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Chimibcmt. January "-The
funeral of bi. I." Maj-ty Napoleon
111 took place this morning,
reai'lence o( the Jeceawd ?a? 'tronged
with spectators and friends of the am
ity, who came from all points of the
continent. Crowds of people from Lon
don came at an early hour to witness the
final ceremonies of the illustrious dead.
The Chapel was alive with spectators
to view the procession as it patsed.
Many adherents of the late ex-Emperor
were present to take part in the obse
quies and pay tribute to their leader.
The immense throng of spectator* that
assembled remained quiet and de
corous throughout the proceedings.
The burial procession started for the
Chapel at 11 o'clock, and moved in the
following order : A man bearing the
tri- color, borne on an ash stick, cut a
the last moment before the cortege
moved ; the deputation of working men
from Paris, with uncovered heads
bearing their wreaths; the chaplain of
the familv. bearing alott a golden cru
cifix ; the hear?e, drawn by eight horses,
driven by a poMilbon. and the mourn
ers. who numbered SOO in all. and in
cluded the Prince Imperial, who went
uncovered, Prince Jerome Napoleon,
Pricce Achille, M Houher and many
distinguished Imperialist!, English no
blemen, priests and others.
The Prince Imperial was very pale
aud exhibited traces of the anguish he
has undergone. The Empress Eugenie
was too ill to attend the funeral.
The coffin was covered with immor
telles aud violets. There was no
tuneral sermon at the Chapel. The
Bishop of Southwark sung a requiem
ui ibs over the remains. He was assist
ed by Father Goddard, the spiritual
aJviser of the late ex Emperor, and all
the priests who were Chaplains at t e
Tulleries during the reign of Napoleon.
Mr. Lutz, organist at St. Georges
Cathedral, London, was present at the
Chapel with his choir and conducted
the musical portion of the services
The remains were deposited in the j
etcristv, which has been formed into a
mortuary Chapel, till the removal of
the bo.iy to France for final interment.
The procession whs very long. The
hearse was at the Chapel before the
end of the cortege had left the family
uiantion. All the carriages and pedestri
ans were drawn up three abreast across
the roadway and in that order proceed
ed to the Chapel. The Prince Imperial
and Prince Napoleon returned from the
Chapel in carriages. 'They were cheered
by the crowds through which they [
pa*,*!. At lea-t 30,000 people gathered
to witness the funeral process.on.
THE LITE NTOK.tt.
lorldful* ?t tf? Fnry -List of tbe
i'HMO
Chicago, January 15. ? The list of
casualties bv the late storm are re
ported at thirteen in the vicinity of
Lake Chrvstal? six school children, who
had been attending school between Fort
Ridgewav and Beaver Falls and a roan
named Wolverton, across the river from
Monkato. Five more cases are report
ed from Alexandria, making twenty-two
in all.
A dispatch from Fergus Falls reports
seven more bodies found and estimates
that within a radious of twenty-five
uii'es tbe victims will reach fifty.
A German named Lindecker, of IIa?
vings, and hi9 team, perished a few
miles from this city
One of the saddest cases reported,
?nd illustrating tbe fear'ul nature
of the storm, came from New Ulm on
Tuesday a'ternoon. A man, whose
wife was sick, started for New Ulm for
a doctor, leaving her alone at home
No doctor would venture out in the'
sorm, but one promised to go next !
day. Tbe man started back, and was)
frozen to death wl?en half way. Next j
day, when the doctor reached tbe
bouse, he found the woman had given
birth to a child, and both had been
frozen to death.
A commercial traveler of this city,
who whs caught in the storm near 1
New Ulm. and witnessed its terrible
severity, gives it as bis op:n:on that it
has resulted in greater loss of life and
greater damage to the State than did
tbe Sioux massacre of 1862.
Wisova, Minn., January 15 ? The
bod v of a man frozen to death wm
picked up in Gordon. South side of the
river at Medilia, on Tuesday. He bad
evidently lost himself, and overcome by
exhaustion and cold, lay down and
died.
From Sinclair Station on the St.
Paul sod Sioux City road, Sunday, Mr.
W. Kirk started for the timber to pro
cure a >oad of wood. His cattle were
iouod froeen, but he was missing.
Later ? Kirk was found frozen near
Garden City oo Saturday, dead, along
the Sioux City road.
The number frozen west of Mankato
foots up twentv-six. as follows: Lake
Crystal, 2; Medalio, 5, St James, 10;
Moantaia Lake, 2: Windom, S;
Hoooi Lake aod Wortkington, 3
These are given aa reliable All of the
above named points report a lumber of
persons still missing.
WASHINGTON.
The Cr?dl* ??bill"
W asbisotox, January 15.? In Mr.
Poland's Credit Mobilier Committee,
this morning, Mr. Durant's testimony
was resumed. He reiterated that Mr.
Brooks had received the stock and
bonds. The best half of an hour was
occupied in the gensral question as to
the proceedings attending the forma
tion of the several contracts for the
construction of the Union Pacific rail
road. The witness then explained
again the contract with Mr. Brooks and
showed why he was under obligations
Jo give him the bonds. He
had no personal knowledge of
Congressmen getting stock to in > u
ence legislation, and did not know where
Aroei placed hi. .lock. I.
hi. ( A mee) o.me a. trustee, but the
witr ess claimed that it belong w the
and had a suit against him
?? TSTAcJeer it Had never held .took
? a truatee tor C??P"*?eV^
time of the transactions with BrooKs.
Witness did not expect Congressional
legislation for Credit Mobilier.
Ia answer to a qu.at.on bj Mr.
R-ook? Mr. Durant said that in l?o7 j
Mr. Brooks rendered valuable aid in
securing a favorable impression for the
Credit Mobilier stock, which was not
then in good repute.
Mr Durant said he haa g'veu
110 000 in 1866 to influence the elec
fion'T Senator Harlan o? Iowa bu
nad ne*er offered any of the stock to
Senator Carpenter, of Wisconsin.
:re,X?ntg ? *"? .took ough? .0
m worth now seventy-five cents, while,
>? account of this
?tL(i oo<) could not be raised on $ 100.0UU
K X thought the Congressmen
who had been offered this stock made a
mistake in not taking it.
Id answer to a question by Mr. Mc
"oombs Mr. Bushnell said he did not
"hink it would be an impropriety in the
it?k holders of the Cred.t Mobilier
jeing Congressmen and voting on these
lUThe?n^mmittee theu adjourned till
??n o'clock to-morrow morning.
Mr. Wilsons Credit MoVI,ie.r?rol,H
iiittee this morning examined Mr.
1 Crane. His testimony was ^Jt
he T, ,^'d!.. MV Kolntst
&" Co,l?n ,W hy telegntpb
Committee convened at - P ^ ?
C Cr*ne was re;exam.ned. rhe Lred.t
Mobilier ?a- increased !? ??
1S67 for the beneht of those intereste
uT,!?..,d the t?timoay g,"? b
lore Poland's committee, with
""c*S??Bu.bnell was ...mined He
-h.tau^Uy re^atedbtb? former
and tbat .? Butler, who ..the
Wi???"^vSe'S
Thaver $5,000 to help secure his re
lbayer c , n-;or to the popular
SSSrtJ-aKis
Mi Hawlev appeared before' ine
Ho?M ('T^7?'or^?"he wi author
'the appointment of three com
izing the appo (jurjDg the recess,
missioners to preaue aur ? . .
?rt examine the question relating
? ig"?nd Pa.?"g? traa.portation on
"X^mmittee oo Co-om.rc
appointed to prepare the K
W-jqss&jrt
agreed upon.
Alt! to Bnwfon.
General Benjamin F. Butler and R
S. Sheppard were before the Committee
on War* and Means this morning and
presented argument* on the bill propos
ing a remission of du'y on goods de
stroyed by the late fire in Boston and
the insuance of certificates therefor for
new duties.
Appointment*.
The following appointments of Pen
sion Surgeons were made yesterday : A
H. Jennings, at Mar-hall. Illinois ; Ira
Shedd, Arcade, New York; J. L.
Smith, Wolfton, New Hampshire, T
Hillsby, Williamsport, Pennsylvania;
(J, W. Wright, Canton, Illinois; Israel
McOullom, Woodstock, Vermont; H.
N Eastman, Genera, New York; J
X. S Goudy, Newcomerstown, Ohio; J.
S .Jameson, Hornersrille, New York ,
Peter Schwenck, W?st Point. Nebraska :
P? J Farnsworth, Clinton. Iowa ; Sam
uel Hamilton, Frankfort, Illinois; John
S Beckboard, Dayton, Ohio; J. B Le
Bond, CrownsviHe, Minneso a, J. Law
rence, Carbondale, Pennsylvania ; G.
Johnson, Grand Bapids, Michigan,
Leonard W. Bishop, R*t*ria, Ohio.
CADIZ, O.
Dcalnietlr* fir#,
Ci?n, January 15 ?Four Urge boild'
iiga, on Main street, were destroyed by
fire this morning ; lorn 140,000, insured
lor |?0,000. The losers are as follows
W. C. Browne, dry goods; William
Hamilton, boots an d shoes; McLery
k Swann, stationery; John Phillips,
boots and shots; Samuel Fsrgiuon,
groceries; B B. West, jswsler; W. T.
Sharps, druggist Canst of ths flrs is
unknown.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Wabhiwotow, Janaary 15.
?EITATK.
Mr. Pratt introduced a bill author
izingtbe building of the Wyoming and
Montana railroad.
Mr. Morrill, of Maine, introduced a
bill to amend the patent copyright laws.
Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, called up the
motioa to reconsider the vote by which
was passed the bill for the relief of the
widow of Admiral Dahlgren.
Without coming to a vote on Mr.
Sherman's motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was passed for
the relief of the widow of Admiral
Dahlgren, the motion was laid aside.
The following bills were then passed:
For the relief of former occupants of
the present military reservation at San
Jose, in the city and county of San
Francisco.
For the relfef of Mrs. M. D. Morse,
administratrix and widow of Isaac ?.
Morse, deceased.
To authorize the Washington City
and Point Lookout Railroad Company
to extend a railroad into and within
the District of Columbia.
Granting an American register to the
British ship St. Alphonso.
Granting an American register to the
Canadian tug boat Sprague, and to the
ship Alhamkra.
Providing a building suitable for the
use of the Custom House, Postoffice,
the Pension and Revenue officers and
the Judiciary officers of the Un'ted
States iu the city of Memphis, Ten
nessee.
The Senate then adjourned, at 4:20
P. M.
HOUSE.
Mr Sawyer, of Wisconsin, from the
Committee on Commerce, reported a
bill to authorize the Secretary of War
to contract for the construction of a
light draught boat to plv on the Miss
issippi, Missouri and Kansas rivers.
Passed.
Mr. Palmer, of Iowa, from the Ap
propriation Committee, reported the
poetoffice appropriation bill, which was
made the special order for Tuesday next.
The bill appropriates $32,503,767, of
which $6,810,602 comes from the
Treasury and the balance out of the
pos'office revenues ; it includes $500,000
for increased compensation to railroads
for carrying the mails, giving the Post
master General authority to readjust
the compensation.
Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, from
the Judiciary Committee, reported a
bill to amend the bankruptcy act, by
relieving from its operation thai State
insurance companies, against which
proceedings in bankruptcy are taken in
the Sta'e courts. Parsed.
Mr. Farnsworth, of Illinois, offered
a resolution instructing the select com
mittee on the Union Pacific Railroad
and Credit Mobilier to inquire whether
any fees have been paid by either of
these companies to any member of the
Houae, aa attorney or counsel; also,
whether any eums have been paid
by or solicited from either of
them to aas'st in the election
of members. Adopted.
Mr. Hale, of Maine, offered a reso
lution, which was agreed to, directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to inform
the House whether any special detec*
live cr officer of the Treasury had
seized the books and papers of any citi
zen without warrant of Q)urt.
The House proceeded to vote on the
various amendments to the legislative,
judicial and executive appropriation
bill, as adopted by the Committee of
the Whole
The amendment prohibiting the pay
ment to contestants in decision cases of
any money from the contingent fund
lor expenses accrued in contesting or
defending the claim, was agreed to.
The amendment, increasing the ap
propriation for the purchase of seeds
from $50, 000 to $75,000, was agreed to
The bill was then passed as amended.
On Mr. Williams' motion, the Secre
tary of tne Treasury was directed to
report to the House the amount of
special allowance paid to collectora
from March 4, 1S69, to December 31,
1872.
Mr Peters, of Maine, presented the
conference report on the Senate bill of
last aession, for the relief of Theodore
Williams, giving him $112,740 for the
construction of mortar toats and stea?i
tug*, and, after some opposition, the re
port was agreed to.
Mr. Dawes introduced a bill for the
relief of certain merchandise from
differential duties, imported in French
vessels from ports other than than
those of France. Referred to Commit
tee on Ways and Means.
The bill for the organization of the
territory of Oklakama and for the
consolidation of the Indian tribes was
taken up. The bill was made the spe
cial order <or to-dav and to morrow
A'ter debate the Houae, at 4.50
P. M., adjourned.
the weatiier.
War Dkpaethixt, [
Offic* or th* Chief Signal Omen, ?
Washington, January 16, 1 A. M.
PROBABILITIES
For New England easterly to south
erly rinds, rising temperature, cloudy
weather and raiD, except possibly snow
for the northern portion.
For the South Atlantic and Middle
1 States easterly to southerly winds,
cloudy weather and rain, the former
shifting to northerly and westerly dur
ing, probably, Thursday aight, with
clearing weather and falling tempera
ture. Throughout and west pt the Missis
sippi Vallev northerly to westerly winds,
clear and clearing weather and falling
tempetfttare. Theee conditions extend*
tng eastward and southward over the
upper lake region, Obio, Kentucky,
; Tennessee and the Gulf State?.
RIVER MEWS.
PiTTSBrRGH, January 15. ? River ris
ing, with 6 feet 5 inches in the channel.
Weather clear.
Lopuvillb, January 15. ? Hirer fall?
isg slowly with 7 feet 6 inches in ths
canal and 5 feet ft iachss on ths falls.
It has been raining nearly all foj.
NEW YORK.
TwMd'i Trial. ,
N?w Yoar, January 15. ? The pro
ceedings is Tweed's trial to-day were
uninteresting. The defence opened the
proceedings by entering two new objec
tions to the admission of evidense,
based principally on the question of
constitutionality of the law regarding
the Board of Audit. Richard Storrs
then testified to being Deputy Comp
troller, when defendant was President
of ths Board of Supervisors. Witness
produced papers and vouchers for vari
ous amounts all bearing signatures of
the defendant, which witness testified
were genuine. Counsel tor defense in
terposed numerous objections to their
being admitted as evidence, but the
judge overuled the objections. The
court then adjourned until to-morrow.
Horrible Harder.
This afternoon the police ascertained
that a terrible row had taken place at
414 East Eleventh street last night.
An officer proceeded to the rooms in
the house occupied by Mrs. Ann Sheff
lin, and bursting open the door, found
the corpee of Mrs. Sbefflin lying at full
length on the floor, with a terrible gash
across her forehead, which had laid
bare the brain. The body of the woman
was also terribly hacked, there being
five stab wounds in the breast tnd
arms. Near the corpse lay the mother
in-law and sister'in-Jaw of deceased,
both beastly intoxicated. The drunken
women couid not be brought oat of their
lethargy for several hours, but finally
the mother-in-law managed to say that
George SbetHin, the husband of de
ceased, from whom he had separated,
came in last night and found them all
drunk. He quarreled with and finally
commenced beating his wife. She did
not know her daughter-in-law was
dead until this morning when she woke
up. A general alarm was sent out by
the police, but tbe murderer has eo far
escaped arrest.
Slokes
When Stokes was convicted of the
murder of Fisk, his comfortable quar
tern were changed and he was placed in
what is called " Murderers' Row." A
close examination was made of his cell
and a small bottle of liquid found
secreted. This was taken to a chemist
to be analyzed. To?day the chemist
reported that the bottle contained a so
lution of strychnine. This had evi
dently been bidden by him tor use in
ca?e of conviction, but after tbe trial
was ended be had no opportunity to get
it on account of bis immediate removal.
This confirms the belief that Stokes
will never be hanged, but that he will
in some way kill himself in bis cell.
FOKEIOV
FRANCE.
Defining bis Powers.
Paris, January 15. ? President)
Thiers yesterday met the Committee of
Thirty recently appointed to define leg
islative powers of the Executive, when
the committee submitted a report pro
viding that the P-eeident shall commu
nicate to the Assembly by message, with
power to address the assembly after an
nouncing his intention by message.
President Thiers objected to the for-l
mality of first communicating by mes
sage, and said he must possess power to
reply to the Assembly, whenever occa
sion may require the commission, and
Thiers ageed on all other quotations!
contained in the story.
? PAIS.
Madrid, January 15. ? The Spanish
Government denies the report that the
United Stated Government made any
official or other communication to
Spain respecting the emancipation of
slaves in Cuba and Porto Ri?o. The
Government proposed the abolition of
slavery without foreign intervention or
pressure.
.pr EISUID.
Londox, January 15.? It is reported
that the Prussian Court goes into a |
short mourning to* Napoleon.
COLUMBUS.
I^CinIntlve Promdlsgt
CoLrMBCs, January 15 ? In the Sen-|
ate to-day a bill exempting members j
of fire companies, clergymen, priests^
physicians and all public officers from
serving on juries in towns of more than
1200 inhabitants, was passed. In the
Home bills were introduced to prevent
fraud on railroad companies; to induce
foreign corporations exercising fran
chise in the State and those acting un
der special charters to organize under
the general laws ?f the State.
riarliMil larkel.
Cixci**ati, January 15.
BAGGING ? Steady at 13^14c.
COAL ? Unsettled and weak.
COTTON ? $c lower. Middlings,
195c. Receipts 332 bale*; shipments
264 bale*.
EGGS ? 30c.
FLOUR? Firm and unchanged
GRAIN ? Wheat ? No 1 red, $1 7.5;
No 2, $1 70. Corn 40@40Jc. Oat*
30(340c. Rje 86c
LIVE HOGS ? Market quiet, ranging
from $3 95(&4 10.
NAILS? Declined 2.5c per keg one
penny to six pennv $6 75
OIL ? Linseed 85c
PROVISIONS ? Quiet. Mess pork
$12 50. Green Meats ? Shoulder*.
3^5Jc. Hams, 7J<E9Jc. Balk
Meat* quiet, ?boulder*. 4'?4frc; clear
side? 6fc. Bacon ? Shouldera 5c; clear
sides 7|c, packed. Sugar cured hams
120U3jc. Lard quiet: kettle at 7fc.
SUGARS? Steady.
TOBACCO? Finn and more active,
at fair price*.
WHISKY? Steady, at 90c.
T?M<e awkat
Toledo, Jaouary 15.
GRAIN ? Wheat firm; amber Mich*
igan at 91 48. Cora doll and nothing
doing; no aalea. Qata doll and a ah air
lower No. 2 at 32c.
SX$P ? Clover aiet with no jaka
THE DEKBY P0180.1ER.
CrafiwlM of Mr*. Lydla Hb?rnu,
Dm larderfr of Throe Umbcndi
??<1 Foar Child r?a.
The Hartford Courrant gives from a
special correspondent the substance of
the confession recently made by Mrs.
Lydia Sherman, the Derby poisoner, to
the jailor in New Haven. It is a fear
ful story of crime, and is as follows:
Mrs. Lydia Sherman was arrested in
Jane, 1871, at New Brunswick, New
Jersey, on the charge of having mur
dered her husband, Horatio N. Sher
man, in Derby, in this State, in the year
1871 She was also charged with
murdering two of hia children, but was
only tried for the first crime. Besides
these she was said to have poisoned two ,
other husbands and several of their
children. The trial took place in
March, 1872, in New Haven, and
was noticeable among poison trials for
the rerj clear testimony of Professor
Barker, of Yale College, who had ex
amined the remains o' the three first
mentioned victims. His evidence was
as conclusive as circumstantial evidence
could be. The only question was as
to the motive that couid lead a sane
person to such a step. The trial re
sulted in a verdict of murder in the
second degree, the jury uniting in con
sidering her guilty, but allowing that
the circumstantial nature of the evi
dence permitted of a "reasonable doubt,"
and so did not call it of the first degree.
After she was found guilty she was
sent to the jail in New Haven, and she
will betaken from thence to theSu-i
perior Court to receive her sentence
some day this wet k or next.
Since she has been imprisoned her
mind haa beem seriously troubled, and
recently she has made a full confession
of her guilt, and expresses herself as
much relieved thereby. On the 28th
day of December, 1872, she began her
story to the jailor, Captain Webster.
Mra Sherman is a very ignorant
woman. She can scarcely write at all,
and, like many persons who have done
less than herself to make history, she
is unable to remember dates with any
accuracv, so that in parts her narrative
ia vague. All through her trial, in
court and to her own counsel, she
positively denied ever having poisoned
anybody, and she begged to be allowed
to take the stand and swear thereto, but
she was not allowed to by her counsel
Mrs. Sherman s story is as follows.
She was born in New Brunswick, N.
J., in 1825, and was early left an or
phan. At the age of seventeen she
joined the Methodist Church, and at a
love feast there she met E l ward S.
Struck, to whom she was subsequently
married. Struck in time became a
policeman in Yorkville, one of the
suburbsof New York City. One night
there was a row in a saloon on his
beat, and a detective was killed.
Struck was off without leave. He was
reprimanded and disgraced. It troub
led him very much, and finally it
weighed so on hie mind that he became
crazy and had a sotening of the brain.
He was then discharged. When he
recovered it was only to be -very feeble
physically and unable to get any work,
so that be was only a ourden to bia
wife. One day a male friend of hers
suggested that she could get rid of the
man by poison. She took kindly to
the idea and gave nim arsenic in his
food, and she also, with the same poi
son, killed their youngest two child
ren, so that they also should not be
burdens to her, and should not have,
as she says, to grow up to life's cares
She was not auapeclsd of this mur
der, and soon a'ter it went to Litch
field, in this State, to live. Here she
met one Dennis Hurlburt and married
him, but she did not get along par
ticularly satisfactorily to herself with
him, and so she poisoned him.
Soon after bia death abe was told by
a friend that there was a man in Derby
named Horatio N. Sherman who had
plenty of money, and had lost bis wife
and that by akillful management, if
she wanted a third husband, she could
probably get him. Accordingly she
went there and applied to him for the
place of housekeeper in his family, and
he engaged her, and subsequently she
succeeded in marrying him He had
two small children? Ada and Frankie,
and these she determined to poison,
and did poison; but ai>e did not plan
to poison Sherman. She intended to
employ the arsenic upon the rats in the
honse, as well as to kill the children,
and she purchased it in New Haven, at
Peck'a drug atore, with the first men
tioned object. She took the package
home and put it on a shelf beside a
similar package ?f salaratus. Mr
Sherman used to drink a great deal of
cider, into which he would put salara
tus to make it foam. This was his
favorite drink. Tae salaratus and the
arsenic on the shelf became mixed in
some way, but she did not mix them,
but saw they were so. One night some
friends were present and they had some
"toddy" to drink. Her hu-band in
vited her to take some, bat she preferred 1
to drink some of his cider prepared u> 1
foam. Soon after she took it she went out |
of the house to call upon a neighbor,
and was taken suddenly very aick, so
badly that she was utterly unable to do
anything for herself, and had to be car
ried into the hou?e. But she rallied in
'a little while. She thinka this sickness
was doe to the arsentc that had been
mixed with the saleratus, and that
when be died, it was because of taking
more of a sim;lar preparation at a later
period. In no other way did sbe know
of bis obtaining poison, and the talk of
the prosecution about her putting ar
senic into his tea and into "slings" and
other hot drinks was all expended on
a wrong track. This was not, there
fore, such a clear case of murder as
the others. In fl?ct, sbe merely neg
lected to warn him of bis danger, and
that she did not always remember it
herself is shown in the fact of her
taking some of the ci ier. It is curious
that the only death tor which she
?on Id not be held accountable accord
ing to ber story, should be that for
which she was convicted.
Tn Dulath Herald **?? that there ia
bo loojer ? doubt that ft bla?t furnace
will be pat in operation in Dalath cezt
aammer. Some of rival* *re already
beriftftinf to Cftll Dalath a " blvaud"
?itr. ]
SIDNEY IISMI.
Death of the Mas Who C'?pl?4 Um
Horn*! Bible.
The death of Sidney Rigdon, one of
Joe Smith's associates in tht establish
meat of Mormonism, is announced.
He web born in St Clair township, AN
legheny county, Pennsylvania, Febru
ary 19, 1793. "The Book of Mormon" j
which Smith pretends to hare discov
ered through a Divine revelation, wii
claimed immediately after its publica
tion as the work of Rev. Solomon
Spalding, written by him daring a resi
dence in Ohio in 1810?1 1?12. Mr.
Spalding's widow, ia a statement pub
lished in Boston in 1S39, declared that
in 1812 the manuscript was placed in a
printing office in Pittsburgh with which
Sidney Rigdon was connected. Rigdon,
she charged, copied the manuscript, and
the fact of his baring such a copy was
known to many persons in the office.
Subsequently the original manuscript
was returned to her. Spalding, who
died in 1816, leaving it in the possession
of bis widow, bv whom it was preserved
until after the publication of "The Book
of Mormon," when she sent it to Con
necticut, where it was publicly som pared
with Joe Smith's pretended revelation.
Soon after getting possession of bis
copy, Rigdon quitted the printing office
and began to preach certain new doc*
trines peculiar to himself, and very
similar to those afterward in*
rorporated in "Ths Book of
Mormon." He did not make much
progress, however, until 1829, when he
became acquainted with Joe Smith. It
is asserted that Smith obtained a copy
of Spalding's manuscript through Rig
?ion's agency, and that he read it from
behind the blanket to his amanuensis,
Oliver Cowdery making auch additions
and alterations as suited ths purpose*
of Rigdon and himself. Immediately
after the publication of "The Book of
Mormon," the fraud wai detected, and
the true nature of the work made known
by Mr. Spalding' e widow and many of
his relatives and friends. Ia spite of
this disclosure, however, Smith
and Rigdon had the impudence
to stick to the story of revela
tion, and succeeded in getting converts
to the new religion. At first they had
rather hazv ideas as to the nature and
design of the church they were about j
to establish, and were rather inclined to
teach that the millenium was close at
hand, that the Indians were to be
speedily converted; and that America
was to be the final gathering place of
the Saints, who were to assemble at
New Zion or New Jerusalem, some
where in the interior of the continent.
They soon managed to surround them>
selves with enough converts to consti
tute the Mormon Church, which was
first regularly organised at Manchester,
N. Y., April 6, 1830. Smith, directed by
a revelation, led the whole body of be
lievers to Kirtland, Ohio, in January.
1831. Here converts were rapidly
made, and a wider field being neces?ary,
Smith and Rigdon went out in search of
a suitable locality upon which to estab
lish themselves. They fixed upon In
dependence, Jackson cour.ty, Missouri,
and Smith dedicated a site for a new
temple. Rigdon continued to act with
Smith, and to follow all the fortunes
ar d mis'ortunes of the Mormon Church
until the death of the Prophet,
when he aspired to be bis suc
cessor. Upon Brigham Yourg, how
ever, descended the mantle of Joe
Smith, and Rigdon becoming contuma
cious. was cut off from the communion
of the faithful, was cursed, and was
solemnly delivered over to the devil, "to
be buffeted in the flesh for a thousand
year* " This ended Rigdon's connec
tion with Mormonism; and after thus
being driven out of the church which
he did ho much to found, he fell out of
the pubiic notice and was heard of no
more.
A Bit of HI ?frr
On tbe 17th of June, 1831, Loais Na
poleon addressed the following letter to
tbe Ttmpi,* Parisian journal :
I read in your journal of tbe 13th of
Junetbe following paragraph:
"Madame la Duchesse de 8t. Lea bu
been resi ling in Londoa far several
weeks. It is supposed that tbe ex
Queen of Holland is looking oat for an
opportunity to offer ber son to tbe Bel
gians, in case they should find any dif
ficulty in tbe selection of a sovereign.
It appears there is a desire to as
?? ? * w i j 4- _
I i
simply because she was anwilling to
separate fronr ber only surviving son. ?
Having taken up the sacred cause of
Italian independence, I am obliged to
take refuge in England, France, alas*
being still closed against me. My
mother aspires onlr to repose and tran
quility. As to me, far from entertain*
ing any ideas of ambition, my
sole desire would be to serve
my country, or liberty, in for
eign lands, and I should long ago
have been teen, as a simple volunteer,
in the glorious ranks of the Belgians,
or in those of the immortal Poles, if I
had not feared that my actions would
ha?e been attributed to views of per
sonal interest, and that my name might
alarm a timid diplomacy incapable of
believing in disinterested devotion, or in
tbe sympathy inspired by unfortunate
people.
Loan Napilbow Bo*apakt?.
Lojtd?*, JuDe 17, 1871.
Tbb eminent firm of Phelps, Dodge
k Co in Kew York have been called
upon to retp^d to tbe charge of hav
ing defrauded tbe Qovernmeat of the
United States of a m llion dtllar* by
means of talae invoice* of imports. The
firm offer tbe Government 1260,000 to
compromise. Exorbitant duties on ia
ports have furnished the temptation,
and Wandering custom house regula
tions tbe opportunity for this fraad.
But as Phelps. Dodge & Co. are a pioas
and patriotic Republican firm, aad have
contributed liberally to Grant's election,
there will be liula difficulty in effecting
a satisfactory arrangement.
StSAToa A loo a* is now living with
his third wife, and twenty-one cbildran
can now proudly exclaim. "My father
II a Msaaicir from Miaststippt"
Basic* ths prsssnt occupant of ths
Presidential chair, w? have but two
men bow living who ir? held the
Presidency ? Millard Fillmore, of New
York, and Andrew Johnson of Tennes
ese? neither of whom were dected to
the place, bat both reached it through
the death of the incambsats with
whom they were elected to the Vice
Presidency. Fillmore hae kept out of
public life ever einoe the close of hie
Preeidential term; but Johnson, who ie
of a more sasrgstic turn of mind, has
tried to get elected to both the Senate
and the Houee within the last (oar
yearn. Beeidee theee too mea elected
to the second office but filling the firet,
we have two others etill living who
were Vice Preeidenta ? Hannibal Ham*
lin, of Maine, and John C. Breckin
ridge, of Kentucky. Hamlin ie now
ia the Senate, and Breckinridge, we
suppoee, would not object to a place
there. Of noeucceasful Preeidential
candidatee. there are now living Hora
tio Seymour, who was defeated in 1*68,
General MoClellan, defeated in 1864,
John C Breckinridge, defeated in I860,
and John C. Fremoat, defeated in
1860. Seymour ia following the placid
occupation of farming, in Western New
York, and takee no active part in poli
tics, but occasionally favors his neigh
bors with an excellent speech oa eonie'
agricultural or historical thejie. Mc
Clellan ha* an office uader the Munic
ipality of New York, aa engineer of the
projected system of docka, and has had
nothing to do with politics for a long
time; bat he lately distinguished him
self by requesting that hie salary be
decreased from fifteen thousand to ten
thousand dollars a year. Fremont's
residence is at Tarrvtown, a short dis
tance from New York City, where
"Jusn" takes care of his elegant ee*
tablishment; but he himself has a
great deal of travsliog to do, in oon?
nection with his Mexican railroad in*
terests and other speculatioas.
Tbi Herald bit discovered that the
Committee of Seventy hai developed a
hunger for office equal to that of Tam
many. It says of ths committee :
"That respectable body baa giveo ua
General Dix for Governor, Francia E.
Barlow for Attorney General, William
P. Havemever for Mayor, Judge Bar.
rett, Von Vrorat and Curtis on the
Bench of the Supreme and Superior
Courts, Francia Sigel for Regiater, Col.
Henry G. Stebbins for Park Coumis*
("oner, Mr. Phelpa for District Attorney,
Kesaler for Coroner, Pmcknay, Cigar
Iospeator in the Custom House, for
Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, Sena*
tors Wiesman and Tremain in the Stats
Senate. Mr. B. Gallager, Secretary of
the Committee of Seventy, for private
secretary of the Mayor, besides Comp
troller Green and a long list of Congrees
roen, Assemblymen, Alderssen and As
sistant Aldermen. In addition to all
these valuable public officers, some of
whom are richly paid, as the Attorney
General, the District Attorney and the
Register receive from $60,000 to $100,
000 a year for their services, we have
now the great champion of injunctions
and reform. John roley, doing battle
at the city's expense for an office worth
$10,000 a year. In view of all these
fat berths, it is inquired whether the
Committee of Seventy considers itaelf
a ring or not T'
Whin Tom Murphy reigned bis
plaoe, h* didn't Ion any of hia power m
a political manager. Whenever there
ie any trouble in the New York Cuatom
Houae, or an y tort of complication ia
" the party," or anv wrangling over ap
pointment*, Tom ic called upon to fli
thing* up. There baa been a bitter
conteat among candidate* for cartain
office? in the Stat* Legialatiir*, and an
Albany diepatcb aay* tbat " efforts bare
been made to persode Mr. Thomaa
Murphy to come np and aettla tba
trouble, but be rtfoeea to io aa" It ia
bard to tall why Mr. Murphy abonld
have refuted to "oome up," when be
waa implored to put tbinga in order for
the Legislature; but w* must preaume
ha took the trouble to a*nd up direc
tiooa by telegraph. Grant himcelf
?eema to rely more than ever npon
Tom, who baa alwaya managed bia in
tereau in a gratifying way. It is rather
queer that ao many of the political
" boasea" of New York, from Bill
Tweed to Tom Murpby, are valgarand
ignorant boga.
Therm *u recently a somewhat
novel religions controversy io London
between the Rev. Mr. Lyne, known oa
account of bic monkiab inclinations as
Father Ignatius, and the "coming
Cromwell," Mr Bradlaugh, who
aspire* to free the world from allegiance
to God, as wall as England from alle
giance to the Guelpba. Tha debate
took place in the naw Hall of Science,
which is tha tempts of the Zsfliab in
fidels, where for two eneisssiv eveaings
the young faihsr bearded tha lions
in Uteir den. Straage to sty, his id
)rea? on " Jesus Christ as the Central
Point of Human History" woa lor the
author the eympathy and reepaet of bis
he*rera. On tha aseood evening ha
waa eten permitted to iavoke the blee?>
ingof Heaven oa his undertaking. His
most pacalar a iterance was tha calliag
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob blackguards,
which admisstoo was receive d with a
buret of applause. He waa answered
by Mr. Bmdlaagfc, but in a manner
easily ditereni from that which tha ia
ftdel ebief aaually treata his clerical
antagoniaia who perhaps never ap
peared to beuar ad ra state to himself
and leaa to hia eauae than on tbie oc
casion.
Sr. Pacl aad Dulath are trying to
kaep warm by getting up * heated ooa?
trovers/ as to which has had the most
severs weather. It Paal desk res that
ahamta ahw ioa fearteen fee t thick,
aad Da) nth paporta thai aho haa a
feather bad * troaaa watif aa a poker
m-mriMCHa.
MUwaukSS flWMin, JUMT7 II.]
? moat dastardly act ol robbery wu
oommitted on last Christmas Day io a
church it this city, which, although
known to as ths day after ita commit
sian, ws hart abstained from publishiag
until now, as there had been a faint
hope of detection of the gailty party.
Ae that hope hae been dissipated and as
thsre is sow only the remoteet due to
the perpetrator of the theft, we do not
deem it necessary to withhold the tacts
from oar readers :
Some time since a merchant on Esst
Watsr street, who ie justly proud ol hie
wi'e, a most charming lady, sought to
surprise her with a present that should
not only be a delight lo the lady, hut
which really became the envy of a
number of ladies on account of its
magnificence. The gentleman bought
whue East an exceedingly handsome
cloak; the garment itsslf was of ths
most oostly character, being not only
mads of the flneet hind of material,
but wae from the hahde of the most
fashionable dressmaker in New York.
In addition to the perfection of its
make, it wss trimmed in a gorgeous
manner with a very ooetly Isoe, the lac*
alone ooeting nearly $200. The garment
was not only the admiration ol many,
but was even an object of envy to a
great number on acoount of ite beauty.
On Christmae day the lady, in com
pany with her husband, went to church,
and after returning home, ehe had di
vested bsrsslf of hsr cloak, and on
laying it down, noticed that it bad a
different look to its usual appearanoe
An examination revealed the as
tonishing fact that eoms one ha>i
with a sharp knifs cut off the lac*
around the lower part of the cloak,
and that nearly all had been taken otT
evidently in the manner we have men
tioned. A e before stated no certain
clue has yet been obtained to the per*
petrator. The value of the lace stolen
is about $1M. We understand that the
lady states that shs felt what sha at oss
time fancied was a pulling at her dress,
but thought nothing of U at the time.
Hbe now feele certain that it was at that
moment when the man was cutting ths
lace from hsr cloah. The police are in
possession of ths above facts and areou
the look>out for the thief, with hope of
successful arrret before long.
i?wl(h vll jr.
There are very many curioue Iscu
related with regard to the Jewiah race,
many, no doubt, are true, and some
certainly have do other foundation
than fancy. Profeeeor Stowe, in hie
remarkably intereeting eoume of lec
ture* ou the subject, delivered eowe
years ago in this city, gave m careful a
summary of the Irath with regard to
this peculiar people a a hae ever beeu
made, and a statistician in London
bM recently published eome verr
remarkable statements in regard to
their physical condition, u )m?i>
carefully collected record* From the??
it appears that Jewieb blood contains
little or no ecrofula. The average life
of the Jew in Londoa ia forty mue
yean, while of the Christian it i? only
thirtv seven year* Of agiven number
of Christians, only one quarter live, a<
a general rule, to be sixty yearn, while
among Jews one-quarter lived t<;
be at least seventy-one. Among
cbildrea fourteen per cant of the
Christian population die between one
year and Ave years of age, while only
three per cfet. of the Jewish children
Finally, in Prussia it requires fl'ty-one
year* for tbe Christian population u>
double iuelf, and only forty-one year*
for tbe Jews. If ws are not mistaken,
Professor fckowe declared that tbe Jews
had remained of about tbe same total
number ever since they became historic
This proof of their greater aversge
longevity and greater relative iacrea??
would seem to furnish material for a
contradiction. ? Jlart/ord Covranl.
Klll*d by l?Ml?l ?fg?r?.
Tb? Hudto* Star, Jan. 5, eaye : A
abort time amcea report *u circulated
10 th? upper pert of the city that Re*.
M. Rosenthal, Rabbi ol the Jewub
Church, had b??o guilty of miadeede
which reflected seriously a poo hi* pre
?ioua ? pot lees character. We have re
frained frosi e?en alluding to the re
ports until to-dftjr, when, after an later*
view with the officers of the church, we
find thai the rumor* are witbont any
foundation whatever. Dr. R?een?
thai tu male acquainted with
the report* in circulation. anf
etoutly denied the troth of the earn* at
the time, and so ?omfl did be beootnr
afterward that, Saturday morn ing Wi,
while engaged in conversation with a
friend, he fell in a fit, and was removed
to hie residence, in Diamond ??re*t, be
tween Fifth and ftiitb at rvete, where
medical ml vh called, and ever? -
thing possible wan done (or hiai. but
all effort* were of no avail, and drsib
ended bin carerr tbia forenoon. Tbe
cease of bis death ?ae apoplexy. W?
bave only word* of c*neu re for lbo?r
persons who circulated the ecandelo<i?
reports which preyed upon the aniad of
deceased, who van r ready respected by
bis people aad by all wbo keew him.
A West Viaeieu lady ia Denver
praieee the climate of that region.
Tboogb under the very shadow of the
saow- capped Rocky Mooataiae, 2ff i*
the lowest the mercary bae reached,
with a clear aad dry atmosphere.
Biarni bae more ptock than money ,
bet as loaf as be can get time on a 'ew
elephants and lions, aad the gorilla m
willing to wait antil the esd ol the
moetb for his salary, the great show*
maa ia all right
Jcmi Lura, aged eeventy, of Ha
geretowa, Meryl sad, committed eaicid#
lately bicaese be wee eoed 'or a breerb
s# peomiee of marriage. He was old
saoagb to know better.
FmttAUtLrmu baa been llliag ap a
eabaeriptioa list for a Waebiagtoa ao?
ameat, at the rate of tweety-Ave cenu
a year, for more tkaa thirty years past.