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New-York tribune., 1869-01-20

of temper he dug into side hill and construceda cabin.
finishing It TN Just week. He lived meanwhile on
Graham biscuit and "the clean water OF Walden" TIE
cabin ia tight and warm. with earth thrown up against
the siding An intimate friend Of the late Nr Thoreau
declares that II is comfortable than the one In
which be lived in nearly the same spot The entire cost
OF the edfce was s13 &c. The following are the items
800 shingles, 60 : 20 pound Of nails II SO old boards
and door with window in 1t, Sc OIL; one Old
window, so cents. labor OF one nan to help aug on
account OF blisers ard threatened snowstoIn " o.
The total cost Of the experiment for the Winter OF four
months will not exceed fifty dollars The Hermits food
IA entirely vegetable and consists OF corn for musn
wheat for bread and dried nppes-with little lard for
irving the mush lie grinds the and wheat himself
IN largo coffee mill. and cats two meals day. This
food he declares, Is sweet nutritious, and appetzng
Its daily average cost about III cents Tho fifty dollars
aforementioned includes the cabin and all needed
articles sailors mattress, blankets, &C., as well as food
Mr. Hotham Is studying Divinity during what he calls
his first Winter alone with nature" He considers his
experiment success and thinks young men with but
little money in their pockets would do well to leave city
and city expenses and return to nature In tho
woods.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-20
CRIMINAL.

AT the Essex Market Police Court, before
Justice LedWitb Herman ID. Mosh aud louisa Bnrke OF
No FOrsyth-st were committed on charge OF haVng
inserted a tube into their gas meter and consumed
quantity OF gas without payment
AT the Tombs Police Court, yesterday, JUS
tlce Doyllng committed James Sheppard, c0ored Tor
having stabbed William Horton also colored, on MONDAY
night Samuel r. Porter special officer at the Metro
day and made complaint against James BO0dy TOT nav
ing stabbed him several days ago, while attempting 10
quell an alteration between Body ana Aholher man.
Tho accused was held to bail.
In the Court of General Sessions, before
Judge Bedford. yesterday there was an unusuay age
calendar There three trials ana elght peas WeIo
received. The trials resulted IN two conv anu ON, one
acquittal. Six sentences were pronounced ahu ,our
prisoners discharged. SOTeTal cases were pOsSpoheu
Margaret Brown, charged with the crime OF noc,gt,
pleaded guilty OF manslaughter IN the thtu uesIee cr
crme consisted In having inflicted wounds with razor
upon her cOlored paramour Upton Murray Wheh causeu
his death The wounds were inflicted during drunken
alteration Judge Bedford, In passing sentence sdId
that had been indicted by the Graud Jury
MURDER and II she had been tried would undOuOieay
have convicted, and he would have sentenced her
the State Prison for ivo years lie cohcutreu WIN
the District Attorney In accepting the plea OF gny oI
manslaughter lie then sentenced her 10 the state
Prison for three years ana six months
In the United States Circuit Court, before
Judge Benedict, Joseph l.. Reed alias Reeze was trled
on an ind ctmcnt for passing so counterfeit hole on
John Reddy Broadway boot and sioe dosSr, ~, pay
inent for pair OF shoes. This Is only one OF numerous
charges against him for similar ononse lie PLEADED
guilty and remanded for sentence t the SOsh INST
Mclaughlin, alias John H. Fuller, s one or the
parties indicted for perjury In making false athdavits
against Collector Bailey. His counsel moved 10 quash
the ind ctInent defective In not complying win the
statute being sufficiently explicit IN describing the Of
fense charged The motion was denied aud the case was
proceeded with The defcndant II Is ailege on the gt9
of July 1863 appeared before Commlssorer Osborn, and
made false affidavit against Collector Joshua Bailey,
at the lnsgation of Baisde PowesoD, and Others who
desired cause the removal and disgrace OF the Coec
tor Testimony was introduced for the Government, ana
tho oaSe Will De resumed TINS morning.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-20
THE COURTS.
CIVIL.

woods.

In the Superior Court Special Sessions, before
Chief Justice Barbour the OF Josiah DaVds ana
william spaudng up. They were arrested for the
attempted robbery OF bonds from No. PDe-st on 'he
18th lust The boy who caused the arrest OF the prisoners
time was provided with whskers and mustachc and the
person accused had no such appendages. They were
brought ND Yesterday habeas corpus with writ OF
certiorari Mr. Blunt took the objection that the
writ OF certlorari had been altered, by adding 10
It, after 1t was issued, the name OF Mr. van
deryoort Clerk OF the General sessions,
and altering the return day from the 18th to the l9t
Mr. Justice Barbour refused to proceed on the altered
WRIT but 1Ganted writ returnable to-day on the
original petition.
In the Supreme Court, Trial Term, before
Justice McCunn, the case OF Henry H. Kirkland et al.
against Arthur Leary came up In September lS6I the
plaintiffs intrusted TO tho defendants agent 81 Dales
OF cottonl Charleston 10 be taken from there 10 New
York by tho steamer Grenada. FOrtytwo bales were
taken by that steamer, but there beng no room, tne
other ~ were. kept for the steamer OF next week,
arrival the Grenada and tho next steamer the Alabama
cotton fell 81 per pound aud for the loss occsione
by the fall the plaintiffs the defendant IDe ueenu
ant at the close OF the testimony moved for non s
on the ground rst that 10 not shown that Arthur
Leary WAS OF the vessels and In fact was not
and second that time beng element In common
carriers duty the plaintiffs to ente them 10 aNerdlct
must show negligence. Tie Court denied the motion,
holding that the transaction with Leary Individually,
and that the contract send by the Grenada took u out
OF the rule by the defendants Ultimately the Court
directed verdict for plaintiff for his claim, and interest
amounting TO $50 %.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-20
COURT CALFNDARs-THrs DAY.

SuPPFsfH CoURT-GRSFRAL TERM.-lield by
CtEHxR f. j. SUTHERLAND. ard BARSARn J. y-Cent opens st
Enumerated notions Nos J. co. a. D. H. ~ ~, ~
o 81 g5 80 o. g. o. 20 SO 81. o. 49, leo lei, lo2
SUPREME RCoURT-CIRCUT.-lIeld by CARDoZo; j.
Court opefs AZ i0Ji 955 46 luj l9l 1b3. 3J l6l
1853 sol M llS7 ll7g ll77 li73 l3 5 49, 1882 lsl
SUPREME CoURT-CHAMBERS.-Held by lNGRA-
HAN j. Court Opeps CaleHdarcAlsd AZ u -Sos o.
26 a. a. So 3D. -, =,
SUPERIOR COURr-TRIAL TERM.-PARr lad
iouned o Monday. =, =,
MARINE CouRT-TRTAL TERM-Calendar called by
GeoSs nt 10 a mNos 4ql 1895. 1870 1891 1891 AL 1875,
ia, 1915 la79 I l it8J li8l 1855 1885, l4 1885, lig
- I!lI I4gl il9D. 1893. i4gt i9ii, lt91, 1896 ~
SupEKIoR COIRr-TRIAL 1ERM-PARr Held by
uCgSs j. Coar, opens at mSoA 523 267 Ia9, 37 g. 3S
3O9 l61 5lg 53i. $50. $40. 3i3 81 59l
CoURT or GENERAL SEssIoNs.-H Held by CUNNING
BgDFoap IT, Cty Judge Court opens At n Ihe People sg
I,prSolarcru pesou; Jahus H. "eman-gaud
larceny Chsrne Wkegsn reepy same sst Daniel
Nrm,yr.nd larceny; Geo Rempier Eel A. 81 Same
s Tbos Pnerobhry; VIM Jonesrolbey; Ssne
Kate Negrand larceny same sgt Thoa Denpe-blrg ai
s,us W larceny agL Nu Lew
sy,SI ,reepy same sgt Jas W. Tslmalgegsnd larceny.
New-York tribune., 1869-01-20

Cold opened at 1851 selling at la5a0ia5h
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TREASURY bNloh'S' 900 oud feSA
The exnnrts Of treiI,nre during tho years lsoI NV
......,Ss5.siT.G3 80

The annual report the President ana fRsatvsd
Tho PbiIn1elphia WnnngtOn, ana Ial'ilnoro - ths
s ,n" vear ending October 81 1905 suOmtteu ',ss
meeting Of the siocaeders held few asys nStsa Ss .rd
,n". .o 70 amounted 20 $685. s97 ~, and ~ -
Newcastle aud e9eSet0wn RAJ Rsrosd @ to Sspsta @ Of
my ins toi - led TO 81 6T5543 7e. leaving Si.oAt "a
tSo pet earnigs Of both roads The mpe'u 'uir"eo
bronch and caneotng roads US follows; nc ,b sails
pI en-, s se Railroad connecting Berlin WIN NJ.
@ nnu nas Zen completed during TDe last year. IN
rind Delaware Rroad Is ready iot hes
~ - of ts Eastern portion Tho laTt ran w an.
i, ,oi lhe CNesler Creek Railroad l.e Woih % "a
ls rapidly advancing UPON tue NllmihsIo1 49,
New-York tribune., 1869-01-20

The values which had grown up i'm II years ex-
cccded 0CO0neaTly all actually created from
her own soil In 1868, Kansas paid directly $4,000
Of Ftd7al tares. The Indian Territory alone due
south of Kansas, 10 lie opened by Southern Road is
a much larger and richer tract of land. The compile
ton of these lines TO the Pacific will build up
or 10 new States, which, unlike Kansas lack great
nayieable rivers and must.theTefore be developed
by railways or not at all.
4. Increased confidence in our securities both in
Europe and America is the sole thing needed to CIT
able us to carry the public debt easily. Nine years
ago. any one asserting that two-thrds of States
could carry debt of more than $1,000 O00O0J through
several years Of war and at the the end Of that time
actually find themselves richer than before, would
have been hooted at mailman. So with the re-
stored order and confidence that will come with an
Administration in which the capital OF our own
country and Europe reposcs implicit trust many
OF our difficulties will melt INTO thin air. And no
one thing will do more TO inspire confdence every
where in our ability to pay easily all our indebted
ness than the spectacle Of the United States soon
after devastating civil war, inaugurating system
OF trans-continental railways the most magnificent
aud commanding on the globe.
o. The Indian question is forever recurring. Even
now, after all our experience we are compelled to
send Sheridan on a long and costly Winter campaign
and every month brings news Of the massacre Of
families on the frontier The report OF Secretary of
War, Dec. 90 1896, shows that the cost of our at
tempts 40 suppress the Indian h0silities in 1sG-j
alone footed up TO $30OOOOO and our total expendi
tnre for that purpose during the last six years
are estimated 10y Mr. Window at 100000 0OO
IL IS cheaper to build Pacific railways than
." 6"ht indians The onig settlemcnt Of tie
New-York tribune., 1869-01-20

he receipts Of treasure from le , i've xrars hav
ern mines of our state duriDg ihe P''' ~"
"a folln T.tn
New-York tribune., 1869-01-20

ms. --ceIpts OF bullion from WashVe, Esmera1a, -.
Jne River Nevada State, for the past nSe years INV
been IS follows: -o-.o..,,-- senoOoo
1855 ............. l5lslS71l 1903 ..''..'''''' l'
ig6a a.....,......... l52l52l5i
New-York tribune., 1869-01-20

The imports coastwlse receipts unclndng Nelori-r
and receipts from Northern aud soGthefh hues sai
Gliding Nevada State,l during the year lSto' "oio
lows: Ses5 ssi
linn
Rec,ip coas,Nise (nclldng Nictoral al...'s's'' IA
Froa Northern aud SoGiLern mnes...,....''''''' "'
,oo .... SO O5A
Total for lNij...ssss "A
Total Tor -
Decrease, ls6i............s....' ...''''''''
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closing at 13Slsla5s The clearings Gold Exchsn
Bank wero $50 800 .ooo and the balances tllIsa15 81

closing az oi35s The clearngs the Gold Exchsn
Bank wero 900, and the balances tlTss75 sa
Government bonds were firm, with q good inyestneS
demand at the counters Of the large dealers At thu
Nards the business light and devoid Of specuav,
interest State bonds continued depressed on Tennessee
"h ere neglected in consequence Of the prospect at
adecsfA'iOn Of martial law by the Governor New bopds
sold In smah lots at 6;ass yrgnias sympahined with
Tennessees, the Old bonds selling at C. and tho Neu a,
CD MISSOURI Isr cents strong at s7b Iouisian,
per cents were if ef 73ta7I; Louisiana Ieyee M,
cents 693; Leyeo IS, scas7. Railway bonds were firm
Fort Wayne lists sold as oil Toledo Peoria and warsa
lists, W. d. s5I Express shares we're active and bicbo,
United States sold at AZ; Adams. S7a; Merchants,
Union, l5t. Western Union telegraph advanced
TO 49, Quicksilver active, selling at o. Tn.
market for railway shares was active aia strop,
NewYork Central was the most active stock; the omen
Ing price was 1864. selling at lcS 1854. lcGi 1851 i
closing finally at 162 Reading was dun at o5la&k
Michigan Southern was buoyari, opening at gI selling
at e3t, 921 closing at 92! This road, well as For,
Wayne It is rumored 10 wanted by the Erie Company.
and liberal purchases have been made Of both stocks
with the intention OF getting controlling interest Nor
wich and Worcester sold at lOi Michigan Central, iia
Northwestern shares opened frin but upon vigorous
hammering by the bears fell of per cent. st. Paul
stocks firm. Chicago and Alton Preferred sold
14S; Hannibal and st. Joseph i06i Hannibal aud St
Joseph Preferred, l06. Cleveland and Pittsburgh wA
steady at ssGs9t At the Second Board the general
ket firm. st. Paul stocks advanced per cent on the
announcement Of the dividend agreed upon some time
ago. The Northwestern shares dun At the last
open Board the market became extremely dull, and
prices from 4as lower At the close Of business In
the long room NewYork Central broke from 1864 is3
with great excitement and desire TO sell the balance
OF the market all fell OFF from per cent in sympathy
closing dull and heavy. Governments closed trm:
The New York herald., 1869-05-11
The Approaching French Elections.

Notwithstanding the tumultuous cries OF" Viye
la Hberte" and "Va0e rEmpereur" which were
shouted forth at the closing session of the third
Legislature of the second empire, and which
indicated at once the programmes and the
hopes of the imperialst party and of its oppo-
nents, on the eve Of the approaching French
elections, the votes Of the Corps Legislatif
adopting the extraordinary budget by 22e
against H. and the pension law, in favor of the
old soldiers Of the first empire by 2lS against
6, are unmistakable signs of the triumph about
to be won by the Emperor and his adherents
in their fresh appeal to universal suffrage.
There Is no doubt that the preliminary measures
determined upon by the Emperor in order to
secure such triumph attest the remarkable
tact and shrewdness Of Napoleon ILL.,, and
will prove successful both with the people and
the army Of France. President Schneider, in
his farewell speech, claimed for the Legisla-
ture the credit of having Constantly seconded
the initiative of the sovereign in the develop
ment of our public liberties. It's thus" he
added, ''that under the shadow Of q power
protecting order and security we have, in con-
cert with him, realized solid and durable pro-
gress for the moral and material prosperity of
France" The speech Of President Schneider
was followed by prolonged shouts of &c Noe
FEnspercur :" And when the opposition
caught up and repeated the exclamation Of
NJ Jules Favre, "Vioe Ia G6ert6," and that of
M. Pelletau, "Vige Ia nation, the President of
the Corps Legislatii declared that ''the nation
does not separate liberty from the Emperor"
Unquestionably, and despite larger accumu-
lation Of grievances and indignation against
the Emperor than was ever raised against the
Citizen King, il is highly probable that Napo-
leonc ideas will receive a new lease of life at
the next elections.
The New York herald., 1869-05-11
TINE YACHT FlseTwING.

This schooner yacht OF honorable record, belong.
ing to the New York Yacht Club, and owned by Mr..
George A. Osgood, IL now on the screw dock near
the foot OF Pike street, East river, where she Is
undergoing the process OF cleaning, scraping and, In
some portions, the planning of her hull prior To is
thorough painting. The work will be completed to-
morrow, when tne yacht will be towed to the foot Of
Thirtyfourth street, East river TIE Fleet
wing has been lying in winter quarters
ut New London and since the late genial
weather has caused our yachtmen to be astir
and begin the pleasant work OF preparing for vie-
0rous aquatic campaign her masts have been
righed TO reduce somewhat the rake tncy previously
had and she has been fitted with new bowsprt
thirty eight feet In length. These are Oil the aera
tons OF Importance that have been made In her
rig, but In o very few days, under score or moro
Of workmen, she will be the same magnificent ap-
pearng vessel that In years gone BY has evoked the
Commentator Of all who have seen her
again be painted black and her bottom
rooms will receive again the delicate huca which
made them 40 cheerful. The tasteful gtwork Will
also be renewed and her cabin reuphoIstered. The
model OF the Fleetwing Is an exquisite one, and II
there are any boats In the New York squadron or
elsewhere whose owners desire to try her mettle es
them JOIN her the coming In race not around
the harb0r under light free wind, but In say
from New Bedford to New York In the face Of . std
cheating" breeze. The Fleetwing has an area of
22os square feet and her tonnage Is 2oe1 tons. Who
wants this jobs
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

Some few days ago we learned that Pro-
testant Congress was to be held at Worms.
By later cable despatch we are informed
that the Congress is to meet on the 3lst Of
May and that the object of the Congress is to
take into consideration the recent invitation OF
the Pope to the Protestant Churches to send
representatives to the Ecumenical Council and
to frame reply to the same. Worms has
historic connection with the great religious
revolution of the sixteenth century. 1t was
here that on the 18th and 18th of April, 1921,
Luther confronted the combined forces Of the
Church and the world. At Worms the Refor-
nation properly began. Since then the
Church of the West has been split into two
great hostile divisions. Since the Council of
Trent, which was complete failure, no at
tempt has been made to have the divided
Church represented in one congress until
now. We have no expectation that the Pro-
testants of Germany will agree to accept the
Popes invitation; but as their reply will be a
document of some historic interest we shall
await the result of this Congress with GER
tain amount of interest.
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

A GENERAL MIDDLE IN RAILROADS.
contaeion of the great Erie Railroad muddle
has seized the Pacific Railroad companies and
various intermediate Western companies, and
some Southern companies so that we are in
fair way to have general railroad muddle
Out of IL all few sharp directors and stock
jobbing managers, and the lawyers called in,
will carry of the lions share of the spoils at
the expense of the stockholders, the public and
the public treasury. Such is the working of
all tbese railroad muddles.
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

INNOCENT mLows.-According to the &C
counts Of one of the country correspondents
the gentlemen Of the Br itish Legation are
dreadfully puzzled what to make Of us, and
what to say or what to do, we are so wonder
fully inconsistent. This timidity is national
trait. Englishmen are always difident, and
even shy, in the assertion of their own
opinions In fact, 1t was merely because the
authorities were too modest to say no that the
Alabama got out.
The New York herald., 1869-05-11
The Pacific Railway. Secretary Boutwell,
and Wall Street.

The completion of the great railway enter
prise led to decided revival of speculation in
Wall street yesterday, although the event had
been 80 long looked for and its effect so largely
discounted. AS the bells of Trinity were ring
ing out peals of joy the brokers in the maze of
streets and passage ways around the Stock
Exchange were steadily bidding up stocks
until portion of the railway list touched the
highest quotations ever attained. 1t may be
that the expectations of those who are tempted
by the mania of the moment to invest their all
in the roads which are to unite with the
Pacific Railway in the great trans continental
route will be disappointed. But the easier
state of the money market, the widespread
praises Of the great enterprise and the hopes
of large dividends in the future surround their
speculations with a c0uleur de rose which for
the present dissipates apprehension or fear.
Simultaneously with this great event is the
elimination of the public debt and the PROPOSE
ton from Washington to find means, not of
adding to, but of tightening our burden of
national debt. The speculative fever, had,
therefore, a twofold source. One remarkable
feature of monetary affairs within the past
week was the struggle between London and
New York to see which should affect the other.
London became agitated last Friday and came
near producing panic here. But the effect
of Secretary Boutwells proposition to begin
paying off the national debt was to give New
York the supremacy, and to-day London fol-
lowed the American metropolis. This fact
and the completion of the Pacific Railway are
significant indices that New York is to be the
commercial and financial centre of the world.
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

LEGISLATIVE ADJOURNMENT IN ALBANY
The closing hours of the session of the New
York Legislature were marked by earnest and
exciting scenes yesterday. The amount of tax
levies for the city and county gave rise
to animated debates, which resulted in the
voting of committee of conference. This
committee reported in favor of a very mate
rial reduction in the estimates, recommending
that the city tax levy be cut down one million
eight hundred thousand dollars and the county
levy six hundred thousand dollars. This was
adopted in both branches, and by large ma
jorities, so that the tax levy sheets as
amended may be regarded as fixed facts and
law Governor Hoffman was sustained in
several Of his vetoes. An adjournment sine
die was voted by the Senate and Assembly at
midnight, after the usual interchange Of
cOurtesies
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

ARMINs PRIsoNERs.-In the event that has
just occurred at Sing Sing we see what may
happen in our prisons where the men are
worked on contract. One of them assaulted
the foreman armed With the knife that was
given bim as an implement of labor. Where
prisoners are put at benches by the hundred,
each with knife in hand, and there is only
moral restraint, what is to prevent wholesale
insurrection and desperate slaughter?
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

HEARD FRoM.-Gideon wellcs, who recently
wen into retirement from the Navy Depart
inert, has been heard from. lie shipped all
his household effects on a government vessel
at Washington to be sent mp the Connecticut
rvr to Hartford. The vessel drew eleven
fee Of water, and there are only six feet on
the bar at the mouth of the Connecticut river.
II the same old Gideon.
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

TIE DrrFERENoR.- steamship Ariel,
which arrived at Quarantine at an early hour
onthe morning Of the 9Th inst, was detained
unil the 10th inst, having some slight cases
of ,ickness aboard. The James Foster, Jr.,
will nearly all the passengers and crew down
will ship fever, was detained but forty eight
hous. The James Foster, Jr., Is owned by 9
more wealthy and liberal company than the
Ariel
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

THE Nevada City (Cal., Gazette complains
that the assessors Of Yuba and other counties
in that State are in the habit of picking up
strangers and assessing them for the horses
they ride, the buggies they ride in and SO on.
"Yuba Dam" is located in that county, and
strangers sometimes pronounce the name with
q heartiness slightly indicative Of profanity.
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

THE GRRAT WANT OF THE CUBAys.-Not
men, but arms and ammunition. They want
rifles and cartridges to meet the Spaniards with
their Chassepots; but still few Americans
who have smelt gunpowder will be useful in
teaching the young idea of liberty in Cuba
how to shoot
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

Coon FOR MISSISSIPPI. number Of Mis-
sissippi gentlemen are out in an address, urg.
ing great prudence, both in words and in con-
duct, upon the people of the State, in view of
the misrepresentation Of designing men.
This is all right aud proper, and WILL IL steadily
adhered to, insure the speedy restoration of
Mississippi to all her former rights and privi-
leges ia the Union.
The New York herald., 1869-05-11

TRINITY AS A TEMPORAL CELRBRANT.-
What would the preliminary celebration of
the completion OF the Pacific Railroad ycster-
day have been had not the chimes of Trinity
rnnc out n [1us Te Deu,n