arrive az thing definite untii Judge LathgOp
offered the following re- u compromise:
Philadelphia and Reading
Ifhigh
Central Railroad az NcwJersey u
Delaware and Hudson.
D. ware, Iackawanna and Western. l2a
Pcnusylynnia Railroad Company NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "a
Penisl lvduia Coal Company ..................-..
TIN, allotment accepted by all the interests rep
resented that Of the Lehig valley, which voted
against IT, Tho vote not being unanimous the meeting
adjourned zine die with the understanding that II the
Representatives OF the Lehgh Valley operators requested
il within hours there shall be call by tie
chairman for another meeting.
sr GOwen said Tonight that If the Lehgh Valley indi-
vIu operators did not agree within the time specified
tll-v would go 60 the mining the same Is usual That
mo po combination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
BILLIARD MATCH IN PARIS.

PARIS, Wednesday, Jan. Q, 1878.
The billiard match between the French
Mangn ana Canot-2,0O0 points up, three
ball cagoms iirs 200 and gold yase-resulted in favor
of Mangn bv points. The game commenced yes
terdaY ami finished day HaDgins highest runs were,
1885, PIG, 1911 3l7, Carrots highest were ILL l552G9
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
ENGLAND 10 MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT.
LONDON. Thursday, Jan. ,. Isl

Tie Fosi publishes a paragraph III oIiciai iorm'
10 he ccc; that the Cabinet yesterday rs no means
o.S,,ucd ina, ussas answer slut the door Ia over
l,ic.. The paragraph points out th't England when
communicating tLr Russian answer II the Porte,
VIII be expected 10 accompany it with advice
Thcrclor il will b. very natural 4 England before
taAiu. this step, inquiries what conditions the Rus
sian commanders have bocn Instructed to demand.
By approaching Russia again England would he
giving proof OF hcf earnest desire to spare Europe
furi her .lAmgcI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
A BRITISH DEFICIT PROBABLE.

LONDON. Wednesday. Jan. 2, 1873.
TIE Times and other journals cstim te, from
tho revenue returns Of the first threeqmrters o. the
financial year. that the tourthquarter will leave deficit
OF abou. & 100000 In the budget GA, s66,50O).
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
GOVERNOR BULLOCK's TRIAL.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. Pin the Bullock cases.
TO day. demurrer tho indictment for cheating and
swndlng was sustained aud order TO quash the Same
ordered demurrer to the indictment for embczzle-
ment overruled, and the trial ordered 10 proceed
mn gnw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
THE woBURN SAVINGS BANK ESJoNED.

BOsTON, Mass, Jan. 2.-Un application OF
the Bank Commissioners tho Supreme Judicial Court
to-day made a Temporary injunction TO restrain tho
Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank from rausacng bust
ness there having been recently heavy drain upon IL.
The order OF notice is returnabe January II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
THE CLEVELAND AND plTrsBURo RAILROAD

CLEVELAND, Jan. 2.-The annual meet
ing Of the stockholders OF the Cleveland md Pitsbs
Railroad was held in this ely to-day. The directory
The same 40 II last year. with the exception ~ D. a.
Ferguson who was substituted FOR L. X Springer. Doth
OF Cincinnati.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
THE MASSACHUSETTS, LEGISLATURE.

BosroN, Jan. 2.-The Massachusetts, Legis-
laiure organized to-day. For the Senate D. ID. Coggs
we'll OF the Cape District, elected President. The
Icuse elected John d. Long of the bingham District,
Speaker, ana Geo. b. Marden Clerk. Governor Rices
message will be delivered tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
AN EMREZZLING CASHIER.

READING, Penn. Jan. 2.The habeas corpus
case OF T. z. Boas cashier Of the deuno Reading say
ings Bank who IL charged with embczslement,
further postponed to-day until the 7th inst
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
SILVER STILL DECLINING.

LONDON, WednCsday, Jan. =, IH,H.
India Council bills were allotted to-day at
I'D. per rupee decline.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
NEW srEA MsHIP LINE TO GLASGOW.

PORTLAND, Me-, Jan. 2.-The Grand Trunk
Railway has arranged fortnghtly line Of
era hence TO Glasgow, TO begin immediately. Five
steamers will complete the service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
between Italy andtiermany it is thought preclude

such an Interpretation.
ROME, Wednesday, Jan. @ 1878
The ltdlie denies that the King used warlike lan-
guage at yesterdays reception, and says he merely
referring to the difficulties of the European situa-
ton, recommended the national representatives to
preserve concord among themselves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
TURKEY ABANDONED.
ENGLAND NOT DISPOSED TO INTERVENE.

ENGLAND NOT DISPOSED TO INTERVENE.
MONTENEGIINs MOVING INTO ALBANIA IN LARGE
NUMBERS.
The Earl Of Carnarvon, a British Minister, In
q conciatOry speech last evening" asserted
that England was watchfnl of her interests,
bnt was not disposed to go to war; Peace
projects continue to occupy attention, bus
no substantial progress has been made. The
King of Italy is understood to have expressed fear OF
complications, leading TO general war. A large
Montenegro force is moving into Albania.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
REPUBLICAN HARMONY.

THE RECESS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USEFUL IN
PROMOTING 1T.
lBY TEIKGRAPH TO TBE TRIBUsE.l
WAsulsaToN, Jan. IA friend Of the President
reuorts him IS saying that he has reason to believe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
FAILURE AT NASHVILLE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 2.-H. Crone. grocer,
failed to-day Liabilities $22, 0o0 assets about one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
TIE WEIGHING OF MERCHANDISE.

IGESERAL PRESS DIsPATCn.i
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Thc following pro-
posas Tor weighing imported merchandise at the port OF
Ney-York for three years from February 1873. were
opened at the Treasury to-day the bids being per an
LII. I'll rn-. sn air
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
DIRECT APPEAL CONTEMPLATED.

special dispatch to The Political Correspondence
from Const@ntilopc, December 81, say: THE
idea ~ ,oIening direct negotiations with Russia
meets withdrawing favor at the Porte. The rca-
son why tAis step mas not yet been taken - the i'm
possibility OF aaccrtaininG Russia's conditions OF
nsafrr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-03
TIE ADVANCE ON ADRIANOpLE.
TIE TURKISH POSITION IMPERILLED-A RETREAT
PROBABLE

The TURKISH POSITION IMPERILLED-A RETREAT
PROBABLE.
LONDON. Wednesday, jan 2, 1873
"The Russians have achieved" Tie Timers Vienna
dispatch says rare feat of perseverance and ell
durance in crossing the Etropol Balkans, and, al
though the force cannot be very numerous and the
whole movement seems to SAVIOR of bold, adycntur-
ous raid like General GhourSO's over the Han-koi
PAS than regular military nperation il cannot bnt
hasten the withdrawal of the Turkish troops from
the Balkan line-at any rate, from the west
ern portion. Suleiman Pasha seems to have
foreseen this when he took up his head
quarters at Ichtnan, and to have thought
that a stand made at this rallying point, formed
by the junction of the Rhodopc and second Balkan
chain might eirctuay bar all advance from the
direction Of Sophia. There is, however, succession
of parallel valleys formed by the Topolnica, the
Ciups0 aud the Tuuda, which run to the north OF
Ichtimat. 10y which Russian columns, descending
from the Etropol Balkans, may pass eastward and,
uniting with the forces ;rayersng the Shipka Pass
turn the position of lchtman and march down upon
AdnanOplc. The only question, therefore, ~ whether
the Turk are strong enough To bar the descent from
the Shpka Pass and Mold ichlman with the dehIes OF
the Toponca ana the Giilpso vt the same tine, II
not, they must retreat still further to the East"
THE PROGRESS OF THE PEACE MOVEMENT.
TIE BRITISH LIBERALS URGED TO SUPPORT THE
PEACE POIIcY-THE WAR PARTY DIsCoMFoRfED.
LONDOS, Wednesday, Jan. ., 1873.
Cabinet council is to be held to-day, 1t is be-
I,ycd 10 consider the Russian reply to the English
note relative to peace negotiations. which, though
not vet authorita:ivcy published. is reiterated this
morning from various quarters, and generally ac-
ccped ~ accurate The reply as reiterated, Is sub
stantially OF the same tenor mentioned III yesteI-
DAYS Tines Vienna dispatch. namely: that If the
Turks desire armisticc. they must apply directly
to ;hc Russian CommandcI-in-Chief. The Manchester
Guardians London dispatch SAYS:
The warparty Will cndcIyOsto make the most OF the
Ri..ian refusal hut as IL pf"gone CONCLUSION me
effect ha. not eXasperI;ing as the Iu'cophles
I'd make II appear
The aui-war party IL beginning to aGita;e the
couutry for the purpose of checking the supposed
aggressive tendency OF the Cabinet. The Times OF
this morning urges the Liberal leaders TO make their
views known. IL says:
Iul,s. something entirely beyond surinise has &c,
ctrr Ia urn the (oyernncn from the views !Npre ssed
hy MIR CROSS Home secretary, Ia The IiouSo OF tom
nom. as ~ nn and by Eal Derby, Foreign Minister
to the DEBUT aiIon which recently waited upon him. the
Miuisirrs would welcome support which ADHESION !"
rae I'm, Tor rEcc has passed and The hour for speech
and 10. decided spcccl-has come.
A DIRECT APPEAL CONTEMPLATED.
VUSNA, Wednesday, Jan. . 1879.
special dispatch to The Political Correspondence
from Con5t@uuroplc, December 81. say: The
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06

DIVERSITY OF DYE CoLoRs-An English
magazine, in an article on colors and their
durab bility in relation to dress, gives some in
teresting particulars of the infinite diversity
of shades. Although two thousand different
shades of color can readily be produced in the
dyeing of the present time, this number gives
but a faint idea of effects that might be
wrought by any other. Sax blue counts
from twenty to twenty.four shades produced
by manufacturers in printed cottons, linen
and silks, and still greater variety could be
furnished if demanded. In royal blue there
are at present from twenty-four to twenty
eight varieties in the light middle shades.
Scarlet has from thirty to forty shades; Grim
son the same number. Yellow has nearly
fifty shades.
The writer adds: "Scarlet, so rarely seen
in ladies' dresses, may be termed the empe-
ror of colors, and is very beautiful in its light
middle shades, and in certain combinations
looks elegant in connection with siver-gray,
or with an olive"
1t is an interesting fact that all the dyes
with which we are now familiar are the re-
suits of comparatively recent chemical re-
search. Wood was the favorite dye in early
times of the inhabitants of Britain, but in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth it made way for
indigo, which is now in turn being fast sup
planted by the exquisite dyes which modern
chemistry has succeeded in extracting from
coal-tar.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06
HOW COIN IS MADE.

The next process takes in the rolling.room,
where the short, thick ingots are pressed be-
tween two steel rollers, again and again, till
they are rolled down into long thin ribbons
of metal about the thickness of coin.
The next step in the work is to draw the
metal ribbons through a "drawplate," to
bring them down to an exactly uniform
thickness. This pulling through a narrow slit
in steel plate hardens the metal, and again
and again it has to be put in the fire and
broug ght to light red to make it soft and pill
able. This drawing and annealing brings
each band of metal to just the right thickness
and condition, and We 60 on to see the cut
ting-p that stamp out the round pieces
of metal called "planchets" A workman
takes ribbon of gold and inserts the end in
the immense jaws of the press, and they bite,
bite and bite, and the round bits Of gold drop
in shower into box below.
"This press" says the usher, "is cutting
double.eagles and in the single moment, by
the watch, that we have been looking at it, it
has cut forty.fve hundred dollars worth.
The same number of cuts would make only
two dollars and twenty cents if made in cop
per-"
The machine goes on hastily biting out the
round planchets to the end of the ribbon, and
then the guide holds up the long strip full of
holes, much as you have seen the dough after
the cook has cut out her ginger-snaps. These
perforated bars 60 back to the furnace to be
melted over.
"The panchets," says the guide, "after be-
ing annealed in those furnaces which you see
at the rear of the room, are taken upstairs
and most carefully weighed"
None but women are employed in the
weighing.room, and so delicate are the scales
that they will move with the weight of a
hair. If planchet is found too light, it is
thrown aside to be remelted; if only slightly
over the proper weight, tiny particle is filed
of from the edge but if the weight is much
in excess, it is to 60 back to the furnace.
Nothing but perfection passes here, you see.
Now, one final washing in acid, then in
water, and these much enduring bits of met
al are admitted to the coining-room, there to
receive the stamp which testi6es to their
worth.
In the coining-room the planchets are first
given to the milling-machine. They are
laid down fiat between two steel rings, and
as the rings move one draws nearer to the
other, and the planchets are squeezed and
crowded on every side, and finding no escape
they turn up about the edges and come out at
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06
JEFF DAVIS IN LUCK.

We hear with much satisfaction that the
Court of Appeals Of Mississippi has within a
few days past, rendered, on rehearing, f.
nal Judgment in favor of our honored friend,
Jefferson Davis, restoring to him, in full title
and interest, his fine plantation of Bakersfield,
Warren county, Mississippi The history of
the legislation which has had the happy con.
c,usion is of an interesting and even romantic
character. Bakersfield and Hurricane planta-
tions, now constituting the whole island, pro-
duced by cutoff of the Mississippi River, is
a magnificent domain, which was acquired
more than fifty years ago by Mr.. Joseph F..
Davis, the older brother of Jefferson Davis,
and for long time was cultivated with great
profit. Mr.. Joseph E. Davis was gentle
man of great aagacity, strong sense and enter.
prise, and became one of the weathiest and
most influential citizens of Mississippi.
When his brother jeff married the daugh-
ter of Gen. Taylor and resigned his commits
sion in the army, Joseph E. Davis invited his
brother to come to Mississippi and enter upon
the life of a cotton planter. Mr. Jeff. Davis
accepted the invitation, and took possession of
Briersfeld, which he cultivated successfully
for many years. Despite bis long withdraw
al from the care of this estate, Mr.. Davis,
with the aid of his energetic and intelligent
present wife, managed to administer his plan
tation so as to acc uire competence and re-
imburse his brother the full value of the place
Still the formal title of the plantation re-
remained in Mr.. Joseph E. Davis. When
the war broke out, Mr.. Joseph Davis held
this property beyond the reach of the FEEDER
al government.
And when the President of the defeated
Confederacy became prisoner at Fortress
Monroe, Mr.. Joseph Davis made sale of his
whole estate to his long chief manager, a
coored man, named Montgomery, for $780,
900, payable on long time, with interest at
the rate of per cent. Mr.. Joseph Davis
then made very complicated and abstruse
will. He was very old man, dying shortly
after, at the age of "a. His will recognized
Mr.. jeff. Davis children as legatees for the
sum of $4,000, to be collected by trustees, of
whom MIR. jeff Davis was one, and to be paid
to his children when they obtained majority.
The balance of his estate was bequeathed to
his (Mr. Joseph E. Davis') natural children
or grandchildren.
As MI. Jeff Davis youngest child is but
IA, a long time would elapse before anything
could be realized from this bequest, and as
Mr.. Joseph E. Davis had left evidence that his
brother had paid the full value of the estate,
Mr.. JEFF: Davis finally, with much reluctance
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06

on account of his great love and respect for
the memory of his brother, yielded to the
advice of his relatives and friends, and insti.
tuted suit to reclaim and re-establish his IT,
tie to the property. All honest and good
men will rejoice that this patriotic and noble
gentleman and veteran has succeeded in bis
suit, and that his declining years will thus be
socthed and defended from the cares and hu-
initiation of poverty and dependance.-M O.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06
THE CASE OF MRS. SOTHERN.

The Governor of Georgia has commuted
the death sentence Of Mrs. Kate Sothern,
of Pickens county, Gin that State,) to impris-
onment in the penitentiary for ten years. As
will be remembered, Mrs. Sothern killed
Narcissa Cowart, in fit of jealousy, at
dance about year and half ago, the psrti-
culars of which we have heretofore published.
An immense pressure for communication was
brought on the Governor, and it is claimed
that his decision gives the iveliest satisfaction
to the people of Georgia. Since the trial Of
Mrs. Sothern. the case has attracted consider
able attention all over the country. 1t be-
came subject of discussion in New York 80
ciety, and was treated in the following manner
by Jennie June, Zone of the editors of Dem.
orest's Magazine) in recent fashionable
news letter" which she contributes to the
newspaper press:
The case of Mrs. Sothern, the Georgia wo-
man, who excited by jealousy, stabbed wo-
man to death, who for years tried to step be-
tween herself and the man who was her lover
and afterwards her husband, has excited a
great deal of interest among women here at
the North, and many and heated have been
the discussions as to the amount of criminall-
ty involved IN Inc QeeQ.
At a recent ladies' lunch party, where the
subject was discussed, it was little curious
to find how much sympathy was felt for the
murderess, and how largely she was exonera-
ted in the minds Of nearly every married wo.
man present. The argument was simply this:
that the devotion of the husband since the
act of killing the other woman shows clearly
that he deeply loved bis wife, and that it was
only his gallantry, his vanity, his amour pro-
pre- that were enlisted on the side of her un-
scrupulous rival, who evidently pursued every
advantage regardless Of honor, decency and
loyalty to her sex, or consideration for the
feelings of wife and prospective mother.
For this kind of wickedness in women
there is no punishment. The law does not
recognize it, and the unfortunate wife is ut
terly at the mercy of man who lie impelled
by his vanity to parade his influence over
other women. That this wretched woman
was driven to desperation there is no doubt,
and so common is the cause which impelled
her to the fearful act, it is surprising that ter
rible scenes are not more frequently enacted
on this account
s9- James Robinson, the circus rider, has
gone into voluntary bankruptcy in New York,
to secure discharge from debts amounting to
$12,2SS, contracted in 1873, when a co part
ner in the management of circus in the
Western States,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06

the end of the sorry little journey with rim
raised around the edge. Beyond the mill.
ing machines stand the ten coining.presses.
These presses are attended by women. Watch
this one near US. At her right hand is
box containing silver planchets which are to
be coined into 6fty.cent pieces. On that
round "die," which you see in the centre of
the machine, are engraved the letters and fig
ures which are to appear on the back Of the
halfdollar. Directly above the die, on the
end of the rod, which works up and down with
the most exquisite accuracy, is the sunken
impression of face.
The woman gathers up handful of the
planchets and drops them one at time into
brass tube and as the lowest planchet slides
from under the tube, two small steel arms
spring out and grasp it and lay it on the die.
At the same instant, the upper die descends
with quick thump, and the silver counter,
stamped in twinkling on both sides, falls
into box below. In an instant another
takes its place, and thus they 60 on dropping
under the swiftly moving rod, and turning in
to coins in hash.-&. Nicholas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06

bar James Robinson, the circus rider, has
gone into voluntary bankruptcy in New York,
to secure discharge from debts amounting to
$12,2SS, contracted in 1873, when co part
ner in the management of circus in the
Western States,