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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24
DEADLOCK IN CONGRESS.
Republican ObstructIonists Forcing the House
TO an All Night Session.

WASHINGTON, May % - Midnight-The
House has been in session continuously since
noon to- day. the Warner Silver bill being un-
der discussion. The eighth section Of the bill
was adopted as amended yesterday. with one
or two verbal amendments. and the ninth sec
ton was amended and adopted. Mr..
Warner then insisted that the previous
question be called upon the cngrossmrnt and
third reading Of the bill. To this the hcpubll-
cans objected. rs II would cut or the introduc.
any substitute. After hlibusterng for hours.
late in the afternoon the members quit the
Capitol, one by one, until no quorum was pres
emit The Speaker directed the Sergeant-at-
Arms 10 bring in the absent members. lie and
his deputies took carriages and secured the
city for absentees. No business whatever was
transacted.
The Republicans persist in demanding that
the previous question on third reading and en-
grossment shall not be ordered until to-mor-
row, when the bill in Its present unintelligible
shape shall be printed in tho record. The
Democrats simply ask that the demand be
seconded. and they will Leave the bill open Tor
reconsideration. From time 10 time the absent
members were brought in and great fun was
caused 10y their explanations OF the reasons
which cause 4 their absence.
The absentces were brought before the bar OF
the House, and questioned sharply into the
reasons Of their absence. All were excused.
At midnight, after motions innumerable 20 ad-
journ had been made and defeated the House
was in session. with a very good prospect Of not
adlOurning until tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24
NEARING THE END.
The Smith Murder Case In Jersey city to be
Given to the Jury To-day.

The throng of spectators that attended
yesterdays session Of the Smith murder trial in
Jersey City was 80 great that the stairs and cor
ridors were crowded with persons who had
been unable TO obtain admission. The number
OF women was so large that the gallery. which
is reserved for them, could not hold them all.
and several were given chairs within the bar.
Tho Proceedings consisted Of the speeches OF
tie drfendants' md Attorney General Stockton
for the prosecution. The prisoners, when led
to their seats hy Deputy Sheriff Peel and his
assistants seemed 10 have passed o troubled
and slrpulrss night
Mr., Hoffman resumed his summing up by
anayzing the eight-page letter from Bennett TO
guilt from the letter was forced and unreason-
able.
Mr.. Hoffman was followed by Mr.. Winfield.
Attorney General stockton then began sum-
ming up for the State. To-day Judge Knapp
will charge the Jury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD BONDS
The Orders OF the United states Court Ne As
sented TO by all the Counsel.

CHARLESTON, May 23.-In tho matter Of
the South Carolina Railroad in the United
States Court to-day the following orders were
consented to by all the counsel:
That the holders OF hrst mortgage bonds pledged as
the date of the second mOrgage, oct l. 1872 aud
extension entitled 10 hold them against the
painAns valid securities entitled TO the benefits OF the
hrst mortgage.
That those holding hrst mortgnge bonds In pledge be
admitted to share IN any distribution Oi funds in the
that the Injunction To the pledged or ht pothecaci
the compainnnts. and the amount received by the de.
PENDANTS interest shall he credited upon the evidences
OF Indebtedness held by them.
That the detached first mortgage coupons held by g.
W Williams and others maturing July, 1877, aud Jan l.
1879 which bought hy them witn their money
which has not been repaid, valid securities and the
Injunction 10 them Is dissolved. Thr motion to dis.
solve the Injunction to u the hypothecated second
mortgage bonds is denied, aud the Injunction Is
unurd
That the receiver pay out N the funds In his
$50 a32 OF the first mortgage coupons, due July iS7S
AMI Jan 1879. held hy a. W. Williams ana others and
the remaining like amount on or before Jan 1. lSS1
That the receiver pay forthwith the interest July
1878. and Jan 1870 ON the whole Oi the nrst mort
gage bonds the company the coupons payable in Lon
don 10 be paid through Barring Brothers.
That the receiver be authorized 10 extend the track
the road to the Cooper River and construct the necessary
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24

On the o'clock trip Of the Fulton ferryboat
FULTON to Brooklyn yesterday morning. an unknown
woman Jumped overheard, and although she was
promptly pulled out OF the river she died from exhaustion
before the boat reached the slip She about years
Of age and had large, prominent features and light hair
tnged with gray Her clothing consisted Of black
hat with black feather, light calico skirt with red
stripes waterproof sack gray red, and white shawl
and buttoned shoes without stockings The body was
taken TO the Raymond Street Morguc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24
One su,t of clo,he. aud Two Lnwsu,,..

Isaac Walker, the Broadway tailor. obtained
another verdict yesterday against Royal Crane law.
yer who had him arrested years ago under pecu.
liar circumstances Bower Crane brother Of Roval s
hnust clothing OF Mr.. walker and did not pay or it
Mr. walker sent him abusive postal cards. and Mr. GRIMM
sued nm ana obtained u verdict AGAINST him Tor ~lu
koNal ; Nrhne immediately gave order nrrrst tnn
marsnhl, AM Mr Nniker was taken into custody 90. e
was leaving the court Hr sued KnVal Crane tur
damages, claiming that he had attended the trial e. ts
NJ for himsc and was privileged arrc.t NOT only
WINE IN court nut also IN going mud coming from 30
lie recovered verdict tor Slul This was sc aside on
appeal The second trial was concluded Yesterday and
resulted IN verdict for MIR. Walker of 500
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24

judge Donohue yesterday appointed Richard
Hamilton RECEIVER OF the American Bible Union in
suit by Joseph Little and william pcnarest to wind
mp the corporation There are judgments amounting to
about SOON nsuuSt H. besides mOgt.Hge upon its real
estate for S2lOn The library belonging ti the Bhia
Union collected Tor the Bible is stated "a
h' worth 5000 The receiver J., directed 10 sell the H.
lrary 40 private sae ANA depostthe proceeds subject
the order Of the court
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24
Recovering $4,000 for False imprisonment.

Tho trial OF the case OF Perrin II. sumner
against Cora osbOrie and Henry Hoord for false i'm
the plaintiff against HOsord Osborne put In defence
and the sherfs Jury will assess his portion OF the
damages II testified that the defendants obtained
the exiTadton Of the plainun 70 California on false
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24

PORT JEByIs May 23.-The steamboat Kitta-
hnny which started from the Water Gap on Thursday
morning for trial trip up the Delaware River 10 Port
JeTyis abandoned the undertaking at Milford, eight
miles from here account OF the shalowness Of the
water on her return trip this morning, near Burrells
hlfL she struck Iook and hlled with WatoL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24
NIhIiIsts In RoumeIIn.

PHILIPPoPoLls May 23.-Gon. Stolypine hns
oricrrda search tor Nihsts. who are reported tu be-
working among the Russian troops IN Roumela
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24

WAsHINGToN. Mny 23-The Senate passed to-
day-4 20 2-thn o e. prevent the Introduction OF con;
II 50 as To provide that shall not DO in force longer
four years
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24

The TheI mometer In New York Yesterday
Al Huduut, at 3 \. NJ. 54': 6. 50; 9, So s; IL
NJ. tu., ga r. NJ. 81 +. a. da. ~ 500. II. so
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24

Knox Morgan's English STYLES gents shoes at mod.
crate prices Gal Broadway, one door below BeeekeT
-AdR
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-24

Stationar} 10 rising tomporatnrc. aud genar-
ly clear weather. VIII winds most, to south
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09
Ehs 5Hu4imkl.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL Q.
NOT GUILTY.

Warren Tate goes free-a jury of his peers
have so declared-and, therefore, for killing
VIM. Love in the Temple OF Justice no
extraordinary on record. Two men, each
more than so years of age, meet, be-
come exasperated, slight alteration en-
sues, the quick reports OF pistol follow,
and good citizen lies weltsring in his
blood. A few words are spoken and he is
dead. A member of the church, professed
disciple OF Christ, whose voice had often
been heard in PRAYER; falllble, erring some
times, but still struggling for better
life; in the full vigor of matured man
hood; kind father, with an affection
ate family dependent Upon him,
he falls victim to death-dealing bullets.
and with scarcely an instant to commend
his soul to God he is summoned to appear
at the Judgment seat of the Infinite
Disposer of events, and this transaction, says
the verdict. bears the impress of
innocence; no trace of guilt is found;
the law makes a way of escape,
and u men declare 1--WE find the defendant
mot guilty" There is no appeal. The case
Is Out Ol COUIt. 1uc INV las bcrA CAuauSb
ed, and Warren Tate goes free. The case is,
altogether, sad one. 1t is terribly suggest
I'VE. Men and women wonder; society shud-
ders GOOD men bow their heads in silence;
Religion weeps and truth sits dumb before
the spectacle. There is the verdict-"Not
guilty. William Love was not murdered.
He was killed according to law, and the law
has no rebuke for the act-no penalty what
ever. 1t views the case with placid COM
posture and says "all right" The pistol was
q necessity. Blood flowed in response to
law. William Love ought to have been
killed, and to all the world the verdict says,
Go thou and do likewise; treasure up old
quarrels, remember every unkind word; be
ready with the deadly weapon, and upon
any pretext, blaze away. We
hope William Love was prepared
to go. If he sinned, most
terrible was the penalty he paid. We hope
he sleeps well, for life wen. out while pass
ing through an awful ordeal. May the flow
ers bloom in beauty above his silent grave,
and may the winds be sttuned to soothing
melodies as they wave the green grass that
decks the mound. Warren Tate goes free. As
we write-the high noon OF the Christian Sab
bath-we contrast the situations of VIM
Love and Warren Tate, and we doubt if
there can be found on Gods green earth an
enlightened individual who would prefer
Tate's known surroundings to those which
Christian. or even heather, faith assigns to
William Love. There is great public heart
pulsating to-day with establishment; great
public conscience preparing verdict. Good
men, upon whose hands there are no blood
stains. are repeating it, I'VE, the jury, find
that the killing OF William Love was un-
necessary"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09
Women Inventors.

The Scientific American says: 1.-THE ques-
ton is often asked us: Do the inventions of
women ever amount to anything? From our
long experience with inventors of both
sexes, we conclude that larger proportion of
inventions patented by women prove use-
full and profitable than those of the sterner
sex. We see by the New York Sun that the
Metropolitan Elevated Railroad company
has selected a device. from the many that
have been under consideration, for lessening
the noise of the trains, and that it is the in
vention of Mrs. Walton, of New York. The
plan consists of boxing the rails IN mix
ture of sand, tar and cotton, and has been
under test for three months on several
blocks of the road in Sixth avenue. The
ringing of the wheels on the rails, which
makes a large part OF the Objectionable
sound. is considerably deadened. She gets
according to the Sun, $40, 900 for the use Of
the invention on the Metropolitan line, and
the company il to control its adoption on
other roads, paying her a royalty"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09
Interest.

No blister draws sharper than interest does
OF all industries none is comparable to that
of interest. 1t works all day and night, in
fair weather and foul. 1t has no sound in
its footsteps, but travels fast. It gnaws at a
mans substance with invisible teeth. 1t
binds industry with its film, as fly is
bound in q spiders web. Debts roll q man
over and over, binding him hand and foot,
letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until
the long-legged Interest devours him. There
Is bu. one thing on farm like it, and that
is the Canada thistle, which swarms new
plants every time you break roots whose
blossoms are prolific, and every flower the
father of q million seeds; every leaf is an
awl, every branch spear, and every flower
like platoon Of bayonets, add q field of
them like an armed host The whole plant
10 torment and vegetable curse. And yet
farmer had better make his bed OF Canada
thisties than attempt to be ut ease on in
tsxes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09
AN INTERESTING ARTICLE.
The Diary Kept by Gentleman Two
Hundred Years Ago.
ALBANY Argus, March 3D.

The Diary Kept by Gentleman Two
Hundred Years Ago.
ALBANY Argus, March 81
Among the many rare and interesting
articles at the Loan Exhibition which closed
Saturday evening, was the diary of Rev.
Noadiah Russell for the year 1852. Rev. Mr..
Russell was tutor at Harvard at the time
he kept the diary. He afterward was pastor
of a church at Middletown, Conn, and was
a surgeon in the Pequot war. He was well
known and highly respected in his State,
and when he died in 1713 his virtues and
deeds were widely set forth both in poetry
and prose. The Argus has been permitted
by Mr.. S. V. Talcott, whose property the
diary now is, to make the following extracts
from it:
&c day, month, 1882 1t being Sabbath
day We morning was very cold, at noou very
warm and at night between 4 and 5 of We
clock there was a thunder shower which
came from ye southwest, wherein was great
stQR Of hail. Ye hail stones were nearly
,S16ignass of bullets. They broke several
'sqrares of glass at college, for they came
with strong wind. They broke glass at
Roxbury, and at Lyn, it shattered many
windows. Moreover at Ign after sun down
as it began to be darkish, an honest old man,
Mr.. Hanford, went out to look for a new
moon. Thinking the moon had changed
when in the West, he espied a strange black
cloud in which after some space he sawa
man stdnQlng In arms complete with his
legs siraddling and having a pike in his
hands which he held across his heart
which sight ye man with his wife saw, and
many others. After while We man van
ished in where soon appeared spacious
ship seeming under sail though she kept the
same station. They cav it, they said, as
apparently as ever they saw a ship in the
harbor, which was to their imagination the
handsomest of ever they saw, with a lofty
stem, the head to the South, the hull black,
the sails bright; long and resplendant
steamer from ye top of ye mast This was
seen for great space both by these and
others OF We same town. After this they
went In where tarryirg but a while and
looking out again all was gon and ye sky as
clear as ever.
1Ith day, month, 1852. Heard of man
in Connecticut College lYale) who was
taken with hidden shivering, after which
he heard voice saying, yet four dreadful
judgments should come speedily upon the
whole earth, viz: Sword, famine, fire and
sickness, which should without speedy refor-
nation prevented, begin at New England"
and though for cur sins we have cause to
fear such judgments, yet we are not to count
such revelations as oracles. Kings,
1:2223.
10Th day, 5th month. 1t is credibly re-
ported ye Mrs. Shatfing, OF Boston and an
other person, Barnard, cooper, did severely
attempt to murder themselves. Near same
time a woman at Dockyster sKipt into well,
but finding We water cold, she bethought
herself and came out.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09
Another Fish Story.
[Easton Express.l

EdSlUu TAIftSS-J
George Bryant, train master at High Bridge,
N J.. and William Hibbler, conductor on
the Central railroad os New Jersey, were
fishing from the Newark Bay bridge three
years ago. Bryant lost his sinker, and SUBJ
stituted for it Central railroad switch key.
He got 'huge bite" and in drawing in his
line discovered large eel on his hook, but
before he could land him the eel broke
loose, carrying away the hook and the switch
key. Eight. months after an eel was caught
by Captain Simon Chapman in an old barge
at Chapman's wharf, on the Thames river
three miles above New London, CT. When
the eel was cut open the lost Central rail-
road switch key was found inside of it. Last
evening, ON Conductor HibbIer's train, the
son of Captain Chapman introduced him
self to Captain Hibbler and said his father
still had the key in his possession. Ar
rangements were made to haye it returned
to Mr.. Bryant, at High Bridge.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09

voted their old party tickets, utterly regard
less Of temperance principles. Why, told
DR.. Boyd (another Temperance candldate).
before tho election, that he would not carry
his own township. and it contains the
strongest temperance community in this
part of the State"
How is the Greenback party in Wayne
now?u
Growing stronger every day. 1t has
come to stay in this country. 1t lacks pro-
per leaders here, but is gaining in good men
all the time"
SIS the slight improvement in business
due to the effects of the resumption act?"
"No, the cities are all bankrupt and COM
PEELED to economize and the country in debt
ana buying as little as possible and doing
something toward paying out, the recent
good crops and fair prices enabling them to
do So" thf
The revernd and venerable Greenbacker
pursued the subject at considerable length
and then called up Mr.. H. A. Deltz, q Demo
cratic workingman, who seemed 20 be
thoroughly posted In political affairr-local
and general He thought Tom Browne the
strongest man the Republicans had in the
district, and Holman the great Democrat of
that part of the State. The Greenback party
in the county and country has come to stay,
and in time will be a power. In Wayne it
takes nearly all of its strength from the Re
publican party, and that influence with the
| prejudice of the Western part of the county
against Richmond growing out of the cour
house affair of 1873, which even has
taken some strength from the dominant par
ty, will next year give the Democrats fine
chance to get control of the county offices
The backbone of the Republican party is
broken, anyhow.
| Squire Wilson, another sound Democrat
| thinks Tom Browne has lost but little in the
estimation of his party. The Greenback
party is a fixture, but will grow slowly.
| Business is no better, because there is
nothing to improve 1t. The Democracy will
soon get control of the entire government,
unless they make some great blunder, inst
as they have often done before, in time to
give the victory to the Republicans The
prominence of the Confederate brigadiers"
in Congress is blunder, which gives the
bloody shirt fiaunters just the opportunity
they want. The State Legislature injured
the party no little by its course.
| Quite a number of others apparently well
| posted were seen, but those above quoted
were representative persons. The Pan
Handle Boot and Shoe company
and the Vogel & Son Organ
company, the only manufactures of much
note are running with reduced force and
irregularly.
The fruit in this vicinity is not promising.
Peaches and cherries are killed, and apples
are injured some. Wheat looks fine. also
| grass, but scarcely any oats sowed. Other
spring work done. The season is very back.
ward, and farmers are unable to do anything
| MAQUE.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09
Popular Errors.

To think that the more a man eats the fat
ter and stronger he will become. To be-
lieve that the more hours children study
the faster they will learn. To conclude
that if exercise is good, the more violent it
is the more good is done. To imagine that
every hour taken from sleep is an hour
gained. To act on the presumption that the
smallest room in the house is large enough
to sleep in. To argue that whatever remedy
causes one to feel Immediately better Is
good for the system. without regard to more
Interior effects. To eat without an appetite
or to continue to eat after it has been
satisfied, merely to crafty the taste. To eat
a hearty supper for the pleasure experienced
during the brief time It Is passing down the
throat, at the expense of whole night of
disturbed sleep and night of weary waking
in the morning.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-04-09
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
How Old is the world?-An Answer by an
English Scientist.
London Academyt

How Old is the world?-An Answer by an
English Scientist.
LONDON Academy
Biologists astronomers and physicists
alike have hitherto been bsffied in their at
tempts to set up any satisfactory kind of
chronomeIer which will approximately
measure geological time, and thus give us
some clue to the antiquity of our globe. 1t
is therefore worth noting that Mellard
Reade, of Liverpool. has lately contributed
to the Royal society very suggestive paper,
in which he endeayors to grapple with the
question by employing the limestone rocks
of the earth's crust as an index of geological
time. Limestones have been in course of
formation from the eerlies. known geological
periods, but 1t would appear that the later
formed strata are more calcareous than the
earlier, and that there has, in fact, been q
gradually progressive increase of calcareous
matter. The very extensive deposition of
carbonate of lime over wide areas OF the
ocean bottom at the present day is sufficient
ly attested by the recent soundings of the
Challenger. According to the authors
estimate, the sedimentary crust of the earth
Is at least one mile in average actual thick
ness, of which probably one-tenth consists
OF calcareous matter. In seeking the origin
OF this calcareous matter, 1t is assumed that
the primitive rocks OF the original crust
were of the nature of granite or basaltic
rocks. By the dislntegration OF such rocks,
have been formed. The amount of lime
salts in waters which drain districts made
up OF GRANTEES and basalts is found, by
comparison Of analyses to be on an average
about 3.73 parts in 100000 parts of water.
1t is further assumed that the exposed areas
of igneous rocks. taking an average through
out of all geological time, will bear to the
exposures of sedimentary rocks a ratio of
about one to nine. From these and other
data Mr.. Reade concludes that the elimina
ton of the cslcarecus matter now found in
all the sedimentary strata must have occu-
pied at least 100000, 900 of years. This,
therefore, represents the minimum age of
the world. The author infers that the for
nation OF the Laurentian, Cambrian and
Silurian strata must have occupied about
200 DOC. 900 of years; the old red sandstone
the carboniferous. and the poikilitic systems,
another 200 600. 0O0 and all the other strata
the remaining 200,000,000 Mr.. Reade is
therefore, led to believe that geological time
has been enormously in excess of the limits
urged by certain physicists; and that 1t has
been ample to allow for all the changes
which, on the hypothesis of evolution, have
occurred in the organic world.