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RIGHTS OF TENANTS.

Patrick W. Dewitt In a suit brought against Charles
s. Friediandcr, states IN his complaint that on tho
18th last October no leased from sho defendant the
nrsI door oil No. 50 LSi.ht street from month 20
month that prior to tho expiration OF his tenancy
tho defendant during his ABSENCE without his knowi-
edge and against the protests or his wife, work.
men the house who took lndow In tho Dack
room. on account Of this exposure, tho plaintiff
further alleges, that he his WHO and infant child
caugnt cold and we're compelled To leave their
homo at night and seek shelter IRON = ncig hDor
aiterward he claims that he damage cd the
Of ST. 00J AID brought sui to recover this Tho
auswer sets up that The window taken out with
the consout aud approval vi tho pisintin and was
tightly aud pfoperIy boarded up. lhc case up
before Judge Seigw,ck, In the Superio Court special
Term, on a motion 10 MAKE the answer moro denniie
ami certain, and no yostcf day rendered decision
denying the motion.
The trial OF tho SUIT brought by Isador A rnold
against Richard ~ Clark 10 recover 500 900 damages
tue iacts OF which were published IN Tuesday s
HERALD came TO rather abrupt termination ycstei
day before Judge Sanford IN TIE superior Court IL
Will be remembered thar tho plaintiff who cased the
premises OF tho defendant Tor MS tobacco business
whtIo attempting to move u large box OF tobacco
snppod and Tell the door OF the room, when was
saturated with oil, and the dangerous condlion OF
which, as he alleges, tho defendant we'll knew and
the testimony benali OF tho pIainln Mr..
>. T.. NASH, counsel Tor the dclcnsant, moved
TO dismiss the complaint on several grounus
Mr. iiam Writ Hewitt, counsel Tor Tho plaintiff,
made an elaborate ans weT 10 the motion. Al the
ciusion Of the argument Judge SANFORD asked Mr..
Hewitt u he would conhno himself To tho breach Of
contract rbe Court would lustruci tho Jury give
nai dana es but n tho tort was relied upon n
cobnne himself TO Tue tort which occ,sloncd by
the neglect OF the defendant TO put uown new floor,
aud the com liant was accordingly dsmisscd IL Is
understoou tnat an appeal VIII DO takon 10 the Gen
eral TORN.
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INGENIOUS FRAUD.

An interesting disposed OF yesterday In the
Court o. General Sessions, illustrative OF the in
genious methods to which thieves occasionally resort
and which oitentimes only chance brings to light
On last Christmas Eve Washington street baker
named Tlmpkiu, VISITED MessrA HaIght Il Co., -four
merchants 10 ascertain how they could afford sell
-four tor which no paid 50 so per barrel at 50, stating
thai he haa first purchased the latter 100 bar
rels, half lot purchased from their rm. Suspectng
something wrong Haignt X Co. inquired ut pier .
East RIVER where the -four bong de lvered,
and discovered trucknan IN the net OF loading 100
barrels o Hour on o. their orders which had bcen
forged Upon inquiry u was found that sales OF Hour
on bogus orders were traced TO Edward ID. Bushnell
purchasing agent Tor the Jones Printing Company,
No. 3S New street, and James w. Irving an en- 10y
IN the same establishments Bushnell and Irving
were thereupon arrested ana indictcu Tor forgery.
Alter considerable investigation Assistant Dis
rict Attorney Russell became satisfied that the prin
cipal in the conspiracy some other than either
OF the parties ,med, and finally Clarence q.
ReaGes, clerk in the employ OF J. II. starin II Co.,
who was assigned 10 take charge Of the -four
veyed In canal boats ana deliver II tho consgnees
was suspected. Quo OF the active illnesses
the prosecution when Bushnell ana Irving were ar.
rested was Reagics, but the tables turned
him. The fact was clearly SHOWN that Keagles had
induced Bushnell 70 AID IN disposing OF several hun
drcd barrels oil flour which no iniimal
plus oil tho number IN the bills Of ading aud Tor med
part OF his perqu sites. He produced num-
Der OF the printed orders OF uercnt flour merchants
and asked Bushnell 10 select the one he could
most readily nave forged Bushnell had that oil
Haight \ Co. as the easiest. and Rcagies had twenty
i've Of them printed, which he used Ia disposing OF
the soien properly having previously stated thar no
could furnish any numDcr oil barrels from Ave
hundred. The fact also ascertaiued that since
Rcagcs had taken charge of the dock large quantty
OF Hour mad mysterlously disappeared, while he him
sell, previously poor lived in luxurious style. he
was promptly indicted, and on beng arragnsd yes
to-day pleaded guilty. IL Appearing that bushnell
ana Irving werc merely dupcs OF Rcagics and hal
they were discharged Reagles sent 10 The state
Prison Tor two years and SIX months.
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ported and their troubles understood 10 be ON ac
count Of Endorsements for Jay L. Adams Co, who
tailed last month. The firm had good credit and were
rated worth $25 600 The liabilities reported TO be
about $4,000 and the value OF the assets are not
known ~ present
meeting Of the creditors OF william Sparks, coal
dealer was held yesterday at the once Of Register
Little, and William D. Newhall elected asslgnee
IN bankruptcy. The schedules presented showed Ia
bitiss &C. 400 and no assets.
The application OF Homer Beardsiey, clolher for
hts discharge from bankruptcy up before Regis
ter Little yesterday, ana twenty creditors dcd pro-
test against his discharge, and The usual time was
allowed In which to Ole the specifications OF their OBJ
tectiona
The second meeting on composition OF worrali &
Co., saw Manufacturers as No. ~ Elm street. was
held before Register Allen yesterday and the oer OF
chanics' National Bank and Chester A. BedelL
Edward B. j. Singleton and Alphonse Dc BraekeIeer
made application TO Register Dwight for their dis
charge from bankruptcy yesterday. There was opDo-
siton TO the discharge OF Mr. De Braekeeer and the
examination OF the bankrupt ordered
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A FATAL REMEDY.

Dr. Charles Z. Beers was yesterday brought before
Judge Donohus on writ Of habeas corpus procured
by hrs counsel, Mr.. John d. townsend lie was ar
rested upon an exradnion warrant granted by Gov.
crnor Robinsoa upon the rcqusiton OF the Governor
OF fcxas Tho allegation IS that a woman IN Texas
sent 70 tho Doctor. IN response to hts advertisement
Tor mcdcinc 10 cure her oil tho habit VI taking OPIUM
tht tue medicine was sent to her, that sh. took
some OF II and died IN few minutes and
thst upon this state OF facts ho indicted
der Oy The 0rand Jury OF Montgomery county,
Texas, where the woman uicd. traverse was made
10 the return 70 the witt setting TINT the Doctor
had never Oecn la roxas anu that no was In way
accountable Tor the woman's death After a brief
agunent the was set down for further hearing
on u, X SATURDAY.
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COURT OF APPEALS.

ALBANft April n, ISIb
In the. Court Of Appeals Wednesday. April a.
No. 1879 Hubbell vs. The reat Western Insurance
Company. -Argument resumed and ncudcd.
NO. 1871 Uriei A. Murdock, appellant, vs. Tho Pros
poet Park and Coney Island Railroad Company, re-
spondcnt Argued bv Roger A. Prior for appellant
aud John II. Bergen Tor ie- poudent
No. 1861. Gordon :. Thomson, assignee, &c, re-
spondcnL vs. George A. Sweet 81 al, appellants -
Argued by l.. W. Thayer Tor appellants and Thomas
Col lott Tor respondent
No. ISL. Huida Rohrschunder, appellant, VS. Knick-
erbockcr Life Insurance Company, respondent-Ar-
gued by Henry White tor appellant and Samuel Hand
Tor respondent. Case still on.
CALENDAR.
Tho following Is tho day calender for Thursday,
Apr 25 1s7s:-Nos. 2o2, 2os l36. 2ll 2l2, 2l3, ia
and 2l5
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REAL ESTATE,
The following sales wore made on the Real Estate
Exchange yestsrdsy:-

The following sales were made on tho Real Estate
Exchange yestsrday:-
suor.m. con, s, BY nowan .., " foAFrs
sls East 25th st.. Il $50 f. 9. Of ID Av to plain
n-..,o.......,Isa x nusI II CAMP $500
sY;i o, '1s ..S WIN 1t
Supreme cour. torsciosars sas-FredsrIek ".
go &c ?HS.s ., SD st. soss
Also George Curtis reeree. Ali the real and per-
%s i and sT.y %ss%p.ny
% can!, y srs asmman APP son
ssssln $50 sa Of s ~. 10 k...
S < 4 st i 5000
Supreme corr. ,e,..i..a.s :;.:.yssssr,:. W. Low
A.o : Z. .; Common
aSi: s. sss & 81 S s
Ss.;r: %,iii.% ws;ssa and + :: SSssia.on%oi
i;s..; 81. So %, ss.;SS sa ~. s,s
$50 n. . ofs.h ~; TO Now York Life Insurance
Ai.o mppliRs Ws.. re.rss Inc house. with 2'o
iss No S;. aI7 Eass aais
ss sssioes
sssh St a. s. as IT. .. Of sch av. to pisasn 5000
porsclo.ur. oI1s s.avsss r.scr..-of.
s; .d s. a% ". ss
Harlem Railroad, to plaintiff 5000
Y.
Supreme Court foreclosure Subsidiaries Wells
reieree-of the house. with lot l71xloO.1l, No.
2l7 East 1o5th ST.. n. g.. 1872. IL It. .. OF Sd av,
to plaintiK...... .......... 5000
KINHELLY.
Supreme Court foreclosure saie-J. u sinclair. ref
cree of the house with lot 25xl46. 4x..2x 1868
No $50 East l23d ST.. s. 2O5 II. W. OF I'd av.,
I.
Supreme Court foreclosure sale. b. Shsfer, rel.
eree-of q plot of land. "a 5x230. irregular, on Sd
Nv. s. . cornsr I2sth plsn.in 80. 80. $4,000
i2sth S., n s., hi H. w. Of Sd av. 70 s,ntia 49, 1000
Total SO ia l6a
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UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
wAsniNGroS, April %, 1878


Tho following case was hoard to-day
No $40 Morris Kstchum OF al w. Mobile and
Quo Railroad Compauy-Appeal from The Circuit
Courl Tor The Souths District OF Alabama II mis-
litigation grows oct of q mortgage executed by the
company In 1858 10 the appellants, trustees, 10
the holaors OF ssuc OF boads Involving nrst
the mafshailng of tho cns and she ascertanment OF
the ptiorit,os VI claims undor the ncumbrancc, and
tecoLd. the enforcement oil the trusts OF the mortgage
and Tho equitable application Of. the security on
behalf oil those WHO may DO adJudged entitled
its bcncnta Default having been made IN the p,y
ment OF Interest Duncan, sherman Co. advanced
Tue money Tor that purpose and took the coupons
falling due IN 1874 Tor funds advanced ana now insist
that their claims should DC paid out OF the mortgage
security the same as the bondholIors. Tho Appel
lants nssl that these claims not entitled de-
prlvc tho mortgage bondLoidcrs Of any portion OF
Their security.
The decision below held that tho interest coupons
taken by Duncan, sherman a. Co. for advances were
cntited to equality win the mortgage bonn holders
aud tins question presented here, and IL IL lnsisted
that tho princpic OF subrogation claimed cannot be
sustained, allowing party advancing the money 10
pay the coupons without the knowledge OF the Don-
holder, TO Mold them with the right OF the bond
holder. Tho party doing this had susta ned pre-
relation with the security with the parties
Interested therein, aud no right Of subrogstion
matter OF law, can be sustained IN cquy on behalf OF
a Stranger or any on', except parry secoDdarIly
liable az n surety or subsequent Membranes. A
cross appeal, No. 051, ~ heard with tho case.
Hoodly, Andrews Grandin for appellants Camp
bell. Hamilton a bangs for appclcca
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SAMUEL WOODS WILL.

In tho surrogate's Court yesterday the counsel IN
the samuel Wood VIII csss assembled for the purpose
Of listening to preIiGils4tt evoumc on tho motion
70 appoint collector SvtpeSkl administrator Ex.
Attorney General Chssnxba aud ex.Jadse Fullerton
represented Messss hewitt aud simonson the parties
under the VIII; ~. Avrnm waAeman appeared Tor
tho contestants; Mr.. Edward T. Schenck, one OF tho
executors. appeared Tor himself aud Mr.. Titus B
Eidridge Appeared for the "A usicai College
MT. Chatneld anu ex-Juugc Fullerton opposed the
appointment VI q collector The latter proposed a
suspension Of proceedings and that conference DO
held Tor The amicablc arrangement OF a settlement
The proceedings tor the sppoi meat or collector
we're then dismissed and the hearing OF the caso Tor
me contestants wac s0t downfof Msy a.
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SHERIFF CoNNrR's BILL.

Ex-sherif Conner, In explanation OF his bills ron.
dcred to Attorney General 5choon maker In the Tweed
ana swceny suns, an uniting TO $50 00O stated yes
terday That he mover received any compensation
whatever IN these litgauons. He considered u only
just that he should be pad something III order to be
reimbursed Tor necessary expenditures ana costs
The bils had be, made out under his direction by
Under sheriff tummlng He uId not expect TO receive
The Iuii amount claimed, but he expected that the
matter would " adjusted ia some way.
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THE RIDGEWAY DIvOkCE SUIT.

Vice Chancellor Van Fleet, OF wow Jersey, Cham
bcrs. at Newark. yesterday, began nvoiy task-tbs
hearing Of testimony from printed matter IN tho
Ridgeway divorce care. tho reading viii consume
tue entire wosx. Tho rs that OF Dr. Ridgcway Of
Rod Bank, who brings SUIT for divorce from his WHO
Mrs Harriet kidgeway, on tho Rroand OF adultery.
Tho lady stoutiy denies the impeachment. She claims
to have been tho Mo oil rich Englisn barrIstcr
became Judge OF tne Court at bombay, aud TO have
been reared VA the lap OF luxury IN England Tue at
legged facts In the have already been published
the HERALD At tour o'clock the reading Was al
iourled mi 10 day.
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number Of dogs wore sold at auction yesterday by
Barker Among the lot were nve staghound pups, tbc
progeny Of tho Two staghouads presented bv The
Grand Duke Alexis 10 the late General Custe. Tho
pups were about three months old aud looked as IL
they came IRON nrst class stock Two OF them we're
purchased oy Mr. j. M Hardy, OF Norfolk, Va. Two
by Mr. cooper, OF the Aquarium, aud. the NTH BY Mr.
Johnson. Mr.. Miller, oi Now York, IN the owner Of
The iather and mother, having reccivoa them from
Mr. rhoro, to whom They wero presented by Mira.
custer
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GOV. TILDEN's STOLEN ovlRcoAT.

Patrick J. Ryan, convicted Of grand larceny. IN
having stolen Governor Tiidcn's overcoat from his
residence IN Gramercy Park, was yesterday called 10
tho bar Tor sentence In the Court General Sessions
Judge 6iucrsiceve observed that The prev
OF the accused would the Court extend
ing much clemcBcv, anu sentenced him ~ tnrec
years la the STATE Prison.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-25

DECORATION DAYS.-lt is pretty near
time Decoration Days were regarded as
things of the past. They are kept up on
this side of the line of the late civil war
TO give certain people who followed in
the rear of the armies a coloring of a
ern side the same sentiment Is beginning
to show itself, and will greatly increase
as the ability Of the people increase to
make offices worth having.
Flowers are gathered as much to initiate
the weak regulations of those who strew
them as to eXalt the heroic virtues of
those in whose honor they are called for.
Now, in this community no Renublcan
care hope to be elected to office unless he
has been sutler, mule dealer, or recruit
ing sergeant, and learned to swillbeer and
whisky like trooper, which he was not
We are heartily sick of the Confed.rat..
oratlons, as well as Of hearing dyspeptic
stomachs disgorge their vapor in silv
orahons about Southern "rebels" and
"traitors." One Fourth of July ought to
serve the whole country. If we keen on
there Will be three and we presume three
"f athers of his Country" instead of one,
our ever glorious Washington. Already
we hnd his character being assailed TO
set up some other. So let the next Deco-
tlcn Day be celebrated right royally on
both sides, and then be done with it.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-25

GOLD HAS not gone up to ten per cent.
above silver yet, although advices from
New York inform us that the syndicate
has practically closed out the $4,000, 900
A. per cent. loan by which John Sherman
has been endeavoringt to keep up the gold
premium by paying the brokers and
bankers one and one-half per cent, when
gold has been selling all the while at 1
to per cent premium. The anti-silver
advocates have done their best with the
whole government Treasury at Their
backs, and it is now several months since
the passage of the Silver Bill and gold
has not raised one per-. cent. much less
ten. Let these prophetic people try
again. We doubt whether their infor.
nation is any better ON some other sub
jects. We know it is not deemed SO on
the army and navy bills, by the Democ.
racy and the mass Of the people of Della.
ware.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-25
Balance the Books.

The American people are now paying
every year S12, 600, 900, in interest, on gi-
gantic steal of $500, 200, 900 from the UNI
ted States Treasury. Each year the ,peo-
pie are taxed to pay this S12, 600. .000, ,leay-
Ing the principal, the great two-hundred
million steal, still unpaid. Such is the
substance Of the official statement which
Senator Davis of West Virginia makes,
after examining the books of the Treas
ury and he makes this statement upon his
own personal responsibility. The Ameri-
can people never stintcd the government
when 1t demanded the money to put
down the Southern Oonfederacy. They
burdened themselves with thousands of
debt, without any complaint, and saw ID
squandered in unwise expenditures, and
lost by unskillful commanders and iniu-
dicious financiers. But they did not COM
plain so long as they felt that the govern
ment was doing its best, and dealing
squarely with them. But when it comes
to light, that in addition to all that was
wasted, there are two hundred millions
stolen, and concealed by fraudulent en-
tries and forced balances on the books,
the public may well feel righteous in
dignation This is what Senator Davis
of Vest Virginia publicly charges, and
stands ready to prove If the time and
proper facilities be given to him. He
has already examined far enough to con-
vince him of the frauds and forced bal
ances is gross what he needs is proof of
them in detail.
1t is highly probable that this may nev-
er be done. The destruction of vouchers
and telltale archives was under Grants
administration carried to the pitch of an
art. That this has been done is more
than probable. But there is one thing
that cannot be covered up, and that is the
deficit. The books must show: either
the money must be produced or its alb
sence acconnted for, and no ingenuities
of bookkeeping can hide the theft. 1t
might perhaps be possible to show by
evident aliunde who got the money; but
even this must depend chiefly upon cir
cumstantial evidence. When a man for
instance went like Grant into office poor
and left it rich, certain differences are un-
avoidable. Everybody knows that he
was poor employee in "A lanyard when
the war broke out; everybody knows
that he became possessed of vast prop
erty during his occupancy of the White
House; that he held intimate relations
with swinhlers of all kinds, and that
when he left the White House he went
travelling to Europe spending money by
the hundred thousand in the munificencs
of his princely style. Mr.. John Sherman
is another man who entered public life
poor and has grown rich and he is now
the public bookkeeper and cashier 1t |
is he who, If Senator Davis be correct, |
is now covering up this two hundred mil |
hon steal with false entries and forced |
balances. Two hundred millions of dol |
lars is large steal and may have enrich |
Ell great many pracJical statesmen.-
baltimore Gazette
The daily gazette., 1878-05-25

A Washington correspondent says the
speech of Senator Lamar, on Wednesday
in advocacy of the Texas Pacific Railroad
attracted large crowd to the Senate
Chamber, who attentively listened
throughout. Mr. Lamar argued that the
aid of S2,OO0,0OO year sought by the rail
road company, and which was necessary
to enable it to complete the 400 miles of
its unfinished road, was very tritiing
sum in comparison with the benefits to
be derived. He declared that the security
given by the company to the Government
was ample since it included all its pro-
perty, its earnings and the $4,000, GOO
acres of land heretofore conveyed to 1t.
Senator Johnston, of Virginia, obtained
the floor at the conclusion OF Mr.. Lamar's
speech, and will sapport the bill recently
introduced by him. A careful estimate
of the position of Senators of the Texas
Pacific subsidy, made by the Huntingdon
interest, the same correspondent says,
shows that % votes is the maximum that
can be obtained in its support.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-25

TEN MILLIONS MORE of bonds are to
be sent to Europe. So the syndicate peo-
pie report; and the labor of our people
is to be taxed to pay an annual interest
on them, to crafty John Sherman and
those who support him in bidding high
for gold to store away and hold until
January. This is done in the face of the
fact that our people are taking the four
per cent. bonds at rate that proves they
would have taken the Al per cents with
the accrued interest long before the gold
was needed in January. But by this
mode Sherman would not have been
able to put so much money in the pock-
cts of the brokers.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-25
Tornado I'm Illinois.

CHICAGO, May. A.-Abou 6 O'Clock
last evening a tornado struck a settle
ment about three miles from harrington,
a Chicago suburb, and desolated the coun-
try for a radius of about two miles. The
farmhouse of William Brunes was COM
pletely demolished, Mrs. Brunes instant
ly killed, and two young children carried
through the air by the whirIwind ana
hurled dead to the ground, q distance of
twenty rods away. A laborer was lifted
from his feet and, on striking terra frnld,
his legs were broken by the shock.
The daily gazette., 1878-05-25

IT SEEMS the British traders are driv-
ing a profitable business in selling arms
and ammunition to the Sioux. AS our
own citizens have always sold to them it
is difficult to see how we can reasonably
complain about it.