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upon sns party 70 suswer II. A grand Jury. how.
ever even 0ugnt 70 30 thoroughly persuaded Of the
goes and not TO rest satisfied with remote proba-
oilties"a doctrine that might DO applied TO very
.THE OATH OF SECRECY.
Tne grand juror on being sworn. takes an oath
whatever which transpires 10 the lury room. The
oatn also contains the provision that 'you shall
present no one through any hatred or mallce;
neItncr shall you leave any one unrepresented
through iear favor. affection, gain, reward or
hope t1ereo but you snail present all things truly
edge, according TO the best OF your Understand.
Ing" There are, however, some states and under
extraordinary circumstances where grand Juror
took place in his ofhcial capacity. Bishop. his
Work on criminal procedure, says:-"N we look
at the principle on which this matter rests we
have the following The reasons which require
the secrecy are OF nature looking TO the puoiic
room and disclose what they are doing defendants
VINO mad not been arrested could make their
saS
forming or crime before them. But when me
reasons Tor keeping the matter private have
seem to have ended Also Yet where, In addition
TO this, the claims OF public justice must 60 un-
satisfied unless the disclosure Is made, the same
reason which originally required secrecy requires
that the secret be no longer kept"
AALFBAsANCE IN OFFICE.
At this particular time, when an 0utcry 10 raised
against blackmaiItng and illegal charges BY on.
cias, the duty OF the Grand jury is very clear.
this city BY litigants particularly who have been
swtndled IN the matter OF process issued OF the
courts for execution. BY the laws OF this state 1t
is specifically laid down that ''lt shall be the duty
oil every Court at which grand jury shall be sum.
moned to charge such jury specially to inquire into
any violation OF law by public o1icers IN demand
Ing charging or receiving lees to which they are
not entitled by law"
LAWYERS OPINIONS As TO JuRIEs.
number OF well known lawyers OF this city,
famous IN legal lore. were waited upon Yesterday
by the HERALD representative In order TO ascer.
OaN
tmous In the opinion that some safeguards should
be thrown around the system as at present consti-
tuted. One suggested that the selection OF grand
jures should be lett exclusively to Judges or the
Supreme Court, who are 9 ected for fourteen years
aud must necessarily be removed from political
influences AS to petit Juries one OF these gentle.
men remarked that 1t was lar beyond the calcula.
tlon OF any lawyer 10 ioreshadow what might be
the result OF their deliberations. Even in the
bic and render verdlcts entirely opposed TO COM
mon Sc ose and the evidence. Il 81
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The Fire Department.

The usual activity exists in this department now
as is won't at any time OF the year. Seasons"
with the fremen Is . thing unknown, excepting
that their lnbors during the winrer months are
more arduous than In the summer. Messrs.
PerIey, Van Cott and Hatch are always ct their
post, and give their undivided attention to the
administration OF their department.. The same
can Justly be said OF Chief Engineer Eli Bates.
One OF the features Of the Fire Department Is
the Fire Marshal's Bureau, which, under the
charter OF 1872, is one Of the branches thereof
The present Fire Marshal, Mr.. George II. Sheldon,
is gentleman peculiarly fitted for his duties.
Every nre is thoroughly investigated by him, and
II there is any suspicion Of incendiarism,
anent q connagration, he is sure to
ferret out the offender and condign punish.
ment is visited upon him in the shortest DOS
siOle time. since the I'D Of last september
up to June 10 Mr. sheldon has convicted eight per-
sons OF arson, all or whom except one were sent
to the State Prison. Two are serving q life sen.
tence, one was sentenced for ten years, one Tor
seven years, tor five, one Tor four, one
for three years and one, who would have re-
ceived no less than ten years, committed suicide
after conviction. 'ffHfI
The efficiency of the Fire Department may be
aptly Illustrated by the following facts :-During
which Is twelve more tnan any ull year since 1868,
yet the loss from these involved only $5A 4lO
while during July, 1879, there were 157 frcs, on
which the entailed loss footed up $263, 100. The
following Is statement OF fires and the losses In.
cured thereby Tor q period OF seven years.
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OHARLEMAGNE,

communication from x-la-Chapee, dated
the oath OF June. says:-"The exhibition OF the
relics oil Charlem agne has, as was expected, at.
tracted an extraordinary crowd OF believers.
Some thousands OF Waloons, Flemngs, Dutch
and Germans have passed through our streets and
squares during tfn, last fortnight. On Saturday
less tnan $1,000 pilgrims de1ed before the
able that 1t was tn)ught advisable to leave the
sacred objects throuAhout the day in the large gal
lery OF the cathedroa. several Belgian, Bavarian,
English and Dutch bishops were present at the
TeteS.v
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g.:ssas,oa Of sesseisy OF v.ssr 70 supply steam
Dep.rtmsnt Of Public Parks.

Department OF Public Parks.
Colonel q. q. stebbins, the genial Presidents Of
the Department. Of Public Parks. was found at his
once Saturday morning when the HERALD repre-
sentative called there ior Information regarding
the doangs OF his department. Colonel Stebbins
stated that the various improvements under way
are progressing rapidly, among which 10 work on
the Museum OF Natural History and the Metro.
politan Museum Of Art, for which proposals had
been advertised and BIDS accepted. The "Inscope
Arch ana Gopston Bridge" which connects the
geological building by paths with the small lake
1T Fifty ninth street and replaces the old wooden
bridge, without compelling pedest trians to cross
the drives. is under contract, proposals for the
material having been invited. The Civil
and Typographical Department is engaged
in the newly annexed district in laying
out roads, preparing the streets for monumentine,
and conducting such other work as properly be-
longs to this corps. One hundred and tenth street
is being rapidly completed. and the work on
Eighth avenue to 10th street will be finished in
about two weeks Extensive repairs have been
made by the Department Of Public Parks to the
Third avenue and Macomb's Dam bridges, SO that
they now in toleraby good order. Only the want
OF adequate appropriations OF funds preclude the
Commissioners from erecting more durable and
Five Fonts Park Is nearly completed, being in
healthy state OF forwardness. In the Reservoir
drinking foun tain, and the fountain In the City
Hall, as soon as the ul pressure OF water shall De
let on, after the new Croton mans are fully
laid, will be one OF the great ornaments
Of the city. Pror 70 the annexation Of the lower
contracts to have Third avenue AZ Morrisanta
graded and regulated since the Let OF last Jan-
uary this contract, besides ten or twelve Others
has passed INTO the bands OF the Park Commis-
sioners, who are pushing the same WORK with all
possible energy.
at once highly ornamental and practically useful,
are being placed In position. Three OF them are
already up and In use. Altogether the Central
Park has never been in liner condition and the
laoors OF the Commissioners in q healthier state
than at present. Colonel Steoblns and his fellow
(Mr. Blssinger being still absent in Europe) are
deserving OF credit for the energies displayed uy
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Counsel to tho Corporation.

Searching musty law books and framing legal
opinions eagerly sought alter BY city onicias In
any exis ting dilemma, is the chief occupation of
Corporation Counsel Mr.. Z. Delaneid Smith and
bis assist;1t, Mr.. Andrews. While the Boards OF
Aldermen have had long vacation, and In consc.
quence wtne IN no need Of Mr.. Smiths services
Ills office las nevertheless been taxed pretty Sc.
verely by working uD legal points Tor the various
other departments. At the present moment there
Is nothing o any Importance whicn demands the
legal acum eai OF Mr.. Smith or his assistants.
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Dapartm ent of Buildings.

Beyond the issue o! permits TO constructors OF
edinces, all the way from two story stable to
seven story tenemcnt house. the Department OF
Buildings displays no particular activity. Nothing
buL routine blE,iness Is transacted here.
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RUSSIAN REVoLuTIoNIsTs.

The trial OF the ten young men and two women,
charged at ST. Petersburg with circulating reyou.
tionary pamphlets, terminated on July 80 SIX OF
the accused were sentenced 10 periods OF nard
labor varying from three to ten years, and tne
rest TO short terms OF ofimprsonment.
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From August to August %, 1873, there we're In
this city "a Grcs involving loss OF $7S,232 while
during the first % days Of this month Marshal
Sheldon reports 80 fires, with loss OF but $35 005,
fires.
The Fire Department, as at present constituted,
may be justly classed as one Of tho most eficient
OF our local institutions.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
ATA SPECIAL TERM OF THE SUPREME COURT
Of the state of New York. held at the Court Hous IL
the city Of New YORK. on the 10th day Of March luA

present Hon. Charles Donohue, Justice Joseph Wilde
paint,t against the National Lite INSURANCE Company
herein heretofore filed the proceedings heretofore mad
herein, and reading and ling annexed affidavit
pears 70 the Court necessary and proper that notice
IS isecton 66l of article title q part Of thp
Revised Statutes and on motion OF Van Winke Gambler
said receiver is ordered that all persons having any
claim the defendant, the National Life insurance
Company. exhibit the same 70 the said Ell Beard N.
ceiver aforesaid, at his place OF business az NO ~
lst day OF October is4 and that a such persons b.
day, and in deinu thereof that they and each OF thep
sa be urecluded from all bcneft OF tho decree which
will be made in this action. and from any distribution
which shall under such decree And IL Is tur.
fhrr ordered that this order be published week
ior six months in tho New York Herald; a ncwspapef
paper and nat the first publication thereof be made Ou
or before the 3lst day of March, 1874 .f.F'
copy. wrrrr.w xr.vc~x -.
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Department OF Docks.

As long as there is good seasonable weather the
department displays considerable energy In push.
ing ahead the improvements so much needed on
the dfapidated docks surrounding the water
fronts on the North and East rivers. Large bodies
move slowly, and, as the Commissioners neces-
sarily employ largo gangs OF men on their works,
the progress OF the improvements Is hardly visi-
bJe Yet the utmost activity prevails here.
At present Chief Engineer General Charles K.
Graham has on his tTestle board drawings OF the
principal work being done by the Dock Depart
ment. This consists Of building the piers and
bulkheads. the lrst Of prepared wood and the lat
1ter Of stone, from Barrow street to Eleventh
sreet. on tho North River. including the Chris
u )pher street terry and White Star line dock The
" oodwork IS within about week of being COM
~ eted. This department is ike wise finishing
dx OK on the new system at the loot OF Canal
~ I'd pier No. North River, which involves the
sing OF eight stone arches Is in forward state
,Df progress and contemplated to be finished be-
lU q the cold weather sets in.
ION the new docks leased by Commodore Wander
IA eets, North River, for his new freight depot o
l.l ge force OF mechanics are employed to finish
tA work. These docks Will extend beyond the
In OF Twelfth avenue, and the bulknead line is
drsA wn to Thirteenth avenue. Repairs to decaylng
piesf are likewise constantly made, thus Keeping
~ ge orce OF wOrkmen constantly employed.
The Commissioners, however are gradually re-
duGA lg their list Of employes at all events, no
new ones are employed.
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Finance Department

ThR Mogul presiding over the Golfers Of this mis-
goven ned city Is very rettcent about the affairs or
his nl ice. The we'll abused Comptroller sends
forth daily bulletins OF the financial condition of
the N etr0polis, which may be read by those IN
teresta I'd, and again they may not Mr. Green feels
sore a bout having had his appropria ton for the
currep,i six months reduced and grieves not
little ,p,yer the fact His unfortunate employees are
the rea sufferers. He has not only reduced his
force, nut those he retained had their pay cur.
tailed twenty-five per cent.
Since the appointment OF Abraham I. Earle az
Deputy Comptroller MIR. Green has been absent
from h ii Office more than has been his wont since
his IN almbency OF the Comptroller's chair. In
ne con,kles, and who Will not pay a bili unless ne
has no remedy Tor 1t. No particular business, ex.
cept thu humdrum, every day routine, is observ-
able heia,. AS soon as the annual taxes for 1874
are commenced TO be collected there VIII be re-
newed activity observable In this brancn OF the
city gov Ernment.
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nFpAaTM ENTAIL Domas.
pro~~ass Of the City
Dope uumenCs.
urtmsuts Of Pubic Worm,
and Dock Departments,
Incorporation Counssl's
stmsnt Of Buildings.

yeg. when general bust.
d tits but natural to sup
various city departments
u1ering from the prevail
ler to ascertain the actual
I'D reporter visited the
and what Information he
chow, and which In the
rest First and foremost
VIC Works, In which the
employment. Commis.
ut OF the city, from Mr..
putty Commissioner, the
ka1ned concerning this
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4 Review Of the Dep
Public raxns Fire
ComptroIlsz's ONO
0mcs aud Dsps'

AZ THE season Of the
soes 10 20 much depresse
pose that work In the
Jhould be more or less 81
lng stagnation. In ord
vtatus OF annirs . Herr
various public bureaus,
las obtained Is given b
nam will be found OF Int
Ii the Department OF Pul
largest number OF men NM
s1oner Van Mort being c
Edward p. Barker, the D
annexed statement was q
department..
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nISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE OF THE DE.
~ ceased Peter Dallas, manufacturer, in Glasgow,

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE OF THE DE-
scotland. =
Notice is hereby given that in process Of multiple
poIndi raised in name of the Bank Of Scotland against
Canada. and others pre- sensly depending before the
buinR the estate of the deceased Peter Dallas, mana
facturer in Glasgow among those entitled to partici
therein ord Shand Ordinary the Judge bei0ro
whom SAID depends By nterocutor dated Juue
49, 1874 ordered ntimaOn OF the dependence thereof
be made to all concerned and appointed all parties
claiming to participate in said estate to- lodge the
bondescendences and claims before l7th October
next TIr1-
Glasgow Aeento.
WEBSTER & WILL, S. 9. O., Edinburgh.
THE QUEENS HOTEL, QUEENSTOWN no
This we'll known first class hotel having receutlv
changed propretorS will now be tound one Of the most
the landing stages and railway depot will be found
most convenient 10 American tourists arriving by
several steamers
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STORAGE.

A -STORAGE.-wEST SIDE STORAGE WARE.
"A. houses 595 63i 656 Hudson street. 77g Greenwich
street and 10 Abingdon for furniture, pianos
baggage &c.i separate rooms; always accessible. =
r. LA1GART. owner ana manager n.
5y3 Hudson street. near Twelfth atreet
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oluoxr xrx Ysox TIE CLOUDS

LONDON letter tJuly 2N in Dundee Adverstssr.l
simmons. the aeronaut who assisted at the 6naI
performance OF the dying man, has had romantis
adventure to-day in the Divorce Court. Mrs. Sim
mons separated rom him many years ago; and
quest she met him accidentally. She Immediately
petitioned for divorce; and. as there was no de-
fence. decree ntst was granted. f1
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lDENTIsTRY.

N~~r~~r~~,
A BEAUTIFUL SET, $5, SIS: GUM TEETH $40;
"A single, 81 extracting with pas SOC. silver hlngs
DOC. open sundays until l. Examine specimens "a
sixth avenue. Remember 2i,.
A BEAUrIFUL SET OF TEETH Ss Ss: GUM SETS,
~ $40; teeth filled with bone and silver, SOC. gold
hilings ST. warranted. Az Dr. WHITES 23S sixth
nue. and li9 bleccker street.
WANTED TO PURCHASE.
WANrED-A SECONDHAND PORTABLE sTEAN
~ Engine and Boiler Of ~ horse power. AddfeS u.
c. LINSLEY, Burlington VI
VVAErED-RouSD IRON TANK. CAPACITY Apj 10
w. .D,0W GALLONS Address, stating s1e ana rrsess -
AIS New York PnAt odnna.
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Feeding Meal 20 cows.

Your comparison Of Corn-cob meal to
sawoust suitsme, but when bran Is recon-
men led for feed where the COW Is used
for family purposes L think it short-sight-
ed. I should sooner have one quart OF
6ue ground meal ihan four of unground
corn. 1 have seen corn and cobs called
ground, when | should prefer the whole
corn. Cobs purge many animals, and
am Iot sure but that cracked corn has
more of q tendency than that made fine
enough 10 bolt. Anything short of that
/ do not wish 10 feed. Ii | want the milk
for butter, give me the dry meal Ii the
cow osunot be kept in good health con
corn pr BRAN feed her dry meal. | let
my sucking calves eat what has and meal
they choose 1t any calf scours. [ give a
fresh ceg, shell and all, with about a pint
OF cold coffee; sometimes wood ashes and
salt viii answer. Ny work horses never
do better than when | eat hay and wet
with 3 mixture OF ground oats and dry
corn meal. 1t the hay is seasonably cut,
what Jhey leave IN the manger for the
most part will do Well to wet over; thus
making a saving. Hominy viii do for
chickens. not Tor cattle. Many persons
seem TO think that if the corn passes
through any kind Of mill it is all right.
and the product IS called meal 4 half
century has not convinced me to follow
that mode of feeding. In the East we
ted tWo-thirds Of our corn boiled whole to
fatten our hogs; buJ at night We fed raw
corn. Cor Country Gentleman.
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From the Baltimore American.
Texas ladies are fully up to the average
of their sex. In the item of dress, both
as to quality, material, trimmings, Iaces,
and all the little ct ceteros that 90 to make
up a lady's toilet, they are evidently as
expensive to husbands and fathers as their
sisters at the North, and are equally as
profuse in the display Of fine iewelry,
diamonds, chains, bracelets, etc. The
dress Of a young lady who rode with the
gossiping editor through the Texas wilds
was a black silk, closely fitting, with
sprays of flowers worked with black
beads across the breast and slightly
over the shoulders. Her dress was close
up to the throat, and a stiff white stand
ing-collar, turned down at the points,
was enriched by a blue silk scarf, worn
precisely as a gentleman wears a cravat,
tied in a bow in front. This gave to her
fine form an exquisite finish, while her
clear complexion and the healthy bloom
on her cheeks We're sufficient TO soften
the heart of an anchorite.
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Blanks! Blanks!
For justices of the peace Clerks
Sheriff.. Lawyer" Mercb"~'
and Planters

anu
The following Blanks are KEEP regularly
on eat THE CLARION Optic. Others
sill be added "a the demand may seem 70
Justify Orders filed promptly by all on
receipt Of Jhe price, or BY Express { o.. y.
4 gacr.I deduction where Bianh- are
ordered by the ream. Partics ordering
from the following list. may give the NUM-
Der M the beginning of the line. The price
is one Dollar per quire The hgures u, the
end OF each line give the number OF 1.A""'
10 each QuIre.
No. I-Justice Summons-4s.
2-Justice Subpe.a-4S.
3-Mittimus. or Commltment-4s.
A-Affidavit before Justice for Bench
Warrants.
5-Justice Bench Warrants.
6-Ahidavit for Search Warrants.
7-Search Warrant and Returns.
s-Bond 10 answer la Circuit Courts.
0-Ahidayit for Peace Warrants.
IO-Bond TO Keep the Peace-iS
II--Anidavit and Bond for Attachment-2t
~ Attachment Writ-24.
I3 Affidavit and Bond for Appeal
I4-Afidavit 10 Repleyin before Justice
Is.
Id.-Writ OF Replevin-4S.
I0-Afidavit for and Distress Warrants.
I7--Justice Appeal Bonds
IS-Justice EXecution--H.
I9-Unlawful Entry and Detaiuer-24.
20-Atlidavt for COMMANDMENTS.
2I-Justice GarniShment--4S.
23-Garnishment. by Circuit Cicrk-Is.
35-Atiidavit before Justice-for general
use-4S.
31-Circuit Court Summons-2l.
25-Circuit Court Execution--24.
26-Chaucery Govt Injunction.--24
27-Cbancery Injunction nd-2i
3s-Recognizance on Indictment 10y Grand
Jury-24
2O-sherih-s sale, form for general pur-
poses-24.
3O-Oficial Bond for state, Couusy or Mu-
nicipal Oflieers-4.
3E--Executor's Bond, Oath and Lalter--24
32-Guardian's Bond, Oath and Letters. -.
standardization. Bond, Oaeh audLet
ters-24.
54-Commiss sion for Dower-2i.
35-Coutract for Share OF Crop--2i
3G-Contract for Wages-2f
37-Mortgage to Secure Advances &C.
Planters-24
3S-Merchants' Lien and Mortgage, Sc
curing Existing Indebtedness ana Future
Adyauees-2L
3o-Landlords' Mortgage Lien, for Rent
Money-24
fO-Landlords' Mortgage Lien for share
of Crop--24.
AI--Deed Of Trust for Rent and Supplies
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When once one has fairly started on a
journey and has but to 60 and go, by the
impetus received, 1t is surprising what
entertainment one finds in very small
things The travellers humor fails upon
US, and surely it is not the unwisest the
heart knows. | don't envy people, at
any rate, who have outlived or outworn
the simple satisfaction of the sense of
being settled to 20 somewhere, with bag
and umbrella. If we are settled on the
top Of coach, and the 6 somewhere"
contains an element of the new and
strange, the case is at its best. In this
matter wise people are content to become
children again. We don't turn about on
our knees to look out Of the omnibus
window. but we indulge in very much
the same round-eyed contemplation of
accessible objects. Responsibility is left
at home, or, at the worst, packed away
in the valise, in quite another part of the
with the clean shirts and the
writing Henry james, Jr., in the
Galaxy for April.
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Chinese Marriage Laws.

In the mixed court at Shanghai a some
what complicated charge OF improper
matrimony has recently been decided
The man was an actor, and being found
guilty, he was sentenced TO and received
100 blows on the ankle, and is to be sent
to his native province in Chill, while the
girl received 100 blows on the face for
maintaining pluekily in court that she
liked her husband and meant to stick to
him. While he was in jail, also, the
man was subjected to terrible torture
strung up whole night by the thumbs,
and placed in a wooden collar which
presses on the throat
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We are informed by one of the stage
drivers on the Opelousas line, that ne
gro, working on farm near Grand Co
teau, recently plowed up $500 in gold,
which is supposed to have been buried
before the war by man now dead. The
lucky darkey took the SINNERS" and af-
ter filling his pocket, reburied them in a
secure place. He then started for Ope-
lousas, where his reckless way of spend
ing money aroused suspicion and caused
his arrest. He refuses to tell where the
money is now bnried. -Vermilionville
Cotton-Boll
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labor for Corn.

Ordinarily too much labor is expended
on a crop Of corn. Properly managed,
on uplaDds the crops may be made by the
plow, without ever being hoed. To do
this, the land must, in the first place, be
deeply and evenly broken with a turn
Plow-rows laid off with long shovel,
say FIVE feet wide-corn dropped three
feet part--manure placed near the seed.
and both covered with a hoe. Three
plowings with sweep or eultivator will
complete the working of the crop.