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The New York herald., 1879-12-12
RECOMMENDATION OF CREDIT.

For several days past action brought by John
W. Hesse against Samuel Ellis Briggs has been ON
trial before Chief Justice Curtis ana jury In the
Superior Court. The plaintiff charged that in the
spring OF 1877 the defendant introduced to him Mr.
John Ii. Horsfall. who Is well known the Major
OF the Twenty second regiment. and whom Mr.. Brigas
represented being man of large capital, doing
prosperous aud successful business. Mr.. Hcsse and
Mr.. Briggs were old friends. and Hesse. relying
upon what Briggs had told him advanced
to Horsfall large amounts OF money avure-
eating nearly $4,000. In January. 1873. Horsfall
failed in business, owing Hosse about $40 900, aud
Hesse then discovered that he had never had any
capital except trihing amount, and that he had ali
along been indebted to Briggs In some $ll 900 for
money loaned. which fact Briggs concealed from
Hesse. Horsfall compromised with his creditors,
paying twenty-five cents on the dollar. which Hesse
received with the rest Hesse then brought his suit
against Briggs to recover damages for the latter's
deceit aud false representations. The jury yester
day rendered verdict for the plaintiff for S2 400 to
which the Court added extra allowance OF Ave per
cent Ex-District Attorney samuel q. Courtney and
Messrs. Lawrence q Waehner appeared for plaintif
for the defendant Messrs. Douglas Campbell and
George O. Lay. Jr.
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.
The General Term of the supreme Court yestes-
The New York herald., 1879-12-12
SUMMARY OF LAW CASES.

The General Term of the supreme Court yester-
day. on motion OF John McKeon. admitted TO prae-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26
THE KINGDOM OF CAMERON.

The Pennsylvania Republican State Conven.
ton at Harrisburg on Wednesday, though less
numerollsy attended than that at Madison and
vastly less enthusiastic, having met simply to
record the decree of the Cameron ring, never.
thelcss eXccllcd the other in the adoption Of IA
truly stalwart platform, In the gcnuln" spirit
of Blaine and Chandler 1t resolved that the
war was not yet over and that "the republican
party is again forced to stand forward for the
defence OF human rights" and finds itself still
confronted by the foes of federal unity, poIt-
zeal freedom and national honor" BY "pOit-
ical freedom" and national honor" are proha-
bly, meant the means TO perpctnatc the rule Of
the republican party by the use of government
bayoncts and an army Of federal marshals and
supervisors at the polls to compel republican
victories in democratic states and to elect an.
other president by fraud
Another resolution fclicitatcs the coantry up.
on the resumption of specie payment about
which, however, some very honest people have
doubts, as only people in New York can ret
gold for grcenhacks Another resolution fay
ors the payment of the national debt IN coin,
according to the understanding between the
government and the lender" We have a sort
of recollection of John Sherman and Thaddeus
Stevens telling the country that the contract
with the lender was that most Of the debt was
payable in greepbacks. Another resolution at
tributes the growth and development of our
domestic and foreign commerce to the policy
and practice of protection to home industries"
That sort Of stuff may do IN Pennsylvania, but
outside of the kingdom Of Cameron there is Il
pretty thorough conviction that protective tar,
IFS have been the ruin of our foreign COM
mercc and many of our most important domcs
tic Industries. The rest of the platform is in
the same truthful view--eminently stalwart
and "bloody Shirt in It's spirit, and quite pre-
scntable as specimen of the campaign lltcra-
ture of the day of the great party of fraud.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

On Wednesday John Sherman, on the invi
tatlon OF j. G. Blaine, opened the political
campaign in Maine by speech in Portland
The speech, however, was of little value IN
that latitude for campaigning purposes, as
Shermans sole theme was the Qualification OF
the prospective republican candidate for the
presdency-Mr. John Sherman-tellng the
people of Portland how lac brought about The
resumption of specie payments so gently that
everybody was pleased by the process, anC
how he was paying off the national debt Will
so little inconvenience TO the people that h,
pocket AS to silver, he said there had beer
f36O00,0O0 of silver dollars coined under tn,
law of congress, Of which but S7000000 had
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS-Ihc Wisconsin
Republicans heda state convention at Madi-
son on Wednesday, the main object beng to
nominate a candidate tor Governor, Lieutenent
Governor, and other state officers. Smith, the
present incumbent, was candidate for re cleo
ton, but was holly opposed by faction who
wanted Ludlngton nominated Fortified, how.
ever, as Smith was by numerous timber land
and tax agents and the railroad influence, the
opposition scarcely made rifle, and Smith
was nominated by large majority. j. M.
Bingham was nominated for Lieut.. Governor,
Hans Werner for Secretary of State, &c. The
resolutions have what may be called the genu-
inc old Hartford Convention ring They declare
that this republic is nation" and not a mere
union Of States that the congressional cleo.
tons are national elections, and as such are
To be regulated" by the national authority
that congress having raised money by taxation
TO dcfray the expenses of the national" gov
eminent, ought to appropriate it in a way to
merit the executive approval; that the practice
of attaching "nders' to appropriation bills
(the practice was never SO abused as when the
republicans had control Of congress) should be
prohibited thanking Hayes for his vetoes
glOntylng the resumption of specie payment
and insisting that congress ought to pass laws
to secure perpetual succession in power to the
"only great loyal party of the nation"
Having thus relieved itself, the convention
went in for a general Qualification in comment
GRAFTON of the 25th anniversary of the organi-
cation of the republican party. There was
eating and drinking, and then the party adj
journcd to the eastern portico of the state house
where speeches were made by Old Zach. Chan,
dler Of Michigan and De Golyer Garfield of
OHIO. The substance of Old Zach's speech
was that the Republican party Lad been form.
ed by God" that the laws it had passed were
inspired by supreme wisdom and that any one
who opposed the full execution of those laws
ought TO be hung. Garfield's speech was some
what more methodcal and dignfied, but was
rs untruthtul rs old Zach's in its unstinted
glorliication of the republican party and tax
| ing TO 1t the sole credit of having successfully
prosecuted the war of the rebellion to a tri
umphant close without the help of the northern
democrats
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Says radical exchange: THE failure of
congress to make any appropriation for United
States marshals is imparting new animation to
the whisky rings"
If it had been possible for a radical organ to
tell the truth the statement would have been in
this form The failure of the president TO
approve any appropriation for United States
marshals," &c. Congress passed bill appro-
priating 100000 to pay the marshals and gen.
eral deputies-all that was asked; but Hayes
vetoed the bill because 1t did not also include
an appropriation to pay several thousand spec
lal deputy marshals to be used as electioneer-
ing agents in behalf Of the republican party.
1t was with Sherman, however, game of
"heads win, tails you lose" If the bill to
pay ten thousand deputy msrshals to be used
as electioneering agents passed, their pay,
amounting to some 100000, would be an adj
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

The Wisconsin Republican State Convention
on Wednesday, consistently with the idea OF
the old Hartford Convention Federalists of the
imperial character of the fedora! government,
resolved that 'the republic of the United States
is a nation, aid not a confederacy of states"
When the question arose in the convention that
'ormed the constitution of the United States as
20 the name 20 be given the government thus
created, the record says Gouverneur Morris
proposed TO call it the american Nation"
Mr.. Ellsworth objected-it was not nation
and expressions of approval of his remarks
coming from all sides, Mr.. Ellsworth moved
that as the government was intended for
ppion of states, it be called that of the United
s,ates.- and that name was accordingly adopt
ed. Modern republicanism, however, has ad.
yanced away beyond the ideas of the trainers
of the constitution.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

The revival'of old Hartford convention fed
eralism by the republican party of today IN its
claim of power on the part Of tue federal gov
eminent to supervise state officers IN the con-
duct of state elections and to harrass and in
timidate voters by an army of deputy malshas
and display of federal bayonets at the polls
gives new and forcible significance to the
following words of Jefferson, whose election
to the presidency was the issue OF deadly en-,
counter with the same imperial pretensions OF
the federal or monarchical party of his day:
"Giving little today and little to-mor.
row; advancing its noiseless steps like a thief
over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be
usurped from the states, and the government
of all be consolidated into one. To this am
opposed; because when all government, DO
nestle and foreign, IN little as in great things,
shall be drawn to Washington as the center OF
all power, it will render powerless the checks
provided OF one government on the other, ana
will become as venal and oppressive as the
government from which we separated
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

State elections will take place tins fall as
follows: Kentucky August 4, Governor and
other State officers; California, September 3,
State and Judicial officers, four Congressman
and Legislature; Maine, September 8, State
officers and a Legislature; Ohio and Iowa,
october Z, State officers in part and Leglsla-
ture; Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia and Wisconsin, November 3.
Governors are elected in all the States named
sxcep, Mississippi, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
wanna
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

The Itter-Ucean reports attorney general De
vens as saying in referenceto lIayes's veto ofthe
bill to pay the L. S. marshals,-There would
probably have been no deputy marshals en-
poyed at any federal election held this year,
even had congress made no restrictive apprO-
prlation in vain attempt to nulify the cleo
ton laws. Mr. Devens says that since he has
been in Office there has been no occasion to use
deputy marshals at special elections elections
to ill vacancies,) or in California, where the
congressional election is upon different date
from the congressional elections in other states.
Hence the only thing the extra session has ac-
cemplished is to attempt to prevent the deputy
marshals at elections where they had not been
before used, and probably would not have been
used even had the appropriation been made as
usual During the time covered by the appro-
prIation bills zone year from the first of JulyJ
there are no congressional elections, except the
election of one member in New York, Ia fill
a vacancy, and four members in California
All of which Is no doubt exactly true. Then,
IN heavens name, If no deputy election mar
shals are needed until nearly year after the
converting of another session Of congress, why
did Hayes veto the bin to pay the only marshals
who will need pay? 1t really looks as if there
was something in the charge that Sherman
made Hayes stop the pay of the marshals SO
that a free rein could be given to the whisky
rings, on whom Sherman could then, after the
fashion of the Grant regime, levy enormous
contributions for electioneering purposes.
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ANOTHER INDIAN WAR.

For month or two past reports nave KEEP
coming to Washington that Sitting Bull an'
his warriors were making frequent ioray'
I across the Canada line into Montana, ana tina
in fact the whole northern half of that terrific
nv was full of hostile Sioux. The war depart
ment ordered Gen Miles, who has about 90,
cavalry under his command with few Gatlir
guns, to 80 to Montana and make observations
Gen. Sheridan protested against sending SC
small force, a. he knew northern Montana tc
be swarming with hostile savages, and he told
| the Washington authorities If Miles went there
d quick, too On this hint instructions
were sent to Gen. Miles to proceed cautiously
and if possible to avoid conflict, Unhappily
there Is no telegraph to Montana, and before
He had advanced 10 the vicinity of Beaver
Creek, in Montana. There, on the Eth inst. p,
Lieut.. Clark venturcd out with a couple OF
companies and about 80 Indians on "A scout.
They had gone but a little way when they struck
a large hunting party Of Sitting Bulls men,
and a running fight was the immediate result.
There were about 400 Indians, and with their
usual skill they soon swang around Clark 5
command IN a manner that made it particular
" lively for that officer CouricrS were sent to
Gen. Miles to appraise him of the situation,
and fortunately Clark was able to maintain his
ground until Miles with a portion Of his com
mand came to his relief, and the Indians were
driven of, 1t is certain, however, that Sitting
Bull is in the vicinity with about $500 war
rlors, and as IN the nature Of things il Is i'm
possible for one white man to surround and
capture five Sioux warriors, the prospect is that
If Sitting Bulls $500 encounter Mles's 700
nothing but luck and pluck will leave grease
spot of him.
There are some 10000 efficient men in the
regular army, and except a thousand or TWO 10
guard few post, in idaho, Oregon, sc. II j.
"onc Of those things no tcliah can find ont"
what the rest are dong, or why a thousand or
two of reintorcements cannot be sent to Gen.
Miles
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to display its superior knowledge. 1t ought
to have given US some of its no doubt well re-
membered "reminiscences Of young Harry
when he was known as the mill boy of the
Hanover slashes, IN reference to whom an ad-
miring poet afterwards composed tina, charm
ing ditty commencing
Young Harry Clay to the mill hath gone
By the roadside You will lind him:
His white meal bag he's perched upon,
His shirt tail streams behind him
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

Dr. Drake, in his work on yellow icver, says
the fever has never prevailed in an epidemic
form in the United States at an elevation OF
more than 400 feet above the level of the sea
There have been cases at St Souls, 41j fee,
above the sea level; at Louisville, AGO IT.. AT
Cincinnati, $50 IT,; at Galllpolls, $50 feet. but
in none Of these localities has it spread as an
epidemic. Ottawa being about 800 feet above
the sea level can therefore take comfort in re-
garding itself as above the epidemic range.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

DONE UP IN SHEEPsKIN THAT was the case
with unique party of emigrants that passed
through Chicago on Thursday on their way to
Minnesota There were four hundred of them
men, women and children, and they were all
the way from Iceland. They had gone by sail.
ing vessel to Glasgow, then by steamer to Que.
bee, and from Quebec to Chicago by rail, on
their way by the same conveyance to Mlnneo.
tn, settlement on the Winona and st. Peters
railroad. All were bondes-had light halr
and blue eyes-not black eye among them,-
and some of the girls were very handsome
none really bad looking. The men wore sheep
skin over coats with sheepskn legglns and
wooden shoes. The children were as numer
Gus rs the grown ones, one woman contessing
to the ownership of thirteen, of whom the eld
est was l6 They appeared to have plenty OF
money, averaging about $4,000 in gold to each
family. They say if they find their new home
equal to expectations, they will soon he follow
ed by 700 more.
The papers for some time have been talking
OF the depopulation of Iceland. Fifty years
ago tue island had many fertile spots, ana the
climate was quite endurabe. As years rolled
on, however, the climate became more and
more severe, until now there is hardly green
leaf or blade of grass upon it. The same may
be SAID ofGreenland which two hundred years
ago had many green fields and sustained d
| large population, but is now a barren, frozen
waste. The "mIldness" in the far north seems
to be moving eastward-the cold on the north
ern coast Of America growing more severe
while north of ASA il is ameliorating.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

All the planets are visible this month ant
present an unusual spectacle Venus can b,
becomes visible as bright star gllmmering II
the west just after sunset. Ruddy Mars ma,
be seen towards morning Jupiter seems won
derfully bright in the east about midnight
when Saturn can also now be seen shining witt
pale yellew light Uranus was near the new
moon on the 2lst, and Jupiter will be detected
In the east, little above the horizon, af,c
. "a
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

On the 10Th of last June the New YORK
W0rh published an interview between JoLh
F. Mines and Stewart l.. Woodiord, L. ;, at
tornev for New YORK IN 1867, in which n
tervIew Mr.. Woodford gave the details at some
length of plan that had been concocted by 'he
Grant administration III the winter OF 1877,
said plan to be executed by Mr.. Woodford'
thu, in case the democrats and republicans
should disagree in completing the preslden'
tial count before March 4th, 1877, and there
was a probability of an attempt TO administer
the oath of office of President to Mr.. Iilden,
then Mr.. WoodfoFd, with competent mil,
,ary force to be placed at his command, should
forciby seize Mr.. Tilden, spirit HIM away &c
Woodtord had implicated Conkllng, Grah''
Sherman and others as participants IN Tue p'o'
About the time the World published this eA-
,raordinary revelation Woodford sailed for
Europe. Meantime those he had implicated
IN the Mot denied it, On Friday OF last week
Uooafori returned from Europe and W0rm
r.norter a, once interviewed HIM to know what
he had 10 say about it. Woodford fatly dc
nied that there had been any such plot But
did YOU not say there had been such plot 70
Mr. Mines? ?" ION that head have nothing
~ saw was Mr. Woodford's answer, and no
persistence on the part of the reporter could
oct anv other answer from him. The humih
ating position it thus leaves Mr. Woodford IN
is that Of denying that there had been any
snch plot, but of virtually admitting that he
had told Mr.. Mines there had been one Wheth-
er Mr.. Woodford's point blank denial OF there
ever having been such plot will be accepted
as true or not one thing AT least is certain that
Mr. Woodford's effort TO impeach the test
monv of Mr.. WoOdford in regard to il, is more
degrading to him than successful.
Il lntYa - a
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26
THE PLAIN. HONEST TRUTH OF IT.

Whatever may be the pIctcnseS of the Re.
publican party, the fact remains, that the pas
sage of the Johnny Davenport law, and the ap.
pO,atmcnt Of /. : Supervisors and MarShalS
under It to attend the election, ~ he states
aud the authorization II the use Of HE army 1T
the pools to back up these marshalS, was orig
inally intended and is still chung to, as purely
political and partisan measure, and all these
special officials become, at the expense of the
general government, simply agents and clec-
tioneerers for the party in power. Surely such
would he the opinion Of every Republican if
the Democrats were in power and had created
this monstrous machinery and had full control
of ITS appointment. Suppose democratic
legislature of New York had authorized Gov.
ernor Robinson to appoint an unlimited num-
Der of officers to attend the elections in that
state on behalf Of the democratic party and to
pay them out OF the state treasury? Would it
he any less fair for Governor Robinson, orany
other democratic governor, to do this thing
than it is for the party in power at Washing
ton to appoint this unlimited number of agents
for ten days at S. day each in every city of
the United States to work for the Republican
parry? Shorn of all its disguists, this Daven-
port law is an electoneerng contrivance so
monstrous and infamous IN conception, that
honesty can only stand aghast at the audacity
that ever dared to propose it?
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di,ion to that extent to the republican election
ecring fund; but if the bill was defeated, and
with it the pay Of all the other marshals, 1t
would revive the whisky ring, and, as in the
case of Grants second election, the S2OO,OOo
and even more if necessary, could believed Oh
the whisky thieves In either case, Sherman
10, Ill rilrlf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

BANHERs' CoNvENTIoN.-We are in receipt
of an Exceedingly volumlnous circular an,
nouncing that the American Bankers Assocl-
alton, which means an association of the Ma.
tional Banks of the country, will hold its an.
nual meeting this year at Saratoga Springs,
forms US that the present circulation of the
National Banks is S3l3,045,3 BAG, while the cir
Icuatlon the same banks are entitled to call for
lis S3S9,312 916, so that their circulation is SO
327 $40, or about one-tifth less than they have
"a right to demand. Why is this thus? If the
common notion that the banks are making so
much money out of their circulation is cor
rect, why have they contracted their circula-
ton to so large an extent? The circular be-
fore us says 1t is on account of the heavy. tax
congress lays on their circulation, and the in
ference is that the prime object of the coming
convention will be to devise an assault on con-
gress that shall effect removal OF the tax. In
this movement the circular ventures to hope
that the bankers will at least not be opposed
by ''the persons and classes in the country
who desire, for various reasons, an expansion
of the volume of currency" class who, 1t is
modestly suggested "have a controlling intiu-
ence with congress"
AS to the amount of burdensome tax the cir
cular informs us that Its total in 1878 was
$40, 73l ,S17, divided as follows L, 5. taxes,
$1,000 ,513; local state, county and municipaD
taxes, $SS29, 204 AS this amount Is fully off
set by the amount the same banks received
from the national government in the form OF
interest on their bonds deposited with the |
5. Treasurer as security for their circulation
1t will be hard to convince the western green
hackers and financial philosophers, at least
that the banks are greatly the sufferers by the
nnrraiiOn
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

Gen BufOrd, the kcntuckian who shot d
iudge in that state some months ago for dccid
ing a case against him, has been tried Tor the
murder found guilty ana sentenced to the
penitentiary for life As Buford belonged to
one Of the oldest and most aristocratic lami-
lies of that state, the general beliefwas that he
would be acquitted, or let off Or the emotional
insanity dodge Kentucky juries are appar-
entity improving.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-07-26

A farmer La Beauty station, ILL.,, a few days
since, said 10 a Wabash official, very dolefully,
that he guessed he would be able to worry
along through the season His wheat crop
would yield about iorty-five bushels to the
acre, his corn was good, but ms oats had all
zone to id heads and had no straw He
really did not know what he would do for
straw next winter.