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The New York herald., 1870-08-20
A CURIOUS HaBEAS CORPUS CASE.
Alleged Restraint of Lady in u Convent.

From the St. Louis Republican, August III
Yesterday afternoon Judge Won, OF lne OouIt oi
Criminal Correction, granted Mr.. A. o. keam, at!or.
ney writ OF habea5 corpus against the convent oi
the Good Shepherd, Mother Mary, superior This re-
hgious establishment Is located on Seventcentn
street. between Pine and Chestnut aud occupies nan
block. 1T Is conducted as private nsttut!on anu
is frequently used as home for refractory girls WIZ
Will not conform to the ordinary customs OF socley
and recognized ideas Of virtue Here they are kept
secluded from the world and subjected TO the relor-
matory in1uences OF religious example anu teachk.
IN the present case 1t is alleged In the pettlon tnas
Blanche q. Lngcoln, married woman, over twen..
W-one years OF age IS unlawfuy reStraneu oI
ner liberty. The particulars are represented as
fon0ws:-The lady, who is said to be D0th Deauutui
and accomplished, has been 1t is alleged deserted
by her husband alter having been unKindly treate9.
AS she appeared disposed to be reckless, ner IrenaS
consulted together and ir was decided that II sne
could be sent into seclusiOn for time IL wOulu %
greatly to her advantage. In accordance WIN tnls
opinion Mr.. BENJAMIN Jewell, one OF the iady' rea-
lions, made the necessary arrangements ana ON the
l5th OF May 1870 she was received into tne conven
her board being paid in advance 70 Lhe Ist oI
August, at the rate Of $50 q month. Tue unuer,
standing was that she was TO remain there untll
called for Mr. Jewell, 1t Is alleged, has frequently
called at the convent during the last Few days Dut
has been peremptorily refused either the liberty OF
seeing her or speaking to her. In TINS positlon OF
matters, Mr. Jewell feeling aggrieved, resorts TO the
law, and the writ of habeas corpus IS now Issued
made returnable at ten O'Clock this morning. The
grounds the alleged restraint will be then Inquired
into, ana the case promises to be one OF peculiar
interest,"
The New York herald., 1870-08-20
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday.
General Ii. l.. Robinson. OF Binghamton; Professor
NJ. Vincent, OF London, England, and G. II. Sher.
ril of Washington, are at the ST. Nicholas Hotel.
aColonel J. Roberts and Colonel Audenreid, OF tn
United States Army; G. A. Grow. OF Pennsylvania;
Isaiah Blood, of Boston; j. +. Melgs. of the United
States Navy; DR.. Packard. Of Philadelphia; Captain
J. N. jackson, OF ship Great Admiral; George NJ.
Grier and d. +. Gedney, OF Goshen. ~ the Astor
House.
Professor Guply, of Paris; S. T. Hosmer, OF Chi
cago, and John L. Nichols OF Baltimore, at the
Coleman House.
General Hazen and Colonel Thomason, Of the
United States Army; Sir W. 81 Call, OF England,
and j. 81. Keene, OF Baltimore, are III the Hoffman
House.
Dr.. Moore OF Syracuse and George H. Gibbs, OF
Little Rock, are at the Irving House.
ID. Gibson, Of Cincinnati; George T. Lewis, OF
Philadelphia, and Thomas f. Eddy, OF Fan River,
are at the Albemarle Hotel.
Major General Done, OF the United States Army;
Henry G. Dibblee, OF New Orleans; J. J. Pollard, Of
ST. Louis and b. May OF Cincinnati are at the Filth
Avenue Hotel.
Colonel Black, of the United States Army, and
family, are al the Clarendon Hotel.
Captain r. Ramsay, of England and DR.. f. Burke,
OF San Francisco, are at the ST. Charles Hotel.
Q. ). Barnard. Of Idaho, and George +. Mcguire,
Of Rome, Ca. are at the Westminster Hotel.
c. B. Pattlson, Of Indianapolis p. b. Tyler OF New
Haven; j. b. Gascoyne, Of Albany, and J. s. Norris
Of ycksburg, arc at the Metropolitan Hotel.
DIR. w. Davidson, Of Port Hope. G. W., and Rev.
DR.. Steele Of sandusky at the st. Elmo Hotel.
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u such parts Of the hay that the bodies are
foated ashore, 10 the great detriment OF health
ana property, the Health Commissioners say that
those most aggrieved fnd their remedy ia pros
ecuttng the contractors for committing nuisance
In their nelghbOrnood. New York city has not much
70 complain OF III the matter. although Gothamites
who go down the bay for sail often nave very
disagreeable experience OF dead horse odors after
they return. Kings and Richmond are the counties
that have the most grievances In the 0fa respect,
and they may be able bring the 0ral contractors
10 terms by prosecuting them. In the meantime
Mayor Hall s determined TO see what he can do TO
make the bay little nit TO sail IN than It is at
present. He generally succeeds IN everything he
under.akeA and IL is be hoped he will be success
ful In this fight with the contractors Z
The New York herald., 1870-08-20
THE FOURTEENTH STREET HOMICIDE.

Jacob Langfried, the baker who killed the young
man Reilly, d few weeks since, in East Fourteenth
street. yesterday held in s., 900 bail the York
vile Police Court, by Justice Coulter, to answer
charge OF felonious assault, preferred against him
by brother OF the deceased. 1t will be remembered
that on the night young Reilly was killed by Lang
fried, with stab OF bayonet, during the that
occurred at the same time on the sidewalk brother
OF deceased, who was with the crowd that created
the thigh, from which he has since been sunerDg
The New York herald., 1870-08-20
TIE NaInAR MURDER INQUIRY.

The Superintendent Captain Keso and the entire
detective force are still actively at work on the
Nathan murder inquiry. Captain Kelso declares
that they not in the least relaxing their efforts
secure the offender, and have strong hopes of being
ultimately successful, II the newspapers will only
refrain from writing about 1t. The great scent they
are now on s the mysterious man who followed Mr.
Nathan In from Newark the morning before the
murder 1t is believed that this fellow knows some
thing Of the murder. The nativity of the "dOg' with
which the murder was committed, it Is understood,
has been discovered, but the Superintendent very
properly refuses TO give 1t TO the public.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20
A BRUTE SENTENCED.

Justice Kellum, Of Hampstead, l.. l., sentenced
brute named John Mulgannan, few days since. to
the county jail, and also to pay nne OF ten dollars.
Mulgannan has repeatedly In most shocking and
cruel manner beat and ill-used MS wife, and on the
night In question: after another brutal experiment
on The poor woman and while IN 81 bruised and
bleeding condition, at the hour OF midnight, wlih
out Of DOORS
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

The consumption OF wood in the United States s
enormous. Railway sleepers alone require 100000
acres OF the best timber every year. The annual
penditure Tor railway buildings, repairs and Is
S3s,6OO,oo0. The locomotives In the United states
consume $58000,000 worth Of the article. Wood
industry amounts to $500, 600 O0o in which there are
1900 artisans,
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

The total number OF new buildings erected In
Brooklyn during the past year 2,4s6 the assess
ment OF which Is S5,bs2 200 and the value OF which
Is Sl2,00O,000.
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The residence Of Mrs. Casserly, No. All Clinton
street. was felonionsly entered on Thursday night
ana robbed Of 500 worth or property.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

Jury trials In the City Court will commence on the
third Monday OF September Causes must be noticed
for trial for the first Monday.
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NEW YORK CITY.
Local and Police Paragraphs and Minor Items
Of Metropolitan News.

The following record win snow the changes In the
temperature for the past twenty-four hours III COM
parison with the corresponding day Of last year as
macy, HERALD Building Broadway, corner OF Ann
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Robert Hnsted, of33 st. Felix street, was knocked
down and gored by COW he vas driving yesterday.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20
MUSIC IN CENTRAL PARK.

The Department Of Public Parks announce that If
the weather be fine there Will be music by the Cen
tral Park Band, in Central Park, to-day, beginning
at half past four p. NJ. The following is the pro-
Cramme:-
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

william Maxwell, residing at 6eA Douglas
street, attempted to shoot oficer Cadmus Of the
Tenth precinct at late hour on Thursday night
The officer clubbed HIM to such an extent that
physician had TO be called to dress his wounds
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Judge Pratt, OF the Supreme Court, has issued an
order authorizing mortgage Of the real estate OF
the Greenpont Methodist Episcopal church for
$4,000 in two mortgages, to the Manhattan Savings
Institution, 10 be applied TO the payment Uf mortgage
and the enlargement and rebuilding OF the church.
A singular accident, and one which viii In all
probability result in the death OF two three per-
sons, occurred about eleven O'Clock on Thursday
night at tenement house, No. 81 Gold street. This
building, which is occupied by large number OF
families, Is connected with one OF the same class
situated in the rear by bridge or platform from
the second story AT about ten O'Clock two
OF the occupants OF No. 81, Mrs. Mary
Huzze and Mrs. Bridget McNeely, were stand
ing on this bridge, when IL suddenly gave way
and they were precipitated to the pavement beneath
among the debris, distance OF thirty feet. the
husband OF Mrs. McNeely, hearing the crash Of the
falling bridge and not knowing what 1t was ran ont
to ascertain the cause and the bridge being gone fell
among the broken timbers. The three parties were
picked up in almost lifeless condition and taken
into the house, when 1t was found their injuries
were OF serious II not fatal character. Mr.. Nc
Neely Is not expected TO survive, and both women
were badly injured about the back and spine. 1t is
said that the attention Of the landlord had been
called 10 the unsafe condition OF the brdge.
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AVcT6X6 CtI0peIHIUI0 ycsCcruHy. SF
Average temperature for corresponding date
last year. .................. !. ................ IL
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

John Kierney, of Brooklyn, boiler maker by oe-
cupatlon, held answer by Justice Scott at the
Essex Market Police Court yesterday on charge OF
stealing from Ernest Oeter of Is Chryste street, a
valuable gold watch. Kierney is said to be a noted
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

Yesterday an unknown man, aged about foriy-nvc
years. small side whskers, dark hair, red shirt, dark
pants and vest, was found corner OF Mercer and
Broome streets, with fractured skull. lie was sent
to Bellevue Hospital In an insensible state.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

Margaret J. Lyons, aged eighteen, died snddenly
yesterday at No. 60 Mercer street OF yellow iaun-
dice AS the deceased was not attended by a pnysi
can Coroner Schirmer held an inquest.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, yesterday COM
mitted bartender named Edward Snernger upon
complaint of Theodore Jacobs. Of 4S1 Eighth ave-
nue. charged with stealing watch. chain. set of
studs and revolver from him. on the 1st insi val
ued at $a46.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

Coroner Schirmer held an inquest yesterday sS
the Morgue over the remains Of Thomas Barry aged
eight years, who, 1t is supposed, was accidentally
drowned on Tuesday last, he having been missing
since then. The parent OF the boy reside at SO Scan
nell street, and the body found In the East river,
or Backwells Island verdict OF death by drown
Ing was rendered.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

In the Tombs Police Court yesterday, before Jns-
tice Koch. John Sullivan was committed ON charge
OF having on Sunday last stabbed with some sharp
instrument In the neck and the shoulder blade
Francis Mcclure, of 38 Mulberry street. Sullivan Is
only seventeen years OF age, resides at 45 Oliver
street, and says he Is NOT guilty.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

Philip w. Wagar, boy. OF No. Congress street
on Thursday afternoon forced open chest In his
fathers house and stole thirty five dollars in money.
lie was arrested by detective Won Guichien. and
yesterday committed to the Juvenile Asylum by JUS
tice Cox, at Jefferson Market Ponce Court.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

As onlcer Walters, OF the Sixteenth precinct, was
conveying John Lamb to the station house Thurs
day night he fOrclby took his club from him and
beat hA over the head with It, Severely injurlng
HIM. Justice Cox yesterday committed him LOT
examination.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

In the Tombs Police Court yesterday, before JUS
tice Koch, Michael Mooney and Edward sherwood
were held for trial on a cnarge Of having stolen
thirty dollars worth Of cashmere from the store Nos.
p and % White street. Edward Hamblin, OF No. l07
West Broadway, testified to having seen
known man leave the store with the cashmere in
his possession and hand it to Sherwood, IN whose
compa ny Mooney was.
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Warden Brennan, OF Bellevue Hospital, noti6ed
Coroner Schrmer yesterday that it would be neces-
sary TO hold an ante-mortem examination in the
case OF Dennis O'Bren, aged twenty five and a ma
tive OF Ireland he being The deaf mute who was
stabbed at 68 Orchard street by Francis Deiker who
keeps lager beer saloon at that place. The
wounded man was OF course unable to speak. but
made his statement In writing.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

James Sally, aged nfty-three and carman, died
yesterday in the Park Hospital from the effects OF
injuries sustained on the 3Otn ult. by his falling from
his truck. AS deceased fell to the pavement his
head came in contact with the wheel and his neck
was severely injured. Notice OF the case was sent
to Coroner Schirmer, who WILL hold the necessary
Investigation.
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william Morris, of No. sol Greenwich street, on
Thursday night forced open the paper stand Of
Joseph Leicht at the corner OF Houston and Hudson
Streets and attempted steal quantity OF books,
valued at $3.50. He denied the charge yesterday
before Justice Cox, but was committed in default OF
81 500 bail.
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superintendent Jourdan yesterday issued General
Order No. 27, announcing that the Commissioners OF
Charities and Correction are prepared to remove to
the MOrgue all dead bodies OF unknown persons
found between the hours Of SIX O'Clock A. NJ. and
six O'Clock p. NJ. The sergeants are instructed TO
notify Superintendent Keioch through the Seven
teenth precinct station house.
The New York herald., 1870-08-20

Michael Farrell a laborer, residing in Forty-nrss
street. on Thursday night amused himself by plung-
ing sheath knife into the hip, breast and groin OF
James Coie at the corner OF Sixty-ffth street and
Third avenue. He was arrested by officer Evees, OF
the Twenty ninth precinct and yesterday committed
by Justice Cox, In default OF $1,000 ball
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-30

sof liquidating the debt. The p sople would
not be satisfied if some of the debt we're not
paid annually, but a sinking fund of twenty
to twenty-five millions would be ample at
present. Thus the debt would waste away
psepsibly, and the people would not feel it,
The credit of the Government would stand
Just as high or higher. Our ability to pay
would be shown, while the wealth of the ma
tion would be more augmented Taxes to
the amount of q hundred millions year or
more might be taken off. There would then
be revenue enough to pay all the current
expenses of government and twenty-five mil
lions of the debt year. Let this reduction
be made and the money now in the Treasury
be applied to paying the debt. The burdens
of the people will be hghtened, industry will
greatly revive, and before six months Mr..
Boutwell, will have again a surplus in the
Treasury. The whole policy of the Secretary
should be reversed. If he has not the ability
or financial skill to take the initiative in the
policy we indicate, Congress ought to force it
upon him. large revenue leads to extrava-
gance and corruption. The vital question
now is to reduce taxation and to bring the
revenue down to the wants of an economical
administration of the Government
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that very many of the Mormon people them
selves are tired of their experiment in Orien-
tai habits, Congress should facilitate their re-
turn to the monogamy of Christianity. Brand
ing sincere and somewhat ignorant women
with prostitution, and their offspring with
bastardy, is neither the way to secure
their attention to what Congress would do
for them, nor the way to gain the listening
ears of those whom they call their husbands.
If the adoption of the institution of the patri-
archs has seemed to many Mormons a mis-
take, matter of regret an oppression, such
legislation as will afford persons of this class
an honorable discharge from its obligations
will be hailed with gratitude; while the
slightest semblance of persecution, or any
thing that can be so construed, will be
eagerly clutcbed by the leaders, and made the
rallyiDg point by them for all the stubborn
ness and pride of their own natures, aud of
those in the same position as themselves.
There are seemingly some persons in Utah
and in Washington endeavoring to work out
some such programme as we suggest. Can
not Congress assist them, and use them to-
ward the solution of this difficulty? Poly
gsmy has clearly not the sacred character and
obligation upon all the Mormons that has
been claimed for it, or why is it that Mr.
Hooper, the delegate from the Territory to
Congress, the defender of polygamy, is him
self the husband of but one wife ? During
last summer another gentleman from that
Territory, assisting the delegate in Washing
ton against the Cullom bill, was also single
married man. 1t is asserted by representa-
tives from Salt Lake that only a small pro-
portion of the men are polygamists, and
many of these are repentant. 1t seems q
fitting time to grapple with the subject by
the adoption of just, humane, and effective
legislation.
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WHAT WILL CONGRESS DO WITH NOR
MON POLYGAMY?

From the N. Y. Sun.
Mormonism perennially afflicts the Con-
gress of the United States, and throws dis
credit upon the republic in the estimation of
every civilized nation in the world For the
last twenty years scarcely session has passed
without a controversy over this obtrusive
and disagreeable subject; and its constant
recurrence exhibits the difficulty experienced
in dealing with it.
The Republican party in 1857 pledged to
the nation its best attention to two pre-emi-
nently interesting things-''slavery and po-
lygamy, twin relics of barbarism." The first
has been disposed of; the other still remains
intact, and is every day gaining an extension
of life. Indeed, all the efforts to reach it
seem only to contribute to it a greater vitality
and to give it opportunity of exhibiting still
greater boldness.
The time was when the Mormon apostles
and elders were indignant at the charge of
practising polygamy, and denied it publicly
with fierce wrath. They subsequently pre-
varicated and lodged the accusations and
then they stealthily passed from denial to
tacit admission, and then to open approval
of the system, ending by Illuminating damn l.
tion against the rest of mankind who rejectit
Slavery is abolished; reconstruction is now
settled and out of the way; and apparently
Congress is again to be occupied with the re-
naming relic of barbarism, and this time we
hope will be the last. One of the distin-
guished Senators from Massachusetts assumes
the task of leadership in this controversy.
Will he be more successful than his prede-
cessors?
The great cause of failure hitherto has been
the general ignorance of Congress respecting
the condition of the people of Utah. To-day
there should be no blundering-there need
be none. The opening of that mountain
country by the Pacific Railroad has afforded
the members of Congress as much facility
for seeing Utah as they ever had for visiting
New Orleans. Many of them, from both the
House and Senate, have availed themselves
of the opportunity of studying the question
there during the past season. Besides all
this, the unity that has characterized the
reign of Brigham Young is at an end, and
now bold, free press in Salt Lake, under
his very eyes, is furnishing the necessary
facts and arguments with which his colossal
power can be reached and demolished
Everything shows that the thinking, respest-
able portion of the people, who constitute
public opinion there, are ripe and ready for
any action of Congress that is consistent and
just.
The last bill, that of Mr.. Cullom, essayed
too much and its retrospective character ex-
cited the alarm of the country, and created
for the Mormons the sympathy that retained
! the bill in the Senate. That experience
should be suggestive, and induce the conclu-
sion that this Mormon question should be
looked at soberly and with full understand
ing OF the operation and results of legisla-
tion. II be true, as is frequently asserted,
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DECAY OF THE ENGLISH GOVERN
MENT.

From the NJ Y Tribune.
The Mikado of Japan, the other day, in
State ceremonial in which it was designed
that his sovereignty, dating from the era of
the gods, should be fully set forth to the wor-
shipping populace, sent in the front of the
procession the ancient royal chariot, closely
yelled and covered, before which the people
knelt, and made the day hideeus with devo-
ton, while the Mikado comfortably logged
along and dozed unseen in plain carriage in
the rear of the procession. John Bull hit
long ago upon the same clever expedient to
rid the real governing power of the country
of both troublesome salaams and fault. find
ing He keeps up an ancient system of roy
atty and nobility which creaks and lumbers
along in front of the nation, bediamonded
and bespangled, big and bright enough to
draw all the worship and abuse, while the
real power lies behind in a half-dozen plain
men who represent the commonalty. OF late,
however, hints begin to multiply on every
side that the people are tired of salaaming
and koo-tooing before this ancient chariot
in which, as everybody knows, the king is
not to be found. John Bull begins to ques-
tion whether this gigantic sham is worth its
price, when that price exhausts the best labor
and life of the people
The member in this governing system
which attracted most attention to its weak
ness during the last year has been the House
of Lords. The Peers, being men of educa-
tion and good deal of mental force, forget
sometimes that they are only part of State
ceremonial, and attempt to assume little
real authority, when it is ludicrous to observe
how promptly the check-strlngs are pulled,
and they are reduced to their ignoble wood
enness again. Most noticeably was this the
case in the two instances when they brought
themselves in collision with the popular feel
ing, on the questions of the Irish Church and
Land bill. No American college boy, in his
debating club, could inveigh more bit
terly against the decaying aris-
tocracy of England" than the
leading English journals themselves. The
House of Lords was reminded, with unmis-
taxable significance, that coronets. quarter
ings, and oak-leayes were baubles pretty and
rich enough wherewith to amuse themselves
and the vulgar, but did by no means include
the reins of government. The encraachment
was one of such peculiar irritation as to
betrsy even the wary Times into speak
ing the impolitic whole truth. The next
most influential journal in ''the fourth
estate" protested against the very existence
of "a house in which the true government
was powerless, because in it the nation
was entirely unrepresented. The machine
cannot 60 on forever" continues this