The New York Herald Newspaper, November 5, 1869, Page 3

bb Mobs ie ite oe a Br aad NEW YORK HERALD, *RIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. 7th of the present month, WASHINOTON. |zspoancneen™ General McMahon’s Statement of the Troubles in Paraguay. GRANT AND THE GOLD RING. Congress to Inquire Into the Cause of the Wall Street Panic, ville on the 16th an 1 Ancthe? Tra Committee—The Travel- Fand The sub-committee of the House oh elections, sp- Pointed to proceea to South Carolina for the purpose Of investigating certsin election frauds in that State, are detained here for lack of funds. 1 appears that thé contingent fund of the House, upon which these travelling committees sre authorized to draw, is ¢x- hausted, As the committee are very anxious to go to South Carolina, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House was on the street to-day trying to raise the wind, in the hope that on tho assembling of Con- greas he will be relmburned. Raising money ander such circumstances is said to be a dimicult jon; but it le understood the Sergeant-at-Arms was succeas- ful, 80 the committee will be able to go on its way A Postal ConventionReforms in the Present oe Ryiledi, Te York city: Post MINISTER LOW'S INSTRUCTIONS, | gh SSN: 2m. seams, oc How York diz: Powe ere The Conciliatory Polley to Be Pursued Towards the Chinese. GENERAL GRANT AS A STUDENT, Whe Reticent Sphynx Learns to Be a@ Smooth Politician. PROPOSED POSTAL REFORMS. — WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 1969, The Coming Annual Message. The peti of the various departments of the gov- ernment will be handed to rhe Pregident by the 15th inst. The President will then commence upon his frat annual message to Congress, which will recom- mend s number of important aubjecta of legislation. No Moye Interest ip the Bisk-Gould Geld Ce sig tl Dentalp Conclusive. ‘The more than nine days’ wondet produced by the Fisktana-Corbiana-Gonldians Wall street conspiracy seems to have died out completely tn this helghbor- ood, No one bothers himself how about the gal- Jent Admiral Humbug Fisk, or the wily Gould, who prompts him, or the Mephistophe. Kan Corbin, whom Boutwell 0 well char. acteriged as “a knéve of a fool.” The fact is, since yout correspondent’s talk with Presi- dent se ‘on thig subject, when the President took to deny én foto all the audacious charges of complicity in the gold conspiracy put forth by the arch-conspiratora Gould, Figk and Corbin, and also gave his opinion as to tho “moral character” of the Prince of Erie, nobody has thought it worth while to spend any more time in endeavoring to unriddie the thing. In the minds of aii but the most bitter par- ‘isans President Grant's sweeplt taal and his musing portraiture of the effervescing Fisk were deemed conclusive. The audacious but unsupported declarations of the Would and Fisk Crowd ‘were regarded as too light to put in the balance against the solemn statements of the President in conversation with your correspondent. Hence it Is thag since that time so little notice has been taken of the continued assaults of Gould and Fisk—aséaults as baveless as they are unprincipied and indelicate. All fair-minded people, whether republicans or democrats, or neither, are content ‘with leaving the future investigation and exposure ‘of the conspiracy to the Grand Jury of New York and to the Congressional toqulry which, beyond ques- tion, wil be ordered in the éarly part of the coming session. Then the whole truth will be brought to light, and the result will show who have boen the guilty Contrivers and abettors of the great fnanciai serio- comic drama of 1869. President Grant in the mean- ime folds his arms calmly and waits. He has noth- ing to fear, while his notorious maligners, bad as they are, have something to lose, in case the reault the full depth of gti lavally artatn miggearees ane as thelr guilt now appears there are still some people who doubt and hesitate on that point, and among these sceptics are men of substance and wealth, upon whom the conspirators lean asa last support, When these sceptics shall have the film gemoved from their eyes aad are forced to view the conspirators in their true colors, what will become of these wily plotters and schemera? ‘They will no longer be able to hold up their heads among respect. avie men of business, and even some of their quon- Gam confederates, who passed through the Septem - ber crash thed, will turn upon them the cold shoulder. rhapé ® Worse fate than even this may ‘wait the conspirators, but it is doubtful whether the mercifal fangs of the law can clutch them, Grant With That Vell Removed. * People who bave visited the capital frequently ‘Within the last few years note a very marked altera- tion in Grant now. He is no longer that horribie Sphinx who puzzied ail comers. That mysterious mask or vell behind which he concealed so succesa- fully his thoughts bas been removed. Grant of to-day ¥ aa little like Grant of nine or tenmonths ago as if he had transformed into an entirely different per- gon, ith ali but his moat intimate acquaintances ‘Be was then cold, stlent and tmpenetrabie. Nobody could make head or tail outof him. He might have ‘been copperheadiah for aught any member of the YFepublican party could tell, not even excepting the Prominent leaders thereof, Ho was @ puzzie—nye, even a terror to the very men who had done most— aside from his own superlative genias—to elevate ‘and honor him. He was voted to be a social iceberg, and gave the chille-aud fever not only to inquisi- tive politicians who sought to pump and use him, but likewise to people who only went to pay ‘Visite of congratulation and friendship. Now how changed | Seated in his Presidential chair, he is ap- Proachable in the highest degree. He deals no longer in those horrible monosyliavies. He talks bow, and talks not only pleasantly but wi Ris dreadful reticence bad led many to believe that nis @ilence could have only one explanation—inapiitty to talk sensibly, Let some of those people who, uine or ten months ago, ran away from Grant's heaa- quarters disgusted and swearing, only revisit him Bow. They will find how oaay it is to be mistaken. They will find Grant talkative, affable, and, within the proper official limite, communicative, It ig @ very natural thing to ask an explanation of this change, and it is not very diMcuit to give tt. Grant wes then only the soldier. He had been choses, it is true, to be the first citizen and magis- trate of the republic, But he was unversed in poll- tea; knew nothing of statecraft, knew )ittie of the civil machinery of the governmen}. Like a prudent man abodt to enter upon a new nae ot uty, he went to stags, He adopted whe samo aa réapodt iat @ eval, He knew not the strange 4 Upon Which ne was about to operate, He am undcdtainted with politicn! tactics, and, ‘wnttl he should have posted himgelf, resolved te remain undisclosed. Hence that impehetrable mask ‘which bothered alike friends and foes, But now he has studied and brushed against all the shrewd political celebrities of the country and feels his own strength. He ts assured as to the proper tactics to adopt, and is unhesitating In expressing his views ‘as before he was timid and reserved. The change Is decidedly pleasant to all who have apyshing to do ‘With him, He receives his scores of visitors, male and female, every day with as much ease and affa- Dility as the most accomplished of his predecessors Ap the Presidential chair, ‘The President and Judge Dont. ‘The statement in a New York paper that the Prest- ent haa written a second letter to Judge Dent in ‘Minsissippt ir relation to the elections in that State 4s incorrect, The only letter written on that subiect letter 8nd sustainea General Ames’ course in elation v0 the oMice-hoidera In Mississippi who op- ‘Pored the administration. Mho President and the Society of the Army of the Tonnesseo. The President to-day addressed » ietter to the Obairman of the Committee of Arrangements of the Ny of the Army of the Tennesseo, stating that $he approaching meeting of Congress and the at- .enCant accumulation of yubiic business will prevent Dennison, of Baltimore, arrived here to-day by invi- tation of Mr. Creswell, who wished to confer with them relative to the advisability of reducing the postage on registered letters and of establishing & general free delivery system throughout the coun- try. Mr. Creswell believes that by abolishing the private box system and employing the carriers to deliver letters and newspapers free and more promptly and expeditions)y than at present, espo- cially in the large cities, {Ad general correspondence Would be largely increased and a handsome reve- nue derivea by the government, Mr. Cres. well considers that quick and more frequens delivery would cause people to correspond more frequently, and probably he {s right, for many People who now use the telegraph and private mea- sengers to convey their letters do so merely because the postal facilities are so imperfect, an¢ would naturally abandon tho more expensive mode if they conld accomplish their ends as well by means of the Post OMce, which would do it more cheaply and with leas probability of mistakea being committed. In this way, by the augmented number of letters sent by mall, the profits of tne department would be increased. As present an immense quantity of room in the post offices of the large cities is given up to the private boxes, The same space rented out for other purposes, it is be- Meved, would, when taken in connection with the increased quantity of matl matter, bring a bigger profit to the government. One example will suffice, In the city of New York, for instance, there are about five thousand boxes given up to private use, bringing @n annual rental of about sixty thousand dollars, When the new Post Omce is completed the space Which would be devoted to private boxes would, it ta calculated, bring a yearly rent of some forty or fifty thousand dollars, The same proportion woald doubtiess exist in other large cities. It 18 proposed to have ageneral conference of ali the poatmasters of the leading cities inthe Union in this city next January, when this matier will be generally dis- cussed. As regards registered letters Mr. Ureawell 1g thinking of reducing the postage trom twelve to six conta. The Paraguayan Diffculty—Examination of General MeMabon. The sub-committee of the Committee of the House on Foreign Affairs wet to-day at noon. There were Present Messrs, Orth, of Indiana, chairman; Wilkin- son, of Minnesota, and Swan, of Maryland. Mr. Willard, of Vermont, was avsent, and will not arrive for two weeks. The business before the committee 1s the Paraguayan controversy. General McMahon, being the only witness present, was called. He was examined on the origin of the war between the allies and the Paraguayans, the strength of the aruiéS of each, the manner in which le was re- celved and treated by Lopez, the case of Bliss and Masterman and various other points eutering into the Wasbburn-Lopez-Paraguay difficulty. General McMahon gave 8 detalied history of the events that led to the war, showing thac {t was the policy of Brazil to extend her domain and absorb whe small South American repuolics with the ultimate view of extending slavery. The republics lying between Brazil and Paraguay were forced to join the former, aa they had nelther the will nor the power to resist so formidable au enemf as Brazil. General McMahon had no com- wheteet Or meemlne of thy a la - self or the wovernureue mastt neoe tere had not attempted to Interfere in the attains of Para’ guay, but had contined himself strictly to his dutics a8 Minlater of the United States, Lopez, he be- leved, was favorably disposed towards our govern- ment, With regard to the case of Bliss and Master- man General McMahon testifed that when he arrived in Paraguay their case had been settied so Jat as any action on the part of the American Minis ter was concerned, and he did nox feel at liberty to interfere with tt without receiving further tmatructions from the State Department. Mas- terman being an English subject he did nos think he came under his jurisdiction. Being asked his opinion of Bliss, General McMahon replied that he did not think be was a reilabie per- son, and that he would not believe his statements ‘under oath. The committee called General McMa- hon’s attention to the various statements published iu the newspapers relative to the opinions enter- tained atthe State Department, on the subject of the Paraguay diMocuity, and asked him what ne knew about it, He replied that all he knew about tt was that the State Department had endorsed his conduct, and he had mentioned this fact to some of his personal friends, The examination will continue on the regular committee days—Tuesday and Thurs- day of each week. On next Tuesday Mr. Worthivg- ton, ex-Minister to the Argentine Repnbiic, will be examined, and on the Thursday following Mr. Webb, late Minister to Brazil. The Tax on Pork Manufacturers. The representatives of the Ubambers of Commerce of the large cities, who are here to secure # reversal of the decision of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue relative to the tax on pork packers as manu- fagtarers, had an interview with the Commissioner to-day and presented the following letter:~- WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 1869, To Hon. ©. DxLaNo, Commissioner of Interual Reve- nui D Str—In your decision of the sth of June, et addressed to John Cornell, Assessor of the fourth Iowa district, you deciae thut pack- ere of provisions are subject to a manu- facturers’ tax on sales, under section four of the act of March 31, 1868, and that they shonld be assessed as such. As representatives of thelr respective Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce, the undersigned very etfully ask that you reconsider your decision, or {f you do not feel fully justified in reversing it, that you tasue an order sdapending the collection of the tax untt! Con- shall bave ee time to pass upon the subject. ling confident that Congress never intended to impose a manufacturers’ tax on provisions, we have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient eer BES KGGESTON, For the ata gymmerce of Cinotnontt, «Ae TURPING OS For the Board ot 16, Qhie " i W. Be soUDbEn For the Chamber of Qomnmerce, St, Lomts, AO. OL BER NN, New York. s IN JOHN Bi 7 ton, ©. D. PENNEBAK if, Pomavitie. To this the Couimlssioner replies as follows:— WASHINGTON, Noy, 4, 1869. GENTLEMEN—J bave received your communication of this date C4 me to reconsider my decision of the 8th of June last, contained in a letter to Assessor John Cornell, Fourth lowa district, that persons en- gaged in the business of packing pork and rendering and packing lard for sale should be required to pa: @ special tax as manufacturers and to return thelr saios in excess Of $1,250 quarterly and pay the tax of two dollars per thousand on such excess. I have to say tn response that I have very fally considered the matter, and am weil satisfied that the decision referred to 1s correct. The taxes in accordance therewith will continue to be assessed; but in view of the statements made by you in behalf of the Boards of Trade and Commerce oa provision dealers of New York and the pork packers ‘cluded to direct collectors torauapend the ‘couectin a @ collection of the tax until the 1st day of January nex! ‘Will afford the des opportunity of app! yap to for its i ettve ao 1 Bria not te derptoon as referring te gases ey Sor ep he be ai lo not a tr sate of coma D JO, Commissioner, Decision of the Revenue Comumissioner— Taxes on Express Compantes. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Hayance, 1, 1800, At OFFICR OF INTHRNAL WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 and 22 ti in my opinion, a person, firm or dom Dy en in the carrying or delivery of moni Sik--1 roply to your letvers of 51 ey, le papers OF any articles for pay, upon & vesse) engaged iu the United States coasting trade. fs lable to ial tax, the sot of June™ paragrapl dean! of an express sained in the above mentioned ie two- fo14. en- any person, firm or company doing an is DO exception in fav and licensed, although ‘Viso to 108 certain vessels th: cial taxes under tho internal revenue laws are ex: empted from liability to eens feos, The tax ‘upon gross receipts, section 104, is imposed only upon Peat canine on or doingan express hile, therefore, persons en; in carry! cles for ‘Upon vessels like those above mentio! are ell within the first part of the definition and are Mable to the special tex im) pn 60 of section 79, they would mot ord! be lable to Boa Vig poise from ql express # "6" DELANO, Commissionet > 7s. RB, B. DAVI8, attorney at eo ‘Waal 1s Minister Low’s Instructione=The Conciliatory Policy to Be Pursued with China. Minister Low had an interview yesterday with the President and Secretary of State, at which the vari- ous questions relating to b A ey to be purgued by this government towards Caiha, dnd particularly in Tegard to the large anticipated immigration from that country, were quite fully discussed. Mr. Low's suggestions on these subjects were found to accord with the views entertained by the President and Secretary Fish, and a4 basis was settled for the for- mer’s instructions which will outline the leading features of a policy the details of which he will be allowed the largest liberty in arranging and carry- ing into effect. The nature of the instructions, now in course of preparation, has not been made public; but it is understood on reliable authority that they contemplate giving @ full and fair trial to what ls known as ‘‘the conciliatory policy.” The Osage Lands in Kansas. The Commissioner of the Land Office has written a letter to the Register and Receiver at Humboldt, Kansas, relative to entering the Osage lands in that State. The joint resolution of April last confers the privilege of purchasing upon dona fide settlers re- aiding thereon, 1n quantities not exceeding 160 acres ‘to each settler having certain prescribed qualifica- tions as to citizenship. A person who has made contract to sell the land he may acquire by title un- der the jomtresolution cannot be regarded as a bona N4e settler. Internal Revenue Appointments and Assign- ments. Supervisor Fulton, of tho Maryland district, has been assigned to duty in California, where he will make a thorough Investigation into internal revenue affairs in that State. General Cowen, of Ohio, has been requested by Commissioner Delano to accom- pany Supervisor Fulton to California and aid tn the investigation of revenue affairs there. In the absence of Supervisor Fulton, Supervisor Harrison, of New Jersey, will be in charge of the former's dia- trict, Supervisor O'Donnell, of New York, is here & person, firm or company wet the carrying or delivery of money, Valuable papers or any articles { ani second, Fete r of artt. receiving instructions preparatory to commencing oiiclal duties in Northern New York. The following assessors of internal revenue have been appointed:—D, B. White, for the Fourth district of Virginia, and George W. Ross, for the Second district of Tennessee. Personal. General Sherman gave a dinner party at his reat- dence in this city this evening, at which the Prest- dent, all tho members of the Cabinet, Governor Low, Minister to China, and General Marcy were present, Mr, Orth, member of Congress, bas rented a fine residence and will keep nouse this winter, His family will reach here next week. General Banks will not arrive in this country from his tour to Europe until the beginning of the session of Congress. The Generai will attend ihe opening of the Suez Canal. UNITED STATES SOPREME COURT. Rallroad Titles to Lauds in lowa—Duties of Common Carriers on the Pinine—The Ree. side Cases—-The Government Pork Cone tractors, WASHINGTON, Nov, 4, 1869, No, 181. Tremont County, Iowa, vs. The Burling- ton and Missourt Railroad Company. In Error to the Supreme Court af Iowa,—Thia was a chancery suit brought by Tremont county to qmet the title to counly danas within her borders, the claim of the Swamp Land Grant uct of 1800, and the amendiute act of 1857. The railroad company claims titie to the game lands wader the ratiroad graut of May 6, 1866, and amendatory acts and certain acts of the Jowa Genoral Assembly, The Secretary of the Interior, after 8 hearing of the parties, adjudged them to belong to the rallroaa company, and certified accordingly, before the com- mencement of the suit; but the State Court decreed in favor of the county, and from that decree writ of error 18 taken to this court. The case involves the consiruction of the several acts of Uongress and of the lows Legislature, recited, and the question of the finality of the decision of the interior Depart- ment; also the further question of the authority of the State court to interfere with that decision, in case It is held erroneous. The railroad company maiotaip that the decision is final, and if not that the State courts are without jurisdiction to review it, The county contends that where the decision of the Interior Department in such cases .contravencs sub- stantial rights the courts of the country open to afford redress, There must be gome tribunal to de- termine the question, and there 1s no valid reason why the courts of the State should not adjudicate it, ‘The case was submitted on the printed arguments, Messrs. Harney, Ewing and Ha!l for Tremont county; Royer and Strong for tne railroad company. No, 182. E.R. Young @ Sons, Plaintiffs in Error, vs, William Martin. In Byror the Supreme Court 9 Utah Territory.—In July, 1865, the Overland pespatch Company received ‘certain goods at atchi- son, Kansas, and agreed with the piaintiff in error to transport them €o Salt Lake City. In May, 1669, while the goods were in transit, another agreement was satereg into to r6 tglleve the Overland Despatch Company from the duty of further carriage, in which the owners stipulated to receive them, free of ol , at Denver, and pay to McWhist & Co., car- Tiors, for the transportation of certain other goods (also received at the same time at Atchison by ite Overland Company) to Salt Lake City, according to tne terms of the bili of jading then delivered by McWhistc & Co. to the Overland Com- pany, and to save the latter harmiesa from the freight charges of McWhist & Co. The ,plaintiff in error received the goods from Me Whuist & Co. without patch Con; ; paying freight and the Over- a They aiao, by their iy Was compelled to pay it. Denver, waived the de- livery agreed upon t ind the goods were car- Tied thence to Salt Lake City by J. ©. & J. Irvine, who delivered them to the defendant In error; and the plaintiffs refusing to pay the freight, the Over- Jand Despatch Company paid freight to the Irvinea amounting to $2,05550 and to McWhist @ Co, rz 50, and ciaimed alien on the goods retained for freight on all goods carried, There was a single original shipment having the same point of depar- ture, the sine point of delivery, one consignor and one conaigue S he ig i error sued to recover the y and the verdict in the pistrict Court of the Territory was for the defendant, sustaining the lien clatm The plaintiffs in error appealed to the rican Jourt of the Territory and, thelr appeal was dismissed. This writ of error was taken to the judgment of dismissal, the plainti® in erroy claiming that under the laws of the Territory the suptéme Court erred jn that judgment, L. De Wor for plainus to error; J. N. Van Cott for defendant. Nos, 187 and 188, Untled States vs, Reestdz ana Ree side vs, The oes creer meals Sam the Court Of Cains These cas AMM ar from frequent Pisheatts . “Ley AR ADPED™, from the same Jur ment Ani} are really She Case, brought here in two modes, Géneral wont, in pao 1861, being in oommand of the Department of the West, with hqadquarters at St, Louis, appointed Reeside, who claimed to be an expert in buying horses, Inspector of horses for that department, to be responsible that every horse purcvased should be worth the price aid, adding, “You will be allowed two and a half per cent com- miseion.”’ On the same day of his appointment Reeside was directed to go to Cincin- nati and purchase 2,000 horses for the ser- vice at prices not over $130 per horse. Unuer this appomtment Reeside purchased 6,027 horses, which, by order of General Fremont, were turned over to the quartermasters of the department, by whom vouchers were given to the venders and tho bey were put into the milital irt below heid th agreement for com: unauthorized and void; but dnding tl had rendered ren. ions to Ny Rooside bie service, the benefits of which were accej y the government, he was gir judgment for $4,000, as com tion fur thé time employed, @bout four mont! From this ademnent the gov- ernment appeais, Ce that ide must to Con, for tion for hia nervices; Ly aopenls, claiming that he is entitied to hi bey yng a end expenses, Which together amount to . Dickey, At nt Attorney Geners), for the United Stat t piles for Reeside. Nos. 1 My re ied States vs, Speed @ Davies, a ai oo i a la eo he Secretary Fs ‘a he ma eeary jenersi, autto jajor Pimhonds, of Lonwviiis, to bi ous ("3 enter bia AIT ROw ae3 ter ing sad packing them, to furnish pore f e y. Under this authority Major Simonds made contracts with Fioyd and Speed & Davies for angering and ; and for such work performed the Court of /e judgments as foliows:—Speed & Dav! a1ms i: $19,720 80; Fioyd, $20,293 80. The veinment appeals on the nds that pac curtug bacon not @ busi within the of the of War that the con’ fs not Upon the United States it cause before the contract © Approval Of General, and 4@ not bin Ht al Bot binding, because by atrue cons contract the claimant was required to slaughter any number of hogs up to 60,000, but the United States was got bound to furnish’ any bape number, G. L, Dickey, Assistant Attorney General, for gov- Senet Hughes, Le and Peck for claimants. Burges, of Washington, D, 0.; B. W. Hun New York, andr Reuben Arnold, of at ogy agmaltied c) the bar. Sidted ¥9, Gedrge W, Lane. | appeal from whe Coat G7 Cigting, This tion, in North Carolina wa‘ et rebellion, had been rebel itnes and under safe conduct of the military a@utuorities of the United States, OBITUARY. i the deten- fought trom within the GEORGE PEABODY. At half-past eleven o'clock last night, at bis real- dence in Eaton square, London, there passed away from earth @ man whose name will ever be remem- bered and whose memory most ever be cnerished so long as the virtues of benevolence and generosity are regarded with approval. Standing almost alone among his fellow-men he tanght philanthropists what real philanthropy is—taught the wealthy a lessca 9Whose moral ls priceless, Decause tt shows them how, from the measure of their abund- ance, the poverty of man can be made less irksome without adding to its poignancy or en- couraging 1ts disposition to idleness by the degrada- tion of almsgiving. And yet, while the fame of George Peabody springs from his unprecedented philanthropy, we do not heré express our sincere regret af the announcement of his death because of that which he gave. Rather let our sorrow arise from the knowledge that if we now look over the proad field of benevolence tho central figure towering far above others {8 no more seen— that nothing now remains but the immortality of good deeds, which, shine as they may in the records of the truly great, are as but tiny gleamings beside the living embodiment of Lim who created and gave them light. That Mr. Peabody should die was natu- ral. His fate was the Inevitable, But never before did death cut down a being of greater service toa world full of misery, of penury and of weakness than be. Wherever Christianity obtains there will a loss be felt. In the two great Anglo-Saxon nations, where his benefactions were conferred, in all parte of the world, where his was a bright example, there will be be mourned with @ depth of sincerity hardly fathomabie. And all this, which tf spoken of most other men would be a fulsome landation, is but a feeble, though truthful, tribute to the virtues whicb distinguished the career of Mr. Peabody, HIS ANCESTRY, Mr, Peabody sprung from good oid English stock, Six generations back his ancestor was Francis Pay- body, of the ancient family of Paybodys, of Letces- terahire, in England, who at an efrly age left St. Albans, in Hertfordshire, and went to New England, years he appears resided in various parts of the country, but in 1657 ne finally settled af Topfield, a small town in Estex county, Mass., where he ever after re- sided. The residence that he erected and the mill (the first one tn the town) that he bulit, are standing at the present day, venerabie in their two centuries For twenty-two to have ofage. He was wealthy—that is, wealthy compared with his neighbors—and being, in addition, a man of education and respectability, naturally attained to prominence. His wife was Mary, daughter of Reginald Foster, by whom he had four- teen children, from the eldest son of which the late Mr. George Peabody was descended, Francia Paybody died in 1698, ar the advanced age of eighty-four years, He teft behind a large landed estate, which was aivided principally among his six sons. The descendants of these have been distinguished for thelr mental and During our revolution moral worth. annem ssalltn shan anes Boverel: tested. By What means and at what timo thei family name was changed from Paybody to Peabody we are unable to state with any degree of certainty. {t is not improbable that it was one of those almost impercepttiie changes whiva often occur, design than from aceident. BIRTHPLACE AND EARLY Liv. Misfortune appears to have befallen the descend- ants of Francis Paybody. When, on the isth of February, 1795, the subject of this sketch was born in the town of Danvers, hie parents were persona in very poor circumstances, The boy consequently grew up lacking tn the advantages of a good educa- tton. Indeed, at this time educational facilities were not 80 abundant ag they now are, and none but the sons and daughters of tiioe in afinent circumstances were able to obtain more knowledge than is em- braced in the bare learning how to read and write. In addition the parents of George Peabody were unable to support him for any length of time in idieness, so that even had the system of free schoois been es per- fect and efficient ag they now are, it is oxiremely doubtful if be would haye obtained a more perfect education than he actually received. At the tender age of eleven years be embarked in business as cierk to Mr, Sylvester Proctor, an estimable man, who Kept a grocery in Danvers. he left the shop and lived a year with his grandiather, Mr. Dodge, in Thetfora, Vermont, from whence he went in i8il to Newbury- port a8 clerk to his brother David, who had about tuat time opened there a dry goods shop. Unfortu. na’ely, ill lack pursued Lim. The business had scarcely been more than started when @ disastrous conflagration destroyed the business portion of New- buryport, involving in total ruin @ number of per- sons, among Whom was David Peabouy, This dis aster, though of a most serious character, did not tess [rom ‘Three years later dishearten the lad. Stout of heart and energetic he looked about him for some other means of earning a liveliiood, The prospect Was by no means favorable. The embargo Placed upon Ameyican commerce, the great contest between France and England, and the strong proba bility then existing—afterwarde turned into a cer- tainty—of the United States being drawn into the struggle, combined to produce @ stagnation in trade which was feit throughout the republic, Business Was dull everywhere. The trade that was doing was of the most languid character tmaginabie, Patlures were numerous, Everywhere uncertainty of the future, mingled with anxiety for the present, pervaded the commercial mind, It was, altogether, ® most untoward period fox glad of seventeen to begin life upon hiy gw4 aocount. REMOVAL TO GEORGRTOWN. Among hia relatives was an uncle—Jonn Peabody— who had done business in Newburyport, ana had deen looked upon as & man of large means, When the general crash came he succumbed, with many others, In the hope of rotrieving bis fortunes he moved to the District of Columbia, settling at Georgetown, 0 which place he invited his nephew to follow him. Being somewhat heavily involved tm debt and oppressed by his creditors pradential considerations necessitated his conducting busine under @ name other than his own. He had every confidence in his nephew, under whose name the business was carried on, and who was entrusted almost entirely with ite management. During the two yoars he remained with hia uncle he manifested that aptitude for commercial under- takings which, at @ later date, carried him on to for- tane, The business, however, was not so successful aa it might—and doubdtiess would—have been had he beon left antrammelled, Bat, although ostensi- biy the proprietor, he was really but a clerk, and one, too, receiving but small pecuniary compensation for his services, We find it ataved that upon the ox- piration of two years he retired from bis uncie’s service, mainly because of an apprehension that be would be Held liable for claims and engagements which did not belong to nim, Of the trath oT this statemh ent We have ho means of judging. Builts is not impromenle, alt, 1s ho that Ne bd luenced t his oonnegtion wita Mr, Big comtbanid aan ty rpg which pressnigd tscigaivel 6 shun saeeeoeeastaeeeetitienangacvarinaieterlyrereernntatetes mp sees egg on-ereann-an renal DaHDG. iF man, DP (i ed we | ° BS ix of F : | } i i a by bt bh in C ab r ir ry stroggies thoy | qyee Oo honareatt annies id vy he one hundredth anniversary; waoeed oe exiscence of Danvers, Mass,,/occurred on the 16th of | sons éither engaged to be married or engaged in an espoused the patriot cause, and their devotion to scpipeecre OF eavoen Means Obes DA Fe teva OC. sous alter eaaeaee bettering of hig condition and advancement of bia | $6,000; to the Massachnsetts Historical Society, in fortunes, Boston; $20, 000s to the Peabody Institute of Arche ology, at Cambridge, $150,000; to found g geological branch at Yale College, $150,000; to the Peaboae - sticute at Baitimore, the additional gift, alluded to m: above, of $500 ; to the Maryland [scorical So- Potomac and menaced the capital. Patriotic men | ciety, $20,000; to Kenyon College, Ohio, $25,000; for tcok up arms in defence of the republic, and amo 4 library in Georgetown, D. C., $15,000; making alto- them was George Peabody, then still @ lad and } getner considerably over $3,500,000, vesides an addi exempt from military duty, But the same spirit | tional gift to the Peabody Institute at Danvers. of patriousm which had actuaied bis ances- His relatives were also remembered tn this lavish ‘ors now influenced him to volunteer in @ | distribution of his wealth, he presenting them with ol or ney formed at Georgetown, | Various sums, amount in the regare to SHEP, Sout tl lta rtp win r Egtet, A Low | $1,500,000, Gays later ho was doing soldier's duty wi is comi- HONORS PAID TO MR, PEABODY. pt at Fort Warburton, The expected attack was The nnparalleled munificence of Mr. Peabody gave ot made the British, so that no opportunity } rise to the liveliest enthusiasm in all parta of the was afforued for his participation in battle, and on | country, and was extollud throughout the civilized the disch: of the volunteers he returned to bis | World. Congress voted him a resolution nanks commercial avocations, pape to this he had | and @ gold medal as a mark of the repubiie’ re- served for a brief while at Newburyport, and it was | Clation of his services in the cause of oddaetion. but & short time since he received a grant of 100 | Several of the State Legisiacures passed compli- acres of land voted by Cougress to tiose Who volun- | Mentary resolutions, while from ail parts of the teered in defence of the republic during the war country came enlouistic expressions regarding him, with England, No pyblic man was ever received with more sincere 18 PARTNERSHIP WITH MR. RIGGS. pleasure than he wherever he went. While Mr, Peabody was engaged in business at | RETURN 10 BNGLAND AND LA®T VISIT TO AMERICA, Georgetown his steadiness and capacity gained kira At the close of @ year's sojourn in America Mr. many friends, Among those who were struck by | Peabody took his departure for England, and early the ability he displayed Was the late Elisha Kiggs, | in 1868 made a brief tour of the Conunent, While at afterwi of this city, who died in 1853 deeply re- | Rome he was vregentec to the Pope, who gave him gretted. This gentleman proposed to enter into a } # most flattering reception. Before leaving he bar i h the young man in the drapery | sented the charitable institutions of the city witha to furnish the capital. It was | liberal donation, reported by some correspondents before the engaged | at $1,000,000, The precise sum, however, bas roftabje pfiness, which was moved } Lever been ascertafned. Soon after he prow ore in 15. Seven yeara later it | posed to make another visit to Ameri and Queen upon learning that he would pro! revurn w England expressed a desire to seo him, ly presented to her. On the loth in New York and within THE WAR OP 1812. Meanwhile the iong threatened war between (reat Britain and the United States had broken out. In idsummer of 1812 a British Meet ascended the firm Was in to had become #0 extensive that branch establishments were opened in New York and Philadelphia. In 1826 Mr. Riggs retired from the firm and Mr. Peabody | He was accord! became the heaa of it, The relations thatexisted | of June he arrived between the two gentlemen were always of a | a month had presented another $1,000,000 to the friendly and confidenual character, Each was in. } Southern Educational Fund. During the summer debted to the other for numerous favors, not east of | mouths he went to White Sulphur Springs, Va., which was the business connection wich enabled | for the beneft of his health, which had the one to increase his fortune by means of the | become feediv, At one time he was so low other's business sagacity and tact, and lald ihe foun- | that fears were entertained of his Ife, but dation of that vast wealth which Mr, Pabody turued | by careful nursing he recovered. Shortly before to so benevolent an account. leaving the Springs he presented Washi mn Col MK. PEABODY AS & LONDON BANKER, lege (General Lee's) with $50,000, and on the 22d of Some months after the retirement of Mr. iiggs Mr. | September donated $400,000 to the Peabody Inatitnte Peabody pald his first visit to England for the pur- | in Baltimore, He made some other donations of pose of purchasing goods. During the succeeding | smalier amounts, which we connot at present recall. ten years he visited Europe repeated 'y for the same | Indeed, his gifts were so numerous that it almost purpose, and in 1837 became @ permanent resident of | bewilders one to recount them. The annals of London, In 1843 he retired hilanthropy do not record any equal to Mr. Peabody had pursued 60 many years in muniticence. He seemed happy only when giving a& commission agency and of his wealth for benevolent purposes. the Engilsh metropoite. During Mr. Peabody's absense from England @ was already & man Statue of him was unveiled in London. The cere- He had also performed noteworthy service for ine | Mony was performed before a vast concourse of public. During the commercial aud dnancial crisia | peopie by the Prince of Wales, who made a speech Of 1837 he was appointed by the Mavyland Legisla. | highly laudatory of Mr. Peabody. Tus statue was ture one of three commussionera to negotiate a loan, | erected by the merchants of London as a mark of This duty was none of the lightest. In Engiand all | thelr respect and esteem for the distuguisbed Ame- American securities were looked upon with suspi- | rican. clon because of the neglect of sone of the States to pay the interest on tuetr debt held abroad and because of the numerous failures which were weekly reported, Mr. Peabody's influence, however, was suMclent to obiain the loan, and in apprecia- Yon of his service on this occasion the State afterward omicialiy recorded her obligation “for hia enerous devotion to the interests and bouor of Jaryland.’? During these trylug days he struggied maufully to sustain the credit of hiv native country, and it 1s not awarding him too much praise to say that the restoration of confidence in the abluty and purpose of (ne United States to pay their debis was due more to his efforts than to those of any other an, The business Which Mr, Peabody did in London was extensive. On both continents he war widely known for bis sterling integrity and reliability, 80 that men were ever ready to place their busiuess in his hands, feeling confident that it would be faith- fully transacted and that their interests would be properly attended to. To the fortune which he poa- sessed at the ume of his permanent residence in London @ large sum, Variously esamated al from $20,000,000 to $30,000,000, was added. | HIS DEBDS OF LIBBUALILY. Throughout his ie George Peabody was noted for his charitabie disposition. To the fuli exteal of Ins means he had given to the poor, in England Americans in straitened circumstances had only to apply to him to receive @ practical iiustration OF his generosity. One of the first actx o a Baltli rom the business he and established banking house At this time ot wealth, he large HACK TO ENGLAND TO DIR. On the 30th of September of the present year Mr. Peabody took lis departure for London, to tho regret of his fellow citizens, who had hoped that hi last days would be spent in bis native land. [¢ Was not lo be so, soon after his arrival nis ilnesd returned, and, as stated lo the first lines of this sketch, he died in London yesterday, m the seventy- tifth year of his age. Mr. Peabody never married—a fact that occasioned many speculauions, At one time tt was rumored that he was avout to marry Miss Burdett Contes, but the ramor proved to be ial in person Mr. Peabody wa His countenance had ali the appearance of that benevolence for which be was distinguished, and in mnanners he was most nad taving. CON Even as we begun 80 do we expressing the sincere regret which the announce- ment of Mr. Peabody’s death has oecasioned and will occagion, tHe bas left behind him @ name as imperisiable as civilization, for until civilisation ceases il will be cherished and revered as few names re cherished and revered, tall and well butit. Ephraim K. Avery. Over thirty years ago Ephraim K. Avery Was & Methodist minister living in Fall River, Mass. He bore an excellent character, was widely esteemed, not only by tne members of his own congregation, ‘ained lum consic o hic pubic Werle, "ian but by the townspeople at large, and was looked upon as a truly hamble and devout Christian. With | the members of his church he was very popular. Aaa preacher he was talented and eloquent, in soctal ive he was agreeable and entertaining. Hie influence with the Methodists of Fall River was great, a8, indeed, is the Influence of all ministers of religion in country places. Their confidence in him was unbounded; with many he was not only a splritaai adviser and msiructor, but to these oMices was added that of social mentor. Among the members of Avery’s church was & young girl named Susan Maria Cornell, In social ; rank she was hardly the equal of the preacher; | personal appearance sie was no beauty, though it Was said that she was preporessing enough to win ihe love of another. Mr. Avery seemed to take a | strong interest i (his girl, He was frequently in her company—so frequeat that, had he not been s winisier, it 18 likely the gossips of bis town "would #8 OF EDUCATION. aseuv 5 of the corporare | Dave ussuctaced the names of the two as those of per- popularity in the United States, f ip the snmmer of 1861, durtag the great exlibi- tion at the Crystal Palace, By reason of Congress refusing to appropriate a sum of money for the pur- pose, the American department bade fatr to make a sorry show in the midst of the productions of all the nations of the earth. In thia emergency Mr. Pea- body was applied to, and the response was prompt and princely. The entire expense of arranging an garnisbing the American department was defrayed iy md thas, a# a blographical writer justly ob- serv: private individual did that for his coun- frymen which their own Congress had sbamelully refused to do, and which in every other case had been done by the governments of the nations there represented.” ‘Yhe same liberality waa exhibited a year later, when Mr. Henry Grinnell offered bis vessel, tne Advance, to make a eecond voyage to the Arctic K jn search Of Sir Joun Franklin, Con; 8 of outiit, and had neglected waking an appropriation. The proposed expedition wonld haye been abandoned had not Mr. Peabody generously handed over to Mr. Grinnell the sum of 310,000, Which paid the expenses ol the voyage. YTION TO THR nantting {be Occasion, Amoug the I x aitend the festivities Was one 40 George Peabody, | But she relations of “pastor and people”? were who replied, expressing regret that he conid not be , such that the Intimacy gave arise to no scandal. present to join in the celebration of tils the ceatenniai | And even if one or two persous uttered @ suspicion of his nativetown. He, however, seut the commit- | that all was not rigat, the utterance waa tee a sentiment enclosed in an envelope, “which | considered 80 outrageous a slander as to cal ite was not to be opened until bis name should be called asta & in due course at the dinner table.” Alter , crisis arose that tue dinner had been eaten aud several speeches | meetings of the two evidences of guilt. made Mr. Peabody's name was called, tne elope | opened and ibis sentiment read:—“Kducatton—A | debt due from the presentto future generations.” In continuahon he wrote, ‘In acknowledgment of the payment of that debt by the generation which preceded me tn my native town of Danvers, and to | Bid in ite prompt future discharge, I give to the , bat a few months. Certain it {s though that one inhabitants of tuat town the sum oT $20,000 for the , duy this intimacy ceased, for on that day the dead | vody of the girl Was discovered by the side of a hay- in au open field some distance from the main rowd. ‘bat there had been @ murder was apparent at a glance; that the girl had battled desperately for her Ife was also evident. The straggie between her and ber murderer must have been frighttul, for her garments were reat, and upon her person were marks of violence which told an eloquent though mute tale. A combination of circumstanées potnted rain Avery @& the murdérer. It would re { much space to record ail the Op ey wi tiations to { own condemnation with it, It was not uni people discovered in ae freguent en aver little acon was noted as pregnant with wroi v4 y attention Co the girl as proof ol immor A | every Word uttered aa that of the seducer, How jong Susan Coruell and Ephraim Avery were | on intimate terms we cannot now say. It mighs have been three or four years; it might have been promotion of knowledge and morality among them." To this sum he afterwards added largely, the doua- tions allogether exceeding $200,000, i Five yoars after this event Mr. Peabody paid a visit to the United States, and one of fils first acts ‘was to contrivute the sum Of $900,000 for the found. | ing of an educational institution in his adopted city of Baltimore. and 1866 $500,000, and he gave 3: tribution of stone of the building was laid, but, ‘fo this he afterwards add the on the j0,000 more, $1,400,000. 4 $200,000, donation wae increased 22n of Sepiemer making @ by | last | to Eph: total con- | julre too ich was collected to convict him. In the first his reis- tlons with the girl were of so intt character tuat people lastinctively believed nim gailty. He was just seen with her; the investigation of the Coroner proved that she had been betrayed by some one, and the deduction drawn from this fact waa that her seducer had murdered her for the purpose of concealing ber crime. She might have impor- tuned him to marry her and thus save ber from dis grace, ‘Shere is no telling. Mr. Avery, on being urrested, declared Ris inno- cence of the charge brought against him. Whea tried there was no lack of witnesses to testify as to In 1858 the corner the rebel- Kon soon after breaking out, itserection and | dedication were jielayed until after te close “| the war. In his frers to the trustecs of this instt- tution Mr. Peabody expressed the hope that It would be “go conducted taroughout its whole career as fo teach political and relizious charity, toleration and beneficence, and prove riself to be, in all contingen- | cies and conditions, the true friend of an inestimable { Union, of the salutary Institutions of free government | and of liberty regulated by jaw. * While in the United States Mr, Peabody was the recipient of marked attention from al! classes of people wherever he went. Namerous public recep- Uons were tendered him, ail of which were dectiued, save one in Panvers, which was one of the most onthusipstio that was evyor bestowed upon a philan- thropist. . Probably three-fourtns of the Jurymen believed him guilty, but they were compelled | to return a verdict of acquittal,” because of the Ine | conclustveness of the testiinony. Had he been tried in Scotland the verdict woula have been ‘Not proven." In whe Ecclestasticat Court there was the, same result, with the addition that the ministers composing it acquitted bun, fully convinced of Bis innocence, The excitement which this case occasioned m Toi . never been surpassed tn the United States. even the celebrated Burdell murder 80 alfect@a the people. From one end of the republic to the other the theme of conversation was forweeks the tragedy at Fail River. In this city the excite- ment attained to such a height that Thomas Fiyna, the comedian, reaped a harvest of money by pro- ductug @ arama describing the murder. For purpose he leased the Richmond Hill theatre, which was located at the corner of Chariton and Varick sireets, aud performed to crowded houses, Months after the trial the feeling against Avery was 1n' and it 1s related thata traveling showman _—_ 2 S s & g 5 3 = 5 = 3 ¢ e 5 =] 5 2. $ 3 HIS GIFT TO THE LONDON POOR. In 1868 Mr. Peabody returned to England aud set | about putting into practical effect a svleme of benevolence which had occupied his mind for seve- ral years previous. This was “uuder sense of ratitade’ for lis success in England, ‘to make a jonation for the benefit of the poor of London.” To this end he consulted his friends 0. M, Sampson, Str James Emerson Tennent, iis partner, J. 8. Morgan, and the Right Rev. Bishop McIlvaine, of Ohio, In a letter dated ‘London, March 12, 1862,” and addressed to Charlies Francis Adama, the United States Minister to England, Lord Staaley, M, P. (now Karl of Derby), and others, whom he appointed trostees, he wrote, r explaining the motives whieh actnateo him My object being to amelior- ate the condition of the poor and neeay of this great pty eee and to promote their comfort and happl- | ness, | take pleasore in apprising you that I have determined to transfer to you the sum Of £150,000, which now stands avaliable for this pu: eon the | Barnum, who afterwards became notorious, books of Mesara. George Peabody & Co., a8 you will | rowiy escaped a riding on a rail in Annapolis, his see by the accompanying correspondence. would-be lynchers mistaking bim for the minister, This munificent gift was afterwards #welled to the sun Of £350,009, or nearly $2, The English p pers Were filled with eulogtes on this act of philan= hifopy, Which oue editor deciared almost bewildered him “by its magnitude and splendor.” And not only ia England but on the Con ut andin the United States the same praise was ‘arded bim, and he Was at once piaced ut (he head of ing philanthr Acqnitted by the law, Avery was novertheless 4 a criminal by a large majority of the people. resumed ita occupation as a preacher only to ina that he had gained a most uuenviable notoriety, People docked to bis church, not to bear him pi but to get s glimpse of the man who had been on tial for bia life. And, while this was the case, his social relations became simost unbearable, His pists. Of thé success which has attended the Pea- | warmest friends in the pas ry body butidipg im London we have not space tospeak. | on Sunday, he lived almost solltary a , They mustever remain & grows Wonument to his | object of ai If guirty of the mui , he was memory, punished far more effectively than if he had been Thé People of London were not slow in showing | Banged. If innocent, many years of his existence their appreciation of big muntticence, ‘The freedom | Were passed in martyrdom. From the hour of his arrest (he sphere of Lis usefuinesa had been con- narrowest limits, For some on, in Richwond, Mass, and of the city was bestowed upon him by the Corpora. tion of London, and at the close of the Working Classes Exuibition in the Guildiall, in 166, when for the first time he consented to appear in public, he received # welcome a0 unbounded in tts enthu- siasm a8 rarely to be equalled. Duriog the same year, and Sey Pee to sailing for America, he was tendered eithor & baronetcy or the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, He declined both, butin answer to the question, what gift he would accept, said:—"A letter from the Queen of England, which I may carry across the Atlantic and Gotng deposit a8 ® memorial of one of her most faithful | nothin; tracted to the ver, years he struggle other places, hoping for @ restoration of that oo1 dence Which had once been reposed in him. It net Was restored, and at length he retired from the istry, never More to preach the word of God to fellow beings. Mr. Avery moved to Pittsfeld, Ohlo, then, more than’ now, ®@ quiet, secluded spot. Here, for over twenty years he pursued the occupation of a farmer. among strangers, who knew but little or 2 of his bem 5 ¢ made friends and mauy. Om yi sous.’ The Queen promptly. complied with this | the 23d of last mont at the age of seventy Bin request, writing Mr. Peabody ® most graceful letter | he passed away from earth to the rege ot of acknowledgment of his “more than princel who knew him, Tbe siartiiug march ae janificence," and adding to ita Pages of berae| almost obiiterated from im of men the The fetter and portraic are Hoth deposited in tragedy which audd Ai es uu Peabody Institute at Danvers. come notoriety, and Diasted his after life RETURN TO THE UNITRD STATRS IN 1896, Whether he ty ee y not aware; nor, im For the second aince his departure for Lon- | deed, can we say if he in Onion don in 1887 Mr. Peabody visited America in 1 As for the yon Susan Cornell, + 4 te and was received with a heartiness and enthusii wrapped - Le) trable h. ro hat grat As before, hie — day when her , disGgured by we Denevolence exhibited itgelf, and this time with @ | was found hanging to the stack of to the munificence ne led by # pri indi- | ent hour the truth regarding her mi vida 1,590 was made fof a | been revealed. It ig not im another Bouthern which, on the occasion | than Avery took her life, Butif be was the of another million, To | derer he planned and executed the deed Philips Academy in An re a, © $25,000; to} and Fetter cot hie eect it well, vhe Newburyport Library, $15, 5 fo, Du ing a new Whether gullty or iihoce: jo Is now In the ehuroh in Georgetown, Maaa., $100,000; a library | ence of jaker, to receiv punishment for in the ain town, $16, 4 it beage Institute @t | bis one of rewards for thd uamerited obloqay that Salom, $140,000; to wbe libri at Thetford, Vt. i Was heaped upon him