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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12

for the puose OF getting WI neases they alleged we're
St. Louis and other places West They announced tse
Court that they would be ready on tho day fixed b.
Court On the day liked by the Court these 70
called, AND not one Of tho parties with tho excen
Court The babond was forfeited, and bench warrant
issued for the arrest OF the parties caused 70 DO issued
think, four separate bench warrants, and delivered
them TO separate officers fof the purpose OF ayDg mem
executed was informed yesteiuy ana aui Iurthei IN
formed this morning that, efter thorough search Dot
only through the City Of New-fOrk bnt through inc
Places where some OF them are reported TO nave resided,
we have tho statement mere hs morning by o0unse that
hey are not prepared to 20 on with Thee cases Decans5
they aged ia Court. don't think these cases can
be tried or ought 10 be tried, without the presence %
these Defendants
The District Attorney arc ready in THIS case aud
nave kept our witnesses ready all the time
The Court-Then the position Of j. The that one can
not be tried because being felony the Defendants must
DC present aud they not presentcannot be found
nave disappeared abseouded; and the other cannot be
Fed because two witnesses for the Government arc In
FTrG 'd len. and are not here today.
ne7e three Indictments which consolidated into one.
and he parties profess to be ready 20 try the
prepared IN that case, for have got ready In il.
ooult-fes; but the defendants not here. and
The District Attorney-These are the cases we agreed
shrad DC trled' and understood would be tired.
Inc Court - How much bail have these defendants
given2
The District Att ,, 90 Ia each indictment
subject wold hardly be safe to ny this IN tbs
absence Of the defendants.
The District AttOrney-Yo,r Honor will see the impro-
prley and the almost impossiDty Of trying one defend
ant In these The nature or the whole charges
that OF conspiracy all the indictments. They lots
that and of course would have to show the
ton.
Mr. sedgwck-I would only like sufficient notice % be
given that my client may got on here from Buffalo.
where he resides, by the time the Trial snail he called
again.
The Court-Twoud say, in regard to the defendant
who has appeared here to-day be has held himself anne
nabe 10 the Court and conducted himself with
prety under all the circumstances. and therefore under
peculiar circumstance he Is undoubtedly enttled
Indulgence consideration. lie left his business
Buffalo TO here ready for this trial and ne is en-
titled notice tho counsel suggests, that he may
again The only difficulty is that Mr. Smith.
being absent It is impossible to whether he may en-
gage produce the defendants BY d certain day, ana
perhaps under these circumstances II had better reaa
over till Mr. Smith cOmesin.
Mr. James VI. Smith didn't appear IN Court, aud tho
went of for the present. a .fa 20
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12
THE KHNrUc6Y BOURBON WHISKY CASE

ONE DEFENDANT IN C0URr-CoUNsEL ABSENT
THE CASE orr FOR THE PRESENT.
At The opening of the United States District
Court yesterday morning before Che Hon. Judge Batch
ford the Dstrict Attorney moved on tho case OF the
United satos agt Daniel Messmore OF AL known as the
Kentucky Bourbon Case. MI Frost was the only defend
Mr, n X SMITH understand the Messmore case has
been called Mr. Smith down to-day and has recovered
ALMOST entirely from his illness but IL al present en-
gagged IN trying case before Judge Barnard Ipresunle
GStcen minutes think and Mr. Courtney sent
ger To MA oco for him There no one IN the office
came over | do not know. under the circumstances,
what be done with IT, unless your Honor will consent
The ctAttorneyIt ~ conspiracy case, and the
DEFENDANTS viii all be tried together
The Court-fhey VIII all be tried together 10 YOU
know il the witnesses are m atendaucof
Mr. james NJ. smith, don't know any thing about IT.
but my presuup tOn II that the witnesses arc not here
The Court-Can this case be tried without the presence
OF the dcfcndnntsl
mn once before Judge Benedict and lie decided 10 do
woud not Ike TO 40 through the FORM and might say
th farce OF this without the presence OF the defend
ants There several counts IN the indictment among
ohers for not having kept reethers book as re-
The Courts It, under any section Of the statute "a
Ths U,trict AttornryI cannot hud any authority FOR
,nch practice IN the United States Courts. INSIDE.
neanor in tnited states Courts entirely different
United states Court Is punished by imprisonment in the
Penitenary or state Prison, or either but in Stat"
Court a msteneaner has different meaning.
The County You mistaken. THIS very question WIS
mn IL. fore Judge Nelson, and he decided 10 Ia the Sprng
OK 1881 The question came up before him the party
Avng away and he held 10 was regular To proceed
with the trial the ground that the orense was me-
demeanor felony The only test Of that whatever
tho statute declares H. or not, 10 be felony u TUG
stAtute does uot declare IL 10 be felony, why e hot
beng a felony, II IL q psdeineanor. "a,
The District AItorney-if your Homer please, you wiz
recoect that these we're set down foi Ulh o!
special order OF this Court for the nst Gay VI tho
yember Term. On that day counsel lot the respective
parties under indictment appeared together with some
Of the defendants aud announced themselves nos
ready" In the mean tins received letter troO the
suthortes A. Washington instTuctnE ms not 10 proceed
with the trial OF ese cses for reasons contained IN that
letter which subutted 10 tho Court. and 90 whlcn
cams 20 me to proceed with ths trial OF these
cord,ng 10 law Immediately iafornod tho parties and
so,s, 81 Counsel. Thoy asked for certain
dsy 60 bs uxed by your. Hoaor. on ths
srouud that tho notoo that had given
Iss zoo saert Tor Aesa y prevare asr esio AID
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12
CRIMINAL

At the Tombs Police Court. yesterday JUS.
tlce bowling committed Charles Williams, IH9iuas
lynch, and Thomas Brown. who had been Iouna Dy
oficers Mc(irney aud WilOughby in the hallway OF NO.
a. Vesey acting In yerV suspicious manner In tho
nossessIon of the prisoners we're found bag jimmy
and ot OF skeleton keys lock had been broken from
the iron screen the glass Of the door leading into the
premises of Messrs HcNayy Arnold dealers ~ drug.
sts goods where the prisoners were found Tney
had evidently been surprised In tho commission OF
burglary. At the court, Mr. Francis r Arnold male
complaint against the prisoners setting forth the ABOVE
facts. Williams IS aged % years, and lives at NO. -
Overst Lynch Is aged % years, and lives at 20; "a
Fast Eighteenth ST. and Brown aged n years. ana nSes
al No. 55l Thrdaye.
A number of pleas and sentences we're DIS
oosed OF in the Court OF General Sessions yesterday
Michael Meehsn srraIgned for robbery and plead guty
10 larceny from the person. sentenced 10 ave years
in state Prison; Samuel smith burglary Tour years aso
ak mouths IN State Prison. Joseph Hovey an eccoripcs
OF smith, state Prison three and SIX months;
erfck ondy forgery, but upon representations hhde W
the Recorder by parties Interested judgment was sus
ended the accused 20 leave the State within 80 days.
VIM Thompson, petty larceny. Penitentiary for six
months; George Reck attempt at grand larceny, TIVE
wears and six months In the State Prison The rec0gns
snces OF the following parties were forfeited Henry
Clinton Morton W. Plumb and Richard Hale. under
for grand larceny aud Louis Soeoente ndictee
for receiving stolen goods number OF cases were poat
poned aud the Court Adjourned TO II a m neIt Monday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12

there is no homestead land in the northn2 portion

there is no homestead land in the northcn2 portion
of the State
Irrigation Of MeaHows-A correspondent asks
whether II will pay 10 irrigste dry meadow OF 10
acres ut q cost Of slcO'
Inns viii depend upon circumstances. IL Tho SOIL
Is rich and needs nothing but water 20 enable the
plants to draw their susonnnce from the ground and
II the water Is under perfect control so that 1t can
be let on just when needed, and kept of wholly the
rest of the time. the 500 would be good invest
nent but the simple irrigation of tho soil cannot
make good soil out Of poor one, and if the water
Is allowed TO settle sagrant on the land or III the
hollows II vii do more harm than good.
MHI Coo'ers-S. s. Gardner Watertown. " Y
wants information a5 70 the advantages of cooling
milk. We answer that experiment has shown that
the cream will rise much more rapidly. and be better
TT for churnng into good butter If the milk is sud
denly and thoroughly cooled as soon as tdraws from
the COW. The idea is of special value 10 large deal
ers in mill, and those who sell TO cheese factories
Last year there was little good cheese made in New
York in July, because decay began before tho milk
was set in the watts. The use of coolers wOnld he
an ofectual remedy. and enable cheesemakers to
overcome the one objection tho English have TO our
prOduct-the defect in flavor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12
From Tn. Atlantic Monthly Tor IasasrT'
AFTER ELECTION.
ny JOHN O. WHITTIER.

Tia days sharp strife ia ended now,
oar work Is done, God knoweth now;
Gson The thrOngcd, unrestful town,
The patience Of the moon looks doWn'
walt 10 hear beside the wire.
The voices OF its tongues OF fire. ..
GLOW. doubtful, faint, they seem at frat
Ra atroBg. my heart, TO know the worst
uark There the Alleghanies spoke:
THAT sound from lake and prairie broke
THAT sunsetGun of triumph rent
The silence Of oontnentl ..++
That eignal from Nebraska sprung.
This. from Neyada's mountain tongue
"a that thy answer. strong and free.
q loyal heart OF Tennesseel
what strauge, glad voice is that which calls
FROM Wagners grave and Sumter's walls
From Mississippi's fountain-head
A sound as OF the bisOn's tread
rbeTe rustled freedoms Charter Oak
In that Wild burst the Ozarks spOkol
Cheer answers cheer from rise TO SGT
OF sun. We have country yet!
The praise. o God. DO thine alOnel
Thou giyeSt not for bread stone;
Thou hast not led us through tho night
To blind us with returning light;
Not through the furnace have We passes
To perish at its mouth at last.
o night OF peace. thy flight restrain
November's moon, be slow 10 wanel
Shine on the frcedman's cabin moor.
On brows OF prayer a blessing pour
And give, with full assurance olest,
The weary heart Of Freedom rest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12
THE COURTS.
CIVIL.

In the United States District Court, before
Judge BlatchfOrd in the Watson Cary case IN which
the condemnation Of 5000 gallons OF whisky found at the
rectifyng establishment OF Watson * CrsrY, Nos III.
1873 and Chrstopbcrst. sought on the ground OF
nOnpayment of tax, counsel waived summing up. and
the Court directed verdict for the Government Tue
defense obtained "a stay OF 20 days. ..I.- u
Jacob Solomon, q child of nine years, was
coming down the Frstaye in Belt Railroad car and a.
ne states I'm his evidence asked the conductor several
times stop and let him our and the conductor refused
The Dor sat the front platform with his feet on TIE
step when a Jolt threw him the street and broke
his collar bone On this statement defendants moved Ter
q nOn-sut, the ground that no negligence had besa
shown on the part OF the company Counsel for the plain
til argued that the rfsal OF tho conductor TO allow the
boy 70 leave made the company insurers against acoa
missed witness arrived Just too late whose evidence
mig ht have shown negligence In the defendant up
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12

A INV INvENTIoN.-Tho long sought-for
process or the simultaneous printing Of has
AT length attained to what may he regarded NJ crafty
ing success We have witnessed IN the ONCE OF Messrs
French wheat Nos 10 aud 10 PAX row. the working OF
the press OF which these gentlemen are the propneor
aud 10 whose perseyeng ondeayos its present perfect
ness 4, owing As press Il combination Of the prin'
cples OF Hoe Taylor Ac It's novelty consists III the
Adjustment of a series OF secondary cylinders around Tie
cylinders IL attached fountains. distributions and foists
Tor distributing and rolling each color separately sna 10
ihs ryndNr Is also attached thu eectr0typo whose ini
pessop 10 10 DO given 10 the paper IN us passage ever
ihe main cylinder The nnal mpIession, being olses 10
ner aud the paper forth with its ILLUSTRATORS I'M
pressed ia seven coiors. NJ well ss with tse ornnsy
Tho cspsoity fOr work great as that aay orunsty
eyI,ndhr Of the saas Ths press IL lkoy TO prove
ysuabs a. printing ,srgs odions AZ 'ovoc pr,ood hns
tvatsa, sAvets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12
FRIDAY. Dec. LIP, n.

Gold opened at 1864, sold ut 1854, 1851 1864.
las. closing 1885, als5l The elearings at the Gold EK-
chang, Rank were s4743oo0, and the balances tss3.
$40 "a.
Government bonds were nrm with a steady demand
~, an classes SO sold at os old 6ss 1915 SSs, iioSi
AS 100, Currency sx per cents 99i d9g Tennes SIX
ner cents we're low selling at Gst bonds. es North
carolina Ss, 65 Virginia g.. now, 81. old bonds, 50.
Missouri s. SOL. Cumberland Goal sold at 50; Paopo
NAH ia; Canton, ~ American Express ~ Merchan"'
Union, lGl The share market was Irregular and I'M
settled New-York Central scd at l@t lais, i2A i2s.
1854 l94t Erie was moderately dealt ia at 49, 80 49, SSs
Harlem sold az lao York and New-Hayen, i.o Read
ma "a Michigan southern fImer; North Western
shares and Rock Island weaker; Chicago. BARRING
ton and quincy sold At i1; Tcledo oi: Toledo ana Wa
bush 81. NeM-Jersey CeptRl ii3ssihi fort
Wayne vas dun At lHlaliot 1he market after
tho Board geuttSiy better. but very dull
At The O'Clock Board the market Wa stronger New
York Central sold at 2.t Enc, 39i; Reading. @t ssq
balance Of the list was higher IN sympathy with the AZ
vance in New-york central aud EI!e At the Seo0ad
regular Board the market lost the advances Ncwysss
Central declined per cent, Erie and the halsyce al
the st was pei cent lower At the last Board the msr
kct weak and dul closing Without spirit. Govern
bond~ declined at the last Board. with ssms pres
sure 20 ell y,s at 40 the iavcsens dcs'ase eewsssS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12

the children eat oomuch butter; he goes TO the
grocery with jug in ono end of tine sack and stone
in the other and he wipes his nose with his coat
sleeve.
The more tho nature Of horses ia studied the moro
are they found like men. The best horses are nor
vous aud require the treatment proper lOr women
and poets TsrsaAs
Many trials with the Early Rose potato prove that
it is unequaled tor earliness and pTOducveness but
it has the slight drawback Of not being hrst-rate for
the table
The Indian tribes Of the Six Nations having
25 900 acres of land held Fair Ill CattaIaugus Co,
n Y showing all kinds of stock, grain vegetables.
and needle-work The women were handsome and
finely dressed aud only white people were drunk
Now that farmers begin 10 have carpenter tools.
the next step is TO have good ones. Let there bo
frstclass saws chis0ls bits, and planes. and good
grndstOne friction rollers The best use for poor
tools is to lend them.
1t is recently announced that immense numbers of
small insects live in raw brown sugar; that when
they come III contact with the flesh they breed the
itch but they drown in liquid like mOlasseS and
die in coffee ami tea.
shb-lOad Of waste from German salt mine has
been brought to New York 10 be sold as manure.
This because the soil Of Germany already rich,
or because we know moro about manure than the
Germans, or because they think we know less
Some young men in Central Ncw-York having
learned exactly low 80 raise potatoes, have run In
debtor high priced farms and they keep in advance
of the payments. Therefore. potato knowledge is as
profitable as classical owledge-ndeed, Sir, it is
worth 81 900 a year.
Notwithstanding that the soil of England is grow
ing richer, clover is so uncertain that 1t is s0wn
only in twelve years This is because the roots
have extracted the clover element from the soil and
the attempt of the agricultural chemists to supply 1T
has failed.
That the Southern people are conquered is proved
by their becoming rs inventive their cOnqueroTs.
One man has patented process for raising cotton
plants under glass which to produce five bales TO
the acre Another expects five bales by garden cul
ture, and plenty of manure. A half u bale an acre
has been the average
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12
FARM ITEMS.

The tomato Is supposed to he a modern fruit il il
"a frat, but 10 - mentioned IN book printed M,
London in 100 ~ having been long known.
Teu years ago California exported 20 800 barrel, of
flour this year she llss 10000 Ia spare the most Of
which was produced within Que hundred miles Of San
Francisco.
The Poor Houses " Massachusetts keep over VIM
Ter more than 5000 yagsnts, mostly Foreigners who
travel and beg among the farmers during Sumner
it 10 confessed that Ia Virgins tobacco culture il
no longer profitable and that il must be abandoned.
pps ~ 10 proposed Co grow little OF the superior
tiad toe refined gentlemen i'.i
s hens Ioost lp trees through the storms OF Win.
et taq be complains that tbes lay eggs hls cows
s'sf W tes sds ~ The tea1s ssd lao OOa aiUs that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12

Total urine, 1901 tuBs 10 gallons Aud in tbs:
Total solids ~ tnus VI solids 10 33 uns OF urine
Total ValHe 9R,gsg
Table Xxx computes the annual amount and value OF
the urine vOded in London making the total amount or
urine 02i5 uus aud the total solids contained therein
being in 80, 80 735 tuns, worth 934 per tun
Table XXI gives the annual value OF the fuid void
ings OF the population OF London as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12
THE EARTH CLOSET IND ITS POSSIBILITIES

in me Journal Of the London Society Of Arts
for May TO- 1868, there is published series Of tables
which had been submitted by DR. Tudichum concerning
the commercial value OF the constituents Of human ex-
crement Tie most curious are those relating to the
composition OF urine. Ho says taking into account
that there ara many thousand persons who come
20 London during the day but sleep without land are not
enumerated as living Within tho metropolitan districts
and deposit their fluid excrotion in town. many
thousands Of casual visitors taking further
the rapid Increase OF London are justified, think in
assuming that the population Of London excretes
amount Of urine and valuable ingredients equal that
OF 2 600, 900 adults or midde-aged males
Table XIX gives the amount and value or the mud void
ngs OF tie population OF London which. calculated as
1000 900 adults makes per day:
Urine Csc GALLONS o. 10 gallons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12

Value 81 Value Of
Of sialt mails less ~ shiilngA
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB
TUESDAY, Dec s. 1S6S,-Nathan c. Ely, Chairman.
The meeting was fun, and az one time tho room was
crowded. An unusual number of subjects was han
died. many of them having great interest to thequrl
population,
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