Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1875 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY. JUNE 24 18751

THURSDAY, JUNE 21.

The attorney-general intends to proceed against Verden khuler for .moneys alleged to have ten misapDroprlated bj him during hia tei m of office. This action will be taken unter the resolution ot the assembly posHori last winter, in view of the majority report on the mismanagement of the Southern Prison. Mr,rttf nninion is that" the Beecher- . i i . tua. niai.i. I . - iTi- n,nhhi that Beach's attacks ' . t i,n .nr mann tAmip.i I upon i ue tu uui .u; 1 t.i conciliation. His assertion that th9 jury t mrwrd with and bis offer to prove Iho charge are certainly startling. It is to bo boped'tbat the jury will be found qualifipA tn decide the question at issue, uiuer- i it will never be decided in a court of for the Dublic will not care about en.v.nr. onnthor trial. " . I vii.t, A Salt Lake paper propounds a curious Wftrmon nuzzle. It seem tha: a certain elder, after having been legally married, took to himself two other wive in the Mormon fashion. Ilia first and only legal wife onA ha married a fourth wife. Ihis a a rr M. woman, though fourth in order, would really succeed, in the eyes of the law, to the honors of wifehood, as the elder was a wid- J nanu- when she married him. A little urn Ibrmity in the statutes in marriage and divorce would be of great advautag9 to the country. The distinct shock of an earthquake was felt ia this city yesterday forenoon, and advices from various parts of the state and from Ohio show that the motion extended over a considerable extent of territory. The shock seems to have been more violent 'ia the neighboring state than in Indiana, advices from some points stating that houses were so violently shaken as to alarm the inhabitants. Here the shock was generally felt, but was not at once, assigned to its proper cause. To a newspaper man, lying in bed and meditating upon arising to another day's labor, the motion Boemed like the rocking of an old Cloned tamliy cradle wnicn joueu irum wuawui USB. I - I In their excitement over tne lveeie mw ter the people of Philldelphia have forgotten lor a time the centennial. . The secret of the 1 nventlon has notyettransrpired, but a stock company has been formed on the basis t the basis ol a million dollars capital, ana it is said that the gentlemen who bold the stock retuse the most extravagant oilers for it. They will not sell at any price. The invention may be all that is claimed for it.but the Sentinel 13 still inclined ia think that there is an air ol charlatan ism about the whole business. Such a motor will be discovered in due time, for the wants of man have outgrown tha capabilities of steam, but it is probable that the new power w hen iouna wiu not oe heralded to the world with such an air of mystery and trickery, it may oe asked what interest can the gentlemen who have invested 5100,000 casn in Keeieys enterprise and taken ?1, 000,000 worth of stocks have in spending money upon a worthless adventurer? The answer is simple. Tuey may le sure that they hold in their hands the greatest invention ever perfected, but they may be conscious that they have been de ceived and have thrown away their money. In the former case, they will hold on to their stock. In the latter, they will hold on until he excitement gets to a fever heat, and then soli oat, leaving others to be the victims or the swindle. They can make money in any -event if they are so inclined The penitentiary, with "cat" and "cold ahower bath" accompaniments, having failed to discourase the commission of crime in Illinois, the gallows was resorted to yesterday. The victims ol outraged justice vrere Isatban Uurgess ana jonn asey, anu if ever men deserved to have the extreme penalty of the law metea out w vou., were the men. ine onense oi eatu wamost heinous in the sight of the raw, human and divine. Burlos deliberately shot down a neighbor -for a month's wages as watchman of the Vandalia railroad. Caäey cut the throat of the wife he had sworn to support and cherish, without any cause tha: could be made to appear upon his trial, xioia coniesseu -r . 1 r 1 Uoth conressea thfiir rrimes. and then both were launched into eternity protesting their innocence 'The former, when confronted In -co lit at Effingham, with the evidence of his crime, broke . down and admitted that he had done the desperate deed with the victim's own gun, . and that when he bad fired the fatal ehot, the dying man prayed for him while he rifled his pockets and left him there to die. Casey's confession was not as full and clrtaimBtantlal, but was sufficiently strong to and iurv that tried .Iia lueuarumuuu t JUCUJ face oi their confessions and die proclaiming their innocence, probably accounts for the earthquake shock that startled the country yesterday in the forenoon. A full and graphic description of the execution will be found in the Sentinel's telegraph columns as reported by; a Btaff correspondent. A dispatch from New York states that ireat Britain has declared war upon the Empire of Birmah, but, as previous reports rom England asserted that the pending iTirrl hari-toen settled by concessions on libalir thaH hostilities are threatened. Birmah to. not a .Hostilities lul" c"t' . CvHlUH V IIA " v.v. ' . lending with the- British Empire, even i. it.. nnniii h a irA a ?i v ri isi n ess ron though Btren?tbened with tbe allUoco of -China. It lies between British India and the Chinese Empire, and is a country nearly . four time3 as large as the state cf Indiana.and containing about 4,000,000 of inhabitants. The Government is a despotism and the people - ire ot tbe Indo-Chinese race. They are de.rribed as a abort, etout, active, well-rro-

i the country, to repair wrong aone in violent uiioeiugarwiu wu v hön so T for him and assessed the extreme penalty. That ""jt ls 8lmpiy wretched, and has been n ior iaaiuuiwieiwwjn.B(:i1; t j times, when the right3 Of Individuals were everal years. I am told the government pays fcctb, in their last moments upon earth, ' toward tne fneprtclof ;fol quality. I. W

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Thev are Buddhists in religion, and, al inivti . rir ni.i tiitinn rA not more than twusi. . J ' half civilized. They neither excel in agriculture nor manufactures, and have no military class, depending upon temporary lev ies in time ot war. It is not easy to unaerfan,1 whv Oraat Britain, with SUCh a vast territory and so rnanyj millions ol peo ple under control in Asia, should desire to pursue any rurtner conquest, but the frontiers of a civilized country harderintr noon barbarous regions, are al ways an area of aggression, and it would Ueeui'as if Russia and England were both i.tt - on K-trsravri in tViA Aut he nnm mvsteri- I ous force like our manifest destiny. China ia roiiT thA nniv creat nrize remaining in - j - ,1 Asia, and the subjugation of Birmah would put Great . Britain within easy striking distance of the most numerous, Industrious and cowardly people on the globe. The conquest oi vniua wuuui uo muiuu omu erander than the subjugation of India, and would put half the .population of the earth under tno dominion oi toe enzusu . . . i . il 1 ! ....... . - race. OI course suca a iorecasung oi evenis i l3 a mitter of mere idlo fancy; but, whether thA mfitaor flaz En2land mishes on eastwar(j or rests for the present on the confines o Bengal, the ultimate course of empire in the 0jd WOrld seems plain enough. . i I . It 8ppear3 that not all of the visitors who attended the centennial cf Bunker Hill came away satisfied with the hospitalities oi Boston. The Putnam Phalanx, of liamora, an -mranizatlon which, seems to regard it as a sacred dutv to preserve the name and lame of Israel Putnam, went to the celebram i 1 f ion. The corps is made up or tne soua men of Hartford, who appear on festival occau ..mininnro matnm with nowauua iu & o isiiawivu, r i rir hair and old fashioned arms, under a hin hanner emblazoned with the portrait of their hm and the leeend. "He dared to lead i n Min A a Putnam is I known outside or Boston as one oi tne . . ä At I heroes of Banker Hill and is beloved a3 one of the boldest type3 of American heroism, the Phalanx anticipated a promlnent place in the festivities and no little I honor lor Old Put. Bat, alas, tne managers of the celebration set their Hartford visitors I pretty well back in the line ot march, where they had t0 take the dust on their powdered hjif from tüoU8anjä of militiamen and ,!1!ona Thav WArA not even far enOUrh in I I A J ' " - a I advance to be able to marca across the r eck to tne battle ground. What was still worse tbe people of Boston did not appear to know that any eucü maQ a3 Putnam ever lived, although he has been credited with a great' deal of fighting and no little swearing on that eventful i7th of Jnne. a hundred vears aao. He had to be incidentally mentioned in alludng to General Order Xo.l of the reyolutionary war, "Wait until you see the whites of their ATM " but ha was forzotton in the mottos and decorations. When the Phalanx re turned to the land of basswood hams, wrodnn nutmezs and shoe peg oats, its members gave free vent to their indignation, and now Massachusetts is cauea upon toexpain why the real hero of the battle was slighted in the centennial celebration. I be cause is very simple. The people of iiassacbusetts, among whom he was Dorn, proDably think just as much of Putnam's fame ai the people of Connecticut, among whom he died, but there are several of the first families of Boston to whom his reputation is of very little importance compared to the glorification of their own ancestors. These families posse33 enough 0f power and position to control such an affalr the celebration of the centennial, and they manage it with a due regard for their 0wn honor and the fame of their progenitor9 Connecticut inn-keeper can cot look for any very generous recognition in regard to services at Bunker Hill from the descendants of Warren, Prescott and leaser heroes. At such a ViUiO uuu, if f, a .g wUWa thQ charmed circle of good 80ci6ty time a Boston man, whose great-granajon i d ute admiration, becomes a hero, al though hfj uothin gt Banker nill but gell water the patriots at ten cents a glass, m tbe manner of a truly loyai Pennsylvan ian in the Gettysburg campaign and even Israel Putnam pales his ineffectual fites. Ex-Surgeon Gtneral llanaiuoud s Cae. There has been a great deal said by the leading newspapers of the country in favor of General Fit2 John Porter's petition for a .oi.oo rim. n( Viia pn tnd a rftvprsftl of the . ' - 1 - . . 5al ' .... under which he now suffers. But bis con - demnatlon has somehow come to be regarded as a political measure, and the fear that his vindication would be looked upon as a criticism of the men and the party that accused and convicted him.has defeated every movement to do him ' i . . h. . justice, 'mere is, nowever, a case reseiublillZ Porter's, as far as the injustice originallydoneis concerned, but lacking every element ot nartlzanor political signmcance, and, in this instance, it would be well for V TTninn ""r" V Z7Z Dr. William A. Hammond became on April 25, 1S62, surgeon general of the army of the United States by appointment of President Lincoln, and held the office and nerfarmed its delicate and arduous duties with extraordinary energy and ability un til some time in 1S64. He had been, prior to this appointment, an assistant surgeon in the army for eleven years. He' was con ceded by all who knew him to be a man of remarkable power, learning and skill. He found the medical do- j partment of the army in great confusion, and Via anoArillv tnfnvAd into Ij new Ufa and efficiency. His plans were thoroughly seiJ i i , TTi en 11 nt com or bugusitb iuu to iui uiawir . i a always enjoyed the hearty support and ap probation of the excellent and pure man who was at the head of tbe U. S. Sanitary Commission. The history of the operations of that commission by Mr. Stille bears constant and flattering testimony to the great success and humane results of his administration. But he fell at length V under tie displeasure of Mr, Stanton, secre-

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The autocratic nature, unre- I i isnting prejuaices, ana oiten ciuti perseuutlon of the secretary could be appeased alone bv his dismissal from the service, lie was, therefore, made the victim Of. a court martial, believed to have been organized for his conviction, upon charges of official corruption and excesses ol power. The testimony against him was in all respects slight, flimsy and without legal sufficiency. He was acquitted ot every charge of personal and official corruption, but he was found guilty of certain technical violations ot authority and dismissed the service. The secretary repeatedly admitted after ha had attained the Gratification of his personal spleen in the dismissal of the surzeon-general, that be ' . had been too hard upon him, and that be ought to be relieved of the odium or his con viction. Dr. Hammond has sIdco won very great distinction in his profession, both as a (imiiuuuwiuu i,u.,.Uu .u.u.DJw. treatment ot diseases of the mind and ner vous system he stands in the front - m 1 t . V V 1 f ran& oi nia uruioaMim miuuguuu. 11ine worm. xxe iuosi .unuimj and rightfully desires to vindicate his fame and Drofession azainst the reproach of an unjust conviction. He asks no restoration of office or title, no back-pay in any way whatever, no personal advantage of any kind, save onlv an opportunity, before an - impartial and competent court, for a re-trlal of the charges against him, so that the truth may be vindicated and justice done without tne perversion mat so ouen rewuiu irum 1 influence of angry passion and bitter per sonal prejudice. The bentinei learns irom the press that it is the purpose of Hammond f A 1 A. A nlr 4sN in tne eariy lumru w such a re-trial. A great country has nothinsr to ?ain bv Derslstence in a c w wrong toward one of its citizens, ine aoc tor's prayer is certainly honorable to him, and can not be hurtful to the government Tinder nroner safeguards, it snouia oe A. grantea. The Sentinel. In common with many Other papers, has said a good deal about the vll iainous policy which has been adopted toWarda the Indians, and the still more vU lainous mariner in which that policy has been carried out, but nothing published by the press of the country, has equaled in startling facts and bitter denunica 4nn tVa nfflUl roruirt rf thA -mma nrtina WVS t V LiU VU ui V vr V V luv vwuiuiu officer .of the deoartment of the Missouri, iorwarded to Washington Ujy General Sheridan in May. The bases of the report which is made by Gen j0hn Pope, are the reports ol his subordin ates Lieut. Kyle, ot the 11th Infantry, stationed at Fort Sill, Lieut. Col. Neill, ot the 6th cavalary, stationed at Fori Riley, and Lieut. R. .H. Pratt, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. iieut. Kyle, detail ing the condition of things at the Wachita agency, says, under date of April 27th that, nearly two thousand Pawnees, who were temporarily at that nlaee. were in a starvinc condition. One BqUavv was bo weak that 6he dropped Dy tbe roadside, and the Indians were con tent to pick up out of the sand and eat corn tbat bad been left there by the horses. The indians at that reservation had had nothing issued to them since January, and had worked hard and faithfully during the spring "with 8carcelv a cood square meal a day." In the meantime the contractors were taking their time about delivering the flour which should bave been furnished. If the Indians took to tna nralrie Lieut. Kyle intimates very pointedly that they would not be to I blame, considering the treatment they bave received. White men, he says, would have glven up m disgust long Tjeut. Col. Neill. who was in command at the Cheyenne agency up to the 29th of laat April, BayB, under date of May 7, that the friendly Arapahooa and Cheyennes at tt&t place "have been pcorly and irregularly fH ni-ith insumcient rations 01 very inferior character, and eapecialiv the beef, which was stmpiy outrageous, and cost the Indian denartnient only $164 per 100 pounds." The ration iäsued 13 too small to prevent Dunn.Qr and vet, such as it b, it come3 only at utlCertain intervals. He adds that the causes of .'ai:ure to turply the agency haTe excosed to the interior department and remedies suggested, but to no purpose, and afier gjViDg instances in which blankets promised had not come until k ini nraa nxrnr. he Conclude: ibiin iviuici 1 1 i.-. w . , t f . T ..!,. 1 iiowed to continue, and I trust and hope for the honor of our country that this ill treatment of the Indians may be Btopped." Lieut. Pratt, under date of May lo:h, autns up the history of affairs at the Kiowa, Cotomanche and Wichita agencies in this rasoion: Aside from the beef ration, not one-half I i ..w h Viv thA table nu iiifHvr-i &iAuvvAutv7 urn v. havfl l8,ued, and I repeat In substance what Iitatedlnmy forncer letter, I that the beef has been of a character ho bad tnat dUrlnz the winter months It was generally entireiy nnni for iesae. I never saw poorer cattle than those lssnea rrom iuo aztncles this winter, ine ouaiuy received at Fort 8111. 1. TM by Mr. Tatum, their agent. I talked with Mr. Tatum about it at tne time, and learned that he had tried, and found that bread fit to eat could not be made from It, and on that account would not receive it from the contractor, nor at all, except under orders from his chitf, and not then without protest. The Indians threw the stuff away and kept the sacks. Lieut. Pratt concludes with the declaration: "I believe a thorough and honest investigation by parties familiar with frontier work will show a state of things lar worse than I have represented." General Pope, proceeding on the information of these officers, makes an Indignant appeal for some sort I Of reform. The excuses or tne interior department in regard to the bad ImnriiHnn rf tha roads, he disposes of in a i . - - few brief and pithy sentences, and he can not disbelieve the testimony of his own officers in regard to the quality of the rations dealt out. His scathing rebuke of Delano's department is worth quoting in full: I send forward these reports, having no doutt whatever of their truth, la order that the authorities In Washington may know the facts,and take immediate measures to protect the honor and good faitn ot the government ana these unfortunate Indians from wrong save and.'

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lo death and see their women and children suffering the parjgs of hanger and In slow process of sutrvatiu, they would break away and get food for them In any manner. aDd 9 bey can? 1 had suppled, of conn luaiau suiii km; is wuuiu ue gl atemur recw 1 eu uy mar aeparimeni or me government wnicu naa the Indians in charge, and that that department Mould be as Indignant as the witnesses to such transactions, and ose prompt and vigorous means to r edress the wrong, and bring the wnu? doers to punishment. If 1 may be permitted to judge from what is set forth in the newspaper reports and dispatches, however, as an explanation" from the Interior department, it should seem that I am mistaken in this view, and that any one who reports each things, even although It be his duty to do so. Is looked upon by that department with a feeling which can not be called gratitude. Whether these revelations are welcome to the government or not, Tope declares that bis duty as an army officer, responsible for the peace of the frontier, as well as his obligations as a human being, demands that ho should not keep silence any longer regarding "tranactions dishonorable to the nation and abhorrent to humanity." It is sufficient to re mark, in conclusion, that these official documents presant a ghastly picture, especially in consideration of the fct that tha appropriations tor Indian supplies were doubltd by the last co tigress. Charles Read?, as a sort of Bupplemecvt to the recent effort made by British, authors to secure the aid of Disraeli in obtaininu an international copyright law, has written a 'etter explaining bis position. His remarks are of very littlo importance, being chiefly devoted, as is commonly the case with his epistles,to his own affairs; but leaving aside the rights of authors, there is one aspect of the copyright question which should always be presented to the American people when the subject is agitated. It should be borne in mind that so long as American publishers can pirate English books this country-will remain, as far as literature is concerned, in a sort of vassalage. The declaration ot ninety-nine years ago did net win literary freedom. It must not be understood from this remark that the inheritance ot English literature, which is the noblest ever knows, save, perhaps, that of ancient Greece, is not to be prized as the richest part of the new world's dowry. Neither is It to be inferred that the daily product of English thought and scholarship is to be despised. On tbe contrary, it is one of our greatest working advantages that there is another great nation making use of the same language, into the results of whose labors we can enter. The only danger is that the production of books should be confined mainly to England through the operation of free trade in literature. Tbe copyright which is laid upon American books in this country makes the publication of them dearer than the reproduction ot English books of the same grade, which cost nothing but the mere mechanical labor of printing 'and tbe price of material. The tendency, therefore, is to confine American books to euch classes as can not be written elsewhere, and to depend upon the authors of tbe mother country for all general literature. Thus authorship in America is discouraged, and not only are foreign books that should be republished I taken up by American houses, but works that can only be described as the merest trash are put upon tbe market. For instance, there is a library of select novels issued by one of our leading houses, the greater portion of which is made up of dull or vicious books about English life and society. The same firm would probably refuse to publish an American story of super ior merit, preferring to flood the country with the pirated nonsense. Thus English' authors like Edmund Yates acquire a reputation n this country, who would never have been beard of had they been born on this side of the Atlantic and possessed the right to make publishers pay for their books. Thus, also, a great deal of old world show and pretense have grown up on American soil from seed sown by foreign novels. In answer to there suggestions regarding the stunting of American litorature and the tainting of American life with foreign ideas it may be urged that the lack of an international copyright tends to cheapen books and J raw tbe United States and England closer to each other, as a good writer in one country is apt now to compose with an eye to an audience beyond the sea. These aie considerations of some weight, but they do not overbalance the evils of the present system. It may be "selfish, but it is none the less sensible, to say inconclu aion, that all that is of any great value in English literature i3 beyond the pale of any copyright law, and what new works would be worth republication the American people would be rich enough to pay for. A FALSE ALARM. THE EXPERIENCES OF A COUNTRY OEXTLEJUAN WITH A FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH AT CINCINNATI. The Cincinnati Gazette of Saturday gets off the following good one:. Visitors from the country should be a little careful how they post letters in fire boxes. Henry Clark came to town a few days ago from Brown county, and spent last Sunday in the vicinity of South Camp Washington. He wanted to post a letter, and not being very well up in city ways, took fire alarm box No. 283 for a letter box. As he approached it, he could read the words "key to be found at the saloon." He applied to tbe saloon-keeper, who produced tbe key in great haste, supposing there was a fire. Returning to the box tbe Brown county man ooened it and saw within what was apparently an inner door with a handle to it, and the words "pull down the hook and then let go." Thinking his letter would not be safe unless be deposited it in tbe innermost plaee, he pulled down the hook and then let go. Presently there was a commotion, and while Mr. Clark was studying out some better way of gettlrjg into the interior, two or three engines came tearing np to the place in search of tbe fire. The cause of the alarm was traced to the unfortunate man from Brown county, and he was ariested lor turning in a false alarm. The next day be was arraigned in the Police Court, fined one dollar and costs and went away a sadder and a wiser man. At Conway, N. H., are four persons John and Mark Broughton, Mrs. Mark Merrill and Mrs. Elijah Stewart who are blood relatives to the Queen ot England, their grandmother having been a cousin to William IV., making them third cousins to the Prince ot Wales,

THE STATE SCANDAL.

WHAT THE PAPEr.S SAY. VALEJCTIXE ix A25 EQUIVOCAL POS1TIOX. From the Xew Albany Ledger-Standard. The evidence in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum examination, so far as developed, places Mr. Valentine in a very equivocal position. We have seen nothing yet which implicates the superintendent seriously. BLOCKADE RCSNINO EXTRAORDINARY. 17rom Slater's Democratic Herald. The testimony in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum scandal shows that the blockade between Ida Fawkner'a and Valentine's bed rooms was run more often than Admiral Semmes run the blockade of Charleston harbor. DIFFICULTY IX THE IF8TITUT10; From the Lafayme Dispatch. The Deaf and Dumb criminal investigation is still going on, and a mass of evidence is published by tbe Sentinel, from which it is evident that there is certainly somediffi culty in that institution, which, in the opinion ol its officers, needed. to be covered upThe prosecution against i'awkner has been abandoned, the indictment b;-ing nolle prossed by tbe prosecuting attorney. fHOCLD EE SIFTED TO THE BOTTOM. From the Ripley County Journal, The trial of Mclntire, superintendent of the Deal and Dumb Asylum, and of Valentine, one of tbe teachers, on a charg9 o? seducing several of tbe female pupils, is now in progress at Indianapolis, 'lbe charges should be sifted to the' bottom, and if sustained, the offenders should rtceive more than ordinary punishment. OROtTNDS FOR THE GRAVE CHARGES. iFrom the Evaasvllle Courier. Tbe investigation into the charges lately made by tbe Sentinel against some ot the officers of the Indiana Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is now in progress, having reached its fifth day. The Sentinel of yesterday contains a large amount of the testimony taken, and if we may judge from what has already been elicited, there have been sufficient grounds for the charges that have shocked the people of the 'whole state. The evidence of two witnesses was that they saw a girl named Ida Fawkner go into Valentine's room on two different occasions. One of them testified that Ida Fawkner had confessed to her that Valentine sometimes kissed her and held her on his lap. There are one or two other points in the testimony which go to show that the conduct of some f the' officials fairlv invited the worst kind of censare. If looks as if the Sentinel would be able to substantiate a sufficient case to defeat the suit for libel that Mclntire has brought against it. CORRUPTION AND FALSE SWEARIXO. From the Miami County Sentinel. The investigation of the trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum into the conduct of Mclntire, the superintendent, is progressing with uncertain results. .It discloses a hideous amount ot corruption and false swearing. Several of the witnesses who filed their affidavits against Mr. Mclrtire have taken back all they asserted, and declare that they were coerced into the false swearing by undue influences. Still there are some damasing disclosures against thfr superintendent, which yet remain uncontradicted. The affair is yet in the mist and tbe truth can hardly be conjectured Oüe thing seems manliest; that "there is something rotten in Denmark." It speak poorly for the moral training ot the inmates that so many ol them could le induced to make the affidavits they did, without some foundation tor them. The proofs so far have done little towards clearing up the mystery. Mr. Mclntire has many strong and fufluential friend?, who are using every means in his behalf. The thine looks shaky on both sides. Much of the testimony is discreditable to the witness and the parties, and it is doubtful if any of them come out with clean bands. FRENCH NOTABLES. PEN PICTUEES OF THE LEADISO MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY OLD FATHER THIERS AND HIS COMPEERS. The Paris correspondent of the Boston Journal has been writing up a visit to the French assembly in an entertaining way. He thinks that the assembly is delightfully informal, and somewhat reminds one of a New England school in summer, when tLe teacher's back is tnrned. If the member) did not know that it ia undignified to make laces at the honorable president when he is not looking, I fear they would do it. Tbe boyish manner in which they revolt against his atternpis to preserve silence is the same as of old. NothiDg has been gained in decorum since the assembly left Bordeaux. Old Father Thiers comes in, swinging down the aisle, or eliding in by a side door, with his familiar shuffling gait, and stays perhaps half an hour or an hour daily. He winks knowingly at this deputy, shakes bands with that one, converses a moment with a third, snubs a fourth, chats with the cabinet minister, hobbles up to whisper a few words to tbe Duked'Auditfret Pa&quier, who presides, and then, unless there is an important vote, goes home. There is not a more democratic, unassuming man in Europe or America than Thiers. Andrew Johnson would perhaps rank next, if he did not often appear selt-conscious, and as if ba were playing the role of humility. Around the tribune from which the members speak one may, on a field day, get glimpses of manv men who have been very prominent ' during the last few years. M. Prevy, long president ot the assembly, shows bis bald head and genial face daily. He says little and works much. He was the only man who ever succeeden in absolutely controlling la Frenoh astern bly; the Duke d'AndiffrRt, Pasquier, although a fine orator and a man ot much maznetism. can not do it. Jules Favre's luminous features are often seen in the tront of the bouse; he has grown gray and old, and looks sad and weary. Picard is as jovial, genial and satiric as ever; even when he is serious people hold their breatbs as it they expected to laugb. He is large and Dortlv. although short of stature. His far. beamed and wrinkled with lines of thought, is really fine when lighted np with humor or rendered thoughtful with pathos. Old Wallon'a BENEVOLENT COUNTENANCE beams from a conspicuous position now and then, whenever there is an J talk on educa tional measures, or on that portion of the constitution which he had the honor of framing. Wallon looks like anything but a man capable of originating a project of law; he might be easily taken for a country schoolmaster. Yet be is one of the most useful, perhaps influential men in France at present. He is minister of public instruction ; labors intensely at the improvemen : c i rdacational facilities in the provinces; hears a thousand conflicting opinions daily; gallops from his ministry to the assembly and hack at hottest speed; gives receptions and audiences late in the afternoon, and grand parties in the evenings, and so withal so overcrowded that he is a perpetual wonder to lazy men He has alway been a man of sternest principle in politics, and in May of 1850, when the assembly restricted universal suffrage, he resigned. In 1843 he was much interested in the movement for the abolition of slavery, and has ever eince taken

active interest in all humane measures. Raonl Daval, who ' seem likely, from present Indications, to ie the most prominent representative of the "youDg imperialist" party, U a fine loo-nc man ol 43 years of agf ;vigorous in speech and eggressive in demeanor. He has bsen a magistrate since 1S52, aud is a successtnl man in the worldly fense. Not long" ago he wrote a public letter announcing the imperfect indifierenreof all parties; but there is no doubt that he is fairly accused of imcerialiftic sympathies. The Bjnspartists have felt, since RouLer a year or tws nince revived fnch a trrib!e scorching from tbe Duke d'Audiffret Pajuier, that thay must have able men ia the assembly, an3 they make desperate efforts to get them. The Dok Decaees, who has tbe most important post in tbe goverunvent, is a quiet; English looking gentleman, now nearin? OX He is seen but little In the assembly, as most of his work is in tbs- private cabinet, where the German representative comes from- time to tinw to hint at fresh humiliations in store for France. He has a decisive temper and a firm will ; is noJ easily frightened; snaps his fingers In public-opinion's face, and laughs to scorn those who . spread rumors about Lim. He is caution in his diplomatic relations, and seems inclined to concede much nioretj Gerniaay than one would imagine possible, GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

TWEED'S TPJUMPII. HE APPEARS IN COURT BAILED ON TWO NEW" INDICTMENTS BE IS FINALLY LODGED IN LTTDLOW STREET AIL. New York, June 22. Boss Tweed appeared in the court bouse to-day in the custody of tbe deputy sheriff. He was smug gled off BJackwell's Island at 10 last night, and drove around the city la a carriage this forenoon. He went to his office on Duane street. and nent nr,m time in conversation with his counsel, after which he proceeded to the district attorney's oface with his son and secretary. In the Supreme Court his counsel presented to Judge Davis the orderof the Court of Appeals for his discharge from the penitentiary, which was signed by the judge. The Boss soon after appeared in the Court of the Oyer ana terminer oeiore jaage uracy. The room was soon packed with people,iramense numbers of others clamoring for admission. District Attorney Phelps moved that the defendant be arraigned to answer an indictment found in November, 1ST3. David Dudley Field, of the counsel for Tweed, stated that he was not ready to plead or to make a motion to qua3b, notice of this indictment having been received only a few days since. Peckham, on behalf cf the people, said that it was evident that tbe defendant intended to pursue his old tactics and stave off proceedings as long as possible. This was disclaimed by Field. A legal war of words followed, whicn lasted nearly an hour. Phdps and Peckham, on behalf of the people, claimed that there was no reason why tbe case should be made a special one or that special favor should be shown to the defendant. Field demanded to know what special favors had been shown or would be. My client, said be, has fir seven months been illegally confined la tbe . penitentiary, and when, after committing tais outrage, AN OUTRAGE for which every one concerned in It shall be held strictly accountable, and alter be is released by a higher power than themselves, it is wrong, it is urjust to ask us to plead to an indictment of which we know nothing. The counsel further said that it could not be considered a special favor to issue warrants in a civil suit of ?3,00q,000, and to fix the bail at-the enormous figure of 3,000,000, and that such a bail was unheard of. Yes, said Mr. Peckham, and the stealing of SG.009.000 was an unheard of thing until the delendant committed tbe theft. The matter here rested and Judge Brady stated that he believed the defendant ought to have time to examine the indictments, but would not give a formal decision until later in the day. The court then fixed the ball on tbe indictment. The above argument was on the indictment charging the Boss with fraudulently obtaining the signature of Mayor Hall to a warrant paid to A. Garvey. On this indictment the court fixed the bail at $3,000. On the indictment found by the grand jury of the May 1875 term of the court of they Oyer and Terminer, which chrages him with conspiracy, in having in conjunction with, Peter B. Sweeney and Elbert A. Woodward' defrauded the city, the court fixed the bail at 1000. The proceedings were then adjourned, and Tweed, surrounded by his counsel lett the court room. Albert B. Sands became the bondsman on th9 former indictment, and Charles Devlin on the latter. Tbe whole party returned to the Oyer and Terminer's court room and the bonds were approved by Judge Brady. Tweed was then taken in custody again on . an order of arrest in the civil suit, and conveyed to the Ludlow street jail where he will remain until the three million bail is urnished. Tweed arrived at the Ludlow street jail late in the afternoon. He bas engaged the warden's sitting room, which is neatly furnished and well ventilated. He aaya that he expects by to-morrow afternoon to be a free man. TROUBLE FOR TAMMANY. JOHN MORRISSF.Y REBELS STEPS TAKEN TOWARD A HOSTILE ORGANIZATION. New York, June 22. John Morrissey was before tbe Tammany committee of discipline last night, to answer to tbe charge of disloyalty. He was very independent, and said that be was in harmony with Tammany, but opposed to its management, and that the committee might as well make out his dismissal, as he should not resign until he saw fit. The Herald says that the dissatisfaction which has of late been manifesting itself against Tammany hall is grad- . ually assuming shape. Last night there as-" eembled in one of the upper parlors of Delmonico's, corner of 14th street and Fifth avenue, a large number of influential Democrats, whoso object was to form an organization which, it is hoped, will supersede Tammany. The latter organization, they claim, has outlived its usefulness, and tbe time is now ripe for party reorganization on a new basis, whicn will give all tbe people a chance to form the general committee, which will be constituted of representatives ot. the various elements ot the party. To this end. it was last night decided to get representative delegates from each of the city wards, with a view to arranging the preliminaries of the election ot tbe general committee prcj acted. Tbe first object of the organization will be to institute a systematic campaign against Tammany. It is now intended that the general cornnii:te t shall be a provisional one. On Monday next another meeting will beheld, at which about four or five ret resentatlves from each ward will be present, and it is then expected that Important work will be done. The " boss " grasshopper has been heard from. He took the window blinds ofl a poor widow's house la Phelps county. Mo., and then he roosted on the fence and avked her. ''Come, now, are you ever going to bring out that cast off clothing, or do V0U. want ua to starve!"

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