Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 13, 1874, Page 5

deconsed ¢ that the proceedings in the Buperior Courd of :w York n‘gd in the Buprome Court of ‘Wisconsin may bo nd]ud}(ud void and of no of- fact; that also tho dofondants, sa individuals and oxecutors, may boroatrainod from oxeouting the will, and that ‘she mny be placed In poscs- nion of all tho rights to which ehe i entitled to a8 widow of James Amory. - THE ANSWER denlos, item by ltom, tha allegations of the bil}, and aleo sots nfinoma positive mattersof de- fonpe, In rogard to tho marriage of the com- ‘plainant with Amory, theidofondants take lusuo Bquaroly, and olaini that \Villiame waa living at Jonat a6 Inte 88 1848, and alro that, in 1845, when Dlra, Amory went to Now York, sho woat to asa- 1oon of bad ropute, known on THE ‘' RED ROOK BALOON. Thore she contractod an intimacy with James Amory, which was, howover, only merotricions 1o ity efimmnwr, though she may lisve boou sup- posed by soma to havo been hin wifo, but thoy alloge mo marrisge ovor took place, In 1850 @ ‘soparation took place, in consoquonca of mutuni oriminations sud recriminations, sud ‘Amory, in order to avold any subsoquent clalms, made nn agreomont, which she signed, by which sho ralonsod any righta sho_might have, in con- #idoration of soma fots in Drooklyn, Tt is also insistod that the tact that the will has boen nd- mitted to probate i conclusive, if no fraud 18 clinrged as to the proof of the will or exeoution. A VEHY LARGE ANOUNT OF EVIDENCE wos takon, and it was shown, among other things, that Mra, Amory bad beon married to a mnn named Stone, from whom sho obtained & Qivorco in 1835, 1lor socond Liusband, Williams, Hhippod on the Lonvze under tho namo of James Wilson, and deserted at Singapore, and he thon shippod on board an English vossol, which was Jout In January or Fobruary, 1842, Asto tho ‘divorco caso, it Wwas shown that Chauncey Shaffor ind at wovoral times received monoy from Amory whilo tho case waa ponding; that Amory o= ployod threo mon a8 detectives for sovernl moiithe to gob some knowledgo of Willisms, but unsuccessfully. COMPLATNANT IN JIER TEGTIMONY stated that sho did not know of tho fraud prac- tised by Shaffor until 1870, when in an ejectmeddt snit, ono Louis Dobb, n snloou-keeper, was ox sminod, and somothing was elicitod tonding to show it. Shothen wont to Shaffer’s oflice and aconsed bim of defrauding her, He acknowl- edged it, and promised to go to Wisconsin and ‘Alfmw what o Naw York lawyer could do" to xight hor. In regard to tho will, s lnrge nmount of ovidenco was taken to show tho family reln- tions snd tho fooling botweon the broth- ern, oud especinlly between Bamuel and Jumes, Evidenco was slso sdduced o show that the Red Rock coltago, or white cottogo, where Mra, Willinms wont on ber finst wrrival in New Yorlk, was & respeotablo placo, snd that the witnesses who tostitied to the con- trary were ofther contradicted in tho teatimony or binsoed in thoir opinton. CHAUNCEY BITAFPER ndmitted the recoipt of tho 8500, but statos that it was through an undorstanding thut the Court would force him to pay the eume, sud that ho nnticipated such order, The doefonso aiso offored evidonco to prové that tho reason why Jonn ond Samuol were made the yrincipal benoflolarics wss not on account of undue influouce on the part of Bamuol, but wartly throngh an ili-fecling existing botweon Jnmes and Rufus K. and Poter Amory, his othor brothors. After tho oaso hnd boon decided in tho Bu- prome Court of Wisconsin adversoly to Mrs. Amory, she filed tho prosont bill in "the State Cirouit Court, which caso was transferred to tho United Btatea Court under tho act of Congress. Xt was to bo tried 1 Wisconsin, but, for Judge Drummond's convenicnce, wa Lear Yore, bofore him and Judge Davis, and occupled three days, Benator Carpenter making the clos- ing argumont Saturday night. A docision will Eubnb\y bo rondored during $he month, Mr.J. . Gillobt appears as solicitor for Mrs, Amory, &nd Messrs. Matt EL Carponter and N, 8, Murphy ns hor counsel, and Mr, 8, U. Planoy as solicitor Hor tho defondnnts. BEECHER'S INVESTIGATION. No Whitowashing Intended by the Conumittee, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, New Yong, July 12.—The investigating com- mitteo of Plymouth Church are still at work. The members docline to give any opinion as to when thoy will bave finished, but thoy say that tha invest{gation will bo thorongh. If Mr. Deecher is innocent, thoy wish to oxenorato him; 1f ho is guilty of any offcnse, they wilt not try to shicld him. Thoy say they dosire every one who knows snything ngeinst Mr, Beochor to aome forward and make thowr stntomonts. Tho in- wostigation is mtonded ofther to vindicats or condemn the pastor. ‘Whethor or not Mr, Tilton has been examined thoy declino to say. ho story that Mrs, Tilton hnd explained that tho whole difiionlty between Xior busband and Mr, Boecher was owing to Mr. Yoocher's ndvico to hor to leave Tilton, when o was ocoupled with tne Woodhull gang, hss boen 8urront in Plymouth Church for more than o ‘yeur, os a0 expinnation of the difiieulty, but it is Jmprobable that Baocher would have written tho 1stter to Tilton, in which he humiliates himsalf, 1)r g0 slight an_ offonte, _ Thero {4 no truth in 110 statoment that Mra, Tilton has testified be- furo tho investigating committeo. ' —_— FIRES. At Enst Saginaw, Mich, Snecial Dispatch o The Chrcags Irilune, Tasr Baarvaw, Mich.,, July 12.—Yestorday moraing sbout 2 o'clock a fire broke out in tho y.romisoy formerly owned by Dr. Qurtis, but ro- contly gold by him to & gontleman named O. W, Row, of Ontario. Tho property destroyad con- sistod of a two-story house and barn, all undor cuo inclosure, Tho fire was evidoutly an incen- «iary ono, as rags sonked with keroseno were suatelied from the ilames, and three persons, Dr. Curtis, Archibald McMullen, and Nathaniol Dullock, were nrrested by Sherift Andress and Marshial Jewett, of Ssginaw City, and lodged in 3ail, not being able to give bond in the sum of £2,000 encls, to which they woro held. The valia of the proporty burned 18 estimatod af £4,700, on which_thero is an insurance in the ‘Uudorwriters, of Now York, for $2,000, At Streatory 111 Sn-ctal Disvutch to The Chicago Tridune, Sruaton, IlL., July 12.—A fite Lroke out here last night about 13 o'clock, and in about forty winttes gwept un entiro squero excopt the Free g Plock. A livoly breeze trom tle northeast carried the flamea with great npecd ond fury, and Tor a timo balf tho town scemed to bo beyond Liono, 1t is dificult to estimato tho oxtent of tio loes 8 yet, but it probably stauds botween £150,000 aud_$200,000. Some of tho heaviest Jusery aro J. Balloy & Bon, a largo stock of dry goods mud _grocorics, w0 iusuranca; Sowlor & DBuraly, dry goods, losy, €25,000, insurance, ~€0,000; Bionchocker & Anderson, clotbing, loss, ©11,000, insurance, £5,000; and Ames & Son, bardwaro, logs, 15,000, fusuranco, 32,000, HBonides theso wore tha farnituro rooms of Mosher & Waodward, the clothing houve of larcus & Son, the large nample-rooma of J, Doll, and the megnificont Orieutal Tall of Hohus, Schnrfenberg & Whooler, worth not lees than #30,000, beeidos tho con- tents, 'ho cause of the firo is own, but thoro is ptrong talk of incondiariam. At San Francisco, Cnl Bax Franomco, Cal.,, July 12,—The morocco munufactery and tanuory of Robitscheck & Co. s destroyed by flro fo-doy, Loss, ©20,000; partlully naured. ORANGENAN DAY. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicugo Tribuna, Borraro, N, Y,, July 12,—Orangeman Day wag obzerved horo this moruing by tho members of tio Buffalu lodges attouding appropriate roliy- ious cerormonies in the United Prosbyteriam Chbured, To-morrow the Buffalo Oraugemon unito with all of the lodges of Upper Cansda in a celobration at Welland, Nrew Yorx, July 12,—To-day was celobrated by thu Orangewien in this gity aud vicivity in a very qutiot mannor. Twelvo lodges, numbetiug sbout ,000 mon, agsemnbled at thoir headquarters on Jourth svonue, aud marched to tho Cliuroh of the [foly Trinity, where an appropristo sermon Wi preached by the Rov. Dr, Btoplien I Tyng,Jr., who raviewed tho ocoasion of their celebration, nnd ndvised them to beware of atl party discus- sious and difflonlties, and unite iu one unjversal brotherhoed, The pracession disporsed on leay« fugs tho churoh, During tho maroh tho stroats and windo#ys woro thronged with spootators, Ky cuvdnng passed off in & quiet and peacenble man- ner, Co-morrow the Orsbge Lodgos will prossod ou au exoursion and pionio to Iona Island, _— LONQ LITIGATION ENDED. Nrw Yonrk, July 13 —TFor nine years the mumnicipal.ty of 1loboken s cureled on a liti- gution to evoid the paymont of war bounty ciniy, U'be Court of Eirors aud Appesls b nuttlod tho «Lnu-unlu by deciding the onve sgainst 0 claime’ thie city, mount to 160,000, and tho lifigation hat the oity 13,000, The auigloal olaims amotnted to 23, FOREIGN. The Reason for the Suspension of tho Paris Figaro. Thiers Opposes the Organiznfiali of MaoMahon's Powers, The Carlists Actively Pushing the War. Duke Nicholas, of Russia, Not Banished. FRANOE. (Herald Spacial.) Loxoy, July 12.—1'he Figaro waa suspended by tho Govorument for quoting from Mac- Mahon's messago tho declaration that hio would retain tho power conforred upon him, and then apostrophizing the Assombly as follows: “*By your ordors the Marshal became tho supromo hena of tho Btate. The army honors only him, follows but him, obsys but him. The army, hav- a hotror of the factions in Parliamont, will dofond the commandor t9 whom you intrusted aner. If any party or faction socks to over- hrow your irrsvokablo decrco, they must enforoo tha decision of tho Assembly." Pans, July 12.—The Committee of Thirty has appointed a sub-committee to draw up bills on tha organization of tho exeoutive powers and tho eatablishment of o Sonnte. The Extreme Right publish a disavowsl of ‘Thoutility to Presidont MacMalion, but thoy con- domn thonction of tho Ministry with rogard to tho manifesto of Count do Chambord. Tho oniteur enys that ox-President Thiors ia decidedly opposed to the organization of NMag- Alsbon's powers. R SPAIN. Bavonne, July 13—Threo thonsnnd Carlists havo attacked Bingoords, on the frontior. — RUSSIA. Lownod, July 12.—A dispatch from 8t, I’ut«mhm‘i;l denies thut the young Dulo Nicholas, whostolo bis mother’s dinmonds, has been son- tonced to banishmont, but says hiu caso is still ponding before the Emperor. THE NORTHWESTERN STATES. Nows Xtoma Tolegraphed to Tho Ohi- cago Tribune, ILLINOI8, ‘William Johneon, a boy about 16 years old, was drowned & fow duys ago while bnthing in the Little Wabash River at New Madlson, in ‘Wayne County, —The coruer-atone of the Richland County Court-Houso will bo 1sid on the 18th inst, —John Trigg, a deck-hand on the stenmer Eddyvillo, foll averboard whilo taking coal at Cuiro botween 2 nnd 4 o'elock Saturday morning. Trigg's homo wee in Neshvillo, Tonn, Tho ro- maing wore not recovered, —Yostorday afternoon thore was an open-alr tomperance moeting hold in the Court-House yard in Bloomington, addrossod by the mivisters of the eity and others, —The grocory of one Behmidt, in_Blooming- Ington, was robboa to the extent of $100 Satur- duy night; supposed to bo by home talont. WISCONSIN, On_tho Northwostorn Road, near Oshkosh, a Voy, b yenra old, was plaving on_the track whon a traln sppromched. Ita mothor, Mrs. Mary Knobs, a Gorman woman, ran to rescue him, when, by sBomo means, sho fell ncrosa the track. Fourteon wheols passod over ber, cutling one ln(% into small pieces, The boy fell botween the rails of tho track, and, strango to any, was unin- jurod, nlthough tho train passcd over b, The woman is yat olive, although bor doath i mo- ‘moniarily oxpected. —-James Sinnot, Captain of tho schoonor Odin, dlod last night in Milwaukeo of injurmninlflc_lad with a knifo'Thursday, by Jamos Powers, a sailor oéx the soow Planot, ~An inquoest will bo held to- oy. MIOIIOAN, In tho'eass of Col. Btowart, fromihe Kalama zoo Cirouit, relating tothe taxing of property for High Schools, or for branches of education bighor than taught in the common schools, ar- umont was commoncad on tho 108h in tho Mich- izan Supremo Court, Tho caso will probably b continued till anothor torm. —T'rom the roport of tho Superintendont of tho 8t, Mary’s Ship Canal it appoare that tho ro- ceipts, in the month of Juno, for tolls on 271,34G tons, wore £9,617.73, —tho grontost smount of tolla takon in ono month since the Canal oponed. The rate of toll is 83¢ conts ver ton. —The tollowing "elipments wero made from Enat Baginaw during tho first ten doys of July : Lumber, 8,243,000 foet; lath, 500,000 picces ; shingles, 1,200,000, The totals trom tho Saginaw River for tho season to dato nre as follows: Lumber, 219,750,214 oot ; lnth, 17,507,740 piaces ; ohingles, 24,881,800, Tho T:llnbnwnsaon DBoom Company bave rafted out to date 946,837 piecen. o members of the prescnt Logielaure from the Uppor Peniusula have issued o onrd to tho Stato ofiicors, and all mombors of the Logiala- turo, to Joln thom in _an oxourslon to tho Upper TPouinsula, Aufi:. 12, at whioch time a specisl train will loaye Chicago north. ‘The Aligbigan Cen- tral, Chicago & Northwestorn, and Marquotte, Honughton & Ontonagon Railroada will give thom the usual froo transportation, —A caga hag been decided in tho Michigan Su- premo Court involving tho constitutionality of tho gonerel {ncorporation act, 179, of 1878, Tte loading featuros woro deolared unconstitue tiounl. 1t was a pracecding to inquire by what warrant Alr. Bonvott claimed to bo tho President of Fairfiold, Lanaweo County; and it was hold that, under this Inw, a baro majority of tho votos of & town, collected anywhere, might annox two squaro miles in any diraction, in spite of County Bupoervisors nnd all other publio authorities. Tho rospondent was ousted, witl costs. —The Methodists_will hold a nle-mmting thiaseason at Pine Lake, about B miles from Lansing ; timo not yot aunounced. —0ov, Bagley Las appointed Fitch R. Will- iams Judge of Probato for Antrm County, in placo of James A. Parkinson, resigned. INDIANA. ‘Monday evening last a man named John Nel- son, s Hwodish mochapic, of Ft, Wayne, mys- teriously disappenrod, aud nothing way seen of him until Wednesday ovening, when he way found in tho woods, 2 miles from that city ina very fooblo condition. 1fo was removedto the Thospital, whore ho has sinco died, Tho cnee pre- sents somo strange nepocts, and will be thorough- lyinvestigated h; the proper authorities, —Georgo A, Wallaco, Doputy County Clork, was sssaulted in Indianapolis yestordsy by Carry McFarland, who struck the former with a henvy woight, fracturing his skull, and wounding him sovercly. 'I'ho aggroasor has beon arvested. —A slight ncoidont on tho Pitteburg, Cincin- natl & 8t, Louis Nailroad at Crown Puint yestor- day morniug resnlted in the total wrack of threo Iroight cars and partial damugo to oight othors, The morning Enuuonger train was dolayed in cousequence of it about three hours. No ono was hurt, Thocause of tho accident was the bresking in two of a londed car, Inquiry from Tonieviio, to H. P. nqniry svillo, Ky., as . P, Teloud, arrosted there for 3 eqzrldencn oporator, dovolops the fact that Lo prescuted thore uurgné letter, purporting to be from D, D, Morrill, of this city, It ig suBBosad the samo party was hero a fow montl o, and doceivad number of partios by tho ropresontation of woalth in notes and osiatos in Michigan and tho East; but did not, eo far as can ba leaned, un- dortake in any way to niake money by his false roprasontatious, —Iu_reply to the Ingniry of county officers, Alty.~-Geon. Wilson odvisos that womon aro nob dobarred by sox from holding tho ofiico of County Buporintendont of Schoola, auio. Wilson Battles, of Xonia, fell dead with hoart- disense yostordsy, Ho had boon sufforiug many oars 7 —Col. Robert Stevenson, Tronsurer of Groon County, while driving In from his homo in the country, noar Xenis, yeuterdsy morning, was thrown from his buggy and sustained very sori- ous injuries, His hurse bocanio unmanegoablo, Xioked the front of the buggy to pleces, au suddenly wheeled, Btovenron Isa heavy men, and it is feared ho is internally injurad. ~Tne Rev, Mr. Overhultz, of Xonls, was ifln’mw: from bis puggy yesterdsy and sevoroly ujured. —Temperanoo crnsaders have susponded oper- atlous ln Xonia, —At Wabash, abont 8 o'clock yesterday after- noon, an old residont, Zenus Hoasford, was found lying on Wabash strect in a dying con- dition, * He was taken {uto o doctor's ollica near by, and dieda fow mivutes sftorwards, IHis doath is supposed to hays been caused by an overdose of morphine, Housford served through tha war I the Jighth Indisns Reglmens, aud THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: M m‘; ono aym shot off in tho battla of Rich Moun- A, o Chiot-Tustioo Walte s rustioating at Put-n- 8y, —A hoavy rain foll nently tha wholo of yoster- dny in Clovoland. A building known as Hubblo's Block, in Enat Clovelnnd, foll n yestorday morn- ing about 10 o'clock, canscd by tfin heavy woight of ruin-wator which had acoumulated upon the roof to the dopth of n gouple of foot, and which could not find an outlet, owing to the choking up of the guttor-pipe. ‘Thore woro soveral portons in tho barber-shop on tho ground floor, one of whom waé killed, and sovoral othera injurod, two of them soriously. ~—The dailles of Cloveland have beon publish- ing In sorial form, during the pnst weok, tho testimony takon beforo o epecial commitieo of Councilmon appointed to investigate the affaira of the City Firo Dopartment. 'Tho full toxt of the report, whioh covors 1,200 shoots of legnl cap, hos not you boen published, but the ovi- douco, ns far as pnblished, reflects very severoly upon tho managoment of tho dopartmont, and indicates that tho olty bas beon for somo timo P:::d:\lbjontud to a systom of considorablo uda, +=The corner-atone of the now Catholic cburch &t Van Wort way Inid yesterdny, Tho sorvices ware conduoted by tho i}luhnp yrom Clovelond, Ixcurslon traina wero run, and over 8,000 peo- ple woro on the ground, ~Denjamin Fishor, & prominont mnner for s Tort Wayno iouso, wia knocked down by threo raughs yestorday evening, Tiater shot aue, who escaped, and tho othor two wore arrestod, 0w, The dond body of s man was fonnd in the Mieslasippl Rivor above Lansing, Wednosduy evening, in o perfoctly nudo condition, Tho man apparently was ahout 25 yoars of age, and Lind probably beonin tho water about ten days. —Walorloo and vicinlty wore visited, on the ovening of tho 8th, about & o'olock, by ‘anathor torundo, by far tho most disesirous ono ever witnessed In that soction, The larze Woolen Taotory, the Oity Mills, and the Agricultural Worka wore unroofed and otherwiss dminaged, Yvery church-stooplo on the West Side was totally destroyed. In the country, houses and Dbaros woro blown to tho ground, sud soveral lives aro reported logt. Tho storm coutinued for about an hour, and tho rain fell in torrents. NEDRASKA, Tnfontnine Berge commited suicide by hang- ing at Nomuha, dny before yostorday. 2_W. 0. Crain, ot insurance agent of Omahn, bon instituted suit for libsl againast the Omaba Bee for $20,000. —A sorvant-gll who hna boon living in tho faraily of tho Nov. Clark Wrizht, pastor of the First Mothodiat Cburch of Omahn, Friday ac. cusod him of criminal intercourso with' hor, Sho 8 said to have confessed to prombiont members of the church that the siatoments mada by her Friday woro false, Bhe was thon taken to thodepolin a carnage and her fare paid to a Wostern town. This action on the part of the church-membors is much criticised, and thero is conssdernblo oxcitement, Tho charactor of tha girl {a snid to be bad. CRIN An Officer Shoots n fian for Rosist= ing Arrests Spectal Dispatch to The Chicage Tribtne, Keoxur, I, July 12.—Cousidorable oxcito- mont was created hore by ashooting affray which occurred on Main streot. Ofiicer Hardin, of the Yulinu forco, hnd arrested n drunkon mun named Ryan, who was croating a disturbance down on tho lovee, and wes on his way to {ail with tho Iatter. Somo of Iyau's comrades, who wore nlso undor the influence of liquor, followed tho ofticer and tried {0 induce him to Jot tho man go, snying that thoy would take him back to tho ofcamor Rob oy, upon which thoy were oll _ employed, = but the oficor ro- fused to rolesse tho prisoner, Ono of tho perty, named Chm Gibaon, then attompt- od to tako tho man mway by forco, Ho was warned once or twiceby the oficer, undor ponalty of boing shot, not to ‘make any further domon- strations, He thraw open his shirt-bosom and advanced toward the oflicer, remarking, in a do- flant monner, * You have not the norve toshoot,” when tho ofticer drow hus revolver and fived, The shot took effect in Gibson's neck, and he fall to tho pavoment nod oxpired almost'instantly. Tho wound was probed by sutgeon, butho was una- ble to fud the ball. A large ocrowd was attracted to tho scono, and the affair has since boen protty fully discusoed. Bome diffor- euce of opinion is expresyed as to whether tho olicer was warranted in rosorting to such a vio- lont monsure, but the majority are inchned to the beliof that he wna not. This 18 s meiter, howavar, that can only bo detorminod after il the facts bave boon doveloped. A Coroner's jury bos been impaneled, but it adjourncd un- 1il to-morrow morning, whon tho investigation will be commenced. ~Tho oflicor declined to malce any statoment pending tho inquost, The Quincy Mystery Growing More Complicnteds Special Dispateh to The Chicngo Tribune, Quinoy, 1ll., July 12.—I¢ turps out that the body of tho murdered woman, found i the rivor near this city on tho 2d just,, is not that of the woman at tirst supposed fo have been Lulled. Tuis woman was found near Paimyra, Ao., yes- terdny, aud brought to this city, ~ Tho murder- od woman is now believed to Liave boen the wifo of & man named Kiog, who mamiod ler in a house of ill-fame in’ this city about two months ago. King was formerly con- nected with the Qumu} Fnlh}u force, and loft heroe about the 4th of July, ‘The body of another woman was fonnd in the river near t{n city this morning. Bhe is belloved to have boen the wifo or mistrees of a man intimate with King. Both theso cases of murdor scom to bave beon in some way myateriously connceted. The detoc- tives aro working tho mattor up, Arrest of an Escapod Convicts Corresuondaence of the Cliicugo 1ribune, ForT MAnssoN, Is., July 10.—About one year 2go, o notorious’ burglar known 88 Oastro’ (an Tinlinn), and two other convicts, cucaped from Aunmoes, whero thoy had boen taken to work in constructing the now State Prison. Although diligent_seavol was made nothing was ever heard of them until Tuocsday, when the former wag oaptured at Moberly, Mo,, and mrived in this city this mornivg, His boiug rotaken was purcly accidental. Mr. W. Roborts, formorly a far in the Penitentiary in this city, wau sitting iis moat markel in Moberly, reading, when Lo was {nterrupted by n mau inquiring, * Have you any Dologna?” DBefora Lo could angwer, tho man turued, darted out the door, and stortod off at o brisk walk, Mr, Roborts thought this very unusual, and ngxped to_tho door, when ho recognized him as Chstro, the_conviet. e immediatoly sent word to tho Oity Marghal, 2nd both started in pursuit. When near the con- viet ho evidently suspected danger, and started off - in & rum, with tho Marshal and Mr. Roberts aitor him. A lively race ensuod, but tii oflicor soon caught and arrosted Lim. e offerod re- slstanco, but the persunaive 10oks of & Dorringer s00n bronght bim to'time. Thoy telographed the Warden hiore thatthey had caught anoscaped convict, and ho ordered hum brought on &t once. THE CROPS. Reports from Various Localitics. Snectal Digvateh to e Clucayn Tribnne, Rocxronp, Iil., July 11,~Tho wheat, osts, and barley crop in Inrge portions of Winnabago' and tho wost part of Boone County i belug badly infured by tho chiueh-bug, A wumber of farm- ers aro outting their crops for fodder, and others, whoro it It vory badly injured, ava plowing then wuder. One farmer in Horlem ssys millions of vory small grasshoppera have apnearod on his farm. Tho farmers in this viclnity foar almout » failure in their amall graln crops. The re- troehing rafns of Tueaday snd Weduesday lust camo 80 lato that thoy did the pmall graln but little good, WSpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Trihune, Laxaixg, In,, July 11.—Crovs of ull ldnda in this connty aro splondid, Buecial Dispateh to 'he Chicaao Tribune. XEn1a, 0., July 11,—A hoavy rain foll to-day, and tho farmers are happy. Tho whoat 1s boing threshod, aud i6 o good erop, Special Disvateh to L'ho Chicago T'riduns, 0Oquawsa, 1il., July 11.%/I'ho heavy rains that have fallen within 1o Iacy throo duys will insuro on immenso crop of corn in this county, more land being planted this year than evor before. Ono farmer will have 500 bushola of peachios, Oarata, Neb., July 11,—Advices from the n. torlor of tho State aro very eucouraging, harvest- ing boing nesrly comploted and the fraquont raiuy during tho pest wook havo started corn, potatoes, olo., anow. Loumvire, July 12.—Tho Courier-Journal to-morrow will publish crop roports from all arts of the Btato, For threo monihs past, in jouthern and Weatern Kontucky, not cnough raiu has fallon atany ona timo to luy the dut, Crops aro alinost entiroly deatroyed, oud, wjth abundsuce of raln from this timo “Z(u, caunot be saved. Of {obacco . thore will Le scarcely any orop, Corn sud onte aro vory small, but whent is the bout orop for muny years, Much destitution iy olready re- ported, and tho Governor is }mt(llcnud to” cons vene tho Legielaturo to doviso somo means of roliof, 1aln lins fullen in Hustern and Contral Kautuely during the last twe days, but tno lute to ufford much reliof, In the mountain districts aotual casan of utarvation are roportad, Lorrawondance of The Chicage Ly(buna Warmirg, I, July 10—Au unususily eacly and severo heated term, which almost amaounted to a dronght, terminnted Tuondny ovening, July 7, by abundant rainy, followed by soplous show- ora on tho 8th, Tho corn crop will no doubt be twnd. 0 it in vory cloar, sud hiag not aufforod by Iio dry weathor,” Wheat, in most parta of this oounty, 18 good, The hay crop 18 bettor than Iast yoar, Thero wero a fow good fhowers about tho id of June, and nono othots aitico about tho 1at of May. The roaultls to givo corn nn ex- collont start 3 but early vogetabjes suoumbed to tho intonsa hoat of tho lnat fow woeks, Applon & short grop ; the troes bave not recovored from the wintor-killing two yonrs ago, and seom to havo feoblo vitality in many casos, or are slowly gmmwvmdmu of The Chioano Tribune, WargrieLp, Clay Co,, Kan,, July 0.—In look- Ing over Mondsy's copy of Tie TrinoNg, 1 800 that farmers aro gotting anxious sbout their corn _crop in momo; portions of your Btate, I would eay that, if thoy have hind any rain for tho paat throo waeks, they can atill covsidor them- golves protty anfo. In tho ontly part of Juno our corn promised a full crop, and at presont wo do not oxpect onough to keop cattls alivo this wintor. Wo liave not hind a particloof rain for six wooka; ond now, whilo corn noeds it most, tho wenthor is foarfally dry. To give you an iden of tho Lioat, I havo takon notos for the past six days, and find tho hoat has boen from 08to 116 dogracs, For'tho past three drys it hias beon 110 dog. in tho sun, and surely corn caunob stand this muol longor. As noar 8s I can learn from adjoining counties, tho crop will bo but ono-third, and farmers aro gotting somowhnt alarmed, I have just come from tho corn-tield, and notice the stulka are turning yollow., Ism afraid of tota) fllure of tho crop, The sky Ia clear and cloudless, and the thormomoter 112 dog. Our smoll grain headed vory short, and violded quite fairly, Bhould our corn fail us, I donot know what would becomo of our poorer olass of farmors who paid for kced corn, and may have o pay moro this fail. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Lawsivo, Mich., July 12.—Tho fmmors oro ‘busy hnrvosting, and the prospocts aro thoy will huve an abuudant barvost. The wonther wis favorable for the \\'hnah-growlnfi rogious, and it continuos all that can he deaired for harvestivg. It is tho only branch of industry which tho panie hiss not ndfocted here, Al ‘crops look wall through Michigan,—betfer than they havo for somo yeara; Potntocs promiso an abundant yield, as tho potato-bug lins beon domolished by tho lady-fly, an ingect which lays nu ogg ou tho back of thio former, from which in time & worm bursts forth that dostroya the bug. The lady- fly is muah more prizod hero than the lady- crusader. W HARVARD DEGREES. Cuarman, TiL,, July 9, 1874, To the Editor of The Chicago Y'ribune : Sm: In yourissuo of the 0th inst., your cor- regpondent **C, J." is somowhat facotious at the oxponse of Harvard Collego, as woll as one of tho English Univarsitios, o would bave your readors bollove that, on ouo and the eame dny, Harvard conferred the dogreoof L.L. D, on Gon, Orant, *“whilo Mr. Motley was graciously permitted to add A, M. to his signature,” If * 0. J" will plonse turn to tha title-page of the “Mistory of the United Notberlands,” pub- tishod by tho Harpers in 1861, o will thore find thiw: © Dy John Lothrop Motloy, L,L. D,, D. C. L. The formerof these degrees was long pinco conferred, I beliove, by Harvard, and tho Jutter by Usmbridgo or Oxford Univorsi- ty, 1f Mr. Motley was allowed by Harvard to add A. M to his signaturoon tho day that LL.D. whas conferred upon Gen, Grunt, it was doubtless ot his own requost, this belng his * socond de- greo," which ho had, u common with many collego_graduates, noglected to ask for until then. Whatovor Gen. Grant's worthiness or unworthiness, it was cortaluly not *snobbory,” uor * tondysm," nor **lovo of the military,” which dictatod to the Trustoes of Harvard the courso thuy pursued with roforonce to tho de- graoa roforrod to. If 0, J." dosires to criti- cise tho Amorican nnd Bnglish Univorsities for their want of diserimination in conferring their honorary deprees, let him do so, but not, sy in :hiu iustance, at the oxpenso of truth ond m}ur— 087, . —_———— SOLDIERS' REUNION. CaroweLt, 0,, July 9, 1674, To the Euitor of The Clicago Tribune : Sm: At Caldwell, O., In & forest of 100 acros, the ex-soldiors will have s rounion on the 17th and 18tk days of Septomber next, to colobrato tho battle of Antiotam. Nothiug of a political bearing will bo tolorated, as it s purely & social and friendly gathering of old comrades, aud their friends of both parties, Tho invited sponkers aro Sonatora Shorman and Thurman, Gen. George W, Morgan of Ohio, Gon. Qeorso B, MoClollan, George H, Pondleton, Gons, But- lor, Logan, and Bhoridan, Ail iuquiries nddressod to tho Secretary will be promptly snawered, Yours truly, Borgoaut G, A. WaY, Bocretary. _— LATE LOCAL ITEMS. Daniol Kolly was arrested on Bluo Island av- onue, Sunday morning at 2 o'clock, by ofifcor Taylor, while ke wag in the act of attempting to stab Mary Cameron, bocauso she would not lig- ton to indecent proposals. Minnio Johnson is omployod in a respectable family a8 a gervaut, and last ovening—it being bor night of—sbo was ongaged in saluting young mon on Madison street for no good pur- poso. Officor Dritzke caught hor, and locked bor up for disordexly couduct. The protty-waiter-girl ssloon at 115 Madison stroat was the scone of soveral disturbances Sat- urday night and Sundey morniog, a gang of roughs baviug osserted tho prorogativo of whip- ping everybody they could luy their hauds on. The police finally shut the place up and dis- pomsed the mob, A gailor and a backman had & ssnguinary contlict .at tho coruer of Mouroe nud Clark stroots, at & o'clock yostordsy morning, and fought desperatoly until they wero stopped by Oflicor Bartkoln, who lockod thom both up at tho Armory. A party of hackmen attempted to intorfere with the oflicer, but were compolled to desiat. mothy Regan, s epecial policomnn of the Board of Public Worke, and Edward Huutor, wore arrested by Ofiicor Walton, at1 o'clook this morning, at the corner of Madison and Hulstod streets, tho formor for being drunlk, aud the lat~ tor for disordorly conduet in interforing with Ttegan's arvest. Doth prisouers were locked up to await trial, At 1 o'dlock this morning, Henry Thompson and James McGowen wors indulging in talk lond enongh to bo Leard u*blook away, sud thoy wero arrosted at_the cornor of Madison and Halsted streots by Ofiicor Kennedy, Thoy bad previous- Iy bad a quarrel with o backmnn aud mude night Hideous with profonity aud vulgarity, Thomp- ron is un_Assiglant City Sealer. lonry Burus wan alo locked up for takiug an funocent band il;l tho brawl, and the hackman ought to have oen, At 2 o'olock this morning = fire occurred in a two-story framo house, No. 123 South Jotfor- son streot, from gomo uuknown csuso. The damage was slight, The alarm cams from Box 888, A fivo on the 24th ult, partially dostroyed the same building. Votceloss Sadnesss A recont travoler maya: **What always im- presises me mere than anything else in Bgypt and Palostine has boon tho aentire abseuce of cheerful und vxhilarativg music, especially from tho ¢hildron. You never hoar them singing In tho huts. [ never herrd o song that deserves tho numo in the streots or housos of Jorusalem. One heavy burden of voloeless saducss rests upon the forsukon laud. ‘I'lho dungbtors of musio Lve bacu brouglit law. Tha mirth of the tabor coxsoth 1 tho uciuo of thom that rajoico ondath; tho joy of tho barp coasath|[* —_— Rend This, In 1842 Mr, T, Kingaford luvented and produced tho firat starch made from Indlin corn. IHis mammoth factory, at Oawego, now produces aver thirty-thrao touy Jer day, + # Kingsford'a Oswego Starch is sold fn all the princl paleities sud towns n the world, and, for purity and wtrnytl, bsa no equ —_—— Tinnos and Organs. @rand, aquare, sud upright planos for sale, Now ‘plonos and orguns ta rent or for sale on monthly poy= ments, Bocond-hand pisuos fskon s paré pay for uew, W, W. Kimuarr, Slate sud Adame sireels, Clilcago, —_— The Improved *‘Phalon N, B, Coreus’” In oxquisite, Yhulon's Hulr Invigorutor e established ans uplendid ol refrovhing huir and scalp toulo, Bold by ull drugglsts, poluis > Ohickoring Upright Planos, The bost upright planoa in tha olly cani e found st Heed's Tomple of Muslo, coraet Dearborn and Yan Duken stsests, i TEMPERANCE. Anti.Crusade Meeling at Misha~ waka, Ind, Temperance Advooated, but Not Pro hibition, Spectal Dispateh to T'ha Chicaao T'ribune. Misuawaka, Ind, July 1.—For somo time thoro hiss beon twlk that mass-meotinga of an anti-orusndo charactor would bo held insovaral placos in this county, snd to-day they woro in- augurated by ona being beld at this placo, undox the auspices of tho Gorman-Amoricans of Mishawalia and of South Bond. As adomon- stration of strongthh in numbors, it wasa suc- coss, thero holug prosont fully 8,000 poople. Bovoral epecisl frains on the Lnko Bhore & Miclgan Southern Railroad Lrought largo num- bors, and hundrads osme in wagons and car~ riagos, and, ot tho dopot, o largo pro- cesslon was formed with o band of musio at tho bead. Thoy marched to tho grove on tho north bouk of the river whoro o stand was fitted up for tho sposkors, A number of bannors were carried, having inscribod on them mottoes in German sud English, which probably tell a tale 28 sigoificant as longthy specclies. BOME O THX MOTTOZS. A part of thom read: * Let Every Ono Bwoep His Own Door”; * Liberty in Evorsthing—No Hypoerisy " ; ** Obedience to Lnw—Resistanco to Despotism”; * No Bumptuary Laws " ; *Tale n Little Wino for Ihy Stomach's Bake and Thino Own Infirmitios ” ; sud in German: **Ho Who Tovos Not Wine, Women, and Bong, Remaina s TFool His Wholo Life Long.” The frat nddress was mado by the Rov. A. B, Ochtoning, pastor of the dlishawakn Catholio Church, Ho reviewed somo alloged altnoke which hnd been mada on tho Crtholio Churchras boing in opposition to the temporauco move~ wont, whiok ho denied, but aitirmed to tho con- trary, in that thoy, abovo all athers, wore in fa- vor 6f striot tomporanco, of which ho gavo numerous instances, from tho timo of Father Mathow down ta thio prosent, sud said that thero are 245,000 Ivish Catholics in the United Stntes onrolled undor tho stundard of totsl abstinence, and when they ACCUSED THE CATHOLIO CIUROI of opporing temporanco iv was too much. Fe had always been, and is still, working in tho couse of temperance, In eating, in dross, and in il thinga au well ns drink, Bub temporance, by no magus, moant total abstiuonce, but ho conn- soled tho Iattor, whora the fndividunla could not contral tho appetite, Jia advico was, {hat when o man oannot drink withont oxcess, ho should not drink at all, and tho law that should aim to probibit drivkiog would bo of no more effect than the Inw ¢ Thou Shall not Kill" would bo to prohibit murdor. Ho wanted fresdom i the fultest sonse of the word, anda gouoral recogvition of the rights of all clagses under and by tho law. Mo would nog_ory down the Inw while It ox- Isted, and would say that when o Jaw was unsat- jsfactory to tho people, thoy know how to un- mako it, but while it was a law 1T MUST DE OREYED, o spoke of tho Gorman's love of beor ond tho Trishman's love of whisky, tho lntter being so nadulteratad asto bo poisonous, and nsked thatb adultoration be remodied. e called npon tho ministry of ather churchos to work and pray ; to sot a temperate examplo, by which much guod might be eccted. [ho [fon. George Milburn, of Mishawaka, o radical Lemperanco men, was ceiled out, sud the audienco soon found that they haod osughta Tartar, but took it all 10 good paort. Ho fimt eulogized the Catholic Church as being foremost in the causeof tomporance, s thon doclirod himeelf in favor of u prohibitory law, and aftor- ward said that ho looked on this meoting s a volitical ane, IN_THI INTERESTS OF THE DEMOCRATIO PARTY. John Klingle, of South Bond, esid that this meeting had boen called 1n opposi- tion to the crusade. e felt glud, and, on tho part of tho Goerman-Ametican citi- zond, ho rapolled thio iden that this was & Demo- oratic meeting, or in that interost. o de- nounced the Baxter law as oncof the wost tyraunical laws_over concocted, but sald iv shonld be oboyed whilo 1t remained o law ; and he wna freo to sny that, while this was not a political menting, he would yote for no man who would vote for the Bagtor, or any aimilar law. Ho acknowledged that intoxicalion was wrong, but ashed why the Uovermment derived ity grentest rovenuo irom the mauttncture and sale of liquor, nnd enid that tho evils resulting from liquor was fu tho abuse, nnd not fo the use, IT WAS THE ABUSE that shonld be gunrdod agninet. o bo- lioved, with Bt, Paul, in taking o little wino for the stomnch's anko, and ho sonietimes wont a littlo further and took o little for pleasure. Tho best of order provalled, aud, though the groater portion in attendance wero foreign born, yet thero was not o sign of any one beiug under tho ivflucuce of drivk, Noxt Sunday,in tho 8100 ErOVO, meeting, with the Hon, 8, Colfux as tho prin- cipal spenker, Minnesotn Tomperance Convention. Spectul Divpatek to T'he Chicago T'ribune, Br. Pavry, M., July 12.—The temperance oxcitement Is roviving at Anoks, under theintlu- ence of the Temperance Convontion thers, nt- tended by lending advocatos of the canse from athor patts of tho State. L'ridny eyoniug, somo women went on 4 usual’ vist to tho waloons still kept open, sud the keopers throw water on them, using profano and indecont lapgunge. 'Lhie Convention voted yestordsy to udjourn at 4 o'clock to the raloons for prayor, 1t sooms thnt tha women have quiotly kopt v daily visits to the saloons for two montbs, with- out convorting ono keoper, but winuing away many of thoir customers. FAMOUS ENGLISH POETS, Something Interesting About Them. From the St, Louis Republican, 3 T first grent namo in Lnglish pootry is that of Chaucor, distinctively kuown ua the futher of English poatry, Notbing is known as to his origgin, but it iay not unreasounbly be inferred irom Liu learning thnt ho was o eoldior wnd courtier, aud was employed in public affairs of dolicacy'and importanca, and from otbor known circumstances of hiu life, that if uot of patrician arigin he belanged to ono of tho gentle Tanks of Lis timo, Ho wus honared with the steady and effoctivo patroungo of John of Guunt, aud ho married tho duuglitor of a Knight of Hainnult and o maid of honor to the Queon, whuse sister, widow of a Knight, afterwards bocamo the wife of Gaunt, John Gower, supposed to have been born somewhoro about the yoar 1325, was & gontlo- man possessing a considernvla amount of land in tlio gountios of Nottivgham aud Sutrolk, 1668 o 1649. Tho rank of lifo to which many included in this period bulonged, and presumedly spraug 1Irom, iu rondored 80 evident by thoir titles that tho nnme aud title only avo given as sufticiently signiticant of tho origin of the porgoungo, In the lustanco of Blukwpenre, nlso, tho circum- stanco of lis origin is 50 umversaily nown, snd the quality of hiw geniyy is wo transcondont, thnt the namo alone is given. This poriod nfiunu ot Bi with Thomas Backville, aftorward 1ax] of te gat and Lord High Trousuror of England; Sir Philip Sidnoy, Sir Waltor Raleigh, Edwurd Bponsor is supposed to huve had womo afinity with tho noblu nnd anciont houso of Bpensor, but the rank of his paronts or tho degres of that aflinity is not known. Hobore Southwell wnust Lave been born of pavents in rospoctablo posi- tion, is when young ho was sent 1o bo oducatod to tho English coliego of Dousy in Flandors, and from thenco to llome, Miclaol Drsyton, nathor of Polyalblon, Lis wost eluborate work, nnd by which hio 3a best known, was the von of » butchior. Edward Iairfux, tho transltor of apso’s * Jorusnlom Deliverod,” was tho natural a0 of Bir Thoman Fairfax, of Denton, in York- ghire, Rir Thomus Wulton. Bhakspearo, Dun Solinton's father was n clexgymnn, ‘Lhomus Carow was dosconded froui un siicient Gloncester family. Qoorgs Withor rockived hin odueation ot Magdalon Collego, Oxford, George Ilerbort was of noblo birtl, Bir John Buckiing, Tobort Tlerrick waw educnted n¢ Combiidio snd_afcor- ‘wards ontered holy ovders, S William Daven- uut. Wiliam Didmmond, of Huwthornden, way theson of Sir John Dyummond, UOhristophor Marlow, the greatostof Shukspgare’s procursors, was the son of & shosmaker, Heuumaont aud Flatchor, names always assocated, were of gaod bjrth and counections, Philip Masalnger, drum- atiut, nuthor of * Sir Qilos Overrouch,” wan untored of Alban Ifall, Oxford, but the rank of Lis fathor fn not known, 1o wae, however, in thio service of tho Earl of Pombroke, and it is supposed from Lis haviug ‘Luen At one timoe on- trustod with Jottcra to Queon Tlizaboth, that Lis situation was u confidenital one, John Iord, dramatist, suthor of # Love's Enuritioe," was of wood 8y 1 100, Cowley, porhaps the most popular lm&'fi'.'fi’i’?n of bls &ml. wid the yollm,nuuu will bohold & tempornco mass.- son of n rerpectabla grocer. Edmund Wnlhar,I [3 courtly anl nmatory rouz, wag of good family, Iiis mother being n wiator of tho colobrated John Hnmpdon. Miltow's father was of on anclent Catholio famlly, and was_distingulebod ss n musfonl composer. Bnmuol Butler, the author of Tfudibran, was tho son of a_small fermar, Drfi- den's fatlier wag of an anclont family in North- umptonshiro, Thomns Otway, dramatist, au- thor of ** Venfco Prenerved,” wae the son of a olergyman. Nathaulel Loo, dramatist, was the son of o clorgyman, 1689 70 1727, Addlgon was tho son of su English Dean, and wan oducatod at Oxford, Bwift's fatlier was Stownrd to the oclety of King's Inng, but dled in groat poverty boforo tho birth of bis dia- tingulshed son, Hwift was supported by his uncis, nnd wns early familiar.with want and depondonco, Popa's father wns o lnon draper, who neTxlrod an independent fortuno b§ his trade. John Gay, one of the Popo and Bwift circlo of wits aud poots, wan of tho ancient family of tho Lo Gaya of Oxford aud Dovou- shire, but bis father belug in reduced circum- sinnces tho post was pul an spprontico to a gilk-morcor {n the Straud, London. Thomsas Parnoll, a friond of Popo and Bwift, and ono of tho popular authiors of that periad, was of good fumily, s fathor possosscd considerablo es- tates in Ireland. Allap Rtameay, in whom tho amuno of Scollnd waa rovivod atter period of noorly 100 years, boasted whon he bocamo a E))nnt, that ho was of tho *“auld descont™ of the alliousio famity, but bis fathor held the situa- tion of manngor of Lord Hopoton's miuos. Congrovo, dramstist, was of good family. 1727 o 1780, With thia poriod we bogin with that unfortu- nnte child of gonius, Richard Bnvago, Lotter kuown for hias miafortunes than any honesty or morit of his mugo, yot desurving of rank among tho children of tho musos, Savage was_born of an adulterous intorcourso hotwoan tho Countess of Macclestield nud Lord Rivers. Ho was tho suthor of two plays and tho poem of tho Wan- deror. Isanc Watts' placo of birth iy not stated, only that his parents wero remarkable for picty. Ho beecomo o Dissonter, and was educated b ono of thelr establishments, Edward Young was the gon of & clergymen, nnd afterwardy Donn of Salisbury, Thompson, the author of. the ** Bensons,"” a8 the son of n minister of tho parish of Ednam, Bcotland, William amilton, nuthor of tho * Bracs of Yarrow,” waa & Seobtlsll goutloman of education and rank. Dr. Sain Johuson was tho son of o _bookseller. Willinm ‘Colling, author of tho * Odo to Evening" and the ** Odo on tho l‘nsa(ons"' and than whom no oot lived moro under the * skioy influoncoes * of nglnntlou. was tho son of a respeolable hat- ter. Bhenstone, tho author of the ** Bchool- mistross"—a pnstoral and elegino poet—was hoir to somo Yrapurty, and was an inmato of Tembroke Collogo for four yoars, Mark Aken. wide, nuthorof the * Pleasures of Imagination," wan tho son of o respectablo bulcher, Thomns CGiray, tho author of '* An Elegy Written in o Country Churchyard,” was tho son of o ro- spectablo mouoy-serivenor. Olivor Goldsmith was tho son of a curale, who elted out the scanty fuuds which he derived from bis profession, by ronting and cultivatiog somo land, John Arm- strong, the friend of ’.l‘hnm[‘:uml Mallot and Wlkes, and tho suthor of tho ** Art of Drosorv- ing Health," wan tho gon of aminister. William Juliua Miokle, the translator of tho §runl eplo of * Oamoona,” ** 'Tho Lusiad,” and of tue ologant ballad * Cumnor Hall, which s said to have suggestad to Walter Boott tho groundwork of his romanco of Kenilworth, wns tho son of a ministor, Jamen McPherson, the trauslator of Ossinn, was of respectablo parentngo, and cduented st Abordaon Collega. Thomns Chat- terton— ‘The maryelloun boy, Tho sleoplors soul that perished fn his prido— aprocious but_ill-directed genius, whose fame ie in his publio forgeries, was tho son of & sclhioolmaetor, and wna limaelf educated at o charity schoo), _ William Fulconer, the suthor of tho * Shipwrock," which depiots the torrors and cironmatances of & wrock, wos tho son of o poor barbor. Charles Churchill, author of ** Itos- cind,” was the son of a o’lurgymnn. Thonay Wherton, historimf of Enghsh poetry, was tho recond won 0f Dr. Warton, of Maganlen College, Oxford, James Boattie, the author of the “Minstrel,” was tho aon of a small farmer and shopkeopor in the County of Xincardine, Scot- land, John Home, anthor of the * Tragedy of Douglas,” was by irth counccted with the fam- fly of tho Enrl of Home, but his father was Town Clerk of Loith. 1780 To 1850, We begin_this poriod with Willism Cowper, designated by Southey o8 *the most popular lmmut bis generation,” His father was chap- uin to Georgo 1. Dr. Erasmus Darwin, tho botanical poct, was of good birth, and recorved & colleginto education, ~ Auna Letitia Barbanld was e dnughtor of Dr, John Aikin, who kept a sominary for boys, Ilobort Bloomfield, tho suthor of *Uhe Farmer's Boy”' and othor poems {laustrativo of English rural ‘lifo and customs, ‘was tho son of a trilor, William GitTord, a poet, translator, aud eritic, was of humble origiu, his father being & pamtor and glazior. Dr. John Walcot, Jus unelo, o respectable surgeon and apothieenry, took chorgo of his education. Honry Kirk Whito was thoson of n butchor. CGoorge Crabbo, whom Byron las _characterizad s % Naturo's sterncst painter,” was of humblo origin, bis father boing o colleotor of salt dutics, or, as La was termed, n_ualt-mastor, Smnucl Rtogors, tho suthor of '* Pleasuros of Memory,” wos' of respectabla parontnge, his father belog & bnnkor, William Wordsworth. His father was n law-agent to Lord Lonsdale, Coloridpo wns cho kon of Lho Vicar of Ottory St. Mary. Robort Southoy was oducated by his unclo at Westmiunstor School and Baliol Collego, Oxford, Thons Moore was of goud parontago, but Roman Catholics wero then proecribad and deprossod by penal enactmonts. Campball was tho gon of an extensive merchant. Bir Walter Seott was the son of n respoctablo writer to the wignet in Bdinburg. Lord Byron. Shelloy was tho son and hoir of & wenltby English Baronot. John Keats wes born in tho bouse of his grand- father, wlo kept a livery stable at BMoortields, Tu Lis 16th year ho was apprenticed to s burgoon, Dr. Hoginaid Hobor, Bishop of Caleutts, and author of tho missionary bymn beginuing ¥ T¥rom Greenland's ioy monntains,™ was tho son of & clorggman, Pollok, the author of tho “Course of Timo, was_ born of respoctable parentago in Scotland, aud was & voung licon- tiato of tho Soottish Hecession Chirch. Jamos Montgomery, o religious poot, was tha son of a Moravinn missionary, Leigh Tlunt was tho son of n clorgyman, James and Horace Smith, die- tinguishod os parodists of othior poots, woro tho sous of an ominent legel pracsitioner in London, nnd soticitor to tho Boord of Ordnance, Folicie Homans_way the daughtor of a mer- chant, Latitin B, Landon, * L. I. L," was the daughter of Mr. Laudon, a_purtner in tho Tiouse of Ausirs, army ogentd, Ebonezor Blliott, tho corn-law rhymer, sprung from tho manufao- twring poor of England, Mrs. Norton was tho pranddanghtor of Richard Brinaloy Sheridan, Thomas Hood way the son of a bookdollor. Ten- uyson was.tho gon of o clorgyman. Robort urng—to his greater fame bo it said—ways of lmwblefarmer osigin, and himsolf & plow- man, Jamos Hogg, the Ettrick shephord, was deconded from o family of shepliovds, Allan *Cunningham was the son of » gardner, S g Strange Suilcide. A strango suicide kng beon committed ot Bro- ‘men, undor tho following oiteumstances : Mr, L., n bachelor, Jatoly roturned from Awmatica with 160,000 thalors (£22,500) in oash, informnod his honsokeepor that ho intended to shoot himsolf, roquasting her to rush up-stairs n4 soon pa sho hoird tho repors, and to tako possousion of 500 thalers loft for her on the tablo. The 500 thnl- orss porepoctive inluenced the good soul to take it uH tor n joke, and on hearing noxt morning the fatnl report aha loat no timo I ascortaimng tho reality of her mastor's gonerous Intontiou. Sho, howover, found him sitting in his vasy- ohnir, nnd pointink ot the holo hio bad gado iu the celling just to try her and his rovolver, A fow hours attorwards iho woman heard another roport—tho young mau had blown out his braing. St g Ozoning Afr. 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