Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1879, Page 6

[ WESTERN WISDOM. An Interesting Interview with a Leading Lawyer of Chicago. Purity of the Bench and the Bar—A Reviow of the Case of Judge Blodgett. The Republicans of the West Solld for @Grant---The Feeling Regarding the Finances, Newe Tork Graphie, Jan, 11, * The Chieago papers have madeus sequainted with the gencral outlines of the accusations brought ogainst Judge Blodgett, but as yct no clear and definite statemegt of the case has Veen made here, ond the Graphic would be glad to know what the real merits of the case are.” This was sald by a representative of the Graphic lnst cvening to Mr, Emery A, Storrs, the well-known Chicago advocate, at the St, James [lotel. 41 can hardly state,’” that gentlemnn began, Stwhat the speciile accusations ngainst Judge Blodgett are. But, in a general way,jI prestna I know. As to the meritsof the case, 1 think 1 am cxpressing the opinion of at Jeast ninetecn. twenticths of the members of the Western Bar when J say that no case will be made agalnst Judee Bludgett which will impeach bis integrity and uprightness as a Judge, or come within funshot of belng sustained. 1eis o man of great abiitty, of remarkable clesruess and quick- ness of perceptiun, of very positive opinions, of not yery conceding manners, of a somewhat ag- gressive character of lntelleet, but I think of perfect rectitude, I have no idea that the result of an investization of Judge Blodeett will be other than highty beneficial to himeelf and inost satisfactory to his friands. The air has been filled with these vague charges for some time. The course which Judge Blodgett has finatly de- termined to pursue s by all odds tho wisest. I thiuk that, leit to himself, he would have taken that course & month ago. Indecd, 1 may say that after theae charges had once been published nnl proctaimed thruu‘xl: the press, an investiza- tlon was inevitahle—tho souner it came the bet- ter. ‘The purity of a Juage cannot be vicarious- 1y defendel. The party assalled must do the detending, and that instantly amd vigorousiy; and we wera all delighted when Judge Blodgert demanded the investigation, und his Lest [ricnds are fusisting that it be most searching and ex- hausting.” JUDOR BLODORTT ANALYZED, “There must, huwever, be some fire _where there 18 k0 much smoke' suggested the Graphic representative, * Yes, there Is some fire. Judze Blodgett does not possess ail the virtues, You must remeni- Ler that he fs burdened with sa immense and tryine business. _Iia performs more duties thon any otlier two District Judges in the United Btates. He1s o mon of a romewhat feeble con- stitution. e travels between cighty and nine- ty miles every day in going to and” returning from court. fle works everv night till 11 or 13 v'dock. The professlon of law is a very vuble one, but it is tho lastin the world that o nat- uraily stupld or carcless man should follow, and 1 booe no census will be takien of that class of lawyers. Judge Blodgett is exceedingly quick ond clear, and with his strong, sound judge ment he has no vatience with a blundering practitioner, be the blunderer biz or it~ tlo. He bas suppresscd larze numbers of such mmen, and takes but little thne to do {t. 'The nat- ural man, although he bLou lawyer, dves not like to be suporesred. Wlhen he eets out ot «duors he makes 2 notse, and {f he has been preity badly Lesten takes his ease before n sumewhat casler Judge ou the sidewalk, Maoy vases have been appesled from Judge Blodeett 1o the sidewnlk, uud the gentlemen appesling then had better Juck there than in the courts. Yudge Blodgett ias somo inflrmltizs of temper, of which he'ls us conscious ns anyone, Heis n very kind-hearted man, But In the morning elter being badeered {n Chamnbers, bothered witn n bad digesilon, meetfog the crowd of law- yers as e comes upon the beneh with a docket biefors him which scemns interminable, it 18 not very surprising that he should be uustrung at thmes, But the majority of thosa who have been bgourbt fato relations with Judes Blodeett Viave sense enough to know that, while such {n- civility may have snuoyed thiem at tho thne, be- hind it all was the ablo and urrlnm. Judge and 1)ie bonorable man. The feeling entertained Ly toem is one ol sympathy for the physicul n. tiriaitles of the man coupled with admirstion ot his mina.? “The Bar Association, as I undcratand it, by a majority of unly une vote, refusiog to pass o resolution for an luvestigzution—what is the composition of the Bar Assoclutioni” “That vote to which you refer posscanes no sigoificance whatever so fur us it idicates the opinjon of the gentlemen attendlng thut meet- Jng as to the guilt or fnnocence of Judye Bloa- gul. In the Bur Assoclation are many of the est friends of Judge Blodgett. And though [ mysell should have vuted agninst un fuveativn. tlun oy the Bar Association, I believe, with Judge Trumbull, that so much hos been said that it would be due to Judge Blodrett that Congress should investigaty tho matter,” “Of whom {8 the committee vomposed that lave pone to Washington? “Mr, Cooper, Mr. Knlekerbocker, and Mr. Sheldon, Mr. L‘aonur 18 & man of very good Htandin Ile 14 n very carnest, exceedingly. fapubslve mun, and believes ho s right as irmly 03 { bietleve ho 18 wrone. Tho other gentiemen usauclated with bim are younger mea than Mr, Couper, who hold u credituhile position at the Bar 2 huve no doubt Mr, Cooper thiuks he fs doing s publie service, aud I have no doubt at the utne time thot he s dofne Judgo Bledpett o very great injustice. Mr, Coover has had bad Juek In dudes Bloagett's Court, lte was not one ol the blundercrs of whom [ have spoken, Lat it is u ditticult If nut tmpussible task to con- vinco Mr, Cooper thint his clfent 1s wrong, In severnl fustunces Judge Blodgett and Mr, Couper disagreed, anad uithoush the furnier de- clded agatust Mr, Couper, he fulled to convinee hili he was wrong, st Ttk he 18 uncon. Yiuced to this day.” TIE BENCH AND TIIR BAK, 4 Are you uot, Mr. Stores, une of those cor. voration lawyers whu waould very waturally symonthize strongly with Judze Bludgett 1 “Lum pot 8 corporntion awyer, aim not an attoroey fur u raflroad company and wever Laye been: L don't thiuk that bemg the uttor- ney of a rallroud company would mucocs my Judgment in such u question, But whatever hut smonnts to, the objectivn §4 not a taushle one v my cuse, 1 wili to note night here unother ~ test whivh, wmoue luwyers, 48 regorded a8 very dechive ms” to the tutrness of o " Judge—the prepo- yatlon of bills of exeeptions for sppeals to the Bsupretme Court. 1 huve hud some experience In that matter with Judie Blodgett, “Tuers nover was a fuirer man, o will give the complain- iz lawyer as fair a bill of exceptions as any une can wek for. As fur us wy experience govs, bo 15 entirely willing to furnish every fucility for a very completo review of his “upnlons, atd wbundeut thance to re thew it they are Wrome, e decides sgalust you positively, When ?’uu 20 up he treats you tulily ung ac- cepta hisdefeat gracefully,*” **Now, Mr. Storrs, what do the specific charges sgsiost Judge Blodgett smount. to " **Une ot them, 1 thiuk, is tor interfering with the Grand Jury in the case of the Reggister i Bankruptey, S [Hlbard, 1t s atleed thst he practieslly fostructed the Grand Jury not to tud un indictent ggrwinet Mr, Hhbbard for per- ey, From all I havo gathered that s the vadiog accuestion, wad [ sm quite sure there is nunmn{v fu that. Inthe tirst place, § wn oot an adnmifrer of the Grund Jury system, wudd 4 whie Judgge, in thess days of reckl'ess fue dictinents, who cares unytbiog about the repu- tution of & citzen, will ace to it tuat there {s a vroper dugres of prudence und caution in find- ing ludictments, However, in Mr, Hiblard's case the speatic pround’ upon which Judee Blodgett's wivico was bused came under g own construction of the statute, §ils cunstrucs tlon af ths statute may be wrong, sithough [ ton't thiok it was, but to fndict w publie otlicer fur perjury tn duing preciacly what the Judge ol the tribuual In which o was @ subordinate had tustructed hin to do, would. inmy upluon, have been shinply shocking. ‘There are otber matters ditticult to locate, uud l.hfi{xlm\'u up to LLis thine been so intunyible thut I'have vot bad & chianco to place e “UWhat {s the pature uf the cbarges syzalost Mr, Hibbarat “An indictment bas been found aeainst hiin for exactiog Uiegal fecs. Thls Wil be tried at soma fnturs day. 1 have heard complunts seuinat Judge Blodeett with refercuce to the new Custom-House. | kuow souietbiuz ubout that, It wll woount to uothivg. It woeuld Tahe Loo much time at this MLEOVIEW to go ute detulls fo reference to these charges or those af- Tecting the wtock of the Germanis Insurancs Cuipaoy and the Sauts-Zedung. 1t iy sutlicient 1o 83y that, undentanding these wiatters pretty ully, I bave not the slightest doubt but that wheu the day fur prouf cowes they will be fouud 1o be utlerly witbuut fouundutivn. Judue Blodgelt fecls this keewly. lie is & manof strong feeliuge, and fs o8 stroug in his nttach- ment to his friends s _Grant. 1 can look upon this rmd npon Judge Blodgett in no other way but nsa peraccution.’! “DId thisrald, as vou call It, have its orfgin among members of the profestion?’’ * You have asked me a very bard question. T don't believe {t dil. T belleve that there is back of Mr. Caoper, of whom I have alrendv epnken highly and who I think is not noved by any- thing that fa fmproper, an Influence that fs malign. 1 we can trace this thing to tts source, from what I have read In the Graphie T think the latter will not be greatly surprised if the case amounts to nothing.” LAWYERS, GOOD AND DAD. 41 understond you to sny that there are some 1,100 members of the Chicago Bar, OI how any tnembers does the Bur Association cone R The Bar Association consists of somewhat over 2K meinbers, tid Is made up of excellent naterfal.” #])ocs the younger or older element pre- donunate " ] can't sn{." * Well, taking the profession as a whole in Chieago, {8 it not composed of honest and re- spcctable men ! *+1 think so; 1 think this may be sald of tho great majority of the professlon of Chieago. And from an experience with the Chicago Bar ol nearly twenty years 1 am able to state that It would be difficuit fu my juigment to find o superior lot of men to deal with, and | am pretty well acquainted with jawyers thronghout the United Btntes, It is anindustrious Bar; a ninsinking Bar, asawhole. Of course some r‘llnwl Jumped 1 when the feuces were down, but fow men who are wembers of the Chicago Bar cau be ealled disreputable.” “You have observed, perhaps, the courae which the Graphic lias taken reapecting the abuses practiced by Inwyers, cepecinily I recand 10 ‘Trustecslips, *Recelverships, the absolute want of that faithfulness Lo his clicuts which a eood Jawyer bus traditionally been belleved to pussess, I sropose vou will admit that these chiaries have been founded on factt? 1 prerume thev are founded on fact know nuthing about it from my personal ki alze. 1 think tho New York code y moralizing, The practice is.not very eonimon to make Inwyers Keecivers ab aur Baf. “tnere are a few coses; for fnstance, a very vrominent ond excellent young lawver, a Mr, Juckaon, 18 the Receiver of the Third National Bank, There has not been a whisper of discontent against Lim, Mr, Horton Is Recefver of asother bunk, but not nword of repronch can be nttered against him, In our Staty the leadluge Recelver- alips are given to mercantlle gentlemen and bankers, and without fatimatiog b the slightest degree that there fs any foundation in the chargen, there have heen a creat many exores- slons of discontent and dissatisinction with tneir management. Ldo not In auy une Instance know that I can eali to mind a single case where a lawyer I Chicago has heen presented for tetrayul of tho intercatsa of lils ciient, I have heard eome complaints of thelr dolng too inuch for thelr clients, but 1 do not want to mentlon any names. Indeed, ondinarily 1think lawyers ought not to be Recelvers nor As- signees, [think they ought not to lhuve any f.ecuntary Interest in enses In which they uppear as counsel. I think they ought not to” be wit- nesses, detectives, nor Constables, 1 think they ought not to serve ortginal provesses, uud they are not allowed to duso inour State, nor Lo permitted to do a great many other things, It 18 not the proper business of the lawyer to do choresof this kind, In Illinols we do, not mix our law and equity. Our State Isa new State, but vonservative in its legal privelples. The casc of Judee Blodeett fa the first justance that now oceurrs to mo when, in the whole history of our State, n charge has buen made mznjust the fntegrity of a Judge. ‘The contidence in our judiclary fs great, nor will it be shaken in the alightest by Judge Dlodgett’s case,” DIFPICULTY OF I'OVING PACTS. * Now, Mr. Storrs, since these accusatlons agninst hwyau are made, and since thers are certainly some disreputable members of the profession sinong the greal majority who are fuithful, honest, and reputable, Is pot tho Bar censurabla for fmlling to take quick andde- ulsive, hicasures for putting the seal of its dis- nmrru;l:::glon upon these uvils and expelling ‘‘Lho difliculty Is generally in making tho proof. The Bar Associution has Leen fnstru- mental In disburring several disreputable law- yers in our city, 1t {s not so easy to make broof of these disrcputaplo praclives as you might thivk. Unleas the injured client makes atest case of it and furnishes tho necessary uvidence, his case will go over naturslly from vear to year without recelving the atteotion which it deserves. Wo may be very much pos- sessed with tho bellef that certoin ‘members of the Bar are indeed disreputable, but it is quite anotber mutter to put vur bellel 1to a tavgiblo hinpe., "’}\'uh whom docs the power of disbarring * With tho 8upreme Court, in our State," ‘1 understand that a number of divoree law- yers bavy been disbarred in your States §s it not the cxception ratber thas the ruld thut this business Is carried on in an honest manner{" **’The divorce business In the City of Chicazo 18 conducted in as Jegltimate o way and as care- fully ns i auy otber State inthe Unfon, The witnessea must be heard in open court, and tes- thuony cannot be taken before a Master in Chancery, or, us you would call him, a Rererce, ‘The Juilzes themaelves are exeeediugly jealo 10 hearing the evidence, sod, in muny thstance after the counsel had dropped thy witnesses, lave exumined them again most searchingly themeclves. Of course it is \'cay dilficult to guard ugalnst perjury; but & fraudutent divorce cannot be urocured n 1ilnols withont deliber- ute, willful, corrupt perjury commnitted i open court. e aru, therefore, very littlo troubled with divorce *shystera,’ ' % You hava seen, Mr, Btorea, that the Graphte has cumplalped of the undio prejonderanve of Juwyers in the Ntatu Lewislatures ond ig Con- gress s fualivuld bet Do you think that that n,-um:‘)!n!m. s well-founded “or 15 it a fallaclous ous I suppesc that these lawyers were elected b,vI n;njurlllnl. aud I think the majority should rule," *That Is an ingenlous but scarcely o candld avswer.” LAWYXERS AS LEGISLATORS, ST whil be entirely cundid witn you, 1 beljeva that, tuken all in ull, tho lawyer ibakes o better Tegislator than the merchiang, the banker, or tho furmer, 1 think he_ bus fewer prejudices and more knowledwe, 1 am vo believer in our reaching the millennium through the predomi- nunce of the business muy in polities. Oukes Awes was the leading busiuess mun i Mussu- chusetts, 1o wus notonly corrupt himself, but ho corrunted sumu professors aud poor luwyers, You hear o good deel nowndays ubout putting by ‘Trewsury Depsrtment anil other Govern- wental offices under the charge of sl Wedd men who huve secumulaled mouev o fa Btewart, You cannot put your floger on the pamie of any great uativnal Ununcier i this conutry who s been s inan of wealth, Alex- amler llamiiton stands at the head of all that ‘| of men, and winle Becretary of the Tr be sent un one day lettors 1o various parties asking tur the loun ot” $20. Callatin was ot a rich man, Hamilton was a lawyer; Batmon P, Chass wus o lawyer: he never sold any dry roods, nor did he eogage inoany mercantilo husinese, It 18 wlmost proverbiul that our greatest nationul toanciers huve been the poor- est men, A natouat naneier altfers from the prvate merchunt, whost essentlal quality 1w profituble monagenent of L woney mutlers, and who must sccumulate to meet the reqaire- ments of his business, A Guvernuient has no busitiess to accumulate sny lorcer sum money thun it needs to pay e expenses. Aceus wulution by the Gusernment wesns just (it mmount of udditionul taxation vpon 1 ple, 1 thiuk the trouble with the hovyers bs, that in mauy instunces they do not know enough law to hu oud Luwyers und Kuow a little too iouch law 10 Le good busine: 1 bupe you will con- sider tofs ns candid, ** 1t fa alleged fn supvort of th o predominenve of lawyers in Jecislutive bostles thut the natursl tendeney of the legul b nut towards clearncss sud securaey of | tiou, and that, whother consclously ur sutouslyy thev ure juchiued to frame Jaws which adnit 6f two Interpretations, o that litigation 13 rovokud, Is this truot® SN, It fw vot tine: o lawyer worthy of the nowe would ever {ratne 4 atatute with o view to provoke future litiutlon sny mors thau be would try to lvelve his clicay in further hties- tlou, I can hardly concelve that possible, Thers nuy be somne ditlfculty such us you sugpest. Wo fiud, for lustunce, & good deud of diliculty in ve- dundaut forws of pleadiot, out thuse tht biuy. der throush iguorsuce of cortect nodes of pleading do not make money by &t This s not the luult of the law, whiclh canuiot be held re- spunmble for the dunces thut fall to ful- low i, Cleasr heads in wny profession Ju thls world are thy exception, und such u fucllity of exprossfon us will cxclude every other meaning cxcepting the vng - teuded is & faculty possessed by few wortals, 1 do not expeet to Jive lung cough to see the duy When there shall be such gencral ‘licaracy of stutement o editoridls, specehes, legal pplututis, or atatules us Lo svold all chance “of wisuuderstanding or wisconstruction; yet 1 think the tendeocy of legal training I8 toward sceuracy of stuteinens, and I beticve that the Kood lawyer vau pat un tdes upou paper wore clearly gud “vicclsely than & good wecbanie, tzumlun‘rclnm, oF good furwer. But o clear- hended farnier js by all weans preferable to o fuddie-Leaded lawyer.” JUSTICE AND PALRL FIACTICE, **Wag the convention whica figmed the pres- ent uew Constitution of flimol & jargely com- posed of luw yers i pposition to TIIE CilICAGO TRIBUNE: TULSDAY. “Vory largely, Iam notahte toglive the ex- act pronortion, save that there was a preponder- atinr lezal clement,” “* Haa'the practical working of that Constitn- tton been ruccessful ‘o1t has; todeed, I may sy almost entirely 80, ‘There Is perhavs a Jittle too much legisla- tion fn that Constitution. That is the fault of nearlv all our Constitutions: thev deal rather too minutely with details,” “ Do vout not think that, as a rule, justica ia mare speedy, and that the general wellare Is not better protected In a country like England, where there is no written Constitution, than here where we are hampercd by cast-iron organ- felnwst™ * You submit to me one of the most difficult of all guestions, I thiok I am rather inciloed to uphold the m{mrlnrll_v of justice in this coun: tey over that in England. But ) very much doubt what the linal outcome of written Constl- tutfons will be. We are growing out of thetmn and ndding ta them constantly, while the En- gHah Constitutlon fs mada by the people every day they live. Our Constitution, however, aithough written, fa made and altered by the people. The firat thing we did with It was to violate it by the purchase of Loulstana and Flaridn, Hence the absurdity of placing a strict construction on ft."? ‘tlmm not an undus mutiplicity of tribu- nals! 4 [ think so, expeclally in New York, Bue it s different In Nlinols; no Ctreuit Judge there interferes with another. T think that the writ of mjunction Is much more carelully respected in Tiiinots than in New York. Such a thing us one Jwlge granting o stay of proceedings in matters pending before another Judge would not be tolerated there,” GHANT FOR A TIIRD TERM, Mr. Btorrs, In the course of our conversa- tlon you have Imldentnllf mentioned Gen. Grant, What is the feeling o llinots In regard to the third term " * 1t a convention of the Republieans were t be held to-morrow for the purpose of setecting n canditlate for the Presidency fn 1880, 1 think Gon. Grant wauld receice fortv-nine out of evers ity votes, ‘This [ecling extends through- out 1Ninots and the entire West." * To what do youattribute this feelingi” “To Grant'scharacter, and the contldence that under his Admintstration every citizen will be vrotected in his rights,"” “The scensations which have so freelv been made against blm have, 1 suppose, worn them- selves out?” “Yes" 18 there not a feeling of diaappointment In }I‘m lb.-mm"mn party with respect to President sty “Yes; dectdedly.” **\What fs the reason for ft1" "“Tho impression s that thero 1s a general Inck of firmuness—i general tenderfootedness and gondy-goudiness without anviling specitic abant it one wway or the other: a disposition to swap old friends for old encmivs; an ldea that he is not wholly afncere; that he will blundor and founder—in other words, that you can’t always tell" ¢ And as respects the Cabluot, Mr. Storrs " *Tho Cabinet is regarded amnong Bepublic- ans s a colleetlon somethiug like those which are gathered togethier by tho socletles for the cultivation of decorative art, something passa- bly tolerable, some thlngs curlous, but mmong the bric-n-brac o good deal of rubbish. I think Shermon is regarded as o strong man by the Republicans, ~ MceCrury I8 certatnly ngood Ro- pubilcan, Fifty years ago Sverctary Thompson was o well-known man, As to Mr. Behurz, 1 re- fer you to Gen, Sheridan, *“What {s the upinion as to the lezallty of Mr, Hayes' clectloni™ I think the Republicans belleye that ho was faicly clected President. They believe that with o falr clection in those States which were deci- sive there never would have been u question or thie necessity tor a count. The Republicans of the West bellevo in the Constitutional Amend- ments and Iy civil rights: and 1 think they be- lleve there ato at least five States n which majorities were disfranchised. They are {n favor of making a hot fight until this state of things shall cense; and for that purpose o stalwart, masculine man is necded, marching to music that shalt not come from thutes and toold tunes which donot tnclude *'The Suinlny Blore.! We shall certainly succeed wich such s man, I belleve that witlhi a President In dead carncst the Constitutional amendments and the lyws in furtherance of them will be carred out to the Ietter In both tho North and the South." * 13 It not pussible that the furmer Hepublic- an majoritics n the South have heen gained over to the side of the Democrata by motives of sell-interest1!? “I dou't think that is possible, Think of Bouth Curolins being Democratic! Al the evi- dencu fs the other way, 1don't think thut Til- den's Literary uur‘f:m has sufllcient ability to convert the colores Iu-nple. The vegro is a Re- publican to-day. e can never forget that ho ‘m\;,u lis cmancipation to the Republican party. POLITICAL AND PINANCIAL. * Do you place this allexed ndhesion of the negroes to the Republican party exclusively on the ground of gratitude! ““ {¢ 18 not simply a feellng of gratitude for favora past. It s an expeetation of tavors to come, quito unlike the case of the Liberals aud Couscrvatives in Great Britain, to which you have referred. Tho negro does know that “the permaveucy of his rients of citizenship is se- cured only by the Reputlivan party." ** You satd thot the platform of the Repubile- an party {n 1850 {8 to be composed of two prin- ciples,—honest money and an bopest ballot,— do ¥u|| mean by nonest money what we have nawl ** Yes; I mean a currency redeemable in coln at the optlon of the holder,—in other words, such a currency as the wmajoritics in New York aud lllinols voted for at the lost election,” * Within the Inst few days scveral Western gentlemen of prominence and bieh {ntelligence, 10 conversation with me, have insisted thut the fint-moncy eause, 80 tar from showing auy weak- ness, was stronger thou uver, wus making demonstrations of ite strength, und was certaln of finally winning fts way to suvremacy,” 1 dow't think there {3 s particls of founda. tlon for these assertions. 1 think [ can speak for Itlinals with coutldence, and for Michizan with some kuowledye of fts people, and also of Jowa und Wiscousin, You never will Hve to seo the day when Hat money witl vo as strong ns it showed itsell when so uverwhelmingly defented lust full. I think there Is a strange mistake abuut tucse Auunctal liecesles, aud 1 belleve that we ure now on the road, with the aid of u fized awl stuble cirreney, to unexumpled prosperity. Fiatwouey 18 & craze, [thiok b 1s dead at least for this generation.’ ** Hesumptlon ueini ussured and successful, asyou believe it will be, will not Secsetury Bherman receive the credit for ity and witl wat thut make bim a very formiduble candidate for the Repuwlican nomiustion cven as apalnst Gruned”? * Beeretary Bherman will undoubtedly recelve very grear credit, but that will not make him Preaident, und it won't cven make bim s candi- date fu the Convantlon. 1 belleve the renvmi- Hution of Urant 1 1850 is foreordained, Grant combines so many qualities that the veoplo ud- mire. His achlevements are so positive and aly and he has carried bimsell while abrond with stich perfect polse, hus shown o Judemenc under very trylng clreamstances 8o inuch wiser than even his best friends expected, that be will come buck here with o power which will make Bl President for o l_hlru term in spmite of uil ate 1t h:lll‘h'ilup(lul'll cted bim In 1880, what will * Haviog atand in tis wuy of the peopls relustativg hiw fudetnitely ¢ 1 know of no law which would prevent the 1 the United Stotes trom re-clecting n ident us many tines as they choose, But thiere §s wlenty of thue to talk about that when Lo siall have seeved his Lhied tenmn,” e —— e CATTLE-GROWERS' MEETING, Denvin, Col,y, Jam 13,—The niuth annual meetingof the Colorado Cuttle-(lrowers! Asso- clution will be bidld here to-morrow. Cattle men from Mlssour), Kansas, Nebraska, Wyo- wing, und Texus ore aeriving in large delegu- ttous. lc 15 understood tlat the Aesoclation Wi be so modiicd aud enlarzad at this meeting as to tneta-de the Stutes numed, Au unusual jo- aerest b teit pmong the lve-siock deslers ou tho result of this meeting, —— POST-OFFICE CHANGE. Apecial Disvalch io The Trivune, TARE Guseva, Wi, Jun. 18.~Charles A, Noyus has been uppoluted Postmaster st this oilice, vice C, E. Buell, wiose term of ollles has explred, nod the trunafer occurred on Saturday evening, u new buflding being erected esprclally for the purposs on the main street vy Mr, tam- meraley, 3p. Nuyes was severcly wounded during the War, {8 an cfiiclent way, aod s popular iu the community. ———— THE CHINESE. -BT, Louts, Mo., Jan. 18.—Col. R. J, Hinton, editor of the Ban Francisco Pust, a strong antl- Chinesy paper, arrived bere today en routs to Washlugton, where le will make a statement before the Committes on Education and Labor upun tho subject of Chinese fwwmigration aud chicap labor. e e—— ST, LOUIS MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE. 87, Louy, Jun. 18.—Gvorge JE. Morgan was re-clected Becretaryof the Merchuut’ Exchange to-day for the fourteeotl thine, and his sssist- avts, feears, Wetmore aud Burtlett, were re- uppuintea. “DOe” GARDNER. He Turns Up Azain in the County HKeat Contract. Eiis Brags About Commissionors Cobury’ and Stewart. The Former Tells About His Visit from Harry Lawrence, After the adjournmont of the County Board sesterday there was conshlerable tatk vver the turn affairs took o the letting of the contracts, and the new members were, to sav the Jeast, amazed. The Cummittce on Publle Service, which haa labored long and hard to make a re- port that would be in the public intcrest, were compietely ftaken aback at having the minarity report adopted, and the old members looked back toa yearazo when seven Demo- crats outvoted ejght Republicans, and could compure Mr. Hoffmann's victory over the other four members of the Committee to wothing else, Nobody appeared to kuow how thechange had been bronght about, but,since the profterof money bad been so freely talked of In the Board, many thought that there might besome explanation of {¢ after atl. Mr. Coburn bad stated in tho Boand that “pog" GARDNER fiad approachied him, and told him that he would zet him 81,000 I he would not oppose 0'Don- nell, cte,, nud the reporter sought him to get the particulars, and he gave them. The inter- view ran ubout ns follows: #When did you first meet Doc Gardoer?" * Hecame to my office before the bids were opened and wanted me todo what I could fur Mr. Cartis on the meat contract. Itold himI kuew Mr. Curtle, and would gladly do what I could, conscientiously, for him.™ * When did you see bim agajnl® “flo called to aco me afcer tho bids were opened, and sald, *1sce our friend Curtisisa little high,"* 1 answered *Yes,' e then sald that he would like to sec O'Donncll get thy con- tract, whereupon I pulled out somc figures I had made which showed that Ford was tho lowest blader. committes mecting to consider the varfous I was then on the cveof guington bids, and Gardner #nld §f 1 would not exhibit the figures—pretend thae I left them home—he would get me $1,000. I told lim 1 was not that kind of a man, and that [ shonld show the figures, and thought Ford's bld was the best for the county,"” % \Wnat day waa this?” . “ Thursday of lnst week," “ \Wheo did you next see the Doctor? " % In the afternoon the Committce went to Fonl's markets, to seo what kind of meat he proposed to furnish under his bid, and while there 1N CAME GARDNER. Commissloner Stewart suld to mo at the time that the worst feoture ho saw sbout Ford's place was the presence of Gardner, and wanted totell Mr. For #who ho was.” 4 # Did Gardner say anthing to you therel® No, but o acted familiarly, s if to tmrress Ford with tho ldea that be had fafluence over the Board." * You sald In the Boord that some person came to you on Suturday representing that Gardner had told a man that your vote could by secured for O'Donuell for 81,0004 Yot ¢ Who was that person “ I do not care to say.” * But you should, In justice to yourselt.” Well, it was HARRY LAWRENCE, o camo toma Just after [ hud been agaln hounded by Gurdner, und sald he understood 1 vouid be bought, an: that o mnen had said so. He cnutioned e agalnst Gardner, and sald he talied too much for any one to deal with.” 4Was this oll that was saldi™ % No, Lawrenco reminded me that he had known me for somo time, and, ussuming that 1 Liad contldence o him, sulkl that O'Donncll had enough votes sccured already to get the con- tract, bat he wanted my vote, and that hie would give me 81,000 for it for O'Donnell. 1 usked Lt what votee he bad, and, pulling a Ust. of the Commissloners Irom tny pocket, asked bim to poiut out the votes he had. o polnted out the four Democrats, and, putting his pencil on BpolTord's uame, snld, * Wa've got him sure, aml beyond all doubt.” 1 thien weat on to renew his oder to me, sud I told him that 1f ho had fourteen votes he could not get mine for 81,000, 82,00, tor £10.000," wDid this end the conversationi? It did not, for Lawrence sald in reoly that 1t It was any object Lie would make the smount 1,600, ¥ * Did you understand that Lawrence had au- thority to represont O'Donuell in such a mate ter i ' Mtost certainly. I can conceive of howa person will go a great way fora friend, but hardly so far as Lowrence wanted to po, e also urged me ou political grounds, A, M. Wright wanted (’Donnell to got it so he could galn strength, Harry Bewmis, too, was in favor of O'Donnell.” “ MR, BIPOVFORD, you notice, voted as Luwrence sald he would” 4 Yes, and he did 1t with his cyes vpen, I went to Lim and told bin, ond Messra, Stewart, Ayurs, aud Bouse, bow 1 had been upprouchied, und 1 was astontsbed ot bis vote. Wil the street full of rummors of buying und selline, [ conld not be Induced to have voted us he did.” 1lave you hesrl of any other mewmber beside yourself belug wpproached £ “Nu, but | was astonfshed ut Miller's vote, 1 suw bim before the Board met and told hitm afl | have told you, avd he told me that Mr. Spotford had taken him out to Jefferson few days aco and told liin that O'Donuell was u gooxd man aod hud furnisbied excellent meat, 1 coutioned hlm ugaiust what wus going on, und hoautd b would wo sud ses Mr, Buese, sud would yots us he sald." DI ho seo Ar, Bucsed” e * Hu did, snd ne told bim that Mr. Spoltord had 1aiked to b wbout O'Donnell, sud he thought he would vote for him," 'Ehié Interview hers euded, und whilo it does not tell thy whole story, it throws some lusht on thosturk spots, and’ reveuls the fact that there was samo ouv other than * Doc? Garduer around having, or protending o bavy, money to suend fu th letting of the contract. Wheitier uny of the mobuy Wus spent or uot {s Just nuw past dnding outy bus i€ tiss Graud duy drawn yeaterday wlil take hold of the aatter they may touch bottom. Mr. Coburn shuuld sco thut it does. (ARDNER IN ANOTHEN QUARTENR, A well-kuown merchnnt of this eity makes the foltowing statement regardiug br, Qarduer and thy meat cuntract: Weduoesduy Dr, Gardner called upou him at lits store aud suid to nlme 1't Pat O'Dovsuell a friend of your's)® ot you waut him to get tho mess cone tructd “ Yeu; 1 ahould Hke it If he would get 2." “1ues hie waut ' Colnmisstouers Cubura and Btewart 4 don't know. [ suppose so.” S Well, | can et thow for bim for $1,000, Sxmm‘)w you seu hiin about 1, aud sce if ho will u i “Nuj I haye no luterest in the matter one way or the uther." “But you go over and s bim to cunie over hero and Uardner did cull on | presumanly, for O'Donnell called over to see the merchant, 4§ uin told by Gardner,” suld he to O'Donnel), “thatif {uu will pay 1,000 youcan get the votes of Commissioners Coburn und Stewart.” No,” waiid O'Donuell, * 1 won't da it vot u cent. My bld is low sy way, aud I dow’t pro- POsY o Pay ot why oney,’! “Fhursduy Dr. Ganduer returned to this mer- cliant's stors nud satd + Well, what wus the result of the walky" +O'Donnell says he wou't vay & cent.” * Very well,” suld Garduer (suspping his fin- gers), “then Ford shull nuve the contract™; and vut e went, e cume back to the store tuie following day, aml luoked aroumt, but Jidu't see the ous be was in scarehi of; wud cleured out, Thu truth of the statement aforcsald the werchuut declares himselt ready to sweor Lo, LAWRENCE DENIMS, A reporter ulled on Horey Luwrcace later in the evening, sud resd over to bl the juterview with Comnlssioner Cobury, 1o was very wuch ustonished, and saiid: Wit s a lie from beginning to end. 1 haveu't secn Coburn but viee sluce his clection b When was tiati" “ Abwut 8 week ugo? #\Wheret" “§ wi uot positive, but think it was {u our store.” 4 DId any conversation of the kind meotioned by bim take place “Nu. 1 pever sald such thluge. Wiy, I )'Dannell, and ask o e, JANUARY W4, don’t know O'Donnell, and never met him in my life.” “You have no Interest In his meat con- tract]" *'None at all. Thave no interest in anything except my legitimate business, and I can't see why Cohirn should make such statemente.” Do yau know *Dot? Gardner{” Yes.! “Diil you tell Coburn not to deal with him— lh?‘l"hc‘l'nlked too much.” O, Tnview of the fiat, emphatic dental of Mr. Lawrence, no mure questious could be asked, so the [uterview ended RAILROADS. THE ERIE. . The Toard of Directors of tha New York, Lake Erle & Western Railroad Company (Erie) have just submitted to the stockholders their report of the operations of the Company from the 15t of June to the 80th of SBeptember, 1878, Onthe 18t of June the present Company was put. in posscssion ol the lnrgcr.l’ yortion of the property belonging to the Erfe Nallway Com- pany, the portiun not transferred continuing under the control of the Recelver, who atill re- celves the rovenues arising therefrom, and to that extent lessens the reeclpts of the Company, The report gives the total net revenue for the vear at $1,61,433, from which Is to be deducted interest on mortgages, interest on loans, premium on geld, guaranteed futereat other than luterest on bonds of the Company, 817,482 leaving ns applicable to paying tnterest on fand- ed lndeh(cdnua, cte., 815710505 deducting in- terest on funded debt, 8743,403, leayen a balance to credit of profit and luss of $329,5640. The Recelver of the Erle Railway Company lmvln¥mmle a report of its _operations froni Oct, 1, 1877, to June 1, 1878, the Board of Directors of the prescnt Compauy, by combia- iug tho Recelver's report with thelrs, placed be- fore the stocklolders the operations and re- sults of the whole year's work, showing for that period nect earnings of 85,000,114; Irom which, deducting losses by non-pay- fng property of the” Company amounting 1o 800,038, loft the net revenue #4,913.075. Deducting amount of rentals on leased lines aml claims paid, 8963,160, left the net earnings 23,019,025, To this add interest recelved from sccuritics, £251,800.95, whicli maokes 84,200,720, From this must be deducted $302,831 for taxes, fntereat on mortgages, expenses of reorganiza- tion and foreclosure, cte., leaving as_applicable to the payment of futerest on funded Indebted- ness & 5, The foterest on tho funded debt amounted to §749,403, leaving as a profit during the year 5025431, It 18 proposed in the report to make tho ter- minal arrangements suMlelent to receive and de- Jiver passengers with the createst celerity end safety, and it is sl\){uxeflzfl that the great” want of the harbor of New York is facilities for cheap transfer of graln und other freigzht for shipment. TTEMS, The anoual meeting of the Western Rallroad Association witl bo eld at 10:30 this morning at tho oflice, No. 101 Washington street, On account of a severe flincss, Mr. O, B, 8kinnor, Genernl Manager of the Merchants' Dispatch Transportation Company, bas been obliced to withdraw for a tima from active du- tica. During Mr. Skinuer's absence and until further notice, Mr.W. Staunton, Secrctary of thy Compangy, has been apponted acting General Alanager, The Chicago, Milwankee & 8t. Panl and Chi- cago & Northwestern Railronds have just fssucd auew tarill between Chicago and 8t, Paul, Thy new rates are 00 conts litst- class, 5 cents sec- ond-class, G0 cents thicd-class, 45 cents fourthe clnss, and 35 cents fifth-class. Emigrant mova- bles irom Clileago or Milwnukee will bu 860 per mt\r.k()un man passed frec it car contains live stock, ‘The Bouthwestern Raflway Assoclation has mads a reductioh in tho rate on hows from Mise soutrl liver polnts to Chleago of 86 per car, making the rato $45. Tho rato to Bt. Louls re- maln as heretofore, 830 per car. The rato on coal oll from Chicuzo to Missonrl River polnts fu car lots was reduced flve centa per barrel. The 8t, Louls rate on his article was not changed. Several of tho ralrond officlals who attended the managers mecung at New York last weck returncd yesterday. Nothiug con ho learned from them as rutznrdl the trelht mocting that has not already heen publiehed in Tits Trin- UNR. As regards the passenger business, the only thing accomplished s au_ nrrangement that coupon tickets from New Encland points to tho West shall bo fssued hicreafter by the New En- giand rands only. Heretofors uny of the ronds over which the ticket was good could ssuc tho samo, ‘The Pittsburz, Fort Wayne & Chicago Rall road showed tho members of the m leson Opera Coinoany yesterday what speed Ameri- can Ruliroads arc able to inake If they try. The traln having the membera of the company on baard, consisting of nineconches and to buggaze cars, mado the diatnnce from Fort Wayne to Chlenzo, 150 miles, fn three hours and thirty minutes, including thirteen stops. This is about alxty miles un hour, deducting the time vonsumed for stops. Mr. Satnuel Carpenter, General Esstern Awent of the Pennsvivanis Railroud fu Now York, liad charge of the party. ————— ‘' DOES PROMIBITION PROHIBIT 2" To the Fditar af The Tribune, Nonwicu, Conn,, Jau, B.—My attention has been called to un editorial In your issuv of Dee. 14, entitled “Does Prohibition Pronibit?” and based, In large part, on certain Connecticut cor- respondence of the New York Ierald, 1u tnat editorlal {t 18 said; **Wo have had oceasfon to cxumine the workings of prohibitory laws {n Maoine, New Howmpshire, Vermont, Massachu. setts, and Rhode Island, aod found 1n cach rase that they wero barren of permancut results, In five of the New Englaud Btates prohibition does mot prohiblt, and the traflic in liquor thrives In the fuce of tho law. We now have aon opportunity to judie of It results fn the remainlog New Evgland State—Connecticvut. ® Having refurred to tho citles of New London and Nor- wich, the editorfal adds, * The operatlon of the Taw {0 onw eity oy be taken as o fuir sutuple of itsoperation tu all, ¥ It ls THE TRIBUNK'S un- fuvorable concluston which moves me to the fol- lowinir statement 3 It has Leen my fortuno to have resided fn Norwich duriug the past year and u half, aud to have ad full knowledge of the temperauce movemeut and jts results. T writs over my uwn slgnature, and am respunsitle pot ouly for thie lionest futent, bat also fur the sccuracy of whut 1 afllrm, Yet I Lelieve that the assertions vontained in tho Her ald’s correspond- euce, dated New Loudun, Dee. 7, so far as they relate to mischicvous effects of ** No Licenss™ tn Norwiel, aro entirely false. They not_only are falss fn gencral, but also fn detatl, Thero have bean no resuits or incldents in Norwieh Which correspond to the sdverss statutnents, Lor example, ono of the highest police otlicers of thls city, baving rewd the correspondence, avera that not one instauce of the % peripstetic wiuloon,” or pocket-bottle, has yot coms to the knowledee of the volice; thut the device §s hore absolutely unheard of. ‘The correspondent’s statement that the liquor-trallle was “long sine® aboilshed iu Norwich is so far frum true that probibitios came into fect Just two wonths avo, viz.: Nov, L The drugylsts testify that their busliness fu * bitters, schuapps, and tooles® has wot materully changed sioce “ No License ' became the law, ‘There is no provalling ** back-room " treatment ol custoniers, such as is narrated. ‘There s but ong **elub-footn for drinking purposes '’ known to the volice, and concorning that vne the testis mony le thut thero hus Leen Jews observable or presumable intoxicat'on ond disorder counected with it than when the place was bot vuly a Lilard-room, but also a roow whers fntox- feationg liquors wees freelv sold under Heense, ‘There no »spy ' umnloyed, wor patd cspluuagy upon liquor gealers uctual or revuted, Thers 3 no watcinfuluess of any klud n the mateer, save by the coustituted “authorities {u the dis- chargd of Lhelr regular duty, and by citizens fu thelr open sileziauee to faw und order. The detsiled narvutive of the Norwich ownee of two suloons aud driver of fast horses ls utterl apoerypbal, Ju brlef, sod us touching the a.l verso tatements, it 1s oo wucn howor (o thy veraeity of the New London corcespondent . to suy of himy us did Shendun of Lord Dandas, tuat he must bave beew fudebted to Lis mewory for bls jests aud to s jusugination for his fucts. Bofarws his asuaverse stutciments relute to Norwlch, they are not ouly laloe, but it would seem that thelr fulsity miust bave been kunowa to their author, . Lt us look at th other side: 1 have before me a counnunicution addressed to we by the clerk of lce. It contalns the followlng ollicial figures: Arreats for intoxication undes ' Licenve ; Beptewber, 445 Uctober, 333 unge “N-Livense s November, 185 Devewber 1 total, 77 under ** Liceuse,” s compared with uuder * No-Lic ,"? ur Prolubition. I aw con- fdeut, and especlally if the judZments ovtaimed avuinst tho wo-called uon-intoxivatiug ules sud beurs are sustotued by the Buverior Court, that the proporsivu througbout tue year will prove £ 1879—TWELVE PAGER equally favorable to *no Ilcense.’ Even ns the cate now stanils, it s belleved by those bast in- formed—the police, the prosecuting agent, and the local Judiciary—that tne consumpntion of Intoxicating arink” has been materlally dimin- ished by the prohibitory vote, o The loss to the Town Treasury from tho removal of the lizense ofnu-m will be compensated by the saving in the care of the criminal und the poor, to'say nothlag of the increase of genorat thrift and the utllizing of hitherto unemployed or misappied tabor. “Tne annual amount heretofore wasted, and worse than tvasted, in strung drink, by the 17,000 inhabitants of Norwich, ta cstimated, in accordance with all avaltable data, at not for rom three-fourths of a million dollara, If that amount can be reduced by oven nsmall per cent, the aguregate gain 1a enormous. As for New London, I have to-day consulted his Honor the Mayor of that city, who is also Btato's Attorney for this Judiclal District, Hav- ing examined the Ifera!d article, ho pronounces its nssertions respecting the cvils of * No-Li- cense” in_New London to be absolutely un. founded. He ndds: *‘SBuch are the tmenifest benefits of tine law, and such the_popular ap- proval of It, that a vote taken to-day trould re- sultina larger majority for ¢ No-License’ than was given Inat October,”* Tue fricnds of temperance In Connectient have for years endeavored to obtain from the Legislature an smendmoent which shall allow tho sale of spirituous liquors for legitimate ;lmmoscc, in casa a town votes **No-License.!” he absenco of such lexialation has been onc of the great hindrances with which they have had tocontend, It In prabable that the desired end will be galned this winter, In that case, and In vlew of the facts n8 nbove secited, Tiug Trin- UNE can ;mhze what weight should be given to the Jlerald’s statement tnat “thero fs a pretty general {mpression that at tho next election the mnjority will votein favor of permitting licenses ngain 1 Permit me to sav, In cloafng, that those who favor vromhuurfimw- aresmong the maost faith- ful in using * the great moral agencies.” The history of the temperance movement shows that those who have been advocates of prohibi- tion havo also becn advocates of voluntaryab- stinence and of moral auasion. They have never expected to make probibition practically abeo- lute. It has been o them suflicient vindication of such legtslation and its enforcement that it lesscns the evil. Respectfully, ¢ L, Ty CHAMBERLAIN, HORRORS OF THE SEA. Heartrending Scones nt the Sinking of the Smily 15, Souder—Fifty Lives Supposed to e Lost. New Tork Herald, Jan, 10, The particulars of tholossof the ili-fated ateamer Emily B. Souder were furnished yes- terday by tvo of tho crew, the sole survivors, 80 far asknown, of the wreek, who arrived at this vort about boon on the steamer Atlas, from Kingston, Jam. They told their story on the dock at the foot of Christopher strect, in the very clothes in which thuy had succeedlng in cffccting thelr miraculous escape frot a watery grave, ‘Theodore Bteinhardt, one ot these sur- vivors, was Quartermaster of the Souder, and Alfred E. Aunderson, the other, a Swede by birth, was a scaman. *“On Bunday afternocon, Dee. B, sald Stelnbardt, “wodoft New York, and nothiug extrnordinary occurred until the Emily B. Bouder wus opposlte Cape Hatteras. On Tues- day morning wo oucountered a rough, heavy sea, while the wind blew hard from tlhe south- cost. About 8 o'clock wo found the ship leaking, ‘The pumps were manued, Every olllcer and every sallor wos at his post of duty, but notwithstindivg almost superbumsan cl- forts the water zalued on us, first slowly and at last rapidiv. At b o'clockk In the uafternoon tho melnneiioly newaspread that the fives had pone ont, but " no ove was discouraged. We beran to throw the cargo and baggage over- board, passengers as well a8 crew engaglng In lightening tue vessel us much 8s possible, But the water galned upon us, sud soon made existeneo below decks finpossible. * Nothing was left now but to look to our lifebonts. The rommand to unlvosen them wos quickly communicated to the crew, oud, one of tho boats hiaving been launclied, was placed nu- der commuud of the First Mate. Including the latter there were ten persons in the buat, antong whotn wore four lady passengers. Every one was provided with a lite-preserver, oty even having two. Tho boat had only gone o fow yarda from the Souder when she capsized, and mon and women were screaming in the watcr for the hiclo which no ono could render. “’Che steanter was aluking steadily, and tremendons cflurts wure being mado to launch thy second bont, Al of thus then on the ves- scl lielped to get this boat clear, and we finally succeeded'in placing ten personsin R, As none of tho ofticers would leave the veascl whily a slngle plunk remained of hery gne of the crew took commund of the toat. Fortunately, sho ot clear of the wreck, but what becagie of her afterward has yet to be known, *The Purscr of the Bouder was now called upon to take chierge of the third lifcboat, in whichavere ten persons, but be diid so reluctant- 1y, as ho preferred to remaln on the sinking vessel with his commauding offlcer. Afl thls thue it was eyldent to thuse on the Souder but a few mioutes, perhaps svconds, wers left to wake whatever preparations could b devised Anderson aud myself wero fasten. Ing ourselves tu the ‘booby’ hatch (hatch cover), Au elderly gentlrman of about 50 f’cnrl wus there, and we induced hin to Joln us, While trylng to muke the * booby ' hatch Hoat, o (remendous sea came along und carried (L out upun the waves, At thal moment the Captsin was endeavoring to make u ralt for himself, and that was tho last we saw of him. * Everybody. had now to look out for himsel f, aud whils on” the hatch-cover wu saw the ahip sink besldo us. Inlesy than five ininutes aiter the vesscl went down, tho lferalt, which, for- tunately, had beon cut_loose from the steamer, camu alongslds of 1he ‘bouby* hatch, and, though it was in nnlserably conditlon, Ander- son and iyself sprang upon 8, We urged the old gentlewun who wus upon the * boohy ! nateh with us to coma on the liforait, We ontreated bhin to *uln us, but ho seewed paralyzed with fear und did vot stir. Poor fellow! ™ lie must lhuve wrone down svon after, *We stuck to the liferalt the beat way we could, hupturr agalust hupe, but still with " full falin jo o speedy rescue. For morw than forty- clzht hours wa ‘were tos nbout on the ocean, aud vur suilerings du hat peorfod can be Imagined better than described, We were almwst exhausted from exposurs, hunger, and thirst, bus 1 this extremity we found tossing about on the waves sumo canned-oysters which had fluated from the SBoudor, and which gave us great rellef, “Ou thy third day we were sizhted by tho schouner llerbert Devereau, from Buston for Kiogaton, Jaw,, und pleked up. 1 should add thut tho liret night wo wero on the liicralt was exceedingly dark. Wo could not se avythiug, and svon Jost track of the wreck debris that surrounded us {u the eurly purt of the eventug, Winle on the ruft we sullered scverely, Ilutf of vur bodles belng in the warm watcr of the Quif Stream wers constantly kept {n a sort of warm glow, while tha otifer half, exposed to the cold winds, felt toe effuets of the severs weath- er most terribly, When the Devercau cume in sight she bove rght alungside, and wo wers uctunlly dragieed on buard of her by tho warmn- bearted crew fu their haste to succor us. The raft was subscquently taken on board the schooner wlwo, The Duvercau Uns thut liforaft on bosrd yet. Wo were threa duys on Lhe schooner belore we conld use our lower linbs, 0 mrlh{’y lLad they been weakened by ex- vosure, Duriug fourieen duys we romained on the Deverean, where we wers most hospltably cared for untl we arrived ot Kingston, Jawm, We wero sent back Lo this port by the American Cunsul at thut place." ‘Clhie seaman Anderson stated that the liferalt on which they saved themselves was swept off sho Bouder just us she was sinking. “They Kuew nuthing whatever about those who hail Tets the vesael fn the boats, cxeept that they suw ono of the boats turn overs they feared chiat all tho rest had perished, about forty of the crew aud ten passengers, ‘They were thie Jast on board, and remained thore tili the Souder was sinkiug. ’l feartul Tuo hurricaue was oue of Lhe ios on record, The wost heartrending sight con- uected with the catastruphe, he said, was the upsettiog of thy boat under command of the Firet Mute. The shricks nad piteous cries of the woinen aloiost drowoed th rear of the tempest, aud, whut was worse, thers was yo humau help uvatluble to serve them in thelr ternble post- tlon. The buats of the Enfly B, Bouder were considered 10 guod condition] but wo ordinary lifeboat could withstaud such waves. Audersun saays tho lideralt was in bad conditiun, coustaut- 1y Joaking and turning over, The United Stutes Local Iuspectors of Steam- ships will commience taking testimony revard. fuez the loss of the Bouder within n Tew days. 11 18 reported that evidence will he forthcoming toshow that the vessel in yucstion was alinost toaded dow to the water's cdize sud had bardly uur\ iree board leit, and that hee EWIYE Were tifed up witls tuuber aud otber Srelztit BMixs Han vr's Jnveution. New Wortd. Jax. 1. We arc suthoriz-d by Miss Hosmer, throuch her tezal represeutative jn this country, to deav i 8 generul and forual wanuer all (he state- ments wade by Mr. Chapmaa o regard to the share which be clams to have had fu develoolug aud pertecting the vention which, os our read- ers know, Miss Hosmer believes bersell, sud 1s belwved by such cutapeteut bersons a3 ber cou- tidutial irleuds, ALr. Story uud Sliss Clark, ut Rome, and Lady Marian Alford and Loulsa Lag Asliburton, of London, to have made, Our [ o don correspondent, Mr. Jennings, it wiil o ™. membered, recently cailed upon’ Miss Hogpes i London, and recelved from ner such lyps, regard to, the fuyention In question as Stiflleog Lu convinét him that It s of the gravest gy nce, it Miss Ilosmer ‘mathorizcs us now tosay tinctly that ahie holds safely ander tock nn ke lettora which will _exhibit Mr. Chapnian's trer position fn regard to this important Invention, :'M'.mhprmluclln.vr of ‘thch lrcl::em," she nddy, at the proper {ime will sur uo one than Me. Chapman himseltar g Miss Hosmer, we may add, 18 now supersty, in London the preparation of & modei of now motor, Lon. n; thz SUICIDE. Jan, 13.—A. G. Reller, traveny, Borraro, dware finin at Montreal, kiijeg agent for & himsell to-day. Polleot Aew Tork Warld, The body ot James L. Fetrle, A well-tog, member of & wenlthy Beoteh famlly living jy New York, was found yesterday in the Morgy,, He had fallen In a fainting fit (o the street, ; |y supposed, on Monday night; was vrobably clubbed by a policeman, snd certalnly tucked y over night for “drunkenness,' with a fractupe sknll; violently excrcised in the marning g, waoke him up ™3 walked to court, andsent o the hospital by the Judge,—his rclatives all 1y, while bein in fznornnce of his whereavouts, Noah @ill, a widely-known and respected ey, zen of Baltimore, left his home at o'cluck og the morning of New Year’s-Day with the pyr. rnuu of zcmi to Mount Hopo llns¥|nl, and here placing bimseif uuder the carc uof & phryj. clan in whom ho had confidence. Mr. Gili by been Aerlomln slck for soveral days. Hoowafter he left home ho foll down on tha street. A lleeman saw him fall, and took him to astation. house, Mr. Gill being ail the time nnconsclons, Aftor being kapt in the station-house nearly a day, Mr. GUI was conveyed, late In tho after. noan, to the City Jail, and, aa bin namo was up. known, ho was facetiously dubbed *Old Yearn When ho reached the jall, both his eyes wery badly blacked, tils cheeks under his eyes werg swollen, his wig was off, his silk hat bent out of shave, and his clothes were in disorder, 8o terly nltered was ho fn appearanco that the War. den, who knaw Ar, Gill well, dld not recognizs the unconsclous prisoner, On Thurs 8y tom. {ug the Warden pereelved that the man i drunk, but dring, and summoned & phiysiciay, Mr. Gill could not he aruased from bis comatosn condition, and died on Friday. ——————— A Test of Courtesy, Detrois Fyee Prese, ‘The argument probably commenced fn the Custom-House, and had’ been discussed for some time: the fat man was raying as o cams down stairs into the Post-Otlice corrldor: 1 tell vou, courtesy exists inLhe humeg heart to-dny as much s ‘ever. A clvll reques; never brings an uncivil answer."” 1 Well, Idan't know,” mused tho other, "*1 do know, aud I'm eoing to prove it, My horse and cutter stands out nere. 'l et Into the cutter and ask some stranger to please o hiteh the borse for tne, and he'll do it Yen staud bere and let e convines you." ‘The fat man got into his cutter, tucked down the rubes, picked up the lincs, and then calted out to a pedestrian; * Sav, Colonel, I'm a it ahead of time. Won't you please unbitchmy liorae.” “Cortalnly,"” replicd the man, and he 4. vanced, pressed on the snop, and walked un, leaving the horse free, but the tle-strap atill fast to the hitehivg-post. The fat man had toge out to recover it, and his argument scemed to break s two right there, . ——— Gladstone's Ax. The ax given to Mr. Gladstone on bfa 62th birthday is an exact cony of the American ax bs uises In his wooderaft, Thohicad is of solid ster- ling sitver, welebing elghty ounces, and bears the following suseriptiun:” *Presented to the Rt Hou, W, E. Gladstone, M, P., by a few ad- mirine friends.” The handle is of chony, Ths ox 18 Inclosed in o case of polished oak, lined with velyet. ATLUNEMENTS, LYMOWKI CURUNRCIL, TO-NIGHT "{ren T, TO-NIGHT GRACE o, Pnersipen SHOURE SEATS TO-DAY. cH U HGH ‘When will apnear for the firat time in Chilcago during four years Amieriea’s yreat Concert Contraito, ADELAIDE ™ Ehuecoy ome Aoy, iat Celebrated ST. GECELIA WIHTVES, by FANSY Wi T2Z1K HOYNE, MItS. F. 0, HALL, i ASE KEMITTON, QUABTET And tie Amateur PIANO Mits, HAINES, N8, CLANKE, MI88 BTAGER, QUARTET MISS BANNEY, Who have ktodly voluntoernd thelr asatstanco, togeih: eF with the favorite bulo Artiata, Mus, Clara D, Stacy, Mr. Fritz Follz, Prof, Adolph Baumbach, When also the Celebrated Kiocutionlst, M, WM., EEAWLISY SMITIL Wil make his first aunearance ln Chicago. and i populsr and entertatniug fieader, SIS, LATIEA ks DATINTY, Will Inake Lerouly appearance Ia (his city durlng the present BrlU 0. SEATH THIS MORNING at Janics, Meciurg & 17 Biate: where holders uf st walailon tickeld cin, ataa GxL e for scats. Munayer. [ I A SO N JAVERLY, 5. 13 rouristor ond Sfansgete e Majosty's Opera Co. DEBUT OF RADARE ETELKA GEHSTER. THIS TUESDAY. Jan. 14, 1870, Hellinl's Opers, LA SONNAMEBULA. Fllomens fadame Etelka Gerster i¥eF Hrat apiaranco fn Clite Wodnesday—**Le Notza dl Figaro¥~—Dobut of Marlt Toze (licr hirst appearauce {n Atmerica aa susanush), 4l Mile, Miunle Iauk, 3o, Parodl, und Msdagie Le lvh";l::. !I‘nfuur- Uel Pusute, Uniussl,and Mons. Thiert! u tiie Cas Thursday—** Luclad|l Lammermoor~gecond appear socut Mitema Eilka (erer, Firk appoarain it ci nur Gilia Sianme Marle Roze, Madsmt d Gintasal 1 the cas.. prarance of Mladsi T I_IO()I.I:Y‘!! ONE WEEK ONLY—Mit. JOUN DILLON, Guieaso's Favurito Comodlan, bl Stk ay I-mr-fifi o fn fuur years, support 144" L iea, 5 :ku.z“\;- e, e 508G nidiaabit'amd red rauiatle Cotpany. T Evenlnge aud Wedeseay Matl N Ve TONY 0 ALL THAT OLITTEE d the QUIEE FAMIL . aud, Thursday” Evealt Matlues, KVERYBODY's FRIEAD d Baturd Bud 10 UBLIU nd Saturday Kventngs. & Great Triple Bl ’und:‘,.l 2k o C1roat el canwdl;‘ Jusebd MUBEHY, 1n lita ow play, SIAUN BUU TYICKRER'S BRES, Hvu( evenlog, and Weancsdey and S Becs of this week unly, Urdnd iuvival of 1 Jar U'roductlon of Lusier Wallsck's Dram: ROSEDALLE, With 1ts Beautiful Scenery, Grand Effects, Specih Custines aud Struag Uaat, % Tu prevaration Bucksione's Drama. *'Green Dushes REE 1A J% vA Block Game.” TB o loc| ame. " ina Willard, Qscar Wil i THE IM(iLHb 4 Whlesale Ligoor Dith 109 Cluzkesks