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WHAT 4 FATHER SAW.
Letter TO n NJ Motbsr and "A Letter to Sister
A Long Island Youths suicide.

Yesterday morning. at about O'clock
Mr.. J. l.. Krocks, a wealthy citizen Of Corona
Long Island. opened a door leading to a rear
piazza, ard found his son. Joseph. reclining on
. ssttee. dead. In the right hand OF the young
man was revolver, with one barrel discharged
Young krooks was In New York on Wednesday
evening, and Is supposed to have returned to bis
home on the train that reached Corona about
midnight He was twenty two wears Of age. The
following letters were found on his person:
My DEAR MorHERi 1t is too late to make any pro.
testAtlont of the love and affection which so sgnay
failed 20 show when wls IN the word. have few
fayor which hope you Will grant. as they are the last
shall ever ask ofyoui
/. wish the brown package in my left side coat
be buried with me.
g wish you would telegraph TO Minnie Il. Halcomb
Branford Conn. I" Joe IA dead"
3. would IKE you to cultivate the acquaintance Of
tins hdy know you would and will love her she ia
good ladylike modest. loyeable aud well educated ;
ihink me better tnan l Was Aud now. a ong good. by
Please do what have requested Of YOU and beeve me
TO be ever your arectlonate son JoE.
T. s.-Glve my love to father and ask him to forslve
and nov 10 fancy winding my arms around neck
give Joua thousand Kisses, and again say good.by
Corona, July 10 1870
Sister LILLE; wish you wouid read over what
have requested mother to do and that you will take
much as do OF ma. aud though l have thamed ana
disgraced YOU all. am now past feeling all petty an
gers aud am now before higher bar any earthly
one REMEMBER me As ever your own brother, Jos.
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sECOR RoBBERsON,s FATE.
The question Of Impeachment to be Referred
to the Judiciary Committee.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-The report of the
committee on the real estate pool and Jay
COOKIES Indebtedness, will not recommend tho
impeachment OF Secor Robson, as has been
widely published. An ambitious member Of
that committee had a report written by an at
torney OF this city, which concludes with res-
olutlon recommending the impeachment of
Robeson, but the committee will not adopt it.
Messrs. Lewis and Culberson will make a re-
port referring the testimony to the Judiciary
Committee, whore tho testimony taken by the
Naval Committee and the Committee on Ex-
penditures In the Navy Department also goes,
for examination. There Is no doubt as to what
the nnal result will be, hut the House is not
going to resolve that Robeson shall be i'm
peacbed without due deliberstion. The regu-
lar method. m oreover, Is to refer the matter to
the Judiciary Committee. and II, after examina-
tion, that committee deems that impeacbment
Willie, II reoorts a resolution to that effect
which, IL adopted by toe House, Is communi-
Gated to the Senate, with the further informa-
tion that In due time articles OF impeachment
Will be presented by the House OF Representa-
tives.
IL 10 true that this routine was not adhered to
unprecedented one. IL ts. however, now gene
rally admitted that IL was a mistake not to have
pursued the usual course In that case. 1t 10
certain anyhow that Robeson will In the end bo
impeacbed. aud It Is probable that q resolution
to that effect may be reported by the Judiciary
Committee before the close Of the present ses-
sion.
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AN UNUSUAL PROCEEDING.
judge Westbrook's Order TO Procure Papers
from the Executive Chamber.

ALBANY, July ia writ OF certiorari
was served on Gov. Tilden to-day by deputy
sheriff OF New York county, requiring him to
certify, on July q, at the Court House In New
York city. before any Justice OF the Supreme
Court, tho day and cause OF the Imprisonment
OF Nathan Ulmsn, fugitive from Justice from
Pennsylvania, and to produce true copies OF the
requisiton aud sfidavits from the Governor Of
Pennsylvania upon which his extradition Is re-
quested. Gilman was charged with false pre-
teDces In Lehishton. Carbon county. and fed to
New York, where, on the requisition referred
to, be was arrested. A writ Of habeas corpus
was obtained by his counsel. and as part Of the
action upon this writ, Justice Westbrook Issues
this writ OF certiorari to the Governor. Such n
method Of procedure TO obtain copies Of papers
from the Executive Chamber Is entirely unpre-
cedentsd, the usual method being q courteous
request for them. directed to the Governors
private secretary. Tho Governor will make an
swer tomorrow, forwarding all the papers and
facts demanded, and II 10 probable he will take
occasion to assert the digni ty and independence
OF the Chief haRistracy OF the Empire State Ia o
positive and unmistakable manner. Attorney
General Farchild will appear with tho papers In
Justice Westbrook's court tomorrow aud de-
liver the Governors reply.
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At III BATHS.
Three Lives Saved by Good swimmer on
East FiitV-nith street,

There was scene Of intense excitement last
"wednesday Afternoon the bath At the foot Of East
Flf.y. y.nfth street. The cries ofa drowning man for
help struggling IN vain to keep his head above wa.
ter attracted the attention OF multitude OF bathers
aud 1t became evident that unless assistance I'M
medatey rendered, II would reach him too late But.
fortunately, the professor Of swimming Ernest Won
SchOenng WAS WITHIN call aud hastily throwing on his
shoes, he plunged into the river. and IN few minutes
al the side OF tue drowning man Then hOdinx hii
uD IN his arms he sustained him In this position iii
heVed BY the DOatna employed by tne proprietor Of
the bath, and VINO 10 always on the LOOKOUT ready for
such emergencies. Ia TINS Instance the drowning man
was seized with q cramD ald but Tor the promptness
with which his cry tor hep was answered must most
probably IN few seconds, have been carried away by
tne current whcn Tuus with great force ~ this point
TIE rescued person 10 Mr. Pnillp herEe brewer. Of
East Fy hith street anu he the third saved from
drowning that day ~ Prot Won scnOeulns one OF the
number lad about ~ Year, uldwhO had gone
tue third time and VINO taken W from depth Of
more tnAu twenty nYe feet.
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SPELLING Reform.
The iCautieus Suggestions OF tho American
Philoiogicai Association.

Ehhotostcht Associhtions
The committee OF tho American Philo-
logical Association, appointed last year TO con-
slider the subject OF reform In English spell n9.
submitted the following report at yesterdays
session In this city. II was signed bv all the
members Of the committee. and adopted by the
unanimous vote of the association:
l. The true and sole once Of alphabstic writ
ing 10 faithfully ana intelligently to represent
spoken speech. So-called "historical'' orthog-
raphy is only concession to the weakness OF
2. The ideal Of an alphabet Is that every sound
should have Its own unvarying sign, and every
sign It's own unvaryiDg sound.
3. An alphabet Intended for use by vast COM
munity need not attempt an exhaustive ansly-
sis of the elements Of utterance, and re presen-
tAton Of the incest varieties OF articulation it
may well leave room for the unavoidable play OF
individual and local pronunciation.
4. An ideal alphabet would seek to adopt for
Its characters forms which should suggest the
sounds signinsd, ana OF which the ressm biances
ties OF the sounds. But for general practical
use, there Is no advantage In q system which
aims TO depict Ia detail the ph ysical processes
OF uttersnce.
g. No language has ever had or is likely to have
aperfect alphabet; AMI IN changing aud amend
irg the mode OF writing of a language already
long written, regard must necessarily be had 70
what Is practically poss ole quite a. much Us to
what Is Inherently desirable.
O. To prepare the way for such q change, the
nrst step "a TO break down, by the combined in-
nuence OF enlightened scholars aud OF practical
educators. the Immense and stubborn prejudice
which regards the established modes OF spelling
almost Ms constituting The language, as having a
sacred character. and ss IN themselves prefera-
bic to others. All agitation and all dehnite pro-
posals OF reform are TO be welcomed 30 Tar as
they work 10 this direction.
I. An altered urthography will be unAvoidabl bly
offensive to those who are first allied upon 20
uss It; hut any sensible and consistent new sys-
tenn will rapidly win tue hearty preference Of
the mass Of writers.
=. lhs Roman alphabet Is so widely and nrm-
ly established In use among the leading civil
liIed nations that II cannot be displaced in
efforts OF scholars should be directed toward its
use with uniformity and Ia conformity with
other nations.
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have to walk very particular. because II 1
stepped through cabin window, II would be
all day with me. l CROPPED along until could
through 1t and to tho surface none too soon. for
my breath was about gone. / guess II was tho
cabin Sa, compapion way that l s2t through, ,Ss
heeled that the water came into the pantry, but
1t seemed like quarter Of q minute"
THR ILL-rArxD vkssRL.
The schooner yacht Mohawk, the largest yacht
In the world, was launched on June Q. 1875. from
J. H. Van Duesen's yard, williamsbureh, With
ceremonies. As the bow touched tho water
Mrs Garner broke bottle Of champagne, eiab-
Sow and ssd oSseS Sn sk tbss ro SohwE %
From kniehthead to tanrail the Mohawk was
lt0 feet long. Her length on the water line w,ass
feet inches. From the water to her main truck
was 1t0 feet, and from the end OF her mainooom
red a0S %c s"s o. SQUARE s feet Of Her
saloon was 25 feet square. and In IL was nre-
place. bookcases s,aeooai1, %ei, w,tn @ iurn.ure n
side OF the companion-way was stateroom.
and forward OF tue saloon on the port eide were
three more. Forward OF the saloon on the star
board side was Vice-Commodore Gamers state
room. larger than the bridal room Of q Hudson
river floating palace. II measured 1sx13 and
had bath room, &c, attached. Forward OF these
rooms were the officers rooms, kitchen, and
fotecastle. Indeed, below the yacht resembled
an ocean steamer OF twenty years ago. The deck
was dush from stem to stern, except the sky
lights and sn all cockpit.
lno mOnaWk ShIfleO u crew OF tWelVe, ana
her commander was Capt kenney formerly
sailing master Of tho 1dler. When I'm sailing
trim her drnught OF water was six feet. This
may seem a light draught for so large a yacht,
but Commodore Gamers idea was that an i'm
menss centre bolrd, acting ike I'm OF a fish.
would give the vessel a hold on the water to
prevent her sliding to leeward, and this plan was
expected to make a new era In yacht building
Nautical critics propbesed that she would cap
size In the nrst squall. and her trial trip was
watched with much interest. she was entered
for the Cape May regatta OF July -. 1875. On
the 18th she sailed with the New York feet for
Cape May, but owing to her sails she made but
q poor record. Her sails set 30 badly that when
opposite the Government steamer Talapoosa
her foIe-san-topsail had TO be lowered. The
old sails ABOARD the Tsllapoosa were indignant
that the sailing OF so beautiful a craft wAs
msrred by bad setting sails, and Lieutenant
Commander McRichie was heard to say THE
sailmaker that ftted those sails ought to be
keelhauled." Thirteen yachts sailed In the re-
gatta. The Mohawk was the sixth TO cross the
line, and In run Of twenty miles passed all but
the Idler, although her sails had been but little
improved. On the homestretch. sailing wing
and wing. she passed the Idler and crossed tbe
line nrst. The Madeleine was given q time al
iowance by tho Mohawk OF IL minutes and II
seconds, but the Madeleine beat tho Mohawk's
actual time nearly minute. and was declared
the winner.
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THE WAR IN THE EAST.
-Four thousand Turkish Regulars outed-A
scrvian Defeat.

BELGRADE, July 2o.-The following is
oficia; The priest. Doutchitch. routed 1000
Turkish regulars on Wednesday near RsdosiDge.
driving them toward Nova varosch after des-
perate engagement, lasting seven hours"
LONDON, July g.-rbe Standards widdin spe-
cal says that the Servians lost 1000 killed at the
battle OF Izoor. They retired across the
river Timok Dut lave since recrossed.
Osman Pacha, on Thursday. annibilatsd 500
Servians who had occupied Novo Selio. A few
only escaped across the Danube.
The Standards Belgrade despatch says the
army has been organized into two great divi-
sions.
Tho Eastern division IL under Gen. Tchernajin,
with Gen. Leechianin rs second IN command.
Ihe western division is under Gen. Olm pics,
with Gen. Zach as second In command.
The Stdnddrd's Vienna despatch says II Is re-
ported that the insurgents attempted to inter-
rupt the railway near Lola, but were routed by
battalion of Loftas.
1he Vienna journals publish statistics showing
that 6.b6t houses were burned In the Phiippopo-
lis and Tatarbezardjk districts during the Bulga-
rian insurrection. OF these 6,6t3 belonged to
Christians. Many we're nred by revolutionary
emissatss to compel the people TO join the In
surreCtiOu.
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JOTrINGS AROur rumN-

Mayor wckham was overcome by the heat,
yesterday
Commodore Vanderbilt kept his bed most VI
yesterday.
George Washington Lodge, 2S6, +, and A NJ,
oonie he Third Degree this eVp mug al seventh street
and Thru avenue.
The Americus made ono trio TO Rockaway yes-
terday morning aud was then LAID up tor repairs and
the New Haven steamer Continental sent down "a
Rockawsy In the afternoon The AmeTcus vii be ready
on SATURDAY mOrning aud, meantime, other boats VIII
make the regular trips al the regular hours today
Samuel l.. Tred we'll. and hftv-siI others owned
lDtereas the building OF Central Branch Of thu
Union Pacific Railroad Mr. Tredvell brought suit
against the compel an accounting OF pro.
nIs which tred two months before Judge Lar.
renorr in the supreme Court decision Was rendered
in the case yesterday, dismlssing the Complaint.
The Singer Manufacturing Company's store "a
Union square wn closed terdAy afternoon belween
the hours OF aud O'Clock in cor, eQnence Of tho
funeral Of hlss Augusta E,lmA Brown, most ost.
m.Do lazy who had been n the employ pf the company
for over quarter Of century during which lime she
sajyed nos only their confidence aud repset buI thss
of al Who knew her.
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THE NEWARK MURDERERs.
The Amount Of the ThieIhorns' Estate-Con.
dition Of their Victims.

Among the effects of the Thielhorns, the
Newark muiderers, now In possession Of Coro-
ner Osborne administrator Of their estates, 10 a
bank book in the name OF Adolph Thielhorn,
on which Is due f0ls.3O. Their household
goods were appraised at t76. Amelia, the sis
ter. was permitted to remove the furniture on
giving an indemnifying bond. she has filed a
claim for 900 against the estate, which amount
she alleges, she placed In Adulph's hands for
safe keeping. She also presented the under
takers bill for tlO. II is said that Policeman
Dickerson Will bring suit against the estate for
civil damages, which, II granted. would leave
nothing to the sister. This officer is still at ST.
Michaefs Hospital, and altho gh In very weak
condition, he is improving as well as might be
expected Cahill, the citizen, who was shot In
the groin In Jackson street, Ia also mendng
aud mis- recovery seems TO be assured. The fund
for the family OF the murdered policeman, Els
den, amOunts TO about 400.
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BREAD RIOT FE1RED.
Mnvor Seidicr of Jersey CITY Urging Re-
Iiei for the Poor.

At the meeting OF the Jersey city Board
OF Finance last evening a communicatian was
read from Mayor Seider urging the board to
make some arrangements whereby the thou
sands Of men IN tue city starving for want Of
bread could get work. The Mayor said
II is OF no use to talk eoquenty TO halfstarycd men
about the hard tncs and II no Work IL provided Tor
them whereby they may got LIVING, tuere wIll un'
dOuOtedly be bread riot
The communication was referred 10 a special
committee OF hve, who wero empowered 70 visit
the Board OF Aldermen and board OF Works,
with view OF beginning public improvements,
AT Mhioh the mon could be put 70 MoIk.
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THE FAST MAIL TRAINS,
Col. Tenn Scott Giving His Reason for stop-
ping Them-More Money Manted.

PHILADELPHIA. July 20.-Col. Tom Scott
says about the withdrawal OF tho fast mail
trains; Tho fast mail Is a dead institution.
We have received letters OF regret from the
Postmaster-General,b but he can do nothing.
Congress not only refused compensation foe
these fast mail trains. but even went so far az
TO reduce the Appropriation for the Transporter
ton OF malls ten per cent. The detfiment TO
the business community by the withdrawal Of
these fast mail trains cannot he estimated. To
Chicago and the entire West and Southwest
there VIII be great loss OF time. The business
men ofChicago, Cincinnati, and ST. Louis have al
ready protested. but their protest Will do good
The only way to resstablish these fast mails h
for Congress to come down with the stamps"
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WHAT WAS DONE IN MONTANA.


WASHINGTON, July 9-The Committee on
Expenditures In the Interior Department are ready
to report upon the duct of Surveyor General Reed
Of Montana and will this Official In the severest
terms for violation OF his trust. Reed Is the per.
son who arranged to have John Delano silent part
ner In number Of surveying Jobs IN Montana by which
young Desno made thousands OF dollars without
derlng any service to the Government II IN one
Of these specuatons that DeanO caught. and the
evidence showed that his father then Secretary Of
Intrrior was priv to the arrangement The fact
brought 20 the Presidents at.e on. aud formed Of
the causes which led TO Deanos leaving the Cabinet
All the facts elected by the committee will be embodied
IN their report aud II ia expected that lhe Republican
members will sgn It.
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A MONSTER C1GED.
An Attempt to BUY Ofthe Prosecution-Judg
VI CORES Indignation.

vincentio Tizzo aged twenty-eight, an Italian
tnsmith, convicted yesterday IN the Kings County
Court Of Sessions, Of innumanly assaulung kebecca
Davis. aged eight. whose parents lived Tirzlos
shop, IN President street BrooNyn Judge Moore sid
that the prisoners deserving Of death
many murders He sentenced him TO twenty year,.
hard lALor IN sing sing Prison.
The testimony developed that q. ScapallO an Italian
shipping merchant, OF Isd Front street the Ia.
terekt Of the prisoner offered to the girls father go
abandon the prosecution, and agreed tO give him 80
more after TlkziO should be released. Judge Moore
called ScapAO 70 the bar, and sad that be richly de.
served punishment for MS attempt 10 thwar Justice,
What he had done, however, was done IN New YORK,
aud The Court had no lursdctl0n over the offence.
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John Egle, North Bergen farmer was ar
rested evening for atroclous assault on sylyanus
wimonsSi, tailor, residing at Union nm j. The
complaint alleges that wIlmousn was walking through
lane adjoining Ege's place when he ordered to
leave He refused and Egle set three boodhouuds on
him WlmOnskI got into fence corner. ana kept the
dogs on pretty we'll though one q them tore me
muscle Of nla left arm. and another lacerited his
hip aud thigh. Ege took . pitchf0rk and struck him
on the mead. He nDAlY got over tue fence and went
before the Justice, Egle was admitted " tolO bal.
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SHOOTING Ar WIMBLED0N.
The Elcho shield Won by the English Team
A Close Contest.

LONDON. July 20.-The shooting for the
Echo shield began to-day AT Wimbledon. Tho
conditions were that the teams should be COM
posed Of eight men, TO FIRE 10 rounds each at 800,
80, and 1000 yards, using any rife they might
select.
1he Scotch eight included the following gem
tlemen selected for tho Scotch American team /;
Ferguson, Dunlop, McVttie, Whlteaw, Rae, and
Boyd. 1ne Irish team included william and
John Rigby, Fenton, Johnston, Smyth, Joynt,
Con, and Giesuhill. who are selected for Amer
lea. The English team won the shield by tho
folio " ing score:
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ve,oinG the Biu to Pr.von, straw Bidding.

WAsHINGToN, July 20.-The President to-day
returned to the House, without his approval the bill
amendatory OF ,he Post once laws. The reasons
signed for this veto given Ia statement Of Pust-
master General IJner, who regrets exceedingly that
mistake should have been made In the title anu
ing clause OF the bill, which renders imperative
provisions IN relation to straw bidding. hut Tor tins
mistake the Dill would have been very liable IN
breaking up the vicious system. Efforts having been
made for four or hye years past to INDUCE Congress 10
naa lIch law
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MARY RYAN's PARDON.
The Representations of Col. sheldon, Of a
Prison Association.

Prison Association.
ALBANY July g.-Mary Ryan is reported N
the papers OF yesterday morning having been arrest
ed for drunkenness. and to have told the Judge whs
sentenced her for three months she had been par
donei by the Governor because he wanted the yotet
OF the boys" and that he would pardon again. The
records Of the Executive ONCE show that Mary Ryaa
was convicted on August 2S 1870 OF breaking lrison
anu was sentenced to jail for one year. Her ierrI
wVuu nave expired nort month. ana she pardoned
Juf ~ Inc pardon WAS grantee the represent
0t COL A. W Sheldon, ~ the Prison Association, thai
sne "ma hard workiug woman with number uf chill,
aren TO support Besides, she Imprisoned In th(
IOM0s, where no deduction Of time is made for good
BEHAVIOR and ~ she had good record in that
hai she been sent 10 the ptnitentary under the ststu
she would have been entitled TO release mo nth soo on
er than the date Of her pardon.
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A Schooner Burned on Nan,ucLe, shoals.

MATTHIAS VINEYARD, Mass, July @.-The
schooner Susanna Capt. Crockett. OF and from Rock
land for New York, with cargo Of lime took nro ON
Tuesday night The vessel was immediately sealed up
tight but last night on Nantucket Shoals the nre burst
the deck ana the had barely time
TO The bost before the vessel was destroyed They
saved only part Of their baggage and brought
TO this port today In the steamer Panthea The cargo
was conslgned t0 j. II. Brown OF New York.
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ANN ELIAS DIvORCE SUIT.
Judge Shaffer's RuiinR on the MOTION 10 Com
pei the Payment of AIimony

SALT LAKE, July 20.-The case OF Ann
Eliza Young against Brigham Young for divorce
was up before Judge sharsr to-day, when the
following rulings were made:
That as Ann Eliza claimed to have been married to
Brigham Young which the defendant did not deny but
denee that she wn MS legal wei that as the contest
Was As TO the legality OF the marriage the court could
properly grant ainlony during the suit. The mo Ion
for personal attachment upon the defendant for tOL
temp OF court ~ not paying $500 per month amOny
was denied, A. this was = n-rsh measure wnile nder
lhe amended answer OF reference overrued ANA ey
dence In the main ordered to be taken before
q commissioner.
1t is probable that an execution will be asked
for 10y the planun as means OF collecting the
mony heretofore awarded whllo tue defence
will no doubt ask for reduction of tue alim ouy