Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1881, Page 4

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CRANE, Focretary, 'RUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, M, BLaINg Is pouring balm on the lacer- ated feelings of Massnchusetts, ITTis recent speech on the navigation guestlon Isan olive branch to the Bay State, The musty records of the war of 8122 sink into insfgnificance hy comparison, All the morning Repnbliean Journals of Boston, not eyen oxcepting the IHerald, appland Mr, DBlalne’s senthments, nud fhank him for, nls defense of what are belleved to bo the Interests of New England In this connectlon, t Tho Advertiser says his veply to Mr. Beek was * brilliant,” that his argunmient wis “ presented in the most eap- tivating and effective way,” and that hls *statelent of the enso 1a .clenr and conclu- alve,” requiving “neither clueldation nor am- he Herald and Journal sup- port &ls views, but are more reserved in ap- wroving his presentation of thom, It isa Jong thne sinee Mr. Blalne las done any- thing to plense Massnchusetts so much as did. Tis speech of Frida Iristo be hoped that retary Schurz's announced intentlon to {nke the nggressive in the Poncat busineys, and give the Boston vhilanthropists alf the evidence thoy ean con- veniently acconmodate, will be enrried into effect. “The Secretury hns borne the absurd assaults upon his ehuracter In this matter as long as o reasonably patent man cowldd ho expected to endure them. The zeal of tho Boston men hus earried them beyond all bounds, "They have sttempted to put Mr, Schurz on trlal, and have assumed his gafit to start with. Some of the Commissloners seen to have examined the Poneas rather for the purpose of convictlng Mr. Schurz of wrong-dolne thiun to nscertain the frue con- dition of the Indiuns, As the Seeretary wns not responsible for their removal In the first place, and has merely sought to make them comfurfable and contented where they are, the helnousvess of his conduct does not clearly appear. The main question s no louger whether n wrong was done tho ~ Ponens In the remaote past, and consequently . not whether Mr, Schurz or mifybody clso was responsible for' thelr removal, but whethor they are now happy and contented, aud, If not, what ean bo done to make themso, Tl acti¥n of Mr. Walter Allen in nssalling, in his dual capueity of newspnper correspond- ent and Govermment Commissloner, ' Mr, Schurz's motlves and conduet would bo scandalous If it were not rldiculous, ‘Tug: lendersof the Democratle party In Washington, as will be scen by n report else- whore, Dbeaten, overthvown, demoralized, dlsgruntied, und despernte, seelngg 1o hops for thy future in thelr present condition, like drownimg men nre catehing at straws, ure now ennvassing the ndvantages of o conli- tlon with the Greenbackers, ln which they wiil drop thelr purty nme and the reen- backers wH mako the platform, and this plutform, which wilt be based ugon hatred of the Natlonal banks, will have for its Issnes the repenl of the Natlonnl-Bank law, the sub- stltution of fint serlp for Natlonal-bank notes, and the relstabllshment of wild-cat banks ot issue In nll the Stn The nbsurdity of this movement and the desperatlon of the persons provosing It ave clearly apparent,—all-the more so because this conlition has been tried In Indinug, Ohle, Ininols, lown, Wisconsin, Miehigan, Kunsas, Mussachu- setts, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, mul in ench Instanco decent. Depioerats wero dis- gusted and driven Into the Bepnblican party, * und the unfon was shattered by Irretrioyablo “disastor In ench ense, Now thet vesumption iaIn full aud suceesstul operation and that 1he thnes ure prosperous, any furlher conli- tlous of this surt will only entall stitl greater dispsters. The part of pradencs for tho ))L‘mocmm to pursue {8 to remaln In o des- besats inority unill the Republleans com- it somo blunder which will briug them to the surface ngal M Kikwoon's grotesquo smendmment to the'bill “exempting from duty ebjects of clussfeal antiquity” wny hinve tho effect of dofeatlug & measure which s In all respects commendable, und should have been per- mitied to stand on Its own merits, The bill was designed simply to cure a defect in the present rlft laws. 1t defined objeety uf. classical antfquity o bo wsuch as were produced *“during or before the mydleval period.” By the. present law an “obfect of classleal antlquity ” wust . selves be mofa than 500 years old. 1lence o statue by Phlillng would be admitted free of duty, while one by Michel Angelo wonld be taxed 50 per cent on its value, even though it might be huported tor private use, and not for sale. Mlchel Angela's work, by the rul- Ing of the Treasury Department, is “manu- factured marble,” while Phidias’ stntues are “untiqua works of art. The bill pnesed by the Yenate at the Inst sesston, and now rest® Ing on the Speaker's table, removed this dis- crimination, When It wasup for considern- tion, Mr. Kirkwooul, for somemysterious rens son, burdened it with n rider *“to relieve fram all duty Imported salt for, the euring of fish,” Tha connection betwoen sait-fish and objeets of classienl antiquity 15, It must be confessed, very remote, for, whatever the antiquity of the fish may be, they can be in- cluded with “classical objects” only by n nost generous construction of the faw, Itls to be hoped that the bill-In question will get through, either with or without Mr. Kirk- wood's amendinent, It Is hinted thatthe Democrnts, falllng to pass the Morgan Joint rule which they have valnly endeavored to foreo through the Tlouse, will propose the readoption of the old twenty-second rule, which glives the same objectionable power of rejection to cithier House, and insist that the Republicans mnst assent to it beeause It was orlginally adopted by o Republican mujority in Con- mress, This §s a very foollsh lne of argu- ments Tho rule was adopted ‘under the pressure of circumstances that grew out of the War, and it was regarded as essentlal to the protection of the Unlon ngninst the possl- blo sssaults of a rebellious people. It was an emergency measure, and In this respect it resembled many other measures whose adoption would not row micet with publie approval, It confers upon a partisnninajority ina fragmentof Congress ni untise and dan- gerous power,and itis proposed torestoresueh powery not only without the assent of the veonle, but plso without the ordinary safe- guards of legisintion,~for the Executive nnd Judiclary Depnrtinents of the Government woulil be exelnded from all voice in the matter by the passaga of o tuera rule In Con- gress 1o regulate o matter that is of constitn- tlonal and organie luportance, ‘The Repub- llenns in Congress now would he gulity of serlous wrong If they were to assent to sucl proposition simply beeause their predeces. sors lind committed themselves to ft' under wholly different conditions. The question of Presidentiat electlons and the count of the Electoral votes 13 essentially @ constitutional question, and should nover again be declded one way or the other except through & con- stitutlonal amendment. Meanwhila the Dem- oerats may better rest content with the original practice under the existing con- stitutional Injunction than to scek any tem porary and partlsan construction thercof, whieh will not avail them practieally, but mny nerease the popular distrust that now attaches to thelr purposes aml management, THE ELECTORAL COUNT AND DEMO- ORATIC FOLLY. The folly of the Democratie leaders scems to ho ng limitless as thelr patriotism Is In- tangible. Their atiitude upon the ques- tlon of the Electoral count is a conspicu- ouy Instance of thelr bad judgment. They hinve kept this questlon open for four years, apparently with no betler purpose than to exhibit, thelv selfish and conscleneeless par- tisanship. Four years ngo they devised o scheme for the temporary settlement of the pemding controversy, which they believed would result in" n deeision fuvorable to tholr eandidate, When the Electoral Com- misslon declded adversely to M. Tilden’s clajms, o Inrze’ factlon i the Demoeratic purty was disposed to disown Its own Electornl bantling, and the entire party, nlmost without exceptlon, has béen en- guged ever since In denounclng the devies that was ndopted with a partisan design, but proved to be a boomerang, Since that Jaux pus four years have elapsed, and dur- Ing the entire perlod the Democrafs have been In a position to project and mature a fulr, unpurtisan, constitutionnl, and endur- ing system for conuting the EKlectoral vote. They have deliberately and Intentlonally negleeted to lmprove this opportunity, They have preferred to hold the ques- tion open In order to avail themselves of any oceasion that might present Itself whereby thelr party majority conld either nullify & popular vote or construe to their own advantage any doubtfol lssue of n Pres- Identinl struggle. Even after the late Presi- dentinl election resulted o verdict so em- phatle that dispute was out ot the questlon, they entered upon the short and closing ses- slon of their cantrol with n partlsun schicme, whieh, 1f adopted, would vnablu one House of Congress to reject the vote of any Statears bitrarlly, and thus prepare the way for throw- ing nn eleetlon already deelded by: the peaple intothe House of Representatives. Ofcourse sueh o schemo encountered immediate and stubhorn resistancs from the Republieans, and the Democratle lenders discovered that, for ‘one renson and another, they were not able to dram up the majority In thelr own party neeessary to u quorum when the Re- publicans refused to vote. They havealrendy mado two or (hreo futilo effurts In this divec- tion, and it s reported from Washington that thoy will probably romew their attempt. Thoy will fall agning but ln the meantine the day for connting the Llectoral vote s rapldly approaching, aud no formal “provislon hnsbeennade, noristhiore any Indi- eation that it will be made, for the nsscumbling of the two Houses to witness tho count, ns provided by the Constitution, I'his nmounta to an upen deflance and flagrant violation of constitutional mundate, 1f thy Democratle lendors In Congress Imagine that Welr stubbornness in this mat- ter I8 golng to enuse even 8o much as nu eme- barrassment to the declaration of Garileld’s eleetlon or to his lnnwguiution as Presklent, atter he has beon Indlaputably chosen by the people necording to the canstitutionn forms, they nre simply Dlinded by thelr own. folly, ‘To the extont that thelr inuction up to the present thno or thelr absenco from the cere- monial countiug of the Lleetoral vote muy lead to any non-compliance on thelr purt with the forms prescribed by the Constity- tion, they will merely “atteact to them- new publie recognitlon of thelr renctionary methods and of the Ineas pacity whieh, durlng four years of pawer, has prevented them from maturing # schene that woulld, seltte condtitutionally und permanently any doubt there may Lo ns o the proper applicatlon ot the constitutional mandato relatlve to the counting of the Pres- fdential vote, ‘They may thus dmw upon thomselyes additional publle censuro wid open the way for unother repudiation of thelr party ambltlon at the polls, but they will not bo uble to provent or returd (he proper cortification of Garfleld’s ‘'election, ‘The provision of the Constitution 8 us fol- lows: “‘The President of tho Senute shall, fn the presence of the Senate and the Iouse of Representatives, open all the certliicates, nnd tho votes shall thon be counted; the per son having the greatest nutnber of votes for President shall be Prestdent, I such humber be u majority of the wholo number of Eleot- ors uppolnted,” There mby bu some gues tion us to the Intention of tne elause which saY8, *'I'ha yotes shall then be counted,” it 80, 1t Is possibly within the Jurisdiction of Cougress to determine how this - mone date shall be carried ont, though it would cerfainly be fairer and more satlsfactory that any such doubt should be settled by n constitutional amend- ment that should define the Injunction ex- plicitly, But In the nbsenee of constitutional nmendment and of n law of Congress, cer- tainly it i3 the duty of tho two IHouses to ns- semblo on the day appoluted by lnw, and, whether they disehargo their duty or not, {t ‘remalng the duty of the Viee-Presldent to open tho certificates, and, in defanit of other proviston, to count the votes. There is not the smallest doubt that the Viee-Tresidont will discharge this duty, Even it Mr Wheelor should dle within n week and Mr, Thurman, as Preskient of the Senate, should stieceed to the ofllee of Viee-I'resident duf- ing the small remnant ot the present terny, It I not likely that the Iatter would dare to vosist tho Instruction of the Constitution. Thera 1s no requirenient s to a auorum of the two Ilouses or of cither one upoh the occasion of witnessing tho count; it Is tho duty of every member of the Senate nnd the 1lousa to be present, and if there shonld he but a dozen present L wonld still bo the duty of the Viee-I'resident to proceed with tho count, In doing this he wiil simply follow the early precedonts of tho Government,— nreturn to which hins heen necessitated by the fallure to ennet anv new method. KENTUCKY MURDER JUSTIOE. ‘The verdlict iu the ense of Thomns Buford for the murder of Jwdge Ellott, which hns Just been deilvered at Owenton, Ky, fs an- other Instance of the Insceurity of human life and the disregard of Justice which ob- talns, and always has obtained, In that State, Several hundred murders hive been eom- mitted In Kentueky during tho pust ten years, ami not a single white man has ever been hanged, Negroes fure differently. Juse tice s righlly enforced in thele eases, and sometimes 18 even stretehed a little to accom- modute them; but the white man who slays anothor, npparently, 13 gulity of no offense by the Kentucky code, as Interpreted by Ken- tucky jurors. The murder for which this man Butord was hrought to trlal was of no ordlnnry charaeter. It was not only the taking of hunan life, but it wns the assasinne tion of aJudge who had done hisg duty, a blow at Justice ftself, o cowardly, dastardly nct which piainly said, No Judge Tn Ken- tucky shall remder n deecision In accord- ance with Inw witnout forfelting his life, ‘I'he eause of thiy cold-blooded murder was that Judge Eliote, in the telal of o elvil sult to which Buford was a party, had ren- dered Judgment againgt himm by nllirming the teeisfon of the lower Court, whercupon Bu- ford waited for him In tho strect, as he was golng to dinner with the assoclate Judges, ael shot him dead. ‘Iho murderer was brought fo trinf, The ease agalnst him was as open and clear na tha daylight, aud It he had been trled upon its merits no jury on enrth could have fatled to conviet him with- out stultifying Itselt. So the convenient vlen of Inganily was Interposed, "Tho evi- dence In this dircetion was, first, that he was aviglent nind senthmental man; but i€ vio- fence and sentfmentality are sigus of fusan- ity, how many sane men are thero In the community? Sccond, that he was necus- tomed to weep at his sister'sgrave, and swear vengeanee upon her enemtes. All this might be; but whereln does his uffection for his sister or his grief over her wrongs, if sho had them, constitute In- sanlty or uxcuse for the murder ot « man performing his duty ¢ T'hird, that he thought Jesus Christ and Napoleon Donu- parte the two greatest men that ever llved, Other men have had a shnllar bellef, and beliefs o thousand times more extraordinary, and were good cifizens who obe yed tho faws, respeeted the rizhts of. thelr nelghbors, dld - not shed blood, and were never gecounted fnsane, or even ceeentrle. Lastly, Buford was clatined to be Insane beeause he had a propensity farshooting people who disagreed withhin. 12 this bo a form of Insanity, then Buford belonged to u class of insane who deserve hanging, ns It i3 not’ generally con- sldered to bu o tenable proposition In moral cthics that I3 has tho right to kil A because A loes not believe as Ib does, and hanging iy the best remedy to prevent the spread of this very absurd notion, If such Is the status of mornl ideas In Kentiteky, then the Court and Juty who have saved this murderer from the halter, which he so richly deserved, are to be heartily congratulated, hecause, It they had conyieted him, he would have been Justified in shooting Jwige und Jury for disagreeing with hlm. For appearance suke the mur- derer will De placed In an Insana asylum, from which of courso he willbe shortly re- Iensed a3 cured, nid, a8 he has o propensity for shooting people, of course the firgt per- s0n who pusses between the wind and his chivalry will be shot, ns murder Is not & pun- ishable erlme In Kentueky, provided ouly the murderer is white, The upshiot of this ense only emphnsizes what hag been so frequently chavged agalnst Kentneky justico—namely: that theve Is no respeet for human 1ife tn that State, and that murder, with eauso or without cause, entally no compensuting penalty, At present theluws are held In contempt, Jurles elther sympn- thizo with murderers or they fear violenco from thelr relatives It thoy convict them, And g0 it lhas come that this man $uford, who Is gullty of one of tha most coli-blooded murders that ever dis- graced the annnls of any State, eseapes, aud his viethn, un honest, upright Judge, who had performed bis duty, remaing unavenged of justice. 1tis to be hoped, however, that this ense wil ond the horrible and ghostly travesty Which hns been performed so mnny thmes In the Kentueky Courts, It Is encour- agang that this verdict has aroused a fecllng of indignation mmong the law-nblding eiti- zens and the respeetablo newspupers of the State, 1t shondd be nwarning to them. ‘e Jury in the Buford caso are not so mueh to blame s the laxity of Justico which permits such verdiets nd the low stage of popular suntiment whileh Indorses thom. A great work has to be done before this papular sen- timent can be rovolutionfzed, but there fs no better thme to conmenco the crusade thun the present, while this horrible faree upon Justleo I9 fresh in mind, - Kenlucky catnot afford many moro such verdiots, 'WISCONSIN'S PROFOSED LAW OF LIBEL. A bill hns been Introdueed into the Wis- consin Legisluturo purporting to modify and nmeliorate the existing law-of lbel. The most hmportant section of the billvendsas fol- ‘lows; In enso any persan, through indvertenc, imls- tako, or misipprebension of facts, shall peint or puml-h. N iy newspapor n the State of Wik wonshy, uny articlo or matter nlleged to Lo lbels ous, and shiall, upon I croditly [nforimed of the inrorreotuess of su i ut Jeast two sucecssive | newapupor, publish u rotractlon ol watlor, togettor with u trua stitemiont of tho unner o which such tllegod libelons juniter st camotabu published, In us consplenous i placoin Buch Dowspupor, and for us_ wenoral elroulation us sald first muttor wus pubiiaded, und it sball be e to nppear thnt such frst publication and rutruetion were mido fn guod fulth, sueh popson shull vnly bo labts tn & civil uctlon fur sush puvtication, und thon only lnble for wueh dame« uged nd tho party libeled shall baye actuslly suss talued by reason of such tirst publlcation, ‘The pussage ‘of this bill would probably place thio press of Wisconsin In u worse posl- ton than it is now. In uddition to the humiliation of belug forced to mnke a duuble retraction “dictuted by stututory metesand bounds, the publisher fs still made lable for all the dumuges the party clalming to be libeled hay sustalned, Although no willful or FEBRUARY 1, malicious wrong was done, the publisher Is still toba punished fu full damages after nvologlzing and retracting for the kindvert- enee, aceldent, mistake, or misapprehension of facts, This Is,not tho rule that exists he- tween men for nadvertont or even wiliful tnjurles. Most publishers will prefer to make no retraction for mistakes if they are to remnin lnble. for “actual damages® all the same; and they will thank the Introdueer of the bill to withdraw and consigi it to his waste-basket. ‘Tho proposed statute Is unnecessary, and, if enacted, would serve rather to complicate than elueldate the matter, and would do pul- lishers wmore harin than good. A statutory definitlon of what Isalibel Is not needed, oven if it wero possible to make one which would cover the whole subject. When men are Hbeled, there should be a means of legal redress, When men are fnjured physieally, the law provides ameansof legal redress, In tho absence of malles or futention to fn- Jure, or even in ense of negligence, tha dam- ages to which the person injured is entltled are limlitell to those actually sustalned, Ex- emplary damages are hot permitted when the responsible persons have been guilty of 1in willtul neglect, have deen nctunted by no maliclous pnrpose or Intent, or where they afterwards have done what they conld to remedy the wrong. Publishers of newspapers nsk no exemp- tion from the penalties of intentional and malleious wrong-doing. When libel suits are Instituted for the purpose of vindieating charneter wileh has been unjustly nssaifed, awd when the publisher, satistied that ho was Inerror and hnd done o wrong, ling miade proper correction, and has shown that the publication wns not mallelous, but wis the result of deceptlon, Inndvertence, necldent, or mistake, o verdiet of six ceuts Is ng ample a vindieation of the paintil's characier ns If the verdlet was $6,000, But when, by the construetion of statutes and the rulings of Courts, publishers nre held equally responst- Dle under all elrenmstances, aud where mnl- fee Is presumed, when evidenco of mistuke, acehdent, inadvertence, and prompt ¢orrecs tion tpon notleo are not recepted ns exelud- Ing nll beyomd actual dwmages, there s an oppressive and unjust diserimination agninst the newspapers, and n rule applied to them which Is unknown to all others who may un- Intentfonally do n wrong or fnjury. What the press asks s, that it be atlowed to show to the Jury the absenee of nalice; to explalnall the cireumstances under which the aileged hibel was publistied ; to show that It was published by aceident, or In splte ol reasonnble precnutions; that it was the result of erroncons Information, n eonfounding of nnmes, or tho mistake of persons, or any of the countless clrewmstances which environ all newspaper publicatlons, and upon this presentation of all the fuets to leave the question of damages Lo 8 jury of twelve citi- zens. In ninety-nine cases out of u hundred the jury will return o proper verdict. What 13 needed is not o statute definlng the circumstances under which a Jury may or may not award exemplary dnmages; It would be impossible to detine In any statute all tho conditions and circumstanees under which publications teehinleally or otherwiso Iibelous are mude; but what s heeded |s, that tha publisher shall by free to explain to the jury atl the eircimstances under which the nlleged 1ibel was published, the why, the wherefore, and the manner In which it was done, and the efforts mndo to retract, dis- elalm, or correct the wrong or injury, and thus, having all the Incts presented to the Jury, Ienve them to determine as sensiblo men whatever In justice ana veason Is due from the publisher to the aggrieved party, ‘Ihe history of tho Inw of livel ks the ree- ord of n continugus, strugglo between the publie, runrusumc}l by the . press, amd the Conrts, The people hava from time to timo placed In their congtitutions and deelarntions of tights certain broad principles of froe- dom, under which the press has grown. in power and usefulness, but even theso have Dbeen narrowed and eramped by the Courts to tho smallest proportions. All the press nsks is, that thogeneral prinefples of justice—the samo rutes which govern all other enses of nlleged wrong md Injury, intentlonnl and unintentional=shall be applied to ncetions of libet; that actual damages shall be com- pensated, but that publishers shall not be subjected to penulties and punishuents un- less, npon the presentation of the whole facts, they be gullty of maliclons purpose and in- tent. ALl publishers nsk Is, that juries be al- lowed to hear the defensens to the actunl fucls of the alleged wrong-toing. They do not want any uew statutes, to be construed and twisted aud distorted to make them con- form to a long list of precedents dating buck governl conturies, when any publleation was of Itself s libel in Judicial estimation. — PresiprNT Potrin has sent Lo the Chrls- Ll Unfon an trttele comprisiug * Persound Reo. olleetions of George Klfot, with Comments,” In tho ypur 1553 Prealdent Portor snw Georgo Elint —thon cutled Miss Marian Evana—for several luys at the house of 3r. John Chapma, in Lone don, Mr, Chapmun kopt u sort of boarding- house In tho npurtments over hia ofiice, which witg the resort of Amerieans of liberal oplntons, 110 was the publisher of the Westminster Revlew, which wus not In very good repute in sovlety, owlugto Its *advaunced” viows. Morinn Evans wits then sicting us principal eritio and editor of the feplfew.” 8o tad plrondy trunsiated Strauss' - * Lifa of Christ" and’ Fouerbach's *Essonco of Christlunity.” . o was thon 1 yeara old, with plain but ine terosting fentuves, vt n 1ittto nbove medinmsizo, of & very qulot and wlmost thnid benele, most natleenblo for ber siugulnrly refined voire, bur clenr thoughts, Bor cholco yot by na monn stilt- ed dietlon, nndd nbova git for her fervil yot wne mfeotedt sensibility, Bhe was freo and ‘aifable with thoe Tumily and guosts, but unmtstakably woro tho ale of a person preocenplod with many engugements, and Iviig npirt [0 her own sworks of elovited thoushta aud futemss feollng, Tho writer remomburs once bulng grently maved ot &eelug hor, nfter I|||\'Ill¥ cowo ity 10 tho breaks Tust-tublio and being loft alinost nlone, give way to & mowd of abstraciion during which tho tenry tlowed n-strenns over hor strong yor gontle face, [t wns telightful. to hear hor converse, aand you Lrécall little or nothing of u long cons vursition with hor ns once wo sul opposit one another ut the table, and wero left 1o ourselves, ‘Theso nro all the recollections the writer s of this gifted worua, Dr, Porter Lns tho cournge to sny that “(icorgu tilot was fngebted to tho Christianity In which sho was borst for tho best and greatos: of hor achievomonts.”” o' closes hls most gun- crons nrtielo in tho following words: 1 - -How sho camo ta fu)l tta tho serions orrors of cthleal judgmont which must certuinly bave sddencd even it they lengthoned her 1o wo iy not eare to ik, Hut’of’ ono thing wo wro cor- lllll’u thut should Eoglund coaso to Lo Chrlstlun I 1ts worship, under the ugnostioe thooloy ot orbert Bponcor, ur Cliristlan in 1ts falth i im- martllty, undor the guldanco of Goorko Lewos, Luglund” eould nover praduce snuther Georgo Ellot fn clthor seatiment or imagimation, e Ir is stated on the autherity of the Yazeo Iferald thut one-third’ or one-hulf of those cne gaged In planting fu that valloy witl not be able 10 “squuaroup” with thelr merchants for the sup- plios furniahed them in 1880, The phrase “thoso wignged fn plunting™ 18 a cupheinism to cover nugro lnborors, The murvel I not thut they are unablo 10 pay thelr bills for 1850, but that thoy everare ableto pay thow. Iu point of tuet, tha mujorlty of themuro chronically lu dobt, The first wrive of tho supplies furilshod thom s from 50 10 100 por cent above what It shonld bo. They ure furthopmore churged Intorest varying from 13 to W0 per cont por annum; and it by neeident they have u surpiua teft ovor aftor thelr ¢otion 18 sold, the sturckoepers muke up fraudulent ontries sufivlont to cover thd wmount, Tho avorage negro I8 unable t» eust up a slmplosum in addition, to say nothing of cale culuting Intercst. I many cases tho imer- chants, so-called, tigure out to & plecty the value of guch wne of‘thelr debtors' crops, and urrungo tholr vills in such 4 way as to leavo thom still fu dobt, the double object bolug to kovp thom .where thoy .aro and to seouro chattel wortgages on thelr tules gud WNW’IN‘. household furnlture. Ta it any wonder (hnt tho negroes In many parts of tho South should now complaln that thole condition I8 worso than In the daya of slavory? Tho oxodus fs ono of the moat natural and Inovitable soclal movemonts of tho kind that have aver taken place. e e — Cor.. Toxt Burony, the man who murdered Juago Eilott, of the Kentueky 8npromo Court,y nud who hns eseaped tho hulter by methols po- cullnr ta Kentueky Coucts, hoa Just beon ne- nnittod on his second telal, The solemuity of thnt proceeding will bo readily mndorstood by the following verbathn report of tho cross-ox- aminatlon of o witness, ns published In the Courfer-Journals Q.~1low long (hic) havo you known thoe prise aner (hie)? A.—Sluce 188, Q.—1low long wos that botore (hlng(ynu lirst ,lmufi'uu nim? A~ repeat that I first knew him n Q.—Well, did yon know him ns far back (ble) 81852 Av—No | (15 hat, Q.—Waoll, how 'lotg fitter thatwas it that you first know him fn 1868, afier the timo that you first kiiew 1uford, or (hic) Just turn to the Jury (hie) and state whon you fiest kiow btme beforo 1868, when you say you knew him first. 1 mean {hic) the prisoner {hiey? A.~L have nnswered Lt question six timoes, Q.—Well, than (hi), be good gen-0-n-g-h to atute when you did first (hic—hle—hie) know the hrironer. 2 Withess to tho Court—May it plensa .your Honor, inust I nnswer that guestion again? Tho Conrt—No, sie; let the attorney for tho prosceition nsk you something elso, ‘The nttorney for the proscoution hmnmlinmler roae to his fect, aud, whdeessing tho Court, salds “ Judgo (hie), 1'want 1o nax 1ho witness It tho eoursy Buford (hie) pursued in mllnimfi his horgo wus not (hie) tho proper course, tutl don't think tho questlon (8 proper (bies. “ Tho Court, soveroly—Well, sir, If voudon't think tho question is proper, dou't nsk'it, Attorney for nm‘&\rosuuuunn—‘ul rleht thlc), your Honors 1 won'ts And then the nttorney for tho prosecution tris wimphantly dismissed tho witness aud sunk inte nruverle (hie). L —— ATTENTION hag been ealled to tho fact that tho salnries of the postal clerks who werae Iately butrned to dteath whileon duty stopped then and there, aid the Depurtment fs not uhle to muko nny nllowatice to thoir famittes, Tho objeutions 10 n elvil penston Mst are so serious and tho dif- fleulty of getting rellot Dbllls through Congress 18 30 great that no ald for tho real sufferera by the neehlent éan ho expectel from tho Govern- ment. Thae disposition of somo private individ- wails in New York to take hold of the ntter I8 for this reuson all tho poro commendable. Ono kentlemun hus niready sont 850, us tho nuclens of arellof fund, to Postmaster James, and it I8 hoped that g conslderable sum may be vbtained fu thfs manner, The occurrence bnd suggested the need of some plui of Government Jusutines shmflur to that which has long been in suceeastul operation In soma departments of thoClvit Serv: Jeo In Groat Britain, A provislofi for the muun-' ing of n certain small pereontage of salaries to coverall enses of death—at lonst when caused by neeldent—might prove to bo very salutary, e ——— Some of the heaviest taxpayers of the West $ide huve unlted in recommending Mr. J. Frank Lawrenco, of tho ‘Cwelfth Ward, as n suitable persons to fill the vucuncy.in tho West Park Honrd Goon Hkely to ocenr through tho explra~ tion of Mr. Waool's term of oflice. 'ho fituess of Mr. Lowrenco for this or nlmost uny other wmunicipal ojlico which he would consent to ne- copt will not be disputed by those who know him. He owns considernble property in tno West Division, and pays more than £1,000 in tuxes annuully. He hns lelsure, and bas givon much attentlun to the subject of loeal taxution, and to pari flnances nnd admiaistration in par- tlendur, An articlo from his pen on tho West Lhurks, whick appeared some months ago IngTie IRINUNE, will bo remombered Lotk for ita Mitel- ligent oriticlsma and its hearty npprecintion of the gystem now fn operation. Mr. Lawronce [a 1n ol respegts ndmirably quatilled for the place. e ——— T T New York Tines, some time stnce, charged that it was vlearly sppurcnt that tha so-culled troubles of the South were due slmost entiroly to un excess of pollifes nnd alack ot work., “Upun this n Southern Journal enlls tho attontlon of the Times to tho following exhibit tton raised In that gcctions Bulew, ) Vear, HIST| 1874 8T, —dvening News, The answer (8:n0t snfolont, The men who attend to the politles of that seotion (o not grow cotton, Tho majority of the white Democrats, ns someliody hus tersely put ity “ralso hell" while tho negroes are rualng cotton. . Uene’s a point suggested by the New York Jutirnal of Commeree for owners of houses now decorated with. telophono wires to con- slder: ho owners of housns in the clty who allow privuto or otber telegraph wires to bo Mstened to thelr chimnoeys utd wills showdd ndviso thom- selves ns 1o the rigts over thele renl estato which continuous use ay give to tho owners of the wires, Thore 18 of courso u period of thine nfter tho lapse of which, under certain olrenme stunces, the stntute of limitations will deprive tho real-ostato owner of _uuy remody nguinst nn oveununt of hls prapertys o o . Itisnserious question whother the runl-catnte ownor iy not responsible to uny person injured by the fuillng of posts which hu or his tehant has erected on housotops, which prove Insullicient to hold welghts uttached to thom. It Iy time thut own- ers of bouses lovked into this mattor, e —e Ix view of Jay Gould’s late ncquisitions of rallzonds, tolegraphs, barge-linés, and what uot, his smethods of deallng with Leglslntures aro Interesting, ile testitied as follows before n Committeo of the New York Leglsinture during the Brlo fuvestigations: J o not_know how much I pald toward helps Ing trivndly men. We had four States to look after, und wo hind to sult our polities o elreum. stances. In a Demveratle distriot I was u Dom- uerat; In n Republlomn distriot I was a Republio- ang and fn n doubtful distelot L was donbtinl; but in every district and at all times 1 have been an Erlo man, % e —— 4§ Ay an athelst in the fullest sense of the word, I num happy to suy T have converted my wifo to utholsmn. [ would not live with her uny lunger if sho bolicved in the cxlstonco of n8u- preme Belae! 80 gnld the returned Communist Cltizen Trinquet to » roporter of an English nowspupor who Interviowed him In his lodglngs on the top tloor of a high house In oo of the poarer quarters of Parle. Citizon Lringuet lsan Intluentinl *Rod*’ politician, and ia likely to bo n conspleuous fignre fn Franco oro long, What would a government eomposed of Trinquets bo Mke? A wnirsn in the Nation polnts ont that of 1ho thirty-ono army otficers who within tho pust four years havo beon found gullty of . disgraco- ful comduet, twenty-threo wers appointed from clvil life und only five from the West Ipint Acadumy, But tho writer In quostion doos not sny how mnuy West-Polntors sat on the courty~ wmartinl which tried thoso offenders, wor how many of thoso nuninnlly uppolnted from civil Hfe were young gentlemon who bad beon dropped rrom West Polut and put into the army through a baek door, g 5 e e— I'wo SouTneRy papers have In good falth suggested Col. McCluro, of tho Thiludelphin ‘Thucs, us o member of Gen. Garfleld's Cabinot, Nobody doulits tho Colonel’s cupacity, but from 1 political polnt of viow hoe 18 about ns well qual- ifled to o ono of the Presldent’s counsclors as Mr, Dana of tho Sunls, Indecd, Dann and Mo« Clure nro two peas (n the same pod. [oth are wmon of great nbility, and botk are satisiod to bo cdltors of good and _profitable nowsprpors. Nelthor Is o candldate for oftico of any kind, et 'y Now York World, reputed to be Jay Gould’s Democratie organ, hos not opposed, but rathor favorod, the confruution of Stanley Mintthows to bo 4 Justico of tho Buprome Court, Hlenco the significance of the followiug playful purngeaph in tho Now York Fost: Our compliments to tho 1Workd, snd: hnva you heard that Stunloy Matthows {s nwaiting cone firmation by tho Hemovratic Bounte us o Justice of the United States Bupremo Court? e —————— Hene is tho Intest composition of the socl- oty Idlot; “Do you duwnco tho lawncorst" #No; {dan't dawace the lawucers, but oy siss tor Frawnces dawnces the lawnours and sevoral fawnoy downces' - The mnuagewent of this sentengo assures outranco luto tho highost cir- cles, e —— . Nonpuorr glves Mr, Randall this compll- moutury nolu-n': ot 5o seilbical Tho Bpeaker knows about as muchol cal |1I'|||u°lv|||.'l“lflu; cu:ulmuonul mothods 5.’." o 10- year-old boy. G ——— Tha bill creating a Tax Commission has passad tho Now York Legislature. 1f the Gove. woruor spoolnts the full nuwmber of Conunlg- . Arthur wna nlok: 1881—-TWELVE PAGES. . twenty men—soven oxperts, six Nenators, and soven Assomblymon—working togothier upon tifo nroblom ot securing equitable taxation in tho 8tate. PERSONALS. : London papers sny that Swinhurno ents oplum and eannot lvo long, Liondon papers oce castonally havo somo vory interesting items In them, g ““Was that skipper in this cheese?” in- nuired n heavy buyer of ono of his clerks. 1t mito buvo beon,” was ‘fhe cquivueal roply.— Sceretary Evorts,, The Sclentific Amerfean says that qualls nre poisonous whon the krowund 18 covered with Anow. 'They nre nlso very polsonous to a $10 bill when entest with tonst and a Rostait glel 'he Inst words of the great Emanuel Kant were, *1t Is enough.® Tho words aro uatitral, ut why people shontd be talking aboutthe price of sents to Derubardt nt such a time Is not enshy underatood, 1 think an item to tho effcct that the most Interestiug cereal atory of tho year wns tho dnlly report of the whent mnrket would tako well in the West Just now, but am unnblo ta wack 1t up properly. There will be no eharge for this,"—3, J, Liden. Mrs, Fleteher 1arper, of New York, had a Diblo reading at hor houso In Now York the other day, at which 230 fudies were present. Mrs, Margaret Bottorne lecturod on ** The Tongue,’” bnsing her remarke on the third chapter of St Jumes' Epistle, An unrostrained use of the une ruly momber 13 n good subject for talk nny thno, Mrs, Goff, the wifa of the new Seeretary of the Navy, is described ns a remarkably beautiful and godtle lady, She was, before hor mnreinge, Miss Despard, of Clarksburg, W, Vi, The pair hnve two childron,—Guy, n handsona and intelligent boy of 14, and Feroy, a bright, good-natured geyear-old, I'he Duke of Connanght is named as the s sorof tho oid Duke of Cambridgo at tho head of tho British army, Thoe old geutlcmnn 18 Bald to be kind-hearted but very cholerie, aad u terriblo swearer. 100 hus o purticular distasto for newspapors, and I8 aceustomed to refor to thom In words of turkd fmport. "The lover sets his heart on love Tor woman, and may find Ty chanco & d—1 e g dove, i Just ns sho feels tuetined. e And all his hopes, and luvc—xlmmqs may Do seattered In o single duy. . —hitclaw Leld. “After the Ball,” is tho tltle of Elln ‘Wheeler's lutest poom, hut ag she toes uot state whethorshe was playing short-stopor left tield, or how fur sho ehnsed the hall, or whother the bat- ter wad nitimately put out, muen of the work's Interest I3 1ost. 1t I8 in nttention to little details liko thoso thnt Longfellow and Tennyson lay aver our Western bards, * Threo youngs fellows of Milwaukeo heard that Gon, Gurtield had beer compelled to rofuse hisnutograph, and one of thom ut a- dinner of- fered to bet that he could ebtaln it. Tho bet waa taken, Tho young man wroto to Gnetiold, snying that 1600 Hepublican Norwegtans con- gratulated him and the country on his vietory, Gon, Garficld wrote & buconyng roply. A DBoston restaurant-keeper recelved an orderfrom the deceased Mr, Iarrington, throngh a medium, for an old-tashioned, pumpkin-pie, The medium ato the plo while under the control of tha digembodicd spirit, and enjoyed it just as woll us though he had caten it In his awn proper persoB—Hoston Post. A Chleago spirit tried the sumo thing, but ordered an otd-fush- foned mince-ple. e medinn 18 now u spirit, Baroness Burdett-Contls Is usually accom- panled by 1 beautiful coltoy dowr, which fs n girt from Mr, Henry Irving, and whicki®hns n little history, Tho netor was ode day driving over the Dracmnr moors when he lost his Skyo tereier, which bad been trotting nlong behind his trap, e got down to look for it, direoting tho driver ta gn on with the trap.” On the moor ho ot n, shepherd with o colley, nn? tho mun, when tokd of the actor's oss, nffered to find tho terrler. At n word from bim tho colloy darted off, und, after un absence of ton minutes, returned, ** Whers 14 he?” ngked tho shopherd, and tho dog, lfting ane paw, polnted in the direction of tho road, *Ile has gono aftor tho trap,” theshepherd sald, and Mr, Irving marveling, and, in truth, inored- ulous, returned 10. tho rond, and, coming up with tho tryp, found his littlo favorit awniting his arrival. Mo bought the colloy at the mod- crute price of 15 gulneus, and on his return to town presentod It to tho Baroncesa, * You exunot have my daughter, sir.” These words wora spoken in u storn tone by John MeWhirter, the rich bankor, to Arthur Alnslelih, @ uollg-looking younk men Of twenty-iwe au- tumns, *who stood In u haughtly-dedant uttls, tudy bofore the purso-proud millfunaire whono podi- fireo tracod back to_ o pucking houso, whils Arthur's nncestors woro atmong the carlieat Gaugors in tho country. Jut misfortunes und royonuu ofiicers had overtaken many of them und the fawily eatates hnd lang stnce passed Into thy hunds of, tho Jawyors wio defended tho cases. . “ Bownre, old man,” mald Arthur, *Somo day you wiil bittorly ropont this action. Mabel und 1 love onclsother denely, Nothinig. but duath can soparato ua"—und astho front door clanked Leavily athis ‘bmck tha tear-statnod fuce of Mubul might baye been scon poerlug over tho bannisters. Thq yonr sirodo of npace, 1t mlght just us woll have gone on a trot, but It pro- forred to pace. » Mabol know this, 8ho also knew that it would bo necossary ero Jong to huve o new bonnet and romy Eastor hnse and things. But sho did not despalr. Often whon hier mothor came unoxpectediy into the ruom and found her woontnis sho would pass the mat- tor off lightly, suying it was unly o book she biad boon ronding thut mado hur fool bad. 1 must Bot Kive it nway,” sho would say sadly to herulf, "My durilng niamua has enough to bear, ficurling to got n Ronlakin sucquo out of tho old gent; honven forfond that § should ndd to lior welght of wo." Blckor than a horse, {Who originated thia compnrison? Nobody knows; 1t Is sumothing that has come down to ys from the «lm vists of tho past whon horsvs wero worth moro than_men. Dim vista fan protey koad expression to ringin on the unsuspocting ronder, It mukes him think you ara pratiy fly on lankuugo.) Arthur waa deadly pale, 1le thought bis tinio had como, ‘Mliers was & mp at the door; a man eamo In, 1o had a bottle of pickles, Arthur was savud, Thore Is nothing ko pickles to sobor up on, Mabe) sat at’the pinno, hor ingors wandoring Jst- loaly ovor the koys, Buddunly sho boyan to play ina wolrd, welnnchioly strain thut reminded ono of a fugue. Thore s nothing so wolrd as o fugue woll pinyoil. It bouts n dog for keoplug peoplo awny froim The wirl's tatber ontered tho houso un- v . and stoud sifuntly in tho prfor door gazing nthis child. Suddenly tho wusle eoused, und Mabel sut looking wisttully out of tho window, Oncuagain sho turned to the plang, and ns the firet notes of “Emply is the Cradlo, Baby's Gone," renohed tho old suan he wont sudly away, Kvery man bas his Umit, Jtabel had nut seen hini, and sang tho sang through, On rising frum the plano she noticed hor siro's avor shoos in the front hall, und knew that he must have heard her singlng, " Good heavens!” she oxclaimod, o sonso of hor poultion Hantitng neross hor mind="{ huvo cooked my K008O, NOW, for Bul Tho next night’ Arthor ngain nakod for Mabol's usng. For aff instant or father hosliatod, but Just then'his oy wandured 1dly to tho plano, und he saw 1 tho rack 5 pleco 0f music, “‘Iako hor, my Loy, ho sald auddonly und carnestly to Arthur. * Heaven help~no, bless yow'* | Cun you guvas what that plece of muslo was? Lahiouid biush to glealoo~"Thomas Carlyle, ————— e PUBLIC OPINION. Now'York Tribtne (Rep.): ‘The difforenc botween tho two parties in the matter of tho number of wealthy men In politica Is nog great, but u man who hes money and nothing ofse haus, 08 0 rulo, 1 wneh bhottor innnun togotoftico from tho Demioerats thun tho Republicans, Springfiekl (Mass,) Republican (Ind.): By cominan report * Nichols, of tho Houvst-3lonoy Teague,” appears to bo muking a good deal of o fool of "wimsolf in Washinglon ng Garfield's * porsonal reprosentative.” Nichuls Iu the past hias shown ubility In the former direction, Boston Herald (Ind.): My, Binine I3 right In bis viows on the mensures necessary to roe vive onr commercial jarine, If protection is to bo the polley of tho country—and that gcoms to bu gssured for somo thng, ut lonst—wo must do sometlilng for tho cucouragoment of our comumorce to offset tho dlsadvuntuges which toction causes by making prices highor for ?Szrythhu used in buildie aud running sieaw- pa. Springfield (Mnss,) Republican (Ind.); Bonator Blalno mauages to misstato and mnis. concolvo tho question of free ahips, which ia not whothor a bome industry shall bo fostored by o proteotive duty, but whothor tho purchuse of foreign ships shall bo provented by a speclul . probibitory Jaw. Ao Amorican citizen can buy u rollroad abroad; he can buy a coal-wino or an ifron-mine; ho cau lay a 'tolegraph-cuble fu the slonors autlorized, thero’ will be &'body of | bed of the ocoan, ot dig a cunal to gonmoct two N 3 ocenns, all with Amerlenn eapif Still ho wbla to claim from lm"dffl’.»'{—'.‘.’,‘,““’ » pruteetion ad countomneo ovory” ot the lower extends (o tho mereantilo antert tilte] 18 oltlzons, Ty ship, Bowover naresu exuopt by frutid or ovialon. Tho'eureeitol, plus of enpttal n England is flowing piitie prufitihio prchse of eean stenm s vighty of 00 ona and wpward wre gy, Ot Towlish ship-yards’ to-duy; Vers: poaantla Mr. Hinlno says, glvine American oo @ Drivtiexe of buylig orolgn hips il s Hothings but Why 1oL trs It ne Joyy Si0t chenper than a subsidy and ins no Jobs oyt 4 18 this tho buttom objection to §t? i or Hoston Adrertiscr (Rep): M maido n briliant reply to Mr. Heck, M)u;m, tueky, In the Benate Thursdiy on the qumfn. of revlying tho shipping Interest of thy l:nll“ States. It 18 lnto in tho dny (nux;-ro-nm.m fresh or novel on either 8lde of this wellwy, dehntos tho mode of trenting it, n and th i which facls aro presented, give tho '"37{00:» portinitica thnt urn left for tho atatesumn, Mr Bk prosented o now, far Nutlonal afil 1o the mereantile minst (oo ok captivating and offentive wiy, nng ut l‘mh‘ same timo with an areay of fncts "'"'l‘flcrm. lexl(:‘!‘lrlu xul.qunenll. lmn ulv.'r.numuluv. of tho cme{z e und eonclusivo: 1L needs nelth tion nor ampllitention, oF el Washington Republie: Threo wep werg swarn us members of the Houso or Represonty, tiveson tho Tth of December, 1665 whose iy \havo heen full of colncidonces, L Nes ware Willian B, Allison, Jame u.nnnfem dumien A, Garfiekl, Ono was borh f 1a, 1y, Becoml In 18K, nnd tho last-named in 18; tho very duy thoy first touk the onth cune fast frionds, and that friendship ngs pey been marred or broken to the present time any unkind word, thought. or deed, They o All born on . farm, 8l tanght school, gl studied law, aud all eante frum tho lower House of Cope wress and all wero promoted-to the Senato, o the threo the vldest 18 much the yuungest jn g poerance. Indeed, Mr, Alllson, though 5 yearg of age, might cusily bo tnken for 40, whylg 1he other two look .ofd us they nre, Me, Alllson, personnlly, 1 a shigularly gy some man, For years he wnd knawp a8 tho handsomest man {1 Congress, angd e looky not nday older than ho did Nfteen YOurs nga, 1518 huir, which Is very abundant, and of g darg hrown color, bag searcely n gruy threud Inik, i Frop oy g ' nnd 1 his closely trimined whiskers (he wears o mustache) therd are few geay halrs, [fis cope plexion 18 as fule nsa school-pirl's, his cheeky ure red, bis nousg Inrge, hiy forehend broag, high, nnd protouding, his eyes are dark-lirowg or ol Wl8 tieo [feo from welnkles, undgy winning a smile ns ever won the faverof 4 gweotheart nlnlost constantly lilits up by young face. His figuro 18 of medium hight, sgy tivo feut ton Inches, and of excellent proporijon, ills welght I8 about 160 Jlnumls‘ T10 tlresses jg oxtramo gowd taste, and looks to by exagly what ho I8, svery Inch the Senator aud yeatle inun, 18 manners ara kindly and winning, by voleo 1s sym'nuhullu. and his hubits nre thow of unremitting work. - Nothluy can pe wmora chuemiog tban Scenatar Alli. #ou’'s restdenco in this elty, It s In the ver hentt of fashionuble Washing: and 1 in ealie {ng distunee of the hou ol Loy Vindom, Maorriil, Boyard, snd fidmunds, Justice Miller, (en. Schenck, the Inpuncse Minister, wnd many others of nof 'Tho houso 1L&olT 18 of briek and stano—three storles and high biscement with s plclurcsr}uu porch to tho front door, On by ronran Lowlds greatly to fts slze. Trere ar Tour rooms on the frst oor,—lirge doublo pare lors und two libreary rooms. Tho houso ls exs qulsitly finished and furnished. — Berlin rugs, rich und wirin, cover tho inlnid floors, excent ant the ediees, bright open tires burn 1 tho grates, the mautels nre nlmost uncqualed fn carr: iy tho walls resplendent fn 1reseo and gilded fflllll\E{l’.lho h:flll\m"u "ls Imnugllul 3;1!1[c09||y. and u thousand lovely thingsgathiored in fore travel flll every nichin " FAMILY JAR. BuMlo Soclety IRevellng in n Seans daly the Parties Interested Being a Wonlthy and Good=Looking Widow, a Drug=Clari, and 1ly Wite, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune. Burraro, N. Y., Jan, $L.—Buifalo soclety revels in another soul-inspiriting seandal, the detuils of which are exceedingly rich, with still more developments to follow, Mrs, W, IL Smithisn very attractive widaw, livisz onMaln street In aun aristoeratic portlon She i attractive, with rather excellent per- sonal charms, and o large bank necount, lefl somo months ago by the death of her hus band, wholesale doaler fn drugs, Wher Smith died his bottor half, thus left behind, continued to munnge the affairs of her hus bamnd’s bustness, retaining ns her manager Bdwnrd 1L Dwyer, formerly clok fa tho driig-store. Tho Intter s married, nnd - resides with his wife and w0 childron on Plne street. For sumo thue prt Tumor has been rather free with Mrs, Smith and Dwyer, telling rather queer storles abous uxcuptlmfly nus{nlelous visits by the latterta the Smith mnansion at unseemly hours, ele ‘Theso tales, coming to Mrs, Divyer, stimel up fumily trouble, and of late mutters around Divyer’s firestde have not been us pleasantas they might be. . Lust.Suturday evening this unpleasintness culminated bnn ratlher st ling mapner. Dwyer elnfims to have re turped home mul-to have found » man In bed with his wife, According to his story, ho lmmediately drew n revolver and began firlng ab tho destroyer of his happiness, ns” ho styled the visitor. 1ie further says that he has evidence to show thatsatd man, whose i is Louis Rtelelold, butchor living near by In the city, has fre quently been to places of bad vesort with AMrs, Dy, and that procecdings hayo beenls- stituted to securo u divorce, ; Now comes tho other silg of the story. Mrs, Dwyer suys that the Saturday nleit row Is onie of many plans bfy which Eilwad ling attempled to secure from her a billof senaratlon, 60 that ho conld mnery tha whdow Smith, and _the best of the whole matter i, that sho hns n number of It nelghbors to substantinte her elaims, lone gard to thelr lnst unpleasantness she says: “0ng evening my husband toldl me thathe wag golng to the Acadomy of Musie, 12 sald, however, that he was golng upto store fivst, and asked mo 1o wall up paot the way with him, . Before leaving tho houss hu directed the sorvant-glrl to leavo tho front door open so that § might get futo the hous without trouble on wmy return, [ walke with, my husband as far ns Michizan s Clinton’ streets, and ho thon told metog? back ~ home, 80, but, reaching the house, I met Mr, Reichold, 18 suld *Uood vvening,’ and walked into B houso after me. 116 sat down by tho store in the sitting-room just oif the hall, st by.the stove arrnuging the fire, Tho doorot o sfiting-toom was partly Open, [ hades changed but o fow words of ordinary ""”‘;:" m“}-:él with Mr, Relehold, when m msbm Lurst into the apurtment from n "“.;d roont In which e had been tum-e:lllmlbm erled aut, *Gaod-by, ‘Pl s what I've it watehing for for some time, 've hud w wang of you mnow,? 1 demmuded il oxplunution, and -~ ho then - prelentt 1o fly fnto a’ fearful rage, and nceiised mea"- netlng improperly with thegenttenan ho b found In my company, v, ur once Indignantly denled the churge, bu! sl husband would ot lsten to him, amt lhlpz‘ ; ened Bligot him, Mr. Relehold 08 nositively denled the necusation, and, S that further romonstrance was 1453 finlly left .the house, Whenmy "m.ml sprang oub from the side roon | had " vl hind thne to take my hat and shawiie No improper conduct took pluce then of had — taken placo between, o Iefehold and wyself, My, e has - for some lhme past 5 g seeklog n soparntion from me., 1o lll'-‘l’i o Ieeted ne for the last two years, 1 0o duct on Fridny was worely part of Jear spliracy to obtaln n divores from me. a0 other mnn had ealled at the lmlls\ll st night in question, 1619 my lirn bl fu“(. AMr, Dwyer would hnve nisde m"-"'“iaw!"f cusatlon agninst i, l)\\')’t'”]‘ 1 toes enlled on mo this morning and "h';;]\rfl tract a statemont .o ho- ellect U Ned e [xumy. Fnlllnl( 1 this attempt, he BSE0C ¢ it would notbo better for wwlo G, to o sepnration, . 1 told him I could ';mdlfl' sent to that on ticcount of iy two ¢ ‘The lawyer then lef,” ——————— * - A FRACTIOUS HORSE. Boscial Disoatch (o The Chicavo [TERS Dunugu, Ia., Jan, §L—A stallion st Ing to George Martin broke from nish o to-doy and cumo very near kitling on g, oldest oltizens, Solon Lunu\\'v'"”fi"‘, Langworthy was seatod in_his cutter 8575, fllullflu umped on top of "l bmrv: A ko bicees, and also brenking hls horey After considerable troubto the st cuptured and muzzled, e e— DEATH OF A HERMIT, Bpecial Disvatch to The Chan 1H‘T' e DunuQue, Tn, Jan. 8l—An ol gy died suddenly on Julten nu-mlt o Sherit? Ferrlug wus his only m““‘u‘od}- uppolnted to take cliarge of the W00 cxamination of his household eftvets Vool orth ). ‘The boney Is ""“hinol‘w of the Sheriff, who 18 atu lo3s t0 todo with it~ -