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sNgKEs IN THE PosT OFFICE.
what scared the Postal able
Facts About the Mail BnE-.
On Mondnv nlght, ns tho boll OF tho

On Monday night, as the bell OF tho St
Pauls clock struck tho midnight hour tho
and stamping letters. Suddenly from a small
paper box sprang n long slender snake. with
flashing eye and far extended tongue Constor-
nation scizcd tho young mon for moment. and
the viper master of the situation. Coicd
upon hugo pile OF unstampod letters he lifted
his head and looked about him. Quick as a
flash ono Of the clerks seized n sharp knife
i'm one hand and heavy letter stamp in tho
other md in less time than Ia needed to tell II.
the Florida expert was ncntly divided into thrc1
equal but angry parts They wcrc nicely re-
pinccd in the box. viii h was sent forward. ycs-
tcrdny morning TO its destination.
Snnkes in the Post Ofllcc are 10y no means IN
frequent Scarcely week possos in which ono
or more are not found. Soinctincs they aie
wooden boxes hut generally their soe protc-
ton il u thin paper box. which. nlne times Out
clcs in the bng. Horned toads nre y favorito
contribution from people spending tho winter
month 81 those choice products of Inc south ro
sent through the mails. 4 day or 80 ago bun,
dle conlninlng y swarm OF bees was lorwardod
found among the letters, having broken out Of
the pasteboard In which he had been cnvclopcd.
In yesterdays mails there Wore two pairs of
scissors neatly done up and addressed To- Mrs.
Anderson. at a watering place, y c9rkscrew
postal card being tied to the handle. Glnss can
not be sent through the mails, "a il is about ns
dangerous as biting snakes to the unsuspcct-
ing clerks. Consequently. there can be seen IN
Mr. purdy's collection lino thermometer, q
sweet faced photograph. snndry bottles oi mcdi-
| cine and sugar bowl. Neither can sugar nor
nour be- sent. Samples Of both, ~ well ~ pi tea
and coffee. are constantly mailed. IN many
cnsos the latter are detained for lack OF stamps.
Iu-unirrncy IF prepayment i- fertile source
Of drt"ut ON. These are samples uhl packing, >.
some ol them valuable. kept in tho Post ON %
for lack oi one cent. 1t would seem MS though
! the Government might collie tn extra cont ut
tho other end of the route, lut Congress deter-
mined Otherwise.
Postmaster james has opened formal regis
| try of complaints and II Is noteworthy mat in
! nearly every instance Investigation turns ~"
! tables back ON the compliments. One we'll,
! known firm recently complained that th"y hai
/ To pay 81 % on u single book. investigation
/ showed that the leaves Werc covered with
! writing. Banks often raise hue and cry alt.i
| a stolen rursagr. Investigation almost nvnrl
| ably shows the IacKngc 10 have been mis- ilr't T.
! Cd. Yesterday "a largo pnr'ol ~ army lett RS
about which great roupnnt WIS mnde. was r."
turned L. Now York. having been misdirco"'
| 10 San Francisco.
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cniDuTch's EEMiRKiBLE .iNSWER.
lie say. TINT the sGt.s@J 'Acck was signed
by al. linton Trust company.

George ". Chadwick, a prisoner IN the
Ludlow street jail, yesterday made remark
able answer 20 tho complaint " the CNiHn Trust
Company against him. Tho suit Is { sOi,@-5'
lh, face, Il ihr alleged forged 'h''k which pur-
ported t. have been drawn Us tho Now York
Iii. Insurance Company. aii which WIS paid
rs iho Union Trust Companyfo &c rgo l.. Max
we'll. Now street hr,kor The defend MS in
thesnt uro Chnrl - Be- 'kor clements llaorinS.
Frcdcrirk Elliott. Cr.rs" w. Cha'w H. and
George l.. MAXWELL Tho Uni ~ Trust Company
in thcir complaint say that GA the ~ oi Junr-
airy. 1871. the defonlants combined together
io cheat and doiraud tho pHiutrs out Of a
lnrg. amount Of money that thoy forged AMI
chack of the Ncw Y'rk liz in-0rancc 6 M
pany. calling for soi,225 from Oh Union Trust
.Domi@ry, Inal ' l1 cba ni scar@d I'M \,
money: that tho snid check Jurpurted To h'
signed hy Morris Franklin. -ldrht oi ihr
New York Life ln~uran " Company. and ny
William y Doors. A. tuary and N."'-Ir. -idrnt /:
TINT such signatures wore forged and iabrlraieI
Chadwick IN his answer that tho Now York
Lit Insurance CompHny's IN "rs wcrr in The
habit II signing blank checks 70 bee iluol mp, ~
occasion required, 10y other oliicnr or OIL rr~ 81
| complaint e. have boon forged Nv tho d"i"nd.
ants WIS in fact 50 signed ana ilhch NJ. ana
that this action is an cilort mad" ia the interest
of the New York Life Insurance Company u
/ conceal from the public the WI ngs or "lnlny-
/ garments of It's own officers that the plainiin-
well know that such are the IA IT, that IA rons"-
| qurnrc II the plaintiffs Efforts ~ TIPS acton
and in the Police Courts sueh cilors hay a.
/ boon made to aid or rhi"ld the Now York lilf
Insurance Company from man AL d.,rr,r 90,
the d,indgut has suffered Etod ir inl"ll
sDn and Character a. Nh" extent 'i s25lpn IL
d.mnn1s judgment IN this amount from lh'
Chniw.rl was partner ~ Mrs. MARTHA 7
Smith in "A store nj - Dey street When h' wa
arrested upon % Charge OF p.rnrlfains w.
alleged sfi g2J forged rnr X AN iutlr l'.fi prop
rfiy was transferred 10 her nnm". There w'r
sllO.O0O In securities silu1 in money, murl
said hv Chudwirk'S friends thAt tnrou-h NJ
rrrsuu-iun~ ul sup .rni'nI,n' liws.,"i Pink
| arinn', 1ot tive al,Du ", Henry " Ill', Nn
C,un,ellnr II witt. that Mrs. Smith las lH.iur
IN restore To- Chadwick the property Whicl h.
longs Ia him. and that he is pvAulIDss IA lud
llW street iull
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LYNCH I.IW Nv JJRGINTf.
4 Negro Guilty Of u Terrible Crime Taken
from the JAN and Hanged.

CrGrrpPrR COURT lIorsr, Aug II on
Sunday night william THOMPSON. a negro.
committed an assault ON little whit girl ~
Mirhclls station. Cupopper county Tho me-
gro was arrested IN Monday and while being
guarded az Mitchcli's station on Monday night
n party Of negroes attempted his rclonsc. In
the melee, \. \. Eiddell white man. was
struck 10y n stone thrown by negro named
ClaXton. who in return WAS shot ana severely
wounded. On Tuesday morning Thompson
was brought to this place and committed to jail
hy Il Justice for the action OF tho Grand Jury.
Last night at about II O'clock crowd 81 men
gathered in the dark near the lnil and at l
o'clock a company. some sixty in number.
marched down Main street in an orderly and
silent manner and hating nj the Jail dcmandod
ndnittnucr Tins the taller refused, but nnully
yielded 10 force and delivered up the
keys. Tho crowd marched IN ana iouni
Thomson chained to IN" Moor OF his
cell. Tho chains wcro quickly broken, and
with Thompson IN The centre OF hollow .lupr',
his caIiur- marched along the country road To
the Conf'i rate cemetery, % short dislnncein nom
town. and hnitri nj "a large poplar tree, IN"
leader asked Thompson II lr had anything 70
say, hut the nrgrl. who had before com, r'''
herrimo. declined to talk. rop", which had
been hronght 10y the party, wis fastened Ia IN"
tree and Thompson swung oil, A. soon a. lllf
WIS extinct hi, exc uuon"ln rode away, ana me
body hung until about noon today. II i-
neighborhood Of Murhrhs station. ana com,
! prlsol some of tho relatives ul tur outraged
girl. Tho affair WAS conducted So quietly lh
| most of the village knew nothing of II unit yes
| terday morning. Tho toruncrS Jury iul al g.
identify any one us Iaruei paths ia The "1n-
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Nv IN-CONJIcT's views.
STATE Poison thnpinins aud Their Converts
One Mans Experience.

To Tur InlruR or THE SUN-Sr. II Is
evident tiat the writer of tine editorial in yes
torlny- ISSUE of THE SuN. IN Morals for Pris-
.on.r-- E.,ipion Tor the Fro" never HIATT n'i
his nose na.liu-i the bar. 4 the Na-sa 'hu-Dtis
state Prison. The assumption that the dry
stone OF morality il less oiii'a'ious in the
practical reformation # prisoners than any
special system OF Religions teaching, j. wholly
at variance with my experience served awe
Nsar- sentence in the VI i-sn 'hu-cits state
Prison in-- four months of commuiatiou Tor
good rnnductl. and while there found That not
one vino had built up character on u s'uhi
,nt manly moral princi ple-tn do right because
u H. noble and manly. To- nc honest from Irih-
chile not from puliHN-cv"r returned ait'r re-
leIse whereas many oi thos' WHO were nmgng
the most active participants III thr SUNDAY
school and PRAYER meetings, claimed g. bee con-
verted and went through all IN" necessary pro-
ce--o- from repentance 10 reg nerat'oh very
n 100 nv roioaso four years ago. I have hocn
IN constant communirauon with many "N-,on-
Nl.i- som" OF whom Iruic~-.'l Christianity,
AMI -on..dil not Many of the Christians hay.
lost fine tx tpthe name, wlil' all those WHO d.d
rios. who know the hypocrisy AMI or "a
negligence ~ many II our lfI-.n rhariNh,
VII h.a-. tnD Introduction OF this measure you
Viii crown H. During my imprl Sonn'n' ""
had four chapans and nut on, thr h'N' MI
/ WIS; ne lou NJ for fnitcr salary IN chicago.
/ MANY chuulains are wholly controlled 10y me
T,n or g., ma i n %. lte f. C6r fa rs
/ ourr- are starving for intellectual and spiritual
food. Nowhere j. miidvhty gaming 70 nnny
! converts n- among our most Intelligent prs,
onrrs Many of them are vol cdu ai.i. AN
improve themselves 80 inu IN iy 'u-hi nhl
study that ihrb could ttaeh those scat ID N'"'n
'Thi' rulllr has q ercqt lonl to learn about
lr-.'. rs ana Ir-uu- that nunot nr learned
ifum IN. reports Of PRISON iii alals merely. hu'
from tnc prisoners ilrm-"iN'-' ana, uhtil u. y
E't t'i- hnowl"iE', ihr ii1Ni 'm y! lIls Il man
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THREE MiIDENs FISHING.
Attacked by Buck In the blooming Grove
Park Associntion's Pond.

BLOOMING GROVE. Pa. Aug. lO.-On Nonfay
Jc ID. Morgan Kite Vail, and Gertrude py knan, a-ed
tl.lf,.n seventeen. and htocn, respectively, all Of
B0llln came to - nd bret vacation with some rca'
to-. nlo lwci near tic Bloomin. Grove Park A'''Ha'
i. I.f a fishing excursion Was arrans' for them
unl ou 50 uc~iay morning they toN an ola poa' ana
Tu.f ni iio the water and anchored. They hshei Tor
.rin lur. nj then rowcd once ar twice around NE
fni aNd Ga u started to row across TO TIE POINT rom
NlI.h iIsy started Near the centre of the pond the
h,aI oi a luck hove in sight The martens took Tie
kintuYu a. cuully Ms the crcum, snecs wou!d ADMIT
ans nrsan l., IH1de with Will Bat lhc animal gained
I..u t,in il seeing that further en rt. orrarh the
snfr vuuli De futile. they stopped padding hni pre-
rll f0i 400 Attlck. And their Pre- rAt", "ctr a. "a
a. .r. hc Tuck bore down upon 'h'ni When nee rs
Nltlu sect oi the boat one VAIN piece ni 81
49,. 90. Hfhrr- rae with one NJ tc Nh IS, nNl. ul Il
t'Nr l's head The blow sent iin nnrr we WAY H.
4 tt mu flo side OF the boat lcAll tapa4Nn ~ sll
thrown. -- Dykman aui Nl-s Morgan oht mo ~ \,
InnI N-- Vail s'iyod the oppo.o % M ne hoil Al Il
fINri NNle.f Tue TWO girls now, each VAN one hhi
D. fio nullars and .iID- 90 fI boat WIN
80 ntl0r N. Van began 40 hur h'uiy .Ws 20 W. "
un th" hr'k head, but with litir ctci me shn Iu-
innn.i $40 and plunged, SGT ihc plucky siI'' mann
IL 'Htli hHi, hi 'grtnhcd <,... ,,.,,,
WlnHu iw rods Of the pond lives German WIZ"
hrNH- rrr crrs FASTENED I" tho Innl W'lh ms ilh'
ii.h Hud wa swimming tor ih" rli' d" shne "rlu X
my 40 ID ~, Ne German ~! - na, y" a - h
landed The mahirus Mis- uyhm'n and Miss Morgan
lalNiod They were cared ur lh harm Louise near ~
Tic gnNN of the two an, who nd lftu I'D me water
wa.ienily torn from them, and tho Wrl c1n.dci l'l
W. hio1,. 20 lle shore, and wAen dressed weighed
Sftt l"J hNNtlf pounds,
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THE cry OV 1 ROCK.
u.cbec De.orpeu nv the s,o-, Heni,v,c
Tray rllrrs.


1'"'"l'er'.
$3.50 $3.50 e ,,',',
III 'oun''N ''""s III ~" n'"N'"Vo vi |u'"'' 10
,lr tpn,t IN c,.h l,,r,,cr ,,, .,,r, t,yn t.ih
,,r,,..,.,, ,.',,,.,a,.,'' ~, n,, a., r,.
'u7h'' ~ N'"'l' N'E'lH'" - VI nay "" i"'H'7 "l-
rootly To tile priest Immediately overtime Last
year 1OJOOn husnols Of p0tlt,es were ahipr. I
l''" |"' u" N'N l''H' """''S "o "'"l
tells mr tht Wh'u ptttuns went up IN Now
N.rk. and fl. s,.i,n, ~, ,,,.p.i from Ono
- l ..... ., , d.. ,. .i.... 49,. e
w. ''T' "H 100 ~ '"'i' ~ '''' !" N'7I' 'N' ~
t,,..,.. fr,.,. on.t. a.. r.Us,f--.n,.
'
ili.fi,h -t inrn r,rtnn tu fine urovin ~ Bat
M
in l'it'r "n'-rioy houses with nni' hoors' ana
who'd ,nr,s ,,1l, ho,,n.mn,l, wooden oNlrs. But
" IN, ~
inc rhur' h'-.'N'h lh inc '"hhirl' are JUN %" !
hands lnH- ale. The one chul sh the vllInge"i
p.,,i,rt n,r,urh ,,hi.h ,vo rode to visit the
tails. cost moro than AL the houses within five
miles ofit
N,,,.r,t. O.,,,,, IL, .,i,,,iops oro oxnonsi ,.,,
charities Tho noia Dicu. Tor instance has
,''.,,I. .,.t, 49,, - ,,nt,.,, d,ii,,r, .,,,i
me 'u'lu'hH lN'" '"H' n'''.'." "'i'''S ,,''
,.,,,,,,. ,,,,., In, worth 40 oooo,o In thu
p'"p"'', ''"s' "''' ~,
hospital are ""r l"r "hiN 7NS ihNAl'us' inc
/ average attendance l. about lulty. The int rest
40, t,,., rtinf,n dDilnrs' worth nf urnnrrtv would
t,,n,,, . 49,. ..,,...,.'.. - ,,,n,,i,, u,,
/ h' sif"u"'' 900" Nhe 'Np'Aa'7 "i i"n""H "',
] hospital s31No moro ono hundred ami
/ .,,,',,t, ,i,tt.,tt dollars for tnLinr ear, Of
~, .ttt i
l9r'N I.Ii''', 't M, ,s i6ii n x,,r
lN'1'' IN ""'n N"ui -"i'i,,tt on, IT, y I
uud hltr thrIf h"Nfd iiu hi'.nuhi,', my .'''
M"l'"i ~ ''l u '"''iu w. IT, ~, ~ .
W. .-,l i," ,', YAK, ~, ,iii,s c',.tl, L,l
.lNtI"W l"li'i' N'"H 40 N''P va '''9 N'9'' nus
/ , t,t...... ......r...,,., or,,,,,
4, u, 'i'l '.,. ",',7 ' ~ M ,',, M ,,,
M'. 70" ~ '.l gus '' ~, IT, ',,, ,',,
i'- II .- tit NIX a. .rt, ',,,'r IA ina,
llN W a. .' ~ H. 1T N IN H.. l'., ne
WI WIZ ..'. 'lll'' WI ,,l I,, ,,.,t,.
9t l'''i''"' % ~ ,f,.t.,,,d ii,.r ia
iri-h .ltl', Nrro'.u'i. ia h"h '"'"N'H N'l ~
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tnnf btf uilaHh's ] NBEtfn'fr mNNE fNefn
"ynu ta.'. r..'t'..-- o. "
Late on Friday afternoon two carr,a. .cs.
being rapidy driven toward thr Hunt -. Point
ferry. attracted uurh attention. III tllc fret Nh
fnur heavy w.isAt- cant. MeCuln.h. In lull
mn fnr,p. AS Hnlyunn ChrisiN her File Ike.
COINS uor Nnmnrl Nlu'irn and aw iiihy rcs'-
diem, of the wnri Tnov cnsNv average 200
mount. oa y. The ac'ond rnfliugn had
rv.n heavier lotd. 1t carried four
.'rapu' ~ Dol. .c REGENTS. who ioS ilicr would
rn-iy wsi4l 9'N lpurls Tiny v.r' on Nnir
vaytp Long Island CITY 10 attend tl' triad Of
OH .rr POl.r BOYLE. charged hy Cant. Mecul-
h.h with having u-0l improper and obs NJ
Ian ,unsrand af behavior unworthy an officer
and n gentleman.
The hearing WIS had at thc temporary CITY
Hail Of Long Islnud City before Commissioners
NJ Culmm. Mcnamara. and Mcbride. The
Council chamber If tho second story Of a di-
uiuutivc frame building in an Out-ui-thc-way
street is furnished with one table and half
| dozen chairs and was brilliantly lighted with
two kcruscnc lamps.
Can't MrCullu..h'- story was: On the after
! noon NJ the 22l VI last month, in company with
| Sergeant MoNcriy and several ladies' and gon-
ne,ncr he wa- returning from Rorkaway Beach.
when a band Of runian- began fighting ON the
train. They frightened the lndics and injured
ono or moro OF the passengers. After strug-
Gle he mastered the rin-loadcr, and held him
/ rnttiVn until the cars renchod I-lmd City. The
rr'sonrr, who fought hard. said lac was an
/ lslnnd CIV ppirc ot1i'cr.
ton,n,issiorrr MIC ulium asked the Captain
e. nrrai1 VIE, ,gp9,cn ,., IN n, ii s ivy G y
',1ilnrh nNntinti'd; o. Landing from the cutS.
J SIM ON 90 l}uyic in 'iu,i iln, sAd To MN.
hrro.f th man. and ! WIZ ma /" .h"rk ~. .
mtNiuliuu. The prisoner gr''i,d lhr ono
with II .lo. lmin unl me 'ln''r r'ph',
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Josephine Allen. colorcd wasEorwoman,
lived nt ~ Throop n,cunc BrnoNn ana wastn arrears
for hnlf month, rent g. Her landlord Henry hoch
Who dwolls IN the house, unable 10 collect the lou
forced open her apartment, IN hor absence ami er h'd
was taken into tlc ard and burned. omccr Burns, see
inc Ilorh pmuNu- the straw into mo NNd, arrested nun
and had INN locked up IN the STAG street int Nh "a
fnr ihe nisht. on the following murmn- justice 'n'
dichnrprl lIock The cnu-, Ton the piisHnrr WIS Wal
liam 4 Guc SON nj the Ju,uc. suit iui 500 ihMas, 3
has been Instituted In the Iliy Court
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Makc '""'""' ,,.,,,r. r.nn.i. Adams.
sam """'"' '"" r. r,,,,rlohl,
AJorsr Z. li''S T'n''" N'",'
f,r -ino md N"Hu'F ,,,rter.
..over lrnnon'orios every "- "''
nA .'r, .,r,s,m ~ ~, -'aIW C"nn'r u'W
ihrsn"I> +''''' s.. ... 90 Dr. t,itous /
fiefqui'u- washing '' ,v.u
liuI-' "'" ''' u-- and .
pAir anu l"i. - 90" ., I. .ntrs. /
clur.hD- lun rNn7 "i'' '' .l,.t /
..r,N. lI.Hs. .N .''i "'N
e"''' ami ,.,. t..- .e sass town ol /
s,rn,faIi. N.--.
-. ... ..,., and wish N.r' nov 'o /
II '7 ...t..ft. t justice. | .
t,.,. fnraIr. i1 oii'f 'D'"'7 "h N"'n'.
J.D-n.fu days o. hours ~ nj /
lrinuv i'i '
II wis d f'n min" GU'I'N WI, "
,lm.. uI ..ln. som TIE N'-.'ur'''' ms
Interest n- y NV e., p1,r,,,..
rom, o. ~nrt '-i. a- N'"' " '", ''''
th'w ''' r,h Nl iir.l II tho
Barai 'f1 '- "-.'", H., .hon,
comedy. tired Il folly called iH"h"n. Sham
l Xviii .h.lly called su.i ~. Incidence.
tt"'" ...,..,..,. .t.l.l HIGH lif.
snor'n ~ .''' ,"S,,,i,r of ~ fri~nl-ha
,,t .f. ru Springna Id CIV It's R'fpbNcdn
,..,..l r.,,tn,t,n:gni f,S hoar.
Bud ii- hil 'h" T. V"''' ''"
was trul-i' rtHd io lrhuili"i h"n' III
.u ..Ui. NV ENGLAND town. and had ms COM
i,,..,,f .ullen a change a.. could possibly
p'N 'hi N'''" " ''''''' "
u.-ire
t,,rynu y felr my d. committing high
...f.,c lr,,ah ~ .rri .t.. hut must
now ltui-. Che name oi ny ni ii"nins host
nrI.. -t.I. dine letter risht hrro. | cannot pas
s,..,..ilI ..nn writ, a i,ft.r
Iti.i, j., '''-''.l Ina, ~ H. tNn most ,..-
W n Hi'i,'.,. - ''''''
AZ bod" ''.'-- b. o,,ttf,,i L,t actor MI insa inn
one ~ ~ u. "..,, w li' tif,t.. G,,, AZ
,' ," ,..,,, in.. fr.,,s of Sprirrnrd Ala
t"'' i.. tt,, ,,n,,'-ti,. ,tr.'., t,utDn.trI ans
t'u il'. ''' .' pr '' -
.,i' " ",,,.. I, &C. ,ho Vu.fa,r ID rs.
.i,,h.,rI ,,not - M. epru,qr P
Vhv al .,tr-. Il - Sam. 4
t'r' "' ""'' W "
an ei' ~ scout, u" "t! 'v ,N',.'f
,r,t -tr'. .rald with sam B,Wl- omitted.
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1NSuFRs no TORRESPON DENTS.

An Old Reader" should address the British
con-u' Gcncral NJ Edward NJ Archibald, II Broadway
Having left the firm Of Smith, Brown \ Co..
nDr ,rlnug las interest and gnu Nul 10 las partners
VINO continue business under the old hun ndnc, SmuhN
hA, NOTHING To- dn with lcttcrs sent to Smith, Brown
to nurss they are plainly ant tor him personally.
AMI tue address 10 clear CASE VI iulslir, non
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SARATOGA, Aug. lin the Senate on Thurs
day the vote the proposition to meet IN Albany on
Mond, alter ndiournncnt recon siord aud agreed
TO- The suiuin- mp IA the Ellis ual N therefore h't
In that clts On Monday afternoon
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MONTREAL. Aug ll.-liarold Schic. who was
arrested in conncc ton with the kcr@viie, bank
robbery, wa, discharged this morning, the evidence
being IN sufficient to hold him.
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CISf1NNATI. Aug. IA portable steam
hre sln- machine on u farm n,.t Lawrencetlf H.
tNll 'el IT. l.lers yesh rday. KILN II Wells, Mr. Run
~ til 'p. Of Nj Ab"rnathy, Ni. Weu"1lhs ictr
others three AuleTOuslY
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Three Girls Drowned.

IySDocu Ont. Aug. 1.-Two daughters OF
W. smith hgti \ and is years respectively, hnd
i"r OF JOSH Va llill aged II, wore drowned IA BIZ
crecN, silver Hall, Last evening.
, 1877-09-19
CHAMBERLAIN.
What Rarker Says Ia Hcsponse t. the Ex
Governors Den9aia.
Nao Iork World.

What Parker saIs Ia Aesponss t. the Ex-
Governors Densaia.
Esw Iort World.
When tho ex-State Treasurer Of South Carroll.
ma was !nforMel oG the substance OF ex-Goy,
Chamhe1!ap's reply to bis (Pasker's) charges,
he said to the World reporter: HG0V Cham
beslain has the advantage OF me iu this, that be
has not been Indicted a yet, and consequently
there may b. some people who would take his
word in pteferenee to mine.
~ ece that Chamberlain responds to most oi
my charges With tue sufficient declaration that
they arc old. That ID true-a great many Of
them tlaYu been In circulation fos the past four
years III South Caroliua, though they have not
been 10 current In tho North. 6oue Of them,
though, only existed - unsupported rumoss
until the appearance OF my statement
AS to the eharEe that I .zave hin $4,000, 1
repeat It again. It scems he has forgotten It,
but unle.s atn greatly mistaken snail oe able
brlore long to refresh bis memory. Even then
be may deny that hu ever received the money,
but ihtuk that hs Will Remember tho littlo
transaction. eau only way u present that It
wal in some Why connected with the LaDd
Commission. but do not care to state It m0Ec
fully. =.
"thambeElain does not present the story ol
thu suit against me iu lust light. lwas sued
for the recovery Of t43O, QUO. although Lalu,
NY clerk. III hLs tcatltuouy uuly mentioned the
sum ol $JO0,0J0 u CoupOus. Tue f4ct Ii that
OWeua N4s also Gu. Eet With having funded
$SJ0uUO III coupons iraudulcntly, aud " xaa
notorious that Ike coupons bud b.:en funded tu
qu21t!i!es by = luuher VI parties, among thcm
, 1877-09-19

an'ouon's Dank, which claimed IN have r"trvc,l
The roui;ut. iu the regular If husinr.*
flntn New furk. Wri!, wa. the o,ly nnc whom
th'y ils"r.ht lit t. prosecute, an4l 70. ~ a
ina:ttr bf .t,t,v' n!en7, they satt4l mc with .s
many fraudulent coupons n. possible, rcraE,l-
less IT tn: fa,t that the testimony ri my clerk,
amount than sa)o,fro Il, coupons. Laid sworc
thai | told him I received thu cl,,,ponn from
kinpson antl that, nflcr funding t1lctn, ] rarc
-! u1 to Scott, t5o,00}t 10 Ncarlc, and f5o,nn
the, understanding that H. was to 20 to Chan'-
beslaln. Al I VA. SUED for &459,0U, anil tho
evilen"c was 10 the effect that had fnnled
eyD,u00, where was the seHfc Or Iustiee of
Bonas were required To- the excessive amount Of
{Gp,oo0 whiel, was Of course not prepared 70
furnish. was committed to jail, hut lm1nc'l-
ntcly released UPON haf,eas corpus from Jut9c
commit him sorconsempt II !'n served any o,ller
processes npon Inc In the same matter. Shortly
afterwards left the State,
"One day III 1874 he invited mt to come 10
hts, house, and told nc Tint his friends were
pressing him to write a letter disavowing his
C0ntiectton with tho issue OF conversion bontls
hitcctly. IL wns during the canvass before Ills
e!sEtlon a. Governor, anti kalney, Melton,
DO 50 in order 10 put himself right i pt's:llble
before the public On this question. Judge Car
penstr anu a.ler friends OF Its did not see tho
necessity OF fis making thth statement, but he
the first party. 1sul,' 1 saIl to him, YOU
ctr': do this: scott WIN nercr suffer il. 'Ile
would come gut wltti denial of it, truth ffnmc-
diately.' Wcll,' said lie. I think can 'sx It
thc main responsibility: II you will do 50
will see to 1t that you sfIali never suffer from
my prosecution willie am tu Office hccausc Of
your ay9wal, s'ttl Will take measures to hare
that $IiO Nn ducbili which Klmptun presented
lEvldcd.'