Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1877 Page: 3 of 4
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PUBLISHED BY
V.tTSiTIN
Thursday.: MAp.nr 20. 1977
ATTobinV "tlra; store jou can get
window or picture glass of aty size. .
fcl.tf
Wall Pai-ur! Wall Paper! A
large aud Vitrie.1 assortment for sale t
greatly reduced prices by J. J. & W.
.II. Tobin. fl8d.fc.wtf
Popu! ar iiluilralcd Lok (360 pagct) on
Manhood 1 Womanhood! Markiage!
Imtediir.ent to Marriage ; C.e caiue and
cure y ent jteurtly teal" post-paid for 50
cents by La. C. Whittier 017 at.
Charles Street St. Louis Mo. the great
specialist. Read hii work.
Eoiie Noxts. Catarrh Sore Throat
a sure cure is Dr. J. II. McLean's Ca-
tarrh Snnff. H iH a new antecptic
principle never fails. Trial boxes by
mail 50. Dr. J. II. McLean 314 Ches-
nut St. Louis Mo.
A wan whs run over Thursday night
by a Central train near Elgin anil
killed. The man was lying on the
track and mpp scd to be intoxicated.
'A whisky bottle was found ciushcu
into bis persou.
Chronic consumption is not cured
by simply unloading tlie bowels. The
medicine must possess tonic altera-
tive ami corrective properties. These
iunlitlcs ore combined in Dr. Tutt's
I'illrt and they will permanently cure
this serious disease. 18 Murray street
iw Votk.
Hol.l.OWAY'S.PlI.I.S AND OINTMENT.
Scrtfula wag ordered incurable until
tho great discovery of Holloway's Pills
ind (Ointment Unfiled upon the world.
Diseases which bailie the skill of the
medical schools readily yield to these
Ieerlena" remedies. Scurvy erysipelas
sultrlicKti) itch and all cutaneous erup-
tions are curable by them. Twenty-
live ceuts per box or pot.
I love it 1 love it and who shall dare
To chide 1:10 for loving my Sozodont
there?
I've used it and blessed it a thousand
time;
Till ray breath is as sweet as poets'
rhymes
Till aiy teotli arc as white as diamonds
rre.
Oh! a' precious thing is my Sozodont
fair.
EsTAi:i.isiii:i 1840. Thu A. Q. Sim-
uittia Liver Medicine we see so much
tuiJ about in our papers Is the old
orijpiial and genuiuu preparation put
up ia yellow w nippers with a likeness
of tho old Doctor upon each package.
It cures all affectioua arising from a
torpid and diceased liver. Ask for the
yellow wrapper and tttko no other; it
1.4 the ouly ge nuine. Sold by Morley
Brothers J. J. & V. II. Tobin It. II.
Cousins H. II. Smith. M. A. Thed-
ford & Co. sole proprieto.reCbattanoo-
rti Tennessee.
Received weekly'.by Morley Brothers
.or J. J. & W. II. Tobin.
jnniadOineodiwOm
" Brandy brandy bune of life
Sning of torment source of strife
If 1 could half thy vices tell
'The w uo would wish you safe iu h 1."
Such is the refrain from tho lips of
She poor diseased toper who would fly
i rom his cm my if possible. Remember
that it is a dUeaaed liver that craves
relief. Instead of brandy or any other
stimulant use Simmons' Liver Regu
lator 11 u 1 it will afford relief.
Genuine prepared only by J. II. Zei-
.liu & Co. Philadelphia.
A Certain llrutlactie l ure.
If you sutler from sick or nervous
Levlaehe morning sickness or neu-
ralgia go to your druggist and get a
ten ce.'it trial puck of Dr. iltisley's
Victor llendacho Powers or J. R.
lkihloY Si Co. Salem N. J. will mail
tiiem post-paid. A single powder ac-
tually cures U10 most distressing cases
111 ten mii.utct. It is purely vegetable
entirely harmless a physician's dis-
covery and wo guarantee it to do all
tvtf c'tdai. You cau get the. CO cent
parks or tho 10 cent trial size at Mor-
ley Bros. in Austin and at oil other
first-class druggists ereiywhere. Con-
vince yourself.
How la Your Liver.
If you aro troubled witk headache
madness incapacity to keep tho mind
o any subject dizzy sleepy or nerv-
ous feclingii irritability of temper or
a bad lasto in the mouth palpitation
uustcuriy appetite pains in the aide
' or any ruch symptoms of liver com-
plaint and constipation of the bowels
go to your druggists Morley Bros.
aud get ft bottle of Dr. Sherman's
Prickly Ash Bitteic No spirit is used
in the tu:iuufaeturo of them except a
pure article of Holland gin. They are
. a thousand times easier to take than
- pills seiJlitz powders etc. Ladies in
; particular will Cud them peculiarly
: adapted to their wauts and conditions
. of life iu all ages.
Tim following is a lisfof the liter-
13 Jtuluros in this city iu the last ten
yean: J'lmt-Rty agricultural weekly;
JbpuuicJii daily aud weekly; Stat
OajfUe tr!-weckly .publication re-
turned; Cm won ilt A. weekly; Tex
Koaji-ZfuJrlif- and the.Vuttrtfrf Ger-
man weeklies i Ihhlaon'i Tet$ Farmer
weekly; Mulct Ttnqvrane Adcoente;
I'hs L'fformer weekly ; Ttsat Journul
.". ucal Urn weekly; Teta Hanger
weekly; Siote Journal daily and
weekly ; iWy Evening Xetet; SttiuLij
Heral'l and the 6Vy a literary
: monthly. All of the above excepting
. the TiVic 2Vy the 7yuMrtw and thei
. Semi-WeeVjf Gae(t& have suspended
. since the State&max was started in
. August. 1371.
. A cituks of Uaatrop - sends the
I Statesman further particulars about
tho recent robl)ry of two passengers
ou the stage running between McDade
taad the town .of Bastrop lie says
tfett bnt two passengers were aboard
a Mr Chester Erhard who was return-
ing frotu Gles'on where be had been
to purchase goods and a lady. The
foxuter bad but $12 which was taken.
aud the writr did not know what the
lsdt lost. There was but one robber
' and he was recognized as a noted cat-
lie tWef t Uiat Cftonty. Our corre-
. tpdndeotfiyathalmauejUTerxMarce
in il istrop county and he ex presses
astonikhweut tlut an one sheuld
be foolish enough to attempt to rob a
atage to make a raise. Passengers on
that line he says only carry bottle of
whi.ky and cigai. ani as for tending
.money through the nail sw one has
suit to send ; neither uo they hate any
ri. K relatives to send tbeot any. The
jobber cut the mailbag open btttdid
not even realm one nncanceled postage
Ump for his Ptn. -
To CeDiimptiTM. J
The advertiser a retired physician
having providentially discovered while
a medical missionary in South Asia a
very simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy permanent cure of consumption
attbma bronchitis catarrh and all
tbroat and lung affections also a posi-
tive and radical specific for nervous
debility premature decay and all
nervous complaints feels it his duty to
make it known to his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive lie will cheer-
fully send (free of charge) to all who
desire it the recipe for prepnring and
luil directions lor successfully using
this providentially discovered remedy.
Those who wish to avail themselves of
the benefits of this discovery without
cost can do so by return mail by ad-
dressing with stamp naming this paper
liu. Cuaui.k P. Marshall
No. 33 Niagara Street. Buffalo. .N. Y.
FAi.tE Impression. It is generally
supposed by a certain class of citizens
who are r.ot practical or experienced
that dyspepsia cannot Invariably be
cured but we are pleased to say that
Green's August Flower has never to
our knowledge failed to cure dyspep-
sia and liver complaint in all its forms
such as sour stomach costivents' sick
headache palpitation of the heart low
spirits etc. Out of 30000 do.-n bot-
t.es sold last year not a single fuilure
was reported but thousands of compli
mentary letters received from druggists
of wonderful cures. Three dosis will
relieve any case. Try it. Sample bot-
tles ten cents. Regular size btventy-
flve cents. For sale by Morley Bros.
Pecan street.
Deal Gent.y Willi tlie Stomach.
Do not rack it with violent purga-
tives or permanently impair its tone
witk indigestiblu drugs ot any kind ;
but if your digestion is impaired your
liver out of order your frame de
bilitated or nervous system unstrung
use that wholesome and agreeable al-
terative and tonic Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters which will certainly afford you
the desired relief. None of the offi-
cinal remedies can compare with it in
restorative efficacy and as a medicinal
stimulant it is by far the most desira
ble as well as popular article of its
class. Its basis the essential principle
of sound rye is the best possible agent
for hastening tho action bf'thc botanic
ingredients which it holds in solution
and those ingredients are the : most
efficacious which chemistry extracts
from the vegetable kingdom and
medical science applies to the cure of
disease.
Local OrnoN. ihe people up
about Duval tho fourth precinct pro
pose to take a vote on prohibition
Here is the application and the names
signed to it :
State of Texas County of Travis
To the honorable commissioners' court
of Travis county: The undersigned
citizens of precinct number 4 of Travis
county most respectfully petitiou your
honorable court to order an election to
be held in and for said precinct under.
the provisions of an act of the Legisla-
ture of the State of Texas approved on
the twenty-fourth day of June A. JJ.
1870 entitled 'An act to prohibit the
sale exchange or gift of intoxicating
liouors in any county justice's pre-
ciuct city or town that may so elect ;
prescribing the mode of election and
affixing a punishment for its violation"
to determine whether the sale of iu-
toxicating liquors and medicated bit-
ters producing intoxication shall be
prohibited in said precinct number 4
of Travis county in accordance with
the provisions of said law.
O. V. Davi Georgo Siuuders M.
P. Cearley W. P. Waters 0. K.
Waker Thomas Rabb B. F. Church
L. F. McCormick M. D. Sherman
Janus Doxy J. B. Rogers C. L. San-
dcrs T. Caswell J. W. Bird Thomns
15 icon David Riley C. B. Went L. J.
Liucicum J. II. Wright L. V. Linci-
cum Thomas McCormick L. F. Mc-
Cormick J. A. Fulks T. S. Saunders
I. B. Bird J. A. Swope James G.
Bacon Peter Rector Ned Jones David
White P. C. Barnes John Pate S.
Williams B."T. G;iult Biphor flniith.
Austis. It Must Wakb vp. A
letter-writer in tbo Fredopia (X. Y.)
Censor writes charmingly of 1 Austin
which .he has lately visited. After
giving a general view of the city and
iu surroundings he -gives a home
thrust as followj :
.'Tho futuro of Austin is hard to
guess at. The tide of immigration so
far has tended more to the northward
and lies resulted iu a great influx of
population to D.illas Sherman DenU
son Waco and more lately to Fort
Worth. Austin without the feverish
growth from an alien population that
has marked these pUcts has still
gained oteadily from a population of
about 4000 at the close of the war to
possibly 10000 (they claim 17000)
now. The incoming of the lately
finished International Railroad ought
to help them very materially
with their natural advantages of soi'
climate etc. But will it? AH depends
on their own comprehension of the
situation. ' Trade aud growth wid not
drop into their bands. There are too
many eager huuds reselling for it.
Their need is not to ouild something
they have done enough building of
places of business but to do some-
thiug to start some enterprise that
will set ia motion the tbousaud wheels
of activity that in addition tons
own immediate employees are at-
tached to any well considered ef-
fort at manufacturing industry. They
ought to furnish building sone
to every city in Eastern and Northern
Texas. They ought ta slaughter and
cure the bacon and other meatj that
their merchants aro daily importing.
They onght to manufacture tho sash
doors blinds etc of which the imm-
diate future must require- such im-
mense quantities and are now brought
from St. Louis and Chicago. Tbey
ought to tan the hides that daily pass
their doors on their way North to be
tanned and returned after paying the
railroads a tribute of thrae cents or
more per pound. . Many more things
they ought to Uo if tho high price and
scarcity of fuel for making steam does
not binder. They ought to get coal to
make steam if it is in the State. They
ought if it is in human power to uo
so to utilize the vast power of the
rapid-iuuning Colorado which now
floats by worse than useless an obsta-
cle to be bridged over which by the
way they nave don lately w.thavery
substantial bridge bringing their
Brooklyn" into easy reach of tta city
A little money and a good deal of en-
ergy would work miracles of progress
lor them. But 1 must close tnis aireaoy
too long epistle." . : . F.
Tit Blessed lseee.
A local correspondent writes to the
Statesman that "the secret of prevent-
ing the bee-moth ia to keep the colo-
nies strong with Italian bee.- The
black or natives do not fight the
moth bat the Italian even when de-
ficient in strength keep their rom be
free of moths or miller. As to gems
or hivts have them made so as to use
moveable frame i. that the combs
are each is' a wooden frame tiutig on
rabbits and which can be taken out
of the bive. examined- cleaned or ex-
changed. With a hive like this swarm-
ins can be done artificially- weak
stocks can be strengthened from the
strong ones; when deficient of honey
they can be fed etc. It is hot neces-
sary to get a patented hive any box of
about two thousand cubic inches in
side will do. Some prefer high and
warm frame Others prefer long and
shallow frames. For my part after
four years' experiments with all sorts
I prefer frames of eight inches high
and twelve inches long. As to how
bees succeed in Texas I must say that
I am not satisfied with them. The
summers are too long and dry and in
the spring there does not appear to be
s!iicieot forage plants. The summers
here are the counterpart of winter at
the North and in the month of Mayor
June clover and numerous other good
forage plants are wanting hence when
June cornea the bees commence collect-
ing from weeds which in a majority of
cases are bitter. ' With movable
frames bees are robbed every day if
one desires it and the bees have the
stores to spare; either by extracting
the honey from the comb ana return-
ing the comb to the hive to be refilled
or by taking out the boxes or frames
in which the surplus honey is stored
above the brooa-chamber. I could
write ad infinitum on the sub-
ject but will conclude by saying
that with movable comj hives
easily handled and with Italian bee?
that are as gentle as can be
neither moth nor sting need be feared.
It is rather a pleasure to attend to a
few colonies. I have ten hives one
of which became hybridized last
spring. The bees are so vicious that
I cannot open the hive without being
provided with a veil and gloves. I
killed the queen yesterday and insert-
ed a gentler one. Ia the other nine
hives I can work all day with them
without even an attempt on their part
to sting 'me although my face and
bunds are bare. I have no patent hives
or queens for sale and if any person
desires further information I would
be pleased to show them my little api-
ary and explain everything. Much the
best way for a person to do is what I
did myself four years ago: Send foT
a good work on bee culture and sub-
scribe to one or two bee journals be-
gin with one colony and learn by ex-
perience. It is in bee culture like in
any other business or trade.
Au Old Document.
The following is a translation of an
official report of Don Manuel Munoz
the Spanish commander at San Anto-
nio iu 1794 which contains some very
interesting statistics about our old city
and i'.s population in those primitive
days. The document itself is written
on thick yellowish paper the hand-
writing being as clear and legible as
copperplate. The . signature of the
Spanish Governor has the usual compli-
cated and elaborate rubico or flourish
indispensable to the signature of every
Spanish grandee:
PKOVIKCE OF TKXA8 TOWN OF SAN FER-
NANDO OF AUSTRIA.
This town is composed of its capital
and three towns inhabited by 3470
souls to-wit: Twelve priests (relig-
ioso a priest who belongs to a regular
order) 777 Spaniards 437 Indians
300 Indian women 50'J males and 5G5
females of the different Indian nations
or tribes of this kingdom.
Governor Lieut. Col. Don Munoz
salary $4000 ; Presiding Alcatde Don
Manuel de Arocho salary $4000; Sec-
ond Alcalde Don Luis Mariano Men-
choca salary $4000.
This capital of San Antonio de
Bexar aa I am informed was originally
garrisoned by troops in 1715 and in
the years 1721-22 following his excel-
lency the Viceroy commissioned the
Governor of . Coahuiia . Marquis of
San Miguel de Aguayo to occupy that
province of Texas with a company of
fifty men and a priest of the Order of
the Holy Cross of Quintana. He
founded two missions Sau Antonio
Valero and that of Texas.
By a report from his Excellency the
Marquis of Casafuerte dated Novem-
ber 29 1730 directed to the Governor
of Coal.uilo Don Juan Antonio Bus'.il-
lo y Bustamente and in bis absence
to the captain of the Fort (Presidio) of
Bexar Don Juan Antonio Perez de Al-
mazan it appears that the- same year
fifteen families from the Canary Islands
eiitered said province and that at the
same time the place was erected into a
town according to said report al-
though no documents can be found in
the archives of this province to show
the fact except the copy of the dispatch
above mentioned which can be found
in the municipal archives of said town
and which fast etill lives in the mem-
ory of some of the people who lived at
that time and are still living bere. It
may be that those documents exist in
tho archives of the government of Coa-
huiia as this province of Texas was
then united to that of Coahuiia and
under one governor
This capital is situated ia latitude
30. No industry is developed except
agriculture and live merchants whose
capital amounts to $20000 including
tho interest of others. Money ou de-
posit. 'We have had favorable crops and
all the frontier Indians are at peace.
Onlya'few cases of horse -stealing have
taken place principally caused "by the
carelessness of the owners for it is in-
herent in the nature of the Indian to
steal horses.
There are some Indian missions un-
der the administration of our Lady del
Pilar de Nacogdoches which are ad
ministered by the twelve priests already
mentioned Including that of the Nac-
ogdoches and the supernumery of said
mission with a stipend (salary allowed
missionaries in America) of $43Q each
of . said salaries paid by the Itoyal
Treasurer at San Luis Potosi.
Manuel Mtjnoz.
Sin Antonio de Iktar Jan. 18 1794
Stage Cornell Rebbertea Tlie Iaf
the Bloat Paring A Passenger'
Statement.
The two robberies of mail coaches
on Monday after that of lant week be- j
tween McDade station and Bastrop j
ctll for more than a passing notice
from the press and for the most vigi-
lent action on the part of officials. In
all probability the same man possibly
backed by a reserve of confederates 1
has committed all three of the robber-
ies certa.inly the last two. The first
robbery oa Monday was committed
near' Willow Spring atabostll a. m.
twelve miles from Austin on the Lock.-
hart road and the description of the
man who did it answers perfectly the
description of the man who at 5 o'clock
oa the evening of the same day
stopped the San Antonio stage about
twenty. four miles from this city and
robbed the passengers and the mail
bags and the description given of the
horse is also the same. The distance
between the places where the stages
wore stopped is not more than fifteen
miles and therefore there was ample
time between 11 in the forenoon and 5
in the eveniog to ride it.- -
Owing to the late arrival of the San
Antonio stage Monday night we were
unable to give yesterday any par.
ticulars of the latest highway rob-
bery but yesterday a reporter called at
the Raymond House and interviewed a
passenger on the stage a Mr. John W
Corbin and from him obtained the fuU
particulars. Mr. Corbin is of the firm
or Brown Bogga & Co. wholesale
Baltimore liquor dealers cultivated
and intelligent. He says that but
two passengers were aboard himself
aid an elderly German' who could
speak and understand but very little
English and neither" had any arm.
While the stage was jogging along
some two or three miles this side of the
Blanco river he beard some one speak.
and looking out saw a man oa a me-
dinm-Ksed raw-boned bay horse. The
man with drawn pistol ordered the
driver to turn out ot the road and then
countermanded the order and tcld him
to halt in the road. This done Mr.
Corbin was ordered out of the coach
and then his pocket-book was de-
manded. He banded it oyer and the
robber said "I only want the money
in contains" whereupon $54 was taken
out and given him. The robber then
demanded bis watch and chain and
these were given np. Then the Ger-
man was ordered out of the coach and
bis money demanded. He handed out
$10 and the robber remarked ''You
look like you work hard for your
money and so I will let you keep that"
and the old man of broken English
who had been slow to understand up
to that time joyfully put his green-
backs back into bis pocket. Tiien the
driver was ordered to throw the mail
bags down and he replied that that
would be a violation of his oath. The
robber then said "this is the oath you
will obey" pointing a six-shooter
at him and the bags were forth-
coming and Mr. Corbin was ordered
to open them one after another the
robber saying that he wanted the con-
tents of each sack kept separate as he
did sot wish the government to be put
to any unnecessary inconvenience. Ia
the fourth or last sack cut open sever-
al registered letters were found when
he. of the highway said "those are
what I want" and all were handed to
him. As he reached for them with
his left hand he dropped his other
hand. Mr. Corbin says that he could
then have easily grabbed the
six-sbooter and that he would
have done so had he not noticed two
men lying upon their stomachs and
looking at the whole proceeding from
a distance of about five hundred yards.
The robber tore the larger letter open
with his teeth and left band and as
he took out a parcel of money he said
"As I have done so well Til give you
back your watch and chain" and after
feeling around in his pockets to find
them they were returned. Mr. Corbin
was then ordered to replace the mail
matter in the bags and to throw them
back into the coach which he did and J
the robber who had not dismounted
took his leave sayiug as he rode off:
looking back 'This is the. second
stage I've one through to-doy." As
the stage drove oil Mr. Corbin noticed
that the two men lying upon the ground
got up and started on foot in the same
direction the robber went. The rob-
ber had a white handkerchief tied
across the lower part of his face and
ho is a man of medium size and has
blue eyes.
Ink Drops.
Baltimore is highly pleased with
dear old Mr. Tupper.
Dr. Quinine politely "Don't you
see me advancing? Shake!"
A Chinese mandarin once said to us
"if you hate a man let him live."
Dcvens is the tallest of Hayes's eight
advisers. But Key makes most fuss
just now.
Little drops of water little grains
of corn make the festive Bourbon and
the morning horn.
They are going to change the name
of Pennsylvania to Cameronia. In the
motto a Molly Maguire rampant on a
stuffed ballot-box is to crown the Key-
stone of the arch of Union.
Dispatches state that the Louisiana
commission will consist of Vice Presi-
dent Wheeler Hoar of Massachusetts
John C. Brown of Tennessee Senator
Davis of Illinois and Kenneth Raynor
of North Carolina.
The big question that has occupied
the House to-day is the penitentiary.
Memphit Ledyer. Well' that is not so
bad. How infinitely better it must be
that the penitentiary should occupy
the House than the House should occu-
py the penitentiary.
Herbert Spencer never taught George
Eliot any languages and she knew
seven before she ever saw hiu;. This
is said to be the correct version of the
matter. But there is a marked differ-
ence between being the mistress of
Several languages and several tongues.
YouDg men in Illinois are not very
different from their raw contemporaries
ia other States. They converse in a style
like this "Do you abbreve?" "Why
port. Don't you?" "Bet. I think it
it's splendj don't youf "Magnif."
''Going to hear Carl Schur's lec?!'
'No he's on Hayes' cab and won't lec
here." "Is that pos?" "Dead cert."
"Well it makes no dill to me; I
wasn't going"
In dismissing the Cabinet the per-
son who occupies the place belonging
to Mr. Tilden would Cad it convenient
to make each member from Willie
Evarta to Willie Wheeler call out his
number as is nfun dona ia schools.
Thus: "One!"' "Tmo!" "Three!"
"Four!" "Five!" "Six!" "Seven!"
"Eight!" Iu this way any absence of
Dickey Thompson or Davy Key would
be immediately deUr.Ud.
The address of the Piinccss Resent
of Brazil conveys the following infor-
mation to the Brnzilians: "Their majes
ties have not suffered W their valuable
healths and my loved mother the Euir
press has almost entirely ricovered
from the ailments which were the chief
reason of the trip they have under
taken. om will participate i ao not
doubt in the intimate emotion with
which I annouace to you that God was
pleased to bless my union with the
birth of the Prince ot Grao Para a
double pledge of my domestic happi
ness and of the stability 01 our ponti
cal institutions."
Assuming our cotton crop to be
4500000 bales that the Egyptian
crop is 50000 bales less and
that the supply to Europe from India
will be 200 C00 bales less than last year
(this last item being problematical.
as we never know what India will turn
out under the influence of price) to-
gether they reduced the supply of the
season 419000 bales compared with
1S75 C the deficiency of supply being
tell cnieny in Europe tne ettect on
price everywhere. There is believed
to be a material falling off this season
in the average weights of bales. Its
average of the whole crop ia of course
not yet known but comparisons of the
first half of the crop at various points
indicate that it will xcced ten pouads
per bale on the whclc. At that rate
the lots would amount to 100000 bales
of 450 pounds each' call it 81000
bales. As above said the supply (ex-
cluding old Stock J for this season in the
world appears to be 419.000 bales less
than in 1673 8 on the crop figures as-
sumed The difference in weights
raises the loss to 500000 bales.
Messrs. Evarta McCrary Devens
Key and Schurx stood up in a line with
Chief Justice Carter of the District
Court before them. He read the oath
until he came to "you do solemnly
swear that yon have never voluntarily
borne arms against the United States
government" when Mr. Key inter-
rupted exclaiming "Hold on Judge
I can't swear to that There was
quite a laugh and Justice Carter re-
marked in his quaint way that "the
oath was good enough for us until you
came air" when Key retired and the
remainder of the oath was read and as-
sented to by the other four. After
ward it was found that there was not a
copy of the modified oath in the White
House and Justice Carter had to ad-
minister it from memory.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Salt Lake Citt March 23. At
11 a. m. precisely Lee was bi ought
out upon the scene of the maacre at
Mountain Meadows oeiore the execut
ing party and seitea on nis cctlin
about twenty feet from the shooters.
After the order of the court was read
to him and the company present by
Marshal Nelson Lee raadu a speech of
about five hundred woras bitterly de-
nouncing Briijham Youn and calling
himself a scapegoat for the tins of
others lie hoped God would be mer-
ciful. He denied that he was guilty of
bloodshed to the lait ntd maintained
that his mission to the Me;dows was
nnn of mercy. After his speech
Pirsn Stokes Methodist made
an truest prayer commending
thesil of the condemned man to God
AWi.;ty. Immediately after this a
hnd'-trchief was placed over Le's
eyps Ue r.iUed his hands and placed
thpni 01 the top of his head sitting
firm. Marshal Nelson gave the
word "fire" and five gui;s tired the
balls penetrating tho bo '.y in the re-
gion ot the heart. Lee fell Fquare
back upon his coffin dead. Death
was instantaneous. The body was
placed in the colliu and the crowd dis-
persed. Ti'.era were about seventy-
five persons all told on the ground.
Not a child or a relativ? was there.
The best order prevailed. Lee's last
words to Marshal Nelsnn were "Aim
at my heart." The body is now on its
way to be delivered tJ relatives at
Cedar City.
Washington Mrch 20. The Cabi-
net had a two hours' sesiou mainly
occupied in discussing the civil service.
Some allusion was made to South Caro-
lina and Louisiana and the President
reported progress iu recruiting for
the commission exhibiting answers
declining to serve. It is positive-
ly ascertained that Wheeler will
not serve and that at adjournment
Governor Brown was the ouly person
who had accepted. Beyond this no
information was vouchsafed.
It is somewhat positively asserted
that the Louisiana commission is re-
cruited by Hon. Wayne MacVcigh of
Pennsylvania. The court circular af-
ter some domestic and devotional para-
graphs says the President saw a few
of his intimate friends in the forenoon
among whom were Governor Denison
and Hon. Wayne MacVcigh ; in the af;
tcrnoon he took a long drive with Sec-
retary Sherman. Mr. MacVeigh and
Mr. Web. Hayes accompanied them.
Governor Hampton has not yet de
cided on coming to Washington.
The contest over the New Orleans
custom house has commenced. Dr.
Hugh Kennedy has been suggested by
the mercantile interest of the Noith.
The suggestion has met with strong
support in New Orleans and the move-
ment in his favor may be regarded for-
midable. Gen. McMillan seems a good
second in the race.
The commission is losing ground.
It is coming to be understood that
there is no authority for it in law and
no money to pay expenses. It has no
power to administer oath and its de-
cision will have no legal force what-
ever. Columbia S. C March 20. Gover
nor Hampton received yesterday Sun-
day the letter of the President invit-
ing him to come to Washington. To-
day he has written in reply the follow-
ing letter; Columbia S. C March
20 1877. To his Excellency I?. B.
Hayes President of the United Stiites
Washington D. C. : JSirl have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your communication of tho twenty-
third instant addressed to me by your
private secretary. As you expressed a
desire for a personal conference with
myself I accept through motives of
proper courtesy to yourself the invita
tion you have extended though I can-
not hope by doing so to throw addi-
tional light on the questions which
have already beeu so ably and thor-
oughly presented and the solution of
which is so obvious and simple. But
understanding from the communica-
tion I have received that the object
contemplated by the proposed confer-
ence is solely that I. might place before
you my views of the impediment to
the peaceful and orderly organisation
of a single and undisputed State gov-
ernment in South Carolina and of the
best methods for its attainment I ac-
cept your invitation so that I may re-
iterate in person what I have had the
honor to submit in writing that in
my judgment all impediments to the
attainment of the object so earnestly
desired by yourself and so anxiously
expected by the people of this State can
at once be removed by tho withdrawal
of the Federal troops from our State
House. This action on the part of the
Commander-in-chief of the United
States forces would not only be hailed
by our people as an evidence that civil
authority is no longer to be subordinate
to the military power in our country
but would establish law insure domss-
tic tranquility revive our wasted in-
dustries and give an assurance that
this State ia to be restored to her just
rights under the constitution. What-
ever grievances esist whatever wrongs
we suffer we propose to redress them
not by resorting to force but by legal
and constitutional agencies. In seek-
ing such redress I feel sure that I rep-
resent fully the determination of the
thoughtful and conservative portion of
our whole people when I give the as-
surance that no persecution shall be
exorcised hero oa account of political
opinion ; that no discrimination shall
be made in the administration ol jus-
tice and citizens of both parties and
both races shall be regarded
as fully profited by and
amenable to the laws. Joining most
heartily with you in the earnest desire
you express that you may be able to
put an end as speedily as possible to
all appearances of intervention of tne
military authority of the United States
in the political derangement which af-
fects the people of South Carolina and
fervently trusting that this au? picious
result may be soon reached J have the
honor to" be yery respectfuly your
obedient servant
Wadk Hampton
Governor of South Carolina.
Governor Hampton leaves to-morrow
night and will arrive in Washington
Thursday morning. Everything is
quiet and hopeful throughout the
State.
It was Paul J. Strobach who was ap-
pointed receiver of public moneys at
Montgomery Alabama.
The Secretary of the Interior has is-
sued his civil service rules. All cases
of incompetency and neglect must be
reported and promotions come from
lower grades. Offices are carefully dis-
tributed equally throughout the States
in proponion to population. All ap
plicants Will De suuj-;ci. 10 exauiiuiwiuu
as provided by section 164 Revised
Statutes.
Washington March 26. Fernando
Wood favors Randall for the next
Speaker.
Schurx has no intention of going to
Berlin.
WASBrNGTON March 28. The ob-
server at Atlantic City reports that a
steamer appears to be broken on the
bar opposite the city. A number of
signals aud a barge with the initials
rT C. W. have washed ashore. She is
now in a dense fog.
Dbadwood March 20. Five masked
men attacked a Cheyenno and Black
Dills stage coach five miles from here.
At the first fire the driver was killed
and the horses ran off bringing the
lace and passengera safe to . town.
The robbers got no booty. Five hun
dred dollars reward is offered for the
robbers dead or alive.
Desvkb March 29. W. Maxwell
and his son Alexander aged sixteen
year stockmen lately of Stuart Iowa
located near Colfax New Mexico
were murdered Friday by a negro who
has been arrested. Robbery was prob
ably the cause 01 tne deed.
Portland March 20. A dispatch
reports the death of Capt. Henry C.
Small bis mates and all of the crew
of the bark Edward Phincey of Port-
land by cholera at Aikaiga.
Atlantic Citt March 2C The
s'eamer Rockaway in tow from Nor
folk for New York when about a
quarter of a mile fr uu the shore
broke in two. She will be a total
wreck. No one aboard.
London March 20. A dispatch to
the Seirt from Rome states that the
archbishops of Perugia and the Vicar
of Home are confidently mcationed as
candidates for the papacy.
Returns from Vienna 6ay the Turk-
ish ambassadors had an interview of
an hour's duration with Gen. Ignatieff
to-day.
A painting of the Virgin and child
by Jan. van Ejck John of Bruges has
been stolen from the Berlin national
gallery.
A dispatch to the Time from R.me
says that the Pope was sufficiently well
on Saturday to give audience but had
to be carried.
Richmond Va. March 20. In the
Circuit Court of Richmond to-day in
the case of Duncan Calhoun et ali vs.
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.
a decree for the sale of the road was en-
tered by Judge Welford. The sale is
to be made after ninety days' notice by
Gen. Wickham the receiver. It is ex-
pected that similar decrees will be is
sued in West Virginia. The State of
Virgiuia will appeal from Judge Wei
ford's decree.
Columbia S. C March 26. Cham-
berlain left last night in response to
the invitation from the 1 resident.
Governor Hampton is still here.
Vienna March 20. The correspon-
dent of the Times reports the situation
as follows: "Russia has never yet
said anything officially which would
make it appear that she considers the
conditions attached to disarmament are
to be taken as Deal so there 13 always
a chance of inducing her to listen to
some compromise. Notwithstanding
alarming statements current in Vienna
it will be safely asserted that Eng-
land has insisted neither on intro-
ducing a disarmament clause in-
to the protocol nor in submitting
the protocol to Turkey. All Eng-
land demanded was that Russia
should engage in some form or other
to disarm after signing this paper.
Russia retorted that she could not en-
ter into such an engagement until
peace was concluded with Montenegro
and Turkey and they likewise would
consent to disarm. The object of con-
tinuing the negotiation is to secure
these primary results Russia's desire
for peace being regarded as sincere.
An agreement is more probable than
a rupture."
London Mirch 20. Negotiations
between the Forte and Montenegro are
interrupted.
A dispatch from Rome to the daily
Xeics says that the condition of the
pope's health is serious in despite of
optimist bulletins. Cardinals Simconi
and Valletta are already preparing for
the conclave.
A Rome correspondent to the Keies
writes that the Pope amid feverish
excitement and unremitting labor at
the Vatican relative to the consistory
has fallen ill again. It is certain that
after the secret consistory on the
twelfth instant he fainted and had to
quit reading tho allocution. The faint-
ing fits have recurred and the Pope
has remained unconscious longer each
time. He does not like his iilcess to
be perceived and makes .strong efforts
to hide it. These produce a painful
reaction. The moment he gets back
to his town apartments he siuks into
a chair and remains with his eyes
closed looking like a corpse. The
recent excitement has told on him
and indeed on several occasions
during the spring which is al-
ways a dangerous season for him
his life has been almost despaired of.
His physicians regard the fatigue of
the receptions of the pilgrims with
i-rcat apprehension. Porcigaera who
see the pope at intervals notice a great
charge in him. One of these visitors
recently said to me that the allocution
of March 12 would probably be the
last form 1 utterance. Meanwhile the
Pope's advisors are endeavoring by
every means to get J?ranpe cod Austria
to revive the Roman question. It is
hoped to induce Italy ao far to reoog-
nize the Pope's temporal powers as to
cede the Leonine City to the II dy Sc
where all religious orders expelled from
R nie could find au asylum.
London March 30. Mr. Chilty
umpire iu university race fiistains
the judges' decision thut the race re-
sulted in a de.ul heat.
An Odessa dispatch report tlie Grand
Duke Nicholas as convalescent.
Washington March 27. The Star
say tlicre aro not a tew who believe
that uovernor (Jhamberlain will not
return to South Carolina- His wife it
is said reached this city several days
ago with the children and several
Saratoga trunks. The Governor how
ever brings only the traditional car
pet-bag although the gossips suggest
that Mrs. Chamberlain has brought the
personal effects of the party in the
trunks. Hampton 8 friends say that if
any compromise is suggested by Cham-
berlain to martyr himself for the Sen-
atorship that he will refuse to enter-
tain any proposition looking to that
end.
If the conference between the rival
executive claimants does not result in
unconditional abdication of Chamber-
lain Hampton proposes to have him
ejected under existing tit ate laws and
all ho will ask is that the United
States allow the civil process of the
courts to be served upon him. -
V AsniKGTON March 27. Uen. (tor-
don says there po doubt but that Gov-
ernor Hampton will within a few days
be in unopposed possession of the gov
ernment of South Carolina. He ex
pressed no opinion regarding Louisiana.
governor fjhatuoeit&iu was at tne
White House this morning.
The Cabinet met at noon and has
discussed the rearrangement of the
military departments but a change
will not be made until Louisiana is pac
ified when Gen. Hancock's command
will include that State.
Washington Mafch 27. Chamber-
Iain of South Carolina and Governor
Drew of Florida are at the Ebbctt
House. Rooms are prepared for Gov
ernor Hampton at Willard's.
The Treasury has called another
$10000000 of bonds May aad Novem-
ber 1875 in. Interest ceases on June
o.
The Cabinet considered the Louis
iana commission but the result is un
known.
Gibson Levy and Ellis visited the
White House and War Department
with satisfactory results.
It is supposed that yesterday's orders
to Gen. Augur were qualified some-
what. No Southern appointments.
It is reported to-day that Blaine bad
an interview with the President after
the cabinet meeting.
Harlan of Kentucky is now men-
tioned as a commissioner and Wheel-
er's name is revived. It is claimed
that four of the five are selected but
their names are carefully withheld.
It appears that Packard claimed that
his reenrting officers are now impris-
oned by Nicholas's government under
Gen. Augur's orders of yesterday. The
orders were amplified by explanation
that no such meaning should attach to
them.
Washington March 27. The ob-
server at Cape Henry reports the Nor-
wegian bark Nantzen in a bad condi-
tion and fall of water. She will prob-
ably go to pieces. The crew eleven
all told were saved.
The Winchester at the last high
water was moved about a length. They
continue to heave ballast overboard at
the rate of from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty tons per day. The
sea and wind ia very high and un-
favorable to speedy work but the ship
remains in good condition ana position.
; 1 11 1
New York March 27. The Rocka-
wsy alter bearing a northeast gale for
several hours parted amidships. All
oa board were transferred to the Wy-
anoke and the Rockawsy was left to
her fate.
The Rockaway is the first vessel of her
kind that ever left Norfolk while cau-
tionary signals were displayed.
New Orleans March 27. Governor
Nicholls issued a proclamation to the
people of Louisiana commencing :
"The State government being now
complete in all its branches and in fair
performance of all functions it be-
comes the duty ot th people of Louis-
iana to promptly discharge their obli-
gations to it in order that all just
claims against it may be punc .u dly
met. To ordinary motives imiceiiig
payment of taxes is now added tint ol
evincing by such payment conti leece
in the strength and stability of that
government and a just appreciat icu -f
the fact that is the one chosen by the
people. The evidence already received
on this point is entirely satisfactory
and I confidently expect a continuance
of the same patriotic action throughout
the State. The people of Louisiana
may rest confidently assured that the
government of which they have chosen
me executive head will not be im-
periled or impairedby any compromise
of their rights."
The above reached Washington after
midnight.
Packard has issued a proclamation
commencing : "To the citizens of
Louisiana: The so-called proclama
tion of Francis T. Nicholls claiming
to be Governor of the State of Louisi
ana just made public contains gross
misstatements which I deem it my
duty thus authoritatively to refute.
Mr. Nicholls. who assorts that his
government is a fixed fact complete in
all departments is destitute of one
shred of legal title to the office be at-
tempts to usurp."
Patterson N. J. March 27. St.
Charles Hotel opposite the depot is
burned. The boarders barely escaped
with their lives. Some jumped from
the third story breaking their limbs.
Stafford Ot. March 27. The dam
of the Staffordsville reservoir gave way
this morning. The damage to this
city was fearful. The railroad freight
house and all the cars were washed
away. The passenger depot is all right.
The Stafford National Bank the Coi -gregational
Church and about fifteen
other buildings have been washed
away. Tho damage to the railroad
track is heavy. Telegraphic warnings
have been sent to Norwich nnd vicin-
ity as the flood is going in that direc-
tion. Hartford March 27. It is proba-
ble that the loss at Stafford alone will
reach $2000000. State Senator Julius
Converse telegraphs that all the dams
on the stream from Staffordyille to a
point below the springs with all
the bridges are gone. Probably not
less than thirty houses were destroyed
and the loss will be very large. The
dam was considered safe but the
heavy rains of Monday afternoon and
evening filled the reservoir to over-
flowing. The breaking away was
wholly unexpected but the reservoir
being set some distance above the vil-
lage the alarm reached the people in
time for them to effect their safety.
London March 27. The I'imes in
its leaderreviewing the situation says:
" When we see how our government
does nothing promises nothing and
exhibits only distrust and condemna-
tion of the Russian note by restricting
itself to the faintest phraseology in
which the agreement can be couched
we cannot wonder that negotiations
are interiupted. The fact is that
though according to the formalities of
diplomacy England and Russia have
been all along combined for a common
purpose the two countries have grad-
ually assumed such a position of antag-
onism that they are regarded on tlie
continent as two rivals in a great con-
troversy which may possibly develop
itself into a great conflict. Iu Russ'a
the notion prevails that the Turks are
incited against Russia by the English
and in England the people believe that
Russia threatens certain of our inte:-
ests from instinctive impu'ses or from a
settled policy. It may be too late to
change the feelings. We know the
situation of Russia and on our side
the resolutions and demeanor of the
government are fixed for a period be-
fore the end of which all will be de-
cided. It is no less regretable that the
two governments seem incapable cf
arriving at aa understanding and
have poyv aa far as all can See no point
of view in common. Tho result must
bo to make the preservation of peace
by means of an European agreement
almost impossible. If I(uss;a has in-
dependent reasons of her own for re-
fraining there may be no war but the
ministers and ambassadors are now at
the end of their suggestions at least
this is the case with the representa-
tives of Russia and England. The
consequence of this is that those who
do not despair turn to the conti-
nental powers as capable possibly
of some mediation The eyes of
Europe now turn onoe more to the
members of the triple alliance. Aus-
tria frciu her geographical position
has the preponderating influence
in the Eastern question and the
nearer the prospects of war the more
important does her part become.
During the first days of the insurrec-
tion Austria might have produced paci-
fication by a week's energetic action.
That time is now past. Austrian occu-
pation of Bosnia and' Herzegovina
would certaiuly not produce peace but
would sanction the invasion of Turkey
by the Russian army. If there be war
there must be a great war aud acy
power that interfered must be prepared
to wage a great war also. Though
Austria might by unity of purpose and
resolution to act energetically take the
decision into her own hands it is
almost certain that she will leave
the Russian government to take its
course reserving to herself in the future
liberty of a-tion according to circum-
stances. The controlling forces In a
possible war will largely proceed from
the neighboring empires and in this
sense the belief at St. Petersburg
that through the failure of an Euro
pean understanding the imperial al-
liance comes to the foreground has
a certain justification.
Liverpool March 27. The root
states that the uncovered liabilities of
Isaac Lowe & Co. the suspended cot-
ton house is estimated at $250000
chiefly on arrivals contracts.
MARKETS XT TELEGRAPH.
CA.LYESTOX MARKETS.
Galveston March 27. Cotton
receipts: net 516 bales; gross - 51C
bales; export to Great Britain 2S44
bales; coastwise 3tHt bales; sales BOO
bales stock on nana 4'J.j oaies; mar-
ket easier; good middling lljc; mid-
dling 11c; low middling loc; good or-
dinary 10c.
Hides quiet; dry selected loc; ligut
ultpxl Hc- stack sailed. 12c: wet tailed.
selected SJiftgej-Jc
bola 1UO. Diirer par.
NEW ORLEANS MARKETS.
New Orleans March 27. Gold
ifUUtfMOS. Sirht i oer cent premium.
Sterling bank 5.0V.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New York. March 27. Stocks dull.
Money 2 per cent. Gold 104. Ex-
changelong 4.4$; short 4.80f.
State Donas eieaay. uoveramenis uuu
but steady.
Cotton market steady; uplands 11
5-10c; Orleans 11 1110c; sale 13S bale.
Piiliina rinrnvl Mf Anril 11.14t
ll.lCc; May ll.33U.3.c; June 11.4
lLWJc; July 11.owg.11.ooc
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
LrvERTOOL March 27 Noon. Cot-
ton market depressed; middling up
land 3-16d; middling OTlean 6id;
.i ttin hU irv-lndinr 1000 for snecu
lotion and export; receipt C300 bale
American 2OO0 bale. Future very
flat with sellers at last night s price; up-
lands and low middling clause March
and April delivery O l-ioo.
Foreign Notts.
The escapade of Mme. Tatti with
the stalwart Breton singer Nicolini U
is said has eclipsed the gayety of the
house of Levy in London the publish-
ers and proprietors of the iAuVy 7V.V-
;raj.h. The diva used to dine there al-
most every Sunday during her Loudon
engagements and it was the only house
in England in which she ever conde-
scended to sing in private.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Pans
in his Lenten Pastoral states that mar-
riage with nieces and sisters-in-law
formerly almost or quite unknown
have lately increased in melancholy
proportion. His anxiety has been
aroused by the demand for dispensa-
tions for very near degrees of consan-
guinity or affinity and he exhorts the
faithful to a strict observance of the
laws of the church on marriage.
The number of lo'st object found
aud brought to the chief officer of
police in Paris increases year by year.
Between January 1 and December 31
1S76 4222 articles were thus brought
in. They arc kept for a year and then
if unclaimed given to the finders. It
is yery desirable to have a place to
which to take an article found or to
know where to go and look when you
lose one.
There has been a mild sort of revolu-
tion at the Junior Athemvum Club in
London which goes to show that John
Bull is no more indifferent to the
"color-line" than other people. It
seems that a certain Japanese by name
M. A. Hachisaka and calling himseU
"Prince of Awa" was put up for mem-
bership. If the "heathen Chinee"
himself had been proposed with three
packs of cards stacked up his sleeves
mere coma not nave been greater con
sternatton. It was clear that a Japa-
nese invasion was threatened ; "Prince"
llachisaka would at once introduce
Japanese manners aud customs and as
many of bis countrymen as he could
collect into the club. A grand re
monstrance was drawn up and signed
by forty members. For days there was
ni peace at the club owing tothiscan-
i.iunded Japanese r .ntlly be wus
elected and great was the indignation
among the anti Japs.
At Luc Saint Remy in Belgium an
appalling sensation has lately occurred.
A young mau of 13 years who was
believed to be dead was placed iu a
coffin rnd buried. A great number of
mourners accompanied t'.io funeral.
Oue of them pronounced a eulogium
upon the character of thu deceased
the usual prayers were recited and the
coffin was lowered into the grave.
The grave diggers had begun to fill it
in with clay when they heard several
knocks given within the coffin. Ter-
rified they ran to call the curate and
inform the mayor in the presence of
both of which personages the coffin
was opened. "Horrible spectacle!"
says the paper from which this is trans-
lated. "The unfortunate youth who
had been buried alive while in a state
of lethargy had made desperate ef-
forts to break open the lid of the coffin
but uselessly and had died of as-
phyxia." During February evidence was taken
in Dublin by commission in a remark-
able Australian estate cose. Patrick
Coady or Buckley died intestate in
1872 leaving a fortune of 450000.
The attorney general claims the estate
on the ground that deceased was born
out of wedlock. Niue claimants liv-
ing in Ireland Canada Newfoundland
and the United States assert that he
wus born in wedlock and that the es-
tate belongs to them us his kinsmen.
In 1809 according to their theory of
the case Eleanor Collins married To-
bias Coady a fellow-servant in Dublin.
Several years afterward Eleanor stole
some plate from her employer and was
sentenced to seven years transportation ;
and while awaiting in Old Newgate
the arrival of a vessel that was to con-
vey her and other convicts to New
South Wales gave birth to a child who
was christened in the Roman Catholic
Church opposite the j lil. Mother and
son were shipped to the penal settle-
ment where after serving out her time
she married a freed coDvict named
Buckley. Her son was one of the ear-
liest settlers in Gipp's Land and made
a handsome fortune being esteemed
for his rectitude and liberality. When
his mother died he erected a monumen-
tal tablet in the cathedral at Sydney
celebratisg her virtues in prose and
verse. After his death one- Thomas
Maher produced a will alleged to have
been made in 1843 but it was pro-
nounced a forgery after a protracted
tiial in the Melbourne courts. The
evidence taken in Dublin in behalf of
the claimants was mainly documentary.
On a registry of baptisms in the parish
church near tho prisou appears the
entry "Patrick Coady son of Tobias
and Eleanor Coady." A list of con-
victs shipped in 1817 to New South
Wales has the name "Elaanor Coady"
aud an account for baby linen proyided
for twelve children who sailed in the
vessel has been brought to light. The
solicitors have been searching for evi-
dence in the four quarters of the globe
and the bill of costs if the claimants
gain their case will leavo only a small
margin of tho inheritance.
The history of the World Life Insur-
ance Company will probably prove as
disastrous compared with the amount
of its business as that of the vther
concerns which have recently gone
down. A much more astounding piece
of insurance litciature is the evidence
as to some of the transactions of Mr.
Furber with- the Universal Insurance
company and the Guardian which the
Universal took under its wing. In con-
sideration of wrecking the Guardian
Company the Universal seems to have
agreed to pay Mr. Furber at least eight
thousand dollars per month for four
years it might be more as he had
the option of ten per cent on premi-
ums from the Guardian Company and
also twenty per cent on tho reserve of
all its polioies that might be forfeited.
At $3000 a month however the pay
ments must nave been SflUU.UUU m
twelve and a half months; and when
that period had elapsed Mr. Furber
surrendered his contract and received
in full for the remainder .1330000.
The question now is whose money was
it that was thus liberally paid to Mr.
Furber."
A large portion of the Egyptian army
has been disbanded and ha gone back
to tho work of agricultural develop
ment which has suffered much from
the want of hands in the last eighteen
months. The Abyssinian war though
begun on a small scale ulw iK. Li.
that King John was an insignificant
foe crew to serious dimensions and
the drain on the country in men beasts
and supplies was very great. Soldiers
were needed also lor Central Africa
the Soudan ad Darfour. Troops were
demanded and supplied to Turkey to
aid in the struggle with the revolted
provinces. Mokt of these demands
have now ceased. A small garrison at
Massowah is all that is required for the
Abyssinian difficulty. Central Africa
is protected thanks to Col. Gordon
by troops levied on the spot and paid
by the local revenues. The Porte for
the moment is in no need of an Egyp-
tian contingent. The army of Exypt
has therefore been put on a pace
footing and a very large number of
able-bodied men have been released
from military dnty aad have returned
to the cultivation of the soil.
Over in England: First Briton
"Hi suppose you've 'eard the news
from UamericaP Second Briton
"Hi cawn't say that bi 'ave. Hi don't
take much hinterest in 1 1 American haf-
fairs." First Briton "Well the II-
mericans you know 'ave 'ad what
tbey called a republic Now the 'ole
thing is gone hand they've put the gov-
ernment h under a count." Second
Briton "Ui'm not h astonished at all.
Hi knew that blawtted country would
soon be haping hour binstitutions."
Editorial. TioV
A queer murder is repsrtjcS from
Oregon. Two men Tlioni:is im J Da-
vis woodchopperA ia a log hut but a'
ftW liliLvQ frnm lVirrlnn I vi-r. nr.ni.l
at midnight recently by a knock at the
door. Thomas lighted a cau ile ana
asked who was there. A voico an-
swered. "Let us in; wo Vktuik iom
thing to eat." Thomas opened tho
door when two marked men strode iu.
One of tho men put the -muzzle of a
six-shooter close to Thomus's hoaj and
commanded him to keep silent. The
other man picked up a hatchet and
advancing to the bedside asked "Is
your name Thomas D. DavisL'' iDavis
answered "Yes and you have the drop
on me." In au instant Daves' heai
was chopped to fragments aud the
man then stabbed him iu several places
and cut his throat. Ia si Usee Tliomas
was marched from tho cabin and made
to stand foran hour in his oightolothes
with the pistol to his head while the
murderers piled brush and clothes upon
the corpse and burned it with the cab-
in. Thomas was then told to. "get"
and he walked to Portland. TUc mur-
derers (poke but few words aud thcro
is no clue to them or to thoir object
for Davis was au old and highly-es-tcen.ed
citizen of Portland.
A New York letter onjwj of the
settlement of tho Vanderbilt will case
say: "The sudden breakdown of tho
contestant was so entirely unexpected
that even somo of the lawyers were
taken by surprise. The appearnico of
William M. Evarts iu the case wai al-
most as great a surprise as tho back-
down of the contestants. lr. Evaits
came from Washington only the day
before 'to settle up his private af-
fairs' wo are told 'prior to aseumiug
the duties of tho State department.'
When ho entered tha court-room just
before tho case was called everybody
looked at him in ustouwhmunh Hi
only part in the proceedings was te
suggest a single question to hi associ-
ate Henry L. Clinton duriug the ex-
amination of a witness to the.exccu-
tion of the w ill. His fee it-is said
will bo f.)0000. All thu lawyers are
to be paid of course and-1 judgo it
will take a snug little fortuue to dis-
pose of them. Such men as David
Dudley Field Jeremiah Black Scott
Lord aud Chauucey Depew are not to
be put off with tiilljs. By the wiy
after mentioning tho amount which
according to report the settleuunt of
the suit will est Wm. II. Yauderb lr
it is only proper to add that that gen-
tleman .himself says be has nut made
any compromise and does not know
why the objections to the will were
withdrawn. It may turn out eter all
that Cornelius J. aud tho others . wero
advised by their counsel not to go any
further as their case was.a weak.oue."
The rights of husbands and wives to
the property which they respectively
bring into the family have been further
defined and limited by a bill which has
just passed both houses of tho Con-
necticut Legislature. It provides that
husband and wife shall nut acquire by
marriage any right to each .others
property; that the husband shall bo
liable far all debts incurred for tho
joint maintenance of . husband wife
and children; that the separate earn-
ings of the wile shall bo her own
property; that the wife may -make
contracts or sell her real or personal
property ; mat all uer property shall be
liable for debts that the husban2 shall
be liable for none of her dclH con-
tracted before msrriago nor for-thoso
contracted after marrmgo excnjit for
tue support ol the family or lor tho
joint benefit of both; aud thut the
husband and wife respectively upon
tho death of the other shall each in-
herit during tho remainder of 1 10 tho
uso of one-third of the other's prop-
erty. In the Senate the bill passed by
a vote of fifteen to live and iu . tho
House it nassed without s. ilivii.m
Speaker Harrison even taking the floor
to argue in its favor. Further thnn
this in favor of women it is impoaiblo
to go. It is the last step in a oourso
which was begun many years si;o. br
which the personality and individuality
of all human beings under the laws is
recognized and Connecticut now
stands side by side with Texas.
The following "from P. Groen Eq.
to his aunt in the country" was intei'
ccpted and published iu the Fergus
r 1 r . .
i' 1119 uvarnui iuiuiicuoiu ;
" Venerablo authority informs us
that before tho era of slates and black-
boards men developed tho mathemat-
ical instinct by multiplying upon the
laco of the earth. Tho mode is popu-
lar to this day. But tho crassuormcr
as a champion multiplicst has do equal.
He lays (speaking genericully aad net
to put too fine a point upon it) an egg
which is about the size and shape of a
long primer 0. In fact he lays several
of them. From August 1 until winter
he is actuated by a restless ambition to
bore holes in the ground of the Jt.ia of
a pipe stem and then to fill the holes
wiin cream coioreu uu. Ana though
he is small he attends to bis Y:r. and
is a triumphant success. In stature
he is about a match for a six-penny stub
nail in form be is like unto a lynch-
pin and he wears a sealing wax . head
on him and a pair of ulasseves. so that
with bis long-tailed duster ou boWook
like au unsophisticated and. near
sighted schoolmaster. But unsophis
ticated isn't what's the mutter with
him. And numeration i his best
mathematical bold lie will'Uud
bolt upright like a peg io one of-thoso
holes aforesaid and view the htfnvth
with an air of sublimo furemty and
wooden-headed unconsciousness
Don't you fool yourself ha knows
just what he is about. Ho -prefixes
i.iuiDeii 11KB a ugura 1 in me uiiwnes
and adopting the decimal system of
notation calmly places a 0 where it
will do the most good. That stands
for 10 and before you can dot and
carry one he has another cipher t that
and he now reads 100. AUu this
time you begin to discover what sort
of a rooster be is and you entertain a
decree of awe lor him not in pier d by
a front view of his green 4:ovgles.
Reasoning s jtotteriuri you Ujcover
that be is a dangerous neighbor.; But
while you stand amazed .lie rapidly
iuflixes fifteen or twenty mors 1 000
carrying his problem into the million
millions and has sealed and cemented
it up ready to be fired oil at your next
spring. In two minute and a quarter
be has given you a problem that with
all your manly powers of multiplica-
tion cannot be solved or equated He
compound bis interest at a bus d red
per cent every five seconds pot
snap judgment on your corbfitold and
forecloses utivr. .... t.l-
Robinson. . .r
And when you observe that. je very
square inch of your ground i occupied
by one of those impassive figure lXeach
industrionsly putting down a row of ci-
phers you will admit with me that the
boppcrrasa is the lightaing calculator
of the West and that for mnltipiying
on the enrlh he has no -known
equal. - o
1 - . r- i
Governor Hampton is reported 'as
having given to President iryi.
guarantee that peace shall be prenferved
in South Carolina in the ereot that the
Federal troops are withdrawn from
that Stat. This guarantee seem to
have been required by the President
but it is a mere formality. The-nifces-ssry
consequence of the withdrawal. of
Federal soldiers from the Htste 'by
which alone Chamberlain's pretensions
are upheld will be not only peace but
good government representing the
will" of the property-holdiDg and tsx-
:'. 7 a...t. .. I n
Gens. G. T. Beauregard and tubal
Early are to institute and conduct a
aerie of mammoth lottery drawings in
New Orleans.
Pinchback thinks the object of the
commissioa if to let Packard down
eaj.
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