Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1878, Page 12

12 TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. APRIL 20, 1876—TWELVE PAGKS, "~ THE COURTS. - [ horses, cows, chickens, and agricnliural imyple- menta worth n all $354.26. Reference to Regls- ter Coan. Emantiel Rmnswick, of the firm of K. Brane. wick & Company, proprictors of the Wlilarl raloon at No. 124 'Washington atreet, also svert inta bankenptey Thuraday afternoon, §{ir Habill tics are abont €25,000. The petition was sup- prossed 1o get rervice on the partuer, J. Lindaner. Jdames Wadaworth showed an unusually bulky netltion, very carelensly preparcd, 1lis preferred debte nre $80, tho sccared anut £38,000, and tho unsecired £55,700, berlden &10,000 dne on dis- connted notes, and $25,000 on nccommadation paper. The nascta compriee bille and notes £5,200; aleo n large number of harses, cows, pigs, bugctes, rome farming implements, and rome office furnl- tore at 170 Madison etrcet, valuo not eiven; and open acconnts, $300. The caso was referred fo the Reglater, James M. Stwreet, a commliasion merchant of this city, flied hie rchedules sctting ont a 1ist of debts toihe amount of 811,:KI1.20, af which 84,031.2¢ heing rentenced to bLe shot, was stmplv dis- | ayes to the moving recttal, and who, after re- e "rervice - itisafaco. The whola | tarning thanke, In conpunction with his reatored country accepted the verdict of gulity as a just | loved ones, to Him who suffereth not oven a one, and gencrously forzave the Courd for its | sparrow to Iall to tho ground unnotleed, sent lepirney to the ereat criminal, for the brave ymmF person, nnd‘ ‘H&vmfi’n Preshient, Johnson reviewed tho eare ngain on | check for €500 in his hnnd, sald: * 1o this application and declined to interfere. Gen. { a8 n rewand for your noble act, Willam Girant, who as & military an eould pot fail to | Ferguson, and, if ‘ovet voli shall need a spmpathize with a brotlier oflicer and graduate | friend, remember that Thompson McSpad- of Weet I'ofnt if In tindeserved disgrace, and | den has a grateful leart.” Let us lcarn whose skill and cnapacity to Judge of the | from this that a food deed eannot fall to wmerits of the entirg transaciion nobody | benefit the dner, huwaver humble he mav be. can question, after the most careful ex- Sequel—\William Fergusott catled the next amination dechined absolutely 2o order a | weck and asked Mr, MeSpadden to uso his fnflu- rehearing, Gen. Rherman falls wholly to ask | ence to get bim a higher emplo; mem,1 he (eel- for nny new nctlon on tho ground that the | Ing capable of better things than driving n Court-Martiol did any Injustice to Porter, and | grocer’s wagon. Mr, McSpandden got him an we o ot see the namio of gallant Phil Sherl- | under-clerkahip at a good snlary, dan denouncing the Court as having been gullty of nny wrong in fact or In law. 1t makes a hay oven superlor to wheat hay, Mr. Merlthew hins on hand several tons of hay from tls new varlety of graln, and perhiaps five buehels of itaseed. It appears to us avery way superfor to rye. OURRENT GOSSIP. AMONG THIE HILLS. Tho day wan covered with ahndows, Clond-shadows, that cameand woat; Dark hills and yellowing meadows 2 Teposcd in a dreary content, manded that he shoukd redeemn soma that he the stranzer) had recelved at Saneatitek, where he had_ Deen to look after somo business mat- ters, Ilawka declined the accommontation, The atranger then asked, “This Is goud, 18 1t not, Mr. Hawksi? “ toud thunderl ¥ roplied Mawksg * it ouzht to be. for cvery man, woman, and ehild within fitty miles of fhis place hins o peck to a half- bushel of . “But, Mr. llnwkn, yon redeem, don't youl’ © Redeom h—Ii1" “exclaimed Moses,” 1t mm;"g wado fo redeem; it was mads to circu- ato . And ot this day theroara men goinz sbout Allegnn County ndvocating what would be only arepetition of Old Mosca’ experiment on n grauder scale, Jook of 8 deml-heat, and was swonderl, tho man woulil ruh for & atreotecar oy ::;f:‘" Iua’xlll‘lliukcllon ):llm..v‘lhun the stranger agkey; ® dol”u" I 1 dian't pay you, what woul{ S Part of the Testimony in the Rockwell Case. ' When T sald my prayers to-might ' gy, put in a word for you,” ‘was the llulrn-n:zkr':p‘lly The stranzer'a heart was touchied, and he Kay 15 tho lad double-prico. Vestarday & amila: 216 tarned up, _Tho ateangor asked the rarng que tion, the boot-black mada the samg nns\vnr.q."" was expeeting o roward, when the may Walkeq o et Kind T ou ean kinder put in fwp n;r n’|,ul I'd Ifku to get a drink on m",;‘fi; plan, MISSISSIPPI FLOODS, Judge MoAllister on Genoral Warrants— A Forty-Oent Sut, ¢ And a rad wind wandored aimless, A spirit of tronble sot free— Tho sigh of & sonl all tamelens, That could nat contented be, A Great Rush ;r BankeoplsRecord of Judgments, At Bty B Presentie William Ferquson's mother. felt slek, and Willlam—well, to cut the story short, — BANK-ROBBERY IN COLORADO. Tho beating of the Tockwoll habeas corpus case It fs lett for President Ilayes, after sixteen | Mr. McSpadden consented to take her Into his Dot far o’cr the lake's blne distanca Puebto (Cal.) CAlaftatn, Itow to Qontrol the Overflows nni gayg n camo up yesterdny afternoon before Jodgo McAl- | In sccuted. The anly aercte are onen accounts and | voncs have elapscd, with many of the original | howse, Bofora Jong shio yenrned for the socicty Serene a bluo monntain shone, The Bank of South Puchio was robbed Jast | Hundrod Millons—tut Outlets Insteny op Tinter, tid all the partics wora In court. Mr,E.A, | €lalme &1, 020, and bllls and notes 81,020.13, The | Giyesscs dead or many fmnortant facts for- | of her younger chiliren: vo Mary and Julia were Above the cloids' dull persistence, Bullding Loveos, usnal reference fas matle, Mazcs 1), BBrown, o tawyer at No. 104 Clark atreet, awes 20,000,14, The Aseéts arc bills and nofcs, 01 and apen accounts $207. Itefer- nce to Reglefer Hibbart. Samnel deabury, 8 dealer in gents' fnrnishing goods at Peoria, shows 830,02 for taxee, securcd 2,250, anid nnsecuzed ahott 12,000, The only nrecta are aome land fn Pecrin Incambered for 10, Teferred ta Register dohneon, 1saac &, Uppenhelm,of Peorin. also joined hls townsman {n the Wankrnpt Conrt. Liadititice, 4,707 Aszets, I!'.'H‘P'; 70, in open Accounts, Tteforence to same Heglster, D, Knight Carler, & lawyer al D2 LaSallo ntreet, in this city, has secared debts to the amount of £,400, and unsccared, 855,500, The aseets aro 00 worth of lands; nates and clalme, 82,. nd and open accounts, 8320, Tho nsual relerenco was made. J. W Mnllen, a carpenter at 402 fouth Wood strect, forsaok his beuch long enongh to make ant a liat of his dehts, They are, sccuted labiiities, $20,400: uneccured, £0,000. No assete. Re- ferred to the Register. = Delmors Elwoll, a commiesion merchant, at No, 147 LaSalio slreet; his schednlo showa his debts to be about 80,085, 'The aracts are o house and lot in 1 ! valued at 21,000, night. The building 1s n onc-story brick struct- ure, In Fifth strect, Bouth Pucblo, and owned and oceupled by the Messrs. Banks. It contains Awo rooms, one used for carrying on the busl- ficen, antl the other ns a sleeplng room. Mr. L. N. Banks and his brother usually sleep in the building, but recontly Mr. 8, W. Banks, the fther, was scrlously Injured, requiring one of the brothers to attend him, and Mr, H. N. Banks slept alono In the bullding. Mr. Banks retired to bed at about 10:80 o'clock, and was awakened between 1 and 8 o'clock, and on opening his eyes saw from the light of a dark-lantern two disguised men on either side of his bed. Both had whito cloth over thelr faces, One held a cocked six-shooter nt' Mr. Banka' head, and the other polnted o form{dable bowle-knife at his heurts ‘The Jarge man sald, * Make no_nofse,' and then the two gagged Mr, Banks. They jammed o knotted bandkerebief saturated with ether fnto his mouth, neacly strangltng Lim, suid hound it in _place with” another handkerchicf, ‘e small man then went luto the front rovm and pulled down the window curtaine, On the return of thosmall man from the front room. lio sald, lvoking at Mr. Danks, **[lu's asteep,” This the other denfed, and shaking tho prisoner ronghly by tho right shoulder sald, Y Bequiet. Don't epenk aword, If you do Il kill you.” The two then took Mr, Banks be- tweon them and marehed him o the safe, order- o b to open it. 'The safe Is_locked with thiree combination locks, all Jocked on differnt combinations. 1o oponcd two of thom, and . when ha cme {o tho cash-chest ho heatfatod whether to voen it or take the chances of Leing shot. The big man sald, *Open that money- chest,” Mr, Banks_took anotber look ot ihe cocked revolver, and then obeyed. The robbers bolped themeelves to all the bank-notes in the cash-box, and. then examined the large pocketbooka containing valuable pa- pers, Inasmall box in the safc tliey found a Rold wateh and chain, but they decined It pru- dent not to take it. They stole altogether abont 85,000 in mouey. After the examinaifon of the safc they es- corted Mr, Batiks back to his bed aud tied him hand and foot, They crossed his hands behind his back and sccurely bound them witha leather strap half an {nch’wide, and then tled his fect toguthier and to the bedstead with o stout cord. On their departurc one sald, “Don’t utter a nolse; if yon do I'll come back and kil you,” LATEST WORDS AND OP'INIONS, Neww York Graphic, Ellzabeth—* I am a miscrable, guilty wogmn again,” Mr., Beccher—* Elfzabeth 18 fnnocent. I am fnnocent.” | Elizaboth—*No, I aln't. Aod you'ro an- other,” # Mr. Tilton—*8ho s pure. 8he may have been indisereet} but sho s ,mrc." Thomas Shicarman—** 8lic's not to be trusted. " Benjamin F, Tracy—* Elizaboth (s to be Btorrs and Mr. W, F. Pedrick appeared for Frank Ttockwell, and Q. G, Neflows for Mrs. Rockwell. Judge McAlliater held that the defenso had tho barden of proof and the openingof the case, Mra. Mlichell, the mother of Mes, Rockwell, then took the stand and testificd that her daughter wanmarrled In Seplember, 18725 that #he had Iived with her son-in-law for fonr years; that he vrovided very poarly for his wife, and she left him about the 1ast of March, The causo was his (allure to provide for her, and on acconnt of his having falien in love with another woman, Ho wantedn divorce 80 ho conld matry that woman, At that tline, about March, 1877, he scemed unfit to do husiness, and eat around the honse and ftried every opporlunity fo get acceas to the mirl Alnn Stewsrt, whom ho wanted to marey, For the last year Rockwell had lived on Walnnt street. The family was composed of witness and her husband, Rockwell, hia wife and child, and H. C, Dallard, At first he acted well enongh, but after a while began to scrimp them an the food, and finally fatied to furnish anything. Ile siso neglected to clothe his wife and ehild oroperly. Witness farnished the furnitore, and Kockwell won ta pay for the honee and provisions for the table, biit on hia fallore to do hls part she was obliged to buy rome of the food. Iero the Jittle boy,who is & vory pretty child, with long yellow carlx, canght sight of hie Iather, nnd, saylug **1want my papa." he slipped down from h{! mother's lap ond started over to him, Wwhere he stayed the remalnder of the afternoan, On cross-examination, Mes. Mitchell stated that she did not know the amoont of Katkwell's In- enme asa portrait palnter. Ho generally shared the privations with the family. The greatest ob- jection to her son-InsJaw wis on account of his Influre to_provide for his family, Sho dil not know, hawover, whether ho was able todo any better for them than he did, - BMrs. Rockwell then took the stand. Sho eafd sho waa marricd at the age of 10, She then rtated the way in which o eame to {Im wunted to marry Mins Stawarl, They wero talking ono even. iny togother about muelc. She said sho was very fond of mueslc, and he inquired whether that was all she cared for, She wmaid it was notf. From one (hing the conversstion led on to another. the name of Miss Rtewart was Introduced, and fnally elie nsked him 1t he loved Miss Stewart well enongh to matry her. He ssid ho did, and she told him he'd better get a gi. yorceand marry her. 110 msked if she would give him a divorce, and she sald she would. He had also nrged her to geta divorce on the ground of uncengeniality 1n temper. He never (ll-teeated lMr. bl;& did not suppart her as well ne she thought e conld, On crose-cxamination, it was shown that Mrs, Ttockwe!l recefved conalderablomoney from board. vrs, which she usediin buying clothes for hersclf and child, Jockwel] had promised afice tho trontlc over Miss Stewart to reform, snd sha had hiad no complaint to_make since. Ile had not had anything to do with Miss Stewart, and had dmplped her ncquaintance, Witness had nover thought him gumv of infidolity, but tnought it wan not not quite alr to treat her ns he did. Tie scemed to think {t would be nice to have two ladiens to love him. Wit- ness admitted that she had no profesaional accom- plishments heraoll, and no way to earn her Hving, and was entirely dependent on her busbaud for potten,~nafter all liia predecesaors, Lincoln, Jolinson, and Grant, have given thelr adhesion to the justice of Gen, Porter’s condemnation,— to reonen this vase and revive the memory of this painful eplcode in our history. If any man ever seemed gifted with the facoity of doing the thifizs that otight not to Le done, aAud leay- inic undone those thinga that ought to be doue, that man ia Prestdent Hayes, His orider in tho cazo of Fitz Joln Porter{s a shining_example, and the eountry hiears of 1t with profound dis- approbation. MARK 'I'WAIN. About Magnanimons=Ineldent Titeratnres The Grateful Pondle~The Itenovolont Ane thor=Tho Gratefal Husband, with Their Bequels, admitied also, and little Jhnmy, thelr broth- er. Jinmy had a pocket-knife, nnd he wan- dered Into the drawing-room with it ono day, alote, and reduced $10,000 worth of furniturs to an Indeterminablo yalia in rather leas than threo quarters of an hour, A day or two later fio fell down-atalrs and broke his neck, and scy- enteen of his family's relatives came to the house to nttend the funcral, This made then acquninted, and they kept the Kitchen oceupled after that, and lkewlse kept the MeSpaddons husy hunting up situations of varlous sorts for them, and hunting up more when they wore these out. ‘Tho old woman drank 8 good denl and awore a good deal; but the erateful Me- Spaddens knew ft wos thelr duty to reform her, consldering what her son had done for them, 10 they clavo nobly to their gencrous task. illlam camo oiten and got decreasing sums of money, and sked for higher and more Iucrative employments,—which the grateful Mc8paddan moro or less promptly procured for him, Mc8padilen consented alao, alter some demur, to fit Whllnm for collerre; but when the first vacatlon catne, and the hero requested to bo seat to Furopy for his health, the per- sccuted Mc8padden fose aainst tho tyrant and mvnllmf.m Ho planly aud squarely ro- tused, Whilinm Ferguson's mother was so astounded that sbe let her ginbottle drop, and her profane lips refused to do thelr offlee, When _she recovered, sho said in ahalf-gosp, *“Is this your nmlltmlel Whero would your wife ond ‘boy b now but for my Bathed in a llght of Its osn, Glotifted, bright, and eolestial, As lleaventy hills 1o the cyes That weary of ehadowa terrostrinl, And long for home In the skics, To the Editor of The Tridune, Wasninorox, D. 0., Aoril 17.—I fully coneyy with Tus TRIBURE that, (€ Congress wouy o propriate $250,000 to make tho “Lake Borgnen otitlet from tna Misalesippl, instead of Bpetiling that amouat for a new survey of the Wlioly rlver, 1t would do much good and solve a preyy problem. What we want most fs good mud-digger, for, with them to cut the channcl, and aid g, water to et fnto the Gult by n number of g, shortest routes possiblo, the wotk woutd sy, be done, When thig may Ye accomplished, thera wiyy 1, no more shoals In the Misslasippl Itiver, or ory. floWs in the lower valley, atid no more expenyy, survoys tequired. ‘The ** Bonnot Oarre outlel—where Nature'y water, with a fall of scventeen feet, sought gy Gulf-level In going six miles to Lake Pontcliy,. traln, instead of 160 miles to the river's moyy with the same fall-has clearly demonstrateg 1ts angincering ability to reduce the ayey flood-tide mark, for the yeara 1830, M, 13, ap) 70, four feet and thren Inches at New Otfeans, elght feet and tio Inclies at Nateliez, and nigy fect ono and one-foutth fnchies nt Vickabuy, ‘This may bo seen by reference to the repory of Maj, W.H, H, Benvaurd, U, & A,, for 157, o Geu, Humphrics, Chicf of Engincers, who gy lrlnccd in my hande a statement showing thy he bigh-water mark of 1677at New Orleans way only cloven fect, aud thus far for 1894 g, efght feet four inches: when the extremo hl[‘ watcr provious to 1873, when the outlet wyg made, was over sovonteen feet, This ona outlet has atforded mors permanent relief from overflow than $10,000,000 used | bullding levees could have doue In giviug 3 temporary rellef, This reduction of the high-water mark conly not only be mote than doubled at New Orleany, Natchez, and Vicksburg, but it coutd be redueed from four to six feet ot Memphls by permitting tha river to do anothcr plece ofits own engtuecr: Ing in seoking the gulf-fevel In going scven miles through ono outlet to Lake Berene, soms ten miles belov New Orleans, lustead of 119 milcs totho tiver's mouth with' tho same fall, which woulil be another demonstration of tky valio of outlots, To mako this Lake Bergno outlet, which vl bo on the cast side of the river, there Is nuthing todo but to clear the lond of treca one mils wide from the rear of the plantations to the lake, and build two small lovees to proteet thy plantatipns on elther side of the outict. ‘Then tvo agademcn‘ fn two hours, could cut atrench in the bulkhead between the end of the canal and the river, which would atart the water through to the lake, and would soun in- crense tho volumo toamilo wide by ten to twelve fect deep,—nccomplishing all that 1 bave sald it would. Tho cost of thls work,a% s And thua on the Jonrney go weary, Tho long day with clonds overcast, Contented, thongh sadidehed and droary, Ariscs a thought of tho Past: The hope untalfilicd, the lost glory Of life, be it honors or love— The herole ovent of the story Abuding, earth-shadows dbove. But afer! the foot nover draws nearor; The eye, gn2ing dimly throngh tenrs, Bees It, farther, and falter, and dearer, Through the long, growing vista of years, Afar1tt 1a only a vision, A dream of the heart aver falr, A mountain-top, lotty, Elysifh, On tho clear, sunny fields of the alr, E, M, 8. OUMOROUS YARNS. Harper's Dyaicer, ‘Webster ltked to commune with plaln peopte, living in out-of-the-way places, whom ho en- cauntered. On one oceaslon he went to make trial of a cortaln brook, and drove to the house ot a Mr. Baker, whom ho kuew by wame, and asked permission of thie old nian to fasten his horse for an hotir of two., Thla wna readily granted, and, as he was preparing his rod and line, the fullowing conversatfon occurred: Web- ster—* I haye hieard that thero was very good shing in this brook, Mr. Baker.” Baker— 4 Well, & gooa many folks have been hore, and taken a good many trout out somatimes." Webster—** Ve must try and sce what we can do this morning, Where do thuy usunll* begin to fishi"” Baker—" O I'll show you.” The old man accompanled Mr, Webater to the brouk, and_ pointed out the spot. It was where the brook was thickly overhune with alders, and tha ground was very miry. Mr. Webster sank into the mud holf-wa; ulr his leg. Wobstor— “ Rather miry hcu‘,v‘\ r. Baker.'? Bakor—*Yes; that's the worat on't.” After throwing several times, and catching his hook n the alders: Webster-** Theso alders aro rather in the way, Mr. Baker,” Baker—*I know it. That'a the worat on't.” The mosquitoes now began to bite mosat sunovingly., One hand was busy all the time slapping them off the face and’ the other hand, Webster—* These tosquitoesnro protty thick and very huugry, Mr. Baker,” Baker— “1know it, That's the worat on't.” Now the heat [n the low ground, without o breath of alr, had becoma Intensc. Me. W. wiped s forchend and restod 8 moment. Webstor—** It ts very bot down {u these bushcs, Mr, Baker.” Baker— Y1 know {t. That's the worst ow't.) Mr. atlantic Monthiy for M, Al my life, from boyhood up, 1 have had the habit of reading o certaln sot of ancedotes, written fn the quuint veln of the World's In- genlous Fabulist, for the lesson they taught mo and the pleasure they gave me. They lay alwags convenlent to my hand, and whenover I thoucht meanly of my kind 1 turned to them, and they bahlshed that sentiment; whenover I felt myeolf to be selfish, sordid, and fgnoble I turned to them, aud they told me what to do to win back my sell-respect. Many times I wished that the charming aneedotes had not stopped with thelr happy climaxes, but had continued the pleasing history of the scv- eral benefsctors ond Leneficiarles. Thts wish rose In my breast so persistently that at last [ determined to satisfy It by secking ouk the sequels of thoso ancedotes myself. 8o I sct about it, and after great labor and tedious research accomplisced 1y task. I will lay the result Lefore vou, glving you each anecdote in its turn, and following it with {ts zequol as I zathered It through my fuvestiations. TIR GRATEFUL POODLE. Ono day a benevolent Yhynlulnn (who had read the buoks), having found nm{ poodle suffer- ing from a broken leg, conveyed the poor crea- ture home, and, alter setting and bandaging tho Infurced lnb, gave tho 1ttlo outcast lus lberty again, and thought no wmore nbout the matter. Tut how great was his surprise, upon opening his door one morning, some days inter, to find the grateful puodic patiently walting there, and In its company another stray dog, ono of whose legs, by sume accldent, had been broken, The kind physician ot once relieved the distressod animal, nor did he forgot to ndmire the inscru- table govdness and merey of Uod, who had beon willlng Lo use sa humble an iostrument ns tho poor outeast poodle for the Inculeating of, ete., ste., ete. Sequel.—The next morning the benevolent phiysiclan found the two dogs, beaming with gratitude, waiting at his door, and with them wwo other dous,—cripples, The eripples were ), hut inenmbered for &1,312¢ open aceounts, holiciea in_favor of hls ,000. Referred to the Regiater, Channcey F. Binkeslee, acommission merchant, owes $10,71% oll nnaccuted, The only nssetr aro 220 worth of open, accounts, Referred to the egister. Edwatd D, Tlosmer, a member of the law firm of . 1, 1usmer & Co,, hns secuted debta to the amount of about 000, antt unsccnred about 0,000. The arsctn comprise lands worth g2, - 10, hravily incnmbered: notes atul bills, 85, 7003 office furnfture at 116 Randolpn street, £35; an an undivided half_tnterest In 10.33 shares of stock tn the Clarendon Hills Land & . Bullding Associa- tion, par value $515. The usual roference was made, Chatles A, Boncher was next, ¥is peeferred debia are 351, and the unsecured sbont gn.::m). besldes an unknown amount due on accommodns tion paper. The only asseta arc open accounte, su.:m?m. and_life-insurance policy in favor of his wife, 84,000, ‘ Charles E. lollins, a pablisher at No. 1730 La- Salle strect, having found Wis businces nnremu- nerative, alsojdropped in with the others. The debts, all unsecured, are 2,005, bestdesn lla- biliry of £8,100 on nccommodation paper. The only assets are come lota in Gardner's Subdivision ann musn;ru;th Lawn, valuc noknown. Referenco to the Reuinter, Mary E, Stoughton, s milliner, aleo jolned the numerons thronw, Debts, all Gnseenred, uro 814, - 550, 'The assets comprise about 8850 In open ac- counts. Usual references Lastly, 1ra P, Bowen, u clerk at 133 Dearhorn street, closed a goud day's work by filing his voluniary schiednles, Seenred debte are $200, and unsecurcd, a8 far as known, $51,500. No assets, Referred to the Reylster. J, L. C. Bruhns wan discharged from all debta mentioned In his composition rehednle. The firm of Leopold, Tleller & Co., wholceale dealers in youth and boys® clothing at Nos. 163 (o 130 Franklin sizect, will filo their voluntary petl. tlon to-day, Thelr preferred debis aro £400, the recurod $842,95, and the un<ecuredabout 875,00, Desides accommodation paper, 80,100, o anncts comprlse Kotes and otier aecurities, $4,500; stock in trade, S0, 000; store fixtures, 3200: open Willlam eaid, ' Ts this vour gratitude! Did 1 save your wifo's lifc or not! Tell me that 1" Beven relations swarmed in from the kitchen aml eacli sald, * And this {s his gratitude!® Willlam's alslcn\ stared, bewlidered, and sald, “And this is his grat—" but wero inter- rupted by thele mother, who burst ltito tears and exclalined, * To think that my saluted little Jimmy threw away his lifein” the service of such a reptile ™ ‘Then the pluck of tho revolutionary McSpad- deu roso to tho oceaston, and ho roplled with fepvor, *Out of my house, tho whole beggarly tribe of you! I was hflsullc«l by the books, bt shall never be beguiled agaln,—once is sufll- clent for me.'. And turning to Willlam, he shouted, * Yes, you did save m{ wife’a life, and the next man that docs It sball dlo fu his tracks|” Not belng a clergyman, I place my textat the end of my acrmon fnstead of at the beriuning, Here It s, from Mr, Noah Brooks’ Recollections of President Lincoln In Scribuer's Monthly : g, 11, Hackett, in his part of Fa'staf, was an nctor who gave Mr. Lincoln zreat delight, With his usual Mdesiro to signily to otliers his sense of obligation, Mr. Lincolu™ wrote o gonjal little note to tho nctor, cxoressing his pleasura at witnessing his performance. Mr. {ackett, In” roply, scnt n buok of some sors; perhaps It was one of hls own authorship. [le also wrotc soveral notes to the Presldent. Ong uight, quits late, when the eplsade had passed out of my mind, I went to the White Houso In it~ ts, 40,0007 also 1.763 whares In tho Ln (ily healed, amd tho four went their way, | nnswerto o message. Dassing Into the Presl- | Webster resumed his fishing, and, after an L radically wroog about L rough estimate, without knowing the setusl Tt slcANlster romarked that he thought both | Pointo Jton Compnny, Ashiand Connty, Wla., par | eaving the bonevalent physician: more qer. | dent's oflice, I noticed, to my surntise, Hackott | hour's struzglo with the heat, the Dushos, the | onolmeuit fdleally. wrong er [ Deico that would havo to bo pald for tha Tud, aarties sere foolish to separato wnder the circum. | ¥alue $44,200: and nsnranco ot $37,000. | ¢yme %y plous wonder than ever. Theday | sitting in the antoroom ns I waiting for an au- | mire, and the musquitoes: Webster—""There would be about as follows: Louls F. Leopold owes $:1. 500, and tis only asscty sre some lJand, $700, and cash 3175, Jumen K, llellet has no debts nor assets, A, F, Leopold owes &3,600, with only nominal aseets, Bradfora Hancock was appointed Provislonal Assigues, and will take an account of &tock at once. A discliarge was irsued to D, W, Sholes, . J, Jteed was adjudicated bankrupt. D, (. Rush was clected Assignoe of W, N. Sturges. Georft W, Campbol] swas appointed Arsignee of John Nash and of A. B, Clark. | 1n the case uf Moses Ilirsch, tho creditorsnceept. ed n composition of 40 per cent, 30 per cont cash and the romalnder in one year, sccured by tho notes of bankrupt and wife and of Louls Levi, Asslgnece will ba chosen at 108, m. to-day for Swarihout & Beaner and for U. 1. Work The compostiion of W. 8. Batcock s sct for 10 ‘elock. 5% firat dividend mestlng of Hilger & Jenkins comon off at ¢ p, m. : 1TENS, ‘The Appellate Court "will not bo In scsslon to- udgen Gary and Boath will hear motlonas Judio Rogers, motlons for new telal: dndge Farwell, mo- tionw and divorces s Judite MeAllister, the Kockwell lintieun €orpun casa; and Judge Willlams, cortatn tax matters i the Protection, Hepublic, and Ten- tanin ldfe-Insurance Companies. Jndze Jameson wiil hold no conrt, In the casa of the United States Mortgaye Com- pony ve. Jumies M, Uryant, the Recetver was au- thorized to rerent certatn rooms In tho Bryant Block to Deun & Pagne for $1,600; RRooms 1 and 2 on tne second floor to Heary L Sholdon forsl, 000} nnd (i offics No, 50 Uearborn street to Duwey & Iglenart for $400, ‘A nolle pros, was entered yesterday to tho Indict. ment azainet Arthur Parkineon, tudicted for viota- tlon of the Bankrupt juw. Hin cano s within the doctrine recently sunounced by tne Bupreine Court of the United Siates, that a porty eannot be ine dicted for ontaining guuds ander falso protenson, UNITED STATES COUNTA, George N, Webber filod & bill yesterd, Dl und Naoml E, Porter, dobo F, Barbara and Alexander Wlede; J. J. ai Henry W, Bage—**Tho confesslon bears Tii- ton's ear-marks," Intimuce Femole Friend, of Mrs, Tilton—¢[ do wishy, Elizaboth, that you were forty fect amwler thy sod,” Mr. Fullerton—" There {8 ng telling what Mra, ‘Thton will do or will nut do,” Ex~Judge Porter—* It'a nll ncws to me," Ollver Jobnson (snapplug fingers)—8he has been Aired to do it Mr. Evarts—*‘1 cannot beltevo It fatrue. 1 objoct to jts truth. It {s nut n good subject for discusalon. I am delighted at the prospect of lugnl‘wmlcr- befvgs worth @ promium In gold.” ra B. Wheelor—** Mr, Tilton knew nothing of the matter.” Augustus Storrs—Mra. Morse (s a lttle queer, ~light-headed, in fact,—and it would bu strange 1 this daughter should not have something of tho same pecullarity.” Frank Moulton—*It will be a death-blow to Mr. Beecher, "l don't know whether to be sur- itances, ‘especially when thoy bad a child, and wsked Mre. Rockwell whether sho did not think tha could not try to brine ahout & roconciliation nd Jive with her husband nzatn. Bho replicd she did not think ahe conld. The Judge lhnm;hl there was no vory acrions ob- tacle to s reconciiiation, and that both of the par- ics ought to contemulate tholr future very serl- wunly, Mfln Almn Slewnrt was the next witness, Sho sald shu lived at 505 Bedgwick strect. Mr, Rocke woll gavelier Inatructions in porteait painting, He once asked her 1f sho would marey him it hin wito was ont of the way. She mald sho would mot, and he then, In tho prese enco of hor mother at his sindl put a piatal at her head and threatencd to kil hor (€ she would not marry him whon shio came of avo. Bince that tme sho had not hed snything to do with him. and ho had made no advances to hor, Bhe told Mra. Rockwell all tha clroumstances, and had ever stnce been an good terma with her., « Thonas Il Stowart, fathor of the previous wit. nesa, testifiod that no kiad been In copartnership with Rockwell. Atone tuno, ahontn yesr ayo, they il llved on the rame floor ot No, 74 ltandolph street, 1o notlced that Hockwell wan very fund of talking with Alma, andl remonsteated with Tim about trying to win hier affections, Kockwell then #ald shie was a congenial snirit, thas ahe hud talent and brains, while his wite had not, and that he 1d like to have her for his wife, " Witness on a equent occaslon saw him {n his room with a rlllfl)l at hin hend, and heard him sy to Alma that e would kill biniself If she would not marey him, Witness told him he might kili himself as soon as he pleased. On anothor occasion he heard Hock. well ana another party—a telegraph-operator thon Jiving in the bullding~cunepiring_together how to gt Alma away so Rockwell could marey or, \Witness then eaught Muckwoll and thrashed hin, and would probavly have thrown blin down. stairs had he not dislocated his wrist. Mes, Stownrt teatified ghat, while she wou tving at 7 Randolph streat, Mys. Rockwell camo Lo her #aying that Lior husbund was In love with Alma and wanted to murry her, and wanted a divorce, About twenty nlnutenalter, ltockwell came toher and asked her to vive her tunl!l:“ to his marrying her dicnee, Tho President asked mo if any onc was outaide, On belng told, ho sald, holf aadiy, “Oh, T can't sce him, Lcan't see him; 1 was in hopes he haa mone away.! Then he added, *Now this Just illustrates the qif- fleulty of having pleagant friends and acquaint. ances In this place. You know how I liked Hackett as an actor, and how I wrote to tell him so. He sont me that book, and thero 1 thought the matter would end. He {8 a mas- ter of his place In tho profession, I sunpose, and well fixed In ity but just beeause we had 1ittle friendly correspondene, such as any two men might Nave, he wanis somethlng, “What do you suppuse he wantal' I could not guess, and My. Liucoln added, * Well, he wants to be Conaul to London. Oh, dearl) I will obiseeve, In conclusion, that the Willlam Ferizuson Iuchlent aceurred, and within my ver- sonal knowledge, though I have changed the nature of tho detalls to keup Willlam fromn recogenizing himself in it, All the readers of this article have in somo sweet and pushing hour of thelr hives plaved the role of Magnanlmous-Incidont hero, 1 wish I'knew how maony there are among them who are willing to talk about that eplsode, and tko to be retulndod of thy consequenieen that tlowed from it. # Mang Twain, ——— THE BROKEN RING., [dyam the German of Bichendors.} Within a qulot valley A mill-wheel turncth o'ers )l{ triu luve, once who dwelh there, Inth vanlshied evermore, passed, the mornlng came. There at the door snt now the four reconstructed dogs, and with them four others requiring reconstruction. This day aleo passed, and another morning camo; and now sixteen dogs, eight of then newly crippled, occupled the sidewatk, and the cople were going sround. 11y noon tho broken egs were ull aut, but tho plous wouder in” the good Ehyn!c!nn'l breast was bon. gindlng to _get mixed with Involuntary vrofanity. The sun rose once mure, and ex- hibiea thirty-two dogs, sixteen of them with broken legs, oceupylng the sidewalk and linlf of the strect; the humau spectatura Look up the rest of theroom. ‘The cries of the wounded, the sones of Lho healed brutes, and the com- ments of the on-looking eitizens madogreat and inspiring cheer, but traflle was interrupted in that street. The good physician hired nmurlc of assistant surgzeons and “got throngh lis be- nuvolent work before dark, lirst taking the pre- caution to cancel hischurch memuersbiy, so that s tulght express himsclf with tue latiudo which the cise required, o But some things have thelr Hmits. When ones more the morning dawned, and the good physician looked out upon a massed and far. reaching multitude of clamorons and besceching dogs, he aald, *“1 might ns well acknowledzo i, 1 iave been fooled by the buoks: thoy anly toll tho protty part of. the atory, and the . Feteli e the shot-gun; this “thing bas gone along fur onough.’ \ He Issucil forth with his weapon, and chanced to step upon the tull of the original poudle, who prowptly bit him In the leg.” Now tho great ancd wood work which this poodle had been engaged In had engendered In bim such a mighty oud angmenting enthusiaso as to turn Ny wenk head ut Jast and drive him mad, month later, when the benuvolent physiclan lay 11 the death throea of hydrophobta, he calleid his weeping frierula about him, and subl: Beware of the books. They tell but haif of scenis to bo no fish here, Mr. Baker.” Boker— I know it. Thal's the worst on't.”” There was no resisting this, Mr, Wobster put up his rod and departed; but he laughed all the way home ab tje ¥worst on't,”’ and always took pleasure In recalifeg the eecurrence to mind. A prominent Western politicinn gave this ad- vice to bis suu-In-law when for the flrst thue nominated for oflice: * Lean o llttle toward everyihing, and commit yourself to nothing. Lis rowndy be perfectly round, like a jun bottle, aud Just dark cnough so that nobody can svo what's in ye.”" Somewhat llko that politicln In Malne, Who, belug interrogated as Lo how he stood on the Liquor law, sald, frankiy, 41 wn In favor of the law, but uyin fta enforcement,” The Druwer is iudebted tonfriend In Colorudo for the followlug, which was related to him by a Uathiolle pricat, Father H—, who, In his mis- ston work in Southern Colorado anu New Mexi- cu, met with muny extraordinary peoplo and in- cidents. On vne ocension hie happencd to hold servico In a sinull out-of-the-way chapel, whero the varled dutles of Jaultor were discharged by o eentloman of Irish descent. Durlng tho sorvico n chlld was brought forward for bap- tism. It may not be m-ncmll{ knuwn that in the Roman Catholle ritual the pricst, Lofore touching the child with water, puts o littls salt Into the water tn the prescuee of tho congrega. tion. The lanitor, however, hod prepured the water beforebiand, accordlug to lis own Idea aos to the proportion of salt, when the priest, having omitted to place the 4ait In readiness, whispered sottly to his attend- ants 4 Put, will you please got the saiti? Pat responded in_nn sudible whisper from behind his hand: **Bure an’ L out it o already” Father Tl—, not fully underatandlug, repeat- vl hils whiapered requ Awaln Pat replied, more audibly than before, amnd with stzht dudizeon In bis tonus *Surs an® 1 put it in, [ tell yo. ¢ Hut the ritunl domands that the priest shiould perform the ceremony hofore the Far 040 acres cloarcd Iand at 850, For i, 840 acres awamnp land_ nt $5. For cleartne swnmp land at $10 Two side lovees. ..., Totalos veansonnnes svarsanrnaonivenses.8107,200. ~Iwil here state that this canal now belongy to the Clty of Now Orleans. It has never been finlsned, “1ta construction was one of the many {ohl put up on tho peoplo of that city since th War. It is of no value, and for this purpow could, no doubt, bo recuraed freo of charge, When the Lake Berane outlet shall be fully opened, it will Inerense the tlood-tide slope to near the anglo It was when the mouth of tts river was where New Orleans now atands, when than ns now, at tho river's mouth, thero was ne {lluu Illl&d fall oxcept some two fect as affected by he tlde. Then the current In tho river, during bigh water, will have the power to move anid sour tho sands that now creato the_many bars and shonl places all the way up to Bt. Lows, cirry- g it Yo the Gulf-level through the outletsor through the rivar's mouth, giving more depta of water on {ts delta bur; for thers would o mora current, and not so much mud-flow, & now. 1t will also docpen the chanvel of the rver, and reclalm and render freo from overltow fully three-fourthe of tho valloy-lands from Calro o Now Orlcans. ‘This whiole syatom can bo carried out intwo or three yuars, and not cost more than 86,00, 000, 'This I would now cxplafu fully, soas to make it clear to all, but it would makoe this ar tlele too long for the columns of o newspaper. 1 will, howover, svon publish n pamphlet fully cxnlnin[ng this syatom, and you will by supptivd With vopies, But, before concluding this article, [ shall stato sonie general propositionsl would be clsl the advocates of loveos amd the closing of out- luts wonld answer; for it Is anly by a free and ryor—‘1 rceelve it with consider- e Murrla—tt My God | Agothor? sx-Judgo Morris—* othe: El!z.\ba‘l‘h—"ldld." 5l » Henrg—*1 didn't. Against this long and tortuous carecr 1 opposs my uniform and unim- peachable truthfuhiess,” Mother-in-Law (to reporters outside, sayazo. Iy)="1don't know auything about . Clo: t{l)u door " ¥ &3 1IEIRS TO TWENTY MILLIONS, New York Sun, Avrit 17, Foraloug thne past a tradltlion has Leen cherisied In the fawilies of three brothors nained Wentforth, Hving in New Jurscy, that thelr maternal grandfather, some timo about thae year 1815, pre-vipted the lnnd on which the City of Little Rock, Ark., stands. About twen- A litte ring sho gave me, Ko vowed a mithlul vow; o vow, alis! I brokens Tho ting 1s whattered now, 0 woutd 1 were a minatrel, £ o I.y," rs n;fu n sult was begun for this jand by 5 £ {augltor Alms, bocaus o ulv'uliun;u-lllml. hillo Quinnly, Hlenry, é’n Crategan o5 ;& ago to | o stary. Wheneser u poor wretch asks you - aMhe woeld to W;mlr:u'nr.rm' congregation,” explained Father ll—, consid- an xhulr ml: ongelng lm shottior bratich of the fame {m" ;Ilm slon o avy subject that wo can et st Lin wife aud he were mismated. 1le followes ¢ | forcel origure (o X on oc o " ik, of my poor heart's an; ) o o ut L ce brotl v, around from timo to tia for s whola wnonth | & bn Catpenter's Additiun o Chicay, Toe Halp, swnd you Tedl & doubt au'fo wliil eoanlt Yo siug from door 16 door, yrably winoped at tho Janitur's obstinacy, The | £y io tlirou Drutliors ware MGL sanglle ax muy flow from your benevolence, give vourself the benetit of the doubt awd Kl the applicant.’ Aud so saying bo turned lis face to tho wall and gave up thuhost, THA BCNEVOLENT AUTION, A poor wud youug literury beginner hod tried dn velu to ket hlw ‘manuscrluts uceepted, At last, when the hurrors of starvation wero sturing him in the face, Was not tho mouth of the Misslasinnl Riser ance_at the placc where New Urleans now atnumital 1f o, there could not then have bren any mora risa and fall of thy river than thero 10w {s at ILs present mouth, Tias not the dir extended 120 milvs farther from New Orleans nto the (ult; and, in so dolng, have nat tle angles or banks of the river beon rafsed fron Aixteon to scventeen feot by uatural and art with 8 revolver, threstentng -~ that If whe did mot give her consent to her danghter's warrylng him when sho came of .ave he would ratn bor and all ser family, Witness alea saw_Rockwell it the revolver io her daughiter's head on oue ocennlon and threaten to kitl her if #he would nut promise to matey him, Witnessthen told Alun to 2o homo amd give him an auster in an hour, In ordor to get per nwoy, ltockwell thon suld If she would not marry bim thuy would both Irlshinun peoeured the salt, and, banding 1t to tho priest, electriffied him., aa well a8 the con- gregatlon, with the remark, delivered fn o surly teowls “llero vo are; bedad yo can mokon pickle of 1L {0 va want tol " ‘This fron a lato English mernky paper: In our recont Wit warfuro with the Afrecdeen, wo have been uullsz some of the natlve local pulation for subordiuato duty at the niil to fta success, und refused to sllow theinselves Lo bo toxud leayily to earey 1t on. Whon, how- over, lost year Ellus Wentforth, of Elizsveths porty one of tho brothars, wis uifered 8600 for Lis clafm, ho retused, suying that if it was worth auything it wus worth more than that, Mouday and yesterday wero spent I?' the helr | who tius beon carrying on the sult 1w fuforming the Wentlorihs thist the site of Little Kock was Junus Hemeuwny begnn a suit for 34,600 againay the County of Murshall, Ellshe Laue' sued the County of Marshall for 200, 4'\llwn Graves aned the samo county far a like amount. Or would I wore a hurseman I°ar in the bloody deht, Or near the camp-tiro Ining, All in the dismal night. Ah! when [ hiear the mill-whieol, 1 know not what 1 wlil. ‘Wonld T warp dead forover— Forever cold and stillt BUPERIOR COURT IN NRIEP. J. (. il bhegan & sult yestorday for 81,140 sgainet W. 3. Morton. ; i “Fhomus Flctener sued the Winchell Car Veatila- | H el od B iy elul means to hold the water? f to el toggef ¢ Tiws Jufd s sad caso Lefore o cclehratod uthior, g orts. Theso loculs love lightings that s thelr | thelrs, thy United States Courts liyving ut last 4, 10 s i Mmar it thas on oo wecn. | “Saioh S I commence et ror | Losseling e coummel”and ‘mahiance, | T | 0% W30 B, tameus. | clefrensun or awsllg s R F ey Gan | rubderud udcilon vl favor, ‘i bropenty | Now, 1t wo cantiic, by lovces aud e 3 slon, aboul a yearago, Rockwell Lad wiven hor o | 815,000 tiwinet Joslah C. Bpragne, W, i), War. | generons man Immediately put astde bis own 7 bo found emplovinent to bt forus for nioney, | thus wlulredl- vnrluml,}(vuluuuw.(rum $10,- ":."' “v. 150 o, 10VoLs aa vatith hidhet, srition prowixs of marrsie, and told Lof to got | rick, aud Juse Watrick. i mutters and_ proceeded 20 peruse one of the HIS' COMING. thoy prufer [t to lighting against us for love: | 000000 to $0,0000. Trore ro’ ten leirs, | W9 hob liuvo to ratse the levees as much by hglg‘r:-ns::«;fiui»‘nnl:’-‘ ;1 return :“‘u:n g CIRCEIT COURT, desplsed monuseripts. Having comploted Lis —_— Anolllcer on duty ut s fort pointed out tua | Ellas Wentlorth 4 o spile-driver, aud is pow | OF fully thirty feat in all, to ho n h uiico yeatenduy, and the caso Qeorgo 11, Lafin and Anzu<tus Scovlilo hogan a #uit for 81,000 acuinet the Latiy Manufacturing Company and Ovorge 1., Lafiln, Jotn futto fled a billagainst B, 51, Whitchead and B8, ¥. Weber to foreclone o trost-decd for 81, - 00 on tho W, 38 feet of Lot Ll Block 48, und Lots 1, 3, 9, and 10, Biock 21, of Rogers VPar! Elfza A. Afusloe mued Thumas Martin and Will- fam Marahall for §1,000 dswages, A capins wis also fusued. PIROBATE COUNT, In the cotate of Wilbur M. Manghan et al, miuore, s of guardisnship were lesucd (o Haran I, Maughan, under Lund for 817,000, In the estate of Muximillian Nekdla Zaromba, ot al,, minurs, lutters of flur-ll-mhlp wery tasued 10 Anton I, Zaromba, under for $5, 000, CRIMINAL COURT, kindly task, he shook the: poor youny man cor- diuily by the hand, saylmg, 1 wive werlt o thisy come again tomeon Monday." At the timo epecified, tho celebrated author, with a sweot smile, but sasing _nothiog, spread open n magazite. which was damp from tho press. What was thy pour young man's astonish- ment to discover upon the printed page his own urticlo, *How ean I ever,? »aid lie, falling upon bis knces and bursting into tearw, ¢ testify my grutitudu for this noble cou- ducti” The celibrated author was thu ru- nowned Bnoderass; the poor young begluner thus Feactiod trom obscunity and starvation was the afterivards equally renowned Suagsby, Let this plessing incldent sdmonlsh us to turn a churitable ear to all beginners that need halp, Sequel—Thu next week Bnarsby was back with flvo reJocted manuseriots. ‘The celebrated au. thar was a littlo surprised, becauso in the books tho vounu strurgler had needed but ono lift, appurently, llowaver, he plowod through these papers, removiug unuccessary tluwers und dig- wingjupsome neres of adjective-stunips, and then -uufutided Iu gettiug two of the articles ao- cepted, A week or sodrifted by, and the grateful Huagsby arrived with auother cargo, The ¢ brated author had felt & mighty glow of faction within hirgsel! the frst thne had successfully befricuded the poor youne strug- gler, snd he had compared himsel! with thu generous pmflalu in the books with bigh gratitl- catlon; but <ie was beginning to suspect now that he had etruck upon somethiune freab in tho noble-vnisodo ‘hue, 18 eothuslasm teok s chill, Btill, ho could not beur to repuise this struggling young author, who clung to htm with such pretty shnplicity and trustfulucss, Well, the upshot of 1t all was thut the cele- brated author preseatly found bimsell perma- nently frelzhted with the voor youug becinner, All lils mild efforts to unload his cargo went for nothing, Ho had to pive daily counsel, dally cucouragewent; e had to keen on po- curing waguzine acceptances, dud theu revamp- fng the manuseripts to make them pregentable, When the younig aspirant got a start ot lust, he yode Into sudden fame by describing the cele- brated autbor's privato 1ifo with such & caustic humor und such minutencss ol biistoring detuil that the book suld & prodigious editlon, uud broke tie cclebrated uuthor's bLeart with murtification. Witk lutest gasp he said. % Algs, the books deceived mui All these questions can ovly bo ‘anaw truthlully in tho afllrmative, Then, I nsk, if, by opening outlots, we drv the water off more rapldly, and facreaso tho oad-tide stope to tho saine anglo it wus _wlm; the mouth of the rlver was at the locality of New Urloans, will we uot lower the future lish watcr at that city to near fta present low o originnl tide-wator mark,—thus giving 8 perma nent rullef to tho lower valloyi " Docs not this show that the ralsing of the river’s banks, and a proportionate Nil st fs bottom, ls the normal or natural result of 1t extension into the Gult i ‘Thifs provus that, us tha river Fro the higher must Lo raised tho le thic water, n Then, I8 not tho systom of outlets and tho diverslon of waters tho only way Iny' wm?h m‘: can provent, thu shoals ju the river's clanusl aud tho overflow of the low lands! " Will this not make tho capacity for oul flow at tho lower end of the Fiver greater than the sctual inflow a% the upper end! Then overflows will bo (mwulh‘hmn In contrast with this system,—which $1% . used ot Loke Bergne outlet will ll«:nmnilrmd and $8,000.000 will perfoct in 3 short tlmo.hfl“. which ‘will be & permanont relief,—we a:“ others scoking 1o close all outlots, 18 Unltf.‘ try doubtful” experhents, requiring l!&‘li. length of tinio, and an expenditure of ¥50.) 3 0003 whilst, on the other Land, the (luvunn:'u:‘ onglneers say that, If the outlets be cluseds ; will cause tha river toriso so hixh that lg.rl . require $48,000,000 to protect tho lower val :‘ slono by levecs, whic) instst, will go nn_.u fntinitur, costing hundreds of miilonsy oo thrl time increasing instead of dedtroylng evils, With your perwfsston I will in snother eulflz dlscuas Lhat branch of the subject uwlul.;d"_ will bo tho result and cost of suchian u i taking, 1am, truly yours, Joux Cownod. —— KISSES. Xinda of fowers, |t ul Tor (ol sy Kinds of Kases Issed in rogions torrid, ' hA‘;; lknmg(d Im';‘l- of ice: 0 somewliere oot on tho rolling » A falr alup s antling sa fast and freo, And with It my luve coutes howo to me. = O sall, bonnlo ship, sall faet sentry & partleulor native that had, smong many others, been skutking round the fort ail day‘ avently with no good intent, “1sce him, saf,” said tho sentry; * I had two shot nt bim already, but ho dam hard to hit; ho tho hardeat man o hit [ know.” 40, you know him, thon, do youl" ssked the offieer, ™ O yes, sar, L know tha dam ruscal well; I been lr{mg to sliout him all the week” “Who is fiol What's his name Y Thy dan old rascal—ho wy futher|? MOSES IHAWKS' FINANCIAL RE. ronM, Allegan (Mich.) Journal, No better llustration of the fallacy of the doctrines advocated at present by tho National party—the {ssulng by tho Qovernment of puper bearing upon its face, not a promisc to pay real money, but a declaration that the paper ftacif is cash—can be found thau in. tho story of Mosca Hawks® currency. It Is particularly pertivent hicre, for this vicinity waa tho scenc of tho action, and the cccentrlc ‘Moscs s still re- membered h{ umajority of our peovle, It has been golng the rounds of the press, and some errors of dletull have crept ju, which wa have carrected, and the story [s ot at all new to somoof our readers. » lawks ut ono time was engaged 1 publishing a paper ot Otsego, aud later fn the sume busk- ness at Aliegan, but he was not an editor of the Juurnal, as wome papers Laye recontly stated, "This was in w\rlf cary, before tho last War aud atter tho “wild-cat,” “blue-pup® times. Mose was a qucer old chip, and loved his bitters In the morulug, and all other thnes of the day; and that same token got him juto vo end nl ridiculous scraves, both cditorially und person- ally. When the printing business did uot pay Moscs put in time in a shivgle shanty of his own it our ueighboring town of Otsego, aud in -flush times would turn aguin to the tyncs, Hawks & prominent man in Otsego, and at onu time, when currency wasscarce, because no- buly bad anything to bu{ with it, a bright idea struck * him, und ho determined to Jssuo o quantity ‘“‘adequate to tho re- quirumeuts of business.’” o went Into 0 uilics ono morming and priuted a large batch of prutises tu pay,—quurters, balves, and dotlars,—and oceupled soveral days fn tixing tho autogruph ot Moses Hawks to every one of working at the Nurth River end of Fifty-niuth strect, on a contruct with B, (. Brown with Willtum {1, Vaudervilt. Auother brother {s the keeper of the draw of the Ruritan Lridee at Pertn Ambuy, Nolther brother is ontirsly duo- pendent on his oceupatlon, aud Bllus Wente furth uwns several houses u Elizabethport, Owing to his oceupation he s well known all wloug tho river frout, and hls good furtuno fs pot the cause of envy, oven to those who be- NHove in 1. The heirs of $:20,000,000 ars about iau x‘:ko steps to secure posscssiou of Little waa adjsuried until this morning b 10 o'clock, ‘Uhyw partivs to the cnse ald move In oot pucies; Mrs. Hockwell 18 guito girllsh-looklng, belng onl 22 yeard of age, uud s -‘ulln atteactive, Itockwell eat the greater part of the afternoon wmiling, and crident] ring very Nitle lTor the testhnony fn- troduced againat hin. The boy, 234 yeara old, is very protty, and trotted from’ one parcat to tho ather during the afternvon, ANl uncotiacions of ihe trouble between them and hoveriog uver . A 000D DECISION FOM CONFIDENCE MEN, Judge McAlilstor yesterday afternoon decided the habeas corpus case of C. M. Clark. 1lu waw arrested ou o warrant fur praciicing the con- fdence gamo, but when broutht befure Justice Kautmann the ehargo was changed to *‘disarderly,” and he was tined 81060, and aentenced to ninety days e tno Dridewell, The warrant under which he wan arrested did not statu his nunio, bat wajd the name was unknown, but the party would be polnted out to the oficer el 10 mako the Vruil. McAlttacer held thut all this kind of prac. tice wu Hlegul, Ho enid the great danger of feun- iy yeneral warrants bad been” (et efuce the time of Lord Halifsx, Becretary of Btate in the time of lh:url.'u 1L, and had led 10 the fusertion of a pro- bitlen of such rmcllno 1a the Awmerlcan Constitu- tivn., The Constitutivn of the Blate provided that 1o arrest whonld he madu excepe by a complalnt un- dur oath for probable cause, and that the party to bu weized should e described. The whole bra- ceedings $n the present cose were voll for want of Jurisdiction. Tha offense wasa criminal one, and the party was cutitled to know the nature of tho accusation syalnst bim. The Justico no right to chango the character of tha complaint, ©of try biw natanteron . By such a course ho would b prevented from wmakiog & defenss, The order would therefore be that the judgment of the J:-llm‘thunm be quashed and the prisoner dig- chorge 0 tho whito sails swell from the nolding mast, Filledd to the belm by the Y"nhmw hlast, At merelly lesguo after league 19 passod— O speed, bousile ship, speed thoul Liko the arrow's leap from the quivering bow He every dip of thy ¥raceful prow, Urinuing nearer my lovo that I walt for now— Hrlng bim home, bunnio sbip, to bla bride! May 1ho curled ¢ dashing against thy sid: L‘n’u thew nlonz o'er the w!ufly fldfi: 7.8i09 Aud bring e the sooner lnf luve, any pride— O fly, bunnie alip, 1o me’ LONDON BOCIETY GOSSIP, Zuniton Corespondence New York Worid, ‘The world of fashlon was treated toa royal rewloder the other day fnu notico fssued and published by tho Lord Chamberlaln, who was commanded to declare and proucunce to all shat, just as genticmen are roquired to appear fu uniform or Cours dress at her Mojesty's lovees, s0 ludles also must sppear fn Uourt dress “with tralus and plumes according to regulation,—that 18, 80 that the foathers can he clearly scen ot approaching thu Queen, aud with white vells or lappots. Culored feathers sre coutrary - to regulstion, but fu deep wourslug black feathers may be worn' * 1t s not kuown what was tho particu- lar offonse against regulatious which led to this mumuntous proclumation, but it would appear that a certain amount of laxity ln vostums has come unaer tha vye of her Mujesty, who s very keealy und jealously ubservant of uthlnu\m. aud never is kuown to fall lu * spotting * any luck. lesa lady who 18 not attired porfuctly en rege, I beliove” that ladica who ere too delicate In bealth to submit to the ridiculous and terrible ordeul ot bare necks uud sboulders Ja the March winds and fo the draughty balls of the palace 1aay, ou apollcation, obtaln permission to up- peut beforo the Quecn in high dresses. A story {s curreat that ata recent drawiogs room receptlon the Lord Chumberlain juslsted o cutting ofl thu *shoulder strups ™ of a dress worn by une of the ladics, upon the ground that nu bigh dresses woro allowed. What was the result of the spplication of the shears tosa wyidently esseutial a portlon of o dress a8 the shoulder straps is not statod; if, as is probable, they were necessary tosustaln the upoer portion of the costumes the Lord Coumberlaln vommit- Chris Erhadrt was on triul for matming 8 horse, Thu vvidence waa in, and 4t & late hour the jury was vut. . . Edward Harpor, a bright little boy, was on teial for larceny. And,when ln (he harbor thy anchor 's cast, With thy white salls furled on the steady niast, And my love ls safe ln sy arm laat, N vlosa, Lounio ship, bless theo) JdoLiet, April 15, 1478, PARAVE A —————— TR CALL MONDAY, Junax LopogTT—General businees, T ALy S X ok 1 30 ane dUnUR UANT—Uk, UT, 102, 108, 104 3 Jubus Jaxzson-70 [ 3 e A T et atey : ~2ol c . a3y Noa: 11,58 o 30 w00 0. Rt oo e e Tusslsn Torpednes, A Dritish tar who scrves his country Inan frouclud off the Prince’s Islands writcs ym the London Tines that thers must bo somothing in all the tulk about torpedoes and the passago through Adrianople of large detachments of scuren. It Is known that the Russians have the very neweat type of the Whitehead torpedo, with all the recent {mprovements intro- duced by the fnventor for the purposo of obtuinin tho highest possible rate of sveed and certaluty of range; aud though at prescpt they muuy not Lave many of these machines ready for use, they bave learncd all the seerets conuected with their manufae- ture, and for somo time past skitled workmen have been constructing them at Nicolafeff, Al- maost overy part of the Whiliehoad torpedo can be obtaiuca separately from enginerning Orms st hone Iy any yuautity. and tho great secret cutislste wore §n puttivge thy parts together and ad)usting the mwachine for accuracy (n use than in the manufacture of any particular portion of . As much for exercise as from suy biea of tue real necessity for precautions, the sirictess tarpedo watch is kept at ulzbt by tho British saflors, Outposta have been estublished on the dslotw ut the entrance of the buy, the men belug well supplicd with every appuratus for sigual- ing, steum lauuches dre crulsing sbout all ulgt, sud the Gatlisg guns are kept loaded, einx Boorhoy and 33 16 39, teeiye N s U 33, Inciusiye, No. 21, o 2 8T KU~ AdY No. i Itcustay. aind wuu‘iuufaflnzg 7:«."%'61:':":‘1'55: B5AEL K0 ease ol ey o ¥ B0 83, 84, 07, B9, el 108 FAKWELL~General bustncss, CoGE WILLIAMS—2A) Adlard va, Adlard, BupaRIon Cornr--Cussxosons RT~CoXrXarloN; s taBtie Cammpany Wi, Aleraster A: Diron T den Bris terman Natlousl Yank va. Ch. Kickenber, §131,77,— Horace 4 v, Willini G Witchle, &35 y—Nicholas Blocks ve.'Staiting Pauly, uls Behauer va. b. L. Aloxatder, vordich 4 motion mude’ fof Vwitrial,~Eixamin eratd ot all. va, Joosiand Letitia Counell, $641, = RO L8 al, ¥& JusCph*Langinuyer, §I1T. T CovkE—Jrpel Boonit— (Giuals Ty Founiry Compuny ve. Jubu Coliinesnd 6. b, Wl & TN SPL0R MOALLI T ~Charle Itica ot al. va, James lll‘n‘l!hqws: verdict 000, sud miotion wade 167 uew rial, —— An Unwarranted Act of President ITayes, ‘The Clevelaud Herald 1s astonlshed—aud so are tho peoplo—~that Presideut Jluyes sbould have grented the petition of Uen. Fita John Porter for & rebearing of bis case, and thinks A BUIT ADOUT FOUTT CENTA. Joscph Bchlund .‘monln cammenced & wult 8zainst the Clucugo & Nortnwestern Hallway Com- PUNY to test the question whether it cat charve hiw 40 conta fare from (ki cily to Oak Park, Ilo ways thut vome thme ago be twok the traln ot the Wells Btreet Statlon, julonolug 10 go fo Ok Park. 'Tneconductorsaid $he faro was 40 cents, Which Sculund refused tu pay on the ground that It Wua an unreasunable extortior um. The conductor refused (o accept less, sud fnally ejected plalutif from the car, tearing his clothes sud injuring hls feclings. He therefory brinvs it for 81,000 dauuges, clubming that ho wis willing 10 pay a reasonably and that the Com- lvlny'u szent had uo tignt ct im fur decli ng (o Day 40 cents, that bflnz‘-nennommry amount W cburke from Chicago to Uak Fark. 3 v them. “Hawks, that ts, Moses, wns now 8 | tod a bold act, indeed, aud tho Queen can And, by kisilog nothing borrid, Ouly & few daye sematn b k- advantage of | the President has biundered badly. The Herald | they o tiot foil iho wholo atory. Bewaro uf | o crows sleupiue uear ut haud roudy for opuut | wealthy mun aud posscased of ‘uulimiled to- | bearcely havo thanked bl tor deiving 3 1oy Ttiave found all klsslng nice: tio liveral provielone of the bunkrapt luw: nnd | 8syss the struseting young autlor, my friends, | (0K fire at a moweut's notlc sources. He bought overything offered for sale, | before her fn such & vondition, e should baye Kissod them— fourtoen cases wero began yeaterdav. ‘The At A tally tried bef Whotn God secs it 1o starve, let not man pre- ————— ond paid bis new currency, and also loaned it to | remembered: Spain’s senoras, 1 hl’u N fivy of thuse reported below were begal Thures o caso was anloally tried before & court | gumptiously rescus to bia own unduiog Curlous Discovery of & New Grain, lis nelghbors, The thing worked like s charm Falatug~Thele polute belng broken— Uermasy's piump fraulelns, £08 89u late "Thure rising eight Geucrsts of . ng \asslcy, how 1 mlssed h e,a,‘,n‘]_ comp 'n tigbt Genersis of tho any. Tt was TUE QEATEYUL HUSBAND. = Ventura (Cul,) bvee Press, ubtll tax time, when somicthing better was ro- JFoine—Dowa tell thelr hos, s‘a,“‘“ o ossed the rolllog blae. Willlsm Hansbrough, & manufacturer of exgz. :lulrlyy ul y, sud lwpartiully exemived. The One day a lady was driviug through the prin- We have been showts & ticw eraln, discovered | quired. Everybodyhad sold their truck * and While un the subject of dress I may mention hsal caseu ot No. 172 Qulncy street, cawmg f s elundx(m wuhnllowed an.ple time for trial, and | cipal strect of a great cty with bLer lttle boy, | about fuur years ago by @ furtucr lo Surpriso | taken Hawke' currcuey In paymest. The peo- | that the custom of kolng into mournlog dunng Tu this land so Hesyen-favored — preferred debla are 43, 89, u,vcumjr . nd | wes defended by ablo_couusel. The witucsses | when the borsestook frichit sud dushed wadly | Valley, in tho uorthern part of this State, tuken | ple ocked to Hawks and demanded redemp- | Leut seomas to bo increasing amopx the London “Fis 1oy bome, whatg'er befall— :&':::fiz‘lxl .I(nu }a'{'on“'-ngx:m’n '1) u.‘:.ll&:‘, :: u:, zfirl: w;uhl: m{::o :fl‘l‘ flc_lg ; lu! actlun; nlxi\d wpoke “WY' burhug the vouchiman from hls box aud | from the crup of @ wild gooss which bad been | tion. He redeemed I.lty issulng a uew batel of | Iadies, sspecially thoss of rituslistic teudencles. xu.lnzfnnu ouu-t-hwfic"i The Auti o uty acrca of 100l In ‘Towe: | comoetod. itk tho subjun it il matters | Jeuviug tho wecupauta of thie carclago paralvzed | whot by tho farmer, He wowed the soed - | sorip aud mors of it. Prior to'tbla tho serip had “Tie, \n fact, tha best of afl. with terror. But brave youth who was driviug The faslonable churches display th L wediately after it was taken from the gsrner of Visib Saabiy chuihas e ‘{ s T the 200 ¥alued at $4 an acry ad blocka 4 and & In Pitoer's passed currently amwone the people, but the subdlivision, incumbered for ite full value; also ) szas of juward tual grace fu tho wouy. ‘The whole hlstory of the sgrant | u grocery wagou threw bimself before the | the bird’s crop, and it produced wmore thau a | new lssue bad 8o fuflated the *Peurtency ¥ that K sa ears o rovisgs shave of black bounets and dresses of a great Youway spend whole years ey otes: $3.707.981 o W &300; | Wrouk comumltted by Geo. Forter wus ree | plungiug ashwals, and succecded § - | bundred-fold. Mr, Meritbew,a (arwer of Butte | tho peopls refused to recelve it Jouger, it hav- it iy hipore. Bo aa lavish as an earli Prumissory hotee 8o, 107 185 onc accounte, S | viowod Dy Judcs Advocatticmenal Tiott, s | EIpeiE, anlualt, and succceded tn ar- | bundred-fuld. " Mr. Meri V0" Burprise Valer | tom betme. tas pluntit s 10 b wortiuea .| " iority oLt fulz wied But youll fod no mald so loxing Heguter Hivbard, fawyer of broad aud comprebensive intol- own.* Tue grateful ludy took his number,’and upou srnving at her bume she reluted the Lerole uct to ber busband (who had read the books), whu listencd with streawing *Tuls L peobably o wisprint. <3, 7 ‘As tho averago Yaokeo glsl. What's Lnnl:n without fowors What obtulued sume few sceds of the uew graln, au succeeded do propegativg {t with wonderful sue cuss ot bis furw i Butte County, The struw sud boardless bead resvwblo wheal; the grain looks & little like rye, but It s twice as N w53 @ When cut, ws It L passlug into the Blerchants and dealers bad suld their guods for tho stuff, but could not buy any wore with ju s was baukrupt and could not redocm, and the people wero fu & bad plizht. Oue mornlug g stepmer presented hlwself to Huwks, at Pluy Creos, vour Otaego, sud dee tcorge McElwaln, formerly P“m of thiy clty, hae $30, 060, 44 of deite, 30d {he unly csects arv 30400 of uotes. - Reference Lo the Begister, Warren J. Beat, of Fenton, Whitesids County, has €2,000 of debte all unseourcd, The sascta wro lect, ubd s scathing condemnation of Porter's conduct was given with a fore of argument sud au arcuy of facts and brilllant rhetorde that electrificd aud convinced the coun- try. Gew. Porter wad convicted, uud, fustead of THE DIFFERENCE, Detrult Free Preas. The other day Littlo Euglish, the boot-black, thougbt be had struck a big thing. I was blackiug the bouts vf u strauger who bad the 1] home where love is misalng? “Tis a8 nothing, By the powers, : e bo s loviog withoat Kieioh) ), s unas