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4 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1874,—TRIPLE SHEET. DURELL’S DEEDS. siemens Significant Testimony Taken in the Con- gressional Investigation. The Famous Order of Me- chanics’ Hall. (ROSEATE JUDICIAL HABITS. Norton's System of Settling Estates in Bankruptcy. Own Confessions and the Evidence of a Victim. His Wasuinaton, Feb. 19, 1874 The folowing most important testimony is among that taken at New Orleans in the investi- gation of the charges against Judge Durell look- ing to his impeachment for corruption and male- feasance in ofMce, and is taken from the ofMcial re- cord of the evidence. Great pains have been taken here to keep it secret, copies for the preas having been persistently resused, Emery E. Norton, the first and most important witness, is the celebrated assignee in bankruptcy appointed by Judge Dureli, and who is generally credited with much of tne dirtiest work of the period of anarchy tn Loaisiana, and 1a accused of having profited largely from the emoluments and perquisites of his position in robbing from unfor- tunate debtors and creditors (whose affairs have ‘bankrupts and creditors have, It is said, farnishea ‘to members of Congress, some time since, the data whereby it is supposed that, if necessary, his continuance in the office which has by bim been Shadowed in such disgrace and infamy, may be rendered impossible. Upon his testimony great ‘expectations have been built by the anti-Kellogg party for the impeachment aud removal of Judge Durell. THE TESTIMONY. Emery E, Norton was sworn and examined by che Durell Committee of Investigation on Devem- ber 31, After the usual preliminary queries, from which it appeared that the residence of the witness in New Orleans began ten or eleven years ayo, and that he lived prior to that period in New Yerk city, he testified that he had been made a@ custo- | dian of bankrupt estates from the time of their | surrender up to the time an assignee was ap- pointed, the law, 1t having been found, making 20 pruvision for the taking care of bankrupt es- tates during that interval, and many of them hav- ing been abandoned and sometimes carried away. He was designated to take charge of the property, end was now the custodian of all baukrupt es- tates, under the general order of the Court, entered on record. He had also acted as assig- nee in bankruptcy, but ior the number of casesin ‘which he had so acted he reierred the committee to bis books. THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS. ‘There may have been filty or a hundred, or fifty or mxty. He had beencustodian of about 1,300 cases. In some cases where he had veen made co- assignee m the settlement of large estates it haa been done without the sanction (by election) of the creditors. He had also been appointed to this oMice.ky the Register of Bankruptcy, acting tn ac- cordance with the genera order of the Court giving him the power todo so. The witness, in con- Junction with the other assignee, made bills of sale of property. Some of the estaves were in Louisiana, and some in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and even am Tennessee. The sales of property were made by ‘the assignees. Norton had three auctioneers and a branch office in Monroe, some 300 or 400 miles from New Orleans, where some sales were made. The ‘witness said that there were about 600 petitions filed of estates at that point; the amount of prop- erty sold there was $3,000 or $4,000, SCALE OF FREES, No regular scale of fees was established. The ‘Witness on this pomt said :— The charges that have been made by the as- signee have been made tn this way. The statute Suys this:—kive per cent ior receiving and five per ceut Jor paying on tue frat $6,000; two and one- bail per Cent ior receiving aud two and one-half per cent jor paying on tue next $5,000, and one percent ior the balan e, if there 13 any. When Teasunadie compensation was allowed 1 have chargea what Was 4 reasonabie compensation tor my utto.neys, clerks, stationery, my own ser- vices; and where 1 have real estave I have tn- cluded che priuter’s and wuctioneer’s buis and the jees o1 tue Register, Marsha and Clerk, Q. Was this matter 01 Coupensation submitted to the Court? A. Yes, gir. THR SYSTEM OF RELEASE OF ESTATES, Q Anu approved vy tue Court? A. In some cases; the property that was released, subject to | mortgage, Was wiere property was mortgaged tor @ mucn larger amouut than its value; in those cases 4 have pe’itioned the Court to allow me to release the property lor a cumpensation which might be agreed upon between myself and the mortgage creditor, or the party in interest hoiding &# mortgage, with the vendor's privilege. THE ASSIGNES’S LITTLE HAUL, Alter [had agreed with him what he would pay for the services done I wouid then petition the Court to have it allowed me as compensation io: services rendered; auother class of cases is this: 1 file my account und notify the creuitors tast I have fied my account tor a dividend, Uf it wasa @ividend, and | notuy all the kuown creditors that lam yong to uppiy on a certain day ior a settie- ment 01 my accOunt on a certain estate; i it is betore the Kegister, the Kegister passes upoo my accountif there 1s 00 oppusition; snould there be Opposiion, its reierred to the Court and then reierred to 4 Master in Ciiancery or Commissioner, to examine th account, and toe report of the Master is eitner confirmed or rejected by the Court; then there 1s abotuer kind; an estate I find, alter going all through it, is not sumMicient to produce any woney to tne creditors; I then peti- tion be Lvart to allow me to file my final account, aud. give twenty days’ nutice to ali the creditors | tuat on a certain day | will apply to have my ac- count settled and be discharged trom the trust of assignee; on tne uay bxed I appear before the | Court, and yeveraliy, where there is no opposition, the accounts have been passed; then there 18 anovuer branch 61 cases in which there is not enough money to pay ex;enses; | then petitien the Court, stating 1 have administered the eBiate to the best of my avility, sna that there is so much money in my hand: not suMcient to call # second or thir meeting 0! creditors, and I ask to be allowed thatsom and be discharged of any further duties as assignee; [ will now cite anotiier class; when Thave sold property subject to mortgages I have solid most oO: the estale, or released it to the mortgage crediturs, ratner than sacrifice it; I bave with the creditors that | will release te pi yy on their paying what | would be en- titled to receive under the bank uyt law: I would bere ‘arrange the matier with the lawyers; ascertasm whether it if a Valid mortgage and ex- amine a@ to Whetver the property will realize any- | tung to the common crecitor. ERASCRE OF MOKTGAGES. fhen I petition the Vourt to allow me to release this property to tbe mortgage creditors and allow me to settle with them a@ to the compensation [ shail have for doing this business; tat is an agree- ment between myself apd the creditor; | then ap- ply wo tue Court aud state what i have done; that have made this agreement with the creditor; that be will allow Me so @nd so to deiray the ex- penses of the bankrupt, and ask te Court to allow me the amount I have agreed upon; that has been the way with most of the property Teleased out of bankruptey: | will tell you bow { have disposed of other property; in cases where { had property two or more years on my hands, sa: a sugar plantauon abandoned during the rebel- jion, the Court would grant me this 01 —AOW me to petition, stating ali the facts, that the 4 erty was encumbered, and ask leave of the to erase the mortgages and sell tne property free from encumbrances, leaving the person who may claim the fund co come in and claim it; in this way 1 got rid of @ good deal of propert., but the Cases of that kind are vot very numerous, because I found it was sacrificing the property, the expenses were 80 heavy, and | adopted the plan of just re- | Jeasing it to the mortgage crediior whenever they would do it; 1 do not suppose you could sell the best plantation im tne State jor more than $10,000 OF $11,007 at auction. Q Lid this matter of the amount of your com- pensation come under the supervision of the Vourt eneraliy? A, Li there was any oppvsition the ourt always referred it to the Commissioner, Q Did it come under she supervision oj the Court ouhave mentioned’ A. In & great many instances Not, because tne Regi ter i# the man who setue® sees in which there is | NO Opposition; the Court only has sy where Lhere js opposition, wed oT ata FEES OF TH CUSTODIAN. Q. Did you receive A. ¥ sir; the fees received as custodian Were allow: uy the Uoncks the jeea as custodian Were put ito pagsed through his hands) to the full extent of an | {nsatiate and unconscionable avarice. These | {the genera! account; make avy distinctiol them in the same went right along aud put account, which you charged tees as custodian? A. It va! trom One, Ohe ana B hall, two and sometim dollars per day, depenaing upon the estate. ATTCRNEY’S FEES, Do sou know what amount of attorney's fees ou paid per year? 4 y ry mach = per E; oy ovners; Ishould think zane oes end \3 ‘haps, $2 ; ta tue instance may be $30,000. Pe 80005 Q How many years did he serve? A. About two veare, Q. How long haa Mr. Hu your attorney? A. He hae n acting the bal ance of the time, I suppose about three years, Q. What do his ees amountto per year? A. I Suppose about $16,000 a year. THE PROFITS OF NORTON. Q. How much property were you possesset of ; When you came to Louisiana? A. 1 suppose 1 was Worth $40,00:1¢0 not think I brought here more than $10,000; 1 may have brought as much as | $25,000, \y: How much are you worth now? A. I should think that I was worth, if | was settled up, { $125,000; perhaps not as much, CHARGES #OR SET/LEMENT WHEN THERE 18 NO | ESTATE LEFT. | Q Tell us the highest charge you made out against a bankrupt where there Was no estate turned over.- A. | can tell yoo what the usual | charge 18; 1 cannot tell the highest sim ! may have charved; My usual charge has been $100 to do the business; if you will allow me to explain, I | have gone through estates where there would be | contederate money, confederate bonds or similar | transactions, that it has been a8 much trouble to go through with a8 it would to take up an ordi- nary bankrupt case, and I hi bankrupt at length and perhaps examined bim two or taree times, and I have never forced the bankrupt to pay me any considerable fee for this service, and Whatever I have received has been a matter entirely between me and the bankrupt, a settlement with the bankrupt; I have never torced a bankrupt; if the baukrupt said he had nothing 1 | gave tim a dischar, ‘ee. | Q Was this $100 4 sum im addition to the fees | provided jor by law? A. No, sir, I think not. | Q 1 am speaking now of this $100 that you | charged. A. lL sometimes charged $100 and some- | umes not, | .Q Did you charge that in addition to the fees allowed by lawt A. It was an agreement between | the bankrupt and myseif, | DISCHARGE OP THE BANKRUPT. . Did you collect that amount without report- | tng it to the Coart or keeping any account of it on the book ? bankrupt had satisfied my fees; that he had passed hig examination and I did not know of any objec- ton to his discharge. Q And upon such report did the Court confirm | your acts? A. Not alone. |” Q. Did the Cours make an order based upon that | report of yours? A. Not on that one single thing. Q What else? A. In order to discharge a man the Assignee and Reg'ster and Marshal make a re- port to the Court that there is no opposition and | that the jees have been paid, and on that tne Court | qischarges the bankrupt, NORTON’S PLAN OF PROCEDURE DISCLOSED BY A VicTIM. | was & party to proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court, shows as clearly as any of the numerous exampies given what was Norton’s plan of proce- dure as uuiversal assignee. In his testimony Mr. Wyche said:— | I filed a petition to be adjudged a bankrupt; I was a member of the firm of John F. Wyche & Co., and | fed @ petition, both as a member of that rw and individuaily, | Q. How long ago? A. I think in 1868; Tam not | positive ag to the year; I tuink it was in that | year. f Q. Who was your attorney? A. I think I man- | aged my own Case at trst, but toward the last I | had Mr. McKee; 1 aigo consulted and employed | McGowen and Fenelon. Q. What kind of property did you surrender to | the assignee in bankruptcy? A. I surrendered | the assets ot spe arm gt dJgnn F. Wyche and a plan- | tation with al e Moveable property attached to | it, consisting Of muies, carts, Wagons, &c, | _Q. Who was the assignee selected by the credit- ors? A. ldonot think there was any assignee | Selected by the creditors, . Woo acted as assignee? A. Mr. Norton. . Were there any incumbrances upon this prop- erty pen surrendered? A. Yes, sir. | @ What was the nature of the tncumbrances; | wasita judgment, mortgage, or what? A. Allow me to give @ history of the case. In 1858 I pur- cnased from Dr. Peoples 8 sugar plantation, giving | My notes tor the payment oi it; he transierre: these notes to my Jather-in-law, H. whom he was indebted; these notes were held by my father-in-law uotil his death. My mother-in- laW gumioistered upon the estate, and, a¢ the | period | went into baukruptcy, the accumulation | Of principal and interest amounted to $32,000; it | was, therefore, in the snape of a vendor’s bail. | Q Was there @ mortgage to secure this pur- chase money? A. It was a vendor's lien; judgment bad been obtained m the district Court of my dis- | trict against me ior the sum of $58,000; there was | ai80 amortgage upon the slaves and upon all the movable property belonging to the estate; the original moi on the land amounted to bene 0; 1 think the district court gave a judgment , for the entire mortgage, amounting to $58,000. | Q. This was for the interest and principal o: this vendor's lien, together with the mortgage for the slaves? A. Yes, air, property at the sir. Q. That was the situation of the time you were in bankruptcy? A. Yes, IN THE HANDS OF PHILISTINES, Q. What disposition was made of the real estate of which you were pussessed at the time you went into bankruptcy * A. My mothe: Ww, executrix of the estate of H, W. Peoples, having no ready money, and the property consisting entirely of | lands, f, as ner son-in-law, came nere to represent | her in order to purchase that property if possible | With our mortgage; 1 soon understood alter my | arrival here tuat property surrendered in ban Tuptcy should be sold for cash and the proceed. shouid go into the hands of the assignee subject to these various claiius; I therefore saw in an instant that the interests 0] the estate were ip great jeop- ardy; {| conierred with Mr. Norton and Mr. Stone about the matier, and J soon tound that I was in ) the hands o/ the Philistines, and | thereiore bad to work the best I couli; it took me one year of the | hardest work that Lever performed in my hie. q What did you do’ A, [saw there was bat one poiut jor me to make, one card for me to play, and that Was to pay; it was @ question of dollars aud cents; J would not accept the services oi an attorney m my case at | Went to consult | perfect my papers; 1 endea.ored to ascertain | Irom Mr. Stone and Mr. Norton what amount tuat time; I, of course, Q. What was the scale of your fees or the rate at | been acting a8 — e examined the | A. 1 reported it in this way—that the | The testimony of Jonn Fletcher Wyche, who | W. Peopies, to | | Qa I would not have given a fig tor the | aid any attorney might have brought to bear | my attorney ‘in order to | sell. Q Were there any other persons? A. No, sir; [ ODay mak: judge Q Ou e an agplactinn wo Ss Durell | to weue this order. A, No, sir, Q How came you to go to his chambers that | eveningt A. [was returning ¢0 my own house when Mr. Pulton met me and said that Judge Darell was desirous oF soeine me, and tha’ he hat gent to my rooms tor me. | then accompanied Mr. Fulton to Juage Durell’s room. D Q. Did you ‘ail in com a8 you went up there mer Mu Beckwith On tse way there of seat for hs 2 on re t for et fe t ant ex t time in the day or night was it that you went to Judge Darell’s room? A. I tuimk it was bee o'clock a evening. you reached ois rooms, what occurred then? A. When! reached bis rooms he handed me & newspaper which contatned tne proclamation of Guverpvor Warmoth berg that certain persons were elected to the ware, I think ; I think the prociamation ts made pa: the oraer; he handed me the newspaper containing that proc- lamation of December 4, 1872, by Governor War- moth, and asked me to sit down at the table and write an order which he would dictate; | accord- ingly did so; it is the oraer on page seventeen of the report of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections in the Louisiana investigation case; 1 wrote tae order a8 he dictated it, with tae excep- | tion that when Mr. with came in he made some verbal changes; no substantial changes were made; the order was copied vy some clerk | there—i do not remember who he was—and tne Judge signed it and | went home, Q. When you went to Judge. Durell’s rooms that night did you know the purpose jor which he de- sired to see yout A, I did not. Q. You had maae no application yourself for any such order? A. No, sir. Q. Did not know that any such order was 1p con- templation? A. No, sir. Q. Had you aay consultation with the associate counsel with reiérence to procuring an order of that kind? A, 1t is possible we had, but if so 1 do not remember it. Q. Was Mr. Hunt, your associate counsel, there ? A. No, sir, | _Q. Did you and Mr. Beckwith go there together, or did he get there beiore you arrived? A. ™: recollection of if, altho: ferently, 18 that I arrive with, and J immediately sent for him. I was there probably five minutes betore Mr. Beckwith came. | _ Q How long were you there altogether? A. As near as 1 can remember, it must have been an hour. Tuere was just time to draw the order and have it copied. | DRAWING UP THE ORDER. Q. How long were you there before you com- | menced Urawing the order? A. 1 commenced drawing the order as soon as [ went tn. Q. Did Judge Durell stave to you the reasons for | making this order? A. 1 do not think he did; he | presented that proclamation to me; he some time during the time | was there spoke of his likening not think he gave that a8 @ reason; he gave no to draw this order,” and he dictated it to me. Q. Did he state a: whose instance he was taking this course? A. He did not state that tt was at anybody’s instance; [ can state my own inference uf you wish; he said wuy he did [t except to present that it was clear why he did it to my min did pot give the reasons, Much of tne testimony’is taken up with instances roclamation ; although he Tupt estates, and of the peculiar course of Judge | In this respect is too voluminous even to attempt asammary, but the cases we give will serve as samples of the whole, THE CASE OF THE TIMES NEWSPAPER | proprietors of that journal, gave his testimony on the Sth of January, as follows:— Q. State your occupation and residence? A. I m publisher ofthe New Orleans Zimes; I have been living in New Orleans since 1862, | a} ye you of the firm of C. A. Weed & Co.? A. | Yes, sir. Q. Your firm, I believe, were adjudicated bank- rupts? A. Yeg, sir. | Q. Pleage to state the circumstances in connec- tion With this property known as the Times news- paper. I believe it was involved in one way or an- to have you state them as com ly as ible. | A, Waen I first went into Dusiaess wit J. He | McKee we composed the firm of 0. A. Weed & Co.; | the connection of the Times newspaper with bank- | Tupt matters commenced in 1868; in that year we Went into bankruptcy; soon alter Mr. Stone, the assignee’s attorney, brougnt suit against Messrs. Hoyt & King; Hoyt was @ friend of mine in New | York, to whom I had sold one-half of the news- paper in 1866, belore I had gone invo bankruptcy; | | that suit remained without any action being taken on it for several goers, and I supposed it was dis- missed; I asked Judge Walker one day to go down and have the matter attended to; he reported | that it was done; that the suit had been dismissed; | | but it seems that he was mistaken, because about | @ year ago now Mr. McKee telegraphed to Mr. Hoyt | at Stamiord, Conn., to come down; that business | here required his attention; Mr. Hoyt did come | down, aud, as soon as he got here, papers in the suit | were immediately served upon bim ; I think the suit was for $120,000; he got out of it the best way he | could; he said he did not want to go beiore the ; Court bere and would rather settle it; and did so, by paying $16,000. id you see that money paid? A. No, sir. . Were you present at any of the interviews with reference to the settlement of that litigation? A. Yes, sir; at two. Wa You know the basis upon which it was settled? es, sir. | Q. What was that $16,000 paid for? A. It was to | avert a judgment of perhaps $120,000, the amount of the suit brought; Mr. Hoyt said that he was sure @ judgment would be rendered against | Bim for the jull amounts. | _Q With whom was that settlement made? A, It was made through Mr. Hughes, the attorney of the assignee. Q What did Mr. Hughes claim that money was for? A. That it was a settlement of this ciaim, | Q Did he say wat was to be done with the matter? A. No, sir. Q. 1 understood you to say a moment ago that you soid one-haif of the mterest to Mr, Hoyt? | A. sir. ‘Was that an absolute sale? A. Yes, sir. | Q. Was he purchasing in nis own right, or did he | hold it im trust 1or somebody else? A. lt was in | trust for the benefit of my wile. ¢. Was it sold to Mr. Hoyt, or was it transferred peel im ior the benefit ol your wife? A. It was & Baie. Q. What was the consideration? A. He paid Rates Q. 10 wom was thatpaid? A. He credited Mrs. of money was necessary for Mrs. Peoples to pro- | Weea for the amount, and gave me a note at thirty cure title to this property; it was two years be- | days and placed it to (he credit o/ Mrs, Weed; the fore I could get them to name any definite amount; I thereiore had to vide my time; fpally they sent for me and asked that 1 should mame the price that I would pay; 1 proposed the sum of $2,500 that I would pay as the agent of Mrs. Peopies in order to have her claim substantiated and the property so d and bought in; Mr. Stone laughed at the proposition and said that it would not pay the costs Of the Court: tuatit Would pot begin to do it, aud that he could not think o1 it; that while be Was disposed to aid and assist me, yet the costa of the court must be _ secared. think belore the cunierence with Mr. came to an end he said that he would take $2,750 and grant aciear title to the property, | I suid that it was impossibie for me to raise the other $250, bul that 1 would try; I went out and spent about a week trying to raise $260; | then went to Mr. Stone after 1 had succeeded in ratsing this amount 0: money, and asked him to 1x up the Hanes. and that then we would go and takea inuer; when tue amount of $2,750 was mentioned, he said that was not the amount he had asked, that I was entirely mistaken; 1 insisted that that Was hig agreement, but he would not take the money; I remained were afew days and we met again by accident, when the subject was talked over, | he would see that the papers were fixed; 1 went @round again aud did raise $3,000, and went back to Mr. Stone; he proceeded then to fx up the documents, and when it came to the question of sts, hi “You co! ie Bal | misunderstood me; the costs of Mr. Norton and | myself are only included in this contract, not the | entire expenses ;” you expect me to bear everything?” he said there | Was General Herron, the marsh nd Mr. Pitkin, | the register, whose accounts wot have to be set- | tled; “Well,” says I, after hesitating, “let me know what the amount of these biils is,’ he went im and brought Mr. Pitk.n’s bill of $150; 1 asked bim if that was all; he said General Herron’s ac- | count as United States marshal was about the | same amount; ‘Very good,” ‘es 1; |X up the | papers ana | will pay the money ;’’ the papers were hen fixed up and he gave me a discharge to the | property, and also a recetpt for $10 and Q. How much money did you pay? costs, A. I think | $3, | _ Q And for that payment what did you get? A, T received the title to that property—at least, Mra. Peoples received the title to the property, subject to the claims, 4 In other words. she took tne to he roperty subject T OW claim against it, an in order to get paid ior ber about $4,200 A. Yes. Moneys youpaid ’ A. Nothing but that receipt of $10 and the title to the property. Mr. E. C, Billings, who was associated with Mr. Beckwith and Mr. Hunt as counsel for Kellogg, gives the following bistory of the famous MECHANICS’ INSTITUTE OKDER, restraining the McEnery Legisiature from mect- ing:— Q You were of counsel at the time the order | was made by Judge Durell directing the Marshal | to wake possession of the Mechanics’ Institute and prevent any unlewiul assemblage init? A. Yes, ir. " Q. Do you know where Judge Durell was at the | time be made that order? A. At hisrooms, No, 118 Custom Hoase street. Q Who was present at the time that order was made? A Judge Varell of course was present; Mr, Beckwith was present; I was present; Mr. was present; Mr. Edward Fulton, wno was the gentieman that called me to come in tere, was also es and { think Mr, Norton came in dur- ing the writing of the orde’ | & Who were the atvorneys in that case on your 1| stone | nd he Anally said that if I would raise $3,000 | id J, “in the Name Of God, can | that TE q What evidence was given you as to the | | Packara, the Marshal, was present; Mr. DeKiine | understanding was that when the profits of the Paper amounted to $50,000 he was then to transier it to any one she suggested; and if you look at the | books you wilt find that in 1868 the profits amounted | to that sum, and Mr. Hoyt no more appears in the affair; he was then hoiding the property in trust. ua Q pe Mr. Hoyt pay this of his own money? A, es, sir. Q Was Mr. Hoyt related to Mrs. Weed? A. Yes, sir; Lused toreside at Stamiord atone time; I Was then worth a great deal o/ money, and he was | always wanting me to secure money to her in case anything should transpire; I never did se until I came down here, when J made this transfer that I | have spoken of. | y& Mr. Norton, as assignee, brought suit against Mr. Hoyt for the purpose o1 subjecting that prop- | erty to bankruptcy proceedings? A. Yes, sir. | Q@ Amd those were the circumstances of the | transaction? A. Yes, sir. Q Has there been any order issued or action taken recently against the 7imes newspaper? There was a year ago. Q. Any since then? A. Simply an order of the ignee putting a receiver there. » How long since? A. Some day last week; he was there for one day. a What became of him then? A. Mr. Palmer | pu i ae } Q. Who was the Receiver? A. A gentieman by | the name of Armstrong; Mr. Palmer was in charge at that time, but he was in the country that a | and Mr. Bigney waa in charge the day that Arn strong was eppointed; Armstrong had writven an article in regurd to Judge Durell and sent it up stairs tobe set up. Mr. Bigney said that it should not go In and sent word to the composition room not to set it up; after he went home Mr. Armstrong went up to the composition room and said it must | in and they put itin; when Mr. Bigney re- turned the next morning he told Mr, Armetrong to get our of the place, which he aid. Q. Have you got a copy of thatarticle? A. No, sir. | _Q Let me see ff I anderstand you. Did Mr. Armstrong bring that article there be- fore he Was appointed Receiver? A. I | | do not know; Mr. Bigney, the editor, told | | me that Mr. Palmer toid him, in tne pre- { | ence of Armstrong, that he wanted the paper to be olltspoken, and not to be influenced by any out- side considgrations, but to tell the truth in regatd | to all men and ail parties; Mr. Hunt, the attorney | of Mr. King, when he tad charge of the paper, had | remained very quiet in regard to the Bankrupt | | Court and Judge Durell, and Mr. Paimer in giving | | his instructions to Bigney, whiie Armstrong was present, told him as I have stated; Armstrong was | | appointed Receiver, and he wrote this article that | | I have referred to and had it put in. | Q. It was afier he was appointed Receiver that he commanded that this article suouid be pub- lished ? A. Yes, sir. Q. And it was published under the circumstances you have stated? <A. Yes, sir, Q. After the publication of that article what be- came of Mr. Armstrong and bis Receivership? A. ‘They both went out; Mr. Paimer returned from the country next day and weut to the office and a serted his right and his own proprietorship; he re- instated Mr, Bigney, whose authority been overruled by Armstrong. Mr. Charlies Claiborne is clerk of the United | States District Court by the appointment o/ Judge | Durell. Mr. Clairborne has known Judge Durell tor thirty-flve years. But Claiborne proiesses to be | very ignorant of matters in his own court. He knew nothing about tae jees in nis own office. | This is all he knew of THES ORDER RESTRAINING THE M’RNERY LEGIO- LAaTURE, Q. De you remember the circumstances of te {C1 was assignee I didnot | *de? A. Mr, Beckwith, with Mr. Hunt andj my- j fh he remembers it dif | there before Mr. Beck- | | that order to a sequestration in chancery, but I do | reason jor issuing it; he simply said, “I wish you , nothing that would indicate | | of wrong through Norton’s management of vank- | Durellin regard to these estates, The testimony | is a fair gample. Mr. Charles A..Weed, one of the | | jor issuing of @ restraining order under which parties ciauming to be members of the McEnery Legis- iacure were prevented (rom assembling in the Me- Chanica’ Institute Hall, A. 1 heard of that order; saw it tu print with what was called a tac-simiie ot te A a aad signature, but I know nothing ab Q. How soon after that order was issued did you see it ee payers Ko 1 read anuy, soon as it was publisied; | re: e rs le * Was Tt publsted as 00m as it wad issued? A. 1 a Dia you know anything abont the preparation you know of that order, or hear that it was to be issucd? 4. Nothing; Judge Durell is not at ali communicative with the clerks or employés of his office, ‘These are his roseate recollections of JUDGE DURELL’S HABITS, What do you know in relatiou to Judge Du- rell’s babits a8 to sobriety? A. | became ao- quainted with Judge Dureil at the time he was a young attorney at law, thirty-five years jl was then the Marshal of the city ef New Orieans; I aiterwards knew Judge Durell as a member 01 the Board of Aldermen of this city; I was then the secretary of the Board; during the war Judge Durell was Chairman of the Bureau of Finance, under the military government; | waa one of tne secretaries of that bureau; L was at the game time the secretary of the Board of Education, of which Judge Durell was the presiding officer; im 1863 1 Was appointed by Judge Dureli Cierk of the Guited States Circuit Court, in 1864 Cierk of the United Staves District Court, and held both oMices for several years; I am now Clerk of the District Court alone, and during all that time I have had constant intercourse with Juage Durell; I have met vim in the oficiul capacities I bave men- tioned, have seen him at dinner parties, weddings, and of Various festive occasions, and so help me God I have never seen him once under the infu- eace of liquor, Q. Neither on nor off the Bench? A. Neither on nor off the Bench. On the other hand, this is what Mr. H. N. Ogden, ® young lawyer and an occasional practitioner in Judge Durell’s Court, has to say of his CONDUCT ON THE BENCH. Q. State what you know of his conduct on the bench? A. I will give you an instance and state a case which occurred to myself, which will throw more light upon that matter than what I can say generally; | cannot say much of the treatment of the rest of the Bar; I had @ case jor a mau by the name of Seely inst B. F. Flanders, who was formerly Mayor 0/ the city of New Orteans and also Military Governor of Louisiana; the suit was for about $6,000; | fled a petition in the case; it was a civil suit in the Circuit Court, and Mr. Beckwith loyed upon the other side ; he is the United strict Attorney; he first filed an excep- e nature of a demurrer; it was put to issue whether | bad a cause of action at in the suit; that is my present recollection o1 the matier; the exception was tried and overruled; some six months siterward the case was called on its merits, and | had my witness, Mr. Seely, in Court; by rule of that Court all cases are tried by jury, uniess the jury is waived; I proposed to waive the jury; I dia not care to try it by jury, the Judge having decided this point in ny lavor, which gave me, as { considered, plain sailing; but Mr. Beckwith declined to waive the jury, and the jury was called; 1 put my witness on the stand, ‘and while | was examining him to prove tne facts alleged in my petition, the Judge asked for the petition in the case; it was handed to him; he then interrupted me in the most abrupt manner by saying, “You have got no cast against Flan- aera; I was astonisned; the case had been tried on the exception, and was now going beiore a jury | that had been regularly empanelied; 1 told him that I proposed to try the case belore the jury, tt he would permit me; he said “You have got no case against Flanders,” or words to that effect; I thea asked. hi “Do you propose to take the case away frorf the Jury after this person, been sworn ?” and he suid, “I will do it If { feel like it; then satd, “Weil, sir, as a matter of course, I bave no way of preventing Your Honor irom doin that, but tnis jury was asked by Mr. Beckwith;’? was more or eag punbarrasee! 3.1 turned to my client and spoke hm to what I should do next, and while 1 was doing so the Judge dis- cbarged the jury, and sai ¢ Would try this case on exceptions; { knew o1 nd ex us; the only exception that had been taken in the case had been tried and decided in my tavor; 1 tien told my slient that he had better employ somebody else in the case; that! had just returned trom Washington, and the Judge was evidently prejudiced inst me; that was last winter; I told my client 7 - | Other witn those proceedings, and 1 wonild be giaa | ®uvther lawyer; he sald, “Ifyou cannot get this matter through, I will take chances with you; Iwas determined to do the best! could him, so I tried the next morning, when the Judge was on the bench, to have a day fixed to try these jury exceptions; Beckwith was absent and the case was continued irom time to time; at last 1 got bis ear and presented the bill otexceptions, determined if the Court overruled me that I would take the case to the Supreme Court; 1 handed the bill ofexceptions to Mr. Gur- ley, the Assistant District Attorney; aday or two alterwards the case was called in court, and the Judge said, just as abruptiy as he had done be.ore, that the case would be tried by a jury, and he saia to the Officer oj the Court, “Call that jury; the jury was called and the case tried; on some ques- tion that I asked a witness, the Judge made this remark from the bench, ani! think the jury will Temember it; it was to the eflect, “Let the case go on; I will charge the jury that you have got no case,” or words to that effect; the idea was that he would Sharge me out ofthe case, although I might go on; knew very well the jury was with crag Nene I had a plain case; the jury was white and half biacs; Mr. Flanders was a leading man on the other side for many years; the case went on, and I flnally made my argument to the jury; I told them tng Judge was eet to charge against me—that the Judge was lab ring under a mistake as to what was tbe condition of the case; to my astonishment the Judge in charging the jury charged from my own written request and entirely in my favor; the jury was out, I think. about twenty minutes, when they brought in a verdict in my favor for the whole amount claimed; Mr. Beckwith made a motion in suspense of judgment, and the Judge asked for briefs im the case; 1 filed a brief, and the thing held until the summer vacation of the Court, and it has not been decided yet. Q. Was tne Judge sober at the time of the trial? A. I always thougiit he was sover, but from the way in which he changed bis position on that trial it led me to believe that there was some mental aberration of the mind; 1 do not think he was drunk. On the question of DURELL’S DRUNKENNESS ON THE BENCH this is the very tunny testimony of Mr. Loew, the Deputy Clerk of the Court, who knows as li:tle, apparently, as the Clerk himself. The time was the occasion oj Judge Dureli’s difficulty with Judge Campbell:— Q. Do you remember any daiMculty or contro- Va between Judge Durell and Judge Campbell? A. There was something of that sort, & Lo you remember what Judge Durell said to Judge Campbell? 4. I do not remember. Q. Was not the Judge tight that afternoon? A. He was a little excited. Q. Was he not intoxicated? A. No, sir; he was @ little exctted, Q. Excited with what? A. He was excited; bis face was red. Q. Was it your opinion that he had been drink- ing? A, It was my opiclon that he had drank a little more than usual. JUDGE CAMPBRLL’S STATEMENT. ‘This is Judge John A. Vampbell’s statement, of ‘What occurred on shat occasion: — The case was one of an assignee in bankruptcy named Mansfield against the character of the case was this; fansfeld as a bankrupt made claim of an interest in the planta- tion of Aijiaine under some contract with Allaine; this did not appear at all in Mansfield’s bankra schedules; Mme. Allaine had recovered a judg- ment tn one of tne State courts for a separation between her and her husband, and the property belonging to her at the time of the marriage was decreed to her at the time of separation; the Sheriff had taken the plantation of Mr. Allaine With @ view to enforcing that claim; there were two proceedings taken out, one of them on ti simple suggestion of the Altorpey in Bankruptcy that the bankrupt had some interest in that estate; there was no other evidence than this suggestion on the records of any claim on the property, either by Mausfeld or by the assignee, and an Officer was sent there to seize the plantation; there was also an injunc- tion obtained, ex parte, without notice, and, altogether, it was a ry, extraordinary proceed- | ing; Iwas en by Mrs, Aliaine to have those proceedings set aside, and a night session was ap- pointed foran argument of the case, and I went there; the papers nad got hold of this matter in some previous discussion and made a good deal of it; 1 went into the Court, and one ol the counsel moved to adjourn, saying that the discussion shoald be made in the day time; this was a might session and very unusua), the only onel ever knew of; 1 referred to the remarks in thi Mag tt and stated the aspersions of them had noth- ing to do with the administration of justice in this case, and thereupon the Judge broke out inavery Joud and very insulting tone, assuming that! had prepared these pieces in the newspapers und signi- tying that | should not overawe the Court; I rose to reply to him and he turned his face to me; { saw at Once that he was drank and I made no re- ply. and he adjourned the Court; of course I had nothing to do with the newspapers or any publica- tions concerning him in them, Q. You did not iniorm him Pgh od had nothing to do with the newspapers? A. Lent atall; ne adjourned the Court instantly, before I had oppor- tunity; 1saw he was drunk aud | hesitated an in- instant, but he immediately adjourned the Court. GRAND INDIAN OOUNCIL OF CANADA, NAPANEE, Feb, 19, 1874. The Grand Indian Council of Canada, which has been in session here, has adjourned. The present acts being distastefal to the red men, it was resolved to bring the whole subject under the no- tice of the Domision government, and delegates were appointea for that purpose to visit Ottawa during the approaching session of Parliament. It fs a singular fact that the delegates from the dit- ferent tribes could not anderstand each other, and each chiefs speech had to be translated into Eng- lish end then tc back into the various la) ie wi =" meet again on the 16th Mr. Sostpene Allaine; | | crossed the Volta preparatory to attacking the ASHANTEE. General Wolseley’s March to Coomassie. The Ambassa‘ors of King Koffes Under Guard in the English Camp. SUICIDE BY ONE OF THE ENVOYS. Military Crowner’s Quest—A Briet Verdict. Peculiar Points of Native Diplomacy. PRAHSO, ON THE PRAH, Jan. 8, 1874, The Ashantee Ambassador, with bis attachés and captured scouts, are stil under guard close to headquarters, Since their residence at this camp they have contributed an incident which has caused considerable surprise and subject matter for atter-dinner discussions, SUICIDE OF & DIPLOMATIST. On the nightof the 4th inst, while the entire camp, eXcepting sentries and others, was ast asleep, the toud report of @ gun startied us all from our slumbers, Various surmises were put fortn mentally by each of us after we had heard it as to what might have caused the ill-timed shot. 1, for one, imagined that a sentry had detected a sinister figure crawling near headquarters and had shot him, omphat one of the Asnantees had actually gained the river trying to make his eacape, or that @ clumsy sentry had discharged his gun accidentally. I dare say not one who heard the shot imagined that it was done by a sel/-murderer. But when inquiries bad been instituted as to who fired we were told that an Ashantee—one of the Ambassadorial suite—hed shct nimsell, ‘Then began the curious to ask why he had com- mitted suicide, The sentry did not know, neither did the Ambassador nor his suite know. anything ofit. The sentry declared that the man bad been permitted to retain hia gun, and bad apparently gone tosieep with the weapon lying by his side. As he passed backwards and forwards before the dvor of the hut wherin the prisoners were guarded he had heard no movement or stir, but had been suddenly startled by the discharge of a gun within the hut. When the hat was entered by the ofi- cers of the staf, immediately after the alarm, the body of the unfortunate lay sprawling on nis mat, while gaping wound in the lower part of the face and under the chin, and the scorched beard in- formed us how he had aucceeded 10 vhe suicidal act, CROWNER'g: Sons" Law. ee A court of inquiry was instituted next mornii on the body—a kind of coroner’s tnvestigation— but the officers of the court declared themselves un- sb) va as to the reasons which had induced the wi py Man toslay himself; they could only agree that the Sct Wad suicidal, Either one of two things must have been the true cause, Having witnessed the mevhanical Powers of the Gatling gun, and overcome with dread at tne prospect of being compelled to face the terrible weapon in battle. he had preferred to take his own Ilfe rather than wait tor what he may have considered a certain fate; or upon find- ing himself alone with bis companions ne had ex- tolled the powers of the iatal Gatling and depre- cated further resistance on the part of the Ashan- tee King to white men armed witn such awiully destructive weapons, and incurred thereby severe censure from his superior, who had probably fur- ther threatened to report his words to tne King, who would know how to punish such language, calculased to work mischief and perhaps demoral- ize the Ashantee army. Knowlog trom manifuld experience the nature of the punishment the King would visit upon him, it is very likely that the poor fellow, secing no other way to escape, sought relief from it by suicide. PECULIABITISS OF THE DIPLOMACY. This act, however, coincides with what travellers have told as of the peculiar temperament of the Ashantees, Major Ricketts, in his account of the Anglo-Ashantee war of 1826, describes how at the decisive battle of Dubowah, which terminated that campaign, the Ashantee chiefs severally blew them. selves up when they saw the tide of battie turning against them and their followers flying precipi- tately from the field. Other travellers on this coast bear testimony to this feature in Ashantee character. | MILITARY CONORSSION. The Ashantee Ambassador and nis followers were very much gratified yesterday at being permitied | to bury their dead countryman on the Ashantee side of the Prah. Tney conveyed the body in a kind of cage made of bamboo, and, having dug a grave in a shady place of the forest, went through some uninteresting ceremony common to West | African negroes after they had covered the body with native earth. BAD NEWS FROM GLOVER. ‘We have exceedingly vad news from Glover, and from my well known championship of him I consider him to be a superior manin every way, and to have been merc.lessiy chaffed by several officers, Glover, on being told by Sir Garnet by letter that he would have to be on the Prah, close to Dadawi, by the 15th of January, replied by re- turn of mail that he could not move his allies to march go precipitately; that the only dependable force he had with him amounted to only 700 men, as he would have to leave some of the most trust- worthy to guard his stores, Glover, when he re- ceived the order from Sir Garnet, who has lately been made responsible for the conduct of all mili- tary columns moving upon Ashantee, had already avowed allies of the common enemy. Sir Garnet farther stated, in his letter to Vommissioner Glover, that as the Awunahs were merely hostile to the English because the Ashantees were at war with the English, who, when they saw the dowa- fall of the Ashantees, would withdraw their alll- | ance from them, it was not good policy to waste precious time upon a weak enemy; that the daty | of the expedition was to crush the Ashantees as H soon #8 possible. When Sir Garnet received | Glover's reply that he could only depend upon the | Lagos contingent of Haussas and Yorubas he at | once wrote to Glover to march upon the Pran with what force he could, even though he had but 500 men with him. The magnificent force which Glover had raised to assist Sir Garnet in his invasion of Ashantee has thus dwindied down into an insignificant number of 700 men; but I, as @ neutral correspondent de- void of all prejudice, can conscientiously say that this reduction is no fault of Glover's, It arises from the peremptory order of Sir Garnet enjoin- | ing upon Glover to be at the Prah by a | certain date, which Glover knows to be impossible With the small staff of oficers he has enlisted on his side toassist himin leadiag the vast but in- congruous force of natives he has gathered about him to invade Ashantee, Fetiches and counciis— excuses for delays which the native chiefs offer— are not to be overridden by entreaties, promises of reward or threats coming irom a force of ten oM™- cers in the teeth of 25,000 natives, who entertain strong objection to facilitate war operations to the neglect of custom and Fetichism. How many traveilers are there who have not bewailed in terms as strong as Giover employs the procras- tinacing character of native Africans, afd have not despairingly yielded at inst tothe pressure of overwhelming numbers, whose ears were closed to the cry of the white men to “march?” THE MILITARY OFFICERS at this camp say that Glover's scheme to aid Sir Garnet Wolseley with @ force of 25,000 natives has failed; that his part of the campaign bas turned out to be a huge Aasco; that nis expenses, amount ing to £6,000 per month, ‘have been mere waste o1 British money; that instead of being of assistance feverse, having enlisted nis recrafts from coun: tries-whioh mignt have materially sssisted Sit Garnet had they not been engaged by Glover. This fa Gt very ungenerous ‘® man who, tike Glover, has made almoat superhuman efforts co render eMecient aid to the column under Sir Garnet; for five oMicers ‘on Sir Garnet's staf could have done half as much as Glover bas done singie-handed, and Bir Garnet Wolseley, Dbrill- fant as he may be, could not have done more, The best General in the British service Placed ip the same circumstances as Glover found bimself—retarded oy no. sgainst which seta@ often officers found it hope- less to contend, yet commanded by Sir Garnot per- emptorily to be atacertain pomt st a given date— could not have dane more than Captain Glover has done. Twenty-five thousand native Atricans are not to be moved by teu Englishmen with the punctuality with which Sir Garnet Wolseley and 260 oMoers can Move 3,000 Europeans. Sir Garnet Wolseley needs bus to telegraph to Sir Archibald Allison, tn charge of tae European brigade, “Bring up your brigade to the Prab by.such an hour,” and Sir, Garnet Wolseley may retire to bed confident that the bour be- named would behold the European brigade marching before his headquarters, Bus neither telegrams, letters, peremptory commands nor stormy threats would avail Sir Garnet against 26,000 native Africace, even though his 260 oficers assisted bim in the writing of them, AN ESCORT AND INVASION, Sir Garnet sent the Ashantee Ambassadors early this morning across the Prab, in onarge of the naval brigade, who were im complete marching order. After escording them some distance on their road the brigade was halted @ short time, and then marched back 60 ite camp on this side, hay- ing suMficiently performed the act of invasion in presence of the King’s messenger, who would, Ro doubt, bear speedily to the King the unpleasant tidings of wnite men being on Ashantee soil, This act may impress the King with the necessity for inssant action, or induce him to listen with willing ear to the terms of the ultimatom whitch the English General has despatched to King Koffee by his messenger. If he decides on ta- stant action Sir Garnet will have drawn down on him the enemy before he ig prepared to receive him, while every man capable of bearing arms will be impressed throughout the Ashantee kingdom for a final effort of resistance either at the Adanal hilis or around Coomassie, The General may have acted wisely in having permitted the Ambassadors toreturn. We who arein tne dark respecting his intentions fail to see the wisdom of the act at present. A general less respected ior bis military skill and his Keen penetrative faculties than Sir Garnet is might be credited with a lack of con. fidence in himself for resorting to such tricks as demonstrating the mechanical powers.of the Gat- ling and senjing the Ambassadors home to terrily the King with an exaggerated description of the formidable weapons the white men possess; he might be said to be slightly discouraged by the failure of bis transport and the wholesale desertion of bis carriers, and to hope by this means to avert @ catastrophe or the chance of one. But Sir Garnet vas the confidence’ of us ail, and he may commit the absifrdest ttiings without incurring the contempt or the distrast of any one. 3 POSITION OP THE BRITISH TROOPS. StPagrnec has, however, done more than dis- piay his stize army for the benefit of the Ashantee Ambassadors on other side of the Prah, His advance force is at Essis™@an, thirteen mites beyond the Prah, under Major Russé!! gud Lieutenant Lord Gifford, Who have orders not to half‘amtll they have surmounted the Adansi hills, The latter omicer, who has distingutshed himself already by his tire- less energy, fills the dangerous but honorable of chief of the scouts, The day before yesterday, as his men plunged through the bush, he encoun- tered a few Ashantee spies, which resuited in the Geath of one of the enemy and & wound received by one of his Kassa scouts. They rested at Esgia- man last night, establishing a post, and to-day will move on to Akrofroom, ten miles beyond, atock- ading each station a8 they arrive at conventent ‘and suitable places. A redonbt is being constructed at the.other end Of the bridge, as @ tete-du-pont, and the bridge, I am happy to say, is an accomplished fact. An ample piece of ground is to be cleared on the other side of the Prah, and the felling of gigantic trees, with their after-consumption by Ore, affords an ia- teresting sight, “CHEER, BOYS, CHEER!” ‘The sallors of the naval vrigade are the happiest fellows in camp, if one may judge by the hilarious sounds which issue trom their quarters at night, They have a coplous répertotre of ballads and songs with which they charm evenings which otherwise would be exceedingly dull. They are marched in ooupies through the camp during the day for many purposes, but the mere sounds of their regular footateps are cheering, while they sometimes enliven their work with a well-sung song and chorus. THE TRANSPORT BUSINESS daily assumes more serious proportions. Colonel Evlyn Woods’ regiment and the Second West Indians have been converted iuto carriers, while an officer nas gone with a detachment of police to stir up the chiels to assist the General to procure supply bearers, Two advancing white regiments have been haited on the road and the Twenty-third Fustleers have been ordered not to disembark. Any way we look at it, the falling of our transport is serious, and tf absorbs the attention of the General and bis staf, You will recollect how often my letters have toucned upon this subiect of transport tn Africa, Only travellers who have un- dergone the same annoyances can appreciate the importance atiachea to the transport question, | Sir Garnet placed bis whole faith and retiance im | the Fantees. He mustered, after considerable trouble, a force of 5,000 bearers; he fed and paid them by the day, but he gave no lurther heed to them; he never thought it necessary to see that they did not desert him. Any travelier in Africa coud have told him that it was a mistake to pay the Fantees by the day; that the natural indo- lence of the natives would prove a serious impedi- ment to their permanent employment when they had the means to support themselves without labor for a long time alter receiving ® few shillings of their pay. Any traveller conid have told him that unless he unremittingly kept watch over them Sir Garnet could never re- tain them after impressing their services for hard labor, distastetul to the native nature. Any trav- eller could have told Sir Garnet that he could never be sure of their services Ii he did not either chain them in gangs or set aside a force of armed | men to superintend them who would be neid re- sponsible for any desertion. And any traveller could have told Sir Garnet that to depend solely on Fantee humanity to convey his supplies to the front was to surely prepare tor himself serious de- lays, annoyances, perhaps failure, If the money expended on a Gold Uoast railway and its heavy material had been expended fo ean mutes or elephants this delay at the yh would never have occurred. he had paid less atten- tion to the Fantee chiefs and had not dallied witn them, bat h acted with that vigor which we might have expected from the power conferred on him, we might have been able 40 cross tne, Pran on the 15th inat., on our on- ‘Ward march to Coomassi As it ts now, the prospect is bad. Ir he had devoted bis. attention 8 to his transport and reserved his energies for the only point waere his energies were needed we should by this time have been at Coomassie. The more I see of this expedt- tion L see stronger grounds each day for compar- ing Sir Garnet to ao traveller about to penetrate Africa. The traveller, to be successful, devotes'his principal attention to the procuring of means Lo carry bis supplies, without which ne only prepares himself for disaster and failure. When the means have been assured he begins bis march, and continues it without further delay— his wit, good sense and whatever other qualities he may possess enabling Bim to continue it as circumstances may offer. My collgagues on this expedition may ascribe the desertion of the carriers to the insumcient feeding or paying of them; but this will nut be correct. The natives have been treated sufticient well. For very light work they have been pi Ihave seen handreds too well and too regularly, venty pounus, Our private carriers, for the same pay as the government gives them, care, seventy and seventy-five pounds, yet they do not complain of overweight, neither do they desert us. The secret of this 1s that we pay by month, and always keep ourselves at least two weeks in their dept. There are two posts BRYOND THS PRAR now. The first is Attopiasm, six miles from Prahsu; the second ts Keslaman seven miles tobiassL. tg gir Garget, Commissioner Glover has been the | beyoud at