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VOL. XV. NO. 5G.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8, 1871.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
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FIRST EDITION
Coal Mining Outrages.
The "W. B. A." Once Hare.
Per ecution of Non-members
The Tragedy at Troverton.
Ceiks County Democracy.
A Rcw Among the Faithful.
Kte., fctc. Kiev Etc.. Bsc,
OUTRAGES IN THE COAL REGIONS.
Another Terrible Murder Perpetrated by
Ualoa Miners, and lie) ended by the 'V. B
A." A man Killed Id a Nick -resin.
TLe Muitrg" Journal (Pottsville) of yesterday
ha I lie following:
Yesterday we gave a history of one of the
iiiot-t hellish outrages that was ever perpetrated
in anv country, in which an American citizen,
who had done nothing but gone to work to sup
port bis family, was most brutally murdered;
mid the fiends also attempted to hurl no lees
it an fifteen persons into eternity. We to-day
give the full particulars of the cold-blooded
murder of another American citizen, iu a sick
room, at Treverton, which has never been pub
lirhed iu full before. A difficulty occurred with
the men employed at the Trevorton Colliery and
the clerk on pavday.
The men eeac'ed working for about two weeks,
and after thitt thev worked so Irregularly that
t He colliery was losing money. The proprietor
then engaged a number of men outside of the
Union, and they were to go to work on the fol
lowing Monday. Among the persons employed
to go to work was a Mr. Berkheieer, an Ameri
ca! -horn citizen, who bad resided there for
about twcntv years. On the Satnrday previous
he paid a vl-it to a near neighbor, an English
niHn, by tne name of Tlley, who had been con
fined to his bed for several years. The room in
which he lay was on the first floor,
with one window opening to the street.
Berkheiser was petting at the foot of
the Led, and Mrs. Tiley was sitting at the side
of it. on a range with Berkheiser. Between 7
ai d 8 o'clock a flash of a plt.l was observed
aud a report. Berkheiser jumped up from the
chair and said that was in the neighborhood,
and before he had hardly time to utter the re
mark he was phot in the head, tbe ball entering
his forehead and grazing the face of Mrs. Tiley,
who want in range with Berkheiser, and who was
in tbe act of riding also, at the same time.
Before he w shot, he was frequently hooted at
by members of the W. B. A. becauso he would
not join their organization.
Of course. mch a horrid assassination in a
sick room created a great excitement, and the
people were horror stricken.
1 1 baa been charged and is believed that Berk
Lrlfer was murdered by or at the instigation of
members of tbe V. B. A. It appears that tbe
i (lit r of the Monitor visited tbe plaee, and
alter conferring with the members, he published
in his paptr the following heartless article re
lating to this terrible assassination. We publish
it in full:
"At Treverton, on Saturday evening last Mr.
Isaac Bertmelner, a non-unlou miner, while visiting
a sick man named Tiley, was twice tired at througi
a window, i ne second snot, iuoriany wounding nun.
He died at 3 o'clock on Handar afternoon, having
teen unconticlouB all the wmie after receiving the
wound. The reports sav that Mrs. Tlley, wife of the
sick man, wai burned, which la not true. We have
been at some ains to ascertain whether the report
mat tne perpetrator oi ine tieea was a nnion miner,
and shot Mr. BerkbelNer because he was a blackleg.
Is true or not, and we are reliably informed that the
story Is mere sunpl -ion, being altogether without
(omidiiloii. Our Informant savs there are pesole In
'I n verton who would hauga man without judge or
jury fur bvliga member of the union if they had It
in their power aNd we believe ft."
Thin wan published after conference with the
members. There Is not one word of condemna
tion oi souoruoie a mnraer, committed in a
eick room That Mrs. Tiley was "not burned"
if an tmportaut point to be named. There are
nine who would think that the writer of
such an article, under such circumstance, was
iicet 8Mry to the mnrder; but 19 out of every
HO disinterested persons could place no other
cohm ruction on the above article than a full
j nMi flea tion of the murder. Efforts were made
nHeiw ards to Hart the colliery by men outside
the union, but tbe opposition to it and the dif
riculties encountered were so great, that the
parties who bad taken it were forced to give it
no, and it has been standing idle ever since
Tbe people are suffering, and a number of rob-
benes have already been commuted.
Tbe miners there seem determined the col
liery shall not work, unless under their control.
To prove this we publish tbe following docu
' ruent, of which we have seen tbe original copy,
in the handwriting of the Secretary. The Pre-
s.dt i t did not sign it, but bis name was put to
it as pret-iaeui or ine organization.
'Tiiiviktoh, Ken. 18, 1871 At a meetlng!of the
Committee or Management, held on the above date.
It was r Hoi ved mat we, the members of Dis'rlct No.
6 of Treverton, will not work with any man that
worked ilurtnv nr present .usnenslon; also, that
we will not work under the superintendent or bosses
now tn your employ, engineers, stable boy and
Mackcniitb excepted. The. alxwe resolution we are
determined to carry out, let It cost what It may
Also, It wat resolved that any further correspond
ence I n't looked (or by the members of our asso
ciation, if the aitoye resolution is not complied with.
Ail communications Bnouin ne addressed w
'Mohkph Ho but, President
'Dknws Mtn.l.EN, Heoretary."
Here is positive proor or tne existence or an
organized conspiracy to prevent men from
working; it is an unlawful combination as car
ried out according to the above written testi
mony. ,
OLD BERKS.
A Kew Au tbe Democracy af Readies;
There was a lively time among the unterrified
of Heading on Saturday n'.ght. lhe l'ime$ and
lHvatch of Monday says:
Saturday night was tbe time fixed by the con.
stitulion for the annual election of officers of the
"Democratic Association of tbe city of Head
ing." Hon. S. E. Ancona has been president of
this organization for the last two years, and, It
seems, has carried matters with a pretty high
baud by rewarding his friends and puuishing
his enemies In tbe distribution of official honors.
For mime time there have been signs of an
emtute against bis regency, and quite recently it
became evident that be could not be re-elected
to tbe chairmanship without a desperate strug
gle. In order to shove off the election It was
arranged to get two distinguished Democrats
from abroad here on election night to make
speeches in tbe Keystone Hall. Colonel De
chert, the Bew Democratic Senator, and another
member of tbe Legislature, were chosen for this
purpose. It was accordingly announced that
the election for oficers woul f roMi'"1; h-jt
late ob Saturday afternoon a counter-notlco wai
printed, signed by the secretary, stating that
the election would be held as usual.
At tbe hour of meeting a large crowd was
assembled at the rooms of the association. An
cona took the chair as usual. Upon a motion
having been make to go into an election for
officers, Senator Davis opened the ball in a dic
tatorial speech, declaring it discourteous to keep
the distinguished speakers waiting at the meet
ing already assembled at the Keystone Hall,
and moved an adjournment. The vote was put,
and though the "noes" were in a decided ma
jority, the President declared the motion car
ried. Then commenced a grand row, and the
meeting at once became an infuriated mob.
Dozens of members monnted chairs and tables,
all speaking at once in their loadest tones. The
President was bissed, And called upon to vacate
the chair. This he peremptorily refused to do.
Loud cries of "Put him out!" "put him out!"
rang through the room, to which the President
replied that "It would take a better man than
himself to put him out 1" Charges of the mis
appropriation oi tne association s funds were
made and denied.
Among those who "pitched in ' were Evan
Mlshler, Sheriffs Schroeder and Albright, Presi
dent Ancona, Senator Davis, Ed. Shatter, Hiram
8. Getz, Jeff. Keller, and a dozen or two others.
Finally, on the eve of coming to blows, the anti-
Ancona wing of the party adjourned to the back
room. Here the "seceders" organized by call
ing Sheriff Schroeder to the chair, and held an
election by ballot, resulting in the choice of E.
H. Sehearer, Esq., Prosecuting Attorney, as
President. In place of Ancona. The vote stood
Shearer 83, Ancona 1. It is but fair to say
however, that Ancona's friends did not attempt
to storm the Getz fortress, and took no part in
the back-room proceedings.
What tbe result of this "row" will be remains
to be seen. Tbe impression is that the Ancona
wing will back down, and that henceforth the
friends of Congressman Oetz will rule the roost
among the unterrified Democracy of old Berks.
"WASTED, AX INTERPRETER.
A "Benadlng Bedonlo" ia Ceart-The Court
Interpreter Fainting tbe Irish Crier Un
ravels tbe Mystery.
In the Court of General Sessions, yesterday.
Manuel Posada, a Spaniard, was placed at the
bar on a charge of stealing a trunk, clothing,
and a revolver, tbe property, the indictment
charged, of Fidoli Ben-Abdallah. District At
torney Fellowes classified the complainant as "a
Bounding Bedouin of the Desert," who delighted
thousands by aerial acrobatisms amid the Orien
tal surroundings of Lent's Circus.
UNABLE TO SPEAK.
A rather good-looking gentleman, of Eastern
features and dark -olive complexion, advanced.
Be was sworn, triumphantly announcing his
name to tbe clerk as "Fiddlebln-Dollogh." The
child of nature made a lowly salaam to Judge
Bedford. District Attorney Fellowes asked him
what property he bad stolen from him. He
said, in reply, "I do not know who stole it."
He repeated this answer several times. At last
District Attorney Fellowes asked Count Kacineki,
the court interpreter, to try aBd make the Arab
understand the question. "Try him in French,"
said tne District Attorney.
THB DEAD LANGUA0E8.
With trepidation Count Kacineki advanced to
tbe Arab chieftain, and said, "Parte vous
Francais, Monsieur?"
lhe Arab "fn trestrespeu, Monsieur.
Count Kaciusky "He speaks worse French
than English."
District Attorney (gravely)"! can hardly
believe that to be so. Try him again."
Count K. "Parlale ltal ano, itignor?"
Arab "I don't know who take them."
Count K. "Sprachen sie Leutsch?"
Arab (wildly) "I don't know who take him."
Count Kaclnskl grasped tbe railings before
the bench convulsively, and seemed in a faint
ing condition, lbe Arab appeared to be in de
liberation whether he should bound a double
somersault over District Attorney Fellowes or
perform tbe famous Egyptian pyramid feat,
with Judge Bedford as tne physical apex.
IRISH CONQUERS.
It was suddenly discovered at this juncture
that there was a variance between he proof and
the Indictment, the stolen property not being
owned by the witness, but by another "Bounding
Bedouin."
District Attorney "Mr. Interpreter, try and
make him understand by any language under
heaven that his services are no longer re
quired." . t
i ne uount again essayed tne tasK ana lauea.
Whereupon Mr. Dogherty, the crier, though an
old and infirm man, bravely advanced to the
Arab, and whispered in his ear: "Thlgin tha
Gaelic Faugh-a-ballagh."
An expression of surprise and sweetness
showed for a moment on the Arab's face, and
the balmy child of nature drew himself up to
his full height, and hissed between his teeth
something that sounded like 'Baltherishln
nabocklith, collogue." -
Mr. Dogherty started back in astonishment,
his treasured spectacles fell to the floor, and he
advanced to the railing and said, "Av ye plase,
Mr. District Attorney, be Jabers, he's a Corko
nian." A roar of laughter followed, and Fidoli Ben-
Abdallab, following the example of his illus
trious predecessors famed in song, silently stole
away. JV. Y. World.
UKDEIt THE ICE.
HhockleB Affair la Vermont A Hmband Un
able to itescao ills urewoiaa" Wile.
The St. Albans (Vt.) Messenger of a recent
date has tbe following:
As Mr. Kbenezer l. Jewett was returning
with bis wife from an evening visit at his bro
ther's, they determined, when they reached the
bay village, to drive across the ice home, to save
time and distance.
Unfortnnatety a bole had been cut only the
day before, and directly across the road they
were travelling. It was not marked by bushes,
as it should have been, and when they supposed
tbat tbey were periecuy sale ail at once tney
became engulfed. Mrs. Jewett struck upon a
rake of floating ice, and did not sink at once.
Mr. Jewett was dragged down for an instant by
tbe borse, but disengaging uimseu as soon as
possible, attempted to gain hold of the solid ice
tbat he might rescue his wife, who still kept par
tially afloat. Meanwhile he shouted loudly for
neip, nut none arrived.
Mrs. jewett became nnaoie to Keep ner posi
tion, partly above water, and chilled perhaps
perishing with cold- fell over and sank to rise
no more. Mr. Jewett continued his desperate
struggles to reach the main ice, and at length
succeeded. In some way ne naroiy Knews
bow, but probably by his coat sleeves freezing
to the ice he at last found himself upon the
solid surface. He rolled away from the verge,
and then, unable to walk, made tbe way as best
he could to a bouse some sixty rods distant.
The body of Mrs. Jewett was recovered in a
short time. The deceased was only twenty
nine at her melancholy death.
A California jury in a murder trial the other
day determined lbe verdict by lot and brought in
tbe accused mar guilty. He has been ranted a
new trial.
It is stated that at a recent revival meeting
in New Hampshire one of tbe yonng brethren
arose and said that he had received a revelation
from tbe Lord that It was his duty to kiss Sister
. and she, nothing loth, rejoined that if the
Lord was willing she was, and the kissing was
proceeded with then and there to the evident
satisfaction of both parties.
An Iowa boy of twelve years, becoming
angry with the person with whom he boarded,
poured kerosene oil over four horses ownd by
tim and set them on fire. Three were burned
to death before help could reach them, and the
fourth was burned so badly that it had to be
killed, tut wfcnt eWI be d?u; uiti lush, a boy
I Utfcatr
SECOND EDITION
The Disorders in Paris
The Appointment of Palladines.
Forts on the Peine Delivered U
The Evacuation of Versailles.
England's Share in the Peace.
Prussians Homeward Bound.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
A Chapter of Crime.
BftCt BtC. Etc., Etc., Etc
FROM EUROPE.
The French Relief Fund and the American Gey
eminent. Paris, March 7. (N. Y. Herald special.)
The Journal Offlciel invites the Mayors of
Paris and of the communes to address a demand
for a part of the funds sent by the citizens of
the United States, and urges that the delegate
of the American Government be added to the
commission for distribution.
All the
Theatre are Preparing te Re pen
as soon as gas can be got.
The Bank of France
will commence issuing balance sheets on Thurs
day. A Letter of Jnlea Simon
is placarded everywhere. It announces the
Deposition ofNapoleea.
and declares him responsible for the rain and
invasion f Trance.
Tha Appointment of General Palladlnea
has given offense, because of his acknowledged
firmneBs and talent. He has a plan for the
Reorganization of tha National Guard,
approved by M. Thlern.
The National Guard for the future is the most
difficult problem.
The Dlacracefnl Scenes la Paris
will soon be put down.
The Paris Fortifications.
Paris, March 7 Evening The Prussians to
day delivered to the French all the forts on the
left bank of the Seine.
Tha Emperor William
and his staff left Versailles for Ferrieres to-day.
The Prussians are to
Completely Evacuate Versailles
by the 11th, and the neighborhood by tbe 19th.
It is hoped that the
Present Difficulties In Paris
will pass over without serious disturbance.
To be Blade a Baroaet.
London, Alarcn 7. it is expected tnat a
baronetcy will be conferred upon Samuel Mor-
ley, the Liberal member of the House of Com'
mons from Bristol.
- - Dublin, March 7.
The Trial of Porter,
at Ennlskillen, for an assault upon Captain
Poynter, has ended In the discharge of the jury,
who were unable to agree upon a verdict. The
accused has been released on bail to appear at
the seit assizes.
The London " rimes' the Questions
tha Utah (Jammlsatoa.
Before
London, March 8 The Times, commenting
upon its Philadelphia letter, exp resses mlaglv
ings as to the result of the labors of the High
Commission, unless the American commissioners
and Government show a fairer appreciation of
the question than the Senators. The Times
says England repudiates the assumption of her
responsibilities for the depredations of the Ala
bama, until it is decided by an impartial arbi
trator. If the cession of territory is mooted,
the English commissioners will take care it is
not mentioned twice. England will only aban
don her colonies upon the expressed wish of the
colonists, or through war.
Enalaad and the Peaeo Negotiation.
London, March 8. Certain diplomatic corre
spondence is published which shows the part
taken by England in the negotiations for peace
at Versailles. M. Broglle, who arrived in London
on the 24th tilt., addressed a note to the Foreign
Office complaining of the indifference exhibited
by England toward France, and asking Earl
Granville to obtain a prolongation of the armis
tice and a reduction of the indemnity from the
onerous amount of six milliards of francs. Eirl
Granville declined to Interfere as to the armis
tice, but telegraphed the Bame day to Versailles
representing tbat it was impossible for France
to pay so great a sum as six milliards of francs
Odo Russell, British representative at Ver
tallies, writes that he received the despatch too
late to admit of bis interposition in the negotla
tlons, but expresses the belief that Count Bis
marck received a duplicate of the despatch be
fore the indemnity was finally settled at five
milliards of francs.
Tbe Prussians en the Road name.
London, March 8 The Daily Kews' special
correspondent at Versailles telegraphs that Bis
marck has begun his homeward journey. The
Emperor and Crown Prince are to hold a re
view of the German forces to the eastward of
Paris, and will not return to Versailles. The
evacuation of the neighborhood of Versailles is
probably accelerated In order to enable the
French National Assembly to meet there
Tho National Uaard of Paris
are excited over a fear that they are to bs dis
banded, and have made a protest against the
appointment of General Palladines to command
over them. Jraris is otherwise cairn.
This Moralna's Quotations.
London, March B 11 80 A, U Consols, k for
monev and account. Vnlted States bonds outer.
6-UOS Of IS, i f IMA, Old. 1S ! Of 1H6T, IW't J
:u-40, 69)4. Krle, 19 ; Illinois Central, lox ; At
lantic and Great Western, o.
LiviarooL, Marc h 8 ll-ao A. M. Cotton doll,
though opened a shade firmer; miildliiix uplands.
10,1'CO Ultf. BrcadbtufU quiet.
FROM THE WEST.
The Norther Pacific Railroad.
Sprcidl I)eitck to The livening TelfffrapK.
DtJLTjTH. March 8. The Northern Pacific
Railroad was formally opened from this place
yesterday to the beautiful new town of Bralnerd,
located on the banks of tbe Mississippi. This
town of. Bralnerd but a few weeks ago consisted
of but a few homes, and showed but little evi
dence of civilization. It is now one of the most
thriving and prosperous towns on the Western
frontier. It is situated 113 miles west of Ouluth,
and now contains many large factories, busi
ness places, and private residences. It is des
tined to be one of the largest and most pros
perous of our "Western cities. The Mississippi
river is navigable for three hundred miles above
Bralnerd, and in this region there is an abund
ance of lumber, grain, etc., in the trade of which
articles the town is already largely engaged.
Tbe Northern Pacific road is graded to the
Red river, a distance of 153 miles west of
Bralnerd, and the rails for this section are now
made and ready for laying. By the 1st of
August or September next the iron horse will
traverse a distance extending 260 miles west of
Duluth. The energy with which the road Is now
being carried forward cannot leave a doubt of
its ultimate great prosperity. It has thus far
opened up and added Incalculable value to an
immense tract of country.
Haloid la Ohio,
Akron, Ohio, March 8. Daniel McNaughton,
Jr., a young man about twenty-four years old,
Intimately connected with some of the first
families here, shot himself dead in his room,
this morning, about 4 o'clock. Cause, intem
perance.
FROM NEW YORK.
Bhockla Wife Murder la Albany.
Albany, March o A terrible tragedy oc
curred here this morning, at the residence of
Dr. Samuel P. Van Hooson, on Madison avenue.
The doctor, who is of intemperate habits, had
angry words with his wife, and seizing an iron
griddle Btruck her with it on the back of the
head, crushing her skull and causing death
almost instantaneously. Tbe circumstance be
coming known to the neighbors, the police was
sent for, and the doctor taken into custody. The
circumstance caused great sadness amongst the
acquaintances of the family, by whom the doctor
and his wife were highly esteemed.
FROM TBE SOUTH.
Desperate Affray la Vralnla.
Stanton, Va., March 8. At Buffalo Gap, last
night, about twenty-five negroes attempted to
mob another named Jackson Norville. Two of
the mob seized Norville, when the latter drew
his knife, and vigorously commenced to cut at
them. He killed one instantly and mortally
wounded the other. He then made his escape
into the house, where the mob could not get at
htm. A few hours later he was arrested and
brought to this place.
msamasomi
OBITUARY.
Dr. Bartholomew Fuaaell.
Dr. Fussell, of West Chester, one of the
fathers of tbe country, and at one time a very
prominent man in connection with the anti-
slavery movement, died lately, at the age of
seventy-seven years. He was born in Chester
county, Pa., in the year 1794, his ancestors being
of the sect of Friends, and among those of Eng
lish origin which arrived in the country during
the early settlement of Pennsylvania under
William Penn. Some of them then built their
bouses in the wild country now occupied by the
city itself.
When a young man Fussell removed to Mary
land, and there, in connection with Elisha
Tyson, became a most active opponent of the
slavery system, though It was protected by the
government of the State in which he resided.
He there taught school during the week, reading
medicine in the evenings, and also founded and
had the charge of a colored Sunday-school,
where the rudiments of knowledge were im
parted to some ninety negroes.
He afterwards graduated in medicine, and
immediately became a prophet of the doctrine
tbat slavery was tne immediate cause oi nu
merous diseases to which the community was
subject. When he returned to Pennsylvania to
practise his profession, his house became a haven
for all tbe fugitive slaves, and it is said that
about 2000 were aided by him in their efforts to
escape. His coadjutors and earnest friends were
Benjamin Lundy, William Lloyd Garrison, and
Thomas Garrett. He was of course connected
with the Anti-slavery Society, and attended its
last meeting, held in Philadelphia only a short
lime ago.
He was a successful medical practitioner, and
was an earnest advocate or. tue cause oi the
medical education of women. The Women's
Tftonl rVillafra sin Inrtli ffillarvA aitamvia
Philadelphia, is the offspring of bis thought and
endeavor, though he was never connected di
rectly with iu He, however, himself instructed
a class of ladies in medicine as early as the
year 1840.
THE RIGHTS
OF "COMMUTERS."
A Serlinntaae an the (Jars A
fas.easer
j9 Ajectea A Vest lU.e,
Mr. Edward Moran. a regular commuter on
the Delaware. Lackawanna, and Western Kail
road, was ejected from tne a JU train from New
York on tbat road on Satnrday evening, when
about midway between tbellackensack-and this
city, bis commutation ticket having been
already used for two trips tbat day. Mr. Moran
has made this present action a test case. lUv
isg been away for some days, be
had not used bis ticket during
the present montn, ana so Having neen
out to Montclalr and back once already on
Saturday, though not using the Delaware, Lack
awanna and western road between lloooken
and Newark, he claimed the right to ride to
Newark, first, on tbe ground tbat be had not
used his ticket for that purpose before that day;
and, secondly, because he had several back
rides yet due to him. Conductor 8eels, how
ever, finding Mr. Moran's ticket properly
punched for the day, could not admit the first
claim, and as to the teeond he explained that
his orders leit mm no power la tue matter.
After some words, Mr. Moran refusing to pay
bis fare, tbe brakemen were summoned, lhe
train stopped, and a struggle ensued. Mr. Moran
had removed his overcoat, and being a power
ful, well-built man. succeeded in landing: a blow
on the forehead of the leader of the assaulting
party which floored him. A general scrimmage
then tooK place, wben Mr. Moran was overpow
ered and put off upon the meadows. Ssveral
passengers sided with the conductor, and as
slated in putting off Mr. Moran, while others
applauded that gentleman's pluck, but did not
eo into the fleht. Mr. Moran says thatConduc
tor Seels did but do bis duty, but tbat be will
.mmnp. t.r..rtfnin .(rQl'tit 1 h n rittrii4 fir
I the ejection A'cwark JLdccrtiHr,
THIRD EDITION
Union Pacific Railroad
Report of the Directors.
Later from Europe.
Tho Troubles ia Paris.
Fears of Revolution.
French in Possession of the Forts
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON
The President and the Income Tax.
Affairs in the South.
THE SAN DOMINGO COMMISSION
IltC, Etc.. IU:,
lie.
U tc.
FROM JYEW ENGLAND.
TJoloa Partfl.t Kailroad lit pot I.
Boston, March 8. The report of tbe Presi
dent of the Union Pacific R tilro id to the stock
holders was presented at fie directors' ineetlug
to-day, from which the following extracts are
made
We have very muchlmproved our road dur
ing the past year by m ith'iig and perfecting
the road bed, ftreugtheniug the snw-shtls
where tbey showed tigns of weakness list
winter, increasing the amount of snow-fencee,
and so effectually La the ro id been protected
during the past winter from obstructions y
SDOWtbatwe bavein .no ins ance m!-sed coii
nection at either tnd of tbe Hue, while rouds
East tbrougn luwa nave ueou ueiuuod over
twenty-four hours.
'The great dai gvrs ro.itemput.ed from tbe
snows of Platte Valley and Laramie PUbis have
proved groundless, aud thu Uaion Pmidis recta
can be run wltu mt re certainty of biiuj; unob
structed by 6now than t'te railroads of New
Euglat d and New York. The waut of a bridge
oyer the Musonri river at um.ina, to connect
Eastern railroads with the Union Pacific, has
been one of the most aunylng lucid' n:s con
nected with tbe trip to California. Tin uncer
tain and turbulent character of the rlvv)i-, with
its shifting banks, has made it pa.--agt) uucer
tain and frequently extremely tedious.
"During the pat year we have been actively at
work upon a bridge, and nope to iiay j as per
maner t aid durable structure a can be made
for use during the summer. An act has been
obtained from Congress authorizing the mort
gage of tbe bridge. vV e promote low to issue
2,500,000 of twenty year eight per cent, mort
gage bonds to provide noies tor the completion
of the bridge. Tbe tolls on the bridge will be
fixed at a rate sufficient to pay the intest on
the bonds and set apart enough to tbe siuklug
fund to redeem them at maturity. It is pro
posed to make the bridge a carriage-way for tbe
accommodation of travel between the cities of
Omaha and Council Bluffs, and from which it is
expected to derive an Income largely in excess
of the additional cost; without interference with
its use for railroad purposes.
-The increased facilities opened by the rail
road for reaching the mining districts, have
greatly stimulated the development of tbe
mines. Colorado and Utah are now opening
some of the richest mines yet discovered iu our
country. Tbe mines in the vlciuity of Salt
Lake are exciting great attention. It is esti
mated that from ten thousand to fifteen thou
sand settlers and miners will be drawn there the
ensuing season. The amount of ore to be sent
over our road to smelting works East aud in
EBg'acd is estimated at five thousand to teu
thousand tons daily.
"While tbe machinery and supplies necessary
to develop successfully aud profit ib'y tbe
mines will give a very large westward business
to our road, our prospects of business f.o u Salt
Lake City and vicinity are very en.ouraging,
and we shall be greatly disappointed if it is not
more than double last year.
'Our coal mines have proved fully equal to our
most sanguine expectations, both iu regard t
the superior quality of the coal as a steam gene
rator and tbe exteut of the deposits. It Is b
lieved there is no better coal ia this country for
locomotive service, aud nowhere can it be more
cheaply mined. Iron ore of very superior
quality and in vast quantities has been discovered
in the vicinity of Cheyenne and Larainlo.
'We have the promise of the iron district here
tbat it will be able to compete successfully with
the most favored localities of our country. Ex
tensive Iron works must spring up upon tbe line
of our road, and we shall be furnished with
cheap iron for all its uses.
"Coal and iron, tbe most neceBsory and essen
tial inateilais for tbe construction and operation
of railroads, are found on the line of tho
road In unlimited quantities and of the finest
quality. They iar sure guarantees that the
road can be maintained and operated at tho
lowest rates."
BaJCissoro Prodaeo Marks-..
Biltimoh. March 8. Cotton heavy; low mld-dUiitr,-
13413ko. Flour Arm; Howard Street
suierdne, aouo,;)4 ; no. extra, $H)jJ-vin;
do. iauiujf, liTMHAv; iuj amiis superoue, 3w.rt;
do. extra, itt-TtHo 8-V6; do. family, is rtt-.ait ; Weitera
-stperilne. is-MHS; do. extra, $4 u .i-jt-: iu fa'uiiy,
iTvlH&a'oo. iiove.rseen.nriu in i i -m,. ""
quitt; choice white, y U6t'4'lfi; fulr to prime,
$10311J; prime to ctiolce rel, tltKMK l; fair
to good, ll5l-78s common, il-tt&4100: Ohio aud
Indiana, 11 ftiKl-6: Penustlvams, ei-Mil'. Corn
aUve; white Southern lower at b4sle. ; fellow
hi uthero quiet at batattrc. Oat flrui an J iu (food
demand at SOt.81. Mesa Fork quiet at i f.
MucM'n steady: ihmilders.snc ; rb gld-s,llc. ; cleur
. I ..... M.. I .(Ml I fl t 7 ' . T I I
a'ulet at WVsi3X "Whisky nioie nruT at 91io. )
PROM KUHOPK.
P.arla Parts Oeconlea by tbe Fraaeh.
Paris, March 8. (Special despi'th to the
N. Y. Tib-gram.) The Freuch staff officers
have taken possession of Forts Valerlen, Mont-
rontre, nvr, iy, ani Blcetre, which are to
be occupied by tbe French Army of tbe Loire.
In consequence of the serious aud threatening
character of the
IMn'urhnnrra Ip Patls
a meeting was held at the house of the Mayor,
and Jules Ferry, one of tbe Prefects, tendered
his fet-ii ration.
tietuiaa Residents Rrinralea;.
Several (teimans holding official posit ens in
Paris lefore the war have returned.
The French Government has tken in excv ss
of tbe number of the National Guard more than
twelve thousand rifles.
roops Under Arms la Paris.
In tbe quarters near to the Boulevards, the
troops were under arms all night. .
At Montmartre, Bbvy, Place Royata, Bel'
ville, and La Villeme, the National Guard h ve
formed camps supported Jay artillery. Tols
aspect of affairs has thrown the cltlzeus gene
rally into a painful state of ext-ltt.ment, and the
coiim qm nee is tbat all confidence in the sta
bility of the present Government is lost.
uftplclou and lt:..rt
are visible everywhere. The report that
The ICffuiprror
was to leave Wilbeltmhohe for England is pre
mature. Napoleon will not leave till peace U
definitely signed at Brussels.
The Fienrh Itailaet.
Pakis, March 8. The Minister of Marine has
proposed to the1 National Assembly great re
ductions in the budget. The Minister of War
proposes a complete reorganization of the army
and defenses of France, including the erection
of fortifications upon the new German frontier. -
FR OM WASflA O I ON.
Tbe Fortheomloa Mhm- iron, the Presides!.
pjHtfcA Despatch tc the Evening Telegraph.
WAbiilMiTON. March ti. Th.i President is shut
up iu bis room to-day and refused to see Con
gressmen who ca led uoou him. It Is under
stood that he is engaged iu preparing a message
to be tent to Congress. .
Several Senators and members of the House
have called upon the t'te'd .nt to urge him to
recommend to Congress the
Itrpral of lite Incouia Tax.
They allege tbat it would be the most popular
thing he could do at this time. The special
Senate commi' tee ou
Nouihera Ouiraars
is In session to-day revising the preliminary re
ports, which will be presented to-morrow. It is
said to be a document of considerable length,
aud will present an array of facts concerning
the condition of affairs in the South that will
startle the countiy. Still it is questionable
whether any concurrent legislation will grow
out of it. A stringent act like Kutler's Ku-Klux
bill would be resioted at all points by the Demo
crats. A mild one would be useless. .
Ktporis ol l OMtutliKts.
Tbe select committees of the Senate will be
ready to report to morrow. Au effort will pro
bably be made to
tietlre Air. Humner
from tbe chairmanship of the Foreign Relations
Committee, but it is believed a majority of the
Republican Senators will oppose it in caucus.
l he President stated yesterday that he ex
pects the
Haa lloniluso t iiiniiulN
to return within ten days or two weeks. He
regards tbe commission as a success, and ex
pects a unanimous .report in favor of annexa
tion. Tbe report of the commission will be
cent to the Senate at once.
flow lark ! aaa ntooa issrkti.
Haw Yobs.. March 8. moots active. Money
strong at A per cent. Gold. 111. b-aus, tses, coupon,
inx; no. nov no., um; uu. itsoo, ao. iii'f,
io. 186. new, nl'i; do. lbOI, 111; do. 1868, 111)4;
16-40P, li'94 J Virginia 6s, new, 6S)rf; Missouri sa.
91),; C'aiiion t'o , 74 V; Cumberland preferred, 84;
'ew lorR c entral and Hudson Kiver, 87 Jtf; Erie,
WJi Reading. 101? ; Adams Express, 70; Mlo hi-
fi hi, Utnirai, us; Mionisrau jour,nern, mx; Illi
nois Central. 133V; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 115V;
Chicago and ttock Inland, 111; Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne. 16: w-st-rn union Tmegrano, m
FRANCE.
' PayioBt eftho Paris War Indemnity.
Farit (Fb. 18) Cut respondent London Daily Sews.
Tbe war Indemnity exacted of the city of
Put is, amounting to 200,000,000 francs (8,000,-
0 purling), ia in coun-e of liquidation. Last
Monday the sum total was conveyed to Ver
radii s, according to agreement. It was composed
of (liafic upou Berlin to the amount of one-half,
and tbe other half of notes of tbe Bank of
Fiance, inclosed In two iron chests. The Prussian
receivers wauted to check the amount, notwith
standing that tbe seals were intact, a fact to
which their attention was directed, as a guaran
tee of the integrity of tbe contents. In return
a sum of 60,000 OtO francs in notes was handed
over to tbe French Commissioner, to be ex
changed - still according to tbe convention
against 80 000,000 In gold and 20 000,000 in sti
ver. Tbe French Commissioner insisted upon
tbe verification of tb 50 000,000 returned into
his bandi. On Tuesday the Bank of France
remitted 7.000.000 in silver. The Prussian
gents proceeded to count out the amount; but
perctiving the operation would require
too much time (at the rate of 1000
a minute, a man would need 116 con
secutive hours to jerfoim this arithmetical feat),
they contented themselves with weighing tbe
coin. On Wednesday last, 7,000,000 more were
handed over to them, which tbe Prussian con
trollers we condescending enough to take upon
trust. On Thursday, the balance of 0 000,000
was paid, and to-day the 20 000 000 (francs
alwa) 8) in gold will pass Into their hands. This
enormous sura has been drawn by the Bank of
France from its branch at BresU
"Valsatlaelstast UaiabeUa."
In tLe Equity Courts of London, befoie Vice-Cbabt-ellor
Sir It. Mallus, in the case of Valen
tine versus Gambetta, an interim Injunction had
been granted on behalf of tbe plaintiff, who
was a merchant in the city of London, to re
strain the bankers, Messrs'. Morgan fc Gooch,
from parting with a sum of 8,000 000 francs,
which bad beeu deposited with them for payment
of a contract entered into by M. Gambetta
with the plaintiff for the supply of twenty
baturle of guns, aud which coutract the de
fendant souk ht to repudiate. It was then
stated that the money so deposited amounted
to 6,000,000 francs, but that 3,000.000 francs bad
been sent over to New York, where tbe contract
wss t Dv carried out, and from whence the
guns were to be .hipped. Mr. Glasse (with
whom was Mr, l'euibertou) staled tbat it had
been dUcovttred that the whole mm of 0,000,000
francs was fctill lodged with Messrs. Morgan
ai d (iooch, and no part of It had been seut to
hew York. He therefore asked tht the in
junction miiiht be extended to tbe full amount.
The Vice-Chancellor made the oider asked.
A joung woman, not more than twenty years
old, starved to death in Rochester on Thursday
latt. Sbe had striven silently to support her
m If after belnc deserted by a worthier fan..
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