Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 11, 1873, Page 2

THE "CHICAGO DAILY ARIBUNE; FRIDAY, JULY 11, 183 THE LOUISVILLE LOTTERY. Drawing of Prizes af tho Third Gift-Concort of tho Public Library of Kentucky. Scenes and Incidents---Explanatory Specches by the Superinten- dent of the Drawing. A Full List of the Lucky Numbers, From the Louiantile Courier~Tournal, Julu 9, Tho scusation of tho sonson wns the drawing of tho third Publio Library Gift-Concort, which took place yosterdny in Library 1all, For wouks provious to tho drawing, the mails were Jaden with orders nddresaed to tho man- agers, and thoir ofico was crowded with pur- chasers, During tho past week the rush has beon immense and steadily incronsing up toa Jato hour in the night proceding the drawing, A fow days boforo, tho manngers Lnd disposod of tho outire numbor of tickets in the schome, eithor to ngonts wishing to soll again, or to por- sona deniring to try their luck in tho wheel, This loft ali tho sales of tickata for n dny or two ‘provious to tho drawing in the hands of agents, and thoir offices wore thronged overy day with purchosers, Late on Monday evening, whon thoe oflicos closed, thoro woro but fow tickots loft in tho city, sud orly on Tuosdny morning theso woro engorly scooped up. On Monday largo numbers of slrangors from tho country and from various und sometinies dis- tant points came into the city, Tho hotels wore gonerally protty well filled with thom, all inter- ested in tho great drawing, About 6 o'clock n. m., yosterdny, Public Library Hall was opencd, ovaiything Litving boon arranged for the avens sion. A considerablo erowd hnd gathered in front of 4no tll, and ot the openiug of thio doors outerod ond goatod thomselves, Col. R, 'I'. Durrott, Prosident of tho Public Library, and Goyv. Bruwletts, maneger of the @ift-Concort, appeared_upon ' tho stuge, accom- panied by tho various committees, Tho back of the stago was filled with distin- guished citizens from Louisyillo and from differ- ont parts of Kontucky, and from some of the pister Btates, who had come there to witness the drawiog, : Al thiings boing in order for tho drawing, just beforo the first number was dravn, Prenidont Durrott stepped to the front and made tho fol- lowing romarks, which give a full and clear iden of tho arrangements sud mode of procedure of conducting tho drawing : COL, DURRETI'S RPLECIT, Ladicsand Gentlemen: We nto Licro to-day for tho purpose of distributing by lot among the tickei-oklers of tho'Third Gift Concert fn afd of tho Public Library of Kontucky 10,000 cash gifis, amounting_t0 500,000, Wo aro now ready to begin the drwing, hut befors wo do g0 o fow words of vxplanailon are necessary, o wheol to my right contaius 100,000 small pleces of leathor called tagn, like tho one T now hold in my Rand, on which are printed numbers correspouding o thio nyumbers of all ticketd foll, Thoso Lagd are nun- bured from 110 100,000, aud {hiero ro Sust 100,000, o more and 10 lees, of {hém in thot wheel, W siall draw from that whool ‘1,000 of theso tags, "end tho tekets Daviug_correspouding numbers ebafl bo cntitied to gifts, tho amount of which will bo determived by {he drawings fron the other wheel, In tho small wheel o my luft are 1,000 boxes lke the ot I hold in my hand, Ail of (hem are precieoly ulike, and i o1ch one is falded and senled up u slip of paper on which fa printed tho umount of n gifl. Oue of theso slips {u $100,000, suother fo 50,000, nnother $25,000, another $20,000, auother $10,000, ond another 35,000, Tyonty-four of themn uro §1,000 each, G0 of then aro £500 each, 80 of thetm $100 ench, 100 of 'them $400 cach, 160 of them §200 ench, und 690 of them $100 each. Besides theso 1,000 gifts in tiat wheel thore aro 9,000 othersof €10 euch which uro not put futo tho wheel, 1t would e fwposaiblo to draw #o ‘muny giftu in ono duy, ond henco only 1,000 aro drawn_and tho other 9,000 defermined in another way, Theso 9,000 gifts sro what uro technically known a8 spproximations, sud will bo determitied in tho following inaume r ywill bo drawn from , and bo followed by gift from tho small wheel, whicls wili be $100,000, i ik tho capital gi€t, but ut Whnt timo it will o' drawn—whether ties or ihtermediute, or Inst, or what number will bo titied to1t, no ono can tell beforehand, Buk whatever aumber dinws tho eapltal gife will_dotermine the 9,000 110 dollar gifis, The cutire 100,000 numbera will bo formed In i numerical efrele, which will, of courec, bring Noa. 1 nnd 1,000 together, - Now, whitever num- ber in thig circle shall bo_ founit Dy the drawing to o entitled to tho eapital gift will be taken us o contre, on cach sido of which the 4,600 nearcat numbers will bo the ones entitled v tho 10 gifts, Tho ouly cxcoption Is that such numbers in this range of approximations s oy draw higher_gifts will bo excluded from tho $10 gifis, Noibing is moro aimplo 1bian {0 form tils dumerical clrele and determine thy approximations, So soon 8 tho capital gift 18 known aud the drawing over this numerical circle will ba formed by us and (1o 9,000 $10 gifta will be proporly dotermined fis nceordanco with the published pro- gramme, In tho menntime suy of you will Know whethier you aru ntitled to 8§10 gift 50 oon ne tho numberof the capital gift slnll “bo announced, It our ticket {8 within 4,500 numbers elther sbovo or clow that of the eapital Eift you will kuow you sre within tho rauge of the $10 gifta, You will be cyo-vitnceses of tiils drawing, You will sce tho gifts drawn and can Judgo of tho fairness of the thing yourselves, Tho only thing you will not sea waa the counting of {ho tags in the inrgy wheel aud the sosling up of tho gift hoxos ju the emall wheel, It waa uot possiblo ta do this work in your prosenco on tho ntage. It was the work of more than ony_doy, and thereforo Lad {0 bo ontrustod to committees, The commilteo who vounted tho taga and put_them into tho wheel consisted of {ho Hon, S, B, Chiurchill, Into Socretary of Stato; the Hom, W. W, Fruzer, n Kentucky Senator, aud Mr. R, B, Hop- iug, Thoy nro Gitizens well lmown fo you i, oud wero chosen fur thig work Lecauso of their istinguleled charactor, You saw this Commiteo bring fi tho tags and pinco them n tho wiicol, ey aro now horo prapared to assure you thut they counte 4ha tugs nccurately, and that thero ara just 100,000 of {hew unmberad from 1 to 100,000 i that wheel,” After thoy bnd mado fhelr count' thoy sealed them up in clicsts aud ouly broko tho seals after they brought them hers to go into tho Wheel, Thoy have been un- dor thelr own jock and seal over siuco the conut, and nelther mydelf nor auyous connected with tho Library or Gift Coucert ins liad anything to do with them, Now that thoy nro in the wheel they pnss from tho Committes to iny charge, and 1 will eco thut thoy aro a4 fatrly drawn out ng tley wors counted fn, 1f, how- ever, ity ono alall doubt tho perfect roliability’of this counting I and drawing out, su_iufalliblo test can bo Lind by nuother count, After tho 1,000 tags are drawn out, I &hiall offer the whee! to the 'andicace, who can appoiut o Commiltes of tielr own to exaning and weo whether 99,000 fugs romudn in tho whee), aud whother, by adding tho drawn numbers, they meko up_ 100,000 Dumbered conseentively from 1 to' 100,000, Thls Yas done at our lnst druwlng, and 1 shall givo tho tickot- bolders tho opportunity’to do it again, by placing the scheal and it contents n thelr puszession #o soon us the drawing is ovor, If they want this additionsl proof {hoy ean v it “Who Commilieo who placed tho gifts fn the_small wheel cousists af Capt, Thomus Lawsou, Mr. J, D, Os= borne, aud Mr. Clinrless 6. Tuckor, oitizons well kiown to you all, i of tho highent ehiaractor. Thoy aro here o akgure you that 1horo uro LU0y of thoee cylindrical oxes in {hat wheel, thut thoy counted the ifts, foldsd the ulips of paper ou which thoy nro printed, sealud them 1 I tho Loxes, kopt them u their own posses- sion, and under tholrown oy and seal nutil they brotght them here, and in your presenco broko the seats and placed thein in that wheol, You will havo by tho drawiug ftielf o porfect test of tho uecuracy of tho contouts of this wheel, Ouothiousand gilts nuist come out, and they mukt correspond with thoee on tho printod programue, Jach ticket-lolder can keop this count for hitnelf, and dotect any error if thero be ouo, I om requested by tho Commitico, Lowover, to kay that thoy Liave somo funr tht oo of the Loxes which ought fo contoi a 100 ift may bo empty, ‘They fenr thut one of tho DLoxes wus kenled up without tho $100 printed elip that "ought o Liove gono with' it from tho fact thal after tho work was doie, they found nn $100 printed slly loft over, T havo that elip now in iy possession, and i€ the fears of (ko Committos uru correot, end ono of th buxes should bo drawn ont swithiout ta gift, thu $100 to which it {1 entitled will b paid tho Kanie 08 i€ the 5ift wero properly thore, And nuw, Indies and _gentlemen, whilo wo progress with tho druwing, I invite sou? scratiny to overy point, Wo mean 10 ko yerfucily honost fu what wo do, and I think that those of you who sivy strlet attoution Vil agree, when it fa ull over, tut Wl lias heon squares 1y done, Tho Wind elllaten who drw from tho wicels can liuye no preyious ides of wht_ thelr Nty hands Wil plelt up, snd_oven ¢ thoy eould Ace thoy could not toll one tag from another, nor onuv of thy ozen containing it from anothier, ' All ato preciicly allko, and no hnian oyo can gulu any advautige by selection, ‘After tho contents of tho whecls nro thorouglily milxed by rovolving, the Wind boy at {ho wheel (o ‘Flght wiil draw out s tag, and hold {t up whoro Col, Aliteiend can geo jta_nuaber, Col, Allfelend, without touching tho tag, will L'l'i' Jta number 40 as to ho heand a1l ver tho ball, and will then paas tho o to Colw, R, A, Johnson, 4, 0, Jobmston, nud A, Graham, tho test comsnlttes, who will exansine i say whethier tho wumber bas Leon called right, 'Tho number will tho ho assod by G, Douglas Sherloy ta G, D, Douvar, tho reg T%ar, who wiil ftoft upot i copper wiro, i eriei; proven, and filed, 16 number will ba recorded by W, 1 eeterlelr, of tho'Citizens Jank ; 1, M, Getmu of fhic Bank of Loulsville; L, 0, Davtlatt, of the Becand No- tionat Bank; W, G, Osboruc, of tio Merchants’ Lauk, and Mr. danics Chambors. Tho Lilu giel ut 0o wheel 10 1y loft, aflor n thorough iziug by revolviug (hy whicol, will then draw ono of the seuled hoxes aud haud 1t to By, O, 1L, Btrattan, who will apen tho bo, unfold tho puper, and hokd it up to the viow of tho sudionce snd ory s smount, Tho amount will then bo re. corded by the fivo rlorli, and the paper refolded aud il on tho wiro witl 163 tag. Who gltt s drawn will bolong to tho tickot reprorsuted by tho tay drawn fmmediately boforo it, and thus the process will con. tinvie untll 1,000 tups aredruwn from tho largo whool all thie 1,000 gifts from the snll one, Burely, witls such prooautious as theso, no miatakea ! ! f / con ocoury and dho drawing must bo petfectly farr, S iond Bt & ol et (o e P blind fortuno pointa out an {bo owners of tha gifts shall hovo thom, Wo have thinga no arranged Uint feaud 1 fmpossiblo ond a mistako Smprobable. Wo caro 1ot who gots tho gitts, provided oniy that (lioy ho fnlrly ‘golten. IFho gifis ro given a haiicomonts to tho“ralo of tickets, nul whoever geta dhem by how st lot nro weleottn ta thow, Oue inislon i to_ calablieh and mako selt-sustuluing o groil Freo Library, Muscum, Art Gallory, Aendemy of Do- #lgn, Ienditig Room, atid otbier kindred dopariments i1 tho city of Loulsville. Wo havo mado o noblo start at the good work, and wo intend {o go on until it ia comploted nccording to tho moiel \wo have ndopted, After tho gifta wo aro now golug to distributo nre pakd, n tho expunng nccount yellcd, wo elinll appeoprinta fhio blanca of tho manoy left fram tho nules of tckol lo thiy grand onterpeise of o llrary sl muovin sl tholr kindred branclies, forover fo” b hsolutely freo to eversbody, Tho money derived from the presont concert will miot accompliel our object, beeause wo yet owe congiderablo o tho splondld bullding wo occupy, and coutomplato extonelvo improvonents on tha ast including tho tuening of this noble hall_into tho oo opera-lotino and locture-room In tho Uniled Staten, We havo need of n great deal of monoy to necomplisli ot ey, wnd Who tho presoist concort 18 ovar wo ahiatl fssio tiie programme of anather, which will bo tluo grandeat thing of the kind the wotld over know, 1t wiil atartle tho ntions by its mnguiinde, and witl Le ho orranged that overy fifth ' thekct-holder will ho bound to drawv s QUL Wo mbnll bave o lesn than 12,000 coalt gifts, amounting in tho ngeregato to n milfion oud A half of doliars, Tho capital gift of £250,000, and tho loweat one offered will bo $60, * 1 sitcl o schemo as this docs not mnko a11tns tickets wo pliall fsato ecll at ouce, wo slall Lo mistaken ; and, if thoy do sell, wo will 'havo n great froo libeary and museum in aur city which will celipso all upou tlils contisicnt, aud rival somo of tho contury- grown colloctionn of tHio Olden World, Wo have ale Teady o library containitig soino 40,000 volutnes, o mil- soum of not lcsa than 200,000 specimens, aud_n gallery of art containtug sovoral hundreds of ‘pictures, Atnt= 1ics, busts, &c., which oo opou overy dny and night lo tho'freo uso and enjoyment of everybody, Dit wo want to ucrosse thodo colloctions to mny timea thelr present numbers, to placo the literary paper wo huvo startod upon firm basis, £ opon an_scademy of do- sign, to oatablish a reading-room fllod with tho lead- ing tiewspapera aud poriadicals of tho world, and to mako this (ho fincat hall In_the United Stales, whoro onch Acanon i courso of lectures by tho most eminent seholars of Lo ngo may be delivored at our cost and freo to tho poople, Buch 18 onr programmo for the fu- taro, and stich tho noblo ueo wo intend to mako of the nulliorlty given ua by tho Legisinturo of Keutucky for theso glft-concortn, ~Tho distribution of gifts by lot among tho tickot-biolders will now beglu, Col. Durratt’s remarks wore londly and fre- quontly choored, and ab their cloge tho word was given for the drawing to begin, TILE FIRST NUMBER. The audionce waitod in _porfect silence while tho whools woro rovolved by the men stationed ut tho oranks, Slawly thoy wont round, mixing tho tags in ono and tho paper boxes in the other, and ovory oyoin tho sudicnco, which now filled the hall and galleries, was bont intently upon the BC Capt. Downs stoppod the tag-wheel and un- latched the door. Col. Alfriend stood expeotant, and, like the sudioiico aud tho poopla ai thostago, aud every- body olea in sight, slightly norvous. Capt. Downs lifted tho blind boy's hiand to the door, it was thrustin nud quickly withdrawn, and tho tag clutched in the little follow’s fingors wag handed to the crior. Col. Alfriend glauced at it, presed 1t to Col. Johuson, and cried out in bis stontorian voice: (2,485 197 Thoro was breathless stillnass throughout tho houso, whilo n\‘urybadi"fl ttention was riveted on tho prize wheel, This wheel Liad been turncd until the prizes were thoroughli' mixed, and tho littlo blind girl sat pationtly walting for orders. ‘Mr. Ohapman oponed thie door, and Mr. Strat- ton goutly litted tho girl’s hand to tho aporturo. "o slendor hand plunged downward into tho wheel, and tho tapor fingors closed around one of tho prizo boxos, which was quickly withdeawn and held in viow. Mr. Strattan took it from the up-strotched bond, and quickly and nervously cutting opon the ond extractod g roll of {mpnr which he im- medintely proceedod to unroll, During this_oporation tho audionco sat as it spolibound. The number wag not ownad in the crowd, and the prize might bo tho capital ono. 1t o, miany hopos would bo_greatly loworod—at least to tho aecond prize—and 50 por cont of the caleulations of tho eangmme would thus have vanished into somebody olso’s pocket. Mr. Strattan’s fingers seemed all thumbs in his norvousness, but at lougth hio suceceded in unrolling tho {)rizo ulip, and Lelding it up in full view ho eried in & voice that way easily heard, 2 tho figures on tho papor wero eeen, iu all purts of tho hall, the lirst prizo of the draw- ing— 5200 17 An rudible sigh of reliof swept through the gront ball, and all pattics sottled thomsolves lown to their work in earnest. TUE FINST FIVE NUNDRED, Tho drawing wont on smoothly, the prizos run- ning from $100 to 8500, until tio number 35,002 was called, when Mr, Btrattan lield up the com- fortablo littlo sum—g600, ‘This was thio lirst $600 drawn from the wheel, and produced cousiderable sousation, the audi- enco applauding londly. ‘Aftor that all prizes ranging from 1,000 to the grand prize of $100,000 receivod 2 wolcome from the crowd, whethor tho ticket wan Lield by any one prosent or not; and especinlly wero tho largoe prizes grooted with vociferous applause. THE AUDIENCE wos very quiet und orderly, perhaps becauso thora wore, a8 wo observed in lookin over it, 5o many gray heads and so many bonnets thoro. Nonsly all, maloand femalo, wore not only in- tontly watching tho progross of the drawing, but_busy, oveu the Doys, with memorandum books and poncils, "o spirit of the hour was infections, and many of the musicians, a3 soon as thoir task woa suspended for the principal labor of the day, took out their lists and mado notes of how noar thoy camo to draving prizes. “xexo I When Col. Alfriend cried out ‘¢92,810!" a young man silting in o front seat was startled mto achvity, and sprang up shouting ¢ #Kenal" Immediately some envious churl in the crowd shonted : “Pat him out! put him out!” Dut this was not nttempted, and the lucky possessor of tho mllmlinr gavo his norvous attontion to tho prize wheol. ¥ Draw out the big prizo 1" he eried, and a prize was drawn, but it proved on examination to bo §200. This was o considerable fall, bulit waa nccopted with an oxcollont grace, and tho drawing progrossed until shortly aftervards, the numbor 50,24 was drawn, when the same young mau oxeitedly shouted : “Teno again I . “ Gimmo some !" cricd the onvioua folls tho crowd, but ho could hardly cxpect & di when the prize turned out to bo only $100, ‘Thore lucky numbers, we undorstand, belong toa Wost-end club got, up by Georgo Oglo which owned 3300 worth of tickets, Thoy had thus drawn the nmount of their investmont, and bad thitty-one tickots still intho wheel. It iy roported tlat thoy drew £200 more, A TMOKEN ROX, At 12 o'clock one of tho rriza boxes broke, showing the end of thoroll of puper inside, Qol. Durrett camo forward and suggested that it Do taken out and put in 1 new hox, aud then pnt baclk in the whool, but finding some difliculty end dolay tn gotting at it ho reforred tho matter to tho andience, who cried with one voico : ‘“Goon! Go on! Bhuke 'omup " And the mnnegors oboyed tho boheat. THE TWENTY THOUSAND-DOLTAR PIIZE. Not long niter this camo the first great wonsa- tion of the dny. It was ithe dvawing of the 20,000 prize by the number 81,764, Tho au- dieuco gave enthusiastic vent to Ita feolings on tho announcement of this snug littlo pile, and it was nenrly x minuto before thio diawing could proceed. The 210,000 prize was drawn at & quarter past 12 o'clock, and crontod & sonwation naluiost oqual to the preceding one. HALF THROUGH, At 12:30 o’clock Col. Dirrott announced that half tho numbers had Leen drown, and that, ay the work was arduons and tiresome, nnd ali neod- od rest, thero would be an intermission of half an hour for lunch, and Immedin(oli' tho most of tha audlenco sought the streot, whilo thoco on tlio stago wont into the dressing-rooms, whors o substantial collation hiad boon preparcd. AFTER LUNCH, during which Moobius' band_ kopt thoso of the throng who remained in thelv seats vory pleas- antly engaged In listoning to_somo fine munie, the drawing was resumed, and progrosuod qui Iy through mauy mumbors, several of them ning a8 blgh e §1,000, intil tho 6,000 pri was irawn, and thon followed a long string of smaller sums, b THE DI PRIZES soomed to cling to tho whool, and as thoso whoso numnbers had not Loon drawn out rojoicod in their hopo as long ai the prize was thoro—aud thoy were in tho msjority—thera was no com- plaint, though much speculation was indnlgod i, Tho £25,000 prize was the noxt drawn, and soon uftor, at 814 o'clock, Mr, Btrattan uurolled & prizo-stp und held up to tho view of tho ox- citod audionco tha figures S R100,000 19 Thon Issued & scone of wild enthusiosm, with which there was flD"“"l—i to do but wait till it gubsided. The applause lasted somo minutos, but arder was at longth restorad, and the draw- ing procecded with varying fortunes until the ¥IFTY THOUSAND-DOLTATR PRIZE waa drawn, whon s similar sceno to the preced- ing ono onsuod. Aftor this the intorost bogan to flag, though \ but a small portion of tho audionco loft the hall £11 tho Inat nimbor hnd Loon drawn, When all tho gifts, oxcopt tho Inst one, wors drawn, Col. Durrott dircotod a rurponsion for a moment, and ndvaneing to tho front, spoko a4 followa ¢ MEMARKR OF COL. DURNETT. TADIER AND G, : Witk tho pxerption of & alngle gift now Tt (o wheel, we hive dle tributed by lot 10,040 gilis, amounting {o $500,000, Tho money to pay all_thewa GITLA 18 now upon’ dopoalt in o Farmors'aud Drovers' Hank, and thoy will ho padid withott isconnt on_prosentalion of tho tickets ontitled to them at Roott No, 4 in (his bullding, Puy- ment will begin noxt Baturday morniug ot 9" o'cloc] and an fast n {ho tekots aro delivered thoy will bo patid Dy casli chocks upon tho Farmers' and Drovers’ Bank or by Aight drafts upon the Fourth Kational Banlk of Now York, at tho option of the holder, All that you lavoto dolsto presont your ickels and gob yonr monoy. ‘Tlio oftielat drav g will bo published to-sor~ row marning, and all will thon oo whint tekots aro en- tled to gifts, Wo know not what you who got thia_Iargo amount of monoy, this hulf n illion of dollars, wiil do with 1, Tt J not our businoss to_inguire, und ‘et wo e but Liopo that thioso who hinvo drawn tho great gifts will romomber the biind ehildren who linvo rendered such good nervico thia day, To thewn this Leautiful world with itu bright i and_gslowing objects nro all dark- neen, and yol (hey buvo (hils day beon_{uatrumental in muklug more than ono peraon riel, Lot tho fortunate forget not tho unfortunate, A for oursolyes, we kuow what will bo dono with our mouey, 'Tho' tleket-holders get tho lon'a rhiwre, from the fact that all tho oxpenso must como out o tho part that gooa to the library, Dut for whatever is our alinte tho usos are fized, Wo shall pay tho balanco wo owo on {hia property and turn It ovor to the public freo of debt, Wo shiafl mako it an uninommbored gift not only fo tho pooplo of Laniavillo, but fo the poople of {ho United Stafes, Aud when wo ball bava pald for tho house and lot wo oceupy wo shall go on with our wrlertaking until we fill 1t from_cellar to garret Wit booke, mit curiokities, and._ pleluras, and statuce, aud with ‘overythiug that can gind tho eye and fin- rove tho mind, Nor will we forgot iheso biind cbil- drcn whilo wo aro bying hooks, ~ They aliall have o Uibrary hero, and slial] como and enjoy all thal i print- €d for thelr benedt without maney and without price, There ean Lo no mintake _sbout tha drawlug of gitts you havo fust witnessed, Those who woro entitled to tho gifts nccording to tho programmo huvo boen ullot~ ted thens, From (he large wheel to my right linve Deou drawn 1,0 0 numbors, and ¢ nny doubt, aftor. what thoy havo seen, the sudienco can now appoint a committeo to count tho numbers that remain in tint wheel, My honor for it, thero will bo found 99,000 taga i that wliee), which, 'with tho 1,000 drawn out, maka_tho 100,000 which the 1fon, 8, B, Churehill, thé on, W. W, Truzer, and R, 5, opking put fu there iu your prescico Leforo the drawing hegan, Apnoint your committao, and tho wheol and fts coutonts are at your nervico, Tho records kept by tho five clerka arg infalliblo oota ot o corscluioss of tho draving, Toro ls o 00k kept by Mr, Frederick, of the Citizens’ Bank (holiing it up to tho sudience), and it fs like tho othi- ora. 1o begnn at pngo 1 to record tho drawing with rinted blanks ou each for four drawn numbers with liolr gifts, 1le hna now roxched pago 250, and but ona Dlank s left on tho 250th page, Fbls will, of course, Do fllled by tho st gift now romatning in the wheol, 1t thero had Leeu auy orror fu_tho books of record, wo wero atill loft an infall{blo meana of correction. On thig wira (bold(ng it up to tho audiouce), every tag and gitt woro filed na drawn by Mr, G, W, Douser, Dut as the gifi-wheel hna tallied out all Tgiit, thore 18 no oc- casion for roferring to the strung numbers, In com- paring the buoks of record wo may huve uso for it, but none hiero, Tho Inst gift will pow be drawn, after which tho drawing will bo at an ond and tho stdience dismissed, with tho hiopo that a3 many us. can will come to the concert to-night, This spocch was rocoived with froquont and honrty npplause ; the last number way drawn, tho prizo read, and the audienco departed. AN EVEX NUMBER TIAT WAS ODD. The tag numboered 5,060 drow considorable in- torest. Tho curiosity of many was aroused to know what such a combinntion’of figures would produco, It very fitly drow £600. TUROUGTIOUT THE CITY tho only topic of convorsation was tho drawing. \Vhat did you draw 2" was tho common saluta- tion, substitutod for inquirics a8 to the stato of ono's henlth, or original obsorvations concarning tho weathor. 1t was ‘‘the thing” to answor that you hoad dvawn the capital prize, FIEQUENT BULLETI) extras were issuod from various newspapor printing ofticos, Lvery twenty or thirly num- {mr« drawn demanded another extra edition to satisfy the demand for information, FLYING BUMORS, Wild rumors wore circulated towerd evening an to thoro who had drawn tho six great prizes. “Iie sitceessful tickots wero assigned to u grent number of porsons, aud, in the absonce of au- theutie information, imaginative individunls ex- ercised their facultios in endonvors to guess nt the truth. At night tho excitement had nearly subsided. The Canrier-Journal job printing offico alone had sold 12,000 extras, and the othor nowspaper and printing oftices had done quite as well, TIE LOCKY AND UNLUOKY. On tho stroet corners n varioty of nYluiona wero given expression. Tho successful were gonerally too elated to stay in one placa long, but thoso who had lost, or had taken no tickets, in- terchanged views 08 to tho gift concert which wore sometimes quite edifying. Tho disappoint- ad, in many instances, did not. approvo of lot tories; but in othors they announced their de- torminnation of investing largoly in the noxt gift schemo. It i evident that tho next gifl concert will bo a8 successful a3 this, ns faras aelling tickets i concorned. WII0 DIEW THE THIRD PRIZE, Tho $25,000 prize was drawn by O. A. Knapp, of tho firm of James A. Clark & Co., who resides at tho corner of Fourth and York streetd. Mr. I(un])u had 2100 invested in the Iottery of lnst our, but failed to draw anything, although sev- ornl of his tickets wore within ono or two num- bers of those which drew large prizes, Hae de- Iayed buying tickets until Mondny nfternoon, when ho bought eleven tickets for 2100, OF tlicso, number (3,085 drew £100, thus paying the cost of tho tickets. Afterwavds number 64,170 drow £25,000. The $100 wasturned into tho lat- tor amount in loss than twenty-four honra. THE FIFTIC PIIRE. Part of tho $10,000 prizo was drawn by mom- bors of tho 1. H. Buneo_Hook and Laddor Com- Enny. Jobn Stabb, Robort Benrd, Edward Jitchell, Frank McCorkle, and George or “ Buck” Smith, together bought one-quarter of ticket No. 98,743 which drew tho above prize, thus securing 9500 ench, Capt. Charles Millor, who is stopping at the United States Hotol, drow anothor quartor of this prize. It is rumor- od that the rest of the ticket is owned by Josoph Nowvis, THE SISTIL PRIZE. A. A. Luess, of the firm of Lewis & TLucas, Dbattors, on tho south _sido of Jefferéon streot, near Third, bought of W, Seott Glera one-half of ticket numbor 10,550, Thia ticket drow the 5,000 vrizo. TUNONS OF LUCK. It was rumorcd that & man named BMicheel Tarrigan, living on an alloy between Madikon and Chestnut, Sixteenth and Sevonteeth streots had drawn ono-fourth (225,000) of tho capital prize, but our reporier, after diligent search, tailed to vorrify tho story, Thio report wan gouerally credited during (he afternoon and night that Mr. Frank Wybrant, tho photographor, had drawn one-fourth of a 590,000 prizo, but on inguiry by our reporter at Mr. Wybran's house ho was informed that tho roport was incorrect. A TOAX. A cruel honx was Pnrpalr.\lcd on Goeppor, proprietor of Jnagor Malle. But it was dono by 2 friond, who, it i% said, suffored in & wimilay mantor at the hands of Gooppor at the drawing which took place last year. To retulinte, this friond at au carly Lour ?'milordn norning sent Gaoppor word tint his tekot had drwwn $20,000. Tho roport eroated n sensation, and wes soon noiscd abrond. Goeppor was, of counrke, much elated. o woro hin friends, and doubtless many a follow wont to bed on forly glasses of beer, drumk on tho strengih of Goeppor's good Tuck. Dut Gooppor's glory was_short-lived. 1lo was not lang in leariiing that ho had boon sold, and nu,x't Ll}m money was in other hauds that ho knew not of. DECIDEDLY IRISI, An Trishman in the Fast 1 named Thomas Mulealsy, bought a_quarter tickot, Refleoting upou it on i way homo, he thought ovor the matter, and it strack him that some ono might Luy tho othor thrcc-t;lmrlm‘n, and #o lavo the ndvantago of Lim, Ho, Lo doslroy uil compoti- tion, e roturnad, bonght tho otlior (hves-quar- ters, and toro them up. Then he folt cany, No ono conld “come it ovor him now. Whether his quartor-ticket drow n prize is not kuown, A NATROW MI8H, Officor Butler bought four quarter ticlcts of different numbers, ~Tho night bofore tho draw- ing ho was inducod to soll ono of them to John Abbot, The noxt dny tho ticket of which it wus n park arew 1,000, whilo tho tickots romain- Ing in Alr, Butler's possossion drew nothing. JEFFIRSONVILLE, Tt was a doad sure thing hoforo 4 o'clack that no porson in Joffersonville had drawn anything of consequence, 'Tho rumor lute in the aven- ing that a well-known and prominent citizen and o leading member of the church had drawn uartor of tho $10,000 prizo wau incorrect, Wo ealled upon tho Fonuumuu, and, nfter fivat deny- Ing that he had invested anything in tho drawing wat all, ho finally showod us hiu tivket. 1t was not worth a ¢ent, oxeopt to go to the conoort on, "Tirkot 92,076, thnt the Indy dreamed about, and g;\r ll:uubnnd wus 80 suxious to purchase, drow ank, THE LUCKY NUMBERS, 1004 to 1,000m, 1t [¢ 12:42"}. 13,080, 11,893, 18, 0|43, 81, jbo(51, 43,000, 190, ... .0, 300/43,687, 7, 43,501, 13,14 10,402 [02,527...... 600(32,084.... 89,918, . 49,08 00 ,052. .00 05 1,000,108 100[57,8804, 40 9,000, T AR 100 10,608, o o0 v 2 60,120, 60,720, :n,smix‘2 e 2100} 63950, .. ..o 56 63,833, 43,000, 103,602, 1 1 I, (63,278, 163,183, a 05,260, 100]05,627. | 09,708,104 00,117 300(69, 70,308, 10,602, 70,051 71,608, 11,767 s, ST D1u,uu,"’. %l “'2"3'3:’(,“”""" 2 200[88,050. o » .0 551, o BO00L 05,16 90,809, 0 69,664 49,001, 00{99,701 00[99,203, 100 “The 9,000 approximutions, o §10 gilts, delermined Dy the capital gift. Ticket No. 20,803 baving drawn the capital gift of $100,000, the first 4,600 numbors nearest to it on each side, making on both shdes 9,000, aro entitled to $10 cacl, except thopo numbers within the two oxtromes above and below, which have drawnu other gifts, I thiere were no exceptions, every number from 25,391 above {0 10,393 below would bu entitled to $10, Lut Some of tlie numbcrs within this rango drow ofher gi1ts, aud they will be found i the list alovo to bo s follows : 10,409, 10,640, 16,741, 10,684, 16,760, 16,042, 5,057, 17,041, 17,064, 17,681, 17,044, 17,034, 17,008, 17,843, 17,089) 17,740, 17,021, 17,199, 17,000, 17,772, 18,101, 18,50} 18,948, 18,097, 18,070, 18,101, 10,147, 10,948, 19,737, 10,054, 19,273, 10,023, 10,073, 19,928, 20,361, 20,300, 20,640, 5! 20, 20,644, 20,84! 004, 23, ), 4 h, 2!’385. 26, 25,472, 95,160, 25,001, 'these numbors axo thoreforo excluided from the $10 gifts, becauso they bave drawn snd will bo pajd higher gifls, Alithe alber numbors Letween 26,393 above nd 10,303 below the capital prize, ninking 8,917 in all, agprequiiug the sum of 89,170, are each entitled to 10, nnd will be wo pald ou presentation and dolivery of {ho tickets, Do payment of the gifts will bogin Saturday morn. Ing, July 12, at 9 o'clock, Tho tichets mustbo pre- souted at Room No, 4 Publlo Library nmmmfi where thoy will bu taken 1ip and _paid by eash checks upon the Farmers' and Drovors’ Bank, of Lauiaville, or by sight drafts upon tho Fourth Nutional Bank, of New York, ot the option of tho holder, No gift will bo puid without dolivery of tho ticket ontitied fo it, and all gifts not called for within sfx months of tho drawing will bo turned over to the Tublic Library fund and not afterwards pald, '"Tho tickels for tho fourth Qift Con- cert—tho grandeat thing of the kind ever prescnted to the world—aro vow ready for sale, and any one who proters 1t can bavo tho vultio of a giff, or anyjpart of it i thio now tickels, Titosas E, BIANLETTE, Agent Publio Library of Keutucky and Msnuger of @it Coneort, kT, R, T, Dunn Trealdent Publio Library of Keutueky, - A milllonaire Thief Finding n Refugo in Now Yorle Among tho groat failuros during tho recont finaucial crash_in_Vienna was that of the so- called Vionus Credit Asaoclation, an institution which bed & nominal eapital of 100,000,000 florins, Its managor was & young Austrian financler named Rudolph Pokorny, who rocoived an annuel salary of 20,000 floring, and who was considered ono'of the ablost financiors in tho Austriau Capital, Pokorny waé a baclolor, and his habita wero looked upon ng unoxcoptionnble, excopt {hat ho lived with o young Americun widow named Annio Leo, to whom he soomod to bo groatly attached, He iu- i tondod to marry her, for on thoe 10th of April lnst tho bans of his nnfngumout with her wero g\lhlkfly proolnimed from tho pulpit of Bt tophon's Church. Shortly aftor tho oponing of tho Universal Exhibition thoe finnncial affairs of ‘Vionna were found Lo ba in a vory rotten condi~ tion. DBanking houno aftor banking house went down, and oven tho bowt neereditod institutions woro ' looke tpon with snapiolon, Only the Cradit Assovintion, with ity vast eapital, escapod distrust, Po it woro carriod (lupunzln when thoy wora withdrawn ovorywhoro oluo, unfil tho 21st of Mny, whon the Directors of tho bauk found, to their dismay, that tholr trusted Cashior bnd flad. Ho had left behind him the following sig- nifieant noto , 1 Thig canh ncconnt 16 sliort 9,000,000 florius, Tho fault 13 not mino excluaivoly, You ean mako up for it, T am tired of working for siich men, and go o anothor world, Ruporrn Poronny," Tha conatornatod Diractors aent dotootives af~ tor him, hut without success, aud on May 20 tho following notico posted at tho door of the Oradit Associatios 1 udolph Lokoruz, o dishonest easher, 15 now undaubtedly on his Way to Now York. fir 08 wo can Judgo 110w, ho hins etolon feom ua 1,900,000 forius, Bteph havo been tnken to hecurs his arrest. “DinECTONS OF TIE UREDIT ABSOOIATION," ——— LORD GORDON GORDON. Xow e Wns Kidnapped, and ¥ow the Tables Wero Turnced on Ilis Kid= nappers. From the St. Paul Dispatch, July 8, Intimations having beon recoived that there was moro trouble with Lord Gordon over the border, & Dispalch Commiasioner was dologated to start on Sunday evoning for Manitoba and roport tha pituntion, The following is bhis first tolegram FAnqo, D, ., July 8,1 arrived Inst night and loarn- od that 3, O, Burbank, of St, Paul, L, &, Bontloy, & morchant of Fort Garry, aud H, W, Merriam an Elatoler, of Minuespoliz, iud got Lord Gordon drunk Inat Friday, gagged nud bound fim, and endeavored to run him' acroga tho lincs, Theg forgot to_cut tho wices, aud tho authorities tolegraphied to Fort Dufforin and o wiols parly worg captured by tho Engliel soldlors slationod thore, and placed Su irons, Another report anys Burbank mado Ia escape, ond the author- itien were hunting Lim, Mayor Drackott and Eugeno M, Wilson passed through Moorchead on Sunday on tho way to Fort Garry, “Tho Mayor slated he was arm- od with doouments thiat would Uborata the prisonors and offect tho oxtradition” of tho Lord, Great excito- ment is reported at Garry, Tho name of Lord Gordon Gordon was but recontly rovived in public memory in connection with the reputod recovery by Maj. Drackett of 41,000 in &lflnd Btatos bonds, #aid to have beon stolon from Gordon by throo individuals who had discovered him in DManitobs, whithor ho had fled aftor his disappearance from New York City while his famous suits with Jay Gould woro still pending, It was popularly nllp[’msed at the timo that theso bonds were ronllystolon for tho benefit of Jay Gould, who claimod to own thom, aud shrewd guessora recognizod amateur dotoctives in tho thioves, and their chase and capture by Maj. Brackott to bo only a part of the ‘littlo game " put up on Gordon. Tho same uncortain authoritics are now, howevor, of opinion that tho stealing of thio bonds and (heir recovery was only n ruse, designed to induce the Gordou to come over the lina to rognin possoesion of his proporty. For the porson of Gordon was and {8 wanted on this side of the lino. 1In the suits between Jay Gonld and Gordon, tha lattor wan hold to bail for a subsequent ap- oarance in the aum of £37,000, his bail Londs oing signed by Marshall O. Roborts and the lato Horace F.Olark, both of Now York City. Binco tho discovery of Gordon's whereabouts, whicl was but recontly, an agout of the Clark estato and Mr, Roborts havo como to this Stato and have lind soveral conforences with dotectives and personal friends for the purpose of dovisivg some way to capture tho Gordon. They appear to hinve Mot with most cucouragoment at Min- neapolis, where their cause w4 espousod by Muyor Georgo A. Brackott aud other leading citizens, and an amatour dotective asgociation seems to have beeun formed for their especial benofit. Maj. A, B. Brackett, who had something to do with that 541,000 in bonds which the Gardon lost, and who is reported to have had his plans 1aid for thoe capture of Gordon in porson, was dropped from the schomo; nud Capt. Hoy and Dotoctive Dugan of tho Minnoapolis_police Torco, armed with & transeript of the bail bond, were dispatchod to Manitoba to arrest Gordon. Thoy carricd also letters roquesting and author- izing Messrs. Morriam and Flotehor, of Min- “noagolis, and otliors to aid thom in tholr plana, On their way ur, or at Fort Garry, they found Morriam and Fletcher, aud with thom Mr, J, O. DBurbunk, of 8t. Paul. Theso threo gontlemen wero induced, probably Ly tho lotters from thoir Miuneapolis friends, to ongago in the affair with Hoy and Dugan, On Thursday or Friday last, Lord Gordou was captured in tho vicinity o Tort Qarry, having first boon mado stupldly drunk, and his captors started with him for Unclo Sam's eide of the boundary line, Beforo thoy could reach that safo haven they wero ovor- taken by o small dotachment of British traops from TFort Dullorin, the ofticor in charge of which reloased Gordon and arrested Hoy, Dugan, Merriam, Flotcher, and Burbsuk, and sent thom to Tort Gurry for snfo-kooping. 3 “Plio erimo” for which 1oy, Dugan, and _their namatour associntes aro arrested, is dofined in tho laws governing Manitoba ng lddxmrpiug and hns o ponalty aflixed of ton years' lmprigonment, They did not proceed under tho extradition trenty, and indeod, undor that, tho bail papors, tho ouly authority for the arrest of Gordon, aro of no account whatover, It will be seen, there- foro, that thoy are seriously involved and can only oscapo from their dilemma through tho len~ joncy which AManitoba courts and jurios may or may not exorciso. The nows of the disastrous failure of the es- Rledltlon ronchod Minneapolia Saturday evening. nyor Goorgo A. Brackett ot onco tolegraphed for and obtained & epecial train, on which, compeniod by C. M. Loring, the Hon. . M. Wil son, and William Lockron, ho loft Dinnenpolis for Moorlicad at & p. m, tho samo eveuing. ‘Choy wero takon through to Moorhoad at fastest rail- rond spood, and by this time should have_reach- od Fort Gnrry. It i undorstood their objoct is to bail their unfortunate friends, the Minnoapo- lia policcmen and their amatour assistants, and to assist thom to oscape from tho pouallies to which thoy have exposod themaclves. From the St. Paul Pioneer, July 9, At ghout 11 n, m,, o telegram was roceived from Mayor Brackett, dated ut Fort Garry, July 8, and ahnouncing that his party arrived thore atin,m.: that “mo Lord Gordon Gordon" was thoro and the oxaminations wero progress- ing, and that no one but the Hon, B. M. Wilson was allowad to communicate with the prisoners. At 4:30 p. m. o sccond_dispatch was recoived, stating that Goorgo A, Brackett was arrosted by tho Munitobian authorities, upon his arrival at Tort Garry, hiad his examination during the foro- noon, and wus discharged from custody: that other oxaminutions wero in progress, Mo Lord Gordon Gordon" was on tho stand, and judg- ing from appoarances tho delegatas from tho Sout of Destiny would prabably be detained for soveral days, Frowm the St. Paul Press, July 9. Mr. Roborts, bofore starting for™ Minnesota, obtnined the opinion of u leading lawyer of New York City in regard to tho logality of the capturo of Gordon whorever ho might befound. He cou- tended that Mr. Roberts had an undoniablo right to so tako Goxdon Gordon, and tho samo opinion was arrived aé by the Minuoapolis attorneys after a caroful oxnmination of tho laws. Auothar fact may Lo stated in this connection. The eapture of 41,000 in Lbonds, roported ashort timo ago, bas dwindled down to tho comparative- Iy insignifionnt sum of §6,000—this being tho ou- tire amount cn{)tnrod by Maj. Drackott’s nssist- ants from Lord Gordon, "I'ho following tologram was received from Fort QGarry yostorday : WriNipEg, Manitob, July 8, Maj, Brackott, Enigano M. Wilson, and Wililam Loch- zeu arrived horo this morning at 4’ o'clock by expess, protty nexcly exbausted by thelr Jong and rapid jour- uey, Lo trial of tho prisunors 1oy, Morriaw, Floteh- cr, ud Dugan Ju in progress, Tho provaillug opinjon 16 that they will bo released under heavy bafl, but a strong nttompt s beleg miado to liold “them” on the round thut tho offenso s uot o bailablo one, Tho §incrican Gonsul, Alr. 1. I, Taylor, s dolug bis utmost to secure tholr dlsearge, ——— The M From the St, Paul Press, Wo have advices from ombina that the Mon- nonite Commignioners, who have been ox}:lnmxg tho Manitoba country, did not find the facts to corrospond to the represontations made to thom by tho Canadian authoritis, aud that thoy woro not ovor woll pleasad with the country or with Ihe peoplo, Ono ronson whg they woro not plonced with the poeople [ probably fndicated in tho following dispateh from Fort Garry: Fonr aanny, July 4, 1879, "o Mennonite deputation, on » prospecting tour In tise Frouch sottloment of Whita House Plajns, ubout 20 il rom here, wore sosterdsy sat npon by b pariy of armed lalf-breods, snd compolled to tako refugo in n publio howse, Word was sent 10 Winutpeg, aud a squad of ffly woldicre was dispatcliod, Tho parly lina tow ol arrivod eafely in Winnipog, ‘Tho military have five prisoners, Howo bellevo tho outrage is tha Teault of o plot, incited by Ricls nssoclates to deter the Mennons Tlow rronm. coming tuto this cauutey, Tho Mounouites expressed thomuelvos delightad with tha country, and 1 Toro tlaw lkely thiat about ono thousand fuilios will aottlo hore in thie spring, Teturning to Pombina, the Alennonites visitod the flne rogion on the Amorican side as far wost ps ‘Turtle Mouutain, aud woro vory agroeably improased with tho imuty. fortility, and other advantagaon of this roglon, among which fs & good Bupply of timber, ghony L & privato lattor from Pombinn aaya: Alargo doputation of tho Russian Monnonites woro Bioro, and wont_out 1o Bt Joropl nnd somn distanco boyond, and alAo explored tha whola Tourgis Tives coiintry, and upon thelr roturn_oxprossed (emncives dolighted with tho country, said 1t waa tho incat conti= try thioy ind ovor seon, and announced thelr fall ilos termination to roturn in the spring of 1874 and actile 10,000 pouple on thoao lands at once, Thoy mado mine o examination of ovorything, s exprossed theme sclven moro than satleflod, Batd they shouid want 20,000 worth of atock, and ‘would contract. for n large amouut of ngricultural imploments at 8t, Paul, HYGIENE DOWN SOUTH. A Memphis Cholorn Losson for Othoer Oltics=-Scone at the Morguc, Hemphta July 3) Corrtaporlence of the New York ‘orl Though amall-pox recontly ravagod Momphis, and yollow fover and cholora have now and thon Lold hero bigh carnival, thoro wag not, until wilhin tho waek, an organized Board of Hoalth. For all statistical hyglouic facts and for mortuary roports tho publio” was indebted to rumor and soxtona, Of course, momt oxiravagant storlos wont abroad ; pooplo of the iuterior woro soroly {rightoned, Kor ‘sovou weoks trade Lss beon wholly suspendod, lndh[nmrhln boslost In trade snd proporty values soveral millions, Now we have n Donrd of Henlth, but sinco It Las mo monoy, and cnn control mnone, its practical valuo i very question= ablo, It may bo propor to_sny that tha clty hns undorgono no procosa of purgation sinco 1807, and stroots and alloys, aftor all theso roe- oont incossant rains, aro rockivg in filth, Weo bovo a county court, constitutod of thirty-cight cnnntr{ bumpldns callod ¢ squires. Thesa good old follows, whilo ‘“indigonous cholora® raged, could hm'lly bo convenod, Thoy had & county soxton, a jolly, dram-drinking Patlander, of the cleasio name of McCool. Pat, authorizol to buy a pottor's flold for the county, eecurod a valueless spot lmmodlntol{ on tho banks of Wolf Rivor, just abovo the Holly Wator-works, Thig otter's flld Is enld to bo” the fouloat place of loulest stonchos on tho continent. Pat's Irish cartman told mo that it stunk so intolorably that ho had scon tho men in tho moon holding his nose whon caresning above this foarful anuynrch Pat stows away corpsos vory hurriodly. It happons mow and ‘then that as many s thres or four pooplo, whon tho dally mortality was grest, wore chucked into the samo gravo, Rain-storms como, and tho loose, l(%ht earth was swopt away, and there lay the grinning corpses, nogroes ane whites, in tho samo shallow, uncovered grave, and whon the hot sunboams foll upon the rot- ring corpses and watoer bocame vapor, o stench wont abroad which begat asphyxin at tho dis- tanco of hialf & mile, Iach rain-storm that came on ench succossive day fortunatoly cloansed the hallowed gpot and added to tho stroam that gives drink to 70,000 people of Momphis, Hore waters of lifo are pumpod from rivers of death. Tt costs the Count; Tmnuury quite §1 for each !numuy ‘mado by the soxton's wagon to tho pot- or's flold, and to reduco tho cost of these publio ‘burials Patrick nover drives out without a fuil lond, Corpsos nre therofore suffored to so- cumulate, ofton through soveral days ; and the bodies of the dead, Lcapod up in the large ompty shop, are covered with limo, and constitute ‘hideous, ghnatlf, morgue-like exhibiton, Dos- pite all precautionnry measuros, the place Is by no maang delightful on a hot, pultry summor aftornoon, paople dwelling in tho vicinity often complin of strange sights and vigorous, une soomly, insufforablo odors suppose to arisa from this shop. On Sunday Inst it happened that the soxton had stowed away, by tho merost accidont, a living man with the dead. The living body was at the ‘bottom of o honp ‘of dead bodios to be boxed and shipped to Pat's cometory noxt morning. The poor follow had been narcotized by a qmwg, who administored gomo potent drug to rovorse tho process of “ collnpsing.” Tho pationt slopt almost tho sleep of death. In tho same aparts mont whereln tho narcotic was adminstored lay mnothor nogro corpse, and the county sexton cartod both bodies away to his do- pository. It was 10 o'clock at night whon the rosurrection occurred. Tho nogro, horrifled whon findiug himsolf beuoath a hoap of dead men, howled like a hippopotamus. The sexton vias ‘aroused, and crying * thief 1" hurried in with a lantorn. Our’ living-doad hero, thinking Limsol? in another world, imagined the fright~ onad soxton in his night-clothes beueath the lans tern's fitful glare tho devil himesolf, and then thore went up s foarful howl of agonized do- wpnir, and the " rosurrectod " negro swoonod in torror, Tho fire-bolls wero Tinging, the noighe bors camo in, the northorn end of the city was {n an uproar, tho soxton fled, the_condition for tho depository of corpsos waa discoverad, snd tho sexton and County Court and City Govern= ,tl:wmt“‘:h has been indicted by tho Criminan ourt, —_— A HORROR IN THE NARROWS. The Drowning of a ilusband and Wife ~sA Fearful Struggle. From the New York Sun, July7, Yosterdny Louis Jacquicr and his wifo, Tresal Chailles, Aloxia Tanguy, aud Charles Delagrango, all rosidonts of this city, hired a boat at Clifton, 8.1, and sailed for a diy's Sehing off West Bank. At the mouth of tho Narrows a high sos was run- Ting, undor a stiff west wind driving &cross tho ebb tide, and ns the littlo craft turnod up the cove, near Fort Tomplins, and was making for thio centro of tho Narrows, between Forta Tomp- kins and Lafayette, & high wave swopt over the boat, aud Mmo. Jacquicr, in torror, throw horsolf upon her husband, who sat on the' loo side, snd in an instant the wholo party was floundering in tho water. i Only Jacquier and Tanguy could swim, and by gollant offorts thoy assistod the othors in roachs iug tho gunwalos, which wero thoir only hope of vaicuo. ~ Mo, Jacquier becnmo almost crazed with fright a8 the waves dashed over bhor head, and tried to climb out upon the bottom of the Doat. Her woight drow it over, and in an instant all had lost theur hiold, Again Tahguy and Jacquior helped them in regaining the boat, but Alme. Jacquier repeated her despairing effort for greator safety., Four times the skilf was turncd ‘over thus, and the two swimmers were almost oxhausted by their efforta to help the othors. Once a mail boat bore down close enough to thom to be hailed, and the Trenchmon begged thom to lond a helping hand, What roply was_givau:gould not bo undoratood, but thoy sailed awayrand loft tho imporiled party to their fate. "'y, Tho fourth timo thé ekiff was turned over Madame Jacquier eauk and was swept away by tho tido, When sho reappenrcd, about_fifteen foot disfant from tho Loat, hor hushand swoum off to her assistanco, IIo roached hor just as slio was disappesring for the last time, Hohold! lior above water until e had partially revived. Thon she clutched him by the uneck. "o, by a dosperate effort, disengoged her Lold aud mada u fow strokos toward tho boat, whon shio again clutohed him with the onorfiy of dospair. Whilo thoy were actually undor water Jacquier loosened her grasp, and was thue enabled to reach tha surfaco. 'T'ho accident was :witncssed from the shoro by John Roydel n:f’" William Fos, boatmen, Thoy Brriodly Mawiched s boat, and strainod evory nervo to resch the struggling husband and wifo, Tho doupaisingefforls of the drowning pait wero plainly vinuflo, and Roydol described themt grophically, When' he started, he said, they were yot clingivgto the boat, and tho woman was sCrauming inlferror, Aftor thoy had first disappeared Lo thought it useloss ‘to pull to- ward them, supposing that thoy had gone down fnally. Thg mistake was fatal—tho fow strolros thon lost would have sufficed to save tho wholo party. Au goon ag they reappeared tho bont was again turned toward thom. Jacquier struck out pows arfully, and soomod ablo to float until tho boat arrived, When thoy were within n fow oars strokes, Mmo, Jnoquior scized hor busband agaln, apparently around tho Lody, and a high wave gweopt them out of sight. Reydel waa atanding }n the bow ready to take them on board. Tha threo other mon were found still clinging to tho bottom of the skiff, and whon drawn intq the rescuing boat tivo wore too noarly exhausted and too much terrifled to speak. Reydel picked up the hat, pookolbook, aud & fow other floating relics of tho drownod cn\nplo and thon rowed tho romnindor of tho party to Olitton. ‘Mmo, Jacquier was a_CGorman by birth, sud was only 16 yoars old, The husband, aged 85, was a bronzor by trade, and worked a8 foreman at No. 26 Amity stroot. All tho men wers worke wou in tho smae shop, —_—— An Xllustration for Mr, 0'Conor, The Biughampton Tepublican submity the fol- lowing: **‘fhe ploa of Charlen O'Conor, that there was no proof which of young Walworth's four shots wero fatal, and tho Jury must, thoro~ fore, acquit him, ia not original, "It i baged on the argumont of tho Weatern lawyer whosg client shot anothor man's dog. ¢ You hev hoern, gentlomon of the jury,' suid tho eloquent advor ento, * you hov hoorn tho witnoss awar ho paw tho prisoner ralse his gun, you hov heorn him swar Lo snw tho flagh and hoored the ru&mn, you hevhoorn him swar he saw the dog fall dead, you hov heorn him swar ho dug the bullot out with his jack-knifo, and you hev scon the bullet pro» duced in court, but whar, gentlemen, whar, [‘, you, ig tho man who saw that bullet bit that daq H iy §