Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 26, 1876, Page 7

T COUNTY JAIL. Audzo Blodgett Sentences the Second Batch. Hesing Qets Two Years and o Fino of 6,000, Potitlons for Iis I'ardon in Cirenlntionee= 5,000 Signatures Already Obtaineds IN JAIL. TOE WIHISKY MEN ipont tho Bunday quletly. Dooks had been sent to thom, and the papers were brought fu, and they sab around reading and chatting nbous maiters and things. After the excltement and Rovelty of the position had wourn off, they set- Ied down to qulet rumination and a grim de- termination to make the hest of n had bargain, Not one of them lia lost Wls geip. They arce as good natured and high-spirited as they ever wero ou the floor of the Board of Teade. They say it 1 hard lines, but they propose to inake the best of it Baturday night waa passed comfortably, and most of them slept much sounder than they did whille awalting the sentences. A great deal of sympnthy f8 evinced for Mr. Tesing among the Genmns on the North 8ide, Dy whom his seatence 18 coneldered altogether out of rroportion to the sentences of the others, It ifcsiyr bad recelved the same penoliy na BuiTalo Miller, they would have thought the sen- fence Lo be nenrer just, But as it in, most of the North 8tde Germans belleve Uit Mr. eslng ias been made the seapegoat for dake Rehm, whe ft fs hedleved will now run away or reeeive nvery slight Jumlnluueuh tf any, The feellng amony the Gernans ogainst Rehm fs very bitter, and If he does not get out of town his life s In danger, s many of Ieslug's Celends hnvo sworn to punish hlin the firat upportunity they get. It 1a ulso u pre- vailing opinlon smong many Germans that Lestuje's sentence has bean made 8o heavy on account of his conncction with thePeuple's party. A PETITION for his pardon fs naw clreulatingon the North Blde, antl up to last evening had reeewved over 6,000 siznaturcs, Though 80 many were glad to Tave an opportunity to sign the docnment, there were & few who refised to algn (L on the ground that they belicved the seatence to be just, Birange to say, some of the ltter were former- ty amonge Hoehur's warmeat admiters and re- velved many favors at his lands and lucrative olllces through his inftuence. . From the Dally of Sunday. A.C. HHESING. TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. fhe United Statea Court was Jamnmed yester- day morning with persons anxlous to wituess the sentencing of o number of the promi- nent members of the Chlesgo Whisky Ring. The Court salid: I will now proceed to poss sentence In the eases which were called lie- fore me lnst Mouday morning. The first ease is No. 102, the United State ngHinst Anton C. Hes- gz Let the defendant come forward tothe bar of tha Court. There was quito a gensation In court ns Mr. Hestng atepped out of the jury-hox and took up « position in front of the bar. e looked ex- tremely defected, and could searce ralse his cyes to Joolk ut the mun who lield his fate In his hand, The Court (continuing)—Mr. Hosing, I linye aleeady heard your counsel at Jength in vegard to every pofnt that they could suggest n mitl- gation of the sentence which the law requires me to pronounce upon you. MMave you any- thing further to sy yoursel(? TILE LAST PLEA. Mr. Tloglng, after » painfal pause, addressed Court, elowly ws follows: 1 ahnply wish to state, your flonor, and which T wonld state §f T was entled thismoment hefore {he lust duy of fudgment, that whils T mizht Tave teehnteatly erved, T have not been guilty of any erimipulity, v my oplon. 1 have not taken nu oath of otliee; Thave unt seduced any- Indys T have oot partieipated fie any frauds; 1 have not nssisted D the rannfig or in the carry- 0 of any distillery, T slmply have heen's olderin a concern where It has been HLo oven, or scknowledged, that they have de- rauded the Government. 1 might Juwve re- ceived of those 1llicit, or of those frawdulent profits of the distillery, but so lll'lY me G with emphusis aml striking hls brenst, with bis hand), I have” mever consulted or talked with — n man. Al T dosay niain, 48 iy worthy counsel i galid to you before this Court, to e as lenfent with iné_us you possibly can. 'The Inws have been vindleated, Frawds, throngh the Govern- went, lnve been stoppeil. As_ Chicugo knowe, 1 haye heen fnstrumental, 1n 1668, when I inado the tight here against fraud and coreuption in this city, and had the olllcers removed and honeat. men appolnted, T have been ablo to re. relve that ofllee myself twice from the hands of Prealdent tirant, and cach thme T have refused. Alisfortune has made me to participate i the distillery business, in which Lwonld not have ougneed 16 {t had not heen to assist friends, Hio gane wny which has been diawn out 1 own statement by Mr, Ayer of the distillery 1 1 eay thab that stock I bought I that onvern §norder o hielp a fgend that was poor,— . Satomon, when hie happened to be defeated atan cleetfon liere fn_thls town., Four weeks fterwards L went to Euvope snd did not par- ticlpate 1 that distillery, Not a dlshonest dul’ur has ever atuck to my fingers until mis- fortunc hng brought me to this tronble. And I will repeat ngaln that when men are to recelve fmnunitye—or T will add that If persons are to receive nmunity for having testitied,—I will aded that which hiva not been brought out on any trinl} that before [ wus Indleted, Twent to the ailice of J. R. Jonos and offored to furnish all nucessary proof—not by mysell, but throtgh others who had uformed me—nzatnst an oftleer who was then a Deputy Colleetor in this hufld- ing, and who now resides in Canada, IE they T listened to e or b Mr. do R, Jones, who fald them this ety that man ought to have been arrested, and woulil have been atrested I was arrested on New Year's eve, and i r of hehiz taken away from the hosem of Thist man to-day I at Hoertys and atter me piving the Information that man acted here s Deputy Collector for months and months. This, your Honor, fs all T havo to sny, T heg of you again, trent nic as lenfently as your con- wlencs will permit, TIIE SENTENCE, The Court, who, together with the andicnce, hadd listened nttentively to his speceh, then pro- el to puss sentence in the following teris A plen of gullty s been entered on two counts in the fudictment b this caxe. The tivst count charges the defendant with having con- splred with'others to defeaud the Government of the Unlted Statea, ‘The second count charues that the defen t, hetng w distiller, did, with the Intent to detraud, réemove spirite from o distillery. ‘e plea to the consplracy count requires, or rather authorizes, o sentencs by fine not to ex- reed £10,000, and hux‘xrlwnlnvnl not to exceat two years. 1 will add no, I bope, unnecossary wards on this oceasfon, bis will & mlxly Any that the eyidence whileh hag heen adduced heforothis Conrt sutlettes my mind that Mr, Hesing was oug of the original connpirators i the scheme eoncocted I this elty lu defrawd the Govern ment. It I3 of HLe consequence whether he feduced Me. Rehm or M, telun sedueed im, ey acted together, Mr, lh‘nll)].f, fur a serles ars, recelved woney, pald to iim which he knew ewme from dlxl(llurr. il knew they werg defruuding the Government sud obtained that money by means of fraud, It wos o schemy which {nvolved necessarlly the corruption of public officers, the disgrace of the publle service, and, as -sm-h‘frnn ook wpon it with no degree of wlowanee, T was golz to say. [eanlook with o certain degree of allowsnee upon the acts of distitlers and oven of taugers and Btorkeop- ers whose bread and tha bread of thelr faiilics Qpends upon thele oheying the unudates of superlors fn offiee, and Who know thut the must acquiesee in fraud or by removed; but fu £ nut thi case with u person who 13 not un ofti- cery whe hevomes o poty Lo u mnuv!rmvy which Invulves public otlicers in the vivlation of their duty und thefr osth, who fLseeis 1o me Matids before the Conrt with but a poor ¢laln for mitl- gatiuu of punishment, Lhuve, however, fn this case mude the pun- fshient in light ue ] can conselentiounly make it The sentenve of the Court fs that tho defend- mt tuyu line of #6,000, wnd e lms\llmmul n :uu “ounty Jull of Cuok Uounty for the term of WO years. Tlie prisoner stoud lxerh-ctly dumbfounded or severnl socotds uffer scitunice lidd been pssed, Lvery ono fn Court vxpected a pase Hungte onthurst, but, he rematned looklye st o Judge un 1€ b could nat realiza bls position. t wus ot untl) the Judio dirceted hing to tuke s seat thut Mr. Hesing d(eHluyml any con- Sclouuyess of what hiad happened. With a down- b ulr Lo pesumed by chalr bext to Buflalo THI CHICAGO Miller, and allowed the tears to trlckle down his chieeks, THE DISTILLERS, AROROT T BURROAIS. The Court quickly eallud ont “Georgn T. Durroughs.” ‘The Apollo of theecrocticd rang stepped dghtly in front of the Judge looking a teifle pale and nervous, The Court—Mr. Burroughs, you have pleaded gruflty to the third and alxth eounts in this case, It Lecomes the duty of the Court Lo sentence you, Bofors dolng so I will ask If you have anything to add to what your counsel have already sald In mitlgation of your sentenco b Mr. Burroughs—Nuothing, Your Honor. Judgo Blodgett—The avidenee adduced upon the various Lrialx that have been held In this court,nud what, ins been sald {n your hehalf np- on the hearin 1 on the sentenco dny, sntistica me that you v the chlef actlve promoter of the frawls carrled on ))'mlr distillery. The rentence of he Court, therclore, Is) tst you l\‘nynlln« of $3000 and be fmprisonc Cook County Jall for a term of one year. This sentence creatod nuite o ftte stir {n conrty and mauy nymrnlhlllll' oyes fullowed Burroughs as he went Pack Lo his seat. DICKENSON AND ANRL The next. vietims wera Oclando 1 Dickengon and Jonathan Abel, who cune forward on their names belng ealied. Thoe Court—Ifave you anything to add to 801 what has heen'suld by yuur counsel in witlzation of senteneel Hoth defendants replied in the negative. The Court—The sentence then §s upon each of you, that you pay u {lne of $1,00and be hin- prisaned i thy Connty Jall of Couk County for the term of three monthe, The fine §s the'low- est that the luw will allow me Lo fmpose, T might fmpose the lowest terin of hnprison- menty hut § do not deein b projer um\cr the clrenmistances. inthe AIMON POWELL nest appronched the bar ou the invitation of the Judge, who sald: My, \’nwu\l, you have been heard through your counscl i thelr suceestions a8 {0 every conelileration they conld urgo In mitfration of your sentence on tho plea of gullty whiclh Yave tendervd In this Court—have you wuyihing to ufferd Mr, Powell (meckly)—No, sir. Judgs Blodgett—The rentence of the Conrt then, I3 that 1 puy afine of $3,000 and be fmprisoned i the Cook Couuty Jall fur the terin of slx months, . 1. MILLER. Mr. Powell had searcely thno to reach his seat before Judge Blodzett called ont “Henry L Miiler” As luffalo raze Lo rezpoud theee was nuite an excitement in the room, as 1t was generally understood that he would make some romarks, e enme forwand with o smile, nnd us.'uu{mdnwurlcunu attitude when the Court asked: % SOy, Mitler, have you anyihing to ndd to s has b sald o your belwlf by your eoun- 5 Mr, Miller in reply, mnde the following n}wueh. which did not come up to the expeeti- tlons of the nudicnce: “1 think, in justifieation to myself, I ought 1o add a lttle, Tdon’t know as [t makes any dif- ference In the sentences stilly If the Conrt re- members, when erovkedness commenced ab my dlhllller); I had as Gaugers Hepmann Becker and Adalph Miller, In the trinl of Rush nud Pahl- nn, My, Becker swore that ho had been en- aged i erookedness before ho came to iy house, nt Crawford & Paliman’s, The questlon was ptt so directly to Mr. Adolph M\Sh'r. 50 that he evaded it [n that telal; but {n the Munn trial he aleo testifled that he was engaged in the eronked business hefore he eame to my house, at Crawforil & Pahlman's. 1 was satls- fied that Llu-i had heeny anse Lhey wuder- atood everything, And, while I don't ghirk any responsibifity, Mistead of corrupting them, 1 thilk ey corrupted me. “ Another thing which ought to be viewed in onr casg s, that, If the Court has carefully tooked over these aflidavits, he must have seen that the distillers paid the expenacs, and that I, in company with Mr. Lawrence, traveled over #even States n teylng to crush out Micie distil- lation that we knew at thal. time existed; that we_ ralled the distillers of the United States, and done everything [ our power to erish it out, A man would raeher run by distiilery, 1 dowt carn whe o I8, ionest, than run {t dishon- e We knew that 81 Londs was Iargely en- goged fnits wo knew they enwaped o it fo the Fieat Distrfet in Indlang, and_we know they were lurgoly engaged In It at New Orlonns. myself ealled the attentlon of ong of the ofll- cers dn the Revenue Department Dt Washington 10 this atate of fuetss wid, a8 wsual, 1 gof ree bufled; J ot no encouragement, and, (n fact, thoy would not speak to ma, WWhntever wo have done Beve, 8t Louls.was engaged In these practices elghteen months be- fors amny digtillor here, to my. knowledse, conis mened it.- They wro just so mnel more i:umy than wo are. 8t. Louls hud olned our assocntion and nasisted in erush- Ing It out, the distillers here would not have heen foreud to the wall and mado to enter into thesu practlees. It i8no excuse for any distill- er, andt I don't mot {4 up as an exenso for mysolf, that wo went into It beennse we had to o lnto Ity beeause if wo went out of the husiness we probably would not have been worse off than we uro tow finanefatly, But It Is o chae s which ninety-nine snen, I Lhink, in 100 would have done the same na we did. [ have nothing to say in mitigation of my punishnent other than what my attorneys safd. Lshall have to take what- ever tho Court gees It to give me. "I'he Court—The sentenco of this Conrt 1s that you pay a flue of $3000 and bo Imprisoned {it the Cook County Jadl for the tern of six months, Mr, Miller's face beansed as he reallzed that it “ywasn’t 8o bad, after all,” and he quickly got out of the way ta make room for PURDRICK L. REED. The Conrt ndirossed this young man, who, It I8 grenerally coneeded, was niore siuned agalnst than sfuning, ns follows: Mr, Reed, 1 ave heard your counsel fn thelr appeats for mitigation of thy sentence whicl the Tuw requires e to pronounce upon yous wnd [ will also sy that the Distriet Attorney and his sesncfates have expressed themselves satlsfied ||mHalmumPn-s apon you the lightest sen- tence which I ean under the law as It now stands, I shall therefore proceed to sentonco you to pay n flne of £1,000 and be fmprisoned fn ile Coole Connty Jalt Tor the terin of one day. "Fhe atatuto requires that there should bo n flog and fimprlsonment, ‘The other count tp which you plead guilty would requiroan imprisonment of not less thar three monthe, ns well as a ne. 1 have, therefare, thought that It would ba o heavler punishiment than I felt disposed from tho faets which have come to my knowledge in regard to your ease, and the munner in - which you heeanie [nvolved in this ol agalnst tho Yaw, I Tnve felt disposed to fmpose upoun you stieh penalty as involves the least Tosa of stand- {ne g8 ainan fn bualiess and as o man soclety. Thls, therefore, Is thoe penalty and the reason why I gave it. PAHLIAN AND RUNIC next atepped to the bar, nid, having nothing to urge upon the courty Juilze Blodeett disposed of them with the foilowing brief address: You have been found ;innlv by o jury after which I cannot but. conslder, [nall respeets, an fnpartial trial, wpon four counts i the indict- ment agatust vou, [ have not deemed {6 my Auty to o to the extreme of the penalty of thu 1aw'in fixing the punishnient under either of the counts, My disposition lins been, from afl thy Ugght which'I obtained, to make your punish- ment as lght as feoulitunder the elreumstances. “The sentenee of the court 18 thist you each pay a flne of 1,000 and he fmprisoned” iy tho Cook County Jail for a perlod of threo months. WILLIAM 00095 was thenealled for. 1w took his place In front of the Judge fn rather a nervous msuner, and winted for the words which were to shut him !nnln Ilhu sight of his follow-men for a brief perlid. The Court—Mr, Cooper, not ouly what has been sadd fn your behal? by your eoimsel, when enltod up for " sentence Monday last, but what the District Attorney hes safd in your hebalf, Nas el 1o to the coneluston to fuillet npon you the minimum punisboent which the law Wil allow under tho count towhich you have pleaded gullty, You have pleaded guilty to the s coun, of the ludictment for the removal uf spirits from your distillery to a place other than adistillery warehouse, Tho minfmwm punish- ment for that offense isa inu of nat less than £200, and finprisoment not less thau thres months, The sentence of the Court, therelore, 1, that you pay o e af£200, util bo mprisoned In the Cook ™ County Jafl for thy tesm of threo wouths, IOILDRETIL JUDAN LAWRENCH'S STATEMENT, Judue Bludgett then called for Jumnes 1T, H0- dreth, and, as everybody kuew that person hwd left for Canada, the curlosity was futense to kuow how s case would be dispesed of. Judge Lawrence, after walting a reasonable thno for the * representativenun ™ to put n his uppearance, sakd: “* 1 Your Honor lflum\c, I dexlro to anuke this statement Lo the Court: M Hildroth camo to the olfice of the luw finn of which I atn a nomber 4 Week ago this morn- 1ng, and told vy that he had been notified to ap- U-nr at the bar of this court on the following ""”hf" sad destred that soimg menber of the trm should uppesr on that day belore Your Honory and urgo whatever might "m proper i iithgabion 68" the sentence of the COUrL 1o be imm' upon b, - In consegquence of thatwish, camn here last Monday moruing, us Your Hon or way rewmem! vy morning, us Your Hon: the Cowst on 0 and wwds soie remarks to of r. Hildroth, Yester- day, on recelving a note from the Diatrict At- torney at our oflles saying that the case of Mr. Hitdreth would be ealied ogale toslay, we gent n note to what wo supposed to bee hls address in the eity, {uforming bim that he sloutd e here. e has not come, 1 have not seen Mr, Hildreth slnen a week ago, when he waa in our oflice, nor han he been in our ofllee since that thne, Th Inference, of course, Is, that ho hay exca) Trom of the Court, It Ihad Tiad any [dea wlhen he came Lo onr offiee @ week ago that, it was hia Intention to leave the State, Teertalnly ehould not have troubled Your Honor with any remarks on his hehalf on Monday. I now desire Lo say, swhat I hopo Is altogether un- necessary that 1 should say, that Mr, Hildreth n taking this ktep hus acted entirely upon his own responaibility, Jle has not been advised thereto by citherof bis connscel, nor has any one of them had xm{ knowledge of his futention todepart, [ should consider It n gzrossly un- professious! acty ny Your Honor would, and os all members of the Hue wonld, if counsel wern {n any way either to adyise thelr cllents 1o escape Trawm'the i\lrl(ll\:(lul\ af the Cuurt, o Lo consetit tothelr fo dolng. And what I now wish to do 18, to state In the most, oxpticlt manner that no fmputation of that sort fs to be Jald to elther myself or any member of the firm to which I beloug. “The Court—J1 swould not for a moment. enter my minid that cither yourself or cither mether of your firm would be a consenting I"""" to any net of this kind. If the defembont hns ab- &eonded nr purpos ? absented himaell Lo avold sentenee, T have nodoubt Lin has done It entlrely upon his own responsibility, and certaluly by the wdviee of aiy memtbier of your firm, Judgre Hangs—I deslve 1o have the defe T0reh, eathal and defanited, "The venerable erier ealled for Hildreth thres Nere Wil o response, gs—Iiis surcty’s nuine fs Francs lant, The crier then commanded M, Warren to bring In T0kretl’s oy, but that gentleman of conrsa could not comp ‘Lhe Court—Let a sels fa. beentered, ORDERED TO JALL, HUTCHINS & COCURANE. e P. Hutebins and David Cochrane were then requested (o step forward for sentenee, They hatl nothing to gay for themeelves, and the Court adidressed them in the followlng strain: You have plealed guilty tothe first count tuthe Dndictment agaiost 1,uu, charghne you with a conspiracy to defraud the Unlted States of the Lax upon certaln highwines, The sentence of the Court upon lhh};lw\ 18, that you be final enrh the sum of £1,000 amd be Imprisoned in the County Jufl of Cook County for the term of three months, This completcs the st of aen- fences which eliall pronowics this morning, ra will now be tuken in custudy by ol <en, however, ind somicthing to say on this point. Hesald: I7 your Honor pl in hehalf of /il the clients that I represent ?y 1 deslre to make o motion here for u suspension of sentence for a reasonuble thne to give us an opportunity to apply for pardon, T presume, f wr Honor that ten days will be quite suf- leient. 1do not desire to say anything upou the motfon. Tws Court (nfter a short pausc)—I donot think that sentence fhiould be suspended. The plens of pulity of these men have beennpon the flics of the Court here, many of them for from three to four months, ‘Thiy have had ample oppurtunitics to u[»my for pardon or for u with- dritwal of proceedings againat them, Nothing s been dotiey nor do I think theve has heeh suything which wouald give them to hnpe that the., Executive —waould Interferfere {0 thelr helalf, In some cases where a defend- ant lus been found gallty upon the telal, ns in the case of MeKiee, of St Louls, where there was atrongly eonilieting evidenee, there was o suspenslon of sentence fn order that an applica- tlon wight be made for Exectitive clemency. Here where these defendants have plended ullty, when they are conclusively presumed to o gty by thelr own admisslons ab the bar of 1he Conrt, It seetns o me that (L s too far gone for a further suspenslon of sentence, Mr. Etnery A, Storrs—There oy be rome red- gong,~1 ilon’t know whether they ‘exist oe not, Z-bmt It I8 quite fulr to_presume’ that they do, why aentence injeht perhaps bo sty ended, b Wi avents, until Monday mornitg, To-morrow 14 Suuduy, and some of these men mny desire to visit thelr Inmilies In the meantime, 'I'Iu-{ e a clnss of ment In whom there Is norong that Js L0 any, there I8 no anllu—nu Intentlon to ot- teapt auythlug of the klud, And they are eld- erly men, old citizens, nud mon of fanities; and 1 presuma that there may he considerations of N:ilt character which your Honor would enter- taln, ‘T Court—Last Monday tlieso partles wero brought before me for seitence. 1 then heard thelr counsel in every conslderatlon which they #w AL to urge (n mitigation of sentence, They must have Known—thelr counsel must have known—that the Court could not, under the Taw, Fentence then without sentencing them to fimprisonment. The law fimposes w pcnr\l{ ol finprizonment and fine nall the cases where sentences have been propounced this morning. 1purposely pave them from Monday until to- day in order that they mightmake thelr arrange ments for the Imprisoninent which they know must follow to some extent. 1 can ste no rewson for fnterfering with it now. The fact that it is Saturday should make no difference, The Marshal wil) take the parties to prison. “Fhis elosed the proceedings in coutrt, and the sentenced men wors taken to Jutl, et — Features in the Clwrncter of & Dog. T the Editor f the Lajdon Spectutor, For sume time Ynn I taye notleed in your Journal letters and articles referring to the won- Qerfal puwers of doge. As I wis myself much atruck by many features fn the character of o dog which I kiiew, {liustrating, as 1 think, nut only affectlon, but reasonlng facultics, 1 ghall acqinint you with a fow of these, belfeving that they may bo énteresting, at least to all admirers of that fioble anfinal, The dog of which T apeak was o terrier. 1t showed ita atfeetion the most maried man- ner In several ways, Every norning, as soon us 1t rot vut of thu kitehen, it camo to its muster’s door, and If not admitted and caressed ahony the usual hour, gave evidont signs of impn- tlence, It would lle quiet (111 1t "thought thy time i arrlved, hut never tonger, Afterwards if went te thy breakfast-room, and ocenpied ity wmuster's chair till heavrived. Onone occasion, a viditor was In the louse, who, coming fivst_into the room, ordered thy dog to come off the best chalr, Tothis it pald ‘no attentlon, and when threatened with expulaion at once pre- pared for defense, But as sonn na its master appeared, ft reafgned fts place voluntarlly, and quietly stretehed RtselTon the rgz at his feet, At quother thme, it was left for three weeka during {ts mnster's abaenve from home. 1L saw him leave in o stenmer, and every day antit by veturn (Lrepalred to the quay upon the arrival of the samo hoat, expecting Him to come uizuin in the one by which ho had gone, It distin- guished between n number of boats, always selecting the rizht one and the right hour, One ovening ft necompanled {ta mnster when he went to gather inussels for bait, - As the thly waa far in, Tow mussels rematned uncovered; and after collecting all within rench, more were required. A furge bunch lnrv a few feet from the water's edge, hut beyond reach; yet, as the dog was not onie of those who take the water, ta fetel, it muster had po expectation that it would prave useful on the present occasion, Seclng him looking at the mussels, however, {t first took a gowd Took ut thuse I the usket, and ther, without bepng directed at all, went fnto the water. Beleetd right ubeh from atnangst tho ston K wilh which it was surrounded, it bronshy it to Iand, wnel Ll 1t at jts muster's feet, This, T think, is a proof of reason, ruther than of nstinet, Tho Ao had never been traled o go lute the se, aud would not probably huve brought out the mussels, had it not seen that they were wanted, It showed wonderful Instinet, however, just befure the death of ono of it pups, and he- fore its own death, Ita pup hud not been thriving, and the mother gave uumistukablo proof that ebe forcsaw itadeath. Bhe dug o grave for b and put it e Nor, whon it Wi romoved, would she let it ifo beslda ber, but fmmediately dug another grave, whers she was less liel he dlstirhed,” Upon the day of ber own deathy, slsu, she used what strength who il 40 dig her grave, o which she luy, pre- ferring to die i fy, than 1o what would scem to st o placo of greater comfort, ‘Pliesy iy not be alugular incldonts, but they are stil) remarkable und worthy of notice, ‘Thiey werve to show us the wonderful nature of man’s faithful frichd, the dog, aud how he ting muny trails of @hiracter fitted to make him the warthy reeciver of kindness nnd respect, l'iml, 8l etey, et Misndveaturis of & of Tea, In the full of 1776, when Mr. John Adams and Mr. Bumuel Adams wers both in Philudelphita, thy former sent s wife, by Mr. Gerey, o poud of green toa us a choles ])\'\M:nl, Fny g for the sume upward of 40 shillings. Through gome mif=take on the part of the messenger, the can- Iater wos glven to Mra. Samnel inateud of 10 Mra. duhtt, On hospltality lutent, the former Invited tho Jatter, with somo friends, to s tea- drinking, Mrs. John pralsed the ton which Mra, Bumuel's sweetheart lnd sent hery and grumbled not a Hisls in ber next letter to Juhn that ho should not have boeit us sttentive as his Klnsmun, Thy cremn of* tho juke appeared, however, when Mes, Johin discovered 18 was ber own'ten with which she hud been so bountifully entertalned, OF course, when the ervor was discovared, Mes, Bamue) returned all that To- :;wllnud.— Aiis Gray b Jarper's Magasba Jor uly. RIBUNI : MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1876. 7 IIANN'S PEAK, The Gold-Mines at That . Point. A Trip to the Placer-Digaings of West- ern Colorado, An Anriferous Patch of Two Thousand Acroges=¢* Milllons In I Spectal Correspomdence of The Tribune. Tiann's Prax, Col., via [HAwLin's STATiON, June h.—Out of an experfence o1 frovptier life dating back twenty-two years, this stands alone in very many particulors, Leaving Rawling with a party of thirty to forty minces, we had a contract to be put down fn this beautiful park, eallod by some * Chicago Park.!* JJust as 1f our (iarden City should clalin all the beautiful places. I noticed that one of the teams was made up of four wild ponics, called In mountain-pariance Bronkos, Two of them were as wiid as any wustang of Texas, Long before we reached here, one of them left for parta unknown (Lo us, ut leunt), nud, for aught we know, tay be golng yet. Our firat night out developed the unplensant fact that we were camnped near Bridger Pass, without tents, without tin plates, knives,—in fact, anything bhut fat bacon, four, a few pounds of voflee and stigar, no canned frufts or tueats, with unbroken horses, and the plessant out- Touk for gnow-storms, which was fully reallzed on our tedions journey, Our party was A MOTLEY ONE. The Canndian vorageurs who had tried the Bluck Hillg, and, tinding disappolntment, hire 1 out Lo n gold-mining company which ls operat- eng placer-digeings in this parks the sleck young gent from the home of clegance In Chi- cago, who came out becnuso the governor had bevame a stockholler in this Goleotda, and for the purpose of giving the youth just from vol- lege a chance af mountain=life, which he s now cenjoyfme in the way of mountaln-fever brought on lurgely by needless exposure; also the min- fngr Liroker from Chleagn, who, starting out on brillfant Bronko ?ml\)‘ , with wifle in hand, gava promlee of a4 golden race,—but, ulas for Duman dreams! e also wilted; alan, the promoter of the mining specutation,— he who was our commissary, und gave ns much encouragement to soothe vis atour fat bacon ond eamp-baked slap-jacks, teling us that he had H\'('(‘ fourteen days on mule-meat,—all of whieh made the tip pleasant and_ proliiable In studying humanity, but we would prefer the »]lm[ly fu a different way, If we could have our clulce. ‘The first eventng, tivn of our CHICAGO NENTERS ed out for an elk. Why should we not ve freeh meat wlien we bad” o thousand dal- Jars? worthy of fine guns in the paty? After nlte n walk, n deer aetually got fn sfght. From the fre ke after that retreating deer, wa m casonably have eup- the hunters were (n n° skirmish whth he red-skin 10 deer for the camp, Safd the hunter who led In the hunt, “T would have bad him, but T eoutd not get my glove off In time.” Hunting with gloves on may do n Chieago when selling mining stocks, but will fadl after black-tail deer. "The gecond day brought us to the Big Muddy, on the old emfgrunt trall, at o_poiut known ns Bulphur S&vrlng,—thls point made traseal by Indlan rafds on emigrants. = Quite a eluster of rinle grave-stones, vet visible, tells the tale of dinnvyoiiled hopes to many hardy ploneers of the cxu'll)‘ days, Jere we overtook one of our tewns that had had three days’start of us. Tho stremn was gwolleny the bridge hiad broken dutping wagon and mules nto the water; anc five men were sltting on the bank, watching for sotacthitig to tuen up. We made o raft and firhied out muck that was valuable. I gave our driver s commission to kil some venlson, which Tie promptly did; so we had Iresh meat, One other hunter In this party of hunters wns ayoung man of marvelous genlus, e como from a raflroad ticket-ofllee, nid no doubt could rell and stamp tiekets; but he was always un- fortunate in s ammuiition, often sayinjs: * [ Tl a splenlid shot; but my gun efther went oft 100 Aoon, oF not soon_cnouigh,'—a pretiy safe way out; hut lie never brought fn uny gume. Onr fourth duy out CAME NEAR DRING TRAGICAL. The lender of the Chleago party started up o steep ipountain to capture a hock-tall deer, " A frontlersmun who could find as well ns shoot had rone on to et sone game. Hitehing his mule, 10 was quictly watel |lnf. amaeig tha cedar for Bls game, whon he heard the sharp click of a_trigger, and, looking, suw the Chlaw go hunter with ~ hs gun leveled on his mule. “Don’t shoot my mulel! Tour- ed n tlme ta save our st valuable anfmal. Sald the man to me: ¢ really feared to hunt with hlmyfor fear he would shoot we" Struggling on through mud, mountalns, storme, and floode, somethnes waking up with several {nches of show on us, up to ahout the cighth day, nothing important transpired. Our teader, mitd, a8 we ealled him, our commissary, safid he had a plan “blocked out,"—n peculiar phrase of his, We started out, led by a power- ul frontlers-man of over twcm{ cars’ experl- ence, to go 12 miles ta ald in_ bridglnge & danger- ous strean, Leaving tho teams; three of us followed e OUR MOUNTATN-OUIDE} and one of the three, u prominent business-man from Chieagro, (nof & hunter, liow- ever), nhut even taking his cont, sup- weing we would moon be throngh to wherg e would get wart work enough not to need a cont. Our gukle got lost, the wind changed, [t hecame sl \\enlf cold, and T fmogined that Chleago roofer wished himselt on some firste clusa Job I hix Hne at home. Noon eame—ino nich, 10 hnman babitation, We dld paga the fresh carcass of s grizzly hear, and near by & dead horse,—a_rather significant vombination, A1 S o'clock It beeame evident we were lost. - Retracing our steps for milea over o horrld road (or trait), we cut across mouutafns, Ketbing to camp at nlght a crestfallen sct, with a strong dislike for mountatu-guides, The contract thme from Rawlius to this point fa three dnys. The olevenths dwy [ lel my Bronko across 6 feet of show, helng tho flrst horse neross the Ranwe this llprh![:. sl next duy all came atragelipg in,—several mon down with mountain-fever; not even a bird killed by any or allof ye gallant hunters from Chicogtos bhe stunncd, ous on his back with fever, amd vour correspondent badly uked-up, 8uch {8 a ples- ure-trip across the Bangu of’ Western Colurudo In carly June, There ore gold-mines here, T had 15 pouds of dust i my handa at onve, just to wake me feel good, OFf the mines, thele ydranlics, pros- pect, etes 1will write agnin, when I get over Lo “mnd ' of thu sbominable )\mm?'. Tounsr, #Kpectal Correspondence of The Triduns. Bua Tows, near 1lann's Peak, Colorado, Jung 10,~1n wy Inat 1 gave you some of th ineldenms Inn tedlous Journey of eleven days ont from Rawlina, promising in my next to glve you somo wecount of these mines, thelr oxtent, und devel- opment. Perbaps it may betou lengthy to b in- teresting, and I may be compelied to put it in fnstallments, First, us to the mountalin {taclf, called latterly UANN'S I'BAK, Itareal name 8 Henn's Peak, named In honor of David lenn,—a German who, with one companion, nttempted towinter here seven years agu. Uaving discovered gold at the oast boso of Lthu mountain, and having obtalned some, thoy made excavations fn the mountuin ftaclf, Homo of the gold-bearlng qusrtz dugout by those men {s tow In the writer's posscasion, In theirjenger thirst for guld, the snows canie on, and they were winter-bound, Before spring, .thelr provisions giving out, they attempted to reach Bear iver,—a distance of 40 miles, I conversed with the huater who found the com- panlon of Henn wandering fu 8 deranged ud starving condition, He was able to tell that ¢ ald Dave Henn was near aud starvin, hut ll efforts to tind Henn proved frultle The following fall this sasne unter found snd burled hiis bunes, near Ursen River, and not far from whero his companion waa found; but his monu- ment b gratder than any wanarcl ever had, s it Hifts §ts voleanic penk 14000 fect ubove the sen. 1t 1s 8 beautiful moenument Lo one of the hardy men who have adided to the yeal weslth of l.hul world, and who too often go quita unre- quited, g Now nato the form of the mountain Itis conjeal in form, quite bure, reachlog, os it docs, above th thnbérline. Its top fsplaluly the mouth of un extinet voleano, The rim is ¥o' pluln as to furnish proof positive thut the furuation ts etrongly. voleaule.« Ita sldes ars loose scoris, porous and, vven far up tho mouutuly, its very dust wil sow . TRN COLOK OF 0OLD. This Park i perbups 4 wiles by 5 Ju dimen- slous. 1o Jrout of the wouniain castward Jwhie #tands a formidable mountain, not. so hizh, ut of llrlflll!lm rock, This, in the great outflow that rent. the preclons metal from the very bow- cls of Tlenn's Peak, dlvided the streaw,—part !ml!lng southeast down Willow Crcv:}:‘ mrmlmi he haats of what fs now ealled Hann's Peak Gole Minhu.i Company, which {8 largely owned, ns I tearn, In Chleago,—aud_partly to the northeast down Way's Guleh and Beaver C torming the terrltory for what bs called the rdy Gold Minlug Coriipany. The gold seeins to be Leaviest on the Pardy alde, and the grounds most extensive) yet,when Itell i'"" there are o :u'l{ 2,000 acres, cYery ong of which will [m{ iy judidous hydraulic apera- tons, and one 1ittle "hill, where” they are now Wahhlm:, containiog 21 acres, which actually propects hall a fuilion of gold, it s quite cer n Yrpene 18 MILLIONS 18 17, a8 Col. Bellers would hiave It. In many pinces, the gravel o but afoew fect thick; In‘ofhers, 30 to 40 feot; and gold any- where you choore to dig,—that I8, within the ||l|||nly-mnrlu:d outflow. There are many speci- ntlons as to what may yet be lcft”in the old mountain; but, from fts barren ap- pearance, aud abaence of ledge-formation, s well us the fmmenso amount vomited ont In long, long ago, it 18 quite probable the old fel- low has shelled out”quite clean; and yet men Biave clafmed evers foot of i, One enthuslostic Seotehman han uetnally tried to take up and pre-empt 160 acres of the Peak, inclurling the old crater. [ might addy he halls direet from Chlcago, and thinks he has 8 fortune i prov- peet, 1T you could stand in that uncient hasin, you would seen grand panorama F&n’cud out, fuch as can cent only in a few focalitles; hut huw he is to grot water up to wash out his gold, 15 0 mystery that seeins to me quite an obetacle, t.lluul;h he may Infroduce the balloon system of i otne eniiners have recently written. Cer- taln §t 1s, that old David Heon's mountaln-mon- utent hes been virtually clafmed as A GREAT GOLD FILLD, The men who own and control the placer- ground, Hke all first ownera of wmincrals, were poor, Towld to the trouble, most of them were thoroughly unpractical ; but, as all fanat- fen are sure to be, enthuslastie, and did euereed in getting some capital to develop, which, asamatter of course, was nearly il wisted, There §8 some solid work on the Hann's Peak property, and quite an umount of gold I8 being ot out with two hydeaulfes; while §100,000 waa lost, or Fatherdelayed u year, for want of real actlvity taat fall, but through no fault of the man (Mr, Bronke) who bullt the works, for [learn that they held back when the frosta and snows atmonished that tims was renlly gold; but the reservolr wax not finfshed, the great diteh was dry, and the result, no dividends, Oue thing ir cortains thisfs NO POOR MAN'B CANP, First, every inch of water is now claimed, and all the pay=dirt in the great ontflow; go there fs no poselble chance Lo gret in. 1f there was o chance, the hulk of it witl unlypuf’ by hydraulics of the most approved etyle. Such management us {nsures success In other biusiness mh make eitier of these properties suecessfuly but, as they have heen manuged, they will surely break all who take hold, sod the more stock n man has the poorer hie will be. Butinay we not hope thtat Chiengo enterprise muy revolutionfze this whole thing, and mako this the great Placer Cumpany of Cotorado? I will” glve you some speclal ftems In iy next. Tovnier. ST S INDIAN TERRITORY. Education Among tho Chottaws and the Frecdmen, ectal wwrrespondence of The Tritune, Muskousg, Creek Natlon, Ind, Ter,, June 22, —Undoubtedly smany of Four numerous readers are {nterested in all that pertaine to the ad- vancoment of the Indisn race In educationa) 1natters, and, for their information, o fow facts are herewith presented with reference to the Choctaws in this regard, which were obtalned through thelr efivient and gentlemanly Super- Intendent of Publie Instruction, Dr. T. J. Boud. The Choctaw Natlon has fifty-two of what are termed Nelghhorhood Schools, and two Acade- mies or Bourdiug Behools, with an average at- tendance of about 1,200 reholars. The terms of all the schools commence the 1stof September. The acsslons of the Nefghborhood Schuols ure from five ta six mwonths {u duration, whilst those of the Academles extend overa period of nine months, The Natjon §s divlded into three dis- tricts; and o Trustee Is appofuted for cach dis- trlct, who exerelses supervision over all the schouls assigmed to bis care, at a stipend of 8200 per anmun, The Nuatfonal Councll, which meets Lo the early part of Sceptember, makes an annual appropristion of $L0 to cuch of the distriet of the Neighhortood Behoals, £6,000 to Bpunccr Male Acadeiny, and §,000 10 New Hope Fenale Semdnary, The Scminary ree ceives, fn additlon to the national appropriation, the swa of $1,200 yearly from the Methodist Eplswops] Churc‘n‘ ont of fier Misslonary Fund, A brief reference to the edneationn! “ontlool of the freedmon In this (Choctaw) Natlon ap- pears now to be In order, Many of the free men seen anxlous foavail themselves of the op- portunities now belng offered to seenre good cduentions, and are going to rehwol,—some trayellng 68 far as from 7 to 10 wmiles daily, and with thepo the interest mmounts to enthu- sinam. The teacher (o Cherokee cltizen) of the Colored Sehiool Joented nt Beullyville—which was opened nearly a year ago—recently gave a flattering secount of the progress of hls scholara to the writer hercol. The Irecdmen have now three substautinl school-bulldings, with schuols essful oporatlon. These bufldings wes ceted within the past elghteen monthis, by t United States authorities, out of un sppropir tlon of F2,500 from tl ¢ Gieneral Clvillzath Fund,” jnconformity with the requirements of an act of Congress passed a fow years ago. From thix, then, 1t s ovident that the freed- men ure capable of progrossiug, and are mak- Itz fumme progress; and wht I8 true of them fn thie Chioctaw Nutlon will be fnund cqually trug of them fn the four other clvillzed Natlons, us woll as Iu the States that compose our noble Amerfean Unfon, Well, then, 1F this be su,— oud it ds,—It is pertluent to ask, Would they he enjoying the frecdom und the educationl’ ad- vuntuges that they du enloy to-day, but for the wire and statesmunlike Jegislation of the repre- sentatlves of the graml LRopublivan party,—thy ‘mri‘ that vught and 18 destined to continue to hold the reins of power from the 4th of Marel next, with the honored son of Ohlo, u truly rep- resentative American, ot its headl C. 8, e ————— Amatour Dramntlo Entertninments In France 1efore the Revolution, ‘Toward the end of the eentury all the workd became actors, Al the world, indecd, were actors already. Nothiog was talked of but the littlo theptees of the great in the environs of Purls, For a Jong time back tho example had been st by Dy the highest personag Under Louls XV.tho Dukes of Orleans, de Nivernata, &' Ayen, do Colgny, the Marquesses of Caurtens vaux and d'Entraigues, the Count de Mallle- Lals, the Duchess de Braneas, the Countess W'Estrades, formed, with Madiste de Pointas donr, the theatrleal tnmpany of thy Petits Cab- fuets—mnnager, the Dukede s Valllere, When a ballet wns {utroduced in the }»IL‘\'\’. the deans seurs en litre were thu Marquis de Courten- vaus, the Duke do Beavrop, tho Counts do Melfort and do Langeron. Al those," writes thy mrvu und plous Duke de Luynea, * who ury skilled fn these matters agree that professlonal uetors could hardly play “botter, ur with wore ntelligence of thelr purts, At last the drunatic coutagion renches even thy Royal Family, At Trl- anon, first befors an sudiencs of tunf' Personx, snd afterwards before uudiences much lesy select, e Queon (Marly Aotolette]” pliye Colete, it the ¢ Devin du Village; ! Gutte, in the ¢ Gagenre fwmprevuei? Koadne, fn tho * Barbler de Boville;? JMerretiey it the * Chasseur et 1a Laftlere.’ The other performers ure the Jeading personnges of the Court, the Count d'Artols, the Counts ' Adbewwr apd de Vandreall, the Countess do Guiche, the” Conouess de_ Polipnse. Mon- sleur (aftorwurd Louls XVIIL| had hls theatre; the Count d'Artols bls two thetresy the Duky of Orleans twog the Count do Cler« mont twaj the Prince do Conde oue, The Count de Clenout tovk secdous partss the Duke of Orleaus played to the lifo Jum rondeur et naturel) tho voles of pensunts and nanciers, M, de Miromcantl, yarde dea sceauz, wis the slyest and supplest of Scapins; M. de Vaudrewfl ‘wus regarded utnoat aa & rival of Molug the Count du 'ons pluyml the Misanthrope with rare per- fectlon,” T Thers are ten or mor uf our wom- eu of e grand monde, wruto the Prince de Ligne, % actanld sty bettor than the bess 1 huve seen ot heard at uny theatre’* By the talent aequired, wo may Judge of tho study de- voted to uequire it Evidently, for muny of theso peravtiuges, this must luve been the tnain accupation of Hife, The lust trult of the tlme, and the most sfgniticunt, was the [wm Jilece. Fur the beaw monde, fndeed, 1lo (tsell wia i car- ulval, scarco less rukish than thut of Veulee. The slight @nd lovae) toateriul of thess petites pheca wus commonly taken from the fuces of the ltallan buflos or the “Contea™ of La Fontalne, ui they wera sometimes ko far tho reveris of de- cent us tobe only it to bulpw(urmcd before Kroat Princos, or guy Jadies of a certuln deserip- tlon, The Duke of Orleans sung songs the wmost highily-spleed on the gtege; und the per- formuances 3t Brunoy (Monsicir’s) wuxed so 11 contivus thut the Kiug expressed his regres to hayo come there, ‘Pwo ladies of the uudicucs fulrly took flight; but the worst suorwlty of ull waza that the Queen had beon fuvited to witnees e purformance, Guyety {8 @ sort of futoxica- tion which drains the cask to the last drop, nnil wlien the wine ia drunk ont, drinks the dregs. Not anly In thelr petites soupers with glrls, but in the grand monds with Indics, these great per- sons give themselves freedoms only fit for tay- orn T'ranchonn le mut—they behave like wis (pofusoma), During the last six 2t keven months” writes a Jady In 1873, S Ruppers are followed Ly a game of +blind “man's Iuffl. On this occasion tho tables and furniture were upsct, twenty water- ducanters nnd thelr contents seattered about the roum. 1 did not get away U1l half past 1, half dead with fatiue, half demolished with coups de mouchoir, leaving Mme. de Clarence with her volce gone, with lier dress torn Into a thausand lecer with an_ara grazed, s contuston on the icad, but dellihted o Liave given 60 gay & upe pery and flatterhug hersell that 1t \vuul& be "ll(! Drime topl of the next day." Buch are the last excesseaof the unbridled rage for amuscenient. Under its away, a8 under thy sculptor's hand, the physiognoiny of the age transformes ftse i gradually til it Tores all stanp of rerlousbiess, And ot st from the altered aud distorted Huocs of that smiling mouth breaks farth the rude and reckless Iaugh of the gamin—** The Uid Liegime {n I'rance, by . Tatne. H e — e DARIEL DREW'S FAILURE. The Examination In Bankruptey=--A Irank Statement by the Bankrupt. New York Timies, Junezy. The examination of Danlel Drew as to the candition of hls affatrs was conducted before Rezlster I T. Willintns on Tuesday last at the residence of the hankrupt’s son, Willlam Drew, at Drewsters, Putnum County. Mr. Blmon Sterne, who appeared on behnlf of the Assignee, examined Mr. Drew, who appeared a little ner- vous, hut nevertheless replicd to the numerous interrovatories in a elear and frank manner, He stated that In 1873 he met with Dis firet Joases, when o corper waa made in Northwestern, He lost {n the neighborbond — of £1,00000 on that. His next larce lIoas “was obout $1,000000 on Wubush and Canada Boutliern. - A logs of 81,200,000 wag made about a year ago through heing short of Wabash, 1He[orses on a great many *puts ' that ho sold were very large. e fostabout 0000 on Canton, and_almost as large an amnunt on Lake Snore. There were alao other sums fost on galler matters. In reference to these, Mr. Drew sald that Mr. Bogd, of Boyd, Vinvent & Co., was hetter acqualnted with thclr details than he was, The loes In Canton snd Lake Bhore was ean Dy these stocke, which Siar b at par, falle f below. e thought that about s{xteen wunths azo e ownad a great deal mure than he owed, but he was driven =0 that he was compelled to go [nto bhankruptey. Hixeon “Billy " palil interest I the Madizon and Western Unlversitics. He disbursed larze sums for (nterest, and recetved no fncome. Jle thought “Billy it stil have eowe of the Canada Southtrn, but did not think he held any othor stock. ' fe had put up some of the Cunton for borrowed money. AN the grand- chifldren were feeured for the noney bequeathed tuem by thele father. : last loss was on the Quicksfiver miulg-stock, about fifteen or & teen montha ago, and he had not been on th street elnce, Very often the brokers sold they Tad no dght to do ko—having g marg anif conslderable of this was done by Bobinson, Chase & Co. This firm's account wiss enormous, 1ie had not seen Robson since Quicksiiyerlusg, nor had e seen the finm’s statement. In 1573 he was cornered, and, not wishing his brokers to suffery be #old his eceurities, which left hlm about $1,0: indebt. When he knew Wabaeh wauld o down they bought it fu without his ordera, He was solil out of the Quicksllver by Nis brokers. Through Kenyon, Cox & Co. b alwa tost largely, “If theé brokers had not Dought In when they should have left certain stocks alone, fngtead of losing terribly, they would have mode fmmense prots. e had not been In uny pool since 8715 he rold Northwestern short, and Cox Jost #500,0003 in 1875 the brokers had lwflivfi of hip recuritivs; he was utible to kay whether Robinson paid hix share of the losséss he kept no aecounts, but depemted on the boteaty of his brokers: e e catne Liable to bis grandebildren sy exerator, and {n 1600 made a settleament, giving them his oblizations; he owed them about $500,0003 one had been paid off sinee; until Jan. 1, 1576, the intereast was pald and the seeurities piven to thein; he could not tell what the stock of the New Jersey Eteamboat Company waa worthy the Company owns the Pec- ple's Line of steamers; ~ he owned 6,200 #hares which he put up with the Farmers' Loan and Trust Cmnlmxy: there were no_ buyers for the stovk und it has puld no dividends for along times he patd 30 share for it when he bought it nubody wants the etock Dad estimated It at $35 I his schedule, beeause at the time ho thowght it worth that much; the farm lands ad- Joinlng the Unlversity are not_very profitable the Farmers' Loan and Trust Compiany sud his son Willlam were the only parties holding any property or ectrities of ‘any. kind tint b hod any interest ug us far as be knew the hrokers hield nothing unless they had *chiseled him out of 113" he did not contey anything to any- hody In trust for uny one else. At this poiiit the examinatinn was” adjourned, no date for jts resumption belng fixed. Mr. onsonby's Adventure. puriington {raet- Eye, Yesterday afternoon Mr, Pousonby, while busy I Dis oflice, was surprised by the entrance of Mre. Ponzonby, who came n to rn?’lhnl she was golng to take “tea with Mrs. Bilderback and would not be home 11l 9 o'clock, but she would Teaye the key wnder the mat at the front door 80 that he could let nifmself 1o when he went home, and he ind better gret Lis supper down {m\'n. Thelr sun, Herbert, would accompany ier, Now, it so chanced that while Mrs, Poneonby swiis #0 'explaining matters to her lsbamd her hopeful son was maklng e cfforts, as- slsted by all the dogs hie could whistle up teom the entire nefzhhorbond, to get at u he had secnt run underthe front porch, Master Pongons by rmwlwd witisa long pole and seraped and dug with a hoe, and the nlse dogs deployed at ir regular Intervalg around the porch and long the verhena bed, seratehed with aight and wialn, folplng hysterieally s they scratehed, and g from 1heir labors now and then to flzht the questian which had dug the deepest hol the linmeasurnble delight “of Muster Posonby. But 08 the sun went down and the soft light of suntight faded Into the misty gloaming, e re- membered that hie had been tolid to lock up and Join hils ma at her felend’s. e put the key under e door-nat, and then with his head stili seton capturing that rat, he brought around un old steel lrLlF wicked as dynamite, and, having balted It fiheratly, sct it and placed ft on tho poreh for the henefit of the rat when it should comeout, Then he carefully dismissed his al- Hles, and stoued them in diffcrent direetlons leet they should go back Lo resutne the slege aud fall inta his torpedo pit. Mr. Posonby did not come home nntil quite late, not until his wife and son had returned and retired, tired of waiting for him. As the house was quite dark and quiet when ho ap- proaciied I, ho sisturally suppuored b epot it Leen detnined Iater than ghe expeeted, 1o felt under the door-mat for the key, but as that useful little Hopen gesmame™ was n the lock on the Inside of the door, he conldn’t flud ft. Ile felt further under the mat, and then, think- fngz he might have pushed it away, began to feel uround th I for It, sweeping his hunds out in circling swoops, secompanying these crratic movements with sundry exclumations and mtt- terings. In oue of thuse vigorous sweeps he thrust lifs land into somcething that [ifted him to his feet, A terrible, cold, viclous fomethiog thut shut down on his hand ltke o wild beast, xunlqun rolsed tm up untll only bls tip-toes touched the porch flovr. The wall that broke from hia pallid Jips slienced all the doga in the Bixth Ward, ami woke up a private night- watchman who was paclng his vigllant beat on top of usalt Larrel Just uround the corner with hls eyes shut. 1t wikened lds s, who thrust his Liead out of the window and shouted * tlre!’ fu the must stentorian_tones that o yonthof 11 years ean commatl, It roused his " wile from Tier peaceful slumbers, who thrust her head out of another window and sereamed © thievest M the full plerclng vigor of her wonanly yofee, It wakened his nelghbors o both dircee- tlons, who leaned ont of thelr windows and shot at the suflerlug Mr, Posonby, who steod on the rnrvh, dancing about In aneestasy of sirony, howling at every jump. Inamoment e bes vame culin enougli to lnvestigute; he removed the trap, explafued, and was admitted to the house. 11 explatted to Mra, Pousonby, us shu bendaged hls wounded hand, that he thought sure [t was * snakes,” and when that good Lady rldleuled the fdew, snd sad there were no sl nbout here, ho shook bl dead weanly, and Touked at lier out of the corber of Wl :ycs with & sweety sad smile, e —— Fute of Toxun Desporadocs, Gulresion Newcs, Frank Walker und Wat Grove, two escaped negrn convicts awd desperudocs who have b Tiding In Walleg County, went 1o the house of i wilow ludy not far froi Fiell's store lust SBun- day, und after ordesing diuner told her that It thoy ¢id not find the oxen for which they wers searching thoy would cotio buck zu-ufl)un The Tndy recognfzed Wulkor, but did not let hin know ft, andd after the negroes Jeft sho rodo over tu s nefghbor's und guve information of where they could be found. " ‘The two hud four gowd horsea, and cach armed with o two six shooters, One waa il the tine sitver mounted saddle which onco belonged to Mro Jack Grove, ll&'[nll{ 0 n Sheril] lteufro und Coustable Wullingford, wit tho usafstunce of some citizeus, succeeded | capturing both, and u guard started tu thuun buck Lo thy penitentlury, but wero stop I e e R R R e = — when 4 miles from Ilempstead ty a Iarra :1: :«I:{ :r armed men, who hung Walker and sbot ——— 1 'Wm‘hlng(nn'n Appearanco. onee heard iny father, In a private conversn- ton with Washilnjeton A]al.nn,{’;lvu his cnu‘il(?l opinton of Gen, Washington's’ appearance. He gald that his figure was by no meaus good that his ahoulders were high and NArrow, and his hiands and feet remarkubly large, £¢ hat Aldermanic proportions:” and” this defect was fncreased by the form of the vest of that day. But, with all theas drawbneks, his ape pearance was singularly fine. I have heard my mother say that the (irst thne she saw him, ho entered the hnlt door, as she passed from the entry to tha parlor, and that ahe thought him the inost superb-looking person she had ever seen. [{e was then divssed (n biack velvet, with white Ince rutlles, cte., exactly os Btuart’s pleture represented him,—June Stuart tn Scribe ner for July. e ————————— __AMUSEMENTS. McVICKER'S THEATRE, NEXT WEBK. EXTRAORDINARY ANNOUNCEMENT ATt OFFENBACH and AIMEE, A’mlhqm New FRENCI OPERA BOUFFE (COM- I “\‘;x‘ one week only, commencing Mouday, = ‘LA JOLIE PARFUMEUSE, roduced under the pe il (i anthor, e AACQUES TRENAGH. Toglag, Lahic Parbstenne. Wednorday, Madame Angot. Thureday, Giroflo Gitofia. Friday, benefit of Abmee. " Saturday, only Almee matinice. Admla. zlr:ill':."%l ;rl;v‘-xur(:rd,fl\-;l %:..‘.(l:(lnllm‘y. i centa, § weats commetice s ol netice Thureday worning at the ADELPIT THEATRE, This Monday cvenlng, Jan. 20, hrilliant Comic Opern, Intensely romantle_Drama, Joyona, senaa- tional Ollo, Oifenbucl's Brilliant nie restoring al) the music, it e Opie: PRIMA DONNA OF A NIGHT. rull chorns and enreinble, Adah Rlichmond's epecial version of Boucleault's . ARBAI-NA-POGUE, with an exceptionabiy lonz cast. A hriliant Olto. Wihllam 1orace Beat, Bloomer and Wilsan, Trvh Lorenzo, Chatley Benediet,Popular pri e HOOLEY'S THENTRE. MAGUIRE & HAVERLY evveeroossLonsncs, WILL E, CITAPMAN " Manoger. SECOND WEEK OF SHOOK & PALMER'S UNIGN SQUARE THEATRE (0. MONDAY EVENING, June 28, 1870, grand re. ¥ivol of the TWO ORPHANS, WITIHL AN UNPARALLELED CAST. Ma DAY and BATCRIAY. siineer THE COLISEUM. Monday, June 20, and_durh week of the ORIGINAL TE NGRS, MU Adrican Lonz and William of the VAIDI! tafned, *JEvery ev ut i Admisslon, the week, Flrst ESSEE JUBILEL tey, Gresle Mc('nln, Wourl, ' Reeungagement ERS. Al the old fayorites res itz ot B und Sunday afternoun s cente, €OL, WOOI'S MUSEUA. Tor the week """"—'“'1— iy 1 hin dramn entitled ¢ CHARLIE GARDNEIR fn C BV AGO BY GSLIGHT, ‘ Moivdny, Fuendy, Thursday, and Fridiy Matinees LOVE TN LIVERY, aml GCEAL SIMPLICEEY, OCEAN NTEAMSHIPS, T LINE TO FRANCE.~The Generat uigiye Matl bitatners hewoon New Saiilpt Plymonth (. B.) for the 're, The anlendid vessela on thiie fa Continent (cAbing provided with #all from Pler K MATN, 1 )0l Eavedior, Katurday, July 1. 1 anichl, Saturdag, July s 4 pm: In” golil nelading win) : Flist According to arcon ! €4, letarn ek levrtie belin) wi W follows, KT, € 24, 1A L Sterrage, 1wl udfini wie, hediting, ad utenstis, wit hiewmers marked tiu * do fot earry DEBERIAN, Avent, Ao, o7 Clarkeat., . W. ¥, WHITE ph. Azeint for Chicawo, STEABIERS. ANCHOR LINE U. 8. MAIL . New Torls anil (Has ETHIONIA, July 1, nvou | BOLIVIA VICTORLA July '3 ALEATY ¢ ANGLIA, July R A, Kew Sork To poc, Lortoi, o or Lui 4 Cabins, 265 ta %), npcording to accommodatious. xeurion tekets inte, §3 redueed rates, steerage, §23, at current rates, N, 0 Washington-at, STAR BALL LINE, UNITED RTATES & BRAZL L MAIL STEAVMSHIPS.- , Gailin monttly from Watsive Wikart, fuokiyn, & 2 For £arn, Perpambieo, Talls, oo Nt LSt o 00 TE1C0, Al sline g 2 iy — National Line of Steamships, FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEENSTOWN ITALY, July 1, 12:30 pin | RPALN 1 THEQUEEN, July R, 3pm | EXGL, Foit LONDOX b HOLLAND, July 1, 12 noon 1 Cabin pansage, g0, $70, tickets at reduced fate reiey, Urafinfor £1 sud upwi Apply ta North German LI The teamers of this Company wif) astl every Satur- dny fromBremen, Pler, fuot of Third-ate, Holken, Eistes of passage—trunt New York 1o Sonthaumpton, London, Tavre Arat cabiln, F10 pecon) riulin, ¥, olds stcerage, 830 eurrency. For frefgli oF pussaie apply 10 DELIICTIS & CO0.y 2 Bowling Green, New Vork. and Drenic Great Western Steamship Line. Frumn New York to Iirlsto] (England) direct. ARAGON, Eymnons. tunday, June ¢ CORNWALL, Stamper. oo uesday, July 11 _Cabin passave, § utermediate, £45; Sicerage, 84, Eacursion tickets, £120; Prepatd Stecrnie cariificates, i, ‘\Ym o WAL F, WL UE, 47 Clurk-st,, Michlgan. ra! Hiafirond. DUCATIONAL, CONGRESS HALL, Saraloga Springs, N, 1. This clegant hotel, posreseinz the advautage of being situated between and adjoluing the celebrated Congress and Hathor Springs, 18 now open for the recefitiun of gueata, TERMS FOIt JUNE, 821 PER WERK, Thoroughly regovated with additional baths, closcts, new” furpitire, aml other extensive fn- ‘rrnw-mellh, 1t will be found, by thowe ln scarch of health and pleasare, the most complets and c vemient, as well as the moat delightful of summer hotuls. HATIHORN & COOKE, Proprietors, ST. MARY’S HALL, FARIBAULT, MINN, The It Hey, I I WIHTPELE, D, I, Reetar, Rl DARLINUTON, Prinelpal. ersonal supervialon of the Blahon, with Aeacliers, 1t offers superior advantagee h o Invlgoratiine and healthy ot W year Wil bgla THUIRSDAY, or Fexlatens, with full detatls, ‘st ! U SR CIHEGARAY !Ififi'HT[TUTE sduy, o, {Heonone ¥ FOR YOUNG LADIS MISSES. Voardinie it Day Behadit Latin, Eisibd aid Freoch. kel ko o e nlly. 52 Pndladuli i Penn. 2 WILTY, 1}r‘mspu|i__ TARY ACADEMY Isunder the ten exper! for education, nate, The @ . e 2 it $ (s} per yuur. ;}‘A.‘I 11T KCHOOL 0 AT A, K oW Trubalier, deceanedy 1ate of Weat Cocalico Towu- ahiip, Lancoster County, Pennsylvauty: Y sre hereby notiied thit by sty ofan orderar the Orphuns’ Conrt of Lantasies County, tu medi- rected, ©will hold un fnguest to divide, part, or Talino tho real estateof Jolin Hrubuker, deceared, on Thuredny, the 27tk duy of July, 1870, at 9 v'clock A, 10y o1 the pramlscs In Weet Cocalico Tuwnshlp, Lancilier Caunty, Ten |k i ou may attend {Fyou thi ¥ 4 ,ll N, lfl& i 710k ur TuK CoNFLAULLER OF CURLRNOT, Wasiixutos, D. Cog May 34 1470, ' cby tved o wll Pereons wha iy ont tha Cliy Naclonal ik of when sud whure have lilca- b 3 5200, $50 0 $50, $100. $200. $500, $1,000, ALEY, FROTHINGIAM & CO., Bankers and Rroke v, sty N, V.. ke for' dustoioery desltalls nviestinents of larce of amall smounts ta ytoc - eytiltnate character, which froqueatly pay Froui Dre to sweaty Uines the aimount {uvealed wyery thirty duyr, Biocit Luugio and cartiod us long as dealred o dobotiy off percent, Clrcolars and weakly rovoris scat free. trh: G4 boatding , Pt