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receiving, it is to be presumed, their par value
of So. 500. which he seems to have kept,
giving Park his note for the full purchase
money. Afterward, as he states in his cross
examination, he purchased 800 additional
shares carried them while, and sold out az a
profit of G3 or CA share-say $4,000. lie
received dividends at the rate OF Is
per cent per annum for Is months
on 475 shares, and for some time-it Is not
explained how long-on 800. These were Ills
gains. How much he lost upon another specu-
lation in the shares, made in partnership with
a friend and what he paid in the final settle
ment with Park, are points upon when the
examination throws no light But indeed these
matters are not proper subjects OF public IN
quiry. The amount of the losses in which he
may have become involved by the sale OF his
name cannot affect the gross improprety oil
his conduct in the first instance, and will not
lessen the desire of the public thnt he should
resign a post which he can no longer I'LL with
credit to his country.
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

THE CL4TGS or TIE PACIflC RdIV1IN
Great moral weigh; is given to thc decision
Of the supreme Court in the case Of the Union
Pacific Railroad 10y the fact that It is unani-
nous. The Attomey-Gcncral had made so
vehement a protest against the decision of the
Cont of Claims, and had infused so much ear
nestness, not to say personal bitterness, into bis
argument. that a unanimous verdict was prob
ably not expected in any quarter. Tho current
report was that ut least thee Of the judges
wished to reverse the decision cf the Court OF
Claims. The strongest Of these, Judge Davis,
proves 20 be the very man who pronomccs
the unanimous verdict in favor Of the
Company. The principle of the decision is
very simple. The law is to be interpreted by
IFS plain language. and by the purposes Of
those who framed ii. Tho debates at the time
CLEARLY showed that the bill was originally
passed by men who said they intended it 70
mean Just what the Company has claimed
that if does mean. The Court holds that
the language of the law is as plain
as were the purposes of it, trainers. Whether
or not The bargain was good one for tie
United States, Judge Davis says, is not a
question the Court has any right to consider.
/ lie inquiries hcItl9 VIM 1hN h" Hp"hS, anu
whether Congress had the power TO pass it,
and on both these points The unanimous YER
dict of tie Count is as positive rs it Is cOnclu-
sive.
Last Winter, when this railroad company
proposed compromise Of the questions in
dispute, we thought it a good thing for the
Government to accept. A contrary view pre-
vailed The United States Supreme Court
now grants more than the Company
would then have secuted. The first effect OF
the decision will be a requisition on the
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30
TIE CONTEST FOR SPEAKER.
NEWSPAPER GOSSIP on THg SUBJECT.


The truth is that Mr.. Kerr has never been
inconsistent this subject Of the currency and any at
tempt dsOr his utterances for such purpose ts
lees than deliberate I.isehood-l Ledger
Standard (Deml
All the indications from Washington are TO
the effect that Mr.. SAN Randall Of Pennsylvania has cap
tured the Democratic party The Republican party can
better aOlcy from the Democratic party than the
nomination ~ Tom scotrs henchman the Protective
Tariff, Back-Pay, Infation-Democrat, sam Randall
[Chicago Tribune (Rep.l
Randall still leads in the Speakership race
Kerr far behind Randall Is pulling wires with
adroitless and Kerrs only hope Is from the lead
OF his party II they take him up by main force aud
declare that hc shall be elected political necessity
he will succeed, and scarcely Oherwse- as0instOn
Correspondence Springfield Republican.
We are not for Randall. We want this un-
dersOOd not that lac ia not competent for he an able
man and good Democrat, but because he salary
gTabber. Randall aside from ms salary gIaOb!ng Is an
Eastern man, with broad generous principles and would
do us Justice. il Western with Eastern prin
either these or Fernando Wood. We haye other
men, and whie would be satisfied with any good man.
we want no cOwardly trucker 10 Eastern capital,
saary-gIabber" for Speaker Davenport Iowa ga
zette (Dem.l
Mr.. Randall is a thorough going Democrat,
but he - honorable enemy the public
had in the House. Ii would be unjust 10 cali him A
partisan, for be is not one in the new meaning OF tho
word being more for country than party. lie gr<at
ability and experience legislator. and his neBy
as a man and Representative Il without question. ~
he shoud fail N all IN being elected Speaker II will he by
OF ms Protection principles aud not because he
not far away most fitting candidate foe the
tion 1t is understood tha the Penns yanis delegation
will soidly Mr.. Randall Philadelphia n9ugor
Rep)
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Fx-G0y. CObIn of Maine ha, given $500 to
the state college Library.
Capt. James B. lads IS to deliver the plin-
cpal a.d,cse % ay opening oi the new AcrcAants TX
ciau.c Building l So. Lou,s, on Dee no.
IN adopted daughter Of Henry Wilson is
i,iu. ia Norfolk County Mass. lIe. name j, Eva Wilson
..is tO years old and Is said 20 De bright, gent
child, l1.ol bj every DHc.
President White announces that professor
ship OF music {, 10 be founded in Cornell University a.
the next Commencement. and thlt j.. viii be filed 10y
-ltj istIl ot either O-iuld Or l"ll~ic.
Lord lloughton concluded after all to sail
from N,p-yolk rather than Boston. So he Returns ID
day TO take tAe Alyss.na. wchlcyes tomorrow Mcan-
time ne h not IN Newlarf be save bni in scotland tho
It AnfrE', Surcty proposing Tonight 10 take nam iuto
its nospitlble care al tns annual dinner.
Whittier sent tins response, recently, to Il
request for bis autograph
"Our lives are albums. written through
AhS Si; * a ne 81 b5.,si , y sae.s m l, tn Gr i'"'
Ihe pages Of or years, .
Ana blot The III With tsirs!"
One of the most distinguished members of
the party Of 80 ChGcss students who have just arrived
IA THIS c0autiy 20 be educated j. Nsau Iauye He he
gins the STUDY OF English aftor hs wing the CHEST
academic honors conferred At Picking. He is Cantonese,
and the son Of distinguished magistrate At the age OF
20 he was tha successful competitor at the Provincial
Examination for Master of Arts. At ~ h. obtained at
Pekng the Han Lin degree. somewhat similar 10 the En-
gish III. -. lie was employed ~ sccreary IN one OF
the public departments at Pekng when the Tsung Ya-
nominated him, with eight others, To the Throne.
be ntrsted with carrying out the new programme
Of Imperial Improvement. the publication OF which at
trcted considerable attention recently. He IA now in his
twenty ninth year.
Here is one Southern gentleman whose mind
is untroubed by thoughts Of endangered caste. In Bal
timore the other day. Mayor LstroDe of that city
dinner to the escort OF tho Vice Presidents remains IN
the grand saloon OF the City Hall. Frederick Douglass
was of the escort and he observed TO be alone
Che Justice George William Brown horeupon offered
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30
Aesu'l)ork Daily Gribnne,
FOUNDED 9Y HORACE GREELEY.
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 80, 1879.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

ForrIGN-Part OF tho Russian garrison at kho-
kand WAS nassa red. - Twelve hundred EgyI-
tiaus were killed 10y the Abyssinians. == Voting
by districts was finally adopted 10y the French
National Assembly. =-- NJ. de Lesseps approved
of the purchase of tho SueZ Canal shares by England
DoMEs1Ic.-The United States Supreme Court
gave "a final decision in tie great Union Pacific snit
in favor of the Company. - There viii he no
Government gold sales ia December. -= The re-
port on frauds in the construction of the new State
Capitol WAS unauthorized. - L. s. 1Obcy has de-
cned the Indian Commissionership; nr. Smith Is
retained as a lerl, by Mr. Chandler == Fernando
Wood withd avs from the Spcakershp contest.
- d. Manning delivered glowing ouioSy at
tho Wilson ceremonies in Boston.
Grey AMP SUBURBAS.-War rUmoTs growing ont
OF transfers Of troops to the South shown to be
unfounded. -= The prosecution ask for n struck
iury for Tweed. - The Senate Investigating
Committee examined the Dock Department. --
The examination of the Third Avenue Savings Bank
officers on a charge of perjury was begun; there was
a slight run on the North River Savings Bank. --
Charges Of irregularities in the management Of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad are made. -- Gold,
1913, 114l2. LIS Gold value of the legal-tender
dollar at the close, 81 2l0 cents.
THE WEATHER.-The Government report predicts
cold weather and possibly rain. -= In this city
yesterday the day was cold and gusty; thermome-
ter, 45', Az, 16'
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30
amusements ano aleeiinse Co. Might.

ACADEMY oY Music" la Dame Blauche" WacnteL
Bo THIS THE ArKR.-" Little Emily"
EAqLE THRATER.-Varcty.
FIFTn AVENUE THEATER.-" Our Boys" .
IYcEUM THBATER.-" La Princesse Georges"
PARk TuRATRR.-"M Mighty Dollar"
SAN FRANCISCO MISsTRELS.
THIRD Avenue THYATER.-Nariety.
TosY PksroR's NEW TnEATER.--2 and 81 Variety.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE" Rose Michel
WALIACk's THEATER-" Caste"
CHARLIER INsTITUIE-Lccturo.
CtnCKERING HALL.-ConccrL Rosa DEilna.
COIoDsSEUM-"S Siege of Paris"
IRVING HALL-Fair.
KURrZ's GALLERy-Makart's Paintings.
MASONIC TtMrIE.-Ba2tar. II
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM or ART.-Patntings, statuary'
sTETSwAY HALI.-Lecture. DE COrdcva.
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United States Treasury for some $1,2Oo,ooo
due the Union Pacific Railroad for transporta-
ton. The second will be an effort Cprobably
successfully on the part of the other Pacific
railroads to get themselves placed on an equal
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

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ter farOr Jy informing This office Of fhG circumstances
THE SEMI-wFEKLY TRIBUNE will be ready this morning
at O'Clock in wrappers for mailing. Price cents
Advertisements for this weeks issue of THE WEEKLY
TRIBuNE must be hand q in TODgy. Price y per line
Uptown advertisers can leave Their avoIs for THE Tbs
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Another injunction suit to prevent theaier
manager from producing play, oppeai" p"
our local columns. Is not this sort OF tht'r
becoming slightly mOnOtonOus-or Is 1t a means
of adYertiSingl
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

service in choapening the telegraph cable
rates would soon be permanently reduced, ana
the unsigbtly poles that now dishgure our
cities would quickly disappear.
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30
Dnsincss Notices.

Before you start on n journey secure an
accident policy IN the original TRAyEIERs % Hartford
EXCURSION TO THE TROPICS.
TIE City Mexico tourists and especially Tor III
vlds most desirable Innate the tempeIaiurc I%m Wy ~
ing ON 6O2 q co. steamers from NewNoik Tor
Vera Cruz stop about days Pf0gitso dN
q leaving NeTtliitaNs INC
a. apeTs Grvc Cruz about days having s"lptu
s TnXpan TampicO several LoW& Excursion tickets al
reduced rates. For further particulars Apply 10
r. ALFXANUBE q Sons, 81 BroadNaY.
Use BIummelrs Celebrated Cough Drops.
The genuine have A. II. b." each drop. 40 GrandsL
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

Restitution in Brooklyn, we are sorry to soc,
has a discOuragingly crab-like movement. The
only moneys thus far recovered were of fines,
repaid TO the convicted Commissioners Of
Charities, under a decision which declares them
to have been wrongly condemned.
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

The withdrawal of Mr.. Fernando Wood from
the contest for the Speakership simpliGes the
matter but a very little. Mr. Wood has at no
time been considered formidable candidate
for the position, and his formal notice OF with
drawal will he accepted not only as an exhibit
ton of his accustomed gracefulness OF be-
havior, but as an illustration rs well OF his
proverbial discretion. The country will he
panied to learn that the contest for the Speak
erslip has degenerated into an unseemy
scramble, but there is compensation in the
thought that Mr. Fernando Wood refuses TO
engage in it. As the merest incident connected
with his withdrawal, it is mentioned that his
chances for being Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee are unc0mm0nly good,
whether Mr.. Randall or Mr.. Kerr is Speaker
Ii is said that Mr.. Wood is not friendly to the
candidacy of Mr. Cox. Were il not that he Is
superior to such considerations, one might
almost suppose that Mr.. COz's refusal to vote
for Wood for Speaker two years ago had some
connection with it. But that-of cOur5c-
Oh no.
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

right honor Justice and common sense, was willing TO
sacrifice self place. power ind tho frendshi9so ycars"
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

The excitement among depositors in savings
banks has almost wholly subsided, although
run upon one of them continues. The prac-
tice in recent years of applying tho 6O-days
rule to check the withdrawal of deposits has
doubtless prevented in many instances those
pancs that at intervals used to bring frantic
mobs with their pass-books to the bank doors.
After the present official examinations are fin
ished. there will probably be no occasion for
such alarm during at least two or three years
If such Investigations should be more frequent
and thorough hereafter than they have been
in the past, the causes of most runs Will be
anticipated by the action of the Superlntend-
ent. We may hope that the last of them, Tor
a long while at least, has been recorded.
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

Secretary Robeson's unusual preparations for
the reception of the Presidents Message con-
tinue to excite induisitive comment. Nhat
with his iron -clads and torpedoes and torpedo
boats and other vast preparations for some
thing or other-no one knows what-he has
succeeded in attracting public attention ana
awakening curiosity to an extent that almost
ovcrShadows the interest felt in JEWELS fast
mail trains and Bristow's Whisky Ring raids
Everybody connected with the Department has
been enjoined to the stricest silence, and no in
formation as TO what these dreadful goings-On
portend can he obtained. Meantime the officers
of the Navy stationed in this vicinity are OF
the opinion that there is 10 unusual activity,
and that, so far as they can see there are no
preparations that can be construed as warike
The Great Public, however, keeps its eye on
Robes0n and feels confident that he is getting
ready to take something. Public anxiety could
hardly be increased by an order to put the
Marine Band on a war footing. or dispatch a
feet for the rescue of the Sinking Fund.
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

In the Tweed suit the application for
"st ucl," jury seeks something so rare IN legal
practice that it viii be almost a novelty. Ih(
case certainly requires men OF more than the
average grade OF intelligence That goes to the
makeup Of a jury. If this mode Of selection
docs succeed in securing more capable iuIy-
men, there viii be room for hope that 1t may
be mOro frequently adopted IN important trials
New-York tribune., 1875-11-30

On another page an account IS given OF
what appears 10 be very remarkable dis
covcry in electrical science and telegraphy
II is caimed that new kind of electricity
has been obtained, differing from the old in
several particulars. aud notably in not requii-
ing for transmission that the conducting wire
shall he insulated. While the reality and
value of This discovery can only be ascer-
tanned by further experiment, 1t may here be
mentioned that there is nothing inherently
improbable about it. The difference claimed
between tho new and old electrlciCies Is
scarcely greater in kind than between polar
ized and -polarized light. or between ordi-
nary iron and that which has been so changed
by contact with platinum that the strongest
nitric acid fails to attack it. A genuine dis
coyo1y Of the sort would be of inestimable
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-03-25

charmed by the many beautiful scenes
presented to their view. Thus time
flew quickly by, and our strollers soon
entered the wood in which was the
Sugar Camp to which they were bound
This wood was free from under
brush, and well trodden path led
directly to the place of their destina-
ton The smoke from the fires could
already be seen gracefully curling up
IN the distance. On either side of
their way were little troughs or buck
cts receiving the sap, or sugar wafer
as 1T IS here termed, trickling pure
and sparkling, from the trees under.
meath which they were placed
All these things were familiar sights
to our party, but less so to Caroline
Hastings than to any other present,
and her ceaseless admiration of the
lofty trees, the climbing ivy, the creep
ing wintergreen, and the unfading
blossoms of the white everlasting, in
terested and amused all who were
near her She had not forgotten her
city life, and to her ardent and roman
tic fancy the wild charms Of the coun-
try suffered nothing in the comparisons
she never grew weary in speaking adj
miringly OF all she saw, and those
around her, and especially one of
them never tired of listening to her
musical voice and watching her beam
ing smile They slipped the sweet
sap from the rough buckets, and loud
was the merry laugh which occasion
ally rang forth at the awkward man
ner in which their goblets were some
times handled.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-03-25
The Infection OF Suicide.

The unfortunate unknown who
jumped head-f5remo3t from the sec
ord gallery Of the dome Of the Capt.
III at Washington, on Wednesday
afternoon, may not have been insane
when he commenced the ascent of
the eiitice. There are thousands Of
men perfectly Sane on almost every
other topic in any large city, who
cannot look down from dizzy
height without an impulse towards
jumping off. The Monument in
London was found so fatally sugges-
tive Of death, that it became neces-
sary to convert the top of the struc-
ture into cage, from which egress
is impossible except by the door and
o1UnmnUus ,Pnnn who hated the
al az insult to the Catholic body,
whom it accused Of attempting to
attempting to burn London in the
reign Of Charles II, would perhaps
have considered these self murders
in the light of poetical retribution
for the slight put upon his co-reIig.
ionists, by the edifce which he
mentioned in the line, where the
tall bully lifts its head and lies "
Perhaps the unfortunate unknown
in Washington went 70 the dome
with fell intent, but it is equally pos
siblo that his life paid tho forfeit Of
m0montary alteration. Whatever
may have been the fact in his case,
suicide is as certainly epidemic as
influenza. - Commercial Times.
There are as few persons in any
cor munity who have perfectly sound
minds as there are who have sound
bodies and the examination of those
who were drafted in 1865 revealed
the fact that we are "a a race, won-
derfully defective. Heart diseases
was the prevailing one at that time
The impulse to suicide is very
common and there are few perhaps
who have reached the age Of thirty
who have not, at some time Or place
experienced such impulse. Many
persons dare not trust themselves
to walk plank or a l9g Al any dis
lance above the ground or across a
stream on account Of this thought
passing ike fash through the mind,
what if | Should jump off, ac-
companied with the impulse to do
SO. Others cannot take q razor or
any sharp or dangerous instrnm ont
into their hands without the horrible
thought Of If destruo ion being i'm
pressed upon their minds. 1t Is ine
sanity Of but moments duration.
In tho history Of this village there
have been two cases Of suicide, one
from this momeotary impulse, the
other planned and deliberate. -Rtch
I1nd County Republican.
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| attention from Charles Fisher, when
everybody had always expected he
would marry Lucy Ashton, the par
sons daughter. These and similar
remarks were retailed in conf ience
by Mrs. Gadsby and her intimates,
and of course reached the ears of the
inmates of the cottage. Upon the
mother this gossip produced no effect,
except o general regret that such
meddlesome, busy bodies should ex.
ist even in their little community, but
upon Caroline they operated more
powerfully and seriously, although she
would scarcely admit il, even to her
self. That she had been pleased With
Mr.. Fisher on her first acquaintance
with him, was true, and that their sub
sequent intercourse had increased her
regard for him, was also true. She
knew that she felt toward him differ
emily from what she did toward any
other person, but in what that differ
ence consisted or what was the pre-
else nature OF her feelings, she had
never sought to investigate. She had
learned that those feelings were Of
happy character, and was satisfied il
the enjoyment, without rejecting upon
the cause. The thought, however,
that their intimacy had become the
subject of remarks from any source,
was painful to her sensitive nature,
and she trembled at and shrank from
the reflection of a possibility that his
particular attention and regards bad
been and should now be properly dis
pensed to another, although she would |
admit no particular claim to them her
self. She now called up to her reccl- |
lection the many times she had met
Lucy Ashton at Mr.. Fishers, and she |
too the tender manner in
which Lucy had been treated by all. |
She had often noticed that Mr. Fisher
had often given Lucy the title Of "my
child or "my daughter. All these
things had not before seemed strange
to, or even attracted the attention of
Caroline. The parsonage was the
next house to Mr. Fishers, and as he |
contributed more than any other per
son to the salary Of its occupant, it
was natural that the two families
should be on terms Of close intimacy.
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WHOLE NO. 1871.

shrauk from doing so for fear of in
trusion. Caroline, too, seemed OF
late to avoid giving him a private
opportunity Besides, what right
had he to inquire into her private
feelings, motives or actions This
state of things produced constraint
in the intercourse of both, which
bad not escaped the notice of their
friends, and their stroling off to-
gether after the picnic dinner created
some surprise among the rest of the
psrty, al hough from the smiling APP
pearance Of the observers, or most Of
them, this surprise seemed to be Of
an agreeable character. There was
one however among that company
who, since the departure of Charles
and Caroline, had stood apart from
the rest and partially concealed by
tree from their view. This one was
Lacy Ashton, and as Clara Fisher
discovered her standing alone and
approached her, the smiling look
and cheerful manner with which
Lucy greeted her almost concealed
the traces Of tears and sadness which
a close inspection might yet detect
upon her countenauce These did |
not escape Clara's notice, and with |
no suspicion as TO the cause, sho af- |
tectionateiy took Lucy by the hand !
and sought to learn the reason OF |
her sadness and tears. Lucy evaded |
an explanation. and accompanying |
Clara to the swing entered into all |
the sporta of her companions appar>
emily with her accustomed life and |
gaiety.
Al app aarance Of gaiety is not al
ways evidenoe Of happiness-and a
smiling countenance often conceals
the emotions Of an aching heart.
Lucy Ashton had now discovered
ana was realizing tho fact that her
feelings toward Charles Fisher, what
ever might be their character. coclI
not be shared with another.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.