The Somerset Herald. WEDNESDAY, - . . . Arll 23, 1ST3. The full account of the murder of General Canby, and the prosecution of the Modoc war which we lay be fore our readers, entrenches so much upon our ppace, that we are necessa rially compelled to abbreviate the ed itorial matter of this issue. Thi Republican State Central Committee is called to meet at Har- InT- tli 1st daV Of May to determine the time for the meeting of the State Convention, for the nomination of candidates for Su preme Judge and State Treasurer. The Governor has appointed Sena tors Graham of Allegheny, IUtas of Beaver, and Davis of Berks. Commissioners on the part of the State to the Vienna Exposition. The Lecislature appropriated StiOOO, to o defray their expenses. In the Constitutional Convention on Thursday, the resignation of Mr. Samuel II. " Reynolds, of Lancaster, was presented and accepted, this occa sioned the third vacancy since the Convention began its session in Jan uarv. William Bigler, of Clearfield, ...... Wtnrl AS Mr. REYNOLDS SUC- mo c v - cessor. While much ado has been mane bv the people of this State over the proposed layiug of two additional tracks by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio road has quiet ly and energetically commenced the laying of a third track from the Point of Rocks west, to Grafton. From the "Point of Rocks east, the new Me tropolitan branch running through Washington city will constitute the third track. During the course of next month, a fast line will le placed up on the Connellsville road making ouick time to Washington, via the Metropolitan mad, now completed. The Constitutional Convention has again got fairly to work, and it is announced, hopes to complete its la bors by the middle of June. Petitions are being poured in by Temperance men. n-kinc to have the , , j manufacture and sale of ardent spir its prohibited in the State, while on the other hand the liquor dealers are petitioning to have provision made in the constitution to compensate them for the destruction of their business, in the event of the adoption of a pro hibitory clause. In order to show how important cheap freights on railroads are to the masses of this and other countries, the Superintendent of the census for 1870 refers "to such notorious faeb as corn felling in New England at ninety cents a bushel, and being burned for fuel in Iowa ; wheat sell ing at $1 35 in New York and for forty-five cents in Minnesota ; beef bringing seven dollars a hundred on the boof in the East, while cattle are slaughtered for their hides in Texas.'" The treacherous murder of Gener al Canby by the Modoc Indians has created a sentiment of deep indigna tion throughout the eountrj'. In de termining to punish these savages, even to the extent of extermination if necessary, the government will be sustained by public sentiment. The peace policy pursued under this ad ministration, towards the other Indi an tribes, will, it is announced, re main unaltered, while the Modocs will be dealt with as their crimes de serve.. Although these Modocs arc but a few removes above tie brutes, yet they are intelligent enough to comprehend the beneficent design of the government towards them. They knew the humane intention of the gallant soldier whom they lured to his death, and their cold blooded and well matured plan to murder bim show the blackest ingratitude, and calls for the most condign pun ishment. Should their horrible crimes be permitted to go unpunished, it would not only be a national dis-j grace, but would lead to the most direful results. The enemies of the administration are adroitly seizing upon this atrocity, and attempting to ue it as an unanswerable argument against the peace policy hitherto pur sued by President Grant, but we opine that a policy founded upon jus tice and humanity, cannot bo cried down by reason of this one bloody failure. Prompt and severe punish ment of these murderers, will no more conflict with a general paeiGe peace policy toward the other tribes, than does the execution of an ordinary assassin require a change of the general code under and by virtue of w hich, blood is exacted for blood. Official investigation shows, that the horrible slaughter of the negroes at Colfax, Louisianna, was the result of a jwlitical outbreak. The inoffensive blacks were lawfully employed as a sheriff's posse for me maintenance of the laws, when they were set upon by the murderous .villains who could not control them politically, and after being driven into the Court House for shelter and protection, that build ing was Cred, and as they attempted to escape, all were ruthlessly slaugh tered. No excuse can be offered for this foul, deliberate murder, as cruel, as treacherous, as barbarous a) the massacre of General Canby and the Peace Commissioners by the Indians. If the official inquiry proves, as is al- leged, that this was an outbreak of t I, r ""' the old rebel Democracy, an effort to overturn the government peaceably ! and legally established by the voior of the colored citizens, we trust that ! no mercy, within the provision of the law, will be tstiowu the murderers, j unit tuui me cucrai government, win ( see to it, that the aggressors are pun isnea with a seventy commensurate with their crimes. The blood of these victims cries for vengeance up- on ineir slavers, and nub be Bonn. mem uemious mat justice lie meted tomac fisheries have been worked out to them, in accordance with the! Hitherto the methods of disposing of severest mandates of the law. 'the catch Love been by auction and . , I vi a uashiwtoss m.i rr.it. Wami im.to.n, April. ITtli, 173. The a.-rest ot Mr. Pardee, alias Rev. J. Hale Barney, for th most daring fraud known on tl"' minal calander, is creating prcai e.xcn nieiii. Within siL'ht of the Presii'-uts house this Pardee (would be Reverend) has been sending to Uovcrumcui oiueiais throughout the country, forged circu lars of the President and General Inrs Babcock asking that a small sum be contributed for political purposes. Six letters have beeu received to-day at the Post Oflice for J. Hale Barney, containing in the aggregate about $40, mostly from postmasters. All letters arriving for Barney, will be opened bv proper ollicers and retained until after an investigation is had. The work of demolishing, is rapidly going on in the square north of the Capitol grounds, the same having been condemned to public use and the owners paid very large prices for their property. The" square immediately south of the grounds is to be treated in the same manner in a few days. The purchase of these two squares rectifies a fooli.-h blunder of a former Congress which ordered them to be sold and the proceeds put into the treasury. At that time probably not over $10,000 were received for them ; now they arc bought back covered with buildings nt a cost of over halt a million. The rise in the value of real estate in Washington, is one of the remark able lads" of the hour. A vacant square in the northern part of the city which before the war would have hung fire nt one tenth of a cent per square foot, lately brought at auction ;; cents per square foot. On Capitol Hill lots have doubled in value within five ycats. In other parts of the city the same enhancement is every where met with. Wealthy and idle people are finding that Washinton is a very good place to loaf in, during the large part of the year, and hence a location here is becoming more valued than formerly. Many of those who underwent a conipetative examination nearly three weeks since in the Treasury Depart ment are still here from a distance, anxiouly awaiting the results. So few comparatively of those exn mined will receive uppoiiitments that it would seem like folly to remain here at an expense. In a few days, there will be an examination inthe interior Department. In several districts of Canada there is a proposed movement southward during the coining' Spring and Sum mer. Canada is losing its population fast enough but when the South also draws upon that depleted region its depopulation would seem to be threat ened. The Dominion never can ex pect to cope with us in social or po litical prossess so long as it retains its colonial organism of which nothing but annexation v, ill cure it. It is given out that Mr. La Barnes, white, an ex-Delegate of the District Legislature and a candidate for a Delegate to Congress, is to be married to Mr. Downing's daughter, a colored lady. The people are indignant. Mr. La Barnes has professed to a free lover, and on one occasion told a young white lady with whom he was keeping company, that he never in tended to marry, lie was not asked to call again. The military, of this city," have chronically resented the withdrawal of the management of the the In dians from their hands. They ac cepted the late treachery of the Modocs as a complete indication of the warrior's method of disposing of the Indian problem and public opinion for the time leing appears to fully sustain them. The question whether you can put an Indian to any better use than killing him seems now to be settled in the negative. The devo tions of the religious portions of our community were sadly disturbed by the news from the Pacific coast and many thoughts of vengeance doubt less mingled with prayers for mercy and for the coming of Christ's peace ful kingdom. Who shall judge sen timents such as these in an hour like the present. Tlie nation will amply sustain the President in his deter mination to crush the treacherous Modocs at any cost or effort. It will bo remember doubtless by manv of your readers visiting Wash ington that when entering the rooms of the national depository of the in ventions the age (the I". S. i'atieut Office) there was before them a box of glass with walnut casings, printed over it an invitation to contribute to the fund of the Mt. Vernon Asso. for the completion of the Washington Monument. This box being glass the daily contributions consisting mostly of live cent pieces, ten, litteen, twenty, and fifty cent fractional cur rency notes and occasionally a dollar bill is to seen, ami once on a time when greenbacks were more plentiful, it is said, a bill was noticed in it. The employees in the model rooms talked a great deal about it on the day of its deposit. One said the doner was a wealthy banker; another, that he was an Englishman and so on. None appeared to know to certainty who the patriotic individual was. Prophecies were ill order and ol course they were numerous, it was intimated that it was a conscience stricken individual who might have considered it better for his soul to deposit his ill-gotton gaiiu for the completion of the Washington Monu ment, thanto return it to Uncle Sam's treasury box. The excitement subsi ded the next day w hen in company with a policeman a tall, lank and not altogether good looking soldier, (who was noticed there the day before in an exceedingly happy mood singing 'The Star Spangled Banner'') in quiring after the keeper of that our George Washington box, stating that he had made a deposit the day before, when he felt rich, and that he would like to withdraw his deposit to settle his lodging at the station house. j Just twenty years ago to-day Zachary Taylor then President of the United States, took the first shovel full of earth preparatory to laying the cornerstone of the Washington mon ument. The corner stone was laid on the 4th of July following in the presence of the President, Vice President, Senators and members of Congress. The orator of the occa sion was Robt. C. Winthrop, then Speaker of the House. The fund ol $230,000 was exhausted in six I . - ... 1 - ., 4trt AAA .... I....lf 7 i r i Congress and was refused. Since that time under the direction of the society incorporated by Congress but few feet has been added. There is h,"rdl? a Bclio1 ir.ict t,)C ,anl that has not been visited by agents asking aid for its completion, but up to date with all the money given, it n - umius aocui tne same as it aid just oeiore the rebellion a Hviiijr disgrace i to our country and anything but nn I ornament to Washington. Its pres ent Light is 174 feet. The country at large is but little aware of the siont in tthi.h i - ' ........ ..... a j- j consequently exposed to rascally com ' lunations of buyers. The seine men 1 however, have checkmated this! ! movement by establishinir in Alex andria a packing house of their own where fish held over arc packed in ice awaiting the future rise of the mark et. The ice packing business is also increasing in this city. The old con flicts between the middle men aud producers is here again exhibited. A wag in the Agricultural De partment circulated a call upon the members of the Washington Light Infantry battallion what purported to be an orderly sergeant's call for a full meeting at the armory. This taken inconncction vitu the murder of General Canby and the peace com missioner, by the Modocs, created a very unpleasant excitement with ma ny of the clerks who belong to the corpse. It was really believed for a while that the W. L. I. would be at once ordered to the seat of war. Another Urnit fire. SriUNGFiELD, Mass., April 15. One of the most destructive fires in Western Massachusetts for many years broke out at five minutes past ten o'clock last night, in mill Xo. 2 of Dwight Manufacturing Company, of Chicopce. and, before the flames were extinguished, destroyed both that and the mill adjoining No. 1, belonging to the same company. The mills were employed in the manufacture of cottou sheeting and cotton flannel, and con tained 4,f)00 bales of cotton, which were destroyed, together with the stock house and three sheds. The loss will not fall short of three quarters of a million of dollars. The property is fully insured, but the in surances are all placed in the Boston agencies by the treasurer of the com pany, Henry Saltonstall, w ho lives in Boston, ami have not yet been ascer tained. Eight hundred persons are thrown out of employment by the fire. second dispatch. Sprixcfield, April 15. In addi tion to the two mills of the Chicopce Manufacturing Company burned at Chicopce Falls last night there were destroyed the engine and picker build ing, two store houses filled with first class lumber, old and new machinery and part of a railroad freight depot which was used as a storehouse fr cotton. There were 1,500 bales of cotton in the storehouse, most of which was completely ruined. There were about duo loon s in the two mills, and cloth in them, about 2,500 cuts of which were burned, together with 22,000 pounds of filling and 10.000 pounds of corse yarn. Eight hun dred hands were thrown out of em plovmont bv the fire, three-fourths of w hom were gills. The Indiana Mi tiers' Itlot. ivMOIITSYIl.I.K, Ixd., April 1C. A riot has been in progress at the blast furnace of the Western Iron Com pany, in this place, since four o'clock last, evening, between the new negro laborers from Virginia and the white miners and puddlers who are on a strike. Three of the guards detailed from the police of the toTii were cruelly beaten. Rev. Mr. Matthews, who appeared on the scene, endeav oring to secure peace, was set upon by the mob and struck on the head by a large cinder which cut a severe gash, but he is not seriously injured. Two of the guards, John Derby and George Murbarger, were badly bruis ed about the face and body by the women, who took the lead in the affray and urged the rioters on. The Emmett Guards and a detachment of police, commanded by Gen. Daniel Macauley, of Indianapolis, arrived here at 5:20 this morning. Since then peace has been restored Sev eral of the ringleaders have been ar lested and are being taken to Brazil, Indiana, where they will have their trial. The miners and puddlers are confident and defiant, and it is suj posed they are waiting for the with drawal of the troops to renew the attack. The better class of miners and puddlers are disposed to be law abiding. The woman have thus far proven the most desperate element, which perhaps accounts for the fact that there are as vet no fatal results. 3 P. M. Eight arrests have been carefully made and the prisoners sent aw ay safely. All is apparently quiet now. The police and Emmet Guards will return to Indianapolis to-night. The trouble is liable to break out at any time again. Arms and ammuni tion w ill be left w ith the furnace au thorities, who are determined to pre vent interference. There is a very bitter feeling on part of the strikers, ami only great caution and strength can prevent a serious riot while the negroes are here. Indianapolis, April 10. Indica tions are that the riot at the Knights ville, Ind., mines is ended. The Emmett Guards of this city left for home this afternoon. A detachment of the Indianapolis police are rcmain ng in case of a further outbreak. Most of the ringleaders are arrested. Many were released on bail to be tried at Brazil to-morrow morning. I wo escaped on the early train this morning for the East. All quiet and crowd dispersed. lfnrrtrroiK A sunn It upon a Collortor. New Vokk, April. Sanford Murry collider for the New York Gas Com pany, yesterday afternoon entered Dr, Edward M. Brownes' private medical ouije, on the second floor of 251 Wil bam street, to collect a small gas bill. I he doctor handed a twent v-doliar note to Murray .whosat down to make the change and enter the collection placing a package containing about six hundred dollars, the collections of the day, beside him. While Murrav wa3 writing, the doctt-r closed the door and immedately struck him with a hatchet, a keenly sharpened sheath kuife having been substituted for the wedge. Murray attempted to rise and was struck again, w hen the knife in the weapon broke. The doctor then took from his breast a bcavv hatchet, and as he was about to strike Murray closed with him, when a des perate struggle followed in which Murray succeeded in wrenching the weapon from the doctor and felled him to the floor aud then broke the lock from the door to get out. The noise had caused on alarm to be giv en, aud by this tunc the police arrived and Murray and the doctor were ta ken to the hospital. Murray is thought to be fatally injured, but the doctor will recover. The doeter affirms that it was an unknown man, a patient, who assailed Murray, but the police discredit the story. A Uravrj-ard W allied A may. Little Rock, Ark., April 1C. A graveyard situated on the bonk of the Arkansas river caved into the stream on Saturday. About seven hundred bodies were washed away on the rapid current. A Detroit furniture man Lung out a card inscribed " Buggy I For Salcl" and placed it upon a second-hand bedstead. THE MOfJOCS. Fighting Renewed. THE SAVAGES KEPULSEI) Sas Francisco, April 18. Since Monday, w hen the expedition moved against the Modocs, there has been continued firing on both sides. The Indians ore concealed behind the rocks, and one Indian is equal to a hundred soldiers. Col.Gilleni is con fident that the Modocs cannot escape. The remains of Gen. Canby have reached Portland, and have been de posited in i vault. Rev. Mr Thom as' funeral took place in this city to day. The following is a list of those wounded in the battle of the 19th: Lieut. Egan, Twelfth infantry ; Sar gcant Good and Corporal Drew, of the same regiment ; Col. Delane and Corporal Kilbey, of the Fourth Ar tillery. Several hundred troops and two batteries were engaged. Pri vates E. O'Connor, J. Mc.Mans. Martin O'Connor, and Thomas Bernard were all badly wounded. Charles Johnson and M. T. Carles, of the First Cavalry, were killed. Colonel Gillcm, Commanding the expedition, telegraphs General Schofield it is impossible to complete ly surround and fight the Indians in the lava-beds with the present force, last reports state that a portion of the Indians have escaped. A continual fire from mortars and howitzers is kept up upon the Indian caves. The Modocs present a bold front. Gen Schofield forwarded to-day several pieces of artillerya ml several hundred infantry. The latest dispatches from the lava-beds state that there was severe fighting on the 15th and lCth inst. (Jen. Gillcm's command drove the Indians back and cut them oft from water. The troops are now within four hundred -ards of the Indian caves. San Francisco, April IS. Advices from the Modoc country are very ex citing. On the 10th tents were struck and a general advance of troops ordered. Soon the firing be came very heavy. The troops advanced under cover of the rocks. The order to charge was finally given, and the men sprang forward amid the most deafening yells of the Modi cs. Such was the rapid ity of the onslaught and so unexpect ed that the troops were on them be fore they knew it, and in five minutes were masters of the situation. Our line now extended from under the bluffs, w here Jack's camp is up the ledge to the south for nearly a mile. The mortars are now (0 p. M. ) being moved forward, and our men arc ready to scale the hights, A dispatch from Col. Gillcm says: We have fought the Indians all day and driven them to the immediate vicinity of their strongholds. Our loss is one officer. Lieut. Egan was wounded, but not seriously. Three enlisted men were killed and woun ded. We hope to surround them to morrow. The following is the latest : Dur ing the night of the 10th the Modocs occupied the same position as on the evening of the previous day. At snnset a hotly-contested fight took place. The Indians endeavored to reach the lake for water, but our troops succeeded in keeping them away. The troops were at 2 A. M. again ordered forward, and soon reached the top of the ridge close to .lack's camp. Orders were then giv en to sweep the lava-beds. A dispatch was sent to Captain Bernard ordering him in case the Modocs had got out on Colonel Ma son's left, to pursue them immediate ly with cavalry and give them no rest. 10 o'clock. Our troops havegain- ed considerable ground, and firing is becoming more freqnemt. The gen eral impression is that the lava-bed is ours. Orders have been given for Colonel Mason to move his right for ward as rapidly as possible and join Colonel Green's left. This will cut the Modocs off. From ten to twelve o.clock there was considerable firing from the south of the lake. Only part of the Modocs have got out at Mason's left, as the Indians can be heard in the vicinity of Jack's cave. The mortars, which have ceased since daylight, have been ordered to a new position within eight hundred yards of the cave, and near the wa ter. About 12 o'clock Colonels Green's and Mason's commands effected a junction, w hich cntierlv cut the Mo docs off from water. This movement occasioned the firing heard at different points on the line. It was decided not to force our men on the Indians' stronghold as we might lose many without killing an Indian. If we could keep them troni water they would have to leave their position. We could not find them in a stronger one. Our losses in the two days' fight have been five killed and ten wounded. The only officer vet wounded is Lieutenant Eagan, flesh wound in the leg. He is doing well. A junction has been formed between (Jreen and Mason. Five Indians are reported killed. None of our killed or woun ded have vet fallen into the Indians hands. It is evident if w e can hold our position on the lake shore tin Modocs will have to leave or surren ter. 1 liere is a. heavy lire of mus ketry now near the hike shore. The Indians arc evidently fighting for wa ter. Every one who has seen our in action speak of them it the hignest terms. San Francisco, April ls.l 1 :30 a. N Private dispatches frem the lava leds this evening say the Modocs fled to the hills southwest of the lava beds. The cavalry arc in pursuit. The first Sorgeant of company K (cav alry )eaptured a Modoc flag a"d took the scalp of Scar-Faced Charley. The savages mutilated the body of Eugene Haney fearfully. Meacharn is improving rapidly. KESTICKV. A (iamblrr Knot. Lexington, April 10, 1873. In a shooting affray .last night between gamblers, one, Wrn C. Owens, was hot and mortally wounded. Last fall a negro family threo persons husband, wife and daughter were taken from their home in Jessa mine County and were supposed mur dered, at Marble Read, by Ku-KIux. On last Sunday, a negro, while fish ing, drew up a portion of a deeom- poseu ohiv, wn.cu was recognized by: i i i i ... i lue clothing to he .viahala Hawkins, j the murdered wife of the family men-1 tioned. Her arms and legs were pin-1,. ioned. and a fifleeri-noim.l met- u-a'. tied to her feet. A Troy dentist became emotional ly insane while repairing a front tooth for a pretty woman and kissed her. She told Lcr husband, and Lo went round the next day and borrowed $500 of the dentist on long time. To Morclleaa fclulr X Colored Men by Whites In Mraut Pnrixh. Louisiana. Washisgton, D. (.'., April 1S. tornev General Williams to-day -At- 1C- ceived the following: New Orleans, April 17, 1S73. Deputy Marshal Dekline has re turned from Colfax. He arrived there the day after the massacre. The details ore horrible. The Dem ocrats, white, ofGrant parish attempt ed to oust the incumbent parish officers by force and failed, the Sher iff protecting the ofii ers with a col ored posse. Several days afterwards recruits from other parishes to the number of three hundred came to the assistance of the assailants, when they demanded the surrender of. the colored jieople. This was refused. An attack was made anil the negroes were driven into the Court House. The Court House was fired and the negroes slaughtered as they left the burning building. After the resist ance ceased sixty-five negroes, ter ribly mutilated, were found dead near the "ruins of the Court House. Thirty are known to have beeu taken pris oners and said to have been shot after surrendering and thrown into the river. Two of the assailants were wounded. The slaughter is greater than in the riot of lSOO in this city. Will send report by mail. Signed J. R. Bkckwith, United States Attorney. Marshal Packard telegraphs that Deputy Marshal Dekline has return ed from Col fax where he arrived the Tuesday following the collision of Sunday last, and found the place al most deserted except by women. He buried the remains of sixty colored men found in the fields. The dis patch continues: It whs reported that subsequent to the burning of the Court House, thirty-four colored men, previously made prisoners, were taken to the river bank in couples, and there shot and thrown overboard. It is also reported that colored men were shot in the adjacent woods, where their bodies are still lying. He found also twelve wounded, some of them certainly mortally. The col ored men present eonqHised the posse w hich, under the direction of Sheriff Shaw, white, appointed by Governor Kellogg, had taken possession of the Court House, and were still holding it. Nash, w ho was Sheriff by ap pointment of Warmoth, aud was su perceded by Shaw, led the whites. From creditable information there appeared to have been no Lss on the part of the colored men until after their surrender, when they were mur dered without mercv after the mas sacre in the Court House, from which they were ejected by setting fire to the building. Sheriff Shaw is missing. and is supposed to have been killed The deiiutv found it nnpios:l)lc to make an arrest without the presence of United States troops. Armed bodies of whites are scouring th country. The assailants had in their posession a six-pounder cannon, taken or, as some alleged loaned from the Bed river steamer John T. Moore. Marshal Packard closed his dispatch bv saying: "When the circumstances of this massacre are fully kuown, it will be found to be onlv equaled bv that of Fort Pillow." New York, April IS. The Tinas' special from "Sew Orleans, about the hostilities in Grant parish, says: Not a single colored man was killed until all had surrendered to the w hite who were lighting tl.cm, when over cue hundred were shot down. It i.- understood that another lot was burn ed to death in the Court House. Af ter the butchery, the whites scattered in every direction, few of them go ing to their homes. Many of them left for the Texas borders, in hopes of escaping conse piences of. their crime. The State troops, on arriving at the scene of hostilities, buried over sixty boiiies. Ihel-eiJeral troops cannot proceed for want of transportation I'M TED STATES TKool'S To ASSlsT THE Al TiloltlTIES. Washington, April H. The Act ing Secretary of War telegraphed this alternoon to Uoioiiei lunorv as follows : War Department, April Is. ls;:. To (.'ol. W. II. Emory, command ing Department of Gulf, New Orleans, : In case requisition is made iqi- on you bv the United States Marslnil to assist the United States authorities in execution of any judicial process, i.-sued on account of the laic reported disturbance in Grant parish, you will render the necessary military aid for such purpose. Signed. Geo. M. Robeson. Acting Secretary of War. an investigation ordered. Attorney General Williams this afternoon has telegraphed the follow ing to J. R. Beckwith, United States Attorney at New Orleans: "Sir You are instructed to make a thorough investigation of the aff:iir in Grant Parish, and if you find that the laws of the United States have been violated, you will spare no pains or expense to cause the guilty parties to be arrested and punished ; and ;f military aid is necessary to execute any United States process, you will call on General Emory for that pur pose, who has been instructed to furnish it. Signed. "Geo. II. Williams, "Attorney General." The Wrrrkrd Atlantir Recovery Forty More Hod lei. of Halifax, April 17. The weather being favorable to-day, divers renew ed the search for bodies and up to the time the steam tug left Prospect forty two had been recovered. They were all unrecognized steerage passengers, principally women aud children. They were buried without delay, the White Star agents having made all the necessary arrangments, the Dom inion government agrees to pay a share of the expense. There is not cargo enough saved to load the steam er Peril, sent from New York. Copt. Williams, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bennett and others came up from the wreck to-night to be present when the de cision of the Court of Inquiry is giv en to-inorrow. It is reporter! that the bodies of a woman and child drift ed ashore near Lunenburg. Mr. Todd, who lost his father and mother on the Atlantic, arrived this morning from Chicago, in seaieh of their re mniiis and their property. The body of :he father had been recovered and buried at Prospect. The money found on his body w as restored to the son. Warrants were issued yester day for a man named Slaughen White and his three sons, residents of Pros- pect, suspected of pilfering nt th - ' wn.,.k. A quantity of baggage was fn,l tn L r. thorn, t.f.s...i,.n in. ,i; o,., :.i..;r;,.,i na ti, ,'... I erty of Miss Scryinser. A man in Port Wayne, Ind., drotv. ped his pocket-book containing $7 16 on the street on the 1st of April, and found it in the same position half an hour afterwords. Everybody hod beea afraid to touch it, for fear of be ing fooled. A Horrible Onlraa-e. Memphis, April 16. The Augusta (Arkansas) llulkttn of this week con tains the foilwiiig: The following let ter is from Thomas Warren, of Union county, Arkansas, to J. M. Courtney, Kearney, Clay county, Missouri, and dated but a few days ago : "I will tell you of a horrible murder that took place not far from w here I live. It happened about a month ago, and there were four negroes concerned in it. A married lady went to a neighbor's house to stay several days. She was not well when she left home, and her husband told her that he would take care of the child ren until she came back, but when she got to where sho was going there was no one at home but the hired men, and she started back. She had not gouo far before a negro stopped her horse, took her off the horse and hitched it outside of the road, and told her to take the path before him, and drove and pushed and pulled her eight miles into the bottom, w hen he tied her to a tree and rav ished her. He kept her there three days and nights tied to a tree. On the second day, while there, she had a child w hile m the woods by herself. She was gone from her home three days before her husb'ind went afier her. He went over to the house where she had started to go, and when he found she was not there, he started home and found the horse tied w here the negro had left it three days before. He took the horse home and collected some men together, and began hunting for her. The next day they saw two little negroes, who told them that they had seen a negro the day before driving a white woman before him down the path. They scattered off to hunt for them, and got so close that the negro went by where the woman was tied, killed her with a stick, and left her. They went on after him, but got oil his track. The negro stopped at a house and asked a negro mau and a boy if the was anybody hunting for the missing body. They told him "Yes," and as he got up to start, they caught him and started back with him, and met one of the men in pursuit. They made him tell wheie the woman was. He said he killed her. They made him take them where she w as. He said they were in sight of her the day before, when the woman fainted, and he said she had tainted three or four times while tied, and she begged of him to turn her loose, and he would not. They took the negro to her husband, aud asked him w hat they would do with him. The hus band told them to burn him. The men w ho had him wi re all negroes. They built two log heaps and put him in the middle. They were twenty-four hours burning him. They cut his toes off ami made him swal low them, and J.hcn cut strips of kin off his body and made him broil t'm iu on the coals and eat them, and they would roll him in the coals and take him out and talk to him and put him back. At last they built a large fire put him on top of it and let him burn to ashes. There was not a w hite man that had anything to do with it; they were all negroes. The other three that were killed were shot dead on the spot. They knew w here tie w o man was and would not tell." Conflict Ilotween Whites nnd Vcer.iM In Loalfeiana. New Orleans, April 15. The steamboat Southwestern, which ar rived at about 1:30 o'clock this even ing, brings stirring and important news from Grant parish. The whites have retaken Colfax, and there is not a negro to be found for miles around. From passengers on the Southwes tern we glean the following: The negroes had strongly entrenched themselves in the Court House, and built breastworks three and four feel high. There were, it is said, about four hundred and fifty men, armed and equipped thoroughly. On Sun day at about twelve o'clock about one hundred and fifty men, who had gathered from the surrounding par ishes, made an attack on the breast works, and a brisk fight was kept up until somew here near three o'clock. The breastworks were then stormed and captured, the negroes taking ref uge in the Court House. The doors were barricaded. After further fighting the negroes threw out a flag ot truce, and several detachments of men advanced on it, when they were fired on by the besieged party, wounding several, one of whom was Captain Hadnot, who was shot in the bowels, and it is feared fatally wounded. Tbry retreated to the outside of the breast w'ords, and as the only means of dislodging the ne groes, the Court House was set on fire and they were shot as thev came out from the burning building. It is reported that between eighty and one hundred negroes were killed, and there were none to be found for miles around. The Captain of the Southwestern made the lollowmg statement: we arrived at Colfax on Sunday evening about eight o'clock, and I found that the white people, with the sheriff, I suppose at their head, had captured the town after having a conflict with the negroes. It was reported to me that about one hundred negroes had been killed and many others wound ed. One white man was reported killed, whose name I did not learn. and two very seriouslv wounded. Messrs. Hadnot and Harris. Mr. Hadnot was shot through the bowels, and it is supposed that he is utortally wounded. W e brought Messrs. Har ris and Hadnot down from Colfax to Alexandria. Three or four others. white men, were slightly wounded. About one hundred negroes escaped, but it was reported that the whites were still pursuing them. All of the rest escaped, especially the white men. The negroes ambuscaded themselves in the Court House, and the whites, finding that there was no other mode of attack left them, and set Gre to the building. The whites numbered in the neighborhood of one hundred and fifty men. The fight lasted from 12 a. m. until nearly ' i. M. The whites are now in posses sion of Colfax, and when I left last ufght everything was very quiet. Klnklnx Ontrnxex. Lexiniiton, April 1G. Last fall a negro family named Haw kins, con sisting of three persons, were taken from their home, in Jessamine count)-, and, it is supposed, were drowned by Kluklux. On Saturday last o negro, w hile fishing, drew up the half-decomposed body of Mahala, Haw kins' wife, w ho was recognised by her clothing. Her arms and legs were pinioned, and sixteen pounds of rock were tied on her feet. A letter Mnt from a IlaitforJ in surance company wven years ami nine months ajro, to an aMrvss in 111 inoiH, wa9 returned to them on the 3d inst. And a letter mailed in Iitin gor, Me, in August, 18C3, f..ra town seven miles distnnt, was returned to the writer from the dead-letter oflk-e on the 5th inst. Too Modoca. Lav a Beds, April 15. The even ing following the murder of General. Canby an.i Peace Commissioners j Thomas, Iho Modocs attacked Col. I Mason's pickets one and a hall miles cast of the Modoc camp. The! pickets were quickly reinf orced uud ! .i I.....b I kn Moiloe 1 urove me savugea num. - was killed and ten horses captured. Donald McKenna and seventy-two Warm Spring Indiana arrived yester day. Dyer will go back to the reser vation soon. Meacharn is pronounced out of danger, and will soon be able lo attend to business. The Snake Pitt River Indians ure ntill quiet, but are watching the contest with great interest. 'the lunerat ceremonies on the 12th of April of Canby and Thomas, lu.tamp, wt-r very impress ive. The troops were drawn up unU received the remains m the customary maimer, with salutes aud mulllcd drums. A dispatch hum Colonel Giliem lo Genelul fecholleliJ, received in J.uis city to night, says be w ill use every endeavor to prevent the escape ,,1 iIim Moilocs. and. it possible, not an Indian will be iclt lo hoa.-t ot Ihe murder of Canby. San Francisco, April 15. The regular courier arrived lroiu lieka UMUghL Yesterday morning, while the signal ollicers were engaged be tween Gillem's headquarters aud Col. Mason's camp, the Aiodocs got up on a ridge, near Jack's camp, Willi a w hile rag on a pole and initialed the movements of the signal ollicersn waving it to aud Iro. Mr. Meacharn condition was more hopelul. Mt. Dyer, the Commissioner w ho was un hurt, telegraphed to Washington lor instructions, saying it was useless to iry any longer lor peuce w ith those Indians. There is no doubt but that the Modocs also expected to gel Gillcm and Colonel Mason. General Gillcm expected to have beeu present at the eouucll, but oil the morning ol the massacre be was too indisposed to leave his tent. It is now staled that both General Canby aud Gillcm and the Commissioners talked about Kiddle's warning, and came to the conclusion that it was only a ru.-e ot Riddle's to delay the negotiations. They had not the utmost confidence in Kiddle's veracity, but on ibis occa sion it seems he was right in his sup position. Yreka dispatches from Colonel Mason to General Schofield, say that Lieutenant Sherwood died at one o'clock to-day. I i:itt vr van s. An economical Hartford gentle man wants the people who saved him from drowning to pay for tear ing his clothes. The Tribune Association, of New York, have collected $10iJ,00K, the amount of insurance on Mr. Givclcv's life. An aged llegress in Lewes, Del., is reported to be gradually turning vhitc, her hands and anus being al together bleached, while the rest of her bodv is following suit. A negress in Kaleigh fell head first from a secoiol-story window the oth er day, but was as lively as ever in a few hours. The ground under the window looks as if soim body had been boring for oil. Th. tiiUl.2 ,.f It ii iii:i in iliu in 1ST-) ground out 4''iS,000 bushels of grain. One grocery house handled jfiO.OiM) w orth of goods. An Iowa dealer, w ho sold several pumps, "to be paid for when Gree ley was elected," recently brought suit against his customers for pay. Judgment was given for the defend ants, with costs. Brigham Young telegraphs to a newspaper in New York that his res ignation as trustee in trust for the church aud as President of the bank ing institutions, does not affect his po sition as President of the church. Mr. Shaffer, of Highland, Clavton comity, Iowa, lost a spun of mares in the great snow-storm. Just nineteen days afterward they were fcund en tirely buried in a snow-drift, where they had unquestionably been se curelv packed ever since. The won derful part of the story is that they arc alive tin I doing well. Kev. Dr. Domim-ck, formerly of Ouimy 111., is the ncro of an adven ture in a Nebraska snow-storm. He was lost on the prairie and was com pelled to cover himself with sacks of wheat from his wagon to keep from freezing. In the morning he found himself only two bet from a deep precipice, over which the tongue of his wag i:i extended. One of the largest and most suc cessful sales of short-horn catt'c took place near Waukegan. Illinois, on Wednesday; the entire herd, fifty six in 11, of W. I. Dodge, and thirty-six from the herd of C. C. Parks, being soid for an aggregate amount of forty-live thousand dollars. The cows averaged l,i).iO and the bulls $350 each. The stock was purchased by breeders . from Illinois, Iowa, Kcn tuckv. Ohio and Ind'ana. A carpenter of Selma, Ala., was .l..,....l I... ......... ..,..!... . 1.... . .. uniin ii iij wiiiv iviiii 117 it a i t; llic city, tintler penalty or lieing shot, and on the third day after the warning they rude up and fired into the house. He sent his family down into the cel lar, timk down his shot-gun, and bc gun a hattle that lasted fifteen min utes, tit the end of which time one man was fatally and another severe ly wounded. I he coroner s jury ex- honerated iho carpenter. A recent story is told about two dogs -who fell to fighting in a saw mill. In the course of the tussel one of the dogs went plump against a saw in rapid motion, which cut him in two iiistanter. The hind legs ran away ; the fore legs continued to fight, and whipped the other dog. The old gentleman who thinks on ly of comfort in dress and cared noth ing for looks, and can't sec why his daughters will trouble themselves about mere opHarance, has got his quietus. The girls took two of his old hats la.-t week, and neatly at tached a white hat brim to a black crown, and now they insist upon his wearing it to church, since he thinks nothing ol appearances, and cares nnlv fur fnm Fnrf San Francisco dispatches report! that on March 11, (iustuvus Swain,! John McDonald and (Jeorgc Taylor , . . , u were murdered by a largo band of i Apaches. The savages were ovcrta-, ken by troops, and in. two conflicts' which followed 1(5 warriors were! Killed, and ii women ami children captured. Savior, one of the murder ed men, was subjected to most brutal torture. A cannon weighing several tons arrived nt Sheboygan, Wis., from (Jermany recently, addressed to llev. i r.uuaru iTiuoi ittiin, pa.-ior oi me; Lutliern church. It was rumurcd! bv the (.'erilinilS at the battle of Se- .bin iin.l u-:ws...,l I.. Mr K.M-..K..;. bv the Klimeror nf (lerninnv fr. - ' i - , . v . v- I t V I Charge, to xNfcW lork, to bo made in- ! to a bell for his church in Sheboygan. I New Adfiertitr.ments. W. W. M KAIIJ. Establishc The Ik-all Foun and CORNER CENTRE AN ClltlllxTl W. W. McK Proprietors, and li.ilirl ami Mliir Cam Cur Win-el mi A.xln. wlrli l':iii tit fill, ra, W.k.I a ii-I lr"U tVurkiiig Mi-I.iii.rv. MeUln an-l faiWlna. ( u I f.-r iliu- r it i-. IJcvel au4 Mitre arliK, Steam Pumps a Inn Plj for Stfuni f.r U'nti r, JIt:im uii'l I nui f-r iirjf. J:irk ST-w ;in-t ltf J.t' k. Tiiti'iit S i w iuruiii' r;iii l hut iy V h- ' St'trk. Ii--i. T,i,si. an f Vi" T-:?. Kiti Hrti-hfji. S r i r :ti t li.itt-in:t -!ri .III !t'll ioVt.TIH'f lVf. (rMM. Sip. Mi!" ari l I'ti k 'av h. S3A Tiirl im- Wa'i r V. herl. (rniKinir Mn-liiii- ur l"i:;mr Kill ririii't't.'iiK Sho.' hii I It. x-. lioi-!v Ivwi-rani 'i'lmiMii; rsl.:-. f; s. Engines, 3Ia Innery, &.., M.iiini"ai"uicr-ji "1 I. iii'-v's t:'-l-i'ruM sll l.ut ri- On; ( .ir v !n- -1, j;-D 1'. Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCERY, Flour and Feed . S nET1 0 IR M i Wi' wouM in-' r cT'iiI'v miit.-h i--' to our frl Tt'ls ami the jhjM ir xeneral.jr. in the town ami vit-iiiity of Soini-ryft. tii.u w; iuvo "j :i i out a ur .Ww Si'Tc on SAX CROSS SWEET, An I in ai! !i;Rn t o fall line of !!, he.t Con r.'Uo.ri.. xotion. We wil! f n !. t t!m s. t suj.ji!y onr n- U K S T ) V A l. I T V O 1' FAMILY FLOUE, co.'. X-.ViJJ L. oa ts- .,;; ,.; rr.;.v. n. v ,f- roir; chop, l::AX. MliUfUXCS, An I . IM'-ilt. V? t I. al ill- ii:fitii:.i tt Tlii " ! I- ;-art LOWES POSSIBLE PRICES CASH OX IA Al, a w il -Iwu-iJ ft.ot-k jf ui kin !-. :in ! STATrOXEIlY IV ht.'h VT. Will ll ll fifi 11 U.t rho-ir - t ' ' ' i'l.-.o,. rail, rx.-iiiii-i or.r it ..: ..r.-iM kin.'-, .m aatiiuinl Irunt jour ;wu juilin nt. Io:i't f.irjrt w!i- rtt wr :iy On M A I CI;nss S;rr. (t. 2. 1-.7J. S iner REM o'v a:h GILL k BROTHER. WHOI.ESALK Boot ar.d Sho: nkw. l lift & i .1.173 iNT r.iriismia' Iron-Front War.-hou, No. 253 Liberty Street,; I'l l TSliTKUH. PA. ! IWiis f;:.m ii k.i or V',, S ruzKT, Anl nrr n .w r- - ivin ine ..f thr ! ir. t Sprinz ti k i-r,-r iT-nirut I.. ihi m-irkrt. In i umuiii turn wilu lir l i.v hnvcr tvf .ri; unr wiier?. All ir... lit j I 'l r-t THF.i.oYFT EATF.KX KATHS. niutvh 5. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF 'I'lIILADELrillA. Incdrporatdi IV0. Charter IVrmlnal. IM 0.ME FOB THE YE.VU 1S72, Sl,-03,-4:35 69. VS-I'TS JANTARY 1, 1ST1 Mi- ami l:.n s hral K-iatr n-i l ir I Ki'liti . . . . . . Iaii on Cull atrral nniplv a,-mrr 1 I'ri-miuiu N.Mi-s K --ur -il I y IVIn-i-n. . Prrmiiim in han ln 1 1' Az .-nit Si-ur-il by Bmi-N ; . m-li-rr.-i St-mi-amm ,1 anl Huaruviv I'n iiiiuns (i s.ii:i i;'.i) . Cash m han. I nn I in M-mk . . . . .. Avriu! Itm r.ni tv January I i Jso Pi) 3.:!0 00 -m.T-U 74 1-o.ono 00 .'k srj -M j.o.hi m TKI'STF.KS. tiKoniiK W. Hill. A i.kx. Wim.i mx. Okoimik N n:T, Iiok. J amkh I'ni.i iM k J. Ki.m Thomson. Philip H. Mi mile. Hill. Al.KX. (. r.rTKLL, John Wjjaii.kib. 1ac ii aki.ih 11ct. .ILIlNKTl. UOIIKKI'K. Hl.NKY K. llKM:rT, I.. M. WlI LLDl. OhfiKHK W. HII.L. IVi-Hlilrnt. tiK.OIMK NTUKN 1'. Vi.-e I'rvi.i.1 -nt. JOHN' SIMS. A.-tmrv JOUX S. WHIUSON. sir. an.i Trrm NOAH CASEBEER, Agent, Somerset, Pa. 1 1 in i : k a i , i 'o in r PLANING MILL, A. Growall & Son. ... ,.,, , " p are now pr ; in-! t. il. nil kin,!." hi ri minir ami :iuui'itnurii-ir f buitviug tau-rii ri.OOKlNti, MtUXDIMT. wi: TiiKtt !io.r.riN(i s xsii i hooks, nx do ir j :v noon fha mks. In ?h rt anything irrnrr.illv ujr l'ln hi,ue bull l inr. Allonlcrs jir niptly Mini. marM. DM 1 M ST U A TO U'S X ( T I C K. Etan of Jainh I.ina, lair of Shailo tiwn.4hli, iiti-ram?ii. " Krantwl tn thvaii.niivnoii. niilK-ui.-tu-rr- T...i..pa ..r ...I. ..I..;-, -..i I. .K .... - . "h.r.,n.,.,b,e'., tomakolmme.!latrly- nirni. sun me uavinir ciniiiia avalnut it will pro- ent tham, duly autht-ntieatr.1 ur .v-llk-ui.-nt on SutiirJay. the 3.1 ilay of May 1873, at tba huB uf of the nnJtrslirned, In aat.l tnwrn-hlp. mrch38 DAV 11 M KNOKS. d In 1045. dry .v. ,f D HARRISON STRE arirl, M1., AIG & SON, Manufacturers of M-ir' l' Whn !,-. fliiiiiiK ami Mill '.ntii,tf. S'H;un Kniflm-. ci i., "l li: ') ivpmt i an hiii'iH in.Mie Sui-'ku Stui k. an-l Smk.i -ii 1 r . I'....' nd Connections, fioin and lvath-r . t itrlt I 'niter. Awl., an.i l, , f-L., limn. S.aju'l' ni. an-l li, ril, i-,, "' r urna'.-ea i.r t liur l.r ., ' M"iilc-y an.i A-ijui.!.!,.;,. s r, ' '; -' Pulli-vi". Mialtiiijf ,,u. (,,, Saw ManiiteK Cir'-ul ir aii'l Mill S iwj J'aleiit iiair iVit.,r R..;.-r. 41., j, p.irtal,I-'W?' Mil!.. e.Jr .,, Klittliw lli-atpr an l lt.il. r f '..; Kr-iii-h litirr .Mil!. .!) -Aut s..".".' Si'ar.iti.r., Ii-iti;jic ci ,o. ''- Ovr!i:in 11 ?in-l n . alfo Fr-.j?. S:(.-chin-ry. RESS AIG & SOX GREGG, SON & r VVII.LI.S.LT; Boot and Sr- PITTSBURGH, Have r in .vc-.l tln-ir r.i luur Iron Front Ware! No. 159 Wood Strep j i. nm, .-! s h .u.... Anl ar now reivir, .. ; Largest Sprintf Sh T.ver Brought to thr wt I Rnvinir f-Tf'VSH. wo h ,- j.'t - I tfiati'AX'T RKKXcku.ki, f - ' ! An oxsminati'in ( "tir S:--it j, r '. J CRECC. SONic; I'O Wi..) St". '. p - tat attest i-ii: r.ii ' t. -nt I'v- mail. wl X i4 I The only RctUMe Gift ririi.n:i a $60,000 !TWTrTTTATim nitrl l V Oil U iXOllli UUJ TO BE DISTRIBUTED 15 I,. I. lJ!h REGULAR MDXTHLI GIFT ENTEBPE Tilx'.Imwn M -nlay. .;.r:! TWO GRAND CAPITALS! $5,000 eacli in (reenbl Two Prize, five frinrn Ten lrizet.. 1.M4 4 IN GREENBACK 1 H.-r-"1 aa I t tiy. wi!; . :v rr.i-. w. -r; h yuu: ..nr nu-.- tfiie t I; i j-'): t'-n family S.-:ri M i -'t.i-r -rarh: lire ici 1.1 Vai.-ii.-n ir.i I h.iir". -earn: tivo it.il.l Arm ri an limit;:,:: w i :--a--h: tin JUkIs !! Htiti r.s ' wi.rt h iTa e ii li: ;..!l :i-i Miw L in Warrhcr fin all. ) w-nh -r tri riil I 4'hniun. Silver W ar-. .1. !ry. lu Who'e nuTber g.fts, 6.509. Tckiti' KiEXTS iVATIIIOSILTIIl t whom Liberal Prrminaw il. Sintlo Tickets, SI; Six Tickes Twelve Tickets $10; Te! Five Tickets S2Q. i'ir,ul..r3 ii n: lini:; a -t :' Tiiiii n of th ni.toi.t-r t-t :- :.; ' Ii'nnatii'ii in rrti-rnnt-1" :!,- tM-'r ?ent in any 'iii?iiMt-r.iii: tiit-M. A.. aiUrv.s.-.i . M AIN OKKII'V. L. f. SITF.S: l.'l W. Kitili St. l ii man-h l.i. I'iflh Atimiho C lothin; B Corner FJlh a,i-l .IV riTTsnvnau, ri. 1813. spi m : I" oft'rrvl Ii-wrr than a::v ..-.!. r ! ' Huvrr., .u !v y-ur own ir;;- ri--:. ant'ic ti k of J. li.i.NNACH p.- jard-wh-n. Th. rii!riiii M.''. 1W. riiii.in-n's i'i..;l,iiu. at W is. I.W I'ri i n. Particular atii-nii"ii uiu.n to i'"" J. liA' Hrin thi? invi:ati-n wuh v f- 3 QAIUU.TT Lumber Comptf SflmPrCPt Co.. P 'W a r ' j Earnest, Delp Camp. 4 Cj FKOPKIET0K5. WHITE riXE. YELLOW OAK AXl JiEXl1"' L UMBER. SAW EI) AND SHVEI SIin;!'1 PLASTER IM' Building Luml "OK to a till" t Jn. rto"' mir'-'a73 rst'tf Fanners of Some. nlofl ! FKE'- " ii.u r:in ivr a nra" mi- w-ii'l om-ii In yi-ur own o lin'. " Nni! at b-. mi: At Morgan's Fact Mav bo f.nnl a 1 irsfr ami N' "'l','" than rv.-r I'-!' ri'. 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