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‘them go to show that these Indians have been bought over by Canadian agents, ‘The oficers upon the siail of Governor « McDougal! do not pretend to deny it, but 0 far as to “they should THE NEW NATION. The Sioux Advancing Upon the Settlements. An Indian War Apprehonded—Establish- ment of an Oficial Organ—Annexa- tion to the United States the Declared Policy. FORT ABERCROMB! } Rep Rivax OF THE Nourtu, Jan, 16, 1870. ‘Smet here a mai! from the Red River settlements, ‘and hait on my route to Fort Garry to forward in ‘detail important news, of which the telegraph will give but a meagre synopais from St. Paul. The in- telligence respecting the movements of the Sioux Upon the settlements cannot be better communt- ‘eated from here than in the following article from The New Navion of January 7, published at Win- mupeg:— On Friday last news reached the town armed and uipped, were om of attack! a large band of ‘and e& their way from ie Prat for the ; oe se larry and jeace! meee Fee elizens: ae of once military sormed to ¢ Sioux had reac! g nce of ey were met by the French guard, urlog their deliberations the Sioux ish sliver wed: with the British coat ot ame lon of the Queen upon for their coming in they statec that @ Manitobal, bad urged them Fepeaiedly to join 1m the war againat’ the hali-breeds that they had‘ received presents trom the Canadians to do this—and that they had bee: supplied with ammunition and clothing on condi- of alding in the establishment of Canadian rale, A ened parley took place, when, having learned that our ple Were well armed and ‘determined to clean them out, consented to return. We leurn from Mr. Cowley that ‘ey threaten to revisit ‘us soon aud remain longer. Pierre L'Evellie, one of the French scouts, a gentic ‘undoubted veracity and pertectly acquainted with their lan- » Feports having met the party on this wide of Mr. nue’s piace and having endeavored to induce them to re- turn, Toe chief received « present of tobacco and expressed ‘bis readiness to go back, but tne braves coutended that, alter the payment they had received, they were in duty bound to id refused to return, Mr, L’Kvellle informs us better suppiled with arme than any Indians he even some of the squaws carrying guna, All their powder horns were well filled, and their clothing and Dlankets perfectly new, Advices from the portage are to the effect that there are en- camped in that nelghboruood about 600 Bloux—some of them delonging to the party who came here aiter the Minnesota ‘massacre, and the remainder being late arrivals from Mouse wwer, Dacotah Territory. All she statements concerning g i en 20 justify the action on the ground thal If they did not receive ia allegiance the haif-breods would. Major Wallace, one $f the Governor's party, mentioned, jn the couree of conver. Sation, that shere had been expended upon the Sious at tho tage aud its vieinity some 2200 worth of provisions, cloth- ‘arms and ammunition, und the expenses of the’ Stone enlisted by Colonel, Dennis, are reported at £700. That Governor MeVougall kept two Chippewas in his Feadence at Pembina {s publicly known, and that he made ‘attempt to procure the services of that tribe, in addi- tion to his astempt to eulist Americans, can be proved beyond ry When Canada selected « Governor for this Territory she hose Mr. McDougall as having been connected with the ad- ministration in various capacities for over twenty years, and ‘as one who, baving conducted the negotiations for the pur- ebase of the country Lecween the Dominion and the Hudson Bay Company, undarstood perfectly the policy the ‘ment intended pursuing towards us. ‘The press of Canada ‘openly assert that the instructions of the Governor left at his own option the measures be should empicy to estab.ish bie Authority. It ts nate, therefore, to conclude that his act of upon the savages to aid in bis thibustering raid and us persistent efforts to create civil war in our midst were not only countenanced by Canada, but that be was supplied with money to xccomplish and olicla! orders to guarantee his pur- pose. That in this enlightened age any Power should make ase of such ineana for the accomplishment of its dealgn eriminal enough; but it fs only a hellish tasanity whica ould induce the use of such means against a people whout have sought to conciliate. From the above it will be seen that the Sioux are Giready seriously threatening the Red River settle- ments, and that Indian hostilities may break oat in that section at any time. Notning later than this mews has been received here through whe Red Kiver mail, and vonsiderable anxiety prevails to hear what the Indians propose todo, Another maii is due on the 19th, and will doubtless bring information more definitely indicative of the Indian designs. ‘With the exception of the Indian excitement affairs remain unchanged at Red River. The new goverh- ment is quietly organizing the available forces of the settlements and preparing for any emergency ‘that may arise. About flity active Canadian sympa- ‘Vhizcrs are detained at Fort Garry m quarters ee tor aa Belen the fort; but no oue been jut m person or property excepting tne suopression of the dangdian pomepnree te the gettiement, nor is there any pro- ability of any severe measures being inaugurated by the Red River authorities. The persons in con- Anement are as well off as if they were free, as in the ‘winter season nearly every one is idie {a the settle- ments, and the imprisonment of the Canadian sympathizers simply amounts to their detention in comfortahie quarters where they cannot carry out plots dangerous to the peace of the community. Any one can visit them, and no doubt most of them are at heart very Well satisfled to be thus provided for during the winter. A newspaper calied The New Nation made it ap- meatnte in Winnipeg on the 7th inst., and is evi- ‘ntly published under the auspices of the Red River government. It boldly advocates annexation to the United States, as wiil ve seen in the fohowing articles {rom its columns:— oun vortor. 1g 28 to our policy will be expected from us in this number, and we proceed briefly to detine our position. In Gominon with the majority of tois settlement we reaard the Hudson Bay Company's government as obsolete, and never to be resuscitated. The Bominion government, by {is crimi- nal blunders and gross injustice to tats people, have forever ‘hem; and by thelr forfeltre of all right to our re- t will prevent us in future from either seeking or permit- ting its protection. The iinperial government we consider to be too far distant to intelligently adminiaier our affairs. “The question then, what form of government is best Sdapted for the development of this country? reply, unbesitating\y, that the United states republic fers us to-day thut system of government which would Dest promote ofder and progress in our midat and open up rap! ent dependent position we cannot obtain what we need in that direction, and hence we will hold it to be our duty to ad- ‘vocate independence for the people of Red River as a present cure for public ills. Our annexation to the States will follow in time and bring with ft tne advantages this land so much uirea. req ANNEXATION OUR MANIFEST DESTINY. Mr. Dilke, member of the English Parliament, in. speak: ‘of the position of British Columbta with regard to the pract: eability of Increasing the population and commerce, suys “For purposes of reinforcement immigration and supply, ‘at a distance of not less than 20,000 miles from home, the Faci- fic colonies can scarcely be considered strong in their allegi- mC] otvor all penclcal ilariy alts ‘or tical pi wo are similariy af worms.” from England we can only be reach ® route impracticable in the Inter and a dreary ree portages and water in thi miner. Only ene trip can bemades year, and that occ! py ing, from the middle of May until the ist of October. From Canada we are separated by a distance of some 700 miles and by @ country which, on account of climate and sterility of its soll, is unht for settlement. it is one dismal waste of rocks and water ‘the rock of the hardest species of granite, almost tmperviou ‘to Diasting tools, and the water a continuation of rapids, fail and lakes which admit of navigation only by canoes. Prac- for years, if not for ail time to come, wo are shut aut wi ase ae te with Canada except throu; a or even by the route sclony aot fey with ‘diferent "views or, life, abanes wi jeret lews of tinct Raviie and different Interests and neces fy i ties; we have noth- fog im common with that country or its government. Wo could never be satis(actorily governed by tue Dominion, even §f we could be intelligently. The affairs of this territory can- be admini ‘more intelligently by Canadat han by istered because for the general objects of government wo ‘are too far removed. Even should a ral! built from Fort Garry to British Columbia, should she e federation, its construction would be at the cost of the two wolonies. The rej mmtatives of the Dominion government in England were distinctly told by the British Cabinet that the tee given forhe payment, of the $1,500,000 purchase ‘through guara money for this territory would be the last unt aid given them ‘by the “mother country. This. ling, 12 nt would. run throug! 200,000 Indians, whose commerce of road miiitary foree = ity. The Dominion government finds {t im- finer see oo eee any ay, Cxeantention srhater sts ex. 1a—a species of constabul: olice—and elther its policy nor rewurces mala arrant the maintenance of from either source could be i Hiding up the country and prosecuting the pubic here tents requisite Cor the furtherance of Sur tmoresta ton cree: ty. We should soon find ourselves in the cond! Bee Betis Columbians, who, in their memorial to the v td Mas represent their pecliniary copdi:ion: , ‘That the colonists are required, fur the mere support of the government, to contribute the enormou ms of seventern pounds sterling per capita of the population, while public im- provements are unprovided for and education neglected. ‘That we are hardly able to pay more than a motety of £14.00 sterling, being the requirements of the goverment or % That inances of the colony are consequently in a de- plorabie condition and that the government and people are embarrassed and verging on insolvency. ‘That we are almost entirely dependent on the neighboring portions of the United States for the necessaries of live, ‘which are subject to heavy duties on arrival at this colony. It ts evident that the United States is the only nation to avhom we can look for the enter; ‘energy, business taient snd capital needed to inuugurate such improvements as the welfare of this people demand and to turnish the military protection which it is so highly necessary to enjoy. ‘The foliowing is & travesiation of an editorial ad- aressed to the I'rench popuiatiun of Red River:— fo Tux Frexon Porunation :— ‘Until to-day it can be said that the Red River had no news- who, from their éntrance into the country, (ik constituted themecives the people's enemies, It Is (rue, rae ip your ie during some years, the Nor'rerser. paper is defunct, aud when leisure is found to preskemontunest fo iis meuiory it svould bear the following inscription :— Darerennrrrne NOLO OO LOLOLEDELELE DOLE RETO TELE NODE He Here lie Hi Ignorance, Malice, Lying, Unskilfulness, ry The editors of the old 3 NOR’ WESLER. POOOPDIOOD DO EDELIEIE DE DEDILI DOODLE DOLE DECPOLE OE OL LE: Al) the troubles shat afict and impoveriah the country at Said that at the time of his death he had $100 and some odd dollars, and that this was found in differ- 10. eaire, the ambition of the editors who solicit ‘will of the public., A iacune had to be filled. fi oereladan bosons one unit of the papearion » wise OD culy French. We wil, 2 trench jour ‘We will, therefore, publish journal, ‘Lsreymupkinjen ud patronage ofthe generous reproseate- ig ru} tives of "Za Belle Frame. Testimony Before the Coroner—Interesting Inci- dents in the Domestic Life of the Gardner Family. * Coroner Flynn continued the investigation into this case yesterday. The investigation was strictly Drivate, and the witnesses were not sworn, but it 1s ‘he intention of the Coroner to have thelr statements read to the jury some day next week, when they will be sworn to. - The following 1s the evidence taken:— Isaac H. Frothingham, President of the Union Trust Company, stated that tn December, 1869, the sum of $8,000'in bonds was deposited for safe keeping with that company to the order of the Supreme Court, pending @ suit against .Mr. Garduer, of Harlem, by the heir of Mr. John Alexander. » Michael V. vregier, of 127th street, testified that he is owner of property over the amount of $100,000, ‘and lives next door to the Gardners; has known them lor four years; they kept a boarding house, and in his opinion were entirely dependent upon it for a living, from appearances; previous to 1869 he should say the family were im very straltened circumstances and made no display of wealth; after the death of Cap- tain Alexander he noticed a change in their circum. stances for the better; they dressed better and made purchases almost every day of furniture aud clothes, to the amount of several hundred dollars; in June, 1869, Mrs. Gardner desired witness to purchase for her a plano; he did so, aud paid $300 for it, which Mrs. Gardner paid him; six months previous she had asked him to get her one for about twenty-five dollars, but they bired one instead, and not being able to pay the rent for itit was forcibly removed; their son-in-law, James W. Graff, and his wife lived there; was a printer and had an office over a cigar store; they were in very poor circumstances while living with Mr. and Mrs. Gardner; after the death of Captain Alexander they wok a house in 1234 street and commenced house- keeping; have purchased a piano, ana thelr circum- stances have also been changed for tne better; witness knew the deceased while boarding with the Gardners; be appeared to be very sirong; saw him within a week of his death in the street; on the dey of his deat saw crape on the door and heard of his death with some surprise; one day Mr, Gardner told Witness that the deceased was @ Weallhy man ana had a large quantity of government bonds; that his son, who was in the treasury, was in the hubit of cashing his coupons for him; that deceased was very exact about money matters and always paid him weekly, aud Lad paid him to within three days of his death and was perlectly honorable in his trans- actions. James H. Winchester, shtp broker and commission merchant, 41 South street, siated tuat in December, 1868, deceased came into tie oilice and took off two bags [rom around his neck beneath his shirt; [ desired Mr. Leeds (the partner of witness) to some vonds for bim which were tn the bags, ecunted $45,000; he was at the office witoina week of his death; on one occasion in writing to his daughter (witness wrote bis letiers), telling her to have the property assigned tu nisname, and in writ- ing the words “my property’? were used, which he corrected, and made him ingert ‘‘our property,’ re- marking that all bis property he intended leaving to his daughter, Mrs. Burke. Isaac Lockwood, of 127th street, testifed that dur- ing the summer of 1869 Mr. Gardner asked him if ne knew Of any one who wanted money on mortgage or @ note cashed, as he had some money which he wanted lo invest; on another occasion be asked if he knew of @ house to be wold, a3 be wauted one; this wasin the sulmmer of 1869; witness said he had one to sell 1or $4,500, but be said he wantes a larger one; in Octoper, 1869, Mr, Gardner said he had got into trouble, as he nad heen sued by Mrs. Barke for a large amount of bonds which she claimed were her fatuer’s at the time of his death; witness advised bua ogre them up; he said that when Captain Alexander was speechless and uying his wite had cutoff a bag irom his neck, aud in the presence of Dr. Brockway, to whom she handed the bag, he opened it aud found it vo contain bo! and green- backs to the amount of between $7, apd $9,000; he stated that. Captain Alexander had promised them somecning to make them comfortable; that he told his wile that she would find something on him if he diea; Gardner said they had deposited this money with Judge Beebe. the testimony of eceused Henry Leeds corroborated Mr. Winchester and stated further that a called at his office ten days before his death; he was always clear in iniellect, not imbecile; wit- hess telegraphed his death to Mrs, Burke on she day that he saw it mm the HERALD, and she de- sired nim to take charge of lis eifecis; went to 127¢n street aud saw Mra. Gardner, but she would not recognize his authority and refused to give the property up; toid her that Mr. Alexander bad some $60,000 in bonds and securities; these sne said she knew nothiag about; thought ne had not more than $10,000: spoke of the bag around his neck; she Bald it was there atill; and would not she would take care of bia effects ve them up; she said that she had been ill only tree or four days—that is, confined to his room; that he did not owe her anything, but paid every Saturday night; that he told her that sne could keep whatever they found on him after his death for the kindness they had showa him. Charlotte Ann Morgan, of 357 State street, Brook- lyn, knew Captain Alexander for a period of forty years; he frequently stopped in the house where she Tesiaes when bere; he carried @ large quantity of bonds around his Deck in a bi had frequently cut off coupons for him; knew he had over $20,000; on Marcb 10, 1869, he dined at the house and wanted to come and stop tiere, as he said be did not Ieel safe where he was in reference to his property; on the 27th of March heard of ms death; went to attend the funeral, and was met by Mr. Gardner’s daughter, Mra. Graf, who said that deceased had been to New Orleans, back looking sick; Le said that ne was very poor, as he had given all his means to his daughter; Mrs. Gardner came in and stated that the Captain had about him $600, which she cautioned him not to carry, being, as she said, @ large amount; sn ent parts of his clothes; Mr. Breatt told them that he knew of Captain Alexanaer having a large amount of bonds, which he constantly carried wita him; this Was dented by some oi them present. Mr, Breatt corroborated the previous testimony. A letter was put im evidence from Mr. Kyder, Auditor’s office, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. Burke, stat- ing that the missing coupons, 10,100 and 6,654, for January, had been presented for payment, and when the party called for the money they would advise her who he was. The further investigation was at this point ad- journed unt Friday even INDIANA DIVORCES. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 24, 1870, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— As our Indiana divorce laws are subjected just ow to much animadversion, I send you the en- closed letter, for two purposes:—First, to show that our laws, though not in all respects unobjectionable, are not so lax but perjury ana forgery are necessary to avoid the restraints they impose on suits of this character; and, second, as an illustration of the morality of those New England saints who are will- ing to cloak tueir lustful iniquities under any kind of document which appears legal on ita lace, while wey affect a holy horror of Western ideas on the subject of the marriage relation. Our location more than our legislation is the cause of much of the scandal which the conduct of profl- gate non-residents has fastened upon us, and we are “more sinned against than sinning.” But to the letter, which speaks for itself:— MONTPE:.18R, Vt., Jan. 19, 1870, Deak Stm—-Will you put through or fill out a biil of ‘divorce in your State with ihe party residing in this State? It not be, but appear legal on ita face. No advantage will ever be taken with ib; oF, af I 3, OF, 1@ {8 to be done, any way te get such @ paper. ‘Please inform me yea or no, and conditions if you wiliso do, Desertion will be the cause. I enclose one dollar. Respectfully, A. B. G*e7", Members of the bar are in dally receipt of euch Applications; and it 1s not wonderful that they some. Unies fall into the bands of disreputable practition- ers, through whose instramentality such outrages are, In exceptional cases, consummated. Can our New England Solons suggest any law which may not ‘be evaded by such intamous devices? JUSTICE, Attorney, THE BAD DICKEY PREACHER, ‘To THB EpiTor or THE HERALD:—= I would respectiully suggest that you are assisting Train in deluding the public out of their cash by noticing him as you do. I went last night.to hear him, expecting some litue fire where there was so Tauch smoke, but came away feeling that I had been badly cheated. He ls @ compound « bombast, mad- ‘ness, ignorance, egotsim and blasphemy; only kept before the public by the notices of the press which he so much abuses. If | thought he was sane, I should say he was one of the paid “minions of the Bastille,” as all his arguments go to prove that we as #nation are cowards and toadies while, England is at least noid avd manly. I believe that if the press pads aie him goverely alone ne would soon and vel, tinguished Personages to the Funeral Fleet. PORTLAND, Me, Jan. 27, 1870, Admira: Furragat has gone down {n the steamer Leyden to visit the fleet, and all the distingnished visitors are with him, including the Governor and staff and the Mayor and city authorities, THE CAREER OF GEORGE PEABODY. Bresh Incidents of His Lifeo—How He Got His Meney and How Hoe Spent It—His Virtues, His Patriotism—A His Benevolence a Woman’s Tribute to His Memory, PORTLAND, Me. Jan. 26, 1870. Just at this time, when the public are engrossed in paying tribute to the memory of the great Prince of Benevolence, there 18 @ great degree of interest manifested in everything pertaining to his earthly career. Biographers have already done much to perpetuate his generous acts in the minds of commng generations, ana the Hgrap has from time to time furnished columns of facts appertaining to hw public and private career. Notwith- Standing, however, ali that has been said and written, every day seems to develop something new showing how unselfish and noble were the lead- ing traita of Mr. Peabody’s character. Rev. Mra. Phebe A. Hannaford, an old personal friend of Mr. Peabody and a clever and attractive writer, as well as an eloquent preacher of the Gospel, having per- ceived the public want for such @ work, has under. taken to supply a life of the great international bene- factor. She 1s already engaged in its preparation, and Russell, the Boston publisher, will give it to the public early in March, Having had access to that Portion of the work already completed 1 am enabied to supply the HeraLp readers with some few facts in Mr. Peabody’s career which have never yet been publisned. 4 NAME NOT BORN TO DIE. In her preface Mrs. Hannaford truly says that America has been rich in great men whose Intellect- ual superiority or moral excellence bade them tower above the masses, or whose vast possessions, wisely used, as im the case of the subject of this memoir, entitled them to high place in the regard of a grate- - and appreciative people, Ana it is now conceded that Among the few, the immortal names ‘That were not'born to die ig to be read in-giowing characters the name of George Peabody. A wide interest attaches lo the events of nis life and the record of his nobie deeds, because he showed so truly that he valued weaitn on account of the power it gave him to do good ana benetit others than nimself and his iunmediate lamily or nearest relatives. “A MAN OF HIS WORD,’ Gentlemanly in nis bearing, honorable tn his trans- actions, genial in his intercourse with men—with honorable nen—though his irown was suiliciently scathing toward che mean, fraudulent, conniving and false, bis indignation Analy marked and ols words of denunciation suMciently poineed and persoual, towards those Unwortny of conlidence— scrupulously honest as a business ian, he could not but command the respect of those engaged in sumi- lar pursuits and enjoy the confidence vi those fami- lar wito im in the ordinary walks of social life. Prompt and methodical, he avoided many of the vexatlons and disasters experiencea by men of the opposite buainesa habits. With him the appoiat- ments of business were sacred, the day and tne hour vo be observed With the moat undeviating certainty on his part; while those who fatied in these respects, if unable vo offer a satisfactory excuse for such de- linguency, woutd not ordiuarily escape a decided reprimaud or more frequeutiy forfeit confidence and business relations. Financial obligations were promptly met at the appomted time, in strice accord- ance wito the literal structure of the contract, when he was the obliger; while 1t waa at least inja- dicious for others to be Jess scrupulous towards him. If there was souctimes seeming severity, such must be attributed to nis marked metnoaical Kabits and to an idea of commercial obligation aud Justice. AN ABSTAINER FROM THE “VILE WEED AND NAR- corics,? Mr. Peabody was a man Of good natural abilities; had @ large voluwe of bralu, as the most casuai ovserver May nhowice; bis noble bearing well calculated to command respect, not less than confidence. His were clear perceptions, those Of @ careful and discriminating ooserver of men and things. . His brain was neitner beclouded by the narcotic influences of the ‘vile weed” —as he Was not accustomed to the use of tobacco in any of iis forms—nor inflamed, set on fire, by the use of alcoholic stimulanis, Such indulgepces, indeed, would have been inconslatent witu bis large success and incompaubie with the performance of his maui- fold duties, hia almost crusuing labors, which would have exhausted the energies of almost any man jess scrupaious and leas consistent in nis personal nab- its. Nor did he svultliy bim: with the indulgences of the gourmand—a siave of appetive; far from it, He gave and attended banquets; yet of all present he was the most simple 10 his habits, the moat abstemious, often partaking of but a single dish, and that of tne simplest quality, though the tabie might groan under the weight of tie .uxuries of ail clines, “Tuere was neither wast- jog of his energies in sensual indulgences, the gratification of the lower nature, nor @ dissipation, @ scattering, & frittering ‘ay of his powers in unmaniy amusements and senseless frivolity. He was no mere pleasure-seeker, thouga it is reagonable to suppose that he was not averse to & cousistenut “unvending” after exhausting and overourdening the mind by excessive eifort. It 13 certaio that he was conscientious in regard to the more usual amasements; not partial to tueatricais, since, in the finish of the “Memorial church,” be gave special directions to avoid certain decorations calculated to “remind one of the theatre;’? though that church was finished in elegauce, taste and beauty, without regard to expense, to “last 100 years Wihoota actoks of repairs,” im the language of the jouor. THE KEY TO HIS MARKED SUCCESS. The key to nls marked success 1s seen tn these prominent characteristies. Inheriting a firm physi- cal constitution, & vigorous and discriminating mind, tne energies of the one were husbanded by @ remarkabie abstemiousness and temper- ance, the normal vital iorces not only retaimed, but increased in their powers of endurance, by cor- rect habits; while the other was called into harmo- mivus activity, developed by effort, expanded by observution and refined by sel!-culture, his personal habits being favorabie to such physical and mental development. As a business man Mr. Peabody had @ single idea, & oneness of parpose—success in finan- cial pursuits. He was not only industrious, almost Without a pafalle!l in business circles, but his ener- gies were centred, concentrated with a marked per. wlatency and vitalizi energy, upon this one object, tus one life pursuit. Finance was hisstudy—it the expression 18 allowable—and success, eminence 12 his avocation, bis great object; though an avaricious spirit, & Mere love of money, as such, were not fairly auribated to him. He was neither diverted from his chosen pursuits by the enticements of pleasure seeking nor by the ailurementa of fashion, nor yet by the blandishments of the court and the applause and attentions of the sovereign of his adopted land. it @ remarkable fact that the kind regards of the Queen, the honors bestowed upon him, the many, many temptations to accept, not court, the favors and distinctions almost thrust upon him by those occupying the highest position in the realm, were pot sufficient to captivate him. It was not until after he retired from business that he could be induced to speciaily notice these proifered distinctions aud regards, never having been pre- sented to the royal iamily until after his retirement Srom the harassing cares and labors of business life. A STREAK OF MISFORTUNE. Nor is it to be supposed that he never encountered diticulties or experienced disasters in nis financial punsuits, since these are the necessary concomitants of a life of business, He i @ wise man, worthy of success, who encounters difficulties without misgivings, irresolutencss or inurmurings, and boldly and resvlutely attempts tne removal of all ovstacies, throwing himself into the in the conflicts of life, expecting to become the victor. After Mr. Peabody had passed the meridian of @ business career mistor- tunes came, for a time jeopardizing his financial prospects, After the of fifty years—at which Ume nis wealth was comparatively small, far less than that of many of our successful business men of perhaps haif that age—most of his vast accumu- lations were acquired; the last few years of business being, probably, by farthe most remunerative. His early life seemed to have been preparatory, prefa- tory; @ time for the deposit of the seed afterwards to germinate and yield its fruits; a time in which to lay the foundation on which prosperity was to be reared near the close of Mfe, and the creation and adjustment of plans and instrumentalities by ‘which success was afterwards made almost or quite certain, HIS BARLY CHARITIES. But the “crowning glory,’’ the brightest halo that encircles the brow of Mr. Peabody, is that connected with his munificent donations; those of a general character, but ny those intended for tne lowly—the poor of England and of this country. This benevolence was but the outgrowzh of his compas- sionate nature and was early developed, thougn but little was Known of nim in this respect beyond a cer- tain circié, publicity not beingsought. He was com- mendably devoted to his mother and many other re- latives and personal iriends, and on these he early bestowed favors, though, asin after-lie, when his ous bequests. | With @ son’s devotion, ab atfectional brother's solicitude and tenderness he cared for those more neariy connected by family ties, while others were educated, that in business relations, professional duties, c., they might encounter less of the disadvaniages than hiniselr in the avocaiions of active lite. HIS LARGER DONATIONS LONG CONTEMPLATED. While cherisning these kindly impulses in early Mankood, nurturing them by judicious pesiyw- course, not as lavishi: would justity gel GEORGE PEABODY. Visit of Admiral Farragut and Dis- | commerce, too, this examplo—an architect of pi namepim. been reciprocated ! we have not been in George Pe: ae from ua by the wide ocean, living amid the whirl engrossed with the weightiest tered and carressed by the titled and the great, infer that the these and royal royal in tude ‘were contem- fore their public recognition; and far-seeiug mind—an embryotic exigtence—to be developed assume vast propor- ons in due time. Cherishing @ tender regan. an affectionate solicitude, for the lowly of both hemts- from the foree yo cream. stances, the peculiarities of government, &C., one, and the terribie degradation of slavery in the oun —_ ‘We not infer that this was the cherished benevolent impulse of nis life, and that, with his far. intellect, as he foresaw the agnitude of the results of sucn a gift in the elevation and the humanizing of the down! this was the one great aspiration of his iife, long reposing in the bosom of the 1uture as the heip- tesd infant calmly sleeps on ite mother’s breast and nourished there for future activities? This was, in~ deed, @ munificent g'ft, worthy of the man who bestowed it. Yetits mere finaucial proportions do Not constitute its most important signilicance. The design of the lower stratum of society, educating those wHo must have remained in rel: uorance and degradation, aside from such gifts, giving ilfe, energy and courage to tne de- spairing, furnishing the means of self-cleva- tion, self-Improvement—these features overshadow all others, These aspects determine the maguitude and the trae benevolence of these vast chari- tes. Having nochidren of his own, be conceived the grand idea of adopting the unfortunate of his native and his adopted countries; wisely bequeath- Ing to them, with an affectionate regard, the means more wisely granted than by personal bestowments squandered or exhausted 1p a brief period, as tt might have been under some circamatances, by which fu- ture generations would be bi remembering the name of the donor a4 a father 1ndeed, who bad more regard for future benefits, real prosperity and con- tinuous fruitage than for brief and temporary grauil- cations. Such @ monument will outlive marie und granite; such a record is indeed iudelibie, ANCESTRY, A flower, though offered in the bu Inno vain sacrifice, “ ‘They that seek Me early shall find Me, It is often said tbat “the child 1s father of the mau; and io no smalldegree wie can be affirmed of every prominent statesman or hiianthropist, ‘The waits evident sn childhood are often prophecies of disunction in certain patns then indicated, waco the years shal! have given gray hairs to the brow and maturity to ail the mental powera, This was eminently true of George Peabody, the financier and tue benevolent giver of great gilts ‘His childhood foresiiadowed Lhe giory of bis later years; and yet nis childhood was not marked by incident or memorabie for peculiarities, Whatever the little eccentricities of ater years, his childhood was not in any sense that of an oddity, Men and women thought of him as the good boy, the faithful son, the duufal chud, the industrious siudent, the honest youth; and, if they sometimes called him @ ‘mother boy,” it was not because he was shy and effeminave and wanting in boyish energy and daring, but because he ioved his mother; and it was the joy of tis young life to add anything to her happiness. ‘hat ue was prave ‘and honest, upright and conscientious, is not at all ‘auge when we consider his ancestry. However any may sneer at heraldic emblems, it is yet true that, as the Scriptures declare, “the glory of chil- dren are their tatuers,” and none may there- fore rightfully despise @ pure and noble ai cestry, The genealogy of the Peabod: lly has been compiled by the late C. |. Ei dicott, of Salem, and revised by William 8. Peaboay, of Boston, with a partial record of the Knode Islan branch by B, Frank Pavodie, in the spirit of those who adopted the language of Job:- ‘or inquire, pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers.” In the same spirit Mr, Netiemiah Cleveland, in his address at the lopsfeld bicentennial celebration, thus spoke of the origin of the Peabody famuly in America:— From a very early period in the history of this town the Peabody name has been identitied with it, Thanks to pirit of family pride or ot antiquarian curiosity, great have been recently tuken to dig out the roots aod fol- Few out the branches of the old Peabody tree. Ola it may well be called, aince it has already attained (0 a growth of near; oN yours, Boadie, t aces, was the primeval name. He was a gaiiant British chieftaln, who in the year A. D. 61, came 10 the rescue of his noble and chivalrous Queen Boadicea, when “bleeding from ths Roman rods.” From the disastrous battle in which she lost her crown and life he fled to the Cam! n mountains. There bis pomtertey lived and became the terror of the Lowlands. Thus it was that the name “ea,” which means mountain, was prefixed to Boadie, which means man, There waa # Peabody, it seems, among the knights of the Bound Table, for the name was’ first re- iutered with due heraldic honors by command of King Arthi Kimselt. “At the period when the business transaction of thie town bégin to appear on record, Lieutenant Francis Pabody (Ciula was the orthography of the name at that ) was evidentiy the firat man in the plage for capacity and Iaduence. He haa emigrated from St. Alban’s, in. Hertl England, about seventeen, miles from London, in 168), and seltied at Topsticld in 166%, where he’ remai until his death io 168. His wife was © of Reg!- naid Foster, honorably mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in “Marmion” and “The Lay.” Of this large family three sons settled in Boxford and two remained in Tops- field. From these jarchs have come, it is said, ali the ‘Peabodys in this country. Among those of this name who have devoted themseives to the sacred office the Rev. Oliver Peabody, who died in Natick almost a hundred . 18 honorably distinguished. “Those twin Peabodys is a fas! no more), William Bourne Oliver and Oliver William Bourne—twins not in age only, but ia genius and virtue, learning and piety—will long be remembered with admiration aud respect. The Rev. David Pe of thia town, who died while & professor in Dartmouth Col loge deserves Konor- able mention. A kinsman of his, also of Topsfield, is at this ‘@ devoted missionary, in the ancient lend of Cyrus, The Kev. Andrew T. Peabody, of Jortsmouth, and the Rev. Ephraim Peabody, of Boston, are too well and favorably knowa to require thal I should more than allude to P ey moment laborin; rofessor Silliman, of Yale College, is descended ‘eabody. The Peabody name has abounded in brave and patriotic spirits. Many of them served in the French and the Revolu- tionary wars. Ono of theta fell with Wolfe and Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham. Another assisted at the capture of ‘Neonderoga and of Louisburg, and in the siege of Boston. ‘Another was among the most gallant combatants on Bunker Hill, Another commanded s company in the Continental ‘army, and sent bis sons to the army as fast as they became able.’ One more, Nathaniel Peabody, of Atkinson, N. H., commanded a regiment in the Revolutionary war and eub- sequently represented his State in the Continental Congress. In medicine and law the reputation of the name rests more, perhaps, on the quailty than the number of practitioners. In amily may boast at least one eminent ince T need not ly fortune. BIRTHPLACE AND CHILDHOOD. That rich panker was born a poor boy, in the town of Danvers, Mass., on the 18th day of February, 1795; not atall in abject poverty, but in circumstances which afforded him but iittle opportunity for educa- tion, save for the firat de le of, his life in the com- mon schools. Hon. Alired A. Abbott, at the laying of the corner stone of the Peabody Institute, in Dan- vers, remarked concerning this Danvers boy:—‘The character and history of Mr. Peabody have, by the Datural course of things, become so familiar to us within the last year that, like his name, they have almost come to be nouse- hold ‘property. How, nearly: threescore years ago, mm @ very humble house in this then quiet village, he was born, the gon of respectable parents, but im humble circumstances; how from the common schools Of the parish, such as tney were from 1804 to 1807, to use 1s own simple words, he obtained the limited education his parents’ means could afford, but, to the principles then incuicated, a8 a8 oWing uch of the foundation for such suc Heaven has been pieased to grant him durin; Jon; business life?’—sil this Mr. Abbott thought familiar to the Danvers people; and go 1t was and 1s, In his mative place, aé much as anywhere, George Peabody's memory is precious; and, however it may be with prophets, with this successful and beneficent merchant it is not true that he is ‘not without honor save 1m his own country and smong his own peopie.”’ born is now called by bis mame. Firat it was @ part of Saiem; then, In fact, the town where he was for @ century, 1) was Koown a8 Danvers; for @ season it was called Soutn Wanvers; and it is now known as Peabody, in honor of him whose brief and necessa- rily imperfect memoir 1s here presented. On the occasion of his visit to Danvers in 1856 Hon. Alfred A. Abbott said to his fellow citizena:— “Here was Mr. Peabody’s home; here slumbered the honored dust of his fathers; here, ‘native and to the mauner born,’ he passed hi youth and the pleasant here were many of piaymates; and when young ambition and devotion to those whom misfortune bad made his dependants, and the first stirrings of that reat energy already indicating he future Siumph, led him forth to otuer and broader fields of labor, the eyes of his townsmen, like their prayers and best wishes, followed him; and from that day to ttus the events of his life and bis whole career have been a part of she public and most treasured roperty of tke town. And, all along, what returns ave there been, and how waraily has this There has been no time when "a debt, Sepa- and roar of the world’s metropolis, concerns, flat- that ‘heart untraveiled’ has yet clung steadfast to ite early love. While, wherever his lot has been cast, every Worthy object of charity and every benefi- cent enterprise has received his ready aid, in ao especial manner has he remembered and endowed us. When fire desolated our village and swept away the sacred house where in childhood he lis- tened to those truths which have been the guide and solace of maturer years, he helped to rebuild the raiters and point again the spire to heaven. When @ pious local pride would rear an enduring monu- ment to the memory of our fathers who fell in the Oirst fight of the Revolution it was his bounty, although he lved beneath the very shadow of the crown from which that Revolution snatched ite brightest jewel, that assisted in rearing the granite pile and transmittung to fature ages the names and heroic deeds of our venerated martyrs. So when, advancing a new step in the caude of public educa- ton, this town established two high schools for the better culture of its youth, it was his untiring gen- erosity that awoke uew life aud kindied fresh desire for knowledge, by ordaining @ system of prize medals, carefully discriminating and judictous, and which will embalm his name in the affections of un- born generations of youthful scholars. And, lastly, when, four years ago, the town of Danvers cele- brated the centenary of its municipal life, 1s was the same constant, faithful friend that sent to our festival that noble sentiment, “Education—a debt due from present to futuro generatious;” and, in payment of his share of that debt, gave to the inhabitants of the town a munificent sum for the promotion of knowledge und morality among them. Since tha’ day his bounty has not spared, but has flowed forth unceasiugly, until the original en- dowment has been more than doubied, and untl here, upon this spot, is founded an institution of vast immediate good, and whose beuefits and biess- ings tor future years and upon the generations yet to come ho man can measure. Such are some of the reasons why the news of Mr. Poabody’s conteni- Ppiated visit to this country was received with pecu- lar emotions here; why every beart was warmed; why ali the people with one accord desired to see his face aud hear his voice, and why the towns of Danyers aud South Danyem, 19 their corporate iplure, “The faunere, where seatsin our halle and meant, The active business men of ‘all passed from time to eternity, (yas about 8,000, two churehes; we ‘the ministers were about 10,000. We then had but two uses; how some fifteen, aud» Aun cont ings and thronzed wi tdren’” We’ then, appropriates about ; now abous $1u,t are trying w td nt to future generations Our public avenues are filled with dwellings and stores. new sircets have been located and built power of steam was known. Railroads are now lsid ta turns to us under circumstances ‘knot leled success has not blotted from hie memory ome and his old It was Mr. Peabody’s privilege, and he siwaya felt it to be suc to minister to the comfort of his widowed mother, and the minds of his surviving relatives, who knew hun in chiidhood and youth, are stored with precious memories of his noble deeds, It has been said that “Mr. Peabody did not bestow gifts to relieve tmdividual poverty or distress; he thought that much of the money thus Contriputed only tended to in- crease the iGaought to alleviate.” But it is cer- tain that his immediate friends and relatives were never at a loss to know the character of his feelings toward them. He manifested nis good wii! by word ‘and deed as freely, in proportion to his meaus, when he had but afew hundred doliars, a8 when he pos- sessed millions, GROCERIES, DRUGS AND DRY GOODS. From a child George Peabody had to rely un his own exertions, At the early age of eleven he was apprenticed to a Mr. Sylvester Proctor, who kept a “country store’ of groceries. drugs, &c., 1n Danvers, Here, for four years, be waa a faithfal laborer, giving great satisfaction by bis honesty, promptness and fidelity, But at the age of fifteen he began to ve discontented. He longed for a change and ior a larger field of action, He wanted to engage in business on a larger scaic. Ac- cordingly, alter he had spent @ year with his mater. nal grandfather in Vermont (of which year mention will be made in another chapter), he joined his eider brother, David Peabody, 1u 4 dry goods or “‘draper’s”” shop in Newouryport. ‘This was in 1811. Here he ‘Was the same faithful young man, exact and prompt in business, and winning the respect of ail who knew him. It is paid that “the frst money Mr. reabody earned outside of the smail pittance he received a3 a cler was for writing ballots for tne tederal party in Newburyport. ‘nis was before the day oi printed votes.” Hig penmanship was.euperior in beauty. His letters were usually brief and very much to the point; but they were easily read and specially enjoy- @ple because of his clear and nice chirography. AN INCIDENT OF BOYHOOD. ‘Two gentlemen are iiving who were Iriends of Mr. Feabooy 4n boyhood, and who wiilingiy paia his Snare of the cost of sailing and fisning vurties, ten- ping, &0, during the war of 1812-14, his excellent company being considered more than an offset to is lack of funds. The late Rey. Daniel Dana, VD. D., of Newburyport, was the clergyman whose preacn- ing fret attracted Mr. Peabody's attention when & ‘The cause of Mr. George Peabody's interest in Newburyport was not alone that he nad lived there fora brief period, or that hig relatives nad lived there; but, rather, it was the warm friendship that had been shown bim, which was, tu fact, tne basis Of nis subsequent prosperity. He ieft there in 1811, and retarned in 1857, ‘Tne forty-six intervening years had borne tothe grave most of the persons with whom be had formed acquaintance. Among those he Tecognised were several who were in vusi- ness or clerks on State street in 1811—Messrs. Jonn Porter, Moses Kimball, Prescott Spauid- ing and «8 itew others, Mr. widing was fourteen years older Pea- boay, and in business when the latter was a clerk witb his uncle, Colonel Jonn Peabody. Mr Peabody, was there i 1857, on the day of the agricultural fair, ad was walking in the procession With the tate Mayor Davenport, wmeo he saw Mr. Spaulding on Cree sidewalk, and at once leit the procession tu greet ie we to you all; his un- hia old MR. PRABODY’S START IN LIFE. Mr. Spauiding had rendered him the greatest of services. When Mr. Peabody left Newburyport he Was under age and not worth auollar. Mr. spauid- img gave him ietters of credit in Boa ton, through which ne obtained $2,000 worth of Merchandise of Mr. James Keed; and Mr. Reed was so favoraply impressed with his @ppearance that he subsequentiy gave him credit for 8 larger amount. ‘I'nis was hia start in life, as he afterwards acknowledged; for at a public eateriain- ment in Boston, when bis credit was good for any amount, and in any part of tue world, sir. Peaboay jaa bis band on Mr. Keed’s shoulder and said to those present, ‘My friends, here 18 my first patron; and he 19 the man who sold me my first vill of goods.” After he was established in Georgetown, D. ©., the first consignment made to him was by the late Francis ‘Todd, of Newburyport. It was from these facts that Newburyport was always pleasant in big memory; and the donation he made to the Rabilo library was on his own suggestion that he & to do something of a public nature for the wa. GIVING A PLEASURE IF WELL FOLLOWED. The fact was George Peabody loved to give and Was @ grateful, appreciative man; and this chapter concerning his early daya cannot be better closed than by quoting one of tne bess tiings said by him, spoken at the jave reunion in his native town:—“It 4s sometimes hard for one who bas devoted tae best part of his life to the accumulation of money to spend it for others; but practice it, and keep on Practising it, and I assure you it comes to ve a pleasure. THE BALANCE OF MR. PRABODY’S LIFE. The subsequent events of Mr. Peabody's life have not yet been fully gathered, but when produced they wilk comprise @ full record of those princely acws of benevolence which entitle him to the esteem aud gratitude of all friends of education and the destitute, both in America, the land of his birth, and in Engiana, the place of his death. I cau Only mention those incidents which should go to make this story of his fe complete. Upon first going Out in the world he became @ commercial as- sistant, and then contracted the business habits which led him to success in after life. It was about thig time that he fell in love; but there was no matrimonial sequel. The subsequent chapters may thus be classified:—Patriotism; A Citizen Soldier; Firss Partnership; Traveliing Member of the Firm; Removal to London—Kindness to America; Saving whe Credit of His Country at the Crystal Palace; Great and Good Gilts; Help to Sir John Franklin; Donation to Danvers; ‘the Peal Inatituve and its Benefacior; Good Uifts Continued; Still Giving; Greater Benefactions; His First Visit Home; The Gut for Education in the South; Gifts for Science; Still Helping Education; Seoond Visit to America; Yet Giving Cheertully; Filial Devotion to Kindred and Friends; Return to England; Sickness; Death. BROOKLYN CITY. Conjugal Infelicity and a Fight—An Ice Man’s House Warming—The Old Ladies’ Home. A sneak thief entered the residence of Thomas A. Gardner, County Treasurer, in Johnson street, near Lawrence, on Wednesday night, and stole theretroia forty dollars’ worth of ciothing. sa s On the night of the Stn inst. Eugene V. Cruger, an ice man, residing at No. 14 Prince street, was rather surprised on returning to his domicile to find it bril- Vandy illuminated and a dance progressing. His wife, who was the hostess, was sail- ing around in the mazy waltz; but when her husband requested her hand for the next set her proud lip curied and her look of scorn and con- tempt was enough to have turned nig heart to as frigid a state as the commodity in which he dealt. He became wroth and ordered the company to “go’’ and not ‘nd upon the “order of their going.” A fight then ensued between Edward Berry, Peter Bishop and Crager, the two former falling upon the latter and beating him severely. UMicer Fox tnen ap- peared upon the scene and took Berry and Bishop into custody, and yesterday the examination took place before Judge Walsh. Crager testitied that Bishop ran at him and struck him several times, but that when he wentjto strike backjsome one held him; he heard his wife tell Bishop to shoot him, but Bishop butted him with his head and bis him on the shoui- der; Berry pointed a pistol at him, and he then went to get an axe, but it haa been removed trom its cus- tomary piace; Bishop then struck hima number of times. The Judge fined Bishop thirty dollars or wixty days in the Penitentiary, The friends of the prisoner paid the fine. The annual meeting of the managers of the Old Ladies’ Home in Washington avenue was held yes- terday in that institution. The Rev. Henry Powers presided, and Rev. Dr. Farley read a portion of the Scriptures, There were a number of ladies present, who, together with the old ladies at the Home, listened with interest to the proceedings. After the preliminary services tne report of Mrs. A. K. St. John, the corresponding secretary, was read by Mr. Powers. ‘The attention of the benevolent ‘was called to the instituuon, and also to the tact that the mmai were respectable people and not paupers. ‘The surplus over the yearly expenses would not justify many more admissions at tue pre- sent time. The building was constantly in need of repair and the moat rigid economy had to ve exer- cised. ‘The permanent fund now amounts to $36,100 and is visibly increasing every year. ‘Thanks were given to Mr, J. P. Martin’ ior the sum of $6,000, donated as a memorial git; also to Mr. Hager, whose exhibiting of the historical tab- jeaux brought them $727. The institution now Cou; tains 46 immates; 24 native born, 22 foreigners aud G servants. ‘There were 6 entered during the year, 6 died aud 2 were expelled, ‘Tho report of MF. D, O. Stone, treasurer, showed that there was a balsnoé’ from the as year of $5,306. To this Were added collections from annual subscribers of 416; various donations of total cash resources forthe year $13,218, ex- tures during the year were, for insurance, ; for the year's expenses for maintaining the lome, $10,425—making @ total disbursement of $10,493, and leaving @ balance in the treasury of 2,724." Addresses were made by the Rev. Messrs. ine, Greene and French, after whica the meeting adjourned, THE BAILEY RAID. ‘What the Victims of the Raid Say of the Raider-+ Mr. Bailey's Defence as Reviewed by Them— A Sample Case Showing How Expenses Are Made to Roll Up—The Kind of Search Warrants Issued. A vold dash, a lively skirmish and burrying off with prisoners and spoils wound up the raids of the war. Not 80 with the late raid by Collector Bailey upon the liquor dealers of the Thirty-second dis- trict, Charges and counter cnarges, explanations and counter explanations, prosecutions and proba- ty counter prosecutions are most contusingly mixed up with this last raid. After the aefence in the courts made by Mr. Bailey claiming justideation of bis mode of procedure, his occupation of the pre- mises of the parties raided upon, seizure of their property, removal of their books and general sus pension of their business, without bringing forward a single charge or taking a singi¢ legal step against the parties for more than two weeks, the aggrieved parties claim tueir right to put in a rebutting state- ment, This statement, as will be seen by the facta given below, is not without its interest as well as ite moral. : In the first place it 1s claimed by the liquor mer- chants that the allegations preferred against them are Not a substantjal fraud upon the revenue, but a mere technical violation of the merest technical provisions of the law. In tite next place they will insist upon the trathfulness of their statements re- garding the seizures as a violation of the common- est rules of justice, as treating parties as guilty before the fact had been proven. As to the claim set forth by Mr. Batley that he had in bis possession pre- vious proofs of fraud, and that in two cases these frauds had been proven over five months ago, it is tought very singuiar that he should not long since have proceeded against those parties in the proper jJegal manner, instead of.consuming weeks in an arbitrary search for these very frauds before bringing any specific charges in relation to them, If che evidence in his hans was specific before the search, his course, they own, was plain; but if mot, ibe examination they insist was.a mere search for charges. When books are removed, so debts, they way, cannot be coliected, credit is,gone and the tnter- ruption of buatness 1s of the most serious Kind. Mr. Balley’s excuse tor removing books through sppre- hengion of violence, and this by breaking open a safe they aseert as too absurd to be listened to for @ moment, and that if he can excuss bis own vio- Jence by such flimsy pretexts, no one can be safe against his tilegai acts, The merchants insist that in law and common right their business siould not be held im durance for weeks or months without a specific charge of wrongdoing previously made and known to the accused, aud that evidence obtained in tis un- lawful manner i8 necessarily unreliable and untrustworthy. Collector Builey’s defence, they urge, practicaily admits the truth of their ments and shows conciasively tuat, altnough he may be an active heis by no means & safe and prudent government oMcer. Once ior all, the par- ues accused assert Lat it is Only necessary to let in on the ex parte statements of Ar. Bailey the light of judicial investigation to show the falsity of any charge of wrong-doing he may bring agalust them. As to the action now brought aguinst them, they say that he was spurred on to take a legal step against some of them and to maxe charges 1n the UnitedStutes courts alter they had been under practical copaem- nation for more whan two weeks through the news- papers; that on account of this he is now inclined to move into Ie; channels when his atcention ig drawn to the fact of nis deviation therefrom. Regarding Mr. Balley’s statement that the expenses of seizure and occupatéon are very light, as he only employs a small number of specials, they say that it is immaterial whether persons employed in this busl- ness are expressly engaged for the parpose or for general purposes. They say, further, that Mr. Bailey not only hag more specials aud at larger pay he states, but that he has a large number of aasistant assessors each drawing five dollars per day, specially detailed to him for the examination of books, a0- counts, &c. Since deputy collectors would have to be paid by him and assis‘ant assessor are pald by the government the advantage of having the latter det to act for the former, they 49 obvious. It is immaterial, they argue, from what office these men come or what their proper duties are. They are now and have bvea for two weeks engaged upon this special duty, while ther regular work, if they have any, 1s being neglected, and will have to be brought up by an extra force, and the time now being employ on this raid to be charged to the expenses of it, Be sides this there are travelling expenses, hack hire, &c., of detectives and deputies, Who have, it is as- serted, @ great weakness for carriages, snd the various sums expended on spies and spotters, it is also said in this connection of Mr. Bailey that he enjoys at government expense the laxary of a spe- cial counsel, but at what exact charges per diem they do not know. It is ail thas hitherto it has been su d that the United States District Attor- ney and his assiatants of a judicial district were the advisers of the revenue officials in it, but that as Mr. Balley’s acts need particuiar aefence ne alone of all revenue officers employs special counsel. As an idea of the probable expenses incurred in Mr. Bat- ley’s late raid are cited the expenses incurred in a case against Watson & Crary, which béing ‘‘settlea’? the bills had to be paid by the claimants. Beside $5,000 fine and $12,490 paid on a bond the following sums, it 18 said, were “settled” for in ful J. F. Bailey, expenses October 12, 1809. + $600 Marshal's fees, October 12, 1360. Sie District Attorney, October 12, 18 + 383 Marshal, October’12, 1869 ° 331 Clerks’ costs, October 12, . 4 Bailey's expenses October 22, 1: January 6, 1870—Paid for tee of ar. ‘d, special counsel for Bailey, and for aasisting District Aworney 1n suit 1,000 fe item a spirits under seizure were appraised at $7,000; but on being sold at government sale netted, atter ex- penses of custody, &c., only $681. It (hus appears, according to tue accounts of those giving the above facts, that the costs in the proceedings cited were $10,500, besiaes the pay of all reguiar salaried l= ernment employés concerned; and that in addition to the regular pay of Mr. Bailey and ali his subordi- nates he charged and received for extra and contim- gent expenses the sum of $3,240. thas the counsel for claimants or defendant yet unable to obtain any vouchers for these contin- gent expenses. Alter ventilating the above case it 1s left to the imagination to conjecture what would be the costa in a like ratio of the suits and proceedings t the twenty houses against which Mr. Bailey obtainea search warrants on the 10th inst. As te these search warrants, these defendants say that they have never asserted that Mr. Bailey did not obtain search war- rants; but, on the con! , they acknowledge the fact, but the use of search warrants to cover the examination of books and papers extending over weeks they claim was an abuse of that process and an entire novelty in legal practice, especially as when applied to both commissioners who issued these Warrants struck out all relating to books and papers, leaving them simply ordinary search war- Tants provided by statute. PLAYING ON THE PLAYERS, A Philanthropic Individual Collecte Money to Bury a Live Man. About one o'clock yesterday afternoon @ young man giving his name as Michael Gallagher calied at the box office of Tony Pastor’s Opera House, in the Bowery, and presented @ petition to the proprietor soliciting subscriptions from theatrical parties for the purpose of interring o stage car- penter who had recently died of consump tion, leaving his family destitate. There was about $100 subscribed, in sums varying from two to five dollars, the latter amount being op- posite the names of ‘the foliowing well known actors:—Lester Wallack, Edwin Booth, Charles Fechter, Neil and Dan Bryant, Kobert Butter, zone Brougham, F, B. Conw' W. B. Freligh, ly Pastor, and tn various sums, Tony at first placed higjname on the list and contributeds his share towards relieving the embarrassing position, and just as he was in the act of handing it back a thought struck him. se surmised he had heatd tl me of the deceased man before, and upon giving it 8 more minute inspection discovered the thing was atraud, ag the party who “bad died” had been in communi- cation with him the latter part of last week and was then residing in San Francisco, Cal. He deapatchea am for oMcer Diamond, of the Broadway squad, arrested Gallagher. Upoo making in- quiries at Wallack’s he was informed that his signa- ture was genuine, as he suppoued the facta set orth were. Upon applyimg at Dan Bryant’s *‘Shoo Fly” ace he was imformed that his s ure to the document was a forgery. Justice Snandley, upon hearing the facts, committed Gallagher for trial. ete TE is the petition, given verbatim as it was written:. Wo the undersigned do agree to Gi towards the Aid of Rovert Abraham's. Family sick some time with the consumption and bell leaving His Wife and children destitut of paying his Funeral Expenses, be bas been enaged for a number of years, in this city and others aa a stage carpenter his wife and children appeal to the fheatrical Profession for Aid in this their sore aitiiction. Koowing and trusting ‘tuelx Generonity they will be very thankful ior it,