Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 27, 1878, Page 2

TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUNZ: FRIDA DECEMBER 27, 1878, CHRIMINAL NEWS. Redemeyer, of St, Louis, Sen- tenced to Be Hanged the 14th of Febtuary, 1Io Enters Earnest dbjec“nns to a Reception of This Valentine. The Jury at Janesville Find Mrs, Mack Guilty of Murder, Bhe Recoives the Pate of Life Imprisonment Withont Visible Emotion. A Jewelor at Peorin Robha Himself, and Now Lies in Jail. OTTO. Bpecinl Dispateh to The Tribune. Peoriy, 1., Dec. 2. —Charles 8. Otto; one of the leading Jewelers of this city, and his brother, now langulsh §n jall. The facts sre abotit as follows: Last night Mg, Otto attended & ball and left the hatl about 1:30. About 2:30 ne returned, and notified some persons that his &tore had been robbed of about $10.000 worth of poods. ‘The authorities werc notlfivd at onee, and took possession of his store. The whole affalr had s fiahy look. A careful examination of the place faltel to reveal any place where a burglar could enter, There was a broken window In the rear nearly large cnough to admit a man's head. Otto sugeesteid that an entrance was effccted throngh thir. * Too thin!” said the author- dtles. ** You robbed yourself, Otto,” and sub- quent events proved this to be true, The tracks in the rear of the store corresponded with his shoes with remarkable sccuracy.’ The safe showed that it had been opeoed with u key. A1l the fiucst goods were sclectéd. There were nearly 23,000 worth in tho safe .which bad been eplrited away. Later dovel- apmeuts showed that & Mr. Weitlng held n morgago of 82,500 on_hia stock, besides somcthing “like 87,000 duc Eastern creditors, moking his total indebtedness nearly 810,000, Sherill Hitehceock, later tn the day, dlscovered uearly £2.000 worth of tho property iu the cellar unier the store, nmonf which were upwards of 100 watches and wateh movements, besides s vist sinount of other stafl, 1t ls binted that he took legal advice as to how to conduct the rohbery, us the, customers’ watches were not removed from the butldine, Hishistoryfs alittlo cuirious, He camehere some six or elaht yearsaro wtithout o decent shitrt to his back, Tiis folks liiean Merfden, in this -State, his father Leing ai honest old farmer. e learucd his trade of Mr. Welting. Hespeat more than hls wages, nnd was o free liver. Mis. Weltlug remarked that while tie flourished Welting weot down, und wurned bee nurband agaiust him. After reveral years he Lought Weiting out, paying down $7,200, wnich hie sald his grandfather (n Buth left him. Then he removed the stock, and opened out a8 a leading jeweler, and awang u wihic gwath. Eforts were made ai) this morn- Ing to obtatn ball for him, bat, up to noon, 1hev were not suceesstul, SherifT Hitcheock informed vour correapondent that Otto and his brother bud telegvaphed for thelr father to couie to thelr asalstance. NEDEMEYER, Svecil Dispalch (o The Tribune. Sr. Louts, Mo., Dee. 20.—~Sentence of death was to-dav passed on fenry.J, Redemeyer for the murder of Frane Vusz, Criminal Judge Laughe Mn fixing Feb. 14 os the day of execution, The plea made by Redemeyer's attorney before the Jury was that of [usanlty, io spite of the ayowed denfatof theculpnt, whoacknowledged the deed, undsaid he was not Insane, When asked by the Court that he bad to say, ho sald: % Nothing but thet I am an Innocent man, and shot him (n gclf-defenye. T am nol insane, and hsd no krudge ugoinst him, and if om hang- I*wil hang an {nnocent mnan, wus teying 1o kil mme with the rock when , and T was nat to blume. 1 have had no only w farte of one,—and my sttoruey has pot done a3 1 wished bim todo. 1 have bLeen brought up heveas an fnsane nan snd tried us fo thet nsanlty, and not to the killing ot that old man. “1f 1" had been trled a8 was v e put on rial for dolng the shooting in I would to-duy be a freo but ney and [riends know different, and 1o sit hiere at this table (indleating ale Neiest the doek], end avpear and look usune when 1 was not, and some of tho doctors who ealit that 1 was not never told the truth more truty dn their lives. Vosz wanted to kil ey aned 8 knew It 1 acted only In reif-defes Lut me begtilid, os 1 wish to be—atrinl for s deirnse—and 1f 1 um - sentenced then, [ will ate and happy. I il Just wnat uny one would have done, and if [ am hung X will be hung fn a boll of aw for [am not iy, Eversbody has swe fost me.”? It 13 the eeneralopliion that Redemeyer s per- fectly sane, but It 14 the of soulo that his mind I« unsound, and st us efforts will be 1w ade 1o secure Executd mency. MRS, MACK, dpecial Dispateh 10 The Trivune. Janesvinne, Wis, Dec. 26,—The great Mack murder trisl s over, and the prisoner foumt cullty of murder in tho first degree, At the vpeniag of court, at ¥ o'clock this morning, there way a goodly-sized audlence waitiug to Jearn what waos the result of Christinas-Dav's worli. Mrs. Mack, her ltle girl Etia, her whitehatred mother, und her other relatives, uppeared within the ralling, 19 obout the same positiun which they have kept during all the trial, Mrs, Mack kept her vell drawn over hep \¢ fuce, aud seemed wrupt fn thought, as, with \ Lowed heud, she sat waltiog for the steps of the twelva men who wero to declde ier fate. As they flled fn she rulsed hier eyes. But for a slight uncastness and nerv- ous fingering of her gloves there was nought to Sudivute that she was more thau & passing spec- tator, - As the verdlct was declared aud the jury bulled, she ngain dropped ber bead, Bl How- ever, manifested wo emotion. There was no Basterieul outburst, not even & falling tear, Shie sat like morble, Her little girl Etta wept, und the wred mother’s frame sbook as thougl cunvulied. Mrs, Mack soon arosw, und, tuklng the arm of Deputy-Sherit Marsh, way lal o out of the roow, dow the steps, and through the streets to the Jutl her motlier and Jittle” daughter following tlusely behlnd her, und her othor rolatives and Aviends following them Hko u sad funeral pro- vesston. “The general oplnlon Is toat Mrs, Mavk hus recelved her fust deserts, aud the hnpe Is ex- presecd ou al sides that Dickerson will now re- telve Bty A wotlon lias been nade for a new 3 detal, but witl not be argued for several days, THE LOUISIANA CASES. Grectal Disgaich 10 The Tribune. New OuLeaxs, Dec. 20.<"Thero s but littls to leuru frow the Uuited States Grand Jury, from The luct thut whatever might be wiven to the putlic would but tend to defest the euds of Jnstice, 'Lhey Lave determined to & mug, how- ever, tosce that sl violators of the United JBtates luws, whether white or black, shall at theiv bunds recelve full and merlted punish- *auent to the very uxtent of thelr power, Mupy fudictincuts have been ‘found, sud the arrests “will wost speedily follow. Tt is tu be hoped thut bloodshed will be unneceasary, yet, fi It 0 the up- tequires that tives snall bo saceidced buldiuz of the laws of the Btate aud couutry, the Blute muthorities stand ready toald tie Goverument i its attemot Lo bring all guilty bartica to Justice. If events aro being kept ¢ uuict, It 1%, as siready sald, for the pubtic good. At the proper tiue, sud s 800 us time witl permit, fuil und complety ecounts will be reu- dered fur the benetit of @l those woon 1t may Luuceru, 2 END OF A'DREAM, Special Mpasek 0 The Triune KaLaNAZow, Mich,, Dec. 20.—Dr, Frihdis Deluno and Strs. Jobn Jamigson were today ar- _rested wt Gulesburg, ba thls county, and ludgzed 1u the County Jall. It scéipa that some tiwe laet auwwer, at Maple Grove, Barry County, Dr. Frauvls Delano wes callo) to sttend Mra. Jumle- #ou st her husband’s bouso fn that village. The scrvices of the doctor proved efectual und fn- dlspeusably necessary, aud the doctor aod nis Vite mored 1uto and rented balf of the resldence of Mr. Jobn Juwieson. Alout this tme M. Delano climbed “the golden stair, wud not ' leng after Dr. Delano end Mrs. Junlerou clinbed for parts yuknown. Aln Janicson st wbice taude 1 L spe Lusye ness to mscertati the whereabouts of the run- way couple, und, alter tracklng them from place to_place, he yesterday discovered them living at Galesburg as man and wife, and they were arrcatced as stated above. The parties are wetl connected, 5 ROBBED. Sectal Dispateh ta Th Trivune. Jotart, Iil., Dec. 28.—Jozeph Bhirk, of Flor- ence, this connty, was robbed last night in this clty of £230 in carrency and a certificate of de- oosit In the First National Bank of Wilming- tan for 8000, « Blirk, In company with James A. Perry, was shipping & lot of Norman horses to California via the Chicago, Rock Isfand & Pa- cific Road, and ns the trafn AId not leavs until carly fn the morning he wert to bed ntthe Rack Island House, near the depat, requesting to be called at 3 o'clock a, m. lic was called ot that® hour, boanded the traln, and at Mortls discovéred that e hiad been robbed. He returned oo the first teaing and notified the policé, who have the caee in hand. - Shirk also fnformed the bank of the robbery of the cer- tificate, obtained a fresh supply of money, and feft for the West this afternoon, No arrests: have been made, and i€ it rests with our pulice to ferret ont the thief, his identity will remain lorever unknown, AN OLD OFFENDER. Aurcial DispateA 1o The Tridune, Deeatvn, T, Dee. 20.—John Pierce, aling Pierson, alias Willams, was vesterday sentenced to two yeara In the Penitentlary tor larceny of a medicine-case, harness, -clothiing, and other arti- cles. It tranepires that this individuni In his tinie has served in the State Prisons of [llinots, owa, and Loufsians, and !s undoubtedly the same man who, two years ago, while fn prison at Bloomington, 111, confessed to the murder of Murray McConnell, of Jacksonvlile, Itl, Ie will be taken to Chester in a fow days. BREATHITT. LoutsviLte, Ky., Dec, 26.—The Courler~Tour na! special to-night from Camp Taylor, In Breathitt County, dated the 23d, says Judge Randall has opened court, 'Threo of the Litetes were arrested, also Alfred Gambrell, whose im- prisonment. {x designed to qulet things. The arrests were made by the State Guards, and more will follow. A CHRISTMAS GATHERING. Special Dispatéh te The Tridune. Quixcr, 1N, Der. 26,—At a Christmas gath- ering near the Village ot Muarcelline, In this county, on Tuesday evening, ‘s young man nanied McFaddon shot and killed a voung man named Scott. McFaddon immedIately led, and has not since been heard from, hladuciisy TENNTESSEE MOONSHINERS, NasuviLrg, Teon., Dec. 20.—The latest re- ports from the rovenue rald In Fentress County 510 the effcc that forty-six flicit disttllers Lave been arrested and bound over to the United Htates Cireuit Court, and 1llicit concerns valued at $6,000 have been destroyed, SIIOT AT A CHURCH FESTIVAL. 81..Lovis, Dec. 20.—A special to the Globe. Denocrat from Mouroe, Mo., says Monroe Gey shot Aaron ScFeto through the heart, kiiling fitm Instantly, at a fostival of the colored Meth- odist Church of thot place last night. The mur- derer was committed Lo jail. NO PLACE FOR LAWYERS Vicronia, B. C,, Dec. 20.—A dispa says (Dec. 13) Joln Boyd killed in a cowsedly manner ‘lhomas O'Brien, at Fort Wrangel. Alaska, The citizens tried bim by a Jury of bis own selection, found him gailty, and hung him the next day.. POISONED BY A BITE. Wasmivaros, D. C, Dec, 26.—Peter Me- Namara, a well-known resfdent of this clty, died yeslerday afternoon, death being the result of pofson in the system by the blto of a man named Danaher, with whoin be bad an alterca- tlon over two mouths ago, JHORSE-THIEF, Seclat Diswatch te The Tribune. Osugosy, Wis., Dec. 20.~Joln Kelley, who stole a horse and buggy from thy livery-atable of Lyttle & Rellly, was to-day sentenced 1o State 'risou for fiva years, v pleaded guilty, ang begged for mercy, KEEP' YOUR LAMPS COOL. Special Disvaich ta Tae Tribune. Janpsviiie, Wis, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Mary Beringer, whose scvere hurnlog by s keroseno lamp exploslon was telcgraphed yesterday, died about 9 o'clock last night, BURGLARY, Hpecial Dispatch 1o The Tridune. Font Way~e, tnd,, Deg. 20.—~The book-store of Beiger & Bro, was burclarized lost night of £1,000 worth of fine gouds. No arrests have beon made, R — Y. M, C. A, SOUTH, Special Diepateh ta The Tridune. New Onigass, Dee, 20.—Grewald Hall fs packed to-night, Jespite thedinclemeut weather, With o large audienco gatbered to do honor to one ot the noblest of organizations, the Youns Men's Christlan Assoclation of this city, Not only did tha members work long and foitbfulty at the bedside of the sick, but their means wero used to relicva destitution and want, They thoroughly depleted thelr treasury In the gool cause, avd thu assistance to-night so liberally ven attests the place in the public heart which ‘l‘l‘lll noble Boflmp holas P 2 ———— SUICIDE. Hpecial Diavatch to The Tridune. 8rertiNg, LI, Dec. 20.—Georre Dix, of Rock Falls, committed suicido by shooting himself twice in the head last eventug. He 1s o single man 2 years old, and his parents live 1o the State of New York, He has been out of work for some time, and becama despondent, and de- clared & moment before he did the fatal deed that. he would not live without work, ——— Forphyry, » Virginta { Nee.) Chronicle, Not & few enthuslastis persons about this city ore now Industriously engaged in damnlng por- hyry, But for purphyry some of them would huva been en route for Parls, Berlin, London, Rooe, und Houg Konp—yes, Hong kum:;lur porohyry haa knocked the wind out of the sa)s otnota” fow Celeatiols, ‘The Clinese would liku to go, but caw't, ‘they, tvo, damn “poohly,” ' Ladies who bua ulready’ feasted their oyes upon acts of dismonds which thuy were Lo sport as soon as the *‘crosscut ' was wail ubder way in tho rich ore of the 2,200 leyel af the Bierra Nevadn, damn porphyry—in their heas Young men and maldens who had al- ready selected sites on which to erect *such lovely cottag and whose wediliug duys wers marked fn tho almanac, uow walk forth in the mounlight and siuglo blcssedness, und —even us thelr 1oy mcet In Kisec duwmu porphyry, 3t 18 10t the *jros rhyry. that has *entered our souls. iearts 1 wo; our hearts are porohyritle., In days of ol peoplo uccavlonally went nto sacks cloth wnd ashes, which was pretty rough, but was nothing to getting Into porphyry, Some- how, when porphiyry makes its appearance, * ull our houes are ore.” Porohyry has even sad- ddened the hearts of the little folks, ‘They must do without the pretty thiugs they wero prom- ised, and ull on account of the porphyry, They are beginuing to hiave & bud opintonof por- hyry. A little miss yustermiay asked: AL who mads prophyry?* ° Ydod, ‘my child,” saj tha truthfut parent. [ thought It was the uid the young- *tiod also mude the beautitul sfiver and the velns,” sald the plous muwma, , but in nost places He cupread it very ! grumbled paps, whose broker bad just sold him out, other one—the naughty one,” ster. ———— A New Eurl, Lowdon Tines, Dec, 7. o ord Clinucellor took his” seat on ths k a¢ bulf past 4 o'clock. Twnediately tho Lord Claucellor had taken his seat the Dake of Riclunond aud Gopduu rose wud safd; My s, 1 huve'ty foform your Lurdsbips that hir lu{‘. y has becn uleassd to. cféute Hugn SeCalingut Lord Calrus, Lord figh Chancellor L wi1hat fin" Of Ureat Britatn uud Ireland culled Ureat Britaln, & Viscount and Farl of she Unlted Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelaud, by tle vae, style, uud title, of Viscouns Gar- wmoyle and Earl Calrus* ‘I'hie Lord Chancellor then retired from the House, carrying with him the grest seal Ie ve-entered lfimmx [ mediately,aud,preceded by Sie Willlam Koullys, Geotewau Usher of the Bluek Kod, wdvanced to the foot of the tbrom, which “was uncovered. Ou either side of him were Eurd Beauehamp aud the Earl of Kedesdate, Who atsa wore their Earl’s robes s aud following hlw was Sie Albert Woods, Garter King-st-Arws, Arvived ot the foot of the throve the uoble und lvarved Eart bowed thee tites Letore the seat of tusjesty. Gaster King- st-Anns theu prescuted by with bls uew vatent ol uotitity, which the Lorg Chancellor, o bend- - which 1 then ed knee, placed foran instant upon the throne fteelf. Jie then handed t 1o Mr. Bethell, ono of the clerke, who read It, and read also the writ 6f summons calling the Lord Chaacellor to the House of Lordsby his new titles of Viscount and Ear), The noble and learned Lord having taken the oath and_subscribed his new titles on the roll of Ueers, sat for an instant on the Vis- counts' hench and_then on that supposed to be approoriated to Earls. The sitting was then resumed, FIRES. AT GARDNER, ILL, Garoxei, T, Dee. 20.—A disastrous fire broke out here this morning at hall past 4 n'cleck, consuming six of the most prominent businces housea in the town. ‘The fire originat- ed in the basement of Stumph's drug-store, aml 1t 1s gonerally thought to have been the work ot an incendlary. The place 1a without a fire organizatlon or water for fighting fire, and as & conscquence very little was raved. The Com- mercial Hotel was saved by nlimbsi suverhuman cfforts, but the balance of the block is 8 mass of rulns and baro brick walls, Speer's graln rlevator also nnrmu-la' escaped destruction, The total loss on _butldings and merchandise will reach all of £75,000. Dwiatrr, 111, Dec. 30.—A firo at Gardner, at 4 o'clock ths morning, burned the frame build- ings on East street, south of tha brick block, Including Alliso bank, two stores. one - loon, o drug store, and several smaller build- Inga. The Dwight engine and hose companies were loaded on cars ready to start when the re-’ quest was vountermanded. IN 8T, LOUIS. 87, Lovis, Dee. 20.—~Tholosa by fires of the wholesnle hat store of 8. Lockwood & Co. yes- terday {6 estimated at 825,000, Covercd by In- surance In the Home of New York, Iartford, Scottish Commerclal, 8t. Joseph Fire asod Marine, North Britlsh, Commercial Union of London, Merchauta’ of #t. Joseoh, Hamburg of Bremen, Pbenix Fire Assoclation of Pulladel. phis, and slutual of Hartford. AT DANVILLE, ILL. Bpectal Dispatch to Wz Trionne, DasviLLE, 1iL, Der. 26.—About 0 o'clock this eveniog tho sash and blind factorv on West Matn street owned by Hankey Dros. was dlscoy- cred to be on fire, The building and contents were entirely destruyed. Loss and {nsurance unknown. The fire is tapposed to be the work of an fncendinry, as the factory has not Leen runniog for somie time, AT MAYSVILLE, MO. 81, Louts, Dec. 20.—Tha Globe-Democrat spe- clal says: Tho Court-House at Mayeviile, De- Kaib County, Mo., buroed yesterday morning. All the county records, excepting thuse of the Ctreuit Clerk and ‘Treasurer, were destroved. The value of property consuined is said to be worth $100,000. AT RICIHHMOND. TLL, Bpeclal Dimateh to The Tribune, Ricuvoxn, McHenty Co., 111, Dec. 25.—A fira yesterdayafternoondestroyed Dr, 8, F. Bennett's barnand narrowly escaped his beautiful residence Amongz other things in the barn which were con- sumed wero the doctor's fine horse Thunder- bolt, two cows, carriaze, culter, ete. AT COLUMBUS, O, CoLvunus, 0., Doc. 20.—A fire I Landauer & Sons' clathing store, Nell House Block, at noon; damaged tho stock to the extent of $3,000 by fira and water, No {usurance, Tho stdck was in the hands of the Sheriff, who had failed to have the policles on the stock placed tn his name, The Nell Houws had a narrow escape. AT BRIDGEPORT, MICII, #pectal Divpalch to The Tytbuns. East 8aa1¥aw, Mich.,, Dec. 20,—Tha Cass Hatel at Bridgeport was totally destroyed by fire at an carly hour this_morning. Thu fuenl- turc was saved. Lows, $2.50); {nsurance, in the Kenton of Kentucky, $1,500, AT MIDDLETOWN, N, MiopLefows, N. Y., Dee. 20.—The repale shops of tho Oswego Midland Raflway burned to-night, with 1wo Jocomotives, a Ixtae amount of lunber, and valuable machivery and tools. Loss, $35,000. . ACKLEN. Fall Particulars of 1lis Loulslana (Not Uiy Washington) Scrapo~iis ENorts to Clear His Honor Hefloct ou Men of Better Re- plte. NEw OrteAxs, La., Dee, 20.~The following appears in the Democrat ; e New Ouszaxs, Dec. 26.—To (he Edifor of the Democrat : 1 hand yoa herowith for publication a synoosts of the evidence taken before the Acklen Cowmitiee, of which 1 was a mumber. This aynopsis waa written at the timo for publication But, forn reason 1 have horclofore tated, an cquiesced In, it was withngld, 1 havo no desive to vursue My, Acklen, but his action in weexing a vindication at the hands of others hat ralsed an lsaue of fact which can only be detormined V7 ubmitting the testimony [0 tha public, 1f the decision of aur Commities 18 not buscd upon eutliclent teatimony, then Mr, Acklen is entitled ta the benefit of it If, on the othor hand, it is justi. fed, let thio Imputation rest whers it belongs. Ro- spectlully, D. B, Prax, - Then follows o _statement made by the Cum- mittee, showing that tnelr deciston was adyerse to Acklin's innocence, They notifled Acklea ghat thelr decision would bo made publie: s Acklen entreated not t ake this declsion public uniil affer 1 B the 13ih fnst., in order to detorming flection, whethor cauvass or not, ‘To this delay we assented, for the g‘lll’plllfl ho had indicated. Peuding this delay, r, Acklen secured & fuvornble opinfon from a second committee (composed of prominent Ro- publicans, and headed b V. llahn), sud, econd and favor- though profcasedly based on the same evidence, cumpcla us 10 give n brief synopsis of the avidenca on which wo gave our verdict o shiow, as wo think it will, that our declston wus not, dictated by prejudice or tll-will. The bistory of thls very shameful affalr, aa developed h{ the evidence adduced during our {nvestigation, is as fullows: A column of the synopsis of tho testlmany {ollows, reciting that Aculen cogaged the girl's father to manage his plantation. Some time after an Intimacy sprong u{: between tho wiel and Acklen, In August, Bn.’Ackleu Herotn- panled the girl and her mother td New Orleans, and was active in perfecting s marrisge betweon the girl and o man named Wright, who had Leeu a hostler un his plantation, From othera we learncd that Wright deserted his wifo and went 1o Texs fow dnys atier lng wmarrluge the yirl was vered of un Infant, iu Fobruary, 1878, aud after thal sank lower and lawer In social lifo, She died of yellow fuver lu Beptember, 147K, Ve will now call attention to two afidavits proe diy made by the unfortauato young wuening, Was presented (v us by Alr. ¢ hat ouc aidavit No, 1. The other afduvit was Yound mmong the ef- fucts of Mr, H. L. buwlth, after his deuty, Weeall thiv one uilidavit Nu, 2, Athduvit No. 11 urly important, und very favarable to Mr, Acklen, av {tie gir] tostifiog in 1t to his entire innos cence ol any criminal i her, This afldavit u 'he name was wrltten in 8 running hand. No lon was manifusted {n the formation of the . ‘The nawe was not written 1n the hand- Wwriting of & beqisuer, or of persons upaccuse tomed to wrlting their wame. This afidavit waa waworn 1o before Mr. Alfred Ingrabamm, Notsry Public, 1n August, 1878, who aitestad tho slunature, and it was in the form and uature of queatlons and anewcrs, and when Mr. Acklon pro- seutod 1t lu us hacalled our attention W the fack. We woro told by hiin that the questions wers pro- buunded by the Nutary,aud the auswers were wiitten down by the Notary as spoken by the girl, wnd that vhe sluncd i tho Nutary's presence. ~ Wa requested Mr, Ingrabuu lo give fue testihony ou this nstter. Mo et our Comultice, aud testificd that, ono morntng, Mr. Acklen camo into bis oflice, sccoupanicd by a yoaug wowmau, preseated bim the ailduvis wlih ™ the questions and answers all written out, sl y slgned, sud that he only read thio captlan Lo learn I the afant way the pernon mvntioued In the afidavit. N, Ingrahsm Bukod tho youug woloau if thal was her eguature, nnd that was all Mr. Ingrsbaw did o the watter. e waa saked, spocially, 1t he propounded any of the questions set furth In the pMluavit, and had takvi tou suswers dowa. Lo suld be had not, avd that ke kuvw nolhiug of the contents of the ath- duvitatall. We have very grave reasons to doubt the cenutueness of the widavit No, 1. We bave 1ioay positive oroof that tho rk could not werite, We had svidencs that 8 peacil was placed in bur hand, aud that she was required (o Wrlte bier naniy, and that soe could not make the ent wtroke of the Je "' Morcover, Mr, Acklen autnts aud staten o bis card, putilaticd ot that the pirl could ueither read srisily did not sign tho attidavic bearing the signaurs of ** Mutt] vEglit, " bee cause wb coulu not write, Queation prescnted xelf to the conslderation of our Cuy. mittee, **Who did slku this atidavit? We could wuly capjec bad vy ¢videncd (0 deterunug the question 11y L0 ouravlves, i Jen baned his clafu Lo euce, 0 & No. L Aotdavie siude by the ghrl 1 gy damiging 1o Mr. Acklew se athdanit No. 'L wus favorable 10 bim. Tl blstory of ullaavit No, 21t Wi gl wade the ace Quiitatee of M. 11 L) Suiitis i 1o bes Loy He redaced the statement to writing, and indoced el to come 10 hia hotise, where she anpeared be- fore dndge O°Rourke, Juatice of the I'eace, stated {hat he knew the contents, which were not read 10 her, swore to the trath of the contents, and mada’ her inark, which _waa _mitested by the Tnatice, in \agnst, 1878, This amdavit No. 2 gives a fall ' and detailed state- ment of the whole matter between Mr, Acklen and herself, 'alleger she seductlon: the man- ner of the sednetion: the pregmancy, which she atitibutes to Mr, Acklen; her visit 1o tho New Or- leana physician: what took piaca there: the at- lem‘fii on her nart to nroduce an abortion by taking medicines, and by \he nso of lustrnmenta; her narniage with Wright: his aabeeanent desertion: the part Mr, Ackien took insrraneingthe marriage; his meeting hee snbrequently, This afianyil, No. 4, relatex all the facta with so'mnch minnteness of detsll that 1t carries much welzht with it, althonsh wo dld not rely on 119 statements &s mateeially in- fineneing onr Judements. Tiut we belleved muchof it fo ve teae, particularly where there was corrohos. Ative teatimony to sustain what she belteved, The questions of {f, 1. ¥mith's motive, whether that Wwas revenge or hlackmail, dld not interert ue, FEight reapcctable witneases testified that the glr) reinted to them the facte mentioned inaflidavit No, 2at the time of ner marrlage, when she did not know of the existence of Stth, Lnt whnt was of Interest to ua to know was that Smith had not concocted the statements, Of thia we were fully satisted. To the aftldavits farnishicd by MT. Acklen, which he procured on his ¥isit to hie plantation in the Jast few dave, we at. tach but little or ro credit. They ars ail inthe landwriting of Mr. Acklen.and made by his negro carriage-driver and wife, by his negro blackamith and wife, and by other negroes, all of whom are nuse of have hieen employed onhis nlantation. most of them afixing their mlrkhnotlnm\‘lm} how :.‘: \vlmv. and sworn to before g negro Justice of @ Peace, The above, dated Oct, 10, but not hesetofare published, was signed by the Committee, as Tollow. Duxcax F. Kenxen, D. B. rsy, ALBERT Voonmies, Tavn E. Tieany, J. . _ArcRE, =—— GOUTHUREAUX, 1L J. Heansey, S THE FIFTY-MILLION FRAUD. In the Namo of the Misslssippl Levees— Overwhelming Testimony of Capt. Juhn Cowden. [The following i3 the concluding portlon of the testimony and argument on the Misslesipul Ievee question, of Capt. John Cowden, tefore the Committec on Cominerce of the Housc of Represcentatives:) In the report of the Arriy Engineers for 1815 ou Levees, we find some futeresting statements nbout outlets, crovasses, ete, On pages 10 and 11 thoyadvocate the opening of Bayyu Plaquemine aud not closing the Atcha- falaya River, On page 13 they ray **Bovnet Carre Outlot, if madeton certain size or capacity of dis- churize, would rolieve, so far as the river {s cou- cerned, all the country below, and above as high un as Uaten Rouge." This Is true as to below, but the_relief above has extended up to amd above Vicksburg, as shown by the report of Maj. Benvauy ho has chorge of the water-wauges on the Mississippi and tributarics. But they urge as an objectlon that this outlet will ralse the water in Lake Pontehartraln four foot and overflow New Or- leans, when the fact 1s {t has wot ralsed the water 1n the lako an incly, for it runa out. as fast at the lower end oL the Jake as it comes fn at the upper end. But the winds, someitmes be- fore and sometimos since the crevasse, ralsed the water In tho lake four feet, On poga 17, whers they say **the bed of the Atchafalaya at it apex is hard—will not scour, and reaists tho action of the wateriike inarbie,” they make a very great miatake, for the fact Is, in 1830, when (ien, 8ernmes burnt the drift wrevk atlts head, it was a dry Layou at low water, wheress now, as shown by tho report of Maj. Benvaurd, it has scoured out to s depth of nmn;fi/‘ed by 000 feet in width, and, 1 8uld on page 11 of my wmemorial, “will eventually bo- come the muin discharze of the Mississippl River, unless the oul’els be upened below, which will draw the water ofl.!" Un same page (I7) they say *“ that crevasses will lower the high-cater mark with great certain- ty," and on fun 10 say * reak on ona sido of the river wiil give relief on the other side,” which is all teue. Then why lewe at all, with the fact before us that after leveing for 150 years, flrst by individuals, then by countles or barislics, then by States, costlog millions of dollurs, we fiod them on page 20 admitting *thut the grado of the levees are all too fow, aud slhiould the water In the river rise to within threo feet above the uatural banks it would pour over she top of tho levees—did jthey nut break.” This Is all troe, and did it not occur, the water would rlso over tho topsof the levees sere they made Igar tines as bizh as they now propose to make them, Thls 18 evidenced by thefr own report an pagze 40, . ‘They say ‘‘frojn Commerce, Mo, (which Is sowme forzy” miles above Cairu), fo the Louisiaua Hne, the breaks In the Jovees fn the Ntates uf Missouri ana Arkunsas, in 1874, wero (oo numer- ous Lo mentlon, but their total width waa 190 miles, Whila In Misalssippl and Louisians there wora forty-eight bruake, e them the * Mor "",xvln" aud the celebrated *Boonet Carre’ out- et £ With all tbeso facts omlpnfly, in order to fm- provo Ltbe navigation of the river, want to close ll these outiels und sluice waya, und aak Congress for 850,000,000 us @ leyinning Lo try the experl: ment, with sn fudofinite length of “thne, whilst ou tho other band the engineerssay it the out- lets and slulce-ways b closed |t will cost $46),- fiuu 000 1more to protect the lowlands from over- ow. - It ma{ be sufllcient, but I think the following exleulation will be more ltkely to cover the ex- peuse, ‘Take, for Instance, the flopd of 1874,~the water covered the nliu{ from Calro tu the Qult, with an average of fully ten feot of water in depth by forty miles In breadth, Had this vast volume of water been confined between levees on the banks of the river, auy one mile apart, after making due allowasce for the ditfercoce [n tho flow of water in the river and s 8, the levees to hold this water would require to Le bullt on the averae fully twenty- five feet high, with a Lase of 300 fect, A mile ot such leves would require 740,000 cublc yards of earth, For 1,000 mites in length (the distance from Cairo to_near tho Gulf), for_ vne leveo waould require 740,000,000 cuble vards, and this &t 25 cents per vard (tho Engineer's estimates ot 40 cents) would amount to $183,000,000. For two such lovees it would av theso low rates amount to 370,000,000, When they have constructed theso vast walls of niud, I would ssk, what are they gojog t With the Red River, tho Yuzoo, the Arkansas, the 8¢, Frauch, and White Riwersl o earry vut and render the levee system valuable, these rivers must be loveed from thelr mouths to the hitln and mouutuing, as the vase inay be, ou eliher sido ol thoss rivers, und the aggrezate Jength of theao levees would b vqual to that of the maln levees on the bauka of the Missiaslopt River, and In muony places 10 a much greater beleht, and costing fully three hunired and seventy millions more, or 1 ali $740,000,000, But the end ls not reacked yet, ' I would ask what ore they golug to do with the many hun- dreds of smuller strewns that fuw fnto and con. noct througliout the bottom luode with the above-numed tributaries! . They, too, must be leveod from thelr moutha to thelr sources, at & cost of fully eqnal to thut of vither the other sct of levees, nukivg @ grand tutal of $1,110,000,000, . And when all this may b accomplished what are they golug to do with the rafu water that fulls aind the sfoe water that will riso within und be coutingd Lebind the lovees and overflow the land which they fo vain are trylng to pro- tect,—worsy than 1 8 yard of leveo hud never Jbeeu bullt oo the Musstsippl River and lts tributaries? These great basins of stagnant water thus ereated duriug the spring and summer months, touetlier with thie malarial polsons that witl rise from rauk weeds aud wild gro ud uther contloual growing and decaylig vewetable mut- ter, will render that valley vuly it for the abude of alliators, serpeats, panthers, and other vile aud vicluus reptilos and animals, It witl become 80 alckly that many will be compelied to abandon i, us lu the caso of the Lower Danu) ‘Tno Juugles of India and the morasses of Wesiern Alrlca, wich sl their wildness and wuiscry, are notiloe as compared (0 the discase 8ud desolations that will result to the Lower Valley of tho Miseisaippl by o systen of levees wulntulued by the Nationsl Government, as is pruposed,—{ur no uther power couid duse much mibschlel, to suy nothing ot the stmount of debt will e un the whole country, and cun ouly ¢nd 88 in Ching, where, ulter leveeluz the Hoangg Ho River for 2,000 ycars galsed tis bed slxty- toree fevt sbuve the adjuceut country, “Fbls, Mr. Chalriguy, {s, w my upivios, but a fuir nud candid statemcot a8 to the outs aod results that will most undaubtedly be produced by this system, wien, on tho other band, by the one I propoac, the whole valley van be reclalmed sud the siver naviration fmproved st oue aud thy sawme thue, ot a cost to the Geveral Goyern- uieut of $10,000,000, ad E230,000 Wil test 1ho wholy play, slthough the Governmnent-Evgiveer, on page 161 ol the abuve-naued report, clahmg tuls outlet caunot bo wade fur leas thau ous sud a balf willivw doblars. A Woll Blery. At Agen, Frauce, the uther night, s farmer’s wlle on goiug Lo bed discovered »itting i the coruer ol ber bedrovin ucar 8 cupboard wn enormous woll. Iter bustund broliglt & spit frow the kitchien, aud, cunuoe W'y the woi- wal’s oben woutl, plused 1t tothe wall, whue oy beal U L i b b s e £ LEDUCATIONAL. Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the State Teachers' As- sociation. Proceedings of the First Day’s Bession at .Springticld Yesterday. Bodies of Teachers in Council in Several Other States. 3 1LLINOIS, Bvectal Dima'ch 10 The Trivune, BrrixorisLp, I, Dee. 26,.—The first day’s ression of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Illinols State Teachiers' Association began at 0:25 a'clock this morning st Representatives' Hall, President Robert Allyn, of Carbondale, In the chair, and Miss S, E. Raywmond, of Bloom- ington, ufUciating as Becretary, Even at that early hour there was a falr at- tendance of members, which wns conslderably increased during the day. It I8 not expected that tho attendance will equal that of former ¥ears, beeause tho railroads have not granted the usual reduction in tates to the Asssociation, After prayer by Dr, Willard, of Chicago, the address of welcome was delivered by Gov. Cul- lom, who was received with applause, and ad- dressed "the Assembly briefly. After apologiz- 1og for not preparing a formal nddress because of the pressure of officlal dutles, ho satd that tho mombers of the Assoclation convened as the representatives of the educational futer- cats of the State; great responsibiljties rested “The schools of "the State upon them. ore in your hands, snd their management, character, and power for good dépend on you and those engaged fn your calling.” The echool is one of the foundation pillars of our Govera- ment; remoye it frod the people and thedown- The’ General Aesembly is shortly to convene, and the enact- ment of necessary legislation In the futerest of sthools depend greatly on tho teachers here as- In Illinols there are about 21,000 fall of the Republic s certaln, sembled. teachers. Buch a number of men snd women engaged In a public canse, If Imbued with proper spirit and enthusinsm, and posssesing the requisite capacity, may caslly give direction to publie judgment, and secure such Jegislation as will further cducational work, 1t I8 trite now, ds In earlier times, that knowl- edge is power In sll departmeots of life,~true in the church, in budlness, in’war, and politics; trug everywhere. Educators ought to study to use their power [n tha right directlon. The people hold them accountable for the progress of puplls I their studles, and for thelr proper government as well, Paronts lack in the rovernment and tralning of their children at ioine; the firat lessons in obedience and good principles ought to be taught aod enforeed in the home circle; but (n these days that task is often forgottes. Children nre often sent to school to” get tbem out of the way, snd whatever tralning they recelve betore their years of maturity s given them by the school-taacher, Tho,mental and noral traloing of puplls, therefore] largely dopouids upon the teacher, and this fact oughit to atlinu- Iate public cuucators to great and carnest effort fv_their profession. Thie duty of the 8tate to educats the children Is no longer queationed. ‘Fhe natura of our Government and our exlstence as o Republic re- quire that the masses of our prople should be intelligent. Ignorance {s dangerous to the pub- lic welfare, for the fgonorwnt are wholly con- trolled by passlon, prejudice, or the excitoment of tho hour. The Stato is what the people make ft; It they ore ignorant and vi- clous, In that proportion wili the State bo unworthy to rank - among the enlightened natlons of tho earth. A Iree Btate is the out- growth of Intellizence and virtue, and must de- pend on theso or go down. Tha teachers ought to be supcerior §n education, carcful fn cxample, thorough in taste and refincinent, and generally well informed. 'The public schools should be maintained, and the best methods of teaching ahould be adopted, and whatever is requisite as n foundatlon for success and usclulness in lifo should bo embraced fn the course of {nstruction, The mode of {nstruction fs {mproving constant- 1y, and the children of to-dny are more highly favored in this respect than those of a genera- tion ugo. ‘The poor equally with the rich have opportunity to acquire a substaniisl education, and this privilego fs free. Yet, with all these privilewes and udvantages, there sro thousands of children in this State growing up vut of achool and in fgnorance; and this by thie desira of Lhelr parcnts, who turn their backa upon the opportunity of advareing thelr chil- dren. “I'ne population Iu this State of achool ago numbers about 1,000,000, und ot the United Btates, In_1870, of 14,600,000. Of this nmnber feas thun 11,000,000 aro enrolled, thus showing about 8,000,000 children uut of school, Many of thesu children grow up In lenorance, viee, and crpme, and the State {s thereby fmpafred in peaco and prosperity, and kc‘)l. down fa the scalo of ulvilizatlon, " The peuple of this coun- try pay about 8100,000,(00 per annum for the stpport of public schools, and 204,000 teachers d, School-touscs are butit Inalinost hiborhood avd school dintrict in the U, while hizb-schiools are erected in tnost of the towns sud citics st large exponse. The peo- ple are taxed for all this, nn thoudmitted theory that 1t 1 in the interest of tho well-belug of ag- clety and the State, Tho conclusion 1s that thers oughtto be a comnulsory Jaw passed requiring every cbild during school age to sttend school & portion of the tima cach year, unicss wood reason ia shown why such child cunnot attend, It {t is good for the Statv to educate a part of ita childran, it is much better to educate all; and it should be the aim of tho Btate to come asnear that porfcetion as possible. 1n coneiusion, the Governor sald Lo grevted tho teachiers with |{vcu leasure, and in uo‘"fi 0 assurcd them of Wis decpioterest fn the work in which they wore cugupred. He gavo them a cordlal welecome, and cxoressed the hops that ibeir scuslon would prove buth plessant and profituble, TUB PURSIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS was next read b Dr, Robert Allyn, Prestdent of tho Bouthiern Iif{lnols Normal University, who #poke about an hour upou the subject, ™ Ihe Educationsl Problem—Infant and Adult.” fle ably discussed the Mmitations of education, Atter alluding to the criticisus made upon the presont methods of education, Dr, Aliyn called attention to what the peoaple expect the acliools Lo sccompllat, %A short snswer to thls {s the oft-repeated quotation from Milton, which oflirms that education is nghtly to pre- pare citizens to discharge magniticently” all the ottices, both publie aud private, of peaco aud war,”t Tue speaker betloved that the school ls to asslit the community to inake all jts children learned, wise, skiilful, “moral, law-ublding, sud euterprlaiug citizens, Mako Lo larcest dlscount, sud [t must by admitted thas tho total hours of schoul wre almost an nflaltesimal, More than two-thirds of our pupils never enter o our public education before 8 ana ault it foreveras early as 14, Whatcana child bo expectud to learn in theae eight ur nlus years of such fragmentary days! ‘U'ne soclal eu- virounieut of our puplis s one_reason why we falk, Among the worst sizus for the liuprove- eut of our schools {s thy fact that so many teachers ouly follow that work in order o ob- ain muuu{ for the prosecation of thelr own studles, Uhls is muking tho business mercetury iu the completest scuse and giving 8 premlum on want of educitionnl ltness for the duties as- sumed, Conslduring the Inherited clwracters ol the children seut 1o school, the defective tralulug they get lu howes singularly unfavors- ble to the” tormation of scholsrly habits, the public opluion ofteu so discoursging to y luspiration towards a cumplets education, aud the non-preparation of the teachers for tholr biuh duties, to wy wothiag of the brevity of school life aud ts reckivas futerruption at any cuprice, and Ay we ROt teusd tu wonder that our ceilluir accomplisbes solittle, or rather 1s ot the warvel that it accowplishes so muchi What, then, do_our scbools actually acotu- plishi Everybudy declares thew fmperfect; tuany call thewn uscless, aud thelr trisuds cven sre cowpelled to apolugize for thew. Are they worth what they cost! » Dr. Allgn avswered this question by arguing, first, that whatever the schools do ur do ot perform, they do Kevp slive in the miluds of tl.u,- Ewulu and tue bearts of the youth the kiea of the valug of leurviug und the wetbod of ut- talulug §t. Tucre 44 uo otber ageucy in thg land fur this purpose. All our jusolration swong the vomtmon poople for commou education springs from the school. All uther agencive are only uctive whilo schools are active, Beoond, they do atford & cowmoen rallyiog for all who love” knowiedge. ‘fhe rich cid poor wmeet around tuems. Learoed sud Ignorgut kother tu suvpurt them. “uird, vur schuvols fuso be: ud 1nelt minds futo vtis community of futer They suguest the readiug of bouks sud aspiration fur s vommou callug and character. Fourth, the s:bols reach such great masses av canuot fall to atfect the natloval habit, e Festiovd the cuivlusion, thereture, thay * Qur ' pers, ‘the D = schoold are no iasignificant matters, They are mizhty, and we may well be prond of them and enconrage them." D¢, Allyn next considered what ean be done to {mprove the schools, Ile helleyed that the first thing needed waa very esrly edueation, or kindergarten training, and'the hizher education of young men, ko dId not advveste making these colargewients at {mmlc expense. Educa- tion is never completed till charnctér fa_made. Can this be donc at 2 even? FEduca- tion muet inspire the community to enrry education beyond the gristle-age of “18 Tha truth’ s that education which s called completa enough to bullda practical businees upen before the young man is 25 must be numrlrclul indeed. Thonght hins never made progress except when mature minds have heen atudents, One of the -slarming de- fecta of our syatem of 1ie and education is that we allow 1t to be fintshed to earlv, The frequent changes in teachers is another ovil 1o be remedied. Another need of the age fs moral education, Lustly, schnol eancation terminating at 14 must be supplemented by an opuortunity for zood reading and_a thorough drlilin_some {ndustrinl calling, spenker beliered that the lendcnu{ ot conscientious thought s In the direction of the measures in- dkxlcll blv ')ill rcmurka. dhy D carcfully-prepared paper was rea r. Willard, of the Chifcago High chool, .J‘an advovating a spelltug reform. Prof. J. 1. Bownlew, of the Bonthern Normal University, also briefly advoeated this reform, ‘The question o adopting some mothod to bring this about was referred 10 o special com- mittee, to report next year, J. M. Crow, of Elmwood, read a paper re- garding the proctical lessons to be drawn by American teachers fromn the Uerman school syi- tem, This aftornoon President Hewitt, of tha Northern Normal Unlversity, read a papor upon eounty institutes, criticising some of the meth- ods generally adupted, ond suggesting Impor- tant chanres, 5 Georee llawett, Principal of the Central High Bchool, Chifengo, rend a very gracofully weitten address on * The Fower of Education,’” A dis- cussiont followed on the question of arrauging examinations for teachers’ certificates so 08 to encourage special work. E. A. Gastman, of Decatur, favored snch an arrangement. ‘The Ton. J. P, Blado, Btate Superintendent-clect, In a brief naper also favored such a change, and suggested mothods by which it might bo ae. complishied without lowerlng the sggreaate of scholarahip and culture, Prof, M. L. Boynour, of the Northern Normal, advocated the advantages of teaching the cle- ments of chemistry In the pubtlc schools, The afternoon excrcisca closed with the read- Ing af papefs advoeating compulsoryattendanve at school, by A. Halght, ot Alton, and D, M, Harris, of Jacksonvilie. This evening, President James' B. Aneell, of the Michigan University, dellvered an addross before n larga sudlonce composed of members of tho Assoclation and citizens of Springfleld, on the Iteflex Influenco of the Teachers” Profes- slon. 1t was a brilliaut effort, and was received with marked appreciation, In conneetlon with the meeting of the Asaocla- ton, the County Superiutendents' scction held 8 session to-day, elghteen Superintendents being present. State-Superintendent Etter delivered 8n address of wolcome, and papers were read b; . C. Alllnsworth, of Tazeweli, R. Willlawns, of LuSally, and Albert G, Lane, of Cook, Ad- Jjourned untll to-morrow morning. WISCONSIN, Spectal Diwpatch (o The Tribune, Mapigox, Wis,, Dee, 20.=The annnal meoct- Ing of the State Teachers and County Superin- tendents met in the Assembly Chamber last night, To-day papers were read by Superin- tenden® Jeham, of Elkhorn; Burton, of Junce- ville; Frawley, of Eau Ctalre; and Miss Roso Bwart) of Oshkosh. After, aiscussing these pa- turther ones were read from E. . Smith, of Berlins W, fl. Beach, of Beloit: Prof. Kerr, of "the Blnto’ University, and President J, \V, Btearns, of ths Whitewater Nurmal School, The Academy of Sclence, Arts, and Letters meets this evening, The annual election of oflicers will be had to-morrow. The session will con- tinue tlil Saturday morniog, 10WA. g Mansnarerowy, Ta., Dec. 20.—The princlpal festures of tho Blato Teachiers' Asaoclation to-duy were the address of Prof. Philbrick, ot the Towa Btate University, and the inaugural address of Prof. Sabtn, of Cllnton. The Presi- dent of tho Assaclation, Prof, Harrls, of Bt, Louts, nddressed tho Assoclation to-niht, and ex-United States Henator \\'riqnt will deliver an address (o-morruw nlght. 'The Assoclatlon 18 composed of a tine body of men, and nearl il the colleges are:-ropruscntod, and bvitiv| night, e — CAPT. BOYTON Narratlon of His ¥xplalts, Nzw Yonk, Dec, 2, —Capt. L'aul Boyton, the Ametican swimmer and life-saver, landed lo this city to-dav, in the steamer Britannie. Lato in tho afternoon o reporter found him at his mother's residence, surrounded by members of lis fawily. Capt. Boyton, who wora the un- dress uniform of & French naval officer, willlng- ly furnished somo particulars of his lnst tour through Europe, which has extended through the last threo years. Capt. Boyton sald: Ileft here almost three years ago, and alnco then have vislted England, France, Gerinany, Jro- land, Hcotlaud, Norwny and Sweded, Befgtun, Uolland, Austris, Huicarey, Italy, Milts, Tunts, Epain, Fortugal, and Switzerland: 1 bave beeit well received “everywhere, and, I may sny, 1 sin better known fn Kurooo' than'In Anterica, The Freneh Government hian adopted ‘my Hife. suit, and I am now drilling thelr sallors In Tha English Goverument has it in hand, an Governmeont s delighted with it, and the Russisn Governmont, sll 1 can that _tho frst Turkish gunboat, bluwn up i anube was destroyed by a forpedd gutded by & Rutelan sallor dreaned lu my costume, . Since ny absonce from Now York 1 havehiad a fow swim. ming matches in Europe. I cromscd the English Cnannel, leaving Capo Urisues snd landing at South Forcland, in twenty-four hon Liraversed tho Itnine, from Hasle to Coloune, a length of 400 miles, In October, 1670.. 1 swam tha Danube from Lintz'to Vienus and udu-Pesth {u elgnty-oight hours, in Auzust, 1870, My journoy on the River Po, In_November, 1830, dnionnted to & Lotal dl- tanco of 740 kilumeters, which 1 swam in 170 hours, On the Arno, from ¥lurence ta Plsa, in Decomber, 1870, | swam 1¢0 Kilometers in sixteen htours, On tha Tiber, from Urte to ome, | swam 200 kilometers tn thirty-one Liourv, | uwain_from the Islund of Caprera ta Naplea in January, 1437, 30 sixteen hours. | traversed the vina from Beytla fa Charvbdle, full of terribls counter-curenty, in ive hours. I went down tho Ithune from Sessil to Lyons, a distanice of 500 kil- ometers, In six hours. '§ ewam from_ Chatcesu d'If and Whlte locks, to tlie scono of Dumas’ Monty Cliristu to the port of Mamwellien In Junv, 1877, went down tho Souwne from Amicus to Abbeyvillo in twelve b In Decomber | swam tho Lolre from Orl uistanca of 400 klluxnn?n in slx crossed the stralta of Gibralinr, from Ta. rifa to Tanglers, un March 21, 1878, in slormy wreather, sud contrary curreuts, In seventeen Yours, 'L swam down the Sew, from Nowent Eeina to I n scventy- v hours, On thy ftlve Boine, nce, Guring the preat floyds, 1 swam 1) nlne houts, My worst'trip wos 3 y i 100 kilometers down the liver Tugus In Bpajn,” from Tuledo to Lisoon, o distauce of 1,000 kiluinoters, fn clght- een days, ‘I'he river rune througy rocky canons and hiph litfs, und thers are innumerbloe wiall falle and rapids, 1 was coustderubly bruised nud beaten about, Lut cauio out all right. In Mudrid | guve & special extivition In tho Casa de Campo to obhze Kimg Aifonso and#hu late Queen Mercedes, und 1 uever met with a8 wore cordial sud kindly reception, The Giiven was kind Fruugh on that occaslon (0 arsure mo that abuve al] ofaer nations she sdmited America. 1 never can forget tho kindly and wluning way I was re. cuived by the late Queen of Spain, 1 luye becn decorated o every contry 1 bare Visited, snd when I oam In **rull A9, au'the En- ghixh naval oflcers way, § aw lazitg a1 over with Medals and crosses. Fucre ar (oity-1wo of tuem aitogeiber. | have the ud Cross of the Ordur of Les Mauricu sud Lazarus, Geand Cross of tho Murlns Order of Spain, Graud Cross of the Order of Knichta of Huspitallereaf Spain, graud medal of tne Life-Saving Secvice in France, sud the sagio 1w Engiand, spali.. Aveiria, Hunysry, sud Belgium; two wodals and & ccows 1y’ Gurmany, onu {n lialy, sud twe tu Portuzal, au sn houos Fury mewber of every, Lifo-Saviog Koclety. fa Earope. lan't it 8 Little curfous thal whilo § raved Aeventy-ono lives on the Auuntic conat bete, | uever got any fecowpeose boyund an occasional thaok you,” ur ofee of o dve-dollar BINT In Eurupe'l s treated with respoct, and the ssilors sud gaber: alony 1o co. look up to me. [ wostuay, With revercuce, You remember ible storsi fu thv Hay of Blecay tw o, en J Aelivimen were Juvt. Ve exlibition fur the buneit of tuels fnmilics, whicn fealized & considerable gum of woney, sud in re- ture, two dave afier, a delvgation of dshermen prescnted me with this coarm, an anchor and w , with the iuecription, **A salor ls ever trae, " mada out of irun und 1nlald with wilver aud old. 1 think us much of that vit of iron aa 1 do of be Urand Crosd of the Kuights of Houpliallers After [aspeud 4 few woutus bere witl mz relas tivew, | 8m yoing back to France to drill the £rench warine in (oo use of my Mfe-saring sult. snd next war, 101 can wiotaln leve of abesace. | will go to tusain opd swlu dows the Volva, # feat whlch 1 {luuk 10 otber man caa o, In uny eveut l seturn to Europe, and vhould wy epyazement with the Freuch Governaent terutiate curiug thls cusulng year, I will auil for Kussis ouwy steam yacht Amvcrica, which is bow at Cuerbuurs, ————— 0a Carlouta s sumewhat ru«lcl‘y ~Un K Emplre au Mexique,” a3y feriunr Gl 00 L N e Yur , thos - s{roy tho ablest mensrvTho Asvoriation closes to-umorrow "|!AR1G N En L Courrier des », & o, ol tl:e Tactaals lnis, who Is aequainted with states that Mag]Qm-actual observation, Ile frivolous mant ";m? was a rklmllv weak and J aideration of petey ded &0 R TED U0 o the con- erlea; tnat he hated tho%ef ctiauctte and v A horror of work: that he Loty o5 0l Wl vaclllating and capriclous: T ¢, 0, #4EESE tect of his own ruin. Carlottd) \™ypocs had Tast her mind before her huabanta” §oo0iie "iet fnn. The real tragedy was mm‘l‘xf.‘ these two ucapables on such s throne as that v yfaziug, LORD AND LADY BYRG— New Light on Thelr Domestie Life, Two volumes of Memoirs of Lord Byron, by Francls Flodgson, ons nf the poet's enrliest and bent friends, have Just beey published Ly Mac- Millan & Co., London, Ilodason was the ouly friend 1n England to whom Byron wrote when ha sisited 8paln, Grecce, and Turkey, after Teav- ing his native eountry in a huff In 1809, Ang when the poet's mother died and he made a will, Ilodgson was ono of the three persons mentloned thereln. A poenmi dated” Nesy. stead Abbey, Aug. 26, 1811, 18 made public for the first time In these memolirs, Abuut the time Byron announced his enenze. ment to Miss Milibanke, Hodeson was himselt engaged to bo married. It waa in those davs, alao, that he began & correspondence with thy poct’s famous sieter Augusts, with whom ho nad been acqualnted for some time. These lot. ters relate largely to Byron’s eneagement and marrled ilfe, ond'are printed fn these memolrs for the first time. They are of the hichest jm. portance. The marriage took place In Junuay 1815, Early in March Mra. Leigh ls siig haopy sud pleased with the bride fhat slic ‘docs not know how 1o . expreas her satiefaction.”” Lady Byron las written hier that * eho never saw hier father and mother 80 hnngy: that she belleves the latter would go to the bottom of the sea hiersell to find flah for B."a dinner; that he ,(l!.) owna ot last that he s very hapoy and comfurtablo at Sealinm, thouyh he ‘bad predetermined to be yery miscrable.” Atthoend of tho month Byron's nerves are troubling his sistor; still alois suro he s safe fu tho kecolng of his wife, whom * the more she secs Lhe more sha loves and estcems.” In Sep- tember Hodgson Is married, and they all aend congratulations, lx{ruu belnge “in the uf spirits.” Alittlo iator Mrs. Leigh writes to odgson: Twill own to you, what I wonld not ecarcely ta nny other nerwon, that I had many rears, and much anxlety founded upon many caures and circum- tancea of which [ cannot write Thank God! that they do not appear iikelysto b reafized, In rhort, thiero seems to be but ond drawback o all our fo- liclty, ana tiint, alas! ia the disnosal of dear New. atead, which I'am afratd is Irrevooably deereod. | recelved tho fatal communication from Lady B.'ten days ago, and will vwn 1o yon that it wan 1ot only grfef, but disappointment, for T had flattered my. self snch a sacrifice would not be matle, In closing this letter she describes “a sort of domestic masauierado which has just taken place, in which Hyron plavfully spatehed Lady Miibanke's wiz from her head'and dressed him- sclf up in o dressing-gown turned inside out, while Lady Byron stalked about i his traveltng capand clonk, with sham whiskers ond mus. tache to match,'" ‘Thia was ‘cloven mouths nfter marrlaze, One month later the storm came. “Mrs, Lelgh wrote flodgeon, entreating Wm to come to Londan. He took the first mail conch, but found Byron 1 such n nervous condition that he woula sce nobody. But his love for lodgeon saon over- came Dim, and tho friend was ndmitted. The result of .the Interview was that Hodgson fum- mediately addressed to Lady Byvron “a very courteous, measurcd, aud Judielal letter of re- .monstrarnce, every word of which, coming from such a man, nt such u time, 13 worthy of carctul study.” 1nit he sald: T am convinced that tho deon and rooted feellng of his (Ryron's) heart s rearet und sorrow for the oceurrences which have o dceply wounded you, anc the most unmixed admiration of your conduc in all ita particylars. and the warmest nffoction Tiut may 1 be allowed to state to Lady Byron tha Lord 13., after his general acknowledgmient of hay. Ang treq ||_n¥ hmin Yery wrone and, from varions cases; 1n 8 painful atato of agltation, yet declarer himeelf fgnorant of “the apeciic things whicn b given the principal offense, and that hic wishes learn them; that he may, If extenuation of atones ment bo possivle, ondeasor to make some reply, or. st all ovents, may understand the fullaess of redsons which nase now. and as nnu‘mcled- 1y meafilictingly, driven your Ladyship to the step you hiavo taken. ‘o this sopenl Lady Byron replied vaguely and Incolierently, aud withdark allusious to revenire ‘and to her “husband's elforts to undermine hr religlons convictions, She also accused him of unkindness, but made no ailusion to grievous moral offenses of any kind, The letter in ftself is enonugh, in the Athewenm’s opinion, “to de- hole'fabric of her latter luventions," hi uny suspleions of her having “‘any #hare {1l the sorrows of this unhappy fam- fly must,” that paper thinks, *be flually set at rest,” Tler letters reveal an hinpulsive erenture, with “an anxious lovo for und a delicate svin- pathy with all around her, that are exqubsitely engaging.” ELECTRIC LIGHT. Philadelphin « Rivals " of Edisons Philadelvhia Kecord, Profs. Houston and Thomnson, of the Noys' Iligh Behoot fa this city, are alter Fdison with o “eharp stick.” They exhibited at tho meeting of the Frankllu fustituto last ovening an electric light, which, they claim, solves tho problem of chieap lightiog by electricity. Owing to the breaking of & wire In the clectrie generator dur- fog oxperlments in the alternoon, they were unablo to ahow the light, but Prof. Houston ex- tained its workjugs oud set forth tho clalng of Lo fovention. The division of the electric lght, thie Professor sald, s not the problem of the dny, for that has been accomplished years ago. The problem s to furnlsh s bum- ber of small electric - lights economicnl- ly. This, he. contluucd, is what the npers allege Mr, Edison has accomplished by rlm Incandescence of vlatinum wire, * As Lo the success of this plan, he sald it was best to await resulta, Ho expressed the opinfon, however, that It witl not be an economical one, since the amount of Jight produced by incandescenco 1s Hmitod by the PW" of tho material employed to stand heat without tusion, and although plu- tinum has a very hieh point of fuslon it {8 uot to be compared in this respect with carbon, 1t was woll known, ho sald, that the ligcht by tn- candescenco increases with Lho temperature, and that If the terperature is doubled the light will nearly be doubled, Prof, flouston then procecded to describe the inveution, An electriu current ia produced by o geuerator, operated by u steamn enclne. The maln wire, or that conveying tho primacy cur- rent, makes a cireuft from the taschine to the placs to b lichted and returhs to the gen- erator, This llue la uubraken, ‘Ihe subdiviston of the light ls thus sccomplishicds At every tamp there 1s acoll of the primary wire, and around this coll s wrapped an fnduction coll, Be- tween the two boluts of the fuduction coll, ot secondary cuerenly the Jamp i placed. The Lenn eoneita of Lo carbon polnts imcloted n o Zlass chimnoy, such as is used for a coal or ol nmp. The upper carbun s Hxed, whila the Diwer {8 rapldly vibrated fn o veriieal direction b( an ulectru-maguot, ‘The carbou poluts sre close tugether, aud the electric spark passing from ong to the otbier produces the light, the pussoe belng so rapld that the lignt s bright sud steady, The current 13 also rn,pldly reverseid to compensnata for the purticies of the peaitrs carbou which fly to the ucgative, thus malntuin- fiie tno shupe of tho polnts, ‘T'he glass chimney {8 used 1o prevent waste of the carbous, f6r, although they do not buri as do those of the clectric lights heretofors ex- biblted, there woull ba lovs If the oxyken of thy alr bad frev accees, As it fw there Is slignt wasto when a oew lawup is started, but the alr is ia 8 very short time decompused futo inert guses. Could the hght Uo rafsed or lowered st willl was added. *Yes,” he sald, “it {8 very vasy to turn it on and off, the samio os an ordinary gpus-buruer.” ‘I'his, e explained, wus sccomplished by regutating an fron core 1n the {ugueticn coil. By [nscriing or witudrawing this the llzht Is ncraased or diminished or ex- tinrulshed, according to the pusition of the core. Lis (a8 on the sume velncivle shat a shock from an electro-magnetic wedical machive s regu- lated by the use of the curv, *The putting out of the fizht.” bo continued, would vot affeci the Otbers, *The power of the light,” ba waid, “yould be equal toseveral gas-buruers,” but whew brossed o give teures showing e ecou- omy he replied that be had uot smade the culcu- lations and would ot give aporosimate igures. He concluded by suying thap be and Prof. Thompson wei ek diroction which pramiacd very sathlactory results. It will be reinembered that theso two Professors are the geutlewen whu dunug the supnoor snnounce d that they had disovered the priuciple upon which Edisou based hie mlcrophone, - —— Thé Wrong Appl . Londoa Worid. A story is gent to e about tho Tate Mr, Ae- Naw, Curawr of the Edinbure Botauleal Gar- deus. When Dubufe’s celobrated palutinze of Aduws aud Eve wero on exbibitlon, Mr. MeNa Was tuken to sce them, and was auked for bis opiuton, 1 thiuk o great things of the paiat- er" suld the great gardencr, * Why, Eve's temptis” Aduw wi' a piopin of 8’ vanety that wosts kuown unul abuot twenty years 2 spul? As genutto w biL of eriticism us that of the furmer who w‘.x Gieorge Mortaud that he bad never seen ghzbt littly pls teeding witbout gt Mor- one of thein havigr lis fect (u the trouy Tued abterad thy pletane,