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New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
VERDICT FOR $4,000 AGAINST Mr.. EMO.

In the suit of Allan Mclean Hamilton against
Amos r. Emo the jury in Supreme Court Cirenii before
Judge Donohue, yesterday gave verdict for he parur
FOR 900. The suit grew of letter pubshedn THR
TRIBUNE, the responsibility for which wss at once
assumed by the defendant Tho letter WIS IN form a
criticism report OF the plaintiff. Assistant SAM
tary Inspector to the Board OF Health, containing
mendati0n of patent pavement. The plaintiff claimed
that tnis criticism intended 20 convey charge fhat
lie had made Official report corupty The defendant
declined say that he had not INTENDED such charge,
but claimed thar taxpayer he was justified Ia calling
attention publicly certain facts, from which each per-
might draw his deductions, and IN pointing
the conclusion 10 which they led Judge DOnOhuc re-
fused hear any testimony 10 the question whether
not the pavement referred 10 mered the approval IN
the report, and confined The jurys attention strictly
the point whether the article substantially charged that
the plaintiff acted cOrrJpty IN making the report, aud
whether, Ii there sucn charge, the defendant had
justified excused II. The jury after an hours dseG
sion, found tor tine plaintiff and the court gave an extra
allowance TO the plaintiffs counsel As both parties to
the suit wealthy the ease viii probably goto tho
Court Cf Appeals Francis {. Barlow appeared for the
plaintiff; Lord, Day & Lord for tie defendant.
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08

illustrated II by showing that Of the teachers who
would have been deprived of only ,es dollars ot hcr
salary by the action OF the trustees O the Fist ward
had not the board this very meeting sustained her
protest world under this scheme lose SEQ from SUI
pend of So TO- while principals salary woud not De
reduced Olrr instances cited BY conmlssloners
from which il appeared that the grading would reduce
the salary OF several assistants who had grown gray III
service while new ones would receive an Increase OF 5000
cash IL yas argued that If a reduction was MADE IL
shoud ne general and affect alike all employees hish ana
low Therefore i'll spite OF amendment to lmit lne
reduction or increase caused by the grading 10 - per
cont nf tho salaries the item was substantially re-
iected The matter was laid until action Is taken
by the Legislature on several DlS no" pcnuihS' A"'
board then adjourned 10 Friday.
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
PROSPECT OF WORK FOR LAB0RERs.
STATEMENTS OF HEADS OF CITY DEPARTMENTS A
TIE MAYORS CONFERENCE.

TIE MAYORS CONFERENCE.
Mayor Ely and the heads OF the city depart
,nents met aean yesterday IL; IN the Mayo Office.
Controller Kelly, Commissioners Campbell, Wheeler,
Wales Martin Smith, Brennan, Wood, and Morton, PIof
Chandler Cooperation unsc whitney, President Per
row and Superiutcndcnt Adams present. The
Mayor presented communication from several nun
drcd laboiers asking for work city improvements
Mr. Campbell said that 100000 had been appropri
atcd for iepayng streets. The work would be done by
contract rs soon "a the frost was OF the ground II
would certify 10 the Aldermen list Of TIC streets ahc
work aud with their concurrence aId the approval o.
the Mayor as tie law required he would bc reads to give
ont the contracts M Wales said t generally known
that WORK was s,pculed during the Winter on docks
and piers lie symH&thz4d Nth the lab"rine men, but
he coud no. consent Pay from 30 70 80 per cent more
or public improvements by days work than by contract
He cited piece Of wor which cost $1,000 hy day
WORT and for precisely the same work another pier
he m sent CoI,ins made a contract Tor 5000
works in uro.IcssIiY Ycrde DuVc. which tie cU,,-
r.fnp ,vos irln-iu 200 In. pl would soon increase
which would call for several hundred men. Tue
appropriations were much smaller tpan ~ previous
years, hut WORK on the park. WodU soon Jt&lu.
Mr. Adams said there prOS' 4 O' tlc erection II
more iniipincs Estates were taking advGutaca Oi TIE
low p5cs 0l labor and mat Ilas ana htd hn - IN
Lavac from $4,000 to %loO0O o invest bad called on
LiH iVr information aS 10 TIE aHarNrt 'u..tct. ihX
were rcany 10 put w dFt;..H-SH tht Ili!t W. HNci
Tfc prospects f0g buildings we're better than tAev
wore six wCc.s ago Mr. Whitney called attention t. q
law recently Introduced INTO The Legislature 10 permit
suits asarS tine city or brought IN oi TIE counties
OF tie State. II would DC Impossible To at cHd T. hcm
and the tfn~c Of tryins inc suits a tlt Il
the Park Commissioners had autLJTii,do hN tc E"tG's
in the annexed district, AID voui act promptly IH'y
Chandler concurei win Nj. whitney as - ,:Io imwD
r:oy of permitting suits agans; the city 1" ~ brought
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
THE COURTS.
EXTRADITION BETWEEN STAT

CLAIM THAT 1T Is A MATTER or FEDERAL Law
The proceeding by William CoDnor N I.
relieved from arrest accOmpice In the Sortba,
ton Bank robbery the requsitiOn OF the Goyerpo,
Massachusetts, and the warrant OF extraditlOn Of Co.
Robinson occupied most OF Judge Bradys time yes,o
day. at first in the judges private room there
courtroom vacant afterward In the room Of suprer
Court Circuit. Part III. reguisition and a Ds
warrant have been issued, charging tho prisoner with
being accessory before the robbery the first warr
only stating that he accessory aerit Mr. Brook
yesterday filed traverse setting up a. before tha,
the prisoner not the desired, and had
been within the Jurisdiction OF Massachusetts and
In addition, Oh ~ the prisoner having been In the court
custody when the new warrant Was issued ceud nor h
arrested under that As this last poIut could only nare
tine prisoner the night to walk ont OF the door the room
to nc then rearrested little stress laid on II, In
other question: whether not the court could 20 behind
the reiHrn and Inquire into the sufiency OF the aa
Wits on which the Governor acted. was discussed a.
length the Joab Laurence case and some other ca e ~
tins state being insisted on by Mr. Brooke as authority
for snch an inquiry.
Clarence A. seward raised an important question mn,
far passed by the cOuItsthaf while state court
might rightiuy inquire into the identity Of the person
arrested with the person demanded for exlradion ha
United states courts alone could inquire into the ius,e
OF Governors action. Interstate extraditon wa a
matt not OF stale but Of Federal law dependent on e
Untd states Constitution ana the laws Of the United
States, 10 wich any State law merely auxiliary IN
Federal Official and only the United States courts cod
review his action The identity OF the prisoner was
Judge Brady decided not 90 behind tho warrant bu,
merely TO take proof TO the identity OF tae PRISONER
and when the prisoner was asked II he had been IN
Massachusetts, refused 10 receive the answer holding
that lie could not inquire whether not the person al
legged TO have fed from massachusetts, had been there
the warrant being conclusive him the fact that
the man demanded had fed. At the time he ex
pressed his wish that the proceedings should be put in
sgch shape that the new question could be fnlly 70
viewed appeal Under this the prisoners cOunse pnt
in copies Of the afdauts which the Governor actei
and some formal testimony was gyen and the court al
lUurled
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
THE rnUIr1Ess FREIGHT CONFERENCES.

The conferences that have been held within
the last four five days by the presidents OF the trunk
lines with reference TO Ieadlustment OF ic5h rates
from Western cities EnrOpe, have not thus far re-
suited in an ogocmen In answer 10 question on the
subject william IT, Vanderbilt made yesterday the am
biguous reply Everything ia progressing fayoraby :"
He did not state whether everything progressing
fayorsbly for the four railroads. for the public FOR The
NewYork Central. On Tuesday Nj. Jewett Of the Erie
road said that the objections suggested at the freight
agents meeting had not been overcome He added TO
that statement yesterday that nothing further had been
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08

A lady, whose cook went to wake was given
notice ID ner fartuigHt aitgrwad that she going
10 be- married "WhO 10 g. asked the mistress Pasc,
man. 10 the husband OF the corpse Why does he love
yOu !" was the next question. "Oi, yes he said
| was the Ii ght Of the fnnera!'
The proprietor of young ladies' academy
has utterly ruined his business by CAUSING to be inherited
In "A large number OF newspapers a picture of the build
ing, with two gfls standing On the balcony with last
years hats Cn their GCaig.
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
IN IMPORTANT TAX DECISION

4 case Of great Importance las recently peeh
decided in the Court Of Appeals BY former decisions
had been held that tine right 70 maintain pier ana ,
lcct WHARFAGE dues thereon was not taNanie' ao ,n
yerv yaluanle class OF properly has therefore esc"
tavgtion as rttl estate. Ire Court of ApQtt- ~ W
ca-e of l. W smith against the Mcyor-ihe decision ~
which las lust been handed dOWn-IOds tlal tue plt
XIII wien erected il, uuaer The statute IelahE ~ va ~,
alton laad aGI ao,e 10 assessment aS slicl' rms ia
on iilno,fant addition to the taNpayiug properly !,
Eew-York l.. o. Anderson appeared toc LIE pi1'A''A'
d. j. Dean lOr tnc c.ty.
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
THE LOUISIANA CoyTRovERsy

New ORLEANS, March 7.-The Republican
state Central Committee today unanimously pas
resolution calling upon Mr. Pinchback to resign his
position rs president Of the committee and from the
membership Of the National Republican Committee
before March i. 10 which day Il was adjourned.
Major J. A. BurzC returned today from Washington.
From received ne satisfied that the Nichols
Government will not be disturbed
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
TRENoR W. PARK CRoss-ExAMINED.

Trenor w. Park continued his story OF tho
Emma undeH Mr.. Stougiton's severe cross-lues'i0ns
Yesterday His long schooling in litigation his kno"i'
edge OF w. and his retentiye memory Tor facts maze
NJ Pari. successful witness His answers are Oxen
urotrictcd ftcGuently cYasiye, and sometimes mysul
ne bI; le never hcStatcs long for reply ana AZ th.
swriS IN direct and crOsscXamIlati0n do not @f"hy
ro,licf M SoughtOn Usrl much OF his time yesletey
on the pIo5f sGrcts OF the Imna alue polJ,tus W W
tcb Mr. P1r, had made 40 corrections ana walcA Lave
Geeu Dut IL evidence.
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
A MOUNTAIN MEADOW MURDERER SENTENCED
TO DEATH,

BEAVER, Utah, March Tn the Second Dis
triC Court at o'clock this afternoon Judge Foreman
passed sentence Of death John d. Lee to DC executed
between tie hours Of 10 and p. H. on tie 23i OF
March. Lee seemed unmoved, bnt Is quite feeble He
arrived here from salt Lake nj O'Clock this afternoon
charge Oi arsha Nelson and L. >. Prosecuting AttOr-
1taX Vi
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
TRYING 10 KEEP coBURS FROM SING SING.

An application was made yesterday ny
Charles w. Brooke Judge Brady for an order that tine
Dlstrict-Attorcy show cause to-day why there should
not be stay of proceedings in Joseph Coburs ease
until March 12 when motion for VII, OF error ana
sov Of proceedings pending the writ could b. made 4
further request was stay O proceedings uhtl le
first order was heard The Importance Of the ioOh 20
Coburu consists in the rule that after prisoner @ pe-
u hls term Of service only reversal OF iS coNctoI
or p pard.n can free him and the SberlI proposed 20
take him "a y. ~. to sing sing Judgc bIa"5 uo'i0N
N unnli ir.IiOn.
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
, RECEIVER FOR DELAWARE AND HUDsoS
REFUSED.

judge Lawrence yesterday dened tne h0uVI
,,y reciyer III the sut OF Henry L. Anderson aSaiA,'
fine Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, WIN tHe ~
lowing brief opinion: "On the conclusion Of the asu
mont Yesterday WAS strongly OF the impression .Is 10
hi, apynca Ion Lad 10 merits. me eAlia .' es,a
1.i.rt ,-lrl have sincc beeH able - gfe {" iHc
Tay. confirmed the impression, ana the Hi0aeA Is INV
fare Ieu.ed Win costa"
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08

done and that there TO be meeting OF the pres
dcnts az fe roads for consultation Yesterday III WAC
suggested Inv gentleman whose position would give MN
focjtes fo asreraining facts that the cOhiren"
above mentioned having rcsnltcu 'h no'"'"e' ~
tonpt had been abandoned.
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
NAVAL ORDERS.

WASHINGTON. March 7.-SHrgcOn J. Rufus TryOn
i order d 10 the S"atArl a Hampol itoGd,. Va. Sugeon
fwar HcrshnFT - dttaCf from Ihc SWalra and Bsrri Oh
Tiitin. orders Clef Engineer ChIes IDna from duiy
connected with the machinery of the nry
F0yps the having been completed aud tested
tlGr Engineer Nlirts Tie ana ordered 10
duty at the navy yard Nrw-SoIK.
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08

Mr. MORRILL, Qtep ytl said he voted for the suDSt
utp though he believed Mr. Kellogg was fairly emitted
IN MA scat The Louisiana Committee lad not yet re-
Dorted To the Senate and the matter was OF sufficient
,portncc to be investigated bya committee. lie also
thou I'm the Oregon was worthy on ihNesuSauOb
and would vote refer that ease to the cop-:httee
The question being On tie Original resolution OF Mr.
Blaine az amended by the substitute or MI Bayard Ii
was agreed tO-Yeas AZ; Nays, ~.
At 100 o'clock message received from the lfes-
dent OF the United States by Mr. Rodgers Ms secretary
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONTESTANTS.
Mr.. PATTERSON Cicp, 5. c. submitted a resolution
that the credentials OF David T. Corbn and NJ C. Butler
each claiming seat as Senator from the State Of South
Carolina lie upon tho table until the committees are
poiue aud that their credentials shall then DC referred
10 the Committee Pr, eges and Elections Agreed TO-
THE alabama SENATOR.
Mr MORTON moved to 20 into Executive session.
Mr. BAYAED requested the senator TO withdraw that
motion that he might Offer resolution to have Gen
John T. Morgan eenatOr-eect from Alabama, sworn in.
Mr.. MORTON declined to 10 so.
The motion for an Executive session was rejected
Yeas, 30; Nays 81
Mr.. BAYAkD then submitted resolution that the
credentials of John T. Morgan, Standardized from Ala
baIa, bc taken from the table aad that he he sworn
MI. SPENCER rep, Aa.l said he desired TO speak
upon this resolution but not able to so on to-day
Several Senators nsi ed that ho should 20 on. Ater
% brief discussion o.. MORRILL, tRep.. vi renewed
the motion executive session, aud was agreed to-
The senate then proceeded 10 the consideration of
executive business, and when the doors were reOpencd
the Senate, ut 3 p. NJ, adjourned
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08
MURDERS BY TlIE SIOUX IyDIAys

HELENA, Montana, March IA special dis
patch to The IHdcpciJeH from Bazrnan Montana says
that the Sioux haze klcd Irvine Mcclure and Lowry
q Deer Lodge, Muy-ls TIylor Yankee jim. Iced
Daniels. and m Randall of BOLcan, and several others
at or HeII saltwater
New-York tribune., 1877-03-08

The Boston Herald wonders if Mr.. Blaine on
scciug Carl sehurz IN the Cabinet will think IL
clIssed fooshness" the darkey said when the mn-
lister was bartzug his wife aud lost her under the ice
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-26
A Turkish Lady Unyeilyed.

The following extract is from letter
written by the captain of Maine brig,
now loading in SMYRNA. Turkey:
"Speaking of Turks makes me think to
tell you that [ have been highly hon
ored since have been here, having had
as a visitor Turkish lady Of high rank
som ething rhat never transpired be-
fore in Smyrna, SO my consignee informs
me. She was the most beautiful woman
I have ever seen, and wonderfully grace
ful Isuppose you are aware that the
Turkish ladies are always yelled to all
except their husbands, if they have any;
but this lady was unmarried, and came
on board accompanied by the consignee
of my vessel, with his wife and sisters
and q small army of assistants. She
kept closely yelled while she remained
on deck, but when resting in the cabin
photograph of my little girl was hand
ed to her. She, in order to observe it
better, dropped her veil She was like
all handsome women, perfectly well
aware Of this fact, and evidently willing
that others should be, when out of
sight of her own people. She was per-
fectly at ease and just before leaving
recovered her face with her veil, and
assumed that mysterious look and ap-
pearance common to all Turkish wo-
man. EF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-26

their resources, the net surplus amounts
to S., 962,87S.79.
This exhibit clearly establishes the
fact that where Life Insurance Com
pany is honestly, ably and prudently
managed, there is no occasion to force
a showing Of solvency by including il
It's assets prospective value of real es-
tate, and excuses Of premium payments
to be received
For the reasons above given, the ST.,
perintendent has no hesitation in stating
that this great corporation is entitled to
public confidence and its officers to his
Warmest commentator.
Total Gross Assets. ............ S33, 1919 1863. AZ
Total Liabilities. ......: 26,9S2, 1875:
Surplus as regards policy holders, =
on the basis of admitted assests
determined 10y this report - $685. 1878 Is
Surplus as regards policy-holders on
the basis Of total assests, as report
ed by the company. ........... 6,217,126.G4
Estimated surplus of TOntine policy
holders, included in the above 5175O4sl
JOHN f. SMYTH,
Superintendent Insurance Depart
ment State Of New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-26
A French Yarn.

An officer named Verdier was cele-
brated in his garrison for winning every
bet. None Of his comrades could coast
of ever having been successful, and at
last no one cared to bet with him. One
day Verdier was transferred to another
regiment; but the fame Of his peculiar
luck had already spread before him.
After supper rendered him by his new
comrades on the evening of his arrival,
and when champagne made its appear
ance, General B. called out:
Is it really true, Verdier, that you
win every bet?'
"Ye s, general"
But how the deuce do you do it?"
80, very simply! am a physiog-
nomist, and bet only when | am quite
sure"
You are a physiognomist Well,
what, for instance, can you read now in
my face ?"
II can see," said Verdier, promptly,
" that the old wound in your side has
broken out again"
"Nonsense p Numbered out the
general. ai8
''But-"
"No but" after assure you, sir"
Perhaps you do not like to speak Of
it; perhaps duel"
"Dioble! You won't believe me
"What will you bet?
Any thing you please, general"
Give hundred francs"
"The gentlemen present are wit
nesses"
"With those words the general at
I'd 10
out more ado, of his coat and shirt, and
a scrutiny by all present revealed the
fact that there was no trace of a wound
by sword or ball.
You have lost the bet, Verdier p
shouted the general, resuming his gar
ments
II have lost, mded, this once Men
may err sometimes. Here are your five
hunered francs
With chuckle the general put the
meney into his pocket,
After he reached home he at once
wrote to his old chum, the general in
command Of Verdier's former regi-
ment:
Dear friend, the story of Verdiers
luck is all humbug. He has just made
bet for five hundred francs that had
wound in my side, and of course lost.
it."
The answer came back.
Your maiuete is truly charming
Your winning the five hundred francs
cost me two thousand, which Verdier
bet me, on the day of his leaving, that
he would make you on the first evening
Of meeting take off your shirt in the
presence Of your fellow-officers, and
that you yourself would inform me Of
it,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-26
Fleshy Fruits

1t is generally supposed that the flesh
of the fruit provides the first food for
the terminating plants Of it's seeds.
Such however. is not the case, for here,
as IN other cases, the first nourishment
is drawn from the seed alone. The
flesh of the fruit bears no relation to
the embryo; it is a kind of outcast sub
stance Or excretion of the plant. In
most of our cultivated fruit trees, too,
the great mass Of this flesh is the result
of cultivation. Thus the wild cherries
of our woods possess so little flesh
that they do not repay the trouble of
plucking. In the mountains of Pontus
| found grapes SO small that they were
not worth eating; and Pallas informs US
that the wild apricot, and often like
wise the wild or escaped peach, possess
no flesh at all, the former, indeed, being
like a leathery two-valved capsule. Karl
Koch.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-12-26

my hand bestowed on you is. to be the
price of your silence concerning my
brothers crime, if crime it be. But
you have shown your claws to soon, sir;
see that they are not clipped" 60 Tff
a"And who is to clip them?, {,35
"I!" exclaimed a voice that came
from behind the chair near which
Blanchard stood, while at the same
time his arms were seized in a grip Of
iron and wrenched violently back 81
Harold White Fan, take possession
of those papers. s..
$50 you think to trap me, do your"
growled Blanchard, actually foaming
with rage; "but you are mistaken"
"Not a bit of it," observed obliging
Mr. Beauchamp, at the moment enter
ing by the door on the landing. Coolly
turning the key and placing it in his
pocket, the manager of the Easthamp-
ton Theatre continued: CHOW look
here, Mr.. Blanchard. I have stage
managed too many little things of this
kind not to know what's required to
strengthen the situation. Ihave two Of
my fellows handy on the stairs. My
property man is on the other side Of
those folding doors. My friend here
and myself reckon for something, to say
nothing of Mrs. Harold White"
Mrs. Harold White ," gasped
Blanchard.
eyes, Mr.. Blanchard" releasing him
and approaching her, my wife. She
always believed in my perfect inno-
cence of the charge you helped to fasten
on. me, and when poor miserable Gus
confessed the part which he had played
in the conspiracy, we got married. D
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sneeringly
exclaimed Blanchard; where are your
proofs ?"
"Here !" replied Harold, pointing
to the papers; and here they remain
"Until what?"
"Until the father Of my dear wife has
perused them line by line, and the
magistrates of Singlebridge have made
my innocence as public as year since
they proclaimed my guilt"
s'Then I may CO." said Blanchard,
after pause, and taking for granted
the consent ofhis temporary custodians,
he stepped toward the door, which was
under the janitorship of M. Beau
champ. That gentleaan gracefully
waived him back. 8
G You may go Don e -osndition, sir
pardon me-and it is this. That you
leave for Jamaica by,a certain steamer
which leaves this pert tomorrow. |
have tonight bespoken your berth.
Pardon me-if You decline, take the
consequences, one of which will be the
temporary occTpation by yourself OF a
neat and Conn odions\ apartment with it !,
IN the precincts Of Easthampton jail. .
"Open the DOOR" Not another word
did he utter, but taking his hat and
looking. Straight before hin, he left the
hotel, and pfoceeded-not unattended
in the direction Of the jamaica boat.
| was a pleasant hour oniso which
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold White and their
friend Beauch amp spent together that
night. 1t was more than pleasant
meeting thAy took place a few days
after in Singlebridge. Silas Westbrook's
happiness Wa S unpeakable. There was
streak Of SORROW III it, though, when
he thought of his absent son, and pray
ed that the lad had turned over new
leaf at the other end of the world