Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 1, 1877, Page 11

Ll ‘- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JULY J; T8T7—BIXTEEN PAGES | 1 ~_ WALKEI'S NOTES. plots and Counter-Plots to " Obtain the Stone Contract. An Interesting Trust-Deed---Why : Were the Notes It Se- cures Made? A Loan from Harry Lawrencec-- 1iow 1t Came atan Oppor- tune Time, Trede Replaced as a Stakeholder by a Newspaper Man. That McNeil, Wajker, and Others Say About These Mysterious Travs- actions, Additional Loan Made by Walker Lest December—Questions for the « Grand Jary, A year ago this month the Connty Board was Ina state of agitation Over the letting of the stone contract for the mew Court-Houee. The bids nad been opened on the lst of June, and from that ume on until the award waa msde in Angust there was 2 succession of conetont nezotiations between coutractors and contractors, and contraciors and Commisefoners. There was a eerica of endless combinations and recombinations. One day Walker was combining with Atkinson. The nest dsy McNeil was maling an agreement with Fauning. The next asy Fanning entered into relations with dcMahon. The next duy Rinedale and Walker joined teams. Andthe next day came another chaage In the kaleidoscope which brought up new sets of com- binations which bewiidered the reporters at that time, withough tiey are now pretts casily uuder- €tood. **Along aboat that time,"said Trua “*they were dickering about terws, and drawing up papers one ¢ay aud tearing thew up the next. 3y cierks and I were kept busy in preparing these ducumients between al kinds of partics, aud § can- nut for the life of me remember the terms or con- ditions of any of them. Out of all this muddle and jumble of parties snd of wteresta . ONE TRING WAS PLAIN ALL ALONG, and that was that Edwin Waiker had on his side, {eonstantis pledzed to bim, nearly. if not quite, & majority of the Roard. ecmed extraordina- 13, Lecaure Wi« bid was zmong the hish ones. When proposnls were advertised for, they were i~ vited either for farnishing, cntting, and serting the stone. and doing a1} the work, or for cutting a setting simply. ~ Walker pat in no bid for the en. tire job. butput inonebid to_do the cutting and fetting at_$40.000. and ke also proposed to far- weh thie 317,000 cubic feet of nmestone which Ezan dzured out the bailding would require at 57 ccats “a fool. which_ made a toral of sbout 255,000, These two itemy combined mace ‘uwp his cvichrated $095,000 bid, which was ¥o year going throuzh. ~ Farther down in the liet of bidders came Fanning. who had a1 1hat time & combination with McNeil snd Hen- neery, who proposea to do the eutire work at 35,000 Jusi'ahead of him came Williaw M- eil, who offerod to do the entire Job fur $340, - ©90." Thie was 2 curions closcness in bicding. IT WAS NOT A MATTER OF ACCIDENT, however, but it was due to an agreement which had 9rfl‘im|pl(' been entered into between these contructors. The bide were advertised for early in Mav. *Ieetio work on the job,” sald Fannine, ‘-and figured it Oul stone by sleme, made up my oid of $535.000, which 1 conridered 3 fawr sum, with 3 litle profitin it, and certainly employment for some Jeare. Aléngabat the iiddle of the month, M- 1l came to e and proposed that we should go “inte a pool. He szid hie was abie to hel he was on very intimate terms with Frank Agpew acdalso with a certain newspaper man. foth Aznew and tois newspuper man were down on the Kz, The former had put up a fary which indict- ed the Commuesioners, and the latter had “tarle sicouy waron them in his newspaper. e faid that, vacked by these wen, we could make fight’ou the Commissioners that would break up flie Rinz., and zive s chance for an_ honest bidder. 1 thoucht the praposition had sume backhone 1o it. o becaare and § asked him what he proposed to do. So e rud that he would put ma bid also. abeut we eame sk mioe, and that then we should_euter into a Jiennessy. conditive wWere 10 Currs iton j esenly. SO M'NEIL TOOK FANN 'S BOOKS where lie had fzured out the cost of e Fun over them hastir, added efer, and i v I Lwo chances in their favor. If thes JofLon the card murked wat the other one marked 540 10 fall back o McNetl wax thrown ont. and that acemend because the County Board had dectared him irre- 1pousible a few maonths befurs. when he bid on the Zourt-House fouudations. Wity there came Fan- Ring just belaw Bius. 3 responsible man, teady 1o do the workk. On tbe i of May they drew up hes contract, Mipulating for a divis.on of the protiie into three’ parts m case th riner=hip. he and 1 and it if we 2ot the work we 1y and divide the profits and Walker's name, like Abor il the rest. the wewspaper whnh the vewspaper man wrote for pitched 1m0 Walker pretty seadity, and Fanning felt d that his 5 tract wak being carried out. He b o1 that Gue 1o think the comnination wi ¥ solid_ " Neatiy a year beforo 2 sl bad boen | ¢ 10 et edmond I ot of the Board of ! Tubiic Worke, 2nd 10 get McNeil tn, This wae Tooking 2 to the futare, when the il part of the Caourt-H ase wastobe buitt. MeNeil was haild house for the RewspRper Mah, Wisv, S0r_ convenitnce may be designated as Mr. AN was on very intl- mate ters with Agnew, and Agnew was alko one of the mewbers of thie combipAtion 10 oust Prindi- a6t0 what hap- i, There weie en all vort of . ap antil the 24 of | s wi but not wunin, when & s Couny i puty of ite 0f ¢ hivaz, mleCenOr i Pt T 08 and Fron~ ier tecd. WItH the smue jower ued auihoriy as rald A3, the eatd Edwin Walker (s 1 “ured o be TN by X CeTtain pronisesy noles. bew crewiili. payaiie to the orier of himec Tuwlt Grie Dute for F16.00, paycole i IbIry days one note for $10.0°0, gasabic neixty davs one note for $5.U0% pagabie In slaiy d» o1 nute for 82 one note fo: 2 {n 120 A oue iiote for £5.:a41 in 150 uags and all of 33ia %oies hearing tnterest at the Ticpisper coot per snoum. and indomed by the sald 25 uA. the fatd party of the izt part fe desls curipg the prompt and fuil payment of sal rumissory notes, and julerest ihiat miay accrue thereon, Fhose Liands soever the same mmay be: Now, therefore. the aaid party of the fret part, in consideration of the vremters, for the purposes Bforesald, and 1 the further considersiing of oac dol- lar to it in tiznd paid by the oariv of thie xecond lereby confessed, hath and rant, harcals. &cll. and convey uuto the his fuccessor in trost afore:a1d, and nl \d their heirs snd assiens, all the Jollowing described lands and premises, situate in the Town of Lemont, County of ook, and State of Ili- Hols, 2-wit: Part of the hall Of Uie southesst quaricr of Sec. 21, Townsnlp 17, Raage 11, «ast of third priaci- ret meridian, tn the Town of Lemont. County of Cook. and state of 1ilinois, beginoing st s stone at the n Yol corner of the east-haif of the southeast porilon o lh}- sald tection, thegee south along the west lne of said tract, 10 chiatns; thence cast, paraliel 10 the east aud west centre Iine of sald section, 7 chalos; thence borth, parzilel to the west lioe of eald tract, 10 chains, 1010 cai and west ceatre live of e Aections (hencs West along sald centre linc 7 chialps, 1o the place of bfgnnlnk. ‘costalning nine scree: Al the entire cast Falt of the soutness: quarter of Sec. 21, Townshin &, Hange 11, east of the third principal meridian, in the Town of Lemont, Conk. County, State of lilinols; aleo, Lot 0. Black 18, Schodl Secuion’ Addition to Chicazo, the leasehold interest of said jot and the oulld- 1ogx thereon situated. To have =ad o hold, 3 Andthe sald Edwia Walier aad Mary Walker. for themscives and their befrs, exccutors, ana acmiuist~s- # tors, covenant and agree 1o and with the said party of ke N‘wndJ'!m hix successor o trust herclubefors named, and thelr aselgns, that, a1 the ime of the ea- « %aling and hellvery of these’ presents, he was well Belzed of said premises In fec simole, and has good Tight, fuil power, and lawfal authority o grant. bar- . Eain.’aad sell the same Lo manner and form sa afore. . Bald: that the same arc free and clear of ail llens and Tocumbrances whatever: the fame seal..et all clalms whatscver, etc 15 wis whercof. the, sad partles of the first pa-t et Lands and scals the davand year Towiy Waiken, 5 MaRy WarnEr: 1. Edward D. Husmer, Notars Pobife In and for sald coiinty, in the State afcresatd, do hereby certify that, ele. Epwakp D. Hoswes, Notary Publlc. AT TUAT TINE TKUDE WAS WALKER'S LAWTEE, and hence it bappens that Jobp Graham, Trode's glerk, was Trurtee, and Tom Boyd, anotber clerk in the office. and now a Baptist minister, was made successorin trust. Tthe reasomzbly cedtein that, st tLie time wheo thix decd wes made and ‘these notes drawp. there biad been no négotiations what- in ninets da, | over this: When t #ver between McNeil and Walker. MeNeil's bid bad been ignured by the County Board from the bezinning. ~They stuck Uy their belief that he was Arresyonsible. ‘Wh; eald McCaffrey, “‘X M 0 “ouldn't trakt him to build ‘8 woodsbed. - > There Totes, thus accured, were pat into the hands of Trnde. aud remained thero for eome tine—how £ i8 one of the unceriaintics, but probably until October of the same year. B ON THY STil OF AUGUST, the fisht came to aculnination, The Joint Com- mittee on_Public Buiidings and Paolic Service rec- ommended thie acceptance of Walker's bid of Si5.000. Then there went up s howl from the rtone men. On the 12th of Ausust, the Committca rea-sembled and recon’dered its action; and on the Isth of Aurusi, tothe surprise of evershody exerpt the few wha wero inmde, McNeil came up totte front. and itis bid wae pui throw:h by the TerLiALON Yole Of 5107, When & man lonks hack at the tiice of the papers Tor last summer 2ud reads what wae then pusliched in the ight of what be now kuows, he can see ihap very ofien the reqorters had hotd of ¢! 16 of great truths, but were not able tu drag them ot into the Tights All last summier THEES WAS TALR ABOUT §40,000, which had tesu pnt up 10 secure the contract. At gne thue it wus $40.00 in mones : atanotber time, Ui in iand. But all the #ories were constaut $10.000. * Cox's story wan that Waiker hnd $10.000, aud came to bin 1o borrow 86, - him make up the sum. This 340,000 waa repeated in two forme. In one case it was an_orizinal $30,000, and in another case the etory ran that Walker oat up $10,000, a Ciucin- nati wixn raised Bim wnd wade it 360,000. and then Walier was compelled to dounle on himself and weke it £50,000. That hie ever raiscd any such fs unlikely, because he aidn't aucceed in got- < bls bix nid through; and, if any money was Put up, it wan probably only the £10,000 and notl- inzmores or perbaps $10,900 and a few thousands {0 buot in the thape of a retainer. 1t Is one of the absurditivs of accident—one of THOSE DIALOLICAL COINGIDENCIS that occur ofteu 1o the most innocent of pecple~ that there shouid huve been thexe rumors in circa- about Walket payias money to get the con- ct; tnat the Joint Commntiec on_Public Build- ings and Public Kervice sbould, on the Sth of Au- guit, huve given Walker the contract an bis orlgi- nal bia: that, about the middle of August, Tug TirvNE should state that. Walker bad® botrowed moncy fror Mike McDonald's partner to secarethe contract; and that thev should have been put on record on the Sth of August of It year, @ trmel de made the 27th of July, from Edwin Walker and his wife 10 xecuro the sum of $5.000 borrowed by Walker fromn Tenry Cociayne, the Jand pledged 10 secure ihe money” being the' property’ known us **The Store. ™ on the northwest corner of Clark and Mon- Toc sireete. Tuerc are very few people in Chica- £, prouably. who ever heard of 1ne name of Henry Cockayue, Of hate the remotest idea to whom it Uelonge, “Thes will probably be somewhat sur- prised when they are told that it ia the genuine uame of Harry Lawrence. It is the name which Hurry, when younz and innocent. used to bear when he lived in Birmingham, England. For some o other, perhaps to epare the of ‘hin ssed pirents, he . shed it after e came to Chicago aud went into vicious ways. The next spesial Grand dury should £nd ovt wiat this £5. 000 was bozrowed for. In the Jomnt Commitice five votes were cast for Walker's bid. Now. the readels respectfully asked if 1 not 2 series of coincidences which ie calcu shake his faith in mankind. clined to think evil, —which 10 one is, of course, — be wonld eay that THOSE NOTES were made In‘fure and pat into Trude's hands for the benefit of the County. Rings that they insieted ©n cash dowy, in part &t lcaet, and that they were paid §5,000. being the sum borrowed from Barry Lawrence; and that tnezefore the Joint Committee on Fuvile Builuings ~ and _Pablic Service eave the jol 1o Walker. Wiy, after liny- ina dore that they shoald tarn around, four days later, &nd recousider their actlon, 1t 15 impussible to ray. The reason ussimmed at the time wis that the howl d by the newspapers and stone men at the letting of the contract at so eatravazant a bigh rase xcared the Commirsioners, und forced them tu back water. It waa asserted thut. whie McCafrey, Holden, and one or two others, were in favor of foing on, it wouid bn i~ poseible for them to bullioze Cleary and the others wha are believed mever to _have received any moucy jno etunlling by Walker in the face of the puclic indignation which the letting of the ‘contract to him would entafl. Instead of gettmyg eicht votes In the Board. tucy probably could not have counted on more than 8ix. Tt might also b poseible that the drop was because Walker didn't live up to the terme of s agrecment. , But whatever the cruse was, the action wis reconsidered, and MeNeil's bid 'was recommended by the Commiftee sud ndapted by the Board. Shortly after this was done MR. FANNING CAME TO THE FRONT once more. Fanning, full of grief, said toa re- porter: **1 eaw wo Weeks azo thai things were going wrong. 1 saw Walker, McNeil, Arnew, and Mr. X, around Mike McDonald's place. They were holdinz conferences, ond 1 knew I was throwed. ~They got hold of some of the copics of my ement with McNeil and Ticnnessy, and destroged all they could lay their haugs on. 1 was oftered $20,000 to withdraw my bt This tast etatement of Funning was at no time looked on with much confidence.” Then the muric bezun in the courts. Injanction procees ings were started by Lnflard, and_they dra their elow lensth aions through Septcinber and October, until, ut the tail-end of the latter month, Juize Farwell'decided that the Court. in (hat case ere with the Coanty ovember the contract the canxzenction of the Cours-(foure. Wal upand wenton his bond, along wi oth(rs, in the sum of $2%5,000. McNeil was at uv time lovked on as A BESPONAIBLE BEING IN THE TRANSACTIOS. He was a dummy, a fizure-heosd, a mask, wao was 1aken np tie moment that it was found necessary 10 drop Walker's orizinal bid. MeNell never could base had the contract but for Walker. Lllx getiinz itwas decided on " the brict interval jetween the 9th and 18th of Aucust; and fhere i+ no question but ihat. doring vhat time, be made an arreement with Walker that, it ot the job, he won over 10 the fatter. 1< name wa- never mentioned uutil the that the Committee awsrded him the contract, ex cept to be ridiculud 2 o straw-bidder, and that day it up e was asked i€ he could furnish and e =aid he thouslit, he could set 1t alker. -1 had no_conversation with m on the eunject,” said 3N ‘but T k 1 can ke twrma with hin and, turning to Walker, who stiod convenicut: iind_biw. lie asked if he coald, and i, *Certainly.” There is no_question tat that the wholc dialuzie had been fva-ned by heurt vome hours befure, rehearsed at Meidonali™s or ucleewhere, and then recited in the prescnce. of | the Toerd mmd other stone Without Walker, as stated. MeNeil coufil never have o Jno. Withont assis g it fo Waiker b Evandf he conld have coticn on be W ive b evifed by the v that he wonld have his contract, ccided that M en compelle to e u Soun after the Courts the job. e did FORNALLY AS8] the enusiderstion beun: uctual ute of 38 8 perintendent-of the ma<our, IT TO WALKRN, e nominal one of 310, 000, i e led for §io. d 10 come down 1o which 14 pret s for un a machani u ftor having been In limho, or 1 Mr, Teude's oy for aloat s sonths. i there cxirordinary nofes eame (o the sarf; 1 gentles sory ol a tom, when man, who is p: ¥ Geep an e (e ¢ ke came To ussin the job, D o dis- as {o what ®hiosld be paid 1 . MeNeil 1o Uik it was worth 860,000, Walker that 1t Wwas worll 20. 660, wplit the dule mnde it §10,000. Thi 5 ott Wwas to be aseertai Ui huidduanz neared empiction. and was o be paid hasement was op. therewouid vroit. and MeNeil would have So with the urst rtory, and £0 on. According o this 1 genticman, a p: binary payment ade by hondmz over 1o MeNeil o of thewe old $5, U00 nutes, which were then louz-past due. It must be burne_ in mind that theso notes wera made on the 21d of June. two montas hefore the contract was et, and fally two weekn hefore it v cxpeeted (hat 1€ wo 1ld be bets that MeNeil ac this e hid hud 0o consereation with Watker, for Mc- Neilstatesin Auzustthat be baa exchanged no words With wslker on the subject of stone; that. there~ fore, these notes conld net have Leen made out for the purpose of buyin;: from McNeil 8 contractwhich n0budy cxpected he would fecnre; that thes coull not liave been made oat to bay the contract from any other bidder, bectuse eversbods knew that Walker wae to get tho job: and that they could only bave been made aut for rowme other purpose whiclt bias Aol yet been diviized. **‘They were ted from thewr original purjosc.” says now that eome of then are in pis and some in those of Mr. X. That original purpose must have been Kept In view from the 23d of Jfanc down to the time when the votes went into Trude's hands. A nowminal consideration of $40.000 having be ut in the_assigument of the contract from Me- Neil 10 Walker, it was decided todivert these yiolew in part from their original purpose, and thus it wos thai two of them were hunded over to McNenl for his own usc. Avout thi time there was A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS between Mr. Trude and Mr. Walker. Tn view of thic disagrecment, it was not conmdercd desirable that the roet of the notes should remain in Trade's Dbands, The only thing that remamncd was to find some {hird party who would b acceptable to ali. 2nd who mizht take possession of tiem and feed ihem out s accasion required. Trude spsgested a Imwyer of unguestioned chieracter. but Walker ob- jecied. 1het he proposed Mr. Adsit, the bunke Dut he was not sccepiable. Then be’ feli back on Nr. X, our newspaper friend. He was satisfactory. 2nd the notes went Into_bis hands, whence they Sent into his box at the Fidelity depository, where they perhaps notw are. THE GREAT DIPFICULTT jnstnow withail these people. Watke and the restaf them i, that th 3 bad wemorics. Esch telle dillerem story hanzes hix slory aocut seven t.mes X ot Wedneoiay what he siated Tucsday, an delivering himself of a totally diffcrent yaru. ' The TeeulCof this it that, after inferviewing one of Those men. you have 10 take it for granted that all Ti¢ statomente go by contraries. like florey 0"Morc's dreame; and if he eays he did a certain thing, you Joay be tolerabls sure that he meverdid any- Ibing of the kind. McNell, - being duly interrogated, «ays that he made the armngement with Walker because he conid do better then with any one vlec: thut is, make more money thap he conlu by sclling uat to Siliger & Talcott or the E: calsior people. . Tle bad ariginally intended to his stone from the Excelstor Company, but ihe plans were 20 changed asto call for thick stone, ¥nd that Walker alone could farnlsh, —Hls im- ‘presaion was thst tac agreement to sell to Walker Have been S0 i received it was entored fnto in the latter part of October, last year, and that the papers and notos were drawn then. Here, for instance, McNeil's meme- ty ls very 'bad. Kesrding the notes, he $afd ot cne timd that he sot ome for $10,000 oud three for $5,000 each; tho Trude told i, haying been delivered Lo Gne of thuso $3.000° noles ho gave his nnother, for the same _amount, Eave to Frank ew ‘‘to rajee monay on, " but hud recgived no roturn from iL. The other'two notes, o $10,000 and n 35.000 he still had. At a subsequont period, when interro- gated 28 10 the notes he Leld and shfomed that ho d proviously etnted that he had 525,000, he ob- served, {*Did 1say (int" and then safdl that he only 0L 10 £, 000 nofcs, —that be muat hiave imawnod fic had received £25.000, as he rocoliccted looklng 1100z bis papers the day after he was before the Grand Jury, and could not find any of them. These two interviews 100k place on the 26th and 27tn insts, The fact appears to be that HE DID GET TWO FIVE3. Oneof thew te gave to his awn eon, who has it framed, duubtiess, and_banging over’ his wantel- pieceas a work of art:_The other, as before stated, went into Frank Agnew's hands, " Here the Moricd branch acain. NeNeil vava he gave this note to Aguew to raixe money on_ for him,—MeNeil,—and that Agnew has madetio return thercon. This particniar note was handed over to Tierney, who used to bea Deputy Sheril. Mr. Tierney says he came fnto ossession of the note by it being handed over fto him by Asnew for money foaned last faf, and that since then he hay disposed of that valnable piece of paper to W. C, Van Alstsne & Co., boot and shoe deniers on Franklin street. HE knew nothing of how Agnew had_come by the note, but did kuow that ho had dono Walker many favors by holding on to exccutions agaiust him during his term, etc. Mr. Van Alstync had taken thenote off liis hands, eaying that he was able o tarn it. and bad piven him bis indlvidua) notce for i, pas~ able in thiety. sixty. and ninets daye. The Walker noto was what Is known as a_judément note, and educe it was off his handy he cared no more about 1t and felt that so far as he was concerned entirely safe, - — ‘The note was saed on, and judgment entored on ftJune 18. Itis, including intereet, for & 3 and 15 a simple judgment note, with 10 reference whatever to the trust-deed by 'which ita payment is pecured. ¥rancls ‘Ammow, x-Sherlf, boing put wpon tho witneas stand, says that McX owed him money, and gave him the note in satisfaction of his debt: that he passed it over 1o Tierney, and that o tho subscquent proceeaings thereon interest him 1o more: and, furthermore, that it is nobody's busincss, Now, it mizht be wmong the possibilitics that that note did duty s» follows: Mr. X owed NeNell for building him a hoase, Walker was under obliga- tion o X. faf newepaper servicee, Supposinz the noto weat firsi fo X. o satify him of 1is claima on Walker. Then {6 went to MeXeil to clear il his claims azainst X., sud then it went into toe hands of Amicw, to whom McNeil was Indebted far fuvors or otherwise. 7Then it weat into the hands of ‘Tiemey ur soytiody elne. and will prereutly come up smiling to bedevil Edwin Walker—and may the Lord have mercy on 1he Inst indorser. ER'S INN STORY 1= that he eniered into the agrocment with MeNeil imply to find 8 market for his stone; oaly that and notting more. He did not want to’ make uny wones wat of 1t—he certainly could not. if be pait AcNetl £40,000, A regarded the notes, all he hud to observe was that they didw't belong to MeNel)— thes belonged to Edwin r. of Lemont. Ha intenided (o zet them bac! and_destroy thear, and have the trast-deed relsased, and Mc- Neil iad no bnsiness sith those notes, They had been > divenied from tie purpose for, which ey were_orizually intended.” What that purpose was Mr. Watker declined to state. Upon_learni that judqment had been eatered up on one of thn: notes, he asenmed every appearauce of amazement, and rushed off to his [awyer for the purpose of iinding out ibe sitvation. Why sny of the motes lad gone into MeNeil's hends, or the hands of others, he did not state. Al1 be hiad 10 say was that they wero worthl¢ss—n oplnion in which the nufortunate holders of them Will probably concur sonncror later. And why? Tack i April of 1870, Walker's leaschold intercet in' tag properts known as **The Stare™ wad gs- elmed to Moscs snyducker, Snydacker already hulds Incumbrancee o some of Walker's property, expeciully the quarries, ond for some reason or other this additlonal transfer waw made, whereby all the rents and profits of *-The Store™ 20 10 ydacker. Then, in addition to this, there s that 00 morteage made to Harry Lawrence, which anks the trust-decd securing the $40,000 Then it ia Delicved there are ‘also “The Store™ outr: notes. some other incumbrances on roperty, datug back several years. So FP5 not vers - kely . that - anything could be rcalized on those motes if the property were 80ld to_satisfy them. The trust Goed arso covors some land dowi) in Sec. 21, in Lex mont: bat that is aleo blessed with mortzages and trust deeds which the most skillfal of abstract-law- vers cannot unravel, and tue hoider of a note need ot look to that land with anything of pride and connicence. DUT THE PUZZLE IS AFTER ALL, Where are those notes now! Two of them have Leen satistactoriiy accountéd for. One fs in Me- Neil'w son's bands; the other in Anew's, Are the $£30,000 still in the Iidelity? or have these notes Tech partly satised? The Grand Jury indicted Walker among other things for failing to esplain satisfactorily what had become of an item of $10, - 500 which furmied part of the $23,000 obtatned by i from the Couxty Trevsurer on the 20th of De- cemoer, 1876, After the indictment was re- turned,” Mr. Walker and his clerk were both Juterviewed by a TRIBUNE reporter, and they gave swhat wae on the face of it & very Atraightforward aceount of the disposition of the movey. Seven thou<and dollars nad gone down to Lemont for the ay-roll: $6.000 had been nsed 10 )it an Incum- [fance on some Kane County propertys $4,000 had yone for a new barn: sume for &tock ; Aome for furniture; and some for lifting outstanding debts. 1t was really a very fair case, and the hooks which the renotter examined nnquestionably xbowed to all apoearances that the $25.000 had gono in o leitimate way. Sl rizht bere comes in ANOTHER OF THOSE DIABOLICAL COINCIDENCES. ©On the 12t of December Mer. Walker miade trust deed 1o 1. 3. Lowvard 1o sccure the payment of £10,000. The money which ~he drew from the County = Treasuty he gol ahoot the 20th of December. So It ap- pears that between the 12th snd the 21st 1t receivea from these two monrees 335,000, Ile could, therefore, have nsed the $10,000 which he ot from Lombard 1n Bfting his incumbrauces or buiidine aid stocking kis barns, and_there would vet remain unaccounicd for (ke $10,300 uf which the Grand Jury were in eearch, Tualbody should, on resnmin: subject, iuguire of nim what was doe with the $10,000 which he wot from Lowmbard. 1t i lx0 another of thy-e cofncidences that (o have paid off two of the 1 +. with iuterest from would have taken ¢ they were paud. nobody r, Mr. any one ¢ to th aboat $10.500. W h outside of the select circle,—W: il the person who ot the money. gotit. THE PRESTMPTION WAS AT THE TINE, that ix, at the er, Lial Walker did 102 pay any 15 4n% 0f the Commisvioners. This G arrived at from the fact that frm that tie ap 13 eompara was impussibie for him to tions from the Counis Board.” Other peopie et money Almost witkoul aski L. Iie o isfent requests weee wneu Hinedale c-timaten went tight throngh. Walkers T up 1 Commdtfes, It ~cemed az it to lim were delased in onlor tu puniah bl i Tiberal conduct durimg December, he did comet but not enough, and back on the part . of punish him for o all the notes which were in % "There were 3750, 000 rth of v was permetially asking for AN Bis deinmmds were in ihities, 000 in fecember, vet iy ¢ 000, Ani Jiokden aod’ Conly oo two of the men who fnsisted in comumitree that he should be aflowed what e asked for, and not. §25,000, which Fitzgerald sogzested fus- un umendinent, * Takoappears that on_the 26th of January of this year (that {8 3 month after he hud drawn §25,000 from the Connty Treasury) Walker made a trant deed to G and M. Snydacker 10 secure te ayment of borrowed money o the amountof foners was o 17.340. The land conveyed by this trust decd is 5 DBlock 118, of the School sction . Addilon, better known as o. 144 Madison strcet. o what ures this money was pt, —whether to take np outstanding notes, 10 bnild barns, or to bny cattle.—ienot known. Probably the Grang Jury, when they ret around to it, will he able to find ot from Mr. Walker. It was the opinion of Mr. Lelter, and it la that of others, that the contract price of $340.000 was not an excossive one. Then the querilon coZ os up, IOW 13 WALKER TO PAY M'NEIL OR ANYBODY ELSE £40,000, orany other sum? The ancwer is, from the extrae, 1t has heen understood all alonz that the diTerence betsreen $540,000 sud $695, 000 was to he made up by extras, tnd, they were fo be crowded throug before fall, ~‘Tho basement is bractically wp. * Waiker ~ has sent in - 2 il to the: smount —of $45,600. cra it will he seen the $40,000 ‘in notes and the §5.000 borrowed from arry Lawrence. Another coincidence® He bewan work this week on the first story, and_proposes Lo rash thut up ss eapidiy as poseible in order that the bill for extras for that mav be passed .on by the present Connty Bourd. _Holden, Conlv, Carfoll, and Schmidt go out in December. They are invaluable men to Watiior, an the probubilities are that they wilnot be replaced by persons who are as friendly to the ~tone-cumiractor. fence the necessity for ru<hing along the building in order that*his friends may pass on his claim for extras, It is only reasonable to suppose that the frat story wil,_entail a clain for extras amoanting 10 at lesst $45,000, which will give Walker & fair profit, providing he doesn't have o pay out too muchof it. 1t is unfortunate the reporter was unable to get hold of those notes which are_aleed fo be locked upat the Fidelity, in order that ho might sscertain for timaelf whethler the entire 330,000 were there. The Grand Jury will probably investizate thin sub- jeet, and, if any of them are miwiny. they will hiave & prat(y clear idea asiowheén they were taken out: and. yerhaps, by closely guestioning Mr. Walker, they will find” who zot the moaey for them. g THE PARTING HOUR. There's someghing in the ** parting hour™ ‘Will chill4he warmeat heart; Yet kindred, comrades, lovers, friends. Are fated all to vact. | But “his I've scen—and many a pang phine prossad it oo my mid— e one who gorr. er " “than thoee he leaves geklml 2 Oax Pank. A Pavius 8. BATTLE OF ORISKANY. The Toughest Fight of the Revo- " lution. The Patriot Whigs Ageinst the Tories and Indians of the Mohawk Valley. Thoe Investment of Fort Schnyler, and How the Siege Was Raiseds Harper's Magasine fur July. 8ir John Johnson,, the Tory lcader, and hls adberents, having boen driven out of thn Mohawk Valley by the Whigs fn 1775, fled to Moutreal, where Sir John was commissioned o Colonel in the British service, and raised a com- mand of two battalions, recruited for the most part from those who had accompanied him in Inls flight, or subsequently followed his exam- ple, which, under the name of the Royul Greens, did most bloody service in the very valley they one aclighted to call thelr home. Rumors soon after got afloat that Sir Jobn, with his associates, Brant and the Butlers, was contemplating AN INVABION OF THE VALLEY at the head of Indiaus and Tories, and that they Dhadsworn tosweep through the valley likeaveng- 1ng demons, exterminating the scttlements. 8o strong became the Impréssion that the littlo eluster of communitics, which lav, totally defenseless, almost within the grasp of the hos- tile savages, hud not scen the last .of these vengeance-vowing Torics, that Congress direct- ed Gen. Schuyler to strengihen the defenses of the exposed valley with all possible apecd. Ac- cordingly, Col. Dayton was sent up to Fort Stanwix, with orders to push forward the work of rebuilding that antiquated fortress with the utmost enerey, as in case of an invasion it would be a most barassing obstacle to the enc- my’s progress. Notwithstanding the Tabors of Col. Dayton upon the dilapidated works, Col. Peter Gense- voort, of the State line, wheon be sssumed com- mand of the fort in April, 1777, found it not only Indefensible, but absolutely untenable; the only fmprovement accomplished by Dagton Leing a change in the name to Fort Schuyler. But Ganseraort sct to work with a brave heart to better, if possible, his condition; and, befnz soon after jolned by Col. Marinus Willett aud his regiment, suceccded—hampered as e was by sickness, bad roads, lack of food, and n wofully incompetent engineer—in 5o renovating and strengthening the ruinousiy<lilapfuated old fortress 98 Lo be able to hold it, a few months later, defuntly and suceessfully through the progress of a long and rigorous sieze. Durint the summer of 1877, Col. Barry St. Leger, contemporaneously with the desceut of Burgosne upun Northern New York, sailed from Montreal to Oswezo, where ho formed a jupe- tlon with the Torica and Indians who, under the lead of Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant (now a Capiain,iu_the British army), had con- gregated in the vicinity of that place to the number of 1,300 fighting men. From Oswego he started. st the head of a. force of 1,700 men, for the Mohawk Valley, by the water route, witn tne intention of CRUSHING THE REBEZLLIOUS ELEMENT THERE, wnd thence marchiog down to meet Burgoyne ut Albuny. Oa the morning of Aug. 3, Lieut.-Col. Mellon, also of the State troops, arrived ai Fort Schuyler with two bateaux of provisions and amimunition, guarded by a detachment of 200 men. Both the soldiers and their addition to the fort’s seanty stock of stores wers heartily welcomed. Tho boats were unloaded, and their cantents hastlly conveyed to the fort; delay, in- deed, would huve been dangerous, for, at the'in- stant the Jast load reached the dour of the stock- ade, tho van of the approaching army broke througl the edze of the forest, and so near to the bateaux that the Captain in charge of them was taken prisoner. The_following dav wit- nessed the arrival of Col. 8t. Leger with the ro- mainder of his forces; and, after a pompous suminons to surrender, which was indignantly rejected, Fort Schuyler, short of ammunition, with 70 men and six wecks’ pravisions, Wus formally invested. The fatelligence of St. Leger's advance spread rapldly down the valley, and created everswhere among the Whigs THE UTMOST CON3TERNATION and excitement, supplemented almost instantly b a zencral resolve ta protect to the uttermost thefr nomes and_familics from the horrible re- sults of an_Indian conquest. Something akin to desperation was to be found in the eager re- sponse that met Gen. Herkimer’s prompt sum- mons upon the militla of Tryon County. All doubts, fears. and_sluggish apathies were for- | gotteu at the approach of the invader. Onthe morning of the 4th, vearly 1,000 men had assembled about Fort Dayton,—a little stackade fort buils the year before by Col. Dayton upon a sheht emitence fome 150 yards from the site of the present court-lionse at Herkimer, and which had heen selected by Herkimer 85 u place of rendezvous. Never bada MOKE UETEROGENEQUS MASS OF MEN been liered together in Valley of the Mo- hawk; for the most part sturly, resolute, square-jawed farmers, elad, some few n uniform, the wajority in hdtnespun or leather, with tanned, rough faces, and alert, keen, sparkling cyes, rude [ sp-ech aud bearing, gathered in Tittle groups, with trusty flint-locks wder thelr arms, amd pipes [u mouths, conversing excitedly in o jargonof villanous German and worse English. Seattercd here and there throngh these knots of stalwart, burly hordercrs might e seen figures arrayed in blue and buif, with powdered fair, and thin, clear<at features, white hands_fringed with whiter rutlles, and clattering and clanking with each stride as with lone straight swords and- Jingling spurs they it about wtieriug . & s q words of command. ~ These lust o sentlemen of the cuunty, and, as such, of vast_importance—in their own minds. On the witole, ‘hore 15 o sttiall regard for disdpilne or authonty existing iu this motley, eager-tatking crowd; to the contrary, maznified conceptions cach of Difs own indiviual prowess and sagacity. But differ as they might in forto of dress, m shape of weapons, in sense of subordinztion, these thousand setllers possessed in vommon a SAVAGE, HALF FIENDISH ITCHING for the meeting face to face with their Tongz-dreaded Toe, for a glimpse of the whilom ory neighbor over the sight of their old familiar flint-locks; for these uncouth men, a siort time since peaceful, phlegmatic farmers, Gwelling content upon the fittle vases they had wrought out of the wilderness, are now frans- formél into hittle else than gavages, and are l{nm.’in;: with all their souls for the approaching ray. Words of caution, of sober advice, are not wanted, here; are received at first in stolid, sulky silence, then with Joua-rising mur- murs of disapprobation, which reach the ears of those in chief command. Within the inclosure of the little fort are gathered around a rude table ‘some dozen officers, bus- ily discussing the task that lics before them. Behind then, pacing up and down with a steady tread, is an elderly man, also in buffand blue, of tall stature and commandipg mien, with cocked hat pulled down tight over bis eyes, with llps firmly pressed together, thiuk- ing and listening deeply,: stopving now aund then to settle. wWith a quiet, decisive word, some vexed question, and again resumingr his march, with a look of troubled re- sponsibility upon his brave face that intensifics 25 the morning wears on, and which all his self- confidence and intrepid ‘courage cannot over- come or hide. This is GEXN. NICUOLAS HERKINER, a brave man and true, who for many years has served the cause of humanity faithfullv; bas for many years beeu a man of might in the val- ley settlemnents; has held innumerable councils with the Indians, and led many expeditions through forest dcfilea and dismal swamps after them when, in the judement of the colonies, they stood in need of correction or chastise: ment; and now has, unwittinglv, reached near- 1y the goal of his carthly labors. Through no pleasant means did the brave, blufl old parriot attain his goal. His way is anything but clear to Wim mow, as he paces with folded arms snd perplexedly thoughtful brow; on the contrary, vers dark indeed. This fmpaticnt_growling of "bis men, beard faintly from witliont, savors ominously of insubordinatios, of possible revolt. His offi- cers gre youug, inexpericuced, and full of selfonfidence; are apparently as cazer as their men for justanianeous advance. Brave old Herkimer in fs perplexity appeals to haif-breed Thomas Soencer for 5\|§pon. A blacksmith of the Cayugas |this Spencer was, and for many years_a| stancn friend of the col- oniste. “He it jwas that had. first brought news of St. Leger’s preparations, ana be, more than almost sny other, would have had infla- eace—by reason of a rude, sinewy _efoquenca, and a reputation for thorough knowledge of In- dian warfare—over the minds of the settiers in 2 calmer moment. Butnow he is ‘powcrless; all his wary words about caution sud discipline, ‘warnings ot the terrible repatation of Thayen-: duncgea [Brant] and the strength of the Toe, and finally his pleas for at Jeast a sconting party in the van, and soma degree of order in march- ing, ure grestod by shonts of derision and loud cries ol . “‘LEAD US ON! LEAD US ON!” Herkimer, fn despalr, turna to the_cluster of oflicers, but finds no support from them. Ono or two of the more elderly do indecd yield & vacillatiog sort of support, but are speedily sl- lenced by the young Colonels, now elamorons for action. Kearing that ho may lose alicontrol over this turbulent gonie that he has evoiced, by any further efforts at restraint, Herkiter gives a reluctant assent Lo the mow alinost ubiversal demand. He and such pihior offfcers as are fortuuste enough to pussess horacsspring foto their saddles? the Daggaze wagonyvovered by weak or Inzy pa- triots, starts rumbling down the rough road; and with cheers of gratification the {mpatient rank and file shoulder their flint-locks, and in utter disregurd for order, discipline, or anythinz olse save reaching their 'destination s quickly as possible, swarm arouud it, aud trudge on impetnously. 'he old ruad that Jed west from Fort Davton was at best but s rude path through the wilder- ueas, in mauy places almost impassable; and, duspite their not-hended ardor, the advaucing force traveleu but slowly, Thev crossed the river at old Fort Schuyler (now Utlea), aud en- camped the next day some six mles further on, alittie west of the present village of Whites borough. From this pont Gen. Herkimer sent forward an express, consistinz of Adam Helmer and two assuciatee, to upprise Col. Gian- sevoort of bis approach, and to coucert meas- ures of co-operation. Their arrival at the fort Was to be aunounced by three successive dls- cbarges of cannon. The, task assigned this trio was, as may be_imained, none of the easiest, since the intervening forests were filled with hostlle Indfaus intent upon preventing any com- muuication between the settiements and the beleageucred Zortress. However, thoy succeeded in reaching the fort late in the foreuoon of the 6th, and the concerted sismals were immediately fired. Gen. Herkimer's {ntention was to cut an entrance through to the fort, und arrangements fora sally were accordingly made by Col. Ganse- voort,with the purpose of diverting the encmy’s attention from Herkimer's movements. Unfortunately the old General had, in forming this plan, CALCULATED WITHOUT HI8 HOST. On thic morning of the 8th, bis men, who had Leen with dificulty persuaded to remsin quict dauring the preceding day, broke out in sowe- thing very like matiny. 'They declared that the «xpress had in all probabflity been captured or murdered, and that the same fate was in_store for them 1f they [rittered away their time in idle waiting, while their brothers, fathers, and friends were starving in the foct, only elght’ miles away. Their loud complafnings alarmed the Commander, and he hastily summoned o counctl of bis more prominent officers, and latd the situation before them, with aview to deter- muning upou some coursc' of action. The of- fleers were unanimous in their desires 1o press forward. Amoug them we may see spruce younz Cols. Cox aud Paris, standing, slita and straight, glit- tering in tho morning sunlight, ~ not without a sense of “thelr own digpity and focal importance, wrathfully impatient of the grase, sober dictates of théir yeoman su- pertor, and smiliug _contemptuously at his cau- tious prudence. Cols. Visscher und Klock, and othiers in authority, we see dunly in the meagre chirouleles, grouped about, also with & tendeney toward insubordination, or at best with & waver- ing respeet for their commanider’s judgment. Here, too, 1sbolsterous, burly Samipson Sai- mons, whose irrenressible love of libertyand brawls lad long ago lifted. bim into notoricty and a quasi-Jeadership among the more adven- turous of the settlnrs, and who s, we doubt not, heartity sick of all this talking aod fnaction. Before this councll. Herklmer graveiy LAYS THE SITUATION, urges the Impatient leaders to remain where they aro until Teinforcements can come up, or at least until the signal of a sortie sball be heard from the fort. In his opinion it was folly for a thousand illy-equipped militia to attack an in trenched force of twice thut number of weil- armed troops and notoriously canning Indians— the flower of the famous Six Natlons. Iiis temperate words only added fuel to the flame. Cols. Cox and Parfs angrily retorted that they had come to fizht, not to watch others fight, and wound up by denouncing Herkimer 10 his face 25 a Tory sod & coward. Suppress- ing bis rising indignation, the old patriot re- plicd. with torced calmness, that be considered himsclf placed over them as a father, and that he did_not want to get them into any dificaliy from which he would be powerless to extricate them. “ You,” said be, * who want to fight so badly now, will be the Hrst to run when you smell purat posder.”” Sweiling with virtuous wrath at this insinua- tion, the young officers hotly renewed their re- proaches of seaile cowardice and want of fideli- 1y to *:the cause,” which this time met with an ¢eho of approval irom those araund. Thorougily curazed, at last, the stout ofd General, with fiushed face and’ gleaming eye, eried: *' MARCH ON, THEX!" JIn ap ipstant, with a great shout, the troops rosped their a7s, the camp wassirmck, and itele army rusbed forward in the atmost con- tusion. - 1 In the meantime, Col. St. Leger, apprised by bis scouts of the advanee of the 'militia, had, yery carly on the morning ot the 6th, aispatehed Brant, with nearly all bis” Inaians and & detach- ment of Johnson's Gresns, with instructions to, if possible, prevent their farther progress, leav- inz to Brant's discretion the means to be em- loyed. Pl he van of Herkimer's motley host, was de-. ing the stcep slope of a ruvine, some les west of Oriekauy, in hot haste and disorder, when suddenly ' the wuands, both front and fanks, were shot._down, the forest Tang with the sharp erack of muskeiry and the blood-curdling yells of voncealed savawes, and in a twinkling the zreater purs of the divie- fon found itsell hemmed in, as it were, by a cir- ele of firs that mowed down the outer ranks like grass before a seythe. Thrown into almost irre- trievable confusion by the suddenness of the at- tack and the flash and whirl of feaden lightuing allout their heads, dropping the forest Lefore the deadly procision of the eneiny’s aim, flonndering, for the most part, knee-de in the morass thit, with b exception of u uar- Fow Joi causeway in the centre, consuituted the bottom uf theravine, and utterly unabie todeiend themselves from abiddea foe.tseems mirzculous thut the detachmens cscaned total anaihilation. But all the devilish Ingenuity of Juseph Brant. —and surety he has loft apoi record no achieve- ment more worthy of himscli—was uoL & match for the DAUNTLFESS COURAGE AND ENDURBNCE of the brawny frontiersmen. A portion of Cal. Visscher's rexfinent, which formed the rear-suard of fhe advancine f was cut off from the mauin body by the precipi- tant action of the savages in closing the se- ment—eft open at the road—of their circular ambuscade, and, #s_Herkimer hud predictedl, fled inglorionsty from the ficld in hewitong haste, led by théir erstishile courazcons Colon- ¢l History takes a grim satisfaction in record- fme that they were pursued by Mohawks. and werepunithed much more severely than would have been the case had they stood by their comrades in distress. . But the_envicoved militia, after the terrible shock of the surprise had passed away. exhib- jted sn amount. of bravery amd_intrepid self- ‘possession that hus sehdom been equaled in our eventful history of forest fizhts, and that must fo far towand atoning for their previous rash and reprchensiblo conduct. In this they were furpisbed s magnificent example by their Gen- eral. The veteran was wounded inthe carly part of the action, while endeavoring to rally the scattered wits of Lis men, by a musket-ball, which, passing through and Kiliing his horse, shattered bis lex just below the knce. He was lifted at once from his fallen horse, and placed. at his own request, upon his saddle, propped against & _ becch-trce hall way up the western slope for- support. In this situa- tion e fighited his pipe cooily, and though the bullets were whistling about hin, and men fail- ing thick and fast within 2 fow vards of his post, continued to dircct the battle, glying his Seders as calmly and collectedly s il on a arade-ground. P fter this butchery bad gone on for some three-quarters of an hour, A A BRILLIANT 1DRA occurred to Capt. Jacob Secber, which, upon his own responsibility, he instantly put into execution. He formed the remmnant of his company into a circle, the better to repel the atzacks of the enemy, voss clusing in upon their vietims. His example was hmmediately followed by the rest, and from that moment the resistance of the Provincials, hitherto con- fined to n desultory firing, became more ef- fective. The change of tactics rendered some change necessary an the part of the cnemy, and accordingly @ detachment of Royal Grecns charged upon the little band of patriots; the firing ceased, and a8 the basonets clashed, the contest became a flerve death-struggle, hand to d, foot to foot. M‘Fhe Greens were for the most part fugitive loyalists from Tryon County, and consequently former neighbors of the militismen. As 0o quarrels are $o bitter as thiose of famities, so no wars are 80 cruel aud vindictive as those called civil. As they advanced and were recognized, all the resentment, hatreds, and grudges that Jong years of controversy and mutual injury had ongendered burst forth fna PERFECT WBIRLWIN’DJI! ml;:"m The Provincials fired upon them pearer, and then, springing likeinfariated beasts from thelr covers, attacked them with their Dbayonets snd musket-butts; or, each party, throwing these aside, rushed a2 each other in 3 very delirium of passion, throttling, stabbing, biting, and, in many cases, literally dying in “onc another's embracs. This savawa strugglo was mercifully - interrupted by & lhcavy thunderstorn, ' one of the severest of the sonson, which rared for over an hour, during which interval each party shel- tered themselves as best they could, and studied their chances for - sucvess when its violenc shoald abate. The militia men futrenched themselves upon an advadtageous plece of ground, and tiwus, formed in a cirvle, awaited o Fenewal of hostilities. ¥ In the early port of the battle-the Indlans, wheneyer they 52w a gun fired from behind & treo by a militia mau, dasked: out and toma- hawked him before he could relond. To put a stop to this barassing mode of wariare, two men were stationed bebind & single tree, une nly to fite at a time, the othor reeery- ing his fire until the confidant savages rush- ed up as before. The fight was speedily renewed, and by these mew tactics the fogians, who hod been repdercd less can- tious than usual by a zenerons allowance o? ruin, were made 10 suffer severely, and soon showed signs of wavering. At this juncture the joyalists put into execa- tlon a piece of strategy tiat NEANLY PHOVED PATAL 7O THE PATRIOTS. I was the sending of a'detuchment of Greets, disguised as Continentals, from the direction of the fort, fn the hope that they mizht be received as s timely reinforcement from ‘the garrison. This tuse do guerre at first decolved Lieut. ‘Ssmmons, who ran and told his Captain, Gar denier, that & body of men was approach- ing his company, with American hate, doubtless from the fort. They coutiaued to advance until hafled by Cupt. Gardenier, at which moment one of his own soldicrs, seeing an old and loog-absent acquaintance among them, ran to meet him with outsuretched hand. The credulous warrior was iustantly drazged into the ranks of the Greens, and fnformed that he was a prisoner; he, however, did not yield without a strurgle, during which Gar- denier, who had watched the action and its result, sprang forward, and with a blow from his spear leveled the captor and lib- crated his man. Others of the foe then set upon Gardenicr, of whom he slew one and wouunded snother. Three more of the dis- guised_Tories now sprang upon him, and, oune of his spurs becomting cntangled In their clothes, he was thrown heavily to the und. Still strugeling with almost super- uman strength, both of his thighs were transfised to’ the ground by the buyoncts of two of his assailants, while another was thrust at his breast. Seizing this with his left hand, by 8 sudden wrench he brought it owner down npon hunself, where he beld him ar ashicld uatil one of his own men, Adam Miller, came to-his rescue. As the Tories tarnod fiorcely upon this new adversary, Gardenier rose half-way, aud grosping & spear with his man- gled hand, drove it like lightning into the sfde of his late vis-a-vie, Killing hi instantly. While this desperate struggle was going on some of the wilitle called out to Gardenier, ** For God’s sake, Captain, you are killing your own men!?” He yelled back, *They srenot our men: they are Tories. FIRE AWATYD? Then, 88 the herofc Captafh was drapged from the clutches of the infurlated loyalists, a volley of musketry irom the Provinclals strurk down thirty of them, and nearly as many In- dlans. Throngh the lealy depths of the grand old forest rang again_the clashing of stecl, the Toar of rifles, the hoarse, pitiful moanings of the down-trodden, writhing wonnded, and, sbove all. the hideous yells of the enrazedl savages. These last, finding their qumber sadly djmin- ished, and being dismayed by the stubborn ardor with which the Provincials maintained their defense, now rafsed the retreating cry of “Qonuh!" and fled in every direction, followed by frantic cheers and showers of bulleis from the surviving patriots. As they leaped yelping tbrongh the woods, swiftly pursued by the un: erring rifle-ball, the guns of the fort were heard booming in the distance. Dismayed in their turn by this unwelcome sound, the Tories pre- cipltately followed their Indisn allies, leaving the victorlous militia in possession of the bard- earned feld. ¢ Thus cnded one of tho most hotly-contested, and, for the number ongaged, the DEADLIEST OF THE REVOLUTIONARY BATTLRES. ‘Though victory crowned the deaperate valor of the Provincials, it was to them perfectly use- less, aod was bought at a terriole price. Scarce- Iy a farn-house was there along the valley that had not cause to mourn this bloody triumph, hardly a hamlet thut left not the fower of its sinewy manhood to molder in that dark, dank, blood-drenched morass. Of the thousand men thas marched npon the enemy 6o confidently on that fatal 6th of August, only some third ever saw their homes ogain. Between 300 and 400 lay dead upon the field when the sun went down; nearly as many more were mortaily wounded, or carried into s captivity that, in those ruthless days, meant death in its most borrivle lorm. Gen. Herkimer was carried n a ltter to his house, some thirty-five miles down the valley, where, after lingering in pain for abont ten days, he died from the effocts of an mo- eklliful amputation. Col. Cox was shot down fn the first volley from the am- bushed Indians. Col. Parls, who wss a member of the Colonial Legisiature and o volunteer officer, was taken prisoner by the In- dians, and by them brutally murderod some days.inter. Maj. John Frey, whilom Sheriff of the countr, anda man of mreat courare and strength withal, was slso cdfitured by the sava- gex. To the shame of the race. be it added, his brother, a farious Tory, ran at him when he was brewshe foto the British camy and wae with ditliculty prevented from butchering him on the sput. Although no authentic statement exists, the loss of the envmy is Lelioved to have been cven more severe; the lodians, in particular, were rou handled, having ot aver 100 warriors, amonz - them several eminent sachems. The Provincials removed some fifty ot their more sligntly wounded comrades: the cnemy’s fallen were alowed to dic of starva- tion and their wounds in the swamp. An American scout, who crossed the battle-field some days after the hattle, on bis way to Fort Dayton, wrote: 1 heheld THE MOST SHOCKING SIGHT T bad cver witnessed. “The Initinis and white wen were mmgled withone anothier just s they had neen feft when Death had first completed his work. Many bolies had also been torn to picces by wild beasts.” _ During the heat of the combat in the ravine, Col. Willet made a sallé from the fort with a force of 230 men. He drave it the enemy's ad- od uard, and attacked the residue of Sir Jobn Johnson's rewiment with such headlong impetuosity that they ficd for their lives, fod by the Baronet himself in his shirt sleeves. The victorlous detachment rushed on to the Imlian encampment, snd hastily demalisbed it, firinzz with marked effect “upon the few savages left in charge, who, at the finst appearance of Col. Willett—known among the Six Nations as *‘the Devil "—had fied precipitately. Wazone were hurried out from. the fort, and tweaty-one loads of camp equip- e, clothing, eooking utensils, blankets, stures, ete., torether with all the private property of the British oflicers—papers, plans, journals, five PBritish flazs, and Sir John's cont—were conveyed 10 the fort, while the brave litzle band beld the dismantled encampment. As Willett was re- turning, Col. St. Leger suddenly appeared with & considerable foree on the opposite side of the river, just iIn time to roceive an effective ealute of bullets from the militia, who reached their stronghold without havitg lost @ map, and with the satisfaction of having discomfited and despoiled their besiegers. The sun, siuking at the close of that sultry August day In crimson pomp bedind the western pines, bathed in 2 flood of ruddy light fiveof St. George's erosses, Kapping fdly in the eveninz breeze, over the tiny forest fort, under o rude garricoa-made cusfgn of stars and stripes, Although the Provincials were technieal- ly victorious at Oriskany, they returned to thelr homes IN ANTTHING BUT TRIONPH; they were totally unable to follow up thelr ad- vantage or afford _their beleaguered comrades any assistance. Relying upon that inability, and the jgnorance of the garrison regardiog tlie result of the battle, 3t. Leger immedistely de- manded the capiculation of the forr, threaten- Thg the devastation of the entire valley settle- mente'by fire, and sword, and tomahawk if it refused. Col. Gansevoort ‘rejected all his of- fers, sumewhat upgraclously, 15 Wworthy ofa British officer or a gentleman. On the night of the 10th, Col. Willett, in com- pany with Maj. Stockwell, started out, armed only with a spear, And with no blankets or pro- isions other thag n small store of crackers and cheese, tbrough the forcst for the Germun Flats. which, sfter standing during the greater part of- ;herflm “sz mnlblfu;‘l]csl |n‘]n morasa, subsisting for a day apon jes, and_encoun- foring. the aeveruen, Hardships, they reached on the afternoon of the 12th. Col. Willett was deservedly popular in this vicinity, and the militia bad begun to assemble azain in great nuinbers in answer to his earnest sppeal, when GBN. ARNOLD, - four days afer Willett's arrival, reached Fort Dayton with s Jarge force of troops, which had baen dispatched by Gen. Schuyler from Albany B e i armiation or_adty Arnolg, w! espite reputation 'y Toekess bravers, Hinderstood the. s"—‘e‘:?h of the of the enemy betur thun did his unfortunate predecessor, determined to rest, either until re- enforcements from Albany shonld astive, or the men of the country had joined bis standard mnmben sufficiont to warrant & second at- tempt to relieve tie fost- ————— e 2 In the meantime, St. taining bloodless possessign of that stronghold, began” pushing hostla dperations with great vigor: He approucticd hy sap to within yurds of the fort, and frofm this polnt m&f throw shells into the fuciosure. Thelr pro- visions daily cxhausting, entirely cus off from all outsfie communization, znorant of the Inrwe force {hat was assembling in the valley below for their reliel, snd remembering the horrible {ate of the inmazes of Fort witliam Henry. many of the garrison began Go whisper olmnousty about & capitulation; und it is said that Ganse- voort had resofved upon & desperate attempt to cut through ibe enomy's limes, when, with- gutl auny apparent cause, the besiczers sud- enly i BXOKE UP THEMX CAMPS AND RETREATED IN J GREAT CORFUSIUN.. So hurried was their flight that they left their tents, tozether with nearly all their artillery and camp equipage; and the 2d of August, which bad aawned npon a sleze in full progress, and with every prospect of ‘suc- cess, ere its close, saw thie British host leave the Mubawk Valley in headlong haste. That the reager may understand this sudden movement. so mysterious and unexpected to the Jubilant warrison, it will'be necessary to go back to Fort Dayton, where we left Arnold restless and fmpatiént under his sell-imposed restralnt. A party of Tories, meeting clandeatinely at the farm-liouse of a lovalist,—by name Shoemaker, —had beea captured and imprisoned by Col. Weston, at that time in_commaud of the fort. The occasion of ‘the athering was the arrival of young Walter Butler from St. Leger's camp with coples of Sir John Johae son’s last ‘appeal to the Joyalistsof the val- ley. Butler and his dssociutes wero tried as spies by u court-martial of Araold’s, snd condemued to die.” Among those who foond themselves in this rred!mmnz was a cer- tain Hon-Yost Schuvler, one of the coarsest and most ignorant men in the valley, and gener- ally regarded as little better than an idiot, Yot, 85 the sequel will show, possessed of con- siderable shrewdaess: witual. His mother and Dbrother, upon heoring of his misfor- tue, hastened to Fort Daston, and implored the commander to spare him. The pathet- ic eloquence with which, in a frenzy of grief, the old woman pleaded for the life of her way- ward son, who had added the crimes of s guerrilla to that of being o spy, would have moved a heart Iess stony thun that she ade dressed. But Arnold, never verr tenders hearted, was. stern and inexorable, until o sudden ldea occurred to him, In tho execu- tion of which thls idiot could be used to ex~ cellent advantage. :Accordingly he melted, and promised the overjoyed_mother the life of hier on, upon conditions. These were that he should hasten to the British camp and . 80 ALARM ST. LEGER a8 to induce hii: to ruise the siege and fiy. Hon- Yost ziadiy accepted ; the terms, and, haviog made arrangements with some friendly Oneluss toaid him'at the proper moment, sét ont st once on his misgon, leaving bis brother in prison s a bostage for his fidelity aud success. He fimrescnwd hirasel( among the Indian, who, moody and dissatisied at their repeated fosses, and sngry at St. Leger for prom- ising ~ them un . easy vietory = and abundant plunder,’ had convened & pow- wow for the purpose of considering the dubious enterprise in which they had been engaged, aud who were in o suitabie state of mind to catch eagerly at the news liebrought them of Arnold's rapid approach. He pointed out the bulle holes in his cost (carefully made by the Provin- cinls before he left) as'.evidences of his own pe; and - when questioned by them er, despairing of ot narrow escay as to the number of Arnold’s force, he shook bis head, and pointed mysteriously to the over- hanging leaves. He was taken st once to Bt. Leger’s tent, and gave to the Colonel & ‘pitiful socount of his trials, claiming to have es- caped, while on the way to the zallows, throuzh = shower of bullets, the marks of which he could sce for himself. Ho wsscried that'Arnold was within twenty hours® march, nt the head of 2,000 regulars. Meanwhile, the Oneidas had arrived n the camp and SPREAD A SIMILAR REPORT, the effect of which wasall that the most exact- ing Whig conld desire. The [ndians had long since become heartilv sick of this besleging business, and eagerly selzed upon thisrepart as apretext for decamping, In vain St. Leger stormed and swore, nselcss were the pleas acd tears of SirJohn; the savages had an answer pat—* the pow-wow sald we must go,” and go the; “:xd n atmost Baste. RN ous at being so_shame Legor reproached the Baronet roundly for the defection of his copper-hued friends, while Sir John retorted by charging the former with an wdiffcrent prosecution of the &le Two sachems who were.standing near put ‘an end to in a sudéen the unpleassatuess by ollog on paroxysm of terror, % They are coming [ they art comingl’™ We can fancy the grm wink that wos interchanged by these stolid, stately sachems as their commanders rapidly threw together a fow nocessaries, and, as the shout spread through the camp, gave o hasty order to retreat, and glided away in the gacherlog dask, closely followed by thelr panic-stricken troo The Indians, enjoying the terror and contusfon of their allies, who threw awazys guns, knap sacks, and all clse that impeded their flight, repeated the joke untll the rabble reached Oneida Lake. "Thence St. Leger hostened on to Oswego and Montreal. ——————— TO SOMEBODY'S EYES. x——. 0 the bosnty that lincers Ia those eyos of thine In 3 beauty amazingly sweot and divine: S0 2oft, 20 bewitchingly love-like are thoy— Nanght but Love'sowa sweet self, inherown lovely Way. Whio wonld ot tisk his life to bo under her rolm? Who woun'd not feel the pleasure—invite all the pain? Who would not, Iike a true knight, go forth to tho ware— For her own royak eake baffes dangers and scars? Only manty ls he who goea forth 1k a man, Plice his sqit witl s witl Lo bo 8ral in the van: Should he fail oace, whay, tken, will he net still narsae— | Like the cobbler, keep pegging away at his shoe? *4'Thero is nothlng like leather,” will still be hie cry: *+Thore is nothiag ke leather™ 1o keep ono's aoles dry; | For tho very samp reason, »0 say al} of we, There Is nothing ke Woinan, Man's fsir devotee. Her voice lke th music that flosts from afar, Each note a awet love-tone froin star unto stars O like dewdrops that fall on the bosom of Nizht, Which the wee low'rcta sip witk: a dainty delignts O like bloasoma/that blow in the sweet Summer- time: Or like waters 'that flow when the vesper-bells chimes | 5 Or 1ike Iofe's pleasant stream 1n the Valiey of ‘Tegth, i With the wings of s dove, with the lightaess of “yowb. 1could paze, Iy gaze, and not think {tasin Culling secrets that lie baried deenly withing 1 conld die, if it needs bo; you het 1 would, oo For those orbs, lovely orbé, tell me wbat I'd ot do. Some eay eyes are tell-tales—some sy they aro ot 3 Some say they arc somethlog~T've quite now for- t; Leay hey are something—1 ray this to you— Thineeyes are the redex of Womanhood troa Thine eyes are the reflex of what I might call The lll'l’vll, the brigntest, the dearest of all Thata Woman can prize, as a dowry natold, Well worth 12 tmes bet welghe 1% the parest ot god | Well worth tdn times her welght—yes, ten thoa- send timzs moro— Ts a heart fuliy freighted with lite's living ore; This, this is the treasure that always will last—~ This] this I the dle from which trae lave lscasts Be thine a ik dowry: be thine a like Iot; Bethlaea nwge! ‘name, never, never forgot | Be lhi’neulw et name 'mongst tho brigat chosen e, of a friend—hia love-taken to you. hé!::;l‘;{!srme 1877. Joszra D. TUBIEY. PREACHING VS. PRACTICE. | yuds on the tree, and frals in the hand; fi: gauds in the 'lk? l‘:‘:d mr‘i‘-x‘.n?nri":,:-‘md: 00 love, 1mal ings: A g and practice &ro diforent things. d msy be loved, and yeznever wed: o A potat the way he fuila o'oF 0 treads s8y to eay, but oft hard o do: B oeloe thunas good and great, it 1o 1706} Tint can we aficm oar word and our deed Are trae 10 ¢ach other, like fower and sced? Doggar fa told, **Be ye clothed and fed,” E:hflfirfl e atil], and bare is his cld,‘ ¥ The sick may o'erhear, ' What pity I feell Yet words won't suffice his sorrows to heal. o pray without faith were prayer bat And il thout works is verily dead: Profesnion i folly, If practice be shunned— The bank of the heart deapoiled of its fuad? hi brother %0 brothar; I Al i B e, e e st mokaer,— l‘h:n.ulw' hould wo dwellin ‘throgh this hate, extl, andstrite. Aod buy Sjcmi Eowazp P, Fowss,