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bring to the trial Of Mr. FuILERToN's case
perfectly impartial minds. Strong as the
sentiment Of the community is in favor Of
the punishment of crime, IL is still
stronger in favor of impartial trials
Such trial every man charged with
the commission of an offence is abso-
lutely entitled to. In the event Of con
viction of man Of Judge FULLERToN's
previously fair and unsulled fame, we ap
prehend the public dissatisfaction ard indig
nation with the manner in which the jury
has been constituted would become still
stronger and more outspokcn.
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The Fullerton Case.

Judge WOODRUFF and Judge BLATcn.
FORD are both on the bench, in tho United
States Circuit Court, during the trial of
WILLIAM FULLERTON. Besides the distin-
guished counsel engaged in the case, many
members of the bar are in attendance, and
the court room is continually crowded with
spectators.
Yesterday the case proceeded very slowly.
At the opening Of the Court, Judge WOOD
RUFF remarked that only one counsel on a
side would be heard on any question which
might arise during the trial. This rule is q
novel one in this circuit and Mr.. SToUGu-
TON pressed with q good deal of earnestness
for n relaxation of the rule, inasmuch as
some points TO be made on the admission of
evidence were very important, and went to
almost the whole substance of the indict-
ment. But Judge WOODRUFF was immova.
bic. He gave Os n reason wish to guard
against the unnecessary consumption of the
time of tho Court. The time of the Court
may be very valuable but If there is any
thing more important for it to be devoted to
we do not know what it can be- That was
pretty sound doctrine of Lord ELDoN,
that whatever Is well done is done quickly
enough.
The commission and oath of Office of Mr..
BELKNAP, who is jointly indicted with Mr..
FULLERTON, were offered in evidence by
District Attorney PIERREPoNT. Objections
were made to their admissibility and the
argument of these objections, which was
elaborate and clear by CLARENCE A. SEW
ARD, Esq, consumed most of the day. The
Court ruled in favor of the Government on
both of these points.
We have seldom known public sentiment
more unanimous-and 1t has rarely found
| more unreserved expression-than in regard
to the unfairness in the selection of the jury
| for the trial of Judge FULLERTON. The fore
man Of the jury was likewise foreman of tho
| jury which tried and convicted JACOB
| DUPUY and there is another man on the
jury who was on that jury also. DUPuY
| Is one of the defendants in the same
indictment with Mr.. FULLERTON but he
has already been tried for perjury, com.
mitted with reference to the very transac-
tons charged in this indictment, found
guilty, and is now undergoing punishment
That two of the jurymen who convicted
him, should be permitted to st in Mr., Full
LERroN's case is not considered fair. How
ever unexceptionable the characters OF
these men may be, 1t is not be
| lieved IN h" possible that they car
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-iMUSEMENIS.
The FIRE scene in Lost ut sea-" Mt Wal
luCk's,


The FIRE scene in Lost Mt sea-" Mt Wall
lacks.
The startling and VIVID effect Of the famous
Gre scene In Boucicaul,'s new drama. ras led some
foolish alarmists to raise cry Of danger, There
are some timd and n6bit.like natures. always on
the alert for an opportunity to he frightened, and
these have been dismayel by some hrlliar, colored
lights and skilfully painted canyases.
Mr.. Wa,llck and those In control Of his theatre
are old, sagacious, and experienced managers, aud
far too wise men to run the slightest risk Tor the
sake OF a paltry sensation They would have every
thing TO lose and nothing 10 gain by such folly.
The scene In question il ceruiuly graphic one,
ard from the front has really terrifying effect but
the vividnoss of the scene should be matter Of
praise TO those who devised u, Tatbe- Than Of
alarm for those who II, for its in
tcnsity of effect Is omIy equalled by the sim
nliritv Of lne means by which II Is produced
hip eject II so managed A. 10 deceive and astonish
even a praetised eye. But we speak from personal
knowledge, when we say that the apparatus used in
producing IL Is applied with such abundant caution
as 20 render any danger simply impossible, and TO
make the terror that has inspired some journalists
seem absurd. The accident that bef,l Mrs. Sedley
Brown az Springfield only serves 10 show how much
more careful we are at our metropolitan theatres
than they are in tht provinces.
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What has become of the movement t,

What has become of the movement to
run the Hon. HAMILTON FIsH for Governor Of
New York; The Conservative Republicans
should not let so excellent an idea perish for
went Of effort and attention. They will be in
want Of an available candidate next fall and as
Mr., FISH is the leading Republican mind of the
State and enjoys the greatest popularity among
the masses Of the party-if you doubt it, ask Gen.
GG,Nr-it follows that no other candidate can be
so available as he. 1t is time that his friends
were taking measures TO secure the nomination
for linn, otherwise some Of inferior quality,
such as HoRAoE GRRsLEY, for instance, who is
not 6t to be Secretary Of State nor even Minister
to England, may be taken up and run in his place.
BY all means let Mr.. FISH be brought out, and let
the sentiment of the great body Of the earnest
Republicans toward him have chance to express
itself. Gen. GRANT may find ii difficult to get
another Secretary of equal powers; but he should
sacrifice something of mis- private comfort to the
good OF the party.
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Eight gentlemen have been appointed to
visit the Naval Academy at Annapolis and con-
duct the usual yearly examination Of midship-
men. We hope they WIN prove less expensive to
the Government than the Board Of Examiners Of
last year. They were the most costly luxury
that the country has ye, indulgedin. According to
Vice-Admiral PoRrrR's accounts the cost to the
Treasury for the subsistence of those gentlemen
was trife more than two thousand dollars. As
their sojourn In the festive Annapolis was less
than two weeks, the allowance TO each visitor
must he considered tolerably liberal ifnot prince
ly. In these days of Congressional inyestiga.
tions, would it not be well for the House to call
for the accounts of the Naval Academy under
PoRrER's administration, to ascertain where the
money credited to the expenses of the Visiting
Board really wentg
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A paper on Relapsing Fever, by DR. AUSTIN
FLINT, published in the New York Mdical Journal
for March, will tend lessen very considerably the
alarm caused by reports Of the wide prevalence
ofthe disease in this city. 1t is by no means Of
fatal or dangerous type. Out of 100 cases treated
at tho Bellevue Hospital previous 10 Feb. 10. two
only proved fatal, and one Of these was from
auxiliary causes. This is "a low q rate Of NOR
tality as one could reasonably expect from con-
tagous disease Of rapid diffusion. The chafac-
teristic3 Of tue fever are abruptness Of attack a
primary paroxysm lasting from Eve 20 seven
days, a. iutermisson Of about seven days,
and relapse or second paroxy.n, whence
it dcriyss its name, equally sudden wash tho first,
lasting from three to i've days, alter which; uu-
der ordinarily favorable cireumsta ices, the pa.
tient recovers in ten or twelve days. Few Of the
more distressing symptoms attendant upon other
forms Of fever, such as dolirium or characteristic
orurtions, are noticeable and there is very little
liability 10 ss,io.s complications.
The disease is prevalent chiefly among those
living in Overcrowded and badly ventilated tene.
ment houses, and is not even then highly con.
tagious DR.. FLINT thinks il will not become a
permanent visitor on this side Of the Atlantic,
whittier it was brought from Europe, and that
after ii ceases to prevail as an epidemic, II will
disappear. "The effective means for arresting
the spread Of the disease" he says, "are thin
ming the population Of overcrowded tenement
houses, dispensing the occupants Of insaubrious
dwellings, relieving destitution especially as re-
CARDS food, and promptly removing patients to
hospitals devoted to cases Of relapsing fever"
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EngaErmrnf with n Maniac.

on Sunday morning Victor Pope, who is in
sane armed with repeating rifle, attacked Camp
bell Howard, while the latter was on his way to
church, near Ripley, Ohio Popo fred three shots,
one of which took effect In Howard's right arm. A
constable and two other men started 10 capture the
maniac and found him !ntronched In "A log house
armed with rife and two rovoiyors. Pope opened
Are upon them, when they were compelled To make a
vigorous retreat. The party began firing through
the door, when lie appeared ut the window and fired
several shots, woundng +. Courtney and Benton
Howard. subsequently Pope's mother came up
when he quietly surrendered TO her II was then
nsceftaiued that he was severely wounded near the
tp!ne and under the left lower rib.
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A Great Man Spending Public Money
Contrary To Law.

The present Superintendent Of the Uni
ted States Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Maryland, is before Congress TO secure an
extraordinary Appropriation to mako good
deficiencies in the funds Of the Academy lille
gally expended by Vicc-Admiral PORTER
during his control of that institution. 1t
appears that the dasbing Vice-Admiral, hav-
ing desire to alter and enlarge the buildings
occupied by the cadets in the Academy
grounds, and otherwise to adorn and embel-
lish the establishment, applied the funds ap-
propriated for the payment of the Professors
from civil life, and other civil employees, to
that purpose In this way, and In the
princely entertainments for which he has
enjoyed delightful reputation throughout
the land, he has happily managed to expend
$42, 900 while Superintendent Of the Acade-
my, and has left his successor, the gallant
Commodore WoRDEN, legacy Of the most
elephantine and unpleasant proportions.
Commodore WoRDEN thus finds himself
minus S42 900, and with not enough money
on hand TO pay the wages of the various pro.
fessors and civil employees of the Govern
mcnt under his charge after the LIST of April
Unless Congress makes up Admiral PoR-
TER's deficiencies, the accomplished teachers
and the needy workmcn of Annapolis must
go without their pay until midsummer, sim
ply because Vice.Admirnl PORTER has
placed himself above and beyond the
law, and misappled public funds. This
utter disregard of law seems to be chronic
with the dashing Admiral and, unfortunate.
ly, he appears to have in his illegal course
the steady support of the salty Admiral
RoBEsoN and of President GRANT. At all
events the Navy Department should lie thor.
oughly overhauled at once, and put in good
sailing order again.
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Gen. D. F. Bc1LER has written letter to

Gen. D. F. BuILER has written letter to
say tha, in his recent disparaging remark about
newspaper men no reference was intended TO the
respectable members Of the profession, but only
to "those who get precariOus living by hang
ing about Washington and writing lies to their
newspapers" He also states that the person
who seduced WmrTENoRR into selling cadet
ship was q correspondent Of the disreputable
New Yorb Tmesj and that II was the same de-
clining newspaper which advertised the cadet
ship for sale. "And stand ready TO prove"
says Gen. BUrLER. "that the correspondent Of
that same Nsp York Times was using his position
to speculate in gold and stocks, and using the tele
graph for that purpose as a deadhead." Our
readers will also remember that among the pre-
paraton, of the great gold conspiracy Of last
September, very important item was the inser-
ton in the Times of an editorial article written
by A. r. CoRMS in the interest Of the conspira-
tors. No wonder that the Tines is called dis.
reputable.
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The New York NatiouaI Exehange Bank In
New Quarters.

The old passenger station Of the Hudson River
Railrosd, at the corner OF Chambers street ard Col
1eee place, was abandoned about year ago 20 the
encroachments Of other business and to-day the
old site would scarcely be recognized by the travel
ling public. An elegant structure OF Ohio stone re-
splendent with plato glass windows, and finished
with architectural taste OF tile highest order, has
sprung up almost like magic on the spot where
recently stood the old ricketty sheds. This is the
new building Of the Now York National Exchange
Bank, which was yesterday thrown open to the in
spection OF the public Tho new banking house is
fitted up with every convenience and comfort on q
scale commensurate with the growing business OF
the instisution. A mammoth Terwilliger safe, ten
feet square and ten feet high, costing
1900, promises ample security for the
money and yaluables intrusted to the bank
The building cost &1D,0O0 exclusive OF the iaad and
rentals are provided in II that more than pay the
interest the In eHtment so that the bank has its
own rent free. An elegant collation. was sery ed
yesterday to the customers of the Institution in tho
new building, which on Friday next VIII be perma-
henuy occupied for business.
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gress limiting the number Of copies to be printed
Of the specifications and drawings for each
patent 10 one hundred. OF these, one copy Is to
be placed for free public use in the capitol
ofeach State or Territory, one in the Clerks office
Of the District Court Of each judicial district and
one in the library Of Congress. In addition, as
many more copies may be printed as anybody is
willing to pay for. Ii is further provided that
the work shall be done by contract.
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1t has been the custom for the comm,s-
sioner OF Patents to publish annually bulky re-
port, containing abstracts of all the specifications
Of patents issued during the year, with photo
graphs or engravings of tho accompanying draw
incs. or this report in 1859, 1850 copies were
,esued at a cost Of $2l20lo. The estimate for
the drawings alone for the coming year is $5o, ,ooo
With view Of reducing this great expense, q
joint resolution has been introduced into Con-
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The -. Patrick's Day Procession.

Messrs. James Reilly, Grand Marshal of the
forthcoming st. Patricks Day procession; Thomas
Kerrigan. President; r. l.. Casey, Secretary; and
Timothy Darcy, Treasurer of the Convention OF
Irish Societies, with Messrs. Lawrence Lang1-
Hugh Murray and Peter DAILY, Committee mo-.
said Convention, waited Oh Commas .onrr Brennan
"a. me Police OentTal Ohce yesterday and brhaIt
Of sil the socirtie-, inyt9d h,T - appear 10 tle
processiOnLn az open barouc' M brennan ac-
tCptei. a o Iiall has. 4ocoTdlne, with bis own
Wishes, AIsO beau invited.
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The debate in tho Assembly some days
aeo between the Hon. Prrrn NrrcrstL and JouS
II. wmrE, the ouiy Republican Assemblyman
from this city, developed the feet that Lawyer
WHIE was supporting the interests Of the Ring
because the Ring had given him a $4,000 refer
enee case. This was very large price for q
very poor article. Has the Ring given Lieut..
Gov. ALvoRD anything for his effort toward
smothering OWEN MUKFHr's poultce pavement
investigationf Can il be possible that the great
Tribune Republican has entered the service Of
the Ring on a mere speculationS
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On motion of Justice HOGAN, the Board Of
Police Justices yesterday passed resolution ad.
mtting reporters to all the meetings of the
Board. Judge HoGAN is right, as he usually is.
Now, let the Supervisors Police Commissioners,
aud the Hon. THoNAs C. FIELDss Insurance In.
ves,igation Committee adopt u similar resolution
if they dare.
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The Piscicultust, Seth Green. l. known
rUuYh0 the land tor his energy and pcrseverl
In inguiriHR into and asceraining the OF any
thing that be new IN his little world of interest
or nature. For many years Mr. Green has boon at
small trout but be has now ascertained the cause.
and gives TO the public for the public good. his dis
coyery He says In regard to the matter: There il
n snnll worm which IL n fayoTte food Of trout and
many other kinds of FISH. This worm Is one OF
the greatest enemies which the young fry have.
IL spins web In the water TO catch young fish Just
~ spider does on land TO catch flies | have seen
them make the web andttake the fish. The web il as
perfect as that of the spider and az much mechani
cal ngeru uty Is displayed In its construction. IL IL
made ~ quickly aud In the way spiders,
by fastening the reads different points and going
back ana forth until the Neo Is 1ui,hed. The
trout after the umbilcal is bsorbed but tho web
win stick to the hns aud get around the head and
els, and soon kills the fish have often seen II on
the young trout and II has been q great mystery
and caused me many hours, days and weeks OF
study to ind out what was wound around the heads
and fins Of my young trout and killed them. /
did not find out until lately while Watching re-
Gently hatched whtensh. These are much smaller
than the trout when they begin TO swim, and they
were caught and bed by the web. found ten small
Nhitetsh caught in one web in one night. This
web was suun In a little whitehsh preserve, into
which l had put one hundred young fish. The
than the common spiders web, and they are not
visible in the water until the sediment collects
uDon them. They can then be seen very plainly.
These webs cannot be spun where there il much
current, and can be easily seen In stili water by
close observer"
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The bodies of four thousand soldiers who
died in the service Of their country during the
late war lie in the Cypress Hills Cemetery. Two
thousand Of these brave men were citizens Of this
State. As yet their graves remain unmarked by
stone or monument. L. il not time that this dc.
feet was suppljedl A number Of New York
ladies, headed by Mrs. JouS 4. KENNEDY, have
taken the matter in hand, but they should not be
lef to act alone. The city and the State ought
TO come to their assistance; and if not then every
patriotic citizen should contribute bis share 10
ail in erecting @ worthy mouul.eui.
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An Albany correspondent sends us the fol

hh hlodug correspondent sChuo uo 'iiN i'i-
lowing.
There has been srcnt deal Of fuss made abouttho
Filth avenue pavement swinde, and the World and
Tribune have often called for the names of the par
ties who outragoOuslv swindled the people OF
your city. wrote both Of those papers, giving the
the names OF the principal swnders, but they did
not publish them, and therefore conclude they did
not desire TO give tho facts TO the pubic. Your
paper IA bold, outsp, ken, and enterprising' ana
rspidy gaining In popular eseem thereioio senu
The Company was originally formed by The two
,p Ore Ranney, e. " Ranney Of 44O West Twenty twenty
ninth street. They tried hard to get contracts but
ialng TO do so, made a combination with heck
hrear, Brown, and Others, by which they doubled
the capital stock OF the Company and gave these gen
uemen s2O00O0 OF the t500,0O0 capital: The Ran
neys furnished the money and managed the work.
The others got the contracts. You will see that the
kanneys kept tho lions share.
Fisk, the patentee, is a brotber-ln.aw Of the Ran
neJs. He was put in ~ superintendent OF the Com
pany, at a salary Of $1,000 per year.
Two brothers Of the Rannoys were also employed
az division superintcndents at 1880 per year, Il.
W: Ranney was and IL now the treasurer, and
although the Company must have made half q
have only been able to pay dividend OF ten per
cent, which was paid on the 25th OF February.
Ihe RaDney family are the ones who have pocket
cd the profits Of the gigantic swindle aud who were
shrewd enough to use the politicians for their own
oenent and TO enable them to steal a half million
rom the city.
You now have the facts: let the public have them
The whole thing was in fact Ranney family job.
This Is different from any information upon
this subject that we have received before. 1t
would appear that the truth upon this subject
can only be discovered by legislative inquiry.
VIII not LAWRENCE KrERNAS or PETER MrrcuELL
get resolution through the Assembly that will
bring out the facts-that is TO say, If JoHS II.
WHITE and THOMAS G. ALvonD will allow
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TIMOTHY J. CAMPBELI's bill providing
for the appointment of clerk to the Board of
Police Justices Of this city at a salary Of twenty.
five dollars minute has passed the Assembly.
The bill sanctions barefaced robbery. When
it comes up in the Senate, let Senator NoRroS
and other honest Democrats kill Il. The peoplc
will bear them in grateful remembrance.
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shoe Ely,

The last case Of "Shoo fly occ med n Gov
ington, Kentucky, last Thursday NJ Dudley "a
merchant there, had, with others, Ioi.toacd the
Senate not to confirm old Jesse Grant, o., ial.r of
the Administration, rs Postmaster Of thai place.
street adyaSeed mon Kim Win nniIfied cane % when
Dudley gave him push With the exclamation. Get
away, you old blue bottle don'i bgddtT mel
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1t is understood that the new charter for
this city, which is about to be presented in the
Legislature, is the work mainly Of the Hon.
GEoRos ii. PuRsKR, who has for some time past
been engaged in its preparation. Mr.. PuRsER is
an experienced lawyer and politician, and man
Of much intellectual culture. He holds a very
high place in the councils Of the Young Democ.
racy,
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4r6rd9C odHy cVcMdA0H dNTtng H0 heth,
0O,4I7. AUerGge circulation during tic
preaOus neok, ending Etb. 20, $4,000 daily.
The totd, number Of copies Of The SUS
published curing The nctk ending March .
,tas as .fo1Ors Duty, 5i2, 800; Semi Week
w. $3.50; Weekly, 26,5oo. Total number
ctcopics puJ'iSted during he weck, STA, $50.
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We learn from Albany that the new char
ter will not be introduced in the Legislature for
several days yet. 1t docs not give satisfaction to
those who have examined it, If enacted as IL
now stands, IL will continue the present Mayor in
Office until November, and will thus give to the
Ring the power Of appointing the Fire Commis-
sion, the Health Board, and the Commission Of
Charities and Correction. Our correspondent
says that it does not give them the Po-
lice and Excise Commissions. But if they
are to have so much, there is no reason why
they should not have all. We cannot believe
that such a charter as this has been produced by
the Hon. GEoRGE H. PURsER. 1t looks as though
some iegitimNte influence had been exerted
upon II after it left his hands converting ii into
the bastard thing which it would now appear
to be,
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Let everybody go and see the Pneumatic
Tunnel under Broadway. II is exhibited for the
benefit Of the Union Home and School for Sol
diers' and Sailors Orphans. The entrance is on
the corner of Broadway and Warren street.
The sun., 1870-03-09

Has any one at Albany proposed to fix the
salary of the Chamberlain ofthis city at reasona-
BILE figure say &25 900 or ESQ 900 year. and to cut
of all his perquisites and commissioner No re-
form will be complete without some such change
The sun., 1870-03-09

W \, Roebling, j X, Hustled, and John Prem.
tice, of this city in st. Louis examining the con.
sruc,on of the bridge across the Mississippi with
the object OF prohting from any hints available In
the building Of the bridge over the Rast River.
The sun., 1870-03-09

Isn't our Legislature rather slow in getting
its work done2 The hundred days of the session
are now two-thirds gone, and not single mea-
sure OF great importance has been passed.
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The AriOn Opern,

The Arion Vocal Society will give their last
performance Of the opera Of " Der Frcseh1tz" at
the Academy OF Music on Friday evening nept