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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-17

he may be prepared to make--even the lawyer IL
necessary"
IL have written letter to Judge Hilton, copy Of
which you welcome to take-in fact. mean it
for an open letter. wish him to understand that.
even II no Is rich man. will not allow him to de-
fame me-"
Judge Hilton says the original correspondence
and tho copies written on the same paper. How
about thatY'
whether 1t is on the same paper not leave
YOU to Judge for yourself. You now see both"
Here tho General exhibited one of the original
letters received FROM Romano and copy of it. The
paper did not to the reporter to be the same.
"Another thing will tell you. added the General.
.In letter dated February 2s 1879. from Montreal,
this man Romaue says to me, will forward fac
simiiies of all my letters to you. and this he did
presume he did this to give me proof of his being
the only writer. the originals as general thing
having been forwarded from different places.
There is no need of my saying nything
more. You have all the full details With
Judpe Hilton. as said before, my letter
explains ali that is necessary for tho present. To
have him tell the truth Is the main thing seek and
shall try hard. that no has acted in this way.
TO make him speak. Tho original letters you have
seen. and also the envelopes; you will notice the
postnarks and the stamps ON them. Now. they may
have been written in New York. or Hcavon knows
where: am sure don't simply know that they
we're brought to my office by a letter carrier. My
knowledge as an ex-postmastcr gives me every rca-
son to bellows that they passed. through
the New York Post 0fico In proper
shape, and I wish very much that you
would call on Postmaster James and ask him IL he
does not think the same. Judge Hlton's assertion
that the original letters and the copies were ON the
same paper presume meant that they
from these different places. but we're manufactured
In New York. As said before, know no moro of
that matter than you. but certainly there the
letters and there are tho envelopes"
GENERAL JONES JUDGE HILTON.
The following Is the open letter to Judge Hilton
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BISHOP ODENHEIMER's FUNERAL.

The funeral of the late Bishop odcnhemer will
take place at ST. Mary's Church. Burlington. N j..
tomorrow afternoon. at two o'clock Bishops Pot
ter of New York; Doane. OF Albany; Scarborough.
OF New Jersey. and others VIII be present. also
large representation of the clergy and laity of New
Jersey. New York ana Pennsylvania. The dead
prelate will be inferred in ST. Mary's Church yard
where other members of his family and the remains
of bishop Doane, his predecessor. also lies. No de-
cision was reached yesterday to palboarers, but
it is likely that the delegates to the General Conven
ton and the Standing Committee will act in this
capacity.
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GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON. August 1e. 1879.

TREASURY STATISTICS.
The Treasury now holds 1858. 917.3 $50 In United
States bonds to secure bank circulation. United
states bonds deposited for circulation for the week
ending to-day So 22o 800. United States bonds held
for circulation withdrawn during the week ending
to-day, S2.3l2G0o. National bank circulation out
standing-Curroncy notes. 1928 72s 1876: gold notes.
sl,As.s4o. Tho internal revenue receipts to-day
were s3s5.726 90 and tho customs receipts
$780, 26 81. The receipts OF national bank notes for
redemption for tho week ending to-day. compared
with the corresponding period last year. fol-
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vew:-
'No. $50 NASSAU STREET. NEw YORK;
August l6, 1879.
Hon. HENRY HILTON
"SIR-In regard to the Stewart matter. which has
occupied the attention of some readers of the
papers. understand from reported interview that
you state that know more of the matter and the
personnel OF the thieves than has been printed.
..Be kind enough to assert squarcly what you
mean. 1t may lead to Judicial investigation II SO
say that 1 will not commence any civil action
against you for defamation. and will not seek any
other redress than to make you tell the truth If
can.
.This IN AN oman letter
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CONSULAR REPORTS.

The consular reports prepared for publication ~
tho Department OF State showing the state Of labor
ill., and the condition of the workingmen OF. Europe
have passed through the printers hands and
are now really Tor distribution. Congress
ordered the printing OF 5000 copies Of
these reports, OF which 5000 copies were fos
the House of Representatives. 1000 for tho.
senate and 5000 for the Department OF state
Senators and Representatives will receive their
allotted number Of copies by applying at the docu-
ment of the Senate and House at tho Capitol.
The Department OF state. having only 5000 for dis
trbuton. will cndeavor as much possible 20 dis
tribute that number among the newspapers. mags-
zines. Libraries, state officials. boards trade aar.
cultural societies. manufactured. trade societies. 40
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PATRICK II. JONES'"
MR.. wALLrSe's DISBELIEF.

MR.. wALIING's DISBELIEF.
superintendent waing called upon yesterday
afternoon and was asked to give his opinion of the
Montreal despatch published in tho HERALD and no
did so buntly. AZ follows:-
1.-THE story is absurd 1t is not possible to do it.
If the box snelt badly at Montreal it must have
emitted odors also at Plattsburg. received the de-
spatches quoted in the HERALD to-day and
showed them to Judge Hilton. We came
TO the conclusion IL useless spending
money. sending man there. as the time was too
short to have got the body to that point There
may have been some struggled goods taken there In
a box. but not the body of Mr.. Stewart. 1t was
stolen from here during the night of the 9th and 7th
and could not have been got to Montreal by the 9th
as they say. II must have been taken to Platsburg
according to them, by freight. and 1t is impossible
they could have arrived in Montreal by time set
down. have not the dispatches received. left
them with Judge Hilton"
Is THE SUPERINTENDENT MISTAKEN
II will be noticed that superintendent walling
scrls that the body taken away from the vault
in ST. Marks churchyard ION the night OF the 9th
and 7th," and that IL must have been taken" to
Pattsburg. IL IL taken there, las freight" He
asserts too, that IL useless to send detective
there ''as the time was too short to have got tibet
body to that point" It will be remembered that 1t
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HEADsToNES.

The Secretary of War has ordered the contracts for
hcadstones for soldiers graves to be awarded to ID.
W. whitney of Troy. n. ". and samuel q. Bridges.
Of Kcokuk. Iowa. The price of the hesdstones fur
nished aud erected WILL under these awards, average
about 50 % each.
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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1879-12-11

The following is the public debt state
ment for the month of November:
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CRIME.

HENRY WISE, one Of the murderers Of
Joseph Raber, was sentenced at Leba-
non, Pa, on the Cd inst, to be hung.
This is the celebrated insurance conspir-
acy case. Drews and Stichler have al
ready been hung.
VIM. G. GILMAN, highly connected and
well-known in New York financial cir
Giles, who was sentenced in 1877 to five
years in the state prison at Auburn, for
forgery and embezzlemento of trust funds,
was pardoned out Dec. Sd. He immedi.
ately started for home to attend tina fu-
neral of his wife, His daughter, aged
Il, died few weeks ago.
T. HE majority of the committee ap
pointed by the county board of super
visors to Investigate the alleged cruel
and barbarous Encouragement OF the
Milwaukee house of correction, reported
December I'd that they found inspectors
Hasse and Kennedy guilty of using tor
lures not permitted by the statutes; that
they had cruelty and inhumanly treated
prisoners by combining them in the dark
cell and using on them the barbarous
gag. The report was severe in its denun-
Citations Of what it terms the horrible
practices of the guilty inspectors.
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FOREIGN.

The workingmen of Switzerland, says
cablegram of Dec. 3rd, are contem.
plating wholesale emigration as remedy
for their lack Of employment.
AN Alexandria dispatch of Dec. 18th
says the Egyptian government has sold
its steamer Dessuk, Of the Khedival
postal service, to the United States for
81 900 pounds, tor use in the custom SER
vice.
TIE marriage festivities in Madrid
We're continued Dec: LIST, by grand bull
fight, at which the Queen Christine was
Over twenty thousand spectators were
present.
A ST.. PETERSBURG telegram of the list
says the military court before which the
Nihilists charged with attempting the
assassination of Gen. Devtreler were on
trial has sentenced Mersky to be hanged.
Tarkhoff has been condemned to hard
labor in Siberian mines for thirteen years
for assisting to conceal Mersky.
A MADRID dispatch of the Both an
nounces the marriage of King Alphonso
and Arch. Duchess Marie Christine, of
Austria. The bride was accom- panied by
her mother, and was preceded by four
carriages, containing the ladies of honor
and court dignitaries. The bride was
richly dressed in white, and wore dia-
dem Of brilliants and an insignia Of the
Marie Louise order. Troops lined the
streets through which the procession
passed. The Atochi church was splend-
idly illuminated and decorated with
rich silken draperies. The diplomatic
body, Spanish grandees, and Populations
from the senate and chamber of deputies
were received by the King at the church.
and occupied the 1aoven. The bride was
much moved during the ceremony. Ben
ediction was given, in behalf Of the Pope,
by Cardinal Petrarch, of Indus, who Of
fciated at the high mass.
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GENERAL NOTES.

A ST. JOHN, N. B. dispatch of Dec.
port to Europe during the past eleven
months has been 143,000,000 superficial
feet
GEN. JEFFERSON G. DAVIS, of the reg
ular army, veteran Of the Mexican war
and the war Of the rebellion, died of ty-
phoid pneumonia, at the Palmer House,
Chicago, Nov. 30th. His remains were
sent to indianapolis for burial.
IT was stated in St. John, N. B., on the
Sd inst. that the steamship Circassian
claimed $4,000 salvage for towing the
disabled City of Richmond into port re-
Gently. The Inman people refused to pay
over $40, 900, and the case has gone to
admiralty court.
A New YORK dispatch of Nov. 30th
says Chase and Atkins, as the bankers of
W. II. Vanderbilt, yesterday received
from Drexel, Morgan & Co.. representing
the syndicate, the checks of the latter for
So, O0O, 900, being the first installment of
the pa nent for the New Work Central
and Hudson River railroad stocks recent
ly sold by Vanderbilt to the syndicate.
GEN. GRANTS latest programme, says
a dispatch of Dec. sd, is to visit through
the middle. and eastern states in Decem-
Der, and sail in the latter part of the
month to Havana. They remain in Ha-
vana part of the winter, and thence to
Mexico, after visiting the principal cities
of that country, return via Galveston, in
April, going direct to Denver from there
and visiting the mining districts, includ-
ing Leadville.
GEN. GRANT was entertained by the
citizens of Dubuque on the first inst
very deliberately. In response to the ad-
dress of welcome, Gen. Grant said: II
thank the citizens of Dubuque and your
self for the kind welcome which you
have extended to me. shall not attempt
to make any remarks further than to say
that most heartily thank you. After
an absence of two and half years have
returned to our country approaching it
more highly than ever.'
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany on Dec. 3rd made the following re-
auctions in rates from New York to St.
Louisa reduction from rs to 60 cents
for every 10 words, and charge for
every additional word of instead Of
s cents. To Chicago, Indianapolis,
Louisville and Cincinnati-a reduction
from 60 to SO cents for every 10 words,
and from five to three cents for each adj
ditional word. Further reductions will
be made as the wires are extended.
SPECIALS to the New Orleans Democrat
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FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A FIRE at GAINESVILLE, MIMI, Nov. goth
destroyed Carpenters flour mill. Loss
$4,000; one half insured.
AT Brennan, Texas, Nov. goth, fire
destroyed the block east of the court
house, involving loss of $4,000; insur:
ance $4,000.
The Touring mill of J. Schreiner, a,
Manchester, about twenty miles west OF
st. Louis, burned Dec. Sd, together with
nearly 10000 bushels of wheat and con.
siderable flour. Loss about $4,000;
partly insured.
A TORONTO telegram Of Nov. 30th says
the Grand Opera House on Adelaide
street was burned early this morning. A
janitor, named Wright, his wife and young
daughter are missing, and supposed to
be burned to death. A young man named
Thos. Scott leaped from window to the
street, and escaped with broken arm {.
The building was regarded as one of the
finest theatres on the continent.
A BOILER In the Eau Claire numbering
companY's mill at Eau Claire, Wis, burst
Dec. 1st with terrific force, killing Eng1-
neer Haskins, Fireman Hosplin and a
teamster named Gallagher. The force
of the explosion was so great as to be
felt all over the city, and fragments of
the wreck were scattered for blocks dis
tant. Several other employees were more
or less injured.
A VIRGINIA, Nevada, dispatch of Dec
Sd says: The engineer at the Union shaft
at the changing of the shift, this morn
ing, ran the cage into the sheaves.
Eighteen men were in the cage, and on
the skin beneath. Nearly all were m ore
or less injured. One, i. O. McCarty,
has since died. Several others, it is fear
ed, are fatally hurt. The engineer left
Immediately after the accident. A COM
mittee Of miners are looking for him.
OSHKOSH, Wis, advices under date of
Nov. 30th state that lightning struck a
barn on farm in the town of Rushford,
owned by L. G. Avery and occupied by
John Bagley, and it was entirely de-
stroyed, together with a span of mules,
span ofhorses. two COWS, calf, two hogs,
two pigs, ten tons Of hay, and large
number of hens and farming impliments.
When the fire was first discovered effort
was made to save the live stock, but it
was found on entering the barn that the
animals and fowl had been killed by the
lightning. The loss falls heavily on the
owners and it is estimated at $500; in.
surance, $3.50. s'~' =. -.
A MILWAUKEE dispatch of the 1st says
among vessel and insurance men in this
city, that the schooner Hattie johnson,
of Buffalo, which sailed from this port
on the night of the 10th, foundered
near Manitous in the gale of the 10th,
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from 81 parishes, not including Orleans,
up to Dec. 3rd, give the democrats 49,
215 net majority. The Democrat claims
the election Of Wilt, for governor, by
10000 majority. The new constitution
is adopted by large majority. Promi-
nent democrats consider the fate of the
debt ordinance, which was voted for sep
arately, in doubt. Indications poi 1t to
its defeat, though the vote will probably
be close and may require the official re-
turns to decide. In this city the demo-
Gratis have about six thousand majority
Gen Notes
A LARGELY attended meeting was held
in Chicago on the evening Of Dec. 1st
for the purpose of expressing sympathy
with the people of Ireland in their pres.
ent agitation for relief from the opposi-
ton OF non resident land owners.
Speeches we're made by the Hon. Thos.
Hoyne, Lieut-Gov, Sherman, Leonard
Sweet and others, all in moderate tone,
but expressing the deepest interest in the
posture of affairs in ireland, and predict
ing thai a benefit to the working classes
of that island would eventuate from the
present disorder. An address was issued
to the people Of the United States, en-
bodying in stronger terms, the ideas ex-
pressed by the various speakers.
A DISPATCH of the 30th states that the
session Of congress which met on
Monday the list contains six new men,
beers namely, Horace Davis, Horace F.
Page, Romualdo Pacheco and Campbell
V. Berry Of California, all republicans;
Waldo P. Hutchins, democrat, of New
York, vice Smith, republican, deceased,
and W. G.. Thompson, repu blican, of
Iowa, vice Clark, republican, deceased.
This will make full house of 293 men,
bers, Of whom the democrats have $50;
the republicans 1871; greenbackers, II ;
independent, DR.. FELTON,, Of Georgia, 1.
This gives the democrats majority Of
7 over all.
THE general assembly of Virginia met
Dec. Sd in its first biennial session under
the recent amendment of the constitu-
ton, providing for regular session once
every two years. All the senator's, 40 in
number, were present. In the house SO
out Of 100 delegates answered to their
names. The work Of organization be.
gan at once, and progressed quietly to
the end; the readjusters electing all the
officers in both houses. The majority by
whic the officers of the house were
elected, ranged from Is to 18, while in
the senate they ranged from 8 to Is,
showing an average joint majority Of 81
FOR the readjusters. In the organization
all but four of the republican members
voted for the readjusters.
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los as the Duke of Palma, the Duchess
Fl l.. 4 4 Il

los as the Duke of Palma, the Duchess
d'Alencon as the Duchess de Malines
are entirely taken from life. But
many others, like the King of Palermo,
the infant, the dgent Tom Lewis, the
broker eLemarcy, and the dethroned
Prince himself, on whose weakness and
vice rests the chief burden of the drama
are purposely creatures of action with
only feature here and there borrowed
from living models. NJ. Daudet has
thus happily eschewed the danger of
falling into libel or caricature, as only
his sympathetic characters are recog-
nizable, whilst the others, true and mas
terfully drawn as they are, could never
be said to correspond exactly with any
historical figure.
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VERY. LATEST NEWS
A Record Of Important Events
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON.

The coinage at the United States
minis during November, says dispatch
of the End inst, was as follows: $780,
1856 in gold, $2,499,000 standard silver,
and $31,236 minor coins; total, SC, 1885,
421.
The president sent in the following
nominations to the senate Dec. 3rd:
Postmasters- Wisconsin,: Tbos. ". Spence.
Fond du Lac; VIM. P. Forsyth, jefferson. Min
nesota: Wilder ". Hark ley. Rralnard: David
Day, st, Paul; Martin B. Soule, Worthington;
Chas. 0. Harris, Lucerne.
The president sent the following nom
nations to the senate December Sd:
Charles Beardsley, Iowa, 18th auditor of
the treasury. Collectors of Internal Rev
enue-L. B. Croker, I'd district, Ill. !;
Alfred NJ. Jones, Sd district, Ill;
Howard M. Kutchin, Sd district, Wis.,;
Charles Holton, Mich, Indian A gent at
Shoshone Agency, Wyoming.
A DISPATCH of Nov. Both, from Wash
ington, says Secretary Sherman is indig-
nant that copy of his report was oh
tanned yesterday, and published in GER
tain western papers this morning in adj
vance Of its presentation to congress.
An investigation will be ordered to as
certain whether any treasury .employe
was instrumental in furnishing the copy
for publication.
DEMOCRATIC Senators met in caucus
Dec. I'd to discuss some measures per-
tanning to party interests. Some discus
sion ensued upon the subject of senate
patronage. It was agreed that all CON-
mittee positions occupied by the late
Senator Chandler should .emain at the
disposal of republicans. 1t was also
agreed that no union soldier should be
removed from his position.
WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT has sent to
the treasury $5,000,O00 in registered
registered in his name. These were pur-
chased with the proceeds Of the late sale
of New York Central stock. Vanderbilt
has now $10,000,000 in per cent. regis.
tered bonds, on which he draws an an.
nual interest of 100000: Letters from
New York say that on Friday and Satur-
day, Vanderbilt bought all the bonds on
the market, and now holds about &c.,
DOC, 900 in 4 per cents.
A SPECIAL of Nov. 30th says the treas
ury department has investigated the re-
port circulated some time ago that frauds
were being practiced in connection with
the importation of sugar from the Sand
witch Islands free Of duty, and find it to
be devoid of foundation A special
agent who went to the Sandwich Islands,
says that all the sugar sent to the United
States is the product OF those islands,
and that sugars are not sent there from
other countries and then imported into
the United States free of duty.
SAWS Washington dispatch of Dec.
Sd: twenty-five rich widows have join
ed in petition to congress, representing
that they are taxed to support govern
ment in the management of which they
support pauperism and crime, which are
the direct results sof the liquor traffic,
while they have no voice in making the
laws under which that traffic is per-
mitted and regulated. They therefore
ask to be removed of their political dis
abilities, and, if this is not done, that
they be relieved from taxation.
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Australian Marriages.
London Saturday Review.

In Australia, as elsewhere, tie of
more or less permanence and &C
knowledged validity binds men to their
partners. Marriage, again, is surround
ed, as amonA civilized people, by laws
of forbidden degrees" which are very
curious, very little understood, and
which in many ways resemble, while in
others they seem to differ from the laws
of other undeveloped peoples. Wives
are chiefly obtained by exchange. The
dominant male of a group-father,
eldest brother, or uncle-has the GUS
tomary right of swapping away the
young women oi.the group in exchange
for other young women whom it is
lawful for him to marry. It is clear
that old men with families have the
best chance of getting more wives,
while young men with no sisters are
likely to remain bachelors. If this sys-
tenn worked itself out, each tribe would
consist of few overgrown harems and
asset of wild bachelors. AS it happens,
young men and women revolt against
the old, and voluntary Opponents or
marriages by capture are common.
The course OF true love runs anything
but smooth. The lover is exposed to
the ordeal of spears" which are hurl-
ed at him by the relatives of the lady.
The runaway bride is beaten, perhaps
her feet are speared, to prevent her
from running away again. If a young
pair are courageous and true to each
other, however, the sympathy of the
group usually comes round to them,
and they enter on peaceful married
life. It has been said that the old men
sometimes give wives to the young
who thus take stock" as the ancient
Irish said, and become, in a way, the
vassals of the old fellows. {