, 1873-02-12

An Alsnlann COI0ny..Nlrbs EOrFcSa.-
The Graham H1urticr--kind-HQcnr
People.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YONG, Fob 11.-I'ho Trusteos Of tho
ohildren's Aid Society adopted the following
to-days >"
Resolved That II the estate Of the late Iorace Grco-
ley is substantially tho Same as ,ylen be made mad
dssns - aid ii ts'e Soeosy 'A will feel Under ot]iss.
nGn5 70 out ~ tp e. esat ~ hut
ipae TIL no viii Seerioy re ii
quish all claim 10 tho legacy.
This means substantially that tho pound Of
1esh will bo exacted.
Two months ago, ChaH. @. Lowis, Of GAINESVILLE,
Ala, began to board with Mr. Williams, 822 Navy
street, Brooklyn. According to his own account
be is Of IN arietocratio and wcalthy family; and
Tes alusya n35,t o6Tndantly provided with money:
he wished to apond the winter in Brooklyn,
md the latter consented to board him.
He waa quiet young man, Of
morning, Mr.. Lewis did not appear at breaa-
fast, and Mr: Williamh went to his bedroom.
He found tho young man on tho floor In
=, pool Of blood. Tho blood was flowing
near bis right hand was razor rcd with blood.
Surgeons Ray he cnpuot live twelve hours. From
two 1etters addressed to his father, found in
his room, it Ia evident TINT ho was insaue, and
had boen contemplating suicide for day or two.
t1o the associated fTess.1
New YonK, Feb. 11.-A number Of French
esidents hero are endoavoring to establish
sottlement for A1sace and Loraine immigrants,
Four seamen Of the ship Fayorito wore ar
rested herb yesterday for 1nutiny,
&trs. Edwin Forrest, who resides on Staten
island, has giyen notice to tho executors Of her
late husband that alle will apply for her dover
inhis estate, on tho grounds That A1r. Forrest
was never divorced from her.
The Republican General Committee last even
ing decided to havo new elections for members
Tho murder Of James Graham at Little Neck,
l.. l., on Friday last, Is, atill shroudod In tho
deepest mystery. Thoro is an excitement In
tho nolghborhood ovor tho affair, and 1t 10 be-
l:sved therc were several perpetrators Of the
crime,
In the pigeon matoh at ooney island yester-
day, Wingato beat Moses IN q match Of fifty
birds each for 1900 a side.
J. hilton Turner, United States aitnistor to
1iberia, will sail from Boston for his post OF
duty on the 28th instant.
Only aovon Jurors have boen obtained in the
5cannel csso thus far, and the panel is exhaust
It is understood q petition. signed BY prom
inant merchants and several clergymen Of the
Episcopal Church, will DO sont to Governor Dix
to-night, asking him to commute the sentence Of
Foster to imprisonment for life.
Catherine Morgan, found dead Jan. 81, in a
ehnnty near Fifty~dfth street and Broadway, ro-
turned = verdict charging ler husband with
causing her death. Morgan was committed.
Metropo1itan Fire Department. to recover
e24 900 damages for injuries received from an
exploaion OF fro engine In June, 1869, on the
corner Of Canal street aud tho Bowery, was to-
that the Metropolitan Firo Department was an
independent State corporation, for whose acts
the city waH Irresponsible.
To-day, in the suit OF Marcus P. Woodruff
against tho Camden j. Amboy nai1road Compa-
~, to recover damages for goods destroyed by
fire at the Company's wharf, July II, 1864, a
special verdict was rendered in Common Pleas
giving plaintiH 344, 500 damages.