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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-14
COURT or APPEALS.
Decisions.

ALBANY May Is, 1878
The following decisions of the Court Of Appeals were
handed down this mormng;-
Judgments affirmed with costs-Higbie The Guar
dian Mutual Insurance Company, Waffle VS.. The New
YORK Central Railroad Company Arend vs. The Liver
pool. New York and Philadelphia Steamship Company
Judgment reversed and new trial granted, costs to
abide evenL-MeGoldrick VS.. Wletts.
Orders affirmed with costs Beach Reynolds the
People rel. Mundy Van Mort, Commissioners of
Public Works in the matter OF Wilder Mangs and Mount
Fowler
Appeal dismissed. with Thompson va. Craig.
Motion denied, without oosts.-Long Western Rail-
road Corporation.
Court OF Appeals Calendar.
ALBANY, Mavl TO- 1873
The following is the Court of Appeals day calendar
May A:-Nos. los 90. I2l, II, rs IS, 95, a.
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SUPERIOR CoURT-sPEClAl TERM

By Judge Curtis.
Cook ct al StarkweatherM to amend case as
settled allowed.
Sade and Another Wright-Moton granted: order
settled days notice.
Lneham VS.. Mead.-0rder settled.
Lee OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF reference.
Armstrong Mons0n ct al-Same.
Moores VS. Ogden.-Order vacating Injunction.
BY Judge Sedgwick.
Carnes Platt--Case settled
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yesterday appointed examining committee OF ap
pficants admission 70 the Bar and Henry Ill. Ander
son. William O. Traphagen and Henry Alker
pointed committee character.
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DEATH FROM VIOLENCE.

Mr. Henry Englehardt, who was assaulted by unknown
persons Hunters Point during the recent charter
ton there died his residence 1872 Dupont street.
point, on Monday night Mr.. Engehardt was q very old
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BLocK.-At her residence, on Tuesday, May 10,
JUDITH BLOCK.
The relatives and friends are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral, this day "wednesday, May
IA, two O'Clock r. NJ, at lS2 Orchard street.
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ADMISSIONS 10 THE BAR.

Joseph II. chOsts. william r. Shepard aud y. O. Rice
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MARINE CouaT-pAHT 2

An Important Casc-A False Paper Put
In Evidcnce-Prompt Decision by the
Court.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23
Ant Instinct.
tons Journ

The philosopher Bacon, discourslng on
the Qualities and nature of instinct, defi-
antlv asks of the donbter, s'Who taught
the Darrot his WELCOMED! who taught the
raven in drought to throw pebbles into
hollow tree where she espied water,
that Il might rise so ste might come to
it, who taught the ant to bite every
Grain of corn that she burieth In the NIL,
lest it should take root ana grow
With the question of authorship we nave
nothing to do, but it is with satlsfac!lon
that we have lately read that which gives
additional proof Of one OF the facts mere al
luded to. Mr.. Moggridge, IN pursuing
his investigations into the habits OF m
sects. gives an. interesting account OF a
species of ants which he had observed
carving into their nests, during the WIN
ter months. certain late fruiting plants.
Ontside the channels there was generally
heaD of the husks of the various seeds,
and sometimes one of those heaps would
fill a ouart-measure. These husks had
had their farinceous contents extracFd q
through hole on one side. Having pur-
noselv strewn near these nests quantltles
Of miller and hemp seeds, they were rap
iflly removed to the burrows and depos-
tied in the spherical chambers winch
served as stos ehouses. After lapse OF
fortnight. however, he discovered that
MANY of these seeds had been brought
out again, they having evidently com,
snienced to germinate, and he then noticed
that this return was made in order ina
the radicle might be gnawed off from eacf
seed; this being effected: they were car
| riai hack again,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23
A Novel Lottery.

The directors of the Dublin (lreland)
Railway Company have become suspl-
cious of their conductors, and have been.
trying to circumvent them. At first each
conductor was given strip OF tickets,
and he was to give one ticket to each pas
senger, who was then to tear it Up. Inc
conductors receipts were to correspond
with his ticket strips. But people, hated
the company worse than the conductor,
and would not tear up the tickets; the
and thus his income was kept up. But
now the remedy is reached. Every
ticket is numbered, but the number IS
printed on it; and at the end OF each
month the company has grand lottery
with three hundred prizes, ranging from
ten pounds to one shilling. Each ticket
has chance in the drawing. Nobody
throws away his ticket now; every pas
senger is too busy looking after his own
interests. Persons Of nobility travel IN
cognate in the cars for the sake OF q
chance in the lottery, and the affairs OF
the company are unprecedeatedly prosper
Gus. The plan is soon to be initiated II
| England.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23
Dough-balls on 'Change.

Did the reader ever notice IN the FRO
duce Exchange of New Y ork, or the Corn
Exchange of any city in the Union, set
of men who look as if they ought to be
better employed, engaged in the appa-
rently trifling occupation of making
dough-balls? 1t is serious business,
though. They do it to test the quality OF
flour. The first operation in testing flour
is to take small handful in the palm and
run smoother through it. This is a
pretty little silver-plated instrument, such
as shoemaker gives his customer to help
a tight shoe on. That shows the grain
and the fineness of the particles. 1t is
good time, too, for preliminary test OF
Color, or comparison Of samples. 1t tre-
auently occurs that poorer flour looks
best in color in comparison with another
and better when dry, but experts know
verv 1v nearly the difference. TO make the
test sure, however, the buyer takes sill
yer-plated coffee-pot and from it pours
water into the flour that rests in his hand.
Then he talks business with his neigh
bor as he works his flour into dough. II
there is any taint Of unsoundness In the
flour it is more easily detected after the
incorporation with water. If it has
smuttv smell, or if the grain is damaged
before grinding, or if the flour is turnee
from exposure, age, damp place OF stor
are. or from any other cause, the dough
ING process will show it. Flour may bt
kept without souring two or three years
but the removal of a lot from the place
storage has been known to sour it, or CIV
: # peculiar smell by simple displacement
, of the particles.-Neao York Journal 0
| Commerce..
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NO.. so.
Venice BY Night.

We stopped at an hotel at the Grand Ca
nal. Opposite the Church Santa Maria della
Salute, where we purposed remaining,
very. near the square OF st. Mark. Az
this point the breadth of the canal Is that
of an arm of the sea. Its waters are as
clear as the sun-illumined daylight, and
the phosphorescence left by the oars and
keel leave around broad, white, rlDDon-
like bands Of moonlight. On coming out
of the narrow canals into that broad ex,
panse, many gondolas were being dlrected
toward the Rialto, lighted by Venetian
lanterns, to be compared only to gariands
.nation showed vividly in the Obscurity OF
the night, ard was repeated in the trans
parency Of the waters. From the gOndo-
las came solemn and most harmonious
choir, accompanied by excellent lnstru-
mental music-a mysterious melody, in
creased and softened by the sound. con-
ductinr properties Of the air and OF the
lapunes. After having made that strange
Journey after having threaded that
strange series of winding canals, in which
Venice seemed one of those mystic towns
painted by the artists Of the middle ages on
the walls of cemeteries, to represent IN
ferno; seeing myself in the Grand Canal,
among that great crowd Of monuments
rising from the limpid waters under the
transparent heavens, showing the wmle-
marble churches, illumined by the star
light, andlooking like mountains OF snow snow !;
behoiding the gondolas rapidly gliding g
along. q floating festival cOnsecrated 10
art; drinking in thatmusic, that delicious
harmony in the waves of the wind and OF
the lagane, believed myself in in ancient asdsnt
tho ri. hes and the cOlors Of the East, IN
her her who listened to the serenades ol
Leonardo di vinci, in her who lent tne !;
shades of the rainbow to the palette o.
Titan, in her who loved laughter and
merriment, in her who put the empire q
Constantine at her feet like slave, and
as companion At FER rs side, Greee' 'aet tet
away in the distance, the lights were LOST
in the windings Of the canal; the lagune
sunk again into profound silence, and 70 . tn
turrets Of the neighboring churches ta a,aga rgna
melancholy Emilio CASTELAR,, IN Apple
TONS Journal.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23
Information About Noah's Ark.

A writer in the Nautical Gczette dis
cusses the subject of the Ark, taking Dotn
the Bible account and that recently us
covered in Assyria for basis. He says
that. reckoning the cubit as eighteen
inches. the ark was $50 feet long, 20 feet
wide. and is feet deep, and would register
about Is. 900 tons if measured as salhng
shin. or about Il, 900 tons if measured as
steamer by British rules. 1t was thus
smaller than the Great Eastern. 1t had
three decks, and was divided into numer,
Gus compartments by longitudinal ana
transverse bulkheads for the safety aLd
order of Its occupants. 1t was built OF
gopher wood, "a species Of evergreen tim.
her resembling the pine in length ana
Strength of trunk and the white cedar IN
iohtness. In model, says the writer, IL
was all that great carrier could be, chest
like. with the lines straight and angles
square, but the bottom and top were emp
tic in outline, presenting convexity to the
earth and sky. After giving the dlmen-
sions and the mode of construction OF tne
several parts, this authority tells US, as II
he were equally certain on this point, tnat
the ark ssfs now in good state OF pres
ervation. but lying under an eternal man
tie of snow. hundreds of feet deep, at an
altitude of il, 800 feet above. the level o.
the sea. Ever since the flood dried up the
climate of Armenia has been colder, anc
snow always covers the:top Of Ararat, rem
dering it impossible for any OF Noah,s de
scendants to 60 up and ind the ark'.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23
La. SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1873

How pretty his sister looked in her blue
silk. Classy was an uncommonly elegant
woman he wondered he had never no
ticed it before. What an excellent fellow
wasshis brother-in-law; what charming
old lady was Mrs. Hassan the elder.
What delightful, well-ordered, home
like place was the house! Where had his
wits been that hitherto all these things
had never seemed to claim from him moie
than listless, half-weary INTEREST," he
had not talked so much before in years,
and he made good supper, and then fed
bits off his fork to the cat, which sae,
much condeseending, took dainty.
He felt like man who has dreamed OF
wandering long, heavily burdened,
through waste places, and who wakes to
find himself safe in the familiar room, with
| the visionary load left behind iii the land
of visions.
Before he went way, he had promised
| to think about an oft-repeated proposal
| to make his home with his b1other-in-laW.
He thought to such good purpose, that
before the week had come to an end he
was established under has sisters roof,
to that lady's great contentment.
| . He saw Mrs. Armer two or three times
before she ended her visit Z; indeed, she
| came to him to consult him about 9 law
suit in which she was engaged Win nef
husbands relatives, but Mr.. Devlne IN
formed her that the matter was out OF his
line of practice. Once and again he en-.
] countered his old love, but with no more
dangerous emotions than ever-increaslng
disgust. The once sweet, unconventiona.
artIessness was vulgarity; the grace, at
fectation; the silvery laugh, sounding
brass.
With delight, he felt himself free man
and he threw himself into his profession
4 with renewed ardor, and each new day
seemed revelation of life. -.
Mrs. Armer did not prolong her visit
and in few days fitted away, to the un
disguised relief of Mrs. Vale.
i As for Mr.. Devine's long-cherished love
} the angel Of resurrection might hav
, called tor it in vain. The craven image
after reigning for years IN temple atd mean can
at the first sunbeam of reality that shon
: into the shrine.-Azdine for august.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23
AnecdOte Of Joseph Bonaparte.

A correspondent of the New York
Times. writing from Northern New Ork.
gives some interesting incide ents connected
With Joseph Bonaparte's residence IN
America. He owned large tract OF ter
ritory on the borders Of the Wilderness,
whittier he used to repair during the sum-
mers between 1920 and 1880 for sport, and
the people in that vicinity still entertain
visitors with "reminiscences OF his huntlng
excursions. Here is an anecdote which
she correspondent vouches for as autnen-
tie: On one Of his journeys from tlde-
water to his northern retreat, the Count
1.-THE ex-king was known as the Count de
Survilliers) and his retinue stopped lor
breakfast at wayside inn On the - MohaWk,
kent by a thrifty Dutchman. The land
lord knew who bis guests were, and be-
stirred himself to furnish good entertain
ment. The meal over, as the party was
about to proceed, the Counts secretary
brought him the report that the extrava-
can't charge of one hundred and twenty
five dollars was made. The items were
demanded, and, after putting down
round price for everything provided boil
for men and horses, the items footed only
fiftv dellars. The Dutchman was II
q ouandary. Like some other and latel
landlords. he intended to graduate hl
charges by the abilities of his guest Z
pay: and, knowing that the guest coult
nav. he was not the host to abate anything
/ While he puzzled over the bill, the Coun
again called impatiently from his carrlag
for the items. The landlord desperatel
scored down few words, and sent Ia
bill back by the secretary. The Coun
| glanced at it, and found that under tn
Charges. amounting to fifty dollars, tn
: following had been added, ga dam fuss
seventy-fiye dollars.'' His sides shoe
: with laughter as he read il; and he sal
! to his secretary, in French, 'sThe fello'
! deserves that, and more, for his wit an
! impudence. Give him five hundred 90
1 IarsH
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23

A COLORADO correspondent writes
s.Our butcher is graduate Of Yale one
of the gentlemen working in the printing
Office is q graduate of Cambridge and
winner Of the Bishops medal for profl-
cheney in the classics ranchma4 near
here is the son Of General IN the BRUSH
army, and near relative OF George ~ 1.e-
ranchmen are the four sons Of former
Governor of Bengal, who rs still very
wealthy, Two are the sons Of an eminent
London banker. A graduate OF one OF
| the universities manages dairy, and at 1,
tends to most of the milking personally.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23
A City OF Decay.
Commerce

M. de Beauvoir, a French traveller TO
whom we owe the best and most plctur-
esque description of Peking yet given to
the Western world, says that city is but
s an epitome of decay.' 'Thebes, Mem
phis, Carthage, Rome, are ruins when
tell of violent vicissitudes; Peklng IS a
skeleton dropping into dust. The raylne,
like streets are knee-deep in every klnd
of rubbish the moats, the canals, and
the rivers are all and always dry; the
parks, the once marvellous ponds, are
turned to desert places. TrlumPnal
arches stand side by side with wIetched
tumbled-down booths, surmounted by q
forest of little poles, whence paper
signs dangle in the air, and uniformity
is lent to all by the thick layer OF ever.
smelling dust which lies upon them, tne
same dust that is always whlriine
around, hurting the eyes and Offending
the nostrils." This great city, IN n whlel a7
nothing is repaired, and where it is pena
| to pull down anything,is slowly dropping
to pieces; andit is the opinion OF ID. d.
Beauvoir that before century has passed
it will have been abandoned and eeasef
to exist.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23

AN ingenious Yankee has bent the
scratching power of hens to the AID OF
agriculture. He places hen with chick
ems in a long narrow cage, just Wlde
enough to fit in between two rows OF po-
tatoes, wherein she scratches to her
hearts content. The cage is moved aleng
the space between the two rows until the
ground has been thoroughly scratched,
The potatoes nicely hoed, and all the Bugs
eaten.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23

The Boston Transcript ayers sss that that the
man is yet to De born who can 1urnlsil a Z.
local item for paper and be per1ectis
sure nobody will take oftense at IL. IL Is
an even chance if he can do it when he i
horn. at least for few days. Indeed. his
heing born at all furnishes 3 local item,
which will probably put somebody nos
ont Of ioint, Let him remain unborn,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-23

gsTHE latest case of undertaking impu-
dence is told of a pair of robins who
built their nest and were raising their
voun9.alnder the hat Of an elaborate scare.
crow, ,Det up by farmer of Connecticut
in his strawberry patch.
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conductor, or succeeded in mastering
the music in hand. SO well pleased
had the people been thus far with the
music of the Convention, that at its
social hour" in the afternoon, the
large hall was completely filed aud
the hearty and prolonged applause
which greeted the singers, expressed
the admiration of the audience. Miss
Kellogg appeared during the hour, in a
song very neatly done, Mrs. Carter
and Mrs. Spring and Mr.. Cobb made
large and choice contributions to the
programme as usual
The closing concert was given in the
evening to n crowded house. The class
acquitted themselves nobly, opening
with the chorus Thanks be to God"
with grand effect. During the evening
Mrs. Ellsworth appeared in the solo
ave Marie" which elected vigorous
encore to which she responded with
st. Adams of "Snipkins" fame sung
i'm duet with Mr.. Cobb and in one of
the finest choruses given by the class
"Crowned with the Tempest" quar-
tette consisting of Mrs. Carter and Mrs.
Spring. Prof Phillips and G. II. Rem
ele sang an obligato in an artistic man
ner. This was the only opportunity
we had of hearing Prof. Phillips excel
lent tenor alone.
During the entire evening, soloists,
chorus, and humorist seemed vying
with each other in efforts to please.
The concert and convention closed with
the "Inflammatus" from Rossini's
Stabat Mater, Mrs. Carter doing the
solo TO perfection.
Thus closed one of the best musical
festivals ever enjoyed by Western Yer
mont singers. and any music lover
who participated in, or listened to its
choice and ever-varying programme
must have enjoyed continual feast,
while to those who entered the ranks
of the singers for personal improve
ment, the numerous hints, pertinent
suggestions and illustrations by the
deservedly popular conductor and COM
poser, so forcibly impressed by beauti-
lul examI les from the voices of the
soloists, are sufficient for the coming
years practice and imitation.
The convention was not a success
as n money making affair, yet, despite
the unfavorable circumstances with
which it was surrounded, unpleasant
weather, bad travelling, ETC., we under
stand it was not n money losing affair
either. The annual election of officers
resulted as follows:
President, I. M. Trip; Vice-Presi.
deuts, j. V. Hall, Bennington and 9th
ers; Secretary, n. p. Barbour; Treas
urer, A. II. Cobb, Rutland.