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XFTUPUART DISTANT FAR.
— —
By Celia r<ogaii.
t leave thee now, dear Kate, to go
Where rarest roses sweetly flow
Through all the soft year long;
Where floating zephyrs whis’pring fling|
Their balmy breath on birds that sing
In soaring, happy throng.
But what to me is scented rose,
Or rushing stream that shining flows,
Or brightest gleam of dazzling, star,
thou, my love, art distant fhi ?
Adieu, feir Kate 1 Alone I go
Where rosy skies no changes know,
. Except where Heaven weeps;
On each dark bush in verdant nighty
The glow-worm flirts ’neatii starry light
And naught in nature sleeps.
jCan beauty stay the foot of Time,
And save from age that changeless clime ?
Ah 1 dim will be each garish star,
Where thou dear, girl, art distant far.
Farewell sweet Kate 1 Igo to dwell
Where bees drink deep in honied cell
' And woods with music ring;
The humming-bird hath little note,
But ever open, quivering throat,
And trembling, gauzy wing.
But, what to me is brilliant bird,
Or softest note from songster heard,
Or cell, or bee, or radiant star,
If thou, my love, art distant far ?
f Original.]
BURIED EIGHT DAYS.
B'S J. C. BXTK.TON.
Gold digging’s a lottery, sir. There are
more blanks than prizes in it. Don’t imagine
that every man who throws a pick on his shoul
der and carries a washing-pan in his hand,
however sturdy of person or resolute of pur
pose, is destined to make a fortune. No, sir.
It’s luck, more than half of it—yes, all of it.
Of course, you’ll find in the dry and wet dig
gings very knowing gentlemen, who will per
' suade you that they can tell by the “ lay of the
land,” exactly where a “rich lead” or a well
stored “pocket” may be Struck ; but isn’t it re
markable that these are among the most un-
Buccessful of the “prospectors” you meet in the
hills.
Now, it don’t follow that because I made one
or two fair hits, I know anything about mining.
I was simply fortunate. “I went in blind,” and
I walked out with my eyes wide open. But I
came near paying dearly for my fortune. I’ll
! tell you about it.
1 You see, when I left Sacramento to go up to
the mountains, I wasn’t exactly determmed
■which way I should journey.
“I’ll go with tho wind,” I said to myself, as I
considered; and thereupon I pulled my hand
kerchief out of my pocket, and it fluttered east
award. So, following that direction, at the close
of a hard day’s journey on foot, I found myself at
Coloma. There I slept within a few yards of
Where the shining metal was first discovered.
) I didn’t, however, speculate much on the
matter, but went to sleep, as I kn w I had a
’ difficult walk before me the next day—it being
’my resolution now to strike the mountain
'.trail for the Oregon gulch, whence a large
amount of gold had been unearthed during the
dry season.
, There happened, beside myself, to be only
one guest at the “Coloma Hotel,” the night I
put up there—a foot-sore traveler. As he was
to be my room-mate, we soon struck up an
acquaintance. I found him to be a genial,
good-looking, resolute sort of man. I took
i a great liking to him. He was a gold-seek
' er— an adventurer. This knowledge made me
have a fellow-feeling'for the stranger; and,
i before we went to sleep, we agreed to prospect
' together and share our luck for the rest of the
I season.
| The next morning we crossed the bridge that
spans the Middle-Fork of the American river,
and commenced the steep ascent of one of the
spurs of the Sierra Nevada which here, at right
angles, furrow the country for fifty miles and
upward from the parent range.
Once the ascent was gained, we were not
many hours in reaching our destination.
We found the gulch pretty well “ claimed.”
Here and there were to be had small patches,
deemed worthless by other prospectors, un
touched. One of these, about half way down
the creek, we staked out. It was on a level spot,
and next to lead that had turned out well, which
four sailors worked.
f ■ The oldest of this party, a jolly good-natured
Englishman, came up to where we were stand
ing, and remarked that a “ good many know
ing chaps had been over the ground, and had
concluded it would’nt pay to work ; but for his
part, he believed there was a chance there.”
He concluded by advising us to try it. We
could only fail; and that we were likely to do
anywhere.
This I knew, and we—my partner and myself
—agreed we’d go to the bed rock.
j vWe went to work in good earnest, and in the
course of a eouple of days had the satisfaction
of reaching the rock. We were very fortunate.
I don’t remember now exactly how much we
took out; but I know when we left the gulch we
each had over five thousand dollars in gold
dust fastened in belts around our bodies.
But that, after all, came near being the dear
est earned money I ever got out of the earth.
The “lead” struck directly across the gulch
into an almost precipitous hill, and the nearer
we got to it, the richer became the show of
Sold. We, however, saw that the work was
aily becoming more and more dangerous; but
we couldn’t resist the temptation.
At length we commenced tunneling into the
hill, and found that instead of solid rock and
earth to excavate, we had loose stones, some of
large size, in our path. A survey satisfied us
we were in the bed of an old creek that had at
one time, ages ago, crossed directly where the
; hills now stood frowning down upon us like so
many grim giants upon pigmies, who, with pick
and spade, were disturbing their rest of thou
sands of years.
By looking at the particular hill against which
we had to contend, you would never dream that
jtself had been piled up there by mighty floods
I perhaps millions of years before born
into the earth. But get to its foot and burrow
' as we did, and you could not but be convinced
from the character of the bed-rock which we
were following, that the waters once flowed
’ traversely to their present course.
As we penetraifid the earth the deposits of
gold became richer, and we were thus encour
aged to work and even disregard the warnings
of our friends in the neighboring lead, who had
already excavated the hill as far as they dared.
We thought we could overcome the difficulty
by putting in supports. For this purpose we
felled pine trees in the vicinity and cut them
into sticks of the desired length, which we in
serted as we advanced.
For some two or three weeks we got along
famously. In fact we became, as we thought,
■so secure that we grew quite careless. Our
neighbors, the sailors, had become accustomed
to our way of working and seriously thought of
imitating our example. They had even gone so
far as to cut down trees, and were getting out
the stakes and uprights for a tunnel they had
projected, and which in fact they had com
menced.
It was my duty to work in the burrow we had
made, while my partner carried out the dirt and
washed it.
One day I saw something of unusual size glit
ter before me in our all but inaccessible place.
I reached for, and succeeded in clutching it. I
felt that it was a nugget of unusual size, and
was just in the act of turning round to call my
partner from the creek and hand it to him,
when I heard a rumbling over my head that
sounded in my ears like thunder hoard in the
distance; but I knew it could not be that, as
storms of the kind are never heard in Califor
nia. It did not occur to me that I stood in any
danger, and I was about calling to Wilson, my
associate, to come and take the nugget, when I
heard him cry, in a voice full of terror :
“Waters! for God’s sake come out—come out!
Quick 1 quick 1”
What could he mean? Was there any dan
ger? Everything looked secure. However, I
was about moving to obey the voice, when a
terrible as if the hill was crumbling to
pieces, I felt the uprights fall-
ing aruc... auu »arge round stones tumb
ling down the sides of the loose walls.
“The tunnel is caving in!” seemed to flash
upon me. I rushed forward. I had not yet
lost my presence of mind. I might escape, I
thought. I stumbled in my eagerness to get to
a place of safety; and before I could recover
myself one of the cross-pieces that supported
the roof of the tunnel gave way and, falling,
etruck me on the fore part of my head. I be
came insensible.
How long I lay on the ground after this, I
never could guess. When my senses returned,
I found myself sitting in a constrained position
en the ground, my right hand clutching the
nugget of gold I
All was dark. It was evident that I was in a
living tomb. For a time I was quite calm. I
felt something drop—drop from my head. I
put my hand up and found it wet. What could
it be? I now remembered being struck with
the cross-piece, and I concluded it was blood.
The horrors of my situation did not come to me
then. Ido not know that I reflected very much
on my position. I got upon my feet and felt
around with my hands. I found my pick and
shovel, and beside them some bread and meat
and a canteen of grog which my partner had
brought with him, as was his eustom, tor our
luncheon, as the cabin was too far away to per
mit our going to dinner.
When I had found these, my courage rose
within me. I persuaded myself there would be
no difficulty in getting out. “ Even,” I thought,
“if no one helps from without I can shovel
back the dirt that lies in my path, and so save
myself.” I did not know then what was in my
way. Had I ever dreamed of the difficulties
that were to be surmounted, I believe I should
have gone mad.
I sat down near where my tools lay, and tak
ing the canteen poured a little of its contents
into my hands and essayed to wash away the
blood that was still dropping from my head.
Then feeling very thirsty, I drank a little of tho
whisky and water, and commenced making
plans in my mind for working my way out. I’ve
oiten thought since how very collected I was.
I now found a difficulty from breathing. A
. sensation of smothering, and then of drowsi
ness, came upon me, I could not resist the in
aajt witii»J aUctclxed
myself on the damp earth, and. with my face
placed between my open hands, fell into a pro
found slumber.
I awoke overcome with extreme lassitude.
It was with difficulty I could make an effort to
move.
All at once the horrors of my situation flashed
upon my mind. I sprang to my feet with a
shriek.
“ Was I thus to die, in a living tomb ?” I cried.
“Die—die 1 No—no I”
Seizing my shovel, with my mind yet perfect
ly collected, but urged to work from sheer des
peration, I attacked the obstruction that held
me a prisoner from daylight. Dor hours I la
bored, throwing behind me the loose earth that
had heaped itself in my way. Occasionally I
would stop and listen, striving to catch some
sound that would assure me that men were at
work on the other side of the tunnel; but I
could only hear the panting of my own breath.
“ They think I’m dead,” I screamed. “ That
it is useless to get at my body. But I’m not
dead—not dead! Til dig my way out,” and I
recommenced my task with an energy that bor
dered on madness.
A few more shovelfulls of dirt were thrown
behind me, when the tool struck with a grating
sound against a stone. At first I thought it
a mere pebble; but strike where I would the
same sound, and the same resistence met me.
I threw down the shovel, and with my hands
felt the surface of the impediment, resolved to
remove it by my own main strength.
I found, however, that instead of a pebble, a
rock weighing perhaps tons,barred my passage.
Now it was that despair seized upon me. To
this time I had kept somparativoly collootod. T
was again all but suffocated, and I cried;
“ Better die by my own hands at once than
wait until it overcomes me slowly—slowly, as it
will!”
I was about, in my desperation, to rush head
long upon the roc# that blocked me in, and
dash my brains out, Wien a vision of my far off
home on the Atlang# shore, filled with those
who were dearer to iq# than life itself, came be
fore me. It seemed sofeal that it was with diffi
culty I could persuade myself, for the moment,
that I was not buried in a- iving tomb. This
was succeeded by a iteeling of despair that made
me uncontrolable. I dashed up and down my
narrow prison, alternately praying and utter
ing dreadful imprecations. I felt I was going
mad—that I could no longer recall myself to
reason or my dreadful condition.
“Death! death!” I yelled, “ this is worse
than death!” and I dashed myself furiously
against the rock.
Again and again did I hurl my body, each
time my fury increasing against the boulder,
until I felt myself bruised all over. I screamed,
shouted out prayers and oaths until I was
hoarse, and then from sheer exhaustion, fell
panting, as if I had run until I had lost my
breath, upon the ground. I do not believe I
fell asleep ; but my reason was gone for a lime.
How long I was in this state I cannot deter
mine. It must have been at least two or three
days. When I again came to myself, I was
ravenous for food. I remembered the luncheon,
and at once crawled over the loose dirt I had
thrown back to where I had left the canteen.
This I found without difficulty,but the bread and
meat had disappeared. I had buried it under the
earth.. I worked through this with my hands
until by good fortune I found it. The damp
f round seemed to have kept the bread moist.
tore off the paper in which it had been en
veloped, and commenced gorging myself. When
I had eaten to the last morsel, I placed the
canteen to my mouth and thoughtlessly swal
lowed nearly all the grog it contained.
I felt, somehow, when this was accomplished,
exceedingly contented with, Bituwtum-, ana
only regretted I had not a match with which
to light the tobacco in my pipe!
The liquor affected me. I commenced sing
ing, and then I gradually fell into what must
have been a drunken sleep.
“If I could only die now !” I muttered in
my drowmess, and then a vision very similar
to the first one rose before me. I could plain
ly see my old father and mother sitting in the
porch that led into the orchard, where my cous
in Bessy, whom I loved so much, was gather
ing apples, and in sport throwing them at some
one who, I thought, resembled me.
This vision gradually faded away, and I fell
into a deep swoon or sleep.
When I awoke a rush of cold fresh air swept
over my temples. I opened my eyes (as one
naturally will even in the midst of profound
darkness) to see where it came from, and
found myself lying in my own bunk in the cabin
my partner ana I had built!
The first tiling my eyes rested on was the
nugget of gold I had found before the tunnel
caved in 1
The story told me of my rescue was briefly
this:
When the earth fell, my partner and the sail
ors and others who had heard of the accident,
immediately set to work to dig away the dirt.
They were successful until they came to an
enormous boulder that completely filled the
passage. It was doubtless the same stone I
had readied on the inner side of the tunnel.
It was found impossible to dislodge it. They
had now been three or four days at work and
the majority of the people—indeed all but the
sailors and my partner—were inclined to give
up my rescue under the impression that I had
been killed, and that their labor would conse
quently be altogether vain.
Fortunately for me the sailors would not lis
ten to the suggestion; but the difficulty was
how to remove the stone. It, they were satis
fied, could not be got out of the way.
A happy thought at this critical moment sug
gested itself to my partner.
Lt WiW tillltS ; '-l?lxx3 luuuul i>Liv oailvxo Lud open
ed ran paralied to ours, and as they had worked
in some feet, ho suggested that the least diffi
cult way to reach me would be to cut a passage
through from their lead to where I was.
No sooner proposed than the warm-hearted
fellows went to work, and in the course of a
couple of days they succeeded in reaching me.
They at first thought I was dead. Indeed, at
that time my life hung upon a thread. Had I
remained twelve hours longer where I was,
death would have been inevitable.
I was carried home and restoratives admin
istered.
When I asked how long I had been in the
tunnel I was told that I had been bubibd
EIGHT DAYS !
BEI23E£SZ3EE32SS3SS23C3SSISi2S!S3
A LEGAL ANECDOTE.
In a recent volume of essays, by H. T. Tucker
man, the following amusing anecdote is told:
A venerable justice in one of our cities was
remarkable for the frequent reproofs he admin
istered to young practitioners m his court, and
the formal harangues with which he wore out
the patience of those sq unfortunate as to give
test mony in his presence. On one occasion, it
happened that he was summoned as a witness
in a case to be defended by one of the juvenile
members of the bar whom he had often called
to order with needless severity. This hopeful
limb of the law was gifted with more than a
common share of the cool assurance so requisite
in the profession, and determined to improve
the opportunity to make his “learned friend”
of the bench feel the sting he so often inflicted.
Accordingly, when his honor took the stand,
the counsel inquired for the facts of his personal
history—though all were familiar to himself and
every one present as the old church or main
street of tneir native town. The queries were
put in a voice and with a manner so exactly imi
tated from that of the Judge himself, as to con
vulse the audience with laughter; every un
necessary word the hampered witness used was
reprimanded as beyond the question; he was
continually adjured “to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truthhe
was tantalized with repetitions and cross-ques
tions about the veriest trifles; and, finally, his
tormentor, with a face of the utmost gravity,
pretended to discover in the witness a levity of
bearing, and equivocal replies, which called for
a lecture on “the responsibility of an oaths”
this was delivered with a pedantic solemnity, in
words, accent and gestures, so like one of his
own addresses from the bench, that judge, jury
and spectators burst forth into irresistible peals
of laughter, and the subject of this clever re
taliation lost all self-possession, grew red and
pale by turns, fumed, and at last protested, un
til his young adversary wound up the farce by a
threat to commit him for contempt of court.
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
A laughable incident, illustrating the uncer
tainty of mankind in general, and the Mexican
man in particular, occurred recently, says the
Reese River (Cal.) RemeUe. Levi Grub, well
known as a driver of the overland stage on the
route east of this city, was endeavoring to
catch a mustang colt, on the hills lying between
the Fourth Ward and the summit, and, after re
peated attempts to lasso the animal, he was on
the point of giving it up, when he observed a
Mexican quietly looking on. Thinking he was
just the man, he rode up to him, and offered
him five dollars if he would catch the horse. It
was a bargain. He dismounted from his favor
ite saddle, and riding animal, and the Mexican
vaulted lightly into his seat, and as he was
riding off, Grub, perceiving that he had no
spurs, called to him, and, unfastening his, gave
them to the Mexican, who adjusted them to his
heels while in the saddle. Gathering his riata
in a coil in his right hand, which he raised
gracefully above his head, he dashed the spurs
into the flanks of the horse, who bounded off at
a furious pace after the vagabond mustang.
The colt galloped off at a lively pace up the
hills to the southwest, the Mexican keeping
adroitly in his rear; and when about three hun
dred yards off, the Mexican turned in his sad
dle, and raising his sombero, he bowed politely
to Grub, and then gave rein and spur to the
horse, who bounded up the hill. To say that
Grub was astonished, would feebly express his
feelings. Like an experienced Jehu, he was a
man of prompt action, and perceiving the sit
uation in an instant, he hastily mounted a horse
standing near, and gave chase to tho faithless
Mexican, and followed him over the hills and
down and through a canon which opened into
the Reese river valley, along which ne dashed
for a distance of twelve or fourteen miles. A
stern chase is a long chase. The Mexican was
better mounted, and he was an accomplished
rider, and Grub reluctantly gave up the unequal
contest, saddened at the loss of his horse and
saddle, and his confidence in man at one and
fie fcsis tho loss vi Uxotttt
NEW YORK DISPATCH.
keenly; but that he deliberately and unneces
sarily threw his spurs after them, fills him with
inexpressible chagrin.
ALL’S WELL.
By McEwen gJmhaH.
The day is ended ere I sink to sleep,
My weary spirit seeks repose in thine,
Father, forgive my trespasses and keep
. This little life of mine.
With loving kindness curtain Thou my bed,
. ? And cool in rest my burning pilgrim feet,
Thy pardon,be the pillow for my head,
So shall my sieep be sweet. -
At peace with all the world, dear Lord, and Thee,
No fears my soul’s unwavering faith can shake,
All’s Well I whichever side, the grave for me,
The morning light might break.
County Government.
[OFFICIAL.]
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF SUPER
VISORS,
RESOLUTION.
Resolved, That the claim of L. Bramson, for meals
and refreshments furnished the Ninth Ward Station
iiouoo, fxvx-rv. .inly 15 to July 18, 1863 during the day®
of the riots in 1863, Uu auditod and allowed at seven
ty-five dollars ($75), and the Comptroller directed to
pay it from appropriation for “ Biot Claims.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 10, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 14,1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the following named:
Keyser and Co., gas work, Tax office, fifty-sev-
en dollars and twelve centsss7 12
Morgan Jones, gas work, Tax Surveyors’ office,
three dollars and seventy-five cents 3 75
—be audited and allowed, and the Comptroller di
rected to pay them from appropriation for “Light
ing, Cleaning and Supplies.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 10, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 14, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS,
Resolved, That the bills of the following named:
Archibald Hall, Jr., painting and graining
Armory Fifty-fifth Regiment, five hundred
and fifteen dollarsssls 00
Geo. R, Jackson, Burnet & Co., iron-railing
Seventh Regiment Armory, three hundred
and fifty dollars 350 00
—be audited and allowed, and the Comptroller direct
ed to pay them from appropriation for “ Armories and
Drill-Rooms.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 10, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 14, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the following named,
for rent of Armories, &c., for tho use of certain regi
ments New York National Guard, be severally audited
and allowed:
Col. Rush C. Hawkins, commanding First
Regiment, six hundred and ten dollars
and forty-two cents $6lO 42
J, O. Fowler (Fourth Regiment), one thou
sand two hundred and eight dollars and
thirty-four cents 1,208 34
James Haddon' (Seventy-ninth Regiment,)
seven hundred and fifty dollars 750 00
—and the Comptroller directed to pay them from ap
priation for “ Armories and Drill-Rooms.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 10,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 14, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Zloaol-rcO, lUv Vlllo M!« rtniowiug-narnea,
for printing, stationery, &c., furnished the County, l?c
audited ana allowed, viz.:
J. O. Seymour & Co., five thousand and fifty
nine dollars and fifty centsss,os9 50
J. O. Seymour & Co., law books, six hundred
and sixty-eight dollars and twenty cents.. 668 20
—and the Comptroller directed to pay them from
appropriation for “Printing, Stationery, arid Law
Books.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 10, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 14, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
bills;
Resolved, That the bills of the following-named be
audited and allowed, viz.:
Lewis'Carpenter, work, Tax Commissioners’
office, one hundred and ninety-seven dol
lars and fifty cents $197 50
A. J. Garvey, work, Tax Commissioners’
office, three hundred and sixty-eight dol
lars and fifty cents 368 50
—and the Comptroller directed to pay them from ap
propriation for “Repairs to County Buildings.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 10,1865.
Approved by the Mayor, May 14, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the following-named be
audited and allowed:
Potter & Coon, fitting up election polls, No
vember election, 1855, First District, Nine
teenth Ward, ten dollars $lO 00
Patrick Moran, fitting up election polls, No
vember election, 1865, Sixth District,
Eighteenth Ward, ten dollars 10 00
Benjamin E. Hovey, fitting up election polls,
November election, 1865, Twelfth District,
Eighteenth Ward, ten dollars 10 00
Patrick Mooney, fitting up election polls, No
vember election, 1865, Fifteenth District,
Eighteenth Ward, ten dollars 10 00
J. G. Beaman, fitting up election polls, No
vember election, 1865, Second District,
Eighteenth W r ard, ten dollars 10 00
Frazer & Taylor, fitting up election polls, No
vember election, 1865, Eighth District,
Eighth Ward, ten dollars 10 00
New York Daily Transcript, for publishing
Election notices, &c., four thousand and
five dollars 4,005 00
—and the Comptroller directed to pay them from ap
propriation for “Election Expenses.”
AdAutAd ’hy thA Board of fenpnrvianrß. May 10. 1860
Approved by the Mayor, May 14, 1866 T ;
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of Mrs. Mary Reynolds,
amounting to nine hundred and ninety-four dollars
and fifty cents ($994 50), for board of detained wit
nesses during the mouths of February, March and
April, 1866, be severally audited and allowed, and the
Comptroller directed to pay them from the appropria
tion lor “ Support of Detained Witnesses.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 10,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 14, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILL.
Resolved, That the bill of the Knickerbocker Ice
Company, for ice furnished court-rooms and offices of
the County, from December 1, 1864, to November 30,
1865, be audited and allowed at nine hundred and
eighty four dollars and seventy cents ($984 70), and
the Comptroller directed to pay it from appropriation
for “ Lighting, Cleaning and Supplies.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 10, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 14, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the following-named:
Lewis Carpenter, repairs, Court of Common
Pleas, one hundred and forty-tw® dollars
and forty centssl42 40
Morgan Jones, repairs, Surrogate’s Office,
forty-four dollars and eighty-two cents,.... 44 82
Morgan Jones, repairs, Civil Court-rooms,
one hundred and two dollars and’ thirty
four cents 102 34
George B. Jackson, Burnet & Co., repairs,
Court-rooms, Court of Common Pleas, nine
ty-six dollars and fifty cents 96 50
Archibald Hall, Jr., painting Court-rooms,
one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and
eighty-ceuts 178 80
Andrew J. Garvey, repairs, Surrogate’s Office,
three hundred and forty-seven dollars 347 00
Andrew J. Garvey, repairs, Court-rooms, five
hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifty
cents.., 538 50
Andrew J. Garvey, repairs, Court-rooms, nine
hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty
cents 926 50
Lewis Carpenter, repairs, Court-rooms, fifty
dollars and seventy-one cents 50 71
—be audited and allowed, and the Comptroller di
rected to pay them from appropriation for “ Repairs
to County Buildings.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 16, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the following-named be
audited and allowed:
Charles E. Benedict, for serving subpoenas
during December, 1865, and the January,
February, March and April terms of the
Court of Special Sessions of the Peace, year
1866, three hundred and thirty-three dol
lars and twenty-five centss333 25
John McGowan, for sefving subpoenas during
December, 1865, and the January, February,
March and April terms of the Court of Spe
cial Sessions of the Peace, year 1866, three
hundred and thirty-three dollars and twen
ty-six cents 333 26
Nathaniel Hepburn, for serving subpoenas
during the January and February terms of
the Court of Special Sessions of the Peace,
year 1866, ninety-three dollars and sixty
three cents 93 63
And the Comptroller directed to pay them from ap
propriation for “ Disbursements of County Officers’
and Witnesses’ Fees.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 16, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
PETITION.
Petition of Gen. Brooke Pentley, commanding Ist
brigade of cavalry, for repairs to armory in Thirteenth
street.
Referred to the Special Committee on Armories and
Drill-rooms, with power.
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
RESOLUTION.
Besolved, That the rooms formerly occupied by the
Ninth and Ninety-third Regiments N. Y. S. N. G.» in
premises known as Masonic Hall, Nos. 114 and 116
East Thirteenth street, be and are hereby re -igned to
the Third regiment (infantry), Colonel J. E. Benaix,
for their exclusive use as armory and drill-rooms.
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE
MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUP
PORT OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR
1866.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of New York
do ordain as follows :
Section 1. The first section of the Ordinance mak
ing the annual appropriations for the support of the
Government of the County of New York, approved by
the Mayor, March 6, 1866, is hereby amended as fol
lows, to wit:
The item under the head of “ Salaries—Executive
Departments,” is hereby amended to read as follows :
Salaries —Executive Departments—For the compensa
tion of the Mayor, Comptroller, Deputy
Comptroller, and other Officers and
Clerks of the Department of Finance ;
the Commissioners, Deputies and Clerks
of Taxes and Assessments, and their
Surveyor, including arrearages; also,
including the sum of twenty-five thou
sand five hundred and fifty-six dollars
and eighty cents ($25,556 80) for the
payment of the salaries of the appoint
ees of Amor J. Williamson, J. W. Brown
and Jonathan W. Allen, Commissioners
of Taxes and Assessments, from May 6,
1864, to the 23d day of June, 1865, and
for the payment of the judgment ob
tained by Amor J. Williamson and J.
W. Brown, under the decision of the
Uouxt or Appvau*, m iurtt-
tuted by them to maintain their title to
office, as provided by Chapter 387, Laws
~ of 1866, One hundred and forty thou
sand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars
and eighty cents $140,756 80
Sec. 2. The following additional appropriation is
hereby made to and for the object and purpose speci
fi ed, viz.: .
Legal Expenses—To provide for the payment
of fees of William Curtis Noyes, McKeon
and Smith, Waldo Hutchins, Beebe, Dean ;
and Donohue, .and John H. Reynolds, em- "
ployed as counsel by A. J. Williamson arid
J. W. Brown, Tax Commissioners, in pro
ceedings instituted by them to maintain
their title to office, as per Chapter 827,
Laws of 1866, Seven thousand fiVe hundred
dollars ....... € ,...57,500 00
Adopted by the Board, of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILL.
Besolved, That the bill of John C. Young, amount
ing to one hundred and sixty-two dollars ($162), for
services as acting Messenger to Board up to May 7,
1866, be audited and allowed, and the Comptroller di
rected to pay it from appropriation for “ Disburse
ments of County Officers’ and Witnesses’ Fees.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
bills.
Resolved, That the bills of the following-named, for
materials, &c., furnished for the construction of the
New Court-House, be audited arl d allowed:
J. B. & W. W. Cornell, iron, per contract,
five thousand five hundred and thirteen
dollars and seventy-six cents .$5,513 76
Bichard Dudgeon, repairing jacks, fifty-eight
dollars and fifty cents 58 50
George Teets, tinning, &c., seventy-nine dol-
lars and fifty cents 79 50
Morgan Jones, plumbing, forty-three dol-
lars and seventy-two cents 43 72
A. B. Wetmore & Co., cast steel, thirty-six
dollars and thirty-eight cents 36 38
John Kellum, services as architect, as per
contract, to May 1, 1866, seven hundred
and ninety-seven dollars and sixteen cents 797 16
—and the Comptroller directed to pay them from ap-_
propriation for “ Construction of New County Court-
House.
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk
BILLS.
Besolved, That the bills of J. T. Barnard & Sons,
for coal and wood furnished court-rooms and offices
of county to date, be audited and allowed at ten thou
sand three hundred and eleven dollars and fifty cents
(10,311 50), and the Comptroller directed to pay them
from appropiation for “Lighting, Cleaning and Sup
plies.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILL.
Besolved, That the bills of William A. Speaight &
Co., amounting to seven hundred and forty-four dol
lars ($744) for repairs to books and maps, Register’s
office, and Peter Moneghan, for repairs to books and
maps, County Clerk’s office, one thousand three hun
dred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-four cents
($1,324 24), be audited and allowed, and the Comp
troller directedto* pay them from appropriation for
“ Lighting, Cleaning and Supplies.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the Coast Wrecking Com
pany, for raising and removing sunken vessels, by or
der of Commissioners of Pilots, be audited and al
lowed at fifteen hundred dollars ($1,506), and of Wm.
M. Tebo at five hundred dollars ($500), and the Comp
troller directed to pay them from appropriation for
“Incumbrances in Harbor —Removal of.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of Tuomey & Elder,
amounting to eight hundred and eight dollars and
thirtv-eicht cents (SBOB 38), for work done at County
Jail, be audited and. allowed, and the Comptroller di
rected to pay them from appropriation for “ Support
of Prisoners in County Jail.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILL.
Resolved, That the bill of William C. Conner, Esq.,
amounting to three thousand six hundred and nine
dollars and twenty-six cents ($3,609 26), for services
and disbursements as County Clerk to. January 1,
1866, be audited and allowed, and the Comptroller di
rected to pay it from appropriation for “ Disburse
ments and Fees of County Officers and Witnesses.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17,1856
J. B. Young, Clerk.
- BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of William Moore, for sup
plies furnished. County Jail. during February and
March, 1866, be audited and allowed at one thousand
two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and eighty-five
cents ($1,239 85), and the Comptroller directed to pay
them from appropriation for “Supplies furnished
County Jail.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17,1856.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the following-named:
W. W. Wetmore, repairs County Jail, thirly-
nine dollars and fifty-five cents $39 55
Morgan Jones, repairs County Offices, fourteen
dollars and thirty-five cents 14 35
Archibald Hall, Jr., painting County Offices,
two hundred and sixty-one dollars23l 00
Archibald Ha 1, Jr., painting County Offices,
three hundred and ninety-eight dollars 398 00
—be audited add allowed, and the Comptroller be di
rected to pay them from appropriation for “ Repairs
to County Buildings.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved That the bills of Mary Reynolds, amount
ing to seven hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty
cents ($721 50), for board of detained witnesses dur
ing December, 1865, and January, 1866, be audited
and allowed, and the Comptroller directed to pay the
same from appropriations for “Support of Detained
Witnesses.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved That the bills of the following named, for
services as Attendants at Court Oyer and Terminer,
from April 1, 1865, to December 31, 1865 :
John C. Busnell, Wm. Ricketts
John S. Bussing, James Higgins,
John Collins, James Eagan,
Wm. Cunningham, J. 8. K. Judge.
John Duryea, Alex. Mcllhargy,
Chas. H. Hinman, Bernard Morrissey,
David Kyle, Isaiah Rynders,
John McDermott, Thomas Smith
Joseph Ponton Edw’d C. Travers and
Edward Witherfll.
—be audited and allowed at thirty-seven dollars and
fifty cents ($37 50) each, and the Comptroller directed
to pay them from appropriation for “Disbursements
and Fees of County Officers and Witnesses.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILL.
Resolved, That the annexed bill of Thomas Smith,
Deputy Sheriff, for services and expenses incurred in
conveying William E. Allison ,to the State Inebriate
Asylum, in accordance with an order of Judge Josiah
Sutherland, be. audited and allowed at seventy-five
dollars and twenty-five cents ($75 25), and the Comp
troller directed to pay the same from appropriation
for “Disbursements for County Officers and Witnesses’
Fees.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15,1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
, bills. . .
Resolved, That the bills of the following named
newspapers, for publishing the Annual Report of the
Clerk of the Board for 1865, be audited and alto-wed as
follows :
Atlas, eight hundred and seventy-two dollars
and fifty-five cents'sß72 55
Courier, eight hundred and seventy-two dollars
and fifty-five cents 872 55
New Yorker Journal, eight hundred and seven-
ty-two dollars and thirty-five ceuts 872 35
New Yorker, eight hundred and seventy-two
dollars and thirty-five cents. 872 35
Citizen, eight hundred and fifty-nine dollars
■ and sixty-five cents; 859 65
Sunday Mercury,’ seven hundred and twenty-
one dollars ._ 721 00
Abend Zeitung, seven hundred and twelve dol-
lars and fifty cents 712 50
—and the Comptroller directed to pay them from ap
propriation for “Advertising.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
PETITIONS.
•Resolved, That the petitions of 2Etna Fire Insurance
Company, Nathaniel F. Miller, J. H. De Kay, L.
Keitch, and Leopold Schmidt, for correction of tax,
be and the same are hereby referred to the Comptrol
ler, with power, this Board having no power in the
premises.
Adopted, by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the following-named be
audited and allowed:
Archibald Hall, Jr., painting and glazing coun
ty offices, one hundred and twelve dollars
and ninety-five centssll2 95
Archibald Hall, Jr., painting and glazing coun
ty offices, ts\ o hundred and forty-three dol
lars and five cents 243 05
Lewis Carpenter, repairs, &c., county offices,
forty dollars and forty-five cents 40 45
Morgan Jones, repairs, &c., county offices, two
hundred and fifty-one dollars and forty-eight
cents 251 48
—and the Comptroller directed to pay them from ap
propriation for “Repairs to County Buildings.”
Adopted by tho Board of Supervisors, May 10, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17,1866.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
BILLS.
Resolved, That the bills of the following-named:
C. Lockwood & Co., articles, Court-rooms, four
hundred and twenty dollars and seventy-five
centss42o 75
T. J. Blanch’s Sons, furniture, Civil Court
rooms, two hundred and seventy-five dol
lars 275 00
T. J. Blanck’s Sons, furniture, Civil Court
rooms, five hundred and forty-three dollars
and twenty-five cents 543 25
T. J. Blanck’s Sons, furniture, Civil Court
rooms, fifty-four dollars 54 00
T. J. Blanck’s Sons, furniture, Civil Court
rooms, lour hundred and seventy-five dol
lars 475 00
Wm. Jones, supplies, &c., Civil Court-rooms,
two hundred and two dollars aud forty-two
cents 202 42
Adams & Spencer, carpets, &c., Civil Court
rooms, eighty-seven dollars and seventy-five
cents 87 75
Keyser & Co., carpets, &c., Civil Court-rooms,
fifty-seven dollars aud ninety cents...z 57 90
T. J. Blanck’s Sons, furniture, Civil Court-
rooms, one hundred and twenty-six dollars. 126 00
T. J. Blanck’s Sons, furniture, Civil Court
rooms, five hundred and eigh(y-nine dollars
and fifty cents 589 50
T. J. Blanck’s Sons, furniture, Civil Court-
rooms, sixty-one dollars 61 00
Wm. Jones, supplies, &c., Civil Court-rooms,
two hundred and ninety-four dollars and
eighteen cents 294 18
—be audited and allowed, and the Comptroller direct
ed to pay them from approprialiou lor “Disburse
ments of County Officers’ aud Witnesses’ Fees.”
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Approved by the Mayor, May 17, 1866.
J. B. Young, Clerfe
Resolved, That the tax assessed against house and
lot No. 4'5 Canal street for the year 1865 be and the
same, is hereby remitted, said property being used
for by the Gcrm?.n fjocicij. ■
I Bowlvcd, TMtUo to? on * valtutipQ oj ftfty
sand dollars ($50,000), assessed against Almon H.
Griswold, on personal property, for the year 1865, be
and is hereby reduced to a valuation of five thousand
dollars ($5,000), Mr. Griswold having called at the
Tax Commissioners’ office at the proper time and hav
ing been told that he was assessed on five thousand
dollars ($5,000), and he having only that amount of
personal property.
Resolved, That the tax on ten thousand dollars
($10,000), personal property, assessed against William
F. Beams tor the year 1865, be and the same is hereby
remitted, said Beams having resided in Westchester
County and paid taxes on personal property in said
county for the year 1865, and therefore not liable to
pay tax in the County of New York.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of six thou
sand dollars ($6,000), personal property, assessed
against Edwin A. Hopkins, for the year 1865, be and
the same- is hereby remitted, said Hopkins having
been absent from the County of New Y’ork during the
whole time the fax books were open for examination,
and having no personal property.
Resolved, That the tax on valuation of twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000), personal property, assessed
against William Byfield, for the year 1865, be and the
same is hereby reduced to a valuation of one thou
sand five hundred dollars ($1,500), said Byfield having
been sick during the whole time the tax books were
open for. examination, and having only one thousand
five hundred dollars ($1,500) personal property.
Resolved, That the tax on valuation of fifteen thou
sand dollars ($15,000), personal property, assessed
a St Franklin W. Gilley, Jr., for the year 1865, be
and the same is hereby remitted, said Gilley having
been a resident and tax-payer in Westchester County,
this State, and therefore not liable to pay tax in this
County.
Resolved, That the tax on va’uation of two thou
sand seven hundred dollars ($2,700), assessed against
lots Nos. 16 and 25, of block No. 924, in Twelfth Ward,
be and the same is hereby reduced to seven hundred
dollars ($700), the same having been assessed in error
by the Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of ten thou
sand dollars ($10,000), personal property, assessed
against Cyrus A. Hubbard, for the year 1865, be and
the same is hereby reduced to a valuation of five
thousand dollars ($5,000), he having only that amount
of personal property, and having been served with a
notice from the Tax Commissioners assessing him on
a valuation of five thousand dollars ($,5000).
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of five thou
sand dollars ($5,000), personal property, assessed
against Isaac H. Pierson for the year 1865, as a non
resident, be and the same is hereby remitted, said
Pierson having no personal propertyinvested in busi
ness in this county, and being a resident of New Jer
sey for the last twenty years.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of thirty thou
sand dollars ($30,000), personal property, assessed
against Denning Duer for the year 1865, be and the
same is hereby remitted, said Duel’ having been a
resident of New Jersey for the last five years, and
having no personal property in business in this
county.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars ($120,000), assessed
against houses and lots Nos. 542 and 544 Broadway,
for the year 1865, be and the same is hereby reduced
to a valuation of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), be
ing a valuation of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) on
house and lot No. 542, and thirty thousand dollars
($30,000) on house and lot No. 514 Broadway, the
same having been assessed in error by the Tax Com
missioners.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of three thou
sand two hundred dollars ($3,200), assessed against
house and lot No. 137 Thirteenth street, in Ninth
Ward, owned by John Laurits, be and the same is
hereby reduced to a valuation of two thousand seven
hundred dollars ($2,700), Mr. Laurets being by law
entitled to a reduction of five hundred dollars ($500),
and having applied at the Tax Commissioners’ office,
and they having taken five hundred dollars ($500) off
of the property of the adjoining number by mistake.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of six thou
sand dollars ($6,000), personal property, assessed
against Wm. H. Darling, for the year 1865, be and the
same is hereby remitted, said Darling having been
sick during the whole time the tax books were open
for examination, and having no personal property.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of five thou
sand dollars ($5,000), personal property, assessed
against Ephraim Fishel, deceased, be and the same is
hereby reduced to a valuation of two thousand dol
lars ($2,000), said Fishel having been sick during the
whole time the tax books were open for examination,
and having only two thousand dollars ($2,000) per
sonal property.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of six thou
sand dollars ($6,000), assessed against J. W. Caldwell,
for the year 1865, be and the same is hereby reduced
to a valuation of two thousand dollars ($2,600), said
Caldwell having been sick during the whole time the
tax books were open for examination, and having
only two thousand dollars ($2,003) personal property.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of six thou
sand dollars ($6,000), personal property, assessed
against Edmund Titus, for the year 1865, be and the
same is hereby remitted, said Titus having been a
resident and tax-payer of Kings county during said
year, and therefore not liable to pay tax in this
county.
Resolved, That the petition of Edmund Titus, in re
lation to taxes paid in error, be and is hereby re
ferred to the Comptroller with power, to take such ac
tion as he may deem best for the interests of the
County.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of three
thousand dollars ($3,000,) personal property, assessed
against Frederick Giebel, for the year 1865, be and
the same is hereby remitted, said Giebel having been
absent from the County during the whole time the
tax books were open for examination, and having no
personal property.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of nineteen
thousand dollars ($19,000), assessed on lots Nos. 38
and 41, block No. 529, in Nineteenth Ward, owned by
the Fourth Univcrsalist Society, be and the same is
hereby remitted, said property being occupied and
owned exclusively for religious purposes.
Resolved, That the tax on thirty thousand dollars
($30,000,) personal property, assessed against Owen
A. Gill, for the year 1865, be and the same is hereby
remitted, said Gill being a non-resident and having
no personal property in the County.
Resolved, That the tax on five thousand dollars
($5,000) personal property, assessed against Charles
8. Strong, for the year 1865, be and the same is here
by remitted, said Strong having applied tp the Tax
Commissioners’ office on or prior to April 22, 1865,
and was told in the office that he was not assessed
on personal property, and he having no personal
property.
Resolved, That the tax on two thousand dollars
($2,000,) assessed against George A. Boyce, for the
year 1865, be and the same is hereby remitted, said
Boyce having been a resident and tax-payer in Kings
County during the whole of 1865, and therefore not
liable to pay tax in this county.
Resolved, That the tax on valuation of ten thou
sand dollars ($10,000), personal property, assessed
against Thomas Wilson, for the year 1865, be, and the
same is hereby reduced to a valuation of seven thou:
sand dollars ($7,000), said Wilson having been absent
from the county during the whole time the tax-books
were open for examination, and having only that
amount of personal property.
Resolved, That the tax on valuation of five thou
sand dollars ($5,000), personal property, assessed
against William W. Titus, for the year 1865, be, and
the same is hereby, remitted, said Titus having been
a resident and tax-payer of Kings County in 1865, and
therefore not liable to pay tax on personal property in
this county.
Resolved, That the petition of William W. Titus, in
relation to taxes paid in error, be, and is hereby, re
ferred to the Comptroller, with power, to take such
action as he may deem for the best interests of the
county.
Resolved, That the tax on a valuation of three thou
sand three hundred dollars ($3,300), assessed against
lot Ward No. 2,612, in Twentieth street, north side,
between Seventh and Eighth avenues, be, and is
hereby, reduced to a valuation of ($300), the same
having been a clerical error of the Tax Commis
sioners.
Adopted by the Board of Supervisors, May 15, 1866.
Received from the Mayor, May 21, 1866, without his
approval thereof or his objections thereto; therefore,
under the provisions of the Act passed April 15, 1857,
relating to the Board of Supervisors of the County of
New York, the same became adopted.
J. B. Young, Clerk.
■W gnit JRde M gift.
An Exciting Affair in a St. Louis
Court.—The Injured Husband Shoots His
Erring Wife.— The St. Louis Democrat, May
3, says : Our readers are acquainted with the
facts connected with the arrest of Mrs. Mary
Bright and Gus. Ortell, several days ago, at
Carondelet. on a charge of adultery. The proof
of the guilt of the abandoned wretches was of
the most positive character, and even Col. Nat.
Claiborne, their lawyer, could not undertake,
with all his eloquence and ingenuity, to demand
an acquittal for his clients. When the trial
came up yesterday morning in the Court of
Criminal Correction, Col. Claiborne entered a
plea of guilty on the part of the aceiised, and
Judge Wolff fined them SIOO each.
Mr. Bright, the husband of the guilty woman,
felt that the penalty imposed was a mere mock
ery of justice, and for the first time he con
ceived the idea of inflicting punishment, with
his own hand. He looked around for Mr.
Mauro, his attorney, to inquire if the majesty
of the law had expended its force, and to ask
him if the case should not be taken to a higher
Court, but Mr. Mauro had stepped out. Mr.
Bright was standing near the door of the
County Marshal’s office, when his wife, with
the sang froid of an abandoned woman and
the smirking insolence of a courtesan, ap
proached the spot where he was standing. She
was leaning on the arm of Col. Claiborne. Or
tell lagged a few paces behind, and was stand
ing near the water-cooler. At this time, in a
momentpf indignation, Mr. Bright drew from
his pocket a small four-barreled revolver, about
four inches in length, and placing the muzzle
within five or six feet of his wife’s face, fired.
The ball—a very small one-entered her right
cheek, near the nostril, and glanced upward.
Mr. Bright fired a second shot, which missed
her, and passed into the wooden bookcase at
tached to the wall. The woman turned and
walked rapidly back into the court-room, and,
sitting down, remarked that she was shot.
Several persons were in the room at the time
the shot was fired; among them was John Gil
foil, driver of the “ Black Maria.” The other
persons scattered in haste, but Gilfoil, being a
cool customer, and not afraid of pistols or
bowie knives, sprang upon Mr. Bright and
seized hold or his arm. Ortel, the seducer, also
came up, getting behind Gilfoil, and tearing the
coat of that stout John. Half a dozen police
men now rushed in, ripping and tearing and
pulling and hauling, as is their custom, and two
of them—Gazzolo and McKenna—escorted
Bright to the calaboose. He remained there
two hours, when lie was bailed out.
Having seen the injured husband disposed of,
Ortell now turned his attention to the stricken
partner of his guilt. She was calm and col
lected, and complained of no pain, although
the blood was trickling from the wound in her
cheek. A carriage was procured, and Ortell
conveyed the woman to the Sisters’ Hospital.
Hrs. Dudley and Gregory dressed the wound,
and at 5 o’clock in the afternoon she was sitting
up and doing well. The report that she had
died was not true. Her wound is not dan
gerous, and she will recover.
It was stated before that Mr. Bright had four
children; he has but two, one a girl of thirteen,
the other a boy of ten. He is satisfied that
matters turned out as they did. His only re
gret is that he did not put a bullet through the
destroyer of his happiness. He would have
done so if he had met him first when the fever
of anger was upon him. As it happened, the
j¥uina*i was in adYagPCj the was
The Sad Result of too mugs Shuf
fling of the “Light Fantastic Toe”—An In
dignant Husband and a Parting Kiss. —The
De Witt (Iowa) Observer of the 6th inst. gives
an elaborate account of an elopement that oc
curred from the timber north of that place, at
a recent date, in the case of Mr. Joseph. Li
ston’s wife Mary and one Albert Lashaway.
Sheriff Hogle, of Clinton county and his deputy,
Wickes, arrested the parties at Rammassa.
seven miles east of De Witt, on the sth inst. It
seems that Mrs. Mary was given to too much
“ shuffling of the light fantastic toe,” which her
husband objected to. Mr. Liston is an atten
tive, hard-working.. man, and recently sold a
farm in the timber for $320. This money
locked up at home in a trunk for safc^gP?
and to be appropriately applied for <Aeir future
maintenance. Lashaway is a perhaps
some twenty summers, living in t^ie neighbor
hood of Liston’s for some time. an d has made a
living, as the Observer by his fiddle. Of
course great respectebilitf 18 attached to that
profession, and the ways of one given
to it, as was Lash away, won the fair Mary.
She concluded the embodiment of perfection
was in Albert, and »ot in her lawful wedded Jo
seph, and connived a plan of elopement with
him, taking, to defray all incidental expenses,
the $320. Mr. L. was absent from home at the
time, but upon his return found no one at home
—the children at a neighbor’s. A young man
from De Witt, an accomplice in the act, had
furnished the carriage; and quoting from the
Observer, who has probably been credibly in
formed of all the facts, a brother of Mrs. Lis
ton, suspecting that evening that all was not
going right, concluded to watch at the roadside
m the woods near the house. Some time after
dark a covered carriage drove up near the
house, past where the young man was keeping
watch, and turned round to go back. When
the carriage came near the young man. a wo
man’s voice was heard to cry out: “ Hold on—l
want to ride.” Unknown to each other, the
brother and sister had sought hiding-places
near together, and when she advanced, making
the above remark, the brother sprang forward
and caught her, saying: “No, by G—d, you
won’t.” She cried for help, and Lashaway,
jumping from the carriage, took part in the
tussle, which resulted in the release of the wo
man, and the couple getting into the carriage,
rode off. The carriage was tracked to De Witt,
and it was discovered at the Gates House that
they had arrived there about 6 o’clock in the
morning, the gallant registering the name of
“A. Lashaway and lady.” The sheriff followed
them up as already stated, and obtained S3OO of
the missing money, which was given to Liston.
The husband gave Mrs. Liston SSO, and said
“he never wanted to see her again.” This she
took very coolly; but when, by permission of
the sheriff, she went to the jail door to bid her
hopeful fiddler good-by, she was moved to
tears. A parting kiss was taken, and the lov
ing pair had to separate. Mr. Liston, from re
spect to the parents of his infidel wffe‘, has
dropped the case, though he could, no doubt,
have the offenders sent to State Prison. Both
Lashaway and his devoted Mary declare their
intention of yet living together, although he
has a wife in Canada, having come out here to
secure a place to move in. Mrs. Liston gave
Lashaway $25 of the SSO she received of her
husband. He is now in jail, and we have not
been informed of her whereabouts.
Herod Out-Heroded —How a Fiend
ish Husband Disposes of Two of his New-
Born Children. —The Chicago Post says that
on Tuesday week a man was put on trial in that
city, whose name is Charles Schultz.
The first charge preferred against him was
for living in an open state of adultery with a
woman named Mary Lawless.
Then came the other and graver charge
against the man. His wife, a quiet and respect
able-looking woman, stated that four years
she gave birth to a child. Her husband told
her he did not wish her to have any more chil
dren, and refused to get her a doctor, stating
that he himself was a eood doctor, and that he
would attend to her nimself. He did attend
to her.
The child was born, and the poor mother,
upon hearing it cry, requested that it should
be placed in her arms. The father told her that
ho had taken care of it, and that it would not
trouble them any more. She told him that it
lay heavy at her heart to lose her little one, and
implored him to give it to her. She never saw
it again, and some time after he told her that
he had buried it in the yard.
Last Fall, the unhappy wife again gave birth
to a child. Again she heard it cry. and thought
of the little innocent being who had been so
summarily disposed of four years before. As
before, the husband had refused to get medical
attendance. As before, she heard its pleading
voice but once. It was also taken care of by
the watchful parent, and with the other infant
buried in the yard.
The afflicted wife meant to expose the doings
of her unnatural husband, but was deterred
from doing so by the threats he made that he
would kill both her and her daughter if any syl
lable of information was ever uttered against
him.
At last, however, goaded to distraction by his
brutal she narrated her dreadful story
at the Central Police Station, the result of which
proceeding was, that officers Moore and Elliott
were dispatched to take him into custody. He
was found in bed with his properly-named Law
less companion.
Upon being surprised, he drew a revolver,
and would have used it with tragical effect but
that Mr. Moore’s firm hand closed with vice
like force upon his throat, producing a suffo
cating sensation which made him for a time
harmless.
When he recovered himself sufficiently to
give further evidence of his resisting power,
e found his wrists encircled by a pair of con
veniently-adjusted handcuffs. He kicked, strug
gled and bit, in a furious manner, all the way
between his own house and the station, but was
eventually lodged there in safety, the female
criminal being placed in an adjoining cell.
All the circumstances of his horrible crimes
having been fully detailed, Justice Milliken
committed him for trial at the Circuit Court, on
a charge of murder, expressing at the same
time his earnest wish that he would leave the
jail only through the means of exit afforded by
the gallows. The monster looked the Court
in the face in the most defiant manner, and
swaggered back to the prisoner’s den with the
air and attitude of a man to whom hanging has
no terror.
Truth Stranger than Fiction —Rare
Devotion of a Wife From the Pittsburg Ga-
zelte, .May 9, we glean the facts of a very affect
ing case of devotion, on the part of a wife, came
to our knowledge yesterday, which we will lay
before our'readers, withholding, with pruden
tial motives, the names of the parties. It seems
that some two or three months ago a well dress
ed lady and gentleman came to this city and
took board at a prominent hotel, and there
becoming involved for board, the lady hypothe
cated her wardrobe to satisfy the bill. Her
husband in the meantime obtained a position
as clerk, took to drinking very hard, and of
course spent 'much of his salary to gratify his
appetite for liquor.
The devoted, wife, in order to lend a helping
hand, still hoping that a brighter day would ere
long dawn, and that through her kindness and
attention she might wean her husband from his
fast growing habit of drink, started out in
search of employment—a delicate, slender and
beautiful woman,' unaccustomed to labor or
harsh treatment. She at length got a place to
do plain sewing for a landlady of one of our ho
tels, at $3 dollars per week, giving, of course,
an anonymous name.
Time sped on, and the husband came and
took a room at the same hotel, still drinking
very hard, mostly in his room, however, but re
taining his situation. On Monday, the effects
of the continued drinking without eating,
brought on delirium, and the landlord placed a
man m the room to watch that he did himself
no violence; but he broke away from his keeper
about 12 o’clock on Monday night, and got into
the street, crying murder, watch, etc. When
the watchmen came up to him, he begged to be
taken and protected. They took charge of him,
and yesterday morning he was conveyed to a
hospital. Wnen the wife heard this she related
her story, with tears in her eyes, and express
ing a desire to follow his fortunes, she gave up
her situation, which w r as that of chambermaid
at the time—she taking that position rather
than leave her husband, after the sewing was
all done, and followed him to the hospital. This
is an instance of devoted affection rarely met
with in this callous age, and this heroic woman
deserves the compassion and commendation of
all well thinking people, and she will get it.
A Sad Case Sent to the Magdalen
Asylum, and for What ?—The San Francisco
Daily Call of the 26th ult., says we yesterday
mentioned the case of a young girl named Ellen
Magee, who had severed the family ties and
wandered away in search of false gods, as well
as the efforts that were being made to rescue
her from a life of shame and infamy. When
that paragraph was written, it was thought
that the evil advisers of the girl had managed
to get her beyond the jurisdiction of the Courts
—and, indeed, after events proved that an effort
had been made to encompass that result; but
fortunately they met with a complete failure,
for vesterdry afternoon Policeman Levy, while
on duty on his beat, met and identified the girl
in the street, took her into custody, conveyed
her to the City Hall, and delivered her into the
custody of the Sheriff; who notified his Honor,
Judge Cowles, of the fact. As soon as the girl’s
mother learned of her arrest, she visited her,
and had a long and painful interview. The
girl’s spirit was rebellions, and she stoutly
maintained that she would not abandon the life
she had been leading since her departure from
the parental roof. All the eloquence of an an
guished mother was unavailing, and the poor
woman began to despair of ever seeing her
child weaned from her evil associations and bad
companions. At five o’clock P. M. the girl was
taken before his Honor, Judge Cowles, in
chambers, when an effort was made to have her
enter the Magdalen Asylum ; but she continued
rebellions for quite a length of time. But
finally she wavered, and agreed to go home
with her mother and remain with her. Know
ing that this offer was nothing more than a sub
terfuge to escape further importunity, the
mother was unwilling to accept the proposition.
Judge Cowles finally took the girl and her
mother to one side, and talked with them for
some time, when the rebellious spirit of the
young girl gave way, and she gave her assent
to tho proposition for her to taka up a resi-
Magdalen topwi tax a touted j
Sunday Edition. May 27.
time. This determination being satisfactow
ail parties, his honor directed an office- , ac —l
company her to the Asylum and dri/“ red het l
into the custody of the manager? have
doubt that the young heart w^ c “ found the aW
lurements of sin so strong * iat - was with
greatest difficulty shcL-.-^ l3 tear herself away!
from them, reste<Lf a ' saer slept soundefj
within the walls - Tier semi-prison last nighfcj
than she has / “Sht since she cut herself!
adrift family circle. J
famous Charge-Hb Exposed His!
Person to a Little Gnu,.—The California!
Daily Morning Call of the 27th ult. gives the!
following account of how Edward Montgomery
was arrested yesterday morning, charged witffl
‘exposing his person to a little girl attending
the Denman School, and making an indecent!
assault upon her. The father of the child tells)
u-tn particulars of the affair: Hiss'
child, while returning from school, has sever al
times been chased by some person who had ap-i
peared to be watching her movements. Onj
Tuesday evening she was going home, and!
when about two blocks from her father’s noussj
had to pass through a deep cut that had beend
made in grading the street. Soon after enter-4
ing this cut she observed Montgomery ap-»i
proaching her, with his clothes so
to expose his person. She crossed to thal
opposite side of tne street, when the
a. I ® o crossed over; she then returned to theJ
side from winch she had gone to get rid of him J
when he again headed her off. She then brokS
and run, but was pursued and overtaken juste
as she was emerging from the cut. She wa®
screamings at the extent of her voice, and fori
tunately her father was returning&iome, and)
hearing her cries hastened to her rescue. As
soon as he came in sight the rascallion fledgl
but the father being on horseback pursued J
chase took place, but finally the f'u-w
gffive escaped by jumping fences and taking to
the chapparral. Several policemen had joined
in the pursuit, and got near enough to recog
nize him, and then gave up the pursuit, know-*
ing where he resided, and being satisfied that!
, e y could capture him without difficulty after
htfalh At twelve o’clock in the night a posse
of officers proceeded to the shanty occupied by
the accused, and after surrounding it to pre**
esca ping, Officer Carpenter knocked at
the door and entered, just in time to see Mont-*
gomery going out of the back door in the ro
mantic costume of a Georgia Major. Instead!
however, he ran into the arms of;
Officer Eorner, who was standing near the door,
from which he was making his exit. Montgom
a marr^ man , having a wife and one
child, and it seems singular that he could be
guilty of so great an outrage.
The Acquittal of Dr. Newland.—•-
This gentleman, formerly on General J. C. Da
vis’ staff, some weeks ago shot aud killed Madi
son Evans, a prominent politician and a preach-*
er, for the seduction of his daughter. His tri
al at New Albany, Ind., has resulted in his ac
quittai. The following is a portion of Mis&
Newland’s testimony:
“On the evening of the sth of March, her;
father came into her room, took her by the,
hand, put his arm around her, and wanted to
know if it was true she was pregnant. 8h&
said, * Yes, father, it was.’ He then wanted to
know of her who was the author of her ruin. 1
She said she did not wish to tell. He said,
‘ Child, you must tell.’ On her knees, before*
her father, she told him it was Mr. Evans*
Her father told her that she should not b$
turned away from home, and told her to tell
him all about it. She said, ‘ Father I was sent
to his school, put under his charge at Sabbath?
school, and attended his preaching, and by ona
art after another he (Evans) finally seduced
her when she was a very young girl. Her fatl>?
er asked her, then why in the name of GodJ
child, when you grew older, did you not break
off this illicit intercourse! She said she
tried every way to do so, but that Evans had|
induced and compelled her to continue it by t
threats of exposure and ridiculing her, often
sending her notes, and coming to her father’B
house with these threats till she had been
brought to her present condition. While tell®
ing her father this, she was kneeling before
him with her head on her father’s bosom.
When she got through having told her father
of her ruin when a child, he arose from where
he was sitting, raising her up with him.
looked her in the face, and said, * Child, hava
you told me the truth ?’ * God knows I
father.’ Her father then left her in a state of
intense excitement, and she fell on the floor?
She recollected no more till after the killing of
Evans.” y >
How Wife-Killing is Encouraged raf
Chicago.—-William Hopps was recently tried in
Chicago for the murder of his wife, and acquit-;
ted of all guilt in the premises. According tol
the Chicago ItepuWtcan, the facts of the inur-i
der were not disputed. He slew her with $
butcher knife, in a fit of drunkenness. He wad]
absolved of any crime in the act, by reason of
insanity; but when, on the rendering of thia i
verdict, the District /kttorney moved that be be
held in custody while the question of his
ent soundness of mind could be properly detdfed
mined, the Judge decided that he must be sqcj
at liberty, because, as the insanity was connect®!
ed with his wife alone, her removal had removed]
it also.
This conclusion of one of the most horrible]
murders ever committed exhibits a very re*j
markable, not to say alarming, state of the lawj
Any man who desires to murder his wife has
perfect right to do so, in Chicago, at least. AUj
that is necessary is, that he shall get drunk a]
couple of times beforehand, and abuse her
tally while in that condition. The veity bestiality
of his drunkenness and the violence of his abusa.
will suffice to demonstrate that he is no longed
in a responsible condition of mind, so far as she
is concerned. For every other act the law wilj
hold him responsible, but the killing of his wife,
will be treated as an innocent display of mental
aberration. Nor need he fear that after tlie
trial is over, he may be obliged to suffer some
inconvenient detention in some public
for the insane, as his mind will be diseased only'
in respect of the person whom he
The consummation of the deed will also be coifefr
sidered as completing his cure. :
— S
The Latest Concerning the Famous;
Gottschalk Amatory Escapade The fagaM
cious Gottschalk, whose amatory escapadesjJ
have become notorious in every.quarter of the:
globe, sends a highly imaginative version Oft
his hurried hegira from San . Francisco ta
L'Arte Musicale’ of Paris, of which paper he if
a correspondent. The great pianist says :
was obliged to leave the city precipitately from
fear of being assassinated. I will perhaps re-j
late to you in my next letter this singular storyj]
which so well paints the customs of the modernf
El Dorado.” We rather suspect that the 111111$
trious fugitive will not “relate in his next let-,
ter this singular story”—at least that he w®
not relate it precisely as it occurred. Wo
would be willing to lay a reasonable wager that?
if he does furnish L' Arte Musicale with a nat J
rative of the Oakland affair, he will to a COM
siderable extent adorn the sober facts of HiS?‘
tory with the pleasing embellishments of
tion. Meantime, we cannot refrain from ex«
pressing our admiration of the inimitable eoOM
ness evinced by the “ Fugitive” in his allusion,
to the Contra Costa affair—a coolness whiem
bears a close family likeness to the trait vul*
gariy designated as “impudence.” Gottschalk
may impose his version of this disgraceful es
capade upon his Parisian admirers ; but w«
doubt if he will be able to make a single dups
in California.
An Injured Husband Applies to a.
Minister fob a Divorce At an early hour last
Sabbath morning, says the Pittsfield Eagle of
the 23d inst., one ofour clergymen was visited.
by a young man whose countenance
mingled rage and despair. Without ceremony,
the injured youth made known his busmeßß, -
He said that his wife, whom he had always -
loved and cherished, had proved false to him,
and he wanted the clergyman to publish her ia
church that day. He was kindly informed of
the impropriety of such proceeding, but tha
hapless and injured husband was not willing to
let the matter rest thus, and continued: “ I
found my wife last night with anotherman, and',
as for living with her any longer I won’t do it,
and now if you won’t publish her in church you
must give me a divorce.” Again he was in
formed that he was asking another impossi
bility, whereupon the young man left, looking
sorrowful, and doubtless wondering that pt
minister should not be able to undo what to
had done up.
Tjove and Perjury. —George Skeld
ing and August Marchbeut were arrested,
charged with perjury. The offence appears to
have been committed under the following cir
cumstances : A young man fell in love with a
young Jewess, and wanted to marry her, but
his religious belief precluded such a proposi
tion, and the “ cruel parient ” refused his sane-*
tion. But young love laughs at the commands*
of old heads, and does pretty much as it
pleases, and the result in this case was that
two friends we»e found, who testified before tha
County Clerk that the girl was eighteen year®
of age, and thereby obtained a license, whichri
permitted the young lovers to get married, ana;
which they did, unknown to the old folks. For
their kindly efforts in procuring the license, th&.<
friends were arrested for perjury. j |
Scandalous Case. —A distressing de«
vevelopment in Santa Rosa, a few days Bincetl
(says the Healdsburg Standard, April 18th.) j
threw that town into a fever of excitement,. IM
appears that a young lady named Gurtridge,;
of a highly respectable family, recently gavel
birth to a child, and named Dr. J. L. Downing.)
of Santa Rosa, (andmember of the Legislature) :
as its paternal author. The doctor returileil.i
home on Friday last from Sacramento,
found the popular indignation against him very:
high, and still increasing. Fearing lest hej
should be murdered in his own house, he soughy
the protection of Sheriff Clark, who stayed with
him during the night, while a dozen men eur«>
rounded the house to prevent his escape. t
Miscegenation.— Some time sine®
the widow of a soldier at Sandgate, Vermont,
having three children, married a black man
or fifteen years older than herself, who wao]
temporarily residing there, and had one chil(X
by him. Recently the family came upon the*'
town as paupers, and the town authorities
their passage and sent them off to Chicago/DUtM
the city authorities of Chicago have sent them'
[back t?