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A HIDOW AND 4 WILL,
Fifty Thousand Dollars, and not n Cent TO
seven Brothers and sisters.

Daniel Heyinapn died on March p, 1876,
having made will on the 18th Of the same
month. by the will he devised nearly all bis
property valued at $1,000, to Josephine wolf,
the wife Of Loeb Wolf. lie left the Interest Of
$500 to his mother, the principal also to 90 to
Mrs. Wolf fter his mothers death. Heymann
was unmarried but he had seven brothers ana
sisters one OF them, Mrs. Pauline Geissmann,
residing IN New York. Mrs. Goissmann contests
the probate Of the will. alleging that Heymann
Was held IN dure>s by Wolf, and signed "A paper
which he did not understand.
From the evidence, yesterday, II appeared
that ileymanu hal resided at YORKTOWN, Va, as
partner OF Wolf In the lumber business. Wolf
alleged thar Hrymann mad squandereu the funds
OF the partnership on ftscln tng widow. and
mus brought tue lumber speculation to disas-
uuus end. when Hevm nm came from Virginia
To- Wolfe house. Anew weeks before his death,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gen smann desired to remove min,
but VOL would not ALI them even TO see liey-
manu. Wolf, according to Grissmhnn. remark
ine that his former primer "nad not suffered
enough: that he deserved to suffer more for
throwing away money on that widow"
The con- estant claims that Hevmann could
not read or write English, and knew nothing uf
tue contents OF the instrument purporting 10 be
his WILL
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METAMORa IN COURT.
Edwin FORESTS Porirair. Painted Thirty
hve Years AGO, the subject OF "a suit.

Edwin FORESTS PorirRit. Painted Thirty.
hse Years AGO, the subject OF IA suit.
Several days ago very large box was
brought In a trunk to the Court House, a. d
placed In the room occupied by Part II. OF the
Supreme Court Circuit. The box was opened
yesterday. In h was found full leng h pic
ture OF Edwin Forrest rs MetImOrl. considcrA-
bly larger than life size, painted by Agate about
thlrtv-hve wears ago After recess, judge Van
Brunt called the case OF Edward H. Hotchki.s
against Robert t. Kelly. The action was brought
Tor t25O damages for the wrongful conversion
OF this picture two years aud a half ago. large
number Of artist- were present on benalf Of eacn
OF inc parties To TESTIFY To The value OF the uio-
ture.
or. L. II. Coudert said that the defendat.,w =
not ohlN Wiling but anxious 10 give up tins
miniature painting Of Mr.. hetanula;' IL " "a
very expensive to keep, aud they had never
wished - retain II: they would now give up tho
picture aud tue costs Of the suit; they would
pay Tue Carriage TO ny ihrt Of tho CITY 4 tney
could only he rid OF II. His client had not slept
since he had II. " Talk oi having an elephant on
your hands, said Mr. Coudert, ut Is nothing
coulpared With having Metauora."
Mr.. Haulev said they had an offer to sell the
picture In 1874, aud they lost the chance through
the act oi defendant, and The picture had since
deprecae ed III value.
Mr.. COuaeTt thought that on the cOntr,ry lila
his friend on the otner side, II had mellowed by
age. -
Judge Van Brunt put tho 80 over for the
term, 50 mat motion might he made at Chambers
10 amend the complaint.
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The long ana hard campaign OF MOODY
and SANKEY against devltry In Chicago has had
an influence upon the iron-clad sinners OF that
wicked city. according to some accounts. Their
hearts are softened-so we are told In the papers.
They speak OF salvation with enthusiasm. N the
stories are true. The great question Of religion
$50 one Of the writers alleges) as talked about
In the street cars, on the sidewalks In the hotels,
In business houses, on Change-averywbere, In
short, where people happen to collect" Now,
all this may he true but then religion ought 10
be something more than talk, more even than
softening Of the heart. II must be practical
hfe-a true life in accordance with Divine law
and Scriptural principle. We should like to
hear that MOODY and SASKEY had so affected
the socden sinners that swarm In Chicago a. to
lead them to the practice OF righteousness "in
the street cars, on the sidewalks. In the hotels,
In business houses, on 'Change-everywhere In
short" We are sorry to say we have no reports
showing that such has been the fact. though
MOODY and sANKEY have been preaching and
singing daily for months 10 huge multltudes
there.
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The Liberty of the Press IN Canada.

The recent decision OF tho Canadian
Court Of Queens Bench in the matter Of
an application to punish Mr.. GEORGE
brown, the editor OF the Toronto Globe,
for contempt OF court, must be regarded as
OF no slight Importance, since it tends
strongly in its result to uphold the free
dom of the press.
Mr.. WILKINSON, the editor Of tho Dur
ham Nclrs, another Canadian journal, had
been prosecuted in the Queens Bench for
two libels on Senator SIMPSON; and in an
article entitled Justice WILSON on the
War Path, published in the Toronto Globe
of July 8, 1876, Mr.. Brown made some Sc
we're comments on the action OF Mr.. JUS
tice WILSON in this case Of The Queen
against WILKINSON. lie charged the
Judge with having expressed his views
with freedom of speeoh. an indiffor
ence ms to the evidence before the Court,
and IN indulgence in assumptions, sur
misses, ana insnuations, totally unparal-
leled in tho judicial proceedings of any
Canadian tribunal; with not being content
TO deal with the legal aspects of the case
before HIM, but with favoring the world
with his views on every subject indirectly
matter before the Court with having dis
torted the meaning of a letter. with hav-
ing stated what he knew not to be true;
and with having been unjust and reckless
IN his treatment OF the applicant. The
article further says mat the Bench has de-
scended low indeed when q Judge oonde-
sends to take up the idiotio howl and
rivals the drivel of the most blatant pot
house politician; and il calls his judgment
au outrage from the Bench. 1t asserts that
he has been guilty Of ISLANDERS ana insults,
md proposes 10 answer Them even II the
dignity Of the Bench is rullod. "Mr. JUS
tice Wilson's offence" concludes Mr..
BRowN, :" was so rank, so reckless. and so
utterly unjustihable, that soft words
would have poorly discharged our duty to
the public"
Mr.. GEORGE BRowN Is not only leading
Journalist Of Canada, but he is a Senator
OF the Dominion, and one whose ability ia
conceded by his most bitter opponents.
His strong denunciation OF WILSON there
fore made no little stir and, although
nothing was done for some time. an ap-
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Brother TALNAGE preached a sermon on
Sunday on the trials aud temptations OF
newspaper men. 1t was IA frst-rate sub
ject. The newspaper profession Is an ex-
acting one, full OF responsibilities, aud
heavy with the burden OF cares.
Brother TALMAGE says that while we
work SO hard, We get very few words OF
encouragement from the pulpit We don't
know about that. Whenever the preach
ers proclaim Righteousness, they help us
and encourage us, and become our partners
In the good work Of educating the people.
We don't care to have them especially
single editors out for praise or magniflca-
ton. II they are sound, they don't need II,
or want it, Besides, our business Is to look
after the ministers, and to instruct them;
and while we gladly listen to their advice
when 1t Is good, we rNaintain our position
as their preceptor, and applaud or admon-
ish them rs they deserve, much proferring
to speak well rather than i'll of them.
Brother TALMAGE says. sympathetically,
that there are no harder worked men upon
the earth than the newspaper men OF this
country, and that he is inclined TO forgive
them If they write things they shouldn't
write, because their hardships and exas-
peratons are so great. This neither he
nor anybody else should do. 1t is true
newspaper men sometimes work pretty
hard, but, rs rule, they don't do more
than is good for them, and they have no
excuse for writing things they ought not
to write because of their worry. They
should keep their tempers.
Brother TALMAGE says that editors write
and publish bad things because the public
taste is unhealthy, and they must We the
readers what they wish. II they do this,
they deserve to be held up to reproba-
ton by all preachers and moralists. That
people have vices is no palliatlon of the
offence OF those who pander to them. But
the business OF newspapers is to report
facts and sometimes facts reveal the
depravity OF human nature rs well AS
its virtues. II is not the function OF
an editor to make facts or TO ignore
them. He must take them rs they are,
avoiding in their publication whatever
merely tends to provoke immortality or to
Crafty morbid appetite. A MINIS
ter may easily preach against wickedness
in such way as to stimulate curiosity re-
garding II and to inflame the desire to
commit it.. Sensational ministers have
been known to do that very thing in their
eagerness to attract hearers This is bad in
a minister, as in an editor.
Brother TALMAGE says the responsibility
of what an editor publishes is divided be-
tween him and his readers. We ask no
such division. IL the paper Ia evil, 1t
is the editor who is at fault. He has no
business to publish what is unfit to be read.
No, let the preachers offer no palliations
for the offences OF editors Editors have a
great responsibility, and they ought TO
bear IL themselves.
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not vet come TO definite conclusion as to what
| IL exactly wants.
The Committee on the judiciary, to which the
credentials Of Mr.. Bedford OF Colorado were re-
ferred, which involves the very important aues-
ton whether Colorado was a State at the last
election, and whether its three electoral votes
are to be counted or not, has agreed upon re-
poris on the subject, but the decision OF the
question by the House seems still very prob
iematical and remote. | call this siowness.
On the other hand the boidness OF the R'pub-
licans, considering how utterly destitute they
are Of either law or logic, how Overwhelmingly
Constitution and precedent, popular majorites,
and public interest seem oppose them. IL
really sublime.
I have Just heard John Sherman deliver his
political stump speech on Louisiana. IL was a
disgrace to the Senate Chamber. and should be
immortal infamy or Infamous INN ortality to Its
author. l never In all my life read or heard
such a tumble of utter falsehocc, hypocrisy,
and baseness. Yet tomorrow every Republican
newspaper will pronounce It the greatest effort
Of pure patriot, and tho day after Tomorrow
thousands will swear nv II, really believing that
the people Of Louisiana are all murderers, and
Kellogg and Packard angels In diguise.
And right here Ia the danger. the greatest
danger OF the situation as It appears In wash
'"Vtoh tue prauuca' "ha"'uif VI ,ne hepuo-
licnn press and the perfectly Systematic ma
rather aole manner In which since the election
u has spread all sorts Of Hes and ialsehoods con-
cerning the disputed States and the determined
tenac,ty with which II has stuck to all In
spite OF everything, have accomplished one thing
which is the most lamentable feature OF the sit
uation.
The majority Of the Republican party sincere
" believe the lies told nv their leaders, newspa-
pers' ana speakers really think that the negro
IN the South Is In constant danger OF being
Killed. that he Ia "tntimidated," that at free
election hayes would have carried the disputed
States ana that II he was not elected he should
nave peen'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-11

Gov. BAGLEY of Michigan seems to have
an inkling Of what Governors are for, and In his
new message he calls the notice OF the Legsla-
ture to the alleged tricks Of some OF the life in
surance people, Under Michigan law, policies
issued by home companies cease to he forfeit
sbls after the nrst payment Of premium. But
there are thlrty-three outside companies dong
business In the State. OF these some issue poll
cies forfetable In Gaze the insured commits a
felony some. In case OF suicide some, whether
the person committing suicide ia sane or insane
at the time; some, whether the self destruction
is voluntary or inyoluntary;" some, In case
death Ia caused by Intoxicating drink !" some,in
case 1t is caused by "intemperate use OF llquor;"
some, II by opium some, II death result from
pairment Of health by narcotics or alec
holio stimulants." Moreover, before the policy
Is made out. the applicant for insurance is asked,
on an average twenty-five questions, his family
doctor twenty. and some friends Ave. II haw
can be picked 10 any one OF these atty answers,
the CON paDy claims the right to refuse payment.
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The utter falacy OF the pretence that
the interpostion OF Federal troops in the local
affairs OF the reconstructed States IA necessary
for the preservation OF the public peace, is made
manifest through the present condition Of
South Carolina. There, notwithstanding the
mischevous Interference OF Gen. RUGER In
the organization OF the Legislature. which
tended to disorder, the HAMPTON Government
is daily gaining In strength since the active In
reference OF the troops has ceased, and there
can be no DOUBT that II viii ultimately be fully
sustained by the courts and the people. In the
mean time everything Is quiet and peaceable in
Columbia. and this state OF things will continue,
unless GRANT should order a renewed iuterpo-
sition by the military. Gov. HAMPTON has
raised money for supplying the starving inmates
OF the public institutions with food-somethin ing
that CHAMBERLAIN had neglected to do--and
the people. once more hopeful OF relief from
the plunderers who have so long oppressed
them, are conducting themselves with the
utmost prudence and moderation. The zane
results ensued when GRANT was forced bv Con-
grcss to cease his Interference with tho In
ternal affairs Of Arkansas. The disturbances
which had prevailed In that State for years
were succeeded by an era OF exceptional good
order which has continued to the present time.
The legal Government found no difficulty what
ever in maintaining Itself without recourse to
harsh measures. and business interests OF every
kind felt the influence Of the changed condition
OF affairs In a general revival OF trade and INDUS
tries. From the day that the military power was
withdrawn from Arkansas, the state has coniin-
ualy Increased In prosperity; while the relations
between the races are more cordial now than
they have been at any time since the war. In
louisiana the same results will follow II the
people are permitted to enjoy their constitutions
al right OF self-government, without arbitrary
and Illegal interference from w sshington. Gov
NICHOLS. who was fairly elected 10y a majority
OF over 5000 votes. has been inaururated amid
unbounded enthusiasm, enjoys the confidence
OF all the respectable people In the State and
will have no difficulty In maintaining his author
tv unless United States troops should be used
TO again defeat the will Of the people
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Timely Observations.

II any journalist Of New York has COM
mitted fault, It Is to be hoped he will do
all that may become a mau to atone for IL.
II is further TO be hoped that he will never
commit another, especially of the same
kind.
We have no disposition to magnify any
error that one of our leading brethren
may have committed. We trust that, on
reflection, our esteemed contemporary,
the Times, may take the same view Of the
subject
We believe there is, in fact, but one will
full libeller and kleptomaniao among the
journalists of New York.
Other aud venial faults may be outlived.
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Louisiana's Vote Cannot be Counted
for HIVES.

II Ia reported from New Orleans that one
result of the overthrow OF PAoKARDs bo-
gus Government has been an offer on the
part Of J. MADISON WELLS aud his assoc-
ates to recanvass the returns, including the
vote for Presidential electors.
There can be no recanvass of the votes
for Presidential electors because they
have never yet been canvassed. As was
clearly shown by the report Of Judge
TRUMBULL's committee, the Returning
Board hus no power, under the laws of
Louisiana, to assume jurisdiction over the
electoral vote. The Returning Board is
created by the Election law of 1872. This
law fails TO make provision for the manner
OF appointing Presidential electors, wheth-
err by the Legislature or by the people. In
no way. either directly or by implication,
does it empower the Returning Board to
canvass the electoral vote. or to decide
what electors have been legally chosen.
Therefore, either the laws of Louisiana do
not cover the subject, or the provisions OF
the act in force before the passage Of the
law OF 1872 are still valid. The act Of 1870
contains the following provision:
.sncrros 2.see. Immediately after the receipt Of
rcturn from eacn parish On the fourth Monday OF
Governor IN presence OF the sscresSy OF he
Attorney -General district Judge of the district in
wuich the seat or Government may be est nlished.
any two q them, shal examine the returns ascer
TAIN therefrOm the persons who have been duly elected
electors"
II the act OF 1870 is still in force, so far ms
the choice of electors is concerned, the re-
turns should have been oanvassed by the
officials named in the section quoted
above, and j. MADISON WELLS aud bis con-
federates had nothing to do with the sub
Ject. III, on the other hand, this section,
like the rest OF the act, is repealed by the
later law OF 1872 the statutes are left
without any provision for the canvass of
the electoral vote, and tho assumption of
that function by the Returning Board is
q usurpation of authority, nullity, and,
rs Mr.. WHEELER said in 1876 entitled to
no respect whatever"
Does this seem like splitting hairs? Well.
then, the Republican claim TO the electoral
vote OF Louisiana hangs on n single hair,
and that is the hair that is split.
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ExtrnvaganI saving. Hnntr.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-ST: Ihave
received copy Of the Daily Graphic for Jan. 4,
containing diagram and description OF "a build
ING just completed on Broadway and Thirty
second street, In this city, and called a savings
bank. Every depositor in this institution, when
re ding the Rowing account Of the costly and
and elaborate style Of the building, will think II
anything but savings bank, and no prudent
person can look upon this expensive pile OF
marble, with its extravagant interior. without
condemninN this misuse of trust moneys belong
Ing to the poor and laboring classes. Tho price
said TO have been paid for the lot on whioh this
building stands IL stated byeood Judges OF such
property To be nearly double It's value.
do not Know the men VINO arc responsible
Tor the erection OF the bank but do consider II
the duty OF all good citizens to protest against
the great wrong OF such reckless expenditure OF
monev entrusted to them by the poor. II Ia
time that trustees be called to account for such
scts, aud when they publish picture Of their
building, with a glowing description OF their
extravaganza, they should he made to feel that
the public Will condemn such a waste of money,
ana consider them guilty Of IA breach Of trust
Instead VI awarding them honors.
LEVEL HEAD.
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OF War last summer, when JAMES q. BLAINE was
laid IN in ordinary. A friend went TO visit the
sunstruck candidate Tor President. and carried
him the first inform alton 81 the success OF an
intrigue, by which TAFT was transferred, with
out his knowledge or consent. from tho War
Office to the Department Of Justice. where he
has since beeu pedding out opinions FOR deputy
maIshals to command the army, and to p.lliate
other abuses Of power.
When JAMES @. was asked what he thought Of
DoNs nomination. he Is said To have answered
promptly, 1t is the most rascally appointment
OF this rascally Administration" He knew
where OF be snake.
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MR. ROLLWAGEN's HOUsEKEEPER
claiming to be "a " lie, and CoRtcsting her
Itishfs as IA Lcgatec In II Niil.

Frederick Rollwagen died in October,
1878, leavine large amount OF property, incud-
ing about thirty houses IN this CITY, For some
time before his death he had been IN a state OF
mcnti and Uhyscil iulrmlty, and was entirely
under the control Of hrs house keeper. NJ gda-
lena Hermann. who would not How any Of bis
relatives to visit him. After his death the house
keeuer produced a will. 10y which ne gave her
nearly all his property. and she claimed that she
had been married to hin. After protr ed
litigation, by the 1nh adjudication Of the Court
OF Appeals, Mr.. Henry l.. Clinton aud George f.
LarRheia, on behalf II the heirs, succeeded ia
upsetting the Will. They then brought par
tltiDn suit In the name OF Louis L. ROllwagen,
the eldest son, the other heirs md the alleged
widow being made the defendants. The com
plant T. IN the usual form, except the following
CT us: "Ih The said defcLdaut. Alagada ma
Hermann. otherwise called Magd lena Roll
Malen, oi iull age. claims to be the widow Il
Iredrri, X Roilw gen. deceased, aud entitled to
dover III said re estate. That said defendant,
llrTmanD Is not the lawful widow OF laid
ttede ! Roliw gen, deceased, sud was never
lawfully married to hin."
Mr.. VIM. A. Arnoux, for the widow. demurred
tothe CON plain claim nR that her Tigh To dover
could onl' be passed upon IN an actiOn by her
where she would have the right OF trial by Jury,
lie demurrer was arRued yesterday IN supreme
Court, Special Term. before Judge Lawrence
Pending the controversy, the allie ed widow 10
drawing taJO month frou tue estate.
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Usher, who failed about year ago, owed ne ry
100000 to depositors In the savings bank which
was one Of his business ENTERPRISES. DONAuoE's
paper, the Plot, was bought by its editor. Mr.
JOHN BOYLE OItEILLY, In connection with
Archbishop WILLIAMS. Although In no way
legally or morally responsible for the losses SUI
fered by Mr.. DONAHoEs depositors the new
propreors OF the PiLot assumed the debt. Mr.
O'REILLY has 80 managed the finances OF the
paper that he Is now able to declare FIRST diyl-
dend Of ten per cent. to the depositors. The
course Of the new owners Of the Plot Is so hon
orable, ana. unfortunately, SO unusual, that we
notice II here.