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New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
LYNCH LAW IN TENNESSEE.
n IN, Editor of The Tribune.

SIR: In your issue of the 9Th inst. l see an
article referring personally, which think does
me great injustice. VIII you do me the kindness TO pub
lish the facts OF the casei
month so ago, O colored man, who had committed
horrible crime, taken from the officers in Carter
County Tenn, by the coored people themselves, and
,ummsrily executed. These the facts OF course,
there was great excitement at the time in the neghbOr
hood Among things. the report was circulated
that had declared my intention to prosecute Ito the
the bitter end" the parties who executed the negro
published card in The Jonesbovo' Echo denying the re-
port The truth 1, had said nothing, one way or the
other about prosecuting or not prosecuting them and
that is all my card says, meant TO say. or course
under the laws OF Tennessee, should some citizen OF
Carter County who saw the whole AFFAIR fall upon the
,rand Jury and make report OF the matter 70 bis fe
ows and should the Grand Jury order presentment.
would the and prosecute the same as best
,ould or should some citizen come TO and demand
an indictment and authorize me TO ax his name 10 the
,ame as prosecutor would most surely send the indct
"ant and should the Grand Jury ind IL true bill,
WonId of couuse prosecute the parties named In IL as
hest could There coroner's inquest held over
the nesros dead body, and hence no verdict OF cOro
oers iury No duty dey0lyes upoh me as
new IN the matter until or the other OF the above
named steps are taken by others DO not Intend. In
this case or any other step aside from the
Of MY ofical duty. But should the necessary legal
steps taken that devolve the duty upon me 70 prose-
snte the parties who executed the negro referred TO-
viii ss fhave sworn do faithfully prosecute them
You make say that "As the now sfanos tno aw
reGuirss no action in the matter;" while say 10 .ne
esrd referred to- AS the case now STANDS tne law Ie
lSres NO action Ia the matter Ut my hands, lus hsVof
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
PART III.-SPAuLDfSe, J
DEPARTURE Of FOREIGN NAILS
WgDNRSDAl. Der. IL,

WEDNESDAY. 0cr H.
Ns for Europe via and Liverpool by the steamship
Russia close Steamship sails at from Cunard Dock
Mats for and Bremen the steamship
l30 Supplementary Mail 10 closed st the
Post Oc IN steamship sails At from pier foot OF
Third d-st Hoboken. ..u 80
M for Europe Chebourg and Hamburg by steamship
Dossla close 80 Supplementary Mail s closed at the
PostOce a, Steamship sails al from pier foot OF
Thlrd-st. Hoboken. , -, ,,, =, . =,
Mail. for Havsus direct steamship City Of Merida close at
m Suppementary Mail closed at the PostOhce az Z:4O
steamship sails at 3 D b m. from Pier No. N. X 80
For direct by the steamship r. Gasnd mails close ~ ~
n M Steamship sa FROM Harbeck stores
FRIDAY. OcT. 10.
AMsii Halifax 81 closed the New York Postonce ever
day OF D. m. and goes VIA boston .,
Mails and Ireland Queenstown and Liverpool o
steamship Baltic close Supplemenisry Mail closed AZ
the Post-Ofce In. Steamship sails at ~ m from Pief
No. So North kiyer , nj.
For Europe via Southampton and Bremen by steamship Rhen
mail, close 80 Supplementary hs closed at the Post
Once Steamship sails m from Pier loot Of Ihira
pnch Mail mails close at s.
closed at the PostOmce at steam
shin sails at 10 q from Pier No. 81 North River -
Mails aud Psnsms By the steamship Henry Channcey
close IN. Steamship sails at IL NJ from Pr NO AZ NJ
SUNDAY. 0Cr. lS.
Ali Mails ali O'Clock The fo'tonce open no"
n. to 4
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
"THE NEW oUADRUPLE TELEGRAPH"


SIR: Will you permit me through the col
umns OF your journal TO reply 10 statement In regard
TO the assumed advantages to accrue to the public by
the use OF an alleged discovery referred to In
issue Of to-day, the invention being called by the eec
trioan OF the Western Union Telegraph Company. the
auadrupe telegraph BY the aid OF this each wire now In
daily use is TO practically made four wres and the
traffic OF the Company to be economically increased
without the erection of any wires This new dis
covery" by the way, is known TO all electricians
and must have kno to Mr. Prescott is very old
one dating back 1s46 and described the works Of
that eminent electrician Gen. Sabine, and Others in
ls59 To Mr. Prescott s due the credit OF Its practi
Cal application.
or argument that the statements referred TO arc cor
rect let US see what would be the gain TO the Company
in the number of words transmitted per minute. Mr.
not exceed IL words per minute" quote Mr Pres
colts own book "The History, Theory, and Practice
OF the Electric TELEGRAPH" 1%9 then add about II
per minute for Quadruple ransDisslon, for Dy
curious paradoxical law the speed OF quadrupe trans
mission over one Is reduced with mathematical
and IL must be large wre and leaves the same subject
10 all the old Morse difficulties such liability TO inter
probation by touch taste, by sound, by any Morse
operator and may be so Appropriated and in addlon
there would the inevitable complication OF the Morse
apparatus adapted 10 quadruple transmission in COM
binstion with some sixteen or more conncung com
pensaons order meet among other difficulties,
that OF varying climatic changes Lhroughont TINS
vast extent OF country GEo. LITTLE, u T.
Passqic, ". j., Oct. 8, 1874
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
CRIMINAL NOTES.

In the Court of General Sessions yesterday Ed
ward Quinn pleaded guilty msugher the second degree In
killing last September Martin Album Ia afay in BaItest Re-
corer Quinn Eve at hard labor the State
Prison.
At the YOrkyiIle Police Court yesterday Joseph
Hurley Thomas fpissn Jas Farley and Thomas s.een we're
agued for dernong glasses n OKeefes SaooD at No. 6a3
Monday night They arrested and sentenced to
Island BY Judge OteboITg John smith and John
charged With having burglars implements their were held
Carrie Stewart for obbng her mi stress Mrs. Dr. Lghthl
of Ras FHtv sixth st.. Of 3 shawl was held for thal
Jennie Davis was was held in $1,000 bail, at the
Tomb. yesterday for stealing 3 from George Devoe Of
No 615 Pouhave Monday night Henry McMshon who
Ue Murp6y and Charles Quinn saloon No l6 Beach
Monday night emanded await the result OF their injuries
Thomas Office Of the City Psyms MONDAY
himself Michael Maher Of No 22l bast Twenty
6s Sl2 which due The latter lie was arrested and held
In $500 bail.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
ALLEGED CoNsPIRATORs IN COURT

In the case of James Shea and Ellen Kiley
agt Thomas Larkin, David Harris and John ID. Mcneil
for conspiracy the fraudulent sales of lands having
no existence the plaintiffs rested their case yesterday
after some important testimony showing the paricipa
ton Of the defendants other sales of like character
Evidence was elected showing that Larkin had borrowed
money aud given in exchange therefor more OF ths nc
ous property At the conclusion OF the testimony Tor
the plaintiffs exJudge Van COtt and Francis Byrne the
counsel for the defendants. made the customary morton
to dismiss the complaint, but Judge Loew denied II stat
ing that sufficient facts had been shown to provo tne
conspiracy thus far The for the defendants VIII
be begun to-day. Their general defense VIII be tue
claim Of title by Larkn and admission OF negligence
by Mcneil.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
SUITS DECIDED AGAINST THE CITY.

The opinion of Chef-Justlce Mcneil OF the
Superior Court, the suit Of Elisha ID. Whitney against
the city, gives the victory to the plaintiff The cause Of
the action was the non-payment by the city Of the
salary of James Reardon, inspector In the Finance
Department, to which position he was appointed by
Controller Connolly in 1870. He was discharged In
February 1872 and, he could not get his pay for
the period between August 1871 and February following
he assigned his claim to Whitney, the plaintiff who
brought the suit. The defense that Reardon had
not performed any services for bis salary but Judge
Mcneil ruled that that defense The fact that
his was a salaried office, that the salary was fixed by
law land the original claimant was duly appointed
by competent authority, clearly entitled him TO his pay
He therefore ordered q verdict for $1,o99 70, the
amount OF the claim. -
The suit OF Timothy Burke, inspector Of Onehundred
andfourths against the Mayor, &c to recover three
months salary earned in 1873 came 10 trial yesterday
before Judge DAILY, in the Court OF Common Pleas
The defense mo services rendered.; but 1t ap.
peared that Mr.. Dean, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
had mistaken the year In his examination OF the case,
and he allowed the plaintiff TO take his verdict for
e232 o.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
ITALIANS CHARGED WITH MURDER

Giovanni MOnfalcOni and Francisco MonfaI-
conf who are charged with numbering In Palermo Sicily
yincenzo and whose case was recently re-
ported in THE TRIBUNE, were before Commissioners
White yesterday for examination. As they were too
poor to employ counsel. the Commissioner assigned Col
Charles 8. Spencer to defend them. Mr. Coudert ap-
peared for the prosecution. and demanded that the ac
cused be called upon to state who they Col
SPENCER objected on the ground that the treaty between
this Government and that OF Italy, under which the
prisoners we're arrested provided that proceedings IN
criminal cases should be conducted according TO the
criminal law Of the United States The ot)ectiOn was
SUSTAINED and Mr.. COudert asked Col Spencer fNhe
denied that the prisoners the ones who had been
arrested for the alleged murder Of Tramontana The
Colonel replied that denied everything, and said that
the counsel must make out his Some dispositions
written in Italian then in evidence, aud the
case was adjourned till Saturday to give COL Spencer
time To examine them.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
LAWYERS ADVICE TO LAWYERS.


SIR: In view of the fact that the several
indictments actions pending In the courts In
the Brooklyn scandal will attract great public attention
at the OF the joined and will be regarded as
cause ceeb would it not he we'll to caution the lawyers
engaged and the court before whom the causes are to
be tried to devote much time possible before the
trials take place the study OF the laws OF evidence
This branch Of the law. which has been declared the
perfection OF human reason" is the most convenient
and surest for the attainment Of the truth Yet
IL is notorious that Of the great body OF lawyers
in practice in city courts very few indeed are
versed even the first principles of the laws OF ey
dence and this, in fact Is the case with many VINO
enjoy good reputation general practitioners under
the Code. The conduct OF many causes 10 court Win
the latitude given to testimony appears 10 common
law lawyer more like trial by ccurtmartal than rlal
under the rules OF law In court Of justice AS these
causes have already had trial by newspaper In whch
IL seems of the counsel have been engaged III is 10
be hoped that for the sake of American jurisprudence
and the reputation of the American bar their conduct In
will be governed by proper discretion and accord
ing to the laws OF evidence. LEX NON oCRlfIA'
Netg- York, Oct. IL, 1874
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
AN ECCLESIASTICAL TRIAL OF MR.. BEECHER
POSSIBLE.

AN ECCLESIASTICAL TRIAL VI mh' DECOhC"
POSSIBLE.
70 the Bdttor Of rae Tribune.
SIR: This question seems to be just now
ercely agitated at least by the reporters ana tne
answers 30 far published to leave the impression
that there is no authority the Congregational connec
ton by which minister be called to account Tor
any delinquency The fact 10 far otherwise The
churches bound together In conferences or congre
Cations and have prescriptive right to inquire into
each others proceedings. The ministers are nearly all
Of them connected In associations. and are bound 70
watch each other with brothery care To say tna
they have power to discipline delinquent member
is sheer nonsense. They do 1t unhestangly IN nun
dreds Of instances. Mr Beeoher can be tried ana VIII
whenever member OF the Association In goon stahu
ing shall demand 1t by preferring charges "ne'"ei
they would entertain charges preferred oy Ieon 0"u
MOuton is quite another question. would any re-
spectacle Presbytery do it, II every apostate ana Inn
del s allowed to bring accusations against the mem
bers the Presby terry would have their hands fu
The reason why Mr.. Beecher has not been tried oy
the Association by Council is not that there Is not
power to do IT, but that there is call for it, No mem
of character and standing worthy to be heard before
any church judcatOry, has yet appeared 10 @ preier
hst Se cannon be tried His Church have tried him
prelimnarily and they find no fault IN nm Wnere
further triai II none then there is nothing more to
he enthusiastically. But 1t Is said Prespyteri OF
S ~ can nj, eT him
snd Determine to retain him What then the
the Bishop to-, to stop top n Of
ihs Tha ALL aa
Gil do. When the Bishop OF Illinois tried 70 STOP Dr.
from de ne wS s the h1 and
authority claimed by himself The assumption Of power
81 in 5 aunt %ads
preense Of this kind abandoned the better i viii be
''s South SorwaS, Conn. Oct 8. 1874
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
CIVIL NOTES.

Cant. Samuel Samuels, master of the yacht
Dauntess brought suit against The Erenng MAIL ask
ing 5000 damages for alleged libeous statement
concerning him. which was published IN Ihe Ma't'
among other evening papers, in July, 1870. The action
was tried in Supreme Court Circuit Part I'LL Yesterday
before Judge Van Brunt. and resulted In verdict OF
40 500 for the plaintiff Notice OF appeal given.
Henry H. MOrange, practicing lawyer,
made motion In the Supreme Court some time ago. 10
disbar one :of his own profession, named Richard B.
Kelly. The case was argued before the General Term
yesterday, Mr. Morange appearing in his own behalf.
and charging Kelly with unprOfessOna conduct. When
he had finished his argument the Court promptly denied
the motion, and Chief Justice Davis administered
severe rebuke him and ordered him to pay slO the
costs Of the motion
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BAGGAGE.
4 suit for $500 by William Wood and Othe

agt The New York. NewHaven, and Hartford Railroad
Company. to recover the value OF trunk sent from
Brooklyn by expressman 10 the depot at Twenty.
sixthst, has Just been tried before Judge Joseph r.
DAILY, in the Court Of Common Pleas but the jury
unable TO agree. The expressman testified that when
he entered the depot the from behind
the counter, told him to lay the trunk down. adding,
"Ail right; we take It," This the baggage-master
denied on the stand averrng that he obeyed the rule
of the Company, which was posted up in four five
places about the TO the effect that the Company
would not be responsible for baggage until checked
Judge DAILY overrued that point Of responsibility and
the jury the question OF the value Of the trunk
and the question Of fact whether the attention Of the
expressman was called these posted rules, and
whether II the rule brought TO his notice. the
baggagemaster didn't take the trunk into his posses
s0n. II he did, no was liable Tue Jury went out, but
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
A srccrssFuL CIVIL DAMAGE SUIT.

sUCCEsSFUL CIVIL DAMAuE oUiI.
The trial of the civil damage" case OF John
RiSa6y against John, william. And Timothy Lonf, was
resumed yesterday the City Court OF Brooklyn before
Judge McCue N H. Clement, Of counsel fortne defense
argued that the owner OF premises could not be hold
responsible as they were rented in ls before the sct
was passed. and the lease had not expired AZ tne da'e OF
q, R,onev,s death. F. A. Wayne. for the plaintiff,
claimed that the act made It optional with the
landlord 10 terminate the lease upon the unlaw-
full sale of intoxicating liquors by the lessees
He did not choose to terminate the tenancy and thereby
made himself liable for O subsequent unlawful sale
Gen Crooke summed up for the defense and r. A. Ward
for the plaintf Judge McCue charged that the jury
deceased and the value of his services to his father till
ne arrived at the of a. and also award whatever @
Grating three hours the jury brought In verdict for
the plaintiff for 12,OO0
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
PRISONER PLEADS HIS OWN CAUSE.

In the Court of Oyer and Termlner yester-
day. before Judge Brady, william Dalton. charged with
receiving stolen goods. comprising quantity OF bar
rels pleaded bis cause. saying, n reply to ques
on that "he had no counsel, but should be his own
lawyer" He possessed the necessary amount OF
acumeu, for he showed conclusivey that ne had pnr
chased the barrels in good faith Of sailor, who had
stolen them and was triumphantly acquitted, despite
the efforts OF the Assistant Distrct-Attorney
The trial of the Inspectors OF Election which
was SET down for Yesterday, has been postponed until
to-mOrrow The cause OF the delay was misuDder
standing between counsel as TO which shoud oe tieu
first. - -,
Abraham Watson pleaded guilty to larceny from the
nersOn and was sent to the Prison for five years
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
SALES FROM q O'CLOCK p. N. To CLOSE OF
NEG q O'CLOCK p. NJ
Msriposa L l. "
TUESDAY, Oct. 13-P. NJ.

TUESDAY Oct 13-P NJ.
The disposition to realize profits on at least the
higher-priced speculative shares has been growing
more and more apparent for nearly q week, and the
result to-day was decline throughout almost the
entire list ranging from to II per cent, the fall
having been accelerated somewhat by reports from
Washington of trouble with the Rothschild-Selig-
man Syndicate. which seems to have had no founda-
ton IN fact. Erie, perhaps was affected rather by
the state of the London market, where the explana-
tory letter Of the Attorney General hardly un-
derstood IN time to reverse the declining current
produced by the statement that it was intended to
ask for the immediate appointment Of receiver.
The Attorney General clearly implies that receiver
is not to be asked for unless future investigation
shall show that the present trustees unsafe Gus
tOdians Of the prOperty-a result, we may saw that
no one expects in view of the eminent respectabity
of the gentlemen composing the Board. The great
est decline at the Stock Exchange to-day was in this
stock, having been about II compared with last
est sufferer. having lost /. per cent without
any new causes within our knowledge. Lake Shore
receded on the desire already hnted at of the small
bulls TO realize profits and retire on their laures
Toledo and Wabash FELL apparently in sympathy
with the general decline per cent. closing at 81
about the lowest point of the day. Old Central and
Hudson went down to 1904, closing at that bid. a
recession of per cent. Western Union fell off .
again, making with the loss Of yesterday, total
decline Of 1t since the close on Saturday. The
awaller stocks were tho least sgayegs some Of tho
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
DECIslONS-OCT. IS, 1874.

Suprrme Court -Chdmbrs-By Judge Daniels
asrbut act Lenheim.-Order granted.
DonohueMurray agt Hoyoste-Moton denied Lama
AIT Jones-Order granted Norton sg Clelsnd-GraDted.
Judge BartC agt Cook the matter Of Hart,-odes
bn,ion Sewing Co-Moon granted memorandum.
River Bank Murray Anderson ag Housstone
r. r r. Co Motions granted Southland BaIte.-Moon
MED In matter Renke the demurrer
the quashed writ dismissed and prisoner remanded
SUPERIOR Court-Specidi Ierm-By Judge Monell.-
Brown sg Combes s-Memorandum Of settlement Of
amendments
Common Pleas-Special Term-By Judge Loew.-
Tn the matter denied without
Equity Life Association the United States Stevens ct sMoon
granted
By Judge Robinsostewar ag Stewart divorce GRANTED
10 tbs plaintiff Rood sgt Rood-Euy Of marriage Of parties
udged By wife Of defendant being alive and his pre-.
yous marriage with her in force.
BY Judge Dsy.-McGuw sgt MorSan.-Case settled.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14

sellers Of the higher priced showiny an inclination
for the lower hence II. and St.Jo.. orth West and
Obios lost but per cent each, ant st. Pau' and
Union Pacific but to aeaob, while A. and p. Pre-
ferred. C. c. and I. c. and Quicksilva r remained
stationary. The investment shares were dull and
neglected. hardly sufficient business having been
transacted in them to make trustworthy que tations
There were rumors other than the meA toned
in circulation and the day devoid Of In. crest
except far the continued decline in prices, nado
it unpleasantly lively for bull spectators In the
higher priced shares. The opening, highest, Iows st.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
APPLES FOR THE POOR CHILDREN.
Trihnnp

SIR Do you not want to ell all the pockets
and aprons of the children Of NewYork at least
once this Autumn with appes 1t is ssddeninR to see
the ground covered with fruit which will never reach
market and to think Of the thousand eager little hands
only two three hours tha would be stretched
ont for them If some well known citizen would pro-
vide for the distribution Of them. sure many farm
ers would send load two, and that the railroads
would take them a nominal rate and that subscrp-
tions would flow in promptly to pay the carriage and
handling In New-YOrk The undertaking In proper
hands would be q success beyond doubt
Ne,c- York. Oct. 8. 1874. THEo. ID. MEAD.
New-York tribune., 1874-10-14
INDICTMENTS UNDER FEDERAL STATUTES.

The Grand Jury of the United States Clr-
cult Court yesterday indictments against tie
following named persons John L. Cary, emoezzeiihg
letters from the POstOfce; william Simpson, sehdins
obscene literature through the mail James Leary' per-
iurv in swearine to fraudulent naturalization papers ;
Joseph Quinn and John DunstOn, counterfeting; John
Cowan and John Kahoe conspirng to defraud the Gov
ernment by presenting for redemption piece OF south
American 900 bond. and claiming that IL was rag
ment of United States 81 600 bond which had been lost
or destroyed Joseph W. Cary cruelty to seamen These
cases the calendar for trial at the october Term
siding, which will begin at IL a. III. to-day.