, 1866-05-23

Bos1ox, May -, 1866,
RIOT CASE,
Public attention has been, In some measure,
taken up here this week by the trial of o no.
table ciyif suit. It Is M action for damages,
brought by Mr. ]. n. Way, Of Roxbury,
young gentleman Of very decided Copper
head tendencies, against half dozen or so
of his neighbors, who, In company Of some
more, to the number Of thirty or so, favored
him With surprise party laat Spring, few
days nfter the assassination Of the President.
The visitors called 1t a surprise party" with
some show Of reason, for everything was
quiet audIamicable. HI. Way
obligine1y denied that he had rejolced over
the murder ol Mr. Lincoln, mounted chair
and nailed nag to lis piazza, and jocosely
repeated two or three patriotic sentences
which were dictated to him by bis callers.
But he felt somewhat mortified, and tue feel
ing has rankled iu his heart ever since, until
now he has brought suit, estimating the
damages to his piazza by the nails, to his vile
By the alarm, and TO his self respect by the
conditions dictated to him, at the round sum
of twenty-five thousand dollars. a. very
large number of witnesses have testified on
both sides, and the very able counsel engaged
-btr. T. II. Sweetscr. who was delegate to
the late Chicago Convention, for the plaintiff,
and Judge Thomas, who hos made bis mark
In Congress, for tho defendauts-have made
able arguments. The jury have been ont
Of 800.
THE FRANKLIN FUND.
Very few, even of the citizens Of Boston,
ore fami1iar with the fact that there Is now
accommodating here in the hands of trustees,
a lund beQueathcd by Benjamin Franklin on
terms quite rs romantic as those Of the i'm
aEin.ty will which forms the basis of Miss
Edwai7s' noycl, " Half Million OF Money"
Upon H. death Of the venerable statesman,
pauioas Philosopher, dlplomatlst and printer,
Whose hgIire In bronze now stands IN front Of
our City Hall, his will WAS found to set aside,
b codicil cxt,utcd just before his death,
the sum OF one thousand pounds sterling
each to tue cities q Boston and philadelphia,
where his early Life was spent, and which he
were TO be Kept as d fund, to be loaned to
young mechanics less tha. twenty-five years
old and married, who have seryed q full ap-
premiership and can obtain EhrctIes Of two
respectable citizens. The amount to be
loaned to each was limited to sixty pounds,
In ten annual instaltmeuts.
Young mechanics anwsering the stipulated
provisions ct the will are not so np1nerous
now as they were IN Ffunklln's lifetime, aud
SO small loan would be OF little use to any
one In the e1igencics OF modern days 50 that
Of late years the application for loans under
the Will hare entirely ceased. The fund has
gone on aoeumulatiug, bowerer, as the lesa.
tee expected It would, at compound Interest,
in the hands Of 4 perpetual board OF trustees.
The thousand pounds were paid to the author
tiles Of the then town Of Boston Ia 1901.
Twenty years after It had nearly doubled, and
nov II amounts to something over hundred
and ten thouaaud dollars.
Franklln's viii provides that The sum shall
20 on accommodating In this way, by judicioua
Investments, until 1Sof, ,-one hundred yeatd
from the day or his dcAth, when, according
10 Poor Richards own careful calculations,
II will amount to hundred and thirty-one
thousand pounds sterling. He then directs
that at the expiration Of the century, the
even hundred thousand pounds shall be eI.
pended In public works Of general utility
suggesting foftitlcations, bridges, acqne.
duets, public buildings, baths, parements,' "
as likely to make the town more convenient
to Its people, and agreeable To Strangers
and that the odd thirty-oae thousand shall
be put at interest for another century. In
1901, It the world lasts 80 long and the arith-
mcuc of the old philosopher Is sound. the
fund will amount to about twenty mtllioua
OF dollarz. Three lonrths Of tlts Is to b
given 10 the State Of Massachusetts, and the
rest TO the City Of Boston; thus Terminating
the fund.
Public attention is called to this remarka.
ble legacy Just now, by the resignation OF The
Treasurer, HoA. William Miuot, who was at.
pointed hity-avc yenIs ago, aud in whose
hands, as be passed from youth to aae, The
snn! nns - nsteen sa.s molS etuI .cn.ola; sae
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and Interest IN tbe ~ IN Trhic,, thav ~. .ia ~
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in,iuence of thc uneia seT nrc xa,e n,ta, ~ ~
to he triile fmnoiJte to earb othrr. and
never was this failing more strikingly mani
tested than In this same tasting process. The
pupils, Of course, have to pass the row
OF dishes In s1nE1e hle. To keep
thrm in order Is almost impossible; and tht
good natured and gallant II. Blot Is daily
driven TO despair IN the attempt. Those be-
hmd crowd ana tostle: Others ty all sorts q
unworthy stsatagems to get In ont OF thell
turn while those who have actually reached
Inc oishes tnstc and retaste with the most
provoking celebration, and discuss with each
other the comparative merits of the different
dishes, utterly obliyious to the entreaties q
The professor, and the rights Of those In walt
3ng;:. In spite Of the 1aet that bis pupils arf
ol the ellie, and most Of them old enough tt
| have learned good manners, two or thret
times over. II. Blot has seriously thought Q
employing policeman to Keep them Withh
! the bounds OF decency during tile tasting
cslsis.
Anotler lemlnlne Aabit Wnlch these lee
tnfes bttray, Is taat Of losing thlngs; Inc "a
articles, ana 1otEet 70 take them up asa!l
when the esgnal e. ior tasting summons them +
tne front linus, To-Day Thlle vas n IN
na!l lor inoneut, Al. btot Mas noidsnG NJ
10 Inc ret'f1ne throne, 1Wo umofe!ias. on
note. book, one farasol, one ehandkerchief, OUT
o1nqle; onG Fochetp pook aoo sesetal pencils
which had becn lett 6e1lnu on The seats.
TIE ANNIVERSARIES.
The annIversnrv eaason hoo beon, an,
there is already nm nnnsnai n7nnartio'
nf white nrcEcioths In fhe sfrants al
fh,nnI f1a aon;rersarv 1yceE nrnner i ~
eerefoi davs nff. The Rantists' w1,o i,ol,
tie;r canScn,,on. eoc, rcar Sn = ;3f;f,srent 81.
arc In Boston Ills sprIng. and hold their b meet 3
VIZ * T., odronco ~ fha ahar sn;s,fas tao
i's III 'Asg g,1n ua rnS usnS, susisss
r.Go,.rco- 5 5ap9nrd 4 ~ this State ta
,,,et ,sapa y, uosh;nntn, :" eo-a5T m 3,rsincs
JisI gone 70 "asnagion s asIM: ot n'1StuJs no,is
otaano1 "n ~ ~, ttn =, ,osacn,on r
ne oe,"s fG.a Gnar ~ raS-g III s',tI.nr;tv tha
none q ths ohcefs o. .ns s,ossien. =, o ndI -
Uelolenaau ~ tue w. intaces % Isf 1,.d,a ay Ttndcr
Sol1olh, dnuGr tne auslnSes " ouass oAASs