Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 13, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO, DAILY, “LRIBUNE THE COURTS. A Lunciic. on Trial Who, Considers Hiwself a-Perambulating Tole- graphic Dachinos Exttaordinaty TIl-Treatment Alleged Against His Partners,: by the Founder of a Patent Compony. * ' 3 A Bankrupt Who Was Determined to . Make' All He Could Out of His Creditors. The Vall-Iglehart Low-Sult--« $250,000 Worth of Land Involved, A Second Soavenging Injunction Bnite- Bankruptoy Mattore--The Courls Condensad---New Suitc. 1n tho Suporlor Court Anthony Warnor files s ill for injunction -against Mara Winoman and Henry F. Loopold. Complainant avors that be 18 tho owner of & patent for tho ‘manufaoturing .of * firo-proof tubilatad plaetor-bricks.” & two- thirds intorest .of which Lo sold on the 80th of July, 1873, to defondsnts, for 820,000, entering 1nto o five yoar copartnorship with thom on tho wamo day, the ssliont conditions of which wero that oach partnor ghiould draw £3,400 per snnum from tho concorn ; each party's interest should beoqual, snd expansos sud profits likowlso ; thnt tho _capiénl should bo $9,000; that for tho tramsfor of tho two-hirds of tho patont, Wineman and Leopold should each oy complainant §2,000 cash on exccution ‘of agrooment, and tho furtlior um of $5,000 in- to tho business, within 80 doys, 88 Warnor's sharo; that stthe oud of eachi- of tho firat throo yoars® bucinoss, Warner should bo allowed 5,000 oit of tho proflts, any surplus abovo that pmount to bo equally divided botween Winsman snd Tieopold; thet over and abova the salaries and compeneation sgreed upon, and tho aunual sum allowed Warner, no monoys shontd bs drawan out of tho busincsa until tho capital should ‘smount to$25,000 ; that tho initintory measuros woro duly carriod out by all partics, snd things went. on flourisingly uniil thoe1oth Jnausry, 1878, when Wingmanand Lcopold, 1t is charged, contrived to defraud complainaub out of tho #6,000 annual sum duchim thus: They persuadod im to tho forming of a joint stock company, and tlio division the Company's capital into thirty- six ghares, whick, upon thoir roprosontstions, complainnuit agroed to do, tho partnora subserib- ing for ton shares of $1,000 cach ; * thab a xeport «of eubscription of tho atock was filod with the Becrotary of the Btata ot Ilinois,who wrote Wino- men and Loopold stating thatacortificato of incor poration could not be jssued, because tho laws of the Btato did not pormit tho smount of each phare in any ouo compuny to oxceed £100; wheroupon thodefondante,without complainant’s %mowledgo or coneent, whilo hio was in NewYork, altorod tho application g0 that it read 860 sharos of $100 cach, ind obtained tho -cortificate of ‘incorporation; that dofondants = in- corporatad tho Compony with tho intont to defraud complaivant of the 15,000 duo him on the ealo to them of two-thirdsof the patent; that tho coparinership concern was ‘carried on undor the nemo of the *Chicago Patont Firo- roof Tubulated Plastor Company" until tho ’gfith of March last, when the works of the co- partnorship woro stoppoed by defendants' orders, Swho interfercd with complainant in the dischargo of his duties as Buporintendent of tho works, and flmX‘lfli"’d new mon withont his consent; That tho Incorporation of tho Company was fraudulent and vold, tho cortificats of the Bocrotary of Btato having been obtainod by means of froudulent snd lanud ro- porta, that the cdpartnorship ro- maing in fall forco, nover hnving boen digsolvad, complainnnt having objected and atill objecting to tho formation of any joint stock company out of the prosent concorn until he gots his 215,000, which hioia in dangor of losing, s dofendnnts aro offering to soll the co-partner- ship proporty, bave removed its oftice, and got Posacseion of tho books aud collected s Jarge amountof the accounts, nnd aro using thecopart- nership funds in rash speculstions. on their own. fccount, and are in danger of drifting into in- solvency ; wherofore, complsinant asks for an ipjunction restraining defoudants from selling any port of the proporty of tho copartnorship, lnz nska that they may bo mede to appearin s court of cquity to make snuwer to the chisrges brought apainst thom, and to sottle in w justand ‘houorablo annor. ¥ A THONOUGH-PACED® BANKRUPT. Tennoys, Flower & Abercrombie, on the 9th Instant, on bohalf of Porter & Bouthworth, of North Bridgewator, Maga., and Ssmuel M. Dut- fiold, of P hdolfllifl, Pa,, filoda petition for the adjudication of I, Bpeildock, retail dealor in boots and shoos _of thiw city. ~ The papers wore supprossed until yestordny, s warrant having ‘been issued for the debtor's. arreat. The .potl- tioners claim, tho first as creditors for .8643.60, and tho latter for £102.80. ‘Thoy aflirm that the debtor, being insolyent, gave n confossion of judgmont to Josoph Marks, of thia_city, on_the 10t March Inst; that ho suffored hin proporty to bo taken by logal process at tho euit of esid Anrks on the 20th April; that bis stock .was Jovied on by tho Shoril on the 1st inst. snt, © sud gold for ©453, under said exeoution, since: which dato he las mot beon soon tiear his placo of business; that since he contracted thie above indobtodness ,with petitionors, ho ‘has rcceived other bills 'of goods from othor firm, and disposed of them, together with goods received from petitioncrs, by romoval beforo said lovy, oxcoution, -an ‘walo; that ou thio 181h of March last he Lought goods of J. Miller, Racine, Wis., amounting to #725, roprosenting the following to o the atato of his affaira; Goods on haud, betwoon $0,000 and 57,000, and indobtedness $700. Undor thoss circumstances, on urdor for his arrost was made, and an injunclion fssucd, rostrainiug Marks an oll others collecting or “paying any moneys on pecount of eaid salos, or sy similar tranenctions that may have taken place. AN EXTUAORDINARY LUNATIO. The law providos that whon tho County Court is not In sesejon the Cirouit Court shall liave the trying of casos of ailoged Hsanity, ond conse- quently Judgo Williams held a loveo of lunaticy yesterday morning, 'The cascs woro of the ordi- nary deseription, xil.\o primo canse of 'tho clonded juntollect being in_moup casos too much whisky, whila dlnnyrn ntod love, blighied herns, chronip jmpocunloeity, ete., ench liad a yictim prosent. Thio caso prosénting tho most pecullar vagaries was that of o man with o hond thot might hold a ‘brain compeor to that of & John Milton or James Fisk, His wifo testifiod that within the last ning months Lo hiad chnnfiml from a_temperato, ‘bright-oyed, mlling workman o a vacillating loaf- er, without sufliolont strongth of mind to carry him through o day's work. Of lato hie hau beon ivon to gotting up at G a. m. and etarting for o %Blorwbrnflkfuut-cunnlimflmufl without payiy, the slightost rogard to tho chango of {oilet moxl cople conglder neocasary bofore' leaving homo U lfin ‘morning. A woeld ngo ho oxpressod a do- 4ormination to go to Cannda and slny tho British Consul, whilo his Intest halluciuntion ia that the City Council and tho telograph companios ara In foagua against him and comblning all the tole- raph wiros in_tho city ot point which thoy vl stick fin Lig hond, and snwusing themaolvos Dby cramming his tortured brain with millions of a{multancous dispatehos, Tho greatest care Iy oxorclued bln frionds leat he faucy tho Lounty Commisaiouors got hold of the wires, too, Tn which evont Iis caso could not bo considera other than hopeless and inourable, As it is, the attonding doctors #aid (hut the regimon of the meylum, with total obutinones from iutoxlcatin BTakc, may cura him in w fow monthe, Tho Rade dest_partof tho caso e, that tho unfortunato man's malady dates from last summer, when he foll down a dlight of atuira and broko his hoad. 'Tho jary in hlu caso decided that ho hiad bottor £0 to tha Elgin Asylum, of insnuity aro sont to, ; ufixm}uprur i i Orders for hoaring and creditors’ moetinga were yosterday made ad followa: W.J. Flcl%- ing et al,, bafore Rogistor Mibbard, June 21; Theodore Walker, same ; and John B. Pottibona ‘whore the hopoful cuses .| disbrre t{onor'a attornoys woro. allowod $220, costs, and oments, ¢ - 0ot 0 Awrattachmont was orderod fo ipeuo sgainat Goorgo M, Haddon, for costs, in tho matter of tho Aurora Insuranco Company, Tho costs aro for taklug proof ln tho potition to romove tho Assignee, If Mr. Haddon liad puashod the poid- tion, tho Assignoo would most indoubtedly nvo boon romoved. It was proved by evidenco thnt almont overy statomont made in his petition was truo, but hio nllowed tho.mattar to-lio untonchiod for over & {ont-; tha consoqubnco of which is that tho Courb I almont aure to rofusa to mako an .ordor in nmnéilhnon with tho potition, as tho oatato is about wound up, and there {8 now no objoot in romoving him. wEy TITE ONEAT VAULAIGLRIIART LAND 8YIT. Tho suit of, * Vil v, Iglobart,” tho contro of ?uun o golar syatom of mults satollito, oamo up or trislin Judga Gary's Court yesterday. Tho puit s brought Ly Ellon P., wifo of Ass Vall, Mary E., and Magglo A. Valo v, Asn Valo, Nicho= 1as P, Tglohart, and tho Brighton Company, and is for epoclfla_porformanco of a “contract ‘mado botwoon Asa Vall and Nicholas P, Iglohart, on . THE KANSAS BUTGHERY.. Further Particulazs. of tho Labette County Horror. The Diabolical Orimes of the Bender Gang. Fiading of the i&)dlcfi of the Vietims. : Letter from a Visitor 1o the Scené--- the 224 of Juno, 1800, by which Igiehatt ngrood to convoy to Ellon P. Vail and hor minor ohil- Sron 348 sovos of ground, situatod in ook Coun- ty, noar Washiugton Holghts, known ag tho 5, . 3§ of 1, W, 3 sud 8. w. 3 of Soc. E. T, 87, Tho allegod ng;{aomnnt was made in 1860, when Asa Vall ond N. P Jglohart, who badbeen in businoss togothor for Homo timo, woro sottling up partnorsliip nccounts. At that Hmo the prop- orty wag valnod b ©iB,000. Aftor tho ngrecs mont.was closed, complainants and Mr. Vail Wont to Colorsdo and staysd thoro s number of yonys, . and, on their returning horo, Iglehart ia 3uid 'to Luvo rofusod 4o convoy the'proparty e sgreod. The original bill was'filed in 1871, at which timo tho property wag valued at 800,000, which valuation was agreed to a8 corract in'do- fondant's nnswer, At the prosont time the prop- erty e volued ot $250,000. " Tho _tac- fica of dofondaht 'Tglohart aro paculiarly onorgetio, - He meots this aotion with & number | of othors’for: notea givon by Mr. Vail in tho canjreo of hguincsu k%?flm}urm- ravious to 1800, f2d'ihors than. ono n_chancory conngoted with mattera arising oub of this suit. The caso will probably bo resumed. to-day, Robert Rae and Jd. W. Bonch for complaluants, Dont & Black ~ ond Beovill, -Corwin.& Dagley, for dofondants. g AN ALDETMANIQ LEXICOGRAPHER. The ingonuity displayed by jurors in \vr{Fglhxg_ ont of gervico ia ofton worthy of note. Yostov- dny morning tho following lotter, roproduood ns vorbal fac-similo, was handed to Judge Tree by .ono of tho froo and independenta ¢ o couinin, May 13, 1673, .. 7', Bradley, She ook Countys 2 venees o i, (i CBivow, s commutid to sorvo 8 Potlt, Jourors lu tlita Torm, butho {s not abla to sorvo ou necount of alkness Lio baa fullen with, ke is out of seenn whath I can yroove, NIOKLAUS EXIARDT, Aldermon of tho ¥ifteonth Ward of the city of Qhicago, Judgo Troocould notresiat the eloquont appoal af tho Aldermon, *and 3Mr, Thow was consequont- 1y oxcusod aurvln;i 5a o “Jouror.” . Tho fack of t{m ‘mattor, which tho above lottor was moant to explain {s, that Thow is subject to fits, nnd is not, tharefore; & *fit" porson to gerve. . _TIE COURTS CONDENSED. In Judgo Rogers' Court, the cuseof Charles E. Odokv. J. B, Marklo was tried. Tlis was sn aotion to recover {ho smountof an accomut of §2,200,85 for the fitting up of » saloon in the Exchange building, at No. 118 Olark streot. The dofenee urgad that tho fittings of the bar-room wero not . up to tho mark as was agroed upon in ¢ho contrsst, the wood-work enpocially bolng do~ foctive. Tho jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, with'$1,600 dsmogos, dofondant mov: ing for a new trial, 'Tho cago of Palmer v, Illinojs Contral Railrosd Company, by agrocmont of the partics, was yo- forred fo William G. Furnoss ns reforco under tho statuto. : 2 1t is confldently expected that Calendar No. 2, of the Buperior Court, will bo called in tho June torm, na.mdfo Wood, of -Iroquols County, Lins boon’ socurad to 1l the vacanay caused by h udgo Jameson's absonce. . Judgo Gary Jssuod quife a numbor of dlvorco deoreos, yostorday, and transsctod alargoamount of divorco business mmnll{‘. In Judge Booth's Court the whole day waa consumed In a suit on & $00 promisssry noto, tho jury dolivoring & sonled verdick. . .- In Judfn Portors Court the case of Behrons v. Gily of Chicago, In whic plaintif got 81,200 damages for a broken '“,f alloged to havo ro- wnitod from dofoctivo sidowalks, camoup on mo- }inn l!])y dofondant for a new trizl, which was ro- uged. ZEllon Whisler brings suit in tho Circuit Court against John Hays for trospuss on the case €5,000 damnges. . J. D, Gardnor.sucs Ezra B. Lincoln in the.| Cirouit Court, iu agsumpsit, for $2,000 dsmagos. In tho Circuit Court, Bopjamm B, Cuuning- ham and B. Gray, the parties who havo alroady brought an action for damages against tho city for trespass on the case, in that the city,. after | apparont refinement, for whotn that blood-dronch= An Interview with a Detective. The Benders TFormorly from ¥ydo Park, the Chicago Suburb. Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, INDEPENDENGE, Kan,, May 10, 1873, ““Bupped full of horrors" is o quotation bo- como current onough in theso days, when crime, if not more froquont, is, at lenst, moro fro- quantly known in sl {is brutal, horrid, stupldly self-betiaying dotails; but ono foels tho uiter. inadequacy of this and overy similar oxpression aa descriptiva of the RECENT TERTIDLE DISCLOSURES In tho adjoining County of Labotte. Tolegraphic +notico hing reachod you before now ot tho dieap- pearanco, {8 tho middlo of last March, of Dr. Willism AL York, brothor of Col. ¥orlk, of Pom- oroy notorioty, and of tho facts that cousod the words * disappearanco” and * murder” to bo- como'synonyms, namely : thrao or four othors having dieappoared during thopast fall and win- tor, in that.geglon, In an oqually -myatorious manner. Tho finding of his body and thogo of eight othors has doveloped s history of butchery ‘boforo whoso appalling dotaila s ONE 18 BIMPLY WORDLESS, . Yestorday I wont out to the sconojof the mur- dors,—n place distant 17 milos,—ana found sov- eral hundred porsons slroady thore, some of whom had spont tho night, and ovon women—of od spot scomod to have o morbid fascination. Tho farm, or “claim,” as it is called horo, is o boautital pioco of *socond bottom"” land, undu- Iating gontly upward from tho houso, crotiching In n groon basin; thus affording an eatly viow of any approaching wayfaror. This house and clhim wore owned and ocou- plod by & e GERMAN FAMILY NAMED BENDER, snid to havo moved here a yoor ago from Hyde Park, ono of your own benutiful suburbs. A young applo orehardlios at onosido of the houae, and this orchard, twico plowed this spring, and Jooking a cheoring exponent of human thrift, & smiling prophecy of plenty, hid undor its iuno- nocont-secming lap ‘EIGIT DLOODY CORPSES. Thoy were buried in an irrogular line from enst to west, and each beside an infant treo sopruned 08 to sbow the murderers how to avold digging & gocond timo into & grave. Dr. York's body was found first, sud found by his own (youngor) Dbrotbor,—ho and tho dotective, Boors, boing ongaged in probing the ground with pointed iron rods. When the nows -reached Independenco, & Iargo party visited thio place, and sonn unearthod four other corpsos, in varlons stages of decom- position, but all beating marks of THE BANE FATAL HAMMER (o shosmaker'a tool), or, rathor, hammors, for there wero two, small and largo; and sometimos one, somotimes tho other, and in ono or fwo in- stances both, had been used in crushing. the glaulls of the vietima., As I arrivod thoro yostordsy, thoy had’ found fn el cight bodies; and wora preparing to. move tho houso from ita foundations, The houso was & tolorable ouo for the country heroabout, Lioing of framo, and contalning in ono cornor & potty grocory, whilo across the contro of tho one largo awarding thom tho cantrfict for the scavenging for 1873, changed its mind and_daclined to carry out, tho contract, now il & bill for injunotion against tho snmo dofoudant, - restraining them from giving tho work to anothor party. Judgo Drummond is hearing rond the ovi- donco taking in tho petition and revlew in tho Btato Inaurance mattor. Judgo Blodgett 18 ongagod in hearing tha samo railrond case that has beon going on bofora Lim for somo days past. ' _ . _ . CRIMINAL COURT ITEMS. 3 John Plenflort was placed on trial charged with stealing 8103 from his room-mate, 5 nian with a namo which can be pronouuced, but is beyond tho Spencerian or any other systom of hand-writing, Plonflort and “the monoy wero missing togothor last Wodncsday, and tho polico wero at once consulted,who made bim a prisoner beforo hio had succoeded in spending moro than 81 of his booty, He was found guilty, and, bo- ing under ago, waa sont to tho Houso of Correc~ tion for four years, ' Bamuel Mnfi:alm was seized with tho prevail- ing opidomio of driving. away with_ omobody elso's horso and buggy, and was sent down totho county jail for goyon daye. Tn tho balanco of the cases set for, yeatorday ball was forfoltod, autlohings tho County Traasury b%r a‘a,ooo, of whioch 8600 will be psid {n bundlea of atraw. NEW SUITS.. Tae Ustred SyaTes DISTRIO COUST.~J, R, Pay- sou, Assigmoo of tho Tiopubllo Tasuranco Compiny, v. Dayid Porlor ; assumplt, $1,000, Tux Oinourr Count,—0,00~Bussn L. Dlakesloo v, 8. B, Mattoson ; roplovin of houschold offects, 6,910— Appeal, - 6,011--Poople ox xel Bophia- Parry, gusrdian of toujsa Kolly, v, Edward Kelly, William Snowhook, and Jobn Prindiville $2,000, 6,912—Alfrod Day v, dobn Fagan; confesslon of judgment, $83:01, £,013—3ohn v. Dacth; potiton to supply rocord, 0,00 —Tilen Whislor v, Joho Hays; lrespasa on tho caso, . Gardner ot al, v, Ezrs I, Lin- 000, _0,016—Benjamin B, Cun- ‘ningham and B, Gray v, Olty of Ohieago et al.: Wl for injunction, 0.016—Appeal, ~ 6,918—Hugh McClinoy v, 0. Thioloman at al. : potition for mochanics' lien o ilicatro on Larzaboo atrctt. 6,010—In tho matler of, Ellen 3f, Casoy, an alleged lunatlo: papers for trial, (Burnt Record)~13—Frederick Schlender v, Teury and Barah Holkor and Goorge and Caroline Galrer ; petition {0 eatablish rocord and confirm title to Lot 14, County- ot ook, T~1talph' E, Blerkweathor ot al, V. Amorl. can Dible Soclety3 potition to establish and confirm itlo to t 3¢ of Lol 4, Block 43, original Town of Ohi- 01 Lois 11 0ui 14 In Block' 20, in Canal Trusteas’ Subdivialon_of w 3, and tho'w X of n o 3if of Bog. 17, T. G0, N, R. 14 e’ot 8 B M.; ot 3, lock 16, Fort Dearborn Additfon to Ohicago ! Tooth and 5, Blook 1, Johuston, Robarts & Storra' Ade dition fo Obfcago; n'3 of Lots'1 and 3, i Block 140, in Behol Baction Addition {0 Ohioagos’ tho undivided 550f Lot 9, in Dlock 24, in Canal Trustoes’ Subdi- Vision of n 3 of foc.29, T80, NIt 14, 00f 3 P.1L. ; the 1.5 of Loti0, Block 1l Schiool Bection Addition to’| Clileago; tho's 25 feet of Lov'd, Block 18, in orlginal Town of Ohfeago : Lot 10,and {lio n 85 of Lot 16, in Tlook 138, Beliool Boctlow Addition to Chicagos w X of Lot 3, tu Block 18, Wolcott's Addition to Gbieagd § Toto1and 2, fu middle tior iu Oakonwald, n BubdL: ifon of putt of 4 3¢ of o X of Sec. S, T, 95, N, 14, 60f 3 P, AL - "tur BureRion Count,—43,300—Willism W, Arend v. Frank Luleeubarth ; anumpsit, $500, 49,340—Au- tliony Warner v, Marn 'Winenun sud Henry ¥, Loo- pold: Dill for fnjunction. 43841—Alfred H, Htt v. Willard Ensyort vabtion o, supply record. 43,043 —Auguatus Johnson v, Otto W, Jtlmpler ; assumpait, {3io—Amposi, 40,344 Gorndlis L. v. Ohieleh room wasdrswn & curlaln about bronst-high, snd near this ourtain had alwaya stood the tablo whoro tho unsuspocting traveler was glven & soat with his back to the fatal blind, and in the floor, besido his chair, o small trap-door on hinges. Everything was horo just ag 4 TIE WAETOHES HAD LEFT It I their guilty flight throo woeks ago, (they fed immediately after the visit of the Bhoriff with Cols. York and Peckham on thelr senrch for Dr. York). Herelay the misorsble stack of gro- cerios, strown about and trodden into the filthy floor ;. hore were still tho murderous hummers whoso disks fltted only too woll into tho pitcous ‘wounds of the putrefying bodies now lying in tho yard, covored with rudo donl-boxes, . 1 had hoard beforo how the victims had beon stunnod by o blow. from behind tho curtain, and tho bodios thon dropped throngh the trap into'a pit below, where thoy wore finished by having thoir nocks cut through to ‘the bono, and whoro they romawmned until night enablad the slaugh- torars to hide them moro socurely, and, as thoy fondly hoped, pormanontly ; but not until a hune dred furious mon bad wronched tho hiouss from tho &pot on which it atood, not-until tho misty light of a sullon day had beon thrown FULL INTO THAT GORY PIT, : zovonling ‘the nwful doliborateness of propera- tion, tho full purposo and prospact of the futuro indofinito extension of such crime, did a perfect anorama of _that namoless Horror unroll itsolf efare me. Tor many wore on tho ground yes- tordsy who told mo thay hnd Ernnaud and ropassod slong that road, had fad thoir horsos and caten thelr lunch at that Liouso, and they agreo in ull {ho dotaila of tho customs of geating sud serv- ing travelors thore. A proturo roso LIKE A DREARY NIGUTMARE, and showed mo poor Longeore sitting thoro with his hoad against that curtain, which was indood tho curtain of Futurity for him ; ehowed me tho stealthy hand uplifted from behind, armed with » hammer, and doncending with mortal forco on the unsuspeoting. head ; showed me tho pars- 1yzad terror of tho littlo daughtor iu the momont bofore another murderer (or murderess, for you know thero wore two yomen un&v-g tho work? seizod tho childish throat and put ont fear #nd lifo togother ; then tho trap-door liftod up, tho bodioa-dropped in, go that, if anothor pas- songor cam, or a noighbor called, thoy could kit and cliat without unplossatuons. I tho days wore long whilo such polo corpsos 1ay bloeding under the floor thoso two women and two mon worked and walked upon, one, knowg not. It I8 nlready a dislocation of - ono’s acuitics to concoivo b all such boings as thoro, and quite . imposaible to imagino remorso in & dcu&n of moral seaso that would malko ro- morso an incongruity, - But night comes after overy day, long or, short, and then & holo is dug undor the apple-treo, the fathér stripped of lus onter-clotbing aud_put in, the poor littlo girl fl:\-u\m upou?fln body (somo conjecture, indeed, ' SIE WAS BURIED ALIVE, since she bearn 10 mark of violeuce), the gravo fillod, ond the enrth rakoed sbout and msde to alvorco o te ground of cruglty, ® 43,3456— amea @, Owen v, Anne D, anil Charlos 1, “Talmddge ; Confension of judgment, $472.16, 43,346—Maria Li' Wolcott v. B. B, Baldwin ‘aud Edward Stone: sssump- alt, 8300, 43,847—Ilonry Tuchhorn v W, . Pharo 3 eppoal, 4),048—Jamoq Ttood v, Miclinel Evand and John Jlickoy: replovin of moven quartor curks of brandy, 43,3491, O, Howolt v, Junea Baxter ; as~ nutapafl, $160, 43,050—Edward I, Holmes ot al D. Pollard ; distrchs for rent, . V. L. 3,061, 3, 3, 4—Appeals. A — A Ourious Chinese Qustom, The Chincao take a curfous mothod to prevent thnlrpli;nunn from being attacked by birds of Pray while cireling ovor tho citios or moving rom placo to place, This conalsts in tho em- Yluymunb of amall, ehort cylindors or reed pipe, n groups of throo or four, or moro, Lheso are attached to tho back of tho bird, and 0 edjusted that ns it fllos” turongh iho alr & vory “sharp sound fo produced. YVarylng longths of tho bamboo give varloly of tonos to thie instrument; and whou a large number of birds aro flying {o- gother in s nlnkvlo flock, a is vory froquently the &ate, the sound produced by thom ia dlstinctly audiblo for & groat dlatanco, It Is eald that rapacious birds are offoctively sepelled by this fim«:lutlnn go that tho plgumm mako " thelr ighta with perfoot ssfoly from, ono point to anathor, Varnish is used for coating these bam- boo whistles to protect them from molaturo. al,, BAME. ®faiho. mitter of Frauklin 8, Kellogz, vetl- This practice {s-said to have been in voguo 100k Ilko tho oireumjacont ground. Komo of the grayos wero very narrow, only allowing the body to lio upon it sldo, and the firet f.'rnvo was dug like o well, and the corpse thruat in standing, or, rather, nquatting. "Tho bodies, #0 far ns identified, aro_thoso of York, McOratdy, Brown, McKouio, Longcoro and child, Callsh, and one not yot recognized. L nood not toll you that tho wholo country- sido In GONVULSED WITII TORNOR AND INDIGNATION, and burna with o flame of revongo that can only be quenchod with blood. The atroclousnoss of tho orminals s magnifiod by tho fack that thoy pid 50 lightly sud willingly tho prico of assas- plnation for tho prospeot of trilling gains; for, Doyond tho fslo of tho horaos, -thoy ronlizod voiy litlo peonniarily, mono of 'tha murdored men having much money with thom, though two (ono of them Dr. York) had ox~ ectod to carry somo hundreds of dollars, and Wi fact may havo bocomo known. Whnt idod thom in tholr oholco of victims, no ono mows. Many oscuped who would haye been more profitable proy than any tlm{ took, though iho former wore usually morchants traveliug in company with othiors, or by public convoyaucos, TIAT CONFEDERATES ¥HOM A DISTANGE co-oporated with thom is put boyond & ronsona- Dlodoubt by the nocassity of belp in dlsposing of the borsos snd yohiclos which wore the prin-- amang the Chinesafor & groat muny years— Nature. cipal wagos of thelr iniquity, Buepleion has fullon ou many neighbora ; 50 far without much : Salghiborsshould lave | knowa snd proclainied tho fact that tho Bonddra (| had flod; loaving evorything boliind thom, even to the plv in tho pon andtho calf tiod up to starvo, Tho dead oalf lay thoro yestordsy, with ropo.still round it neck, and forming a horriblo-, ranlistio touoh in tho sickening picturo, Ono “ovidonce, Sx'cofil thilt o man—nhothor German—yad, ‘on hedont of bis |, :fiuflgnfly, B0 trongly'suspeoted of complioity, e . SRS e i 1., NE WAS.JIUNG TRMPORARILY, In otdor to terrify him Into confosalo: confoesed nnthlpg BAYo “that, 8 men onco robbed In’ hls lioi y " but ho | had boon, 3 Lioiumo, and nabovorated Lis innoconico of murder, or of misprision, ,Yestar- n‘y. Lowovor, whou 1 spoko to him about it, ho told ma. ho had ouly coufansed—Topsy-liké—bo~ caueo ho saw the crowd would not, bo appossod: without somo admlssion of guilt. R . TUB DENDER VAMILY T lott thoir own team and wagon at the station (Thayor) where they took tho cars, sud the lorgos . stood- thero:tied for two days hatore the town nuthoritios_took .oharga of thom, the incl- dont cousing ot tho Ume much conjocture and fonr that the ownor of tho toam had boon a vie- tim of foul play. Ool. Packham, one. of our most ablo nttornoya, is on tho track of the fugl- tivos, nnd thoro ia little doubt as to thelr nfinofiy‘ discovory and arrost. ' ; TIIB PART OF HOUTHERN NMANGAS {8 romarkable, not unl{ for s !umllt{ aud Leauty, and promisoe, but also as being so Hod— partioulorly Montgomory County—by & cless” of Ppeoplo capable, through their cultura and refino- ment, of adorning much older and moro proten- tlous reglons, Indopendence is, in this respoat, almost an anomaly, and I havoe hien ustonlshgd to find & town 50 now possessing' o fow of, tho traditional chnmulurlarlca of plondér placos, This wilt holp your roaders to undorstand whnt kind of fooling Ia’ oxcitod by such'sa’ unoxam- pled tragedy in an adjolning county. ey A s RRESTS, LATER.—A dispatch *has’ como for the Bherift to g0 immodiataly to Parsons’ to mako somo ar- reste. You will know tho namos of tho suspectod ‘before this lottor roaches you. * ‘0, G ML mfia:nn Sexzx. _Rixtaon .arrosts” have = boen An Intorviow with Dotective Boorse From the St, Loufs Times, May 1L, ", Through spocial dispatohes thio readors o2 the Times Lavo l\ll‘endyfinlnod #oma'1don of tNno atro- clous murdors rocently perpatratod by the Bondor family, near Chie alo, in Bouthesst Kansns, It ia now known that tho Bonder’ family flad in ihia diroction, A doteotive, Mr, Thomas Beors, of Indopondence, Kan,; who has dono more than any ono olso to ferret ‘out the mystory, arrived {eulerdny morning, “hoving tracdd the "Bondora 0 8t, Louis, A Z4mes roportor callod upon Mr. Boors during tho ‘day and. obtsined. tho insido’ history nmf full partioulars’ o2 the . Bendors’ Dbloody carcer. S TS For, goversl months differont porsons have boen’ dipappesaring very. mystoriously on tho routo botween Indepondance aud Oadga Misslon. Nonzly & dozen people had suddeuly dropped out of sight in this way,and tho mattor was oxciting 5, goat dand ot talk throughout southenst ansag, About s month ago, Dr, William A, York, a, brothor of Honator ‘York, who' expoged {ho machinations of romeroy, disappeared in thie snmo way, and efforts to find him wore in vain, Dr. York lived in Fort oott and had gono out on. & collecting tour, riding a valuable rondstor, ' Ho® finally rode down to Independonce and visited hiis ather, then bo startod honio, i?j.lsing alon; tho tronchorous routo to Osago Mission, ‘an nothing more was ovor scon of him, - Tho York family is oncof considerablo In- fluenco in that partof Kansss, and the’ affair caused groat oxcltomont. Tho other disappoar- ances wore rocalled to memory aud the peoplo bogan to tall of tho oxistonco of o gang of murdorers and_robbers nomewhere botweon the mission and 1ndopendenco, . On tho route botween theso places ia o dlsmal strotch of prairio, sparsoly cettled. Two of the landmarks-of this Emm aro Drum Oreck and Big Hill. Midway betweon thom lived the Bond- or tamily, consizting of the old man and the old woman, 8 young mnn who pagsed 68 n_son of Bondor, sud 5 young women who passed ns tho daughter of tho old womau, The young peoplo Bmued aa marriod, although tho younger Mrs. ondor bore a very slippory character on tho point of morality. Bondor had o frame house of soyeral rooms, which ho had built npon » clalm. Ha profossed tokoap a gracery in tho front room of tho houso, and an oating-room for trayelors. Tho placo was considered o--kind of half-way stopping- place. Tho houso stood in the midst of s prairio, with notbing to broak the viow for & milo around. % Tho youngor Mra. Bondor profosscd tobo a iritual modium, and held occasional roancos, o algo bad o card in ono or twoof the country Eflpurs, inviting colls from those who desired to ave the futwe rovealed. . ‘About two woeks azo or more,. Sonator York organized & scoured tho country far ond wide to o trace of his brother. In the course of thoir ride thoy halted at the Bender placo to foed. Young Boudor, whon ho Loard of thoir mission, voluntgored his' sorvices to aid in the search. The visit.accwred on Wednesdny. The younger woman also called Bonator York asida and, tolling of her powors, proposcd tohold 2 soanco on tho next Friday night, saying thot i e would come she would reveal the whoreabouta of his brother, : York pald littlo or no attention tothis, and tho party soon passed on. 2 About two weoks ago, Mr, Thomas Boers, who has been & Knnsas detectivo for ton years or more, was urgently requosted by Senator York to take hold of tho case, and he did o, Day and night he travelod tho routo botween Omnge Mission and_Indopendonco, ecoling to solvo tho mystery. Hosoon atruok tho trail of & desporado with whom ho was acquainted, The man had gorved sovoral times in tho Peniton- tinry, and thoro was nothing to show that ho had reformod. Beers found that this man was trayeling back and forth botweon tho. Misslon and Indepondence, and ho shadowed him close- Iy: Whorever the man stopped. Boors waited' and learnod his conversation, Ho found that the villain was talking freely about mysterlous dieappoarancos. * Atono place he told a woman about the mur- der of a little girl 7 or 8 years old, and when tho: horrifled listoner exclaimed, “ How could tliey do 147" ho oscluimed, “Why, thoy strangled Jior,” ‘Thin waa told to Boors, and he know ho had @ cluo, < At another place the alsappoarance of York ywas tho topie, sud the man, confidontially suid they would nover find York, for ho had” boen burned in o cornflold and tho ground 'had been ploughed over. 5 < Taors hoard this, too, and some other things, Thion ho learnod that tho Bondors Lind auddenty disnpposrad, and he bogan to sco light. Ho went back to Indopondonce, fold York his uuarlcl_nn!, “auked him to go with bim in order to identify anything that mlfim be found, which had bo- Tongod to his brather, York puf but littlo confl- dentoin tho detective’s -suspicions, and sent & younger brother with him. - 3 Boors went from Indopendence to Cherryvale by rail, and then taking & wagon rodo out to the Bender claim, o fow milos off. Tho place had Poen dosertod hastily, but there wero plain ovi- dencas that great efforts hiad beon mado to burn, clotbing, pincon of harnoss, and pupors. Thero an » amall stock of grocerios in the front room. Botweon this and tho next room nn!{\tlm Joists ind Loen put up, and a shoot waa “hung upon thoso for a croon, The Bendors had gono, apparently taking noth- ing but o little woaring apparol with thom. As | thoy aoarchiod the houso, Beora told young York, {0 keep ® sharp lookout for nufi:m:; ‘which might have boon his brother's, o did so, and Dboforo thoy had gono far ho pickod up & pleco of his brother's bridle. Thon the sesrch bogan in enrrivat. In groping about in tho room baok of the grocdry Doers found o little trap-door ‘and raised it. Thore camo up o elckouiug stonch, {ucfl‘lu‘ to decom- posing human romal g, Almost nauseated, Boors oud bis little posso oxsmined tho placo, Tho trap opened into & pit_sbout six foot doep, and {ials e o passsgo opening out undor tho foun- dations. They made s careful examination of H1io pit, and found tho Eoll entusatod with what wag plainly human goro. DBack of tho houso was 2 pleco of ground, porhaps an acro snd & half in oxtent, which had been broken up end appar- outly recently plowed. 'Bs'unl un\m{qpuenu loarned that Bendor hed loughod this ground over the day atter Bonator ‘I’orl( and his frionds hod been thoro on thoir searoh. - Pho detootive at onep began tho examination of thin ground, snd, taking young York with Rim, startod disgonally for tho southwest cor- por, intouding to bogin & systematio sorrcly,look- ing enrofully for any sppoaranco of subkoil or disturbanco. A fow rods from tho cornor Boora stopped and Jookod about him, Young York, who was on his right, a few foot from Liim, turned and came to- ward him. Glancing down, Toors saw botwoeon Hhem & littlo dopromsion, andsome appearance of subgoil. Both noticod it, and tho dotective said: i ero's pomothing horo, York; go and get & wagon rod.” York complled, and soon retnrnod, Yoors took the rod and Hrnd\mlly mshed it Ao 1t etruok hard gronud [:m wa yosohad tho ring, Thon drawing it ont Lio found that hio had plunged the iron into what appoared TUESDAY, -MAY .13, 1875, . I kl com)| Pt el - on this to bo human remalus, o The othors, who had in tho ' meantime bean rummaging the house, woro summoned, and dig- glug wan commenced. About four feot bolow Lo surfaco thoy came uvon a body portially do- S DY T _lylx;fi‘ ;wxcnkqowaw‘:rdn. Tfldéin 8 rriog’ and. bogan e . Covs wias o one 3 of st gravo, {ownrd which the faco was turnod & Hitler While thoy woro thun omployod a party ar- rived from Oherryvale having gained an “inlk- h;g,ol what, a8 Boing on. Among the now- fdmoss was & doolor who liad beon sent oub by Bonator York, 2 ~Tho troiel was lowerod below the lavel 6f tic bottom of tho grave ‘ond ‘tho oarth dug away earofully from tho :faca- and head’ of tho body. ‘Then tho dotootivoe, seolug that from tho onm!yl- tlon of tho corpso the utmost caro would be nee- ossary In ordor to insuro rocognition, told the dootor ho must detaohtlio hiond trom tha trunle; It was dono, and Lisving bosn carofully olonned, wag 'lifted out énd:placod' on's mnf brnughl from tho houso. Tho countensnco was oxposed toviowand in an indtant tlio” foatures of Dr. Yorl woro rocognizad, < .Bome of the mon thoro sat down ond orled like ohildfon, otliors turned sway. slokoned, while with 'othéra. tho slght only norved thom to oon Unuo the soarch, Whilo the doteotive was telling this heart-aiok- ening etory to tho Times roporter, ho would stop .86 ho came to this horrible sceno; at the finding of Dr, Yorl’s body, and seom to forgot tho pros- ont and gdback, in hid ogitation, to that terrible morning of tho Gth of \K‘. Tho work went on and othor bodles wore touhd, antil, in all, nino had boon unearthod when Boorsloft, In evory caso, oxdopt that of tho lit- tlo fiirl, tho skull was brokon in tho back of tho oad, Tho doteotivo is of tho opinion that tho mur- dors woro'donbiinitho following mannor} ¥ Tho partios cithor came or worg onticed to the | houso whore the young woman engagod thom in conversation, for sho had tho reputation in all that part of tho county of being a good talkor, . Thon ons, of the mon would strike the visitor.on. ' thio back of tho hoad, ' fnll]u%him to the floor, |- m with n henvior .Blodge-like fnatrument, Thon it would bo but ‘when the other would striko hi th: w::ll( 0!‘ an l:itul:t h}dmg tho victim to uu: a 3 o oxc0) R 0 o, T, AT S ol e found in the back of; tho hoad,’ and tho throats wero gashod from .ear (o oar. Two hammers woro” found in , the houss, which bad ovidontly, | beon used in tlio munner doscribed,' - * g * Thero was also somothing - vory pocullsr about tho mannor of burial, Tho'graves wore s} from “throo to five foot doop. Tho bodies were straight- oued out with tho right hend drawn up snd lald flat upon ‘the right bronst, 'Tho left arm and hand_woro strotchad uhn{fil\t boside tho body. This Mr, Boors informod tho reportor hus boon [y &;wn sign betweon a largo xaflg of cut-throats and horso-thieyves working.along the routo from Qh%lllnlgnlon QD'{ll;dl) u&flnnog.y ik b i :Tho nows of the finding of York's body sproad like wildfire) and horoms.nlghb BCOTO8 ,olpmon‘- had flocked to the placo to aid in the soarch. Among thom'camo a German, wholly innocent of wrong, but beoauso ho bapponod to bo of tho samo mationality s the Bondors, tho crowd strung him up'tlirco timos tb make him coufoss, and finally dosisted upon Beors’ deolaration that tho man was innocent, : About n yoar ago thore wes another momber of tho I!Am.dozumux, & young man, but ho all ot onco disappoarod, .Tho eupposition Is that, in attompting to disposo of somo viotim, this Bons der was eithor killod or mortally- wounded, aud thon socratly buried, - '0f. tho bodios found thus far nearly all havo beon missed sinco last October. H. Lonolor, one of tho victims, was s, formor in Howard County, He sold out Lis ciaim, and, takiog his Tittlo girl 8 Feurs old, Lo started for Iowa with histeam.. Tholast known of him was whon he camped -on Drum Creck.. .He could be traced o farthor, and tlo_finding .of his body in Bonder’s field with tho romains of tho child o littlo ‘way off, solved the mystery. A. day or tvo aftor Longchor was lost, ks team was found alout sixton miles south of the Bondor place. It had ovidently boon driven thors in groaf haste and abandoned. At several points on tho lino botwoen thq Bender placo and tho spob where the' team was found, sovoral porsons, wero told of aecing tho toam go past at a furious rate, pnd Line woro found, ab intervals, the ond- Doard of Longehor's, wagon _and his gung, which had fallon out in tho hnat}' driva, The Bondory talked boldly about this disap- Eonrnncu, and insinuated that the man must avo boon shot down on Drum Oroel. W. F. McCarthy, anothor of tho victims, was & Howard County farmer.’ Ho was formorly in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Illinois In- fantry, Ho had had » long disputo about his claim with a man who balonged to the ‘Bender gang. "'ho Inttor had taken him away to havo & sottfoment, and bo was never ssen afierward ill his body was unonrthod. The -supposition is that hio was onticod to Bendor's, and murdered in tho samo mannor as tho othors. ‘B. F. McKonzio was a farmor from Ohlo, who was Jooking about for lands. Ho had 26,000 or 87,000 and dlun’glpenrcd a8 mystoriously s tho othors, Iis body was found also. : i “Anothior man niamod Boylo, who started from Indopendeuco to Mission with §700 in his pos- sogalon was found also, : Tywo otbers wero identifiod, but tho reat of the bodios wero not recognizablo. Nearly-nll of tlio victims had teams or snddlo- horses. In two instances thewagons wore found on the prairie, aud in one'insiance & horso which bad beon poculinrly marked was left with the wagon. lg:olhe ofhor cagea the horses woro run off -by somo mombers of the gaug, and dis\y}ponrqd a8 mysteriously a8 their owners, Dr. York, when Lo disappoared, had with him a very fleet snd valuable roadstor. 4 5§ It scoma that aftor the. visit of Benator York and hls party, tho Bondera took the slarm. “The next morning the old man plowed the field, aud shortly aftorwards they hitchod up and drove to Thayor, o station on the Gulf road, 20 or 25 miles aivay whore thoy woro not known, arriviog thoro in time to take & night train, It seoms that they stopped o littlo -way out of town, uu- linrnessed tho horsos, and tiod thom to the wagon. Then leaving tho dog with the team, they went to tho depo and left. - . il ’l}l'm team remained ouk of town two or three- days,. no ono knowing to whom it belonged. Finally, tho Town Marshal wont out and brought it in,. & ‘A day or two aftor that some country peopls wero in town, and one of -them noticing tho dog which had been lofk with tho team, oxclaimed: 4 Why, there's old Bendor's dogl” Thia led to somo explanations, and tho team was rondily idontified, ~ 'L'his led to a visit to the Bendor place, and then it was discovered that 1o whoto family had departod, This was jusk Tbofore or about tho timo that the detactiye made ‘s visit to the claim. : " As goon as tho bodies wero uncarthed, Beers entorod upon his soarch for tho criminale, Yo found that the Bondera woro co—oflnmunz with n band of thioves, and just bofore ho left Kansas, bad sworn ont warrants for the arroats of twonty- two parties, mony of thom profoesedly farmers, hold?ng ama {n Bouthérn Kanses, ¥ ‘Beers bimself hiog assumed tho dificult task of bunting down tho four membors of the Bender family, He suceeoded in tracing thém' until thoy loft the Btate, and then had an interview with tho Govornor of Kansas, who authorized him to go abiead and hunt down the ‘murderers rogardlogs of exponae. -\Vith this undorstanding he' started -and ar- rived in Bt, Louis yostordny, having followed a Clear trail to thia place. Tho Donders loft Kaneas with about ©10,000, and Boors thinks that they havo gono straight to tho seabonrd with the intention of hiding across tho ocern, ) 2 * Ho will follow ag fast na the trail can be pick- edup. Ohiof MoDonough will ronder overy as- aistanco possible, Information has baen rocoiv- od slready of partios hore who Lave told more about the murders than they ought to know ag Innooont. pnnxl:}o. Dotective Beors says tho peoplo of Southorn Kauusas aro terribly excited over the discoverios, nd it would bo » diftienlt task to keop tho Bon- dara ont of the hands of o mob if thoy should be taken back now. . The olaim upon which the bodios weroe found, 1o says, 18 boliig yieitod by bundreds sud thous- sands, who come from ‘many miles, ‘I'ho lot was carefully and devply plowod over bofora all tho bodios were found, and it is not known yot but that thero may bo other viotime burled noar tho Dloudy homo of tho Bonders, Boors s slmost worn out with the tarrible strain ho hos boon uuder for two weeks, and whon visited yestcuh{ by the Timeys mlwrtnr,_ wag trylug to recuporato alittlo, o will sat to work thig morning in full esrnest. —— Womon and the Contenninl Celebras ton, The womeon of Philadelphia have formed an assooiation for the purpose of introducing the feminine alement into tho managemont and de- volopmunt of tho Conteuniul Qolobration In that clty, Thelr plan, a8 wo understand it {g that 13 roman af Philadolplin shall take 5,000,000 worth of gtook, and then appoal to their slstors thirough tha country to como up tothe work with | tho eame good will and enorgy. To effcct thia they have appointed committacs and sub-com- mittoes, who are thoroughly canvassing tho Qity of Drathorly Love, through ovary siroet and oligy, tu order that tha'* women_of “wealth and womon who gain their living by tholr own lmmli-, work may stand togethor in this undertaking.” ‘Women desirons of inaugurating aimilar aesocl- stions {hroughout the country can rocolve full information by addressing Mra. E. D, ull.lnarlo, Presidont of Womon's Coutonnial Executiva Commities, No. 904 Walnut streets, Philadolpbia. The Record of the Late Chief: Justico. : Hib Charaster, Politioal ‘Rofations, and. Présidential Asplrations: 1iis Carringo and Modo, Home and Family, “Fortuiio and Yaine, N Fyom Our Own Corroapondent, N o - WastmiaTow, May 7,180, Another niohe" Is -filled “In' the bridgo which onrried the Ropublio over the bursting dom-of Blavery, Ohnso, the' finascler of' emanclpntidn, has followoed his colleaguos, the War-Minister and tho Minjster of Btate. Lincoln's statue, al- rondy old euough fo lose tho nownoss .of,the bronze, and wonr tho dark, rich hue of imparish- | ablo métal, racelvos with s melancholy..emils each now arrival, Tho laat of tho vory greatost hng now passod on, Itis humiliating to know 4hst this s go; thet tho genération wo have on- torod up la altogether & new ono; and that the ‘War 1tsol? is not a dead 1ssuo to this day. Inthe North wo hava not rocovered from its ‘corrup-. tions, nor In tho South trom its chaos. But timo and yoars will provall, . TIE QLOUD BEFORA THE PALT. Obiof Jusiice Chase, like Btsuton and Seward, lived to feel the comparativo loss of power, and togse the mceptre grow almost barren fm his* gripo. Possossors at ono time of powor almost un~ "qualifiad, these mon yleldod offies not wholly by -volltion;and eaw with troublo the homageof mul- titudos grow Joss and loss, until they folt thoms solves almoat distributod baok amongst the moro -constituonts of lator roputations, This is tho acho' of ! life,—to sco tho editorial loador on onosolf dwindlo to & parsgraph, and tho para- graph finally woar o tooth, and at lnst silonce, worst of all. Men without -earcor know nothlng of this. Itis tho swootnoss of private duty lo bothus componsated for nover having kuown tho enjoyment of command, X think the enrront eatimnto of Alr. Ohaso to have boen tho ifrue one 1 'that ho was arobitious; not satinfied to bo on intorprator of statutos morely, and not wholly consoled at the hond oftho Donch, But tho ourront estimato which would confound Ar. “Chaso's ambition with the baso discontént of a politician, is gross as tho commentary of pot~ housos.” He folt his capaclty and natural supori- ority for the highest offico, to accomplish tho most harmonious {nfluonce. Othor mon, a8 woll, Iutorprotod his: sdmixturo of lofty ' quali- tied to bo bo destined for no less commond, and predioted for bis Administrativn, should hie ovon roach it, a tima of rennissance, mental elovation, aud statesmanship, : 118 OARAOTED. ‘Tho gradoa of publio lifo hio ad ascondod with an oqual atop, and composed front, and stature rising with the prospect. Ho indulged in no tricks of surprise nor sensation, His lifo contains no catch-phrases, Iis iltua- trations woro seldom apt, to nostle awhilo in tho car, and buzz themsolves to satiety. thoro; but they took tho proportions of mind. and rose a littlo ehort of poosy. The forces which raised him nover mado bim their instrumont for. subse- quent énds, and-Lience thoro 13 n conslatoncy in his lite whiok will give him no uncortain por- trait. Like Mr. Bumnorand Mr. Trumbull, ho possoseod personal charnotor suffcient to com- pel unknown coalitions in ‘politics, and the - fluence with which he lod mea may tale tho namo of Enlightonmont. Ho-was a proachor of tho Gospo! of Justico, Merey, and Righteous- noss, a8 truly as i# his uncle, Bishop Chaso, had ordained bim; and marble is tho matorial of which to male his monument, for thero is o trail of whitonoss loft behind him, - That ho wished to bo Prosldont, was no offonso_againab .order, | morals, or oxample, The mother's, Iaw to hor ‘child, tho hoighit of human usefulness sho points out, is the Amorican Ohiof Maglstracy, honor= ably deserved and attained. No lossis It the table-land of tho man of affaira;.for none can look toward it from any of tho menner passes and depths of carcor, Clise was suspooted of desiring it bocause ho waa fit for it, Hig qualifi- cations were his accusation. T8 COMPETITION ¥OR TIIE PRESIDENCY, Ho nover had accusers, in reality, who woro not place-sorvers, and such as would rather live in tho_ignominious ease of prosent domination than- be deteohod, vigilant and individual citi~ zens. Within tho Republican party, in slr. Lin- coln's firat torm, thore woro foiv men of the firat | rauk who gsvo s tame ® ncquiescenco to' tho me- | cessity of his ronomination, Honry -Winter Davis, Oliver P, Mortor, oven Ben Wade, were acendod of belng reative, and belioving that affairs hung too 160aaly. - 1t was no bottor in tha Cabinets of Washiugton, Adams, Madison, Mon- harles Franci xoo, or Tyler, Ar. s Adams, in ' his lato - eulogy on -Soward, mado tho point _thst' hia distinotive 'mmcrifice in Mr. Linéoln's Cabinot was in voluntary hari- kari, sbandoning compotition for the succession to which, saya Mr. Adams, ho_had all thoe rights of gualification. But Mr, Boward abandoned the Prosidency becauss ho knaw that he had no moro- progpeots, sud ho was ob the head of the Cpliuotalrendy: Mri Chaso lisd not.yot made {lio ossay. -And, if M. Linooln mado Afr. Ohasg Chiof Justice, as somo declaro, “ to shelyo him " | for the ‘Prosidoncy, -ho acknowledged . -Lis | formidable quality, and wag himself s politi- olan in ‘this aot of stratogy. If ho appointod Mr. Obaso Chiof Justico in acknowledgment of ‘his dosert, the famo of the latter i no loss se- curo. To havo recelvod the highest office in Mr. Lincoln's gift, and with it tho publio impression thiat ho might else have taken tho Presidency, exhauets tho scalo of approciation. Tho Prosl- deuoy iteolf, undor the conditions of the nomi- nating convention, would bo no such test of fit- | - ness. OHTEY JUSTIOES AND THE PRESIDENGY. The manuer, and timo, and publio talk about Gov. Chasg's nomination to tho Supramo Bonch sntisfiod neithier himself nor tho poriod that ko had ondod his notive careor there. - Public con viction ! in this country will _not: accopt anything ~short of tho grave o8 _the flnnl retiroment of nocesssry men, Thore is o gelflsh clasa {n our socioty which Is too indiffer- ont to voto and too rioh to_take offica; but the Presidency is not to bo dishonored even by s Ohiof Jusiico, i election end duty point that way. Iorthat &lnnncle, on the lovel with tho soats of Kings, tho Gonoral torxs off s triplo Gtars and tho priost ia vosturo, John Marshall, and John Jay, and Roger Tancy kopt out of Jm!l- Yies bocango ' politics, after thoy becamo Chiof Justioos, let them alono, Marshall and Taney nover censed to dwoll on the Jine of publicafs fairs, and from the Bench contemplated +tho co- ordinate parts of the Government with the inter- est of old times., Justico Dayis, tho trusted friond of Mr, Liucoln, also heard the Macedoni- an cry of ' Como down and Lolp us!” and, liko tho e’w\.h(nl Samuel, boangwored : ¢ Lord, hore amI!" The fact is, that, if Justicos axo to bo Lopt vostal from politica, thoy muut bo voatal when sob upon tho Boneh. To mnke » man Chief Justico from a political motive - is to.dp the man o {njury, and maka tha Bouch & mero Bwiteh or sidoling for anothor candidato to Lo run by, OHASE'S OFPORTUNITY AND OULS. Tho association of tho Chiof Justico with par- tiea nftor 1860 grow out of the nceds of the timos, It'was a period when & Obief Justice might wish, for bis country's sake, to_resumo active Maglsttaoy, and recover tha Republia from the chinos of opinton, and the mutual golf- ishiness of sections and portics. Iiis office was itaolf-a qualification for this tagk, 'he Im- ponchment trisl of an opinionated President by & Sonato nxxnm‘vl in the socondary stago of thab corrnption which waa soon to bronk out in pub- lic viow, brought Justico Oliaso down from the Bonch to proside over tho pageant. Tho epec- taclo wns prolnn?od, and tho moral losson of it disgouraging. ‘Uhe man who was to succced to the Prosidenoy, it Mr, Johneon should bo con- victed, yoted ‘evory timo ns & Bonator for tho accomplishment of both ends, and Lo proved to Do tho amo who, in 1800, lod a littfo billons factlon to Chicago to puttho Ohio delegation agalnst Mr, Ohago, Ar, Wade and his outsiders spent all tho timo thoy had to disposo of whan not distributing tho patronage they oxpected to got, in denouncing tho Obfef Juatico In such fnpuru #8 Fornoy's_Chronicle, Fulton’s Custom- Touso American, Young's Tribunc, ot al. The failuro of that trlal thoy imputed to tho Chiot Justico, And, ever gingo, thoy have ko{n up o 1ittlo ohirping’ and wagging of heads, which will nov probably broak ouf'In thelr obituary fulmi- | was the Ropublicaviem ot i| Binsh fn 1608, tnatend of the man at tho hoad .of -thé £ thé army, tho aina of carpot-bagging and S Ehus motor mothd Bave b snaisd.” Tha Executlvo countonanco wonld have been turnod from advonturors and mon of low dogroo, and the publlo patronage would beon glyen to persons who vould hava ranatianalized sontiment fu tho Bouth, and flglrlmnlizu(l. it in tho North, . Thoss habita of attention, dovotion, survolllanco, and’ organlzatlon, by whiclh bo imndo_ the Basren Troasury grow faster than war could exboust it, and loft his two torms of administration in Oblo in mont ndmirablo secolloction by men of every nrty, weeo noodod ot .the .olosd of Johnaon'gh Adminlatration, and ho-bolisvad that e could ‘accompligh tho task.. Amidst all tho innuendo and Tasilndo poured upon him by oditorial brokora, nob one-authority over oxpressed the opinion that’ ho .would not.mako & capable Presidont. Ho was novor called to an account on tho scora of his qualifications or his purily. . Booretary ot the Tronsury, ho nover took s gift. No kin of his took an office. Tho ronson was, that ho lad brgoding and the broath of hionor. 2 4es I8 CARBIAGE AND MODE. Ho.was s man of finor natura than has boen seon in Washington politics in the presont po- Tiod. lia nature was wholly Tiopublioan, b i good manaors, whlol, raised the gurrounding lovol withoat doprossing' tho spirits of any. Tobo his guest was to feol o highor respcot .for oneself. Ho did not labos npon. his private auditors, and was not brilliant iu speech or reminiscence ; but ho had a faculty of humor, quiet and cwinkling, and a breadth of naturg which bogan improssfvoly and grow by acqunintace. Tho groat art of encouragomont, by which, ns gnnoroun mon grow oldor, thoy atand liko cathedrals, all buttressod round with younger men, Mr. Chase possessod almost to a fault. Ha was of uso to othiers more than thoy could refurn it. The qrrunt fortunes mado by.the patronage of the Treasury stood alaof, Joartad of being nokod to labor amongst his fricnds; aod thera was & timo whon somo who had derived income and opsnmlnuy from bis Judicisl fondnosa hastoned to deolaro for tho regular ticket in ad- vanco, lost tholr obligation might be to their m]m’licu. Thess Gov, Chaso lot pass liko atidos when ho,wroto his own sentonce of banishment upon tho voter's shell. But famile iurity o knew how to arrest, and ho could ro«, uko with o look that was Washingtonian. S rTkTIoNs i Autind, s moral ralations to politics, socloty, and tho Dar, ho was' orthodoz, submisslve, and ra- clprocal, His origin was good, but dopondont ; yob ho nevor ato tho broad of dopendanao, but, with Now Hompsbiro frugality, mado his' way %u!ul‘._ly from callogo to sohoof-tesching, and, in tha vestibulo of tho law, waiting for n{[untl, he bocamo an author in the law. When his profon~ sion developed and made him a citizon held in noighiborly astoom, ho planted himsolf upon tho highest ground of humsn usofninoss, and bo- came an- intorprotor of tho law in the Interosts of humanity, Ho did not drift with tho tide to onsy honors, but lod tho choico spirits and tha awakoning conscienco of the country, irrespecs tivo of partylinos. Ho novor aspirad to be the cronturo of ‘any party, and made no profession of pariy loyalty at any timo. That organization which ‘would yiold the most to Freedom and ‘Progrous auited him wall, and at lonat four par- tios havo pald his talents and idons the meod of support, On whom wore #o mony diplomas ever hostowod by public partios? Ho was not only in tho right with two or threo, but in the m{ght . with £wo or throe. The Presidoncy might bave . boon bis, ab the hands of the Demooracy, in 1852, Had ke hold tho banks to poreonal alles giuice ho wovor would have mado s logal-{ons ox deolsion. TOMX AND PAMILY. Theo residenco of the Chiof Justice has latterly been oo old country-sost on the hills at tho hond of Tibor Crook, about 8 miles north of the Cit; of Washington,—a roomy, oblong, plain byicl dwolling, pnintod poa groon, and surrounded by stoop helghts and woodlands. I drove out thora & weok ngo, and found & quiotnoss provailing ‘which should be melancholy to Foung People in this backward epring. ' Near at” hand,- a gipsy camp war pitshed in tho woods; aud the usual accompanimonts of wild dogs, horsos, and_chils -dron swroundod it - A short distanca from tha house, a oluster of madorn comoteries Wore 8a« sembled on tho road, in one of which was the tomb of tho late Amos Kendall, Hero Ohief Justico Ohaso has pagsod o year of loss of roous poration, work, companionship, and doubtloss aupprohonaions of tho " short romainder of dsys! Thero is a turn in the strength of mon of Affalra which takes thom unawares and - Lustona decayy timo wos short, and, sinca that slight stroke of aralyais, his huir has fallon ont, bis face grown fong and thinnor, and bis oyas have grown diw: | mor and of diftuded light. ;A sturdy man housel to . bo, with o solid, farmer-Uko _gwis snd tho portraits on tho - groonbacks of splondid hoad, latgs, collected exprossfon, and foldod arms, all maesivo and imposing, littlo r ‘somblod the oldest figure of Iato on_tho Bench, woaring gt tho hours of duty thera istoning td closo arguments, and going home to labor on tasks which “must meot tho criticism of the country. % . *_ > FORTUNEA AND NAME. . Tis worldly fortunca have been goodly, but not groat. His dmighters wora happily mnrriod,! aud havo not needed hig Iammrt[ and thoy have givon Lim tho woalth of their prido and affection. dosirablo for their saken, Both of theso ladies inherit thoir father's montal disposition. Mrs, Spraguo hg probably beon tho' most porfecd, social product of tho period of tho Nopublicam party in Washington, —naivo, clogaut, engaging, snd spirited; and Bra. Hogt, with loss acop: of - influgneo, has boen no’ loss dear ta hor father, -and of more doflnite accomplicha ' monts, Boveral grandchildren will proserve th Dlood of the Chiof Justico ; his momory amongs! uprerme Bonch. - Courage, raconsideration, com= poas, original viws, cloarriass, and fraco of si< discover him, As Thoodoro Porker said,. twont; mankind ~there* will appear Adams, Giddings; Ohase, Palfvey, Many, Halo; Soward, Rentoul] and Sumnor.” .when. tho question of Muman Rights was dono/. Mr. Chaso was ono of: the firat and few who bo~ Tioved that rehabilitation snd megnenimity wera Tottor than tho nioro stiffening up of portis om old issuecs ‘sud autagonjems,—botter than tha cowardly riob of plundor which wo have pormit~ ted in tho South, and aro in the roflex billowa of in the Northern Btatos. Gari: —_——— .7 mhe Banann Trade, 3 Of ;all tho many trades in New York tho ba. nanatrodo i3 poiliap tho moat cirious, It is in the hauds of o singla house, to whaso cnergy and ontorprige is due the prosont largo importa~ tion of the.fiuit, Ten or twolve years ago nob one-fiftioth part now consumod in the oty was sont hithor, aud the cost of - bananas - was the; _quite ont of tle roncl of tho poorer classes, The ?\m which importa them is composed of threo ‘Drothars, one of whom superintonds thelr far at Aspinwall, whonce the stool i shipped, - Tros of tho. brothiors conduct the bualncps in Nows wall by ovory stenmor, Tho fruit is. put on/ board withouk befng packed, and, being in warmy tomporaturo, ripeus considerably during the prssago, ' For this réason tho 'stooks aroy plucked while tho fruit {s yot groen. Thusin a’ ‘partially ripo condition tha fruit arrives in the city. It is then takien and hung in a room arti< fleflly heatod. A temporature of 75 dogreos DLringa it to maturity in a vory short time. ~ ¥h bansnas aro sorted, and those noarly ripe aro, of oourso, K)M:ud in & cooler atmosphore. - By thi means tho frait can bo ripened for anyday’s mar< kot. To-mortow's fruit s now fast bocoming a bright yollow, and to-morrow morning, ' whon it is exposed for sale, it will be- in porfeot condi~ tion, Tho banans, beforo it finds {‘Cs way to flxq rotail purchnser, 1ias boon subjected to eight dif foront temperatures, It is of two varloties, but tho fruit diitors slightly, That which 15 most sought nfter, howevor, is callod muss paradisi- nca, and the fruit of it s s littlo “ehorter, straightor, rounder, and of a more lngvions flavor . than tho other. A Nercury in tho Humnn System, .__Prof. yatt_deliverod a looturo on meroury in ‘Viennn recontly, whou lio oxhibitod the leg bona of n, man whoso doeath had undoubtedly boon hag« toned by meroury, On striking tho bono hoavi- 1y upon the tablo, out foll thousands of little glit= taring globulos of moroury—bright motalllo mor oury—which rolled abont upon the black surfaca boforo him, collecting horo aud there into drops. ‘i morcury had boon tbsorbed during life, un~ dormined tho man's system, and proyed fatal to him. “The mortnlity Among thoso who work in minea of quickeliver, or in the works where it In reduced, i known to be frightful. In.the ‘celos bratod mines of Idria, tho mon worl alternately ona nionth In tho mhies and ono in the smolting~ houso, But notwillatanding this, it sppears that of the hundreds omployed thoro, one-fousth bocome eallvatod, > i~ — —Tho firat thing o little girl, 11 yosrs old, whioss miothos wua ghat by ek Tatbor fa Aialdon, Mass., lesb waek, did, was to takoup the gun whicl' tho murderor hiad thrown down, andout a nations, ‘But, it tho country had takon the man on the notoh in the stook, so _that sho might idontity ib whou callod on to toshify. Porhaps tho prize of higlier honors was not less . yoars ago: *‘In tho greatest quostion of tho ago, - tlio quoation of Human Rights, as champions off . Ho was wamned about throo yoars sgo that hig % - jurists will bo oquil to that of auy man on tha - thoribip, aud labor i tho Ly in allits dope - monts, a8 -critio, compiler, Iaw:givor, and ox ‘poundor: theso'will cnrol him high {n his pro- oasion, *80°thnt no antiquary: need ba'called tol To this it -may bo added thaty ., York. They rocelve consignmonts from Aspina