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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-06
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF NEW.YOER .

FORT OF NEW.YoER ..................JAg. j.
CLrAEEp.
steamship Adria;ic r Perry Liverpool via Queenstown
steamship Alsatia BE- Campbell GLASGOW, Ucnderson
steamship Carondeet Faiclot via Port Royal
sttIshIp Gamma (Brl Lsaicoat Hamilton, Bermuda. \.
steamship Magnolia Dag,e savannah, NUN Fanis Is
Steam hip Montgomery Winters Havana, James =. Taid
snp Western Empire, EO1er Liverpool, Jas. W. E"cl
BARK Mrria utal). Ambrosano Lisbon PoHlsd, Fauch
bah Charley BIB Robins ~. CORK Falmouth + ordrrs
BARK i.iconlo (la, Con-rliere Trieste, Aust >o,'yci
brig Antelope. RAY, H;4t4 las. r. .l,,' o. 20.
ser. Trav -iier LODGES. 81 Ia line Flo B'auc, 'i!o"r-
schr James e. BayIes Dics.a.pn NIissioa Jan. Las,
scar JOHANNA Doughty, Dou- TrinrHi de- cuba Bent
ley. GldoTslcevc& CO.
Steamship SWITZERLAND ,Bcl;. Jacas'n Aatwerp Dec. 81,
with mIse AMI pass to g.. v ,1,'i. . .. ,,. - ,
steamship Hras- PORTLAND, wi. .:-e iad asa
Steamship cen ymlnc5 Hale:t. Boston, WITH mdlc aat
lass. 10 AeoDoh al steA"iish' 60 -, : -,t-r..c
6arS ignIf, ;is pa "a ' T 80 t sn,fsy.
Bark -oGt.eM Belle (ot Yarmouth, y. - R,Lias, Leg
horn Oct. -, win M.se.
steaInsips Greece for Iondol: Taa f4r Cl1g,ov can
ina rn,udl Magnolia .r asrau4s, ,J.ri...', iar
Ferianlila briss Ceta, i.r Eeise; sofIns Lsnt ior
NiND-sun.et light v. clcar.
The ship RUSS. passed down ils
nut Oac@ Oh acco AT "a tho t I-' ior,i IL
IUSDON Jan 5-rhe British bark Clarendon. Nichols
from Liverpool Dec 20 for the Un,od states I pnt BACK
MISCELLANEOUS.
QUEENSTOWN 5-The lninan Ine steamship CIV oF
Tiye here at 81 tins Eorang Having land passengers
and mails, she prooeedeo for iAverno9- ,.. ,,,,.
QUEENSTOWN. Jan. 9TH Allan Lane steamship a"!sI'
TrOck,, from Baltimore Dec. II, Vi. II aI 20 Liverpool,
arrived ere to-day.
QrKENsTowS Jan. j.-The william. * Guon steamship
Wyoming mes, irom No"lo,A Dc. rs Tor Liverpool AZ
ii her AT 3 d., Ia
LONDON jan 6-It reported that the Anchor Lno
arrived sso" Jan s. Jeiaoaed part OF her cargo on The
passage.
PotbOat r. c. Knight lOt PEiae hia) from cIl'S" A.
rived ta W IN loss Of mainbuJil ana -
from Malaga ior Ne" YORK ut INTO II 4hoIs VIII "-a %
Steamship switzerland reports bens COMPANY, Dec -
lat, &c. VITA a Natonal Sta1lnsiDp O'ilu "csi.
SPOKEN.
Jan l. u miles s. E. FIRE Island ship VIs.lant from Lon
don for Nsw-N oTk
DISASTERS
BOSTON 5-The scHr. starlight of Gos.oLl J"re@
which from Brd5wcS, ia, Nov. - WIN % ~
IL rs believed she ounderei gaze Dec. ID. inca
wrecked the schr Anne mes, from sam J AID sal
1oSDoS jan 5Crhe Norwegian bark Kong Carl has pus
into Plymouth with her Inanlnast spruns
ABANDUNED.
LONDON Jan 5Ihe British org Courier Prewett from
Nov % for the United huon was 4nahdog'd
the 10Th of December TIC ere" lmted a. FIimnHt
The German Dll Clara kTIsc rom Phl4'epna Dec lor
FOREIGN PORTS
LONDON, Jan Sailed 25it ult cara Jenkins 5th INST
Kaope Victoria ny ANA a dp r eaEt LG capt ,1 G.
DeodOta Nenera1da Anatra an AZ mere DsLna'
john N Cork, Woye. Roth Topping saloto' and hhine
Capt otetsOn.
PHILADELPHIA Jan 5.-sai4ed steamship Agnes budick
is'' FOR Latcst ship Ncrs FIN. PageI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-06
FRIDAY. Jan. 5-P. ".

However one may differ in opinion, all must pay
homage to the ingenuity displayed by the present
leading stock operators in their efforts to create
market for their stocks. The latest novelty in the
shape of an idea to wit, that the death of Mr.. Van
derbilt has removed the last remaining incubus
which has been hanging over speculation and
has for 80 long time kept the stock
market uanahualy depressed, was industri-
ousy circulated to-day. 1t matters not that
for years the public has bean educated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-06
CRIMINAL NOTES.

Louis Stroh of No. pa Avenue was fined 30
BY Judge Glider sleeve yesterday for selling "stered ma
At the Tombs Police Court yesterday. Patrick
Ukeee charged with foTby entering the VINE soe Oh J
k0merssi No. 1877 Worth and stealing gun vauen
81 held In 81 900 bail Thomas Spencer clerk OF e
Paete Club At No. East Twenty second ST. chagou "l'h
enbezzing $50, detained In $500 bail
At the Essex Market Police Court yesterday.
James Kirby pantryman Of the steamer san salvador pre-
eed charge against Hayes, Of having assaulte LINN
viii knife in front Of owen GeOgehans saOOn at 40 IOo
Bosery st4 O'Clock yesterday morning Hayes was hem IN
1900 Frederick KimInel for the larceny VI ~ from
e trunk Of Laura Znn, AZ NO. Al EldI1dges WAS detained
u g. 900 hail
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ADDITIONAL EMMA MINE TESTIMONY.

The eleventh day of the Emma Mine trial
,s occupied by the reading OF evidence plaintiff
The testimony Of John Henry PulestOn, George Cox
Bumpas. Thomas William BischOf. and Charles Fitch
Kemp was read by counsel The evidence was chiefly OF
corrObOratOry character going over about the same
probable that the defense Will open their case by the
latter part of next week.
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We annex closing quotations of foreign

Money vas in smart demand again to-day and the
the liner rate. Discount is slow at 20 per cent.
Tie Uited States Treasurer at Washington received
to-day 800, 900 National bank notes Tor redemption
The customs receipts we're S2J0.0O0, and internal
revenue receipts 100000. The following Is tho
Clearinghouse statement to-day: Currency ex-
changes $40 292, 412: currency balances So l.
300 gold exchanges ST., 2102 200; gold balances,
III ,27G,254
Government bonds we're firm considering the
FIJI lAer tall in gold, and the various issues were
freely traded in. We annex latest street prices:
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WHITE STAR LINE.
FOR QUEENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL
CARRYING THE
UNITED STATES MAIL.
TIE teamers Of this take the Lane Routes ended
4. :. ". south OF the bahAs 1h VIC
passage 70 Queenstown all the year round.
ADRIATIC. SATURDAY. Jan. d. 10 a. m
BRITANNIC SATURDAY, Jan. -. 500 a. m
CELTIC, SATURDAY Feb. 3. $50 a. M
ADRIAfIC. SATURDAY Fec. 10 } ?: m ., ..o,,,,,,
FROM THE WHITE STAR DOCK, PiEh o. Notlh
THESE steamers are uniform and unsurpassed IN APP
poinments The saloon, Saterooms. smoking anu bath
o0ms placed anships where the noise and notion are
least felt aOrdng degree Of comfort hitherto unaahaDe
RATEs-saloon, $50 500. gold. Return Tickets on
favorable terms. Stcerage, S2S. al.
For of plan. information, apply at the
O'i''AN' '''' " " L. J. CORTIs, Agent
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urn GOODS.
Urn GOODS.
A. T. Stewart & Go.

WILL DURING THE PRESENT WEEK DISPOSE OF
TIES REMAINING UNsoLD THAT WERE SPECIALLY
IMPORTED FOR THEIR HOLIDAY SALES. THIS
INCLUDES RARE BARGAINS IN FANCY GOODS.
BRoNzFs. TOILET SETS. LADIES' AND GENTS
FURyIsEING-. sHAwLs. CLoAKs, SUITS. FCRs.
SILKS RICH DRESS GOODS. etc, etc
BROADWAY, 4TH.AvF.. 9TH AND 1OTH-sTs.
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Total sales FOR the day. .........-.-.....
IN n1Va
res OF PHILADELPHIA STOCKS,

The cable adyices were not important. In London
British Conscs closed yesterday at 9+l2G 9+os. have
been high as 9i5sG9i to-day, and by latest dis
patches were 94sl6. United States bonds We're r. g
higher except for new tives which were sieady Inc
djscouut rate for prime three months bills II, out
side the Bank OF England, 1ss per cent tl6J,0O0
bullion was lay withdrawn on balance from that
institution Silver in London is 57li051ae. The
French per cent rentes in Paris closed az lo6O22
The large supply of available gold here and the con-
e0uent severe charges for carrying broke the price
to-day from 1864 at the opening To 1862. the
market being devoid of any noteworthy feature.
On gold loans the rates we're raj gold per annim
and leo per day for carrying, and after Clearing
house i Der cent. Foreign exchange con nues dull,
but was weaker than yesterday prime 6o-day steri,
nobeingdnoted for business at II S3I2ai s33i, and
demand sterling ~ 85G 81 SJl2 the nominal rates
remain ~ 81 and 81 so2. The Assistant Treasurer
paId ou S72 900 in interest Oh the pablo debit
and S32 900 in redemption Of called bonds. The
DAVIS business at the Gold Clearing Department Of
the Bank Of the State Of New YORK covered Gold
cleared 1913 056, 900; gold balances, Sl,lS6. l59 ;
currency balances, $1.273,6J4. We annex the prn-
cipal quotations OF gold: oo, o.. ,no,-
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sun rises 725 ~nu -cs... 4ls Noon r.cs..~ > OG
men wAIFR mi, pAY-AN
sandy Hook. 1889 Cows isanI l25 He c. 'rrr.. l.
HGB wAliE TIE DAY..
sandy Hook. 1902 lsaaa li9 Hell @. Ferrr.. 81
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PICHARD BIRKlN g. CO., late FISHER;

& ROBINSON. Lace Manufacturers warehousemen and
and Merchants, ~ watlngst and cannon-st. LONDON
ENGLAND invite and visit rom all whoe'as
buyers OF the following classes of goods, viz:
| COTTON and SILK NETS. NECHLISs. CAMBRAYS.
! B tUssEI.S, dc ot al qualities and descriptions
FANCY LACE GOODS in sIs Cotton AID Thread both
Real" ard "ImJa;on" of class and quality both
| English and FoIciCa.
LACE FALLS. Walls LAPPETs. NEcKTIi;s, re.
! LACE and MUSLIN EMBROIDERED CURTAINS aud
! ANTI MACAssAG7 in every variety aud quality.
/ EMBROIDERED MUSLIN EDGINGs auG INSERTIONS
in both SWISS 5iad,irl and sso;cn. III large variety
| LIssF. TAKLErAN aud MUSLIN FRILLING5 aad
| RUCHEs.
IISEy GOODS, male up-srch COLLARS, CUPS
SHIFTS. sc.
FANCY SKIRTS in Felt Alpaca Satin, EiderGown. sc
| wOOLrS KNITTED s1AWLs, TIES, sCAEFs, &C.
RICHARD B,RKIS & CO. are solo Agent. II Great Bri;
ain :or the ~plcn1.G GUIPuEE LACE OUTLAWS, ANTI
NAtAs-AEs, sc. fai when Pri4, Medal iias iast been
awarded y the Jurors Of the Grand Cent nuili Exhibition al
Philadelphia. T.
THE FOLLOWING MEDALS have been awarded - M
RICHARD BIEEi,, Tor rxrc.iencc ri msDu'acturo ia al
classes Of LACE GOpDo-at the
GREAT EXHIBITION or LONDON, En%an,' III 4'"''
- JHTor ~ Class TX
H.ao, q F3at Glass rr.. Me,al
! INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION at Pans, france IN
/ ls55.
a First Class rr7c I'ia.
| INTERNATIONAL EAHIE-cIoy OF LONDON, En
gland, IN 1852.
Medal for ,er:ccs Dcpa'y Chairman Eeporer iof the
Jury, ana juror IN Class NNiV.
! INIENNNJiD% Al EXHIBITION al htn-i-Sion, L"nioI
LIgland. in l~1L
= 2iedal !or services Juror
TIE ooa ing r-li. a,a recl awarded 10 the house
O; Fishers Robinson 20 whom NJ ElcEAA2 hIRAiN -
succ.,.or. ~ Ga"
I GIg.,r ix!uBl'Iox or London. Eursud 1881.
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HORSE and CARRIAGE MARKET

NEw-YoRK. Friday, Jan. 3, 1877.
Below may be found the result OF to-day
sale at Arch Johnstons establishments Thirteenths|'
batW e.nI Diyersty- Ulace aud Ftfth-Ave.:
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Ocean SteGmers.

Ocean SteGmers.
4 MEXICAN STEAMSHIP LINE, between
philadelphia AID Liverpool calling az Queenstown Thurs
days flUni Philadelphia. Wednesdays from Liverpool.
steamers 70 sail rum Philadelphia follows:
ILLINOIS .---.-...Jan. IL PENN IA Feb.
sLpED CLIrE..-...Jsn. IL CITY 81 SEW-GORK FEB.
OHIO - IHDIANA 10
Price OF Passage In Currency:
Cabin +1J 20 800 Intermediate. 40 SteeraRo, s2s.
PETER WRIGHT x SONS Gen. Agents. philadelphia
AID ~ Eruli-st.. y. {.
JOHN MCDONALD. Bat;crvDlace y. y.
GREAT WESTERN STEAMSHIP LINE.
~ NETWORK TO BRIoTJL tEuc.l-DIGGCT 4
Taxing goods ana passenger for London C2d Newport,
ul"u'"ste and al ports IN Brls;0 Chanel
sailing FROM Pier rs, East hivCr.
CDRNN AL StuniUer. II RDAY Jan 81
SoAbRHEF, western -.-..--.%. kDAI, PEI"
CABIN Passage 30 currency; Excursion 81 pos uterine
faie f4J cdrreuy Sfeer1ce, $50 curren Pre- ad NE r.
age Ccricat@ SO Drafts for Al and upward. FOR freight
passage, sJly 20
HAMBURG American Packet COmpany'5 Line
- Il i?G FIfMoj,THi CkEReHC RG and hAhBC hi;
SCENlt.....-.. -iao. ., = WIELA& Jan. 20
kttes 0fpassagc 90 ymOntu London, therhOurg Hgnburc
ana a.. points England scotland. AL Wales: First cabin,
gold, tlGg Second Cabin, gold, 500 ,eIaec currchcy So
ht+HAkbl * c.. &. q. RI HARD < BOAS,
GrrtrIl .CeutS. cacrt iHsse9, Agents,
CT !srra ca broadway, W York.
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CTATE LlNE.-lo Glasgow, Liverpool. Dub
- in Belfast Londonderry. These hrs class fupo"-
cred steamers vii. sail 'TGm ,-,. ~
III, IL, 81 LIt5sf%IH ........ 4 thursday Jan. II
- ANS ~ \ ~ ,I,A THUR sday, Jan. -
STATE or GEOi;t "A Iul @udl, Jt
STATE OF INDIANA..-----... 5000 hui -idN -
Ilr.f according 10
EXCURSION Tickrts SllU el2j second CABIN SO hetarn
tickets. $50 Storage lowest rates. Apply to - -
AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO., Agents. II brOll"ay, y. !,
STEERAGE PASSAGE at No. 40 Broad"ay, aAd AT Cohi-
panys Ter a. Caual-zt.. y. X
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F'' ''' '' ''''5 o i2iDyt u- co.. roaln,r rccn

AiD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CJNPANY'
- Ealing il1!l Pier So. sort! -Irt
Nnrisk. 'Ity t'iIt .ld .scim|lG, TT sNli :,
TIT ~ JAYS aa ~ATT lDANS, 4, y. ID. ,uruec'ts
.,.e N.!cA.4 ant 'cs~r" Al. Line Atlantic Coast
ln, i.tduuut ilIl th,-p a9i OHIO l.,tu.o, at
~!In tine tomp'uv seam lines 80 Interior F'nu IN N't7
aI,icA t!d ~ giuia. ..
scNbe,u AID .,.nGt0u y 9. via Norfolk every - -
DAY. Itii I-SDNi, 1It - it tt-1A y.
tr..c.. De-. icavihs Kew iiE MONDAY ald az ~,
Day ~ =. u. necta Pi;a Delaware ana Mafyiln-
i..lfIp's.
PASSENGER asc,m'lo;a .0,s UNSURPASSED
1hrr pas.a-r csc,- ma i.L' 30; adi02 t0 All points ~
rate. Insurance 10 NUrtOih er cent FREIGHT
received ally 20 PR 81, Ni.4l E.~..
General Office, i91 'r CIV. ,-.t, N'" -iufN.
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DED STAR STEAMSHIP LINE, appointed
4 1 - carry the Bclglap apl tnitTi states NtlS
The iOoNiu are appointed 10 ssl Ia" Antwerp
E-',, -, a. I1ttf. From NssC- York.
.,EDIskI.4 \ ID -. Jan ~ SWITZERLAND. Jan 10
NADEhLAS D......FtI. Do bENILN OK H--A'.feO' d
Rates o. Passage ~ Currency: 80 -.
FTr,t Second Cabin, $50 Steefage, 80
and ~ Bruaii-st. y. Z.
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For CALIFORNIA, JAPAN, CHINA, AUSTRALIA,
htUZEALAND. BRITISH COLI MB1A, OlEtoN &cr
S.I4ag from Per -. N0ff. hiSrf.
N FRAN'lsCO. tiG - 80 y = tt PANAMA.
steamship COLON. ~ r.NDAh, JaI. lr.
American amt 1uuth Picinr fOf
From 81 FUANCI-CDt JAPAN AID On ~.
Srrams1p ALASKA. Til R-DAI, FEB
IRON san Frantl-cO sandwich Islands AuSlria anu
NeH-I diIld.
steamship ZEtLANDTA, WEDNESDAY, Jan. 81.
W y glide = 20 49, or 10 II. j. BU LAY. sept,
a RnNIpprrcen Pier AZ, y. H., foot ~ tana--t
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= u !" NJ Y IT.
2J.....bc. sos
NOrtl. Western III
300 be s3. so.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12
vO1, r. NEW SERIES. VOL. XIII.

was recently overtaken in the pine woods by
the evening shadows, and began to look
| about him for chance to pass the night. lie
was tired and hungry, had lost his road, and
was, in consequence, greatly relieved when he
espled. through the gathering gloom, the
light Of pine knot fire, in front of a Cracker
habitation. Riding up, he was Just about
dismounting from his horse when dirty
and ragged little urchin sidled up to him,
and remarked with a sad expression, "We
uns haint gut no hominy.
The gentleman replied that he was sorry
they were lacking in that essential article anu
proceeded to dismount.
I've uns haint gut no bacon" again CHM
ed in the childish voice, in tone still sadder
than before. Somewhat surprised that bacon
and hominy, the staple article of food in a
Cracker dwelling should both be wanting,
our friend was about to offer consolatoiy
remark. when the voice. which now had tears
in it. again struck in with ''We uns haint gut
no -four" and the boy, unable longer to re-
press himself, bounced of behind the house
and walled.
1t was, indeed, the fact. The house con-
tanned neither bacon hominy nor flour and
what was worse, nothing else that was edible.
Paterfamilias had gone OFF 10 miles to the
store to purchase provisions, and wasn't eN-
pected back until the next day. He might
Just as well have gone before, since he knew
that provisions were getting low, and he had
the money wherewith to purchase but he
was troubled with an attack of his hereditary
disease OF sitting still, and chose not TO move
until hunger drove him. Perhaps his was an
exceptional case, and the constitutional
Cracker malady was in him unduly developed.
Exceptions, however, only prove the rule.
Our friend, the Cracker, is, for the most
part, honest He is, withal, tractable, good
natured and well disposed ever ready to
bestow favor, and always extremely anxious
to receive one. 1t delights him to narrate
legends of blood and fight, in which he came
very near engaging but somehow the battle
always finds him absent. This is not strange,
tor the Cracker is peaceable. In pace requi-
escat. - Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12

The Florida cracker How shall We de
scribe him and do justice to our theme How
deity draw the many lines which make up
the lights and shadows III his character, yet
nothing extenuate, nor set down aught III
malice 2" In the Carolinas before the war he
would have been cOmprehended in that third
estate, the poor white trash. In Florida
twelve years after the war, he is the Cracker
simply this and nothing more.
Here, We opine, Is a knouy problem for
philologists. Let them define for our iustruc-
ton. the meaning of the term Cracker. Let
them declare unto us its subtle significance
1t cannot be applied because ofthe snap
possessed by crackers i'll general, and fire
crackers in particular, for the Florida Crack
er has no snap. Snap is the one essential
quality i'll which he is conspicuously lacking
In truth he was born tired, and seems never
| to have recovered from his ennui.
In early lite he learned with cOmplaisance
the advice of Wolsey to Cromwell and "lung
| away" ambition.
The Crackers wants are few. Easily and
| pleasantly he spans the distance from the
| cradle to the grave small log house, II
'dug-out" canoe and dog, comprise the
sum total of his earthly possessions. and till
up also the measure Of his desires.
Five dollars yearly secure for him all nee
! eSSary clothing, ana outside ol tllS, ms need
for ready cash is only tor The purchase of to-
bacco, hog and hominy. HIS occupation con
slsts chiefly of hunting fishing and sitting
| still The ''sick Yankee" is unto him rich
revelation, and the sick Yankee abounds in
Florida during tho winter months. He is
the Crackers gold miue his bank, his sol,
hope of the aforesaid tobacco, hog, and HON
my in the future. lie bays birds wings, al
| ligator teeth, orange canes. sea beans shclls
and other 'curiosIties, and pays ten times
as much as he could purchase the sam,
things for at home. lie hires the Cracker
at several dollars per diem, TO pilot hin
through tine woods, and show him game.
The sick Yankee, ns Well as the Yankee
sportsman, has also an abundant supply o
good provisions whilst camping out, ana TIN
mct the Cracker Is fully aware of. He vii
travel five miles before daylight to be IN sea
son to breakfast with you, aud will cOnunu
to accept your hospitality 81 long as you con
tinue to bestow 1T.
The Cracker has long ago put aside an
rancor which may have existed before Tia
last decade, and has buried the hatchet Tn
'bloody chasm" of the political orator is T.
him only u recollection. He is homWopath
ist. and has closed the chnsm by opening an
other. his own, and this he proceeds to ii
up with the Yankee S canned meats and truts
butter, cheese, condensed milk and othe
Ito HIM delicacies.
Let Justice he done The Cracker is him
self hosptabie. He will share his last crn'
with a traveller. even though II stranger
The difficulty il, however, to catch hI
when he has crust friend OF the write
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12
NUMBER 10.

AMONG the many sad eases of wreck oi
established reputation, which the past few
months have disclosed, one of the strangest
| is that Of W. C.. Gilman, the Wall street
broker. He was man of ~ years, of an
old and respectable New York family His
father, from whom he inherited his business,
was nan of wealth, moving in the best
society. and an exemplary Christian. He
died IL years ago, leaving his son William
snug fortune in cash and real property. 1t
is said of the latter "The young man was
reared under the most rigid religious infu-
ences, and up to the present time gave every
evidence that the seed thus sown had borne
good fruit. His credit was unquestioned on
the street for almost any reasonable amount.
lie led singularly quiet and retired life,
being seemingly devoted to his wife and
family. lie had no vices whatever, so far
as was known, did not indulge in gambling
and drinking, was not given to loose society.
and displayed no fast propensities of any
kind. He was one of the most prominent
members of Rev. DR.. Houghton's Church,
known as The Little Church around the
Corner and Superintendent of its Sunday
school. Rev. DR.. Thompson, of the
Tabernacle, married his sister. In
his personal relations he was genial
and modest, and was universally liked.
lie conducted his business in seemingly
conservative manner, and was apparently
fhrTr
that he ever speculated to the amount of
dollar, or that his financial affairs had ever
become in any way embarrassed. Bearing
such character, the announcement that he
was forger came upon his friends and vic
tins alike, like clap of thunder out of
clear sky" 1t is now certain that under
this deeOrOus exterior Gilman had concealed,
for at least two or three years, a course of
systematic fraud. His forgeries consisted in
raising the amounts of certificates of stock in
various insurance companies and banks, from
mall amounts to very large ones. Genuine
certificates for some 81 900 were thus raised
by him to S247 900. and were then put up
by him as collateral for loans at banks. The
American Exchange National Bank loses thus
S59,OOO BY him. 1t is supposed that other
banks and parties have been victimized in the
same way. The forgeries were bungling
and palpable upon the slightest scrutiny
but so high was Gilman's character that the
banks took his collaterals without inyestiga-
ton. Learning from his clerk that some
rather close inquiries had been made by
bank officer, who had discovered the altera-
tions in some insurance scrip, Gilman took
hasty flight. 1t is believed that he took lit
tie money with him, and that the money he
obtained by fraud must have been absorbed
in improbable speculations. He left his
wife penniless. ALI in all, it is melan-
choly case.