, 1873-03-11
Affecting Collapse Of d Too-0on6d-
ing Partnership.
Constitutionality Of tho Warehouse Law.
Delinquent Insurance Com
panies.
Bquatters' Rights --- Charges
Against Land Agents.
Bankruptcy nnd General Notes.
New Suits.

sohoolmates In the tonlor yeara Of childhood,
Friendly and conlding in each other from youth
up, partners in tie vinegar buainoss In their
ripo manhood, Samuel Dpnncll nnl William II.
Whittemore are now at daggora drawn In tho
Superior Court, on tho question of filthy lucro
Tho defondant insisted on handling Tho money,
md complainant wont forth into tho highways
md by-whys Of tho country, travelling uncehaing-
ay, al he monrnfully aays, in the intorents OF
vinegar. Profits were reported in 1860 nnd
1870, but In 1871 change chno DER tho spirit
pf tho trade, and tho accounts showed balance
on tho wrong sido to the oxtent Of more thnn
e1,000. This atato OF affairs rullcd tho
Bmoothncas Of rotations then existing, and
Bamuel now ror shly charger that tho accouuts
8ero doctorcd by lin unflthful partner, that
tho bnlRnce shoets voro flctlons, and TINT, far
from tho business boing carried on at q loss, ho
made profit Of $4,000 out Of 1t in 1879, when
lo took charge OF 1t limsolf, determined no
longer to bo owind1od and robbed ao he now
nftlrmH bio has bcon. Ho Btatos that ho camc to
this conclusion with pain and regret. It picscos
him to the heart to Boy so; but his doareat
friend ia not q gentleman ; 1t cruBhos him to tho
parth to think such thing, but lis ahootionate
partner is ucablo to construo NOUN and tu1m
which TIE TR1nuNE shrinhs from ropoating
by >saying tint lie. leara tho said
iefendant intonds to make tho aforesaid rob
completo." In such lilIo passionate and fearful
language your orator struggles through many
pageP Of Legal ioolscap, ending, by praying the
protection OF tho law against the sTilos Of Will
The partnership property, particularly ccrtain
notes Of which lp has possession, ono Of thonl
being that of tho suffering samuol hin1solf. An
indignant and firory roply, not unnai1ed with
s'anBwer to this extraordinarily aowory bill.
TIE .coNsT1TuT1oNALlTy OF THE WAREHOUSE
great mnny poreons ha7o asked why Mum
d Scott aud High ATaher. who waro indicted for
chipping grain out OF thor warehouse without
returning and cancclling tho receipts, havo not
boon tried. Tho Grand Jury Of September last
bills, yet the cases hayo not been disposed OF by
tho Criminal Court. It will be remembered
that Mum = Scott woro also Indicted tor rofua-
LIZZIE Theis 4o eoanzss s took M tho '0 case ss IT to o tho
Supreme. Court, on writ Of error.
Az ;: tho. constitutionality, Of the
case OF favorable decision, the olher indict-'
nenta would ba affected, It wna deemed boat to
defer trial until tho Supreme Court delivered ita
opinion. Yesterday. Stato'a Attorney Reed re-
ho stated thnt tho Court had decided tho case,
but tint the dcciDon would probably not be writ
ten out and filed until tho juno term. No inti-
nation WAS given to the decision OF the Court,
favorable or adverse to afunn Il aeott. The in
dictmentB hnyo consequently been laid aside, and
Munn. tS Scott and Mr. Arahor will not DO called
upon to nnswer in the Criminal Court until tho
;+sr ~ Ina
DEL1NQuENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. "
The creditors OF tho Republic and Chicago
Fire insurance Companies would like to know
why the bnnkrupts' accounts have not boon filed
with the Register, according to Inv. All the
other companies filed theirs over d week ago,
md the list was published in this column. Do
tho AsBignces forgot tllo LESSON taught the AS
signoe Of tho Wnnesheik BY Judge Diodgett as
to due performance OF duties accepted by him !?
The. Assignee is required to make q monthly
return to tle Register, and its substance ia to bo
sont to evory creditor who desires it. Tho fol-
lowing language is plain enough for schoolboy
to understand:
Tho substance Of each monthly return Of the Asgnee
Pha be sent by tho Register to any creditor who shall
request IT. and pay tho feo provided for notices to
nuy report Or statement which Ii is nsto Lis duty to
file ialse by tho bankrupt act any general order
due, il shall bo tho duty Of to Rcgister to make m
erdsE requiring tho To- sh9w ean.s before m ths
not be removed from Office.
As we do not want to SEQ these ehtmablo gen.
tlemen ruled to AhoW cause why they should not
be removed, aud as quito IL number Of creditors
do waut to seo the accounts, we call upon the AS
Bignees to make their report, or tho Register
will bo utter thom, suro.
DIVORCES
one Ut tho most painful divorce cases that It
has fallen to tho lot Of the reporter to raad is
charges her husband with thirty-two years OF
almost uninterrupted cruelty, drunkenneBs, aud
debauchory. Ho onco threw hor on tho stove.
The relation Of his brutality, 1t but third Of 1t
forever. 70 '' Sic DA has lott him him twice, s sn1
gone bnek to him once, at his earncst aolioita-
ton, and on pretenso Of repentance, but Bhe IL
loft in hor approaching old age fecble and weal
mined to ask tho Court to FREQ hor from hol
bonds. Tho cottage they have lived in, or
Aberdeen street, belongs to her huBband bui
lakes aro duo on it., aud she prays tho Court to
driven to dio In tho aims s-louas. He las done
this that was bad, and that That was worso and
the t'other that wac worst and alo mover, mover,
"neyor will forgive him. says Mary Ann
John. They have been married Twenty-Five
years, and had six ohildron,s four Of whom Orc
living. He left her once, ho beat her many
tmcp and hia conduct toward other married
feeling could overlook. The proofs Of his prol
gacy camo homo to both him and her In . tot
Convincing form to leave any further doubt OF
her mind, md nho haa left him, and will neyo
i've with him ngain, not it she woro dragged tt
pieces with wild horses. sho desires divorce
alimony, custody Of clildron, and anything elal
Tue Court may consider necessary,
OAsE INVOLVING sQuATrEna' RIGHTS.
question Of squatterH' rights is involved II
suit yesterday commenced in tho superlo
Court by Samuel J. Walkor ngainat Edward Nc
Cormlck aud Edward Mccormick, Jr., toreBtrai
tho defendants building d house on complain
ants land, described al Lota 10 md 20, III Bloc
10, ip 8. ], Walkor'a Dock Addition, in tho eae
half OF SEQ. 80, 80, II; the defendants hayin
Bauattod Oh said land many ycars ago, their cabi
haylpg since gouo to decay, and thoy having lof
malsng no claim to ownership until they aut
denly appoared and commenced tho eIootion :,
ant'a agent notified them to doBist, hut tho
Inaist Oh their right to the land, and tempora1
injunction was obtained, roBtrainiugth tho oreotio
until hearing by the Court.
DuAnaEH AGAlN6r THAYER / CO., LAND AGENT
Albert G. Qdbll ehRrgeB @, g. phayer j. G{