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D1AcKmAILINo LIoUoB SELLERS.
How saloon Keepers were Induced TO Pay
Money TO save their Licenses.

now SnlOOn htfptTN WtFt
Money TO save their Licenses.
An independent inquiry into Mayor
5o5roeder's assertion that tho temperance
agents had been backmailing saloon keepers
accused OF ,lci-.lns the Sunday liquor law,
shows that most OF the money -: r.,t 70 Ph.
Koch, the proprietor Of the South Brooklyn
Schuetzen Park, who was acting in the interest
Of Henry A. Myenburgh, German lawyer, who
paid him a commission for getting clients.
When the cases were called for Trial, they were
settled ovtho signing OF an agreement drawn
up by the temperance brotherhood, which
bound the liquor deaiers not TO sell any more on
Sunday. When Mr. Max Boyer. OF ~ Fulton
ST Get was complained Of, Koch offered to get
tho settled for $l5 but he refused to pay t.,
and went to the Mayor with the charge Of black
mall. Beyers case was adjourned Tor two
weeks.
Tho Aldormanio Special Committee met In
secret session last evening. Mayor Schroeder
presented tie names OF six saloon keepers who
had been blnckmaed
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THE GUARDIlNs orr THE NIGHr
An Astonishing Revelation that wns Made
before Judge Van Bruni.

William Harris, patrolman OF the sixth
Ward npped 10 Judge Van prunt yesterday 10 be dis.
charged from imprisonment. Harris owned liquor
saloon and obtained goods from A. Halliday Co.. and
t.liied Judgment agaLst nm for s2O2 He gave ball
for the lini!s Of tho county Of New YORK In Octg.
Der, 1871 and for more than -four years he has been
FORBIDDEN by law from gong out Of this county. MIR
kieroand on behalf Of the creditors ask ID for ad.
lOutnment, ana gave notice that no should oppose the
application lie also lightly touched upon the anomaIy
OF Policeman NhO has been prisOntr, with the
Knowledge of the COmmssiuners and dTa wing his full
pay for several years. The Police commissioners
10 90 suOpnaaed as witnesses Tor tho next hearnR
Tuesday
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WASHINGTON, March o. C p. Marsh was again
before tire subcommittee Of the J1dici'ry COMMITTEES
-: erning He vss asked why be went " Montrca
aftcr iI ~. liza testiaic.- ts~, :, - -. W.
pendturcs IN the -. D5ptrtni'nr lie salA Ne appfo
heuGnd Nhun lac read tld hate the lIouat when ap
pcnrad On the in0ruing Of the Gay he let New Yot
thst he might br neglected for criminal oiisuCe, am
teaSs his anKcty TO 'i out VI the way OF atrest
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A Judge Impenobed for Playing PoLer,

RICHMOND, Va, March 23-The case OF George
Stevens Judge OF Nelson county court charged with
conduct unbecomng his judicial character In that he
gambed and won money, &c. came up as special
order In the House to-day, and resolution was pre-
sned removing him from once as Judge Of said court.
demurrer In the form OF answer from Stevens was
presented IN which respondent says that he 10 cted for
acts committed his Individual and not IN his ofcial
character, and, they be true, he submits they
sufficient grounds for hls removal The resolution
ADJ lO
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DAVENPORT, Iowa, Marob s3-The Davenport
and st. Paul Railroad sold to-day by Special Master
In chanoery NJ r. Dillon for 100000. The sale was
ordered by decree In the United states Circuit Court
IN the suit OF the German bondhoders ast the com.
pany for the recovery Of neatly 10000 Of bonds
sAassa fsf sas % 81 hy. Ta trustee pu'
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wAsHINGroN, Marcb 2j.At tho session OF the
WAYS ana Means Committee to-day. the consideration
Of thc cuty on all Kinds iron pOstpJn' ID uutn
next Tuesday g. give those mt rested npportuuiI
Vt appearing before the commit c. Ca Thursday ned
hoAe Interested IN dy s"d c-'-fi-- 1iter Wll be
heard. The rate on imported tot GEO. Manufactured,
wss nAcq NJ $40 per pouad, and C elton amcudod
10y including paper cigars al rate Of ~ per pound.
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NASHVILLE, March ga special despatch
from Columbia announces tine death OF Chief Justice
A. o. r Nicholson. lie was United States Senator In
lBi0. member OF the Southern Convention Of 1850,
and eoitor OF the Washington linton during Piercei
administration His death reduces the number OF Bu-
premo Court Judges from six nve. aud In accordance
xtn me constitutional provion. prevents the court
IRON hereafter siiilng In two seotioaS
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JUDGE UNN's $500, 600.
A Much mixed Case-IwO Demanj for th
Appointment OF u Receiver.

The estate OF the late Judge Jno. II. McCunn
was the subject OF motion before Judge Donohue
yesterday. Judge McCunn by his will named his wife
Jane II, MeCunn. exccutnK. anu his brother Thomas
McCunn and James NJ Gano. bis wife's brother In law
executors. The will provided that at the end OF s1
years after the payment OF certain egAces the whole
property valued At 5000 0OO shall be sold the
prOnts shall 20, oncbal 10 Mrs. NcCunn. and the re-
mandcr 10 james and Thomas hcCunn. Elizabeth
Patterson, saying that she IL tho daughter James
McCunl's naf brother. and therefore an heir st,aw
has sued for construction OF the Will asked for
the appointment OF q receiver. James NJ GinO, who
UNI Aprll, 1875, managed the estate, ioined with
Thomas McCunn and Mrs. McCunn In resisting these
suits, has also sued tor construction OF the wi and
tor recei liver. Argument to be heard to-day
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PHILADELPnA, March 23By order Of the
INST mortgage bondhclders, the Sudbury and Lewis
Valentine, attorney, for SlOl 600 II Was stated mi
yaeY that tue principal purchaser interested is Josiah
B. Hart
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The Now Directors Of the Arcndinu Club.

The annual election for directors OF the Aroa-
dian Club took place yesterday. The following gontle'
men were elected Richard O'Gorman, Harrison Nil
lard, h. Y. Reinhart }. A. Smith, Daniel D. relford,
Frost Johnson Charles liarViGT, Men1, pletendoLt
Roosevelt, H. l.. FabiAp, X. H. Crane judge Brady, T..
W Root, Charles u: 1hoTne. Jr GcOrge II, Massett,
Dr. r. 3. lnlay, Z. II. small, and Daniel u. Gillette.
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OHICAGO WHISRET TRIALS.
How Disiiiicrs were BIed by Rchm & uesIpa
for Political PnrpOHnn.

CHICAGO March 23.-ln the Federal Court
this morning. tho trial OF Rush a Pohiman, dts
tillers, was continued. The testimony taken
goes to prove that Junker. OF the firm OF Roelle
Junker s Co.. paid to Rehm $1,000 Roelle tes-
titled that he paid sums OF money TO Hcsing, but
could not state In what amounts He supposed
the money was TO be used for political purposes.
lie deprecated this Illegal way OF conducting
D., ,siness, but his arm, as wol as the Others, was
oblise,. to do business illegally in order TO pro
;ect tbems> ives.
The court al urned at II O'Clock till to- NOR
row. on account OF L. sickness OF Juror.
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wAsuIsGToN, March %. The Treasury D>~
psrtmcnt to-day received telegram fro"' =.
ing the price of silver Al o2T london et,
correspondent. With ih"' . ,,..,,, -, y.
stAndA. d, nsE'- . .,,i. ,r M n - ~ e''luaIa
oents So dntr In sv,,, nt , ", ~ ~ .ss
90. gold ~ ~ w. -
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MIR. pichnrdIi. ..ann's Chances.

WASHINGTON, March g. " Il the purpose Of
the Democratic Senator, tear NJ Dana defence
oharFe of perjury literary llc, before voting
against hrs connrnatipn. should these charsc' be re
futrd, Mr. rtaN Is very oil cuanc OF btng the
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II was Iumored yesterday that ex-Collector OF
the Port Thomas Murphy had become q bankrup pt
with heavy liAbllities. No petition. however had been
nlyd IN the Court Of Bankruptcy
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Not 50 had as Reported.


- a. A. Htewafe aOsence irom his store for
the lat three days rise to report that he was
dangerously III. Inquiries made there last evening
shewed that ne IL only suffering from slight cold.
Mrl Daniel Drew's runOred dangerous illness was
denied by his SON who sad that his father not all.
ing In the least.
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Contractor Wildrr'. Conir..ion.

wAsnINGTON, March 23.-Contractor wilder
appeared before thc In ian Committee this morning
Although denying the allegations regard 70 frauda.
lent contracts ho ADMIT that on onc occasion he
allowed one Murray " mage IN hos voucher for
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Antonio Coryello, a musician In the United
States steamer Swatara. In the navy yard committed
suicide 0y hanging yesterday morning.
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JACKSON, Miss, March 23.-The judgment In
the case of Lieutuoy. Davis was pronounced to-day.
being his removal from Ofnce and disqualification hero
after from holding any office OF honor trust or prcnt
Upon request OF the House, the Senate discontinued
proceedings against ex superintendent Of Education
CardOE0.
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A wife Driven 10 Suicide,

CONCORD, N. H., March s3.-The wife Of Au-
gusus J. Rogers Of this city found dead 10 bed this
morning by her husband and s supposed to have com
miod Buigido ~ tAng arsenlc Domestic trouble aud
Apl0pVSea lepaT1tlon led 10 u.
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A snit ncltIod hx Mnrrinnn.

Miss Ann Clemens0n, buxom young EnGlls h
woman, Instituted SUIT Tor breach OF promise against
Capt. Michael Moran. IN jersey City. yesterday. The
Captain then consented TO marry Miss Ccmenson and
the nuptlal kuos was tied by Justice Roborts.
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The young Republicans OF tho Tenth Ward or
ganiked Brstow CluD last evening clectng Theodore
johnson President, and ". A. Muller ecr0tAry,
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A Clergvuon'. Deaf

Fha TtAV, Eafh , -,
.-..cr j. l.. RhatiRan, pastor Of ST.
AugustineB Roman Catholic Church. BROOKLYN, died
yesterday AZ the age OF SO years lie was born IA Ire
land aud educated In this country.
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WASHINGTON. March 2B.-1ho Grand Jury han
agreed upon an indictment the Of IAlleti XII.
hourn Tor refusing IN answer question an to the red
estate pool before the select committee OF the uousa
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wAsnINoIoN March 23-The President haA
approved the bill king an appropriation 10. inv aIld
ahi other pensions dufnz the nsca year ending june o
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Oucen ylclorin thc Emprc.. OF Ine..-

LONDON, March s3-After an 49, IA
bate In the House OF Commons. - "imated de
third rcading The yo' press OF India passed IL,
against it, - "AS SVv Tor the oil aud l8I
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WAsHINGToN. March 23.-rhe President sens
no no thr s,nI,e TO- gay ncs'agc VI dlwng the mi
i9r the District OF Columbia, and nominating WliIial
III. onilth instead.
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An unknown man, about IS years old with
smooth gray hair lost his after drinking
II 81 Chatham street yesterday. and thrust intn
the street. A policeman took him TO the Chambers
street hospital and there he died.
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II was incorrectly rumored yesterday that VIM.
A. Darling was requested to resign the Presidency OF
the Murray Hin BANK On the contrary the directors
passed complimentary resolutions. and each individual
director expressed confidence In the late Appraiser
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Tho brcklayers decided last evening TO rests,
ard rates Of wagcs.
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JOTTINGS ADOUr TOWN.

Partly cloudy. warmer weather followed %
rain during the evening winds shifting to CaAteTJ a
northeTly, aud follng barometer
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At the 'Longshoremens meeting last evening
Redmond Pickett, treasurer. was impcached and re
moved for not surrenderng 500 OF soceya money
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Something New In the New York Market.
A downtown importer received a Shipment OF
descca eggs from Passau on the Danube yesterday
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One Of MIR. nerrb,. Agen,. Fn,,I,

One Of MIR. BerRh's Agents Fatally Injured.
John II. Cortes Of Hoboken, special agent of
Mr. Derghs society In New Jersey drove to this city
hs buggy on business yesterday. Al about 10 A. at
sixth avenue ana Twentieth street his horse away.
Mr Cortes WAS thrown out and fatally injured.
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SPARKS FROM THE rELEGRApn.

Eleven liquor dealers Ia YoTkvlle were held
IN bail yesterday for selling liquor Sunday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-14
Putney.

The hero of Vinegar hill won another
victory Saturday evening and was lodged
in the sheriff's hands for safe keeping.
"A Temperance lecture by Mrs. Wheat
on, NJ. D., called out large audience Mon
day evening. The lecture was given from
the experiences of her professional life and
many new facts and ideas were presented.
II.
Henry Winslow, one of the Winslow
Brothers of thoroughbred stock fame, has
sold his farm TO ]. II. Martin of Guilford,
for $4,000. The Winslow Brothers will re-
move to Kenkakee, ILL.,, in the spring,
where they propose TO continue 10 deal in
thoroughbred stock.
On Monday evening, 10th inst, Mrs.
Laura Wheaton, NJ. D., OF Kalamazoo,
Mich, delivered an able and eloquent tenn
perance lecture in the Methodist church, 10
full house. One of the main features of
her lecture was an opposition to the wo.
mems crusade movement, as being fauati-
cal and in opposition 10 law aud order, and
as being ON the principle of doing evil that
good may come. W.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-14
A Lively Time.

They had a very lively railroad meeting
up at Montpelier on Tuesday of last week,
and it is more than probable that those per-
sons who took the leading parts have felt
heartily ashamed of themselves since the
excitement of the occasion passed away.
1t seems that there has been a good deal of
dissatisfaction with the management of the
Mont pelier and Wells River Railroad, and
latterly there has been a struggle for the
control Of the capital stock Of the road. At
the annual meeting OF the company, which
was held on Tuesday, 4th inst, the rival
interests came into direct conflict, and the
re suit was a disgraceful row. The fight
began over the appointment of chairman
of the meeting, and when one party had
dec Jared the man of lis choice elected, the
other party rushed upon the stage, and in
a twinkling all hands were engaged in a
fierce struggle for the possession of the
ooks. Coats were torn, hair pulled, and
the windows broken. The stage proper
ties, belonging 10 the Grand Army of the
Republic, were pulled down, torn, broken,
and finally thrown on TO the floor CT the
hall, crushing the seats and benches. Staid
mem bers of churches and fathers of fami-
lies, bank directors and State officials, and
ex- judges of the court, were in the thickest
of the row, and most disgraceful scene of
kicking, punching, choking, hair-pulling
and wrestling took place. Those who
couldn't get upon the platform stood up on
the seats, and kept up an indescribable
amount of yelling and shouting, but did
not make tn slightest attempt 10 quell the
row, which the twenty or twenty-five on
the stage were engaged in. Tie fight last
ed several minutes, and during its progress
one side got part OF the books and the
other side the rest-the president in the
mean time declaring the meeting adjourn
ed two weeks. Comment is unnecessary,
and il is useless 10 give the names OF the
participants, as they are not generally
known in this vicinity. We mention the
occurrence simply as illustrating hitherto
unfamiliar phase OF railroad life in Ver-
mont.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-14

A REPORTED ADAMS MovEMENT.-The
are rumors of an dams movement al.
ready on foot, the purpose Of which Is 10
promote in certain contingencies the NOM
ination and election of Charles Francis Adj
ans for the Presidency. II is said that
those who are engineering it have no hope
OF success If both parties adopt sound prin-
ciples and put forward their best men. If,
for instance, the Republicans were TO nom
mate Blaine or Brstow on a sound plat
form, and the Democrats were TO NOM
mate Hendricks or Tilden or Bayard on a
platform of advanced Democratic princi-
piles, these mon would feel constrained 10
give up the hunt. But If the Republicans
should be 40 infatuated as TO renominate
Grant, and if the Democrats should he such
fools as TO put up soft money candidate,
then would come the golden opportunity
TO unite the better half of both under the
standard of Adams. There is a fUrrnida-
BILE array OF "ifs" here, and If all these
"ifs" should fall out in favor of the calcu-
lations of the Adams men, why then we
say Adams and liberty forever; but we do
not despair OF seeing good square contest
between the parties with the best men 10
the front. The contemplated Adams move
ment may serve the useful purpose of spur
ring them up 10 the mark.-BoStOn Globe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-14

The New Hampshire Republicans opened
the great political campaign of 1876 with
their State convention at Concord, on
Wednesday of last week. Six hundred
and fifty delegates were present, and all
the proceedings were perfectly harmonious.
Gov. Person G. Cheney of Manchester was
renominated by reclamation, and William
A. Pierce, Esq, of Portsmouth was select
cd as the candidate for railroad commits
sioner. The resolutions adopted declare
that we are nation, with all its people en-
titled to protection, and that the national
constitution and government is the creation
of the people; that the general government
Is bound to preserve a republican govern
ment in all the States, and protect the freed
men in the rights of citizenship; and that
there should be generous policy towards
the re bells, coupled with full recognition
of the letter and spirit Of the constitutional
amendments. They favor tariff for rev.
enue SO framed as TO give protection TO
home industry and labor, and the earliest
possible return TO specie payments. They
regard the declaration of the President that
he is not candidate for reelection as con-
elusive, and profess gratitude for his SER
vi ces, and express satisfaction with tho for
eign and domestic policy of his admins
tration. They heartily endorse the propos-
ed amendment Of the constitution to pre-
vent the division of school funds among
religious sects, and condemn the action of
the Democrats in Congress in removing
Union soldiers from Office and giving their
places 10 rebels. These declarations on
topics of national interest are supplement
ed by resolutions denouncing the usurpa-
tions of the Democratic Governor and
Council in June last, favoring such consti-
tutional amendments as are required, and
rejoicing in the wo nderful progress of the
temperance reform in that State. The plat
form is good one, and if the Republicans
of the Granite State act consistently with
its declarations they will deserve the over
whelmingvictory which Gen. Hartman,
in his brilliant address on the occasion pre-
dcted would be theirs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-14
4 Hitter Confederate Eneech.

The House was the witness of u strange
scene on Tuesday. 1t was scene to make
one forget that secession was a crime, or
that there has been civil war. The noted
Ben. Hill OF Georgia, a prominent leader
in the Southern Confederacy, appeared as
the eulogist Of JEFF. Davis. 1t was speech
which most Union soldiers will read with
amazement. Protesting that he was a citi
zen of the whole country, his speech served
to show how different the sentiment of the
South and North still is. He drew the
line very sharply, and always spoke of the
South as IL 1t was distinct nation. The
attempt of his speech was TO show that
there were no atrocities at Andersonylle;
that if there were The North was response
BILE for them in that it refused exchange of
prisoners, and at the worst the barbarities
of that Southern prison were gentle COM
pared to the sufIerings Of Confederate SOL
diers in Northern prisons.
Mr.. Hill excused JEFF. Davis of any COM
plicity in the Andersonville horrors, ig-
nOrant OF The Tact that Republican speakers
have at hand, soon to be produced, docu-
ments from the Confederate archives, of
officers who had Inspected Andersonville,
upon which interference is Endorsed
in jeff. Davis's own hand writing. Hill
made JEFF. Davis the moral superior of
Grant. He insisted that Union soldiers at
Andersonville received the same treatment
as Confederate soldiers there, notwith-
standing the Confederate war records show
q death rate of one in three persons among
the Union prisoners, and of one in four
hundred among the Confederate soldiery.
He grew warm as he proceeded, but there
was one point where he wavered. Blaine
read to him q resolution introduced
in the Confederate Congress by Hill when
Senator there, in which he declared that
the presence of any Northern soldier on
Southern soil after the emancipation proc
lamation should be accepted as conclusive
of the fact that such soldier intended muir
der. Hill at first hardly had the manliness
TO acknowledge the ownership OF the reso-
luton, but having done it he continued
his defiance of the North. He character
lied the New England sentiment which
had controlled the country as higher law
fanaticism which never kept pledge nor
obeyed law, and said that the South had
come back in the Union TO stay aud to
compel that fanatlcism to obey the law and
to live in accordance with the Constitution.
Turning 10 the Republican side he said
that the South went out of the Union hug
ging the Constitution, that it had come
back hugging the Constitution, and that 1t
had no concessions to make. The debate
is likely to continue for some time, and
with a bitterness unparalleled for many
years.-Pertey's dispatch TO Boston Jour
nal