Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1876, Page 2

a9 -~ AR TR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TFRIDAY, DECEMBLK 2, 1876, ILEGAL AMENITIES. Third Annual Dinner of the Bar Association. A-Large Attendance, & Good Din~ ner, and Many Specches. The Zaw and Its Votarica Spoken of with the Utmost Respeat, And o Kindly Word Sald on Behalf of . tho Patlent Clients Bovoral Orators Touch Inoidentally npon " the Exciting Politioal Bituation, Deprecals a Resord {o Arms, and Want the Law. i yers Lo Settlo It *For the third time since tho establishment of the Bar Assoclation, the membera asscmbled at the Paclfic to demonstrata the Rights of Persons 10 tho Food things of Earth, and'to molsten tho ¢[legnl ciny with” the frnit of the viue, The Iadies® ordinary was the theatre sclected for the temporary burlal of the legal hatchet in ronsts, and joints, and ontrees, and the sixteen tables aroutd which the guests clustercd were fra- grant vith flowers and londed with dalntics. Of the members of the Assoclation aud thelr fricuds, there were ubout & hundred, all for getful for tho thme boing of glorious victoties won mpon many o hard-fought forensic fleld. The wunderdone ple-crust-colored books wero consigmed to oblivion. The huge bundlcs of formidable documents were forgzotten, and the polsoned arrows Lipped with points of law ceased their rankling In the contemvlation of the . lawweet peace and beautiful harmony that relgned #| over the handsome mob of natural cncmies. The feast wns better attended than any of its predecessors, and was In every respect superior 1|15 tho two that have gone down to bo recorded }jamong the reports. There was only one un- pleasaut clreumstance, oceasioned by some mis- Ajguided gentlemen who, having secured an ante- (Tbom, fuslsted on Nddling, but after s while no »oue pald any attention to them, ond they wero il etushied out In the fun and specches, Excellont was the banquet, and plentiful, nging from the oyster, the shell of which (in anclent story) the cllents got, while the attorney L ltook thie meat, down to the pleces of clicese §{which tho family solicltor nover coulil divide evenly, to the great consternation of his diges- tive organs. And cqually approprlate were the tonsta,cotumencing with the “Luw, and running hrough the etages of its suoport, the * Benth and Bar,"" * Guests,” who might from time to itme bo jurors, down to tho fundamental, un- _lcrlying principle, Qur Clients.” Fromn grave to lvely ran the specches, some as rich with senerous welzht as the port and some aa spark- 1ing as the champague. An enjoyable (imo all through, and one which, in the eloquent ex- ires<dofi of the sympathy of lawyers for each “lother, and all for the Beneh, is a golden -g prapheey of o legal millennium, n which the B {sorla shall sest secure, and cllentage fncrease. g Among those who particlpated were Mr -4 | Thomas Moran, Judgoe Scott, Judge Rogers, a3 1 Fudge Moore, Mr. Witherell, Mr. John C. Rich- b ‘hcrg, Mr. Ben Ayer, Judge Lawrence, Mr. J, I Tout, Mr, Wirt Dexter, Gen. ardin, Mr. Rob. ¥ 14.-\1 Liucoln, Mr. Edward Isham, Judge Caton, I3Ir. Jas. Vunghan, Mr. John N, Jewett, the Hon. 11. N. Arnoldy Col. Joha 8. Cooper, Mr. Johu T, iHennelt, Mr. Jolm I, 8. Qulck, Mr, Joseph £, 4 15mich, Mr._Melyille Fuller, Judze Trumbull, Geu, 1. N, Stiles, r, Thomas Demt, Mr. Henry W, Bishop, Mr. James Murray, Mr, {1, R. Doolittle, Jr., Mr, Frank J. Crawfora, Mr. Hlllomcc ¥, Waite, Mr. . Emerson Smith, Mr. 4 B Thumas Hoyne, Jr., Mr, Fred Uliman, Mr. A, 113N, Waterman, Mr. Hizan Barber, Mr. ‘4 [Lackner, Mr. Janes P, Wilson Mr. el Mg, Arthur J. Caton, Mr. Geo 1 ;log, dudge damicaon, Ald. John L. Thompson, 4 2Mr. Elliott Anthouy, Mr, Norman Williams, Mr, Ju:lml Morris, Mr. Walter Butler, Mr. Johu E. Qiddle, i § TRESIDENT M'CAGQG. '3« Atlaet the dixlies were cleared away, the i felaurs lichted, and the glasses flled, Mr. . B, i3 ‘.\lchg;:, President of the Assoclation, rapped §{ Mor order, und Introduced tho fivst toast, lle 5] feongratulnted the Ascoclation, and welcomed 1] their gaests, waying tiat they were not without 4| Tprecedent, ko denr to Jawyers,—such nssem- 11 (blages for the bringing lawyers together, An 4t Aeminen Engllsh Judge had “onco sald that law- 5 ')’cm]l\'ud well, worked nard, and died poor. 4 4 That eplgrans was truc, As wealth and clviliza- 4 tlon Inereased, the rights of soclcty becama more 11 qitiiewlt to determine. Personal Tights and the rizhtn of property were In this later day and 3} ! generation to be tried by the light of néw in. 1l {ventios, and old fsaues came up with new hur- ! ideus. Lawyers hind o mistress, Jio sald, o jealous 11 Inustress, V:ho allowed no power behind the itthrone, Every lawyer knew that her service, i faithfully \a,crrnnnul. was hord work. ‘Tho §| fhighest dtlzen or the meancst eriminal had Y jequal rights fn the eycs of that mis- il (tress,—rights that must’ be o3 Taithlully 2 tpresented n tho one caso a8 in tho ¢ ‘father. Within two months he bnd seen o dis- {tcussion between three eminent Engilh Judges “vover the rights of a prisoner, prosecuted by the ylzht nud wealth of the English publie, undo. {fended, charged with the result of the reckleas Senstingof n stone during a drunken dobaucel, 1vet ns cavefully protected in hia rights as wonld tihave been the prondest citizen of the land, and the paliadium - of vivil 1ib- crty thrown around lim. Aud it was Aawell that the men who defend these Hberties wshould meet, and extend to each other the 5 vzt hand of fellowship, and pass a niglht to- ygrether, It demonstrated the value of such an Yorganization ns ihat, whose members he fthen congratulated, Men who = stood Jehonlder to shoulder in time of puace Jteould, it was true, do motbing while peaco ireigned, tor the contingeneles which de- jmunded action would wot arise, But it was :we\\ 10 be rendy for action when action shoutd $be demanded, and _until then they vould eut -7thelr dinners and drink thelr wine [n honor of % the mistress they rerved,—o mistress whom he fwbuld ntroduce the 1irat toast, “Tho Law,” ' nd for whom lic would ¢all upon b, Magruder "1t respond. 3 3t SAGRUDE 4 then spolio as follows: H .\ St Walter Scott tells us i ** Quy Mannering® *Zthat, when old Col, Munncring came up from the Tepuntry to Edinburg to consuit his ttorney, .§ Yanlns Pleydelt, Faa., ho found that gentleman iatatavern. Heoatstes, by way of apology for the whercaliouts of tho distingulabied counsclor, that i fJly years beforo (he Awcrican Revolullon the ¢ Feolch iawyers were in the habit of moking thelr {leudguarters at the taverns, 'Fhe presence here 10-night, in this most polatial of uil ‘hosielrics, of {1 larzen rn‘wsrmaunn of tha lezal frateruliy it | but afjother iustration of the. teuth tiat history I ! ! everntore repeating ftsulf, Iluman noture {8 the T jame in all Wheve the lawyer was found 150 Yo g0 Edluburg, ho s found to-day in iChicizo. + uuputhor of the atory proceeds furthier ta in- \Horin us that Col, Mmmm\nfi not_only followed {: bis feeal ndvirer ton tavern, but that ho discave taered him thero in the midstof n company of the -, buerneet of merry companious, sl sugaged in ¢+ the funclent and now-forgotton pastime of Hlgh t;dinks,™ A wovel elght met the ostonlshed faze " of tho simple-minded countryman. 1¥e 1caried ministor of tho law, whote counsl ko ! wus sockiug, was veated 1 an clbow-chalr placed on 1 the table, wiehding his scoptre as the acknowledged {munarch of u feast already far ndvanced, ! “dlere, sir, the historical paralicl faile.” Owlng to tho civilleing tendencies of tha times, nothing of e kind |\ n‘nmn-l\l ou thls gccaslon. Lubthe ,wetena teferted fo muy be quoted as nuthority for < the position, that, s long ago as tho days of Paulus iPleydell, Kag., the lawyer was a0 far trlumphant . Lovcr thore unioward circumatancea which nsually |} asiee daring tho later stages of a protracted entor- 1 ¥ainmet as to bave Lad hiv place on the table, and j not under it. .2 Dut serlounty, uir, tbo place of the lawyer in JAmerican socicty and in the Awernican Stale lag 1 always been and whll ever bua prowigent and i lportant oue, ‘Ilie law, as & profession, hias ite ¢ well-detined position among the forces whick act Jupan saciety. Ao fudisldua) capnot - pofng + Jout ditinetly all the various influgaces which yhave vhuped bie own characlor. Witk as litle juccuracy can m community determiug which joue of lnany causcs has coitributed most to u ¢ burwmony aud ordurly growth [l forming, mold- §lue powers which aid n the hicslthy dovelopment 107 soctety ues varled n thele nature aud afton- times aflent {n Lhelr operation, But atiouy. thuse fof them which are inost potent for good, nunc ia wore noticeable than the conseryative Ihtiuence of the Jeval profeesion. i Every man 18 forced 1o nek himgelf, at some {tinie i bua 'ifa, what he fa' doing for the world Jepouid o, Every oruanlzation uf ien uyuxt datonce or later meck the rearching Inquiry, What }are you uccompliahiny for tho cause of hutdun ad- {mn(rlutul.»ul ‘what berefit are You o maukindy e in Phe high office of tho a4 8 profeasion, s toact Bbionys wen & conserving power, LIke the brakes w 14 back the loo rapid ? traln, |t nuderates the advance of tlie other forces 3 which arc helpiug wunkind ui 1o » bigher goal, We live in sn age of progresy, sud there is dan- 8 ftr that we may be progreasing toa rapidly. Ours % al10 an age of change~may 1t not ba that we are changing too fast? The press, the teloaraph, the nalrond, atoaerying g on ot Hehtning speod, O1d 1deas arc fart losing their hotd, Reveronco for whit onr fathora did {s tweakening, What changos hava wo not witnessed in religlons conceptiond. in s0- clal ethica, in theotles of life, fn the Merhouls of estimating men and things! The drens e on to cut away from (xed landmarks and 1o, ele surely modes of proceeding 1s one 0F o sunrked features of our tires, These tendencics have thelr evlte and porila, A ripe and varled experlence Isno less o pledes of kiccacs With communlties And Etates than with fnuiividuals, Theee nro no safer guides than tha Iexsons \which anch an oxperlonce teaches. While it may be well that the Leckoniug hand of the futurs Tflck:n our steps, it in equally as impor- tant that sometimes the rmmlnlnq volco of the part slacken our pace. Tho hnt Jures on- ward nceds to be meilowed and aoftened by the moniory that turna backward, It ls necessary, theretore, that in tuls Pmfirca.-lve. chanping su- clety of vurs there shonid Do at lenst ono order of nies whose habits and thoughts link them to the ast, p’l'h\v Jaw Is & sclenco of precedents. Todecldo what shonld be done to-tay, it looks to what was dono yosterduy, of the goncratifons that have passed true disciples aro dlscinlined by ita ven 1o A reverence for that which {s anclen hope nway. unture in And eatab- Tt uses the gathored nxpnrlnml-in N s | Yishod. In consnitation they advissinen af thelr ¢ tights by the application of rrlntlpll‘l that aro old and pettled, and’ have stood tha tests of time and wee, By thie open discussians of the court-room, they teach tue paapla to, prefer tho peaceable and deliverative methods of aetiling their dispate And \hatever may bo the defects of the ]urK l{ - temy, it 18 cortainly s powerfal engine for tho ine struction of the common mind In the requirements of the law and In tho principles of justice, Tho splrlt of conoclusm that would destroy whateser s stable meets witha diting rehuke ln thie rentealning infinenco of tho logal rrolc-ahm. Tho socialist, tho religlous enthusiast, tha political philoropher, ara nll “urginginen forward to what may bo belght, but is nt any rate uncertain. Thelr cry Is evor for progress, progress, ‘The law- yer plants himself in tho patliway of the mm‘lm{ masacs, and, calinly polnting to thie accumuiated wisdom of the agos, warna iho enger throng that the ruad alicad cat_oaly be mado plain by the lizht that shines from behind. Not alone In the private and roclal relations of Tife is thin consesvativa fntucnes felt—It reachea higher and makes its homeson upon the Govern- ment, Ina country where morit and not rank fa the passport to preferment, the educated lawyer will over take a conspleuous part in the affules of ato. Our Conatitution soparaies tho governing power fnfo tho Juciclal, “cxcentive, and leglslative branches. ‘Tho Judtciary must of neccasity ho fitied from the ranka of tho tegal profession. lc{mnllvu departmont, tao, whose high function {t1a to frame the laws, must look for putdance ta that lody of men who ate engugesd in Lhe practical nplfllcnuun of thosc Jaws to every-day occurrences. T'ho Ametican Btate has alyways béen, tan great degree, under the tontrol of tho legal mind, Mon who have boen taught to respect anthorlty and to heed tho teachings of hon:‘y precedents hive im- pressed thelr culmness and moderation npon 1ho otherwise tusty and pussfonata tendoncles of onr demacratic system. Thele appropriate culogy may reml fn tho condition of ouf country to-tay. In the mldst of the terrible uncertainty Which has oppressed the public mind inca the Into Presidential contest. no rerjous onte Vreak hins occurred to mar the general harmony. On the contrary, indlviduals and newepapers ail over the land haye been calily discussing logal ropoxitions, and calmly awalilng tho reault of egul fnvestigatione, ‘This sublinic spectacle of natfonal eclf-control caunot but challenge onr adufration, whatever may bo the outcowmo of the darkening fuluro. Aniong the Influences which Lave inade tho American natlon capablo of stuch -cantrol, tho thoughtrul student will not fall to distingulsh the reetriining, conscrving pawer of that profession whlch hns been 2o Jong nud a0 faithfully tenching tho pcople to retlect hefora they act; tu deliberaty beforo they reach thoir conclnsfons, I offer, nd a sentiment, tha lnw in iLs pracilco ns a profession, tho conserrative force in American sociely and in Amerlcan politics. AR, TOM MORAN was also called upon to speak to the toast. He spoke substuntlally as follows: Swlft, on une oceaslon, when traveling throngh France, woa asked by a Frenchman what was the greateat or chicf fault of tho French neople, Ho replicd that it was thelr love of the serious, and in connectlon therewith the wit remarked that he was well awaro that In maintalning that proposition ho viould have the oppomtlon of the entire world, 1 T was axkod to utate ono of the chief faulls ar pe- callaritics of lawycra, If they have any fauits or peeulincitios, I would say thio efngular uns which manifesta {tsulf Iy their lova for 8 speach ut a lawe yors' dnner, A& ho banquet of ioyal Dritons is tomplete withont the drinking of the tonst of the Queen, wo o presumne no kanquet of lawyers ta bo complete without doing lonor (o our ‘mistreas. Tho juw 18 the conscrvative clement of zacloty. In this country the law i3 the founda- tlon. of the nation, Our mation wis Tot bullt hy conquast, it Waa ot carvod out by the wword of the sojdicr: 1t was the result uf Tegul jirin- ciples enunclated by deliberative Lodles tunt still remntn tho supreme law of the land. Ina Ireo State tho law {s everywhera; [t surrounds, over- shadows, and protects nss it clronmscrilies ane freedom tonctnnd dufonds onr right to act, and {hua becouies atouce cvery mnn's safcty, As tho nntion was founded uponlaw, wo St niist hve by Taw, At thls Fr&lfinl moment of the dive danger of the fabric of the Government the best thought, the most conservative minds, ary looking for a settle- ment of anr diflicnities by the law. ‘I'lie soldier may clasis Is sword, and tho politiclan way lny bis schemex, but the poople look to tha Inwyers to set- L this grave question by on_ hutiest applfeation of the law ta the facte, lA‘thuw. 1epeak of those maxfins of jurlsprudence at have stood tho test of time, thut have Dbeen tho growth of oxperience, that aze found in the books, Of conrse, If you want law that is absolutely frestt, you will have to po to the editorial columns of tho mornlng newspupers, [Clieers,] By the way, what o reservolr of lai 3y the cditerial inind, Ttonewed cheers.] The edifor docs not gel hus v out of the books; no, he evolves it from his fnner caneclousnexs, and his readings, althongh they tmay havo very little relevaney (0 the case In hand, aro alwayaao inada os to tickle the popular funcy or feed Who populsr passlon. If tho reanuct for the faw I8 tu Vo maintained, the reayoct for its ministors must be mintained, Ouar dily as lawe yers1a Lo e thut the ministers who ait upon tho thrane of the law tulspeak what 1t l4are respected by the people. If wo permit them Lo be abused or traduced, we suffor o disrospect, an infumy, o con- tmcly, 'to bo heaped upon the Jaw, We shoulil surroind the just and fearless Judge s a body of infantey in {he fleld of baitle “surround their commandar, with bayonets tixed in a solid square, to profect klm from_ thy furions onchargs of tho caemy's cavalry, Weohonld gathor sronnd tho fenrions nnd Independent Hench, snd proteet it fram tho furious onslanght of an fgnorant and fm= Jvsloned populuce, Whon w do"that, and teuch he American peopie, By our ncts, thougits, aml chivalry, &8 membors of this foarneil profedsion, fo rospuct the Bench, they respect ue, they reapoct the Ill\vl aud {¢ becomes what the divine Hooker sajd: *'ifer eeat {4 the bosom of God, and hor volce the hiarmony of the world. ™ . Thu next resular toast, **The Bench and the Bar,” wus obly reaponded to by THE 10N, 1. N. ARNOLD. Ho wan very nnich sarprlecd at belng called npon while thero wero so many vencrable gentlemen at s right and letlt—vencrablo for their loarning and the sorvicun thioy had rendered the Slate for many years. \When tho speaker was iu the habit of prac- Ucing law a great deal wore than at present, ho never apol 10 ns when thors were tivelyo honeet men aifting beforg him. [Laughter,] llv sow around him fo-nixh€ a great many mord than twvetre huneat men, but’ they didn’t seem to bo ox- actly the sart as thoso who sat in the jury.box be- fors him. Tno ** lonch and Jiar™ excited in those rrucm varied sentiments. ‘To thoe young yentlmen t brought up assoclations of trials, controversios, and conflicts’ at the Lar, and, ju the divtancoat teast, upon the Lench. ‘Po the ulder men It braught up tho memory of earller days, of tho best names, tlfiu namea of tho most distinzulehed men who had flled thelr Inst pleas nd gone to that place wherethers was an infallibls test, ‘The State of I1linols and the City of Chiengo had always held o high poaition both Ia Iis Judiciary and In (is llor. Aboat thirty-five years sgo the ciistam of ridin: the circult was (n voguc, and the speakar doubted not (hat tla lawyars of that day wora tully thocons peard, If not the sporlore, of thosu of the predunt day. Many of them had aince obtalned the bighest position. 'There \vas Lincoln, of whow Lt was un- necessary to speals Donglas, tho peer of any man In tho United Btates Senatos Laker, who had the inspiration of thopoet and the logic of the matha- waticlan combined. ‘Iho wpeaker might aleo al lude to the dintingulshed gentleman on hls right, who held such an hunorabis positiun in the Ynited States Senate for yenrs,- Senator Trumbull [up- plause], —but auy words on this xnbjoct wers un- Teceasaty, Mre Arnold, In closing, alluded to tho present n political affairs and said: The Alnerican liar has fu the past history of our country and docs silll largely urnlsh thosu who maks und administer tho laws. With thls power comes. unpum\\il\\?. When 1 Iook ot to-duy upou the towpeat which scoms (o be cisiug, 1 turit {siatfuctively lo the conservative Influcnces of the Vench und Bor, They must hush the tumult ond draw the lightning from the gathering storm. Henastional spicoclivs aud sansational werlters uro scokini 1o rousa tho people lyto, violence oud auarchy, It is easy o vaiwe the whirlwingd, but, ‘when once raging, Who can quell {t? We are pass- ing through a great crivfe. "Thus far the Republie has aurmounted ml obalacle, rodo out every storm, _‘Tho man who to-duy counscis violence a3 cedy forany wrong, seal or traltor Lo his country, Oursafety lo 10 the forms uf law, inobedientoto the constituted Bulhoeitios, 10 wiong liws Lewn dous ur Wnsy bo doug, the true remedy, the gool old American emedy, 18 e baltot-Lox. Vivlencs und anarchy aro the Mexican remedles, No ovil fs ko bad as the sdoption of the Meican remiedy, (Applavse. ] JUDAE CATON :ru tmlled upon to further yespond to the same onat ; 1t finttered and gratificd him to speak on this subject, and pleasantly alluded to o certajy dinnor of the Chicavo liar, glven on u cerfaln 4th of_July forly-two years 8go, when o and Judge Bwing combosed tho Associatlon, |[Lavghter.) The Chicage Bar had grown to Laportaut pro- portlous durlug Thess Jong years, and on wore than one vecation had the “indlesoluble vonuection between the Bar and the Hench, und tharrdependence upon onoanother, been iustrated, Nathing alfords Judged moro picusuro than 1o Ilsten tu the ndvice of the Bar uyto the liw und facts. ‘I'ho speaker wirmly referred to the sup- port which ho had recvived from the dar while on hae Beuch. le bad been required by bis convice tivps of {lu"llfi 1o wuko decisions which displeased the publle, He bad ougo declded that 8 weu Lad committad manetaughter, while the pulilc was in A state of great comniofion, and ralsed 8 huo and cry over the escape, ns they called ity of a murder. o, Tho Bar had rallied to his reacne, and even nblic opinfon was {n time compulled to admit the ruth of his posltlon. [Applanso,} 3JUTICH 8COTT) {n responding to the Chalrinan’s pleasant Intro- ductlon, said: Ite had coma to meet the memhers of the Chicazo Par etmply from tho pleastre jt aforded him ta meet these Iminl gentlemen vn anch occanlous, 10 the Bench malntained ita position; it most do eo withs the nid and support of the Bar, Judges had not time to iuvestizate cyory posaibla authority, and {n this way the anggestions. citatione, and rofere ences of the Bar to the acknowledred Texal anthori- 1les wors 0f great sersices, Under theeo clrcam. stances Jndges felf the sustaining puwer and In- finencea of the Bar, Therehad heen inany changes inthe laws for the past fow years. Litlzation had Incronsed to an oxtraordinary extent. Conrts wero crowdod with cases which thero was no time to declde. Thoe great danger was that, in the effort to remedy this ovil, certaln expedlents might Lo adopted iwhich would incrense rather than remedy it, In thls the lezal profexsion had an ope })nrlnnlly tostep In and siggest a propor remedy or this tronble. In this driving age, Inw.hooks wero ieritten ns fast ns the printer wanted copy. Jidgen wera required to deliver fnany moro opiie Jous now than formerty. dellvered many f'—""‘ 820, this pregent pis| Judge Droese's opinlon, and thono dellvered in hing time, howaver, hind Jost noth- ng of thelr legal soundnees or clegance of dic. tlon, and might well servess models, [A“muuw. In closing, Justica Scott reltorated 'tha hupe thal BOMO measures would bo tnken to lessen the accu- nnintion of cases in conrla, and the rapid and in- ordinato growth of litigation, TIIE RAV. DR, MANRIS was requested to say something for his profes- slon and himself, The wm?nuou to moralize, ho confesecd, was considerablo, for fow preachiors had had tho opportunlty to speak to o dlstingulsh- eda congregation, A body of men Inviting a par- Eon 10 pArtake of Anch & dinnor was sons evidence that they did not need a sormon. |1, nufimer. hif 1iad knawn lawyers o8 & lawyer, and atill fol¢ and thonght with tiiem, and asked permisaion to apeak a kind word for men #o buay pleading for othors that they had no time to plead for thewselves, Tha h‘{;al profession was an ornament to most conn- trles, and espoclally to our own, Inhis {udnmam o true luwyerdeserved thoconfidence of liis fellow- nen, ond was very often well fitied to wield the ower Lo was called upon to excrclse. The Jaw in taclf was the nableet of all studles, and must in. cvitably ennobla te mind which properly and righttutly {mnumj it, Law was founded on an oternal distinction between right and wrong. Tho lawser. was entitled fo the respect and cone fidenco of hls (ollow-men, for in his oilice thore was o tribunal {n which he #at in Judgment on overy caso that came bofore hlm, “Though a lawscr nilzht not always act up to ethical maxims, {u ha cuntld noc do his duty 10 himsclf snd client without Loing o puro-minded, wncorruptible, and truo. hearfed mun, {4\1“!1"“!9.] No untruo man had werer been o great lnwyer, JUDGS BRADWELL responded to tho toast ¢ Our Guosts. " o sald ho folt conslderably ombarrassed, as every quostion had two altlus, and ho dld not kaow npon whicti ho waa to spenk, s notloed prosent men who liad ndornod the United States Senato and Jodges who had adornod thy United Btates na well’ os the local henches. They wese prond of thelr learning and abllity, but more eo of thelrhon- eaty and Integrity. That heine the case, the righta of the people were erato and tho members of tho Assoclatlon wore prond of them, As fo tho other ‘hramch, ho feit that the influenco of the Assacla- tlon could do much In securing reforms and reors anlzation of the coarts, ile couldn't ngree with 3r. Arnold that it was a happy moment to face twolve bonest men, 1o romembered whoa it was the grentest delight to face ono honest, stupld men who wouldn't agree with the other oloven, It was too Iate for himn to make any extended ro- wnrks, ‘The Chalr called on Sl DOSNET 10 mako anothier responsc to the samo tonst. o exprossed thelr affectionaie rogard with wlich they welcomed thoe Invited guests to the feative voard, ~‘They weicomed them not marely as dia. tinguistied cltizens, not only as gentlomen whom it wu pleasant to meet, but a8 members of the great fraternity. If the aplrit of thelrs and Kindred as- soclations prevaled {hronghout tho country, thoero would be o pencenbio aolution of the present na- tional difilcilty. In thelr nchool thoy woro taught as much to submit when thoy were beaton as to ‘l’lulfl\lll when they succeed, [Applanse, | Had it come ta the pass that American atatesmauship had no means of solving fhis dificulty othar than that of the xhining bindc of war? In ‘Its plgce the shin- g lade of trath shonld bo drawn, and wisdom rovail, 1f tho apirit of the profosslon was brouuht o bear on thiy mumenfous queatlon, wo would spoedily i a way out of the aificultios that on- vironed us. [Applause. ] . * oun cLizNTa In response to tuls toast Mr. J. 8. Norton spoka as follows: It §s cortalnly Atting that upon sn occaslon whon lawsers assemblo (o eat, drink, and bo merry, thiere ahould he romo remembrance of the clients, L3ut Just why it han fallen to me to apeak to this toast L can hizrdly say, unless, possibly, your Cum- mittee considered that iy Ninited knowledgo ot the aubject would nssure tho brevity of iy ro. warks, They forget, perhops, how hisrd it [a fo be short to n client,—oepeeiatiy 1 hio belong to us, T auppose that ever sinco tod called upon Adatn, accoruing to that respectable old rtory, to plead to thio first- Indiciment, by asking hlm**linst thou caton of the treeY" cvery nation has provided o forun of suiue sort for the scttloment of human controversies and the punlshment of crimo. But Juat when tho necessily of u vicarlous appearance @t the bar called tha frst lawyer and the feat client into oxistence, is n matter of deep vbscurlty, Cere tain it [s, howover, that the order of clicitsis an olil one, and has bronght down with it from nu- tiquity the sympathy of the world; for Paui sayn, +*\Vou unto you, also, ye lswyers! for ye lada nien mon with burdens griovoua to bo borne,™ And to- day o man expocts the same comtniscrution of his frlendn whother ho submit himself to a lawyorora surgeon, Clients, howover, hava littlo sensc of Justlce, They caniot even find out what it I8 wittiout the il af conneel, and half the timo fall to recognize it whon found and pald for. So wo can perlians aiford 1o forgive thum tholr conclasions and tako a Kindly interest in them, They should remember thut {n the Augustan ogo the client was an fuferior pelng depondent tpon o patrickan patron, —a sort of licraditary praporty, bound to contribilto to his patron's support, to fight for him iu war, and to voto for Lim. Alas! what o cliange hos Leen wrought. ‘They may hava borne burdens In Paul's day, but they liave i great many privileges now. *1'0 the popnlar mind the moat obvions relatlons between Inwyer and cllont is the peennlary one; and of courso thero ds such a relation, and it has Ita lmportance, As tho clorgyman devotes hlsclt to s lifa by falth and pow-rents, and tho physician wods Sclonice for the love of her and the dowry she hrlnfin. 20 wo Linve robed oursclves as minlatara in o Temple of Justlee with an eye to the gute- money of tho pilgrims, Onr clionts aro right n supposing that we havo this Intereat In them, and they aro at lberty to magnify it as much ns thoy leio, and s00n as thoy pleare to canvert it from o mere expectancy fnto un eatata In foe, Thers 1 an olil English theory that tho advocato serves his client for lovo of Justice nnd not for pay —though o takes o sufiiclent presont In advance, which, ke nitorney's fees pald to members of Congrees, has eome ronioto connection with the service to bo rendered—and I am sorry to say that agma of our clients scom to cllnr 10 this ofd En. gilsh iden rather moro tonactously than we do, it's o great mistoko, . A [awycr 8 nota *tcasus »* in the law of componsntion, 1lle glves fore—he demands hire, If peaperly encouraged o the custounry wn{ ho can do almust -nltlxlnz. o can vindicato tho Intogrity of a thief, ilo can ''go ta tha coantry * withont “leaving the’conrt-room. 1Mo can reach the fedngs of a common-law Fidgs tr wnke the dormant fucullles of a {ury. Ile foars no obatacle, from a recolpt in full to the rule In syel{y‘- casc; bat holu invarlably paralyzea by an pl:ul in pals, all not sitempt, Mr, President, fo olasslly ourclients, 1would as eoon undertako Lo classily tho defenacs under the genersl isaue, or tho nuthorijics on wegllgence, liut there ls nfinite varicty, My brother Withrow's pet cllent, for in- stance, 16 o vorporation, Now lie may toabls (o proservo bl roctitudo {n dealing wllgl thing all pocket and no soul, but Ldon's belteye I'm hanest enough ta do just right by a cllent that 1 can't have tuo sllghtost approhenvivn of meoting In either da- partment of tho noxt world, after all that is hidden »hall be made known. ‘Thol s ons of tho reasans why 1 hava rofrained from bolng invited to ropro- gont rajiroads, And she other day ju the Federal Court 1 suw one of our brethren umn?ed Indefend- Ing itty barrcls of highwines; but wiicthur ko was uctuntad more by tho prevalout desiro to_roform tho Govornment or by lave for bls client I canuot #sy, And by the way, the fact that the Govern- ment, whenover it would take a little wliisky or tobacco, is compellod to submit the mutter {n u-mporunw Ju«lxiuuml a juey of the guod nnd truo, eoght (g reconciio ustoonr bt as wmere individuals, 'hen there §s tho ninisterial client, who Is con- corned about transures in the wrong world, and In- varlably doclines to profans his pulplt othics by bringm it into businoss controverslea; and tho fo- male cifent, with lier inany griovauces for which, wu tell ber with deep emotion, there ought to bo oo romedy, but da't; and the eccentrio cliont. 1 well remember the irst cllent 1 cver had was of tinsclues, 3o Bn\'e me a wmsll note to collect, At that time, I bollove, 1 reallzed fully ana Mterally Lord Hronghawm's ldea of the advocato. In the perforniance of my daty I know that one cllent and nony other; aid, a8 Dr, Johnson says a lawyer atiould, I did tho Lcat I could for hiw, and gave my andlvidual a*tention to that case. prepared a carcful brief to prove that assumpsit would llo, and then brought auit * and de. clured on that moto tll you couldu's d varlanco with microscope., nd 8 [ 1 hoped for succces; but to iy ansioud mind th actioi wax s pucoly wpeculative s the seloction of a mother-Ii-law, Finlly by the ingentous dovico of taku defunlt for want of'a plea snd swearlng 16 o wmaviorly compuiation of lutoreat 1 abiatued Judgment, Wwhich the defendant soon pald, Boma tme afierwird 1 presented o modest b to wmy client, sud to my great aurpelva ho nstated oi doubilug It; and, being a large und decided wian, he auccevded in sccomplishing hle purpore. Judy. Ing from wy uniforin experience Inone case 1 then supposed tile yyus o combion custom with cHents, sndn thing likely to occur frequently, Thut was one of the errors of youth, Then thero ©s that unfortunste client who s perlodically saceliiced by hiv_utiorney, I know a nun who has been pretty aniformly nnsuccesstu) i hils casen, and ulus huw in each cawo he wes *uold out * by nta lawser. 1dop't blame hhin vo el for helng suld out, but 1 do object to bis bee traylng professonnl secrets lu this way, And we all know ihat wll{ and_pestilent client whose pride of intollect tills him with & uoble sm- bitlou to vutwit hls lawyer snd get bis jaw for uothing, When't think of taut mon I fuel that these wut Lo & sub-cyliar fn Uades And rometimes, Mr, Prostdent, there comes io our ofiiees ~Al ofien, a8 T know, to rour' r— nother cllent—roma’ poor man, {tmay he, half atarving for the want of the wnpaid wazed of hia hard labor—or, petliaps, somo ignotunt, helpless widow, who has nothing In the world but a snean Iittlo homo whero aha I8 strugelinz in squalid yors erty to keep hcr]lu{u viied togethars anil sho mint nppenl to the faw to mve her even this, Some ono has told her that you ate pood and wise. aml eha comes and anks for advice or nssistanca Just as she might come to yous door and beg for bread: and sho yetd it, and piays you with tears and prayers, Well, you have glven to her hoitra that might have been converted fnto dollars, Dut you havu lald away fotover, n that yesterday, that oven God ean't change, something that shall bo riches to yon here« nftef,—n decd dono not fur Mamuion, bui bocsuse of the God within you, And ro long as your heart shall bo open to the sense of human kinship you il some! lmnsbos!ml W put aalde tho consclonns nown of honors and plonty won for f-uurnull, and turnto tho mweet assurance that i that ‘poor charfty client's mirorable home, hunger and cld inch not qitite so sharply, and sad hearts are a ittlo lightor becanso of your hand etrotched out in tho namo of humanity, Some minor toasts trere given and responded to, and the proceedings were brought to a close. e ———— BRITISH ARCTIO EXPEDITION. Capt. Nnrea' Iteport. Tho report of Capt. Narcs, of tho latest Brite ish Arctle Exploriog Expedition, has been pub- 1lshied, Its main polnts have alrcady beon print- cd, Capt. Narcs scoms to disprove tho exist- enco of Dr. JInyes' Opon Polar Sca, and of the northierly Jand reported by #ho Polarls. On the firat polnt ho says: Tn Robeson Chanuel propet, cxcept where tho cliffa rine procipitously from tho sca, the shore line Ia fronted nt a few paces disgance by & nently con- tinnous ragged-topped fed” wall ‘from fifteen to thirty-five feet high. But on leaving Xobeson Charinel the conat lino losos ita steen character. and tho hoayy Ica is strandad at o distance of 100 to 200 yards from tho shoro, forminga fringe of de- fached masses of ice from twenty fect to upward of sixty feet In helght above water 'The average menrurcinent of the Ico in fhickness as it floater Iy ofghty feet, Tha cosat contiuticd to the northwest for sbout thirty miles, forminga large bay bounded by the United States range of mounfains, Noland was to ba seen to the northward, and 1 was re,uce tantly forced fo admit that none existed within a reasnnablo distance, and that we had arrivod on tha shureof tho Arctie Ocean. finding it exactly the op- posite to an **Open Palar Sea,* Concorning the reported northierly land re- portad by tho Polarls ho saya: . After a constant watch and carcfully noting ths movement of tho darkencd patches, L was now with snuch reluctanca forced to adinit that no land ex- fsted to the nostward for o vary considerable Qla- tance, An scen through the light haze, the dark retiection of tho sky avove the detached pools of water in tho offing, In strong contrast by tho side af the light raflected from tha closg ico, which, In n great measure, In slmilar to tho bright glara ro- flected from a Jargo sand flat, crootes a very decld- od appenrance of Jund when thete (s o wiraza; in- deed, sufliciontly #0 a8 to decoive many of us whan #o nnxiously oxpecting and hoplng fo seo ft. We, theroforo, ¢oase to wonder at tho casual lookout wen from the Volatis belng mistakens but the more cxpotienced on board should not lave allowed themsclves to bo 20 readlly miated, ‘Fhie highest point reachiedwas in latitude 82.48 north, Capt. Nares snys: Licut, I, Aldrich roturned on board on tho 5th of Qctober, after an absence of thirteen days, hav- ing, accompnnicd by Adam Ayles, on the 7ta_of Septembor from the summit'of a moartaln 2,000 foat Digh, sitnated in Intitudo 82,48 north, aome- what farther nortii than tho most northern fatitude attuined by our gallant predecessor, 8lr Edward Tarry, Infils colcbrated bonk journcy towand tho North Polo, discovered Jand estending to thonorth- westward for a distanco of alzty miles, to latitude 83 dug., 7 min,, with tofty irountains in tho into- rlor {0 the southward. No land was sighted (o the northward, e —et— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Speciat Dispatch to The Tribune, 81, PAuL, Mina., Dee. 28,—The Stato Board of Health has fasued a clreular for distribution throughout the State, recommending vaceina- tion and revacclnatfon to guard sguinst the probable introduction of smull-pox from Wis- conefn nud Manitoba. Physiclaus are fnstructed tonotify the Seccretary of the Board when small-pox appears in any past of the Btate, in order that the Board may take netion to provent its gpread. New Yonk, Doc, 23,—Tle World says money enough las been subscribed to sccure the Strakosch opera-house project. Special Dispatch to The Trivuns, 03AmA, Neb,,Dee., 28, —8iducy Diflon hasorder- cd that the wogea and salarles of gmployeaof tho Union Pacific, from Superintendent down, bo reduced from 5 to 25 per cent. Tho order, which takes offect Jun, 1, docs not reduce the woges of cnglnce;p.d % . Spectat Dispatch to The Tribuns. TRockronn, 111, Lee. 23.—1Llirco more whole- gale liquor-lealers woro atrested hers to-day,— T'homas Nounan, Isaae Livingston, aud Gusteve Kanuftman, This makes twelve places that hava Dbeen ralded In two days. ———— CANADIAN NEWS, 8peclat Dispatch to The Tribune. Quenec, Dec. 23, ~The third acsslon of the Quebee Legistature was prorogued to-dny. Lieut.-Goy. Letellier de 8t, Just, in the speech from the thronc, pald a high tributo to the memory of his decoased predecessor, tho Inte Licut.-Gov. Carvon, and trasted that the labors of the scasion would give a now {mpetus to the great improvementsundertalien In Lthe proviuce. Bpectat Dispaich to The Tribune, CaMpEN, East Ont,, Dee, 23—A furm-house occupled by Jumes Hinches, near this place, in which bis wife was lying dend, bumed down this morning, ‘Tho corpse was consumed with tha contenta of the howse. The oceupants barc- ly cseaped with thelr Tives, &peciat Dispatch to The Tribune. MoNTREAL, Dec. 28.—N. Valvis & Co., whole. sale boot and shoe mannfacturers, are fn flnan- clal difiicuties, A mceting of creditors was held to-day with the oh{cc?. of effozting o com - ramlse, Direct Nabilitles, $115,000; indirect, 132,000} nssots, $100,0X). e e e ICE LABORERS’ STRIKE, gpeciat Dispatch to Te Tridune. New Yong, Doc. #3.—The World's special from Catekitl, N, Y., says: 'The fce Intorors in this neighborhood, to the number of several hundred, went on a striko to-day for higher wuzes, One dollar and §1,23 aro offered by the ‘bossea. The strike is for §1.73 and 83, the wages of the past scasous. Tho strilersare determined, and are parading behind a drum corps with a banner wlling for 33 or nothing. Threats aro made of covering tha lco with keroseno If wages are not conceded. Local and minor companles arc willing to pay the wages demanded, but are overned by the actlon of tho Knickerbocker ompaay. ————— EDUCATIONAL, Bpecial Dispatch (o The Tridune, Coanpaiox, Ill, Dec. 23.~The State Assocla- tlon of County School Superintendents met fn this clty on Tuesday. About forty wero prea- ent, and o very intcresting seasion was held. The principal buelnces for discussion was clhianges {n tho present Scliool law, several of which will be recommonded. On Wednesduy the Btato Teachers' Assocla tton assembled, sbout 400 teachers belng pres- ent. A large number of ewinent educatora ara hiere from uil parts of the State, and the sesslon promises to be & protitable oue, ——e—— SFRINGFIELD ITEMS, Special Dispatch to The Tridune, SpainarizLp, Ik, Doc. 28.—A mecting of attorneys lins beon called toussomble fn Spring- field Jun, 4 to orzanize a Stato Dur Association, ontho eame gonerul vian asthe Sangamon County Assoclation, Gov, Bevorlige Is to-day officially advised by tho President of tho Contcnnial Exposition thnt o medal aud diplama hias been awarded Illinols for the display showlug the agrlcultural, horticultural, aud “geologleal resources of tho Btato, aud an hinportant display of the Depart- weunt of Publie Instructlon. ————— INTERESTING WILL CASE, Bpectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Rocxronn; 1ll, Dee 33.~The Barrott miss- fng will cuso came up before Judge Bailoy in the County Conrt to-day, The evldence of petitiun- ct's husbaud, J, 1L Charaton, Mary A/Lllucston, and David H, Suoderlmml was taken, I goes to show that tho will was elther stolen or Jost from the Cuunty Clerlk's oflice before it was re- corded, Thero "are grave doubts that the will muy yet be fu oxistenco to indicato the rightiul owneraof the $50,000, Some rich developmieuts wmay be pxpected fo-morrow. Tho Hon, Willism Lathrolf und O, M. Draze have chorze of the case, An o\l correspondent tells us that while John A, Logan bus faith, Bob Ingevsoll fs full ut knowledige. That's what's the” matter with Bob.~Cinciunatl Commercial, itk s ! S Jotm A, Logan joined church hy teingraph somo years ago, That glves him the bulgs on tho Hepublicau caucus In Jinols,—Cixclunati Commercial. CRIMINAL NEWS, New York Agitated by a Case of Defalcation and Flight. Feroclous Bohavior of an Iowa Bignmist---Mob-Violence in Ientucky. Foul Play Buspected in the Quincy Caso of Mysterious Die- appoarance. FLIGHT OF A BLACK SWAN, Spectal Dispatch (o The Tridune. Nrw Yonk, Dec. 28.~It was known two weeks ago among a fow relatives and business pasoclntes that Otfs D. Swan, o prominent Wall street broker, and one who had been connceted swith severnl publlc and private tritsts, hadmisap- propelated funds belonging to the Unfon Leaguo Club to tho cxtent of between 5,000 and £7,000 of his sister's and brother's calntes toa fargo amount, variously estimated at from $70,000 to $100,000, On Friday lnst Mr. Bwan left his home at Ogster, Buy, Lo L, at an cavly hour In tho moraing, accompanied by his wife, Ho was last scen at his office, No. 5¢ Wall strcet, at8p.m. Friday, ThoseIntho officcthonght that he was departing ns usual for home. It 1s not known whera ho did go, nor whera ha {s now. 1t [s sald thero was no necessity of fiight to es- cape prosecution, Inasmuch as his offenscs all bolong to tho Dbreach-of-trust cluss, and are not octlonable. Bwnn's disappearnnco was regarded with suspiclon fn Wall strect, and to~lay the whole malter bocame known, Itis rcsmrlul that Swan fuherited halt a willion from lils father; Benjamin Swan, who was eminent 18 n merchant, accumulated a lnrge fortune, and, with his nmlly. #lied 8 conspleu. ous positlon §n the religlous and soclal life ol tho city, Otls D, 8wan s G0 years of oge. When his father died ™ ho took charge of the estats and hecamo ‘Trustee for the portion which fecl to ia sister, Mrs. C. M, Fearing, ila wag not successful in business, and, in 1573, falled with small llabli- ties, to the great surprise of Wall strest, where ho was supposed to ba a wealthy man. Tils tam- Ily _connections, oxcellent Boclgl quallties, ‘:nofl nssoclatlons, and rcputstion for pligh character and ntegrity enabled nm to get on his " fcet again. At tho time of his fallure, in 1673, the sctile- ment of Lis affairs must have rhown that tho estates be held in trust wero intact. Hohad financinl obility, and posscssed tho confi- denes and’ patromage of 8o lurgo 0 clrelo of mercanttlo ~ friends that it 18 thought he must have prospered ~1f ho had confined himself o the - commission wnd brokerage business. Ie hoped to retrieve hils fortuno by stock speculation, but lost hoavily, He was o Director of New York snd Lenox Hospitals, of the Homo for the Rupturcd and Crippled, ut_the Llbrary Assoclation, Trustce of “severnl benovolent nssociatlons, Seccretary of the Board of Trustces of a bank for Savings in Blecker strect, and Sceretary and Treasurer of the Bullding Fund Comnmiitee ot thie Unjon League_Club. o hud no access to the funds of tho Bleekor Street Savinzs Bank. He was of some scrvico to tho hospitals with which he was connected, and it s not belleved that Lo las taken any of thielr property. Bwan had chargo of the {nter- eat of the bullding fund of the Union Lenguo Club, which [s now over $100,000, and lost in speciiation tho futerest recotved [ July. This Qelalention waa discovered In the Club twelve daya ago, but was kept scerct. A FEROCIOUS BIGAMIST. . Spectal Correspondence of The Tridune. DUzs Moisges, [a., Doc. £3.—0n Saturday, Gus Cudmoro was sentenced to the Penitentlary for six vears, for assaulting with intent to kil Jeannetto Morgan, a young woman who would not marry hin after haviog sald sho would. ‘The trisl devoloped an {nnato cussedncss in the man, nost remarkable. It will bo remembored that he shot the girl in the head, and thon shot himself, also in the head. Immediately after tho jury zave thelr verdict of gullty, he was married to the yirl, On Thursday n new fea- turo of his deviltry was developol, by the ap- pearance of woman from Chicngo who claimed to be Mra. Cudmoro No, 1,—a woman of intelli- genco and proposscssing appearance, Bhio ro- quested tha privilegs of scelng Cudmors, which was granted, tho District Attorney accompany~ ngz ber, Cudmore utterly denfed she was lls wite, and_avowed he had mowifo but Jean- nette, IHe cursed the woman with horrible onths, and. called her tho vileat names he could think of. Bheleft him and went to the Sherill’s oflice, whera sho related tho listory of her life with Cudmore, and exbibited the mar- rlage-papees and other docutncnta and letters to prove her clalm to wifesbip. Sept. 18, 1873, soys the certitleate, Augustus Cudimoro and Mary E. Bmith were jolusd in marriage ot Cli- cago, by the Rev, 8. °Al, A. Barritt, of Bt. Ste- phon’s Chiurch, 8ho_stated thot Cudmoro waa respectably conueeted. Ho wes o kind and af- foctionato hushand untl] he became lutemperate, 1o \wns onco on tho police force, but was dis- charged for drunkoenncss. Ho then onlisted in n cavalry company, and was ordered West, Il wrote her letters frequently whils ho was [n the army, and also a‘ter ko cntne to Des Moines, in which s called her his dear wife, and signed Iihnsclf es an atfectlonato hushand, Four days after his departure 2he gava birth to a son, who {8 now o bright and Sromlsln Uoy, She las, since he left her, been dopeudent ori her friends for support, Blis cama Liors to sca it the roport was trus that he had marrled the gicl, not to make any complajnts or charges .against him. She then visited tho girl Jeaunette, and the meeting was not pecullarly cordial. Kor geveral minutes neither :Talmw tho other; but Mrs, Q. Na. 1 presented her case, with the accom- Ranylng decwnents, which satisfled AMra, C. No. 3 thnt slio wis tho dupo of o heartiess villain, On Saturday, when Cudmoro was called up for sentenee, his wifo was present, ond manifested intense emotfon. le was golng out to tho fail ho saw Qs wife, aml dosfred to speak with lor, Ile only usked her for his photograph, which sha deelined to surrender, whon ho gave her o kiss and passed on, After being voturncd to his coll, he swrore Iie would never leavo it alive, and i1 18 supposca Lie contemplates sulclde. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED, . " Special Dispaich fo The Triduns. Quixor, 1,y Dee, 23,—Thu wysterlons disap- pearance of Frank Mclson from’ this elty with 87,000 belonglog to Hall, Patterson & Co. of Chilcago, and which was reported to Tus Thin- use obout two weeks ago, has caused o sus- plefon that hie was inurdered and robbed fu this viclnity, Melson's father and brother were in the city yesterday cudeavorivg to-get some clew to his whercabouty by ascertaining, if pos- alble, whero ho was last secn, and fn what dfree- tion hewent, They sssert the bellof that hie {s innocent of tho erlme of defrauding his cinployers, and refer to. his previous good charncter to substantiate tha thoory that ho has heen Ioull{ dealt with, and thore are somo facts in connoetlon with Melson's leavo-taking which bear them out in the mssumption, Tha Inst night he was in v.hm;lll’.‘y he had n strange com- palon, and visited varfous places in a hack, At 2 o'cluck in the moming thy two men got out of the hack {n front of the Occldental” Hotel, but Melson did not go Into thehouse that nlirht, Blnce leaving the carrfags not the least truce . of him can be learped. The wman who was with lim was » total stranger, not only to the hack-driver, but also to the proprictors of cating-houses and other places they visited durine ths nizht, Mclson paid the bills for supper, hack-hive, ete, His relatives aro con- fident {rom all they hiave thus far lcarnod that that the mob hias organized to rentove two prl oners from jail for the pirpuse ol hanving them. Filby itizang, all armed, aro guarding the Jait, and” hove kept the ofhers at bay for several days, but it Is now fenred the mob will over- comna this posse and sucesed In hanging the two men, In order to prevent this, Gov. McCreary i3 naked for ald, but as Fet has taken no actlon. JOUN LYONR. Epeclal Dispatch to The Tridune, MiLwAURER, Dee. 28.—A fellow named John Lyons stole n rig from a livery man In Now Chssell, Fond du Lac County, eloped with a girl named Amelia Unger, of Boltonville, and stic- ceoded Lnrnz-hlnf; the town of Oak Creck, ten miles south of this city, when he was arrcsted Dy the owner of the tig, Lyous was on the way to Chicago with the girl, e, CONKLIN, Epectat Dispatch to The Tridune. MiLwAukEg, Dee. 23.—Distrivt-Attorney Hazelton this morning made o motlon In the United States Circult Court for anolle prosequt in tho caso of & J. Conklin, tho notorlous whisky crook, The motion was taken under nd- lic wos {n somo uianner mads away with by the unkuown persot. . . WITEELER, Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribuse. Manyson, Wis., Do 23.~The colobrated La Crossu Bank caeo, which has been trisd in the Unitedl Btates Court hiere for some timo past, came to u final declslon to-uight. The juryat first came Iy with a verdics of gu'lty at Bo'cloclk, but, thers Yelug some Informality in thelr o~ elslon, there befug twolvo counts, Judxo Hop- kjus sent the jury out seslo, After belng out for sn hour or njoro they sgaln returned to the Court-room and rendored 8 yerdict of gullty on ull tho counts, ‘fhis cuso how cxcltéd a ryeat deal of Interest ln our Btato. Mr. Vheelsr, who lins beon bera durlog. th trial, and who was !urluurllyAuauu(ut theold Galens Roed, was vory mncl depressod st the renders fricob the verdict, 1Ml bafl s held by Chicazo porties. It i3 Wnderstood to bo $15,000. Speclal Disyatch to The Triduns, LousvinLa, Ky., Doc.35.~1Thp Judge of Clin- ton County, Ky, telegrapbed fo Gov. McCrea- y &t Frankfort to-day for ald Lo asslst Jn quoil- 1nZ a wob at Albauy, Ky, The telogrem states visoinent by the Court. TATAL BOXING-MATCIT. ‘Bostox, Dee. 28.—In a glove-fight at.Revero 1lail this evening betwoen P J. McDermott and D, Dasldson, tho Intter recelved injurles from whl&h ha died {n tho hall. Boveral arrests were mnde. 1 PRELIMINARY TRIAL. LouisvitLe, Ky., Dec. 28,—Tho trial of Z. B. Henry, the murderer of tho two Gallaghers at Tlarrodsburg, ten days age, resulted {o holding him In 82,500 to auswer, — FOUND GUILTY,. LirrLe Rocx, Ark., Dee. 23,—~At Fort Smith, yeaterdny, o riegro man was found gulity In the United States Court of a murder in the Indlan Territory, P S e ABRANAM LINCOLN. s Interview with n Delegation of Yadians, o ft the White Houne. Aldert Rhodes in St. Nicholas fuy November, Thera was an interesting though untnportant scene n the life of Abraham Lincoln, of which I wag an eye-witness. It wuson the occaefon of the visit of about twenty Iudian Chicfs to thoe Exccutivo Mansion, delegated bly thelr respective tribes to treat per- sonally withthe great father {nthe adjustment of thelraffatrs. They wero habited fn thelrattire, of feathers and paint, and caclt one was lpress- ed with the greatness of the oceasfor, the most eventful, probably, of thelr lives, Thelr inter- proter placed them In the form ot a erescent in the spaclous east room, on the fluor, as they would have beenill ateascon chalrs. Thus thoy eat on the carpet in_decorous sllence and waited tho arrival of tho Chicf Muglstrate. A number of people had been invited to be present ut the fnterview, among whom were ofticers civil and military, and foreign diplo- mates, accompnnied by their wives, in fashionable tallet. Several of the Jatter, whoso foet had not long left the asphalt of the boulevards of Pans, looked on the copper-calored men—two or thres using eye-glnssce—with pecullar inter- hava them, Youeannot plek them oft th and they o not fall Tron th cloudn brnkyy MHad [t not heen for the respect which they awed to tho spealier ns the great father, fwiy lain that they woull have exclaimed ngalnat his words witlh the nntutored energy of” tielr Indlan nature, Aa ho was well acqualnted wity that nature, having served ns Captain n the Tippecanae war anl spent hta early life on the frontler, o suapicion entered my mind that Lo was mcmllnys with the advico alittle chaling, To change the subject aud restore them i good hunior, hie requested one of thoattendanty to roll up s Inrga glole ol the world which stom) {n n corner on a three-legped support on wheels, The President placed his fiand on the glole and ‘".'."\fi“ it rc;mF y my{?r.i'l: ve pale fuces ™ belleve that th rnxgmhl" ull;l.- s e worll s this point Lincoln eaught the fn eyes of the Indians rnnuum\pmm nthl!‘!“C‘l‘f"flfi turm&nllou o1 the legs of the elube, # Without tholegs,” continued Lincoln, In an- swer to the mnte Iuterrogation, with a twiukle In Wtseye. **\We pala faces can get lota g b eanoe, shoved by steam,—here, for instance, ag :X:“P‘?r tom, ot "“I"'"{,“k"“' tlm—r_m round world, and come back at tho plac ‘H{I\vlhlw?l started."” n S8 o Vith due respect to the great fathe grilently thougll to givo 5 mlid torm ) he was ‘giveu to exacgeration. o started of ngzaly, to tell about the north pole, toreld zane, the Jength and breadth of tho United States, and how long It would take o man o walk from angend of fttothe other, in which ho got somewhat entangled; then seeing o well-known man ol sclenco on his right, Lincoln placed hig hand on his shoulder, gently urzed him forward 1‘]% n qgsmm. in front of of tho Indians, to whom saldt ** But hiere Is ono of ourlearned men, tell you nll abont it,” h Rho sl Saving this, Lincoln bowoed and withdrew, and thoservant, taken by surprise, endeavored to eatricata Winself from the difiowlty as bestho could, by continufug the theme where the Presf- degt Tet oIl i ne eober event followed the Indlan recep. lon, Big Woll, who had expressed the (le:l?q to linye sausages like white men, satisfied his appetite in tha iotel on this food without stint, and It was this product of our clvilization whicl was hils bane. In s word, sausage killed him. ———— The Blshop of the Now Catliollo Dloceso of Tcorin, 1l New York Wovd, Much fnterest is manifested in Catholle circles of this city over tho recent appolntment of tho Roy. John Loncaster Spalding, S. T, L., at pres. ent curato of St. Michacl's t‘llurch, in Eighth aventie, to the Blshopric of tho uow Dioceso of Peorly, Ik The bouuds ol the dlocese have not yet been flnan{ detertnined, but it js cxt]n.‘cu:fl that they will be announced ecarly in February, when Father Spalding will bu for- mally natatled s Dishop, ‘Ciio_ Conslstory of Curdinals at which this dlocese was created was Tield in Romo on tho 18th of the present month. T'ather,8palding s still young, but has alread mude & reputation © for’ devotion, zex and cloquence. lio fs tho nepbew ani blograplicr of the late Archblaliop Spald- fng, “of Balthnore, and 48 a fre- q.uunl contributor to the Catholle magaziucs, e new Blshop wad-born in Lebanon, Ky., and 13 now 86 years of uze. Hls ancestors belonged to the 'band of Catholic pilgrims, who, flecing from religious persccution in "nfl‘and, Tounded tho Maryland v.»nlnn{ fn 1034, fourtcen years after the'landing of the Pligrims at Plymouth. est; tho ubjeéts of it, however, sat under the close observation with calm dignity, as calm as it they had been n the hublt of_ sitting -amidst tha paudy splendors of ancast room, and of being looled upon every day, by dfetinguishcd men and handsome wemen; the ahsence of an: manifestation of surprise bolug u eharncteristfc of Indian nature. At length Abraham Lincoln came fnto the room and stood before the dusky crescent, whilo a group of well-known men gathered bohind him, to hearwhat wasabout to take ?]nw' space being made by ushers about the Chiofs, the President aud the {munediato group behind him, 'Tho interpreter oceupled o place near Lincoln, to turn the aboriginal Innguare futo English ns {t fell from the Mp. Tho cerc- mony began by a personal presentation of cach Chiel to the great fatyor, cach one going up to tho powerful white Chief and nhnkmE lands— not extending the hand alter tho Cnucasian manner, but holdivg it hizh and drapplnfi it softly down into tho Presidential palm. The names wero furnished a8 they tame forward by the Interpreter—\White Bear, Biz Wolfy Red Fox, and 80 o1, Tlie fave of Lincoln was plalnly seen by most of tho people preacnt, for it was higher than tlat of any other. Wiien hecame intothe room 1t was, as usual, pale, and tinged with the snd- ness which was its prinulpln charneteristic in ro- pose. Ho folded “his hands before him, and stoud rather awkiwardly as ho waited for the in- torview to bewin, After moking bls compli- ments and shaking lands, eacli Indian ‘roturncd to his ecat on the carpet in the crescent of his brethren, When all had performed the ceremeiy, cach onein turn madoe his speech to the President, standing up for tho purpose, and sitling down when done, in purliamentary fashion, probably throngh fnstructions from the interpreter. Tho first ona who essayed to tall grew nervons, and n o hurrled way asked fora chalrin the spirle of o wreeked mariner who seeks for s plank. When it was furnishied lm, e took his scat and resumed tho cntangled threadof his dis- Lourse, As this trifiing Incident took place, & smilo pussed over tha taces of the spectators, and was reficcted {n that of Lincoln, ‘This smile, indeed, deepencd into an audible laugh in the rear; but when the ear of the President cauizht it, his face fmmediately stralgitened fnto serlousness and s{mpnmy Wwith tho disconcerted Indfun. Io m‘l‘ not” nt ouce begin, and the interpreter 8ok **Mr, Prestdent, Whito Bear asks for time to colleet his thoughts.” The Presideut bowed, aud another smile went round at the plight of tho perturbed Indfan, but did ot appear in the facs of Lincoln, Soon White Bear roso to hiafect, went at it aguln, and afters fashion got through with what hie wanted to say, at which there was a murmur of applause. The burden of thelr specches was the same. ‘They hud all como such a long distance, and so quickly, that thoy left as it thav wero "birds, Taseo the great father iad been the wish of their llves. They were poor, and required holp. 'l‘h&{ hnd alwoys rc!wl,cd thelr treatica, and weretho (ricnds of the whitoman, They wanted to be wmq«mus aud rich like thelr white broth- ers, Blg Wolt, partlcularly, cnlarged on this theme. Ho sald that he ivould llke to have harses nud _carriores, saussges, such aa he ate in the hotel In Washington, nud a fing wipwam —H1ike this," added he, as ho desinatul the highly orontaentod spartinent in which hio stood. At thils the Dresident could not retain the de- sire to sharo in the gencral smile, Rod Fox was tho attorney and orator of the delegatfon. Ile dwelt on tho gratification he experienced at seelug the great fagher. It was tho proudest and most important event of his existence, Hud he been famillar with the Neapolitan proverb, 8ve Naples aw then die,” hia would doubticss baye paruphrused it to suft the occaslon. There was, Lowever, u cloud in the othorwiso clear sky of his cnjoyment, Ho had an nf\prchonslun that when Lo returned to his peoplo in tho far West, they migut not be- 1icve that ho had scen thie preat father und talk- e to him faco to face, 18 it waa his grout priv. flego to dothen and there, Hencw ho would ke to return tohis people laden down with presents,—* shining all over like a Tooking- glazs,”'—to prove to thom tho fricndly relutions ;\‘l‘xllch existed botween himself and'the great ather, “There was no vesisting this, and thore was somo good-humored Jauehing, but the face of all tho Indluus remaluod serlous and resory- ed. W\, Prestdent,’ .sald tho Interpreter, *‘the Chiefs wonld be gild to hoar you talk," Towhich lincoln futimated that he would endeavor to do so. My red brothren, said Lincoln, “aro anx|- ous to b prosperous and haye liorres and car- ringes ko the pule faces, 1 proposeto tell them low they inay .f“‘ them."* At this the dusky ion were all attentlon, and ‘manlfested thefr satlafaction by tho usual Indian guttural souuds, +Pho plan 15 o staple one,’ sald the Preal- dent, as the Iuterpreter turned his worda futo tho tongue of the vud mien, Thelr curlosity was fully aroused, Even the spectators looked ine qulrimrle‘ at Lincolu, to know low ho was going to provide horses and carrfoges for those who thus bluntly ssked for them. “You afl have land,” sald Lincoln, “Wo will furnish you with aericultural tinplements, with which You will turi up.tho soll by hand it you have not the ineans tobuy snox, but I think with the aid which you recetve fron the duvern= ment you might ot least purchusu one ux to do the plowing For eeveral. You will plant corn, whaat, and votatues, and with the mouoy for which'you wil sel theso you will be abio. each to buy an ox for bimsel! st the eud of tho trat yeor, Atthoend of the second year you with ‘ach be ahle to buy perbaps two uxeq nnd sonie sheep and pigs. At thoend of thothird you will probably be In u condition to buy s horse, aud lll the course of a few ycurs you wlll thus be the posseasor of lorses aud carrlages ke our- Jyem!? This plau for becoming rmpr(o(nn of horses and carrlaros was ot relished, for it meant work, sud the fuces of the Indtans bore s dis- appolnted expresslon as the Prosddent uulolded "1 do not know any mhcrwu{ toget theso things,” added Lincoln. It Is thuplan we bave furslshed; at Jeast thoso of ‘uy who i Ilis_ancestors, Kowover, wero not all” of En. glish origin, somo of them having__dc- sceuded from the Fumst of Celtle stock. " Futh- cr Spalding’s early education was obtalned in the Jeault "College nt Lebanon, his birthplace, After spending some years there, and while still uits a youthy he was sent to Mount Bl Mary’s olleze, Emmotteburg, Md., where ho remalicd untit within o couple of years of his graduation, Thence e went to the College of 8t Mary of the TLake, Cinciunatl, where ho gradu- ated with ~ honors n 186t fler his graduatlon he was gent Dby his uncle, at that tino _ Blshop of "Louts- villo, to the seminary at Louvain, Belzlum, and. wis ordainod prieat in the sunmer of 1864, Ilo also recelved ut that tio tho 8. T. L. (Licen- tiatus Sauetm Theologim)—Lectures of Bgered Theology, After o short visit to Rome be re- turned to Kentucky, and shortly after was nflwlmcd Chancellor of the Dioccse of Louls- ville, but in 1871 resigned his ofllee and canre to this city, whero he was appointed curate of St. Michael’a Churcl, Go\r').‘ Hayes' Forthcoming Messngo. iepateh to Cincinnatl Commerelal. Corumnus, O, Dee. 20.—Cov. Hayes has camsflcted tlic outling of his munual nicssace, and it fa now in the hands of tho printers. Liko ell puch productions from the hands of fts nuthor, this document will bo briof, not occupy- g mare than two and o half or threo newspa- gcruolulmm, and will o confined: strictly to tate affalrs, with no allusion to natfonal poli- tles. 1t Is understood thot Goy. Nayes will re- iterate Niis previously-expressed viows as to the necessity of restriching the practice of ercating local munlcipal debts, " The fact, that the el rnbllc {ndebtedness of the Stato increased dur- ne the last flscal year $10,000,000 renders the dlscussion ol the :luumuu a timely ane. The Stato flnnnces aro fn a healthy tondltion, and tho entire Stato debt I8 In a_coursc of rapld ex: tinction by micans of thesinking fund provided u compliance with .the Constitution, The foct hat tho Ohlo Pouitentiary, constructedfor tho confluement of o muxkmuw of not more thav 1,000 persons, or thereabouts, has now Incarcor atod within its walls up\vnrdxi of 1,500 convicls, will be presented to the Leglstature, and the. Governor is sald to favor tho ercction of ono or morg intermedlate prisons In suitable localitics, for tho doublo purpose of glving relicf to the Penitentinry sud providing for the rural tramps. e eg——— The Fumine In Indla. London Examiner, 1t now scems beyond doubt that tho area of the Indian faming of 1876-1877 will gruntly vx- ceod that of tho really-afilleted districts of Ben- §:\l threa years apo. Excluding Mudras and (me- there nro cight, Bombay districts for whiteh tho cateulation Tanges from * great earct ty ' to actua) famine. Among theny is Poonah, whose wretched condition led to the ¥ Ryots _Commission " of 1874-1875, Tho suprame Govern- ment will grant beavy remissions of land yeve- nne, and authorize roliof works, —itself oxperd- fnz 'an indoltulte_sum, £120,000 at the Jowest cstimate,—on tho Delil fireworks and festivi- ties, This sum, it must Le borne n mlnd, ls exclusive ol theexpenditure of the nutive Priuces, and the money spont by little potentates like ths Duko of Buckingham, who'is sald to bave ordered n silyer howdah, and tobe tnoking grand praparations for a royal prograss fromn Mudrod 1o the Mogul capital, It is sald that one chie L offered 60,000 rupees for a fortnight’s nso o a house in Defhi, Other charges wlli: b fn proo portion: 1t {s unfortunate that all this fuss aud waste ubout o title, for which not one natlve in a thousand cares anything,}should oecurato timo when the starving cultlvators of Pooualt and tho other districts aro selling thelr cattlo for four auuas (slxpence) o head. e T———e . A Duslness Man with Idons, Deirall Free Prese. Yestorday when a lame begger halted a an on_Woudward avenuo ond asked for alms, the pedestratn scemed to look kiudly oo hiw, and asked him tostep up-stairs into hia office and ho would seo about {t. Tha beggar fallowed him up to the top story of the block, lnto an offlce, tool scat by thu stove, und when the gentiuman had Lupg up bis overcoat and poked up tho fire, ho 2aid: “Ha you want alms, do youi" + Picase Heaven, 1 do,” was the reply, “ What clalin haye you on my eharityt? L \Vull‘ 1 dunuo, only I'm awful poor.” %1 ean't give you o cent,” said the geutleman. “ You haveu't made ont a clour case, and theres fare, &«u will gt nothing from me.” ' Why didu’t you say eo ot the foot of tho stalrs," naked tho beggar, rememberiog it was thres palrs up and three down, “Tam a business man, _ I havo businesshours and a business oflice, 1f I could .do huaiuess at the foot of the atalrs I shouldn't pay ront fo8 this office, And now, yon climb! " e o — e A Miner Falls Twelve Ilandrod ““.Lh The Virgluia City (Nov.) Enterprise has tho followy mmuunzz:{ 8 horribla ‘:"cclduul which oceurred at the Consolidated Impertal Mine: v Among the minurs coming to the surface ot the timo of chuniglng shalts was Hugh McDon- nell, » nativo of Nova Bcotln, and aged about years, There woro four other men on tho cago with him at the thme, Whon the cage hnd reachiod within about 100 fect of the eurface MeDouuct] fulnted, and beforo his condition was Jkuown to those with I, fell from tho cuge. The man was caujht as ho fell between the qigo and the thnbera of the ehaft and horribly torn and mutdated, and, beforo the eagy onld Lo nmr]m\. was Folled off and_precipitated 1,50 feol down the shuft. What little semblance of humanity wis Jeft 1n Nin Jifcless form Ly the vujge waa crushed out by the fall, ~As gonn us pussibla thecagpwas lowercd and the frazments of his remaing pathered up in a blanket and taken to the suriace, Ilis hoad, legs, and arws were all turn off, aud there was scarcely enought of hla lmd¥ left together to Lell How the pleves belonged.” ———e— Tho recent h)ow(ng wp of the last remaining reefs In Hell Gute, Nuw York hareor, by th groat en- gluces, Gen. Nowton, muy Justly ba pronounced 8 geeat Leiumph tu enginourini selanco. - But a atill or tritnph has fecently been achloved b al sclence, tho fnveution of au abiolusely tollot woap, (v which hupuritles are nut ercd up by fragrant odgrs, uauicly, Us T, Bake Litt's Polltt Sospy B