The Sun (New York) Newspaper, February 21, 1870, Page 2

le Ue € t Tt Shines for Atl. The =a Sun. 1 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1870. Rooth’s Bhemtre-sHanlet Matiuee, Brening—Neome Waller, Tiry ant’s Mimetrels—Shoo Fly. Excursions Erie Railway rk Clrews--New York Cireas Troup, Glymple Theatre For a Hsulet fan Francisco Minstrels 59) Urondway, 17 The Seven, Mes vbaeriberty « barged per line of wild Ags On and after Tuesday, Mareb 1, the price of adver tring in Tur Dairy SUN will be 40 cents per lino. ‘The WeeK.y Dottan SUN has now attained a lib- eral cireulation, whieh fustifies an increase in the ad: vertising rates, On and after March 1, the price will ‘de SO cents per line, “The daily circulation of Tux SuN during the last week, which ended on Saturday, Feb. 19, was as folloice : jond net i Tharetay x Frid eda sedis... REF OB Saturday Average daily circulation during the week, 89,533. Arerage cireulation during the Previous week, ending Feb, 12, 87,283 daily. paeanians. Anite The Return of Mr. Sewa: Mr. SEWAnp will be among us again in a day or two. He returns from a long jour. ney, during which he has scen much that is of the highest interest to the people of the United States. No longer connected with any party organization, or involved avy selfish political conflicts, he stands, like Tue Bun, on an independent, patriotic platform, aud takes @bright, philosophic view of the condition of affairs, seeing and condemning all the rascality and the rascals, but seeing ‘beyond and above them the dawn of a better day. He is the most illustrious son of whom New York can boast, and he is coming home after long wandering in distant lands and among strange races of men—but lands and men all of them closely connected with our- selves. Of course there will be popular ovations to welcome the venerable statesman back to his native land, but we trust that in this great city, at least, they will nct bear any narrow or partisan character. Let us all meet Mr. Sewanp as an old friendgnnd shake him by the band, and do him fitting hon nod let us listen to the lessons of cheerful, hopeful wisdom that he has to impart. Why should not the Corporation of New York or. ganize a great reception for him at the Acad. emy of Music, where he can be seen and heard by the thousands who admire and love him? The Mayor and Common Council can thus do themselves great credit, and confer upon their fellow citizens a pleasure which will be deeply prized ee cts for Owne ate and Mortgages Tn the case of Manvr and cthers, recently d Court in this against INocis's Ex the Court « Siartling PF: d by the Suy and in that of Manvin trix, lately decided by 4, legal principles have been settled which will give owners of reel estate and mortgages just cause for solicitud m, The facts developed in these cases year 1849, Dr. Davip D. Manvsx owned several lots up town, and a bond and mortgaye on other lota In January, 1850, Dr. Manyix became insane, and was placed in the Butler Hospital in Providence, R. 1, where he remaine| until he died in the tol lowing October. No commission of lunacy waa taken out, In March, 1850, after Dr Marvin Lad been in the asylum nearly three months, his wife drew up # deed of the lots, leaving a blank for the name of the Grantee, aud un assignment of the bond aud mortgage, with a blank for the name of the assignee, and sent the papers to the asylur by a former student of her husband's to have the doctor sign them, which he did In June following, the papers, which were Htill in blank as to the grantec’s and as Fignes's names, were proved before a Com missioner of ‘1s in due form, and d the next Se ber, and nut before, the name of th was inserted in the signee in the assign ty from Dr, Manvix ard the grantee con JouN ANTON, estate lawyer, and n ties, Mr, Anruon conveyed the lots to various parties, and they subsequently parsed through numerous hands, every purchaser paving fatr prices und searching ling the records wll rir archased the bevd and mortgage of 8M, Wiurtie. eEY, the assignee whose name was filled in os above stated, and afterward assigned the tare to the late Judge INGLis, who flually received the money on the bond and mort axe just before his death, ruary, 1855, nearly fifteen years after the papors were signed in the lunatic asylum by Dr. Manyry, his con and legal representa tive, OLiven W. Marvin, #uits in equity at the recovery of the k in value, and the be from Judge INouts with interest thereon, on the bond and mortgage by tho Judge. ‘The sult for the lote, owing to the feet that there were ninctoen defendants represented by eight eminent and determined coune) has progressed but slowly, and has oily passed to judgment at Speciel Term, But the other sult, involving the game control Ung facts and principles, has been fought lear through to a decision by the Court of Appeals, and plaintiff's attorney, Joserm Nx1Ls0N, Esq,, has, on the remittitur, entered ®@ final judgment in hie client's favor for the fall bum received om the bond and mortgage In brought the two © mentioned, the first for #, then greatly enhanced nd for the recovery ccutrly of the amount t lad been received by Judge Iso1is, with interest and coats. ‘This essentially determines the result of the suit brought to recover the lots, Had the papers signed by Dr, MARVIN not been in blank, or had they been filled up with his authority, he receiving a valid con- sideration, they would not have been abso- lately void, but only voidable on his or his legal representative's refunding what he had received. But the doctor's insanity, taken with the execution and acknowledgment of the papers in blank, with no consideration parsing to him, and the filling in of the ntmes of the other parties without authori- ty, evoked another equitable principle, and rendered the instruments void ab initio; and this decision opened the door for the pplication to the cases of the principle that ‘Qn assignee or grantee gets no better title than his assignor or grantor had. These two legal principles of course settle the question of the title of subsequent purchasers to property conveyed as Dr. MARVIN con- veyed the lots involved in the suit of MAn- VIN against Browntna and others. The simple and painful fact is that the purchasers of those lots, though they bought them in good faith and paid full value for them, ac- tually got no legal or equitable title or in- terest whatever in them, and will now have to surrender them, at their greatly enhanced value, tothe heir of the insane man who signed them away while shut up in the Providence Lunatic Asylum twenty yeare ago, In view of these facts and principles, it may weil be asked, How is any man to know that his title to his real estate is valid ? How is any one to know whether his chain of title may not have been broken by the fact that some grantor in years gone by was a lunatic when he signed the deed, or that some previous deed was signed in blank, or was never delivered? Any of these facts, if duly proven, would be fatal toa title in any State in the Union, or wherever princi- ples of equity prevail. It certainly behooves purchasers of real estate and of bonds and mortgages to look sharply to these points in future, if they would not have their property wrested from them as in the cases above set forth. ‘nnceneestitiliiiasasiasis Another of Mr. Sweeny's Placers. Aresolution has been introduced in the Legislature to abolish the “Legal Bureau for the Collection of Arrears of Personal Taxes,” and other debts due the city. This Bureau was established by the laws of 1967, the appointment being vested in the Comp troller, The attorney is authorized to ap point two clerks, the county furnishing “suitable offices and stationery,” and the Board of Supervisors fixing the salary, the amount to be raised by tax on the property- owners, The attorney receives all costs which he can collect, in addition to his salary. On the whole, the berth is a pretty enug one. Mr. ANDREW J, SMrTH, the attorney, is clerk in the law office of Mr. Peter B. Sweeny. Hie official quarters are in Nr. SwEENY’s private law office aforesaid, at the corner of Nassan and Beckman strects. He is a cousin of Mr. Hcom Swirm, Mr. Swreny's Deputy Chamberlain. Other members of the SWEENY tea party are his nominal “clerks’—on the pay roll, His office rent, paid by the city, probably saves Mr. Sweeny himself the expense of Pp law chambers, which, added to bis share im the proceeds of Mr. Sarrin’s atte neyship, is quite a good stroke of economy, ina gentleman ¢o impecuuious a8 PETER the Great of Manhattan. By the Comptroller's report the county is harged, for salaries of the attorney and his the modest eum of 315,00! t his office rent amo ‘The ComptroUer assures us that the Bureau earne a great deal of money for the Treas. Lut how much, we have thus far failed to learn from official sources, nor do the items appear under any distinct head in the report. Yet we do not question that the representations as made to us in th's regard are correct; and it is certain that thore who are not willing to pay their just taxes should be made to do 60, But whatever the profit of this Bureau to our local revenues, or its cost {to the persons upon whom it gets its clutches, there can be no doubt of its value tothe incumbent and his eoadjntors. er his able administration at least 15,000 names are said to have been added to the personal tax list ina single year. Many of these, of course, were able to prove them- selves exempt from liability; but ag pro. ceedings had been commenced, or judgment taken by default, the attorney's fees and costs, amounting to $25 to $50 iectible, aud wherever did not know any better, avoid the further cost and apne f a prosceution, Themodeof 1 vate nts to is not state ury in each case, were the individ they were y simy ‘ ve, Joun Jonns, el heriff’s officer, ray at 4 P. M.on Saturday, just as he has y, and ned with inear- oa in Ludlow street jail until Monday wa bi m 2, unless he comce down; and down he com » This is the sub. stance of rmation, and we presume it is on thie etate of frets that the motion has been 1 lature to abolish the Bureeu, We are advised that at least $200,000 a yenr hag thus been realized by the attorney, Now, we eubmit that this is a pretty fair porquisite for a clerk in the office of Mr, Perrn P, Sweeny, and shows of zea) and try on his part emarkable in one who us a station, — - Ist fg a lawyer to A degree indu which is somewhat 68 80 inconspic rn Mr. TON help him in the State De and a num: ber of additicnal clerks to enuble him to do the business; and Mr, Somxer proposes to give them tohim, During the war, when the labor of the Department was fifty times as much as now, no such assistance was required ; but then the Sec. retary was a man of brains and knowledge, ap pointed because he had proved his capacity as a oman and an administrative officer, As Mr Fism possesses none of these qualifications, and Was culy appointed because be bad given money to the President, it is not surprising that he should need belp ba By all means let him have a lawyer and fifty clerks if he thinks he needs them, ‘The country can afford any amount of expense forthe eake of baving such o Secre- tary of State as Mr, Pusu, scat oe EEE, The nominal Secretary of the Navy offi ciully reported to the Senate on the 7th inst, that Rear Admiral Cugpres Hl. Davis iy kept tempo- varily ia Washington for the purpose of prepar- lego plan of cpaeticns fer woking ® wurvey THE across the Isthmus of Darien.’ But Mr. Rowwson fuils to report that the presenog of the Admiral there on such duty is in direct violation of law. The act of Congress authorizing » sur- vey of the Isthmus of Darien provides that it shall be made under the direction of the Secre- tary of War, That act Admiral Porter has seen fit to set le in order that he may have the sur- vey conducted under his own direction and by his own officers; and to this desire of his favorite, whom in violation of law he has put at the bi of the Navy, Gen. Garant weakly consents, The Administration seems to be conducted on the principle that the law is of no account when the wishes of the President's favorites require it to be nullified, ————— Congress doc not vecm to be in any hurry to take measures for the relief of the shipping interest. The Sclect Committee on the Causes of the Decline of American Tonnage have report- ed to the Honse of Represontatives a bill impos- ing, in liew of the tonnage dues now in force, @ duty’of thirty cents per ton on all ships, vessels, or steamers entered in the United States. The attempt to collect harbor dues, pilotage fees, and other taxes levied, or pretended to be levied, by State or municipal governments, except wharfage, pierage, and dockage, is made @ penal offence. Mr. Monritt of Maine has also a bill before the House, remitting to shipbuilders eighty per cent. of the revenue taxes imposed on the materials employed by them if of foreign production, and ninety per cent. if of home manvfacture, Such ships are to be adapted as far as possible to the | service, and the Government is to have t right to purehase them at an appraisement in ese of war, It is doubtful whether either of these bills ever becomes a law, and still more doubtful whether, if they do become laws, they will an- swer the end expected. The one serious obstacle to the increase of our tonnage is the great ex- pense of manning aud equipping vessels on this side of the Atlantic, and the high rate of interost Which capital earns in other branches of Ameri- can industry, As long as Englishmen can build and send out ships and steainers cheaper th: we can, and are satisfied with half the dividends our merchants expect, they will necessarily take the carrying trade. na The Albany Evening Journal aske us the following question : “ Will Ta Sux inform as whether it is trae or false, as bas been charged, that Sheriff O'Batsw interfer in every possible way to. prevent the holding of hielous mectings in the Tombe by Protestant tay and pastors, among prisoners who desire such ser- vice, While's Landsome chapel and well fursished altar are provided for the celebration of Homan Catholic rites, and constant secess afforded to the members of Cathohe orders?” The Commissioners of Charities and Correction appoint the Warden and have sole charge of the Tombs, Sheriff O’Baray has no more to do with the City Prison than the editor of the Jowrnat. Protestant and Catholic clergymen are allowed equal privileges within its walls, and not the slightest ecclesiastical advantage is tolerated, Now, will the editor of the Jowrnal answer these questions Did or did not the Journal support Sheriff O’Baren’s bill last year, and did it or did it not receive specified sum of money therefor ? Has it or has it not supported the interests of Peren Bauu Sweasy’s Ring of robbers this year, and has it or bas it not received specified sums of money for ite services? —————— A bill is now pending in the Senate put. ting at the disposal of Pr-sident Gnaxt a quan- tity of useless old bronze cannon as a contribu. tion toward a bronze monument to be erected in Washington to the late Jouy A. Rawuixs. We hope such a monument will be built. Rawutxs was ® great man, endowed with a noble human heart, a powerful criginal intellect, extraordinary force of character, an ardent love of his country, nd a sure, intuitive sense of what ought to be ein every diffienlt ». He did not reap much glory from sppression of the re- bellion; but itis not ch to say that with. ut him its suppre Id have been in- ably mo & monument, what he that principles abandoned by the Administra for those of § oyey Wensten and Hawittow Fisn, sso small @ compliment to his memory that ht to be no delay in paying it. — Are the citizens of this State aware that @ bill is before Congress providing for virtually selling the State canals to the United States? Such is the fact, however. The plan is for the United States to issue tothe State Comptroller €15,000,000 of four-and-a-half per cent. ¢ bonds, on condition that the present State canal debt be immediately discharged, and that there- after no tolla nor tax of any description shall be levied or collected by the State upon any prop- erty passing through the canals, except a uniform eharge, not exceeding one half mill per one thou- sand pounds per mile, to be applied to the main- tenance ofthe canals, Davin S, Bexnert, of Buf- falo, has the honor of fathering this preposterous scheme, which seems to have met with the ne; leet which it deser have there on ———$____. Coptain Isaram RyNvEXS draws a vivid picture of our municipal Government under the rule of Mr. Parma Bann Sweeny. He says, “There's no chance fur au honest man in New York polities any longer. Why, I took a thief up the river not eight months ago, and I came down to the City Hall the other day, and I found that same thief there, and he had ad—d sight more to say abont things than I had,” POs i There seem to be good grounds for the be- f that Joseea Mc@cine not elected Civil Justice in the Seventh District, Tho evide tes that Judge StawMuer was counted out, and MeGerax, the Sweesy candidate, was counte! in, Attorney-General Cuameuaiy bas instituted proceedings aguinst McOvine, and the case, being preferred, ia to be tried before Judge Brapy in May next, The complaint sets forth specific ‘suds and false counts in several election dis- its, and alleges forgeri canvass, It also avers that the statute requiring the incum- bent of the office to be a counsellor tn the Su- preme Court was violated; hence McGuire's cer- titieate of election is void. These charges are ific and clear, If they are sustained by Judge Srewmrer, Mr. McGuine should be forced to walk the plank, ———— ‘The question of wages for women clerks at Washington, like that of the wages of men clerks, is simply @ question of supply and demand, Waxes cannot properly be regulated by legisla- tion, If there are more applicants for clerkships than there are clerkships to be filled, it is plain that the salaries are too high, If there are more lerkships than candidates, so that there is a dif. ficulty in getting the public work done, it is plain that (ho salaries are not high enough, Supply aud demand is the only just rule in the premises, ne Tho Mayor and five members of tho City Council of Columbus, Ohio, visited Cincinnati tho other day, and were entertained by the Cincinnati Common Council at ap expense of $101.70, Only $110.20 of this amount was spent for rum and tobaceo, And now the Cincinnati newspapers are growling at the bill, When the Cincinuati Common Council visited this city, a single member of the Tammany Ring —one of the Mutual Base Ball Club, which the Cincinnatiaus bavo since persistently vilified — spent $2,000 in entertaining them in a well-known house up town, And none of the New York newspapers grumbled, although the greater part of the €2,000 went for rum, How to Get Ont of Our Financial Troubdten. ‘The financial difficulties from which the Government and people of the United States are now suffering are inherent in and result from the public debt end paper curreney of the country. ‘The troubles with the debt are: The amount is enormous, the time and terms of payment are unwise, the rate of interest upon $1,800,000,000 of it is 6 per cent., which 1s too high; too many of the 6 per cent, bonds are held abroad,’ and the Government eredit stands too low in the markets of the world, The difficulties with the paper currency are : It is depreciated, fluctuating, and uncertain in value ; it consists of legal tender notes, fractional currency, and bank notes—the two last named aro redecmable in legal tenders, and they are ir- redeemable, True, the Government is pledged to redeom them in coin, but it does not do it, nor tell us when it will. Early in 1862 the logal tenders were worth par fa coin; in Jnly, 1804, they were 36 cents to the dollar Ya coin; now they are from 82 to 84 cents to the dollar, Between par and about 86 per cent., they have fluctuated day by day for eight years, What they will be worth to-morrow or at any future given day no one can tell; their maximum value is coin, their minimam is unknown, Tho legal tender notes, as permanent money, are indefonsible; they are arbitrary isenes of ir. redeemable paper, tho evidences of a forced loan. The fractional currency, being redeemable in legal tenders, fells with them. The bank notes have some redeeming features, but, being also redeemable in legal tenders and otherwise inad- missible, they must go with thom. A stream cannot rise above its souree. These difficulties are National, Governmental. Congress is the fathor of this paper currenoy, It forced the legal tenders upon the public. It forcibly continues them in use ae standard money. It does not maintain them at par with coin—real standard money—nor at any other fixed value. This is error—inexcusable and unnecessary error. The remedies for these financjal evils, to be effectual, must come from Congress, It has su- preme jtrisdiction over the matter, It has am- ple powers and me Its duty is commen- surate with its powers, The faith of the Govern- ment is pledged to poy its debts in coim, This faith ia to be kept, the people will see to that; and the day has arrived when it becomes the duty of Congress to determine when and how each class of this debt shall be paid in coin or its equival The time has arrived for Congress to determine when the couviry shall return to one uniform monetary system for Government and people, with coin of the precious metals as the only standard money, and notes maintained at par with coin as the only paper money. To accomplish this we require s system of measures from Congress at once broad, com- ystematic, and harmonious, cover- ing the whole ground and for all time, No puny, ile wheelbarrow measures will meet tho case. We require: 1. Av act of Congress providing an issue of United States bouds, sufficient in amount to cover the entire public debt. These bonds to bear 6 per cent. per annum coin iuterest, the principal of each bond to ma- ture qn the first day of some month within ten years from its date, and at the option of the Government to be payadls at maturity in coin or im another bond for the same amoynt bearing the same rate of interest, ad upon the same terms 4 regards maturity an’ payment, Offer these bonds, doliar for dollar, in exchange for any outstanding Government bonds, due or not due, and at par for coin funds—using such funds in paying any 5-20 bonds that by these terms may be paid; or in purchasing, at or un- der par, any Government debt desirable to have paid LL. A general law of Congress authorizing any five or more citizens to organize and manage a bank of discount and deposit anywhore within the Jurisdiction of Ex the new law tutrots, No restriction as regar!s the number of banks no restriction as r except that no t 000; no restrie ¢ Unive Si itto come under upon the same fuoting as new insti bauks to have the m rds the amount of capital, k shon'd have less than 8100,. cards the amonnt of f Tr money, except th no b: ould take less than $60,000 upon the pledge of United States bonds, as hereinafter mentioned, MII. An act of Congress de mouey contracts or debt he expressly made payable in coin, nothing but coin shall be a legal tender, IV An act of Congress providing an issue of United States monoy nows in all of the usual denomiuativns, and’all ior which the required securities are presented, Make these notes rele mand; receivable for ui Government, excevt upon specific coin contracts ; fundable into interest-bewing bonds, and legal tender in all cases where parties 40 agree. Offer these notes, dollar for dollar, in exchange for coin and bullios, and fir this purpose receive coin and bullion at every Vioverument depository in the country, Provide them also to banks, and to ang other parties, upon deposits of United States bonds, the new issue, and coin—doilar in notes for dollar in bouds and 20 per cent. in coin, The whole issues to be alike, the Government to be the only responsible party to the public; but the Government to have sore unifurin plan for banks and others to take up what the Govern- ment redeems in coin, V. An act of Congress relieving the from redeeming their preset issues, from holding any reserve therefor, and {rom all taxes in rel tion thereto ;, th ernucnt assuming the ens 10,090,000, nakiug it legal tender ne as greenbacks, laring that upon ail fier made, unless ething besides de able in coin on de- dues to and from t Require each bank to pay into the Treasury, in lawful money, in installuiciits of $10,000, or in multiples of $19,000, a sum equal to the alnount that itis thus relieved terest thereou until p: Retain and apply, as fir os nee: torest due any bank’ upon its sceurit ment of the ‘interest upon such r K toeach bauk ita secu each payment. VI. An act providing an issue of United States currency interest notes, in all of the usual de- nominations, restricted ‘in amount only by the cond f issu fry redeeming, aud ib ary, the in- to the pay? wnirements, ty proruta upon four per ce {. per annum month following their isk Eni te to mature five years from its date, and, at the option of the Goverument, to be pay= able, principal and interest, at maturity in coib, f 5 per cent, bonds, to he receivable and legal tender ks, but for their face only. y I! of the present issues in the Treasury, and all that thereufter eoues in, replacing them with an equal amount of interest notes, to be paid out in heu of those retired, Exchange the interest notes, dollar for dollar, for any other lawful mouey VIL So amend the revenue laws as to relieve the industries of the country from taxes; but continue to collect sufficient money to moet the current appropriations of the Government, pa the interest of the public debt, and have a’ su plus applicable to the reduction of the principal of that debt, This surplus should be liberal, ample, until the new 5 per cent, bonds are par in coin, and then moderate—the less the better, for the present, VIIL Au act determining the amount of coin, coin funds, and lawful money to be held as & standard reserve in the Treasury, making efficient provisions for maintaining such reserve, aud die recting the use to be wade of all surplus beyond h reserve, ‘Too much money in the ‘Treasury is as great an evil as too little, ‘Theso eight measures are at once separate and one great whole, To comprehend their relations to each other, and their whole bearing, the atten- tion should be fixed upon coin of the precious metuls as the only sure foundation for any suc- cessful financial system, and upon the primary end of placing thé trade and cummerce of the country, and the pecuniary cfurs of the Gov- ernment, upow that foundation, aud maintaining them there, Of course, in thus grouping those menenres together, we can do little more than give their titles, Much in detail is necessary to 4 full mn- derstanding of this great question, J. F.C. Naw Yous, Feb, 24, 1810, SUN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1870, ASUNDAY RACE FOR A WIFE 4 BROOKLYN DRUGGIBI'S FLIGHT WITH KUMPSTON'S DARLING. ical Just What Kempston might have Expected The Daybreak Visit to Kempaton's Gare ret-Tho Accident which Awoke Old K mpston—How he Escaped a Brak the Old Fellow may find hin Young Sou-t The northern part of Hudson City had a glori- ous piece of gorstp yesterday morning, in the sud- disoppearance of the daughter of a well-to-do citizen, ‘Fhe Might was effected Inte on Saturday night, The young ¢oupte—for the beauty fled with the young man of her chotec—weore closely pursued by the girl's father and a friend. Louisa Kompston’s parents moved into Jersey from Brooklyn in May last, and took up their rest- dence on Borgen Wood avenue, hoping, it te sald, to hide their beautiful daughter from Adolphus Albertson, a young druggist to whom they had taken 8 dislike, But the girl had given ber whole heart to her lover and engaged to become his wife, She had asked ber parents’ consent, and this was the rst intimation that her futher lad of thy young Deonle's courtship. ‘The old gentleman bade his daughter never ree Albertson again ; and learning that the young couple had clandestine meetings, he moved away from Brooklyn, But we have a Post Office, and Albert- fon was not long in learning the whereabouts of bis charmer, and during the past few months they met at the residence of a mutual friend on Palisade ave- nuc, near Warren street. Opposed by the old folks, the young people satu- rally resolved to run away at the earliest opvorta- nity, Lonisa had packed up her clothing prepar:- tory to her eecape, which was to have been effected on Sunday the 6th inst.; but by some means the pa- rents ascertained what she was about, They ac- cused her and she confessed, adding that she woeld marry Albertson in spite of them, Then they kept her imprisoned in their garret, Albertson, however, was not to be foiled, and with the ald of the fricnd at whose house they hnd frequently met managed to get a line to Louiea, re- questing her to keep » sharp lookout for a visit t any moment. Eilecting an arrangement with two young men of the neighborhood, he took them at about ak yestorday mornivg to the Fesidence of Lowisa’s paronts, ladder reached his .Manecd Tt was the work of but a Loutsa down, but in getting citement they lost their grip, and it fell with a crash om the pavement. Bach, however, snatched an arm- ful of clothing, and thus laden they dashed down toward Montgomery avenue, where they took reluge in a Inger beer saloon; ‘Tho father, awak- ened by the “bolse, was soon “ia the’ sivect, and getting trail "of thelr line of retreat by an article oF two of the girl's clothing thnt the; bad dropped, he pursued like a madinan. At lengt ho tracked ‘them into the lager beer saloon, and thence the couple eseaped through a rear dcor.’ Mr. Kempston, wide awake, made aftet them, and was by friend, aud Alberteou's two friends also joined in the race. Down Van Vorst street they rnshed, until Mr. Kempston was favored with a b rd's eyo view of the cou ex-Sheri Wright's corner om Pall- Wompsien was closing Om Rese, ine ease een was oa one of Alber ton's friends sprang in front’ of the old man and stumbled, upsetting the old fellow. The old maw rose so badly brufged by le fll that he gave up the chase, and wns belped home by his friend. ‘The young couple and soon contrived to recover all the girl's clothing from the saloon where they had hidden it, and Syeuing, they were quietly married in Jorsey City. ‘The off gentleman may find them to-day comfortably quartered im ————— BIGAMY AS A FINE ART, —_—— Ralph Lockwood Ostrander’s Matrime with 8 painter's seconds to help his it her trunk wader ex- sade avenue. ders Exemplary Piety, “Nome but the brave,”” says the proverb, “deserve the fair,” and experience often shows that none but the brave can live with some of them. But Ratph Lockwood Ostrander, a travelling salesman in the service of a picture-frame establishment on the corner of Seventh avenue and Twenty-ninth street, 48 one of those superhuman mortals whose cournge is equal to anything. He was equal to two wives, two establisiments, aud, still more wonderful, to the charge of both, Fifteen years ago he marricd Miss Josephine Sheridan Dunn, the dauchter of Samuc! C, Dunn, of 15 Ashland place. He lived with her in the enjoy- ment of much domestic felicity, going away fre Quently, a8 his occupation demanded, and returning to his family with puactuality, He had Mve children by ber, of whow threo are living, the eldest being a doy 13 years of age, No quarrel ever took place be tween the spouses, an! the falling health of his wife Was sppareutly a source of slacere sorrow to Br. Ostrander. Early in 1968 he m Hannah V. Richards, th of the Riebarde Green wie Of her he become her young charm the Ian fe the acquaintance of M daughter of the proprie h foundry, in Perry str enamored, contri the faded face his invalid with 4 manner of ofthe samo year he eought her hand ia mar- was accepted, took her up to Newburg where they were united, and brought her down to her father’s honse where he paid for her board and his own, allecing that bis employment asa traveling and wife. In salesman prevented him birings house, as it would de too lovely for her when he was away, Making the plea of business, he left bertherea‘tcr a short time and returned to the arma of his first wife, who Was then boarding in West Eleveath strcot, Ne re. mained with ber some time, went away as he sald on business, and returned to No.2 In course of time this Indy bieseed him with which ap PpINEss, 80 peared to crown the summit of Lis perfectly did he dissemble, But # affection for the second wi’e r. ng ag to make him forget his to pru- course, He neglected his first wile alto- gether; mover pull her board, never visited her pwed mother who resided in Asbland place, not astone’s throw from the residence of wife N Tho mother-in-law of No.1 took connse! th anent with the unpaid landlord. A deteciIve was Bent for, wae Muruished with & photogragh of the » became culprit, and ordered to reckon him up. He soon discovered his Ittle eame, traced him to 72 Greenwich sirect, saw wife No. % and her baby, and came back to bis employers with the full par: tlenlars. The landlord gicestion, went to the ball of ‘the Twenty-second Regiment, ‘and recog 1 him there with @ lady on his arm, wuo the detective Informed him was Wife No. he pame of Mrs, Lockwood, under which name Ox trander had married Copvinced of the accu: of the de! statement, the landlord went ct and reveled the pertily of to the man. tunate lady reproached him tit terly for his condi id to her tears and upbruid ing he offered the pitiful plea that he was convinced when he married her that his first wie wa pol tof death, and he was afraid that te m <1 bis marriage with her, 8h The nder went to the lon paid him the amonnt due, and conjured him terve silence, a8 b Id bea ruined gan 1 matter were ‘to D publie through the press. ‘The landlord answe im she nd would not Promise onything of the kind Lhe eniprit’s dread of publicity t# enb: by the fact that he bas hit This excessive # tion to old Mr. Ri the hard-shell tr of Baptist principles, indeed his recon menu: Who is @ Baptist deacon of nsed to talk theology to the old a whisper sweet nothings to the young uti! Doth were cqually charmed wiih bis conversation and style, In appearance he ts rather pleasant than im. pressive, having a large White forchcad, which re. cedes somewhal, straight eyebrows, dull eyes, with heavy eyelids, & well shaped nose, rather «i mouth, and projecting, flabby ears.’ He is & bald, Well mate, aud res readily. Mrs. Teresa Duy he mother of wife of has placed Mr. M, M. ‘ Will shortly be takeu to punish him as he desery es Ought all of Gen, avant» Family to have Oficent From the Cincinnati Commerolat. ‘@ would giv neral Grant full evedit for his military servires, bat w not converter to the that lls family sh wered with honors for his When we put af sx of governtne! we will n Wholesome Republicanism, ( is not Rt for Postmaster of Cc , ithe were the sire of all t ie bad taste displiy ed by the President Im appoint ing his father, Is too obvious for discuss i wiio don't are it ore Ineapsble of understanding, and ought to be subjects of a King or Queen, wud Pay special taxes for tae Fapvort of royal Hable, and Jor all the rakes and imbeciles that mage up au im perial famuy, — Mr. Manin Bi. Coox Las another chance to-day to provo that Collector Bailey has procecded against the firm of G, A, Fellows & Co,, in an arbitrary and unressonable manucr, For one who has indulged in so many protestations of iumogeuce he 18 a long time iu coming to the seraich, Lot lita mect the charges of the Coullector without further Jelay, or a verdict } Will be catered up against him by the public, TUE @CUMENICAL COUNCIL, Submitted to the From the Pail Ma‘t Gazette! Tt will be remembered that among the proposi- tlona submitted to the Couneil by the preliminary commissions was a series of doginatic formulas, The first twenty-one of these are issued, and have now Feached us, ‘The Civtiéa Callovica, the special orean of the Pope, has lately published a series of articles which are now conerdered as having been obvionsiy intended to prepare the Cytiolic world for the ap- pai of thono ennons, of which the following isa | THR OHURER OF citRteT. Canon 1, Whosoever religion of Ch HuReheeitmenadrrrossed Ine aay commnnicy et Hahed iy Christ Hitoselt, but that i can be HENty heh and exercised by cack lndividnal for elf, aod Wit ont regar to any community which constitute the Ghareh oF Chea, let him be amaehouya. Ganon tt, Whokoover eave the Church haa not re- cel ane nve nd ‘unchangeable or- amation. but aha tit. Jost tke any” other nn community, muts ey uaforn coording to he elit the times, jim be anathe Promives it not ap exigraal and visinie comneuite hot nmivee 18 ‘external and visible coimuuity, Aiurety’interoal ‘und Inviaibte ome, et ‘himy hs nn Eintin IV. Whosoever eave that the trne Choren is notin body ‘Ym itself, wut consiets of ‘Suterent ante telus (is diffused throughont | NT; OF fhat the ron munities opposed to h Other in thetr professions of faith, and divided in thelr rit equally form members er parts of the owe Com: mon ch et him be anathema, ‘Canon V. Whosoever save that the Church of Christ fe not an ineficatior heolutsly necesss Teaching atornal haoptness, or that men can arrive at this Diese: {ng through the éxerelse of any other Kind of reugion, Jef him beanathoma. im be er save that the authority with Which the Catholic Church proseribes and condemns a} religions Feparate! from {'* communion ja not [rereribed by Divine rignt: or that about religions Hath ouly opinions. not gertainties. can exist, aud that fherefore all Fellgions sects are to be tolerated, tet him n Canon VIE. Whosoever save that this very Chareh of Christ can fall Into darkness or error. abd ao deviate from the Holy Trnth fn faith and inorals, and fail away from ft orteinal metitution into depravity and corrap- Hon, Tet him be anstiiom Canon VILL. Whosoever says that the present Chor of Christ is not the last and hirheet faatitution for reach- ene. Dn Ina eternal hapnin it that there Ww another to he tePHely durin owners saatnemse hers eeeauoe of Canon Lk Whor Fs that the Intanihiity of PRE Chugeh is restricted oniy to thines contained in the Divine Revelation, pot is not extended to other truths Which are neeessary to the Integral matotenance of the Revelation, let him be anathema. Canon X. | Whosoever sare t periect Mnetitution, but mercty « cor s of suc) ration, or that it nature, with Fecard to Civil society or the « to be sudject to the temporal power, let hits De Anthea Canon XI." Whosoever save that the Church divine: Ly instituted, te Ike a soclety of equals, and (lat the Dishogs, havi ‘and duties, possess no govern- mental ‘ower bestowed upon them by Divine ruht, ana which they can freely éxerciee, let him bo auath: Me Canon XIT. Whosoever save that Christ, our Saviour Sovereign, bas conferred unon the Church the pow= er to direct only by advice and persuasion those wlio turn aside, not to compel them by orders, bY cocrcion, fut by external verdicts aud rtatntory punishments, let hin be anathema, Canon XIII. Whosoever says that the tre Church of Christ, out of which there is no salvation, ts anv other than the holy Catholic and Komen Apostoile Church, Teg hit be anathema Canor XIV. Whosoever says that the Holy Anostle Petor, wes not appointed Ly Crist as the Aral of the scontton and athe visible head of the whole Cheres filitant, or that he had only the honorary sapremacy, Dut not’ the Teal jurisdiction, let hin be eanon RY. faye that tf ts not accord 5 5 Tithat St. Peter bas ent Hesnpretaacy over the whole Church, OF ope is ot the enccwouor of Peter In over rman Pope has only the office perinten and direction, not = ate over the ie oe the churches, let ‘an: Canon XVit- Ter hrs, that the Independent wren, Wed ‘upon het by Chtists and the a preme civil power cannot exist towother, Segre the due Fans of Both. let him be anlathoure, non . Whosoever save that the power neces- sary for the government of a clvit State Rot ema hate (rom God, or thas one is not hound by Divine law to submit himself to such rower, o- that such power is repuanant to the natural liberty Of men, lot him be ana- th 5 wean ‘XIX. cenerparer sare wee oe rights Sehteg ween ten ar Stato. and there m no other buthority bestics that consiltened. vot Canon XX. Whosoever sare that the 10 fe 4 vor sare 7 rulo for public ‘and social contuct Win the iaw of the political State, or in the public opinion ef men, oF that the Ju:tz- jnents of the Chureh concerning what ia lawful atid vn lawful to not extend to such actions. or that there may w be something allowed by civil rights that is pot allo by Churehurtshta, fot hhut be suathema, Ycanon XXY. Wor says that the laws of the Church hive uo binding power, coufirmed by the sanction of the clvfl power, or that the civil bower has the right, cowsequent on iis high authority, to pronounce jcopt so far as they are ters of religion, let him be anathoma. a a STRUCK DEAD WHILE GAMBLING. pei SS A Story of No. 17 Ann aking Beans tifa) Diamonds and a Gold Wate! Enormous Stack of Chips—Death Calls for His Chips—low Henry Pettibone Diced. Correspondence of the Piittahurg Republican The number of persons who tare died suddi In gambling hons a has been remar ling helt, kept by fraternily as “1 ou months sinew, a 1 dressed in the heig fashion, with'gold wateh and diamond pin and rings, entered ind began to gam was unluc rapidly lost kis money; th too, fottowed 1 next risked, and « tine was ‘Then he took from his finger a r d tor which he staked Ls And now he won. med to have changed and was smiling upon | y bet he made Wen, until hia “cheeks” was : held by the Buddenty his he yped forward on. the and he was dead. Of conrss, immedistel excite nd confu rount the table, during which “UneleJoun” quletly raked in the "cheeks" and closed the "bank." thereby saving himaelt over #6000, which the dead man had wou. On the ineive oft engraved the dead man's name, He of good family, and was to have His filends were notified V aWay, ond it Was given out that anly of heat disease while reading aper at home, ‘ur distant from this was tho ease of the poor devil who died In a gambling hell in Broadway, after, Ho was one of the * regulars, * years he had been a constant Aaditié Wh tf ud was ina fair way to fortune; when he died he Was a vagrant and Outcast—bis wile died of a broken heart long his ehildrom had grown up in misery and vice, he had not a friend in the whole great city, whero e he hud handreis of them, ‘The Coroner was and a verdict rendered disease, but no edort where he died. He For ‘went of faro bauks, A good business, bad a jwential politicians to Mis things. No one was harmed by hit Henry Pettibone died suddenly in a g hell tu Ease Broadway, re have been at least half a dozen o den deatiis in faro banks in this city during the past year, to say not Of three who buye committed suicide these, a Queer Freak of « Chicken-The Troubles of & Colored Citizen, From the ton Guariian, Paterson t colored person named Stewart, wh consent, have dubbed Commodore § at eccentrie Individual, On one ¥ common ‘art, He isa r sharply by the owncr of . Titty W ro!) nnfin, nuttin: Joes w an “What do you want with my ehielens #* “Natio at ul, Lwas only lookin’ at 'em, 80.ni This answer was both conciliatory and ¢ nd Wouh have been satis tuctory had it for Jim's bat, ‘This, way a rather worn soit fit, a good desl too large for its wearer's bead, and ‘it seemed fo have a motion entirely unuswal in hate, id manitostly due te some remarkable cause, It seemed to contract and expand and move of itseif, aud clearly without Jim's volidion, So the next in+ with yoor hat an old Lat, I'se fond of dat , take it of and let's took at dis hut off? No sah, I'd Ketch cold in Talways keep my haton when about beating a hasty re hen, at his first step, a low “kink, kluk, * Was heard coming Quly too clearly froin ty region of his headgear. This wos fatal, and waa topped and forced to reinove bis bat, when a plump, halégrown ehicken jumped out ‘and hastily’ away, Tl with which the eulprit tor it was astady fora painter; it rfection Wonder wad perplex y Di trace of guilt, | Shuwly bs, nace ing the matter to bimsel Herkable au incident ¢ Hh if'dat id with ‘that Jim was ng Tebber did cluw up de log 0° tay pintaloons. —_———-—— The Voorhio. Murcer and the Exe!xo 1 ‘The excitement caused by the Voorhies der, and the fact that J was perpetrated in 9 room Where liquors were dispen Violation of the Excite law, have impelled thove lice make another eftort te y Kellett went to Peter F Jay und took him into custody of keeping his place of business open the 14th set! 4 ‘on the ¢ violat 13, on 11, on the eve occasion Mr. Vooriles war killed. The accu taken before Justice Delmar and held for ¢ ton, Cuba Must be Free-'Tke Swell of Popular Bentiment. The Barnard Law Chub, dents of law, from all parts of the arsed resolutlous at rhist mee he President aud Congress of the U recogniae the patriotic vuiorers in Cuba cord thera such rights ae are duc, to their deeiied to forward sach resolutions to President Grapt aud ihe Cuban Junta, AMUSEMENTS. - Trattan Orews.—This evening the fine repre: sentation of “ Rigoletto,” in whieh Kellogt, Lefranc, and Ronconi sistain the leading roles, is repeated for the last tine. On Wednesday eveyning Meyer- beer's noble opera, “ Kobert le Diabic,” is to be brought out. Garvan Ornea.—The Arion Society repen ite performance of “ Der Freischfite” on Tues+ day evening, this time with Madame Pareps-Rosa as Agatha, aod Mite, Carrisaa as Aennchen, 9 great im- Provement on the former cast, and one which wa trust wilt stimulate Mr, Candids to some show of action, Let bim bear in mind that Maz, thoueh de+ pressed, was not paralysed. This is Madame Rosa firat appearance hore in Gorman opera, and the first appearance of Mile. Carrisea since her return from Treaty. ‘Wattacr’s.—The admirable and interesting drama, “ Masks and Faces,” the joint work of those two clever men, Charles Reade and Tom Taylor, waa revived at Wallack’s on Saturday evening. It brought together a large andience, and Weld them, 96 it never fails to do, deeply interested and moved by Its alternate scenes of comedy and pathos. Tha weight of the picco rested on Mr. Charles Fisher and Miss Henriqnes—the former of whom took bis old character of Triplet, and the latter her accuse tomod part of Peg Woftngton, Mr, Fisher finds in this character a most congenial one, and his repree sentation of it is exceedingly nataral, finished, and artistic. In fact, he has made it one of his tanous, rts, “Masks and Fy to be repeated on ‘ednesday evening. On the other eveninzs of thin: ‘week the mont popular of this winter's produetions will be given, there being a change of programm every eventng. ‘Tom Taylor's new comaty. © Lost at Sea,” ie necriy ready. Mr. Lester Wallack is to appear early next month in Boston, Nimxo’s.—Mr. Fechter, who rs te-night in Boston. is succeeded at Niblo Barney Williams, who commence an engagement thid evening with Falconer's drama “ Innisfailen,” for which Mr. Vooghttin has been preparing some effect ive scenery. Toxy Pastor's Orgra Hovsr.—About 2,500 persons witnessed Tony Pastor's ‘ Hamiet’ on Sat« urday night. ‘The representation ‘was better than on the opening night. ‘Tony's unconscionable mele ancholy brought tears of laughter to the eyes of the entire houe.« At the Fifth Avenue, Mr. Dal ing dramatic commentary on. th his Frou,” has found great favor with thd Public. Mr. Fox'also hag made a very decided hit With his mock “Hamlet,” and as to the “ Twelve Temptations” they have’ drawn as many thourand to sce them already as it cost dol- to bring out the colossal spectacle, Tammany presents another attractive bill this week. The Glorious Seven" and "Bad Dickey,” still rennin on the Dilla, and new stare Are anhounced. Among the new fertares are the Cancun Quadrille a a! Clodoche, be Tammany “Shoo Bly.” ‘The management y Mr. and Mre, v's very interests life of nowndaya, ptations”” at the Grand Opera House draw immense houses. The plece may ron for a year, ‘The onty thing that could add to ite attractiveness’ would be the aprearance of Gould and Fisk, clad in hesh-colored tights, in the tramsforma. tion icone. Tn fact, the play is Incomplete wisbous These two additions) temptation At hed New York Gow the usual at are to be presen ted, more popular place of fam- Ay amusement exisie in the city. Hartz, the magicien, opens to-night « little ‘ket edition of @ theatre at 748 Broadway, where @ not only will do many of his famous tricks, but for a consideration wil! show how he does them, and dispose of the.spparatus to any one who wisbes to purchase. ‘This is certainly an attractive novelty im the way of legerdemain, At the other theatres there fs no change of prow framme to be noted. Mr. Booth continues to draw Very large houses to witness his Hamlet, and on Sat- uriday ev "Guy Manmering” is to'be replaces by the tearful drama of * Fazio,” Mrs, Walter ta- king the character of Bianca, Hew they Enforee the Excixe Law. John McQuade and Daniel Connell quarrelled in Burns's liquor saloon, Mill street and Hamilton avenue, early yesterday’ morning, and McQuade stabbed his adversary in the head, w severely. SUNBEAMS. pe —A disgusted woman in Towa sued fora die vorce because her husband bad given her, during four years of warried Life, only one present, ecoras necklace. —An enthusiastic paterfamilias bas petitioned the French Senate to Invest the fathers of the grentest number of childrea with some new decoration, and to subject the entire fraternity of bachelors to a epee ‘tax, rising in amount according to the a —A drunken drayman drove with a load of hame twenty-one tlines about a biock i Cincinnati, one day last week, imaging that he was making « etraight tetp to market, That 1oad traveled abous seven miles before a pelicoman sto} —The Providence Press of that city took his fve-year-old gon to church for tho first time atew weeks ago, When the clergyman said, “Lot us pray,” the precocious youngster, In a ich Keyed voice, electrified the congregation with the ox claination, * Let ner rip —A Waterbury (Coun.) youth, repentant incohere his dissipation, signed the pledge ewnly promise to abstain trou al intoxicating beverages, otherwise than se a drink, and profanity unt eribed by @ physician, at least é pr four times a day, excepting cider —Among the candidates for the vacant fave tevin of the French Academy are Alex + Dunas, fla, Vietorien Sardon, Théophi'e Gautier. and Ph, ote Chales. The last is a distinguished classical seno of ‘whom It seid that at 7 years of age he knew Lat 10 Greek, at 18 philosophy, and at 15 everything —Thiers, the French statesman and historian, encceeded,the other day, in effecting « lar; 00 his life ery low rates,.in favor of h. examining physicians having found that lie was perfectly healthy, end that his excellent constitution would ena ‘Die him too live for twenty years longer yet. A church in Dupere, Brown county, Wis, glories in the name of the United Evangelical- Methodist Daptist-Congrecationalist-Preshyteriaa-Mor- avian-Pro’ tt Episcopal-Lutheran-German-Datch- Reformes-Cathollc and United Evangelleal Chured aud Christian Brethren of the Glorions Reformation —The North German corvette Arcona has sailed, for Cuba to look aiter German interests tn the West In- dies, Bismark ie determined to make German ivi ence felt in A rica as well as in China and the Or! ‘Hits letter to Mr, Burilugaine is an cvidency of bis fety to lift Gormany up to the digulty of @ great m time power. —Mr. John Le Roy, of the Isle of Jersey, en closed his wife’s face in an \rom my back by a padloc’:, to prevent ber fren taste for alcobole beverages, For a sta sometines contned her thacage. H beon unsuccessful tn bis objeet, aud was b ten ehillings. —A reverend Father, speaking in the (eu- tion of * gentie measures," confirmed his views by quot tog the poputar axiom, * Melle capiuatur fen fre caught in honey.” * Very true,” a Freuch diehop remarked, ** sed aé ovcklentur—but in order that they uiay be killed." —The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have been memorialized for relief in the ease of the A'hona. Creed. darnuatory ar tefal to many members of Anglican cstabiishment, who fromt has don would Itke to expunge the creed bodil Mtare ey, as the American Archbishops will prodat of relief. —Tho Ames Company, at Chicopee, are filling a contract for a pecniiar adjustable horse shoe- the 1 vention of a Paitim off at night or when the horse is on as readily when wanted Corks of the shoe are also aujm be Atted when one fet & woru out, —Tho Maino Supreme Judicial Court has a palrof boots. 1 le, and Lew cues CAD tried a suit ons promissory note. The plaiwtitt clan thet the endorsement of the uote wae: "1 vack thie note holden for debt and cos The dete ed that the endorsement was: "I back r for debt and costs,” ant that the letter" bev added, Verdict was rendered for the defn —A littl rn tructed Southern girl, five years old, asked a colo vant, in thi oofe theological examination, what the Mftesnth eo vinat ment was, Tue re; iy (iat ply (en e piandmente was scorniully ree oo winvely announced chat the Mfeeath commandwe: Was that the eviured people ahould vi —The two rival Chinese theatres in San the See Yun and th» Hang ¢ av arow, The Hnug Chen Gueu brous that t ona! drama, 61x mont! we from the See Yup the otner n ° managers mustered ail the ex-rariroad ¢ tor tow and procceled toclear out ghe 4 blien nt. Ht was part uecesstul he owner of that orchard at Benton Harbor Mich, which Was twice girdled, at aloes wart of dOlare, last year, coucluded that be 5 of personal dirlike {) tome Ob his uebel ‘ fore sold onttow Ch pileman wt uight ago some thr of the ono e OF tue outrage OM Gc dy it