Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1876, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE AWARDS. The System of Medals and Hone ors at the Centennial Exhibition. A Leaf from the Inside History of the Great Competitive Struggle. Exhibitors Who Possessed Peculiar Fa- cilities for Obtaining Valuablo Information, Others Who Didn’t--=Mysterious Leakage of Official Secrets. Intonge Dissatisfaction Among the Unsuccesaful Exhibitors. Spectal mm;nandm: Qf The Tribune. . PaiuaprLrma, Sept. 27.—The telegraph has alvendy Informed your readers of the general distrlbution of medals and awards which took place last evening, It was a great occasion— perhaps the most momentous event to tho largest number of peaple fn connectlon with the entire Centennfal Exhibition. For months past geveral thousand exbibitors have been on the anxious seat concerning thelr fate fu the final dispensation o1 the honora which they had counted upon reaping os the reward of the time, money, wmnd close altention they had expended In making thelr respective dis- plays. Let us treat the question practically, and admit from the outset that natlonal pride hus had o subordinnte place among the motives that have fnfluenced cxbibitors in general, Credit, distluction, notorlety, advertiseincnt,— in n word, galn, hns been the grand conaldera- tion. The average Amerfean exhibitor fs un- denbtedly patriotie, intensely so, and when making his prepurations for a contribution to the Centennial display was gratifled to know that he was belping to swell thetotal of Anerl- cun pride at the share which his own natlon should have in the Exhibition a8 a whole, But, after all, the mighty dollar was the chief con- siderntion in the ininds of the great mnjority of oxhibitors. For this renson the final bestowal of awnrds and wedals was in the catitnation of many thousauds of people the most lwportant fenture of the whole affalr, ‘To ohtain a good underatanding of the gencral subject, {L I8 necessary 1o know that it was con- templated to serve everybody allke so far oy mieduls were concerned, or at least to bestos medals Nberndly wherever an exhibit should be deemed of sufliclent merlt to deserve the is- tinetion. Morcover, it was determined that the tiedals should be ullalike,—all medals of merit, No one recewing a medal could claiin especial pre-emineice of excellence on that sceount, TUS LANGUAGE OF THE AWARD, or, we will say, the text of the diplomn sccom- anying the medals, was the great point of fn- sat. . Upon this everything depended, For this plano-iouse, or that sewlng-machine maker, to displuy a medal and advertise It to ull the worll us prima facie evidence of the »su- lwrlurh.y of his partleular Instrument or mplement was simply to stand on sn cqual footing with i score or more of rival manufacturers who could show the sume Kind of medal [ proof of no less exclusive superlority on their part. Everything depended on the language of the report i mlll)" atdopted ny the deliberate judzment of the eritical Judges wsalgaed to the dihicult and dellenta thek of ug- certatubiyr the hichest order of excellence In the yarlous depurtmients of Industry, sclence, art, or mventiun. ‘These judges should be com- lrclm: men, able Lo closcly serutinize ench ex- hibit, with o view to “discovering its pe- culiee and datinetive feature of excellenve; und, ubove all, they Ahould be honest to begin with, and fncorruptible through- out. Whether they were all thig, is a question 1 should profer not to deelde, That the creater part of the fudges performed their dutics hon- extly und falthfully accordlng to thelr best and falrest judgment, and uninflugnced by favor- filsm or vther unworthy considerat{uns,—that u the maln justice hos been dono fn the Cen- tennial awards,—ihere 8 no doubt, That,on the other hand, thers have been notable exceptions lo this rule, s equally unmistakable, TIHE SITUATION for the three months preceding the final an- | avuncement of the uwards, hns been extremaly eritical and exciting. Immenso oterests huve been at stake, and the anxtety to bring about results lias been In proportivu’ to the intercsts Involved. Sharp, shrewvd, dever men have been employed by cxufbitors to watch these Interests, with Justructions 1o spare neitner money, Mme, nor uttentlon in “louking afger™ the * all-Important question of ~ awurds, The rule and the general understanding law Leen that this matter was to bekept an absolute seeret until inade public by the Centennial Come- miasion. And there were goud reusons why this rule should b rigldly enforced, since Innd oth- erway conld dishonesty be prevented, low well “the rule of absolute seerecy hos been ob- served many - exhibitors know to thelr WFTOW, il many fudges to their thwme. My own personal knowledggo s, that Jie obligation fmposed alke upon the jndges md members of the Commisslon bus béen re- seutedly viola Four weelis agzo { was shown o Hteral trwscript of the reports us fuglly azreed upon by the Commiselon in conneetion with severel of the most hnportant awards, These reports were at that time fn the Bands of ‘dnterested partles, the pald agents of exhivitors, rome of whoin - lad very faithfully obeyed the instructions of thelr principnls W spare neither time nor wnoney i “looking after the Interests of thele respectlve houges, .- Someboay high In authority aad leaked badly, and tle thitigs which should " en i justlee toeveryholy kept o pro- wind seerel became the proverty of nn (nter- sd (ew who enjoyed peculing Jacilitles for jetting the * bottom facts.) ST INBIDE JUSTORY of the subject of awards and medals at the Cene ennlal Extifation of 3576 will never be written, Brict lnstalhinents of 1t muy erop out here and ihere from Indiyidual exhilintors who fared bad- iy Inthe grund strugele for wivertising ma- serialy but the whole worle will ngver be con- pilud: there are foo many persons futerested M letting bygones be hygones, 8o far us my own knowledge exiends, there was apreat deal of “erookedne and it will b surprising i more 18 not heard of it hereatter, 1 huve mentionod the fact of having been suown, four weeks ugo, coples of 'tho awards [n several lugortant, exhibita,—u_eircumstunce In faclt prima tacie evid of sumething rotten, 1did tiwe reports;- I had no fu- terest .whateser fu' ony of the awards. Ihe noent of o Cwell-known plano tousy had obtefned © thy copies, und _that Eliey were correct 1 have dlscovered by stelng their exuct language displayed in advertise- ments slnce the awards were made pub- Heo 1 wus appesled to us w journalist to give tuy opiuion us o the meanlng wud construction i the lungungo of thy uwards, and totell which wus the strongest; * for," nlv.l the pluno agent, % our house cau bust this wholo thing if we gul the worst of it." * flow 1" I inquired, In some surprise. * Because wa can prove that uioney lna been used to influence the reports on plahios,” “Then ypu lud better begin to bust it was my comment; “*for your house ls wrululy B urid-bst, to say the least, fn the lsuguageof the award," Wicther any slusu havabeen taken to hust " the pluno reports I don't k ut that such . 1 course was scriously conteny, und that It was to hisve been decompliabed by the proof of corrupt collusivn between the Judges und intercated purtice, is morally certain, “ PIXING THINGS." The pluao 1en were not atuns fn thelr futenso anxiety to bring sbout a fuvorable awurd, There'was a large amount of flguriug done n other directions, But before' I huve’ tinfshed Wwith the plano men 1 must tell Low cleverly u Chicago advertising agent ¥ worked * the rival cxinbitors for bis own benefit and that of Lhe ll:lpn.'r he was solicdting advertiscments for at he Centenniul, It wasn't Tus TRISUNE, or the ASmnes, nnd rut it was o Chicago murulug paper printed fn the English languuge. Tho ud- vertisfug solicitor ascertatned how the plane awards stood, snd lost no time in - comuwunicat. Tz bis knowledge to_ono of the unsuccessful exhibitors, to whom he suggested the advantuge of uttacking the whole thing, on the ground of rorsubtion sud bribery, ‘Tho house thought well of it, and concluded to * pitch fu " ut & dollar lwr ling fn the columus of the paper In gues- ton, Tu one of the more succeasiul exbibltors of planos went the advertising solicitor strulght, and, Luving udvised hin of the intended attuck upon the awanls, suggested the lmportauce of 8 wplrited defense at & dollar per llne, The lat- ter refused, ang the former munuged mutters wore to his satisfuction in regard to his award, wd so the ndvertisiug scheme fell through. OTIULL KXHIBITORY, Tuere wes au futeuso cowpetition awoug tho P o manufactnrers of fire and burglar proof eafes, reapers aml mowers, sewing-machlues, the pros ducers of native wines, and the growers of woal —all of whom have heen fu 2 high state of ex- cltement and soliititde during the past month or two. 1 have heard some queer thiugs talked among the rival exhibitora of these artleles— how one of the jwdges mado an eveninj call upon n gentleman at his hotel and somchow a packago containing 8500 got mixed up among the papers of the’ visitor, and lie did not discover the fact until it was too late to correct the mlatake; how another ex- hibitor scorned to resort to bribery, bt in the goodness of his heart extended louns to such of the {uduea a3 Imppened to be temporarlly short, the fonns heing dor an indetinlto period; and how, in these wod slmilar cases, monoy was put where it would do the inost wood, * 1T don't know that these things are trae, but T do know that namee, dates, aud amounts, aro glven con- fidentinlly, and may yet be given publlely, An- gry dlsappointment and bitter recrimination are coinmun wmong some of the exhibitors, who, as they clalm, eithier used no money nt al, or else faled to usc enough and in the Tight place. How soon this state of reclln§ will preefpitate open hostilities through theadvertistngeolutnns of the newspipers aud the medium o [-rlnlcd cireulars “ to the trade” it is impossible to tell ut present; but unlees some of tho nngrz sud disappointed ones cool oft materially, lou out for a shower of printer's fnk, Hoi'peR. TAIRS. KANKAKEE. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. ‘RANKAKEE, Ill, Sept. 20.—The twenty-frst annual falr of the Kankakee Agricultural Board closed o successful exhibition to-nlght. In ecat- ty, swine, und horses the ddisplay las never been equaled. The total receipts are up Lo pre- vlous fuirs, notwithstauding the hard times, The old Bonrd of oflicers was re-clected. In the three-minute trot this afternoon seven horses entered—Frank Lesle, 8t. Lawrence, Lml?' Franklin, Lady Essler, Burehim Boy, Dutch Thoias, Ludy Essler took the race: nd 2:50, In the free-fur-ull, rst money in threo stralght ine, 2:485¢5 21433 and 2146, KOSCIUSCO COUNTY, IND. Wansaw, Ind, Scpt. 20.—The Kosclusco County Fair hus roached its fourth day, 'T'he attendance ls immense, the ticket-sellera belng kept busy in supplying tickets, The exhibition 18 n success In every particular, The mees to-day were all that conld be de- sired, the track being [u fine condltlon, and the hurses apparently anxfous for the red ribbon, The trotting race, $:30 class, was taken o three strafght heats by Flying Morgan, Jr, Time, 3108, 3: 07, D17, In the rubning race Sleepy Jano took the muoney in 53¢, 53, and 54, In case the weather holils good for to-motrow the attendance will be larger than ever before. FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WIS, Spectal Dispateh to The Tribuna. Foxp pu Lac, Wis, Sept, 20.~The Fond du Lac County Agricultural and Mechanfeal So- ciety hag just closed lts twenty-fourth anmual fulr, It hus bee complete and perfect suc- cess in cvery purticular. Thecutries have num- bered about 2,500, und the attendance has beon very lurge, 1t In wlmitted on_ull sldes that our’ A:uunl( fair surpusecd the State Fair this year, both us an exbibition und s to attend- unce, BIGGSVILLE, ILL. Speciul Disputch to The Tribuns, BiaosviLLe., Sept. 2.—The fourth day of the Henderson County Falr opened with very good attendance. The weathier was cold and gloomy, with strung inaivation of rain. The managers of thu fair clahm that this has been the most suceessful exhibitiop ever held in this county. To-morrow cloees the fuir, at which thue a buf- fulu\ace will take place. ANN ARBOR, MICIH. Spectat Ditpatch to The Trivune. ANN Annon, Mich.,, Sept. 20.—A four-day seaslon of Wastunaw County Falr closed to-lny. The weather las boen su_unfavorable that the attendunce has been barely vnough to cuver ex- pensea; yeu the exhibition In many departiments was very good, cspecinlly cattle amd borees. The trotting has been “n speelal featuro, for which large premlums lave been pald, & WENONA, ILL. Speclal Disputch to The Tribuns. WENONA, L, Sopt. 20.—The sixth annual ex- hibition of the Wenoun Unlon Fuir Association closed to-dny, and hus been a preat suceess throughout, The display was uueh better aml In sowmo respeets larger than over bofore. The weatlier hns been goud during the weuk. DAYTON, O. DayToN, 0., Sept. 20.—~The Southern Ohlo Falr closed to-day. The weather hus continued fine, The attendance has been good, and the ssful than was anticlputed. In i race contntied from gesterday, Jack Uarkaway wus declared winuer [n the second - heat - STABBING AFFRAY. Another Condidute for the Gallows. The Qoingsof lust evening have prabably add- “ed unother murder to the long st Should the vietim die, he will he the third this weck, with thes v):thns of geveral othier murderous affrays yebto hear from. Durlug the past three months more murders and murderous assanlts have been committed in this city than during any other simitir lepgth of timo in the history of the city for the past ten years,—u tmost singular fact, when {t Is considered that other crimes have been very Hght indeed. The name of Just nlglit’s murderer s Nicholas Befel, and he resldes in Ruclne, A satlor on the schooner (i, D, Norrls, bo arrlved In town yes- Jterduy, and ut once went on a terrible spree, At abont 8 o’elovk ntered the saloon of Her- mun Albert, N Carpenter strect, wliere wus seated o party of Poles, residing in the nelghhorhood, regaling themeelves with mugs of heer, and stores und ancedotes of thelr Iatherlund, Befel was s0 outrageousty drunk und ahusive towards thent, because they spoke n langunge he did not understand, they resolved to “hounve” him a4 the easlest way of petting vid of him. Among those upon whom, devolyed this duty was Peter Bkulskiy” and Hefel ut onco singled bim out as tha leader of tho msnuulng panly. L y Brawlug a largo elusp-knife, he dashed Tt wildl ta-and-Iro, uml mud two sepurate blunges futo Skulskt's body. T first lungo made & wound four inchen deep in the right kidu between the fourth and fifth ribs,—u wound that can hardly full 1o resuit fatully. The second lunge wus made for the right temple, and 8o scvere wos the Dlow that the blade broke, aud niomentarily wtuck fast in the soft hone and flesh,” This wound ulto, s of n Diost danzerous charactor, and Cogether with the wounded fungs, appears to leave but the smallest chunces for rov i, fudeed, thers be any. The wounded nan was removed Lo his realdence, No. 836 North - Carpenter strect, where hie was attended by br, \\’llku. who hcsl- tated in xil\'ln;;m: apinlon s to the probuble redult of the wounds untl after witnesslyg their effect upon the paticnt’s system. In his oplifon, howsver, they were of the most dun- Eerous chara Skulski fa o Pole by birth, nbout 40 years of uze, nud has a funlly, Befel was too exclted and too intoxicated to make any real effort to eseapo after the com- mittal of o sevlous @ deed, aml wos o quently cuptured shiortly after the oceurre by Otficer Quinn, by whom ho wus locked up nt the Chicago Avenue Statlon, lle s a rough, tough, ungaiuly-looking fellow of about the ‘sameaya an bls victhn, uud 18 sald o have a fumily lu Racine, A WINTER CAMPAIGN, 3 GarvestoN, Tex, Sopt. 29,—Advices from Northern and Northwestern ‘Texas report o grasshopper invaslon. In sowe counties they are destroying veretation. Wheat-sowing 1s to be deluyed untit It s ascertafned whether the *hoppers will vemain long enough to deposit thle e, A Remlulscenco of the Commune, Buria Paer, Tt §8 4 o'clock, sud u dense crowd surrounds the Hotol de Ville, A mau descends the steps, suying woud: & Make way! messenger of the Govern fensel'™ e waves o which 18 written legib), ** I the nae of the Republic, Due and Tndl- visible] Liberty, Fraternity, und Eouality! Al- Tuw Citizen M., to whom his been intrusted an tmportunt misslon of state, to puss freely wiither he will." 3 As If by wugric o Lroad way 18 open throngh the surglig crowd, and erica gf 4 Viva bl Repul- llquel grect the messenger us ho hurrice upon his misslon, He bounds Into the Rue de Rivull, aud, enter- ng a tonaceonlst’s, excluling: * Qulck, there! “Ten ceuts® worth of fue-cut for Cltizeu Floguet ) Make wuy -for nt of Natlonal De- per above s head, on -seen_again. In August of thls T. WASHINGTON. Going=Up by the Railway-Route, And Coming-Down by the Crawford Bridle-Path, A Descent Very Diffienlt and Somowhat Perllons. Spectal Correspondencs of Ths Tribune, Cnawronp lfouss, WitTe-MouNTAty NoTon, N. i1, Sept. 23.—The watchword of the tourist in the Old World is sald to be, *Seo Nuples and then die.” The watchword of every summer- traveler fu New England, especially if he come from the prairies of the West, ouglt to be, “8ee Monut Washington, FROM TIIE TOP, before you die!” This was my opinion when, having summered at the Crawford Housc, I was confronted yosterday, at sunrise, by one of the clearest mornings of the whole scason, * Oht what 8o rare ns nday ot the mountalns," the poot would lave written If be had walted four long days to sco' the sun, as I had, while the surly old orb shut himself in Lis cloud-caps, and refused to show his hend. But we had him this time. Not a cloud to be scen {u the eastern horizon, and his round face was laughing at us fron: the top of Mt. Clinton, lighting up the mountain-tops the other side of the Saco Valley,and drawing down the clear-cut shadaw-linc from the opposite mountaln-sides. But it {s timo to start for Mt. Washington. Taking the train for the Fabynu Ilouso at 7:20, we leave tlecars at thu Mt. Pleasant [ouse, prepared Lo walk to the base, there to tako the NT. WASHINGTON HAILWAY tothesummlt. There aretworoutestotho base,— oncby a turnpike, and the othier by the Mt. Wash- fugton Extension, six mfles In length, This was opened early In July, and has bean In successful operatlon slnce, This road, for the last balf, carries the heaviest grada of any cominon rail- way,—no less than 200 feet to the milo in the steepest parts, An engine built for the route, and n very light obscervation and baggage-car, composs the trains. I never before realized any up-hill when walking a raliroad, fout it s quite noticeable liere. Great eredit is due Superin- tendent Dodge, of the Dostdn, Concord & Mon- treal Railrond, for his euergy in completing this road, o that passengers can uow have uninter- rupted rafl-communication between Doston and the summit of Mt. Washington, After a brisk walk of an hour and a half, T have ““covered” the Extensfon, and reached the proper mountain-rallway \v(dn . IT8 PECULIAR CENTHR NATL. In regard to this rull, I should like to cnrrect un lpression that may exist In the minds of sotue, a9 it did in mine untll [ saw the road face to face, Instead of the broad circumference of an ordinary fat cog-wheel stralghtencd ont, the rail better resembles a long, serpentine fron Iadder, with strongrounds one and o half Inches in dinmcter, and four inches apart from centre tu eentre. Into these spaces the stout centre cog-wheel of the locomotive plays,—thua care- ‘!l“ iy clawing its way to tho top without acel- lent, At Amowoosuc Statlon we find a frelght-Lraln, consisting of an engine und platform, just rcmlrv to start, inadvance of the regular traln, It needs but o word from the vourteuus conduct~ ury Nr, Judkins, and, stepplng on the platform, wuare off. Of the uscent, now as cominon s an ordinary raitroad-ride, lttle need bo sald, This time the view was ‘;mr!uut.—bul once ob- structed Ly & small, llght cloud, which ant added varlety to the chiarm, As wo look behind, and westwurd, the Valley of the Amowoosuc spreads-out in all the glories of autumn-folinge, —a butter “Field of the Cloth of Gold ' thun ever exlsted In the puet’s imagination. ARRIVED AT THE BUSIMIT, we find scarcely u breath uf sir, where the wind gometines blows at thy rate of 130 miles per lour; and the temperature so mild that all out- side weaps are thrown aside as useless, Tho mountsln 18 In a geatle mood to-day, and neith- or calls un the breezes to fan him or the clouds to shut him (romview. During wy whola stuy ol nearly three hours, not a cloud pussed over the suminit; which will not probably happen agafn for weeks. White watehing the view from the steps of the Guvernnent Sigual Station, I scea little cavaleade winding over the summit of Little Monroe; and find thut It fa PUARTY PIOM THR CHAWFORD HOUSE, coming-up by the old Crawford bridle-path, ‘They ure seven In number, weludiog the. puide, and two of them are tadivs, boldly und bravely daring the ascent. Iu about an hour they arrive ut Lhu top, leaving thelr hurses ot acorral built ol stong, Just below the brow of the mountaln, ‘The ladles retire to the parlor to get half-an- hour's necded rest bofors starting down where they are quictly, left to thelr fate by our hustess, who, sittlug ut'the receipt of eustomers, secms unmindful of any clalms of suflering hunnnlty, unless there be o Ermuuut in the near future of minlstering preenbracks to swell her plethorle till. But they soon declare themselyes rested, and we—for I'have been fortunate enough to be Invited to return with them— MAKK RRADY FOR THE DESCENT. Twenty-tive years aizo the Crawford path wos the favorite means for ascending the mountain; but, slnce the construction of the Glen carriage- road, (n 1801, and Iater, 1869, the completion of the rallway ap the mountain, it has beon lmit- el to the few udventurous partivs who, without o guide, have dared to traverse thy trall on foot, It Is quite dungerous, however, on account of tho beavy fugs, ur clouds, which prevail, and make it” very diflleutt to keep the trail, In 1874, n yousg man_ from [Pennsylvania started up the path alone, und wus never year, however, the Darron brothers, proprivturs of the Craw- ford Hous, ever rewdy to watlsfy the desires of thelr patrons, repatred the way, making it pas- sable for hoerscs, us formerly. klnm then, sev- cral partfes have suceessfully mude the ascent, winl u few have atio descended the same day. Most persons ure quite satistled with tho trlals of the ascent, and are content to come dowin more luxurlously, by ruil. ~ Lut our (adopted) party are decided to” tuke the sume path In” return; only two, young students from Buston, choosing to walk, leaving thelr horses {n eare of the guide. My offer to talte oue of the animals off his hands {8 willingly aecepted, aud we are all pro- vided for A RIDE DOWN THE PANOUS PATIL The start Is mude sbout 2 o'clock, but not till the base of the upper conu of Mt, Washington 18 reached do weo deem it advisable to mount,— 80 08 to spure the horscs, and oursclves, the rougliness of the first thousand feet down, Now for ono of thy grandeet rides on the Ameriean Cuntinent. Fur uver four mlles the descent is a littlo over 1,000 feet, nud, most of the wuy, right alung o mountaln-ridge over 4,000 feit abuve the sea-level, v Ordigurlly theso same four mfles that wo aro about to travel are through dense or varying clouds, and the glorious view s complotely lost; und fortunate is the toiler if he do nit becume lost tool Bat to<day {s warm and pleasant; the sun shiucs ficreelv upon ns; and wur gulds tells us that, vut of fifty tines climb- ing the mountain, he never eaw o doy so warin at this height, Our puth tow passes over what Ls called the Flat, The riding 18 cusy, ,unl WO can enjoy the view without wutching'ous track. West of us 13 stretchied out tho Amwncosuc Valley, while near us, on the same slde, are ; the little Lakes of the Clonds,— two muuutaln-lochs witly clear, erystal waters, 4,000 feet above the sem—sources of the Aumwnovsue, which falls '..‘,600 feer in the first three miles of {8 source. Eustward tho luke- rugion of Maine and New Hatipshire bounda the llnlurlzun; while, aluiust ut our hurses® seet, opens s ANEAT CHASM OF OAKES' GULY, 3,000 fect Alu-r, und whose slds ncar us i3 an al- most purpendiculur prociplee. Curefully and tlowly wodescend, our path Teading over rough amd rueky steps, whers our horses carefully plek Whelr way, LCast the frowning crags of *Mous roe's stmmit, wumhxfi' almost ready to full on us, on ouo slde; while “on the uther aide [s the odgre of Oakes’ Uulf, * Carw- full Careful, now iV is our gulde's encourag- ing ery to the horses, und wo let them p thelr w"f down ragized steps and stiding ledges, taklug their own thine and munner, A siugle uidssten wid fall now would sund us rolling futo the gulf ut our feet, uud we should never live to tell tho tale, But vur horses ore surefooted, und carry us_safely by, out ou to the sutmit of Mount Franklin, Think of a horseback ride on the back of 4 mountain 4000 feet high! Thav's what we are dolng for “half-semile, while our viow s indescrlbably grand, Socon as wo reach the brow of the inountaln we make an abrupt descent to the side of Mt. Pleusant, only 150 feet Jowoer than Fraukllu, Along the |4, cust s(do of this mountain we inne our ride, which is made mostly In sllence,—there belng tuo much nnxlalr concerning tho safuty of this rocky step, or the slipperyocss of that ledge, Sumetimes we flnd woodeén vleats bolted futo the solld rock, 80 us to furnlsh o footbold for tho horses. Apatnawe all think * DISCRETION THE BETTER PANT,"” ete., and dlsinount, lettng our horses get down themgelyes, whilo the gulde, with whdteverbeip vor the dangerous i Iargo spleing of danger n the whole rlde, and, -under a.leas efflelent gulde, we ghould run the visk of rolline down thie mountain-shics, in by o means wyreenble stylel ilcnrhln;: the summit of Mt. Clinton, 4,820 feet high, wo coine to tho inost disagrocable part ofourtrip. Weentera tral, among stunted evergreenant fiest, which, pradually growln, higher na we go lower, shit out all ‘view, anl foreo us to pive ong ent dtention to ourpath, Now it is eithor deop niaa or decaging eordu- roys, nud we aro foreed to mako frequent halts to’ Iet our horses plunge through deep tuiry places, or wait while a few refractory corduroys are put In place, and tho lorses make thelr own way. Our two ladles, iowever, nobly keep the saddle amid all the dangers, and RIDE OVER ALL PLACES WITNOUT PLINCHING, Our lasl milo {8 made through thoe gloaming of the foreat,—the sun gulnB down behind the hills fust as we enter it. into tho dorkness, but Ly n smoother and swivother path, til the barking of dogs aunounces our approach, nnd we rido up to the steps of the Crawford Tlonse just a8 the stars are showing themselves in the twilight-sky, safe and sound, Not thio slightest ncclient has marred the Journey; and, while 1 would not assert that the trip Is without {ts dnmiurn, yet, with o careful ;mflln and sure-footed horses, such os the Crawford furnishies, the bridle-path can be traveled fn four or five hours with safety. Of coutrso, there s the danger from snow-el omm{ which are {frequently met with even In July aud August, and which ‘eannot always Lo forcsccu, But the noveity of a four-mile ‘ride at nearly a mile clevation, the prandeur of the scenery, and the sinuous windings of the trail, prescnting new pofuts of view at almost cvery step, all go tomake the ascent of Mt. Washington, by the Crawford bridle-path, ons of the most unique experlences of mountain-travel, ¢. 0, B, ———————— TIHE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT. IHow to Relleve tho Pressure. 7o the Editor of The Tribune, Crrcaao, Bept. 25,1t Is conceded on all sldes and at all hands that our Supreme Court is overworked; and, unloss something is done to relleve the Judges, it soon will bo conceded with equal unanimity and truth that our court of last resort has blossomed vut futo the worst «cotirt of ita kind in the country, Tam well aware ibat this {¢ no new mor orlginal theme, T know that the Judges of the Supreme Court have themsclves, when oppor- tunity oftered, spoken and written on tha sub- Ject: and that one Justice in partlcular, ns every ono reimembers, resigned his seat for the avowed reason that his energles were overtasked and his health fmpaired by tho oncrous and exacting dutles of his position; and I know that many others have come, as [ come, to tho calumns of the daily Journals t say a word for the Judges, and perhaps to suggest a reform, A rlance at the rlocket mado up for the Sep- tember term will convinee the most skeptical that a reform, o vigoroua reform, is imperative- 1y demanded—demanded aiike by the necessi- ties of the Judges and the (nterests of the peo- plo, That docket embraced o clvil calendar of about 700 cases, and this [n addition to a rehear- ing calendar of over seventy cases. Tho dockets at tho two other terms of this Court this year were proportionally large. It Is obvious from a glance at these figures thnt it is far beyond tho power of some men to review and declde all these casea na they shonld bo reviewed and decided within the- tine re- quired by the Interests of ltigants, Ench caso should be analyzed by the whole Bunch (such was the mauifest Intentlon of the Leglalature in ereating the Court) and have the advantuge of their united experience and lcnrnlnf nnd the docket shonld be so smail that it could becalled and tho cases on It diapused of in the short time which right and justice require. As it is now, the Judges aro compelled, {n thelr hatred of dolaying o case, to go over the docket hustlly and without that close scrutiny of cach case and each polnt fn It which Is neces- sary to preservoa striet oud Invariable atherenco In the judgments of tho Court to settled and well-eatablished law; and us o cousequence we irequently see (less frequently, It is true, than might under theso circumstunces bo' expected) declsions on substantially -the samo state of facts and on the same poluta of law diametric- ally opposed to each other; and all throupgh the Inter reports there §s & fluctuation and un- certatuty in the decislons of thy Court which leaves tho Interests of Htlgants fu doubt nad reflects dishonor on the Court, In the intorests, then, of the people, who find in the wise interpretation of the lawa and in their just application tho strongest sccurity to thelr Tizhts of fl?mpunv and thelr enjoyment of uwn we go deeper liborty, and In Justlco to the members of the Court, who suffer in health and reputation un- der thelr heavy burdens, o reform Is necessary,— a sefortn which will decrease the delay which fs the Invarlable ncident of an‘appenl to the court of dernier vesorty and which, In many casey amounts to n denfal of justics, and whileh will ive lefsure to the Judges to thoroughly exum- ue every ense that comes Dbofore them, and allow thom timo to search tho authoritics, to guide them {u thelr declsions, It ns alrendy bLeen suggested that the de- sired reform may bo attained by allowing ap- peals only in cases where the emount fn contro- versy reachies or exceeds a certaln Umit. Butit this uufigm!nu wers earried ont the veform would D¢ but partfal nnd ncomplete, and wuuld be attended with tho danger of :lc})flvlng some poorer litigant, who might bave his alt at stake und yet not reaeh the limit, of his just rights. A'reinedy hns suggested itself to'ne, which {s founded on, and, In most particulars, similur to, the practice obsérved n the United States Courts, * In order to carry it out it would be nceessary to lnpose somo néw Iabors on the Circult Judizes, or perhups to rovive, In part, the rmutlcu of assigning clreults to the Juiges of the Buprenie Court, but In tho latter case the rellef experienced fu the higher court would greatly overbnlanee the additional Jabor imposed upon tho Justlees, Aliow appeals, as of course, In cases inyolv- Ing n glyen smonnt, Also allow appeals In auch eases ns twa Cireult Judges, or one Clreult Judge nnd n Justlee of the Bupremo Court, set- tiniein Lane, should certify Involved o new, or ditlleult, or unacttled point of law; or which In- volved questions of constitutional (Federal or Btate) Inw. Such an arrangement would clear the docket of fully one-half bf the cases on it,— vazes which are there for the mero lnlrpbsu of deluy, If this were adepted it might be well to erecl n Comunlssion of Appeals, after the pat- tern ndopted in New York, to take up the "ol worl of the Bupreme Court and (iulsh ¢, and let the Court itself talio a now start, 1 muke this suggestion move for the purpose of drawing out sotne uthier and better plnnrrlmn because of auny Intrinsle merlt which it may possess. It 18 d gubject which demands reform —but demands only complete and perfoct ro- form, antl which had better be left fa lts present, state thon be changed for nnlyrhlnz but the better. Perhiaps sonie one will see the fmper- fectlons dn*the system I bave suggested, and int them out, With thelr remedy, and thus, in ime, bring before the zmhllc 4 plun for the remudelluz of our court of last resort which will meet with thelr approval and demand thelr liearty support, X ————— OBITUARY. THE REV. W. . DOGUERTY, Spectat Dispateh 1o The Tribuns, Kenosia, Wi, 8ept. 20.—This afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Father W, B. Dougherty, for the lastsix years pastor of 8t. Mark's Catholic Churcls {n this city, died after a Hngering {lincss of several weeks, Durlng the whole perlod of hia ministrations among the people of 8t. Mark's congregation he wus ono of the foremost {n the cause of teniperance, and the resultsof his la- bors were munifest n tho reformed llves_of inuny habitual deunkards of hils own flock, For mun i'cm ho was asutlerer from heart disense, but thls did not prevent his taking an active smrv, 1 every movement for the good of the vity. 118 death {s deeply mourned by n Inrfio circlo of Irlends, Protestauts as well as Catholics, for hls Boad deeds hiad endeared hiin to all. WILLIAM A, DUNCAN, Special Dispatch to Tha Tribune, BrooxinuToN, I, Bept. 20.—Willam A, Duncan, of Towanda Moadows, known all over the Union as a stock-breedor, dled to-day at tho lome of Josfah Chorn, fn Normal, Mr. Duncan wus taken I ot Ottawa with typhold fover while attending the rccent State Fufr, and wus unable to get nearer his home than Normal 1fe was born In Clark County, Ky., In 1813, He leaves & wifo and elght ehildren.” Although the owier of 4 fine farm und tne herds, he was so fuvolyed that it 1s feared bis estate will not prove very valpable, OBN. BHAXTON IIRAGG, ‘The telegraph Wednesday brought the intelll- Bence of the sudden death of Uen. BRAXTON Biauo at Galveston, e was born fo Warron County, North Carollna, in 1815, eradusted from West Point In 1887, aud was appointed Secoud Lieutenant in the Third Artiliery, e served under Gen, 'IayLon {n the Mexlean War, whose saying, *“A Mitle more grape, Capt, Bitavy," becume fumous all over the country. Tu 1556 hy retired to private lfe, bus when the 30, 1876—TWELVE PAGES. War of tho Robelllon broke out he accapteda Thizadier-Generalghip fn tho Confedorato army, and was statiunfd 9t Pensacola: to act ngainst Fort Plckens, Tn 1802 e was appointed a Gon- eral of Division under Gen, Arnsenr Broasr Jouxnsox, and figured prominontly In_the bat tlo of Blifloh, On the death of the Iatter he succeeded to tho command of the entire force, and conducted the campnign against Qen, Buent, He oporated in Tenncssee, and was nt Btone River, Murfreosboro, and Chicamangu. He waoa fterwarda tefeated by Gen. GraxT, and was removed from command i 18H, Subso ?)uemly lie was ‘made Chlef of 8taflf to Jrer AVIE. After this appolnimont he was dofeated at Fort Fisher, Wiliningron, and Kingston, - and wae supcrseded by Gen, Jor JonxstoN. IHo eurrendered to Gen, Snensaxn April 20, 1803, ANTON ALEXANDER AURRSPERO. Count ANTON ALNXANDER AUERSPERG, bote ter known to the world as ANASTASIUS GRUEN, dled recetitly at Graf. o was born (n 1806 at Lnyback, was highly educated, and took'a prom- incot positlon’in Iteraturo at & very carly age, in first poctle worka. * Blacttor dor Liobe ! and * Dor letzo Ritter,” wora_woll receivod, but hie famg sprend far and wide upon tho np- pearanco of his politico-poctical wor ) H Bpaze lerzncnfiu clines Welner Pocten ** and Schutt, in which he satirized the rottenness of Austrian social and political life. It was owing to these works that MBTTERNICR attemoted to banish him, As the poct ANASTASIUS (GRUEN, ho oe- cupied o lll}‘ll position, and a8 Count Auen- sv&Ra ho hicld an equally high political posttion. In 1848 he was n member of "the German Parlia- ment in Frankfort and of the German National Agsembly, and fn 1801 he became a life membor of the Austrian House of Lords. Ile was a very Ilberal and free-minded statesman, and always defended the constitutional government, ' OBITUANY NOTES. Among other deaths recently reported are those of SKINNER Prour, tho famous English aquarellist, who devoted nimself largely to architectural subjects, and whose plctures ara well known in this country;of the Rev. Gronron BrabporN BacoN, D, D, son of the vencrablo Dr. LroNarp Bacow, nn& for many ycars pas- tor of the Valley Church at Orange, N. Y.; of Eani P, Masoy, one of tho tmost prominent husiness men in Providence, R, L., and for many ears Prestdent of the Providence & Worcester tailrond; and of the Rev. Dr. Josern Mc- Eunor, pastor of the Scotilsh.Presbyterian Church in Now York for moro than flfty years, CASUALTIES, JOLIET ITEMS, Bpectal Dispatch 1o The Tviduns, Jovigt, 1tl., Bept. 20.—News hus jnst deen received liore of the denth of a young man named Al Chamberlain, &on of n prominent it Izon In this clty, who, In company with hisbroth- er, started on n hunting oxcurslon to Beaver Lake, Ind., this morning, and accidentully shot Timsclt soon after bls arrival there. The body 18 now on the way homne. Apgirl about 14 years of age, named Maggio Reynolds, who lives with her parcnts pear the rolling mills, was 8o badly burned this moming that sho eannot possibly recover. Tho girl was taking a cuffeo pot off the stove when, {n somo wmanuer, her dress cauglit firg, and she was al- most immedintely enveloped In flames, recely- wig injurics which will undoubtedly prove fatal, ——— FALLING FLOOR. BrriNarietp, Maes., Sept. 20.—A terrible ne- cldent occurred in this city to-day, The floors of a three-sto- rick bullding on Hampton street, oceup. on tho flrst floor as a pork- packing establishment by I Walker & Son, on tho sccond us nstororoom by Samucl Parker & Co., commisalon merchants, and on the third as o storeroim by the Huck i(nnufncturlnz. Com- pany, fell, burying slx in tho ruins, Four men escaped with soma cuts and brulses; two others aro still under rulus and probably dend. The eattso of the neeldent was the giving way of the third floor, on which were stured 80,000 pounds of tohaceo. 'The rulns immedlately caught fire and are still burnfug, The losa of property is 30,0005 partlally insured. It hus since beon discovered that soven men were buricd in the ruing, Only three were tuke en out allve, . it ROUNAWAY ACCIDENT,. Hpectal Dirpatch to The Tribune, MENDOTA, 1L, Sept. 20.—While Ald. Tnnis, of this city, aud Mrs. Farror, a lady friend, wero out for a drive this.cvening, the horee became frightencd ond dashed off at = furlous rate. ‘While turning a street-corner the wheel beeame cramped, and the occupants of the vehlele wero thrown out, Mra Farrer was badly fnjured about the head, and hns_ scveral contused wounds on tho body, Ald. Tunis nlso sustained a geveru shock and " Injuriea fn the back, but se- rious rosults are not at present uxpcctm‘. DROWNED, Speclal Dispatch to The Tribune. Mmwaukzs, Scpt. 20,.—The body of Capt, A, Mott, of the schooner Annn Robinson, was found in the river to-day. e lived at Benton arbor, Alch., and leaves a wife and four chil- dren. : ——— YELLOW FEVER. Special Dispalch {0 The Tribune., NEw OnLEANS, Bept. 20,—There ovidently exlsts a good deal more anxioty in regard to tho exlitenco of yellow fever In Now Orleaus out- slde of the city than in It. Thero I8 really no excitse for tho actlon of the cities of Shreveport and Galvestun, establlshing o quarantine against New Orleans, Tho number of deaths by yellow fever for the weck endiug Inst Bunday eveulng was 11, and the number from all dls- enses 124, In o population of 200,000. During the present week what few cases have oceurred havebeen conflucd to a single neighborhood, that of Aunuciation and Jackson streets. ‘The New Orleans papers suppress the fact of the exist~ ence of any yellow fever whatever,u courso which glves the people outside an idea that is worse thun it really Is. Therels lessof the dlscase now than usunl at this scsson of the year, and thero ia no Frulmblll'.v of an epldomle, 1udglng from the fact that no pidemnic of yelo low fever ever did gecur hers without tho dls- case heenme 8o before the Ist of September, BAN_I'iAnciaco, Bept. 20,—~The 8un Franclsco Stock Exchange to-day wlemfl\hcd 700 in gold to thoe Mayor of Bavanuah i ald of the suffgicra by the yellow fever cpidemic. BAVANNAL, Ua., Bept,. 20.—~Yellow fever fne terments, alxteen. Nuw_Onueass s8ept. 20,.—Pensacola quaran- tiues New = Orleuns boots twenty doys. A meeting of tho Merchants' Exchange possed resolutions indorsing the report of the Board of Health in regard to° the extent of the yellow fever, denouncing the actlon of Galveston, Sureveport, and” Pensacola catabllshing o quarantino agafnuat New Orleans belng unjust, and duubtiess fnfluenced by false reports clreu- Inted to paralyzo commercial relations with those fmport centros and avenucs of trudo, GaLvesToN, Toxns, Sept. 20.—The reeont quarautine order at this port not ouly cuts oft communication between Galyeston and New Orleans, but provents Morgan's steamers enter- ing Bolivar Channel and proceeding to the ter- mius of the ship canal on Buifalo Bayou ut Clinton, The Houston authoritics have called upon Dr, Bluut to modl.f& the order 80 as to allow fretgut-trafiic with New Orleans, Blunt rufused to make any modifications, and a meet~ {ng of physlcfans ealled to conslder the matter sustalued him. It fa sald the Houstou authori- ties wlil ask the futervention of Gov, Coke, —— A Disspated Young Elephant. A little domestic episode In an clephant family enllvencd Virgin{a City, Nev,, theother day. “A baby elephant connected Wit & clrcus atrayed away, snd, after cxplorlug the town, walkod into a Chincse gambling-house, au begnn nosing sround for oplum, ta the constor- nation of the celestials, As soon as the mother elcl‘»{huxt tloticed the absence of her child, sho bruke loose, and, knuwln:'\lmu dlssipated hablits ol the Infant, wado straight for the gmnb]lnu den. As the aperturo was too smnall for her cntrnnc:xilflm beran toenlargu it, tothe jeopardy of tho edifico, The Chinamen, seeing the cause of the trouble, succoeded In forcing the b haby within reuch of the parent’s trunk, and he was erked out without ceremony, The ways of sin, owever, had stronger attractions for the youny orlum devotes thau the virtuous walls of the circus tent ; but the old oue was equal to Lha emergeney, sud eolling her trunk around his -middle, llfted him clear from the ground aud marelied with him b the tent, e Tilden and the Naby, Huritugion daick ey, Gov, Tilden, the uther day, volunteered to engiucer a buby- o for & Judy friend who waa golog down town. Before thoy nnrl{gonu one block he had colllded that damty vehiels with two wheelburrows, rusped thd legs ol seven men with the hubs of thewheels, Jammed the handles Into bia compunlon’s ribs until she couldn't draw o long breath, aud " fnally pre- cipltated tho territled Infant, nilows, ruflics, aud i ot of the carriage and down o cellar- way, Anud all the women in that part of Chrlstendom stood around and sbricked and ml‘. “’"And tbut wan thiuke b s Ut fog Prest- The Decision in the Rhode lsland Case. Its Applicability to the Cose of Mr. Tilden. Dogton Adeertiser, Sepl, 21, Tho decislon of the United Btates Clreult Court for the district of Rbode Island In the cascof the United States agaiust the Hon. I @, Hazard, which we publish in snother column, isof great Importance. 'There arc people hero and Lhere {n the country, 'wo presume, who will Ond ¢t not pleasant readlng, It fsu’t agreonble In these hard times fo o rominded of the possl- bility of haviug to pay Income taxes which it 'wana supposed were safely escaped Len years ago. But the declston referred to aflirats tho Habllity, and aflirms it on tho basls of a decislon already given by tho United States Supremo Court, s0 that i€ would seem as i thero might be o gon- eral overhauling of nccounts betweon the Goy- }:rmnunt and 1ts citizens in tho nturest of tho orier, . - - The clrenmstances of the casa inny be: briefly atated. The Hon. R, @, liazard, of Newport, wodono return of bl tucome to the Unite States Assessor for the yenr 1808, and the As- sessor nsabssed him ns the reciplent of an come on which tho legal tax wos. 805960, . this 60 per cent wns wided as the pennlty for not making a return of hils income under” onth gs the lnw required, avd Mr, Iazard pald the whole sum, $1,360,25, and probubly consldered that o and thid Government wero quits on that score. Bo the case stood until some. time last year, when the United 8tates Treasury Dopart~ mont inatituted n suit ugalust Mr. Hozard for the recovery of -the difference between what lio actually pald a8 fncome tax for 1808 and the amount he should haye paid on his actual fo- in- 'To come for that yenr, It was alleged that his fo- | como was 80 nitich In axcess of tho asscasment that lo still owed the Government s tax of 461,05, : . Learned counsel ivere employcd on cithier side, and 1t was recognized thnt the sult wae o test one. Tho defensu was, of course, thnt thy Goyernment, haviig fixed the ussessment by o proper officer nnd Imposed ond collected the peulty for the negleet to make n roturn, was debarred from recovery of anything mnore. There was no d[a)‘m: 80 faras the record shows, of tho fact that Mr. Flazard's fnconie for that year was such that the full tax would have been over 818,000; but it was maintained that the defendant hnd elected not to make a return, and lid forfelted nod pald tiho, penalty. of that nieglect, which was an ond -of the mattor, con- clusive g0 far 08 tbe Government was concerned, On tho other hand, the Governmnent vialntained that tho declsion of the United States Suprema Court u the case of the Dollar’ Savinga Bank againat tho Unlted States aflirmdd the right of actlon in such cases, notwithstanding tho actlon of tho Asscssorand the payment of tho Enunlly, and this viowr is sustalned. by the.Cireult Court,y Juilges Clifford and Knowles preslding, - It may then Le presumed to be settled that the Government [s not debarred from Investi- gating uny cuse {n which its oflicers nsscesed the inconio of a citizen during tho term when the Incomos tax was lald, or from bringing sult 10 recover what was due and unpaid. No doubt there are many such cuses, It was not an un- common thing for men whowaers making imoney fatser than they cared to bave known, clect to make no retirn and pay the pcunl{:. They held the ~ oplolon expressed by Judge Stnots In his defonse “of Tilden,” “The statute pave the tfuxpayer the optlon to take that coursc.”? ‘Tho Bupremo Court does not so regard it, It was not an option, at Jeast ot fn auy such sense as to debar the Government from_ collecting at any time nll that may be due, - It was n means of preventiy, tho total escape of persous from paynient of income tux, und undoubtedly was Iniended to bu used 2s a means to compel ui to make true returns under onth in the way explained by an ex-Asscesor in our columns d'day or two ago. It never was tha infent of the laiv to provide & way l:ly which men ml;,{ht. escapo’ just taxation, celsfon’ effectul This Iy dlealsmlua the theory of an optlun, a theory which it ls nur{‘:rulng that ave cufer- ung‘ lawyer~any stutesman—could tatned. ¥y » It cannot fail fo bo noticed that this decision is applieable to the- ease of Guv. Tilden; if tho fuctsin his case arc os alleged. Ho moden sworn return {n tho g’enra 1803-"4 of hia income for tho years 1802, anil thencelorth as long 0a the Income tnx was lovied made no return but pald his tax on s ezsessed fncome with the penalty, preferring to do this rather than take the trouble of makinga true return, under oath. It may have been'mere conveulent then but the Government s relinquished none of ita vights toa percentage of his large profits during tho ten years of the "“[;"9“ lon of the tax, aud it may Lo fonud ndvisable, in view of tho information mado public concerning his affalrs, to Institute n sult for tho recovery of- what ho ougzhit to have paid, TILE DECISION, United Stales Circull Court—ifonday, Sept, 93, ~Tho opinfon of the Court (Tudges Clifford and Knowles) upon & demurror futiio case United States ve, R, G, Ilnzard, was deisercd by the Distrlct Judge, as follows: ¢ o District of . Lhode . Ialand, Circult. Court of the Unlted Stales—tune.Term, 1876.—dcllon at Law, United States of dmnerica 1a, Rowland U.. Hazard, —Questions more novel, Interesting, and impor- tant than thore arlsing under the demurrers in this case aro in this district but rarcly presonted for conaideration, ~ Of thia tho learncd connnel of the rnfllu scemed to have been mindful, und accord- ngly in thelr argunients (by agrovment submitted in writlng) have discussed tliose auestlons with commundul lnlullnniu,‘{mlnlukln;:. and vigor, The actlon is ono of debt, to recaver tho sum of $17,451,06, for 4 tax on dofendant's Incomo, al- loged to bo duo to tho United States.for the year 188, by virtuo of Sec, 13 of the act of Congress, Dpproved Marcl 2, 1607 (14 Btat, at L, 477). Tho #ult was ontered at the Juo term, 1875, of this court, and, by order of the Treasury Dopartment, wos contintied, though uot answered, ‘until the November term following, when, by leave,' the defondant mude reply, ling with the general insno throe special piess, ench of them (b snb- stance sottlng wp as & bar to recovery the payment by the defendant of tho osscas. ment upon him for lucome for tho year 18U, <made by tho Ansistant Asscsor of the dlstrict, together willi the 50 per cent pen- Alty imposcd on nccount of Lis falluro to muke ro- turmn of "his Income for that year. To tl three Ircnlll ples the plalutiT demnes seriatim; but in thelr briofaand arguments the Jeurned counsel of tho partics troat tho threc as fn fuct substantlally oneonly. - : ‘ in support of the domurrer, tho plalntift avers that Ihu']lrlnclp\el of construction and docislon ca- tabltshod and promulgated by the Supreme Court of the United States in Dollar Savings Bauk v, United States (10 Wall, 27) clearly recognize und afiirm the right of action In thla case 58 ngainst the bar set up In wald speciul pleas; und to substan- tiute this averment and repel all assanlte upon 1t was_throughout the endesvor of his Jearned counsel, and on the other hand to weaken an oyerthrow this position of thy Ylnlnufl W tho en- deavor of the fearned connsel of . the defendang thmufi jaut his elaborate and fugenious urgumont, Indeed, 1t may bo sald thot the only point of co: testation presunted wus tho correctness or sound- nesy of this proposition of the plaintil, As the Court should rule upon thls polnt for tho plaintiy or tho defendant, 1t wus in fact conceded must it sustain or overrule the plaintil’s derurrersy T'o the question thus presented thie Court has given consideration, with n result whicl renders it #nnecessary to reoapltulute, Seanvass, or criticlic the arguments of the learned cof 1 of elther party, Its conclusion is that the case ubove clted s, a8 clatmed by tha plalntiff, a caso directly in polnt, ta bo conatrucd and respectod wn & precudont deatafvo of the polnt prosented, controlling the ace tion of this Court, nnd compelll sustaining of the plaint!Ts demireers, Aud this, toe, even woro the principles cmbodied in that procedent ag nnaccordint with tho viawa of the rruu.llnuJudFu a8 with thoso of his associate of lnll teru, -The comments and mg‘;eluom uf the learned counsel of tho defendant, In rogurd to the ducislon sud ovinlon of 10l Wallace, It cannot be donfed, aro forcible and pervunaivo ua woll s Ingonious; but, hall huve hoen adopted und promulgat- ed by sn;'nomu Court, that opinlon, in the Judguent of thls Courl, must ba construed a8 ale ready stated, —that f4, ns necessitating the sustaln. Ing of the demferers fn ths cuso, ————————— ‘The Orlgin of the Ureat Lukes, At the meoting of the Sclentific Assoclation in Buffalo, n paver was read by Prof. J, 8. Now- borry, of Columbln Collewe, attompting to cx- pluli tho origin of tho Great Lakes of thls coun- try, 1lo states thut the sequence of events In the Tormation of the Urceat Lokes suem to bave been somewbat as follows: The Laurontiun belt north of the great Iakes, which lias been o Jand-surface slies the beginnivg of the P zole ers, wus formerly a higl wauntain ruuge, the degradation of which has supolfed the mechanfeal iwuterfals. which compose the sheets of Palwozole rock thut surruund it, The croston of these highlunds hes continued uniuterruptedly 1l the present day, and was specfully rapld duriug thoe perfod. 2. Previons to'the glaclal perlod, the elovation of this portion of the Contincnt wascouslderably greater than now, and it was dralucd by a river- system which lowed ot s much lower lovel than at present, - Ab thut timo our chalu of lukes— Ontario, Krle, and ]lurou-nmmrcntli; fovmed lmrumu of the valley of a river wich subsequent~ Lecume the 8t,° Lawrence, but which then llymvcd between the Adirondacks and Appals- chisus, fu the lne of the deeply-buried chuunel of tho Mobiawk, passing through the trough of the udson, aud emptying into thy wveean 80 mlles woutheast of New York, Lake Michigan wus upparently thew o part of u river-codrsy ‘through which the winds are ever sl;.'h'u:— ‘gone, wus the Misstesippy, th, e, y‘c‘!’:)’pr;{l’nfl: © Braita of TN ety . h 1o agmronch o 1 ' Blaors fornta on 1o yonegri) U o g auly a8 they fvreased g, gy ey duwil on to, nd began 10 exenvato \:i 3ty which bordered on’ the ot and oy 000 excavatlan of our Talin-bnelye b, 1 Tia perhiapn 10 1arge pnrt efected (e 20 204 4. Ag tho colil Iherensed th el repcl. < imum degree, & ereat fee-shooy, r‘(‘n h'{“ e mag, the nnurmousl‘v Iereased and’ pogyy)pmed ty cing local ginclers of the fopmer o -totlel nan-lohed lee-sheet, or ol 8 ol , ) radintingly from the s:;\lx:;:x,“',l,fi"‘ ety gy western slupes af the Oy ihinest, A o b, Carait i, 54 The effect of Uibe gl won | e 1l Lake Outarlo would he t, Broaden hory 'y 2% }:,;‘l;:m‘l:- hlu: ngnuml and T baslyy neonceivable power, thet: 1y v Wi o With tho b mgt i or Vi, ld-spread fee-shects & e periog of Tnges th told beeame ‘:]ml" 1o 25 ghnelera, iy e el the already-ticmin work of', "y o oMl Inke-busing, At first the grhicler . i) T e fore lowed over the waturlyed |y Oy 21 fur reduced a8 b0 o tnable 1o gy fummit, bt deflected Dy Tt, g foue 5D s base, spending It cneries [ '«-mn‘}n‘?fil..;"‘,"' Dasin In whici Luke Erle now Jios Shialigy 0. The melthi, of the glnclira yos panled, perhaps occasloned, by o sy inr g Continent, which progressed ingy fho o 0 tht tho_ Atintle flowbd wp the Valiey of giore! Lawretice to Kinzston, nmi up Al m."‘ . Artiprior, The Valleys of the St, Ty o2 € the Hiddon Wor canneeto iy way oyt Cliomplaln, and thtts tho highine st 7 Lie land word lef 08 o lnland, 1y ju g <Y L that tho gea-waier penetrated t o nlfl'vs'-n.lu through the Valley of this Mol gy st 28 that of the Missisaippl, but of 1yia e et evidence i the presence of marine fossiis e & surfncc«lnlponlls. Lho mreat nrea of excnyy it in which the lakes 1o was probans o L oos Alled to the brim With ee-Cold Trepi e it Uit —————— 4 . FIRES, AT TOLEDO, 0, Torepo, O., Sept. 20.~The Targe and exiy slvo cstablishment known as ) .\Im)tb Wagon-Works was nearly destroged by iy ::? avening, ‘The paint-shop, which way mnam'; on the fourth floor, In the Tear of the cagtery wing, was discovered to ho op fire ubonl 6:15 this ovoning, and, bLefore water conlg b: tirned on, the entlre cnd of the Wing way | flames, The Firo Department was |\l‘lllllfl"vu: hand, nnd, alded by the WAEOU-WUrks engly, did good service. The fira steadily progreg howevor, and soon gained entranco to the malq builuing through o heavy proot wall by means of the roul-jolsts, and gy entire maln-bullding, as well ns the Wt wing, wag goon destroyed.. The fire oy m; controlled by the Department, wd e e wing of the worka saved. Over 1,04 finlskd wogons, besldes o very large numbicr of un; i8licd onies, yord burindd, "The loss I3 suppag.| to be tiot less than $700,000, on wlich thiry is nn Insurnnee of from slsd,&m o 330,00, Scveral of the firemen narrowly cseaped death from flling walls, and ono had an arm broken, This disaster wlt throw about &40 men ont of employment: Tho causc of the fire I Buppozed to linve been spontancous contbustion, ‘To1.x00, 0., Sept. 20—Lator.~The Joss will riot reacltmoro than $360,000° to $400,000, o Which thero fs an fosurance of about 145,000, i ——— AT LANESBORO, MINN. Special Dispatch 10 The Tribune. LA Cunosse, Wis., Sept. 20.—This morning o < iy 10:80 o'clock, the large fourlng-mill owned ] ‘Thompson & Williuns, at Lancsboro, Mimn, ‘caught fire from the smutter, und was totally destroyed, The Tuss i3 cstimnted at $50,00; some_Insuratce, but how mitich 13 not etao) Threé hundred” barrels of flour and betwen 6,000 nnd, 8,000 busbels of wheat are alsodo nlruyed;- i — c AT SPARTA, WIS, MILwAuREE, Wis., Sopt. 20.—Sparta, In this Btato, was visited by n serlous fire lust night, which destroyed the Tremont House, Lee & Palmer's livery stable, tiellur's store, and other bulldiogs. Tiie losa 14 eatimated ut 25,00, . g Dese—— AT OSHKOBIT, WIS, Spectal Dispatch ¢o The Tribune, Osmost, Wis., Sept. 20.—A store on M strect, unoccupled, wasdéstroyed to-day by fice. It belonged to-Buschie,--Also the residenceol Bi Meyer, . : ———— pl;hn Dend' City of Ts. Appleton's Journal for October, The story of Is may be found h’:um: form or .another fu”alnfost ‘every book on Brittauy, ol glving aubstantiully the samo_accounts, resting ‘prineipally on the popular traditions. Buflt in'the vast bastn which to-lay forms the Day of Dateiiencz, and separated from the sc by n v i, was the anclent City of Is. In the. dike were sluices which from time to time were oponed sufliclontly to admit cnough water for the cleaning of tho-dralns and otherwise parify- Ing. tho city, King Gradlon, o well-beloved tnonarch, riled here, and vnce each month pre slded in person at, the opening of the sluics; the principal ono was opened tiy.a silver ke, whlfi‘ the King always wors fastencd about b neel . It was asplendid Conrt that King Gradlon presided over,and themagnlficence of lis Capltal was ihe wonder of the country, The Rusal palace was a place such nswe dréum of. In it marble, cedur, and gold, replaced the ok granite, and fron, ormnnrfiy nsed fu buildiog, The honors of the King's Court were dons by his daughter Dalut, or Ahcs—u Princess shame- {ully kuown us the {lonorla of Brittuny. Like thnt other notorfously wicked woman— 8ho had'for n crown the vices, and for pages the soven doadly sins, Ths woman was accused of the most helnous crimes, It was her habit cach night to enthe young ment whotn she fancled to a chosen and Becluded retreat, where, when they ceased to awmuse hor, they were dispatelicd by o mwaskal maunlal, and thelr corpses borue uway to the mouuntaing: One Is shown near Huclgoat, 8 gnlf, ot the bottom of which rushes tie moun: aln-strean with sad, strange murmuriugs, aud nofses which the old wives Inferpret as cries from tho souls of Dahut’s loyers, Cowplaints werd made to Grodlon time and ogaln, and he always promised to mete oot speedy punishment to his deughter, but p:u:'m:l indulgence was stronger In hisLieart than Rojal duty, and so Danut went on In her wicked ways I8 iuulency wasrepald by the basest igrith tude. 1la wicked cuild formed a plot awainst im, by which she meant to secure for hersell the Royal power. ‘I'ho sllver kuy was the eymtol of the King's authority, and Dalut roon pos- acssod heraelf of n.—-nenfiug it from her fatker's ueck while tho man slept. The King, when ho found that tho key was in the greuteat consternation, and, under the omluous cloud of coming misfortune, vetired to Lis paluce, that the people, ed the key with superstitious reverence, ! not know of his loss, At nizht he was awukei- ed from a troubled slumber by the appearsuie of 8t. (fucnole beforo him, who satd ¢ ) “Rise tp, O King, and hasten to_leave {u]: city with your fuithful servant; for D"“"tl.,. opencd the stuices by means of the silver ey and the unbridled seals in tho city.?” It was truo, Dalint, goltye to ncet one of e Tovers, who I8 alao a consplrator with her agalnsé the old King, had by mistake upened the gutd of the sea ln‘;ll:ml nlylhe Eate of the ml:.d [.;':l. tirst thought of the King on hearug this {thl ful lnlnu’fn rencs wos tho preservation of o daughter, il sought her out, took her I)uhnm hin on his fleotest horse, und tled awag Irlt: the encroaching wall of seaus fust a3 spur co! drive, The ses followed him with fedr rapldity, but Dalut's crics of fright were l.lmM {n'hls cuts than the nolse of the waves, sl i 80 loud g i supernstural volee bealde biw whit sald: “Gradlon, If_you would not_perish yml.fif"- d yoursel of tha demon that rided bel ou ! p ) Dahut also hoard the volee, and l'c“:‘mle\'kll}]‘ most frantlewith terror; she cluig convut i to her farther; but lie, recognizing in llu'. e a warning from Heaven, ahool her off, |lf'0' s wave that followed him, 'Then the l\}ll,i:““n’ on safely to Quimper, and flxed there h':sl e mnklllx that city the Cupltal of snvicn nounilles. Thus cuds tho story of Dahut and of H'l,(' g‘l of Is. The spirit of tho wicked Priness T posed to (nhabit sti1l the city that sho saurith et There wmay or may not be truth m!l [: s —thera certaluly 8 poctry and tragedy "n.'.u o this much certuuly adnilts of ue ?}gn' v thore {8 u drowned'city; there was o kind len, and there have A DMun's Log Mroken by n Do irginia (Nev.) Newd. - About 0 0'cICH thip inorolng. B dent befell Willlam Mooney, the Virtula 7t cry-stable muu. As he wus comin; dow ".,.m i lor ptreet to Uy n_Newfoundland dogy "_“m by & hostlle cur, dashed In his """‘"‘."muum ]\{r. Mouney's Iégs aud threw bimto the f e Tho gentlei uttempted to Fsv, {'“ ey himsel unable to doso. _Some muxfia ;“‘_ L ed him to his hone, and when @ “{‘“u i suimmoued it was discovered that hls Kl d sesk dlslocuted, The hurt Is both f'“'"‘“.’ flu-l ous. Alv, Mouney wlll probubly be o whieh drufued” Lake Superlor and cwptied futo | Lis bed fur some Ll