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The New York herald., 1871-12-15
THE CoU R T S.
; Arie Railway Litigstion-Alleged Butiuy-
Businss in the Court Of Oyer and Ter.
ninsr-sentsucss in the Gen.
oral eessions- Decisions
uMYEp STATES supsfRs couaI.

49, u.,tel States Lands In wisconsin,
yross IibeIs Between the Ships webb and
sAsssipg star.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. "a, lS71.
"a a. Nnv G. curtis Us. Jonathan WhttEev et
-Error 70 the Supreme Court OF wisconsin.-This
. n oased upon deed executed by the county
Brown, wisconsin, to the plaintiff, bearing date
", 1885, the deed being made In pursuance OF
sale. The claim was resisted on several
cuuds-frst, that the tract OF land covered by
the the ume the tax was levied, and was,
erefore, not liable theretoi second, that
ss ors ssEs an IN .S1sy Sss q Surns s
e SIX months preceding the expiration OF the time
redemption, and yet no notice was served upon
Sed By The law Of tne state t IN SUCH ca cases "a Tne
alntins replied thar this act OF the State Legisla
re requiring the notice contended for was uncon-
sare after the sale, and materially changed the
Gnottt0ns, thereby lmpalring the obligation OF the
q me sss the Court Sustained the act and
so same objection 10 u is insisted upon mere as
n0erlng ~ invalid. y. II. Ellis i0r plalntaH In
TOR; 7. 0. Howe for defendants.
NO. 80 Steamer ". H. Webb rs. Bdrlin0 ana
mother, Erecators-Appeal from the Southern DIS
ict Of New Tho owners OF the ship Shooting
~ libellei the Webb for damages for negllgently
wing ner under q contract for towage from
ortslnouth. n. H., to New YORK; aud the
wners of the webb also libelled the Shooting
tar TO recover the price agreed upon for
swing her, and Tor extra services, and for
ages OF pilot and other expenses. The Shoot
lg star had been grounded on the voyage by
1e perils OF navigation as alleged by the steamer,
nd alter she was again In condition to continue the
Oyage the steamer offered to complete the contract
US her services were declined. Tho decree In the
was against the steamer for over $40 00t
anages suffered by the ship, and against the ship
or about 1000 Both DEGREES were af1rmed ut the
Arcuit and the questions are now argued here.
Ouuse i0r the steamer insisting that the damage
the snip IS caused by perils OF the Seattle In.
v1table accidents OF navigation-the act OF God
10 rain, The fO9, the darkness; the variable, con-
ncting aud tmperceptibe currents and the winds.
N the part OF the ship 1t Is c0ntended that the
seamer 10 responsible wholly for the damage, in
consequence OF the unskllrulness Of her pilot and
sther causes. u. g. Benedict tor appellant; ID. d.
kDr6 annellAea
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supffnf C0usT-cBAA3sai
Tse Aa,sserdan Insurance Company.

The Amsterdam Insurance Company.
Before Judge Cardozo
motion was made yesterday 10 discharge the
scsivsr appointed to settle the AFFAIRS OF the
Amsterdam Insurance Company, on the ground
srat alter paying all It's liabilities the company
vrssid stil have over $4,000 assets and were In
0op,lition TO continue the busness. Judge Cardozo
oo1o " Nould take ine papeys snQ examine the oase
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BROOKLYN COURT CALENDARS.

SUPREME CouRr-0ENERAL TERN.--Nos, l, 25, %,
ga g. a. rs, IS, 70 so 81. 80 49, g. S. lo5, lo6 ls2,
Cry CouRT-Nos. LOG, sl7, s16, 4s, 1os, sls. sl4.
1S5, 15s 194, 227 1888, 2sl So 10 A. o. es l23, IS2
322 So ~ 26 46 10S 107, $780, ll 1877, 40 222, 1885,
1885, 26S, 270 272 279 ESQ., 1884, 2s5 S2o $780, SSo, l9l
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thoroughly pus would not give his dec,sion before
much consideration.
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COURT OF APPEALS.

ALBANY, Dec. a. 1871
The following Ia the Court of Appeals calendar
for December 15-NOs. l07, At, 40, 1872 4sS, 4S4,
4S6, 4S6.
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COURT Of comnoN PLEAs-SpfcMl TENN.


Weston us. Scots-Motion granted.
Vsdersrood uS. Hdnc0Ck--M0t1On 70 dischargt
from order OF arrest granted, with costs.
Commissioners or Excise us. Denno-See memo
randum for counsel
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the money ana examine II: | 1clt II. and knew IL
was money IRON the way 1t ielt; the money was IN
q roll, but cannot say It was iied up; l put no
mark upon the plates,
q. DID you see nytlmg taken out or the pack
age but the platesr A. Nothing TO notice It.
q. How came you, tnen awhile ago, IN answer to
the Judge, TO say that there were those pieces OF
0Ied papers A. know that tho next time saw
plates there tins oiled paper and for aught
Instance; saw Cole wnlle KennOch was putting the
irons on MiHer; Cole then could not nave been more
than ten steps from me-ab0ut thirty feet; Miner
was then down on the ground; was holding him
In reply 10 other questions on cross-examination
the witness denied that no had ever been accused or
any crime, that he had been engaged III real estate
matters In New Jersey before his entrance into the
Secret Service, and tnat he mad been introduced 10
that service BY Mr.. NetGeship, Officer OF the de.
partment; he mad never been charged with any
crime in connection with counterielteis IN New
Jersey.
HENRY c. COLE RECALLED.
Henry q. Cole was again recalled. He stated, In
reply TO Mr.. Medan, one Of the jurors, tnat Colonel
stan or any favor in case Miner was convicted
nothing Of the kind; he Was simply promised his
liberty Tor telling what he knew about THIS business.
TESTIMONY OF NORRIS 3. SULLIVAN
Morris y. sullivan an officer OF the Secret Service
Department. was the next witness. he deposed
that on the 25tn Of October, between eleven and
twelve O'Clock IN the day, he drew up the paper
now handed TO him. This was q list OF the bills
composing the $1,000 alleged 70 have been handed
by Whitley to Cole for the purpose Of giving IL to
Minor In return for the plates Witness handed the
notes and the list TO Colonel Whitley on the same
DAY.
Cross-examined by Mr. Pheps-Thcre was any
number OF people In the Office while was mak Ing
tne llst Dut tnere was no one 70 watch me while
was writing n,
EVIDENCE OF OFFICER DRuMM0ND
Omcer Drumm0nd or tile Secret Service, deposed
That he was ono OF the detectives who watched
Anev and assisted An bis arrest witness sAw Alnes
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
The Reindeer and his Travels.

WE know that domestic animals are
often compelled to take long journeys, In
obedience to the will of man; but did you
ever know that whole companies of peo-
pie are sometimes compelled to take long,
wearisome journeys because of the migra-
tions of animals? The reindeer, In those
cold North countries where he is the main
staff and stay of the people, takes his long
Journeys at the regular seasons in search OF
the reindeer moss and the peculiar ichens
which are its main food. There is no help
for it; but the people who depend on it for
food, and clothing, and almost every other
necessary of life, must follow its wander
ings. Fortunately there is little portable
property to transport; and even the little
children are harder than most men with
US. A little thing of two years was seen
by DR.. Kane to take his knife and cut into
the walrus fat along with the rest of
the family, consuming a quantity so enorm-
Gus it seemed almost incredible. They
early learn to take care of themselves. so
that little children are small hinderance to
their parents.
Those frozen regions could not be in
habited except for those hardy creatures.
Their keen scent shows them where the
moss is hidden even beneath six feet of
snow. Where every thing else would per
ish of hunger, it finds sufficient food. In
turn it furnishes food for the poor inhabi-
tants, and when domesticated, gives them
milk, butter, and sort of cheese; while
its skin is put to innumerable uses besides
the common one of furnishing them with
warm clothing.
1t seems wonderful to US that people
can bear to live in such region, and that
it seems q beautiful land to them. No
doubt they would soon tire of the conven.
fences of our enlightened homes, and
would think the most common customs OF
civilized life very irksome and disagree
] sble.-Pres6sferidB.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
Matrimonial superstitioas.

Tie lately revived custom of throwing
shoes sfter a newly welded couple for
luck is very old one. In the Isle of
Man, the shoe is thrown after the bride
and bridegroom as they leave their respec-
tive abodes, but the ceremony is generally
performed elsewhere upon the departure
of the hero and heroine of the day fer the
honey moon trip. In some paris of Kent,
Ehoe throwing does not take place until
after they have gone, when the single
laties range themselves in one line, and
the bachelors range themselves in another.
An old shoe is then thrown as far as the
thrower's strength permits, and the ladies
race after it, the winner being rewarded
by the assurance that she will be married
before any OF her rivals. She then throws
the shoe at the gentlemen, the one she hits
laying the same pleasing JUNCTION to his
heart. Something like this is practiced,
too, in Yorkshire and Scotland. In Ger
many it used TO be a rule for the bride, as
she was being conducted to her chamber,
to take off her shoe and throw it among
the guests, who battled for its possession,
the successful he or she being destined to
be speedily married and settled. In some
places the threshold is kept warm for
another bride by pouring a kettleful of
warm water down the door-steps as
soon as the bride and bridegroom have
taken their departure; the fancy being
that before the water is dried up another
match will be made up, or " flow on, and
that it will not be very long before another
welded couple passes over the same
ground. Ia Prussia, the method of in
voking blessings on newly-married pair
used to be the more expensive one oi
smashing crockery against the door of the
house in which they were domiciled.-
Chambers Journal
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
Benefits Of Laughter.

Probably there is not the remotest cor
ner or little inlet of the minute blood-Ves-
sci of the body that does not feel some
wavelet from the great CONFUSION pro-
duced by heartylaughter, shaking the CEN
tral man. The blood moves more lively
probably its chemical, electric or vital
conditionis instinctly modi6ed-it conveys
a different expression to all the organs OF
the body, as it visits them on that partlcu-
lar mystic journey, when the man is laugh,
ing, from what it does at other times ana
thus it is that good laugh lengthens a
mans life, by conveying distinct ana al
ditional stimulus to the vital forces. The
time may come when physicians, attending
more closely than they do now to the IN,
Vulnerable subtle influences which the soul
exerts upon its tenement OF clay, snail
prescribe to a torpid patient $50 many
peals of laughter" to be undergone at
such and such time," just as they do
now that far more Objectionable prescrlp-
tion-a pill, or an electric or galvanic
shock, and shall study the best and most
effective method of producing The required
effect in each patient.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

A MAN painting the cornice of house
in Hartford, fell from ladder, and it was
supposed that he was badly hurt. Inme-
diately after the fall, young man ran to
to the store to inform the painter OF the
misfortune that had overtaken his work 1.
man. The "boss" listened to thrlhing
description of the fall, and, with the rnI-
inc psssion still strong within him, asked,
anxiously. Did he spill his paint:'
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

the index, then pointing downward, max
ing rapid slight movement of the hand
up and down; tomorrow" is the same,
except that the movement is greater, and
from the elbow. Numbers, of course, are
shown by holding up the fingers.-AppIe-
toms Journal
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

THE Salt Lake City Nsaos says that,
short time since, while some men were
engaged in clearing out spring in that
region from which the people obtain
water for irrigation, they found, standing
erect, in the spring, what had been two,
year.old heifer, in an advanced state OF
petrifaction.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

A GERMAN waiter at Bingen on the
Rhine has displayed talent for fraud
worthy of Saratoga. A lady found a
chicken in her egg, and called his atten-
ton to the circumstance. He charged her
for boiled chicken.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

DISPATCHES from various points in
Colorado are delayed by the inconveaient
habit the settlers have of hanging horse
thieves to the telegraph wires.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

A MULATTo woman called Madam An
eelo has Just walked loo miles IN Eng
land, in as many consecutive hours, peing
the third person known who has achieved
this feat
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

AHARD CAsE.-Dying, without money,
without property, no life insurance policy
in the Washington Insurance Company,
of New York, yet leaving wife and
small children.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
Poetry.
LITTLE By LITTLE.

WREN the new years come and the old years go,
How, little by little, all things growl
All 0ings grow-and all decay
Little by little passing away.
Little by little, on fertile plain,
Rlpen the harvests of golden grain,
Waving and flashing in the sun,
When the summer at last is done.
Little by little they ripen so,
AS the new years come and the old years 60.
Low on the ground an acorn lies,
Little by little it mounts to the skies,
Shadow and shelter for wandering herds,
Home for hundred singing birds
Little by little the great rocks grew,
Long, long ago, when the world was news
Slowly and silently, stately and free.
Cities of coral under the sea
Little by little are builded-while so
The new years come and the old years 60.
Little by little all tasks are done;
So are the crowns of the faithful won,
So is Hesyen in our hearts begun.
With work and with weeping, with laughter and
play,
Little by little, the longest day
And the longest life are passing away,
Passing without return while so
The new years come and the old years go.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

WHEN does a man feel girlish2 When
he makes his maiden speech.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-08-16

sumo that if a depositor received from the
Bank certificate that the coin passed in
by him was deposited in its vaults on call,
no publicists outside of the pretenders OF
the AdUetiser, would assert that the
Bank had thereby issued paper money
or was planning to defraud the community.
We appreciate therefore the sarcasm OF
our correspondent >, who by the way does
not happen to be an in, . when he says /:
"If the Adcertiser, as the protested or
gan of the public, represented the intelli-
gence of the community on this subject, no
scheme Of paper currency would be likely
to be satisfactory, for the chances would
be about even, whether a thoroughly
sound one would fail for want of the ne
cessary confidence OF the community in it,
or whether they would be ruined by con
fiding implicitly in one thoroughly I'M
sound"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-08-16
Paper Money and Paper Currency.

To THE EDITOR OF THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
SIR: The Advertisers article of last Saturday
on paper money makes very distinct, but very
extraordinary assertion. 1t says: d" The only
difference - and a very essential one for the
public-betweeD the United States Bank Notes
and the Hawaiian (meaning by the latter the
certificates of deposit of coin by Bishop & Co.,
in the Treasury is that the former are author
the authorization which binds the faith Of the
Government" That is, it affirns that certif-
cate of the deposit of United States Bonds, or
promises to pay, and which by law pass current
as money and which no one can refuse. is the
same thing as a certificate of the deposit of coin
which one may 20 and draw, and which certificate
does not pass current by law, and nobody is
obliged to take. Can any two pieces of paper
referring to money be more opposed in their
nature? To the first, all the objections to be
urged against a paper currency apply; to the
latter, not one. Again, no national authorization
can be necessary to enable the Hawaiian Treasury
to pay out coin that never belonged to 1t to the
order of those who put it in; and if it is meant
that the national faith should be pledged to pay
these coin certificates any way, in order to make
them secure, and pass more freely-this is pre-
cisely what an opponent of paper currency, to
be consistent, should object to.
The Advertiser should explain how the GER
tifcates of the deposit of coin can produce an
imitation of currency" any more than the coin
itself could, and if it avoids that difficulty by
pretending to doubt whether the coin has been
deposited at all, it must do what it declares it
does not-imply fraud both as against the Treas
ury and the Bank. To say nothing of the conf
calty of Directing to fraudulent certificates, on
the ground that they tend to keep up prices"
and to a branching out into enterprises that
would not otherwise be attempted"
No one can object to the Advertiser being
constantly on guard to protect the public in
terests, but if it gets into the habit of crying
" Wolf Wolfm when there is no danger, the
fear is that some day when it may sound real
alarm, nobody will take any notice, and the public
will be devoured In this character of public
guardian, it seems to apologize for its palpable
on the paper currency question,
on the ground that its first little article" was
g feint," in parrying which the " enemy" was ex-
pected to expose a weak point" to receive
home thrust. A feint, however should be man
aged with skill, otherwise the party making it
exposes himself to the danger intended for his
adversary. Nothing can excuse the fiction about
he nOn-dePost of the coin-except success.
Let the public be the judge, in this instance,
If what kind of hit " its champion has
made \
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-08-16
Certificates of Deposit.

We were not aware until last Saturday
that the Finance Office, or the Bank, had
issued bank notes, or that their promises
to pay, were passing from hand to hand as
money. We are not aware that there is
any law of this Kingdom authorizing the
issue of paper money, or making anything
but gold or silver coin, legal tender. We
do know that for several weeks past GER
tifcates of deposit, which are vouchers for
deposits of coin by Bishop & Co. in the
Treasury, signed by the Minister of Fl
nance, countersigned by the Registrar of
Public Accounts, have been given at the
Finance Office and by the endorsement of
Bishop d Co., and that these certificates
have passed from hand to hand to the
manifest convenience of every body. We
are at a loss to know by what process of
reasoning a certificate of deposit can be
Transmitted into bank note, treasury
note, or any other form of what is COM
monty understood to, be paper money.
Hence we fail to notice what is said to be
" the only diference-and very essen
tial one for the public-between the
United States Bank notes and the Hawaii
an, is that the former are authorized by
Congress, while the latter are without the
authorization which binds the faith of the
Covorny,anf
There is not the least doubt that the
Bank has deposited the coin in the Treas
ury, and it makes no difference under the
wording of the law whether that coin be
silver or gold, for which it has re-
ceived certificate. Nor is there any
doubt that by endorsement thereon of the
signature of Bishop & Co. that the ''faith"
Of their Bank is pledged to the holder of
the certificate So also there is no doubt
that the faith of the Government is holden,
since the certificate has been issued under
Section 479 of the Civil Code, which reads
as follows:
"SEcr1ox 479. For the purpose Of promoting
convenience in business and exchange between
the different Islands of the Kingdom, it shall be
lawful for the Minister of Finance in his discre-
ton, to receive any current funds on deposit, to
any amount not less than fifty dollars, and to
issue certificates of deposit thereof. payable to
bearer, on demand, without interest"
We are not SO demented as to believe
that Bishop d Co. would part with their
coin by deposit, or by any other form of
transaction without valuable considera-
ton in return, and without something
which should be. legally and perfectly
satisfactory as well as be convertible on
the instant. The redundancy of silver in
circulation has suggested, we presume, to
the Bank its present method of avoiding
the labor and inconvenience of handling
that sort of coin; and we pre-
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-08-16

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AT LAHAISA.-An unfortu-
nate accident occurred at Lahaina on Friday last,
which the communication below will explain. The
unfortunate was brought to Honolulu by the
Nettie Merrill and taken to the Queens Hospital,
where his wound was examined by DR.. McKibbn the
surgeon of the Hospital. Hewas conveyed to Lahana
by the steamer Monday. 1t is considered doubtful
if he RECEIVERS.
Mr. EDIToR.-SIR: Allow me to give an expana-
ton of an accident which occurred in my store this
morning at eight O'clock While was at breakfast
my clerk Mr.. Samuel Nowlien was showing some
goods to several natives and among others took up
a revolver that was lying the back of the
counter and holding it point blank at one Ofthem,
cooked it and pulled the trigger. when TO his as
constituent it went off striking named Koo-
umauma just below the eye. The ball evidently
slanted downwards and lodged in his cheek Yes
terday morning Mr.. Nowlien had examined the pis-
toll which was not then loaded. 1 loaded and tried
the revolver yesterday afternoon, firing but once
leaving still four chambers charged and returning
by way of the store with the intention of taking
it and some cartridges to my house, but some
thing calling my attention in the store, put 1t in
its original box and left it the recess. 1t was
dark when left the store and not seeing IT, the In
tention of taking it home passed out Of my mind.
Messengers were Immediately despatched for the
surgeon Dr. Beratz, but up to the time of writing,
p. m, he has not arrived The sufferers receiving
he attention of his friends and other parties,
ind should the doctor not arrive he will be sent to
Honolulu in the Nettie this evening 1t is truly
ad case of careessness.
Yours truly,
JAS. W. GIRwIS.
Lahaina, August 18th, 1871.