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New-York tribune., 1876-03-11
wAsHINGToNs ANCESTORS.
RrsFARCHEs AFTER THE HOMESTEAD OF HE WASH
TNGToN FAMILY ~ ENGLAND.


RESEARCHES AFTER THE HOMESTEAD OF THE WASH
TNGToN FAMILY ~ ENGLAND.
To the Rdttor Of Thc Tribune
SIR: At all times, and especially, perhaps at
the pr,sent any facts relating the family Of Washing
t, are Of value / have lately received from England
"The History of the Parish ami Grammar sch"o oi Scu
bergh Yorkshire" by Miss A. T.. Pau (ondon, lo'oh
i'm which arc many interesting particulars OF the carry
history of sedbergh and its inhabitants The authoress
remarks:
II may not be generally known thnt the first emgranis
Of tur Washington family ia America were John ana
Lawrence, two brothers, who vent WIN lhtu SNts
9hnut 1863 and Is not 20 this day known WIN ,cI
tautv from what pant OF England they came Inul le
believed that they came IRON NoIlhthu
toushIrs bui haw has been discovered IN the gth,ogy
which connects them with the imly mere 9cupst tn
- in,ptnuad among other places ~ lktS o hNc ptl
the birthplace OF Lawrence ana John N.-hlnHtuh ,to
fer bing the great granufat er OF thc American ,''n
cra huf have failed TO Ind their names, lhOuS th'rt
seems 10 have been two families O' Wa'nu't'o, i Uo
living III the town of SedDergh and The othefat Uae7uc'
IN HoWgill.
Washington Irving in his e." Life Of Washington states
that the brothers John and Andrcic Washington em
Grated to Virginia in 1857 tie former the great grahu
father OF the General connection with the history OF
another family it is understood that dgcnt search Is
sti beng made n England discover the birthplace oi
John and Lawrence Washington Miss flatt heh'lous
that they both lost their wives and married again ai'er
tbey went 10 America The Metropolitan Museum OF
ART possos,c remarkably interesting portrait OF wash
npton a silhouetc, drawn by Patty GUSTS (alei"ar"
Mr. Lewis) of which photograph has been lctey pun
Iished by the Museum
Ne,c- York, March 4, 1876.
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4 FAITHLESS BROKER.
IMPORTERS DEFRtUDED OUT OF $4,000 BY MOSES
JEsUBUN.

IMPORTERS DFFRtUDED OUT OF 81 900 BY MOSES
JEsUGUN.
A series of frauds perpeirated by Moses
Je7urun, a Custoni-house broker of No. p Wiaust.
has been discovered by the Custom house officials and
the firms for whom he did business The first discovery
was made ast week. when application made at the
diavback desk in the Cusom-housc in behalf Of the firm
oi Diego de Castro & Co., importers In the
West India trade at No. % William-st., for some
drawbacks 10 which they entitled. 1t was
then learned by the firm that the drawback
checks had already collected by their broker Jesu
RIM who had retained them. They nearly seventy
bv csurun in 1874 and 1873 DE Castro Co. at first
thougllt that The matter a mistake hut when the
fraud was discovered they caused Jesuruns arrest end
thereby succeeded In obtaining the return OF $500
Jsurn WAS released without bail and II Ia believed fed
frorn The city as IT is known where he is now.
Additional frauds were discovered by the Custom
house officers who prepared list OF the sums due 10 the
Government from firms for whom Jesurun had acted as
broker They then gave notice to the firms, who replied
s was expected that they had delivered the amounts
Jesurn 10 pay In at the CustOmbOuse. Moses Murphy
& Co., sugar importers at No. 52 Beaverst, had been
dsfrauded out OF about OOO which hnd been ntrused
20 Jesurun in the latter part OF 1875 for the
liquidation Of warehouse entries. In addition 10
ma n Nns discovered that Warren Beebe & Coz tea inn
port,rs of No "a Wall ST. time ago ned protest
and appeal In regard 10 certain duties, amounting 70
$1,000 Jesurun was theli bioEe5; iS lnloitu V men
the money given 10 him TO deliver Inc appeal was
decided m he frms favor, and they applied az the Gus
tohOuse for the cNreeted refund only 10 ma thst the
duties had never been received.
Josurun was q well known broker and hAd been fully
trusted by his principals For time past however,
he has been engaged stock speculation, and having
lost heavily it IS believed that lie took these for
the ne gss 81 Il ana snay
spected. lie has a wife and several children
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RELIEF FOR POOR TAx-PAYERs.

SIR: Having read THE TRIBUNE many
years consider TO have been great privilege. Thirty
years ogo when young girl began to read it, now, at
middle age look upon II old friend not to be dis
penssd with for day Not having troubled You with
single communication all that time, and let you do all
the talking (Which is considered unusual with my se1l
most humbly beg now 10 ask favor Please In behalf
Of the suffering IA in the upper part OF the city
exert little OF your great influence to bring about the
passage Of the bill before the Legislature for their relief
We do not complain the yearly tax, but Of the
ments especially those levied during the Ring manage
ment The work in many instances was not needed the
value OF the property would not warrant the heavy out
Law Ihayo house and three lots the assessments upon
which have amounted. within five years, to twice the
cost OF tho property Many persons having moderate
income cannot pay these eKOrbitant charges Isayy
mortgages the result OF this pressure, and there
prospect the property speedily out OF our hands
and our being left homeless Many ~ the old estates,
OF land only ere 90 burdened with that
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n sold to-day they would not bring sum snHcent ~
uav - hat IL ,lne on them Ono who owned 90 lots
lew wears ago Is poor now. No matter II all laws reg
atng these works nave been dsregarded no redo8s can
a d NOT one lot of charge interest has been abatcd
Now the Ring sh0uld be paid without inter
cst TIE oyerchargc being sufficient This often hthr
the ueoplr say they would do and tue city needs tnc
money have known OF cases of the greatest hardship
hcuc nresrncd tn the Controllers notice, but tho answer
always s can do nothing for you" Our only hope Is
i'm the passage OF n new law. Very respectfully,
Nelr- York, March ., 1876. H. w.
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THE ARTISTS LIBEL SUIT AT FLORENCE.

TIE ARTISTS LIBEL SUIT Al tIOkENCE
10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Allow me to submit facts regarding the
proceedings in the noted suit between Americans which
has lust been decided by the Court Of Appeals The first
session of the Court took place Saturday last After
the examination Of Ne-srs Healy and Chian and the
spccchcs % counsel both sides the Public Prosecutor
addressed TIE Court lie terminated By demanding that
both Messr neay aud CHAR be acquitted of the charge
of libel. During this session and important
evidence was brought forward by the defense TO the
effect that the irciminacd articles first published
at York, and that Mr. Heay in Venice at the
time they reprinted at Florence During the first
session on Monday speeches werc mado by the
lawyers. This ended with spothcr address
from the Public or Kings Prosecutor, he is also
called. On this occasion he went further than
on Saturday and demanded that the sentence on Healy
and Char be limited to n fine onlr for termng Mr. Con
nelly cnallatau "a term which Canngt be used even
nably without breaEing the law. When tho Judges
ha retired to tho council chamber 10 consider their
decision. both the Kings Prosecutor and Mr.; Pucconi,
Mr. Hcay at least would be acquitted. This would
probably have been the had not the judges In their
sentence fallen Into several gross fact
,tn y 10 T cIrss,ro Of Antvrrp from Venice by MIR
hct, America artist TliS letter not only aus
taiu,d Mr leay. but reelected very severely upon Mr.
Cnnuoly Miss Iiosmcr Mcssrs Mead, Story and other
American sJDtOrs. 1t was published tNOycm1cr, 1870
in English in lie I9Tste. Confused by The mass ~ eV.
dence before them, me ludget actually supposed thH
Mr. Hcaly wrote the letter, and published it Tor the first
time IN that journal,
The Judgment Of Court acquitted the accused Of the
charge Of hc but condemned them for the OF the
word CuaTdtaD' For tins MI llcdly Is sentenced 10
eight DAYS imprisonment and 500 fine while sig Chiar
l- subjected 10 days imprisonment and $40 fine
Both parties the suit Immediately appealed to the SUI
prclne Court Of Cessation. IwUuld Ike 10 Cau public
attention 10 one important fact. Whereas during the
first trial the Public Prosecutor demanded that Mr. Healy
be srutcnced months impis Onmlnt, the
auondiug ctCuarv in the Court of Appeals asked that
tie imprisonment be remitted altogether. Probably this
the first record IN which the has mpused
"A seyerer penalty that demanded by the King
Prosecutor j. considered by Inc public here,
including the foreign residents complete moral triumph
for Mr. HCJly. j. r. A.
Florence, Italy, Feb 8, 1876.
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A young fellow, whose better half had just
presented MIN with bouncing pair OF twins attended
church on Sunday During the discourse tho clergyman
looked at innocent friend directly and said In tone
OF thrilling elOquence, Young man. you have an i'm
portant responsibility thrust upon you" The newly
hded father suppong tho preacher referred 70 his pe
cnnr home event considerably startled tho audience by
eIcalmug, " Yes, EIr l have two OF them"
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CHARLOTTE CusnMAN AS MEG MERRILEs.

To the razor Of Tke TFt6uae.
SIR: In this mornings edition OF your paper
the paragraph headed An Error Noed,H relative to
Miss Cushmans first appearance in Ncg Ncrrhes. con-
strains me to refer article written by me to ac'
cyuuany portrait OF Miss Cushman in HdrDer's Ba-dr
Nov H. 1874 IquOte from a letter Of Miss ca hmans
received in reply question tO whether might use
for TIE sketch Of her life OF the many incidents Of
which she had related 90 ia The summer of 1874:
am 90 pleased, dear friend, that you tO take my
life instead OF | will trF 10 help yOu all can,
but write any of these things. IL the article
can wait until can Won, early in september. when
am be IN NcwNOrk. well and good o. course cannot
object yCur using the Bravo Charle Gc. but Will
tell sou other fanny things when see you.
Immediately on Miss Cushman's return 70 this city
saw her and took, in her words. all the anecdotes
contained in the sEct H. The date of her appearance in
cg Mrrics and the lcaer in which the representation
was given did not note, but tho circumstances of her
assumption of the role ard Mr. Brlham's surprise and
DELIGHT at her wundrous and novel conception OF tho
character told luet s shc told them to For OF
such remarkable accuracy of memory and statement "a
Miss Cushniau mistake would have been next to i'm
possible On the publication of the article had the
pleasure Of receiving Miss Cushman's thanks and
appreciation. NJ DhsrAtp'
Eelc- Tork, Feb. %, 1876
This only illustrates the fallibilty of memory,
for We jamestown in The TRIBUNE that The incident,
as the writer OF This note narrates it, could not have
taken place We do not see that tho testimony Of
dates has becn mct.-Edl
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rcs One point without doubt, TO he gained by the IN
PRODUCTION OF large edces OF the sort Is lhhh our AZ
monotonous street architecture will he little more III
y"rSihedNt Is to be hoped material as well rs an out
line.
Ncu- York March g. 1876.
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NOMINATIONS
WAsHFGTON, March 10.-1he President sen1

the following nominations 20 the Senate to-day:
John Haynes Collector Of Customs az BTazos DO santiago
Texas; NOyr, g. Prentice United Marshal oT The NOrthen
District Ut ohio Abner W. Waters Cnc state. Marshal foe
oregon. j. c. Price of Arkansas 10 be Pension
Agent Rock Ark jacob Alexander Postmss,s
Greenyille, Miss.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
srATIoN.HOusE LODGERs.

A CORRECTION OF TuR NUMBER OF WOMEN LopGths
REFUSAL OF THE REsIDuUM To WORK.
To TIE EditOr OF The Trtbune.
SIR: In comparing the statement of the station
house dodgers in the months of February, 1875, and
1876. il will be necessary to make the following
correction i'm consequence of leap year causing one
additional day to be included in the returns: The
average number of lOdgers per night for last month
is thus reduced 10 SJ1, of whom 22O are women
But comparing 2S days of February, 1876. with the
corresponding month last year, diminution oi 90
Will be found in the total daily average number OF
all persons lodged in the statiOn-houses, notWlth-
standing an increase of 80 in the daily average oi
women. In the same way the total number ior -
days of the past month represents 239ol' a. eoui-
pared with 81 800 in February, 1870.
This diminutlon in numbers il due partly to the
exceptionally open Winter; partly to the establish
ment of numerous cheap lodeing-houses for men,
home of which arc conducted on regular business
principles, while Others are supported by charitable
agencies and benevolent individuals, and partly to
the cessation OF emigration. The Free Dormitory Tor
Women, winch existed last Winter i'll Amity-st., has
been closed this year. and this will partly account
for tho increase in the number of women Iodgers
noted in tie statement. 1t is well 10 repeat that
none of these persons have any ostensble means ol
liying-begging. prohigacy, and stealing forming
the staple of their existence; that where work mas
been offered TO them it has been refused and that
no attempt is made to enforce any labor test on
them. With but few exceptions they form the re-
siduum of our population. Yours very truly
HENRY +. PELLEw.
a
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IS SECRETARY BELKNAP IMPEACHABLEi

Is SE(REIAl1 BILhNAl lNl lhNNlhpi'H'
THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT FORBID IMPHACh-
MrNT - POLITICAL DISABILITY THE GREATEST
PUNISHMENT.
70 the Edifor Of IN. Tribune.
SIR: Is Secretary Bclknap impeachable !
This is 8 question men frequently ask IN these days
and they generally decide that il ho Is not he ought TO be
Certainly nothing in tho Constitution appears to pro-
hit his impeachment under the circumstance Of having
effected resignation before trial in the Senate. The sole
doubt is whether The Constitution authorizes mpeacl-
ment proceedings now An impcached official Is liable TO
to the Gn tcrms double penalty of removal from Office
and political disability. Gen. Belknap II convicted by
e Senate cannot Of be removed from Office for
he now holds none Does that fact alone save him from
the inAction Of civil Disqualification az Is caimedi II Is
hard 10 think so. Mere removal from Office Is Dut a
slight an incidental part Of the real punishment.
Dcpriva;on Of political rights involves and inclusive
of removal from Office OF the individual converted DIS
fran, hiscment thus the significant aud removal thc
in,i significant portion of the sentence, me 3ct ol resign
inc cannot Xiti.te the genuine fore" Of the cOnsltdiOa
Il,yS on. II this he not the SOundcst CONSTITUTIONAL
law IN, burden OF d dspOot would seem 10 rest on those
WHO .lliutI ain the other side or the arg mvnt. , .
Tnle are English and perhaps other precodcnts thAt
sustain the mpeaChabity Of Bebnap. Iht'c IL Is huI
necessary To dilatc upun. Il there i doubt III h5 NJ
stance pic policy itself demands that the hcurht 0t II
De given 10 impeachment. TO rStDli-i ptttt'tht Va
evasion in Beknaps case il to render il hereafter poS-
elble 10 impcaCh any official. II Will only require q
resignation 10 bar political prosecution IN ms way inc
Constitution will b. practically made nn void ahd OF
no eject in those matters FOR Nnlch II poNii"7
treatment II il always possible TO quiDbie hut common
sn and the Interpretation or the ConHi tuition
lend Bylap l1OphOle i'll the perfect net OF justice
JTOg, y. y, March Q, 1876. l. Dola'
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.


In the House to-day the SPEAKER proceeded
to call committees for reports Of private nature.
Mr. COP Dem, n. " at the request OF his colleague,
Mr. Hewitt offered resolution reciting from the reports
Of the Secretary the Treasury that between the 3lst
Of January and path of February there was an increase
of coin aud bullion the Treasury - tho amount OF over
81 900 OOO that between the 2lh of February al
g9th OF February there Was reduction oI over %O'
900 900 and that thesO great fluctuations within 20
snort time require explanation ana lnstructug the
Committee Ways aud Means to examine the books Ot
the ir,asur, pud the officers thereof 10 as
certain causes the fluctuations whether the eC
tender received for the redemption of Nat"nil
bank notes aro Kept as special fund.- whether they
held In win other money. Referred TO the
Committee Ways aud Means.
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NEW.ENGLAND MINISTER'S REPORTS
TuF REV, MR. BNRRows. THE REV. NM Snas ,i,TrR
DIR. WARREN, AND OTHERS, on MR. Di''''
''it t,o,n 0n m, Burlfrgtoa Free Press March
Several members of the Advisory CVuhSer - 1Ser
hy cn heard from n public since their return
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-26

of Boston, New York or Philadelphia
We suppose there is no man of property
OF business in New Orleans who does not
regard the direct trade with Brazil and
other continental ports of the Southern
oceans as vital to our city. Mr.. Gibson,
who is striving to secure from the obdu-
rate Democracy steam line from New
Orleans to Rio-who is also striving to
defeat the free trade treaty with the Sand
wich islands-would explain to the mer-
chants and mechanics, his constituents,
how a Western President could greatly
aid his purposes, while an Eastern Presi-
dent would be dead against the Missis-
sippi outlet trade.
It is lamen!able consequence of party
madness that Louisiana Democracy
should go to New York for the repeal of
the protection on sugar and rice, should
commit to New York the future communi-
cation between the United States and the
tropics, and should concede to New York
the future trade lines which are to carry
the commerce of the interior across the
continent to New York, and her Eastern
sister sea ports, instead of to New Or
leans, the great and natural entrepot
Of Northern and Southern commerce.
We may grant that some politicians who
have been starved out of other business may
be snugly installed in the federal Offices
of this city; that few others may be
honorably exported to foreign missions,
and that few scores of sons and sons.
in-law may be quartered in clerkships
here, or drafted into similar service in
Washington. Of what concern will this
be to the helpless thousands left behind,
for whom there are nosoftices?
Let the people then demand why the
the Democracy recommends the Wall
street candidate instead Of statesman
identified with our interest? The people
have vital interest in this question.
Their commercial destinies are with the
West. They have long been the subjects
of the Eastern Yankees. and brokers'
They should now determine that their
votes shall be rather cast in favor of
section which represents an interest iden-
teal with their own, than with Ii Sec
ton which has always sought to make all
other interests subordinate to its own.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-26
SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY ABANDONS THE
WEST.

We have shown that the fire eaters have
taken the bounty of the New York Yam
KEGS; that they are willing to bestow the
power of the nation in the hands of those
who have already used one hundred and
fourteen millions of federal money to
pervert the whole Pacific and Mississippi
trade across to the ports of New York and
the East.
It follows that the same party, utterly
unconscious of the geography of our COM
merce, has turned against the representa-
tiyes of tie West, whose interests are
identical as their industries are reciprocal
with our own.
Suppose the Tilden ticket elected.
Will we not expect the whole domestic
and foreign influence OF the executive de-
voted to the advancement of the Eastern
ports and people? Will not the foreign
policy of the nation be directed by New
York or Boston Secretary Of State, as it
has been for the last quarter of GEN.
tury? If there be a question as to
whether our foreign ministers shall come
from the East or West, will not our
treaties be negotiated by men directly in
terested in the grea. commercial centres
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-26
ANOTHER CIVIL WAR IMPENDING

History has given many examples il
which nation or party defeated in one
war has not been content until the same
question was tried over again in another
Revolutions have resembled the throes o.
an earthquake, which are not confined to
single CONFUSION, but are repeated with
diminished intensity until the equilibri-
um between spasmodic force and terres-
trial gravity has been re-established.
That those who agitated the war of
1876 have not been satisfied with the
political results Of that war is, we think,
obvious from their course since.
l. They opposed with force Of arms
and opprobriums, the amendment and
laws extending the right of citizenship
to the emancipated negroes.
2. They denounced and ostracised all
who accepted these results.
3. They confined this hostility to Re-
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house, such proposed amendment or
amendments shall be entered on their
respective journals, with the yeas and nays
taken thereon; and the Secretary OF State
shall cause the same to be published, three
months before the next general election tor
Representatives to the General Assembly,
in a. least one newspaper in every parish IN
the State in which q newspaper shall be
published. And such proposed amend
ment or amendments shall be submitted to
the people at said election; and if a MAORI
ty of the voters at said election shall ap-
prove and ratify such amendment or
amendments, the same shall become part
Of this constitution. If more than one
amendment shall be submitted at one time.
they shall be submitted in such manner
and form that the people may vote for or
against each amendment separately.
p. G. DESLONDE,
Secretary of State
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Eugene Jorda VS.. Charles Marin,

GINTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE paris
~ of orleans. No. o905.-Bv virtue of a writ
secure and sale to me directed by the honoral
the Sixth District Court for the parish of Orlesr
in the above entitled cause, l will proceed to \
at pubic auction, at the Merchants and Aucua
GERS Exchange, Royal street, between Canal q,
Custonhouse streets, in the Second District
this city on SATURDAY, August IS, 1876, at tweh
o'clock NJ. the following described property, i
wit
SIX CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, situated
the Second District of this city, in the sous
bounded by Dumaine, st. Philip, Dorgenois q
Broad streets, designated by the numbers one, n
three, four, five and six, of square number =
measuring, III American measure, as followsi
wit Lots numbers one, two, three and four esa
twenty-nlne feet eight inches one line front
Broad street., by depth Of one hundred feet; u
lots numbers i've and six measure each, twsntt
nine rect eieh inches front on Broad street byi
depth OF one hundred feet. one of said lots fors
ing the corner Of Broad and st. Philip siren
Beng the same property which the defends
herein acquired By purchase from Charles Louqz
as per act dated october Is, 1874 and passed h
tore Marcel 7. Dnoros, notary public in this e.ty
Seized III the above suit.
Terms-Cash OF the spot.
EUGENE WAGGAMAv.
jy26 au6 1925 Civil Sheriff of the Parish OF Orsu,