, 1861-02-23


county, New :Yotk, ~: arrested oa Honda
morning non last; charged With bribery md CO..
ftEppllon danaaadins money for his yots onj
|: bin to tnerease tha salnY Of tie Deputy Bis
! ttict, Attorney Of Albeay Comfy. Gibbons; /
,fR alleged, oaerea to Cit bis 7ote IL ifs iayo,
for 500, and intimAted Tia. he could dsfsaa:
the bin, and would do 10 If be- vaa not ;paa,t
the said arnount, The evidence of, bis crime
is aaia to be indlspatatle- He wash sheld.to bai
In the sum Of I'll III: .::. go:
J. 2. Andre, announced as g q gentleman
connected With the American press,o Is lectu1
Ing in England on the ysAmerican Revolution
Of 1850 -B1." He fagnrs secession on. tic
ground that the cause, Of freedom ,Bin gain
|: thereby. i. H.: =
= The Port Hnloa (,&ieh.) Go'4asis'rsial NJ. !
Rounces the death Of Kynann Granger; aged es
years, and says: +" NJ Akf. Granger was born il oh
the bank Of the Canandaigua outlet, and vas
the second white child born west Of Cayuga
Lake in Western New York. During the war
Of 1872 he served as . private In the o.: g..
army. .Ha emiggrated to Michigan in 1885. In
1s4l-S he served term In the State Senate,
and in 1874 was elected Sheriff o1 st. Clair
county. Few men could reckon larger list
OF connections and: friends. He leayes a
widow and six children.'' -. !.
Professor Samuel Eliot, formerly Of Bos-
ton, has accepted to office Of President Of
Trinity College, Hartford, Ct, which nus ten
defed him come tinas2s:==sso. The appointment
Is esteemed an excellent one. -;
Mr., McGregor Laird, one Of the most
active friends Of Afdca, died at London On the
Sd inst As early a5 7as0h he was actively en-
gagged In an attempt 10: introduce steam nayi-
gntion INTO the river Niger, but lis health fail
ing IN tropical regions, he returned to Eng
land and interested himself. in transatlantic
steam navigation During the last twelve
years Of his life, ha reverted to his first loys,
and devoted himself exclusively to the devel-
opment Of civilization and trade in Africa, By
which means be felt quite sure the slave trade
could be finally gaiahed. In 1854 he sent;
ont the steamer Pleza9. at his Own expense
which Penetrated $50 miles beyond the farthestt
point that: had yet been nayigated on the
Niger, and subsequently sent out another ex-
peditlon, opening communications with the
interior, and establishing trading posts, which
still exist. He was In the midst Of these COM
merclal and philanthrop1c enterprises at the
time Of his decease. 49,. :.,.,:
-htrs: Jennet Rfker, widow Of the famous
Recorder Riker, Of New York city, died on
Sunday last, aged % years.:
Mrs. Catherine Grace Gore, one Of the
most prolific and popular novelists Of the day.
died in London on tha29th u1t., aged 60. She
was the widow Of Charles Arthur Gore, MI
ltary man: For more than year past Mrs.
Gore has been almost entirely blind, and q few
months since an unsuccessful attempt ut an
was made: The result proved dis
lstrous to her constitution, and she sunk IN
Ter The shock. Mrs. Gore has written from
'lzty to seventy works, Filing nearly two hun
lred volumes. It is curious fact that one Of
Ter best known novels" The Bankers Wife" |
was dedicated to Sir John Dean Paul, Of the |
firm Of strahan; Panl T. Co. In this.
tory she painted just such career Of fraud
arnished over with sanetimoniousnes as sir
ohn Dean Paurs ultimately turned out to be;
'ut in the dedication she expressly referred to
he contrast between the character Of her in1-
sinary fraudulent banker and that Of the |.
anker to whom she inscribed her novel Mrs.
iore lost much Of her property BY the failure
her trusted friend. Mrs: Ga first workwas
ublishcd in 1893" Theresa Marchmont, or
be Maid Of Honor "-and from that time, uu~-
u within afaw years Of her. death, she was in
onstant communications with the public
lrDnph her nnu yporkr ur+ ho- +r,{+;rr.a ,~o I