Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 6, 1877, Page 12

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, TEXAS. The Journey from San Antonio to Houston. Character and Cost of the Lands Along the Route---The Sugar Cane, The Iixcellent Features of the Climate of Southern Texas, A Rorthern Man Able to Live and Work Thero with Qomfort, Sneetal Coreespondence of The Tribune. HotsTox, Sept. 80,~My last letter from $an Antonio cave my trip from Longview in the northeast to San Antonlo in the sonth vin Aus- tin, the State Capital. Leaving Sau Antonio on the morninz of the 25th Lor this plave, 212 miles tlue east, our ronte for ahout half the istance was over 3 country similar It its character to most of the State which I had previonsly tra- verseil outshle the thnber region,—high, rolling prairie, wil deen, rlel sofl interspersed with groves and belts of timber. This s an olid-set- Llud portion of the State, and before the bufld- Ing el the raflroad hnd dts outlet at the Gull ports, of which Corpus Chrise i s Indianola are the prin- cipal. 1nthe above distance we crossed 2the Tivers which were crossed in iy teip from Aus- tin to San Antonio,—somo at their very source, ¥i7.; the San Marco, Blanco, Guadaloupe, aud San Antanio. As the country from Austin to San Antonio has an clevation of sume GO0 feet atuve the sea Jevel, it will be scen that these rivers have n very rapid current, affording any mwmonnt of water-power, at present alnost en- tirely unutilizedd, but which in the not distant Inture will be of finmense value as affonding pwwer for grinding the wheat and manufactur- 1niz the woolamd colton of this portion of the Suate. At present but MNttle value is placed upon theee water-powers. They are sold with the Jand at just sbout what the land would ‘Lo without them, While st San Antonto asale wng wompleted by the Galveston & San Antoniv Iromd Cotpany of $L000 acres at ) per acte Lo the Haven Colony of Elmira, Y. This tract las o lrontage lotowing the canveltitions ot the river of nine miles on the tatoupe iiver,luclhuding very valuable water- Jpower, whivh can also be used for purposes of k atfon on some {000 acres of their land. At Luling, sume sixty miles east of San Auntuniog are some very valtable miveral springs, including white amd black sulphur, sour water, and other kiuls clalmed to- be very officacions I the treatment of b Kinds of discases result- g from Impuaities of the blood. A pentles who cams sboard the traln at point had jnet coucluded the pur of the Tgnd on which theso are Torated (litty acres) ot 810 per acre, e furmibngg Jands of ool guality at et give these fikires to man this thnze KL show that 1ufa portion ol the State hos not yet felt any cfied of bamigration In cnbancing wirlees of real eatate, THEG LAST RALP OF TIE DISTANCE n Antonio to louston was over o vost irie with o griadual slone to the xouthe s wis almost entirely inimproved, tne exvertion bemge the ralleond statlons and Tlowns (in st enses gquite embryotic), wally dnthe edize of the tiuberin the Iorm-buildings, This prairie by a rauk wrowth of o und there were (minense arge of herdsmen, ¢ At nenrly erery urdn and arraniec. vattle upan cars, usually with w dor lowdlng three vars at o time, ifpmients of cattle were 1t sedias Lo ipe this broad prafrie. which ex- Leruls to the Gatl, thoush in somu portlon: el ant it ot woved with old plantations, wonhd ¥ 15, Beingg near the Guif, B arger I, Iusunng an abumlant prowth of gruss and abundauce of water, while 1l ce of any winterto speak of vendersany ¢ of atork absolutely un= I was informed that the sen-breczes veunated vesetation with galt that stock Lere requived no sadting, Jere, perkaps, s the eolution of the uroblem that puzzled me when Iyivzz In camp, amd of whicl [ spokie In oy last Tetter, vizo! the tanle effect 1 was experioncing 1 tials Sautiern climate shudlar to thae which [ used i to the LakeSuperior conntry to thud, Itlfnk ata explanation s tound in the Gult Brevzes whlen iuw continually during the sum- mer monthi over the State, aod which counter- act and overcutie the otherwiso debilitating coifects Gl the long-coutimued und sometimes extieme hest THESE IRAIRIES have u rich sofl, us 18 shown by the growth of s ard veelation wherever cultivation has Lecn attempted, but they e so level that Ins wet time a lavnier would' be troubled to get rid of the surface-water unless there wus a - lurge ung roved, nnd o general system of It I They van be bousht for et nere, but, so long s high, roll- dnud lunds are to be had at so they serve a better purpuse s a 1 for tillage, A mun owning an tv or 160 aere tract—enough Tor a fuothod ronthel kevp and own 10K head of stuck, which coulid feed ou the pralrie withunt uu[)' one to, question we right. One thousand dotlars would 100 ranch cows with their culves. The In- it salea from these woutd i ten years i dndenendeont for Nie, P ¢ rares are o low and wet for sheep. They requbie u higher and dryer country, sud Lie resing Weet, northweat, sud sonthwest from Fan Autonio filis all these tequirements, and it 4s an this vart of the country that the great Lshecp-ran:hes ue found, One hundred sud sixty acies ol Yand iy all one needs to own for THE SHEEF BUSINESS, or even less, UL courso it wonld be policy to scleat o Jocition where the range would not eu- eroach upon that of 4 sheep-inun already estab- Hakied. ‘The Mextan alvep cun bo bought for atiout $1.55 yer bead, Amerlean or part-blood Merno for lrom §! Lo §250 per bead, A comtnon practios (or persons uhEnl.ln s them- cs i the sheep business s to by Mexiean 1 bring wede Merino bicks: from the urEh, costing nbont $10 cach. By 2 judicious ystem of crossing s fluck cun n i few years be Brouzit up to agood grade ol wool, Slicen @ive quicker Feturns thau 1ottle. One utizai s Wil Faise, us u rwe, S Juinbe the st yeur. Thero Wil be ot the'irat shiearing the ("an ol 1,000 sheep for sale, ut the second 1,500, and increasing raplaly thetealier, os any e cun ealeulute on tha basis that onehialf of increuse will bo lemales, AL Lo end years he will begin to sell bi hurs Tur wutton, brinang from $2.50 o §1.50 cach, For young e with a few hundred dollars wsaved, atd who are whiing to rough it for a lew yuars, | do ot think uny openlng In business <n be tound promising so large and sure re- turus ax the cattle or sheep business {u Boutheru or Southwestern Texas, ¢ ‘fwenty tolles frum Houston we crossed the Brazos Hiver, which heads away up In the Pao. Alandle relow in the northwest part of the State, ad bere on the Brazos bottouts I saw iy st theld of druie Trom 21 to §2 e It SUGAR-CANE. For the loformation ofy those who, llke mr welf, bad never seen a feld of cune, and_would 1ike (o know how it looks, I will say: Take an Tlbns corn-teld when 1L §s ut its “richest and rankest growth, just before the tassels uppear, doutde “the helght of i, qualrupls’ the singunt growlng in the rows ant the size ol the o stalks and Jewres, snd you will have @ very gow Wen "ol 4 cane-teld, The boitom Juuds belween Dere and the Gull ure Largely devoted Lo vune, wnd b ba slmed fur thew that they ure equal to the best surar lands o Loulslana, producing rom vue anl a haif o two hogshead per acre, the molusced frow which pays ull expensea of wasutacture, iucluding the cuttlng of the crop. Thie cane i 2 exotic in this clinate, sud docs not produce seed, but s propagated by laylog the canes borizontally m o furrow prepared lor thewn. wnd coverivg with carth, when they will seud uI) sprouts from cath Jolnt, It only requlres replanting sbout once fn four years, L um told that some parties huve of late years mude a very -alblw:bur business of growing case fua small way, wui using the comtoou surghum mill wud evapo- sutor for manufacturiug, the whole outiit vost- ugz ouly shout F300, and ln¥ Letter returus (over 2000 poutuls) per acre than wre realized Srom the lapze plantations, with cxpensive - cliuery and upparatus for wasufacturiug, jo- volving o large expenditure of capital. Ope pentlewsn o this place who bas 300 acres fn caue, which fast year wade nearly two hovs- Leaila per uere, fuforws me that his machinery, u ludinz buftdlugs, cost SG0,000, His catituat- td sugar crop for this year 18 from 30,00 to £0,00—quits o respectable income from 300 auree of taiel. The veat of augar Juails, which Fefose the War cuuld uvt Le boughs for l¢as than $75to £100 per acre, can nuw be bought for from $10 to $25. HOLETON, which we reached at 4:0 p, m., {8 a beautiful city, aml guite an important one in 3 buaineas paint of view, belng the great centre from which Taitroads diverze to the northeast, north, narth- west, west, south, and cast. By the bayon whicl extends up from the head of Galveston 1tay, it aleo haa water communication with the Guik. Me. Morzan, who uwna &_controflinig - terest fnthe Texas Central Railroad, also owns a line of stcamers [orming a direct water commu- nication from this place (the southern terminis of his road) with New York, = The city has a population of about 25,000, The grournid on which it 1s built fs level, except where Intersected by the bayou above mentions cd, and presents little variety of surface. DBut it Is g0 surrounded by forests, and hius so many fine trees wrowinx alonge it streets and in ifa private grounds, that the general Impression fs pleasant and agrecable, and [t mizht with Lruthe fulness be called the forest citv of Texas. na rrcvhmp letter 1 spoke of the oninlon generally prevalent at the North that only the northern and northwestern portion of the State was suftable for Northern en tosettie v on the score of climate and health, Having no private interesta of my own or of others to servey I have endeavored to make nu honest amd conscientious stidy of the central aud southern portions of the State with refereree to CLIMATE, as shown by temperature and rainfall. and_of lieaith, as shown by the mortaiity records. My first lotter pave the results of reconis kept at Dallas, which, [t 18 often said, {s as farsouth asa Northern man ought to go, showing that for the year 1570 the maxtinumn temperature was 98 Uegrees, the minlmum 0 degrees, and the rain- 315 Inches. 1 was not able to tind sy recs ord showing the number of deaths or the rate of mortality to the 1,000 inhabitants. At Austin, the State Cn\vll.:ll. 1find by a table compiled by D W. C., Baker, covering a perfod of nineteen years,—from 1333 to S?U}’ foclusive,—~that = the *highest poiut reached b{ the thermometer — was 106 deg. and the lowest 6 deg,, Wwth an average maximwm _temperatnre during, the nincteen ears of 03 dex., and an averaze minfmum empernture of 18 deg, During the entire nines teen years the annual average ralnfall was 34,81 fnches, Therecord, loweser, showed that ticre was u steady fucrease in the amount of raintall, Eoing up from an average of 2001 inchies in the tirst five years to 41.03 inches in the last five years, The records of mortality for the year 187 showed that the entire number of deaths of residents of the cll?‘ (ucludluF strangers), and including accllental deaths and still-births, was 207, or at the rate of 18.3570 every 1,000 inhab- tants. Passing across to San Antonio, [ could only findl & record of temperatures complete for the Yyear 1533, These ruve for maximum teniper- ature 98 deg., and forminimum temperature 10 deg,, witha total rainfall of 313 inches, 1t was clafed here alan thut the rainiall was ateudily increasing. & tind by an examination of reconls Lhat the total deathh rate for 1575, not excluding strangers (many of whom vame hero as fnvalils to die), was fur the white population thirteen In 1,00, and for the Mexicans and negroes 17,50 1 the 1,000, Passing down o Houston, 212 mites on the down grade to where we reach the thlewater of ¢ Gulty sl In o low, flat country with little or detictent nutural dralnnge, { thought £ sball here surely lind a sickly country, But on exame« ining the records Kept by ‘the Clty I'hywl- clan, from - whose oftice all burfai ~permits must be {ssued, and a record _made of them, 1 findl for the year 1875, 326 deatns, and ju 157 ouly 260, giving for the former year o death- rate of 1293 und in the latter of 10.84 to 1,000 of population. This includes strangers dying in the city, and ratiroad hands nnd others tuken slek and” brought to the hospital to be cared for, as well as aceldental and violent deaths, which were also Included fu records ut Austin and Bun Antovlo, I have at hand n statement for whose currectness I canuot, how- ever, vouch, but which I presume s correct, that the death-rate in Brooklyn is 22415 in Cin- clunath, 19.09; in Washington, of the white population T, _aud of the hiucks HU.503 of _Eimira, v, 3 of New Haven, 174, Inall have examined [ haso not been able to fnd a single death from sun- stroke, and u hiealthier, heartier looking people than | ave found_{n Central and Southern ‘Texus I never saw. Nelther do I hear Lut rare- 1y of any cases of sickness. 1L should be borne in mind’that [ am here just at the close of the hot seagon when discasea mnight be expected to prevail If ever. MY CONCLUSION 18, nfter enrefully considering the whole subject, that these central und southern countles, cx- cluding the river Lottoms, heavy timber amt low flat lands (and of these latter I have not made u careful study), arc as healthy ns any portions of the State ' have heen fn, that a man cun o as much vutdoor work, and with as much comfort, us In the northern countics. Though the rauge of the thermometer ts soma what higher, this 18 tully if not mote than counterscted by the intluence of the Gulf breezes, which are stronger and more {nvigorat~ Ing than in the uorthern counties, Lands cun Lo pought ot less than half the price of the same quality In the unorthern pare ot the State, [ hirmiy believe, and am willlng to stake my reputation as a man of good jude- uient ou the assertion, that no man who Intends to comg to Texas need be afrald to settlc upon any of the hich rolling prairie lumis of the ceutral ur southern part of the State, A man cw work here in oa Leme erature that would just wilt him at the North, Wlien i San Antonjo [ waa desirous of uccompilshing tmy work in one day, and_ liad a zood deal of bother in getting at somo of the thing I wanted, cunsequently wus on the io at a regzular Chtearto walt nearly” all duy, In the eveninz a grentieman suild tome, * Do you know this lias been one of the hottest days of this summer?” 1 sald, “ I think uot, for'in Jooking wver the record ut the United States Signale Service Stution (only opened last May) 17 s timt on four or five days the n cury has been above 100 degrees ! 8aid he, has stowd at ¥ deirees to-day,? linpossinl eald [, “for I have been an tho go al out fnconvenience, and § never could b what 1 have dong to-duy with that temp ture)” Sald he, * Come’round to Dr, Netter's awd see,” Weo went round the corner fo u drug- sture, whero thy proprictor hnd bevu fitted up, according to Government regulations, with i complete set of fustritments used ln the Govern- ment stations, and found that from 11 a. m. to 8. 1, the mercury had stood at 09 degrees, Thls Gulf breezo s wonderful {n iLs fntfluonce, It 18 ns regulor as the sun (except when it chonges to a norther). Alter the sun gocs dawn, the air begins to grow cool, and by bed- thne vno will want more or less of cover, Before morning a blanket 1s comfortable, In the morning one will goaround fur two or thres buours with a thick cont on with _cumfort, and it does not get hot till from ¥ to 10 o’clock. How- ever hot L s in the sum, It s always comfortable fn the shade If you can ~ tret tho breeze, At the Norin we shut our houses up close in the morning to shut vut the heaty sud throw thew open In the evenlng when thesun hus woue down. {lere they throw doos wud windows oven to let the brevza through, and are always comfortable in Sl shade, People from the North should, until accll- [, a8 fur us possible avold expusing thoem- achves to the direct rays of the sun n sunnuer during the middie of the day, us they are ulmost vertleal, and come with great power. They should get up carly in tho mornhig and get at thelr work, Ire by In the nlddle of the day, and duish their work when the sun is dechiniug, 1 whould huve wentloned fu its proper connee- tlon that § have becu unable to find a reconl of temperatures aud rainfall for this city, One wus kept for severul years by o gentlenian who died suine two years ugo, aud [ was not able to ut uccess 10 bls records, or to learn §f they ave been preserved, §t i clalmed, how- that “bere und §n proximity to dulf the raifall is much greater, und thers are pecubar climatic condi- tious, of which 1 wiil speak when [ come to write un the subject of trultgrowing and mar- ket-gardemng whicn will form the subject of a future letter, My pexe trip will be over the Central Road to Sherman, cutting through the neart of the country which 1 buve been wround aud across. . C, Givws, ————— TO FRANKIE, Tenderly come o'er me stealing The fabnt tones of church-tells pealing, While 1 wil and nuse uloae. Barren are the rovww, and dreary, And the days sre grown s0 weary, since you'ru youe. Now are dying al) the Howers Teuded lu'your Jeisure houre— Haw | loved 1o watch yoo hero! Pausiea dark sud unynoneiie, Tlose you liked, 1'll ue'cr forgel— You, wo dearl And the leaves, s0 geutly falling, Beew )ike deadened voices calling Me (row out tbe dreary Pust, Por Old 'fime ks chanyeinl ever— Friends must purl,eud deus oues sever, Til) tbe Jaat How 1 wish that thou wert near me! Yet | can but lonk to bear thee, And with paticuce trust o o Pule waves still, unwearylng, zeacl Up tbe cold, white, silent boach— <an wait. Cu1caso, Seplemoer, 1877, M, U, G. raw putatoes arc good to Dr. Hall aays that cure drunkente: The Muipby movemeut isat Liat wcpounted sors WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Diplomatic Scandals---A Former Minister to St. Peterse burg. The Sitnation in New Jersey---Barber, of Michigan—Capitol Ven- tilation, A Reminiscence of Seeretary Stanfon-Lincoln’s Lack of Infiuence with (he ldmin- Istration, From Onr Orwn Correspondent, Wastxaron, 1), C., Ucte L—The scandals of diplonucy are not nut all contined to European Court cirles. An ex-State Departinent oflicial the other day told a cutlous bit of wossp concernine the relations of our Govertiment to the Court of 81 Vetersburg, AL ouctima the Husstan Government dewnanded the recatl of our then Minister to St. Potersburg for causes which, in the upinton at least of clean-minded people, were of ns grave an® mport as the bustting Impudence of - Constantine e Cntacazy, A pentleman of this «ity once had fn his posscasion the original letter (or ‘on exact copy of 1t), which was written by Prince Qortschakofl to the then Russion Ambasaador In this country, and which contained the whole stors. This letter waanot an othelal one, for it cxpressly stated that the matter was of so delicate n nuture, and that the rclations between tho two countries were 80 friendly, that P'rince Gortschakoll was undesirons of defiling the records of the Forelgn Office of cither country with facts personally so disgmeeful and so humiliating to the United States, That letter requested the Russian Am- bussador hiere privately to have a conference with the Chalrman of the Senate Commiltes on Forcign Relations, and to request him, as o friend, te call the attention of the Ameri- can Sccretary of State to the facts, which would make It neccssary for the Russian Government to Insist upon the recall of Mr. , the American Mintster, ‘These facts, ns charged In the letter, In the main were these: Thot Mr. , using the courtesies extended to him as a diplonat, was accustomed to enter the private grounds of the Emperor. to which the public were not admitted, in a carriago ac- companied by persans whose reputations wero more spotted than his own, und in this Jow company, and on these private crounds, to pass and repass beforo the carriage of the Em- press, to her great womanly mortliication. It was also charged that Mr. was nce ctistomed to appear in tho foges of tha Opera, In the presenceol the diplomatic body, and of the Court In like manner, accompanied by persons from the ranks of the demi-montde, and thut ho ot one tine appeared In the rear of the Em- press's box i a state of pgross futoxication. ‘There were other statements indleating man- ners and inatters of o base and rude sort. The ottention of the Secretary of State and of the President wos called to the matter, and while they, as centlemen, wers terribly mortitled nt such conduct, they thought, at that time, there should Le o chinnize In our Minister to Russta. Prince Gortschakoll Intl- mated that lo conld not consent to tolerute this American Minlster, or to permit him to re- main. Mr, —— dil, however, remaln at St, Petershurse for a period of two vears after thes charges wero wade, and gentlewen well {n- formed of the facts do uot. hesitate to say that nis conduct thenceforth did not improve. These matters arc not matters of record, but they are facts with which all the old oficials of the Stato Department are personally faniliar, TUB OUTLOOK IN JERSHY, l‘Zx-Cun%n---umm IHulsey, of New Jersey, who has been hers for o few days, has not much hope of Republican success in - that State this full. “The truth is,' he says, **it ts n Demno- cratic State, and It §a ooly by extreme efTorts, at perloda when great national tuples attract the uttention of the wountry, that it has been carrled for the Republicans.” Gen, McClellan, ho thinks, will be elec and ko {s of the opinion that it will b the best thing that can be done, i1, na some Democrats now sugpest, the Demo- cratle Prestdentinl tieket fn 1580 is to be George I McClellan aud Wade - Hampton, The "best way, Halsey thinks, to defent Lhe Demoerutle. Preaidentlnl candldate next time i to make Little Mae Governor of New Jeracy, MeCletlan will Linve a laree vote from the great number - of Copperlicads of which New Jer- sov ia full, On the other hand, his nomination will bring out a lurzer Republican vote than that of nny other candidate could have done. The old-litie Itepubllcans—those of 1856—who are hut aitogether sutistied with some things which are done at Washingtou, will be fnduced to yutu uguinst thelr old Uuwmrlwm.l nelghiors and George B, MeClellan, My, Hulsey reports great upathy among Republicans of the old school at the prescut national outlook. E. W, BARDER, OF MICHIGAN, E. W, Burber, ex-Assistant Postmaster- Qeneral, who | kenof as o candidate for Cungress from own district n Michigan, (s not 8 Kepublican of the Civil-Servica reform school, although he has been identilied with the Republican party frot its origin, He was As- slstant Postimasier-ticneral forseverul years, and was known as a special friend of the then Bcere- tary Chandler. Darber did not feel comfortablo under this Administrution, aud the new political dynasty hsd bandly been vstabllshed before he” resgned. Ho wus too much of a wan to play the hypocrite, or to retain an ofliee under an Admtulstrution which he could not heartily support, He belongs to the old school of radical war-horse Hepublicans, and does not accummodato bimselt readlly to the new order of things, ‘This is the way Mr, Harber felt when he left fur the West in the spring, [n the months that bave Intervened ha gy have recelved the new Mght which hus fulfen upon so many others. SOCIETY NOTES, Hursevack-riding Is becomning the favorite ex- erelse hiere winong public mer,, many of whom are tinding healtls in the saddle. - Severad of Lhe members of the Supreme Court of the United Btates, not including the very heavy welehts, mn{ be seen dally nithe Soldiers’ llome Park, aud on the suburbau roads, taking their consti- tutional. ‘T'he horses that they ride are moatly steady-going, rollable cobs, 1L would not (o to risk such a welzht of wisdom upon too [risky s, Benor Mantilla, the 8pauish Miuister, and his wite, Minc. Mantilla, une of the must notable of the soclety wowen of Washington, bave return- ed Lo their winter residence. Mme, Muntilla s o oatrikime type of SKnnllh beauty. The Minis ter is eeveral yeurs her senlor, and very rich, Aunother attache of a forelin lecation is soon to marry an Awerican girl here carly in Octo- ber, Churles Adum, of the British Legation, Is 1o be united in matrinony to Jullet Palwer, Une of the daughters of the Banker itlgzgs, some years o, murrled an ottache of the Dritish Legation, nud since that time marrisges of thut sort have Loen much sought by the young diplomta. 1t s not the good foriune of ‘every- body, huwever, to make such a match a8 did Heury oward 1n warrying She rich Banker Riges” daughter, It (s reported that flownrd s soim to be returned to his post In Washington, Comniissioner Phelpe Is atuan of cousidera- ble wealth, 1o fs now enguged in bullding o niumnber of houses In the central partof the city, e hur leased for weveral years a fine house ut the coruer of L and Vertsunt avenuvs. Phelps I u reshient of the District, Chief-Justice Cartter has yeturned from hils Kausas and Ohlo farins lu robust health, Hels one of the flueat types of physical manhood up- on the beneh, und 18 quite capable {n his own person {n execnting the decrecs of his Court, A REMINISCENCE OF STANTON, TUR GKEAT WA SECHETARY. The recent death of E. L. Stanton, son of the vived aume remine rest War Secreiury, has cences ol bis tuther, Among them taN\a vuw version of Lhe orlgin of Linculin's voted declura- tion, * § bave no wiluence with this Adwiufs- trution,” ‘The following 15 thy story, us It Is relatea by ene Who cluitus to have been un eye- t wus In the summer of 1842 The Army ot the Cumberland wus luactive i its wuplh‘u. Uen, Mitehell, of Rausas, then an active soldier iu the Arwy of the Cumberland, came th Wash- wiston to sueck the promotion of @ Cuptaln to the positiuu of Major in the Quartermuster’s Departusent, there having been o vacancy created by death. The Captain. whose promo- tlon Le souxhiv was u wun of fue abitlties, Upon arrivivg bere, Gen. Mitchell went directly to thy otlive of Bocretury Stauton. Mitchell was a soldier who bad obtained distinction fu the Wur. lle found Stanton resting his massive furm upon the desk fo the War Office, which Lias now becoue bistoricud. SECHETARY STANTON AT WORK, ‘There wus gloom upon Lis stern face, He had evidently Lecn troubled by some of the complications of the great war, the cotire respunsitilities of which be secwed to consider were pluced upon bis shoulders. Staunton Lieard Geu, Sitchell’s statenient, but had alreudy been wutliled of the death of the Majus, Whase place OCTOBER G, 1877—TWELVE PAGES. Gen, Mitehel) sought to i, The War Secretary | of being onaline with the eyve, althongh In brimquely reptied to Mitehell that provisfon had already been made to GL the yacuney. Mitchéll immediately retired to reinforca hine. =elf with greater intluence than the simole poti- ton he hud of the oflivers of the corps In which he was stationed, TIE PRESIDENT DEPIED, Gen. Mitchell procecded directly to the office of the President. Mr. Lincoly heant hia stors, and Indorsed his petition with these words: “The Secretary of War will take the appoint- ment In accordance with the within tequest.” Gen, Mitchell, accompanied by the then Sene ntor Pomneroy, who was at that thne st the helght of his political influenee, returned to the War Departnient. At the door of the War Otlice they were met hy binM old Hen Wade, wha returned to the Secretary with them, feel- inx enrlons, perhaps, to ree iow Stanton would act in obeylugr the onlers of his superior. Wade's curtoslty soon afterwands assumed a very different complexion, In the presence of these three gentlemen, the petitlon of the army utlicers for the promotion desfred by Gen Mitehell, with the indoreement of the Presldent thereon, was pre<ented Lo Stauton without any counment, Stanton gyictly read the petition aud the fndorsement, and then DELIBERATELY TOUR THE PETIFION nto shreds, which ho deposited fn thie waste. basket, The three wentlemen were astounded t seemed to thein, and micht very prop- erly haveappeared Lo anybady, an act of stupemds s fmpiuld ‘The oily comment that Seere- tary Stanton made conalsted in the words ut- tered i a gqutet tone, with his large eyes closed somewhat behind his spectacles: “Fhe appointment will nut be made,*? The three genticmen retired speechless with rage and nstonishment, Mr, Stauton was a man much after Ben Wade's heart, ‘This nct of Stanton's hud aroused the old man’s wrath and set louse n tongue which, in fts theological ex- presston, does not always atrictly follos ecelest- astieal cupliemism, A sovdonie grim rlnwll nbout the grinily mobile features of old lien Wade's face. H¢ clutched his hands as if the sturdy ueck of tho rebellious Seeretary was within his vigorous grasp. Wade strode to the front, and told his com- panlons to follow, muttering, “ We will see about this." Gen. Mitchell was then lame trom a recent wound, and with Pomerny, who was already pully from rapldly developed obeslty, naturally fell bebind. ~ Wade could not wait, und strode” on, driving his tough oaken cane into the grouml, und plurting vut oaths s a rocket leaves sparks In its trall. ‘The two Kaneas gentiemen might have lnacined that they were following some Plutonic heralt. The distance between the War Departinent and the White House is not t. At the threshold of the Exceutive Mansion the irate Den turned, and, shakiog his canc at his two leas awift o mn‘anl,nhuutml, “Comeon" The twaln natur- ally hastened their steps, for they fearcd that thé leated representations ot Mr. ‘Wade might be less respectful o Stanton than they would be benetical to their cause, AT THR FRESIDENT'S, They arrived ot the ante-room of the Prost- dent's oflice just fn timo to bear old Bea blurt out: ' What sort of 8 —— — clerk do you keep over at the War Department 1 Wade falrly trembled with raze at whiat be regarded the_ indiguity to the Prestdentisl au- thority. Mr. Lincoln coolly naked the reason for the energetie tnquiry, “Wade told the story in his emphatic way, liow the petition hml heen respectfully presenited, how the *clerk in the War Oftice” Tind read the President’s instrie- tions, and had then torn the whole document into pleces. The Presilent listened to the stor with much apparent nervousness, and great nzr- tation was miznifest on his fuco ns the. recital proceerded. Mterfl]mclnz the floor for A few moments, ho tumed to the entliemen and suld 3 “Thy truth is, gentlemen, I have very litla Influence with this Adininistration," That is the true story of this historical state- ment of Lincoln's, aa”told by an cye=wituess, The President, without further cominent, then totd the zentfemen to call the nest norning, and he woukld see what could be done, They csiled. The Presfdent handed Gen. Mitchell an oflleal paper, saying, ““Thero is Lhio appointment of your friend to the position of Major in the Quartermaster's Daopartmont,” No turther explanation was offered Ly the President. ‘The nature of the interview with his War Scerctary was never made public, but the act of the Prestdent shows that he had, in ‘r;m. sonte little fnfluence with his Admintstra- on. VENTILATION AT THE CAPITOl. Bince Congress was last licra thers havo been many [mprovements about the Cap- ftol, the most Important belng tho efforts made to improve tho atmospherie con- ditions of the Representutives Hall, “There had been so wmuch complaint that a fuolishly- cconomical House allowed an_aporopriation of 330,000, or rather took the money from the sum awarded for work on tho Capltol-zrounds. ‘There has been a most extensive aystem of ven- tilation constructed, and the architect thinks theru wiil not be in the future any cause for complaint, 'To nttain the obfect In viewa ereat portion of the cellar vaults has been turned lato air ducts, from which tho hall Is supplied. A tunnei Inrge enough for a man to walk In has been butit under the two hills, by which tho bullding Is reached from the west side, out into tha grounds, and pure air is deawn in through this passage by means of two iminense suction faua. At present the mouth of the tunnel is rourhly boarded around, but it Is the Intention to con- struct an ornaniental alr-shaft when moremoney is allowed. ‘The air is drawn In the tunnel with such forco that a man can hardly keop his feet when v tho current, and “Is forced through o long pasage-wuy fnto a room filled with_cofted pipe through which stean is passel assing near the steam colls heats tho atry and to properly regulate the tem- perature an Ingenlous contrivanco is brought uto use. 1t s made of fron slata worked Jike a Venetlan blind, openluiz so as to perinlt a fall flow of air Into the heating-room, and gradually closed until the wir, when itis too close In the hall, 18 foreed over the top of the fron ense In- closing the y(rc. withoutcoming In contact with the steawm, It then passes into an adjolning room where thereis a larze tank of water with steam colls around It, which causes a vapor tu riso molstening the hot alr. There are also several fountains u this roumt to keeo the atmosphere moist. ‘The machinery here noticed Is intended to furs nish an smple supply of pure air of the Tro;\er temperaturs for heslth, Under the hall the entire brick aud masoney work lias been re- moved leaving a hollow space between the tloor and the arches above the ground story, which is au lmmenss reservolr for the siorage of the alr thus Lrought in by artificlal power, [t cecapes fnto the hnll through vents, covercd with lne wire pgauze, in the wall close to the floor sud under the ridees of tre tiers ou which the deska are placed. The uld cesspouls under each member's desk, for- merly the receptacle of tobaceo-juice and cast-off lunches, have all been closed, " This hollow s suflicdently deep to allow s mun to walk around, and i3 to be kept xcrupuluufl{ frec from dust and Hith, the broom belng us frequently in serve {ew on the conereted reservoir surfave below s on the velvel curpet wbove. Thers hus been some spprehension as to the acoustic ctfcets of this imimense vaccum under the hall, 1he architect suys that it will make no perceptible difference. Now thut they had provided for plenty of pure air, the next step with the arvhitects was 1o remove the air vitlated by o0 lun presence Ir: the hall, Forinerly un artiticial method was wlopted, and it was endeavured Lo puimp downe stuirs air only 8 little while bhefore foreed up- stairs, Dut, as everyhody Knows who ever visit- ed the House, it wus not a success. Now, In conjunction with the machinery already fu service, the natural wicthod has heen adopted of providiog e}mnhmn It the ool for the eacape of loul wir, Those huge gilded cxerescences, like acorng ready to drop on some legislative head, * which — were rauged aroundl the glass llzhu, have beon removed, Jeaving » creulur hole about elghteen incty dlamncter, which 18 covered with a glass plate, arrunged 50 us to bo' ralsed or lowered when vceasion requires, but stlll never presenting an appearance of o _hole ju the rool, spertures mude in the wall above the *rolored )nlnllurv." also, to lev out the dlscased phiere. The machinery Is so arranged that the en- gineer cun wit Ju bis room I the hasement uwd, by disls fnmediately under his ey, see the entire working of this complicaie: micchanisi, Klectricity is anplied fu o new way by au invention of Mr, Rogers, the electri- ¢lan. “Hitherto, tofind the temperatureof the Ball it kept the engineer busy runniug about ex- aminlug the thermomcters and other fnstru- wenty, but now thess guuges are connected by electrivity with u dial-plate in the cnglueer's room, upon which, by touching a key, s record- ed by the deflection uf a maguct the tempera- ture of any oue of theslx sections of the ball i which test instruments are pluced. The kall bas been newly carpeted. Electric bells bave also been placed throdehout the bublding. The frrepressible Brumidl, whose talent evolved those giant ereations at the top of tho rotundu, {s uguiu at work, with plesty of space for his s)mllflc peudl. He is putting on the wall above the ret ter of gas-Jets fao the rotundaa Iresco emblematic of the landing of Columbus. It wis the ual futeotion to cover this naked corridor with Uizures in bas-rellef, desceiptive of Awmerican hutwi but the fudustrious Itshian, who i3 pald by the year, discovered that, ou ue- count of the sbudows cust by this work, the effect would be bad. Bo he' esiays to pafut umtnm fu imitation of bas-relief tgures, also to give them thy appearance ity about (00 freet above, Thefiguresare large, appear from the floor of the rotumnda Jife-size. The fresen is only half completed. The maln flzare, Columbus, stepping from the gangway on to Amerfenn aoll with 1 mass of human faces on ship-hoand hnrrabing, and a few Tndians lying “aroumd toose¢ on the ground. An anachronlans appears in a full blown coat of arms of the United States, attendant, as usual, upon the Qoddess of Liberty, while an eaglo fills out the bikl, T the specimen proves a sue- cuss In the Conueressional ‘eye Burmibdi witl, if plenty of money Is furnished, go_around the ratunda and 111 évery available point with fres- toes symbolical of Ainerica's greatness. THE RAGE FOR OLD CHINA. An Enthusinst's Story of Iter Soarch Among the Trensures of Binck 1aland, Rloct Itand Correspondence dartford Times. ‘The fever for antiquities has aven reached this quiet spot, and the istand has beenscoured from north to coutly and cast to west, T, who have always been a seofer, was sefzed with the dis- ease while there, and would run a mile §f T heard there was any chance of adiling to any collees tiow. The lsland i3 a fertila apot for such things on account of the'ships which run into port, and also for the numerous wrecks, The ereat thing was ta get something off the Talutine, the tiest wreck recorddd, and which happenedas early as 1 and abuut which thers are many romantie al Whittier has writ- ten a beautiful poein in memory of this event, bt according to Livermure, the Dlock Island historfan, lic does great fujuatice to the honest inlandere. Whittier says alic was hrought ashore by falec lizhts and then plundered by pirates, but Livermore clajins she was not wrecked af all, tmt merely stopped to leave some of her passengers who were In a diseased and dying condition, and that there Is tho record of such a ship being lost years afterwards in the Hay of Bengal. Which story is true of coirse will never be known, hut it scems as Il the ancient inbabitants were the best authority, and they ail say ahie was wrecked and then burned. The ship was briogine eml- grants from Ilolland to Ameriea. and all the nassengers wers well-to-do. The ship was lmmcd. with one woman on her, who rcfused to leave her treasure. The one survivor of the wmany passeners was & woman called Dutch Katliern, who soon after hier cdcape marrted n negro slave. 8he had three children, all of whose descendunts have left the lsland, al- thouih the housa s atill shown where Cradle, her daughter, onca lived, Josle and mysel? lappened to be very fortunate, and suceceded in sceuring three of four pieces of this “Wrack," a8 the aborigines tern it. On one plate Is n view, evidently Dutch, the others have surays ol bine flowers spread over the entire surfuce, We enjoyed oursclves immensely golng to the difterent houses: the fnmutes wero all very tospitable, and most of them willing to aell. At one place Jusle went twice hefore she succecded n getting anything, and thenthe Indy sakd “she dl(fi:'l. aopose she'd care for any such old trash as that.! The old trash happened to he a beaus tiful old-fashionedd Indka chinn lunch-bowl. We, of course, had many amusing incidents. There was one anclent malden with small, plercing black eyes, o large nosc, bordering on the Ro- man, and a8 touth lke a cork-screw. 8he hnd o most curious set of erocke ery, including . elzht pleces, over 195 years ol It bad o whito backgronnd, which was covered with green firures like dragons, She was was willlnir to seli the lot for $25. Hy the time we reached this place our pockets, which hiad begun to feel light, rebelled azatust this price. So Josie and myrelf, as sweet a8 possitife, In hopes to juove her ston: heart to pity, snggested that shie should breal the sct, and ailow us a cup ond saucer aplece; but in vain we pleadea., Bhe fetl £3 on the lot, and alter that was immovable ss granite, At lengeth, after mmuch debating, we dechled to buy the entircact. But, alna! the nextday, when we went o the house, the door was clused in our fuces, wml we were told that she wonld not eell for love or monry, Crestlallen we returned home. But while there §s life there s hope, and our busy brains soon hit upon what we thought a very clever plan. There was one of our party of a cool and deliberata temperament, and woon her we pitehed to carry aut our little desi 1t waa that she should zo awl offer the **drogon-woman,” a8 we named her on aceount of her crockery, o price lower than we had, aud then were In hopes that she, seelng ko many willing to buy at a Iower price, would jumr atour offer. But no: the anclent femate conld not be ecaught in any such trap, and, In order to avold further importunitios, hod presented the entiro sct to her niece, All our hones were now crushed, and we sub- mitted to fate. At one houso, where I bought a Palatine plate, thero was & jug which must have formerly heen used for water, or some- thing stronger. It wos pottery covered with blue enamel, with leaves and flowers. in rafsed work. In tho ventre wus & crown, and under it, i large letters, G, . This, according to the owner's aceount, was taken from a British man- of-war during the steuegle between tho French and English. The vessel, on the way to Can- ada, touched ut Block Iniatd, Thiswas the time of the battte of Quecbec, in 1762, when Wolfe, belng commander, was killed. ~ On the neck, which s a point of land at one place nearly separated by the oceun and a largo pond from the rest ol the istaud, wo struck a mino of riches, Wo drew ur in front of a pleasant houro and asked the lady at the door If she ad auything ancient. Bhe sald “yes,” but nothlug she was willing to sell. Our brave hearts failed us, but outwardly we were calm, and weakly anked it wo micht sce them.” She sald, 0 yes;" so out we jumped and wartly followed into her closct; here was & store ol treasures, Josie immediately took up » queer little tea- not anid 1 zelzed 'n mustard-cup. After u great deal of inveigling we persuiaded her Lo scll. The little tea-pob was used during the ravolutionary war, when no ons was al- lTowed ten Dut the old Tconlc. and the mus. tardcup was cqually autique. We exchanged kuowlng glances as we'embraced our treasures, Another curfous thing we purchased ui the same _house was nn old dipper, beautifully varved by hand, which the Captain of the Ann Hope had niade for his wife on his way humo from India. This versel was wrecked on Block Island tn the year Ia0d, and Is the first of what tho historian calls modern wreeka, We found varlous other curions things, Incliding b candlesticks, cups and saucers, plutes and tea- pots, putnted by hand, and so on. § need hardly add that as the fever fncreased and the news spread among the inhabitunts the prices went up accordingly, aud [ fear the fortunate owner of the drurron eruckery will searcely be induced anather sesson ta sell for 350, ——e—— TIDINGS. e Snn goes down to fls lows come up (rom the W ading; the Night draws near, ence dile my heart with fear, Now darkness rests on the conntry-side, And decpens around me far und wide: While voices from its depths to my ear, Bringing the mieasaye [ dread 10 hear, Nature says, This darkness will fade away, And tbe sun rise hiight on another day; The sturs shine on, 1he tides cbh and flow, Aud the seasane forever come aud go, Fato sayx, ‘The Sun will be aad to see, Aud tho Hlelit of the stars be sortow to theo; Auth whal if (he seisons como a4 before Une tacs tiey will bning thee nevenwore, K. ¥ G, How Scalping Felt, New flaren(Conm.) Union, Two o the soldiers war a comia® for me all the time, but the business was doby 80 guivk that they didn't have time to shoot sgin after killin® the squaw, 'till the thing were uver; but 1t scemed mor’n a week to e, The Injin bent down Tnluk and grabbed me In the scalp-lock. Lord! how he ferked. I shnug my eyes, Then I felt ws If some oue had ripped o gash with & dull pair of welssors all rotud the top o' my hiead, and theu poured o tadle full o' hot lead i it. A flush o tho awlullest, sharpest pain that kin be hmugined run all through me, clean to the end o' my toes. ‘Then it scemed as if o burse hitched to my holr an’ he wus struck with & whip, gave o sudden spring an' toro the top o' my head'off from sido toside. I cud feel mK kiices draw up, and my hands go shut and grul in the snow, and | set the usils clean Into the Hesh, ‘The sensation was jest xa it from the lor o' my head there had run cords down through my body, which were fastened n my flesh all along, thut theso had all tore looss frum my toes up, aud folluwed tho top o’ my head when it was jerked off. | kuowed | were'scalped, snd that were all I knowed for three days. —————— Haluting » Horee, “When I was ‘K"“““ man I was walking one day and saw un officer fu the old-fashioned uni- form. I was under toe old Elector. The ofll- cers sthll wore pig-tails, cocked Lusts set over one eve, high neckcloths, aud cuats buttoned back. A he was walklug atiilly alovg, & groow caing by riding @ borse which he appearcd to b breaking 1. ¢ What ware {s that you ure rid- Ingi? culled out the Bln{ur, with sn authorita- tive, disdaluful afr. *8he helougs to Eriuce Georee,! goswered the grooun *Ab—h!? said the Mujor, rulsing his band reverentially to his bat with & mulitary salute, and bowing”low to the ware, I told this story," cont'vued Grim, %to Priuce B., thiuklug to wmake hin laugh. But be looked grave, and sald, with quitea tragic tono of yolce, *Ab, that feelisg ls uo longer to be found !’ "—Mis dwtin THE REPUBLIC LIFE. Auditor Needles Investigating the Nickerson Loans. HeIs Called Upon to Explain His Fi- nancial Connection with the Company. ‘Which Xs Done to the Entire Satisfac- tion of the Court Judge Willinms lent hils ear yesterday morn- inr to some #ix or scven attorneys representing varfous partics fn inferest in the Republie-Na- tiunal Life complications. At an examination held the other day before the Master In Chan- cert, after the bid of £105,000 for the National Life stock had been made and referred to that functtonary, Mr, 8. M. Nickerson refused to answer certain questions put to him by Mr. E B, ‘Sherman, representing Auditor Needles, aml the ohject of the Interview with the Court yesterday morning was to report this refusal and toget an order requiring Mr. Nick- crron to answer the questions. 'Besides Mr. Blierman, there wero present Mr. Hitebeock, representing Mr, Nickeraon, Recefver Ward, and his attorneys, Mesars, Jewett, Hutchinson & Luff, anda Mr. McCagg, ropresenting Mr. Qeorge C, Clurke, who made the $305,000 bid, T'o open the proceedings, Mr, 8herman read Mr., Nickerson’s direct examination and then went overalong cross-examination, disclosing the questions which the witness had refused to nn- swer, The first refusal to answer was In regard to tho question whether Mr. Nickerson had re- cefved any money from the Repubic Life after the Indebtedness represented by the notes for $130,000, sccured by 5,200 shiares of Natfonal Lite stock, had ncerned. Mr. Nickerson also refused to answer Mr. Sherman's question as to the whole status, the purpose, and objects of this Joan, More specifically stated, Mr. Nicker- son refuscd to answer the question If it was not because of his known friendship for, and Interest in, the Natfonal Life, that the oflicers of the Republic, who were the officers of the Natlonal, had placed the Natlonal stock In his hands for the purpose of placing the controlling intereat in the Natlonal in the hands of a friendly party in vlew of cir- cumstances which might alterwards arice. And Mr. S8hierman insisted tbat, asa representative of tho Auditorof State, in whose hands were the futerests of o million or more poliey-holders, he had o right to answer these questions, und that they were entlrcly competent, notwith- standing Mr. Ilitchcock's sssertlon that they were impertinent. Mr. Iitcheock claimed that they were imper- tinent, in the legal sense of the term, Inasmuch a8 they were not embraced in thoe order for a refereice to the Master. They did not, more~ over, uifect the validity of the debt, but were merely for the purpose of furnishing means to l:nhrluw imputations on personal churacter, pos- sibly. Mr. Sherman denfed that he was actuated by any auch mutives. After a long argument on the questions fn- volved, it waa finally agreed that Mr, Nickerson shiould present himisclf in person before the Court at 2 o'clock, and that Mr. Shermanshould Ve given all reasonable lberty In conducting the investigation, ON THE BTAND, ‘The partles were in court apaln shortly after 3 o'clock, Mr. Nickerson was put on the'stand, and Mr. Bherman proceeded to quiz hit as ful- low: Q.~DId you recelve any money from the Ro- public Life, or from any person foror on nc- count of the sald Company, since the purchaso by yuu In December, 1870, of the note of which yot apoke In the provious examination? 1f so, state how much, and whether in currency or in checks, and the circumstances attending such payment. A—I received about the middle of" February about 800,000, which was to repay nrevious loans made, and had nothin 0 do with the $50,000 nota which I purchase in the latter part of ‘December, It was re- celved from the bauk through officers by check upon the Firat National Banl .—You say it had no reference to thia trans- action. To what transaction did It refer] A.— ‘To previons loans of mouney which wera repald to 1o at that time. Q.—lIlave you kepta regular account with the Republic’Lifo sluce previous to December, 18761 A.~I had various transactions in thal ‘way—loans of nioney. Q. —What wns the state of theaccount be- tween you aud the ch blte Life at the timo yuu purchased tho ,000 notel A.—They werce then owing me on a loun mada some little timo preylous to that. Q.—Can you . tell about how much? A.—I should say from $25,000 to $30,000. Q.~Were you paid for the £50,000 note, and, 'htl."'l'!hm' A.—I was paid by a new note of ay 12, .—You surrendercd the $50,000 note and took new notes! A,.—New notea. This $30,- wl:(nnla 18 & part of the $130,000 under Investi- gatlon. Q. —~How much did xau mive them on the 12th of May In checkal A,—8150,000,—the; flv|:‘lfi mo a cheek for tho note, the same as if it been pald, und I giving them iy checks for the entire amount of the loan, §180,000. Q,—1a that all you bave received since De- ceuiber, 1876, from the Renubliel A.~—Yes, sir, That is what was duo mo. There may have becn some other transactions. 1f so, they were paid previous to that thine, That was tho amount which was paid me at the scttlement, ‘Ll $90,000 was everything at that time. Q.—Wu the Cormpany fndebted 1o oy fure ther sum except that represented by " these notes! A.—No, #ir, Q.—Then on the 12th of May there was a full scttlement of your account betwcen you and the Companyt’ A.~—Yes, sir, 'l re DMr. Nickerson produced the original chiey s Q.~Tho Republic kept its account with your bank until it wus placed in the hunds of the Recelver! A.—Yes, slr. . .—Can you grive a stutement of the amonnts of money {:.hl out by the buuk through checks upon the bunk after the 12th of May! A.—1 cannot, Q.—Do you know whether any portion of this oney, PLACED ON DEPOSIT about the of May, wus pald out by the Coupany its check A.—1 sssame (L was from the fact that the balunce on haud at the time the Company weat into the Recelver's hands was only about $:30,000. Q.—Would not your tooks shew when It was paid and to whom! A.~The bauk's books would, hut that {4 nothing to do with e, Q.—lHave you at any time sinve Decomber, 1871}, recetved directly or indirectly sny money from any persou for or on account of the He- publie Life other than the sum you hiave aiready named! A.—Ihave not received un(y money that would be any offset to the presoni $130,000 1 any way or fashion. My ‘transuctions cxtend over a considerablo perfod, aud lor quite largo amounts, Loans were ninde and repald again, Q.—since December, 1870, have you recclyed any other sums than the $90,000, unid the settle- went on the $130,0001 A.—No detinite sumn thut I now recollect, ‘There may possibly have been some adjustments of interest at various times between the date of the settlement and the purchess of the uote in December, 1870, 1f 0, nut for any very lurgzo amounts. Q.—1{t there were “snything of that kind. it would be easy for you to ascertain, would it not, and to make ur a statement embeacing all those transactions, it there wereany ! A.—Ithink so. Q.~Did you at any time receive any sum of money, or check, or uther rrunen , from au; person for or oo sevount of tae [epubtic Lify that was not entercd [u vour books, stuce D cember, 18768 A.—I think wot. If it wasa sum of any account 1 would be likeiy to remem- ber it. Q.—The statement of the Recelvor from tfe books of the Iwruhuc shiows tbat you wera puld #10,000 on the 12th of May. Do’ you recollecs anything In regard to that! A.—1think that was for apote 1 held of the Republic's, pur- chased I could uot gay when—some time bes tween the lst of Junvury aud that thme. Let me make this csplanation: In this setilement of 3May 13 there was a $50,000 note, purchased in” December, and another for $10.000, paid st that time, when the sduitional loan was made. Bome thue was here speot |u looking over the checks, two of which were for monvy pald the Recelver after hu took posscasion. Q.~Were you not aware; at the time vou mude this loan, of the fact that the Company would Erumhly 0 into the Lauds of the Court soun thereafter! A.—When the vegotiation was mwade about the Joun it was expected that, with the additional mnount of wouey, the Cowpany would Lo able to CONTINUE IT3 ¥ROCESS OF LIQUIDATION for some time. Q.—Had you any {utimation from the officers of the Company st that tme that it would probably be pluced in the hands of the Coustl A.—1bad not. [will ssy that I waa out of the et ity from earlv In Aptll wntll n few da; :ln ;Llrmuutllun,-—l think four days’ previo, o Q.—Illml X"‘l‘)‘{"‘ lrar;:sn%(‘lnns wl“: thin Com. pany prior to October, 197 =My recoiley. sonta it T woty: © R e witneas was here shown a state F{rrxmrrd by the Recelver from the books O;n;-::: epublic, fluowlmi Mr. Nickersou's acconnt w3y the Company. lle gave It ns his Impression that it was u completo statement, the animntg at least auproximating the amounts as he recal. Iccv(le\l;::elu. i 1 Mr. Stierman sall he wonld like to h atatement of tho cheeks drawn un the hulv‘»‘l.(eh'; the Conpany from the time of this loan up 1y the thme when the Recelver took possesston, Mr. Hiteheock elaimed that snch nn iguiry was out of place n the nresend procecilings, Mr. Sherman did_not beliecve any nquiry would anjure Mr. Nickerson. If 1t st nppear, as it did from one of these checks, tine money went to the National Life, of whicll Mr Nickerson waa n Dircetor and ‘s Trustec, g thought he had a right to inquire Into ft. Mr. Hiteheoek aakd he might fuguire futo nny. thing In rezard to the Natlonal Lite sofaras thag partivular chieck referred to was concerned, The witness—An Lo that chicck 10 the Mutu) Life: At the time the check was glven | iyt 1o knowledge where it was going. My positfon as o Dircetor of the Natlonal furnished e wiy knowledge afterwards of the fact that the [fe. ublie had paid it Lo the National. It was an ndebtedness for motey advanced by the Na. tlonal for the use of the Republic, and for which the Nattonal held a large amount of . curfty. It waa done by vots 60 the Directors, and wwas advanced some Lime previous 1o tiay or at different tmes. T can't explaii, of cuigrey, the exact datesand detals of the transaction, byt I knew of my own knowledge afterwands thag the «debt was'a debt Lo the National, for whicy the Nationsl held ample security. T hat yy idea at the time the checks wero given iwhat was to becomo of them, Mr. Slierman here looked over the hooks of the Republic with Mr. Ward, and presently ag. nounced that he did uot think he had any mors questions to ask. Mr. Hitcheock—You have stated, Mr. Nicker. son, that there may have been some adjust. ments of interest to n mnall amonnt between the tine of that £30,000note and the rettlement in May, DIlsuch adjustinents relate to thly $180,000 or to viher transactionst A.—~Other transactions entirely. Mr. 8herman—TI have further Jookea over the books, and tind that the Receiver has made schednlesand statements In regard to this mat. ter which confirm the Cumpany’s statements, i¢ scems that $32,000 was pald out on the 12tk of May for SURMENDER VALUE OF POLICIES, ‘The Recelver has verifled that by on examina. tion of the books of the Company, thus shos. ing that these surrender values were pald. Tie schedules bo hins made ont seem to e to be entirely satisfactory In regard to the matter, his exhibits confirming the statement of the buoks in that regard. 1'have no wmore questions to ank, The Court—I might as well pass upon this thing, aud we will bo rcady to close out the matter. T have no doubt but that this s n just clatin, I never had any reason to mistrust i, and, though themoney may have beon borrowe, with the expectation “of insolvency on the part of the Company, that tact would” not prevent this from being s f\m claim on the part of Mr. Nickerson. Al the testimony gues to confirm that fmpression, which I always had. Even if it bad been a transfer of fndebteducss from somo party who might be regarded ns hostile to somebody who might _be looked upon as friendly to the Cumun?‘ Mr. Nickerson's claim fs none tha less Just. [ {hink it must bo ullowed for the face of the note with {nte: ‘This closed the proceedings, and tho parties in inlercst withdrew, Me, Nickerson with u smiling countenance as If ho saw himself putting his hauds on that $130,000 with interest thercon. o o oo NEW PATENTS, Following is alist of United States patents issued to fnventors of Illinols, Wisconsin, and Michigan, for tho weck eunding Bept. 18, cach patent on the list bearing thatdate. This list [s reported expressly for Tur Trinune by A, I Fvans & Co., Patent Bolluitors, Washington, D.C: 1LLINOIA, 1L W. Cosper, Chicago, westher-stelp; L. Gathmann, Clilcago, grain-separators M. C. Isanc, Chicago, railway-track-clearcrs; M. Atiller, Chicayo, fasteners for mceting J. W, Manday, Chicago, temnorary binders; A, P, Munwick, Rockford, churns; 1. 1. Scute, Joliet, barbod-wira fences; 8, Axford, Freevort, baking-ovens; E. W. Benedict, Autoa, car-roops; J. Eiseman, Gnlenia, wronches; 4§, 8, lugalls, Chicago, concrete block pavement, etc. (iwo); ¥. Norton, Chleago, canlsters: J. 8. Adamn, Elgin, governors for steam-engines; G, Barnes, Freeport, horse ha; . 1M, Chicago, alectrical gaa-burners; Hendley, Chicago, bedsteads: eninger, (S!Ilncy. toy-whitligiga: um{lltn. Chicagu, compressing-mas E. T, Mason, Chicazo, shippinz.can D. W. Norrly, Elgin, Incascd ginss vessols; 1, Phelps, Decatur, corn-markors; W. Quuyle, Peyria, chimney-top; J. Scamaun, Chicago, plows; > o, F. Bteward, Plaun, grain-binders; D, E. Sweet, Chlcapo, telegraph-sounders: D. Witkins, Blvomington, automatic recelvs Ing-tab] WISCONSIN, T, Skelton, Milwaukee, horscshoes, MICHIGAN. K. Tarnes, Mt, Plensant, 1ift-pumpa; J. 1. Dickinson, Ida, draft-cqualiz: 1L F. Winchell, Albton, heating-an) W, Gregr, Mason, stone, etc., sle ¥ 1L Usgood, Codillar, cxtenslon-table Wetzell Bros rand Rapids and Lockwood (trade-roark), A sawed lumber except shingles, ————— GOING. Alln the beautifnl Antnmn-weather, 'Oue llmluiht lingers with me and staya: Death and Winter are coming together, Though both are velled by the Autumn-haze. 1 look on the forest of royal splendor; 1 louk on the face In my qulet room— A face all beautiful, sud, and teudsr: And both are stamped with the seal of doom. All through the days of Indian-Summer, Minuts by minute, and hour by hour, 1 feel the auprouct) of that dreaded Comer, ‘That ghastly presence of awful power, Inear the birds in the early morning, . As they fly from the flelda that are turning brown; And at nvon, and st nleht, my heart takes wurne R, For th: l:um:ola-hm'ul fall down, and down. The sumac-busbes are all a-flaming: ‘The world 13 scurlet, and gold, and yreent And my darling’s beautiful cheeks are shaming "The painted bloom of the ball-foota yavet. Why taik of Winter, In Summer's glory? Why speak of death for s thing ko fuir Ah [ bhut the Prost-King, white anil hoary, 1s weaving a manile (or both to wear. God! 1f 1could, by the soft decciving Of forests of splendor and cheeks of bloom, Lull iy heart into aweet believing - Just for o moment furgel my glovin, Put 1t away for a second only, And rest ftow the pain of the awful dread Of days that are coming, long and lonely, When Autuma has vaulsbed, snd she Ls dead! Bat, all while the sun gilds wood and meadow, Aud hior fair cheeks® heclic glowa snd cheats, 1 know grim Death sits veiled in shadows, ‘Weaving for both their winding-sheets, T cannat hold, and | canuut skve Lier— My hands are av weak au a bube's, new-bornj 1 must yield her upto the one who guve her, And walt for the Resurrectivn-moin. E Kura Wugseen. e —— Japanese Chiesp Lubor, The Ingenuity and perseverance of Japanese workmen have caused alarm In sonc of the manufactunng houses of Birminghuay where ar- tictes for the Japan trude aru muwde. A susticleut gunnmy of these articles {8 already made in lapan to cause European houses in that country to discontinue the lmportation of them, The {mpoastbility of competing with Jupencse work- men is explalned by & gentleman fn Yokohuma, writing to the Birmiugbam fost: “Frugul ad badgers, industrious us bees, the Japs undersell every labor market they enter and outdo vvery elvillzed urtizan at his own trado. Any one who sees & Jupauese carpenter at work, with his tovd for a vise und his thighs and stomach for 8 , has secu tools well used and gowds equal to Furopean turued out, ‘Taey will, in fact, be- come formidable on all kinds of Western wanu- fuctures. The leanew ure slways ready to learn, and to outvle everythivg that the West dues, and this they do with less fuod, fess alfe Jess clothing, and less comfort than any clvilized workman.””” The writer further atateg thut ho was offered a large urder for Biroiingham goods ataprice at which he would lose about 10 per cent, yet a factory at Osaka took the order sod mads the goods. A Feast for the Gods, Bureka (Nev.) Santined, Jim, a Plute Indiau, who huuuts the kitchen doors of Eurcka. and dacs odd jobs for bouse: holders u return for sundry favors fn the way of catables, declined a protfered meal 1ho othet duy, explainiug that be was uot hunery, Sce ln!u the look of surprise that stole vver the face of the donor at the unlooked-for refectivs, b explained as follows: **Fool Chipawan be bling roast pig glabeyard; ogin catch 'emi Jlin'eat *emr; 100 good” glub for dead man, be Do waut ‘em.” Jim bad been fuasting ofl the plous otferings of Celeatials to thelr devart countrymen, und was {u bigh gles uver tbe sho® plicity of tha barberiaus.