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NEW SERIES-VOL. 18, NO. 42.
(Turds.
IOB PIIINTINO Of KVERY BB8CRIP
tloa naatly eieeuted at thla offioe.
Se
BliOCKIUNK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. CLEARFIKLD, PA.
Ofllee Id Cooit House, ap 16,77-ly
UK. M. HOriTLLUt'SH
'RED. O la. IITK.
McClLLOIGH & BUCK.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, I'a.
All legal bu.tBeei promptly attended to. Office
oa Beouod atreet. ia the ataewaio baildiag.
JeBllt,'7T
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
cniWENfVIM.E,
Clearfield County, Penn'a. 75y
TMMTICF.N all I'ONftTAIII.KH' PC EH
Wa faara printed a large BBmbar of tba aee
BILL, and "111 oa tba receipt af twenty
S. cento, mail a eon? tn any addreu. -...A
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Justice of the Toum and Scrivener,
Curwenevllla, Pa.
k-luOolIwiloDs made end
paid oft.
money promptly
e28
s.
WILSON,
ATTOHNF.Y AT LAW,
Office otil dimr Mit of Wettem Hotel building,
opposite Lonrt House.
iept.aT7. CLEARFIELD, PA.
THO.. I. MC MA V, OTRUf SOBDOB.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office Ib Pie'i Opera Hou, second floor.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to nil business e lit rutted to him
ptoiuj'tly and hilhluliy. jenl'T
WILLIAM A. WAU.ACB.
H tHKr r. W.LLACi.
nATID b. KKRKt.
JOHfl W. WHISLBT.
WALLACE &. KREBS,
(Saetiu)ri to Wallace A Fielding,)
ATTOHNR YS-AT-LA W,
jaol'TT Clearfield, Pa.
IOHBPU B. M'BtALtT.
DABIBL W. M'CL'RDT.
McENALLY & MoCDRDY,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Cleartleld, Pa.
dfLegl builneei Attended to promptly with)
fidelity. Offioe on Second itreet, tove :he Firal
Nat ion 1 llnuk. jin:l:76
G. R. BARRETT,
Attornky and Counhblor at Law,
0lkarfikld, pa.
Having reiigned bll Judjienhip, hat reiutned
:hv ;ractic nf the law Id hii old office at Clear
flcM', V. Will attend the eoarte of Jeffereoa and
I.Ik eounJes when ipcotany retained in connection
with reii'le.tt eouBicl. jani u
A. G. KRAMER,
A T T O II N K Y - A T - L A W ,
Heal Satate aad CollaotloB A(eot.
l l.EAHriKl.l, HA..
Will promptly attend to all legal buaiBaat an
truated to hla care,
(r Office in Ple'a Opera Honaa. JaBl'76.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF Till PEACE
roa
litcatiir ToiraiAip,
Oaacola Milla P. O.
All official bualnaaa antraated to him will ba
promptly attended to. raeli20, '70,
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Hrenchvllle, Clearfield Couuty, Pa.
Kcepi eonatantly oa band a full aattortment of
I)ry Oooda. Hardware, Uroeerlea, and ererytbinjr
naoelly kept In a retail Itore, whicb will baiold,
for eaah, aa ebeap aa elsewhere Ib the county.
Freoobvlll., June 17, 1607-ly.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DIALS IB
GENKHAL MKRCI1 ANDISK.
f.RAHAMTON, Pa.
Alto, xtentire manufacturer end dealer In Ptuar
limber ana bawed Lamberol Hi kinai.
Ordere elicited and all billa promptly
filled. Ljyl 72
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper tunta in that then almost unknown
1IEXHY MEiaas.
1118 WONDERFUL AND ROMANIICCAIttKlt.
Homy Mci !(;, who died ill Limn on
1 1. 1, oa 1 1. ..I,: . i .
...v .in uilllliu, unit whoso (loutli ncc-
ccuainy octuaioim a most profound
sensutiou in lVru, and, indeed, through
outSouth Aniotien.was born in Greene
county, iv i., m tho yeur 1811. Of
nit early lilo liltlo iu known. Ho firel
emerged: Horn olsiunty in Huston
while he waa Kill a young man. 11
oocuuio noted asono who could handle
nenvy intcreata easily, and gnir.od a
reputation aa a successful lumber deal
cr and contractor. From Boston he
came to Now York. , Hero ho soon bo
camo a mairnnto of tho lumber trmln
and was organizina; vast schemes of
tratllc when tho financial euithquulto
of I8JJ7 shook till his plans to ruin. Ho
win ono 01 tlio first to cut on his leet
again in theso troublous days, and had
it not been for his boundless gencrosi.
ty. ho would soon have bccoino enor
mously rich. Dut ho lavished his ro-
sources without stinton his struggling
Iriends ar.-1 rfiwatcdlv crinnled him!
sell to hivo olhorB from ruin, llu alro
spent largo sums to encourage and do
volop art. llu founded '.ho American
musical inslituto in Jiow York, which
nau a brilliant success so long as he
remained there to direct it.
Tho discovery of gold in California
gave a now direction to Mr. Jleiggs'
energy, ioiermining to try his lor
rary track was laid along tho Alamo
da, and tho cars woro run over it clear
to tho upper end of'Suntingo. A largo
painting of tho seono, with the loco
motive and the clustering magnates
mereon in tho torcground, was execu
ted and placod in the Capitol in Santi
ago. Tho wbolo country rejoiced.
Jieiggs was solicited to bocoino a nat
uralised citizen of Chili, and was of
fered anystnlion in tho liopublic ex
cept that of President, which no for
eigner can hold. But ho respectfully
repelled all temptations lo surrender
bis Aniorican citizenship, although he
nover hoped to see his native' land
again. Ho took tip his residenco at
Santiago, whero he lived on a scale ol
princely profusion and splendor until
1807, when ho accepted overtures from I
mo government, oi rem to develop a
railroad system in that country.
II is first contract with tho I'ornvian
govern njent was to build a railroad
from Alullendo, on tho coast, lo Aro-
pnpa, ninety miles inland In tho moun
tains, for 12,0li0,0il. As soon as it
became known in Chili that Jleiggs
tmu uegun worn on a railroart in 1'oru
Hanger,
Clearfield. Penn'a
eXA-Witl execute Joba ia hia line promptly and
ta a workmanlike manner. a re,67
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A
tfrPumpe alwaye on hand and made to order
ob tbort notice, ripei bored on reasonable terma.
All work warranted to render latiifartlon, and
delivered if desired. myZailypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
DKAI.KKA IB
SQUARE TIMBER,
nB'l tnitnulacturera of
ALL klMml'AVl:l I.U1HI1KK,
1-771 CI.KARFIKLD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer lo
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BIIINill.k'8, LATH, 1 PICKETS,
:lt'7l Clrarleld, Pa,
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,
il:l:7.1 ClearHeld, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
' t learHrld, Pa.
-0i-e Ib Old Vfeatern Hotel bulldlnf,
eornir of Second aad Market 8t. butII.M.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
. Clearfield. Pa.
ST-Ottca la Ilia Court Uouaa. (Jyll.'t'
JEKI) & IIAGEHTY,
HARDWARE, FARM IMPLEMENTS,
Tinware. UaJla, eVc,
aul,'77 Seci ad Street, nlr.rf.ol I, Pa.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
1 ATTORNEY AT LAW.
lad Real Ratal A (tent. Clearfield. Pa.
Office aa Tblrd atreet, bat.Cberrj A Walaut.
eaaT" Reapaetfally ofera bll aarvieaaln aalhDjr
lad buying landl In Olearlleld and adjoining
louatlaa ) and wllb aa ezperlcBce ot over tweatv
tara aa a aurveyor, Oattera himaelt that he ean
reader aatlafaetico. (Feb. S:H3:tf,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
40 DaALBB IN
Saw 1jO nnd Tjimibor,
PA.
1:11:71
ginn, ho loaded the ship iNiantio with
lumber, and, taking Ins brother John
J Jleiggs with him, sot sail for San
r'rancisco, whero ho arrived in July,
Mii. , llu sold his shipload of lumber
at twenty times it cost, making a clear
prom oi au,uuu on tho venture. 'J. lion,
with consummate discretion, he tonk a
Bubordinalo position in a lumberyard,
and studied all the phases and prom
ises of tho situation beforo ho risked a
dollar of his capital, Foreseeing the
luiurogrculnoss ol Sun r rancisco, and
the inevitable demand lor lumber, he
quietly matured schemes for a .grand
success. Y hen everything was ready,
bo hired live hundred men, sent them
into tho forests of Contra Costa coun
ty, felled tho choicest trors in that
thon densely wooded region, hauled
them in saw logs to tho shore ot tho
bay ol hun J-rancisco, built them into
hugo rails, floated them to a wharf
wh.ch he had constructed in the city,
converted them into lumber by the
agency of a steam sawmill which he
had erected, und made ftiOOjUUO in
gold by the operation.
Thenceforth, until ho fell, Henry
Meiggs was a foremost man in Cali
fornia in business, in municipal polities,
and in social life. He bad three man
ias land, lumber, and music. His
laud and lumber operation were con
ducted on a scale of unprecedented
magnitudo, mid ho was popularly bo-
lioved to be the richest man on the
western coast of America. But when
the great financial pressure of 15(
seized California with its paralyzing
Raa upiM AM " "l'"-J "'"
rvi. ihliitim'i un aimed man. Ho rose to tho con-
SADDLE and HAENESS MAKER, te with such enormous strength und
tunbarger, Clearfield Co., Pa. sucn rosourcciui genius mat, Had no
aougiii, oniy lu buvu uunnen, no migni
navocomo oil victorious; but, with ill
judged genorosity which wasa pervad
ing clemout of his character, ho at
tempted to save all his friends, and was
by them dragged down into bottom
less ruin.
t .l it.... ... u
Square illllDer liniDCr lnnus, Mr. ileiggs commitlod forgeries of
ctimtncrciul paper und city warrants
amounting in tho aggregate to over
g30U,0tl0. At !asl, linding tho si nig
gle hopeless, and fearing detection, ho,
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SI10K MAKER,
Market ft., Clearfield, Pa.
In the ilion lately- oocunied by Frank 8hurt,
one door weat of Allegheny llouae.
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and RUILDEH.
Plane and Pueoifieatiun furnlebed for all kindi
of buiiiiinjte. Ail won Dreiciaei. atair nuua-
lot a ineeUl.T,
P. O. addrees, Clearfield, Pa. jaa.l7-T7tf.
Keepion band all kindi of Ilirneei, fiaddlei.
Bridle, and Horn Furnishing Owiit, Repairing
promptly attended to.
Kutubargor, Jan. It, 1877-tf.
AMES MITCHELIi,
DBALBB IB
jell'TI CLKARFIELD, PA.
J. It. M'MURRAY
PRICK. COMB AND 6EB. (i:i:7.Hy:)
NEW WASHINGTON,
flvery Ntable.
between Tbird and Fourth
UKO. W. OKARHART,
Tle.rSelil. Feb. 4, IS74
CLEARFIELD,
Office In Orahani'a Row.
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTOU NEY-AT - LAW,
I IS (taeeola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTUKKKHURil, PA.
Will altand profeaalonal call a promptly, augle'70
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SURAMIN,
Office oa Market Street, Clearleld, Pa.
aOOloa hunra; 8 to IS a. m , and 1 to S p. m.
D
R E. M. SCIIEURER,
II0MQ20PAT1I10 PIIY8IC1AN,
Offlca la reaideoea oa Market at.
April M.1S7I. CIll,h a
DR.'J. P. BURC H FIELD,
Late floreeenef the sad Reglm.nl, Peaaiyleaala
Volonteara, bartof raturnad ftoaa Iba Army,
oteri bla prafaaaloaal aertleea lo tbeeltlaena
of Olearflaldeoaaty.
ampr,.r...lABel ae.lla aromntlf attasoad ta.
Office aa Seeoad atiaol. (a,arlyooeaplad by
tlr.WoaJi. apr4,'-M
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
C'l.P.ARFIF.I.n, PKNN'A.
0FK1CK L MASOX1C BUILDING.
P- Office hours From II lo I P. U.
May 1, 1871,
7ILLIAM M. HENRY, Johtici
' or tna Pbacb aao flcaivaaaa, Ll'M nan
CITY. Collectiona made and money promplly
Paid ever. Article, of agreement and deeda oi
"""janoe neatly eiecuted aad warraaieo cor.
" t ao charge. HJyT"
J AM E 8 H. LYTLE,
' Kritier'a lluildli(, Clearfield, Pa.
kaler la Oroceilai, Prorlllona, Vegetable,
'hi, rmnr, feed, etc., etc.
a,rU'7-lf
UAIlltY SNYDER,
UAHHKR AND HA IRMtKHSKR
8b. if 01 Market St.. apprwlla Ooart lloaaa.
A cleaa aowel far OTary netoraer.
Alio aaaaaraelarar of
H Kind, or Anirlea In Huaaaa Hair.
ta)arW4, p.. may It, '7a.
T0IIN A. RTADLKR, .
" bAKKR, Marhot It., Cleaileid, Pa.
''h flread, Ruab, Rollt, Plea aad Cake.
Z ,. ni m II1de to order. A general eeaortment
l i '"'"'loa, Frulta aad Wall la Hock.
,!V " Oyatera In ecaaoa. Kaloia nearly
' " iha Pnatoffiae. Pricaa aaoderate.
Ml U-'J,
1854, with his wife and threo children
socrotly left San Francisco, and going
on board the lurk America ivlm-li he
had bought threo days before und which
was lying at anchor tiff a point threo
miles south of tho city set end fur a
Til K anderalgned bega leara to Intorm the pub- destination not CVen knOKH to himself,
lie that he la aow fully prepare' to accornmo- T,0 discovery of his flight and OI hit
date all ia the wayof furniihing ll..eea,llugtrica, , i mi -.
saddle, and Harneaa, on the aborteat nolle, and forgeries occasioned Wild CXCItelllOIlt
en rcaeonable lornie. Reaidence on Locuat atreet, and widespread grief, and ill Some
bosoms excited sentiments ol vengance
which woro destined never to be either
galiflcd or placated.
Tho next that was heard of Mr.
Meiggs ho was superintendent nf
bridges on tho Valparaiso nnd Santia
go railroud in Chili. Tho road fed
Watchos, Clocks and Jowolry, Irom Yalparaso to Llailai sixty miles
tinu been completed. 1 no road Had
been under construction lor years, had
ruined every contractor who had un
dertaken to build it, and hud become
the dispuir ot tho Chilian I'overnment
Meiggs constructed his bridges with
masterly skill, and while ho was build
ing thorn ho studied tho situation crit
icully and profoundly, with a view
obtaining u contract to complete tho
road, rrom J Jamil lo Santiago, a (lis
tance of thirty-thrco miles, the cngi
S.I.SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHAf AKKR
AND DBALSB IS
vVtiAaet'e Xoie, Market Strl,
CI KAHFI KM), PA.
All hinda of repairing In my line promptly at-
anded to. April J, I J .
NEW BOOT AND SHOE SHOP.
Tba undersiftned would In form ibe publio lliat
he has rrtnorrd bis Hoot and tShtie Biittp to the
mom lately occtipifnl hr J". Dearin. iu Kbair'i
How, Markat itreet, wbere he Is prepnred lo at
lend to tba waoU of all wlio aeeil anibing in bit
line. AH work done by him will be of tbe best
tnaalaaVeal aetata STllalFaMlata.il taa La Bllf .dlllil III
rrepeet. Hepairing prowpll- attended to. All nooring diflicultlt'S Were fetUttil!'.OUlf
kinas ol ieCNlbvr and hftue unmnifP i rsaie.
JOHN KL'IIItiPKK.
Cleiraeld, Pa.,Jaly 18, Ml tm.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE.
At tba end of tba Bew bridge,
WEST CLEARFIKLD, PA.
1 hero was a riso ol i.iiOi) feet, hugo
masses of rocks seemed piled lo th
clouds, and wido and deep abysses
yawned along tho way. hvery engi
neer that figured on that thirty. threo
miles estimated that it would cost over
127,000,000, and that it would talto
The proprlrtor of ibie etebHhmcn! win buy from six to oight years to complete it
if, indeed, it could bo built at ti
Altera through analysis ot too woik
Moiggs offered to build tho mail Irom
Llailai to Santiago for f 1 2,000,000, nnd
to complete it in four years. Tocorn-
al, tho Secretary of Slate for Chili and
tho richest man in that republic, who
bad become an ardent admirer and
warm friond of Mofggt aoeorcd tho con
bif liquor, direct from diatillera. Partlec baying
from tbie hoaee will be eure to get o pore arllchi
at a 110.11 margin above eoeT Hotel bcepero aaa
ba furniabed with llquora no reaeonanle terma.
Pare winoa and araadiea direct from fieeley 'a
Vtaery, at hath, New York.
UKOrHIK N. COLBl ltN.
Clearield. Juaa IS, IS7i-tf.
Clearfleld Nursery.
ENCOURAGK HOME INDUSTRY. lrMl for Wmi wunt Bccirity on h,
rrtlll aaderilgaad, baring aauhllaaad s nar- uoiid, and got uim an advitnco ol a
X aery oa the -nae, aooui aau way rm.ir.
arena
lab all kind, of FRUIT THKKS, (.tandard aad
dwarf.) Irrrireeae. gbreShere, Orapa Vlnaa,
million ol dollars Irom tliogovcriimcnt.
And now began a most wonderful
niece of work. Hitherto contractors
Qoorobcrry, Lawioa lacko.rry, etFw""7pJ I had hrooitit their luhnrcrs from Ku-
k.n Vl.u llu HnrmbTiM. . . .
and HeeoberrT Viaea. Alio, Hlbvriaa Crab Treea.
Oaineo. aad early ecarlet Rbaharb, Ac. Order!
promi.Uy attaaded to. Addreaa,
' ' J. D. WRItinT,
MpM ' CarwaaeTille, Pa.
ANDREW H ARWICK,
Market Utreat, ClearleU. Pa.,
M-iavrAcTt'Br.B asp dbalsb in
BARMKRS, SADDLES, MtlDLKS, COLLARS,
and all kindi of
noHut rvHNiaiiwa eooos.
rone. Meiggs Had stuuieu mo 141110
nos, won their confidence, and new,
with tho aid ol ablo American over
seers brought from the slu tea, ho trans.
formed Ihcm into an army oi skilled
workmen, at a cost lo hun of only
thirlcon cents a day per man. Meiggs'
way of disposing1 of obAtrnciions lo his
progress astounded tho Chilonoe to
such a degree that they talk about It
lo this day, Jto tunneled into Hie
mountains, filled tho tunnel with ex-
tJru.hea, plosives, discharged them with a put
, '".d ent luso, and sent Iho whole supeiin
All kIBda , 11...
A fall atock af Paddlera' llanlwara,
r... v.. Runkela. Robea. ale., alwav.
7. ' .t. 1 . ...k n.iMB. All
. , ,, ... Clllliueilt inline ii.uiiiiu
" All klau. f bldea lak.B la eiobange f..r bar- As he approached Santiago Iho torrif-
noaf aad repairing. All Binaa ol aarnari i .r.,n.r c expans SIlOOK the Oily IIK0 enrtll
, j ...J I..- ..U .1 a an.. II n.i.SL . 1 .
into the air.
kept oa bead, and for aale at a amall proSt.
VtearBeia, aw. ia, '
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
Far aale at the Clrartald Ran slicas office.
Tht moot Vomptrtr Kerli of Law
UlanhM piiPiisnra.
Tbeaa Flllnha are gotten ap Is aapetlor Mla,
are af anilorm aiae, ana iorniii.w
terea for eaah.
Call si tb Rrrt-aiicaa t'ffice aad uamll
Ibim. Order, by mall promptly niien.
Addreaa, lrUUa.nu ""l
July S, lTT M, Clearteld Pa,
quakes. Tho ladies and gentlemen of
Santiago used lo cpine out by thous
ands to witness the stupendous opera
tions, Tho enthusiasm lor Meiggs was
unparalleled, hverybody wus eager
tn belli him. Ho was looked Upon as
a demigod. He completed the road in
two years, Instead ol lour, and Cleared
9 l,HJU,0UU tin his rontrnot.
On the fth of July, lb(l, tho tlrsl
train of cars run over too roan innii
Valparaiso lo Santiago. Tore'., the
I'rosiilent of Chill, with his Cabinet,
the archbishop, and olhor eminent cit-
ir.ens, stood on tno iiwomoiivu won
Mciirirs and rocciveu tno ovations m
tho people along the route.. A tempo-1
a greuto xcitemont arose among his old
win,..,, luuvivia, iiuuureos oi mem
at onco stnrted for Peru, and thou
sands of others began to prepare to go.
finally tho Chilian government issued
a docreo interdicting this emigration,
which threutciicd to oxpand to such,
proportions as would seriously embar
rass tho labor nnd defence of tho coun
try. Meiggs was allowed to lake a
number of tho most skilllul of t'40 Chil
ians with him to act as chiels of sec
tions, nnd tboy instructed the Peruvian
peasants in tlio uso of tho nick, shovel
and crowbar, and in other mysteries
01 luurnuu niUKIDg.
Tho Areaquipa mad wae. comnleled
early in January, 187 1. Tho most for
midable drawback to bis enterprise
which Meiggs encountered was tho
rent cartlniuako which on Aniiist l.'l
and I t, 1 HUH, shook np all South Amer
ica. 1 1 was especially severe in Peru,
and overthrew a vast deal ol good
work which hail been donetm tho road.
Hut Meiggs immediately rallied, and,
notwithstanding; his own vast losses,
headed a subscription for tho sull'orors
with ? 100,000, nod then wont ahead
with his work, which ho pushed for
ward with prodigious vigor to cnniple
lion. To commcmorato this event, ho
had 8l'S0,00U worth of gold medals and
cXiO.OIMl worth ot silver medals struck
olT, which ho distributed among his
friends, llo ulso gavo a magnificent
entertainment ul Mollendo and a grand
feto nt Arcquipa in honor ol tho com
pletion of tho road. Ho invited COO
guests from Limn, tho Capital of Peru,
including the President, lien, liulla,
and thu elite of Peruvian society. To
bring the dllO guests Irom Callao. tho
seaport of Lima, Jleiggs chartered tho
Panama, ono of the liritish South Pa
cific, muil steamship company's Bloom
oin. President lialta was accomnnui
ed by a regiment of regular troops ono
uiuusanu strong. H look, threo I'oru
viun war btcuiucrs to carry Iho irov-
ornment party, the President and Cab
inet going in one, and tho eoldicrs in
tho other two. At Mollendo tho arch
bishop of Arcquipa publicly blessed
tho twelve locomotives which were lo
draw tho excursionists 107 miles up
an iticlino of 8,000 foot.' Tho feto at
Arcquipa was tnagnilicont beyond de
scription. Everybody was filled with
delight nnd gratification, 'pho wbolo
affair cost Meiggs f 200,000 ire gold.
Ho could well nll'ord tho outlay, how
ever, as ho made within a trifle of fjt,.
000,000 on his contract.
Mr. Meiggs continued to reside in
Lima, where lie fully sustained his
reputation liir rnagnilicenco and hos
pitality. J I it house, two stories in
height, has over seventy rooms on tho
socond floor. Tho first floor is occu
pied by stores for Ihe most part, ex
cept an entrance, which is exceeding,
ly capacious. Tho residence was filled
up ami furnished with crest splendor.
'i ho princely host always sat down to
a dinner prepared lot my number of
guests that might drop in 'on him. As
t'nllao, the seaport, is but seven miles
from Lima, it was a Common thing for
naval oincors in port to run ovor nnd
dinowith Meiggs nnd ho often had
twenty-live or thirty ofl hand clients
at dinner, everything was in readi
news for them : and if, as sometimes
happened, nobody came, ho gavo tho
food prepared for his dinner to tho
poor of tho city.
When Meiggs first went to Lima ho
full ml tho city surrounded by an old
and dilapidated udobo wall, and all
ui'ouud thu wall, anil elivtchiiig out
into tlio country, was a vast mass ol
tlio refuse and chxira of the city, which
had been accumulating for a century.
Meiggs undertook to clear all this
away, in consideration of receiving a
certain share tit tho redeemed lund.
llo accomplished thu work with his
usual speed and thoroughness, and soon
a magnificent pnilt was created whero
the old wall and refuse bin I been, with
avenues unci flowers and shrubbery,
und bund red of valuable buildings and
lota belonging to Meiggs, on cither
Hide ol tuo avenues.
itlr. aiciggs not only was a great
railroad maker, but hu iiecumo a poll
ticinn also. Prior lo his advent in
Peru that unhappy country was rav
aged by revolutions. In fact, revolu
tion hud become a regular lino of busi
ness ill thut Republic. Whenever tho
"outs" run low in funds, they would
drivo out tho "in'," and tuko their turn
at tho treasury. Tho ins always went
out rich, and were never called to an
account by their successors, who woro
ulmost invariably loo well bred lo
know anything about arithmetic, book
keeping, or ill-counts, or about any
thing except looting tho treasury, lie
sides, it was understood all arouud
that there was to bo no inconvenient
investigation of tho conduct of a gorg
ed and surfeited party who retired
with courteous alucrily before the bos
tilo approach ol a lean nnd hungry
one. ' - . . . .
Silcb a htalo of things would nover
do lor Meiggs. In order to build his
railroads and have his contracts car
ried out promptly by tho Peruvian
government, that government must bo
stable and respected, and tho public
credit be kept at par. Meiggs' method
of procedure was very simple ; ho paid
tho ringleaders of tho revolutionists so
well to keep quiet that they could not
overthrow tho government without
hiss to themselves. Thero has been
hut one attempt at revolution since his
advent in Peru. In that disturbance
his friom', (fen. Italia, was killed.
This system ol wholesale bribery
anil blackmail, and Moiggs' enormous
success With tho Arcquipa road, stim
ulated tho adventurers anil conspire
tors of Peru to strike for higher bribes
linn they hail yet received. They
sccrutly formed a combination against
MelL'L'a, who had. planned a vast
scheme ol railroads 'fur Peru, so that
when ho sought WgrVlils contracts
from the coveMifrfertK fio encountered
a formidable opposition. 'I Toovercomo
Ibis hcrcsoit'.'d locolcssal hnoory.. Ill-
fleers of tho government and compotl
tors whom ho bought off made for
tunes Out of him. In this way ho se
cured contraots for building railroads,
which altogothor were 1,007 milos in
extent, and for which be was to rc
coivo $1L'G,000,000. He sol to work to
construct tho roads with characteris
tic enorgy, but th cost in many cases
exceedod his estimates, and, on tho
wnoie, bis vast 10004716 turned out to
bo a financial failure, both to himself
und tho government. Noarly all tho
roads are, in faot, nioloss. They run
through regions which famish neither
passongors nor freight, and tho re
ceipts do not begin to pay the running
expenses. On the llo and Moquegua
rouii more is oniy one train a week.
On tho Arcquipa and Puno road thero
aro usually but two trainB a wook.
1 no -t'acaamavo mod ia also a failure.
and the C'bimboto road which was
projected to open od what was sun-
posed to bo a rich mining region that
una sinco Dcon discovered to bo of ht-
tlo valuo remains unfinished.
The most disastrous failure of all
was tho Callao, Lima and Oroya mad,
which is completed to within about
forty miles of Oroya. Tho entire
longth of this road is 130 miles. This
road was, of course, projected under
tho pretext that the grain and rich
product of the interior could be brought
ovor it to tho coast at small cost tor
transportation. The work of con
structing tho road was enormously
dilllcult and cosily. The grades aver
ago four and a half por cent., which
engineers say will preclude it Irom.
ever being a paying road. Tbe ex
pense of constructing this road ab
sorbed the entiro contract price, and,
in addition, Moiggs was obliged to
consume in the work of profits ol other
couiraeis and tno advances mado to
him by tho government on agreement
liir new roads.
in the latter part of 1874, British
capitalists woo bad lent the money to
Peru for all theso enterprises, and tho
itrilish public th tt had bought Peru
vian bunds, begun to fool great anxie
ty about their investment. This anx
iety was stimulated and kopt alivo by
r.ngnaii ongincors and travulcrs in
Peru, who begun to wrilo to the
British papers about the real char
acter ol the rouds, and their worth-
hissness in a financial point of view.
This rendored it difficult for tho nirents
01 rem in .Loudon to soil their bonds
tho prico of which, in Deccmbor, 1874
ran down to 57 and 65. Moiggs had
taken theso bonds from tho govern
ment at from 75 to 80, which was the
original price of issue, and had sunt
thorn to London to be disposed of at
1110 best proourable rates. As I hey
wercfor tho most part notsold till 1875,
when the price bnd dropped very low,
and as ho had to pay houvy commis
sions, he lost onormously by tho trans
action. Tho government then gavo
uim a large amount tn enginoers cer
tificates of work done, which be hypo
thecated with bankora in Lima at ex
orbitant rates. There aro no usury Uws
in j-oru. jn ibyo the unco 01 foruvian
bonds in Loudon feel to 18, and at
last they bocamo unsalable at any
price. Work on tho Meiggs road was
luen actually, tnougn not nominally,
suspended.
At this crisis Moggs projected the
plan of continuing tho Oroya road over
too Andos lo the fumous minos of Cor
ro de Pasco, and to tunnel the moun
tains for the purpoeo of draining tho
out mines which bad been drowned
out for ages, llo got a contract with
tho government for this purpose, on
which ho receiyed an advance of their
internal bonds of the nominal valuo of
t'),00(l,000. it is Btated that ho had
to pay enormous bribes to get this pro
ject through. Meiggs now deposited
fl,b00,000 with the tribunal of com
merce, and through one of his compa
nies, called tbe Public Works compa
ny, issued about a million dollars in
paper payable on demand.
iu order to inako this paper accept
able to tho people, ho proposes to raise
tho valuo ol the paper currency by Bell
ing exchange on London at butter rates
than any of tho bankers 01 morchanta
gave, and hold out tho Idea that, as
theso funds would bo used fur the de
velopment of the country, the valuo of
tho paper could not fail to bo increas
ed. He attempted to secure) financial
supjiort both in Kow York and Lon
don, and caused It to bo understood in
Lima tbat such support haJ boon se
cured, railing to obtain the co oper
ation of any banker, ho began to draw
bills on his brother in fiondon nt nine
ty days' sight which wore accepted lo
soiiio extent by the smaller buyers of
exchange, and Iho current ol confi
dence began to run in Meigg's favor at
Lima, if nt, in August last, it bocamo
known that dralis mado by Meiggs on
his brother in London were not paid
nt maturity. This was a terrible shock.
Meiggs then made his last rally and
succeeded in getting the government
lo guarantee bis emission ol paper
money to tho amount of five millions,
bo returning to them tho five millions
ol bonds which they had advancod to
him on account of tho Oroya and Cer
ro de Pasco road. Hut tlio relief caino
too Into. Tho prustigo and tho rrodil
ol Jleiggs had received a severe blow.
Tho Value of a Peruvian paper dollar,
or sol, in 1875, was ninety oenta in
gold. Alter the government had guar,
uri 1 teed tho issuo of paper by Meiggs,
the valuo of the sol fell to thirty-six
cents.
Tho breaking down of his schemes
and ol his credit broko down Mr.
Moigg's health, ilo had previously
had two strokes of paralysis, and the
shock which this last blow gave him
struck to his vitals. In the crisis of
his illness his enormous jobbery began
tn bo exposed. Tbe peoplo discovered
that tho ducroe of tho government
guaranteeing his paper had boon
bought and paid for. l)r. La Puento,
a lawyer, was accused of having re
reived half a million nf dollars to got
the decree through, and it is reported
that tho president of Peru, God. Mari
ano Ignnuio Prada, compelled La Pu
ciitu to disgorge nearly four hundred
thousand dollars.
As Meiggs had no moral senso him
self, ho continually mado the mistake
of selecting unscrupulous men for his
most intiinnle cnnloderates. . Theso
men never hesi luted to helray him
when tboy imagined it to bo their in
terest to do so. lie was ansurniy gen
orous. lie bad no sound business hab
it, nor was he guided by sound bnsi
nuss principle. Ho would tuko tho
most reckless risks and trust to bis
audacity and luck lo bring him thro'.
His career in Peru was a calamity to
tho country. Tbe extravagance of
living which be Initialed and develop
ed, tho recklessness of expenditure in
to which ho led tho government, tho
unnatural expansion of trado which
the disbursement of such vast sums of
money occasioned, caused tho financial
crisis which came upon Peru In 1874,
and under which do is still suffering.
There ia likoly lo be discord, among
Iho many executors o Moigg's will, as
their interests are protty certain U
ciasu. j ue executors aro bis sons 11
ii. and MimorK. Meiggs, J. Backus,
his nophow, and Alexander Robertson,
a morcnantot uma, married to Moiggs
uuugnior; vt imam 11. Uilloy, tho su
porintondent of all of Moiggs1 railroad
ana mining enterprises ; Uhurles Hand,
an old attacho and friond of Meitrirs :
and Cbarlos Watson, who lately mar
ried Moiggs' niece. At tho time of
Moiggs' death Watson hold his power
of attorney, and was his office and fi
nancial managor ; but it is well known
that his viows aro not in harmony with
those of the other executors.
No one ever know justkhow much
Moiggs was worth, ilia incomo was
supposed to bo exceedingly largo. Ho
was called JUont Ulinstoall along the
western cost 01 fsouth America, ilo
had a large amount of. real estate,
which was bought for the purnoso ol
turning it into villa rosidoncca in the
vicinity of Callao and Lima. At the
time of bis death this property had
ceasod to be of much practical value.
Uo also had boulevard property, on
which he spent a good deal of mon
ey, liis immenso sugar estates were
disposod of some timo before bis death.
it is expected that hu fortune will
turn out to bo a gigantio wreck, from
which but little can be saved.
Mr. Moiggs was a man of imposing
appearance. He was about five feet
ten inchos in height, broad-shouldered,
muscular, weighed about 225 pounds
and had the biggest fists and largest
head in South America, liis eys were
grey, deep sot, piercing, and kindly in
expression, llo had a square jaw and
chin, a big noso, a largo mouth, and
firm closed lips. His countenance bore
the impress of power. Ho would have
been singled out in any company as a
superior man. llo was a great mathe
matician, and so remarkably quick at
figures that tho Chilians and Peru
vians are lond ot telling stories about
his wondorful arithmetical perfor
mances. Mr. Meiggs longed to return to the
United Slates, but could nover gut all
ot bis forged papers retired, so as to se
cure him against prosecution, llo paid
all the poor peoplo in San Francisco
who bad claims upon bim, and lurgo
sums to others. Alter mitiiy yoars tlio
Legislature of California, under tho
Iiressuo of influences which Moiggs
mow so well how to bring to bear,
passed a special act relieving him from
iho ponal consequences of his crimos.
Hut when ho wus thus frco to return
to tho United States, ho did not avuil
bimsclt ot tho pnvilego.for Ins fortunes
hud begun to wane, and without the
prestige of great success and vast
wealth, ho could not face tho odium
which ho believed his presence among
thoso whom bo hud wronged would
cvoko. He has always had friends in
California among thoso who woro
young or poor at the timo of his flight.
These friends have always taken plea
sure in telling how for two days before
bo disappeared be wont about town
paying up his bills to tradespeople and
employees; bow, having 11,200 in his
hands belonging to a voiinir man in
tho oflico of Pago, Bacon & Co., who
had a widowod mother dependent up
on him, he paid that young man the
day Doioro bo iclt ; and bow a sum of
money from Moiggs wus handed to a
firm in Montgomery street a few dnvs
after his departure, with a request that
it should bo applied to tho payment of
a nuiniicr 01 small debts lo parlies
whom bo had not boon ablo to see per
sonally. Such reminiscences, as is too
oltcu tho caso, overbear in tho popular
mind tho moiuory of the criminal
acta which compelled Mr. Moiggs to
fleo from California and to live and die
an exile from his native land. X. Y.
Hun. 1
selves as to win tho confidenco of tho
peoplo, and you will find in most of tho
tribes a tradition to that effect so strong
that they ask for priests of the Catho
lio faith. Personally I bavo tho gront
ost regard and affection for all mission
aries who go their to labor, and many
of thom, Bishop Whlpplo included, aro
my warm friends. I do think, how-
over, that tho Indians should bo as un
lettered In tho choice of his religion as
any whito citizen of tho country.
Much III feeling has boon engendered
among them by thoir wishes in these
matters being disregarded. 1 cannot
see what right tbe government has to
force the Indians at any agency to ac
cept a spiritual adviser they do not
want. Tho Sioux ut tho present con-
icrcnce nave mado a particular request
for Catholic priests to bo their teach
ers, and they will naturally feel disap
pointed if others are sent them. The
policy in this respect should bo chang
ed." "What plan would you adopt," we
then asked, " to reduce tho Indian to a
domestic creature?"
"That 1 will answer by an anec
dote: Ono hitter cold night, w hile I
was with the Sioux up near the Cana
da lino, a well known chief, named
Loft Bear, camo into myliut. I bnd
sent for him to try an experiment. I
said to him : 'Look at me hero in this
room, Loll Bear, bco what civiliza
tion can do. Tho wind on tho prairies
is sharp ; too snow is deep but hero is
a stovo that warms tho air. Hero is a
bod, where 1 can Bleep and not froczo.
ilore is my table, with books, so 1 can
read nnd learn. Is this not much bet
ter than roaming about without a
homo?' He repeated all theso advan
tages, approvingly. ' But,' said ho,
with a splendid air about him, 'you
are not li-oc. You cannot put your
house on your back and go lo some
now place when you want a change'
That is tho Indian instinefin a nut
shell. It has its freedom, its facinntion
and centuries bavo made it strong.
But there can bo no progress in civili
zation till that nomadic spirit is gone.
Tho Cherokoes and Creeks have lost
it, and so must the other tribes, (live
them reservations on good laud and
iettbem understand they are to hnvo
en abiding homo there, ihey will
soon learn to stay in ono pluco content
edly if tho government lets them, but
we cannot expect them to grow do
mestic if wo drivo them to now quar
ters every few years."
" Do you believo that tho right sort
in service, and whoso pay is already
largely in arrears, if payment to them
should bo furthor postponed until af
ter Congress sholl have considered all
tho questions likoly to a riso in tbe ef
fort to fix tho proper limit to tho
strength 01 tlio army
Kstimatcs of appropriations for tho
mjuiiuii, (,i me military estauusnmeni
for the fiscal year ending Juno 30,
1878, woro transmitted to Congress by
tho lormer .Secretary of tho Treasury
at tho opening of its session in Loccm
ber Inst. Theso estimato, modified by
tho present Secretary so as to conform
to present requirements, Bro now re
newed, amounting to . J32.430.504.98.
and having boon transmitted to both
Houses of Congress, aro submitted for
) our eunsiueuation.
There is also required bv tho navy
department f 2.003.8111.27.'" This sum
is made up of 1 1,4-10,008.10 due lo ofll
ccrs nnd enlisted men for the last quar
ter of tho last fiscal year, f 31 1,054.50
duo lor advances mado by tho fiscal
agent of the government in Ixindon
fiir the supKrt of tho foreign servico,
f. 'ill, (Kill due lotho navul hospital fund,
$150,000 duo for arrearages of pay to
officers, and f 15,219.58 for tho sup
port of tlio marine corps.
Thero will also bo needed an appro
priation of 202,534.22 to defray the
unsettled expenses of the United
States courts for the fiscal year endinir
Juno 30, last, now due, to attorneys,
clerks, commissioners and marshals
and for rent ol court rooms, tho sup
port of prisoners, und other deficien
cies. A purl of tlio building of tho Inter
rior Department was destroyed by fire
on the 24th of last month. Somo im
mediate repairs and temporary struct
ures have, in consequence, become
necessary, estimates for which will be
transmitted lo Congress immediately
nnd an appropriation of tho requisite
lands respectfully recommended.
Tho Secretary of iho Navy will
communicate to Congicts, in connec
tion with the estimates for tho appro
priations for the support ot the army
lor tlio current fiscal year, estimates
lor such other dchcicncies in the dif
ferent branches of the public service
us require iiiimedialo action and can
not, without inconvenience, bo post
poned until tho regular session.
I take this opportunity also to in
vito your attention to tho propriety of
adopting ut your present session tlio I
necessary legislation to enable thopco-
THE JXD1AX WAR.
TBI RIND OF A FIUBTER M1LIS IS.
Previous lo the recent surrender of
Chief Joseph, Gcnoral Milos had boon
following biifi and his band for days.
So skillful aro Joseph and bis chiefs in
the art ol warfare against tho whites
'W-ilMI .-ft itPE fIIM
selves. Their inlrcnchmonts included
irot only a rifle pit for each warrior,
but deep burrows for their squaws and
children.
On tho night of September 29 tho
hand ol .Nei forces had enseouced it-
-1 self in a ravine extending down to
Snako Creek, about fourteen milos
from its mouth, which empties into
Milk river. This position is among
the foot hills of tho Bear Paw Moun
tains, a cluster of heights insolatod
from tho main rango, but commanding
a distant view in all directions aim
forming an ulmost impregnable citadel.
Tho region round about the Indian
camp is woodless and desolate at all
times, and at this season of tho year
exceedingly dreary. Tho Bear Paw
peaks above it are crowned with snow ;
tho lower ridges aro not clothed with
a single troo ; a few scanty rose bush
es decorate tho edgo of tho swarthy
gullies and fringe tho immcdialo banks
of tho crccksand thoirtributary brooks.
Therefore tho region, through broken,
is open in a military sense, nnd tlio
hiding places of th Ncx Percei wore
merely artificial. The grass itself had
been turned to a chocolato color by tbo
autumn winds, and across tho brown
slopes and rolling hills tho toes ot the
moccasins and tho copper-colored
knucklrs ot the savages oould be dis
tinguished wherever exposed.
Iu this place early on tho morning
oftho 30th Miles attacked them. A
single dash of tho Second cavalry se
cured 700 .ponies, almost beforo tbo
warriors, concealed beyond the herd
ers, knew ol tho proximity of tho
troops. Tbo Indian boys in charge of
Iho herd broke away with the rest ot
tho horses in a wild gallop tothe right
They wore followed by all tbe three
companiesofthe Second cavalry, which
were ordered by licneral Allies not on
ly to capture as many animals ns pos
sible, but to work around to tho rear
of Joseph's encampment.
Then tbo goncral directed the open
ing chnrgo upon the Indians them
selves. Mounted on his horse, which
ho rode from first to last of the battle,
he guided tho engagement, lie looked
tho leader that he was rough, tough
and ready. Weighing nearly two hun
dred poutids, ho sat on bis charger liko
a centaur, his brown mustache and
sido-wiskcrs, slightly mixed with grey,
adorned features that aro heavy but
pleasing, and wero overshadowed by
a broad-lirimmed, slouched drab hat.
A wido blue ribbon encircled iu crown,
with bluo streamer behind. He woro
a red blanket, frontier shirt and a
black neclie, its ends floating over his
shoulders ; outHido tho nhii t a buck
skin cout, short at tho hips and care
lessly buttoned ; tho light biuo trousers
of a private soldier, with black stripes
down tho scums and coarse boots com
pleted bis attire. This bronzed gener
al oftho frontier trotted forward to tho
bond of tho Seventh cavalry troop at
nine o'clock, and' shouted, "Charge
of treatment would certainly bring ! in tbo advantages of international ex
pie oftho United States to participate! tll0m 1 damn them!" Tho three com-
TUB IXD1AX riiOBLE.V.
AN INTEIlESTINd INTKKVIKW ON Till
Sl'IIJECT WITH A CATHOLIC MIS
SIONARY. Tho Baltimore Gi:t1te has an inter
view on the mooted Indian question
with rathor itavoille.ol bt.Dominick s
church, in Washington a priest of
French extraction and well-known pio-
ty, who passod throe yoars of his life
not long ago as missionary among the
3IOUX.
"Of courso," said Father Ravoillo,
" wo can begin with theadtnission that
tho past treatment ol tbo Indians has
been very misguided, anil brought the
very worst of results. '1 bo work
not dono by people sufficiently disin
tcrcHtod, and hence bad faith, or rather
no faith nt all, has been the result. Tho
Indian, for instance, moves, or is driv
en to somo reservation. Ilo begins lo
fuel a liltlo like homo thero, and culti
vates the land, and along comes tho
whito man, leucos In somo ol his land
and then forces a treaty granting this
land which has been already seized
Vast nmounls of annuity money arc
squandered or stolen, so that tho In
diuns aro not givon even tbo consola
lion of boing paid for wbnt wo take.
All this is wrong."
" Vt bat would your Idea but wo
asked.
"Well, there aro two vory simple
rules: First, flndouttholndian'a tastes
and inclinations; second, lead thom np
to civilization by methods that do not
conflict too violently with these lastes
and inclinations. Let mo illustrate
Irom my own earful observation
Vt hllo 1 was among tho sionx 1 saw
that ono great step would bo gained if
wo could do something to break up
thoir tribal organizations: that is.niuko
tbom lorgut the authority of thoir chiefs
or warriors and bring all neighboring
in lies into somo sucb Amorican broth
orhood of feeling and pursuits as we
enjoy, in our citizenship. So long as
they remain obstinately clannish, It
will bo hard to teach them the princi
plos of a democratic civilization. Thoy
must drop ail this, lust as our loreign
erg do when thoy become naturalized.
Inoy will not entirely overcome their
war-liko instincts wbilo. thoy bavo
thoso tribal divisions, ruled by chiefs
who aro elevated on account of their
prowess on tho war-path. 1 tried the
experiment at Devil's lako, whore there
were threo tribos having their agency.
Liltlo Fish, one of the Sioux warriors,
bolioved in ths plan, and lent me valu
able assisstanco. It workod to a charm,
and these diuorent tribes gradually,
forgot to draw the tribal lines closely,
ami mingled an a level In everything,
1 understood the difficulty In this work
because Iho tribal feeling basboon fos
tered for generations : but 1 am equal
ly oonfident that it is of tho Tory first
bout theso results ? "
" I huvo no doubt ofll in tho world,
for wo know it has been succcsslully
tried. With all his natural pride, tbo
Indian realizes by this time thut his on
ly comfort and prosperity can come
through peaeo ami civilization. Ho
honestly wonts to settle down and
keep peaeo civilly, and seo bis children
learn. He would only be too glad to
improve if the opportunity wus givon
him and his children in the right way
not by violence and breaches of faith,
but by moral suasion and sensible,
honest mnnagomcnt."
" What do you think oftho present
complication with tbo Sioux?"
"Thoy aro right. Thut Missouri
land is not fit for any man to livo in,
much less an Indian who requires
game, it tbey are compelled to go
there in tho faco of all the facta in the
case, it would not surprise mo at all if
by spring we should seo a general up
rising and an offensive alliance of many
tribes of tho Northwest. That would
bo a most serious calamity, as you can
see, for it would only strengthen those
vory tribul organizations which 1 have
said it should bo tho part of a wise In
dian policy to overcome. It would re
tard grogross many years."
"Aro you familiar with the Kea
Perccs tribe and their grievances ?"
" 1 never lived among them, but I
know they are the most peaceful and
cultivated tribo ol tho whole North
west, and their grievance simply is
that they relusod to he forced to resign
by treaty tho lands they had made de
sirable and valuablu by their own cul
tivation. This present war was pre
cipitated by agents who had nothing
to lose and everything to gain. 1 look
upon it as only another illustration of
our miserable Indian policy."
11 A YES" FIHST MESSAGE
COXGHESK
TO
hibition of agriculture, industry and
the lino arts which is to be held in
Paris in 1878, and in which this gov.
eminent has been invited by tho gov.
eminent of Franco to tuko part.
i'hiB invitation was communicated
to tins government in May, 18iu, by
the Minister of Franco nt Ibis Capital.
and a copy thereof was submitted to
tho proper committees ot Congress at
its last session, but no action was tak
en on tbo subject. Tho Department
of Stalo bas rccoived many loiters
irom various parts ol tho country ex
pressing desire to participate in the
exhibition, and numerous applications
of a similar nature bavo ulso been
mndo at tho United States legislation
at Paris.
Tho Department of State has also
received official advico of the strong
desiro on tho part of tho French gov
ernment mat tuo united Slates should
fmrticlpato in this enterprise, the space
ias hitherto been and still is reserved
in tbo exhibition buildings for tho use
01 exhibitors Irom tho 1 111 ted States,
to the exclusion ol other parlies who
hove been applicants therefor.
In order that our industries may bo
properly represented at tho exhibition,
an appropriation will be needed for
the payment of salaries and expenses
of commissioners, lor tho transporta
tion of goods and for other purposes
in connection w ith Iho object in view,
und as May next is tho time fixed for
the opening ol the exhibition, if our
citizens aro to share tbo advantages
of this international competition lor
tho trado of other notions, iho necessi
ty of Immediate action is apparent.
1 have fell that prompt action by
Congress in accepting tho invitation of!
tbo government of France is of so'
much interest to tho peoplo of this
country, and so suitable lo thu cordial j
panics ot tho Sovcnth wero command
ed by Brevet Major Halo, ono of Cus
ter's trusted lieutenants; by Cnptain
liodircy and oy Lnptain Aloylan.
Rule s first .lieutenant was young Bid
die ; Godfrey 'a first lieutenant was
Kckcrsnn. At tbo timo when Miles
gave tho order to chargo theso com
panies were mounted, and thoy rush
ed forward with a glouous shout.
Their way seemed clear, but sudden
ly their horses halted in the midst of a
gallop. At tho edgo of a stocp bank
overlooking the ravino, at tbe bottom
of which stood the lodges of the JScz
Perccs, tho officers of the threo com
panies called to their mon todismount.
They flung their bridles and lariats to
the winds, and plucking their rifles
Irom their saddle pommels discharged
them at tho lodges below. Their vol
ley was met by a fierce return. Major
Halo's voico thon Bhoutod, "Chargo,
boys! " Tbo major at the same in
stant rcccivod bis first wound, but liko
tho others be leupod over the edgo of
tho embankment down among tbo to
pees. As ho alighted on bis foct a
bullet pierced him mortally in tho
throat. He slopped, staggered and
raising his right bund to bis bead, again
shouted feebly, " Chargo them I " Ilo
tell forward upon his face, dead.
ilia lieutenant, Uiddle, mortally hurt
at almost tho same moment, reeled
backward and fell across bis body.
Thus these two heroes perished ia tho
midst of wild outcries from their com
rades, who wore firing into and sack
ing tbo IS'ez Pcrcea' lodges.
For a few minutes there was a wild
exhibition nf mingled hardihood and
coolness. Lieutenant Kckerson, rais
ing himself from tho gully attor his
leap, called out to bis men: " Firo
whurcvor you seo a head!" Then
filling his pipe with tobacco, bo said
'ibis
aside :
importance tn accomplish this result,
and 1 bebovo it could, with judicious
management, be reached insidoof fiOy
years, or two generations, so perfectly
that scarcely a vestijo nf it would re
main." " What, then, about tho religious ed
ucation of the tribes ? "
"I was about to mention thai," suid
tho father. " Yon know that for three
hundred yoars the C'atholio priests
bare been employed in that Indian
field. Thoy bavo an conductod thorn -
Washington, October Hi. The fol
lowing is the full text of Mr. Hayes'
message read to Congress to-day :
Ftilow-ctiizrns of the Sennit nnd House
of HrprrtrnUitivts : Tho adjournment
ol tho lust Congress, without making
appropriation lor the support ol Ihe
army lor tho preset hseal year, has ren
dered necessary a suspension of pey
merits to tho officers and men of the
sums due them for services rendered
alter tho 30ih day of Juno lust.
Tbo army existed by virtuo of stat
utes which prosenbo its members, reg
ulate its nrgnnizalion, and which fix
the pay of its officers and men, and de
clare their right to receive iho same
at states! periods, These statutes, how
ever, do not aiithorizo tho payment ol
troops in tho nbsenco of specific appro
priations thcrclor.
Tho Constitution has wisely provi
ded that no money shall be drawn
from the Treasury but in consequence
of appropriations made by law, and it
has also been declared by si at 11 to that
no department of tho government shall
expend in any 0110 fiscal year any sum
in excoss of appropriations mado by
Congress for that fiscal year.
S e bavo, therefore, an arsiy in ser
vico authorized by law and entitled to
bo paid, but no funds available for that
purpose. It may also bo said, as an
additional incentive lo prompt action
by Congress, that since tho commence
ment of tbo fiscal year the army,
though without pay, has been con
stantly and actively employed in ar
duous and dangerous services, in tbo
performance of which both officers and
men have discharged their duty with
fidelity and courage, and without com
plaint. These circumstances, in my jndg.
incut, constitute an cxtranrdiuan no
casinn requiring that Congress bo enli
vened in advance ol Iho time prescrib
ed by law for your meeting in regular
session' Tbe importance ol speedy ac
tion niion this subject on tho purl of
Congress is so manifest that I venture
to suggest the propriety of malciiiglho
necessary appropriations lor Ihe sup
port of tlio army for ths current year
at its present maximum numerical
strength of 25,000 men, leaving for fu
ture consideration all questions rclat-
ng to an Increase or derreaso nt tho
number of enlisted men.
In the avent of the redaction ol the
army by subsequent legislation during
tho fiscal year, the excess of the appro
priation could not he expended, and in
the event of its enlargement tho ad
ditional snm required lor Ihe payment
of tbe extra force could bo provided in
duo time.
It would be unjust In tho troops now
s is a damned fine camp,
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relations between tbo governments of w"c. oft c ln nn," Kd -
.. . n . Ilrrltl ll anrw.bn hw 11 lln.nlinta ll,A
tho two countries, thut the sub ect f. . --
uuncis wero singing and lupiain liod-
ficy and Captain Moylan, affectionate-
that the subject!!!:1. 10 ""ok .b" ?!?antimV
might properly bo presented for at-1 U""L'U wre lnK",lr , .P1'? "
tcntion nt your present session.
. To enable the United Slates to co
operate in tbo international exhibition,
which was held in Vienna in 1873,
Congress then passed a joint resolu
tion making nn npproprition of J200,-
1)0(1 fitlli mil horitn,. 1 1,.. 1 A
ni,.,..t a rw.Mi .,m.i...- ..( :....ii ever hentd.
artisans and scientific men, who should ' ,-, Tl, Seventh cavalry were cut down
attend tbe exhibition and support their l'ko.LBl,"'8 a,nJ ", y "'i.VCli fr,m Ut,.r
. . 1 . . a rimhtlntmn lis n iliilni.nm.nl fivtm II.a
Filth infantry. , During this contest
: General Miles, continually riding to
and fro, gave orders to nearly every
body, lie expressed himself at all
points to the cavalry which assaulted
ly known as "Mickey" Moylan, woro
wounded, Tho firing Irom tho Indi
ans on their first recovery alter the re
treat is described ns terrific. General
Miles speaks of it as tho most desper
ate dischargo of magazino guns he bad
proceedings und observations to him.
1'roviBion was also made for tho ap
pointment of a number of honorary
commissioners. : ,
Tlio government of Sweden and
.lorway lias addressed an ollleia invi
tation to tho government to take part .J"1 ,0 ,ho inf""trJ' wl,ich "lPor'l
in the international prison rongress, wa" , Pon",an "'"'- '"""tot
ui n peeuiuir rwnu.
to bo helil at Stockholm next year.
Tho problem which tbo Congress pro
poses lo study, ' How to diminish
crime," is ono iu which all civilized na
tions have nn Interest in common, and
the t oiigrcss of Stockholm seems likely
to prove tho most important Conven
tion ever held lor tbe study ol this
grave question.
Under authority of a joint resolution
ol Congress, approved February 1(1,
1875, a commission was appointed by
my predecessor to represent tho Pni
ted States npon that occnslon, end Iho
prison Congress having been, at tho
earnest desiro of tho Swedish govern
ment, postponed to 1878, his commis
sion was renewed by mo.'
An appropriation of 88,000 was
made in the sundry civil servico act of
1875, to Micet tho expanses of tbe com
missioner. 1 recommend tho appro
priation of that sum for the sumo pur
pose, tho former appropriations having
been covered Into the Treasury, and
being no longer available lor the pur
pose without further acliou by Con
gress.
1 he subject is bruughl to your at
tention at this timo iu view of circum
stances which render it highly desira
ble that tbo commissioner should pro
ceed tolbo discharge of his important
unties immediately.
' hi the sevorul acts of Congress pro
viding for detailed reports from tho
different departments of tho govern
ment require their submission at the
beginning of the regular annual ses
sion, I elder nnlil that timo any fur
ther reference to subjects of public in
terest. ' R. B. J ay us.
WasiiiniitoN, October 10, 1877.
Put Muginnia has a very stubborn
mule, which ho calls ' Old Musket."
On being asked w hy he gave tho mule
that name, ho said, "Ilccsuso tho stub
born beast won't go off without a kick."
, Vnto ttie Democratic ticket.
mentor
Theso aro a few
samples of bis orders; as quoted by
tho scouts, and 1 beg pardon of tho
general if they underrate his faculty
of command, "Go for them, boys I"
" There, light on those sonsofb s I"
" Hallo! are you hit?" "Take care of
them!" "There, boys, look out for
that damned crowd I" ' Firo into them !'
Ac, Ac. " It was a complete wonder,"
says ono ol tho scouts, " now, that tho
old mun did not go under in that first
hour, llo wus the damndest devil 1
over saw at tho head of such a column
on tho field in an Indian scrimmage,
llo was everywhere and ovory ono of
tho boys seemed to know bim and when
thoy heard him call out they jumped,
yon hot."
Tbo next day thero was annthor
fight and tho Indians found out thoy
wero not fighting Howard. Milos dis-
Iilaycd the samo impetuous courago as
icforo, and rallied Ins men to ovory
charge. Tho Indians would have been
starved or frozen out and surrendered
like men, having won a right to fair
treatment by thoir humanity to tho
wounded.
Tlisnop Bavi.kv's Succisbor. Most
Reverend Archbishop Gibbons preach
ed his farewell sermon in St. Peter's
cathedral this morning, previous to hla
departure for Baltimore, to which city
ho goes tins week to enter npon the
duties of grchbisbop of Baltimore and
primalo ol tho ( atholio church of
America.
A Lkvkr Blow. Tho Philadelphia
Timet has been legging lor Stcrrett,
for Supremo Judge but the Ohio Rad
ical break down has evidontly alarmed
tho editor of tho journal In question
and ho seems about ready to throw
up the sponge Siorrell and all, and
give the State to tho Democrats.
Tho la tost thing out is usually a young
man with a lalnh key.
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