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The New York herald., 1877-11-15
TAE LAW AS TO INDoRsERs.

Un August 20 Io7o, NarK Lan1gah, then one OF The
Deputy Sherfs of this county, being In possession or
the Shoe and Leather Reporter by virtue OF
cutons issued TO tho Sheriff, obtained from Neil
McCaum Co, leather merchants. doing business ut
No 10 spruce street. IN TINS city, $l0s tho
the Shoe and Leather Reporter, payable TO It's own
order aud ludorsed by John +. Why,e and Mark Lam
gan, payable month after date The note on be-
coming due paid, anu Of course protested
in the usual way against tho indorsers. Suit was
thereupon commenced BY the counsel OF Neil Mccall
ium Co. IN the Marine Court The was tried
yesterday before Chief Justice Shea and judgment
recovered Tor the full amount claimed. Judge Fiana-
gan and Joseph r. Fallon appeared Tor plaintiffs, aud
William q. Bussey tor tho defendant.
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treatment Of his wife he would XIII her !; he
said he didn't care-he would not be hung Tor it
II he did, because he would be made out insane
he said he would give $4,000 TO any one who
would get him divorce from his wife;
he hated her and would not live with herr be said MI
hcCaoe, her stepiathcr, had proposed giving him
$1,000 and hs had married with the expectation OF
getting that sum, and With II 10 go ana ive in the
old country; he said he expected TO get II on the
mornipg he sailed
On cross-examination Mrs. McNeili said she had
such a violent tempered man as Jamison
since tho death OF her husband thrty-six years ago.
Other corroborative testimony was given, when tho
further examination Of witnesses was postponed III
this morning.
QUESTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
The OF 0scanyan against Mackenzie was tried
yesterday before Judge Donohue and jury. Messrs.
Ingerso and Hegcman appeared Tor the plaintiff and
Msssrs. Jerome Huck aud Stcrnc Chittenden Tor do.
fendanL The plaintiff consul General tor tho
Turkish Empire IN 1870 and claimed that In Novem-
Der OF that year he had delivered TO defendant for
shipment upon the French steamer 600 cartridges
for muskets OF tho Remington pattern. II shown
tnat for some. the delivery Of which was admitted,
there had been PAID $1,000. Mr. Ingersoii, on
behalf OF plaintiff argued that the statements OF the
answer taken IN connection with The evidence OF the
emp,oyes OF the Cartridge Manufacturing Company,
who acted as agents for the plaintiff Ia the pre- mses
show that that the 1872 900 had pending the war be-
tween France and Prussia been delivered at the
French steamer lie strcnuously insisted that do
iendant, not producing The olli OF lading, II beng
produce his or hts agents copy, II they
had custody or It, that the presumption upon
the answer and proof such that the
case should 80 to the Jury. Mr. Chntenden, for de-
fcndant, moved Tor DISMISSAL insisting thatit was
the proper course, because there was failure of
proo OF delivery on PLAINTIFFS part and denial by
defendant OF delivery To him that he had any
do with the cartridges in question. He urtnor IN
sisted that any shpmcnt Of them had been at the
Of paintin ma agent that was the proper course
because the evidence tended TO show that the plaintiff
bad acted In manner not consistent with hrs
Office; that iad down by ex. President
Woolsey and other authorities on International
law IL was contra bonas mores aud illegal
by such law Tor private trader upon the soil o a
neutral country TO engage In traffic, the object Of
which to iurnish one OF two warring peoples with
gun cartridges being articles contraband OF war In
TINS connection Mr. Chittendcn read an extract from
cx-Presdent Woosey, declaring hat the same wi oug
done when private trader does woul be done
should the neural country Itself good faith
Much more, he claimed. than this might be said ia
case OF consul general He stated IN atlstion that
he prepared with numerous aulhoritieyebpon The
point but the Court stated that without
II dismissal would be granted upon first
ground Judge Donohue also granted an extra allow
to defendant
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-13
Christmas in Norway.

The great festival of the year in Nor
way, as among all Germanic nations, is
Christmas. Whether it owes all its
sanctity to its association with the birth
of the Saviour is, however, an open
question; for many customs still kept
alive in the remoter valleys seem to
point beyond the beginning of the Chris
tan era, to the time when the Morse
men ate horse-fesh in honor of Odin
and Thor and Frey. The festival is as
yet strongly tinctured with reminis-
cences of the old pagan Yule. Tracing
the character of Christ and his apostles
as they appear in many popular march
en- and legends, the conclusion lies near
that the people have, consciously or not,
transferred much that was dear to them
in the old gods to the new deity, and
thus, by a sort of compromise between
the old faith and the new, have pro-
duced a divine type which is, at all
events, sufficiently national to appeal
strongly to their Morse hearts. The
preparations for the Yule-tide, in the
way of provisioning the house, would,
to American eyes, look perfectly enOr-
nous. Baking and brewing and butch
ering keep the whole household busy
during the last three weeks preceding
the festival. And the fact that the pro-
cess is repeated year after year probably
proves that it is necessary. Every man,
woman or child who comes within.
stones throw of the house during the
holidays (Which last until a week after
New-year) must be invited in and urg-
ed to eat without regard for comfort.
Even the birds are to have their share
of the Christmas joy. As soon as the
church-bells have "rung in the feast
at O'Clock in the afternoon of Christ
mas Eve, the father of the house takes
his richest sheaf of oats or barley and
attaches it to the end of Il pole, which
is nailed to the gable of the barns or
the store-hOuses. The mother and the
children stand by, enjoying the sight of
the happy birds lluttering around the
sheaf, while the father will perhaps
quote the passage about Gods care even
for the sparrow, wherefore 1t is right
that the sparrow too should rejoice on
the day when Christ was born. Among
the many evening visitors who are sure
to drop in to taste the Christmas brew,
some are apt to be disguised by gro
tesque masks, and otherwise fantasti-
cally accoutered. These are called
Yule-bucks, possibly because the most
mask may have been that of
goat or some other horned creature.
The German custom of having poor
children wander about on Christmas
Eve, carrying large lighted star of
canvas, representing the star of Beth
ehem, prevails also in Norway. No
Dne can hear their shrill, tiny voices in
he snow under his window, singing the |
lear familiar carols, and refuse them /
heir well earned penny.-Prof. Boye-
zen. in Scri5ner'S.
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Dancing the TOO-la-lOO,

Going past a yard near the outskirts,
writes correspondent of the Cleveland
Leader from Atlanta, Georgia, i had
the rare chance to see some of the en-
tertainments of the Southern darby.
There must have been thirty couples
singing and dancing the 4" Too-la-loo, :"
forming five circles This play is of
African origin. The leader sang the
song while the rest Joined the monot-
onous refrain after each line, accom-
panied with clapping of hands. In the
bright moonlight, dusky belle waltzed
around within a circle that was dancing
to the tune of
Lady in the garden,
Too -loo
Lady in the garden,
Too-la- loo!
Lady in the garden,
TOO-la-lOOi
Then she made another motion in her
dance, of some kind, which is sung at
Berry nice motion,
Too.la.loOl
Nice little lady motion,
ToO-la-lOO!
Oh! OATS a nice little notion
Too-la-loo!
Oh! love too.la-loo!
w NliOOSt ii iONtE,
Too-la-lOol
Nice little lover,
Too-la-lOol
Handsome lover,
Too loot
OH love too la-loo!
She then selects her lover and the song
in the dance goes on:
Kiss your lover,
Too In loo!
Dat n berry sweet lover,
Too Ia loo!
Kiss your lover,
Too -la-loO!
Oh! love tOO-la loo!
Observing this hint, the ebony hues
glued their lips together. The girl then
retires as part of the circle, and leaves
her nice little lover" in the circle to
dance the
Gentleman motion,
Too-la- LOOT
Berry nice motion,
TOo-la-loO!
But he's a bullfrog motion,
TOO-la-lOo
Oh! love too la-loO!
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MISCELLANEOUS.

A dispatch from CoquimbO, Chill, says the
Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steam
er Atacama has been lost. The crew num-
bered 40 and the passengers probably about
30. Only Is persons were saved.
The French Ministry has again resigned,
and President MacMahon has entrusted the
formation of a new Cabinet to NJ. Dufaure.
Henry Leland, young American painter
in Paris, was killed on the 9th while playing
with pistol. He didn't think it was loaded.
Mr.. Hendricks has been interviewed in
reference to the report recently published,
that Mr.. Tilden took the oath of office last
year, and would soon begin a contest for the
Presidency. Mr.. Hendricks says of this:
81 know nothing whatever about these
statements. OF course, can not know Mr..
Tiden's actions, what he has been doing, or
what he intends to do. So far as am con-
cerned, Mr.. Wheeler has been sworn into the
Office Of President, and he may stay
there for four years. When he was sworn
in that ended it,"
A Paris dispatch of the Sth says: An at
tempt to form a Cabinet with Dufaure as
President Of the Council has fallen through.
Marshal MacMahon held out on the point OF
naming his Ministers of War and Foreign
Affairs. The Committee of the Left not con-
senting to these, negotiations were broken
off. The crisis is now regarded as more
serious than ever.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-13
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

Richard b. Peabody, lumber merchant
Of ST. Johnsbury, VT, very respectfully con-
nected, is under arrest for committing for
geries to the amount Of SO, 600.
DIR. WI. Sawin, of Chicopee Falls, Mass,
who was to have been installed on the night
of the Sd as Eminent COmmanderOf Spring
field Commandery knights Templar, fell
dead Of apoplexy at the beginning of the
meeting.
Returns from the Georgia election indi-
cate that Atlanta has been chosen as the
state Capital by 10000 majority. The new
Constitution is adopted by nearly the same
vote.
John c. Collins, alias Harvey Thorpe, was
hanged at the Auburn On. " Prison, on
the 9TH, for the murder OF fellOw-convict
named Howard.
AT Norfolk, Va, a few days ago, Benjamin
Godfrey, aged -, shot and instantly killed
Molle +. Winingder, aged Il, and then shot
himself, inflicting fatal wound. The two
were lovers and engaged TO be married, but
aS the result of a quarrel, Godfrey went and
got intoxicated, and while in a half-frcn-
zied condition went to the lady's house and,
calling her into the hallway, committed the
tragic deed. Miss Winingder was very
beautiful and sweet-tempered girl, the
daughter of Stephen Winingder, promi-
nent butcher of Norfolk.
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School and Church.

Religious exercises have been pro-
hibited in the New Haven public schools.
There are upwards of 10000 Sun
day-schoOls in the United States, with
about G, 100000 scholars.
The Chinese students in our East
ern colleges wear petticoats, which are
strikingly feminine in appearance.
The Rev. Thomas Vim, of Henry,
Ill, is about to sail for Japan, in the
interest of Presbyterian missions.
The Boston School Committee has
adopted an order authorizing the Com
mittee on Night Schools to organize a
Latin school for girls in that city.
The salaries of the Philadelphia
school-teachers have been reduced 10
per cent. Municipal refOrmers generally
commence with the schools.
The Germans of New Haven have
petitioned the Board of Education for
separate school,, where their children
may be taught English, so that they may
be able to attend the public schools.
The Seventh Day Baptists are pros
ecuting missions in Europe with consid-
cradle success. They have lately organ
lied u church of Is members in Haar-
lem, Holland, and have other congrega-
tons in France, Italy, Switzerland,
Prussia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and
Great Britain.
AT a recent meeting of the School
Superintendent belongingto the North
eastern Ohio Teachers Association the
plan of teaching arithmetic TO children
of6 was generally disapproved-at least,
in numbers higher than 10. The ques-
ton was finally decided by a vote in ia
vor of adopting 10 as the rule TO be
practiced by young pupils.
Miss mez White, OF Delaware, o.,
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A New Cure for Diphtheria.

Dr. +. n. Chapman of Brooklyn pro-
fesses to have found an antidote for
diphtheria in alcohol and quinia, by
which the percentage of deaths is re-
duced to less than in 80. Alcohol, he
claims, neutralizes the diphtheritic
poison, sets free the nerves of animal
life, subdues the fever and Inflammation,
destroys the pabulum that sustains the
membrane, cuts short the disease, con-
quers the sequelp, and shields other
members of the family from an attack.
Like any other antidOta, it must be Civ
en- promptly at the outset, or otherwise
its potency will be lessened, perhaps
lost altogether. Alcohol does not act
as a stimulant, nor induce any of its or
binary effects Enough may be given
to cause profound intoxicatiOn in health,
and yet there exists no signs of excite
ment or odor in the breath. Quinia is
an efficient alloy to alcohol. 1t ener-
gizes the gangliOnic nervous system,
and thus enables the organism to right
itself and resume its function. DR..
Chapman sustains his position by citing
numerous eases in which this treatment
was successful. He states that, in his
long experience, he only knew Of one
case where drunkard had diphtheria.
He generally gives the alcohol IN the
form of whisky.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-13
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

Five negroes were drowned by the up
setting of a skiff on the river just below New
Orleans, on the Sd.
Frank Rand, the ellison and st. Elmo
murderer, according to his own statement,
was born in Clayville, Washington County,
Pa, and his family now reside in Fairfield,
Iowa. His real name is Charles c. Scott,
and he is 81 years old.
The German National Bank Of Chicago, Of
which Henry Greenbaum is the principal
owner, announced its suspension on the 5th.
Its deposits amount TO SlS3,OOO, and depos-
itors are assured that their claims will be
paid in full.
The Tennessee Legislature met il extra
ordinary session on the 18th, 10 consider GER
tain propositions made by the bondholders
for compromising the State debt.
Charles +. Williams, clerk i'm the Union
Stock-yards National Bank Of Chicago, has
abseonded after having poeketed =, 800, Sc
cured on ''raised" check which was orig
inally madeOut for $40.
The country between Bismarck and Dead
wood is reported TO be overrIm with preda-
tory Indians, and many depredations and
murders are reported. Four companies Of
the Seventh Cavalry from Fort Lincoln,
besides an additional force Of infantry
from other stations, have been ordered to
Deadwood. The War Department is inform
cd that these hostiles are largely composed Of
spotted Tairs and Red Clouds followers,
ome Of whom were recently on to Washing
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-12-13

A CURIOUS ease as to the rights of the
finder of lost property, whose owner is
unknown, is reported from Rhode
Island. The plaintiff bought an old
safe and offered to sell it to the defend
ant. The defendant would not buy it,
but agreed to take it and sell it if he
could, using it himself in the meantime.
While it was thus in his possession, he
found roll of bank bills inside the
lining. No one knew to whom they be-
longed. The defendant therefore con-
Guided to keep them. The plaintiff, up
on learning of the discovery OF the
money, demanded the return of the safe
Just as it was when delivered. The de-
PENDANT returned it, but without the
bank bills; whereupon the plaintiff sued
for their value as money found. The
Supreme Court held that the finder was
entitled to retain the property as against
the party who put the safe into his hands
for sale; and the authorities generally
maintain the right of the finder, in this
class of cases, as against all persons ex-
cept the real owner.
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Haps and Nfishaps.

A boy named Streck, aged about
IA, was fatally injured by the bursting
of a grindstone in the cutlery works at
Canton, Ohio.
Lizzie Kloepper, aged II, daughter
of'Henry Kloepper,of Fort Wayne, Ind,
was fatally injured by falling into ket-
tie of scalding water.
Emma, aged Il daughter of Wright
Lancaster, of Richmond, Ind, stepped
backward into an open cellar-way at
her fathers resideice, and struck upon
her head on the lower step. A large
metallic ornament upon her hair ribbon
was forced into her skull, causing q Sc
rious, and probably fatal, wound.
The family of William McGlothiin,
living on East Fork, Boyd County, Ky,
went to a neighbours, leaving no one but
a child or 4 years old at the house.
The door of the structure, as is the case
frequently, opens outward, and is fas-
tened by long latch-string. The child,
in playing about the door, in some way
got the string looped over its head, and,
pushing the heavy door open, it was
swung out over the high doorstep, and
when the family returned the little one
was hanging by the latch-string dead.
Recent suicides; Ohio-Mrs. Jane
Bohnert, near Tif1in; insanity. John
Reifenstein, farmer, near Ada; financial
troubles. Philip Leber, farmer, aged
So, at Hunts Corners, near Sandusky;
insanity. VIM. Rylestine, aged 80, near
Dunkirk insanity. Miss Sadie Mccall,
aged 30, daughter of Rev II. Mccall,
at Malvern; insanity. A young man
named Ritl'enspire, near Kenton; finan-
cial troubles. w. w. Learned, Bos-
ton drummer, at acknowledgements
james Allen, at Burger. John A.
Long, at Danvillc. H. II. Mcdonald,
at Owensboro.- AIichigan-Orr Car
ter, aged 30, at East Saginaw. G.. F.
Weber, at Detroit; jealousy.-Fritz
Zomheimer, at Wheeling, West Va. &;
George S. Parsons, conductor on the
Texas and Pacific Railroad, at Kauf-
man, Texas; Edward A. Manlce, a
wealthy lawyer, New York City.
Shooting accidents: BenjaHlin
Parkinson shot and killed himself in Adj
ans County, Ind; Monroe Yickers,
aged Is, was shot and killed by his
brother while hunting near Elwood,
Ind; Sam Parkison, Jr., aged 81, shot
and killed himself at Nuncie, Ind
Thomas johnson shot and killed him
self while cleaning gun, near Hilliard,
o.; Walter Van Lennen, aged 16, shot
and killed himself with a pistol, at
Evart, Mich. Thos. Crawford, aged Il,
was killed by the discharge of a gun
while placing it in a wagon, at
Richland, Mich; Charles Waymoth,
was killed by the accidental
discharge of a gun which he was carry
ing down stairs, at Frankfort, Ky; Ar
thur S. Thompson, of Nashua, \. H.,
was killed by companion while gun
ming, near Bradford, Conn. :. Augustus
Fitch, aged 10, was killed by his broth
er's gun while the two were hunting,
near Waterford, Conn. DR.. j. g. De
Wolf was killed by the discharge of his
gun, at Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
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faith or rights of public creditors Laid on
the table ana ordered prtnted........In the
House, the Post route bin was passed, and
majority and minority reports were made
from the Committee on Elections in the Colo
RADIO case and ordered printed The majority
report, which was concurred in by all the
Democrats, declares Patterson Democrat
entitled TO the seat. The Republican minor
tty, with the exception of Gen. Cox, report in
favor of Bedford, Republican. General Cox
takes the ground that there was no valid
election.
In the Senate, on the 7th, the House bill
for the relief of sufferers by the wreck of the
United states steamer Huron was passed with
some amendments. number of bills were
introduced and referred. The House resolu-
ton to adjourn for a holiday recess from De-
cember 10 to January l0was agreed tO.....In
the House, a number OF bills we're introduced
and referred. Mr.. Wood Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, reported a CON
current resolution for the adjournment of
Congress for the Christmas holidays from the
18th OF December until january 10. Agreed TO
Both houses adjourned till Monday.
In the Senate, on the 10th, after the ex-
piration of the morning hour, Senator Wad-
leigh, Chairman of the Committee on Privi.
leges and Elections, called up a resolution
reported from the committee last week
declaring j. b. Eustis entitled to his
from January u, ls7e, for the term
signed the minority report, spoke in opposi-
ton 20 the resolution, claiming that the pa
pers presented by Eustis were defective
After brief discussion the resolution of SEN
ator Wadleigh was agreed tO-yeas -, nays $.
Those voting in the negative were Senators
Allison, Cameron of Wisconsin, Hamlin
Howe ingalls, Mcmillan, Morrill, and Saunders.
Mr.. Eustis was sworn in. Senator Matthews
called up his resolution favoring the remon-
citation of silver. He spoke at length on
the subject, and was followed by Senators
Edmunds, Thurman and others. At . O'Clock
the Senate adjourned without taking action.
......ln the House, the usual resolution for
the distribution of the Presidents annual
message was adopted. The resolution in
reference to that portion of the message re.
feTred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
was amended by instructing the committee
to take into immediate consideration the best
means of removing the existing and impend.
ing causes Of the difficulty between Mexico
aud the United States, and to report at the
earliest practicable day.