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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
THE UsURY INDICTMENTS.

In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, yester-
day before Mr. Justice Carozo. there number OF
faces OF lawyers and Others not usually seen IN crni-
nal court There buzz through the court showing
that something IN the usual course was happening.
On inquiry appeared that seven OF the brokers against
whom indictments had been found had been arrested and
proposed TO give bail The names OF those found
as follows:
Russell Sage, whose surety Is James Buell., Lucas j.
Van Boskirk surety James H. Benedict Reuben W.
Howes, surety, Charles A. Macy, IT,; Chas. A. Macy,
surety Chas A. Macy jr Edward X. Jones, surety I'D
ward Jones George Phpps, surety Edward Jones Da
vid NJ Morrison, surety, Douglass Duane
Tho bail In all the is fixed at 5000 except Mr.
Macys Mr.. J0nes's, against whom two indictments
have been found, who are held in 5000. The ndict
ments are simple indictments for usury, under the sta
tute by which usury Is made misdemean0r, punishable
with fine not exceeding $1,000 and imprisonment nos
exceeding six months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
CITY AND COUNTY CONTRACTS.

The CrOtOn Department has opened proposals,
and awarded contracts for the folowng For supplying
80 tuns of special casngs and 20 tuns OF stop cocks
boxes and covers to w. Mckinley and r. " Smock, at
ESQ per for each Job for 1900 feet OF l2lnch
600 feet OF 4inch straight pipe, and 80 tuns OF
branch pipe 70 the West Jersey Foundry and Camden
Rolling Mil Company, at 1884 Regulating and
paving with HlcolsOn Pavement, Frankhnst.'
Pavement Company, at Ns.220 time. los days
Propositions at present before the Common Counc
for their action pave with the Belgian pavement, the
following Ninety rstst, from Fourth TO Fifth
ayes; one Hundred and Seyenteenthst, from fouttl-
ave TO Harlem River; SiItyourth-st. from Third TO
Fifth ayes; one Hundred and Twenty-eighth st. from
Second TO Fourth ayes; Sixty hfthst from Third 10
Fifthayes Fifty sccond-st from Second to ThirdaVes
Forty 1t st. from Third TO Lexingtona yes; Twenty
fourth-st from Second TO the East River; FIFTY
siIthst from Eight to Ninthayes Thirty from
Seventh Ninth ayes M0nrOest, from PIKE TO Catha
rlne-sts Rldgest from Grand TO Rtvngtonsts; Marion
st., from Spring toPrince-sts; Lspenardst from broad
way 70 West Broadway; Fifty eigbthst, from second
ave TO East RIVER; Fifty frstst. from SecOndave TO
the River; from First TO second
ST. from whitehall TO Broad sts; Forty-ffthst, from
Fourth 20 LeKington-aves.; Eighty fourth.st' from
Fourth 10 Fthayes; Fftyhird-s. from Fifth 10 SIKH
AYES: Twenty secondSt, from Seventh 70 Eighthaves
PIftieth-st from Fifth 10 SXthaves; Wiletst, from
Riyington TO UOustOnsts; Eghteenthst., from Avenue
II 10 Broadway; Ludlow ST. from Grand TO Broome-sts
Fifty eghthsL. from Third TO Fifthayes; Fifty siKtht
from Fifth SXthayes. Tenth-st, from Flfth-ave TO
University place; Pinesk. from William to Pearlsts;
Forty.eighthst., from Third 10 Fifth-ayes.; Eighty
fourthst., from Third.aye. TO Avenue a; WuIettstl
IRON Grand 20 Rivngtonsts.; Forty hrst-st., from
Fourth to Madis0naves twenty secondst, from Tenth
ave TO Hudson River Ninety thirdst, from Third to
FourhAve Ninety st. from Third TO Fourth-ave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
PLAINTIFF OBJECTS TO HIS JUDGMENT.

Philip L. Frenedu and John H. Fran agt.
Margaret A. MaEtreH and Gaother.-Supreme Court
Chambers Mr. Justice Sutherland-On the 2d Of
March last, the plaintiffs obtained judgment against
the defendants debt for which they held prOmissOry
due. The defendants agreed TO the entry
OF judgment receiving their notes. On June 10 the
p ans commenced proceedings to have the defendants
declared Involuntary baukrupts on the ground OF non
payment OF the notes The defendant Maxwell opposed
the ground that the bankruptcy, IL at all. must be
based the judgment and not ON the The plain
tlffs then moved this Court TO have the Judgment
Gated and themselves restored 10 their original status
Tho defendants claimed that the plaintiffs having ayaed
themselves OF the advantages Of tho Judgment must
abide It's legal results that the are merged In the
judgment. and would be fraud them to revive the
notes The Court lenied the plaintiffs motion.
Mr.. James Y, Hi for plaintiffs; H. W. Van Pelt aud
T. Carey for defend ants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
CONCERT AT THE KINGS COUNTY LUNATIC
ASYLUM

On Thursday evening concert was given
the inmates OF the Lunate Asylum at Fatbush by sew
era ladies and gentlemen OF Brooklyn 1t has long been
evident TO tho Board OF Physicians that sweet sounds
especially good vocal music has most excellent effect
upon the patients That 1t pleases them evident
Thursday evening for they were most attentive TO the
music and expressed their delight by frequent applause
The took place the chapel which crowded
with the patients aud friends OF the insttu
ton Tho programme consisted OF solos,
duets &c, mostly selections from operas.
Miss Maria Norton Miss Fannie Goodwin, Mrs. Butler,
Senior Giovanni Boy, Mr. f. L. Dalon, and others partic
paed Prof A. COrada presided at the piano All tho
selections appauded. and several were encored
wing has lately been added To tho building greatly IN
croasng It's facilities There at present SOS patients
and the asylum can accommodate TOO DIR. Edwin II.
Chaplin Is the resident physician The patients are for
the most part foreigners and nearly so per cent leave the
institution perfectly cured The children a the nursery
connected with the Kings County Aims House had their
annual picnic also Thursday. There. are about $50
children ranging from four 20 ten years Of In the In
sttuton They treated 10 music and dancing dur.
Ing the day aud evening, and to bounfu dinner about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17

pov NJ y Anderson, d d., the Pres
dcSt happily by sad he no Conservatives
The William KO lister ro'P SsGSn
Tue trustees the Rev MI Henry Of Ireland and the
Dr. Bright q xers Sn to late
Inc fTess t aiomn separated excellent spirits
The chapel with n Rs of afT thdss
dents who eI during he war in the service OF their
country, VIZ: pt.h,r,.o, Wa, r Brso Theodore
'semah y paae' W1oI Charles H. Savage Joseph Webster
The P%ents leyee this evening closed the festiVtes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
HEALTH OF THE CITY.

During the week, ending at ~ III. yesterday,
$50 deaths reported at the Health Office One Oh
tho 18th reported as spraoto cholera. Cholera
bus and diseases Of that type prevail to considerable
extent sufficiently To put the Health and Sanitary on
oors their guard. Yesterday large number OF the
more filthy OF the city sprnkled with lime
tile cutters being first washed by turning the hydrants
into them for time. Most OF those and exceed
ingy dirty streets between BOwery and Brodway and
south OF Bleeoker st. received this sanitary
treatment IL Is the lnention OF the Board Of Health
To this plan Of dsonecng the streets through
all portions OF the city requiring IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
THE yREELAHD CASE.

This case was again called at 81 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, by Justice Mansfield, at Essex
Market Police Court all the parties being present but the
defendant, George Vreeland. Garrett q. Yreeand
pued OF the defendant appeared his representa-
tive He stated that he resided with his reputed father
at Greenye, Hudson County N j. that his father had
told him yesterday morning that he was Ill from the ex
cessve heat and would be unable TO attend Court and
requested his TO do for him. and explain the cause
Tho illness OF tho old gentleman has been very sudden
and. tho Justice observed the evidence OF julia
Gl,' (the servant who testified To their marriage1
certainly aipkeled Alm" mas decided thai the SAss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
ARREST OF A FoRGERI

Yesterday afternoon Edward Quimby, alias
Sweet young OF fashionable exterior called ut the
Central National Bank, at tho OF Pearlst aud
broadway and presented 20 Chaa f. Bogert the paying
teller "A check for $500, made payable to Cash. aud pur
porting TO DO signed by j. H. Lane OF No 81 Leonarast
Suspecng that tho check was forgery, Mr. BOgert de-
tanned tho man. aud sent for Mr. Lane who confirmed his
suspicious The prisoner was taken before Alderman
o'Bren at tho Tombs, and committed to await an exam
lnatl0u.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17

or,or stains Last evening the boat was
claimed named Miller b waq s Sss . Sss s o aS
1t intrusted 70 In - vas moored. On Monday night
t tSTeS neb and woman seen in boat resembling ling
the yaw the bottom 81 inc One Of these is claimed by
er and other Ssxe g besn S %oqns
one oI Ie tndav but have learned nothing toward
the matter to-uny1t o ~ philadelphia Bulletin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
RoRDENTowY FEMALE COLLEGE,

The Commencement exercises OF the boruen-
,o,y ~ 7 Female College. John II. BraEeley, A. NJ
President took place Wednesday morning, July H.
There was good attendance and the exercises were inter-
estng and highly credabe to the snd cnuPe
s m1sc was artistic and stirring and all the Pefio nd
ances Of the occasion were condueeu III sermon 10
the graduating was preached Sy s before ths
nnmn, ASSOCIATION was delivered by the Rev. ". D. Ste
veuson of Philadelphia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
THE TOLEDO, WABASH AND wEsTFT,S coNrrMpr
CASE

In the cases brought in the Supreme Court.
speoa, Term; before Mr. Justice Barnard. by Mossrs.
Gould and ~; against the Directors OF the Toledo,
Wabash and Western ,-road and others, which
tempt proceedings instituted against some OF the
Directors, the proceedings were adjourned to October
next
. ANOTHER RAILROAD CASE.
Supreme COurt-Cbambers-Jay Gould against AEar
nah 4. Body and others. before Judge Sutherland In
this case which Is one OF the Toledo and Wabash Rail-
road SUITS Judge Sutherland has granted an order TO
show cause why the suit should DO removed to the
United States Courts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
A MYSTERY ON THE DrIAwARE

A yawl boat called Amanda Malyina was
Iouhd nOatng In the Delaware River Smiths Island
AZ an early hour yesterday morning There was consd.
sIhoo DOOd about inc boat and evidences Of struggle
having taken place Appearances Indicate that the nght
Somcnceu AZ the stern, and continued up 10 Iho
p0E 1As Adss VI tle Rgat aud tho eudor pae coyegs1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-17
TINE TABLE
The following table shows the times OF beginning aud

The places which are nearest the central line have
total phase OF longer duration than those which are
distant from the oentet.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27
Ages Of American Authors.

Applcton's Journal gives the following as
the ages of living American authors, an
nouncing that the list has been compiled
with great care:-Gulian G. verplanck, 81:
Richard II. Dana, 70; George Ticknor and
Charles Sprague, 78; John Neal, 76; j. p.
Kennedy, 75; Sarah j. Hale, a.; William
Cullen Bryant, 73; Stephen II. Tynp,
Francis Lieber and George Bancroft, 10;
VIM. H. Seward, and Catherine Z. Beecher,
SO; Lydia NJ. Child and Leonard w. Bacon,
68; Ralph Waldo Emerson. ca; Horace
Bushnell and Geo. d. Prentice, 66; VIM.
Gilmore Simms and M. r. Maury, Ga; John
G. Whittier, Louis Agassiz q nd II. w.
Longfellow. 62; James Freeman Clarke
and Oliver Wendell Holmes, go; Charles
Ssmner, Horace Greeley and Alfred B.
Street, SO: Harriet Beecher Stowe and
Samuel Osgood, So; @. R Canch and
John s. Dwight, 81; j. T. Head
ley. II. T. Tuckerman, Henry w. Bellows.
Henry Ward Beecher, and E. H. Chaplin,
Sc; Richard H. Dana, Jr., and John Lo-
throp Motley, 55; John G. SAKE, 81; E. A.
Duyckinck and Park Goodwin, So; James I.
Fields, John Bigelow and Arthur Cleveland
Coxe, so; William Z. Charming, Henry
Giles, Mrs. E. ID. Southworth. F. S. Coz.
zens, E. p. Whipple and James Russell
Lowell 81; Julia Ward Howe, Thomas W.
Parsons, G. A. Bristed and Herman Mel
vile, SO; T. B. Read. Samuel Eliot, j. e.
Holland and Edward Everett Hale, 48; AL
lice Cary, James Parton and Donald G.
Mitchell, AZ; George w. Curtis, 46; Rich
ard H. Stoddard, George H. Boxer, Bayart
Taylor and Charles G. Leland, As; Mary A
Denison and Charles l.. Brace, 43; Thomas
B. Aldrich, SO. f
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27
Personal Items.

Horace Greeley addressed a congrega.
ton OF Sunday-school children on Sunday
last.
-Nasbys new lecture is entitled ssThe
Struggles of Conservative with the Woman
Question"
Edward Hopkins, ex-chief of police OF
Cincinnati, attempted to commit suicide .
few days ago by cutting his throat
Morrissey is said to have bet heavily
against tPacker-one bet with Sheriff o 'Brien
being $40. O00-all of which he wins.
When Mark Twain wrote his first ar.
ticle, California publisher told him that
he hadn't brains enough to keep a mule
going straight ahead in ten acre lot.
Young VIM. Astor, grandson of the
original Jacob" has sailed for Europe,
and is going to Rome to study for Q
''sculpist," because he has nothing else to
do.
Miss Martha Jellison, of Ellsworth
Maine, has been an active teacher for fifty
five years, being now ~ years old Nearly
all the public men of the city have beer
her pupils.
1t is said that Mrs. Henry Keep, oi
New York, whose husband died a shor
time ago. leaving her large fortune, los
$7O0. 600 by the failure of Lockwood Co.
of that city.
James Margrave, of Knoxville, Tenn
is 1O7 years old. He left off the use O
animal food fifty years ago, uses tobace,
moderately, never drinks liquor and neye
was married
Mrs. Mary Pillow, wife OF Gen. GIG. j
Pillow, died at her home, in Maury county
Tenn, at midnight, Oct. g. She was strick
en- by apoplexy while at dipner on that day
and did not speak after the attack.
Gen. Buffers mettle win be put to tn
test before the Supreme Court next week
ina chemical patent case of great intrica
cy, Ia which he will have to contend wit
Congressman Jenckes of Rhode Island
one OF the best patent lawyers in tn
country.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27
Tricks of a Magician.
From The Buffalo Fxnress.

Here is the Worlds sketch of the tricks
now performed by Hermann. the we'll
known prestidigitateur:
He then proceeds TO shuttle a pack of
cards. They become fluid in his hands.
He pours them out in little cascades. He
sets them sailing about the house; they be-
come imponderable, they grow in size, they
vanish, they set all the known laws of mat
ter at defiance. They, in word, open a
new field of possibilities in the old and ex-
hausted domain of sleight-of-hand. The
rest OF Hermann's tricks are fresh and won-
derful. He is shot by three murderous
rfiemen picked out of the audience. He
gathers hat full of silver dollars from the
back hair of the best looking ladies'; he
turns on stream of them from the peg of
the bass fiddle; he takes vases of gold
fish out of his vest pocket; he
draws small cart t-load of mammoth bou-
quets from his shirt-bosom He walks
down to the spectators and requests them
to use their senses, aud then convinces
them that they are of no use. He defies
reason and scrutiny alike with his five
fingers. The disbelieving respectable old
gentlemen in the front seats are compelled
to take his cards and money ont of their
pantaloons pockets, and the young men
who are busy explaining to their sweet
hearts how the tricks are all done, have
their mouths stopped with kid gloves and
handkerchies, which this necromancer
pulls neatly ironed from their bowels Al
together, Herman is the prince of illusion,
who battles the scientific research of the
boxes and the discernment OF the philoso-
phical gallery in his person proper, without
the aid of vulgar realism and the old clap
trap of the Andersons and such like me-
chanicians.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27
English Remedy for Polygamy.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.


English writer's are constantly scandaliz-
e by the existence OF polygany in Utah.
They consider it shame to our government
that such a state of things is permitted.
but pass Slightly over the fact that the
converts to polygamy and Mormonism are
principally found in England, and continue
such In America only because they are i'm
mediately turned off into the wilderness.
where hitherto our educational institutions
and public sentiment nave been almost un-
able to reach them. The remedies they
nave professed for this abomination have
been greatly diversified, but none of them
sach as We have been able to avail our
selves Of
It appears that of late they have found
polygamy existing among their own sub
jects in an English colony. The natives of
Natal, it seems. are in the habit ofnot only
indulging in . plcraiity of wives, but of
openly buying and selling them at auction.
Wives were thus largely monopolized by
the wealthy-a very undesirable condition
OF things. English reformers naturally
undertake to remedy this. In doing so
they evinced ideas that were at least very
practical, if they had no other merit to
| commend them. They abandoned ell the
hne sentimentality they induIged in when
giving advice to the Americans, and went
to work in quite another way. They did
not even absolutely prohibit the practice.
They sought to regulate and tax it and its
abuses out of existence. To stop the auc
! tons. they fixed the highest prices at which
a. wife might be sold at ten head of
cattle. For second. or third rate wives,
however, SO far as we can see, an auction
might still be necessary to get them off
the hands of their managing papas and
mammas, whomever arrange such bargains.
Then to discourage, while they did not
absolutely forbid the practice, they taxed
the husband for all wives he had besides
the first, according to a sliding scale, ten
dollars per head being added for every one
additionslc Whether the Tax Collector
would levy upon the wives of the delin-
quent and sell them to raise the tax and
costs, If it remained unpaid, is not stated
The tax may operate to discourage polyga-
my by making it too expensive, but once
paid there can be no further legal objection
to the having of mora than one wife, Eng
lish law apparently legalizes il. =
This, then, is the English plan of dis
posing of polygamy-taking it out of ex-
istence. What vonld Brigham Young and
his Apostles say, if, among the statements
required by the Internal Revenue or Coun-
ty Assessor, after an enumeration of their
other taxable property. came wives at $50
or 500 each, with a sliding scale increas-
ing in proportion % the extent of the luz
ury indulged in We submit the question
of the operation of such law to the Utah
Journals.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27
How Some Of our Merchants Have Risen.
tI,o Ro.,.,

A few years ago a large drug firm in this
city advertised for boy. Next dav the
store was thronged with applicants, among
them a queer-looking little fellow, accom-
panied by a woman, who proved to be his
aunt, in lieu of faithless parents, bv whom
he had been abandoned. Looking at this
little waif, the merchant in the store prompt
ly said: Cant take him; places all full:
besides, he is too small" II know he is
small, said the woman; ''but he is will
ling and faithful" There was a twinkle
in the boys eyes which made the mer-
chant think again. A partner in the firm
volunteered to remark that he s.did
not see what they wanted of such bow
he wasn't bigger than a pint of cider. :"
But after consultation the boy was set to
work. A few days later cali was made on
the boys in the store for some
all night. The prompt respo
little fellow contrasted well with the reluc-
tance of others. In the middle of the night
the merchant looked in to see if all was
right in the store, and presently discovered
his youthful protege busy scissoring labels.
"What are you dong?" said he; II did not
tell you to work nights. II know you did
not tell me SO, but thought l might as
well be doing something" In the morn
AhB thC CnShAcf SOt oTuciS 10 --OOuDle tnat
boys wages, for he is willing" Only a
few weeks elapsed before show of wild
beasts passed through the streets,
and very naturally all hands in the store
rushed to witness the spectacle A thief
saw his opportunity, and entered in the
rear door to seize something, but in a
twinkling found himself firmly clutched by
the diminuitive clerk aforesaid, end, after
struggle, was captured. Not only was a
robbery prevented, but valuable articles
taken from other stores recovered When
asked by the merchant why he staid behind
to watch when all others quit their work,
the reply was, "You told me never to leave
the store when others were absent, and /
thought I'd stay" Orders were Immediate
ly given once more: Double that boys
wages; he is willing and faithful" To-day
that boy is getting salary of 50, 500, and
next January viii become member of the
firm.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27
Voetrg.
EARTH-GLOw.
Er ApE1ISE D. t. WHITNEY.

~ I.
In the fireshine. at the twilight.
The ricturt that / see
Are less with mimic landscape bright
Than with life and mystery.
Where The embers flush and flicker
With their palpitating glow,
see, htfuller and quicker,
Heart pulses come and 90.
And here and there. with eager fame,
a little { 1ngue Of light
Upreaches earnestly to claim
somewha. out Of sight
know, with instinct sure and high.
A somewhat must be there;
Else shoald the fiery impulse die
In ashes Of despair.
Through he red iracery discern
parable subliine;
solemn myth Of souls that burn
In ordeals Of time.
How the Ife-spark yearns and shiyers
Till the whiteness DER il creep
Till tie las. pale hope outquivers.
And quenches into sleep
TiH mid the dust Of what hath been,
q Ii-th dim and cold.
Yet hOideth secretly. within,
Hear.-feryOr, as of old.
As from the darkening iireside
l slowly turn away.
think bow souls OF men abide
The breaking of the day.
When a morning Touch shall stir again
Those ashes Of the night,
That gathered DER our hearts of pain
To keep their life alightl
Hours at Home for October
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27

CURIOUS PHENoMENoN. singular phe-
nomenon, we are informed, has been wit
messed in the vicinity of village in upper
Austria On Thursday, the 18th ult., the
soil covering several yokes of land in the
neighborhood of Moll, few leagues from
the town of Steyer, suddenly fell in with a
crash like thunder, and where the oats
were waving a few seconds before, there
suddenly appeared lake. The water of
this newest addition to upper Austrian
scenery is clear, its temperature is very
low, and it is said to have much resem.
blance to that of the glacier lakes. Though
the river Steyer passes at no great distance,
it does not appear that any Communication
exists between them; at all events, there is
reason to believe that the lake receives no
contribution to its waters from the river.
though the contrary may be possible. The
water of the river is said to be chemically
different from that contained in the newly
discovered natural reservoir
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27

"A Chinalnan named Tye Kim recently
arrived at Omaha on his way round the
world He went from China to England
seven years ago by way of the Cape of Good
Hope, and studied fouryears at Cambridge.
He afterward directed . coolie plantation
in Cuba until the revolution broke out, when
he went to New Ofleans and opened q
school. He is now on his way TO China to
engage q thousand laborers for Louisiana
sugar-planter.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-10-27

APPLEroN's ILLUSTRATED ALMANAC FOR
1870, ID. Appleton 4 Co., N Y. have ex-
celled all their rivals in Almanacs this year.
The designs by barley and Fem are per-
fectly superb. When it is considered that
the engravings cost $3, 900, we are really
surprised that the book can be sold at 80
cents. Every one who really. wants some
thing chaste and beautiful, should send at
once for copy. The publishers send free
of postage on receipt Of the price. sc &c 2