Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1872, Page 2

@ THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1S72. NEW YORK. Jay Gould’s Compromise with the Erie Railroad Com- pany. General Dix and ths Value of Re= 2 spectability. TThe Woes of Harry Sweetser-- The Stanley-Livingstone Bore. From Our=On Correspondent. ' New Yonx, Dec, 19, 1872, JAY GOULD thss come to terme., President Watson held im with o firm & grip that, the more The strnggled, the worse he gob ?mxl;; snd, although it was rather roughon him to thave to acknowledge that ho had stolen $9,500,- 00 from the treasury of the Erio Railway Com- pany while acting as its President, the facts were 0 apparent that it was useless for him fo at- stempt to denyor evade them. So, ‘_vlmn he 139— came thoroughly satisfied that his rascalities were effectually unearthed, he had sufficient scnse, this morning, to walk quietly up to the Captain’s office and seitle. As & matter of coure, the Erie Company was glad to compro- ‘mise with him upon the payment of the amount claimed. There is not the shadow of a doubt #hat bis stealings smount to double the Eum he hes returned; but the great trooble would bo fo geb proof sufficient to warrent & jury in finding s yerdict sgainst him for o larger claim. And then & still greater troublo would be to find property suificient #0 satisfy tho judgment after it was obtained. The LrieDirectors have acted wiselyin taking the £9,500,000 andletting him siide. They moight have fared woree, they couldn’thave fared much better, by becoming involved in an inter- minable lawsnit with such a wealthy trickster. But how the President of such s corporation conld have filched 8o many millions, of dollars, snd not have been Giscovered sooner, is_what appears, to_tho uninitiated, incredible. When, Tiowever, ona becomes conversant with the man- sgement of the Erie Reilway during the regime of Gould, Fisk & Co., it does not appear s0 in- credible.” They initisted o system of pilfering that estapded through all the ramifications of the great corporetion. Steeling beceme the order of tho day. Honesty was ¢ a discount. TMhere wee & high premium on rascality. The “employes, from the highest to the lowest, wera tsught to wink at rascaltties of eve{? deserip- tion, and were invited to join in all sorts of echemes far piundering the stockholders. The ‘fnfectious poison that Gozed from the headquar- fers at the Grand Opera House dessiminated if- gelf siong the main stem from New York to Dunkirk, nd crept throngh every branch and connection of tho groat broad-gauge road; and, ~vhen Jay Gould was deposed, lsst March, the Erie Reilway d with rottenness, and emitied = stench that was~intolersble. Yet, from thap time up to July, a period of nearly four months, GENERAY DIX 5 acted as President, and silowed Gould avd his Resociates to retsin their plondar in quietness and peace. He nover foran instant dreamed thera wery zny wrongs tobo righted, any abuses to be corrected, or anylhing to be done to im- prove the credit and reputation of the road. Of the management of a reilwuy he hasn't the feintest conception. _What wa3 being done by iTe Frio Compeny whilst he was President was 1o him a profoand mystery. Of its operations e was 26 ignorant 25 the man in the moon, His -only qualification or recommendstion for the position was his untarnished reputation and re- Lpestablo nsme. Bub great is Respectability. ‘Awmericons Toverence 1t. To belong t0, or be de- scended from, a respectable family, is the high- est ambition of our best gociety. And it pavs. Nowhero is that foct better illustrated theni ihe caseof General John A. Dix. He is in erery way & very mediocre man, vet ell his life ko has been receiving calls to fill__high and _responsible positions, _for rhich he had neither ebility nor qualification. And ho hes sccepted the calls, been paid liberal salaries, end filled tho various positions in a highly respectable manner. Heis not themen %o refuse any of the good gifts the people wish o shower upon him; and, £0_long as respecta- By Soupie—i L= aengly flia place of abili “energy, and exccutive n BLTALLYVS LAIeny, why shouldn’t the venerable old fogy be no: gnally the President of a grest railway or Gov- ernor of a gree State, by being really a respect- =bla figure-head, zad receiving therofor a large galary? # ‘%’?fln on the subject of railrosds and railrozd- men, I may 08 weli 8dd that the jovial HABRY SWEETSER, - Iate General Manager of the Atlantic & Grest Western Reilway, i8 *‘bumming” sround town. .¥ou will remember that, two or three monihs 830, Harry was osught in some “irregularities,” 2nd was saddenly brought io griof. Ho dis- rzed 975,000, and was kicked out of office. fi now he complaing that he was treated rather harshly. He alleges thet ail his books ‘and popers were seized, and that he was ndt allowed an opportunity to explain. He thinks e counld have convinced the moss skeptical that he was acting ‘“‘on the square,” and doing thinga in & porfectly legitimate manner. No doubt the bluff Harry feels rather cheep—he Tooks so—at having had his irre, ities nipped in the bud. And, as ho and Jsy Gould are ‘bosom-friends, they can sympathize with each other in their severe afflictions, I wonder if the dny will ever como when decent socioty will teboo such fellows, as it now does the poor Gosil who unlawfully appropristes & loaf of _’breed to eppeeso his hunger? STANLEY, the reputed discoverer of Livingstone, is melk- $ng quite 2 small sensation in Boston. Here, he was a complets failure. The Herald did its Ievel best to boost him into notoriet{by ‘heavy leaders and spicy paragraphs; but the scheme @ido’t work. = The enthusiasm exhibited at his raception subsided after the first Spoech, end tho grest diecoverer was then permitted £0 sink irin such profound obscurity that it was deemed ‘ofiviseble to postpone hia proposed course of lec- .tares indefinitely. It would require agooddesl of ‘puffery ic convinco the average New Yorker that Riualey is an7thing else then & charlatan and a humbug. Butb adiait that he is tho simon-pure “genius the Jferald represents him to be, and 500 cares 10 kuow anything about his discovery ofthe African explorer? If Livingstone is alive; end is euch an arrent oLl nincompoop as % o hevo senso encugh 0 geb bome if ho ants to, L can'i see that it mnitgre ihe toss whether be was discover- ed or not; the large majority of iain, practical people ere not ntercsted enough in the venerable coot to rom after Btanley and an exorbiignt price to heer him tell how he d him, A gret menyfine thinge have been Sritten and spoken abont the enterprisa of the Jerald in organizing the expedition that Stanley Ied in scarch of the ancient a?lgur, and about <ho great bencfits conferred upon humanity Giorehy; but, with due reapect for the writers and speakers of the aforcssid fing things, I beg £Le privilego of mildly ferming them wil bosk, Whet benetinent effcets, pray fell ug; i to festlt Zrom tho fnding of b6 Doctor in the jungles of Atica? If tho ol fellow wants to blsy tners, he bas a perfect right io do so; and why, in the name of ileaven, caw’t e by Buffered to remain inpezco? The Slanloy-Livingstone pather has become ratlier nanscating, aad I judge we would be happier #il round if Livingstone were per- mittod to dsell_quietly wherever he may be, if | Btanley wero allowed to indulge in ‘ an occa~ siozel drank " unmolested, znd if the public wers bores jeas with accounts of the grest 113“5_ g coverod tnd tho great Discoverer. 3 A WORBERFUL LITTLE TOWN. o ths Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Si: Lunenburg, Mass., is a wonderful iitéle | town a8 regards the henlth 2nd longovity of its inhabitents, Dostors exe welcome, because the people are by nature hospitable even to thoir cnemies ; Lut doctors never come their without desiring to depart as soon ge they can raise mezns {0 do so. No physician hes ever been Imown £0 earn enough in Lunenburg to pay his horze-Lire, to say nothing of house-rent sud other oxpenses. Hence the following statistics: Bixty-four persons have died in Lunenburg at the averago age of over 52 years, with not pne anmarried woman in the lst, and but one un- married men. One couple enjoysd & wedded life of 69 years, because the busband was ¢ a man of eace, tnd never had a lawswit in all his life.” The 2ggregate ages of the 64 persons would bs 0,883 years;and, i theirlives had been successive, nial of our National Independence, 1876, and twelve years beyond. P, Cx104G0, Dec, 22, 1874, —_—— THE BOSTON BURNT DISTRICT. The Work of Clearing Away—The Present Appearance of Things—New Buildings, The burned district has greatly chmfi:fl in ap- pearance “during the past two weeks, and ia swarming with industry, presenting a Btrange combination of the picturesque and prosaic. The ruined walls are fast disappearing; from every point a view of the new Post Office may be had, ‘which, with its high central pavilion siowly as- suming its %raml proportions, is the most prom- 1ent object from every side. The handsoma Rialto building oppositd shows up also to great advantage. A _forest of derricks rises all over the district, having the sappear- ance of 2 stone-querry. Long lines of i filled with debris jam the streets, moving slowly toward the “dump” at the South Boston flats, where Boston’s runs will form the foundation "for Boston's commercial prosperity. The cellars have been thoroughl cleared in many places, and the worlk of rebuild- ing is ready to begin from the old foundation walls, though in many cascs these have been listed from the perpendicular and will be unfit to build on. Workmen are cleaning the brick, and as the mortar has been disintegrated by the intense heat the work is cnmgurnfively easy. Great piles of the cleaned brick are stacked up on every hand. Other workmen are senrching through the debris befare it is thrown into the dump carts, and large quantities of old iron ara found; though much remains, the scraps ing too emall fo pay for the time it would take to save it. ~But the heaps on the flats will bo searched thoroughly by the ine, who do a thriving business in_old junk, esterday the safe of V. E. Putnam & Co. was taken from the ruins of their store, ot the corner of High and Pearl streets, It has baen subject- ed to an almost coutinuous heat since the fire, and when taken out it was found that the panels on the sides and back had been consumed, leav- ing but little hope of finding anything but ashes on the inside. On being opened, however, it was found that the books, thongh charred by the intense Lieat, wore still legible. 'There was Do money leit in the safe. ‘The vicinity of Sum- mer, High, Dear! Tedorel, and Dsvonshire stroets appt to bo the busiest parts of the dis- triet, tho reg. --. of Milk, Water, and Kilby streats appearing Listé7y g snimated. 'hie permanent building in tho district, which will be completed fivat, is that at the corner of BSummer and South sircets, which S. J. & G. Tuttle are building for Boyd. Corey & Ahl. The building which was destroyed by the firo on this spot was new and uncompleted. This building will be rebuilt in the same stylo as the former one, except that the luthern windows will bo of iron instead of wood. The building will be of Concord granite, four stories high, with g Man- sard roof. Ware & Van Brunt aro the architects. The stone-worl of tho first story is already up, and some of that in the former building, which was not materially injured, utilized. It boars the gcars made by the fire, and will be an interest- ing memorial of tho great event. It is worthy of remark that the first building which will be erected in the burnt district will have a Mansard roof. ) On High strest, though the Street Commis- _sioners have not yet passed the order for the sridening of abutting estates, the owners have taken it for granted that the widening will be made, and 80 great is their hurry to begin the work of rebuilding, that some havo elreadybe- gun the laying of the foundations on the pro- posed new street-line. The sams is the case on some of the other streets. On his estate on the corner of Pearl and High streets, Frederick Jones iz bnilding & brick store four stories in height, with & flab zoof. e Eouse Decorations for Christmas, From Hcarth and Home. Evergreens are the proper decorations for Christmas, as everybody knows. Flowers should ‘e used sparingly, but still itis well to havea few—immortelles, life-overlasting, bachelors’ ‘buttons, chrysanthemums—flowers that do not easily wither. Bright berries msy b freely wused, and a cluster of autumn leaves will make an effective point of color in o mess of sombre evergreens, or & swaying branch of the brilliant Teavs will blend harmoniously with the various shades of green in the festoons of ivy, laurel, pine, and ceder. A little color used more mas- gively than the berries will admit of willbefound very desirable. These autumn leaves do not need o be yar- nished to last uniil Christmas. If laidina newspeper end placed under a weight they will Xeep sufficiently well for this purpose. These and the flowers must be only for finigh-~ ing touches of artistic beauty; the evargranna should be the ground-work and the principal part of the pictura. All kinds of theso can bo used, but eome are more desirable than others; Vhae aevew of tus hemlock, pine, and the cadar a1l essily, and do not very well agree with hand- some carpots, but it would be & pity to banish them entirely, especially the hemlock. Box, leurel, ground-pine, 1vy, and holly =are the 'most beamtiful of the evergreens. The latier is especially desirable on sccount of ita dark green leaves and ny clusters of berries. it seems always to have gsen Theld in especial veneration. The mistletoo is still more holy 2nd venerable, having been roverenced both by Pagan and Christian. Bub it i8 not allowable to make crosaea of it (50 loving- 1y do we cling to Eupersiitions), and the old le- gend in regard to the mistletoe is thatit was once 2 troe, but that the cross of our Saviour being mede of it, it dwindled to & parasite. Garlands, stars, ote,, shonld not be *“spotted” separately about & roor. Indeed, it is well not t0 hava very many chetricsl fyares, tridents, harps, anchors, trefoils, quatrefoils, éic. The two Lattor are the only Gne thay will bear wuch repetition. Crosses jare beautiful, but they aro more appropriate to churches—oné is pufficient in a house. ) Over mirrqrs and largo pictures mass your trimmings, but if piclure-framea are trimmed it ghonld bo delicately done, and the frames not concealed. A communicating doorway or an arch in the room gives opportunities for lavish ertistic adornment where 1t will be most effee- tive, and hers you can use evergreens, berries, bright leaves and flowers, brenches, garlands, fostoons, and beskets. . The parlor will, of course, be the most {rimm- ed ilmd next the dining-room ; but the hall very little. The mistletoe is chiefly found in the Southern Btates, and to those who @esire to hang & bough from the middls of the parlor ceiling for the sake of the fun and the kisses, we will give a friendly Eu%geution. Seloct one well filled With the waxen berries, for, according to the cus- tom, whenever a kiss isstolon a berry must be plucked. e PERSONAL. Mrs. Oates-Titns is in Mobile. —Afrs. Sceretary Robeson bas another heir, and that ere is a fomale baby. —Judge Tabor, Fourth Auditor of the Treas- ury, will spend the Lolidays in Independence, Jowa. —C. F. Baldwin, of Ai. Vernon, Ohio, has bpen promoted to Assistant Superintendent of the Baiiwzy Mail Service. —Anthony Trollope's lawsuit against the Liepsic publisher, Tauchnitz, has been compro- miied, and the author pockets $15,000. eorge Huntington, of Meson, has been found willing to accept (for 2 time) the Judgeship of the Jaalson (Mich.) Circuit. “Ssalary, £1,200, —Colonel I, VY. Brisbois, just appointed Con- sul to Verviors, Bylginm, was born at Prairie du Chien in 1606, and has aiwsys resided there. You sce that Thurlow Weed has given up mnki:‘n‘g mfl gon,” remerked a gentlen:an to his gon. “Well, L mean todo_tho samo,” roplisd hopeful, * when I réwh hie age.” The boy had redd tha newspapers. g o —Bidney. Bigdon‘ tho roputed authot of the Mormon Eible, and xwho at one time ranked next toJoe Smithin the Latter-Day Sainte’ Church, was stricken with ymlya{s Ipat week in Alle- ghaay County, N. Y. § e fortnitously famous Judge Dureil eulogized by sorza Writer in the New York Zuci- ing Post as of the best Now England blood, & clasamato of Wendell Phillips, a great linguist, & staunch Union man, temporate, guiet, scholarly, o hater of politics, and a model Judge. ~Chief Juetice Tanoy's bust is at last to bo placed among those of the other Chief Justices in the Bupreme Court room. The marble efigy of tho grest jurist has thus far been exiled from its proper resting glacn thArouil; silly spiteful- nes#, provoksd: by his decision in the celobrated Dred Seott case, Eren partisan malignity is cooled by the breathi'of time. g —Senator Pattergon, of New Hampshire, whose fellow-citizens wero foslish enough not tore- elect him, has been offersd the Presidency of the Ohio Agricnltural and Mechanicsl College at Columbua. "~ But to-morrov is_anow day, and Benator Cragin’s term doegn’t last forever. We don’t much expect to seo Rr. Petterson leaving New' Hampghire at presont. A morp probable rumor is, that he return to his old chsir at Dartmouth.—Springfleld Republican. e —We leprn that work'in the pineries has but just commenged, sud that only el orp-third of the horses up in the woodsare fit for ne yat, they would, in ' yesrs, have extended from the gupposed birth of Adam, 4,004 B, C., down, past Ehe birthof Christ, unto the forthooming centen- The epizZootic has been vory geperal, and it will take a month yek to get the fuil force out.—La- Orossg Demooral, G WASHINGTEN, A Congressman’s Abuse of His Privilege. Mr., James Brooks’ Attack upon Colonel M’Comzb. From Our Own Correspondent. ‘WasmmvgrON, Dec, 17, 1872, This morning I st in the gallery of the House of Representatives, and heard the Hon. James Brooks, of New York, make s personal state- ment more than one hour long, whereiz he called & private citizen a perjurer, and said he came from the streets and alleys of Wilmington, Del- aware, to be the co-partner of James Fislk, Jr., in New York City. THE PREMATURE DELIVERT. As no Committeo of Congress Lad reported Mr. Brooks to be corrupt in any question under investigation before it, it was Baid by “ mouths of wisest censure” that he must be an exceedingly sensitive editor, having a newspaper of his own, to anticipate more reportorial hear- say with & burly defiance of the witness, who had come to render histestimony in obedience to theorder of the Sergesnt-at-Arms. This wit- ness, besides, had not previously been & party toany of the disclosures in tho public prints ebout the Credit Mobilier. While a witness in thts city, he has been cheerful and reticent, and performed his duty as it wasasked of him. TUn- sble to appear upon the floor ; & Republican, ‘with but one Representative from the State of which he is a citizen, and he a Democrat; with- out general acquaintance here, and utterly un- known us a Congressional bummer,—it seemed to me extraordinary that a man who estimated his reputation as high as Mr. Brooks should be guilty of the premature cowardice of pouncing upon this stranger,—backed by half of both arties, end saying nothing against him which 0 would flj]j:re ave employed but for this erticlo in tho Constitution : THE ARTICLE MEN SELDOY ITDE BENIND. The arficle is part af Section 6, Article I., of the Constitution. It hasgheen abused very few times, by eithor Senators or Represeniatives. It was provided to protect feoble and morally fearless men against brute intimidation, and not t5 brazen ont iuvestigations, por to gat to the windward of exposure. A most cownrgly use of it was once made by Oakes Ames, of Massechu- gotts, at the suggestion of 2 man named Painter, to procure the expulsion of a stranger from the floor of Congress, by name R. K. Bl Tiott, of Washington City, o lawyer, and_at that timo 8 newapaper-writer. Painter dialiked El- liott, and nudged Ames to do his_adversary! the disgrace of removing him from tho floor. This Ames testified to-day that he had given the said Painter thirty sharos of Credit Mobiliar stock as & lobbyist. Now, dIr. Ames, when he insulted M. Elliott without reason, cried aloud ; “ Mr. Speaker, thero is a lobbyist on the floor ! Ho should havo indicated Painter, against whom he has since borne testimony, and not tho Wwrong man, ‘The portion of the 6th section to which Ire- fer is this: # [Members of Congress] shall, in gl cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peuce, ‘e privileged from arrest during their attendanca at tho session of their respective Houses, ard in going to and roturning from the same ; and, for any speech or dobate in either House, they &hall not be questioned in any other place.” Tnder the above binding ect of safety,—n ‘broad national barrier erected to protect a noble man doing his duty in Congress,—it was not supposod Yuat melice, retaliation, aund private defenco were to be made with impunity. Thero aro somo men in Congress who have beon much sed, often coarsaly, and they Lave been rivate citizens at home, without access to pub- ic opinion. The present is an outrageous in- stance of an abase of & membor's priviloge, which should be made & landmark in the annals of Congress. If I failed to make note of it, I should come as for short of my duty as Mr. James Brooks has exceeded his dig- nity, 1o 82y no worse. THE £CENE. It was well Imown beiforehand. Mr. Brooks was aware that Colonel Harry M’Comb_had tes- tified before the Committeo of Investigation of tha Credit Mobilier that he had seen or kuown of himself (Brooks) receiving stock in this for- bidden Company. Defore the evidence was warm, Mr. Brooks had resolved to meet it. Noth- ing dissusded him, and a great many peuple ou the floor proferred to see somebody stand out in advance, and break the force of the investiga- tion. They would es lief it would be Brooks as anybody else. Now, the testimony of & witness tnder oath, called against or regardless of hia will, is not to be impeached by attacking the general character of the witness, unless ho has instigated all that publicity which led to tho investigation. Did M'Comb conduct himself 5o as to produce the publicity which bas enveloped the Credit Mobilier? Did he inspiro the newspaper reve- lations concerning the dealings of that extraor- dinary conspiracy with Congroes? THE WITNESS ATTACKED. It is not probable that he did. He brought a euit in the Courts of Pennsylyania, whero the Credit Mobilier was incorporated, against Oakes Ames and other managers of the Mobilier Com- pany. The Mobilier_Company was a * corner” In tho Union Pacific Directory, contracting with itseif in the Directory to build tho Pacific Rail- road, and b the recipicnt of the earnings of the construction. Reducing that vast performance to o small end secret bank, the earnings proved to be ag great that the shares in the b were held as the npwards to influence; and he who sought e buy st par way crossed Dy many who wished more infiuential men to Lave the refusel at pur; for it must be rem:embered tunt, whilo the Credit Mo- bilider of thio Union Pecific Railroad, it was also tho *jumper” bebween Congress and the Union Pacific Company, the rubiber betweon the two to reserve the Con:lpnnz 28 it was, and to concil- fata or to “feed” Congress. dI'Comb, 2a e Crodit Mohilier man, sought to buy Mobilier stock for & friend, and the same wus diverted from his friend and’ awarded . to people of influ- once, Hesued as a commercial man to get hig rights in the conspiracy, and Onkes Ames pub him off off by the statement that he had planted or placed A'Comb's part in Congress whero it wwould do most good.” At that time, Ames was a member of Congress, and A’'Comb hiad no responsibility before the same. To make M'Comb a rescal, and shield Amen, was yet just what Mr. Brooks did to-day. The under-facts about the present investiga- tion are these: THE OFFENDER. A lavyer in Pennsylvania, of much ability, but of leeky speech, who always wants money, and yet wants tobo always helping the Democratio party, had seon some of the avidenca implicating members of Congress in the suit of M'Comb zs. The Credit Mobilier. o repeated the tale to show his contempt for Administration Repre- sentatives. It got to the ears of a Pennsylvanian who is a Teporter. for the Now York Sun. Ho made his way, like a detoctive policeman, to tho evidencs, 86 » Commissioner was having it transcribed. He nubliched & report, chiefly from memory, and in part from traunscription of this evidonce, and the newspipers used the same for politico-sensational ends. The oxcerpts, so publishod, made men in both pariies wince. M. Brooks had not been men- tioned in theze excerpts, but ho took a violent interest in attacking Al'Comb, the plaintiff, and was nightly at the l?l-‘xfilh Avenue Hotel when Em topic was uppermost. I could not see why 6 atépoked M’Comb insted of Ames, I do mot seo why vet, Ames wrote those sutograph let- ters confessidg himself tho active instrumental- ity of the corruption af Ce%grass. and addzessed them to Bi’Comg. Why ablise their recipient instead of the author? A HGNT, About that time I received instructions to soe what lay in the Mobilier scandal, and sought out A’Comb in New York. IMr. Brooks was there conferring with the Ames perty, as he haa doneever since. Ho told mo that M'Comb was “an advonturer,” and I knew the contrary. Withont & newspeper or any vehicle of influence, Henry 8. 3’Comb is, in his community, a great- or citizen than r. Brooks, and the Ezpress newspaper in New York, ‘To-day, in Congress, Brooks arose, with e blanched face, & fortility of words, and a mix- tuzn of apostrophe and levity, to call M’Comb names, S8 compared him to Fisk., Ho read tedions extracis from newspapers ebout old in- veatiggtions. He was unetinted in his abuse. All around emopgst the correzpondents, with whom he claimed assogintion, there wors mur- myra of * Too much I* e He hes given proportions to the cherges. He has reduced his 0wn personal stature and prow- es8 in Congress. He hes disproved nothing. To compare Alr. M'Comb to James Fisk, Jr., is to mako an error even in malignity. There is nothing 8o foolikh as to exert one’s_resent- ) ment to do’ too much sompsriger, ArComb i3 o communicant of the Presbyterian Church, President of the Board of Directors in Deleware College, end President of & railway 700 miles long, which will soon reach to Cairo, Illinois, and be a great feeder of the Illinois Central. Ho is perfoctly respected at home. He never came to Congross to get n job, He eschews office, and prosccutes commerce liko o high- handed man of unusual gifts and girth, bub withont lobbying orintrigning sboutit. I'do not admire Tho Operator, but I prefer that ho should operato somewhero else thanin Congress upon his public trust. Ido feola sense of pil for s great Congressman who wiil_belabor a wit- ness with slander and’ nickname before theroe is anything to report upon. MMr. James Brooks' course- of procoeding to- day will make him remembered longer thau his gigantic sorvices in building the Pu.cificnéziltoud. ATH, —— NEW PUBLICATIONS. ¢ Buffalo-Land.”? “ Buffalo-Tand” is a most entertzining work. Ttg author—W. E. Webb, of Topeks, Kansas— Jmows and loves the Great West, which he has traversed and studied with a sympathetic appre~ ciution of its natural peculiarities, and of the trials, joys, perils, profits, and humors of the unique life that is shifting over its plains. In # Buffalo-Land,” he writes mainly from notes mado during the explorations of a scientific ex- pedition, the membera of which were plainly ot too learned to be wiso, and got & great deal of fun with their geological, ethnological, me- teorological, and other information. Mr. Webb was the Great Scriboof the party, and gives us its collective adventures, wisdom, mis- Laps, and jollity. In the soveral months they spent on the Plains, hunting, geologizing, bota- nizing, yarning, and “cutting up” generelly, MMr. Webb gathered materials for a work of com- posite merits. Every chapter is sown with ha- mor and edventure, and particularly valuable | informstion is imparted about the hontiag to be found on the Plains, The expodition gave & rare chance of becoming scquainted with the game of the country ; end, in writing the pres- ent volumo, one of Mr. Wobb’s objects is stated to have been to make it a text-book for amateur ‘hunters, that they may at once become conversant with the habits of the game, and tho best man- ner of Lilling it. This guide to *Buifalo Land” will every year become & more useful book, a8 the time is pot for distant when the Rocky Mountains will be sought by thousands annually 8s o favorite field for sport and recrestion. There is another class, less frolicsome, but more importsnt as a factor in our growth, who will find this book of use. From every State in the Union, people are constantly passing Westward. Emigrant-wagons encemp on spots which the %rmliana have just left with their wig- wams. Multitndes more are on the way, with the _carnest purposo ' of foundiag homes, and, if possible, of finding fortuncs. Tho author has made it & point_to gathor infor- mation for theso pioueers. This is pre-emi- nently a real book; it photographa the Plains and their life a8 they are ; and could be placed with great advantsgo in tho bands of our youth, in place of tho heated and un- natural novels descriptive of a border-life which Los, and has had, no existence. Above all things, it is an American book, fraught with tho Loon, bright, pecnliar American spirit, free from oll the servilities of the seaboard, and picturing only American cheracter and scenery, ond doing that in o stylo diffcrent as far as pos- sible from the conventional duluess of the Imi-~ tations of the Continental guide-books which are palmed off on the public 28 books of travel. o (Ciocinnati and Chicago: E." Hammaford & 0.) 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Governor Safford’s Account of Mlis In= terview with the Apache Chicfi—The Career of Cachise from the First klos= tilities—Hlis Present Desire is for Peace. = - Tucson (Nov. 30) L‘oflupzlg;nuqfths San Francisco Having recently visitcd Cachise, the Apache war Chicf, who has for the past twelve years been the leader of the most desperate z2nd de- structive band of Apaches in Arizora, and who, during that time, has seldom been seen oxcept 28 ho Sprang from en ambush, svho has been Te- ported here, there, and everywhere at the sanmio time, and whose deeds of blood haye dremched the goil of Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihushus, and whose very name caused a thrill of horror, I thought it might be of some interest to those who havye noted or observed these horrid scenes, to be informed of what I saw and heard. In order to properly undersland the true con- dition of Cochise and his bang, I will say that he i the Chief of & band of Apaches who in olden times inhabited the country from the Gila on the north to some distance in _Sonora on the south, and from San Pedro on the west to the Miem-~ bres, in New Mexico, on the east. Thoy bave, a8 far Dack as the memory of man here rims, been at war with tho peoplo of Mexico, aud their liv- inghas been principally obtained by robbery. When Arizona was first possessed by the United Btates, for ressons best known to himself Co- chiso 'sought and evidently desired peace with our people and Government, and this relation exinted until 1660. During the fimo, however, ho constantly raided npon the neighboring Btates in Mexico, and brought back herds of horsges and cattle. Occasionally stock was taken in Arizons by his Indians at points distant from his country, bus it is understood that when com- plaints were made in such cases he made an effort to restore the property. Daring thoe year 1860, a boy was made capiive while hording stock on the Sonoits, snd some belioved that Cachise had taken him; hence Lieutenant Bascom, with & company of soldiers, marched to Apache Pass, near Lis headquarters, and camped at the overland mail station. The Lieutenant told the station kesper that e was on tho way to New exico, and that he desired to see Cachise, and induced him to go andin- vite him in. When asked by Cachise what was wanted of him, ho was informed thst he desired to extend tho hospitalities of his tent, as he was on his way out of tho country. Cachise, with four of his friends¥nd relatives, camo 1In, and when seated in Bascom's tent it wes suddenly surrounded by soldiers. He desired to know the cause, and was informed that he 2nd his frienda were prisoners, and would be kept as such until the boy believed to be with his band was given up. Cachise protested against such treachery, and declared that he could not give him up, a8 e knew nothing of him. Watcling his_oppor- ‘tunity, he drew his knife and cut a holo through the tont and ozcaped. He immedigtely called his warriors together and came in force near the station and desired to havo a talk. One of tho station-keepers went to him to hear what he had to suy, but as soon as ho Liad reached Cachise’s lines, hie was seized and and mado o prisoner. A day or two was spent afterward in endeavors to cifect an exchange of prigoners, Cachiso offering to give up his pris- oner if the Lientenant wounld relezse gls (Cach- ise’s) friends. Tho Lieuterant declined to ex- change only man for man unless Cachise would surrender the boy, but Cachise steadily aflirmed that he knew nothing about bim. Finally he came for 3 lust talk, leading his station-keeper risoner, with & Tope around his neck tied to tho orn of his geddle. Mo again offered to surren- der him if his four {riends were et free. The station-keopor bogged to lave the exchange made, 28 hig lifo would be forfeited if it was not done ; but the Licuterant again refuscd, and Cachise * roweld ” his horso and dashed off at lightning speed, dragging his poor victim at fall Iength by tgo neck. The Lieutenant then hung the four prisoners, and Cachise took the road. The people not being apprised thet hostilities had broken out, fell cany victims, and the horri- blo murders and torturcs that followed for tho next fow days aro sickening to rolate ; and from that time to th 1st of last September, scarcoly & week peased without the commission of bloody deeds by his band. His attacks were made from | ambush, and invariably succegsful. Sometimnes he appenrod to be supported by a_large force, and again had but few followers. He was often reported to be st difforent- points at the samo time, frequently reported dead, and generally believed fo be crippled for life. His force was often reported to have dwindled to a mero nothing, whils he would, when occasion ro- quired, make a stand with a force sufficiont to successfully regist all attempts to take him. No matter what impreasions wore entertzined regarding him and his_forcs, one thing was cor- tain, that he had for twelvo yecars successfully resisted all the power of the {risndlg tribes and ‘what the Goverpments of the United States and Mexico bronght to bear against him ; and aleo, that einco the 1t of lest April he Lad been as suceessful in taking life and property as at any other period since hie commenced hoatilities. Having been in the midst of his field of bloody work for nearly four years, ahd baving at_times endeavored to find him after the commission of Dis diro crimes, but genorally being compelled to travel in sich condition that be was the last man T desired to meet, it will not be a subject of wonder that I had ocuriosity to meet him’ and -sge who and what he is. "Accordingly I'com- munieated my desire to the egent, Captain Thomas J, Jelferds, and wag iformed by him ihat he would bo happy to accompany ma 10 his camp. g Tlott Tacson In compsny with Dr. E. A, Wid- bur, Agent of the Papagos, oy the 23d instant, - for Sulphur Springs, where I was to meet -Cap- tain Jefferds ; but, upon arrival, I found tho Captain had gono fo another part of the Reser- vation to supply 2 band of Apaches, who had recently come in and asked for peice, and L was thers doleyed one dar for lus retura. Ho told mé bio 1ad boen absent from tha camp of Cach- ise two days longer than he agreed, and as he had usuelly been very Erompt in all his agree- ents, he supposed” Cachise would think the delay very singular. Cachise is camped about_twenty miles from Sulphur Springs, in_the - Dragoon Mounéains, aad to this point we directed our movoment, When & short distacco on theway we saw & large dust risiug in the distoncs, sad soon dis- covered horsemen coming rapidly. It wes ap- parent they were Indians, and Coptain Jefferds remarked that they were Cachise's, and as they approached with spears glistening, in fall war paint, on foaming steeds, he said: _* I wonder what is the mattor. Thoy look oxcited. I fear something- has- happened,’-But -on they came et fall speed to and around us. Then the leader of tho band dismounted, and throwing his long, bony arms eround Captain Jefferds, embraced him with the apparent fondness & mother would her d. His example was followed byeach one of th&mrt . Captain Jefferds then callea me and sgid: *‘ This is the old man.” I asked, What old man?" and he replied, ‘ Cachise.” When informed who 1 was, Cachise cordially eeted mo, and we all sat down in a circle to 270 o talk. He then told Captain Jefferds that his absence beyond his agreement had given him much concern ; that he fearcd the wild Indians ho was bringing on the Reservation had killed him ; that he had etarted with his warriors to learn his fate, and if they hed done him vio- Ience, he intended to kill every one of them as a penalty. 1 now examined his personal sppoarance, snd 32 80 many conilicing, sorics Levo been tofd of him, I will describe bim as he appeared to me. Mis height is about G feet; shoulders slightly rounded by 8ge; foatures quito regular; head e and well proportioned; countenance rather end; hair long and black, with gome gray ones intormixed ; face smooth, the beard having bean spllnd out with pincers, 2s is the custom of In- ians. He wore a shirt, with picces of cotton cloth sbont his loins and head, and moccasins covered his feet, which constituted his costume. o is thought to be about 60 years of azo. I spread some provisions, whichIhad with me, before them.” All ate with a relish excopt Cachise, Ho did not taste my food, but remaric- ed that Inced not think strange of it, beczuse ho was afilicied with & pain in Lis stomach, and noarly everything Lo ate gave him pain. He then asked if Y desiredto gotohis camp, and npon my sffirmative reply, ko said that somo of Lis men had drank too much “tizwin ” the night before, and he feared if I went that night I would’ go =y and give s bad impression of what I gaw, and honco he preferrad I should cam near byand defer my visit until the noxt day. told him if I went to his camp and_partaok of his hospitality, that I did not think it would be proper to afterward roport_any irregularitics I might observe. Withous saying anything further o started, and, upon arriving at the water, ebout ono mile from his camp, I stopped. Ho inquired if 1 had any more food with me. I gsid no. He then said Thad better move on to his comp and eat with him. I found him camped among the rocks at the foot of the mountains—a place evidently select- ed with care to provent surprise, and from which, with five minutes’ notice, Lo could move his band beyond the succeesful pursuit of cavalry. His lodge consisted of a fow sticks set up in'a circle, and skins placed aroand the base to break off the wind. Here ho has about 400 Indians of all 2zos. e has three wives. The last. or oungest lives with him in his lodge and makes is clothes and does his cooking, Each of tho others has a scparate lodge, and their respective clildren live with them. Upon our arrival Cachise directed his wife to preparo supper, snd we were soon informed that it was ready. It consiated of thin baked cckes, boiled beef, cof- fce and sugar, We wore not troubled with disbeos, except tin cups for coffee. A long march and kaon eppetite mado the food very palatablo, and certainly our host had no csuse 10 complain that we failod to do it ample justice. Captain Jofferds told me I need nob_give my- self any concern sbout articles T had with me, as nothing would be stolen. All wore carious to soe and handlo everything I had, but, to their cradtifi, Imuost say Idid not lose even a pin’s worth. In the morning, breakfast was prepored the same a3 supper, with theuddition of cake made of mescal and covered with flour mads of mesquite beans. It was sweet and nutritious, and would paus for a delicacy anywhere. After breakfast, a cloth wes spread upon the ground snd the head men were gathered around in & cixcle. Cachise then said he would like to have a talk. Mo said he was glad to see me, and the fact that Lhed come among .them unprotectod was &n evidence thet I had confidence inhis profes- sions of peace. Ho then said that, prior to tha ill-treatment he had received from Licutenant Dascom, ho had been 2 good friend of the Amer- icans, and since that time he believed he had Leen their worst enomy; that the time was within ~ his memory when the Plaing were covered with hords, and ‘the mounm- taina were filled with Apaches, but now the herds were zll gone and the number of Apaches greatly reduced ; that, when he opened hostili- ties against the Americans, he and hia tribamade & promise to fight until the last one was extermi- nated, to hold the country, but now.ho was de- termined to live in peace With every one thisside of the Mexican line. I told himthat the conduct of Lieutenant Bascom was disliked by our peo- ple, and, if he had not gone to war, Bascom ould have been punished, and many lives would have been saved. Ho said he was now satisfied that it was wrong to go to war on_that account, end that both gides were blameable and had sui- fered for it. Itold him that the President was anxious that our people and the Apachés shonld livo in peace together, and had told me so three %ea:s 2go. Ho replied that ho was satisfied the resident was a good man gnd loved all hischil- dron ; that General Howard had told bim of the Pregident, and that ho liked General Howard be- cause he had the hoart to come and sechim ; but for @ long time previous the only frionds he had were the rocks, that behind them he had con- cealed himself, and they hed often protected him from death by warding off the bullets of his enemies. After telking with him for neerly half a_day, Itold him I mnstgo. He said thoro had one thing occurred since be had made peacs that ho did notlike, and he wanted to be frank and tell mo of it. He then askedif I know what had become of a certain capiive Mexican bo{ that belonged tohim. (In oxplanation, I will herosay taat but & few days previous a Mexican boy sbout 16 | oars of aga, who had been a captive with Ca- chise for ten g'cm, escaped aud fled to a settle- inent on the San Pedro, and the paoplo sont him to me for protection, and tho day before I' start- ed on this visit I turned him over toan uncle who recognized him.) I told Cachisa that the boy had heengi\'en to his unclo and had gone bazk to his old home. Ho said he captured tho Doy over the jine many yours 8g0 ; that hosaved his life; bad reised him toan age that he was now of somo service ; that he had escaped to San Pedro, and the Bnflls there had secreted him, snd he did not think it was a friendly ack on their part ; that if I or Captain Jefferds h asked him 'to give him wp, he would have done so; nor did Le caro much about his _value, but =23 a matter of priuci‘fla Lo thought the penglo of San Pedro #houll “Pr.yhim for the boy, and desired to know if I could compel them todo so, I told himthat, Dby the laws of our country, the boy was entitled 0 his freedom ; thatneither the President nor any oue was allowed by our laws to hold slaves, and if ho knew of any Indian that was then held by our people sgainst his_will, I would see that he was set free. Ho replied thet he knew that if the boy was an American he hod no right to hold hin, but he had captured him in another country from another people, and he thought that the Mexicaus only had a right to interfere. T told bim that we had a treaty by which we bad agreed to interfere, and then inquired of him if he knew we had a war some time ago among our- selves, and why we fought with each other. He said ho knew of the war, but did not know the cause. 1 then explainedto him that part of oar people owned glaves end 2 part did not; thst upon this question they became angry with each other, 2nd many man were killed ; that those op- posed to holding slaves had conguered ; that afterward laws were made prohibiting any one from holding as a elave & negro, Indian, Mexi- can, or any one else. He said he supposed it was all right, and he would say no morg about it. Iam advised by Ceptain Jefferd, that, when those who yield allegience to Cachise are all gathered together, they will number from 1,500 02,000 of all ages. In the termsof peacs re- cently made, thoy have been permitted to retain their property and arms. Those I eaw are well mounted, and generally have improved breech- loading guns. They are under no control ex- cept siich voluntary obedience as they choose to give to tho sgont, and_ho informs me thit, so 1ar, all have gomplied With every request; bub they distinctly declered at the outset that they would not place themselves within the power of the military suthorities. Their fighting condi- dition is undoubtedly better now than at any pe- riod gince they commenced the war, Probably they number less, but they have been inured to such constant hardships that they are capable of any degreeof endurance, With improved arms and their knowledge' of the' use of them, my judgment is that they are more for- midable than ever before. That he could re- sist such superior forces as were brought against hiim for » long time, and protect his women and children, is truly wonderful,” and shows conclu- sively that he is & superior man. It is true that their superior knowledge of. the country has beenof grest advantage, and by smokes they & Inrge scope of .ountry. If necess: '&ey could gubsis. on the natural pr untry, sad many of tho mountain; gz\;?em are aleost impeesable §°o prevent s 4 T “anizaticn, tha- Ths question is_often asked—TVil eforo his own meinat peace ? This can only bo Him W rules over ell. The publ of intokiows between bim sud 7 Goyeramwt, daring tho pa in Now Meso, of his professions of thio efforts maie to piease him, and ~Z the Du- quent bloods carser in Arizona since giimli: i!x); ;Ifisatio o distrost of hissine ., fieso reports in manyrespects wi untruo, sn, ifSo, Chlino may it Tave- roied a2 2 the; 1 R r iy y would make him a; My impression is i est, and that he de :,22;2,‘3%‘,’,,}“:‘;’3"5 followers are wild me\ end with g forts on our part, somirenl m‘:. i&;‘;fig may ot any moment oty i paih. That 3 perminentonce may b seenre{ should bo and is the wish ¢ every friend of Lud, If ho should rak peace, thon mpgiti. in at ) with the energatic war polcy Gan, 3 now dealing ont to hest - eneral Crook i troubles 80on bo endfi been the cover for Indiu e White Mountain, and other : S raids and return agein rhe J 3 was done. To me, the most singular ‘L these Indiens, is the conf - . .. .- ' Cuptain Jefferds, ardthois .- .- . them; and learningtisthe . - - honorable man by &l who L for the past threo yoarshe . - - with Cachise, and vas the ¢ for twelve years hsd toon i turned alive, it may be ir g facts connected with thei # TR subsequent _friondstip. - ‘ of age, tall, and well s Jem born in the State of Nu York ; came to Denver Col., in 1857, and praciced law for a shert Hms has since spent much of his time in ths moua- taina, prospecting for gold and silver; has been | among nearly il the Indian tribes of North | America ; has made their Labits and pecaliarities astudy, andis by nature woll qualified to deal with them, Saveral years ago, ho was Saperin- tendent of the Overland Mail Company, and, during a short period of time that he was in charge, Cechise and his band killed twenty-one of his cmployes. e finally went to prospect- ing again, and made up hia mind that if the Gov- ernrent could not subdue so bad an énemy, he would try and make him a_friend, and, by the Telp of other Indians, he visited Cachise in his ovn camp. This act inspired Cachise with pro- found respect for his courage and sivectity. Through Captain Jeffords, Cachiso was bronght to Canada Alamosa Reservation in 1671, and by him Goneral Howard was led to his camp. General Howard appointed him Special In- dinn Agont. and I do not Lelieve any other man living could now marago them, wild as thsy sndtinh“l(:izr'onih hopes ]x.‘i the Covernmezi continue in chargo that peace may be main~ tained. g ¥ In this connection, I desire to say that one of the most fatel mistakes, in_my judgment, made Ly the Government in_dealing with the Indians, is the selection of Azents because they belong to any particalar roligions denomination. No donbt, the purposs of tha choice is gocd, but practically it proves not good. To govern and mmage wild Indians suceossfally requires pe- culiar qualifications. An Agent e e only be honost, truthful, end jusé to both Indians and citizens, but he should also be patient, cool, and possessed of plenty of merve. Nothing sq goon destroys the confidenca of Indizns as to know their Agent feara them; besides, it re- quires years of seqnaintanco and experience fo undorstand the Indian character. Witlout this Imowledge in advance, fow Ageats attain it in time to be successful. Nowbere can such. effi- cient Agents be foand 2s in the couniry whero the Indians live. The fact that General Howard bes already selected two 4n this scuntry o 1] . tho most difficalt placea aong tlo Apadties, is evidonco that he is of the szne opinion, | - - P.E. Sirromn, GENERAL ETS Tdzho has a bonded debbif § flonfi}lflg d;bt qf‘ 558,230.73;£ —The Providence Journd 6238 tha cred of Bowlea Brothers have ctechod the esii D;? Hon. Nathan Apploton atSewport, 3 —Estensive repuirs arcin operation af e Round Hill Hotel a3 Northmpion, 3Masa., and it will hereafter be unknowrss 3 ** Water Cure, —The Davenport and Rsct Island polica haye &n “extradition treaty ” yvhic does nob wait for the Gubernatorial requisiion. —The Stete Treasurer of lnds hes to & bond of £200,000 ; while a bal of $300,(30 required from the Saoriff of Mlion Coua. —The tasable valuation 0 Amnesots ihis yoer ia §110,000,000, $29,000,0 grater thex year, and Mr. Pennock Pusy, tiy expai statistician, estimates thopopuhtion of Smt?fin:t 5%,000.(1 —TIt i8 expectad that trair on the Cleveland, ount Vernon & Delaware ailwad will be ran from Columbus to Clevelar, by way of Akron, after Jan. 1. —The Howe Sewing M Compeny ara spending & auarter of 3 miion dollers in_en- larging their works, and whn canpleted will be able to turn out 1,000 mach)es aday. —Orangces avo raised as hih upm the moun- tains of T'uolumne, Cal, asionox, and sold in that town. Tho Jndepeiden: says thoy have & little thieker skin thaa tinse gowa further aou‘dTthI{b blh‘-'% 2 fifi:r avor. —The Nortl: Carolina »utlaws, Stphen Low- rey and Andrew Strong, ittended a RSl pacty in Scufflztown one night last wee, aud werd the objects of marked stention, pyrticaizrly on tho part of the dusky fairof thaf rision. _—The all-rail reto for citton fron Memphis to New York by wayof tis city, mikes the pro rala from this placa to Dew York cents per Lundred pounds, whilo thst charged from heve is 77 cents,—Cincinnali Conmercial. —The Speciel Superinbndency ¢ Indian Affairs in Utah, filed by Dr. Dodge, \as been discontinued, by order from the Depatment of the Interior, and General Morrow, on rquest of Secrotary Delano, has been desiznate: by tha War Department to taka the supervisiozof the Indiens in Utah and Eastern Nevada. —Some reckless itemizerhas set afbat the statement that **it costs a cent per potnl to get trensported from Council Biutfs to Ckeago." Wo_ sk our exchanges fo forbear placiag thiz sinloment in their *‘State Items,” for it is scandalously ntrue. Tho freight upon graiz from Council Bluffs to Chicagois thirty conts per bundred pounds, or threo-tenths of & cint per poand.—Council Bluffs Nonparcil. —Prayors wero offered in tho churches of all denominations in New Orloans, lest Sandar. for “the down-irodden people of Louisiana.” Bisnop Wilmer is said to lave issued a letter announcing that all the churches in his docesa will bo open during this week for that pwpose. While all the good people are praying to e rid of the carpet-bagyers, all the carpet-baggirs are preying on the good people. i —Every day & new surprise is created 5y the Japanese to the world at large. Their progress ismarvellous, Lats news from that wonderful people is to the effect that the Government has ordered the_organization of eight colleges and two hundred and fifty-six high-sckools. Tn addi- tion to this, it is in contemplation to establish over fifiy-three thousand public-achools, in which the attendance of allchildren over € years of age shall be compnlsory! —Half & dozen **sand-spouts”—columns of s2nd drawn up by whirlwinis—were to be seen on the Twenty-two-3lilo Dedert, yesterday after- noon, from 2 till nearly 8 oclack. They waltzed about, keeping alwways about the samo distanco epart, and moving in the damo_direction, each, n.ps:mz:mv, & solid columd ton fect in diamater 173 aud ono thousand fee! high. The top of all these columns Egemgd to be pcut of by o brisk Lrcezd from tha west, which carried the dustin donds over the rango of mountains lying to the east of the Sink of the Carson. Sometimos tvo of these *‘sand- spouts,” or whirlwinds—all them swhat you may—como together, when they explode with & loed report, and both instautly disappear.— Vir- ginia (Nev.) Chronicle. —A petition is being cirulated in some parta of Michigan, and iy receiving numerous signa- tures, preyiag the Legisliture ©to pass such 5 law as’ protect tue mist valuable varieties of fish during the spawnirg season, and prevent wanton destraction; and slso to appropriato such o sum as may be doamed advizable, to be expanded in stocking the puplic waters of the State with such valuable ipecies of fish a3 may be suited to thrive therein{ under the direction of aguitable Commission/ito be composed of men who are acquainted vith the subject and comy r%:em: n;z:lt%nakeinhu work.” P X —The [ e unfortinate roung w Alico Mnore, who elew her fiead, M Funk, 1 Circlosills, Ohio, & few wecks ‘ago, was con- cluded with a verdict of*not gumilty.” Mr. was 2 gambler. H3 had injured ths young lady in question by muintaining her and furnishing her sn_ establishment. Being dis- Elaaaed with some irregularties upon her part, e detormined to destroy sone of Lis own farni- ture. Ho did so, and whils leaving the houss was pursued By the frail Alie and slain, It was & caso of justifiable homieide, Fuuk mighthave been going off forro-enforcencnts. Conrtezans vill take notice that when their particular 1riends take *tantrums,” i is proper to kil them, It ia impossible to commit murdsr in hava g system of telegraphing which they weio abls to communicate with thl;{t peopls over | such cases. The charge of Ji in this €499 i5 & gUm, Injnxiaifi‘flfience?d‘a o