Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1879, Page 9

LEADVILLE. , ———— of the 'Leading ngzl;:els in the Dis~ trict. —_— gupposititious Digging Ex« Thapadifion of Messrs. Smith and Jpnes. sl g OF o Oliim, Binking o Shaft, Besching Porphyry, and £irik- ing tho Oarbonates, por Man's Taraiise--Easily-Worked Grdund, and Ore that Averages o Hundred Ounees o the Ton. — From Our Own Correspondent. LEADVILLE, Calo,y Feb. 17— now come to jaln tha position of the mines In thie district. = illage, or camp a8 it is called, liea on n - Aalling gradually awsy from the angle e e summits af the Slorra-Novada vjWn;nu':e Mosquito Range,—the latter belog a o of the Nevada, Btrlesly speaking, we aro 'W:m very top of the Rovky Mauotalns, und Wlmfl that, but on top of the higliest range, nnms,mlml: calling it the Sierra Madre, or \—lo\mr of Mountalns, “Ten Mile,” a new app ooly scventean miles fron here, across :; l:m(n ridge, i on the Pacliic SBlope,—~the e|m all running weat nnd south until they "lth the great ocenn boundlug the testern qdaof the Contincut. All the principal mines % CTIMIN BASY WALKING DISTANCE, from one mile to three miles, from the village. Dova tirough thia sloo on which Leadville stands, there are turce gulches, which are sipply washoots made Ly streams running down from the mountalns overhead. The moat southerly fs Californla Gulen; catting through the middle is Stray-florse Guich; while on the aorth Is Evans’ Guleh, Exactly speaking, the pizes are northeast of the camp. The ridze *ieteen Callfornia and Stray-Horac Gulches is & contlnuation of what ls called Bald, Mountain, Ou this ridge are located the Iron e (known also as the Lelter), the Adelaide, {be Gone-Abroad, the Yankee-Doodle, (he Wolf- Toae, the Monte-Chirlsto, the Lattle-Glaut,'the Crescent, tho Carbonate, the Morning-Star, the Erenlag-Star, and others of less note. Perhaps Isbould have begun with the ridge across Call- fornia Gulch to the eouth, where are located n "jupe number of shafts, fuw of which hava as yet resched ‘ore; the Rock s the beat-paying. 8l farthier south, across a little ravine called ite fowa Guich, i3 the Long & Derry Mine. Turning back now to the Bald-Mountatn Ridze, ¥ecomo to Stray-Horse Gulch, bounding It on the north, The slight clevation (it‘cannot be alled n ridge) between Stray-Horse and Evans' Galches i known gs Fryer Hfl, IHere aro located the Little-vittsburg, the Little-Chiet (known alsons the Farwell), the New-Discovery, the Chrssolitc, the Vulture, the Eaton, and the Buckese. Across Evons’ Gulch aro several that areyet undeveloped, but which have the most promstor fodieations, All the miues above- mentloned U ARE PAYING, althdugh, of course, thelr grades aro widely dif- fereot. Nearty every day come reports of shafis which bave struck mineral; and that, too, with. ub recard to locality. 3 : Many theories havo beon advanced as to tho origin of this vast bed of sllver, which secns to und:;“n the entire triangle at the base of which 1b¢ Village of Leadvillu is situated, Experlenco Bas shown certmin facts, however, which aro not. tobe contradicted, and which serve as guide- bosrds to the miner in his journey down into thobowals of the earth. Iu order to explain mere fully, I propose that the reader accompuny adizging expedition. Let us suppose that 8mith and Jones become “pards," and start out on o prospecting tour, It1he conatry over which they travel is entirely new, they look for surface-[ndications. ‘fhey know that In every mineral district there are places where the body of ore erops out. So, If Intheir wanderings they conie ncross the soft nones known as carbonstes, and readiy dis- tiozuishable, they know that tliey are at onc of these outeroppings, and proceed to 2. In the Ticlaity of Leadviile the presence of silyer hos been 50 clearly eatablislicd that these Indieations are notso miich looked after. The only anxioty Is10get ns near s possible toa infno Wwhicli has aiready produced good mineral, Amifh and Jones, having decided upon a loca- tou for atalking o sliaft, ard at liberty to STAKR OFF A CLADM, which, under the Government Mining law, may be 500 by 1,600 fect 11 v direction which they choose. ‘They are wot Jegally entitled, howaver, lothis claim untll they have reachied mineral, Auy ono cise can come aud sink o shaft nlong- Mdeof them; but, ns soon as ono party has Tescheds mineral (fron, lead, o sflver), they nro legally entitled to the clalw, und tho other party tust immediately vacate, Then the fluds ers must. IIIP\'(?' und stake off arain for the f1et survoy Is only fnformal, and not recognized Yylaw. ‘1t is proper to state here, that, smong regular mivers, tha Tulo s aralnst m{ inter- ference; nnd, it Smith and Jones liave begun o shattund ptaked thelr cintin, honorable miners keeo clear of them, Iu tbis camp, howover, there Is such o wild exeltement that’ very littls sttentlon is pafit to miners’ otiquetto; anda man can now hiardly begin a shaft uuyiwliere hut ;nmeollx:r parties comu alonz und dig bealds im, in the bope of elther beating bim down to mineral, or of belng boueht off. Thers Is alga n Kood denl of “ Jumplng," and mob-law i often :&%fllrd to In order to secure au owner's L, 13, Only a few duys ago, two men Who “elvnnrklnz ashnft in this vicinity wore set on by a party of rouths, who ordered them 4way, broko thelr windlass, threw thelr buckets v and then calmly took posscasion of the m'rg-h()ccurmnucn of this kind are not com. T m; bat the prudent miness ro armed, and Vm:h!zlxcg 30 rorv::1 wllmu ofimuou nrlsu.li 3 id Jories, having broken -ground and saked thele claluy g s BEGIN TO DIG, ': ground s usually ensily ivorked for th ten or” twenty fect,—canslsting of Joos "m"'"‘ granite boulders, ~ A rude windlass is s d“ul oser the hole, und two buckets are sts- X lfi . Ono digs, und the other draws up the o) and dumips it outatde, Alter getting mrb’l“lm feet, [t becomes necessary ta put in l.onng 1o prevent the walls from “falling fn. o ore caslly outalnable, ns this whole o 18 thickly' overgrown ‘with scrub- aod the “men: curb ns they [zo b ow the groat question " wlth Doty bow far they’ must dl to strike the A {)'la For be 1t kuown that, while the Lead- Terdog trict fs underiald with the precious sil- ud the latter Is dlsposed In the most fickle “m“n Ttaln attitudes. In the tremendous i “.‘ of the earth by which these mount- lflnun:.? produced, the strata of the rocks wers T ‘u utraneo shupes; und the molten sil- _nmu to have followed along the linestone- “na“uwnhuon at the surface, now rolllng ing Qo S1N0ULH nudl oven stream, woW plichi- n‘m:l;vanh furinto tho bowels of the carth flow cangle, now broken off altogether, tors hmumlnw,uu thread hundreds ot feet tir yo t‘ break, “Plieorles ns_to the orlgin of Tty Miver river aro numberless, und in o (o etter shalls present the most plausiblo tong o SButllcient far the preseut beit to fi- e miseesder 4 to the actund facts, 1 have P 'nu Where the mineral was reachodl ten Lol ‘fl" the surface, unid other clalms, ad- reds®, {4 Where the owners_have duge huu- “ll'llhuu feet without oy et reaching ore, 80 Tt ggf_{m of this mf;mdr;u !zc(l. ik X cra continue digging un 22 12d:by they regoly porphyry rucke g e/ TUEN TILEY ARE GLAD; for ey, er{ence by ill 28 taught them that the Lead. HopaI5er-bed les etweou porphvry and line s Cundecrild Y COuLact ! v i one where Eiey, ol 18 unbroken by outsido phiyaical I8 tune i, AT Dloces Whero the sliver, Remy 1y ":\\llllluul coursy down the bills, ket e pverfiowed and formed a pool o contact iry g S uot nesrly as valuable us the Wing 1y pyors 98¢ thy vocket fs exhausted “Emmy Jof 1 further value, ‘The colebrated Whtlg 1t [y, ,fi“ a bocket, and was good Hlle Diggriog. Muat of the wines in the Lead- Seontacn s 1ar a8 can be discovered, are in tame g gy of ore between the lime- yastity, — oo POTRRYFY varles i thickuess and 1 iy elimes attalninga depth of ten fect, 4 g oo R down’ toos close ua tw, Eeibr op S0Metnies even diaappearing uito- Vurghypy', & HOIC, lenviug thio Jmestone and the 'Ax jo uclinic ome anotlier, . + Porpbyry, E‘Fm“u und Jones get through the Wiy by ik ellher the carhonates (that . 28 i which the silyer is found) o was Jare flocking hither from all the limeatone, " In elther casn Wicy ceass parpon- dicular digging, and 7 s s -mu'rlmxn OUT BIDEWAYS, ollowing the limestone-bed. Even If they fall to strike the rnmmm they drift off, h{nolng to fall in soon the regular vein, Sumo- times they fall toeatch up with the ore; and tien the ahult Is abandoned, nnd the undiscour- eged miners @o elewhers aud Lry aguin, This describes tho slmplest king of mining. The ground difTera in different Tocalitles, Very often it In neceesary to blast theough the harder blocks of nnrphvrlr; and then, ton, thero fs sometimes found a bed of fron_over the carbon- ates, which requires blasting; and’ sometimes the carbonates themselves aro’ found in a hard state, uid continual blusting is required to get out the ore after it is found. Fhe Leadvillo Diatrict Is omphatically the POOI MAN'S PARADISE, because, a8 & rule, the ground {s eastly worked, ml becauss the ineral avernmes twice the talita of the ore taken from older inining placea, In Nevada, ore that assayed twenty ounces to the ton lins been worked, while here the mana- gera of the smelthig-furnaces look with scorn Nuon ore that fs less tham slxty ouuces. ‘Ihe genural average of the : Leadvillc ore Is about 100 ounces, whilo several mines nro producing mineral that nssavs ns high as 500 ounces. Au owica {8 reckoned oy a doline. Two fons are londed una wagon and driven down from n ming to the amelting or reductlon works, whero the load is welghed nnd assayed, and the cash 18 patd over the counter for it. To the unlnitiat- od there is n certaln charm nbout this style of dolng business, You drive a waxon-lond of dirt dowul a Iill a mlls or two, und seil it out ron ¥ioM $500 To $1,000 oA, There ars mines that produce 100 tons dally. The Little-Pittaburg people ars pnuting in ma- 4| chinery which will Increuso their outout within o week from this date to nearly 200 tous daily. Even eatimating the valuo of the ore at ns low A lizure ns posaible, say $100 ton, the product {sworth §20,000 n day, or SI40,000 a week, Is it any wonder that people in the Last are oxeited over this Eldorado, and that capttallsts, adven- turera, Inborets, camblers, nwd _speculators parts of the Amerl- cau Continent? Q. E W, GRANT IN IRELAND. Chnrges of Owen Lowls, M. P, Againat the 1x-Prestdent—Amoricun Affalrs Discussed by & ¥orelguer, Corresnonttence Newo Tk Herald, Dunuin, Feb. 8.—~In the coursk of & political speceh delivered in Carlow last Saturduy, Mr. Owen Lewls, M. T, made an attack on Gen. Urant, und it {e Interesting {n connection with the ex-Preeldent’s visit to Treland, ' Ho said: “Turning -to o very.different character, wa linve this ‘year Ueen honorod by a visit from Gen. Grant. . In my oplulon the peoplo of Cork behaved with dignity and sclf-respect 'In refus- fng to eive aoy public rccognition to s man who, when in nower, had dono his best to stir up a wanton and unprovoked war of extermina- tion ngainst Catholieity in America, Tcould os easlly understund Prince Bismarck belng wel- comed s a visitor on Irish soil.?! This attack stirred up an “Jrish-Ameriean, ! who aadressed o card to the Freeman's Journal, oslting Mr. Lewls bow and when Gen, Grant “Niad done his beat to stir up o wanton and un- provoked war of extermination azolnst Catho- Ticity in Amerlca.,” To thls Mr. Lewis made the foliowIng reply 1n the columns of the Freeman's Journal ¢ “8urLsovnye Horut, Feb, 4.—8m: I shall have much plonsurs in supplying *An [rlsh- Amerlean” with thie fuformation which ho de- sires, though I shoukl have thought he would have been as well nequatoted with recent Amer- fean affuirs a8 hysell. In order to make m speeeh at Carlow intelligiblo to your correspon ent It will ba necessary firat to reter 1o the con- dition of ecducational matters In the United Btates. The “common schools,” which are supyported by the Government at the publie ox- oense, ara purely secular in thelr character and working, uo rellgious ‘instruction being ermitted. Of course, it Is imporsible for any atlivlies who practico thelr relition to tako use of them, nlthough'in some places (Chivagzo, it L mustake not, among others), the proportlon which they are compelled to contribute is as much 18 thiree-vighths of the wholecost. Under these clrcumstances it occurred to tome Catho- e citlzens thut they might not unreasonably sl that o portion of the funds which they arc forceil * to contribute should be devoed tothe malutenance of - thefr own denominational nchools, instead of having to pay twlce over,— otico for the gupport of a achool “which was no use to them, utnd again for the support of {he school where tlefr children were being odu- cated. “In Now York, by the way, the majority of feor chilldren In reforinatories und orphan- awes arc Catholles, At thls time wen. Grant was stumping tho couutry In the Republican fn- terest, with a view to re-clection for a third tine a8 President, Most Amerlean Cntholfes are Democrats, and wero consequently his political opponents. Under those or- cumstances he concelyed the dla- holical Idea of raislnw a reliizions ery ngulnst the TIrish, und representlog them ns anxious to estab- lish the Tnguisition, snd hand over the entire ‘Ceommon-school 7' system of the States to the Jesults, Accordlngly, at Des Moinos, In., e made tho following speccly, in elther Junc or July, 1876: **If wo are to have another conlest in the near futurc of our natlonal existence, T predict that the dividing Hae will not be Mason nnd Dixon’s, but between patriotlsm and intel- lizenco on the one side and superstition, ambl- tion, und iguorauce on the other. Now, in tils contenninl year of anr natfonul existence § bo- Heve it to be a pood time to begin the work of stronethening the foundation of the hiouse com- menced by our patrivtie forefathers 100 years ago at Concord und Lexivgton.” Now, 1 tho mouth of an unseruputous inan, who had lutely extingulshed in blood the Southern movement of Independence, und who was actuslly hold- ine down several Slatea by brute force, these words vould only huve une of two moan- ings. Elther N0 desired to introducs o legal Culturkampf tu Amerien, or clse 10 yo- vive the “Know-Nothiug' agitation, which was tantamount to u civil war nizafost Catholics, This was the view taken of them by all Ameri- cansg at the time, snd it also was that of the London Z%mes, and of all the antl-Catholic juurnals on the Continent, by whom they wery rapturousty hwled as u noble declurgtton of war agamst Ultramontantem. Gen, Gravt did not suceeed efther in protonging his Dictatorship or fn orousing u whirlwind of rellelous persocu~ tlont thauks to the pood sense of the Amerlean people, who saw through his infamous deskzns, and refused to be pariies to them. Possibly, also, the knowledge thut Amerivan Cutholles were determined und resolute men, with whon 1t might prove dancerous to meddie, had sonie- thing to do with the_non-success of the move- mout. The Nnow-Nothing ogitatlon of five- and-twenty years - ago culminated i the burning of churches, sacking of convents, luslyg - priests]l and nuns, ote. . Possibly an " ¢ Irish-American ! might b willing to admit that. such wes not very unlike * n war of uxtermination,” und thnt Gen. Grant'eonduct in trylng to srouse it was open to the charge of belug ¢ wanton and wick- edt Unless the ex-restdent intended this, or was afmfng ot an lntroduction of the O ture kamuoy, his words bud no meaning,—a charge which [ have nover before henvd brought smunst hiwm, I may also refer your correspondent to tho Nation <t Jun, 25, in ' which ho wiil find sua- dry fustances of thu umform courtesy of treat- ment awd retied language to which everything und every one Catholle was subjected toat the lunds of Gen. traut, ‘Phe diction {8 su choleo und classfeal that an * Irfsh-Amerlean ™ must Kkindly excuse iy quoting it, Oway Luwts, e — A VIRGINIAN ON NEGRO-SUFFRAGE, To the Lditor of The Tribune, Ancota, I, Feb, 32.—Scveral typographlcal crrors in my lotter to Tne Trnuse under the coption of “The- Negro in Polities,” cive slightly different shade of meunlug from what 1 {ntonded ta couvey, und leave mo advocating negro-suffrage In Michigan ten veurs ngo as o Virgintay, fnstead of tn Virzinia us o Virgintun, Aund now, having corrected this error of the compositor, I desire to add o word i respect to the subject-matter itsell, Ing TRIDUNE profossea to huye been mysti- ficd by my lotter, to which, however, it does mo the honor to devote an editorlal, My friends, [ am supe, will loavn with surprise that 1 naye taken to & “mysterious style? fnwhat few com- tnents I make on cuvrent ovents, That hns not been my wode of expression, and I apprehend thoy will require more tangible proof that I have fallen fnto it than Friday's Trinuxz af- fords, Thero are two ways of puttinga propo- sitfon, Tue TRIVUNE certalnly docs not need to be reminded that, iu reapect to thoe affalrs of 1ife, there fs o suaviter in modo as well as o fortiter fn re, 1t s within the capacity of any sufilan in the land to call his uelghbor o Mar but decont pcople prafer to moke & statoment of circumstauces and’ fact, and thus allow, the verdict to bo made Oy }mvll cation, - 1o communting’ upon Bepdtor Baa'lue’l varticipation in the discusatod in the ‘Aorth. Amieriean Revle, 1 soughe 981y 10 Indicats such coutlusious as tight be tegitimately drawn from e, whalo fcnor of his srgument; and thap thiere was not suything very **mysteriods ? in {ho drifs of what I luteuded to counvoy, 18 ¢vl [ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, denced by Tir Trinunn correctly npprohending me. Ofcourac, | make no absoltite sifirmation In reapect to Senator Dining’s_purpose In engag- tng fn tha debate, Tdo no rto,—1 would not pretend to aflirm,—in a0 many sords, that hiy design was what Trne TirinoNE on my eredit as. sures it 0 he: U tle double purposc of bring- ings his Preshlentlal napirations Inte prominenee, ind of bieading off a movement onthe part of the Bouthern Democracy to cn}mxru the colured vote [n the Southern States” But, It stteh an Interpretation shoulil ba given to his rocent per- formance, hu must hlame bis utterances and the place ho vccuples in the dlscussion, rather than any dlsvosition to misjudge him, "Cie Trinusg suggests that the couductor of the North-Ameri can origlnated the discussion, That 18 quea- tion of fact which neither Tur 'Trmuxe nor myacl{ can settln without au fnquiry in the l)mpcr quarter: and, lacking that, my linference s reasonably prohablo; at Jeast ft must be ap. parent thut Mr. Blafne, a0 far from deelining, peems anxlous for the fray. 8o fur as v, Blalne's “nasertlon, repeated In Tun Trinune, wnd cchoed by Republicans throughout the conntry, thut the negro yolo In the South Is intimldated, If not absolutely con- trolled by vlolence, Ia concerned, T bave to reply Liiat thut 1s a question of tuct,und nn:unumrr; - cussion. It Is cither o fuct or {tisa pretes Whicliever it may be, whether fatt or othery its determinntion in the colutnns of sk Tutu. unn is searcely within the range of possibility, 1 lnve no uersonsl Knowledgn of the reneral situatton ot affairs in the Buuth fu relation to, this inntler, but, to faras my vhscrvation ex-" tended in my uative State, Virginia, befoke leaving it, and 80 far a8 my correspondencs and ocenslonal visits have cuatiled me to detérmine since, 1 am of opinion that lurul(gc-luumhln- tion Las never’ diseraced the feanthise in that State, What may obtain clsewlicra in_ this re- gard, L do not prétend to s upon. Intimlda- ton, viotence, buildozag, fraund,—nearly ever! crlme {n the culendar, indecd,—ave charged, upon the one hand, with an nerimony and bit- torness scurcely less intenso than those which characterized thoso darlk days when the sections met each other in the deadly shock ol battle: aud denled, npan the Jother, with the utmost flrmuess, und with the greatest stress of negation, Bubit scems to me thut the ere pandying of allesation wl deulal {s fraite less, If not hurtfal. If inthaldation of the ne- gro as n voter prevalls as a politienl snd social condition In the Sauth, It Is certaloly competent for the Government 1o inquire fnto ity wnd to righe it {1 it exists, lts settlement as o question ot fuct 18 certalnly withln the compasa of the uuthorlty whoso province it.Is 1o deturmine ft, And bad Mr. Blaine, befors making bis Impas- sloned chavggen auatist the guod faith of tie Houthern people In respect Lo the enforcement ol the Fiteenth Amendinent, walied tor report of his own Commitice appointed toin- vestizate election-froudsy—a Cummittea whose compusition offers the curious spectacte of the consplenous absenes of protulnent Repudlicans, fueinding the mover. of the resolution, Mr, Blalno himself,—his utterances n the North Ameriean would have come I better tasie — certalndy with wreeater effcet. As it {4, Mr. Blajne ~onght ot to complaln 4f s countrymen regard “his | petformance in “the “Qymuosium " 0s an’ cffort to forestall public opinfon on the aubject, rather than ns the indiznant ontburst of av outruzed und hon- est Ktalesman, Sull, the whols snbject has a vastly whier slenificance that that which fuvolves the politi- enl fortunes of publie men merely, Tur TRIBUNE nesumes that, for historical amd other reasous, the negro vote §s mecessarily Repub- liean, Toat it was go nt the outset L willing to voncedes that it always wilt remaln so, fol- Juws by no means as o necessary sequence, Our own history has recorded fully as wonderful political metaniorphoses as the transter of tho negro a3 o political power gp the Democratic ranks. And 1 nay remark, (0 passing, that the Irlah veadera of ‘Tie Triuxt will doubtiess he nmighly edifled by the aualogy whichy you draw botween the two races 08 to their voting pred- flections. But this I [neldental, AsIhave already ob- served, the charze of utimidation fn respect to the negro vote Is a auestfon of fuel or other- wise, to be settled as we would settlo uny other disputed proposition, - Investigation, and not discussion, uiust settloit. Pendimg its settle- ment, o lflscuuslun a3 to its existence, in my {ndgmcm, is nelther * tmely " nor profitable. t enn ndd nothing to the negro’s competency to excrelso o functlon which Mr, Blalne and ‘Fiis Trmuse claim s disturbed, while it may en- grender bitterness between the races, as dovlora- Dbie 03 it I8 unpecessary, Seeurc the uegro In the oxerclse of all the functions which the Con- stitution confera npon him, und then divido him on public gliestions, os we seek to divide other cltizens, by an nppeal, not to his prefudice, nor to Iils supposed rongs, nor to bjs g 1 in- turests, but to hils Iutellizence nid patriotism, Any offort to make him simply a balance of power between the two ireat potitient parties of the country, fustead of an fnrelllzent, fndepel ent vater, cannot, be too etronily condemned, And thut nis rlzhts will be secured, wiio can doubt? It would be u startiing, If not fatal, de- feet Inour syatem, If it should fall out that o great Government, which freed the pegro through the opdeal of o war whicl was at ouce n lesson sud o rebuke to the opponents of tree fustitutions, and which will tuke its place In history among tho wost . memorablo conteats of all thne, should be found usable, nmter the neaceful operation o€ law, to seeuro bim (o the enjoyment of hig liberty. Such a failure would bo w'lone atride toward the surrender of the en- tire problem of free, representative tovern- ment; and that it wii} ever ocetr, L eannot fora moment bring myseil to believe, Jouy MouuaN McKows, LETTER FROM WARD LAMON. o Explaius His Espinustions nnd Criticlses s Critics, To the Cditor of The Tribunc, Wasmnaron, D, C,, Feb, 2—~Tur Trinunn paving published as originat matter, and ve- printed from otber journals,u great muny sovero criticlsma on my ** Life af Lincoln,” some of which reflected upon mo peracnally, I beg to call your attentlon to the inclosed, whieh T would be glad to aee in your columus. Very respectfully, yours, ete,, Wanp I Lasox, y S Baliinors Sun, Feb. 21, The 4 Life of_Lincoln,” by Ward H, Lamon, pablished in 1572 by Osgood” & Co., of Boston, L recotled to publfe atfenton about once every year, und gerven omenturily the turn of new paper gossips, und even of nmbitious corre- spondeuts whamay hapven at the enmo moment to be out of u topie, ind ot ol the mecessary funda to mect u buanl bill. Among the rest, *(inth," better known us: the Venettan corres spondent of the Z'ribune, or the poct-laurcate of ine Washingion Ring, with an humble Imitator of his_who has found means to get fnto the Tndianapolls Sealinel with the shenature of »Jerome,” bave latterly taken to peddltug avound thefr musty tates about Mr, Lamon, sl solling them for what, they will feteh, “Chere is 10 law at present to prevent the Washington Jera'd ox tho (ndlanapolls - Senfine' from pur- chusiyg such stufl us this, but o sensible news- paper would rezard ft us about s utmerchanta- 10 rA rotien eres. When Mir. Lumon's book was published, itwas denounved by the goody-goody crities as boing shamefully trathiul wnd sceurate, Wo do not recolieet that u single ons of thiem presumed to question the fucts embrsced in Alre Latons uns varalshed narrative, But they said, in sub- stance, that the Hest duty of a blogrpher was to supnresy tie trath whenever tho trath would be luss ngrecablos thun a neatly constructed fulsehood, ‘Tupper Hollamd, who tad written a life af Lincoln on the opposite prinviple, was ahocked out of his scven senses by Mr, Lamon's unblushing voraciuy, sud his outerios and wild anpeals for belp I the desperate sflurt to write down ta - barburian rlval “wers pitiiul to hear, Of cotirae, Mr. (ieorge Allred Tawnsend, bulu{: anerson of retined and detivato ncnnm)l(uev, s preclaly of Brother Tupper'sinind, Gearge Altred ecems 10 'have a natural and cultivated ayersion to the truth, o s, like Tuppor Holland, o porson of flnn *‘culturs™ fn this reapect. Tha truth s often . valgar ad reoul- sive, und there are truths which would probably cantso Ueorge AMred to falut, Ile s, however, fully nequainted with hfs own weakness, and wus never known to meddlo with thoe article exeept upon’ compulsfon. ‘Fhe most critical unaiysis will fall 10 dlscoyer the faintest trace oreolor of it in, anyof bis really smbitious composltions, nlways, of course, excepting the famous letters from . Venlee, . But the must maladrolt of Lamon's recent cpitica i8 a withicss who appears under the un. fortunato uusplees of Mr, Jay Goull’s Zribune, Ilc ussumes thut Mr, Lamon denfed the war- rlaga of Mr. Liucoln’s parents, and thut Lo In- tenued Lhe world to lnfer thut Mr, Lincoln was vot born in lawiul we lock..” But Mr. Lution said nothling of thekind. On tho contrary, he declared expllcltly, on evidencs satisfactory to him, that they were’ lawfully marrled, but thut nefther ho wor Mr. Ierodon hagd beon ablo to findd any recard of tho fact. To supply this de- flefeney woaro movy furnlshed with a copy of o record fu Washington Collnl{, Keutucky, which shaws the marriaee 1o have taken placs on the 834 day of Beptemoer, 186, This_disposcs of the imputstlon respecting the Prostdent which theie supersurviceable friouds have got- ten up uwmoni themsclves and gratuitously saddled upon Mr., Lumon. But, after ail, docs not time certifieate, f genuine, prove too muchi Mr. Ligcoln's elder sister Was born on the 10th of FobMiury, 1807, leds than slx months after the marrlage of Tony Lincotu aud Nancy Hanks, according to ,thy Washlngtou County certificats, Wo are very much atruid that Mr, Goula's Tribuns and Tupper Holland, sud our took the -chair. dear, delieats CGeorge Alfred are doing the Lincoln fatnily no narticulsrwervioa in thelr cx- cessive zenl; and we protest decidedly agalnst the newspaper discussion . of the tiorals of Nancy Hauks, into which they seera to be de- fermined to rush, If they contiome fu this fashiton, they witl lnavlmhl( stumbla: upon soms inconvenfent fact, and roll over tu the mire. A man who undertakes, like Mr. Lainon, to write the life of auother, 18 bound to tell the trush ahout him from first to last. «But volinteer dlscussiuns such os theae gentlamen have 'en- gaged {n re uuile for the publle press, wid olto- Kotlier uicless, ‘GAMBETTA’S GREATNESS. Aha, French Atatess ¥Cs ap President of The Marvelons Riso of man=tlow o Appe; the Chambers. JLendan Tim % PArix Letter, At ifteen minutge past 3 the heating ol drums nndl the ratullug of 87ma ‘were heard from the lobbles, aud peesently M. Gambettn, with the teremony usust after an clection of President, His* entrance was cagcrly watehed,, o was, occording to custom, in evenlds “dress. Ile hod evidently, morcover, becu particular over his toflette. Ilfs grayish heatil waa trimmed short, nud bis hair, gencral- Jyleft to Itsclf, was carefully combed behind his cars, showine to advantage hls wide fore- teadand keen oud {ntetligent glance. ¥ew of thoso preseat could help reflecting on the ad- yance since ho defended the Baudin memorial. Every- body his consequent election, his Reoubllean speech in the Corps Legislatif, he hos nade In ten short years, remembers that vebement speech, his Inclusion In the government of natlonal defense, his halloon trip, his Tours and Bordeaux Dictatorahip, his reslgnation, departure for San chastian nnd clection to the Asembly, his specchies there and at Bellevilla und Grenoble, his meeting with M, “Thiers In the Luxembotire Conservaturies, his Litle speech md the subseguent prosecution, his role afuce the 1877 electlone. Sowme, too, can measure his riee by the guarters hie has occunled since 1571,~firat n secoud floor more than mod- ety No. 10 Rue Montalgne, where his democratic simplleity exceeded the most austere lileas; then the comfortable entresol of the same louse added to the upper story, marking .an advance aid allowing of more eeleet recoptionss next the promtees of the Republique Francaire, B0 Rue Chanzsee a’Antin, where a secretary stopped yout in the passaze, und o valet ushered you futon ibrary worthy of n party-leader; now the Palale Bourhon, where everything stitl reminds you of (yu most_luxurious” of the authors of the “ Coupd! Etat,”” the Ducdu Morney,~the palace wheneo the hero of this fairy tale starts for Ver- In order, with deumsbeatinz and inflitary \ toassume s Prestdeotial chafe, The ctacke struck cvery rmagination, und it mey bo forcseen b, fnthe, absenco of too gredt fupatience or some serfous blunder, the fortuve which fisst smiled on this snoilt cbild in a polive court witl not stop here, Nearly all henceforth depends on himself, 1t depcnds on himself to be equal to his new position; to avoll contro- versles, to repress disorder, 16 moderate lis- curslon; above all, to remember that he ir ong of the orezana of the Government nid is bound to pratect it, and to satisfy Europe of the stabil- Ity of the Repubtie, The French law forbids doctors to become Jegntoes of the patfents whom they treat—a forlforl of those whom thev kill. That law tile new President of the Chamber shoutd not lese elzht of, and France will remember it whenever the Chiel Magistracy 13 again vacant, AN AMERICAN HEIR. The Little Estate Left by an Englishman Who Came to This Country, Changed flis Name, and Kdited o Nowspaper for Twonty Yeurs, Corresnandence New York Herald, PuirApELPiis, Feb, 20.—The Maochester (Englund) Guardian, of the Gl Inst., reports an Ipferesting coso which Bins fust been heard beforo Vice-Chancellor Bacan, In which o man from the United States has sucecedud fu estab- hshing bis claim as helr toun English cstate, The newspaper says: “The clnimant, Mr, W. II, Cax, a builder, of Memphfs, Tenu., sought to eatablish bis right as helr to a property known ns Lennox Lodge, Southampton. 1le stated that ho was born fn he year 1820, at Cheltenbiam, where his father carried on the husiness of welk mercer, At tho age of 14 he went to sca ns o midshipman, serv- ing on board the Juhn Coote, which was dis- patehed with soldiers to Bombay, From Dom- bay he salied to Chinw, and thenco home, mud ou srriving at Cheltenham he found that durlnghis absence Iis father had changed his calling to be the editor of the Cheltenham Chronicle, and lind subsequently quitted Lis nattve tawn, probably in consequence of finan- vial embarrassments, aud gone to Awmeriea, Jeaving o trace of his whereabouts. T'o Amer- fea the plafutll immediately followed, and, af- ter along inquiry, succceded in findlug bis father through the medium of advertisements. s mother nnd fawily he had left in the enre of an aunt, the propristress of a small hotel, whers they all i s father wus wcting ut the thne as special correspondent of the Morning Chron'e', to which b sent letters from Pepneylvanin under the nom do plumo of *Crumn! ‘The reason for the ghunze of name on which the main {ssue of identity rested was rather obscuro, nmd probably conneeted with monetary difficuliies. Phe plalntifl and his father becamo Juint edit- ors of the Philadelpbla Enguirer, mid as such traveled over thq preater part of the United Btates, Ilo stayed at Phlladelpbla with his L) ubout 1848, and fu the meantime his family algo came over ind stayed thore. After his father's death be traveled for a considerable thne, ud ot Just. settled down as a builder in New Orieaus, Ie had alio_scen military ox- perlence, having opposed Muckenzic i his Canudisir vasion, aud taken an aetive pars fn Clvil War, His business wis removed provious to the Inst mentioned, nnd he was now at Memplda earrylu on a builder's businces, Documentary nud viva voce evidenco was given n support of the ease. 118 Lordship deelded tn tavor of the plaintilly holding that his identity was establistied." ‘Ihis case recalls memories of n once well- Kknown journulist who Is vet remembered by tho yeterans of the press fn hiladelphia, In 1830 un eeventrie Englishman made his appearanes in Philndelphin, baving just acrived from the old country. He was a “mun of futelligenco wmud consuterablo literary abitity, nud nfterward was well known s first nssistaut editor of the Peansyleantan Fnguiver, of which old dasper Harding was propritor und Robert Morsis prin- vipal editor. It {apalu that Mr. Havding mado {he Englishman's acquaintance through having helped to flsh him out of the Delaware, when Yo fell overboard from the vesscl in which Lo had eroased 1he ovean whit she wos Iying alonge- sido a wharf, ’Ihis pecultar lutroduction to the publisher s securcd Blm an Introduction to his nEWApapcr soon afterwaril, The Evglishman called himaoll William 11, Crump, but the necidental meeting with an okl nagquaintance reveated the fact that his nume fn Euglamd had been Cox, *There appears to hava been no renson for the endeavor to lovse hla Ildentiuy, eave o toolish sensitivencss about cer- tain busfuess matters ut home, Howas ol avery uervous, sensitive diaposition, umd the old print- ers tell some curlous ancedotes llustrating his lf-rullnm,\'. Mr, Cramp remalued on the Au- wirer for Qwenty years, and Is woll remembertd n thut ofilee Ta thl Hut his son, the m fm“ ¢latmant, was never employed there, so M, Uarding says, Mr. Crump wos o useful editor, und \vas tho anthor of several books of referencos among others, *The World n o Pocketbools.” fla was alterward employed on the Yorth American, and dled in Camden in 1863, At one time he acted sy British Cotsul at this port. Mr, Crump scnt for lils wife und childeon as 8000 08 e hiad mado s hume (n the New World, Hehad tiva sons wnd a duuzhier, the oldest chilt belng the Willism 1. Cox who lins just obtained possesstun ot the Euglish estate, “All tho res® of the fumily are calledl Crumps three ol the sous—one of t;wm o printer—live here, mul are well Known and hlzbly respected In Putigdelphla, Ono of the sons 1s” proprictor of the Colovnade Hotel; another hus” been Britlsh Vice-Consul ers for soma yeais. "The estaty In England to which Mr, Cox has proved bis clain & d to by a country place worth about 310,000, It goes by right Lo the cldlest sou, and the tamily herodo not dispute the Jegalley of Mr, Cox's heirshls, —e—— e Ronrkable Fatallty, Raitimors American. Saturday worning last . Mlss Mary Anu Toole, aced 87 yeard, uno of a trio of wxed sisters liv- o st g\u. 140 Conway street, dicd of consump- tlon, 'Iie day previous to her demlse Mras, 8a- rah Veruon, her sister, o widow ludy, uged 84 years, was tukon itl wnd dled ‘I'bursaay night of heart-discase. Saturday, shortly after the death of Miss Yoole, the third sister, Mrs, Julla A, MeCormick, also o widow, was scized with vocumonts, and disd Bunday afterovon at 3 v'clock, —thus completing thu desth-roll of the threo old fadics, who bud Iiyed und been asso- clated togother for years, withiu n, week, and inatanclu a fatality ub oncu remarksble’ and #cldom witnessed fn'ono household. 3 / FEBRUARY 20, 1879—TWELVE PAGES. JOHNNY LAMB. The Rest of the Jurors in His Case Secured. State's-Attorney HMills Relates the Btory of the Race Murder, And Promises to Show that Lamb Fired tho Sliot. Col, Ven Arman Intimatosthat His Otfent Iz Indeed o Very Lamb, Testimony of Detective Sohook and a Fow Othors. The trial of Johnuy Lamb for the murder of Police-Ofticer Albert flace was resumed yester- day morning In the Criminal Court, Judee Williams presiding. The efeht Jurors agreed upon the previous day took thelr seats in the awivelchairs set apart for thel™ccommodation, and tho tedlous work of % OETTING FOUL MONE MEN of the good and true stamp proceeded, the questious propounded to the genticmen who were put on the rack being similar fuall ma- terial respects to those asked Monday. Mr. Mills excused one inan, a Mr. Esdorf, of Jeffer- son, peremptorily, und Col. Van Armau pro- ceeded 'to Interrogate M. L. Barrett, A. J. Near, and ‘R, L, North, of this city, and W. C. Brink, of Jeffeyson. A, J. Near was the first man to Atep aglie, having ndmitted, fu respouse to_ the Joint questions of Cal, Van Ariman und Mr. Mills, thiat he had formed an apinlon, aud did not con- slder that he would be an unprejudiced factor fn the Jury-room. 118 position, thus philosophe 1eally defined, veas suflicient to entitle ki to an exeuse. E. Goodrich came aext, and was ac- ceptable to the defense, nithonait Mr. Barrett, whom the State's Attorney lind accented, wos challenged veremptonly.” Frank B, Waolf, an- athier Jeffersonfan, toof the vacant chnie aud wa3 aceepted by the defense, although they ex- cused Mr, Brink peremptorlly, August Beek camne next, hut was excused by the defense of- ter a very drief sltting, on the ground that he liad formed an opinion of the ease from the tatk he bad heard. 1. M. Houoker, the drnggzist, took his place, and proved to be nceeptable to the de- fense, whio, however, excused Mr. Goodrleh, F. 1L Goodita was ealled nud sllowed to alt, while Mr. North, who npoarently had too wuch fntel- Herence, was excused by the deteusetemporaril And go it went on. ‘The defenee finally o cepted Messrs, Tlooker, Gray, tUoodwin, “aml Durkhardt, but Mr, Mills excused Goodwin aud Burkhardt peremptorily. A Mr. Weher, who asked the Court to let him go hecause he wos n memberol 1ne Volunteer Fire Department,show- ed ureat unwiliipzness to eerve, and Mr. Milia excused hin peremptordly. ‘The yvas 8 vIere ilnally fitled by Louts Goren and J. I’ Perrot, To the surprize of every one, the defense tavk both, O. . Giray i3 o farmer, and Jves ut Jef- ferson; il M, Ifgoker, n denler in palnts and ofls, and resldes at No. 509 West Washington atreet; Louls Goren s a teamater at. Jeflerson: and I, I Porrot o Jeweler, who lgves at No. 1001 Dearborn street. The four were sworn adjournment arrived, At the afternoon seszlon | BTATE'S-ATTORNEY MILLS opened for the prosecution.. -fle sald the jury were on the threshold ot a solemn niut serlous investization, being about to determine, after a full, fair, gnd honest fnqoiry, who, on the nieht of Oct. 4, without cause, pretext, provoca- tlon, or any excuse, shot. down and fnurdered Albert It who was dolng his duty os an ofll- cerof the Jaw. And they wore also to decide wlhether Lamb, the accused, should suffer the death penaley, After referring to the indiet- mgut, the first countiof which ehurged Lamb und George Freeman, each armed witharevolver, with tiring upon and murdering Race, and the see- ond charged Lamb olone with dolnyg the shoolinz and TFreeman as an mider and abettor of ft, Mr. Mills adverted to the history ot the crinie, which, he pald, in fts reck- less character and brutal nature bad no recent eaquyl. ‘The erlae might be astd to have begun on the td of October, On that day, nhout dusk, Lamb was met on Kinzte street bridge by two ofticers, fla had jnse returned from ihe Bride- woite ‘They accosted hin, vainz sequainted, nud gave bl some advive as to Jeaving the city, telling him it was better for him_to leave the community In which tie was so well kuowa, ond Lumb responded in substance, ** 1 will never be arrested ogaln, If ever ou oflicer of the law underiakes to arrest me, T shall cither escane ‘or bu hung.” ‘That declaration, made within twety-four hours ot the killing, wmbght stund from thas thne on ns an illumination of all the subsequent events oi the cunsplracy, whlch ended - when Roce fell dend on State street, On Ot o, In the carly hours of the evening ot o place not very remote from the “Tewmple ol Justice,” Jolin Lawb and flve other conspimtors met, sl there organized or com- pleted the organization of a inost danrerous critne,—nn attack on the property of o cltizen, Later on, carrying out the copspiracy, six men were In the nélehborhinad of the store of E, 8. Jallruy & Co., on Filth avenue, between Wush Ington und Madison streets. Lach mon under- stood the part bhe was to play, amd began to perform {t, ‘Two or three entered the building; Just as the minute for the remainder stald outside to glve warn- ase’ of danger. The burmlary leted, The stolen wa: v coods, valued at several hundrea dollars, wore placed fn o an exwress-wagon, which was driven south, then cast, und thence to Noo 474 Gtate streety w pawnshop kept by the Fried- bergs. "Fwoof the conepiraturs touk lote the pawnaliov o park ol 1he stolen property. At thut time no one was on the waron. After hav- ing somu conversation with the Fricdberis, the wwo returned to the sidewali, Just ut that mo- ment TIHE ILI-ATARRED RACE, performing the humblo duty of walking the street to protect the people, suw the wagon, and alowly walked towards i, Standing on the wulk he luoked at the wagon, and then turned to Jook ut the sign of the shop. In o mibute or two be advanced to the wagon, which then con- tatned two inon. Putting his hands over asif to feel the goods, or un to the side of the wagonn In order to Jook at them, ono of tha men drew a revolves, deliberately polnted it at Race, aud, making use of these words, or words jike them, “lake thst, von — — —" puiled the trigeer; aud then wd there did Joln Lamb commit the crime of wmurder, * Me. Mils expeeted to prove by evi- denee, in part furnished by George Freeman, many of the facts preliminary to the final deed ut Kitling. And beve ho reminded the jury that Freemun was Indieted for complicity n the criime, snd thut the prosecution shiould use hin us o witness, \When Freumaw took the stand ho woulid adinit the tacts of s life. The defenso need not go out of their way to search for any estrunrous proofs. Freeman wonld tell strajghtforward, honest, self-confessiug story as cer,—tho part ‘he played o the orlgioal couspiracy, wml all that was dong by the conspirators, md es- peclally by the men who were con- verned'in thafinal act. Corroborative evidence would bo intreduced as to Lawb's {deutity, Ho veutured o say that the defense would pro- duce witnesses who would bo entitled to no consideration at the huuds of the jury,—witucss- €3 who had Hed, and Jed, and Yod under the saered oblizations of nn outh, sud In conversa- tions with oflicers. of the law, I the de- fenas tried Lo prove an allbl, e nsked the fury to serutipize the interest the witnesses had in thu case, thely forner nssociatfons' with lamb, und thufr character, In conclunlon, ho cldmed o verdict inposing the extremy peualty, It the Tacty were ua hu represcuted. COL, VAN AUMAN followed on the ]mrl ot (he delcnse, - suying, at hie autset, that be bad lutended 1o forgo the apeniug, but, in view of the stutements of the Btate's }\uurn:y. knowing that an impression waa hurd to reniove, ha had concluded to spesk, ‘Uhe casa of the prosecition, lie gaid, was based ou the ground thut Lamb was the mun who fired thu shot. No pretenss was set uo of 4 conspleacy far the taking of the 1ife of Raco; it was for another und” different erlmo—burglary, He suppased no ono would deny that, on thoe night of Uct. 4, o policemun was shot 1 the dischorgo of his duty, The ouly question the jury wero called upou to declda” waw, who was “guilty of tho ernued Hu referred to the fact that other nersons wers suspeeted ad tha time of the hom- clde, It was only alter they wore urrested und told thelr stury that the name of Lainb was connected with it That would not prove thaut ho was not the man; but it It should turn out that the mon who appeared now und sworo thut Lumnb was tho mwan, had lafl the first aceu- sation notou him buton some onu clag, it would lave o struoe tendency to show that Lamv's cojupliclty was an - alterthonent, ed« peclally Hf the tuan to be used ae a withess against Lumb was poluted at,— would It furnish stroug cvidenve that the accusation of Lamb was an afterthonght,—a dis- bonest aud fraudulent ufterthouglit! And thls Col. Yan Armun said bo bad 1o doubt be would bo able to skow. In polnt of fact, Lamb haa yo oo to d¢ with the murder of Tace thau Buy ono of the jury, This *‘honest” wituess who wad tu comy beforo thew, after bolng indicted, to awcar lu bis own protection, waa not vuly tho :‘l.l:l who was first suapected of the crime, but THB NEAL MURDERER OP RACKS and by a foul conspiracy between him and, otherallke him Lamb fiad heen brought into the case, . Some of tho bickeringa amd bargalns mada in the fall a8 to who should be wituesses nml who eeiminals would he displayed. Free- man waa first willing to rwear that ho hud noth- ing to do with the affafr, und he bad asked Lamb to unite with lhim to pyt the erime on the Friedbergs, Lamb, althougn o had man fievery respect,—his life had heen far from* what 1t ought to have hieen,—tvas nat vet had enough to ncese of the heinous erime of mur- der n man whom he had no reason to belleve wus guilty, aud bo refused. Freeman bad pro- posed repeatedly to sweae the erime, not on Lamb, admnitting at the time that he (Lamb) had nothing to do with it, but on the Jews, Whether Lamb took uny part in the hrglary Col. Vau Arman aidn't say; bhut Freeman bad admitted that Lamb did not sccompany the wagown. It wonld by proved by rellavle witnesses that Lamb had notting to do with disposiing of the goudsy—that. he did not. go with the wagon to the pawnrhop, amt bad nothing to do with the perpetration of the murder. The foolish vanity of u ailly woman (referring to the colored wotnan who luentitied Lamb s the one swhotired the shot) would be lducement enouigh to her to swear to anything. He would show that she swas nat at the place whera sher pretended to liaye heen, Ju closiig, Col. Vau Armau asid policemen exhibited trreat zeal when w erime was committed (n catehing somebody and puah- ing hiny to a conviction frrespective of his gulit or innocence, thinking it necessary for thelr nwn vindicatiou that sume onc sheuld” be puniehied, Tle would prove that remarks bud been mnada by them that, whether guflty or not, sumebody must be puntshed. Would {t be any patintion of ux'c public wisfortune to sotreat ah fnnoccut man DETECTIVE 8CMOCK was (lien catled und sworn, -Abont 8 o’clock on the ovenliug of Oct. 5} he saw Detectivo Whalen aud Lamb near Kinzie-street bridie taltiing topether, and, when he jolucd them; be took art, P State's-Attorney Milla asked switness to re- s conyersation. ‘an Armuu objected, unless it related to the case, Mr. Mlile expected toprove what he liad stated fn s opening, A threat, wencrul in its natire, mostertaluly fnvolved the speclul act of wurder, Col. Van Arman_submitted: that the rulo was that the evidence In any crime must be conflned to nets and what tended to support the charze, Judge Willlams suid the fairer way, tn this class of cascs, was to declde n guestion that was befors him without actemptiug to give his rea- Aons, ag, from the reasons, the Jury might some- times think the Court bind taken a certain view of the facts which he should be sorry tor, since the jury were ot to e finvcmcfl by his views, ‘Therefare, It thls case, hie would .simply an- nounce his rullngs, The testimouy was com- petent. . An exception was noted. Witness sald Lomb tulked about his laving been arrested, amd witness ndvised him that ho had better lenve towm, Lamb sskl he was }urmu:m up tt Chicago, and he was eolng to live here. Witnesa sald thut was all right if he led life. Lamb sakl ie was trylng to get wagzon and horae, mxl to ke u Hy- fngdn that way, He safd further that tie would not be urrested any mores'thut the first —§— police oflieer who arrested him lie would get away from or get bung, Witness saw Lamb the following nigzht, Oct. 4, near the corper of Murket wid Kinzle streefa, with John Melvin and Lane. They were talklng together, De- teetlve Wholen was with him. ~ That _was twenty or twenty-five minutes after 10 o'clock, e did not know at that time anything ahout the murder of race. Witness met Jimnimy Dris- coll the same nlezht at 10 o'clock, fu the saloon corner_of Indlana und Maocket streets, lie secmed to be seared, 3 ‘I'ie croes-examination was very loog, but de- veloped nothing of {nterest. DETECTIVE WHALEN corroborated Schock, Ilo first beard of the murdcer at u quarter of 11, At 1 o'clock he got ordera to hunt for the Lamb-Driscoll gane of thieves. Hetold Asaistant-Superlutendent Dixon the next morning about meeting Lamb and Driscoll, ziving the thine, cte, PETER OTT, who keepa n raloon on the torner of Mariet and Kinzle, tostilled that Durphey, Dennls, Free- man, Lamb, und Driscoll came nto his place by the side door about hulf-past 5 in the afteruoon, wid, after sutne talk amons themselves, which withess did vot hear, they went outside, whers they were jofued by Lone and Linnett. L.'\Ilcr {\u o'clovk, the evenlig, - woout half-past 10 amb and Melvin enm itve me two beeres 1 have no money,” “Fhey deauk und went out of the Kinzie® street door Five or ten nunutea nfterward they came back,. nwl Lamb_called for two beers amd asked for o dollar. Witness gave it to him beeauss he was afraid of him. Col. Van Arman asked that {he Inst clause b stricken out, und the Court so ordered. Witness saw Driscoll that smme nizht about 11 o'clock on the sidewalli, Others wers with lim, but he didn’t who they were. HKODERICK W. CLOSSEN, n finllcnn:u of E. 8. Jaltrey & Co., was then called, Col. Von Armaid objected, ns the name of the witbess was not on the back of the fndictinent, Mr. Mills deaired to show the collateral fact of the burglacy by this employe, the thrm beiog in Neuw York, The Court let the testimony {n, huweyer, eub- fect toexcention, Witness then went on to tell about the burg- Jary of the store, und seclig a portion of the stolen gonds at the Central Polive Statton the fotlowing morning, CALT. O'DONNELL testified that Race was a police officer, and natrolied Statw street, between Palk and Taytor. Witness then told nbout his heariny of the inur- der between 10 and 11 o'clock at nlght, golng to the pawnshiop and finding it cloged, subsequent. Iy gatnlug admiseion, und finding there o portion of Jaffrey & Co.'s silles, ete, 4\:1 thls testimony weut fa subject to ob- ection, The Court (hen adjourned until 10 o'clock thiy morping. 1t 13 nnderstoud thut the *ivme wit- neasea? referred to by State’s-Attornoy Mills are the Fricdbergs, who will swear that, they saw Freeman tre the shot. When arrested Fricdvere clafined that o was not at the shion ot all, but some distanca away on buslness. 1ils recolication, however, it scems has been ye- freshed, nmn‘. s reported, o will swear ihat he was {n the sliop leoking out of the window at the thine of the murder, THE CITY-HALL. Letting tho Work for the Rotundn—Fcono- my of Dropplug the Flllgreo Basinees, All. Cook, Ballard, Phelps, and Ttynn, of the Counell Building Committee, Mayor Heath, Mre Chesbrough, Commissloner of Publle Works, and Bullding Suverlutendent Cleavelund held a conferenve yesterdsy morning at ihe rooms of the Publle Works Department velative to a re- cont action of the County Board in the matter of Court-House constrnction, Mr, Chesbrough was called upon to preside. After general talk of Court-House and City- all aifalrs, Mr, Chesbrough read copy of A MEFOIT OF TIE JOINT COMMITTEES of Pudlie Bulldings aud Publie Svrvice of tho County Board, ‘Phe roport stated that the sald Commitico woula recommend: "fhat the hight of the counecting nrches intend. cd o connect tie north and south fronts of tha buildiog be reduced, leaving oil the work over the srehes proper, snd that the tonin catablature of tha bubldineg and the rear walls sbove the srches be Onlstiod separatuly wo as to overcoms the dif- hition arislng frosa tho ierenco in th color of the wiones now belne wved in the bulldings, ‘That the seulptured tgures and other sculutured work contomplated in the present design af thia attic story be dispensed with, aubstituting pliasiers for the seulptureil work, ‘Thut tha top balustrades bo left oft, retaining the Baso of the halustrade av & blocking conrsu, “Tuat n ol othor respects not heretofora directod to bo chanzed the deslgn by preacrved, except so fur g 1t may bo necesdary, fu tho Judgiient of the architect of the connty's -portion of the bmldi wcthis I concort with Lho architect of tow cliy purtion of the batlding, to modify thy proportion of thu wevural parts of the deufgu {0 sult the altera- tous abuta et forth. Mr. Cleaveland oxhibited DUAWINGS, PLANS, AND LLEVATIONS * vrepared by nim' and County Architect Egon, showing tho differont parts of the two build- s, the county’s Court-llouse and the Clty- 11udl, us the county deslred them, und had do- clded to have them bullt us fur as fts halt was concerned, ‘Iho plaus are the same as those submitted ot the last confercucn butween the county und eity, uud bays beeu fully described. ) MAYOI UNATIL sald that beyond a doubt the Conuell dosived to bulld fn aveordance with the plans befors the Committee, ‘Tho city would suve monsy there- Ly, ‘Iho brick-work vontractors had pgreed In writling to deduct from their contract price fn case the chufigzes were made, and the stonu coutracturs hud olferod u reduction ot 11,000, ‘The dplng awny with the vrnumentsl fizures of gods, goddedsed, und great mon would effect o snving of nbout $33,000. There was o curtafling of $45,000,—cuough to bulld the ro- tundu. There was a guestion ns Lo tho legslity ot the changea, Could thu contractors by held to their offers of reductfons if the changes wers declded upon Bz Corporation-Counsel Bonficld was called in, and staterd that his verbal opfnlun was it it the contractors ngroed to the alterstions the contract would not be affected. ‘There was n question as Lo whetlier or not the Council should he consulted, The powers of the Butld- ing Committee—the pawer o act fo the matter of construction—had all been transferred Irom the Committes to the Commissioner. of Public Worke by the ordinance which- established the Department of Public Works, nnd the City- Halt was now under the controt of the Commi sioner, as was any other pubile Improvement, und that officer liad full control, independent ot the Council, except in extinordinary cases of nlteratfon. The projectedchange was not an extraordinary one und the Comtissiofier would have full power to act. ‘The Bullding Commit- . tee was now placed In the light of un Advisory Commilttee, . ‘Tlie Mavor sald that wp to the present tima the work had progressed, su far as he knew, with entire satstaction under the supervision of tha Pablic Works Department, Ald. Ballard moved that the action of tho County lvard be coneurred in. Carried. Commissioner Chesbrouzh nsked us to what ouyht 10 ba dong in the construction of THD ROTUNDA, The bldders were anxiotis to know the decislon of the clty, nud et thefr jruarantec-cheeks bacic in cnse the vontract was not to be let. "The Mayor made a lengthy explanation of the rotunda quastion, saylne that the building of the rotunda was not yet fully dectded tpon, and Corporntion-Counsel” Bontiéld replied: to” Mr. Chesbrough that the Public Works Depart- ent lind the same power [n the matter 13 In nny matter of contract. Ilo conld roject all bids recelved aud advertlse over ngaln, or ho contid aceept the lowest responsibio bid, - ‘The Mayor asked If the contract could ba- lat immudiately, or would n speclal appropriation haye to ba inade for the rotunda, AMr, Boufleld sald that the rotunda was n part of the City-[{al}, and could by pald for out of the general City-Hall appropriation, ‘The Com- miasinner could not let s contraet for anything fi[vccll”{)‘ forbidren by the Councll,—as the dome, for instance. . Alr, Chosbrough asked whotlier the Committeo woulil recommetnd the lotting of the contract for the rotunda to the lowest responsiblo bidder. Ald, Rtyan then mosed that the Commissloner be reconumended to let the contracts for mae sunry i cut-atone work on the rotunda to W, MeNelll & Son for 815,500, und (he iron-work to V. oJ, Sexton for $6,552—total, 820,032, Carrled, ATl Ryun moved 1hat AId0, Gobl and Ballard aml Supt, Cleavelund be appolnted a committes to estimate the reductions that should be mado by the contractors in necordunce with the revised plans of general construction, to the end thint the Coaticll might know whethier the contractors hnd offercdd to malku o sufliciently liberal reduc- tion. . Cavried, ‘The ruecting then adjourned subject to Mr, Chesbrouih's call. ; GARY’S MAGNETIC MOTOR. . Are We on tho Evo of o Great fillfllnllln;‘ Rovolation ? Hartford Courant, The publie has read for some years with lan- &uld expeetation and moro Incredullty of the ex- perimeuts of Mr. Gary with a maguctls motor., It has been ready to accept almost anything wonderful from the mystcrious regions of mag- vetlsm nud electriclty, but {t wisely drow its line short of * perpetual motion,” and sectled down on the bellef that *something* could never ba oroduced out of nothing,—that s, that any valu- able workung puwer could not be produced with- :‘mmhe expenditure of a corresponding adequate oree. 5 But an {llustrated paper in the March Harper: Monthly shows that there was something fninag netism that we did not know, and that wo are rrnbnhlv on the eve of n ereat mechauleal revo- titon. Bxactly what this is caunot hu under- stood without the :mnmpnn‘ylug cutsor a work- ing model; but the principle mmuy be stated,— aml we givo 1t ut the risk of repeating what has hefore been printed i the newspaners. The old way of lookIng at magnetism, soys this arti- che, hins been to regard It as a foree - Ttke that of seavitation, the expenditure of an amount of enerty equal to its attraction bolng required to overcome it, conscquently its power cotud found ln th not bu used, Mr way to utllize what oy be ealled **atored” und mysterious force of the manent maguet, 1lo has kit upon this by series of practienl churlmcnls with su or. horsesnoe maguct, o bit of soft fron, awml o sh glenail, The discovery 18 the existence of) u neutral line In the magnetie fleld,—a hue whiery thu polarity of an joduced magnet. ceanes, aml bzyond which ft changes. This dlnunverf’ upseta alf the previvus theories of magnatic philosophy, aml THts nugnetism from e position of. s statie foree to thut of o dynamnle power. And Mr. Guary has nctuatly fovented o stmplo con- tgivanco which furnishes its own power, n power perfectly sufe, the cost of which ends with the construction of the mnchine; u ma« chlue which, onee started with the finger, will run untit it §8 worn out by the forca of Irittion—as near tv perpetusl motion ns wo shall ever Aud this ingching is not a muro plavtiing. To glve an enormous power the ine ventor hus ouly to uso mugnets of u farge size. 1118 first discovery, resulting from his study of thie neutrat line, ouly resulted in o tittlo ma- chine which secured continuous actiou, but was not o practical motor, A turther study of tha polnts in the chouze ol polarity led him to his present success, 1118 formal clalm is thia: © L have discovered that a straight plece of fron pluced acrosa the poles of n mamnet, aml near to their end, chunges its polarity whlle in the mnznetie feld, und before it comes in contact with the moenct, the fact belng, however, that dary has uetual contuct Is guanded against, The conditfons are that tho . thickness of the lron wust be provortioned to the power of the maguet, and thut the noutral Tine, or Mng of change fo the polarity of the fron, i3 . nearer or more distaut from the magnet accord- ing tu the power of the latter and the thickness ol the forimer. My whole discovery s based upon this clange in the palarity o the irou, with or withont a battery.,” Poiver can bo fne ereased to any extont or dlininished, by ths ad- dition or withdrawal of magnets, In all previous mochines electrivity Is gen- erated by vevolviug o piece of solt {ron It front of the polesof a pormanent magnet, But to do thisat a ngo of specd high enough to pro- duce sparks id such rapld succeasfon as to Keep up u steady eurrent of cleetrleity suitable for the light, conslderuble power is redulred, In Mr. Gary's machine, however, the viceo of #oft iron, or urmature, cofled with wire, bas ouly to be moved across the neutral line to seeure the sume result, Every timoe it crosses the Jine it changres Its polarlty, und every thne the polarity Is clianeed o apurk Is produced, ‘The atiphtest vibration 18 onough to wecuro this, and with each vibeation two eparks are ]nmlu:cu. Just as with eachi revolution in the other mmethod, An enormous velumne can be secured with the ex- punditure of very little force. With the amnalls est ot mugnetic motors power - supplied und clectrieity generated at uo expenso buvoud the vost of the machine, In o working model of & tuotor exhibited, the soft iron vibrates less than the flitteeh of qu lnch. This mnguetic motor would séem to scttle the question of the use of the clectric Nght, the only serfous problem fu regand to that Lelne the cost of power necdud to gencrate electriclty, With onc of these little motors it would eeem to bo possiblu to generaty all tue . clectriclt; needed to Ught an ordinury dwelling-house, ani Ahe ponsibitity of dividing and distributisg by ncaus of wires over o ¢lly from a central polut whera ereat power Is uceded, toed not be longer discussed, Wodonot svce why the lttle eleos trie mutor which yuna a sewlvg-machine in the daytimo and performs other servics in the houav, cannot sct the cheap carbou burners go- fog at nizht, ‘The possibilitles opencad by this discovery, if {t Is all that it scema trow this illustrated deseripe tlon, are_amazing und’eadless, Our wutchgs will ruy Turever without winding up, Lyen the stem-winder, which wus invented fur the benutg of versovs of u conyivial turn of iud, who had difllenity In tinding the keylioles of their watches fate at night on returniug home, will no longer bo needed, 'Fhe exponso of running an elevator fua large building 18 now cousidersblo; this mator will reduce b very mulld\.'rub‘(y ur lucomotive onilues will “bo propelled by this sltent, peralstent ogent, und the chéorful ** dey- {llsh englacer " wilt not be uble to howl his way through u town at midnlght, tearing the souls of sick people out of thelr bodies, We shall now bo uble to avall ourselves of tha vast powor of electricity, which wo kuve not been able te use 0w account of the cust of generuting ii. The world muy fuirly be said to Le “slectrified " by this disvovery, g A notable fact in thls favention fs that {t la the result of practlcsl experiwent contiuued really In defiance of all the electric b the sctentists,. My, Wesley W, Gary, now 41 years old, was bora fn 1517, the sou of nuh:rm; wan w Corthund - County, New York, futher was Intercsted fu slecbro-magnetism uud gave Jeetures on the subject, ‘The buy's futerest was nrouscd, amd for years be poudored ou the power that might be stored wp i the juagoet, o begau Nfe us u lumberman, und 1t was not until the exposure uf this busivess brought ou intlammatory rheumatisin and lald bim up, tut ho began nventing, making s vumber of ymall Iuventions, somo ul which were protitablo uud iave blm mesns to puranu histrial with the woguet, In 1874 ho first succecded fn melting motion witbous the aid of » Lattery, but new he comes forword with bis completed maching, pre- pared, lie saya, 10 do a man's work in the world, ‘I'hie world {8 very soxiows Lor iy 10 bogln.