Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1872, Page 2

2 e THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1872. LONDON. An Esciting Winter-~-The Govern- ment in & Fix—"Burn- ing Questions,” The Conflict as to Mcetings in the Park=. The Hutiny of the Police. Raid Tpon Beiting IMen---Class Dis« criminations---The Tichborne Claimant, From Our Owen Correspondent., Loxpos, Nov. 19, 1872, “Lhere are half-a-dozen “burning questions ” # to use a French phrase) now vesing the minds of tho English Government and exciting the passions of the people. Any one of the num- ber is enough tomake this a busy winter in & political senee. Mr. Gladstonc has spoken late- Iy asif he thought his Administration was in a moribund state, and it is certsinly difficalt to see how a Ministry could perpetrates greater variety of those peculiar errors which bring ridicule and contempt upon a Government. First is 'THE CONFLICT AS TO MEETINGS IN THE PARKS. Scarcely anybody here who is not an “ jtiner- ant sp_uter of State sedition,” wishes to sce the Tondon Parks continuously used s places for mob-meetings. Only those who have seen the splendid stretches of grass, the stately treos, the beautiful flower-beds, the lovely groves, snd the noble lakes which constitute the London parks, can understand the affection which a cal- tivated Londoner entertains for them. Ho goes to their walks for clenge, for purer air, for & cheering spectacle. Atsuch times he forgoets s politics. To ladies and to children, thoparks zre as food and drink. No gain could compen- eate their loss. It is not nice to be driven from them by mobs of “roughs,” who trample upon eversthing which can suffer from their violence ; who climb the trecs and break off the branches; who stone the water-fowl and fill the air with their noise. Yet it would be unwise,in the dearth of open spaces in the metropolis, to lto- gether prohibit assemblages for & political pur- pose in & plece like Hydo Park. Thereare times when such a manifestation of public opinion may be meceseary. The fault of the Government has been, that it has attempted to ide with both parties,—with those who want to use the parks for public meetings, 2nd with those who do do not. - HOW IT BEGAY, AND HOW IT I8 WAGED. Tt began in the humano desire of & Home Sec- retary to avoid the epilling of Llood. It was bo- {ore the last Reform bill, sud the working classes Were determined to have their meef Park, or be driven from it by the soldiery. Mr, Walpolo hesitated, and the game was won. Since 1hen, the masses have fallon away, and, in reali- t5, are not sufliciently agreod upon_snything to care sbout meeting on Puadars in Bydo Park to discuss it. But s knot of the professional ring- leaders try to stir them up ; and the two,—the ringleaders and the Executive—have watched other sedulonsly. TLast Parliamentary session, the Goverrment broughi in a bill to regulate the parks, and the Radical party clearly understood that the Gov- ernment pledged themselves not to_inforce any new Tules - probibiting meetings, until those rules had beon Iaid upon _tho tsble of the House of Commons. Now, the rules under which the official in charge of the parks 1 prosecuting the speakers at a lato meeting there, were never laid upon the table of the House, but wero issued after Parliament had broken up. The case is clearly one of bad faith and chicanery. The Police Magistrate has fined one of the orators for making a speech ; but the decision is appealed against, and it is generally expecied that the decision will be quashed. it & triumph for mob-rule it will be! The sathority of the Government will be discredited. But suppose he appeal is not sustaized. Will the mob-leaders give way? Idoubt it. Fresh meetings will be held, and every means will be taken to bring about a_collision. The Irish in the metropolis are in glee at tho prospect. THE MUILSY OF THE POLICE. But, incase the Exccutive decide to employ force, will the police act? Hero are our blue- coated protectors in absolute mutiny! If I stop and chat with a police-constable now, Ifind L am talking toa rebel. He is ai open war with his superiors; and, though he is scarcely to be credited with eny eympathy for the ordinary violators of the law, heis not tobe depended upon when he is summoned by the Executive to ‘“‘put down"” thuflpupulnoe. It is all a question of magey. Alittle while 8g0, the men agitated for pay, and, after several meetings had ‘been h&ld, and after they had been threatened in vain by their superiors, they gained their point. In such s position, what must the authorities do but, ifter the question in dispute was over, have the meanness to dismiss from the service, ona frivolous pretext, the constablo who had been Becretary of the men in their movement for more wages. The man's fellows, on hearing took umbrage, and would not go on duty. The “beats” on _the _division were left unguarded, and _pickpockets, burglars, garroters, and others of similar callings, had the streets to themselves. At last, the men ere persuaded_to go upon duty, though they have been made to see that thé promoters of the late wages-agitation are marked men in the force. What a blunder itis! DBut what Lon- doners are most concerned about is the evidence which the circumstances offered of the growing spirit of laxity snd insubordination in the police forc, At the Police Court, yestordsy, where one of the constables was being prose- cuted for refusing to go to his duty, his fellow- constables, being there in large numbers, hooted and hissed, and indulged in other demonstrations of disrespect. There is & talk of appointinga Commission to_inquire into the state of the force. Meanwhile, the public are uneasy, **If wo cannot depend upon our police,” 6ay the uzel;mgdm,’ *¢ what security is left us for any- TEON BETTING MEN—ONE LAW FOE THE RICH, ETO. Twogdays 2go, a8 I was passing down Floot street{saw a number of persons blocking up the eMuce to o mide Steet. I inguired the reason, and found that the police had stopped the street at each end, and were arresting & knot of betting men who are wont to assemblo 23 members of a ¢ club ” in & tavern situated in the strest. The commotion was great. Tho men tsken were put into cabs and driven to the police-stations. They wero rospectably dressed, ‘and form members of aclass &s distinct as any who followed = particular trade. The comments of the bystanders wero not euch as onelikes to hear. Everybody that spoke declared that ;;Thare wes alaw for the rich, and another for o poor.” e rage for betting is & vice which has im- mensely lelped to fill the workhouscs and the prisons of this country. It was onco even more general than it is now. Not many Jears sgo, &hops were open for the purpose of tking bets. They were beset with people. Every errand- boy In receipt of 10 shillings & week lodged 1 shilling et a betting-office. The temptation waa .60 great for the honesty of many, and thea the till was robbed. At length, employers of labor and the guardians of the law protested, and call- ed upon the Legislature to close the dangerous laces in which these foolish people were fleeced. "This was done, and the result was extremely beneficial to society generally. It was for meet- ing illegally in & honse maintained for the pur- pose of betting, that the arrests just referred to Wwere mede. Bat as to the inequality of the law, it isin this: that, while the police pounce upon the frequent- ers of ..uall betting ehops, they never interfere with the great betting-ofiice at the West End, which is supported by three-fourths of the British aristocracy. At Tattersall's, Earls, Marquiees, members of both Houses of Parliament, and private gentlemen, meet every dey and make bets. The state of the betsat Tattersall's is quoted regularly in the columns of the daily journals. At Tattersall's, many and many a noblc estate has been betted away. ~The Prince of Wales wins and loses money by bets at Tattersall's. Then why is it unmolested ? Everybody in England knows that it is becauso of the exclusive character of its patrons; be- cause, in short, the rich and the poor are not equal it theeye of the British law. THE CLADMANT !—THE CLAIMANT! Hanging overus is tho heavy body of tho Claiment.” The prospectis the revivalof the wholo of the stors,—tho school-days, the regi- mental lifo, the wreck, and the restof it. . « Bir Boger” goes sbout from town to town, as thongh he was confident. Ho sddresses Table toere ings; he quarrels with his believers; he praves any amount of ridicule. I saw him sesterdsy in & cab. ~ The horse moved slowly along, for the burden was great ; but the Claim- ant looked perfectly at easo. The coming trial, hoveyer}is not like the last, He is the defend- ant this time, and on a criminal charge. He surrenders to bail, and is a prigoner. In the dis- tance aro chnins_and tho hulks. Make the most of thy space of liberty, “8ir Roger,” for I opine that it drawoth to en ond. Ho i6 deserted by almost every person of station, save ono,—Mr. Guildford Onslow, o member of Parliament, who acts #s & sort of bear-leader. But tho pop- ulace still go with him. Iam not sure thay think he 18 the real Baronet, but they regard him as “plucky,” and as fighting one againat o hundred. To mb, the .nan's imposture is §o clear that I look to 8ee him under s heavy sen- tence for perjury. o s, in my opinion, Arthur Orton, and a’low, cunning, unscrupulous scoun- drel to boot. But this is what one of his faith- ful organs observes : The Tichborne Claimant has obtained s rule nisi calling upon to Attorney General, 1o shov chuse wi a writ of procedendo should not be issued to compe bis trial ot bar, In such case there will be threo Judges iustead of one, Lot the focs and detractors of the Claimant ssy what they will ; let those who foel compromiscd by their hasty condemnation of this op- preseed individusl stick to their opinions as they may, —it cannot bo denied that an immense reaction has tuken place throughout the country with regard to the merite of this extraordinary cass, The indomitable coursgo and the wonderful taleni—we might almoat say genius—displared by tho Claimant in addressing Yast assemblages, has told upon the Englich people, His clearness 'and etraightforward - styls, the precision and_tact with which ho hus siated his ease, have made a_deep and wido impresaion wher- cver ho has gome: ond the circle of his friends, and tho believers in the justico of bis claim, havo increased, and are increasing, o a yast ox- tent daily, In proportion ashe has advanced in esti- mation, ilio law has suffcred. It would scem, indeed, a8 if the mighty englne sct in motion against ' thisong peuniless individual, this singlo reputed znd branded impostor, perjurer, and forger, had got thoroughly Jam- med and blocked, and that” its wheels refuse to move 2nd grind him to powder, as was solondly menaced, 1f the Government is roady with overwhelming proof, wby aze they so dilatory in their sction? Why ore they the postponers of ‘the trial? It is true that the delay is advantageous to the nccused,—at least g0 it Ecems to us; but that surcly s not the object of the accusers and denouncers of ‘the Cluimant, who is daily winning the sympathies of more znd moro of Her Mojesty’s lieges, and who, if ho continues much longer what Le is now doing, will undoubtedly walk into Westminster Hall todeliver himself up to triz] with tho hearty good wishes of & vast majority of the English ‘peopls at his back. —_— THE CHRISTIAN PRIESTHOOD: Christ the First Priest and the Fcunder of the Order. Leciure by Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stephen’s Church, New York, The Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of New York, lectured on “The Christian Priesthood” in 8t. Patrick’s Catholic Church, corner of Desplaines and Mon- roe streets, on Wednesday evening last, before the Union Catholic Library Association. There was a large attendance. Alrs. McGuire, of the St. Mary’s choir, and Mrs. Hall and Mr. Wilson of St. Patrick's, entertained the audience fora ghort time with somo most excellent music. The roverend gentleman said he would like to show that Christ was a Priest, and that the Priesthood embodied in His sacred person was left by Him to His Church. Christ was s Priest. It was foretold that he should bea Priest. Scarcely had the primeval fanlt beon committed than it was foretold that the fsult should be repaired in the person of Christ. Inthe fulness of time God offered a sacrifice for sin in His own person. He acted in tho double capacity of priest and victim, The very enmity of Satan was the occasion of man's salvation, ~All the sacrifices of the Jewish law pointed to the nltimate sacrifice of Christ. It was foreshadowed * that Christ was to be the priest of the Christien altars. “Thou art s priest forever after the order of Melchisedec,” referred to Christ. The ides of priest was cor- relative with and inseparable from the idea of sacrifice. The deuominations that had given up the use of the altar had also allowed the word priest to become_obsolete, 8o far as thoy were concerned. Christ was not only to be & priest by offering himself s bloody sacrifice, but 'was also to o an unbloody sacrifice. The night before his death Christ offered himself a clean offering, and the table of the last supper was ho first (hristian altar, The carnal-minged Jows rejected Him and Hias sacrifice, and the Apostles, poor fishermen raised up by Himself, naccopted , and “eat His flesh and drank His blood,” and belioved on Iim, | aanrifins offered then w2s to be offered at different times, and in counflesa&flaccs. Christ ordained the Apostles as the first Chris- tian priests, after tho order of Melchisedec. He edmonished them that the bresd and wine were His flesh and blood ; that Lba were to invite God's pooplo to pasiaks of the heuvenly tood, and to behold the *‘Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” Christ sent out His Church to disseminate His doctrine to all peo- ples. How long would the Christian priesthood continue to offer sacrifice? Until the end of time, when the last trump shall sound, it wonld bo heard by the last Christian priest administer- ing the holy sacrament to the last Christian people, who wonld soon be summoned to judg- ment. He hoped the day would socon appro: when the Catholic Church should conquer the world, and its temples circle the globe. Christ came to teach men and to raise them up. Above all things, Ho was a teacher, and Ho sent His Apostles out into the world to teach all nations to observe what He had commanded. They wore to teach something higher than Grecisn philosophy or Roman jurispradence. That was the mission of the Catholic Church, and that was why the Christian altar wheraver raised was accompenied by the chair of trath. The priests were the ambassadors of Christ. They were to keep teaching in spito of all tho powers of earth and hell even unto the end. Christ wrought miracles to provo that the Son of Man hed power on enrth to forgive sins. God slone had power to forgive sins. God wronght miracles in the person of His Son, to %mva that the Son and the Father were one. e imparted to HJ;Eflgriesis the eame power to forgive sins on _earth. They wero made_tho ministers of pexdon and mercy to their penitent ‘brethren. ey were to erect in the Christian Church the tribupal of mercy, * Whose sins ye forgivo they are_forgiven, whose sins ye retain they are retained,” referred to Christian prieats. Not far from the chairof truth by the altar His gfients were to erect the tribunal of mercy. rigats were tho channels and instruments of Christ’s mercy totheirbrethren. Christremained with His church on_Christian_altars, ho taught from the chair of Truth, and preeided in the tribunal of Mercy. In this nation Christ should have faithful ministers to teach His truth. The youngest pricst was a presbyter of the Church, and the oldest man celled bim father, forhe represented the Father in Heaven. Christ loved humanity. He introduced Chris- tien charity into the world independent of race and color.. He was the benefactor of the poo: tho gentlo, the humane, the sympathetic prie The Christisn pricsthood should follow plo of the Great Priest. The priests taught the ‘cruel Roman world the sublimo lesson of Chris~ tian charity. Tho pristhood taught the Romans there was ‘s bettor use for the halt, the lame, and the blind than to | get rid them as soon sspossible. Plato, in his model republic, taught that persons incomplete and imperfect should be put out of theworld. Christ came and taught the true dignity of man, and that all were en- titled to chanty. That lesson the Church taught and practiced, snd would continue to do g0. The Church taught man the true worth and dignity of woman, and that she was not simply the instrument of his lust. The priest taught man to respect woman. In overy Christian land, ho would not say every Catholic land only, woman _occupied ~a& higher position than ever. Let Christisn womoen, therefore, requite the benefits. Tho ranks of the Christian priesthood should be recruited from the ranks of men. The Christian mother could offer her son to the holy ministry andthus get nearer to the altar hereelf. They should choose from their children their best and brightest sons, those with the Iargest heads and the best shaped, those who would understand the ways of the world and make it subservient to the Church, those with the most humane hearts and the no- blost impulses, It was Christian mothers who made Christian priests. —— A Marriage in Jigh Life. A dsughter of Torlonis, the grest Roman ‘banker, Liss been married o Prince Borghese, & member of ono of the most famous historic houses of Italy. _Torlonis, 3 7ovus homo him- gelf, marriod a_Colonns, having, in considera- tion of his cash, been permitted to mate thus exaltedly. Tho Pope declined to marry Torlo- nis's daughter, on tho ples that the Vatican is now & house of mourning, and unsuited to a joy- ful occasion; however, he_sent splendid pres- ents. - The bride has a dowry of £1,000,000. Torlonia hus long been ono of the leading colebrities of Rome, Thackersy gives him & niche =28 Prince Polonis, 1n Vanity Fair,” when describing the ‘memorable evening wheh Bocky Sharpo attempted to renow rela- tions with that pi of tho peerage, tho Mar- quis of Stegne. THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE, Sketches of the Notable Sen- ators. History and Condition of ‘Wabash & Erie Canal Debts. -ne Passage of a Constitntional Amendment to Defeat an $18,000,000 Job. Special Correspondencs of Tha Chicago Tridune. INDIANAPOLIS, Doc. 12, 1872, The Legislature is now in its fourth weelk, and i8 fairly under way, having already passed sev- eral bills of great importance to the people of the State. Before referring to them, I will let the readers of Tae TrIBUNE know who the more not- able members of the Senate are, leaving those in the House for another letter. TIE SENATE is composed of fifty members, one-half of whose terms expire with each biennial session. The present Senate is above the average in point of talent and character. There are fewer leading politicians among its number than formerly, and consequently more quiet and harmony. It al- ready gives ovidence of being & working body, 2and, 8s no political questions are likely to come up that will disrupt it, I predict that it will do more and better work than any of its predeces- sors in the past ten years. The Republicans have the advantage of their political opponents in point of experience and talent. The best-known Senator is THE HOX. E. D. §COTT, OF V1GO. He has gerved one term in the Senate and one in the House, 2s well as one term in Congress. He was abeent in Europe when the prosont ses- sion convened, or he would have been chosen President of tho Senate without opposition. He is o fine lawyer, and nover fails to command the respect of the Senate when he rizes to address ite members. He is Chairman of the Committee on Education. The State Normal School being located st Terre Haule, the interests of his con- stituents aroc more intimately connected with that interest than any other. He is also a mem- ber of the Committees on Public Buildings, Re- formatory Institutions, and Insarance. THE HOX. JASON B. BROWX, OF FACKSOX, Chairman of the Judiciary and Railroad Com- mittees, is the best and most fluent public spealker in the Senate. Howas a Bourbon Dem- ocrat, but, before the canvass ended, he came ont square upon the stump for Grant and Wil- son. Ho has served two terms in the House, and this is his second year in the Senate. He was & trusted leader of his party, and now scems to be as much at home among his former political opponents as he ever was among his old Democratic friends. He is one of the most pop~ ular public speakers in the West, and contrib- uted largely to the success of his party in both this State and New York. COLONEL ASBURY BTEELT, OF GRANT, is ¢ the noblest Roman of them =all,” a gallant soldier, a fine lawyer, a8 well a5 an effective pub- lic speaker. He was the leader of the Repub- lican sido of the Senate during the stormy eession of 1870-'71, and, notwithstanding the Dbitterness and high party spirit that character- ized the proceedings of the almost entire gession, he not only 80 conducted himself asto win the approbation of his party, but he retaincd the confi:{’enca and respect of his political oppo- nents. He is an old member of the Legislature, and is Chairman of the Finance Committes, also of the Judiciary, Fees and Salsries, an Temperance Committees, His name will bo inent among the aspirants for Congression- &l honors in the Eighth istrict in 1874, GEOBGE W. FRIEDLY, President of the Senate, is now serving his first torm in any deliberative body; but, motwith- standing his lack of experience, he 80 far mado en, sduirablo prosiding officer, and his surprised his friends With Sfedga oY “Batiia- mentary law. He is the largest man in the Sen- ate, being over six feet high, and is not alto- gethor graceful. Ho is o cool and deliberate speaker, as well a8 & man of strong will and 00d_common sens, who has & future before gim that he may turn to advantage. HENBY- TAYLOB, OF TIFPECANOE, is ono of the strong and useful men in the Sen- ate, although no spesker. He is a prosperous business-man. He has taken an active part in a1l publio enterprises in the Wabash Valley for a number of years, and was largely instrumental in securing tho location of thoStero Agricultaral College, now known a8 the * Purdue Universi- 47" at Linfayette. He is Chairman of the Com- mittee on Expenditures, as well a3 a member of the Committees on _Education and on Reforma- tory Institutions. No member of the Senate is ‘more respected, or wields a greater personal in- fluence, does Henry Taylor. OTHER SENATORS. Othniel Boeson, of Wayne, and Coloncl C. W. Chapman, of Kosciusco, are old members of the Senate, and are familiar with the business, as well ag all the mystories, of legishation. Toth are industrious, and discharge thoir duties with singular fidelity to their constitnents. The farmer is a farmer, and the latter a leading and prominent lawyer in Northern Iy ‘Both markable degree, and never borgithe Senato with long, dreary speeches. Mr. B of tho * 014 Liberty Guard,” the Committees on Temperands tory Institutions. Colonel Chapi is Chair~ man of the Committees on Swamp Lands and on Military Affairs, as well as second on Benovo- lent Institutions, Prisons, and State Library. Somstors R. & Dwiggins, of Jaspor; J. R. Boardsley, of Elkhart; R. C. Wadge, of Lake; ‘and Lucas Hubbard, of St. Joseph, are all young men, and, with the oxception of Mr. Beardsley, are serving their second year in tho Senate, while Mr. B.is on his second term. All are from Northern Indiana, and areactive and industrious Senstors, looking sharply after the interests of their constituents, who have no cause to regret tk&y sont them hero, as they are influential, and will leave their influence upon the legislation of the Stato. Captain H. C. Gooding, of Vandenburg; Col- onel W. O'Brien, of Hamilton; and W. R. Hough, of Hancock, aro promising young attor- noys, and aro serving their first termsin the Senate. All have been assigned honorable and responeible places upon important Committees, and are sustainiog themselves in s manner alike creditable to themselves and their constituents. Captain Gooding is s brother of the Hon. D. 8. Gooding, a leading Democratic politician, is o fine and forcible publio speaker, and made & brilliant canvass for Congrees in the First Dis- trict two years ago. Colonel O'Brien waa & gal- Iant soldier, and his name is frequently men- tioned in connection with the nomination for Congress in the Eighth District. ~Mr. Hough was offered sn important Judicial nomination in his county, but declined it to enter the Son- ate and political life. Tho future of theso gen- tlemen is as promising as that of any of their ago in the Btate. SEETCHES OF LEADING DEMOCRATIO SENATORS, The leader of tho Democratic side of the Sen- ate, towering nbove all his associates, is James D. Willisms, the Senator for Knox, who has served continuously, in one branch or tho other of the Legislature, for tho past eighteen years. Mr. W. was honored by his party with the nomination for tho Unitod Btates Senate, against O. P. Morton, after & spirited contest in caucus, whore both Voorhees and Kerr were candidates. Thero is a remarkable resemblance between Mr. W. and the late President Lincoln, not only in_stature, but in dress and features. Senator Williams isa fine Parliamentarian, and is well posted in the rules and businoss of tho Sonste. Ho is a strict party man, ard will go to almost any length to Sustain his pi but his integrity was never quostioned, and hostands fair with his political opponents, B has long been a member of the State Board o: Agriculture, and was President of the Board for mlng 88T8. Messre. 0. Bird and John Sarninghausen hail from Allen County, the Democratic Gabraltar in Indiana. Two yoars ago, the latter, who edits = German paper in Fort Wayne, was elected to the Senate on an Indopendent-Fusion ticket. The Republicans claimed that he was bound to act and vote for and with thom; but that gen- tleman_‘pollyfoxed” agood deal, though ho generally voted with the Democrats, and, when spoken ta about it by a Republican, rould claim thathe did not undorstand the question, &c. But the Republicans thought they understood him, and accordingly joined s fow Democrats, and voted to admit Mr. Bird, who was contest- ing his seat, upon the ground that it was always a good thing to punish treachery wherover found. Buf this year the Democrats peturned Mr, 8, from tho Senatorial District of -Allen and Wells. Mr. Bird is on active, sagacious olitician, as well a8 an industrious Senator. Kk. Sarninghausen understands English so im- perfectly as to scrionsly diminish bis usefulness as a Seanator. James Harney, of Montgomery, and Mr. T. Carnahan, of Pogey, aro among tho oldest Sena- tors, and may be classed with the old-timo De- ‘mocracy in whom thero is no guile, Mr. Harncy is & man of great popularity with his party, and is hated correspondingly by his political oppo- nents. He opposed the war with oll his power, and mado some indiscreet remarks during s can- vass for Congross in the old Eighth District, in which ho was defoated by Judgo Orih by o Iurge majority. He is somowhat impracticablo, mghna a desire to be o leader. Mr. Carnahan is the oldest memberof the Senate, and his white hair and whiskers give him the appearance of s veritable Rip Van Winkle. He seldom speaks, but keepa close watch upon the interests of his constituents, Hugh Armstrong, of Howard, and N. E. Dete- more, of Greeno and Ovwen, aro among thois who are classed as clever and good-natured fol- lows, whoare sure to be on good terms with their fellow-Senators on both sides of the houso. The former is » merchant, and the fact that he wos roturned from n Republican county is sufficient to show his stonding at home. Ho is industious, and devotes all of his time {o tho discharge of his duties, WileyDete- moreis a promising young attorney, andisa creditable Senator. Ho is o member of the Judiciary Committee, and is one of the most ‘useful members of that body. ¥ W. Hall, of Floyd, is_a promising young ‘men, who is industrious and conscientions in the dischargo of his duties. He is a good speakor, and & fine lawyer. THE WABASTL & ERIE CANAL DEBT. As this dobt has occupied so Jarge a share of ‘public attention during the past fifteen_years, I will make & brief statement of its origin and condition, which may not be uninteresting : Botween the years 1834 and 1841, the State of Indinna issued s large number of bonds, for Internal Improvements &nrpcses, upon which sho was unablo to poy the interest. In 184G, the creditors of the State proposed to the Gen- eral Assembly to take the Wabash & Erie Canal, then finighed from Toledo, O., to Lafayette, Ind., for one-half of the debt, and new bonds, run- ning twenty years, for the remainder. This was agreed to, and an act was passed, known as tho *‘Butler bill,” in accordance with this arrange- ment. The canal was surrendered to_tho credit- ors, and new bonds issued to all holders of old ‘bonds for one-half the amount of the surren- dered bonds. Under this arrangement, all of tho Internal Improvement bonds wero surrendered, save 191 $1,000 bonds. Upon these the Btats refused to pay interest. This was the condition = of affairs up to 1866, when the bonds issued under the act of 1846 became due, and they wero redeemed. Then John W. Garrett, President of the Baltimore & Ohio Railrond, commenced & suit sgainst tho Trustees of the Wabash & Erie Canal for the principal and interest upon forty-one of the old $1,000 Internal Improvement bonds that had Dot been surrendered, us well as for tho residua of the one hundred and ninety-ono unsurren- dered bonds, to onforce & lien on the canal and its revenues which was created by the legislation under which the bonds were issued. Tho Courts decided that “the bonds werea lien on the canal paramount to the title of the Trustees, derived from the State.” This decision was generally nequiesced in 28 being correct. Governor Baker requested the Court to withhold entering up the judgment until tho 27th of the present month, in order to allow the Legislature timo to make an eppropriation to puy the judgment, and thore- by protect the owners of tho canal, as she was ‘bound to do. _Those bonds had been issued by the State, and her faith was pledged for their re- demption. The State’s creditors who saccepted the canal for one-half of her indebtedness to themselves foiled_to complete it to Evansville, as thoy had agreed to do, and, a8 a consequence, that other- wise important work did not realizo the expec- totions of its owner, and the stock, which amounted to eome millions, was almost without value. In this stato of affairs, the holders of the canal stock memorialized the Legislature to take the canal back, and issue them now bonds for their stock. The State refused to pay any atten- tion to the memorialists, other than to snswer that, if the owners of the canal had made a bad bargain, it was their own fault; thet the State hod merely accopted their own offer, and was ot lisble, either legally or equitably, for tho conal stock, and would not pay one dollar of it. Within the past few years, howeyer, & powerful -combination has formed in this Stato and in all streat, to force the State o tako the'canal and pay the stock, both_principal and interest, w).\icfx now smounts to eighteen millions of dol- 185856 partios in_interest havo all boen opposing the payment by the State of the Garrett bonds, hogmg the canal would be sold to satiefy the judgment, when they would come in, and, with Bome show of reason, claim that theState should redeem their millions of canal stocks, which, wunder the existing arrangement, are exclusively charged upon the canal, and for which the Stato isinnoway bound. The Legislature promptly ‘passed a bill making an appropriation paying the Garrett and all outstanding bonds. The Gar- rett claim amounts to 160,000, to which is to ‘be added the cost of the guit. The principal was only $41,000. Now, to settle the lisbility of the State for tho canal stock, the last Legislature passed an amendment to the Constitution of theState, pro- viding that no law or resolution shall ever be passed by the General Assembly of the Btate of Indiana that ~ shall ever recognize any lisbility of the Stafe to pay or redeem any certificate of stock isaued in pur- suance of ‘“An act to provide for the funded debt of the State of Indiana, and for the com- pletion of the Wabash & Erie Canal to Evans- ville,” &c. The present Legislature has slso passed the same amendment, which now only Temains to be voted upon at the next general election, to become a part of the Constitution. It is a significant fact that no Republicen member of either branch of the Legislature voted sgainst the payment of the outstanding Inter- nal Improvement bonds, while all who did so Wero Democrats. The Republicans have always charged that the leaders of the Democratic party in this State were in the *‘ Ring” to eaddle this canal debt upon the State, and their recent votes on this question give color to tho charge. INDIANA. — SENATOR . SCHURZ. An Intervicw With Him—What Ho Says of the Liberal Movement. JFashington (Dec. T) Correspondence of the Cincinnati . Commercial. * % * Spogking of the Liberal campaign, Benator Sohurz said: ‘“The nomination of Mr. Greeley at Cincinnati was very unfortunate. Under the circumstances it was about as bad a ono as could have been made. Adams was the man for the place. We could have elected Lim, or come 8o near it that we would now have a party of such strength and compactness us to insure success next time. it is, we are put back for four years—just four yoars. ‘We will have to begin in 1876 where we left olf in 1872. But the Liberal principle will succeed. The Oincinnati platform will succeed. We are set back, mot beaten, I have been hopeful of success all the time, if not this campaign, then next. We could have succeeded this time, as I verily believe, by nominating Adams, I thought g0 in May last; I think s0 now. “‘The contest, howover, has not been barren of results, It has g}lyed out the Democracy as o party. This is well. The people will not elect nman to the Presidency who wears the Demo- cratio Iabel. The party, as a party, cannot hope to come to power under that name. They must tako a departure so wide as toleave tho name behind. 3 “Ths Grant majority in Congress is so large and strong that they will fall into quarrels be- fore the end of the term, They think they are backed by such majorities that " they can afford to have an occasional row among themselves. But their strength in Congress is out of propor- tionto their strength elsewhers, Thoy have not 5o much of & majority of the paople ot their backs as_thoy think. A fair voto all over the United Ststcs, taken without perplexing side iasues, would show this Grant party's majority to be decidedly small, if, mdeod}:s a3 & major- ity atall. The strength of tho parties in Gon- ess, or as it will be next gession, is not a fair index of popular feeling, o 41 only consider that the Liberal movemont has boen put back,— postponied.” as the Tribune eaid. Itisthe Emy of the future. Much will happen during the next four years to strengthen it, and nothing to weakon it. It will grow from this doy forward. But it is cesential that the Democracy, 8s & separato orgsnization, should get out of tho way and give it fair sweep,” Terrible Railroad Accident=—Threce Persons Killed and Two Others ‘Wounded. From the Leavenworth (Kan.) Times, Dee, 8, It is scldom we are called upon to chronicle as terrible an accident as that which occurred on the K, C, Bt.J. & C. B.R.R. yesterday morn- ing. Tho scene of disaster was eight miles this side of 8t. Joo, near Horeo Shoo Lake station. At this place the wagon-road, for a considerable distance, rns very near the railroad, and is bound on the opposite sido by a fence, thus pre- venting any escape for frightencd animals with- out crossing the track. Yesterdsy morning o gmy consisting of Rev. Geo. Reno, Holland ones, Mrs. Hannah Dramsteter, Mrs, Susan Mulkey, and Jobn Binnicker, pusted over this roud on their way to the quarterly meeting in on open wagon, to which was hitched a team of mules. They had turned to cross the track, and were within a few feot of it before they noticed the train coming in full speed to- ward them. The driver, Rev. Reno. attempted to check the muleg, bukin this failed. Deforo he had time to turn them, the train was within a fow yards, and, tho mules becoming fright- ened, dashed across the track, but not soon enongh to esczpo tho engine, which struck the wagon full in the centre.” The three mon_were hurled to the side, killing Rev. Reno and Mr. Jones instantly, and badly wounding Mr. Bin- nicker. The women foll upon the engine, and were carried some distance. Mrs. Dramsteter was killed, and Mrs. Mulkey reccived such in- juries that her life is despaired of. HORACE GREELEY'S WILL. Two Documents Presented for Pro= bate. From the New York Tribune, Dec, 10. The proceedings befors tho Hon. Owen T. Coffin, Burrogate of Westchestor County, to rove Mr. Greeley's last will and procure let- fem of administration to the estate, were to have begun at White Plains icswniay, at 93¢ 8. m., but at the timo specified a telogram was received from Isaiah T. Williams, of Chappaqua, Tequesting & postponement until 11 a. m., when Lie would be present to contest the o Surrogate deemed it proper to comply with the request, t the same time romarking that Mr. Samuel Sinciair, of Now York, and Richard H. Manning, of Brooklyn, had waited upon him on Friday last, and had banded in s will made by Mr. Greeley on Jan. 9, 1871, and agreed to bo present at 113§ 8. m. 'Thers wero then present in the Burrogate’s Court Miss Ida Lillian Gree- Jey, Miss Gabriello Miriam Greeloy, Miss Susan . Lampson, a subscribing witness to tho will, TJudge Robort §. Hart, Reginald Hart, another subscribing witness to the will, William M. Skin- ner, guardian of Mise Gabrielle Greeloy, George P. Nolson, counsel engaged by Mr, Skinner to protect the interests of Miss Gabrielle Groeloy in the procecdings, Mr. Wi ;, counsel for contestants, and many others. Mr. Williams rose and offered some remarks in regard to the painful duty which he had been called upon to perform, and recommended that the proponents of the last will ehould not at- tempt to have it sdmitted to probate, but quietly acquiesco in the admission of 5 will made by Mr. Greeley in January, 1871, in its stead ; inti- mating that_the will executed by Mr. Greeley gnar to his death did great injustice to Mliss abrille Greeley, bygiviniu!l fi:e‘propert%& ber sister, ond that Gome other relatives of Mr. Groeley would be deprived of property which he intended for them. Judgo Hart, in reply, stated that the remarks and procoadings of Mr. Williams were very sur- prising and extraordinary, and entirely uncalled for; that there exists the utmost affection and devotion between the two sisters ; that Miss Ida had voluntarily offered to usi? to her sister one-half of the propertyleft by their father; and also grant to other Telatives named in the former will of Mr. Greeloy suitable_annuities,— in fact, more than the amount specified for their ‘benefit. Richard H. Manning and Charles Storrs, two ot the executors of Mr. Greeley’s will of 1871, Daving appoared in court, Mr. Williams, after a conversation with them,’ suggested that a con- ferenco be held by the oxecutors and tho Misses Greeley, with s view of arriving at an amicable understanding in tho matter without any opposi- tion before tho Surrogate. Judge Harb, aiter consulting with the Misses Grecley on the sub- jeot, stated that they imperatively declined such an interview 28 was proposed. The will of No- vember, 1873, being opposed, the regular pro- ceedings to prove it were begun by the examina- tion of Miss Susan H. Lampson, who deposed as follows : : 1 resideat East Poultney, Vt.; T kmew Mr, Greeley ; 1 knew him from the time he cameto Poultnoy to learn nis trade ; ho has visited me, and T hove visited his family, ever since 1858 ; my acqualntanco with Mr. Greeloy began either in 1826 or 18%7—I cannot say which ; I have secn him write frequently, and am well acquainted with his handwriting ; I know this to ba Alr, Greeley’s handswriting, including the signature ; T cannot bo mistaken about it ; one of the names added to tho attestation claueeis i my handwriting, and the other in the handwriting of Tieginald Hart; thos signatures were made on the evening that Mr. Greeley died; was _quite near Reginald Hart when ba mame, 80 that I comld 5 I was fho same room; M. Greeley requested me to sign the will ; it was in re- Epect to what Mr, Stuart said o Alr. Grecley, or st his suggestion, that I signed it ; Mr, Btuart held the will 1D gk framd nf An, Geeclcs, AUG BAKCQ DN DTNy Dres~ Suce if that was his last will and testament, and whether that was his aignature andsesl ; Mr, Grocley said “ Yes;” Mr, Stuart then asked Alr, Greeloy if ho would havo Mr, Hart witness tho will, and he eaid 4Yes ;" Mr. Stuart next asked Mr, Greeley if ho would have N, Haines for a witness, and he said “No ;7 Mr, Stuart fhen asked o would have John E. Stewart as a witness, and Mr, Greeloy again sald ¢No;? Alr. Stuatt then msked Mr. Greeley if be would havo Aunty Lampson to witness the will, and o sald, “ Yes;" this was between 5 and 6 p. m.} there was no'delay in signing my name after that; I arrived at Dr. Choate’s batween 2 and 3 o'clock of the same day, By Judge Hart—Q. From your observation, state what was the condition of Mr. Greeley’s mind ot the time of the publication and scknowledgment of this instrument. " A, He seemed to be conscious and ra~ tional; he was asked questions, which he answered, and shook hands with a friend, after the acknowledg- ‘ment of the will; there was o recognition of myself by him previous to the introduction of the will; Ar, Btnsart held the will before Mr. Greeley's eyes, and asked him the questions alluded to in regard to his eignature and seal. The witness was thon subjected to a rigid cross-examination, without revealing any new facts. The examination will be resumed on Fri- dnifi. The following is & copy of Mr. Greeley's will, executed Jan. 9, 1871 1, Horace Greely, being nearly sixty years old, and in medium health, but sdmonished by recent illness of thouncertainty of life, do make and publish this, my Iast will and testament, superseding and. revoking ail of garlier day which may be found or exist. Jtem—I will and bequeath to my dsughter Ida Lillian Greeloy, requesting her to share any proceeds therefrom with her sister Gabriclle Miriam Greeley, all my books, copyTights, and sums which may be due and owing me from publishers at the time of my deceasc—naming especially my # American Confifet,” “Recollections of » Busy Life,” Political Economy,” and “ What I Enow of Farming,” as works wherefrom somo tncome msy accruo from copyright after my eceaso, I will and bequaath to my two dsughters aforesaid ali tho real estate whereof I may die posseased, or ba catitled to, except the farm on_which my brother Na- :Jmty Pen: Grfidmiv;}e?unm’ixng o ehte b jounty, Pennsylva; g that my daughter Lillian hforesaid be, ad hereby je, suttiorized and em- powered, during the minority of ‘her sister Gabriella AMiriam, to manage, let, improve, lease, el the wholo or any part of the eame, a5 she sball judge expedient and advantageous to horsclf and her sister aforesaid, the samo to bo subject to tho right of dower inheriting in my wife, Mary Young Grecley, wnless and until sha shall sce fit fo release the same {0 my daughter. Ttem—I bequeath fo my brother, Nathan Barnes Grecley aforesnid, and his wifo Rubama, tho free and uninterrupted use for life for either of them, of my farm Iying in the Township of Wayne, Erio County, Penn., aforesaid ; and I further bequeath to fvhichever of his gons the said Nathan Barnes Greeley may desig- nate, tho reversion or remainder of one-half of said farm, it being_my understanding and purpose that 5aid on shall live with and_take caroof sald Nathan Barnes Greeley and Rubama Groeley to the end of their soveral Lives. Ttem—TI direct that if any sharo or shares in tho Tribune Assoclation shall remain to me at my decease, ong of them shall bo sold, under tho rules of said As- soclation, to the highest bidder, and the procceds, without deduction or_abatoment, be pald over as my boquest to the Children’s Ald Socioty, whereof New York City is the focus of operations, to be invested or Qisbursed as ita proper authorities shall direct, It moro than one shero of stock in the Tribung As- sociation shall remain to meat my death; and if my wifo, Mary Young Greeley, shall survive me, I be- questh to her one-half of each Temaining sharo of stock in lieu of all other dower, except those reserved to her n8 aforcsnid; and I hereby renouncoand dis- claim in favr, on @y part; or on that of my beirs, to the real estate once mine, but now wholly hers, near tho villago of Chappaqua, in_the Township of New- castlo, Westchester County, N. Y., 88 also to the two shares of Tribune stock now standing in her nome, and which wero nover mine, but wholly purchased by her money; and I furthor renounce and disclaim in her favor sll right to thostack ond funds of the Northern Pacifio Railroad, which X have paid for with her money, and which now stands in her namo on tho books of tho Company ; and 1 give and bequeath unto my said wife all tho animals, implements, machinery, crops, products, and mater- ials which may at the time of my death exst upon or pertain to her farm and buildings in Newcastle Town- ship aforesaid. Item—1 divect that whatever stock in the Tridune Association may remain to meat the time of my death, after fulfilling and satisfsing the foregoing bequests, begold in_sccordsnce with the rules of said Associa- tion, and that from the procecds of such portions of tho debts duo or owing ma from all persons whatever, or msy be ot any time collected, there bo paid the following boquests in thelr order, namely : Firat, ‘Two thousand dollars to my_siater, Margaret Grecley Bush, in caso she survive me; snd,in case that she should nmot, but Ler daughier, Evangeline Bueh, shall survive me, the s31d sum of $2,600 shall bo paid to her, my said slster's daughter, Evangeline ush, ‘Second, Ono thousand dollars each _to my sisters Arminia, wife of Lovell Greeley, and. Esther, wifo of 3. F. Cléveland, or to their surviving children, re- specilvely, in caso they, or either of them, shall die be- ro oro I do. 1 give and bequeath oll the residue or remainder of my property, of -whatever Dnamo or nature, to my daughters Ida L. Grecley nnd Gabrielle- Greeley, or. to tho survivor, in case but one of them shall survive me. L herety appoint Ssmuel Sinclatr, Publisher of Tribune, Charles Storrs, merchant, now of 73 Worth stroet, New York City, and Richard H. Manning, now resldihg in Clinton svenue, Brooklyn, or sny two of them, who mny survivo me,and accopt the trust, seal, this 0th day of January, in the year of our Lord, on;'thvuund, ¢lght hundred and soventy-one (1871), ‘HonaCz GREELET, Attestation clause signod by Isaish T, Wi of the town of Newcastle, County of Westchester, N.'¥., snd Jobn C. Forguson, of the town of North 'Castlé, County of Westcheater, N. Y. The following is a copy of the last will of Mr. Greeley, written by himself Nov. 9, 1872, on two pages of a sheet of note paper: > 1, Horace Greeloy, of the toyn of Noweastlo, West- chestor County, Stats of New York, sged 61 years, and Deing in fair heslth, and full posséasion of ‘my mental faculties, revoking all former wills, do mako this my Jast will andl tostament. Ttem 1.—1 give and bequesth all tho. property of which T may die possessed, including lands, mort- s, bonds, notes of band, debts, s dules, and Giligations, to my cldest daughter, 1da L. Greeley, ono-balf to'bo by her uzed at her own discretion to the education and_support of her sister, Gabricllo 3. Greeley, the other molety to be her own in every right. Ttem 3.—1 give and bequesth my gold watch usually worn by mo tomy second daughter, Gabrielle Miriam Grecley, aforesaid. Wittsasn oy hand and seal, this oth dsy of Novem- ‘ber, one thousand eight hundred snd seventy- two. HORACE GREZLEY, (L. 8] bove instrument, conststing of one sheet, waa on the. Both day of mcenbes, 1675 declared. £0 s by Horaco Greeley, the testator therein mentioned, to bo his Iast will and testament ; and he at the same tme acknowledged to us, and each of us, that ho had signed and sealod the same, and we therefore, at his request 3nd in his presence, and in the presence of each other, Hlgned our names thereto as attesting witnesses, orvALD HaRT, Tesidence, At. Kisco, N. ¥. Bumax H. Laursox, residerice, Exst Pouliney, V. From the New York Sun, Dec. 10. Terriblo indignation is aroused in Westcheater County at the courso the contestants have taken. Itis the nnanimous sentiment that the dnugh- ters should have every farthing of their father's roperty. Mr. Williams estimated that the D htars would receive $100,000 from the pro. coeds of both estates, r. Greeley owned very Dittlo real estate in Weschester County, and Mr. Willinms' estimate is_thought extravagant by Judge Hart. DMr., Greeley’s first purchase was Bept. 6, 1853, Ho bought four scres in Newcastlo {Gisppaqus) from Robert ‘Havilaod for 8974 Hisnoext purchase was Juno 4, 1853. Ho added three and five-cighths acresto the first urchase, aleo from Mr. Haviland, paving $798. ov. 19, 1853, he purchased from Eazra Haight an sddition of one-eighth of an scre, for which he paid $40. His next and lest purchase was April 80, 186S. He bought from Mre, Har- riet . Hart twenty-six acres, for which he paid 31,400, Mr, Greeley:sold twenty-one acres from this tract, June 25, 1870, to Bobert 8. Haviland, for 3,000, The first purchase msde by Mrs. Greeley is dated Dec. 24, 1859. She bought twenty-ono acres adjoining that of heg husband from Robert Haviland, for $38,000. tract constituted the original Chappaqua farm. Feb. 27, 1856, sho bought from Robert 8. Haviland ten acres more, for which she g)u.id $1,500. Her next purchaso was June 25, 1860. Then she bought the present ‘homestesd from Robert 8. Haviland, containing 41¢ acres, for 35,000. Aug. 23, 1862, ehe bought from Sarnh Jane Wright seven acres more, pay- ing 81,095. Her last purchase was Feb. 18,1872, She then purchased of David_C. Lawrence four acres more, for which she paid $1,600. Mrs. Greel%v owned forty-six acres of the farm. Mr. Greeloy originally owned thirty- three scres; but, deducting twenty-one acres sold in 1870, leaves twelve acres only belonging to Mr. Greeley, making s total of fiftv-eight acres belonging to the farm. Mr. Greeley owns 0o other real estate in the county. Real estate men estimate the whole farm as being worth 3300 an acre. According to this es- timate the joint real estato of Mr. and AMrs. Greeley in Westchester Connty will amount to only 817,400, vt The foi!uwing is the Jast will and testament of Mrs. Greeley, on file in Surrogato Cofiin’s oftice, ‘White Plains : 1, Mary ¥, O. Greel Cotnty of Weatchester and State of Now Yor! Horace Greeley, do make and publish this my rat asnghters 12 sad Gabrielle sll my property, poth real personal property shall be invested on bond_snd mortgage upon real estate whenever my davghter Ids and my sald husband so direct, and my real estato shall be sold and the proceeds invested i tho samo manner whenever my said husbond and daughter direct, Third—The interest of all the sald S‘toperty or in- como thereof shall be paid to my said_daughters or their guardisns for their benefit in equal portions un« ey, of the town of Newcastle wife 0 t wil 1 tho sald Ida arrives at the age of 30 years, at which time tho principal shall be equally di- vided between them, Fourth—The rincipal aforessid may be paid to etfhar of my said dsugnters ot any fimg provious to that sbove mentioned, provided their father should consider it mecessary for them ; but, in case of the death or marriaga of_their fathor, thon tho consent of iy dsughter 10a and my friend Hobt, L. Hart will be sufllcient for that pupose, and suficient to authorize & sale of my real estate, and an investment of my pere eonal property on bond and mortgage. Fifth—All tho paintings and statuary I givo to my belored husband, nndmdgm oy daughter 1ds to ex- nd from m; 0 3 onoe year Siter my decese, fhe, s of §100 in the {hnrc_bu); o goms suitable taken of affeotion, and givo fhe samo to er father, ‘Sizth—Whenover the sale of my real estato shall be dotermined 83 nforesald, either of my execu- 'l;:‘}! authorized to give a sufficlent conveyance for., Seventh—I sppoint my beloved husband executor and my dsughter Ida executrix of this my last will and testament, and in the event of my decease before my daughter Ids sttains the sge of 21 years, it is 1my vill that shio act £a eXecutrix a3 8003 43 ahe attalna it age. et o Wiiness whereof Ihisve hereunto set my hand and scal this 2st day of November, in the year one thousand elght hundred and gixty-seven. (Signed) Many Y, 0, GReziey, [L.8.) Attested by Robert R, Hart, resding at Mount Eisco, N. X, and Edvin Kecler, fealdence, Ghappagus, Mr. Groeley owned six shares in the Tribune, and a farm of 100 acres in Erie County, Penn- sylvanis, worth $10,000, on which his brother athan lives. Rir. Greeley purchased the farm for £2,000 in 1858, and told his father, Zachariah Greeley, and his brother Nathan to live on it, and improve and work it, a8 long 88 they lived. Ho suid that he would hold the title, and ive one-half to either of Nathan's sons, fo bo esignated by him after his grandfather’s doath, for taking care of both father and grandfather. The grandfather is desd, the father still lives, but a8 Horace held the title, and by his last will makes no mention of the farm. the executors of ‘the will of 1871 insist_that Mr. Greeley conld not have been of sound mind when he omitted what to them seems an important subject. By thelast will, Ida_has the power to sell the farm and turn her uncle and cousins out of doors; but no one is insane enough to believe that sho would be guilty of such gross injustice to an aged relative. B In 1861 Mr. Greeley drew his first will. In that ho made ample provision for_his brother, father, and nephew. ~He also msade ample pro- vision for_replenishing the coffers of a number of_charitable institutions. 5 In 1863 Mr. Greeley made another will. In that he mado similar provision for his father and brother, but gave less to public institu- tions. s Inthe third willof 1871 it is seen that he gave still less to tho institutions, but made pro- vision for his brother and his nephew, also, his sisters. Taking tho spirit of the three first wills, the contestants make the pointof insanityin the making of the fourth. “As the case now stands it hus overy sppoarance of s prolonged litiga- tion, involving all the testimony of Mr. Greeloy's hysicians as to the degree, time, and nature of insanity. -and the skin had exccutors of this my last will and testament. 1In witness wlicreof I haye hereunto gt myhand and A PROFESSOR AS A MURDERER. ¥le Kills a Negro, Skins Him, Cuts Off ¥iis Feet, Hands, and Head, and then Blows Him Up with Gunpowe der=--Insures His Life for 825,000, and Creates the ¥mpression that the Negro had Killed Him. Filmington, Del. (Dec.) Correspondence of the New York Sun, A Professor West has been living in Dover for geveral years. He was formerly connected with 2 school there, and is said to be a gentleman of good scientific sttainments. Some years agohe Gevered his connection with the school, and since then has had no specisl occupation. For over a year past hio had been experiment- ing with a new and pecwliar kind of gas, the roperties of which arenot known to anybody gnk the manufacturer. About the time that he began his experiments ho had his life insured for $25,000. He caused the report to be spread that one peculiar property of the gas was the removal of tha skin trom tho body, and $o pre- vent all possible identification, or even to ascer- tain the complesion. ¥ On Thuredsy morning there was & terrible ox- plosion in the Professor’s laboratory. A man, supposed to bo the Professor, was found on the floor. His head, feet, and handa were missing, entitelydisappeared. Tho ox- plosion had set tho bul.\ydm‘ ing on fire, but it was saved from destruction. Shreds of clothing were found on the_disfigured body, which wero identified by the Professor’s wifo as belonging to her husband. - There seemed to be no donbt that the Professor had been experimenting with his gas when the explosion occurred, snd that he had Iost his life. A strict search of the build- ing resulted'in the discovery of a quantity of powder underneath the floor ‘where the body was found. There was powder enough to havo blown the body to atoms if the es had reached it. 5 . * A further examination indicated that thehead,” feot, and bands of the corpse had been cut off, and not blown from the body, snd that the skin * had been peeled from every portion of it. Some days before this the Professor had hired & col- ored man as a servant. This man was missing, and people began to suspect that he had mur- dered his master, mutilated the body, placed it upon the floor of the laboratory, and caused the: explosion. X arly the same morning, the south-boundmi night freight train stopped at Dover. train had ;Ipaauenger car attached to it. The conduc- tor, Mr. Chandler Evans, says that the train stopped at the depot abont 4 o'clock. His atten- tion was attracted to a peculiar bundle tied with & rope which he saw upon the platfoam. It was covered_with a coat, but through the coat h';e imfld plainly see the impress of a pair of oots. . As the irain was starting, 8 man picked .the bundle and jumped on the car. ‘This msn's face was closely muffled. Ho wore a slouched hotdrawn down to the bridge of his nose. When the condnctor called for his ticket, ho asked if he could go direct to Norfolk withont delay. At Delmas, still muffled, the man left the cars, entered & carrisge, and was driven rap- idly away. ‘This circumstanco, together with the fact that the Professor’s wife, when told of the disaster to her husband, received the intelligence with- out any signs of deop emotion, caused some surprise. en it was known that the Profes- wor's life was insured for $25,000, suspicion was aroused, and the authorities went to work. The Professor was caught in Maryland and brought back to Dover. It was discovered that the col- ored man had notkilled bim, but that he had Lilled the colored man. He owned up that ho had killed the negro, but eaid that he hed done i in solf-defence. After tho man was desd the Professor pmhnbt‘i cut off his hands, feet, and head. end buried them. Then he peeled off the ekin. Thé body was next placed in his laboras tor ya few minutes before the explosion. It 13 clear that the Professor’s object was to make the authorities believe that the body was his, so that his wite could obtain the insurance on his life and afterward join him in a remote part of the country, where they could live to a green old sze and die happy. The Professor is now in jeil awaiting examination. —_—— GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Bob Anderson claims to be king of the high- way in Colorado, and has robbed thirteen conches to prove if. —There i8 & wooden railing around the resi- donce of Hon: A. H. H. Stuart, in Staunton, Va., which is over one hundred years old, and still in good preservation. —A desperado at Chlttmoufiu Saturday, Inocked down M. Colwell, s morchant, and, sit- ting upon his body, atabbed him terribly with & buwie—?&m{' e, killing him. Then, when an ar- rest was attempted, he shot and killed two policemen and wounded a third, afterwardescap- ing across the river in a canoe, —The machine shops of the I, B, & W. Bnilwafilcomynny ara to be removed from Ur- bans, 11l., ssys the Indianspolis Journal, and will probably be located at the %:l:ae Dflefing the greatest inducements. Pekin offered 330,~ G00. —The New Hampehire Presidential Electors were astonished to find that not ome of their number was a user of liquor or tobscco in any form, or ever had beon during their lives. Ex- Governor Hale, the aldest member of the Board, had never in his life even paid for a glzss of’ Tiquor for any one else. —New York people are just now in troubla. about their coffes. A chemical analysis has ro- vealed to their astonished senses tho fact that the beverage served at the principal hotels and restaurants of that city is a strong infusion of” Tonsted beans, chicory, eweet potato peelings, with a trace of burnt ‘tobscco stems to put 4 head on it. Tho Juniors of the Class of 1674 of Beloit College will hold their exhibition in that city on Tuesdsy evening, Dec. 17, to which the publio are invited. The orations are limited in num- ber, and, us the orators chosen are among the est, the entortainment promises to be of an in- teresting and entertaining character. The Con- rogational Church building is well adapted for such & purpose. 2 —As & farmer named Grandbush was coming into the city, yesterday, on the Gratiot road, he encountered the team of aman named Robiuson, and the horses rushed at each other. The men conld do nothing toward stopping tho fight fax several minntes, and had ly to get chubs and. pound the ferdcioua equines apart, Al tne orses were more or less injured, and th¢ Har- ness was completely torn off of one.—Detroid Free Press. Migs Maris Huntingdon, a Georgis girl of 17, who is stopping at the Broadway Hotel, in New York, was engaged to be_married to & clothier named Conklin. A few dsys ago she quarrelled with him, and immediately wont to an Episcopal minister and got married to another gentleman named Walker. By the time husband and wife reached home, she changed her mind sgain, and kissed him once, and told him never to see her moro. Ttion sho applied for a divoroe, and is to be married to Con! 88 500D a8 she is free, —Abont sixty years ago, Jobn Griswold Rog- ers, of East Lynno, Ct., fell in love with Eliza D. Griswold, and in 1817 the couple wera be- trothed, and doubtless began to talk sbout fixing the wedding day. Thero appears, howaver, to- have been more than the usual dHficulty in de- ciding the question ; af least, it was not until last Thanksgiving Day that the ceremony tool placs, when the bride and groom had resched the ages respectivaly 78 and 7). Both parties, however, belong to a long-lived race, and”look forward to & wedded life of no short duration. PERSONAL. 1t is roported that J. D. Moudy, or Richview, 1., intends remuvini‘zhéfl Democrat to Ceiro. ZMr. Rutz, Stato Treasurer-elect of Illinois, has determined to retain George A. Sanders as chief clerk. —Of the eleven Massachusetts Representas tives in the forty-third Congress, five have oflices in Pemberton square, Boston. —*“Lord” Gordon Gordon has settled down at Fort Garry, Manitoba, and is enjoying the fruits of his raid on Jsy Gould and other guile m—a.}nnam%.s{ ? the Superior Court, Cin- udge Hagans, of the Superior Co - cinnati, has tondered hig xaa?gmfian, to take effect on the 1st of Jan 3 —Judge Dundy, of the United States Districk Court, at Omahsa, while on & hunting expedition, Droke his leg. . —Matthew and John Vasear, sons of the founder of Vassar College, have given $100,000 to establish a hospital at Poughkeapsie. There are three gentlemen in Boston who ‘have insurance policies on their lives of $100,000 and Tpw! a8 fallows: John W. Draper, 8250, 000; B. A. Lombard, $100,000; J. L. Bagbe, $100.000. Francis Alger has $85,000 on his life. —Thompeon W. McNeely, of Petersburg, Ti., member of Congress, waa Iately married to & niece of the late Hon. Thomas L, Harris, of Pe- torsburg. Tho bride was a resident of Mary- lan d. —The Rev. Mr, Huntington, of Stamford, hav- ing been successfal in England in locating the ancestry of the three American families—Hunt~ ington, Lefingwell, and Lathrop, all familiss Connecticut names—is now rapidly arranging his ‘matorials for the press. —John T. Croxton, of Kantflct{ is appointed Minister to Bolivia, vice Colonel Markbrait ro- moved. Markbreit been a good_officer, but Do hag brother (Hasssurek) who did not sup- ort General Grant for ro-slection, and it is i important to punish hi & Vachingion cortespondents ssy of Miss Nel- lio Grant that she msy be seen on the avenue almost every day, driving at & sharp pace a fine horse to a boa{mt phaeton. BShe is a capital horsewoman, and handles the reins with con« summate skill. A Puzzle for Physiclans. From the New ¥ork World. Tho report that s man living in Bast Newark had swallowed s set of false teeth, published two days ago, has caused mo little sonsation in Newark and its vicinity, where the extraordinary occurrence iseverywhere talked of. The sufferer, Mr. William Pickel, states that for several yeara ‘Past ho has nsed a set of falso teath, fastened to & gold plate, which filled the roof of his mouth. The plate was seoured in its place by side clasps. of that time the plate passed from th Two weeks ago to-morrow Picxel took his Bun- day afternoon nap in his chair, his hoad being thrown back upon the back of the chair. The sleeper’s mmoring loosened the plate, and it fell down his throat. Heawoke and xmmadmtnlihy down_upon the floor and attempted to cuu‘g it up. He was unsuccessful, and sent for a physician. But nothing could remove the teeth which had lodged in the lower part of the gullet, just above the breast bone. In the effort to remove the plate with instruments Dr, Cutlor pushed the plate into the stomach, and Shen the instrument was withdrawn it whs cove ered with blood. It was thought thatif the effort had been successful the man would have been killed by withdrawing the plate through his throat, During forty-eight hours thareafter Mr. Pickel suffered great ageny, but b the end e stomach into tho intestines, Now Mr. Pickel attends to his business, which is that of & 1achinist, and says he sufers o There have been, it is eaid, two similar cases in this country, esch of the sufferer. In one case_the testh wers :;gns’;n the sludu%flsm In the other case sufferer died while an operation 0, performed to extract the lolg.p Tabeny occasional pains in the of whichresulted in the dsath