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The' Herald's Work in
Uprooting Crime.
WOMEN UNDER DURESS.
Brigham's Deceit?Pretending to
Talk with God.
Boston, May 1C,
Hie enterprise and interest nun:b the NkwVokk
Bbrald has ulways munilceted In exposing the fear
I a I atrocities winch havo ever characterized In at inu
tuou* institution of Mormnnism must soon meet w:tb
serious recognition ami be followed by vigorous action
ou the part ot the I'nitoU States government. This is
tbo enthusiastic declaration of a former resident of
Salt Lake City, whom your correspondent Interviewed
In this city to-day in the person of Alajor J. H. I'ond,
formerly of tho United States army. Latterly he nas
been residing in Hoelou, but since bis removal Irom
Utah, ten years ago, he lias made frequent visits to the
Territory, and his experiences and observations confirm
tbo very worst reports and susplcloDs-of tho complicity
ol Hrigbatii Young In the numerous outrage* which
have been permitted to disgraco a civilized community.
FKAl'D A.N I) HYPOCRISY.
Major I'ond said:?"1 like the stand which the Nkw
Fouk Hkkii.d has taken In regard to the Mormons?
?hat is, the fair manner in which It gives Intelligence of j
?ho condition ol affair- 111 Utah, and it the represeula- j
lives ol that paper will only pursue a straightforward ,
soitrse and not allow theirsolves to be influenced in
tireclly by people who ate bought by Mormon money, j
ibcy arc going to show up tho worst fraud and the '
worst hypocrisy that has existed ou iho face ol the
tarth for the lost thrco centuries. 1 know it, I have
>eon in Utah when aGontile would no more dare to ;
wtaIk tho streets after dark than Wendell j
'hlllips would have undertaken to have gone
>ver the rebel lines during tho hcttcsi |
part of the rcboilion. unless he was In
sompany with some Mormons that were friendly to
him, and to speak to a Mormou woman or uaytuiug of
.hat kind was certain to result In a man boing "put 1
'outol tho way,'' us thoy term it there. Nothing has |
been done to show this up, because ol intimidation,
except what was printed by tho Salt Lake Tnbuneantl !
utterances of such men as General Conor, now in !
Utah au<l ouo of the first gentlemen there; also
their conuuct was denounced by Judgo Cradel- i
aorgb, who lound It too hot for h'.m, and could not :
ttay there. Well, tor tho urst low years they were !
'.outpolled to aiuy within the limits ol Cainp Douglas,
If they held offices; but alter civilization got there and
railroads bogun 10 bo coustructed aud reached them
'.he .Mormons were more careiul.
rKKSKCt'TlO.N or A.N UrKIUIlT JCOGK.
Chief Justico McKcon is one of tho purosl men that
ever lived, uud he was removed because of his persist
ence in showing up frauds utid because he was a gentle- j
man who could not be bought, lu his case they had to 1
resort to thoir usual custom, which is, il they cannot >
buy a man, to 'ore.ik htin down with the government. ,
Mr Beadle has writtou some books on Mormuoisra, '
? tid he wrote Boute (acts about kill Hickman which 1
Were true. It has always boon supposed by mauy peo- j
pie here that tney were seuaaiional, but tlicv were ;
unquestionably tacts oaruiully cuinplled. and .Mr. I
Beadle's testimony and that of others, can prove
them. All ol the Mormons kuow that they are lacts.
AXN KLIZA VOf.NO'S STOKY .NOT KX AGUKJtATkh.
The statements ot Aim Kliza Young herself in her
book are lacts. Her mother, Mrs. Webb, who was In
terviewed by u H si. a 1.11 correspondent ut Lock port, N.
Y., the other day, is a very iruibiul wouiau. Her bus
Baud is a Mormon, wuo is still .among tbo Mormons,
?nd has three other wives, but bo is afraid to tell the
whole truth ol the mutter. I think that Mrs. Webb,
sua especially Iter busbuud, know a great deal more
tbout mat Mountain Meadows massacre than they
would tell, because they lived at that time iu tnesoiiih
?rn portion ol tho Mormou country, and could hot
aave helped, Irom their position, kuowring a good acai
tbout it, but stiil I think they have interests tbvre
tnd cannot rnakat an open bgtil trunoui being turned
over to what is known in Mormonuoin as tho ??Buffet
ins of Satan "
MORMON Ml'RDBKS AND IHJTRAOK.S.
The Gentilos who have been murderod in Utah art)
wilhoul number. 1 remember I was travelling le
Ualilornia three years ?go. and I found people tnere
who had bteu outraged by the Mormons, aud was told
ol others who had been burned at tbe stage, and wttuao
Irtenos had been murdered when they wore on their
way to California. 1 remember one instance when
Ibe publisher ot the Sucramcnto Record told me that
when a parly was ou its way across the eouutry they
were tnet by tbroe women. I think tney came to them
ind told them that they wanted to escape; that
iiey hud been iui|ioaod upon, been dragged into
t life of infamy and shame?lu lact, a life
of blavery and degradation and they wanted to escape.
The party put mem into one of tiieir wagons. They
moved,011 lor a day or two, when they were overtaken
by a body of Mormons, who charged them with hav
Ing these women, aud demanded that they return them
?ver to thoir custody. I'll or Qrst impulse was to fight I
ibe Mormons .and .1,a 110 mo women. The Mormons I
told them they com 1 11 them, perhaps, lor a little '
while, but that 111 le.- man six hours they would have 1
reinforcements enough to cuptuie the whole tram.
They concluded, as they had not gone out there I
?o tight 1 ho Murmous they wou.d give the I
womeu up, aud they did so. 1 his publisher !
laid ho heard aiterward tuat those poor women were '
taken bark aud killed. It was not only among ineu \
tuat these murders wore committed but among wo- 1
men. It is known as the ' blood atonement," You !
know that when a Moruinu has brokcu the lallh or
Offended the law they think that bo tuust be killed iu
order to save els soui. Aud the women suffered al.ke
with tho men. 1 he point I waul to make most clear,
and the idea 1 wish t.. convoy is, I repout, that if tne '
Nkw \okk HtsUAi.h will persist in this investigation i
and send goon, reliuule men to Utah, that are not to I
be bought by Mormou money, and men who w II pur- 1
auo their luvcsugwtions, tney are going 10 show up !
the greatest fraud in tue world. I know it.
MUKMO.X IV IMIIUATION.
I in pl a most respectable lady tn Noon men to
city wlio.su huvoand had been killed by Mormons
In 1S40, uud ttieie are any <|u:?otIty ol such in
stances. 1 met .1 man in i-mii Iranomcu who hail bcun
out wun a party with a drove ol sheep ouo winter m
salt Luke Valley, and ho aid .someitmig derogatory
?bout the Mormons to a friend, and he told bun that
be had inane n mistake. A Mormon spy ueard what
be said, and in le.-v 1 ban a we- k all Ins shoop worn
driven off by tho Morraors And wb u you wrote let
ters to om<T parts ol tue country no one dared to
write a word uuicm ho 1 mined something lavortbio of
the Mormons. It was a lime when uo Gentile dared
to write a letter without saying something lavoruble ol
Mormons, hecuuso tuey tampered with toe malls. 1
wouid no more dam, when I was out there iu IK'io,
twelve years aeo, send a loiter ?ast through thu Mor
mon lost Olllce, without speaking mvorably or tue
Moruions, tuun I would go and commit murder hero,
?ay a word auaiDst ibem and you will nuvorgo out of
Hie Territory ulive.
I asked an influential Mormon "How Is It a man can '
murry lb no of Urigham Voting e d ughlers and it ;
jau.-e uo special remark, und everything can go oil sal- ?
lefactory t"
"Ob, ' says he, "thuto things occurred lu Utah, 1
when a luau might wake up in the morning and lii.d
his own brother dead on bis door steps, nuu nil he has
got to do is to go on about bin business; uo matter
what takes place, 'mind your owu business' lathe
t Mormon creed, you know, not to ask any questions,
and nobody dares to It w is a reign ol terror, ft was
* very peaceible, fulet city in tho-o days, and It was
wueo Mormomsm rgucd sapremo without oppo- -
lion, except lioru a low Gentiles. There were a lew
ftouL lieaited Gentiles who were kept at bay. Their
?nly safety, bowover, lay lu humg to all appearances
H.iriuoua, paying tuning and saying nothing, flrig
lam Voung never paid a cent in thuau days. Ho made
?ho Mormons pay.
rIK Mol'.STAIN MtABOWa CBI1.0RKX.
Mrs. S. A. Uook was tbe first Mormon apostate who
Ivor brought a sail aguinst Mrighuiu Young and ever
|0l a judgment AgiiHi t him. It was lor pJ.hilU, but
mo a.d not g't tho money for a lung time. When it
was ptid Mayor We,Is, who was a Mormon, got her to
si.n a reieipt lor the money, uud lie took tno money
and in some way applied 11 to a payment lor the luiid
that she owned, which ho claimed she did out own.
bbe kept lighting until sbe u.auu linn pay. nte was
the ftrst per.-on that ever made lirighain Voung pay in
t I nited .1 tales Court. Hbn was the woman also who
tad charge ot the children who were as rod at tho Moun
tain MeaooWs massacre. I saw her threu years ago and
the had two photographs of the two boys. .-ho
?bowed them to some peuplo at the I'eoria
Bouse in I'eoris, 111. Iiioso pictures, II they could oe
found, might be very vaitlablo now. ll the parlies
who were there at the bom-e at that time could be
ound and interviewed very likely tbey could glvo
wme vuiuabl information. It Is the custom tuere
miong iho Mormou olhcisla to put every 11.1ell1ge.it
nan who might he u-eiul into some oihcial position,
inti they utilise the lost men in every brunch of art
xnd the industries.
BHivtiAB nr.TTivo tnrturi.
In answer to a question as to what hu thought of the
future of Mnrmonum, whether or not it is going to
continue to be a puruiam nl "ism" in the United Mates
ind eonliBae also 10 deiy the ledemi govern
ment, Mr. Tonu t-tuMthink 1110 persist
rnt efforts of Hrigham Voung and nl, that
kind ol thing looks a- ihougn u? was on ins "iusi
lege," aa the sayiBg is. He knows he has a very short
time to life, and he might just as well, in his opinion,
Bake a good light, lor the Mormon* are ready logo
any length (so be sat s). ?>0 nutter what be says and
i,recta, they will do it. The Mormons have got live or
tlx hundred missionaries m hurupe, und ihey keep
them there, aBd their acquisil.ua ol Mormon recru is
from tbe lower classes in Europe 11 iruiu three iu six
thousand, who are acldeq to the Territory every year.
while we are gaiuing but very Slightly on toe Gentile
h.'ill<-moot, because Gentiles, you know, are obliged to
gnlbere as adventurers and miners. There Is uo in
! duo-meat lor them to settle. They cannot sot hold of
the laud.
a prolific it .tea
"Tho Mormons are the most prolific race, and noakea
business ol increasing their population. It la inbred
iu tno inhabitants, instilled into their ininds tuat they
must marry car y and bear chjldren, and they do it with
1 i> vengeance. They are bearinit all the tune. There
ar?; not less than do,000 or 40.000 children in the Tern
, tory of lrtab at this time who bave been born there.
They itro taught that brisham Young Is next to God,
ihal ho converses with Hun, that he meets Him face
to lace every day, aud that he (Brigbaw) knows every
thought and action ol all Mormons, and watches ihcm
1 bv day and night, and it is going to be a uood while
I beforo that religions conviction can be driven out ol
I the minds of it people in whom it Is born and bred.
FOLLY OF AKXi:D KHS1STSS0H
"As fur as their being aide indely the government of
; tbc lulled Slates Is concerned, they have never been
i able to defy It except in rough iheir money." In
j answer to an interrogatory as lo his opinion of how
much ol an army Ur.'giinro could raiso, Mr. Pond
aald !?
"Well, 1 should think that if Hrigham YoBng was
called upon lo raise au army to delend fi, in sell ho
could bring forward between 110,000 aud 40,odd ineu.
lu lact more than that, counting women, lor 1 believo
the women would light at ms command, because n Is
Inbred iu them that Brighaiu Is sacred and they would
not, in uiv opinion, hesitate to take arms, many of
them, with the men, against invaders.-*'
In cone NMM, Mr. Pond argued that It was only a
iju .'Stiou of time as to tho upheaval ol Mortnonuni.
lie said it had beeu a matter ol great surprise to him,
and lo every one who visited Utah nud became cogni
zant ul Ungtiam Young's connection with Innumerable
outrages, ibal the federal government allowed it.
Evert one there knew ol it, aud he aud many Eastern
people tblnk ihat il tho people of the United mates
comprehended the volcano of corruption in our land
within tho homers ol Utah it would be but a very
short tune heloro Mormouixm W'OUid no known only as
a thing of tho push Mr. I'oud said that II tho Nkw
Yoke Hskald would persist in Its present investiga
tions it would undoubtedly have the honor ol huviug
uprooted the {Saints, and gaiu tho approbation justly
one tno course of a tearless and independent public
journal.
THE IjAND OF PERFECT PEACE.
[From tho Salt Liiko News, May u. J
Malt hake City and Utah are as peaceable ns any
other part u( the Union. There is uo thougnt or any
thing else than the pursuits ol peace In the hearts of
the people, and in the hearts of any but those un
scrupulous characters who are despatching sensational
falsehoods East and West and tbeir few aiders and
abettors. May be these characters, iu tho guiltiness of
their cousciences, see horrible phantoms ul every bush
and troe und corner, but if they do they are all tbo
creations of their own disordered Imaginations, und no'
body else sees them, nooody else even imagiues them.
The Psalmist said in bis haste, "Ail men are liars,'*
aud the old Scotch preacher thought he might have
said it at his leisure also. But >1 there are any adepts
at idling that which is not true and ol vailing with
falsehoods that which is true it is the persous in
this city and Territory who send sensational stories
East aud W'eat with the view of inducing tno botiel at a
distance that Utah la iu a condition bordering ou in
surrection. It Is true there may be in this Territory a
very lew persons in that insubordinate condition, and
those very few insurrectionary persons are these very
ideuueal suusation mongers. The wolt not only
saw the water was muddy, but he declarod thu'i
the lamb down stream had muddied It. Bo
l ii use human wolves who are eternally in
venting and circulating sensational reports not only
declare that there is a surging disposition to rebel
lious violence in Utah, but tbey also wolhsbiy say that
the most peaueuble aud honest portion ot the people
manliest and cultivate ibia spirit. The porsistcnt
making up ol falsehoods and tho sending of mem
auroad in the country for the express purpose ol cre
ating a false impression upou tho public, is oue ot tno
most despicable and disgusting occupations possible to
conceivo. It is enough, oue wuuid think, to cause
people at a distance to turn a deaf ear to all news of
the kind from Ulan, unless they are ot that
class ol characters that have become so thoroughly
demoralized ny the morbid appetno lor new sensa
tions that, liko the opium eating victim, they cannot
resist the temptation, tnoy must have their deadly
stimulant, tbey cannot live without it, and conse
quently tuey must have tbeir daily quantum of tne
sensational from this region, eveu though they know
it is made up of lies all tho time. What can do joiio
with such people? Not much, in the prosont state of
things, except, to let tbotn lako their own course,
revel in tneir own slime, and eventually parish at
their own rottenness.
"DEAR BOY" OILMAN.
[From tno Hall Lake Herald, May 0. ]
It will be recollected tbut luo New York. Herald
discovered and published me Oilman affidavit against
District Attorney Howard, and gave some credence to
its statements. It now retracts Its suspicions aud
uccupts Howard's view, that tno attempt to misrep
resent him "had its riso In Mormon quarters, aud was
tuteudod to procure his removal in disgrace." Asia
well known, the fight between "Oilman, my dear boy,"
aud Howard is uo affair of the Malt Lake Herald's,
wuich invests nothing in either ct tue parties 10 the
quarrel. For some cause these two great friends and
cronies (oil out, aud the vicissitudes ol political life,
brought about by the stringency o( Hayes'
civil service reform, led to a combination
against Marshal Nelson and District Attorney Howard,
tuc purpose ol which was to secure their positions.
Oilman happened to be one of the parties employed or
who volunteered to lurnish evidence in tbo interest of
the applicant lor Howard's place, the character of
wliicti mo public is laminar with, tin man's altldarit
speaks lor iisell, aud without corroborative eviueuce
must be Judged on its own merits and by the charac
ter and reputation of the man who made It. The
Herald bus never claimed to place impdcit faith in
tinman's statements, lint has published the details ol
tbe controversy, in which be is simply a witness
against Howard' and other parties tbe principals, as it
is ?a llgut ot the outs against the ius.
District Attorney Howard lost bis head aud played
the loot in mis case, however, when In connection
with Marshal Nelson uo signed a statement charging
the Mormons with usiug Ned Oilman to brtulc bun
(Howard) down and secure his removal, knowing, as I
he must nave dope, that this statement was utterly !
lalse and worthless. Hut It was worse than a lie?it
was a blunder, us the act is patent 10 every one hero j
that tiiliuan has nover beeu a iriend of the Mormons,
and is the last man they would use lor auv purpose j
whatever, Tukon in connection with Howard's con
tradictory statements in regard to Uilnian tbe prose- j
cutiug attorney is shown to have been guilty ol such
stupidity and prevarication an to render him morally
nnu intellectually unlit to hold tbia nnpotiani olfico.
What confidence can be placed in tfia man wtio could
write the "Dear ooy" letitr to Utlrnan, promising to
recommend him lor an imtiorisnt government oifice
as "a good and reliable friend ol mine,' and a lew
weeks subsequently publicly characterize the sauie
Ullman us "a notorious liar" and a man utterly un
worthy of respect? Whether Hitman's statement is
true or lalse Mr. Howard's rtdicnlou.i attempts to clear
nimsulf from the sopouscnarge* made against him and
his lalse allegations have involved turn in grave suspi
cion, winch demands an official investigation. Tins,
we hope, will be undertaken by the proper authorities
at VV...-Inngiou, lor an the matter now stands District
Attorney Howard lails to possess the confidence of the
people una w li be apt to be regarded hereafter as hu
obstacle rather than an aid to the promotion ol justico
and Iho execution of tbe law.
"GENTILE LIES.
[from tbe Salt Lake Nowe (Mormon), Mmy 11. J
(11 the papers which tudulgo in Iboso expnmlod
sensations iho Xkw Yoiik Hkkald is ono of the fore
most, one of tno most "enterprising" In this par
ticular field of journalistic entcrprlso. Truth is uDe,
falsehood it uiiiuy. 1'erhaps the very multifariousness
of the latter renders It dear to tbe heart ol the "enter
prising" correspondent and newspaper man. Kaleid
oscopic many-sidedness, which characteristic false
hood undeniably possesses, may be invaluable to a
newspaper man whose journal lives ou us "enter
prise," and v. hose readers look lor somotbtng sensa
tion.il from it to help down their every matuilmJ
meal. It newspaper readers expect llos, demand lies
and will pay lor lies, such mental niuneut will cer
tainly he furnished Ibcm daily, lor mere are men and
Institutions in the country which will lurnish any
thing lor wntch mere Is a paying demand
THE REAL DANGER.
[I rom the bait Luke Tribune, May 10.]
And herein lies the danger. Hrigbam Young Is
malign tut enough, If ho finds there is uo escapo Ironi
the toils that involve him, to c.iuso trouble to tno race
of men whom he so cordially dotests. Ii he should
order resistance his Infatuated slaves will resist. If
ho should command n massacre the horrors ol St.
Bartholomew will be repeated. Says the Ogden Krtt
?i,ih . ?l he leaders are to be bi ought to justice, and
their followers are wondering What is to become ot
them It is the buffalo bull, mortally wouh icd by the
hunter. Miming in frantic fury upon his purMturs."
Asaiuxt this danger we want to guard the community,
and wo He* the reader whciber we have not none our
duly in making public the dangerous designs ol the
common enemy. Now It Is the part ot the authorities
to act. *
PUBLIC PEACE IN UTAH.
[from tbe Halt Lake Tribune, May Hi.]
Hut business mon of a different Irunie of miud take
an opposite view. They say the way to extinguish a
fire Is not to ?mother It out of sight. A sensible man
does not build his house on the side of an active
volcano. Wn must have a safe and assured social con
dition before we cry to the world "Peace! peace!"
and invito our brethren to come hero with thoir skill
nnd their capital to nld us in the development ol this
rich Terntefy. They udmit that tbu treasonable mil
itary preparations are all mIiuip, but Inquire Is it a
proper tbing to paeslvely permit several thoosarM
Ignorant faiiaiies with arms In their bands, wbo are
taugbt hatred ol the human race as part ol tbeir reli
gion, and suppose tbe Lord will fight on their side as
He aided tbo undent Isrnolitel In battle, to prepare
their minus ant discipline their bodies lor open and
or mod rebellion T ,-uob n condition of things Is a
menace to the file ana property ol every non-Mormon
In the Territory; It Is a gathering ol inflammable
material which would traits at tbo Drat tpurk.
At the .tugu.-i city election In tbia city, iu
1874, tho liberal party Insisted 011 baring a
lair Tote; und, unuer the provision* ol tbo
lolled States Election law. United Mates Mar- i
eluil Maxwell appointed u dozen or do special depu
ties to protect votera In tbeir rights and keep peace at
the poll*. Tbia perfectly proper step brought out en
exhibition ol the temper of the ruling prisdtboud. 1 bo
people Iclt elated and and among themselves, "Undo
Sam is running 7.ion to-day.*' llut it was an idlo de
lusion. llall a hundred armed Dunnes wore stowed
away in an upper room in the City Hall, and several
hundred other Dunnes worn thick at the city polls
armed with the authority or special police. "in tbo
alteruoou a small disturbance was provoked at the
Ft I th precinct poll, and Una was inade'lbu excuse lor x
dozen police ruffians making a sudden assault upon me
deputy marshals, several of whom Uiey lelled?
bleeding and senseless- wtili blows upon tbo 'head Iront
iron billies. This bruial outrage was sm>mili''d to
without resistance, llut suppose au> one of those
deputy marshals, whose sworn duty It was to preserve
Hie peace at ibe polls, bad lired at his assailants and
I perbap* killed a man. What would buve loilowrd f
I Why, those blty secret assassins, stowed uway iu th.it
. public building, would have been brought out to the
] balcony, and iron) there tnoy would have llred uu in
j discriminate volley upon the heads ol the crowd. To
| tbis extent would have proceeded tbn resistance ol
i Ibis murderous priesthood to Ibe law, and a wide
1 spread uinssucrc was only averted by the sbeep-uke
submission ol our deputy marshals. Not ouly tbo
parties who discuss this alarming topic in our sanc
tum, but every honest citizen will admit mat the
people ol lull must run no more such risks It is
, disgraceful to tbo authorities that the peace ol the
' city und the safety ol our lives arc only to be preserved
by submission to an outrage which the Ireodmcu of
tho duutn would resist.
Utah's bashi-bazouks.
[From tho Pittsburg Commercial, May 15.)
What the government may choose to do with poly
gamy is one tiling. That Is a crime which has been ?
tolerated so long that it bus acquired n certain stand
ing, which makes it a question how to dispose ol It j
with the leu^t Injury to innocent parties. Hut the
Mountain Meadows massacre is an event by ilcelt. It
was a crime against the law of. Cod luid man. What
ever palliation or excuse ihero may have been is a
mailer lor evidunco. Young declares that Die immi
grants were u rioald set, und that they insulted the
women unil poisoned animals, and were Insulting and
vicious. It ibus seems that ho claims to have known
about them. \V baicver may be said or provon in palli
ation of the guilt of the pantos they are clearly guilty
of crime, nud the point now is to lix this crime, by
legal evidence, on the guilty parties. The confession
of Lee mukes Young an accossory before and after tue
fact, and as such guilty of the crime Itself. He should
be arrested, tried, and, ll lound guilty, punished.
But the time is at band wheu this entiro question of
polygamy, under me protcuce ol religious laitn,
should be lalcan in hand and disposed of. Considering
its duration and the numbers attached to It, It is as
completely covered with borrlblo crtmo us was sla
very In its worst days. It niuy possibly die a natural
doatb, but it Is a grave question wbetber a blood
stained institution like tbls sbould be allowed to per
petuate usell for generations. It is offensive to our
people aud a blot ou our institutions, it is oilensivu
-to the civilization o( the country and age. .Should it
be allowed to remain t There can bo no question that
the sontiraeut ol the country will luliy indorse tbo
enactment el a law by Congress spccltically abolishing
this feature of Mormon practioe as being ropugnaut to
our civilisation nud the genius ef our institutions.
But for the present let Hrigliam Young be arrested
and tried tor his part in tbo Mountain Meadows mas
sacre.
Salt Lake Tribune?11 'She will be burled from tbo
Sixth ward sohoulhouse to-morrow,' says the Salt
Lake Herald, in a death notice vesterduy. Strangers,
which that Church Journal is all at once so solicitous
to attract to this city, might in their heathen blind
ness, inquire why funeral services are held in a school ?
bouse t outside of Ziuu such an anomaly is not heard
of. Tho answer is, wo have uo school honsos in
Utah, except one or two mission buildings of that
character. The Mormon children are taught In con
venticles?assembly rooms they are called?designed
for religious services and dance parlies. Wbcu los
tivals aud monthly lasts and luncral ceremonies are
held, tho educational wants of Ibe scholars have to
give way?theso uetraudod young folks arc turned out
to receive their education ou tuu streets. Bui we are
a peculiar peoplo, and tue luxury of witnessing
lunorul services in a 'school , house' la aOoriled to
nono others."
Gold Hill (Nevada) .Yew;?"Brlgbatn Young, the
prophet, seer and revclator of tbo Mormon Church,
does not imitate tbo example of Jeetts Christ. He is
not modest ny any means. He is exceedingly imperti
nent, and he deliberately insults tbo nation whiub has
tolerated him and Ins infamous religion lor so tuany
years. In the Tabornaelc in Salt Lakes City lust .Sunday
ho made uso of tneso memorable words?we say mem
orable, because we waul all our rotders to rometnbor
them In tbo future, when the doom ol this hoary
beaded old scouudrel overtakes bun-If tlioy want
blood tbey can have It, and, Indeed, tbey are likely to
have more of It lot out of their veins than tbuy can
?pare, at an early period.' This, ol course, refers to
the Centiles of L'tan, to citizens ol the United States,
t7ho do uot believe in Brlghum Young and his Church
Ills evident irora this spoccli of the arch assassin o
the nation that the story about tho Mormons arming
is no tlciiou. Tboy have evidently made up thotr
minds to suve Urighata Young from the executtouer
by engaging in a rebellion against tbo government.
Very well, let them try !L Gentile blood will flow, .as
the prophet, seer and rcvelator says; but tbo Mormon
Church will be wiped out of existence. Kutherlord H.
Hayes, and not James Mucbunan, is President of the
United Slntos to-day."
Salt Lake Woman'* Exponent:?"IIow mistakoo the
world are when tbey reprcsoul Mormon women tn
bondage to men. There Is uo greater ireedom than
tbe Gospel gives to woman. And it is this that makes
Mormon women conscious of tboir power. You think
tbe Mormous an insignidcaut body of people; tbuy aro
mighty in spirit, and their women are unltod In ono
grand solid phalanx to help build up Zlou, to susiuin
their own institutions, educational und social, and woe
be to him wbo dares to lilt Ins band against '/.Ion."
Sacramento Record-Vnion:?"We fiavo no intention
of doing Brighton Young an injustice, nor shall we
knowingly print misstatements concerning the Mor
mons generally, but having some acquaintance with
tbe extent to which the scrvico of the Morutou Church
is supposed to Justify or excuse deceit and conceal
ment, we must decline to accord full credence to the
statetneuts of tho Mormon organ until advices from
less biased sources confirm them."
can Like Aries.-?"Pair play is a .jewel not only do
manded by tho highest Internals of tho couatry and of
humanity, hut due In common justice to every citizen
and to every community lu the Union. But it will
never be socurcd until tneso lying and venomous cor
respondents and slander cuncoctora arc kicked oat lor
their knavery and muro honorable mon iu.-ullod In
fhoir places."
Ugduu Junction: ?"l'ho DUiiiietb men of Utah ere
beginning to awake to a perception of the evil influ
ence ol those infamous persons upon the commercial
aim mining interests ol tlie Territory, and, if tliey are
wise lu i heir generation, they will repudiate tbo vil
lainous scribos, and by withdrawing tnelr patronage
from a she<-t unfit to be taken into a decent lamiiy,
tliey trill compel Its proprietors to change na policy
uud got decent rneU to manage It.
EXCURSIONS FOR SICK CHILDREN.
The recent hot weather has hastened the prepara
tions at the Seaside Sanitarium at Par Kuckuvray, and
the llrst colony of children will bo taken there the first
week In June. Arrangements have bden lu ule with
tho Long Islam) Kallro.id to run special trains direct lo
the bescn ut reduced rates, and tnreo or lour hundred
hick children an J tneir mothers will be taken at one
time. The manager* desire contribution- of beds,
cribs, cuairs, beading, towels, bsiliiug uressos and
other such articles, and hog an inimediate response
Irom Ibu charilubie. Donations may be sent thrnugu
Henry Hergb, Fourth avenue and Twonty-yecoud
street, or Henry K.ng, chairman, office ol tno Seaside
Sanitarium, No. Job West Twooty-ninth stroei. An
express wagon will nail lor article* d< uated where it
is desired. J be wants of tho luauiuiloii aie many and
pressing.
BUYING AN IMAGINAR? "BUsirtJJfiSSS.
At tho Tombs 1'ollco Court yesterday Louis L. Van
derhovou and Thomas ft. Major were charged with ob
taining money under false pretences. Tho prisoners H
ofqieared advertised a few raoutbs ago Tor a partner
with $300, to engage in a legitimate business paying
J'-'imi per month, itossoli G fomltnsou. ifis cninpiaui
ani, answered tun same, ami had an interview wun
Vanuerhoven, al the latter'soffice, No. PI Duanc Street
Yaiiderljovun lold -lillli that the hiiriness wa? that ol
sport-Dg novelties, and represented that they hud cus
tomers ail ov. r tn? world and were doing a very large
bu-iricsH. He wished to gel a partner la the place of
Major, who, he said, wbb aouioted to drink. Major, ho
bi-uoved, would seil out for $sou.
Tomlinsqn paid tho money and remained with tho
concern six weeks, during w utcfi time he found that
ttie customer* were Imaginary be.ng*. He al .o dis
covered thai the furniture nt the lirni was heavily
mortgaged. The prisoner! worn each huld in 91,000
bail.
RUSSIAN GREAT GUNS.
The Government Foundries
at Obouklioft" and Perm.
The Ordnance of the Imperial
Russian Navy.
HOW THE BIG GUNS ARE CAST.
Tbe naval and military resources of no country in I
Europe are less known than those ol Itu.-sia. Her ?
policy ol allowing low If uuy foreigners to visit her i
dockyards, workshops and loris has had a good oflect? |
uamoly, that ol onkiiown strength, which Is synony
mous In the opinion of most men wltn great strength.
Few men except Russians know of the great fortress i
of Moulin, as olio writer has aptly termed it the "Rus- I
siau Gibraltar," near the 1'russian Ironlier, and no ?
stranger b?s ever entered It.
The navy itself Is hotter known than the army, but
the dockyards, foundries and workshops, from whence
it draws its materiel, are but little known. Tbu great
foundries at Ohoukliott, near St. Petersburg, which
rival thoso of Hcrr Krifpp at Essen, lurntah the steel
rifled guug used lu the Kussiau navy. Tho foundries
which arc in private hands, hut which have guarantee
of their time being all lilled t>y govorntnont work,
occupy government buildings, are now under govern
mont supervision and are virtually govcruuiout works.
Tlieyure named after Mr. Obouknotr, a mining engineer
iu the government service, who invented in 1861 an
unproved process ol casting steel iu great masses.
At this time the Russian Ordnanco f.)eparimonl
was entirely depondcul upon Horr Krupp lor
their heavy artillery and wero naturally anxious
to establish a home manufacture. Contractors
and capitalists who were already lu rela
tions with tho imperial government were In
vited to start tho enterprise, and tho government, be,
sides advancing Urge sums of nioucy, gavo also a
tract ol laud near tho river Neva and the government
buildings which stood tbereou. Mr. Oboukholl was one
ol tbo company ; bis process was used,^nud ho became
superintendent of the works. Work was commenced
in 1864. lu 1866 Mr. Oboukholl' retired, una Captain
KolokolzofT, an oiboer of tbe imperial navy, whs ap
pointed general superintendent of the works. Colonel
Mussclius, a naval artillery ofliucr, was made technical
superintendent, and the present suecessiul career of
tho Ohoukbof! fcundries commenced. Tho llrst gun
Irom tho foundry was sent lor trial in 1664. It was a
uiuz/.lc-loador, ol eight-inch calibro, currying a shell
weighing -00 pounds and using 60 pounds of
charge. At 3,000 yards an armor plate four and a
hall inches In thickness wus pierced. Tho gun burst
at tbo 100th shot. This led tuo manufacturers to
make various experiments in tho uianuiaclure and
casting of the steel, which lod to such favorablo re
sults that, in tho same rear, they turned out a nine
inch gun, carrying a shot weighing 112 pounds,
uud having a charge weighing 37 pounds:
which, alter 614 rounds, showed no interior
chungo. In 1805 the Krupp breech-loading system was
introduced at the Oboukholl foundries. In 1867 tho
hooping system of Gonerul Gadolin, of tho Russian
army, was adopted to strengthen tho guns.
The foundries in Lime of peace employ sonio 1.500
men, but now many more aro employed and tbe works
are Ht their highest capacity and working night and
day.
MAkUFACTCRE OF TUB STKEU
The cast iron uaed Is from tbe blast luruar.ee of the
Ural district and is manufactured by what Is known us
the "charcoal method." Tbe siecl is tnado iu cruci
bles, ol which there are sumo lour hundred. Kaob
crucible has a capacity of ninety-two pounds. During
the process of melting, which lasts some throe to tour
hours, tbo manganeso and other Ingredients are added.
The cruelblns are placed two and two on tbo Siemens
gas furuace. tho fuel usod being peat, large deposits of
wblcb are found in tbo vicinity. Tho crucibles are
manufactured in the works ere made of plumbago and
clay, and serve tor Ave castings. Some 120,000 of the
crucibles are manufactured yearly. Great care is taken
that all tho lugredients In the crucibles to be used for
tbe same casting shall be of the same quantity aud
quality. Tho amounts ol each ingredient are carolnlly
weighed, and by chemical analysts their quality is de- j
termined.
TUB CltTtlll OK TIIB GUNS.
Whoa all is ready tho convcrtod contents of the cru
cibles ure |>ouro(i Into a cast iron mould lined with
sand. Hi which tho sleol gradually cools, loruilng a
homogeneous mass. Two men carry each crucible to
the side of tho cast I up pit, whore thegc-aro. ranged id
rows around It. and tho work Is so timed that a con
tinuous stream ol molten metal is poured Into the
mould. As many as 1-0 crucibles are used In the cast
ing of a twolve-ioch guu, aud it is an uiTalr of only from
tlitccn to twenty minutes. Toe steel used for tue cast
ing of tho guns contains irom one-half to three-quarter
percent 01 carbon. Sonio ten or twelve hours alter the
illling ol toe mould the core is taken out and water let j
lu to cool the casting, I'hu stream ol water Iscoutinuad !
lor several days until the guu Is thoroughly cooled.
Alter a casting bus been mado a 'ample is taken Ironi j
the muzzle end, the breech and the centred These I
samples arc subjected to physical and choinloal lefts, <
Kircnidy's well kuowu macb'uo being used lu Ihe for- I
uicr case.
rtaiSHi.su tbic uta.
Alter the casting is ilutshed the crudemasa Isholstod |
out ol the pit nnd is*taken to the suilthery, wnere
u is put 111 the .Siumetis heating furnaces and then |
toughened by being lilted Into an itnmenso cylinder i
containing boiling iinseod oil. The two together arc |
thou gradually allowed to cool. Tills whole operation,
Irom the iieuitug ol the gun to the moment of Its
beinc taken out ol the on, is performed with great
regularity as to timo and all ilin other conditions,
which have beon determined by many experiments as
being the most lavoraoie. This method, wnich Is not
used by llerr Krupp, has been lound to give excellent
results, lu Kuglaud 1'iillissor aud Armstrong use it
|i?r interior lubes, winch arc comparatively light steel
masses. The guu is then hainmrncd into its proper
shape. The outside is then turned and the interior
rliittinel bored oui. These are long and tedious pro
cesses, which require groat care. The main tube ts
now ready to be hooped. Ii IS placed in a vertical po- j
stliou, and tho ilrsi layer of hoops, having previously
been heated in boding llusood oil, are passed over tho
muzzle and ou 10 tins tube. Contracting hlter they
cool, ihoy ill accurately. I'lio tune, with one layer on,
Is then taken 10 the turning ustahl slim out, aud the
layer Is turned smooth, fho other layers, up to the
required number, are then uoded in a similar manner.
I tie.11 skill is r< quired lu the matiulncture ol (be
hoops, to that tlicy shall ill accurately uud each exert
th? saino pressure. Above all, they must not exercise
too great a pressuro ou contraction. The second layer
Is calculated so as to exercise a greater pressuia than
llio hrsl. slid so on lu succession. Alter the ditHcu.l
operation ol hooping has tn-en perlormed the breech
is shaped, the riling id the boreiscaicfully perlormed,
and the shutting mechanism at the breech put in place.
Ihe system ol closing the breech by cynndro-prisniatl
cai wedges is used, while the closing of ihu interior
aperture lelt by tho wedge is eftcctcd by wbai is known
as liroadwolPs circular ring.
Not long ago Captain Kolokoizoll invented a new
process ol raliuiug the guns alter they bad served lor
SIX) shots. Formerly, sltor tills linnt of sulet.v had
been passed, tho gun material was recast into various
Shapes, such <?? axles, vbiln, wheels, Ac. Captain
Kolokoizufl's idea was to bore out ihe interior anew
alter tho safety limit liuil been passed, uud to insert,
under hydraulic pressure, an mierior tube of one mob
in tnickucss, and iho guu is aguiu rifled. A hoop pre
viously heated in oil, us before described, is placed on
the muzzle, and e icb shot as It comes out lends to es
tabllsh a more perfect contact between the old and
illo new material. According to tins process a gun
having besu ured -8o0 tunes is rehired, and serves lor
600 .-11 o i?; being again re i In eh it can serve for 300
allots, litis method lias proved very successful, and
In certainly very economical.
PHODt'orios or ths works.
The foundries at Oooukhof) produce many sizes and
classes ol guns, iroin a lour-pound howitzer to a ortv
ouo-tou gun having a twelve inch bore, currying a
shot weighing 716 pounds and using a charge of 13(1
pounds. The average produunou in guns ior (lie last
live roars ol peace lias been some live thousand tons,
at a cost of. ill round numbers, sav ol $1,(100 par ton in
linishud gum. flic works lurnisu guns lor lortresscs
aud tue army as wed as lor the navy, aud manufac
ture also some loriy thousand gun barrels per annum
In time ol pence a largo umount ol railway ond other
material is mmiuiaciiired iiiuce their establishment
these works huvc lurnisiied some four hundred guns of
heavy cailbro to tho itussiau Imperial navy.
The following lublo ol ihe steel rilled guns forming
tho oidii.nicc of ilie Kusslan Imperial navy will ho
i found especially interesting:?
j ericai. riki.kh puss t sxu tx tiiz ruamas xavt, iuno
I M II.'IICII AT OHO0RIIOKK?STaTKH Klttll*)*.
lift (rhJ mttlfr A.
of
/tore.
Without; ll'l/'i
(irourr*. j (Jroore*
Inch fit j Inrhet
II fiohi
(inn.
Tnria
H'riffhi
Lb*
1 Yr'hl.
0'
Shed,
Lb*
I'd-inch calibre
I'd. 0b
UJ7
41
130
716
11-mcli cahbi i
41 Os ?
ll.k'l
30
Pi. 5
660
u-inch caliori
on
us:
16
,VJ
;:uo
h-iucli culibri
K 0b
S 1'
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31 J,
loo
f i-inch calibri
b.0(
ti it
4.0'.
12?
110
1Mb. howitzer
4 '.'t
4. Ill
4
It
-7
4 lb. Iiowitaui
if 4.
ii.06
l*a
14
H'rif/kt
?>iChn,.jr
i;< .Shell.
Lb/.
jiUtiat
Velocity,
Feel.
vu rtm
of Fro
m tile,
F'l. 'J 1/114.
C'oel.
12-inch calibre..
17 .it
1.4 18
0,259.2
$1-5,0011
ll-lnch calibre..
l-'i. 5
1.291.
5,890.7
*4 MO
b-lnch calibre..
S ,j
1,2141
25.2176.4
23, on"
6 iucn calibre..
d 75
1.12H
2.26", 9
15,000
fi-iuoli calibre..
;.;i
1, li.':
l,l)03>
186.3
0.00 1
0-lb. howitzers.
too
1.05
1,35"
4 ih howitser*.
l.OO.
88. S
l.liUC
THK UlflFu.-IliuN OF THJ5 OUoL'KUOFK OCXS IN Tli K l.M -
fkriai. mavy.
Tub urgo Iron-dads, such us ike Pot or the Great, I tie
Popoflkus. Novgorod and Vice Admiral PopofT, Uob the
twelve and eleven-inch gun* Sume of tho msrr iur
retted Irfgatco uUo usu tiiu eieveu >ucii guns. ft?e ma
jority, liuwover. of (ma clae-' ol ship* and the monitors
use tbu nine-inch guns. TUe seagoing Inaulea und
crun-ers, such as lue flagship svei laiia, uow in our
we to re, use ilio eight.inch guns. fbe six-Inch Ohouk
nofl guns are Uaed nu hoard ihe corvettes and clippers
o: ihe Imperiul navy, as well as on Uio co<M detune*
gunboats The new gunboats, built in nocuous ami
capsule of being transported, about which much curl -
oaiiy i? felt eud Irorn which so much is expected, are
bald to easily ateain eleven uDd one-unit kunts, and to
giveoasy banciing ol itieir powenut eleven-inch thirty
ton guns. The nine-pound howitzers .?ro used <>u the
smaller vessels ol the navy as a supplenioni ary ord
niiuce. They are also useu uu yacnis and gunboats.
Tue lour-uouod howitzers are used on ihe bulwark- ol
Urge ships lor defence against moving torpedoes. I lie
ouly tnll'aieoco between iheae Obuukhofl guns sent to
the uuvy uud those mude lor ihe lorn esses 1 lee in the
carriages- 1'be powder Used lor ail theso guns is that
! known us prismaiicitL
THIS MOVXRXMCXT <ll"S FOCXOKIBB AT I'KKM.
*iiese great works, which luruisb principally the
ulery used in Itussian fortresses una m the ittis.siaii
I army, uro situated ou ihe lett bank el the river Huma.
i about (our verata iruui the ouy of Term, the cbiel seal
I ol the district and government of 'he same name,
i Those works produce large steel gnus up to as high as
eleven-inch wire ol the group (a), and guns and pro
jectiles ah to twenty-moE diameter in the group (b),
| held artillery, musket barrels, projectiles, AC. i ho
! works went started hy the imp ?rial Kussian govern
i went In 1864, and now have au unou.il production ol
' war material ot from 20 to 'Jo sleol guus ol various
] calibres, Ironi 20 to 25 uine-inch mortars, weighing from
: 280,000 l.o 350,000 pounds: lrom 10,000 to 16,000 muskel
I barrels; guus ot oust iron, weighing lrom rjou.ooo to
I SOU.OOd pounds, and of projectiles ol haVdoned oast
trou bomo 300,00(1 pounds, the total annua! pioiluc
j lion amounts in vultw to about $ 1,400,ono. Tho total
, number ol worktuon employed is some 2,500.
THK WORKS.
The various sieum engines employed have a cu
j pucity up lo 2,300-borse power. There are 240 luruaens
! lor ihe munuiacture of cast steel which are heated
1 with wood and 144 which uso coke. There arc 10
| ovens of the .system known ns rhscbiug, nud 1 ol that
i known as Perm ; J puddling furnaces. 8 welding
I ovens, 7 lor gaseous cast; 11 reverhuralory furnace?, 12
| American furnaces aud about 100 smiths' hearths.
! The array ot stoum hammers is formidable. There uro
1 with a capacity ol 50 tons, 1 with 16 tons, 1 with 12
tons, 1 wun A tuns, 1 with 2>j tuns, 1 with Soo
pounds, 1 with 80 pounds anil Anally 22 with 4oo
pounds. The cast iron use-1 Is received lrom tho grout
bunt liiruRots in ttie mining district ol Goroblagodat,
whose grout magnetic iron mountuin Bligodat has the
Immense annual production ot orool 40,00ii tons ol 2,000
pounds dome puddled steel is received at the Perm
Gun Works from tne miuiug district ol Zlatoust, in
the Ural, hut the major part is manufactured en the
spot.
1'uo following de-cripilon at these works of a 'iC-iooh
llodman cast iron guu, of its muiiutucturo and trials,
will he :ouud interesting: ?The gun Is did Inches; out
side diameter ol the breech, (14 incites; weight of tho
gun, 45 ions; weight ol projectile, a hollow sphereul
cast iron shut weighing 1,250 pounds. On its trial
this gun was tired 314 limes, with charges of (runt 100
to ICO pound- iKussiun) of prismatic powder. 'Ihe
bore ban expanded ut the conclusion ot the trial
0.005 inches.
CASTING THK dl'X.
Six gas furnaces were required to smelt the amount
ol cast iron used in the casting ol the gun. In each
furnace 28.440 pounds were s*luelleu. The smultiug ot
the cast iron look between four and a halt and lour
and throe-quarter hours. I'liu pouring ol tho molten
cast Iron inio the casting lorm was made without any
interruption, aud In the short time of iweuty-thrce
minutes. The cast mass was allowed to cool ten hours
belore tho core wun taken out. this operation took
about two hours. Tho water was then let into the
bore, and a continuous stream passed through until
the mass had cooled thoroughly, which took place
after Ibl hours. Tho casting mixture was composed
ol sixteen and two-thirds per cent ol remnlied cast iron
and eighty-three aud ouo-ilnrd per coat of new bay
onet cast lion. Ot tbe lattor one-hat! was mauiilao
lured ol magnetic oro from tho Ulugodal Mountain,
oue-quarier was from a mixtureof niaiuniu and brown
Iron oro, and another quarter oi brown Iron ore alone.
Under physical tests live pieces ol standard cut lrom a
circle two inches in thickness which had been cut out of
tbo cannon uoir us mouth gavo ttie following excellent
results:?Average tenacity, 25,800 pounds to the square
Inch in short pieces and 29,21)0 lu long pieces. The
average lull stretch belore breaking was UmX)288; the
average clastic stretch, U.C01&7. ihe average ol luq
compression produced by a weight of 50,000 pounds
lo toe square inch was 0.00846; medium of constant
compression under the same circumstances, o.00425.
i The cast iron had a specilic gravity ol 7.271. ihe gnu
j cost to manularture $5,050, or about \Z 1.5 per 40
! pounds. The two foundries above itoscribod are the
prlucipul ones in Russia, though there are several
smaller nnos, both governmental and private?notably
the Aiexaudrovsku works in the government of
(Monet t.
THE COURTS.
In the suit of A. Hewlett ogainst s. A. Wood, on
trial for a week past before Judge lturrctt in the ."su
preme Court, and involving the validity ot the will of
Abraham Wood, the .facts of which have already ap
pi-a red In the Hkkalu, a verdict was rendered by the
Jury yesterday. Tho .Jury found that the paper pur
porting to be the lust will and testament ot Abraham
Wood, dated August 4, 1806, was bis lust will and tes
tament, executed according to tlio laws of the Stale ot
New York; tnol at the lime be executed it tie was
mentally competent to do it and to dispose of the 1
estate devised thereby; that such will was not pro- ,
curoil through sndue miluence, imposition or Iraud; '
that the codicil to such will, bearing date Doueinber
I
16, 1868. was executed by the testator according
to tho laws of tho ritato, and that at the lime
he executed it he was of .-ootid anil d.sposluu mind,
and it was not procured by undue Influence, Imposition
or Iraud. The piamtlfT in the case, as already pub
lished, is a nephew ot tho deceased, and, behuviug
that lie had nut been lairly dealt with under tno pro
vi-ions ot the will, and lUal the defendant was likely
to reap in the end more than Ins fair share of the har
vest, ntid believing no doubt (hat the testator was of
wo?K intellect and had been unduly influenced by the
delcndant, attacked the validity ot the will on that
ground. 1'he above verdict sets tho question of the
validity of tho wtu at rest tor lue preseni, and sustains
the rights of the defendant. The whole oslute disposed
of by tho will ts estimated at $.'>00,000.
JOHN F. CHAM BERLIN'S BANK
RUPTCY.
On the 2f?th of January, 1877, John Chamberlin
tiled a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in tho United
States District Court, selling lorih as a <lubi to be
paid In lull, that of the people ot the State of New
York, represented by the Attorney (icaeral. The
uinountot the debt was $10,000, and was contracted In
1874 es surety on two bail bonds lor William Uonucssy
Cook. No creditors wcro set forth us holding se
curities. t'hamberiiu's liabilities amounted to
$1243,360'.'8, and his assets ot clothing valued at $1SJ
and 131 shares of stock in ditrcreut companies, ihe
nominal value of which was $13.UN) His pennon lor
the adjudication w <s not granted. On the day that the
petition was lilod Chaiuhcrliu proposed a composition of
one per cent, to tie paid within'ten days alter the
Dual order on composition, .duty of the credtlnrs, rep
resenting $170,044 CI, confirmed mo composition.
At the ilrsl mealing of the creditors the debt to the
State ol New York *?,; not proved and at thai m-eling
ltic snares ot stock placed among the assets wero
stated as ot no value. All ot the sixty creditors, wi'h
'.lie exception til one, appeared and signed by tho aune
person as their attorney in lact. I lie Attorney General
ol the Slate hied h prool ol iho dolit to the Statu at the
second meeting ol creditors and the proot was not ob
jected to. Witch application was made to the court
lor tho contlr nulion ol iho composition the Attorney
(ieuoral applied lor iiu order that the people ot the
State of Now York lie pn.d the amount one before
tlie proposed coin promise should las carried out, or
that the compromise be subject lo tin; debt.
In a decision rendered yesterday Judgi Blttchlord
?s.vs that the Stale cau only have under the composi
tion ami statute a priority in payment out ol wo.it as
sets Hie debtor has wh>ui would go io his assignee m
bankruptcy. If the debtor has any assets tlioy must
be devuteu in xuiiHiacliou ol this claim, boiure any
part of thuin can lie devoted io paving uuy part ol too
cotuposil.oti to the general creditors. I ho Slate is en
titled lo i t ini'iie the debtor in thu Compusll on pro
ceedings, and also io exaimno witnesses to ascertain
whether the debtor has asm is not yet disclosed. II it
should turn out that iho debtor has no assets of any
vuiuo, the tact that tin'. Main would uo entitled to
priority lu payment out ol the assets, II there were
any. would be no impediment to the continuing ol thu
composition; und the composition, II continued, will
bind the Stun equally Willi other creditors wnom it
will bind.
WILL OF GENERAL ZACII TAY
LOR'S DAUGHTER.
The will of Ann M. Wood, a d.iug iter of Genera!
Zachnry loylor. whs mod in this city on tho titD of
December. 1?7.'>, has boon admitted to probata Tho
surviving heirs and next ol km are John T. Wood, a
sou, ol St. J sines Parish, l.i., and Winn Von Or* bow
and #arah K Wo >d, daughters, of Krloborg, Germany.
The will is as follows:-?
Ha;.has. N A, Nov. 24, I8i3t?.
1 Icavo to my Son, J. f. Wood, the sword pros en ted
to my lather. General '/.. Taylor, by tho Slate ol I, ul
siaim, mill io v -on Robert C. Wood, the gold mo iul
presented by Cong ess to my fat our, Gcneiai /,. Pay
or, and also my silver butter dish and milk
pilctier. To my daughter. Nina Von Grabow, iny silver
punch ladlo. She and iny daughter, Sarah K. Wood,
will draw lor inv silver pitcher, which wn* presented
to my lather, at ttioir death lo uo given io my grind
?on, iVillto Uoyce. lo my daughter, Sarah It. Wood, I
leave all ray b?u* stoctt Id tba Bank of V.oawvU*
Kentucky, aud ail Ibe furniture in my house, No. A
East Tbirty-ltrit street. New York city, und ibe balance
o( niv silver, wlneb is at Tiffany's, in New York, and
al-o thu tiluieii ware. To in> graudNon. Robert C
Wood, llie wulcb which belonged to graudfatbsr*
and my grand-on, Briogicr Trist Wood, the
a'ivercup marked X. E. W. lu cuse 01 tbo death <?(
uiy daughter -^arah before mine I leave my silver tea
aei, consisting oi I'-upo!, sugar und slop bowls and
cream pitcher and milk pitcher to inv son R. V. Wood
my silver liuller dish to my sou J. T. Wood; to my
daughter Nina Von (ir.ibow, my silver tankard, epergne
and lour vpgcluble dishes; I lie balance ut ibe silver in
b ,-equallv divided, except, ibe siivcr pitcher, whicb 1
leave in my daughter, Nwa Von Crabow. To my sister
Jf. T Dandridge. 1 leave $2,500 ol toy stock In the
Hank- ol Louisville. Kentucky. The balance of my
property to be equally divided with tho oxceptiou o?
$500 lor the grave in Loultpn11, JL Y.
SUMMARY OP LAW CASES.
In llie case ol Conrad Frize. who pleaded guilty. In
the Court ol'tleneral Sessions, to tba cburge ol stealing
il.'> worth of harness iro.ni a stable ut the Toot of
Seventy-tirst street, und who was sentenced to two
years uud six motiilis' imprisottmeul, tbo statement
that he ever lived at No. 205 (Cast i'orty-llflb sLroet Is
denied by 11 r. llicbard Bigloy, tho owner of tno
premises.
It was stated yesterday, for Information or mom.
bors ol ibo bar, that on Monday (to-morrow) a numbei
ol decisions would he renuered in General Term, Su
preme Court. Some ol tbo cases then expected to bt
deemed are ol considerable public iiuportuuce.
Christian istlverharu. a youth, was before Judte
Barrett, in Supreme Court, Chambers, on a writ of
habeas corpus, yesterday. In April last the boy un
listed In the L'uitcd States Navy on board tne sbip
supply. The appllc ition, uuder the writ, was for bis
discharge trout service, and there being no opposition
it was grunted.
An attempted sale of tbo sctinolsblp Mercury, tb?
usefulness of which ,-eeius to have temporarily ceased
o r w.iut ol an anpropriutioo, took place in otio ol tb?
liooms of the Supreme Court yesterday. Thn ship was
ut up lor sale at i Until ol (10,000, but the highest
Pid maun was $4,600, uud she was temporarily wnb*
it rawu.
t he argument in tho hab'its corpus case ol Joseph
Lopez against Frederick J. .Morrison, to obtain posses
sion of his wile, whom, he says, Mr. Morrison (hei
lather) restrains ol hor liberty, which was to have bees
heard in the Supremo Court yesterday, was udiourued
over until tomorrow. The busband iualsls that Ins wift
Is sane and bright of intellect, aud wants to Itvo wilt
htm, wnile tier fattier regards her us ol' weak mind and
the marriage the result ol ber imbecility.
The report ol the Commissioners of Ksllmate and Ap?
portlonmeut for widouiug the Boulevard on the west
erly aide, between 107th aud lOsth streets, wag riled in
tno Supremo Court yesterday. Tho damages are as
sessed at $15,055 and the costs at $l,21d 15?in all
(Id,901 60. lloury McCabe and George F. Betts are
tne two commissioners who sign; Clinton NY. Street,
alio other commissioner, does not sign. Unit the as
tessiuent Is levied ou the city.
DECISIONS.
BUPBEME COUltT?HBAMBEBS.
By Judge Barrett.
Mutter of Bartleit, fee.? Granted.
Matter, Ac,, of Stewart.? Kof'oree appointed to take
proof and report.
Cafes vs. U ties. ?I'pou these papers tbo plaintiff can
tauo an order vucaiing tbo stay.
isCPERLOIt COURT?SPECIAL TERM.
By Judge San ford.
Canby vs. Butcher Kecelver's boud approved.
Tuwusheud vs. Allen ot si. ? Keferouce ordered.
Savery el al. vs. Low.?Oruor granted aud under
taking approved.
lluy no at al. vs. O'Connor.?Order reviving action
granted.
Jauner etal. vs. Gander et al.?Order granting lean
to sue.
Roth man vs. Neveratb et al,?Order lor publicatioi
gruutcd.
Fowler vs. Kcllgau.?Order amending order of May
5 grunted.
Miner V3. Lyuub.?Ordered ou day calendar lor
May 24.
T'liu Republic ol Peru vs. Reeves.?Judgment signed.
Hunt vs. Molcheret al.?Commission orderod.
Cary vs. Cury.?Order graulod and undertaking ap
proved.
Bobbins vs. Kalcouer.?Motion to vacate order ol
arrost graulod, witb $10 costs.
Levy vs. Grossman. ?Order denying motion for In
juucttou and fluceiver, with $10 costs to delcudant
Furkington vs. Belcbanty.?Order granted and un
delinking apiiroved.
The North" River Savings Bank vs. Koran etal.?
Order appointing K. M. Golf receiver, Ac.
Wilson vs. Adrmuce.?Order granting dofendaot an
extra allowance ol $250. *
Hoe vs. Smith's Homoeopathic Pharmacy; O'Reilly
vs. Bowers; The Dorchester Union Freestone Company
vs. B lesson et at ?Orders granted.
By Outel Justice Curtis.
Butler vs. Ausi'tu.? Order lor commission.
(juinn vs. Vau f'olt.?Ordered on day calendar for
Monday, May 21.
Buss vs. Harden et al.?Order restoring cause to
calendar.
Tno Hutta l'ercba Rubber Mnuuiacturtng company
vs. l'orrey.?Order granting plaiutill an extra allowanr#
ol bvo per cent ou amount recovered.
Lestor vs. Long.?Ordered that proceedings be dis
charged as against Kdmund Long.
By Judge Sedgwick.
Wober, Ac., vg. s'chrod Motion granted; new trial
ordered; verdict set aside.
Adolpn vs. l'bs Central Park, Norm and Kast River
Railruad Company.?Case and ituiondmenis sottled.
t COAIMON PLEAS?SPECIAL TEltM.
By .) udge J. F. Duly.
Matter of A. and K. Kiaurnnd vs. Shaw.?Soo mem
orandum Willi oiork.
New York Idle Irisuruuco Company vs. Sillcocth ?
Memorandum lor couusel.
Fluid in.l another vs. Sanford.? Motion denied. !(
appears in it there Is a denial of a nialorl.it allocation
ot the complaint; also that I ho indebtedness *us . x
tended by a uoto tailing due only alter this action was
commenced; $10 costs to dcluudant.
Con.is vs. Masters.?Motion denied ; cause not regu
larly on calendar.
1 'iirand t s. Tno Ornainoutal Mirror Company.?!>e
fuull opened on payment ol $10 costs, and defendant
stipulating to place cause on Friday's calendar May 2a,
1ST 7.
??slioriuan vs. McCJInnls?Under the circumstances
ot this ense I do not Icei justiiled in ordorlug an extra
allowance. Motion grunted, withuul costs.
Hollywood vs. Hollywood.?Further proof warned
as to lact male material by section 42, article 3, 2 It. B.,
143.
lnihust vs. Iturke.? Proposed supplemental answer
should he .-erved with motion papers. I.cave to re
view- mmioit iiruuted.
McMurty is. Kcrwin.?Motion denied for want of
prool ol service ol amended complaint on parties ap
appnartnit No coals.
Gunnison vs. Nichols.?Motion *rauied. A receiver
should be appointed, but he should not ho a parly to
the action, owing to tho nature of the dispute as tn'the
debts to be paid out ol the collections.
MARINE COURT?CUAHUKBd.
idy Judge McAdum.
Bi.iuvult vs. l'arkor. ? Costs against the estate of
deceased pur ion can ho allowed only upon tho special
order ot tne Court. (3 Wail's Pr. fiiln.) Ttio cane in the
11 Howard, p. 411, applies only to cases where execu
tors aro plainlltls unit Inll in thu acuou. The iuoiiou
will, therefore, bo heard on the merits, on the 2HU
lu it., at leu A. M.
Ross vs. Grand Trunk Railroad Company.?Taxation
a.II lined.
Marie vs. Newman. ? Anctt vacated on stipulating
no: to >ue.
Down vi White.?Sen indorsement on papers.
Hudson vs. McAriuur.?The deicnce Is a technical
ono and ought not lo be lavored I be defendant's ap
plication to compel a reply, bring discretionary, wo,I
therefore be denied. No costs.
Fisher vs. King; Smiiti vs. Kowp.?Motion lor Judg
ment granted, conditionally, as per indorsement <>n
papers.
Casanova vs. Truxullo^(three cases) Judgment for
plaiutitl oil demurrer, wan costs.
Corn-dock vs Ramsay.?1ee papers.
llnbeiisteiu vs. Krennun. ? Decision tiled.
Thornton vs. Wograia; Knzer vs. Burger; Kirabalt
vi Dooueil; Ford vs. lie*. (three cases).?Motious
glHUtPlt
Bloomer vs. Yerby. ? Proceedings dismtsaod.
UusiUals vs. GriUiu, Vannvtt vs. ttsboru; I'eck vs.
Many; Coilsucbc-n vs U'Counell; Beerrieer vs. richoo
ley. iHilmau vs. boor; Barnuui rs. Carpenter.? De
faults noted.
Tetuiiu vs. Mann.?Motion deuiod.
Behavior vs. Siegncr.?Mr. A. C. Anderson appointed
receiver.
tilonuey vs. McGill.?Motion gratitod; no costs.
Wheeler vs. Hreiuniu.?Default opened and causers
stored io calendar lor May 24 on payment within two
days of fin costs ol motion and flu term Tee.
Bcliotl vs. Hamilton.?Under the prayer lor relief
the appellant will be allowed lo servo a proposed esse
within tnroc days on payment of $10 costs.
Dusou vs. Lewis.?a. H. Routuuusu appointed re
ceiver.
Marks vs. Kawley.? Motion lo vacato arrest denied,
bui speedy trial ordered.
In ru Holom r.?Defendant discharged on his own
rocoguiz nice unit examination sot down for the 2,">d.
Merrill vs. Diipariium; Fluiger vs. .lame.?Proce.-J
amended nunc pro luuo. No costs.
Mullen vs. I.arkin; Hr;ck vs. Steinberg; Kcnnell vs.
(lr.,ve?; l.unuy vs. Flauagan; in tho matter of William
Morgan; Kirkland vs. Solomon; Kutrick vs. Kelly;
Hawk vs. l'lnlhriok; iloss vs Morrnvilfe Mnaufsctur
:no: Company; llernowsky vs. Jacoby; KuUarl vs.
Felix ?nrdcrs granted.
liuwell vs. Hchring. ?Inspection allowed.
TIIE ALLEGED FALSE 'HUMORS.
in ibo case of Goorgo W. Blow, who is jointly !??
dieted with K. y. Drown and C. I". Tiwpsoti for having
circulated (also rumors in reference to tlio Delawar#
and Hudson Con:?l Company, bail was given for his ?l>
poarance for iruil in the -utn ot $1,000 hy Mrs. Teresa
h. liooucy, No. 4a Mi. Johu's placo, Drookijn.
A YuUN'tr WIFE'S SUIT.
In the Brooklyn City Court Mrs. Minnie OansM
brought action lor limited d vorco against Iter bus
hand. Ueorge I'. Gans, on tlie ground of cruel aud in
tjnui hi treatment. Defendant, who is a dors. *??
married to the plalnllfT in September, 11*3, when the
lutlcr was ouly tiiiccii years of age, ho being :us-y
yp.rs tier renter, t he i artios have two childron, una
reside ut No. 2'J8 l.exiugiou avsuuo.