Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1875 — Page 2

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THE EVENING NEWS er trial; eecond, whether you ought to have been arraigned (or unjust charges against the pastor of this church; third, whether we had a light, in view of your confessed and proposed absence from the communion of any church for five years, to drop your name under a long established rule; fourth, whether the excuses alleged justified your course or prevented us from holding that you had abandoned your connection with ns; fifth, whether we considered these excuses; sixth, whether we ought to have given you a rec-

ommendation to another church. ’ Chief Revenue Agent Vary an has made a

report of his operations against the illicit distillers of the West, in order to complete the records and do himself justice. His first suspicions were aroused in the fall of 1872, j that a combination existed between the officers and distillers of 8t. Louis to defraud the revenue, and he frequently expressed his suspicions to his superiors, but re ceived bat little encouragement. Last January he had a conversation with Mr. E. R. Chapman, who had an interview with Commissioner Douglass, and reported the latter as saying, “You had better let that alone for the present” He then laid the matter before Solicitor of the Treasury Wilson, who in March instructed him to proceed, assisted by Mr. Washburne, of the Secret Service force, and his assistant, Mr. J. J. Brooks.. He then called upotl the Secretaiy of the Treasury, in company with the Solicitor, and the whole matter was talked over and arranged. The Secretary strong ly urged him to use evfry effort to get facts, let them involve whom they might, stating that the moral evidence of the existence of frauds was very strong, but that he wanted proofs upon which to act He then details his operations up to the time of the seizurea Mr. Fishback and his men furnished no information upon which seizures could be made, though they did an immense amount of work, the results of which was only moral

evidence of the existence of a ring.

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Tba Arkansas Senate vesterday passed a bill changing the name of Clayton county to Clay. Chief Justice Waite has written a letter declining to become a candidate for the Presidency. Daniel Halleren, a switchman employed at Columbus, Ohio, by the Short Line railroad, was run over and killed yesterday morning by a passing train. Five thousand people witnessed the execution of Tony Neelum and Alice Harris, colored, at Monroe, Louisiana, yesterday, for the murder of Henry Harris, husband of Alice. Ben Edwards and Osqpr Freeman, both oolored. were executed at Sardis, Mississippi, yesterday, for the murder of Lewis Hibren, colored. Four thousand persons witnessed the execution. Thomas Haggart, stabbed last Sunday night, at Terre Haute, with a file by Theodore Dole, died at 2:30 p. m yesterday, from the effects of bfs wound. The verdict of the ooroner’a inquest wai in accordanca with the above. The Mleeoprl river Indians are willing to sell their share of the Black Hills. These embrace about 75 per cent, of those original ly joining the treaty. They are satisfied to let the whites take the hills, and they are willing to surrender. In the Kasson-Clarkson libel snit at Des Moines last night the Judge discharged the jury, who bad been out about forty-eight hours and could not agree on a verdict it is believed that they stood seven for the defendant and five for the plaintiff. The President will probably refer to the consideration of Congress the complaint of the Canadian autboriti-s that the duty of TK) cents per 100 pounds on foreign caught fish imported otherwise than in barrels or half barrels, is in contravention of the treaty of Washington. John Kornman, living near Lawrenceburg Indiana, where bis wife had sued for a divorce, visited her Thursday night, quarreled with her, burned her barn and contents, fired at her with a revolver, doing no injury, and then shot himself three times in the head. He will probably recover. The General Freight Agents of the trunk lines loading East from Chicago yesterday decided to advance on fourth-class freight, flour and grain to Eastern points, as follows: New York, 45c; Boston, 50c; Baltimore, 40c; Buffalo, 25c. This is an advance of five cents. The rates go into effect on December

1st.

Commissioner Pratt declines to consider appeals for a reconsideration of the cases of officers displaced by the recent Executive order consolidating internal revenue districts,as the subject is one for the President’s ultimate decision. Many appeals have oeen carried to him, but there are no indications that he will reconsider his action. Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb <fc Cb., the bankers who marketed the 7 3-10 bonds of Cincinnati, have issued a circular to the holders of such bonds, calling their attention to the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Ohio which should, in their opinion, remove all doubts that these bonds are as valuable in every respect as the other issues of that city. Col. Stanton arrived at Cheyenne from the agencies Thursday night, and reports extremely cold weather north. His escort suffered considerably. Captain Pollock’s command has evacuated the Black Hills and arrived at Fort Laramie to go into quarters. Hundreds of miners were met going into the Black Hills, which are now unnoccupied by the military. The Boston Herald publishes a rumor that there Is a movement on foot by which the Grand Trunk Railroad hopes to get control ot the Eastern Railroad, and gain an outlet at Boston. It is claimed that the English capitalists controlling the Grand Trunk have already possession of half the first mortgage bonds of the Eastern, and hope to throw the road Into bankruptcy and eventually into the posession of the Grand Trunk. At Bement, Illinois, Thursday night, a murderous shooting affray occurred which will result in the death of John Cole, a well known but drunken man. He sought Dr. Ruby for an altercation* in the street, and followed him up Ruby turned and shot him twice, the balls entering Cole's mouth and eye. He left him lying in the street. Ruby has not yet been examined. Cole was a rough, but he and Ruby were good friends. Daring the Avery trial at St. Louis, yesterday, Alfred Bevis, of the firm of Bevis, Frazer & Co , stated that the famous warning dispatch sent four days before the St. Louis seizures, was from Mr. Barnes, traveling agent of Newcomb, Buchanan .V Co., in which firm Secretary Bristow is said to be interested. This created a sensation in the Court, and Gen. Henderson said that if the detense would show that Bristow was a member of the ring, the prosecution would have him indicted at once. The citizens subscription of $105,000 to be added to the donation of $145,000 made by Reuben Springer for building a music hall, iu Cincinnati, has been completed and the entire fund of $250,000 will be used for the erection of a permanent building on the site of the present exposition bnildings. It will be used as a hall for the May musical festival. and for exposition purposes. The ground on which the building will be erected has been donated by the city for that purpose It ia expected that the building will be ready for use at the next musical iestival, in May, 1877. , A dispatch from Victoria says that the Coroner s jury on the bodv of Thos. J. Farrell, a victim of the' Pacific disaster, found that the Pacific should not have been damaged by a collision with the Orpheas had she been a sound, substantial steamer; that the collision was caused by the Orpheus being improperly steered across the bows of the Pacific; an insufficient number to keep a proper lookout, consisting of the helmsman, one man supposed to be on the lookont and the third mate, a young man of doubtful experience; that the Pacific with 238 persons on board had five boats, whose utmost carrying cap*city did not exceed 160; that the boats Were not and could not be lowered by an undisciplined and insufficient crew; that the captain of the Orphens sailed away after the collision without ascertaining the damage to the Pacific. Plymouth church last night considered the communications of Deacon West and Mrs. Mooltqn concerning the action of the chorchin dropping tfieir names from the list of members. Mr Beecher read a reply to Mrs, Moulton, which was adopted. It ends as follows: “We accept your proposition for tba call of a mutual council of churches, and will listen to their fraternal advice upon the six grounds of complaint referred to in

The worthless creature who plays bribe, broker to Council committees, needs a high lift out of his useless office into the seclusion of a private life devoted to repentance for his sins, and it depends on Schmidt whether he will get it or not We can assure that unfortunate absentee that if he does not “toe the mark” the public will have a very decided opinion as to the reason of it, and it won’t be an opinion that will compliment his honesty much. If he “comes up to the rack” his former slip will be credited, as he claims, to accident He is in one of those critical positions now in which a man may make or mar his good name for life, and if he don’t see it everybody else does. A number of interested eyes are watching him, anxious that he should vindicate himself, but determined that he shall pay the penalty if he don’t. He has been reported an honest man, heretofore. Let him prove it conclusively now.

The Elm ami the Yiae. nox TH* CPAHHH or JOBS BORAS, OF MEXICO.

’ The Vine—was heard to say; ‘ ‘Else, lying low and helplew, • ▲ weary lot ia mins: “Crawled o’er by every reptile. And brewaed by every kine.” The Elm was moved to pity. Thensp ke he generous tree: “]% helpless friend, come hither, Aqd find support in me,” The kindly Elm, receiving The graceful vine’s embrace, Became with that adornment. The garden’s pride and grace; Became the chosen convert In which the wild birds slug; Became the Ipve of shepherds, And glory of the spring. Oh beautiful example For youthful minds to heed! The good we do to others Shall never miss its meed; The love of those whose sorrows We lighten shall be ours. And o’er the path we walk ia 1 hat love shall scatter flowers. . —[William C. Bryant. •*001**1*8."

The rag baby yelps feebly and convulsively once in a while. And still no one knows why the navy is being put upon a war footing. The war cloud with Spain blown by London newspapers on our behalf has passed away. Washington correspondents have not yet begun speculating about the Preeidenj’s message. The Indians owning the Black Hills are divided, a portion ot them wishing to sell the territory at once. It is thought the trial of McKee and McGuire, at St. Louis, will take place as soon as Avery’s case is disposed of. The remains of Vice President Wilson rest in Independence Hall to-day. They will reach Boston to-morrow morning. A Washington special says that Mr. Kerr pronounces decidedly in favor of a resumption specie payment at the earliest day practicable.

We shall probably not have so gOod an opportunity on Monday, as to-day to reach the council with a suggestion touching the missing bids for the coal supply of public buildings. The failure of the majority of the committee to return those bids with their report was a violation of duty, as the rules imperatSvely require it, and they were manifestly withheld for a purpose, which could be no honest one. The absence of Mr, Stuckmeyer last Monday night, still retaining or having lost the bids, was an equally manifest trick to escape exposure and delay the completion of a fair contract upon the lowest bid. Now such a case as this needs investigation, and upon conviction, expulsion would be only an adequate penalty of so plain a violation of duty and so suspicious an evasion of honest service. We have no idea that anything will be done, but we don’t intend that such conduct shall dishonor the city without the public understanding fully its baseness and the party meanness that allows it im munity. Mr. Craft’s ordinance will, if it be adopted, prevent such operations from reaching the treasury, and plundering the tax payers, and is but a prudent provision against the chance of the Council’s being .infested with other Stuckmeyers hereafter. Have the honest members of the body pluck enough and sense of duty enough to force an investigation of such suspicious, or worse, .proceedings, and have they resolution enough , to enact an ordinance that will defeat them if attempted? We shall see.

Revenue Agent Yaryan, who claims the entire credit of unearthing the whisky frauds, asserts that George W. Fishback’s services never amounted to anything substantial. Yaryan seems to be jealous. The Evening News certainly bas cause for thanksgiving at this season of the yeaf, for it never was more prosperous and never so widely read. Its circulation is the largest of any daily paper in the State and its advertising patronage is not small. Arrangements are being made to improve it greatly within a few months. Has the city ever been reimbursed for Mr. Gas Inspector Robinson’s defalcation? Some sort of'compromise was made, we believe, but has any thing come of it? The Sentinel has been ponderous on Butterfield’s short accounts as City Clerk some years ago, and a little of its pressure applied to its partisan would not be misap-

plied.

When Minister Schenck became a director in the Emm^ Mine corporation and lettt the influence of his name and official station to the aid of a swindle, his friends

Miss Laura Ream’s estimate of Joseph G. Marshall, so far as we can learn from the sketch in the papers, is appreciative and accurate, and her address a graceful recognition of the pre eminence of the greatest intellect that has ever belonged to Indiana. But her characterization of George G. Dunn’s talents and eloquence shows that she had less acquaintance with them and him than with Mr. Marshall. She says his eloquence depended upon “the most careful and concise statements of facts.” A “concise statement of facts, separated from their appropriate reflections or suggestions is not usually to* be eloquent, though it sometimes is the most meving of eloquence; but it was not Mr. Dunn’s source of power. Ridicule and invective, forces that depend but slightly on facts were his forte, as the Democratic State candidates of 1852 can bear painful witness. His feelings were strong, sympathetic and readily roused, and his command of ludicrous images, his prolific fancy, and an unsurpassed wealth of the language of contempt or abhorrence furnished them the most terrible weapons ever wielded in personal controversy by any man in the State. Mr. Marshall possessed quite a different character of genius. He could make facts eloquent, and rarely resorted to per-

alleged tliat it was done through kindness f sonal diatribes or ridicule. The writer

and that he gained ndthing by it. It seems, however, by the disclosures being made of the affairs of that concern, that Mr. Schenck received a loan of $50,000 from Trenor W. Park, the President, with which to buy shares, and that Mr. Park privately gave him a guarantee, that he should realize eighteen per cent, for it. This looks very bad for our great authority upon poker playing who still remains Minister at St. James. All the recent action of the French Assembly has run strongly against the party of popular government, and the defeat of the “secret voting” amendment of the “electoral law” is a decided indication of a purpose to overawe the laboring and dependent classes by the supervision of employers and masters, and force them from the expression of their Republican tendencies in an effective form. Voting that the employing and paying classes can see and hear can be perverted pretty much as they please, by intimations of discharge if it be done contrary to their wishes, and as these classes are largely composed of monarchists, or imperialists under Napoleon, the defeat of the amendment is a long step towards the weakening of Republican pop-

ular strength.

With the pay that a portion of the police get from pet brothels and gambling hells, in addition to what they don’t earn, bat receive from the taxpayers, they are amply remunerated for all the service that can be laid upon them within the proper limits of their duty. And lighting the street lamps is one important service that nobody else can discharge so easily and cheaply, and that will interfere with no other. The Sentinel’s objection that an officer, while lighting the streets, might be called to arrest a fugitive thief and have to leave the lamps or let the thief escape, is worthy of a boy’s debating club, and such profound discussions as the “comparative value of printing and steam,” or “whether lightning falls down or is fired off." It is sillv, like its encomium on the respecta-

bility and efficiency of the force,

recalls an incidence of the last few months of Mr. Marshall’s life, which illustrates the beauty, often partial, of his fancies, and the interest of his conversation. It was in the winter of 1855, while the conglomerate Free Soil, Temperance, and Know Nothing Legislature was in session, and Mr. Marshall was the prominent candidate, indeed the only one worth noting, on the side of the ill-compacted allies, for the Federal Senatorship then held by Judge Pettit, who was filling Governor Whitcomb’s unexpired term. If an election could have been brought on, lie would have been elected, but the Democrats followed the Bright precedent of 1844-5, and staved it off by their control of the Senate and Lieut. Gov. Willard’s unscrupulous management. While the question of postponement was pending, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Dunn were rooming together at the Bates—at least they were always together in Mr. Dunn’s room—and the writer was present one day at a confidential talk over the situation. Mr. Dunn was lying on the bed, and Mr. Marshall sitting as usual, with his feet high up on the mantlepiece near the fire. Some allusion suggested to the writer Sterne’s exquisite description of the recording of Uncle Toby’s oath. Mr. Marshall said “it was very fine, but wholly false in spirit; that God needed no descriptive list of a man’s conduct; that a moral light emanated from every act which daguerreotyped on His mind, and He saw, not an account of it by a recording angel, but the act itself, just as it occurred, with all its motives and circumstances.” It was a grand idea, but not more impressive than many that Mr. Mihail threw out, proba^ bly in the freedom of friendly conversation. In a very iew months the great orator and lawyer and champion of the fugitive slave was taken' to that God whoee mind holds many a daguerreotype of his own noble acts and eloquent speech. He has left no prophet behind him worthy to

wear his mantle.

Moody wps a Unitarian minister in Northfield, Mass., some years ago. The three doctors of Leesburg, Kentucky, a village of 125 inhabitants, are the recent fathers of twins. The Catholic authorities at Montreal have discovered that Guibord is not bnried as deep as the law directs. More passengers are transported between New York and Chicago than on any other route in the United States, George and Martha Washington are colored, and reside at Paris, Kentucky. They are identified with the edrd wood and laundry business. Baltimore has a baritone in Italy named Wm. C. Green—known there as Guglielmo Verdi—who is highly praised ^y Italian journals. Blackwood’s Magazine is exposing the weakness and mismanagement of the French War office under the Empire in a series of articles from the competent pen of Mr. W. Marshall. A girl with three arms is attracting attention in Jalapa, Mexico; and when that girl gets her two arms, around her husband’s neck she still has one to flirt with the other fellow across the street A drunken man in Gloucester, Mass., mistook the house of his pastor for his own, gained a peaceful entrance into the parlor, and sank quietly into a deep sleep on the piano, which he had supposed was his bed. Daniel Flagg, known as “the Barefoot Phi losopher,” died last week, and was buried at Concord, New Hampshire, last Saturday He was a recluse and wanderer, but long ago a local champion of the abolition of slavery. Said the Springfield Republican a few days ago: “The trouble with Vice President Wilson is thaf he has never learned to work wisely, or eat wisely, or play at all. He is the great representative. American in these respects.” The Brooklyn revival-choir presented Sankey with a watch just before he t6ok leave of them, and told him they hoped he would keep better time in future. He thinks so’much about eternity that he frequently pays no attention to time. Joseph Jefferson has just lost, by death, in London, his little boy Harry (born at Chicago on the night of the great fire). Under peremptory orders of his physicians, it is stated, Mr. Jefferson continued to act, not withstandibg this bereavement. Mmes. Nilsson and Lucca have both been unfortumate daring recent travels. Tne former was in a train that ran down the em bankment near Plymouth, England, and the latter was thrown into the Lake of Zurich Switzerland, by a pair of runaway horses Frightened but not hurt. The London Church Times rises to explain that the great interest in Moody’s preaching was grossly exaggerated by the papers, and that the andiences were not half so large as they were reprsented to be. Moreover, that the good they have done in that country is of ridiculously small dimensions. Mr. Schurz’s remark,that the lathers of the Republic would tell us, if they could, to praise them less and imitate them more seems to the New York Post to go to the spot. “Such words as these,” it says, “from such a man as Carl Schurz can not be too widely circulated, nor can they be too deeply reflected upon.” M. D. Hanover, formerly editor of the Cincinuati Daily Star, but previously a leading practitioner at the Cincinnati bar, has retired from all ranks of journalism to resume the practice of law. He has associated himself with Mr. Henry Parsons, a well-known Eastern lawyer' and located at 117 Nassau street, New York. The latest and greatest work of Meissonier has been purchased by Mr. A. T. Stewart for $60,000 gold. It was exhibited at the Vienna Exposition pf 1873, though in an unfinished condition. It was entitled in the catalogue simply “1807.” The work was begun in 1865 or 1866. Mr. Probasco, of Cincinnati, offered $30,000 for it in l867, but was refused. P. T. Barnum, as Mayor of Bridgeport, has long been endeavoring to break up local swindles. He has now brought the case of the Bridgeport Gas Company, charged with defrauding the city by means of burners that pass less gas than is paid for, before the* Common Council, and an investigation is being held. The estimated overcharge is

$6,000.

“Miss Grundy” writes from Washington to the Graphic: “Apropos of the Centennial, am informed that we owe thanks to an Italian officer who married an American belle for the part Italy intends taking in oar Exposition. This gentleman, Count Gianotti, is aid to Prince Humbert, and married Miss Kinney, daughter of the late Franklin Kinney, of New York. As Miss Kinney, the Countess Gianotti, will be pleasantly remembered in New York as well as here, where she was the recipient of much attention in society. Italy at first declined to take part in our Centennial, and it is mainly if not entirely due to Count Gianotti’s friendly offices that the decision was reversed.”

WUaa Poo Tfalaks of It. ! Spiritual Cor. Y. Y. 6 raj hie ] Cmr of Spring Gabde*, ) Spirit Land, November 1& j My Dear Friends: Yee, I have seen the comments of the papers on my monument. What do I think of them? I am disgusted— disgusted with their unanimous and monotonous praise. Has the editor degenerated into a mere machine of mimickry7 Does he think no longer? Has America entered on her mortal decline, like Rome and Athens, Carthage and Thebes, when they lost their originality and became worshippers of the feast? The fact is, my dear friend, my earth-life is over-estimated. Why, Took at the facts. Instead of being nursed in the lap of penury,” as my friends declare, I was adopted when an infant by a wealthy man, and supplied with every necessity and luxury. Didn’t Mr. Allan pay for nineteen broadcloth coats that I gambled away when I went to school at Alexandria? Didn’t he pay my bills even after I was expelled from West Point? They all speak of me as a great poet I lived to be thirty-eight years old—and see how little creditable work I turned out! “The Raven” I wrote merely as a study of versification, and I never knew the meaning of it till I read a recent review of it in the New York Times. I picked up a cheap habit of mystification, and transmitted my mantle to Mr. Browning. “The Bella” I constructed after much labor as an instance of ingenious rhyming. I really think, still, that it is very

clever.

Yet, as I look back, it is possible not to be disgusted at the small amount I turned offWhy, Henry Kirke White died before he had reached half my age. Byron wrote Childe Harold” at twenty-six,and perished at thirty six, two years younger than L Dear Shelley was yonnger still. Alexander expired at thirty-three, after overturning this planet and longing for means to get at the rest of the solar system. Frederick the Great had doubled his kingdom before he was thirty. Napoleon was passing around crowns to his most intimate acquaintances before he was anywhere near my age. Bry ant wrote “Thanatopsis” at eighteen. Before they were thirty Dante had written the “Divine Comedy,” Milton "Comus,” “Lycidas,” and “il Penseroso,” and Shakespeare “Venus and Adonis,” “Love’s Labor’s Lost, and “Hamlet!” The fact is I was a melancholy mope, did not do what I should or as I should, was a spoilt child and au indolent and dlsso lute man. From this altitude I can see, as you can not, that I did as well as I could under the circumstances; that I was, as everybody is, the victim of preponderating motives, and that I fell because my power of resistance was weaker than my temptations. I always did what seemed to me„at the moment to be the best. This, perhaps, ought to plead for charity in behalf of all the erring, in jail and out; but I solemnly remonstrate against either my life or my work being held up as an example to the rising generation, . Edgar A. Poe. A Cioml Example. [Kentucky Deaf Mute.] A good story is told of a certain Sunday school—we omit the whereabouts—which was recently visited by a learned divine The quietness of the proceedings specially attracted his attention. When the clock marKed the hour the pupils fell into their places without call or signal. The superintendent placed upon the blackboard the number of a hymn, and, without other announcement, it was immediately sung. All the exercises were conducted from the pht form in this silent way. The reverend gentleman was puzzled, and after the school was closed he sought an interview with the superintendent. He commenced a valuable expression of his pleasure, which was cat short when his (supposed)auditor drew forth |a slate and wrote on it, “I am a deat mute!” It was a school, so it was explained to him, who had been talked to death by former superintendents. The session had been prolonged beyond all reason, scholars were tired to death with speeches’ and scanty time was left for the lesson. The school came to the conclusion that the great work of superintendent was to keep still. As every one who could talk would talk, application was finally made to a deaf and dumb institution for a man who could not talk. And the result was so satisfactory! We understand that deaf mutes of approved piety and decorous appearance are in demand for Sunday school superintendents.

The Time for giving presents will soon be here. To avoid the rush and crowding, which always occurs a few days before Christmas, would it not be better to quietly make your purchases now? Handsome articles, either as a wedding or friendship present, such as a GOLD or SILVER WATCH, all styles and kihds of JEWELRY, elegant SOLID and PLATED SILVERWARE, DIAMONDS, Etc., are found and sold at LOW PRICES at

HARRY CRAFTS,

24 East Washington St.

George Heltkam

Now is the time, before winter sets in, order a suit or overcoat, made from the latest patterns of the handsome piece goods, cut in the latest style, for a moderate price which you find at 40 NORTH ILLINOIS ST., 8t. Charles Block.

FOOKS, PICTURES and DRAWING MATERIALS for tbe Holidays YOHTV & E»ORTER, * 4 East Washington. Fire Insurance. NONE BUT GOOD COMPANIES BKPRESENTED. 16 South Meridian HL McG-ILIjI A RD & FIELD, Successors to McGilliard, Carpenter A Field. ~

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OITY IVEWS.

The Phi lips Italic i Opera Troupe will not appear here, As they can not secure.aatisfact rj dates at either the Grand opera House or Academy. Henry Dubois, brakesman on the C., H. &D. road had his hand caught'between car bumpsra yesterday, necessitating the amputation ofthree lingers Charles Gerrald, who attempted suicide at Shelbyville yesterJay, passed through the city last evening in charge of his father, who was taking him to his home in Thorntown. The Evangelical Luthern rhurch edifice, which has just been completed on North East street, at a cost of ?30,000, will be formally uedicated Sunday, December 6tD, and the Rev. P. Benel installed as pastor. C hester G. Bartholomew has instituted suit for slander against Noah A Walker, alleging tbit he (■'arthol .mew) swore fahely In evidence given recent y in the Supreme C.urt. Damages claimed, 810,000. Mrs AlbertG. Porter, whose death was chronicled yesterday, was the daughter of Hon. Hiram Brown and the sifter of Ignatius Brown, Mrs Jas. C Yohn, M'S. Delzell, Mrs McKay and Mrs. B D. Jones, who survive. Her father settled In this city ial824, and her marriage to Mr. Porter was consummated iu 1815.

Amnsemen.s. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. 1 he p'esent week at the Opera House is an unexceptionable dramatic treat, dhe “Two Orphans’’ commenced Monday evening* and are ■ in

.uo fiuwwu combination found the prejudice of first impre<Mions militating aga nst them, and the fact that they have drawn goo i houses despite the novel lecture attractions Isewhere, is satisfactory commendation of the wor h of the troupe, as a whole. Comparts'ns are odious, and jet tnere is a disposition to make individual comparts ms between members of the Furbi h and of the Bankin troupes, there being a recognized rivalry, in which net only the membership, b’it the courts, and the press, as well as the theatrical publ c, have taken p rt. No drama for years h*s appealed bo strongly to the pub ic, and the people presenting its several characters sre watched with absorbing interest. Georgie . angley, as “Louise,” is naturally compared with Mrs. Mary Meyers, of he «&nkln troupe, but she makes a s ronger in-

A memorial to Congress is being

onsly signed in Utah praying for Uie admisJ sion of that Twritory as a State thii winter.

nu merie ad mis-

Aa Kqalne Caatraetloaiat.

[Burlington Haykeye.]

A .druggist of Book Falls dropped his rocket book in a feed box, out of which a lone belonging to Dr. Conley was taking his midday repast When he discovered his loss the oruggist remembered hearing it drop, bnt when he went oat to look for it that hard money Jhorse had called in $63 that will never tronble the United States Treasury for redemption.

dividuahty of the poor blind girl, *nd the several phases of her career from tbeTlsce DuPontNeuf to the final rebase in the old boat-home, are so

the street

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‘Jacques,” and the utter

withstanding the nasal intonation in of his best passages, and his ah: ties as an actor are of fine order, but his physique operate 1 against him in the assumption of a young, handsome, gallant * Chevalier”—such a one as 8. W. Pi-rcy portrayed at the Acad my. But his costuming i» in excellent keeping with the times, his fencing admirable, and in the garden scene he off-sets by hi-splendid action many of the natural advantages which Mr Piercy possesses. In the interview wdh the Minister of Pojce he is stronar, and yet very tame in the following act, where he avows his love to “Henriette,” and sends wor by “Picard” to his uncle of A is matrimonial int nt ons. This last, however, is a blemish easily rectified. Mr. Frank Evans as "Pierre, the Cripp c,” Is not ratisfactory, in comparison with Mr. Vand 1 nhoff. but if one had not seen the latter he would lin'd less fault with the former. There is an indescribable something lacking, painfully apparent in many of the situations, but in the final act he makes the most of his opportunities, and in the rencontre with -‘Jacquts” redeems himself from much of the tamenessand want of harmony noticeable la the other acts 'i he characters above named are the leading ones, but there is a uniformity of excellency in the rest of the support. Miss Marie Stella displays unexpected g nius in her co•uepdon f “Marianne.” the outcast, and her e- ergeiic action in the prison seen e for the nonce m&k. s it. a leading role. Harry Hawk, in the line of genteel comedy is superb, and as “i’icaid,” the valet, his renlithn i< apparently 'aultle s. The assigement of “Count De Liniers” s a good one, Mr. Gioikc Byer being nnos rally rell qualified for the r«Ie. I he part of “Lector," “officer* of the Guard” and the “Countess” are m capable hands, but those of the “Marquis" and “Sister Genevieve” are not so well bestowed. In relief, however, the “Ma quis” is kii.ed early in the garden scene by ‘ Chevalier.” and thfi of itself is “good enough.” Accidentally 1 he News came near overlooking “la Frochard,” a partially leading role. Miss Amelia Harris makes thiS*character arugved one of much the same type as Mme. Michels, but not one whit inferior In many respects it is equally good, and in the‘ boat house scene” better. Saving this iasaying a good deal, but the histrionic ability of MlssHarris warrants it. A fine poi t is the unnsual prominence which the Opera House management have given to scenic detail*. The “illuminated “Garden” is one of the finest ever gotten up by an ind an-polls management, and the Place 8L Bnlpice, with its inow-atom sc-c-mpaniments, is a itnout flaw, t pecial attention by the Furbish combination to costumirg details adds to the general effect throughout the play, and p'acc. it in this respect far ahead of the Bankin. There is also a smoother finish' in tbe final act, “Jacques” and his motber being banded over to ihe police instead of the first being killed by “Pierre," and the^urtsin :s rolled down upon a happy re union of im the parties in whom the audience are most deeply interested. At the matinee Thursday and the performance last night tbe a‘tendance was excessively Krge, and for this afternoon and evening the premise of patronage is assuring.

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m n. Myers. • •Henriette,” ia the ba.dsof Miss Doilie Pike, does not show so well In comparison with Kitty Blanchard, though her splendid figure and natural beauty is a strong point in her favjr. “erhaps the continual reappearance in this character ight after nignt h*a made it monotonous and devoid of interet-t to her as an artist, otherwise it is difficult to account for w^at one might call her mechanical execution in many oi the most striking sitnatlons—notably the awake ing in the Garden, and the meeting with “Frochard” in the boath use, when she ia falsely told of the death of her sister. In the Garden scene, especially, she 1 eked nervons force, and but for the words of the text would approach closely to the line of burlesque prophesied by the “Chevalier de Vand rey,” lac is comments while she lay insensible noon the sofa, in this seene opportunity is given her for unusually strong dramadc figure and speech, and the appeal which brings the “Chevalier” ;to her rescue could, by proper handling, be made one of the strongest and most telling in the play. By her tameness in the interview with “Frochard,.’ she ma es herself tbe tecuidary figure, and yet this ia a scene where the greatest possible opportunities are given for the bet-t typ* of acting. Mr. M. W. Leffingwell makes "J.cqo*” a character something akin to Rankin's conception, but stronger in ferocious trait* and ooaraer in contemptible, cowardly brutality. Bis make-up is better, *nd his volte and post, exhibit more of the savage outlaw To his brot’ er “Pierre’' and to “Louine" he is tyrannioa’ at all times, but to his mother pleasant, so far as pleasantry in such natures go; aud his conception in this is the very earenoe of the coarm, ruffianly hoodlum, without i panicle of waakoeis. Geoiga C. BoaffMa |a m admirable reader, not-

ACADEMY OK MUSIC.

The four leading characters of “The Hunchback” at the Academy, last nivht, were choice, and so well did Mrs. Bowers suit t e whims of the audience, in her conception of “Julia." that she was honored twice by a call before the curtain. She is possess d if fine stage presence, and ranks • among the best. Mr. McOollom as “«ir Thomas,” Mr Comdcck, as "Master Waite*,” Miss Alice l80n Brooks, as “Hrien,” and Mr. Conway as “Modus,” made an admirable support This evening “Lacretia Borgia” and “Chimney Corner," Mr. Cpul-

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