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The New York herald., 1874-08-11
AN INTERVIEW WITH TRACY.

General Tracy, the counsel of the investigating
committee, has been interviewed in reference to
the rumor Of his retirement. The interview was
as follows:-
as 1t q fact that You have retired from the
caseY" asked the reporter.
"Not that am aware Of" replied General Tracy.
"Where did you hear that9"
REPoRrER-It has been rumored extensively that
you have, and some OF the papers have even pub
iisned the statements.
General TRAoY-Have theyf What reason did
they assign
REPoRrER-Well, one of the leading New York
newspapers says that In consequence or your for
mer connection with Mr. Moulton you would not
cross-examlne that gentleman.
General TRACY-There may be some truth IN
that. do not think that Will sexamine Mr..
Moulton; in TACT will not. That gentleman has
formerly been client OF mine. In TACT
HE CONSULTED Me
on this very business In tue commencement, there
fore could not very well examine him. 1t does
not follow, though, that have retired from the
case.
RRPoRrER--It has been said that Mr. Moulton,s
Is still for peace and that has even stated
that when ne went before the investigating com-
mittee ne w0uid endeavor to have the matter
General TRAoY-what does he mean by thatp
RBPoRTRR- presume tnat he Will propose some
General TRACY shook his head and said-No com.
promise VIII be Effected. That ls out OF the
REroBrBn-Then he will be asked to tell all he
knowsY
General TsAoY-Yes, he will be asked to tell all
he knows and ASKED to produce everything con.
cerning the case that ne has IN his possession.
You may safely state that
REPoRTsR-Win Mr.. Beecher be examined to-
dayf
General TRAcy-That do not know have
not seen Mr. Beecher this morning and l DO not
know whether he has returned from Peekskiil VET
RzPoRTER-Ihen, presume, the other counsel
In the case VIII cr0ss-examine Mr.. Moult0ns
ined at all.
RsPoRrER-How long viii the investigation last.
40 you supp0sef
General fRACY-T have no idea now. Mr.. Moul.
toms testimony may make IL necessary to search
out and examine other witnesses,
The reporter thanked the counsel and with
dEeWs
The New York herald., 1874-08-11
A HOME OF MISERY.

The Moral OF tho Weehawlken TragS
edy-A BOY Bearing Witness Against
His Father.
The inquest on the body Of Mary Lavery, whot
was killed by fall from the third story window o6
building at weehawken, on the 5th inst, was
sumed last evening before Coroner Parslow. Cd
Hoboken. DR.. Bird, Assistant County Physician,
testided that the cause Of death was fracture ol
the neck and rupture OF the vena cava.
Hannah Sheehan testified that she saw de,
ceased go into the widow Roche's on Wednesday
morning, at nine O'Clock, and did not afterwards
see her alive; deceased was o hard working
woman; she and her children slept one night in
witness house. being afraid to 90 home on account
OF her husband.
Charles Lavery, q boy ten ye1rs old, the eldesu
child OF deceased, was put on the stand.
put was not sworn. he gave the follows
York tnat morning l5tn,, at hslfpast
eight O'Clock; we went to pawn ONCE, where ho
to When We %ens n so
me to 60 over to Mrs. Roche's and look Ior my
mother; on my way over mother saw me and
called me; she was IN the cellar, with my threo
little SISTERS; she asked me II my father was scold-
ing and said no; she took me BY the nand came
home; she then lay down on the floor and got un-
der the bed; she renamed there but short time -
get out; she mad one leg out, and pulled her in 3
she then lay down on the floor; went out OF the
room and she shut the door; father was all this
time lying in the entry; was not well outside when
i heard q scratching noise. and l went into
the room mother was hanging out OF the window
shouted to father and my mother at once droppedl
down: father went down stairs, stood over.
her, lifted her head in his hand, and saldsf
"Oh Mary Donnelly, are you gong t3
die and leave these four children orphans
but when l got as far as the railroad he whstled
me back and said, al guess II is hquor;' motheq
was putting out her tongue and moving her head
from side to side there the boy burst into tears)
often saw father strike mother with his fist; heard
her say she would put an end to herself; ofteR
saw father drunk; never went to school only
one month; left because had NO shoes never
went to Sunday school,
During the delivery OF the testimony the fathera
q hard working, depressed looking man, ratheN
thin and about forty years Of age, interrupted re
peatedy, but was checked by she Coroner, The
boy gave his testimony with great reluctanco-
The Jury had not arrived ct verdict up to lato3
hOu
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MRS. TLTON's LETTERS.
From the Brooklyn Argus Of last night

From the Brooklyn Argus OF last nightl
In the first column OF the FIRST page of New York
journal this morning Is an allusion to the letters
written by Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton during the ten
years preceding the alleged discovery BY Mr.. Til
ton OF improper relations existing between his
wife and Mr.. Beecher. In referring to this corre-
spondence the paper says: -
Mr Tiltons counsel 10 with Mr. Tton bv hours and Ia
reviewing the letters from Mrs Tton to her husband
While ne was lecturing In the West many OF which speak
OF Mr Beechers visits to her. and what comfort he
nSs hes contain passages referring TO her growing
that sne loved him none the less in her now love.
There are many letters from Mr.. Ttlton 10 his wife,
written on the train and at hoels and all full Of cxrav
agant sentiment
We understsnd that snsas ,sttara ara ths moss
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are always impatient in their demands to Know
some thing Of the domestic surroundings OF him
who II their cynOsurc.
The residence is at No. 40 Remsen street. Brook
lyn. cOmely looking brown stone house in one Of
those quiet Brooklyn localities the Wall street
ferry. in which few sounds disturb the comfort of
those who seek retirement and rest The parlors
Spacious and filled with articles OF virtu indicative
OF a taste for all that is aesthetic and refining in
influence. Oil paintings OF Messrs. Beecher and
Tilton adorn a portion OF the walls; while scat
tered here and there are bright pictures illustra-
tive OF hOmelike scenes ana incidents; such as
call up long forgotten memories. Wlsps OF south
ern straw stray bits Of parti colored grasses and
other emblems OF wOman's grace and w0mans
tact peep out here and there to show how pleasant
is the home In which every hour in the day re-
porter Obtrudes to get his 'pornts' for the next
edition.
With the exception of Mr.. Moultop and two or
three family servants the mansion is deserted, the
ladies OF the household having retired to the well
come shades Of q country home at Narragansett
There is library in every room-a Succession OF
pleasant literary ''spells"-until one reaches the
upper moor Of the house, where the Introduction Of
the guest Is into an apartment suggestive OF the
rest Of a scholar and a gentleman. Books, mir.
rors, azure. colored walls, lotus plants in the
corners, statuettes bits Of painting. easy chairs
and lounges-all suggest place OF retreat such as
appeals to the best nature OF student and are cal
culared to provoke the best thoughts OF even q
man Of the world.
1t is here that Mr.. Frank Moulton receives ana
entertains his trusted friends; It ia here that some
OF the most distinguished men OF the land have
met and cast their shadows long before this
greater shadow came to throw It's gloom upon
happy household.
The New York herald., 1874-08-11
HORSE THIEF OAPTURED.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Chris. mig, collector for
Il,gs mammoth lager beer brewery. left his horses
and wagon on North second street, Brooklyn,
n H.. To 20 IN the saloon In front OF
which ne had stopped and collect bill.
When ne came out again hts horse and
Of the notice It was found o few hours aiterward
in pOseesston OF one George Ash0f, who was ar
rested and locked up 70 explain new II came IN his
poGsopstons
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FATALLY BURNED.

Lucy Unhofer. aged seventeen years, OF No $50
Second avenue, was fatally burned isst night oy
her clothes taxing lre from Q stove at her resi-,
dence. Barbara UnhOfer, the girls mother, and
Oficer Carney, OF the Twenty-nrst precinct word
also slightly burned In attempting to extingush
the names. Lucy was sent to Bellevue Hospital
The New York herald., 1874-08-11
PROBABLE MURDER

Peter Duny, aged forty-two years, residing at
West Farms, was stabbed in the left side last night
by John McSorey, of 105th street, near Third ave.
nue., ana is supposed fatally injured The wounaeu
man was sent TO the hospital and Mcsoriey was
arrested and locked up In the Twenty'tnird pre-
Clnct station house.
The New York herald., 1874-08-11
STILL DRUNK.

Coroner woltman called at the Park Hospital
last evening to take the ante-mortem statemens
Of Ann Comonford, whQ was thrown out Of the
last. The woman was still in sucn q drunken con-
dttton, however, tnat he was unable 70 taxe ~
+ he doctors ut the hospital say tnat sne wm 10.
cover.
The New York herald., 1874-08-11
B0RELLI's COMET.
Report of the Approximate EIe-
mentS of the Orbit.
A TEMPORARY DISAPPEARANCE.
The Interesting Stranger Found Centrally
Superimposed Upon Star.

WASHINGTON, August 10, 1874.
the following report upon Boreli's comet wad
received at the Navy Department to-day from thd
Naval OBSERVATORY
UNITED STATES NAVAL OBsxRvAroRy)
August TO- 1874.
nent that approximate elements OF the or bit Of
the comet OF B0relli have been completed by pros
lessor Newcomb from his observations Combined
with the position telegraphed nom Paris IL an
pears from these elements that the comet will
pass its perlheliOn about the 25th OF August ia
win be visible with telescope in the Q. ening til1
about the end OF the month and IN the morning.
during the whole OF September. 1t Is not likely 10,
become brilliant enough to be seen by .he naked
eye. No tail had developed at the time OF tho
latest observation. The orbit determined by Pros
lessor Newcomb indicates that IL is new comet,
since no known comet has been found 10 move I'd
an orbit anywhere near this. Very respectfully
your obedient servant, C. II. DAVIS.
Rear Admiral, Superin tendent
Rear Admiral, WILLIAM REYNOLDS. Acting Secre4
tary OF the Navy.
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FRANK MoULToN's HOME.

1t is not pleasant to penetrate the Interior OF q
gcntleman's home; and yet when one has become,
70 70 gpeak ldspllaea xata re pphlG thai pnhllo
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-03
Foreign.

RUMoR Is current in Paris that, in conss-
quence OF the euccess Of the Republicans IN
tho late supplementary elections, the right is
resolved to propose such an alteration of the
suffrage law as will deprive 10000 persons
OF he elective franchise.
TIE Cure Of Santa Cruz is to be tried by
cOurt-martlal.
TIE number Of Carlist insurrectonists is
decreasing.
A DISPATCH from Sheffield, England, saws
that city was visited on Tuesday by a terrible
storm. large number of buildings and
cbimueys were blown down, and many per-
SONS were killed. One immense chimney
crushed a building and boiler therein. Tne
boiler exploded, hilllug aud woundng several
persons. In consequence Of the great excite
ment and crowds IN the streets, few details
could be learn d.
The steamship Benton has been lost in the
Medi erranean with twenty-five lives
JHE German Government bscribes s24,
0G0, 00a marks Of the new Hungarian loan.
IN the rench Assembly, Monday, N. Dab.
rIel Of the extreme Right, presel ted a petit
ton for the restoration Of monarchy, with
i20, 600 signatures.
1T Is said that the great powers have as
sured Pres dent CASTE lar that they will recog-
nize the republic when the Cartagena insur.
rection is suppreese
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"a Merry Christmas to You All :"

Once again-to the days of the Barons of old,
When the iagons Of silver blazed bright on the
board,
And the bachapal roared
Amid bucklers and banners and baldricks of gold,
And the flash of the eye and the fash of the
sword;
When the spears shook aloft their red fingers of
And the hollow mail clattered and cheered on
the wall,
Through the echotng halls;
While the minstrels broke out, and so maddened
the peal
That the broad-chested steeds neighed atar in the
stalls;
And the revel at last rang so furiously out
That the arrows, ciose-packed, almost sung in
their sheaves,
Among helmets aud greaves,
And the crossbows and gauntlets that, s altered
strewed the dark oaken floor of the castle like
leaves,
When the Lord Of the wassail rose, flushed to the
Aud, swinging his massive cup high in the air,
In the torches red glare
Quaffng deep to the brave deeper still to the
fair
While adown to the sea turret, tower and spire,
II full-throated chime poured each desp iron
And the yule.logs red tongue
Licked the huge stony chops of its cavern Of fire,
AS the fame through its murky throat hundred
ana sung;
And the naughty retainers stood up in a line,
Before great smoking launches, and Justify
when the boar'5 head appeared,
And rose from the feast with their boards drench.
ed with wine
Til the revery died away, weary ard weird.
And once more! But we turn from tie grim days
To the Land of the Forest--the land Of the Mine
That's for thee and for thine
The Land Of the River, the Cedar, the Pine
Of the blue, spreading seas, and the cataract's
Where rough wedges Of gold pave the broad, husky
fields,
TN its honied store rains,
And the bright, winnoNed wealth that the heavy
sheaf yields
Lies, like heaps of seed-pearl, scattered over the
The land where abundance shall never decrease--
The land Of brown toll aud the stout pioneer,
And the swift deer.
That must now, amid offerings Of pleasure and
Lay his head on the white alar-stone of the year.
And what though there may not be found at our
board
All the glow of the past with It's crimson and gold,
And It's splendors untold
with its rappings Of var, aud its vassal and lord
When our blood had been nursed through the
brave days Of old?
And what though we've few ivied abbeys and
towers
Swinging out on the air their glad festival chimes
We've old legends and rhy mes,
And great memories to halIow this history Of ours
II the knowledge and light Of much happier
times.
Then eou1e-while the cup circles joyously now,
j bright mstletOe.br branch Of the cedar and pine
Let fondly eutwiue;
| And lead come young beauty beneath the greep
b0ugh,
And preserve Of the past al that's truly divine.
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the press accounts of the disaster. The
statements made regarding the conduct OF the
officers and crew after the collision occurred
are conflicting.
THE Boards OF Trade of Boston and Phila-
delphia have adopted resolutions against any
further increase of the paper currency OF the
country so long as it continues irredeem-
able.
The Bender family, charged with number
Of murders in Kansas, were arrested at
Biningsville, S. c., few days ago. The
father and mother are in custody, and the son
and daughter, living in North Carolina, are
being sought after Their family name is
Webb.
ABOUT four hundred Cincinnati workmen
have passed resolutions that any government
should be overthrown tia failed to furnish
employment to it's poor citizens, and adopted
resolutions modifying the New York reso-
luton to demand work or remission Of rents
until April
TIE Vermont Central has obtained an in
junction to restrain the Vermont and Canada
from holding its funds, due from lower roads.
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The Christmas Tree,

One of the prettiest things that
Charles Dickens wrote is this: 7 have
been looking On this evening at q
merry company of children assem- bled
round that pre- ty German toy, q
Christmas tree. The tree was planted
IN the middle OF great round table,
Gnd lowered high above their heads
1t was brilliantly lighted by multi.
tude OF little tapers, and everywhere
gllttered and eparkled with bright ob.
1ects. There were rosy-cheeked dolls,
hiding behind the green leaves; there
were real watches with movable
hands, at least, and an endless capacity
OF being wound up) dangling from in
Vulnerable twlgs there were French
polished tables, chairs, bedstesds.
"ardrobes and eiRht-day clocks, aud
various other articles Of domestic fur.
nlture wonderfully made in tin of
WolyerhamptOn) perched among the
ooughs, as If III preparation for some
fairy housekeeping there were iolly,
pfoad-taced little men. much more
agreeable IN appearance than many
real men-and no wonder, for their
heads took off, and showed them to be
lull OF sugar plums; there were fddles
and drums; there were tamborines.
books, work boxes, paint boxes, sweet
meat boxes, peep show boxes. all
KINDS OF boxes there were trinkets for
the elder girls, far brighter than any
grown-up gold and Jewels. there were
baskets and plncushions in all devices:
there were guns, swords. and banners:
Snere were witches standing in ell
chan5ed rings OF pasteboard. to tell for.
tunes; there We're teetotums. humning
tops' needle-cases, pen -wipers, smell
! -nogtles, conversation cards, boquet.
no. defS real fruit, made artIfclally
oazzln8 with gold leaf; imitation
apples. pears and walnuts, crammed
Wth surprises; in short, rs a pretty
chlid before me delightfully."- whispered
20 another pretty child, her bosom
There was everything and
more. " This motley collection Of odd
OBJECTS, clustering on the tree like
I, magic irult, and flashing back the
oflght looks directed towards It from
every sIde-sOme of the diamond ewes
a.1uIhlflng 1T were hardly on a level with
we taole, and few were languishing
~ eimld wonder on the bosoms of
pIegty mothers, aunts, and nurses
niaue lively realization of the fancles
oI childhood and set me thinking how
-. -! 'he trees that grow and all the
,nn.3S ,ilat come into existence on the
-Ii W. nave Their wild adOrnments at
'hat "ell-remembered time.
=. MISS ANNA MEH11e has played at
recent Gewandhaus oonoo,t otT o,,.a;c
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-03
The Origin OF Christmas Gifts

Christmas gifts had their origin in
the Roman Paganalia, which was INST
tuted by Selvius Julius, B. G. $40
On these festivals, celebrated at the
beginning OF the year, an alter was
erected IN every village, and to the how
placed upon it every man, woman and
child was expected TO contribute q com -
aubrey speaks OF pot in which Ro,
man CONS Nere found, ana sunnoeed
to be one of these Paganalian vessels
The Christmas box naturally arose
from this Pagan New Years box, Tboro
Is an impressive propriety and tender
beauty, however, in thus commemora+l
ing the event which gave a Divine D.
deemer to mankind. 1t is. moreora,
an equally appropriate custom wb;ob
makes the season one, not only of con-
posing and forgetting old quarrels and
renewing and confirming friends b;nS
but for universal manifestation - -
generosity and charity from the rich ~ ~
the poor-in olden times this beniG 81
cence extended even to the lowe 80 ani
mails, practice to which RnrnS IL
ludes IN The Aud farmers ALL d.
to His Mare" 'ress
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The West

GEORGE SMITH, county treasurer at Leaven.
worth, Is a defaulteI IN The sum or SO 600
and has made an assignment Of his property
to his bnndsmen.
A FAMILY Of movers, consisting of a man.
his wife aud child, passed through Little R cb
recently, bound for Texas. About seven
miles ouJ, coming to a small stream which
was swollen by the recent rains, they we're adj
vlsed to deviate from the main road and 90 to
a crossing above, which was unfrequented. At
this point the endre family were murdered
and their bodies thrown into the stream. The
body Of the man ana bis wife were dis
covered on last Sunday. The victims were
strangers.
The United States Supreme Court, Monday,
decided in the case Of the Union Pacific Rail-
road against the Treasurer Of Lincoln county,
Nebraska, that the state had d right to tax
the property of roads passing through it, III
depen5enuy Of the United States.
TIE bar of Leavenworth and Douglas coun-
ties, Kansas, held a meeting at Leavenwortb,
Monday, and requested the President to defer
appointing Judge Delahay's successor until
after meeting of the State Bar Association.
DETBoI detectives are looking after man
named Lawrence at New York, who is alleged
70 he the person who induced Eber B. Ward,
Of Detroit, to invest $3.50 in a silver mine
in Utah, which had been previously sailed, -
and was absolutely worthless.
The officers OF the suspended Bank of Madi.
son, at Madison, WIS, 10 be brought
to trial, on charge OF humbugSery and
swindhng claimed to be without parallel in
the banking business OF the country. The
legal fraternity in whose hands The matter
has been placed have attempted to lppress
facts, but enough has leaked out to warrant
tho annXr assartinn-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-03
Trouble VITA Submarine Cables,

Facts which are now constantly COM
ing into notice regarding our sub-ma-
rlne cables, GO far to explode the
prevailing notion that these vital nerves
OF civilization are not III danger from
submarine life. In the Malta Alexan-
dria cable piece of the core, from
which the ZION sheathing had been worn
away, was found to have been pierced
by shark, pieces of his teeth inhering
IN the gutta- percha. The Cuba Flori-
da and the China cables have been
similarly damaged. In the recent
operations for the repair of the Allan
tic cable of 1865, pieces of the old
strand of 1853 were raised, and where
the sheathing had given way the core
was lndented by worms, resembling
old worm eaten timber OF books.
These interesting facts argue the ne
cessity of multiplying submarine ca
bles between the great international
marts and centers of trade ana inter
course to meet grave emergencies, when
a single cable might be silenced. They
also suggest the need of greater care In
selecting and surveying the deep-sea
bed, SO as to find level and smooth
surface for the safe repose OF the
wire
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-03

MALICIOUS to the last, the st. Louis
papers deny that Deacon Smith, of the
Cincinnati Gazette, wrote Mary had a
Little Lamb, and accuse him of pla-
giarisnl.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-03

A BERLIN dispatch of Nov. II states
that orders have been received by Herr
Wernfil from the War Minister for the
delivery of 90, 900 Manser rifles at the
rate of 5, 600 per week. English gum
makers are to manufacture 200, 600
more. A stock of 2, 900, 900 in all will
be provided. In eighteen months the
entire German army will he furnished
with the new weapon.
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Tae East.

PRcF. AGAssTz died at his residence in Cam
bridge, Mass, on he 14rh Of December-the
i'm ne6iate cause beng paralysis The tuner.
al took place from the Chanel Of Cambridge
Up versIfv. and was very impre ssive. PIof
A ass z was born in Switzerland in the year
1907. a d came to the United States in 1876.
sinct winch he has pied several pc tam
positions in science, and at the time OF bis
death vas Profess or of Zoology and Geology
in the ycIentifc school at Can bridge, Mass.
founded by the late Abbott Lawrence, this
position beng the highest scientific Pre- lessor
ship in America.
TIE late Seth Adams left an estate valued
at 81, zoo 900. an provided in bis will Tor the
establish ent. near Boston, of a home for
the treatment and accommodation of those
afflicted with hypochondria from which NAL
ady Adams suff red ,or years.
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at Large.

That thefcountIy is gradually recovering
from the effects OF the panic is indicated to
some extent by the announcement of Messrs
Claflin Co., the great dry goods firm OF
New York, that they will be able to anticipate
the payment Of the first instaIlment of their
extended paper.
LETTERS from survivors of tie Inflated
ship Vile dG Havre are at hand, confirming