Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1875, Page 2

2 reporter could not decently investigate matters further, ao, bidding Mra, Hassett and ber by no Tovans prepossessing family farewell, he fought his way back to the street, through the flock of muddy reese, ana pursued his investigations among the neighbors. The irst of these waom he called upon was a 7 24R, HICKEY, who keeps senioun on the corner or Twenty- fourth and Hanover strects, who imparted the following informstion + Reporter—What kind of s reputation does the Hassett family possecs in this neighborhood ? ‘Mr. Hickey—Althongh 1 have bad teveral business transactions with the family through which have been materially benefited, I am sorry to say that, with the exception of the old mad, the family is 4 disgrace in the district. pe gtoreet Was do the boys do fot a liveli- 0 (A byslander—They spend about three-fourths ‘bf their time in making bricks at the Biidewell.) ‘Mx. Hickey—Aul four sons are laborers, but in the winter they are too lazy to work for their liv- ing, and have forthe past four years lived on the old man, who seems to be the “most respectable tmenther of the family. Reporver—What does the old man work at ? fois. Hickey—Ho is nJeo a laborer, and haw per rmed eeveral sewer contracia for the city, and fs the mannfacturér of a kiod of cemont, which he bas oh several occasions cndenvyored to have pateated. ‘Teporser—What do the girls work at? yr, Hickey—They are both well-known prosti- tutés, and have but recently returned home from & crib on Archer avenue. Reporter—Do the family often disturb the neighbors in their drunken rows? Mr. Hickey—They have been whst might be called a curse in our county, and 1 wonder that the boys have not before this committed somo crime that would have consigned them to Joliet. Beporter—What is YOUR OPIXION OF THE CHARGES brenght against the old man by the sou? Mr. Hickey—Tho charge sbmewhat surprised me, asI consider him incap=ble of commithng such a deed. Reporter—Was Heasett or any of the family suspected at the time of the murder? Br. Hickey—Not tho least ciew ssas discover- ed, and, as faras learn, no thorough investi- gauon Was made of the case. ‘This laut fact is vouched for by several other persons who are residents in the nelghborhood. MB. CONKELL, who keeps a saloon (and, indeed, nearly every housé in the vicinity is a drinlang place) on the corner of Twenty-heventh and Butler streote, also represents the boys ss being exceedingly hard cases. He stated that Dan, when on bis regular drioke, had repoatedly threatened the old man with immediate destruction, intimating that he (Dan) possessed some secret which, if revealed, would put hemp arotind somebody's neck. O'Connell also stated that Dan had, on varions occasions, beon known to beat his mother ina shameful mannef, and that, while there was any money in the house, Mr. Hassott’s life was in danger. ‘The next person the reporter called upon was xu. tho proprietor of 3 packiug-house on the corner of Batter and McGregor sirecta, who stated that the neighborhood was komewhat stared when they learned that old mas Hassett had been ar- d on so serious & charge, 28 he had the repu- tation of being a quiet and inoffensive man. If it bad been one of the boys, he eaid, the eurprise would ot have been 60 great. a8 they wero the terrdr cf the vicinity, spending thar time in fiznting and drinking, and other less exnobling occupations. The family altogether hada bad name, the old folks being the best, ot, rether, the least vicious, in the batch. Thodanghter, who was kuown among the “bors” in the neighborhood es “Little Nellie,” bad been until recently the keeper of 2 den of pros: titution on Clark street, but had of late taken to piying her vocation at the house of the old foe on Butler sireet. Itwas the general im- pression thatif the ron knew so much about the particulars of the murderbe bad good reasons for being fully posted. “With regard to tho publicity which the murder gained at the time Of the discovery of the man's body, he stated that it ereated considerable excitement, and ex- reebed astotisment that any ono in tho ueigh- Eordood shouli pretend to be in ignorance of the pecurrence. 2 At the Trenty-second Street Station the re- potter saw SERGT, FTTZPATRICE, who stated that the Hassctts were well known to érery policeman in Bridgeport, as they had all on previous occasions been obliged to ruh the bogs in for disorderly contact. eporter—Do you think that thé old man ia guilty of the charge brought against him? Sergeant—I can herdiy believe hin guilty. Tiis appearance of painful surprise when I read the confession of bis son was, a5 far as I could see, purely unaffected. If cuilty, he bas tho elteck of 2 Beecher, acd ton times the blackness of heart, Reportet—Do rou have any opinion as to who committed the murder ? ; nt —Noue that I wonld be willing tohave appearin print. Ihave o faint idea, however, it whon the vase is investigated Dan will be found to have been something more than alook- eton, ashe is entirely too wel! versed in his story. Reporter—Have you 28 yet any clewto work ubon nt—Not the lenst; the fact that at the the of the murder the victim's heed could not ‘bé Sound shrouded the entire adair in mystery. It is mg opidion that the murtiorer or mur- aerers, Whoever they were, cut off the man’s dead in oréer to destroy identity, as the river at ibe time was dragged im vain for the missing member. Reporter [(turping the leaves of? the report book}~This volume, 1 sco, makes Bridgeport ont to be a protty rons place. BSergeant—It does, iudetd, and 1 doubt wheth- er the report of nny other precinct ia the city can equal it, as it embraces the ecuin of gociety aid professional law-breakers. Sines the killing of O'Meara by Rafferty, powarar (tt was O'Meara who discovered the trankless body in 187i), the mout dangerous clemente of rowdrism has been suppressed, and the vicinity id now the refuge for prustitutes in the inst stapes of their down- ward course. If “Tom,” “Dennis,” “Patsy,” and “ Mike” would only shift their qtarters, we should feel thst » heavy responsibility had been lifted from our shoulders, Several other persons were interviewed in rela- tinh fo the case, but, while theif testimony cor- roborated that of thoe previously interviewed, no new tacts were bronght to Jizht. A cUntOUS FEATURE OF TIE CASE, however, iwhich developed itself, was the fact thet many of the peovle who have resided in the vicinity of the murder for years had no knowl- edge of the date when it was committed, and the fsct that many of them were ignorant that a body was found in the river m March, 1871. would suggest that the police authorities of that date did not give the case the attention and investigation, or, at any rate, the publicity, that it deserved. A CANADIAN ICE-JAM, Mowrneax, Feb. 20.—Omg to the sccumula- tion of icé at the rapids, the water hea risen about 2 feet over the locks of the Beaubaroais Canel, fooling several houses and compelling the inmates to leave, The Island of Aux Che- vanx is completely submerged. Meanwhile, the mills and factories at Valleyfield are stopped for ‘want of water. ee New United States Senators. CAPERTON, OF FEST VIRGINIA. Dispatch to the New York Times. Caiazrstox, W. Va,, Feb. 17.—Allen T. Caper- toti, of Union,’ Monroe County, who was to-day elected Tnited States Sonstor, to eucceed Mr. Boreman, was born in Monros County, Va, in S11, and is consequently 64 years of age. He i8@ man of finished education, isrge informa- tion. courteous manners, and splendid dignity. He was educated at Yale College, and graduated from that institution in 1832.” His groat ability on a lawyer and high character aaa citizen have made him not only a favorite in the new State. bet a shining light of the Old Dominion, of whose declining aristocracy he is a conspicuous and worthy representative. He wasa Senator in + the Confederate Congress which sat at Richmond in 1983. He is & man of bandeomo physique, foals a ene, Bloaelng face, and long, fow- ing, white bess ‘0 is liberal in opini noiversally respected. eee d JONES, OF FLORIDA, From the TaUahoesee (Fla.) Sentinel, Charles W. Jones, the nemly-elected’ Demo- eratic United States Senator from Florida, was born in Iroland in 1884, and came to this country wheo 10 years old. He spent some yoare in Aln- bams, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and removed to Florida im 1854 and has mad this State his homo wince that time, He was admitted tothe Bar in 1857, and has since taken rank among the ablest lawyers of the State. He was a member of the Baltimore Convention in 1672, which nomimated Horace Greeley for President, atid later in the game year ran on the Democratic and Liberal ticket for Cor; (State at large) against the Hon. William J. Purmaa (Republican), preeent member of the State Assembly and Congressman elect, by whom he was defested by 1,726 votes in a total of 83,948, In 1974 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the lower House of the State Legislature from Bacambis County, which county he now representa in that body. Mr. Jones has always been s Democrat, and support- ed Stephen Ai Douglas for the Presidency in “BROOKLYN. Latest Gossip from the Scene of the Great Trial: Expectation thet Moulton Will Thrash Jee Howard, An Exciting Episode in Friday's Proceedings. Mrs. Tilton Accused of Spirit- ing Away a Witness, Reecher’s Dental Nemesis --- “ The True Story” of a Tooth. Carpenters” A Remarkable Analogy Between Brooklyn and Jerusalem, The Cause-Celebra of David and the Uriahs. A Full Statement of the Great Israelite Scandal, by a Contempora- neous Reporter, How the Monarch Got on “the Ragged Edge,” and What He Did After Geitlig There. Scenes in the Jewish Court---The Oross- Examination of Bathshe- ba's Husband. YESTERDAY'S GOSSIP. DISOUSEION OF MRS. MOULTON’S TESTIMONY. Specitt Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Bnooxirs, L. L, Feb, 20.—Mrs, Monlton’s testimony is the topic of genorsl debate. Her manner was #0 moderste und reluctant; her repetitions of Beecher phraseology so exact; her shrewdness and accuracy so notable, that the corimuhity is divided into ono party who regard her 9a the mosi accomplished perjurer on record, and another party who enlogize her as sur- passed only by ber husband is cottage and tact. A HORSE-WHITPING EXPECTED. Joe Howard, of tuo Star, published this morning some more brntal comments on Mrs. Moulton and her evifloncé. It went into thatters so sactedly private, and treated them 80 Coatsely, and with such viruience, that there is a general expectation of 4 violent separation of Howard's fugitive cost-tauls by im- pact of Moultonion foot. Howard and Moulton haya already hed ono rencoutie, which wa compromised by the tumultuons disappearance of Jcseph into the sas¢tusry of the Onitoa States Hotel Frank is notthe sort of mah to be trifled with; and, unless Howard saila under threa reefs to-motrow, chances ata we shall bo regaled with an example of the kind of horse- whipping which your Mr. Storer hass fashion of bearmg with a Christliko magnanimity, though I doubt eicecdingly if Howard will shrink from castigation behind his wife's anaym- pathetic peiticoate. AN EXCCTING EPISODE. Yesterday, the moment recess was proclaimed, Jeremiah Robinson aud Gen. Tracy entered into an ebriiest Conversation. While they were talk- ing together, Beecher walked over to them and anid something to Tracy in a vety low voice; then very suddenly raising bid tone he said: “There's a foundation for it, but thé hedri of if 82lie." Robinson flashed up in an instant, and said something to Beecher which brought color to his face. Tracy, putting his head on Beecher, ssid: “Hush, hush,” and, tolloting Robinson, who walked away in snger, said, “Don't let the reporters get hold of this; Boecher is excited, and docs not know what he is eayibg.” Robinson replied, in a lond voice, ‘Beecher will be sorry, by and by, for speaking like that.” Chis episode created quite ® sensation among those who heard it. AN IMPORTANT RUMOR, It is reported to-day at police headquarters in Brooklyn that Mrs. Tilton wok Theresa Barke ahd shother gislwho would have testified in cor- roboration of Kate Catey, over to Jersey Cits, and left them at Taylor's Hotel. It is further alleged that they are there maintained at the ex- pense of Plymouth Church, because to subpana can reach them in & neighboring State. ‘Tho crose-examination of Mrs. Moulton wes purposely prolonged until Tuesday, in order to allow Beecher’s counsti to deliberate. LITTLE Ratpn’s Santry, Last Thursday's Eagle, Boecher's otgat, an- nounoed that a juvenilo party had been given by ‘Mize Crane, member of Plymouth Church, to little Ralph Tilton, whose sttpposed father is suing the tlergyman of the same chirctt, whom. he once suspected of the child’s paternity. The party was ostentatiousiy announced, and the names of participants given, BUTLEH EXPECTED. Gen. Butler will probably be here in a fort- night. Doctos Srvrax. —— BEECHERIANA, THOSE TEEtH—MHS. BECHEN'S DENTARG TELL HIS OWN STORY. From the New York Sun, Feb, 18. Dr. Salmon Skinner, who has sued the Rey, Henry Ward Beecher in the New York Supremé Court, to recover the price of thres sete of false teeth furnished to Mrs. Beecher more than twen- ty years ago, also one sot furnished to the Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, eays that, as slr. Beechor’s son, Gol. Beecher, denies thatthe claim is a valid one, he iseure that the debt was fairly contract- ed, and that it was never Hquidated. Both on ‘Mr, Béechd;'s account and on his own he had te- frained from relating the story of the whole traneaction ; but every day his friends meet him in Brooklyn and exclaim: ‘+ Doctor, what's this affair between you and Beecher? Why kicks man when he's down?” Furthermore, Mr. Beocher’s adherents hint strongly at blackmail ; 80, a8 he Bays, he is compelled to tell THS WHOLE sToBY. “In the spring of 1851," bogan the doctor, “‘one of my lady patienta, a member of Ply- mouth Church, told me that the ladies of the church had contributed snd fruitiesaly apent nearly $400 on New York dentistry in endesyor- ing to procera a full set of teeth for Mra. Beecher. The money was gons. and Mrs, Beecher was still toothless. Soon afterward, the late Mrs. Henry C. Bowen, with another lady, brought Mrs. Beocher to my office st Montague place and Henry etreot, Brooklyn. After an examination, although it was a difficult case, I thought that I could get an impression through a process I invented. A temporary set was-all that Mrs. Beecher wanted, sho sald, as she was about to go into the country for the summer. ‘They were finished in threo days, and Mrs. Beecher professed herself satisfied with them. ‘Well. on her return to the clty in the autumn, I made her s permanent set of carved block teeth monnied on gold baud. They are the best and most expansive teeth made, “In the next autumn, that was 1852," be re- wamed, ‘tI went to Cuba for my health, and on wy rettirn in the spring of "53 I made s dopli- cate ofthe pérmanent set for Mrs, Beedber.: ‘These were also satisfactory, and cf course Iwas glad of it. Idon’tdeny that I made money by doing wark for the Piymouth Church aiembers after it was Imown thatI made & good set of grinders for Mre. Beecher. But I did not do the work for nothing, merely to. advertise my skill, as Col. Beecher .intimates. I worked for money asother padple do, / Mri Beeohor don't accépt |" j any the less salary because heis a famous preacher, and his pews sell at the top of the market. ‘Tho work was satisfactory, and 60 Alr. Beecher thought, or he would not have:calicd with bis wife sliortly afterward td atrango for my furnishing. set to the Revi De Lyman Beecher, the Rev. Henry Ward Boecher's father. A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. er “Mrs, Beecher came into my ofits alohé oné doy,” the doctor continued, “and a day was sot for the bld géntiéindn tocall, ‘The teeth;’ she eald, ‘were to be a birthday preeent.’ The pricd jad $150. TAccompabicd her tothe sidewalk, where I found the Rey. Henry Ward Beochor wwatoning the old black horse and rickety rockn+ way, so Well known in those days. Mrs. peeabee ed the agreement, and he ssid, * Ali right, see fh net or somethitg of that kind! Perhaps Mr. Boecher, who remetibets ‘states and conditions of mind better than dates,’ will remembor an incident that occurred as we stood there, Twenty years ago Mr. Beecher and my- golf resembled each other 80 much that acounint- ances passing me in the street often sddressed meas Mr. oceher. After our business talk sad consed be broko ont, ‘I say, doctor, a couple of ladies just passed me, and, 1s thoy bowed, eaid, “How de'do, Dr. Skinncr.”? Probably itwas tothe handsomer man. The quostioh arises which of us is the more handsome, ‘I propose that we decide it, stid be, gléefally, throsting bis band into bis pocket. Pulling out s big red cant he balanced it on his thumb preparatory to 8 flip. ‘Now, heads you win, tails you los¢,’ said he withalaugh. ‘Why, Meury Watd,’ exclaimed Mrs. Heechor it hotror, glancing arotnd to ace if any one tras looking. “Some ons sees you from those‘ windows up there!’ looked around and saw faces in Mr, Devlin’s window. ‘I don’t care,’ said Mr. Beecher, ‘I'm going to settle thia question.” Ho toaved the penny and won the bet, if you call it by that name. THe TEETH DELIVERED. “In duo time,” the doztist went ou, ‘the Rev. Dr. Beecher received the new eet of teeth, and it was understood that they were to be paid for by his dren, tho Rev. Henry Ward Beecher being tho one moxt responsible for them as they wero ordered through him. 3 + In the autumn of 1853 I wont to Cubs agnin, but before my departure placed my accotuts in the hands of a collector, who, on my rettirn, told mo that he had presented the Beechef bills sdv- érsl times, but bad’ arrived at ho settloment. ‘Then I présented the bills personally and failed to get any motey. 3 “J relinquished my business in Brooklyn int 1858 and went to live in the country. Ib 1864 1 returned to practice in Brooklyn for the purpose of establishing my soh in business. I appliod to ‘Mra, Beccher 4 third time to settle tho bill, I vrent to her, becanse, as is generally understood if Brooklyn, she raus tbe fitencis! part of Mr. Beecher’s affairs. I did not succeed, aud thought it politic to let the matter rest, 28 I did hot want to offend or drive away. my patients in Plymouth Church to the injury of my own and my gon's practice. However, I went out of business aghin in 1872 and spent some timé in collecting old debts. I bave now thousands of dollars due mo in Brooktyn. Icatled on Mrs. Beecher, Ske sid that she had ‘not collected stything from Tom, Harriet, or Obarles,' and that sho was not prepared to pay the debt alone. Yet again I catled, in April, 1874. Mrs. Beecher met me at the door. Peilips you know that she abswers the hell alwazs nowadays, andin answer to my inquiry for Mr. Beocher eaid that be waa not in. Ifhappened thet from Dr. Shepard's bath= ing establishment I had just before séen him guter bis own door. I told het so. She quickly answered; ‘he may be in; but if he ty, you can’t see Lum.’ CALL AGAIY. “Then Ttold her my errand, the same old story, aud vho asked mé to cali daring the next week, I did call, nud found Sir. add Mrs. Beech- crinthe hbrary, Atr. Beecher referred me tohia wife, sating, ‘I will have nothing to do with the ofair.’ I wasina qusndarr. ‘What canIdo? * Issked. ‘ Neither you hor Airs. Beechor will pay me, and I want my money:’ Mira: Beechér spoke up sharply : * Well, Dr. Skitter, thore’s no use talking. That set of tecth tras of xo nso, and aftor Father Baecher's death we threty them into thet prate,” pointing towards the blazing coal. «1m gotry,’ said I, and asked why they were not put up mn’a package and sent back tome. ' You wasted about #40 iv gold, Iadded.’ ‘Ob, wa dida’t lose the gold,’ gaid she. ‘Thon Rhy not givoittomo now?'I asked. ‘I don't know vehere the pold is,” ahe replied. ‘At any rate, Mrs. Beecher,’ éaid I, somavhat angrily, * I havo weived you well and skilfully. You sit thera with a set of teeth in yotr mouth that I made ‘#enty-two years ago, and you refuse to pay me for a set of teeth over Which you exercised enough ownéialiip to de~ stroy. Furthermore, scienco says that you are not telling the trath. Yon say thet you burned the teeth and saved tho gold. Science says that the teeth werd 6f porcelsip, and could not be barned, while the gold vould melt, run down in globiiles into thé dehs and bé lost. Good day.’ Air, Beeches accompanied the to tho door. I told him thot ho had better preach a sermon cn ingratitade, ‘Ycy'ro excited, dootor,’ said he. replied, ‘Iam, Mr, Beechér. I liave practiced 8 a dentist for thirty-six years, have given away thousands of doilars in professional akill end materials to thosd who needed them, snd could not pay. I have lost thousands of dollars in un- paid accounts on my books to-day, yet I havo never brought a suit to compel any one to pay for professiotal sérvites, but unleas you sattls tltis bill, X shall institute proceedings against you in law.’ THE SUIT. ‘This I immediately proceeded to do,” the doctor added, ‘dnd about July 1, 1874, tho Hon. N. Hill Fowler, my couhacl; sent 9 letter to Mr. Beecher asking fora tinal answer. Tie answ came, and itu it s promise to pay. I was sati fied, and went to the country for 2 simmer trip. ‘Then came the Congregational Connoil, and the whole scandal became fragrant, and 4lr. Beecher wag in hot water: Nevertheless I détermined to try ence more to settio our little affair peace- ably, if possible. Heights in November last to dee Mr. Boecher. but, as usual, tome he was notathome. Then Teebt bit a lotvor, saying that I had deferred legal action during the past four months through consideration iér bim in his trouble. Dutt I was sbout to go South, and requested his immediate attention t> the final settlement, If he was too much engaged with other matters, so that be ‘conld nop conveniauily attend to this long unsettled account, I consented, to avoid publicity ana gossip, to have thé whole subject referred to any honorable gentleman whom hp might name. I presented thia letter personally to Sirs. Beecher on Nov, 19, 1874, at hor door, Jt called for sn answer, and on the next day I again saw Mrz. Beecher at ber post, with tho door-iknob in her hand. She said that she had nothing to say, and when I remarked tliat I would call aguin she said,‘You needn't call again; you'll get no answer.’ Then, of course, there was no way loft for me but to sppeal again to the courts. ‘The summons, complaint, and snswer are on record, and are sworn to by Mr. Beecher and myself. They speak for them- selres. Dir. Beccher pleads the statute of limi- tations. That is one way to get presents for a father. When the case comes to trial there will be some revelations in the testimony that will open people’s eyes. f “Isis said that I have made $200,000," he went on, ‘tand squandered it. I have done neither ; but I have made money and lost it like other people. As to squandering it, that isfalse. Norhavol takea advantages of Mr. Beecher while he is up to hia ears in a sea of troubles. uy, case was begun by letter through my coun- se) long before the Beecher-Tiltun scandal came to the saree. 1 claim that iE bave tried in every honorable way avoid publicity and scandal, and now Lamm forced to serch my rights.” ITEMS. At @ large drinking-ealoon in Faiton street, Brooklyn, kept by.s Mr. Slane, behind the bar is hung a largo placard : ‘No discuseion abont the ‘Beecher-Tilton trial is allowed in this establish- ment.” Two strangers began arguing the merits of the case. One Was a pronounced advocate of Beecher, the other a firm beliover in ‘Tilton. The Gisenadion srew. Fann, ape Bnaly His, Beecher: man, catching up a large ice-pitcher standing on tho bar, threw it'at tho head of bis opponeat His aim was not as firm as his intention, and the mussile, flying wide of its mark, demolished a jer-glass worth over £100. The ‘uext morning placard. His example its beop felloted by ana as been followed by many other saloon-ker le —New York Times. i spe ‘Mr. Tilton seemed happier after his relaaso from the witness-chair. He hurried home to his daughter Florence, who meets him there after she is through with her school daties. Sho hoa not quit teaching, a& reported, but is yet in charge of a boys’ class in Ryerson Street Public School No, 4. ‘She took s class of unraly bors some time ago, and has trained them to the ad- miration of her superiors. : The Kate Cary testimony bas started the ja- dior counsel of Mr. Beecher 68 visits to the past where the worisa livéd. 2Mrs. Tilton bas ld Mr. Shearman that, Mr. Hates, the partner I called at 124 Colambia” of Prétoleum.¥V. Nasby (D. BR. Locke) in the aa vertising business, aud the bondsman for Mr. ‘Tilton io his driminal indictment. visited her bed. oot in tHe same ‘ay thot Mr. Beecher id said to have done.—Newo York Sith. c Beach and Fullerton aré to receive only a con- tingent feo in tho Beecher case, and Evarts has exacted no pe rooklyn Eagle. "| que GREAT TRIAL OF RING DAVID Yo thé Baitor o? The Chicago Tribute: © BaooRtyy, Feb. 19.— The sooompanying letter has coute to light in this city, and Tae. Tatatne has dieplayed so mach enterprise tecsntly in the publicktion of dorréspondetics that I transmit it to your paper. It came into my possession in a pedaliar way. A gentleman ef this city had pur- eased for s¥iiall sum from s pawnbroker a piece of parchment covered with chsracters he Gould nob dovipher. My friend kept it as o éuriosity for some time, but, happening to’show ittos member of the Archmological Society, learned for the first time that he possessed one of the fow existing Phonician manuscripts. The characters were blurred in places, but. by the aid of ohemicals and the counsel of several well-known Pheonician scholars # yory feir translation was tarde, Tho letter waa ovidently written by = Tyrian residing in Judes, and the allusion to the yessel Joads tis to suppose it was addressed to a friend in Carthage, which about this time was an im- pottant trading post. While it throws no new light upon tho characters mentioned, it is inter- eating as bringing ts face to face in the garb of modern thought, with the grand personages of the age. Itespeoitally, : Donor Draconriess. ‘THE TRANSLATION. JenveaLem, Ants 20, B. OC. 1033.=How often out of aman’s own mouth ia he condetuned! But a fow weeks ago we were singing inthe tab- eroacle the psalms of out King, when the words, “ Put not your trust in Princes, for in the name of the Lord will I-destroy them,” smote upon my ear with a sontd’ so ludicrous that I fairly faughed outright. And yet, behold the propbocy is fulfilled. The desthless confidence our people bad imposed in King David has been ruthlessly shattered, aud our homes are invaded by a scandal se foul and uonatural that the air is poisoned with it. Ib is discussed in parlorand bar-room alike, and the fact that it can be dis- cussed ahowa you that there are two opinions existing as to the facta to make discussion pos- sible. So many interests ere involved in it that many of our people prefer to remain blind and deaf to the testimony, and though his guilt baa been proven beyond 4 peradyenture, the men of his own tribe of Judah, with others, dtand upon the hill-tops shouting, “LONG LIVE KiNG Davip!” and “Down with the black-mailera!” ‘The case is ove which will live in history amorg the most celebtated of causes célebres, possesding as it dogs all the eloments of a first-class sensational draims of “‘cdatemporaneous human interéat.” ‘The case firet came to the ears of tho public through the machinations of one Shimsi, a Ben- Jamit, I believe. This persdn is the champion of ‘‘advanced Ideas,” and claims to bavo invont- ed a now religion, whoze central doctrine, as far asiIcan see, iscarnalism. He hay contended for yoars that King Davidsympathizes with him, but fears to acknowledge it. In order to give this charge tho widest publicity, he prepared a statement upon a long scroll which he hung up jo the taberuecie in such s manner 4s to chal- lengé ihstaté perusal. It had the effect desired, and goon attracted a multitude. The writer affirmed that in the absence of Uriah, s Hictite soldier, who bad been CAMPAIGNING WITH GEN, soa against the Ammonites, David Had seduced hig wife, und, finding het pregnant, Lad sent for Uriah to cover tp his guilt. He was foiled in this design by Uriah’s interise patriotism, sid resolved upon boldiy facihg the scaiidal. Hesent orders, x0 Shitnei charged, to Gen. Joab, to commission Uriah to dangerous servico, in order that he might be‘killed. Gen. Joxb, whote reputation is noné tod savory, and who ia generally regarded: aig » sycopbant and trickster, obeyed this brital command, and Uriah Was killed in & sortie of the Ammonites from Rabbah. ‘Having rid him- relf of the husband,” ao reads the charge, “the cold-blodded inurderet and shameléss adulterer matried thé widow just ih timd to save her ropatation.” You may imagine the sensation this statement created in Jerusalem. Sliimei tas promptly arrested and keptin jail, though nobody could tell what chargo thére wns agiinat him. The scribes who made copies of his statement have gove unpunished, but very little tredence was given: to the dtory. The source from which ft otigin= ated tas not of a character to win public coh= fidenes. It is barely posdible that the affair Would have inte died ont but for £rNa DAyib's DiroLiiic coXpuct. ‘The persecution of Shiinel wad so exccesive, that citizens of Jeruealem and gven the lv-givore of other cities ivore mioro or lesa disgtiated. Just at this time, some six months ago, a rimor gained ground that Uriah had not been killed at all; that lie Was taken ptidonor by the Amiion- ited ; had been liberatéd, and now came back to claim his wife. Several ibterviewa took placa between the parties concerned. Nathan, the Prophet, one of this most refiarkiible men of the day, and a worthy successor of the illstri- obs Samizel, iaS called in to adjtist the difficulty, dad muccoéded in framing a a policy for their future guidance, Between Nathan and Uriah the kindest of feeling existed, while the propliet felé en ill-concealed contempt for the son of Jéase. This feeling was not allayed by Devid’s manner St the conferences alluded to above. He gave way to hid feelings in the most abjoct wav. Ho wept over Nathan, called him the friend whom God had raised up expressly for him, implored him to preberve hia reputation, Towards Urialt he conducted himself with equal cowardic®, and evdn went so far as to hivt that BAIBSHEDA’s AIITION WAS THE CAUSE DF HIS & “FADE: that ahe hed made overtures, and he had weatly accepted them. Fortunately he has described bia feelings ot this tind, 4nd a répréduction of ono of his poems will give a better illustration of his behavior than I could hope to contay. I give you some extracts: For my soul is full of troubles; and my life draweth h unto the grave. ‘am counted with them that gd down into the pit; Tam ssn inan that bath no atrength. ‘Haye mercy upon me, ob God; according to Thy Jov- ing kindness ; according to the multitude of Thy ten- der mercied blot out my ttansgretkion, ‘ash mo thoroughly from mine iniquity, snd cleanse me from my bin. For I scknowledge my trinsgressious, sid my sin fs ever befoto me, Bechold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me, For mine infquities are gone over my head; a4 & heavy burden they apo too Heavy for me, I sm feeblo and sore broken ; I have roared by reason of the ais quietness of thy heart, My wotnds stink sud are cor- Tupt, because of my foolishness. For I will declare mine iniquity, I will be sorry for my sin, And go forth. At other times ke gave way to most astonishing and boyish exnberancé. ‘The resuit of Nathan's meditation, however, was this: In order to spate his wife the anguish of exposure, and the pevalty provided by law for adultery, Uriah agreed to remain silent. He bad been supposed dead, and he would abandon his name and be to all intents and purposesdead. His family wero to be sent out of the city to % distant partof the country, and he was to bo iven . 4 COMMNSSION IN TEE REGULAR Any, Had this programme been carried out we should have been spared a deluge of filth. The secret was zealously kest, and Shimei's nasty stories were for a time ridiculed as preposterous, snd ordinary seuse would have preserved the seoret to this day. It appeare, however, that a priest named Zsdok, who had presided at the car- emony of taking the Atk into the teber- nacle, prompted by motives I cannot im- agine, publicly proclaimed that Uriah was a dog, and King David the most megnanimons of men. This was not the first charge madd against the unfortunate officer, and he waited for the King to den it in some way thas would ex- ouerate him without exposing the weakness of his wife, adding that avy compromise of that extraordinary Indy would be followed by his im- mediate assassination: David did not makes move, and Uriah cama boldly to the front. He prepared a scroll, hung it in the tabernacle, aud Signed his name toit. This statement was ed- dressed to Zadok. It hinted darkly at some great crime committed by the King, which he fore- ore to name or characterize, and contained ex- ied from some oF Devil s letters, among them 9 Para in whi 6 ‘itted his offense. The rexbibition of this statement hed a. atooning effect. Copies of if sold Zor outrageous prices, alt & whekel not being tonsidcred tod tonch for the eatlier fao similes. general was the dis-, frase of itthat farther concealment was tse- leas - Ea es oak ty TAP-HOOM RUYMERS WROTE RIBALD SONGS pon the Son of Jesse; the wits took up somo of the moré pungent phrases in King David's poems and letters; and such sentences as + Hsapiek ness of heart,” ‘‘corrapt because of my fool- ishdéss,” ‘and thp liké, became datch-words from Dan to Beerslisba.“ Caricatufists represented Hie Mojesty in the moss --humiliating—attie tudes, nor did they . hesitate to make the sharéer ‘of ait a partder in the popular ridicile snd feprobationit entailed. In fact the scandal was public property, and the King, independent as -be holds. himaelf to he, had to make # show of indignation. After con- sulting With Gen. Joab, Abuer, thd gan'bf Nor, and othérs, ho decided upon appbintibs an In- vestigating Committee, and did 80, making these two warriets members.of it. Tt would be tedious to follow this Committee through its eervile Iabors. ; URIAH'S STArEiENT was amarvel of litorary beauty; hie array of facts was to all appoarances crushing; his dis- position of them -masteriy beyond atl expocta- tion. Whién-ithad betn’ read, the fedling df a great part of the community waa Bitter against the Kitt. To this state. ment King David rojoined with sn elaborate defense. Ho charged Uriah With neglecting his wife; ridiculed his affection for her, accused him of consorting with the man Shimei, and harlota, and finally dismissed the charges on the ground that they were gotten up far purposes of black- mail, Nathan aud Uriah, he snid upon his oath, had conspired to ruin him, the former from jealousy, aud the otliet front motives of ambition. He had already received promotion in the army to silence him, and had eaused the King to ignore one of his many gons to make room for him. ‘The story he said had been grossly oxagrotatod. Bathehebs had smiled upon him he admitted, aud hoe had winked at ber, but bayohd that, nothing improper had occurred between them, The idea of charging Nathan with jealousy and s couspiracy to blackmail was so absurd that all tie tribes, excépting Levi and- Judah, Jeughed ovér it: Nathan is obd or the shildest! puree” «nd most genial of men. As the prophet of the Lord and the auccedsor of Samuél, bis influence with the masses.ia enormous, Tha guileless character of his life is the theme of many @ conversation, Maidens ste exhorted: to choosé husbands from among his‘dikdiples ; youths are taught to venerate him, and conform their lives to his moat excellent model. I have known him for yeara, aud have a sincere affection for him, ag has everybody. ‘ho absurdity of charging him. with blaékmall Was g0 spparent that King David ‘saw ‘st once, and for the: first tite in his life, that he could act the fool when gn opportunity was given him; that the whole of Israol was not the tribe of Judah, and that, however ab- jectly the people of. his own tribe’ might. accept bis word as fact, thefts wero tei itdénondent tribes who wanted corrobotativeevidence to sup- port it. NATHAN'S BEJOINDER contained eviderce which, to the country at large, was damning. It wes even shown by him that Kumig David, who was rather gushing in his lan: guage, had extorted from Bathsheba a denial of her confession tt her husbarid, sbd had procured it to “‘pratect him in a counsel of priests,” should such a body be called to examine into the case. ..1¢ was his treachery on this gecasion that put Nathan of bis guird, abd caused hith td preserve those documents which he was said by the King to havo kept for blackmailing purpores. ‘The testimony against the Roya! defendant would have convicted any: ordinary person. In addition to it was the fact that a child bad been born to Bathelieba previous to het mirriagé with the King, that she wad still living with him, and that the paternity of the poor Jittle creature could not, for obvious reasons; be laid to Uriah, who hed been fighting under Gen. Joab before Rabbah, deatly 8 yéar before its’birth,- To this evidence tha Committee waa deat; tha testi- mony which aa sword fo by séfvants of the palace that David bad urged. the plaintig’ sev- eral times to sleep at home was quietly ignored, and the Committae of Inquiry; through Gen.’ Joab, and Abner the gon of Ner, stated ‘upon oath that from the evidence before them they conld see that nothing improper had oc- curred between King David and Bathshébs. It waa possible that Ke had winked at hér, and sho might have smiled at him; quite possible, but on their honor es gentlemen thoy did not think he bad been guilty of even that venial indis- cretion. It cotid tot be bélieved. Abher the aon of Ner went so far as to aay tliat, it the apirit of Samuel were to annotinos it off the Atk of the Lord, he would not believe it, THE RFFECT OF THE VERDICT O¥ THE COMMITTES Upoa the tribes was interesting to witness. The +tibs of -Jtdah assembled in the tabernacle and greéted it with hodabtias, dénouncing Uridh ag a liar, and makidg ® great desl of unnecesssry noise. Nathan, who wag present, narrowly escaped being stoned to death. The tribe of Levi was équally delighted. Of courge as che of their own nuniber, the Mons of Judah roared with delight over David'd too transparens cost of calcitnining, but numbers of the Levites bad been accused of similar con- duct, and shared in David's vindication with evi- dent vellef and cornfort. Thé other tribes, however, showed no such unanimity of acntiment. Most of tie law- givéts were disgusted, but the Levitical element. was 60 distributed among the tribes aa to keep discission, It bas amused up olten me, in the marketplace, atid avéii itt the fabefnacle, — to hear the different opinions expressed. Hundreds bare spoken thoir mind to this effect: ‘* Supposing the etdry true, whit good is to bé edited by ex- ping it? - You cannot gat Jui to dethrone i: slug, dat you? No, no, his past services to tho country in the caude of réligion must hot be évérlooked: Just sce how he slew Goliath. He ought to bé shown Botte sort of réspect for that. Afid another thing: if he is fond guilty, you sép thé Whole fotndation of réligion. Hera is a ‘King, sélevted by God’s own proptiet Sainuel. He is the head of thé Church, judt as be is of thb State. Prove him an adultorer, and you rdia the cause of religion. You fiidub it a by-word and a reproath.”* It is usually 4 Lovite who inbkds this apology Zor frev-love in high places. Lhate often listehod with raptute td THE BLOQUENCE OF NATHAN aé he discourdes to tlie peoplé, and sigh for some system of writing which would énabla me to preservo his lowia words a8 they fall acin- tillating from‘bis lipa fike a shower of “metéata. ‘He eays somethiitg to tis offect: IF ‘this illthy crinie were allowed to pass whoballenzed, our glorious rbligion would become a thing e0 pestil- ential that midn would fly from it as froma ser- pent. It would be 4 scandal to the nations, and’ the tetmt God's chosby people” would ‘be » by-word. But, hé said, if the sribes' of Ieracl openly reprobated this monstrons iniquity, and showed no Jenienoy to 4 critmibal be- cause of hid estite; if the Ibathsome doctrines of frea-love, indulgorce of Kinga and ministers, soecial laws for the powerful and the woak, which threatened like noxious parasites to sap tho life of our beautifal faith, were vigilant- ly removed, that faith like the stately ecdar of our own fair Lebanon would spread its refresh ing foliage over the whole wide earth, and be- neath its kindly shade, thoukands and thousands: of yeard hende, the weary pil; would .lsy bim down to rast, and bless the Giver of all good: things for this most precious of all His ‘That was the substance of whathe ssid. Iwish Icould give you bis oxact language. Nathan is the idol of the day, just at present, bot I shall hhaye cause to refer to hin again before the ‘Cyrtian veadel leaves for the Weat; fraighted with. merchandise, with arms, with purple and wool, with gold, with cedar, snd witn letters. Unah's position with the public iy of » doubt- ful kind. He is pnquestionably a sincere, big- brained man, full of life and purpose, EOOTISTICAL TO 4 MARKED pester, but conrageots in action, spirited, and decided even to recileseness, Had he -besh free -tb choodé, I think he wonld have slsin the blubber- ing monarch who had, to use his own langusgo, wronght a roin that not even Almighty God could repair. But a desite to shield bis wife led him to condone the offense, and hé spared the man who bad committed it. To this course he was led, as I belleve, mainly through the prophes Nathan, who sasured him “his own florid snd poetic Asngusge that our priuciple, '*An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, » heart for a hesrt,” was es- sentially Pagan in its character: that it was ope ‘of the insidious parasites upon our holy faith, that it wad s reproach, and that whet the Messi- sh comes Ho will overthrow itas criminal, and gubstituze for it a milder and more generous law -of love; of good for evil: of mercy to enemias. Nathan says ttiat no true follower of the Mesziah can ever talk of revenge, or sanction murder; But, strangely enough, our peopie have heaped pitiless abuse npon Uriah for not BRUTALLY MURDERING KING DAVID, from whose race the Messiah is tocome. They call hima cuckold, profess to sce imaginary horns growing on bis forehead, and maintain that be baa no claim upon the sympathies of the people, because he is not a murderer, This ab- surd popular prejudice in favor of bloodshed parzles me, confess. If there is x law provid- ing a paisnanent for such crimes, I cannot for the life of me understand how ths publio teach- ers can utter such wentiments as thege; can try and substitute a Higher Law of public senti~ ment for the Written Law. It hagalwava seemed to me that punishment dosa not justly come from the individoal, but is the weapon of the law. Howover, Ihave no tind’ to distiss this r, fer items of néws most not bs aactificad fo reflection. Well, thai Uktah’a position, Hex like David call hima dog, and the tnbe of udab wathrally insists thot tt must bé 0. Bi _’ _ KING DAyID's Conptcr sinee this Iamentsble scandal itaked cat, ‘has given grest olfeuse to the ten tribes of Iarael. He seems to think the case is an enormous joke, pnd has froquepiy proclaimed . himeelt 2. happiest man in ali this assembly,” and, in good sooth, his appearauce justifies the boast. as sleek and rotund as ouo of Pharaob’s fas kine, and actually seems-to think he camre-establistr bimeelf with the publio by a-word.:- This at lenss was. his itipreieiot a f0iv ‘weéks ago. . Me hee modified his views 4omnewhat sinco then, and d@- ports hinsolf ifs hlaiher Ide’ répugnaht to Of course, Utiah, whom I havé described ss 9 persistent, clear-headed man, appealed from the Yerdict of. the-Committeo to ona of opr civil Cottrts, edd éven ai I wiite the oaudé iB be heard, Absalom and Adowijah usually atteud With thelr fathe¥. Aciuon Game ih tivo dr thiée timea, but the hideous story of bis conduct to- ward his sister ‘Yamar, set ia cireulation by tho yindictive Shimei, finds gevoral credence, - aud Abner advived bis withdrawa), The King’s eoun- solis cOnsidored s tormidable array : of legal talent. Gen, Joab is among them, buat some facts leaked out ds to bis disreprtablo connection with the caso in the attempted murder of Uriah before Rabbah, and for very shame’s sake he retired, Abuer loogs after the theatrical effect upon she Court, and iu matters‘of this ‘kind his word ia law, Bathabeba is present everyday. Sho is walked in between the aged Zerttiab,” mother of Gen. Joab, aud Michal, the dsugiter of the late Kitiz San}, now tho clifliiess caniot wife of David. The latter is an acrimonious creature. Her conduct ix upbraiding her hoebsnd for bis religious saltations some years ago brought dawa Upon her the criliclsm of the Lovites, aud King avid’s riegiect of tet has evidently soured her tetiper, ard sho ovidently dots not worskip Bath- sheba. ‘The spectators call these two ladies BATUSHEBA'S BODY-CUARD, probably because their ubiinviting appéarance hae tho effect Of keeping strangera at a distabce. King David sits near the Judge. He is evidently the prey to a very serinus nervous trouble, which threatens to end his active life with paralysis. The fires of his frame seem to have burned out, and at times be compiains, even in our delicious climate, with the olives and figs if full maturity, of the cold, if oti plense. At other times He ‘the picture of health. Close confinentent in the Court-room bas affected him eerionsiy of Iate, however. The trial has developed very litte that is new. The gentle Nathan was on the witness-atand for nearly two weeks, abd daily beamed with mild benevolence. His testimooy ig remarkabfe for its lucidity aod epigrammatic force. The proxecutton. introduced a3 a witness one of the servants: of the paluca, & prurient fellow, who. had becn dispatched by David to find out the nemo of the woman he saw bathiog, and hig testimony was a bomb-shell. It was very indelicate. ~ ANOTHBS SUBPBIBB was the evidence of alad named Ahimagz, who carried the méssage of death from the King to Gen. Joab, and brought back the intelligence of Uriah’s supposed death at Rabbah. Tho King almost leaped from his seat when he took the stand, - ‘The documentary evidence submitted includes the extracts 1 nave cited above, and others in a similar strain, but more specific. Thé most re- wbarkable of allis fac simile of the Seventh Cominandiment, ‘* Thon shalt not commit sdul- tery” ; and of the Tenth, " Thow shalt not coat thy heighbor's wife.” They were copied by Abi- athor from the teblets of Moses, now in the Ars. Of course tha deténse made an effort to throw it out as irtelevant, and, failing thet, tried to cause thé ezecution of the High-Priest for sacri- lege, bit failed in that again asin neatly every- thing they Have undertaken, ‘The fnention of irreleyancy reminds me of ‘THE CROBS:RXAONATION OF UBLAT By the senior counsel for the defense, a little wiry; terrier-like fellow with a tremendbus head, named Rebab. Here aro some of the questions asked by him : Q.—Will you please oblize the Court with your views On & paper ocurreticy? A.—I never had apy paper currency, aud Nave no views on the "3 a ti a fer a dessert. .—In eating soup, do you_prefer a dessert- spoon, -or a teaspoon!? a take that which comes handiest, and ask no questions. ie Rebsb explained to the Court that he wished to show by this that Uriab’s temper at home had estrangéd hid father-in-law, Beliam, aud his per- verse attachment to the larger grade of cutlery Had imposed ekxtrs work upon his long-rufferibg wife. In seeking to establish a attempt to learn the reason of his prohibition. Q.-At what period of yotir lite did you fitat learn to play marbles? Iwish you to be accu- rate? A.—I was 11 years old, Iam sure, before T ever touchéd « marble, : Q.—How many beans make five? A.—Five. é Coutt has fréquéutly cautioned Réhab againgk of examination, but he basa motive in wi i the witness. As boys, Re- lab once tore Uriah’s shirt, and the witnesagare him 3 sound thrashing for it. He cherishes the reitembratied of Ehdt event with slekesing ten- acity. How much longer the trial will hold out, Ido tot know. I arti afraid v-) + MBE potal Fawr 7 will suffer terribly in popular dsteem. Four days ago.the body of Ammon was found nesr a pond where the Printes were shesting sheep. Absolom confessed to having committéd tho parricadal act as a punishment for bis incestuous treatment of Tamar, who believes the Day of Judgment will vindicaté her. Nathaii siya the Union of the tribes cannot continue much Jonger, Ik was solr s few years ago thas the union oc. curred, bit the behavior of the men of Judah in thi matter is abominable. Thoy champion every unholy act committed by one of theitnem- ber, regatdless of the merits of the case. ‘Thore Was s gevetal expectation that Shimei would be pnt on the witvess-stand, bat I am afraid he knows too much for his own peace of mind, ind his téstimony would open a crevasse which wonld let the current of nastiness out tp on the whole country, and delure it with a steam fouler than the pesticntial flood beneash whose acrid sraterg lié the prostrite colamnd and blisted: pinnacles of the Cities of the Plain. Acaa. ‘HE BLACK HILLS, Bheotragines Seports edit Miners in ‘This Begion. Spbeial Disidtch to The Chicdio Itbunes Sroux Crry, Ia,, Feb: 20.—A party of Indians arrived at Sully on Thureday. Thoy passed through thé Black Hills, and saw miners at work theré, brit did nok attempt to molestthem. A letter from a member of & Sioux City Biack Hills company which left hem Isst fail was.received wo-day by a gentlemaa of tis city. The letter brings good news from the company. They ara baving g5a0 suceéss, are in good health, and satisfied with their prospects, [To the Associated Pres} Sroux Crry, Is., Feb. 20.—A letter has been received by Charles Collihs, editor of the Times, direct from the party that left here last October for tbe Blatk Hills gola-mihes. The party, nomberiny thirty, ate‘comfortably quartered near the centre of the ; have had no trouble- with Indians; bave plenty of Provisions; d prospectiig with success. This ls the: first re- Jiable idformation that haa been received from this party, Various rumors have been afloat of a party ing with gold dust, bat they até probably untrue. ——_—_—_—_-____ VERDICT AGAINST A RAILROAD. _New York, Feb. 20;—A verdict was given against the New York & New Haven. Railroad Company yesterday for about $16,000, in favor of a man who was robbed of that amount in one of the Company's cars. I¢ was held thas the Company must protect its petrons. | Sorry He Wasn't Theres Thave referred in my book to that Coroner of ours who seized an Egyptian mommy that was brought into town, summoned s jury, held an fromest on the mumuty, brought in as yéidict of ‘ Desth from causea inknown,” and charged the ‘courtty with the ustal fee, with compound inter eat from the time of Moses. Weil, thit Coroner is still in office, and hoe is -still enthamastic about his profeasion. Laat Sunday ight he wns st church. Tho mibister preached a very solemn sermon upon Nosh’s flood, sad after it was over I met thd Oorover in the aisle, and snid to bim: “Very impressive discourse, Mr. . Wheeler, vepeabtital, eit! be ‘‘ Beautiful, eir! beautiful!” replied Wheeler. sand yet HF eesintd to. bo kioder mouratal 00,” : “Indeed! Why, it didn’t strike-mea tr chat way. It waasolenm, of course; but its ten- dency certainly should bd to fil! the heart of ere traly good man with cheerfulness and Ope.” id pe. 7,8, Zamom all that” naid Wheeler, | but didn’t he say that there were several million people drowned in that flood?” “+ believe he did.” 3 “Well, then, 1say that when think of all that mortality, and remeinber tat I wasn't Coroner then, and ain't likely tobe whén therd’s soother such a freshet, it makes me sick. There ain’: nothing cheerful about oa raat wit rd beset bbe." =Mde, Adeer, Sh the. fing sfter the ventilation. LEGISLATURES. Our Dlinois Solons Decide in Favor .. ..0f, Compulsory Education, They~Are Alse- Inclined: to Cling to-ths .. Grand Jory System. A Boundary Fight Between West Vir- ginia and Maryland. ILLINOIS. HEATING AND YaArtnittor, ‘Speetad. Diewatch to The Chicauo Tribund, Sparxariiy, Feb, 20.—The mortitg hour wag consumed in the discussion of another greas measure to provide ‘a place for. everybody's friend. The diSet¢sion was prectpitated by s ra. port from the Specisl Committee on Vesiilation, reciting thit oné Greenwood liad, under the an. thority of the joins resolution of thé $¥0 Houses, been employed to sttend to the heating and ven. tilating apparatus, and offering & resolution in- structing the Speakar to place Gréenwood's name on the pay-roil at $4 per day. Mr. -Armetrong, of the Committee, said be wanted it underatood thpt he did not know any. thing abont Greenwoud’s appoitiment. He dido’t ask to have the réport ¢onetirred in, Me. Armstrong, who has a powerful propensity for telling the truth on all occasions, added thst there was one msn now on the pay-roll for look. There was no occa- sion tor the appointment of another maa for that purpose, except to maké @ place for some- body's friend. Io wanted the House to under stand that. : Mr. Wilcox, of Ssigamor, also of the Com- mittes, said the master wae, Armstrong hid wanted a friend of his appointed, and, whenhe didn't get this, he objected. Mr, Hopkins stated that Greentodd fisd on}; beon employed yesterday, and moved au ainende meént dischatging him forthwith The Spesker ruled that as the employment wos under authority of a joint resolution, ureen- ieee could only be discharged by joint resolu ion. After a vast deal more of speech-making, the report was referred to the Committee on Co tingont Expenses, and the tremendous agitation that had arisen ox thie all-important question of providing @ place for somebody's friend sub- eided, and the ordinary routine business was re- sumed, 5 CHicado BILL. The Committee on Education reported back the memorial of the Chicago Boatd of Education for the establishment of a school in that tity for the education of deaf miutes, with the recom- mendation that it bé referred to the Conmittes on State Institutions, The prospects are thas such & bill as prayed by the méemorialists will be reported back from she latter Committee, and that it will pass. Z MIXED OB BEPABATE SCHOOLS. The Committes on Education alsd-teported a substituce for Plater’s bill to probibit ** niggers” gétiiig aneducation. The stibstitute prunibite the exclusion of children from the public schools on 2¢ecint of color, but,ssasop to Egyptian proj- udice, provides for the establishment npon vols in favor thereof by a majority of the voters of the district, of separate schools for colored chil- dren,- where there are fifteen or more colored children in a district or for contiguous districts when the establishinent of such school would not require childrea to travel more than 2 mile to reach the schout. JUDICIAL. - Among the bills introduced im the Honso to- day was one providing that the Judges of tne Cirevit and Superior Courts of Cook Gounty and. the Btate's Attorney of the same county shall be paid by the cune, in addition to the salaries which are paid them from the State Tresaury, such farther compensation as will make their re- spective salaries $6,000 each per annum. . COMPULSORY ZDUCATION. is The Committees on Education reported as » substitute for deveral bills réferred to them Compulsory Réucation bill, providing that every child of schoo) age shall be sent to school not less than three months aunnzlly; at least six weeks of which shat! be consecutive attendance. A mi- nority report, signed by Jones of Massac, Nie- how, Rogers, Herron, Thornton, and Moore of Adams, was made against the bill on the grotmd of its constitutionality bene doubtful and egainst the principle of compulsory education op general grounds. = MECHANICS’ LIENS: : Mr. Mann introduced the following bill 66 ex- empt municipalities from the lien of mechanics for work Gohe on vitblic improvements, whick would opersto to Jeave workmen to take action against the contractors for their wages: Sxo, 4. Beit enacted by 4 Penile af the State of no tier! len 1 any eainty, ily, of other municipal, corpotation, either in proceedings st Icw or iu equity, Szo,% No such municipality shall be ibject to ahewer in suy proceedings of garnishment, whether at law, ia equity upon a creditors bil, or otherwise, Nor. shalt ay creditor or credit of any creditor of creditor, of any such mu- = ig ab law or in equity, with such tannieipaly at law or with a Fitheadjuetment aud. payment of ite debts and lis bilities, with snd to the purties with whoni sich mu- nicipaifty hés contracted, of té whom such mi pality may be liable or indebted. Srv. 3: Whenever any public work islet, by any. such municipality, to any contractor or contractors, the ofleer or ofhcsta of wuch hiublclpality, executing apy such contract, shall requite ach contractor or contractors to giro bond with adequate security tothe people of the State of Ilinois tn » penalty equal to the contract price of suth work, conditidned that such egntrattor Gr contractors ‘prowpily pay to all Laborers, héchdinics, and matthial itn, whid mayo works-ot furninh piaterial in the execution of such public work, all such sutua as shail becoute due and payable to them;from or by such{coutractor or contract org, * i ‘Atid upon & breich of the condition of sach bond, ‘apy such fatoter, or isborers, ‘mechanic, ofmecfian- ic3, or any such’materisl men, may bring sult or suits upon éuch bond, in the name of thé af the State of Iilinols, for his or their use. Stich bond shall Le placad on fite with the Uletk of such manic pality, and there kept, and certified copies of such boride be prima facie evidence in all courts tt this State there the executioh or contents of suds Dortd may dome in quostion; THE GRAND JURY sTsTEM. The Judiciary Committee reported pack the resolution instructtug them to report a bill abol- ishing thé Grad Jury syatehi, in theif réport thereon stating that in the: opinion the propos- ed abolition was inexpedieut. After gome dis- cussion the resolution was then adopt The Honse adjourned until Tuesday. z ‘THE £BNATE. ‘The Senate, after a session devoted to routine business, voted down a resolution to sdjonrii over Washington's birthday; after which the Sennte adjourned. —_- WEST VIRGINIA: RYDARY Frair, Gtrentyat, O., Feb. 20.—In the Legtalatize at Charleston, W. Va., yesterday, » bill pased both Hones providing for an immediate éettle- ment of the disputed boundary line between Maryland and West Virginia, Tho consequent prevention of bloodshed abd strife are daid by the preamble to be probable otherwise. The line.is about 37 miles long, reaching from & oint called Fairfax Btone directly north fo ine Pennsylvania line. ‘The controversy involves By lacghaed Gor Taroko in lasteiated fo Bo ebed fort to zona the speraschments by citizeas and officers of Maryland. ‘The blll rémoving the Capital to Wheeling io now s law by limitation. Birch on Congressmen. rom the New York Sun, +43,” said Mr. Bireb, at the San Francisco Minstrels, ‘Ad, where's your brother Ebenezer? I bain’t seen him around for a year or two. “Ebenezer?” gad Mr. Ryman, reflectively: ‘“ Ebenezer has gone awsy for a few years.” “Anything happened to him?” 7, “Well, ves, ‘To tell you the truth, Billy, Bb- enezer fell into bad habits. He Jost thet fine erception which enasbiea a man to distin’ tween his own property and thatof his fellows, #0 that he forgot hiznuelt at times, and became absorbitive to that degree that he scooped 18, a it were, any little portable article he came across, - no matter to whom it belonged.” _ eS “Your narrative grievea ne,” said fir. Birch, “It Incerates me deepty to know that Epenexer should bave so lost his momory, and 1 sbould think it would have mada trouble.” ~ Itdid,” said Ad. “Tho people called in the Police. Ebenezer protested at the trial that hia prosacutora were trying to biackmaii hiio, but the Judge said that Ebenezer had been stealing, and he sent him to State Prison for five years. By the way, Mr. Birch, { have not seen your brother Bliphalet for a year or two. { do‘ sm cerely trnst that nothing bas happened td Eli- +e aa as Lip!” sold Mr, Bireh, “Liph’s oft rixiity went to Congreas a gouplae yours ‘oad ba's a staalta’ soc” asa