New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-29
Personal.

"A fat, good natured, quiet-looking man, neatly
dressed the very picture Of od citizen living on
modest fortune as recently tried by the Tribunal of
Correction al Police Psrs, on the charge OF r'5oery.
Generally" said linen-draper who came forward
TO give evidence, the men who steal goods exposed
for sale at sho, doors display great precipitation bat
this man goes 10 work much mere calmly. few
mornings be-, k, as was in my shop, saw him stop
at the door and examine various articles EXPOSED Tor
sale. He did 60 v ith the greatest coclnefs stopping
from time TO time to take pilch Of snuii and not
once looking round 10 gee If lie watched. Al last
be urpin1ed the covering Of piece of nen and exam
iced the latter with erea attention. did not for
moment doubt that he was respectable housekesper'
ard tina, he would make purchase. Bot happened
to be called 10 another part Of the chop, aid when
he waa gone looked into the street and TO
nv asioUist tent there he was, walking of qaia'ly
with the piece Of linen under his arm rushed after
him, ard said You are thief! A thief said he,
take care what you cay; ! an respectable citizen,
80 nv appearance proves, and man OF property.
Blu, YOU have stolen my linen No, Sir, sad be-
it il mine-tbere plenty Of men who zeal IN inen
beside you and am Of them was 10 rage
at the mans impudeIce and called him scoundrei
thief and other names GRO I'D collected, ana IRON
the assurance he Displayed they were convinced that
was accusing him falsely aud they began abusing me-
Bot two cf nv shopmen came up and confirmed my
statement that the linen he was carrying was mine,
and on that be was taten into custody" How many
wards did the piece consist Of 2! asked the President
% Ups ard Of sixty Sir, and mus. have been very
heavy; vet the thief carried II away with ease The
man " AZ sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Jean Rsp,iste Payer, a French botanist, born al
Asf,ld Ardennes. Feb 3, 1918, died in Paris in Sep
TENDER 1860 He was successyeiy Professor Of G'ol-
opy and Mineralogy at Rennes and OF Botany a. ths
Ecoe Centrae and the Sorbonne of Paris. IL 1873 he
graduated a. a physician. Llmartine appointed hiu
Chef de Cabinet in the Ministry OF Foreign Affairs,
and he became a member OF the Constituent Assem-
bly, for the Department Of Ardennes 10 1872 he
succeeded Auguse de Saint Hilare in the Faculty oi
S.pce as Professor Of Vegetable Ofgany Eaphy, AMI
on the death Of Andren de Jnsseu in 1881, he sue
ceeSed 20 the Profssorsbip Of Anatomy aud Vegetable
Physiology both chairs bel at that time uni ed under
the general appeation of Botany. His ability as
lecturer drew large crowds 70 his classes In 1874 ne
succeeded JsudChsud at member of the Academy oil
Sciences. in the botanical section He was devoted
Sscipe Of the pbysolos c principles Of the naturalist
Mirbel who died in 1851 and whose system has been
called in France the new science OF OrgGHogfhn.
PAYERS principal work consists Of collection of treat
ICES on that subject to be published under tbs title oil
7yaaf d Organorfaie Vtgttoie Compare. He Is
also the author OF d number of works on Is uany.
The HoD James Wilson, whose death At Calcutta
has inst been announced, Wac a who could I'll be
spsred BY his country. lie editor Of The LoHd0"
Economist and bas for several years held important
financial pofiti MS under the Government. In 1893
the financial affairs Of India being found aiser 'he
rebellion 20 be in state Of extreme dis rder lie was
eced for bic eminent ability and sent ont "a Finance
Minister with very nearly carte blanche to do as ne
tboueht beet The utmost confidence in his pat enoe
apc ssgacty was expressed by ALL The war bad swept
susy the ground work Of taxes aud tenures 10 some