IT?L - d -x- a. TT 1,1 4 ' FostMASTtft'GfTtKAtrtt iUB3T",A'-'r(.i!ii;-'f -i lUe OUUltJiTSei HeiUU. ,,,.,, .. Jones (C.sirmsu). Herr sod smith, .udered . 1 I , "7 , Uod Rereeota:nea Nisely. Larrs-'tbe " - x,.-w ... com- j.ollerv McElro-tfaMiuorTroWgne . i.-'-i.-- lTtetcatPst'MMtenta office : Ma --.!iti tinufr Ir. CemtDi 1 We will hsve s Judo cr tbe Su preme Court. Secretary of tbe Trea sury, an AuditorGeoeril and a Sec retary of Internal 'Affairs toelertin November wt. ' . .Tint Local-Option trill wt de.Vat-i arfln the ITcrase '.at Harrisburg last week, 1? of nioety-a.x nsy to eighty yens. TL'm killa.il for the p-rnt Mansion. 4 rated brtbe following anecdote : A South Carolina man appeared at tbe IVpartroeotVith petitan tb an appointment to be jpostmaster-Bt Columbia, S. Ciirety nsmeroosly wgafd by person of .oroailnerfcejli various parte c! the Stat. He was exceedingly aggressive in bis manner, and cvideoily expected that hi ! papers would receive immediate at- roo of bis motion tmlt'i .Mr wr.. Thcv waitod unou hint t bis rcei denes, nod Senatfcr JuM pprwetf bim of the Uait of tbe a ietis in aoeeeh.' t i t 1 To til a reply jifes maT listing of'-'enatof TCablrief. He was at tbt time con one 01 10 oesi unaocierw in country, and public opiuion :ed bim for tne treasury rnartment. bnt this position bad i S aWnd Ikm-b nrooiiaed to Mr. Cbase. 1 i- t- y .. ... in m XEW Y62Sf aJETTa br MK and Mr. Caxernn was made fcecre- tarr of War. loviawoftbe events that were then looming up Air. . Lin coln coo Id bare jpus no nroogrr proof of bia confidence in tbe integri ty, ability, patriotism' and courage of 31a. Chaiumas ani Gestlemex : j tbe old Senator tban by placing him I thank you tuost Mneercly fur tbe nomination you now tender me Or a sen in tbe Senile of t!e United at tbe bead of tbe War Department Ileoole remained tbere one rear before he was displaced by political Tut famous case George, CUrjw-, Mr; Key i'(wd'' stance 1)0 og against tbe failed State'.' was ; asked the man, wU held tbeofU-c. "A colored man, was 109 repiy. "who, of cour's ought to bo pot out at cce.",, Mr, Key etkedif be misman- : ased tbe olBee. -Tbe roan eaid be bad not beard of that On beinf questioned more closely, be wan ob ligeU le admit that be bad beard no complaint on ibeeecre of inefficiency. "Then." aid Mr.: Ker, "there are only two wayn in wbirh; be can be ilixiUc(.'d witLout'. oppositimi from jiue. Ouc.is ;by ibo ormy- of.'lho railed tat ex. and tbo other ,1 ; by tbe order of the 1'reeident of tbe rnhed States." : decided lart week tr tne isoprtme Coort agaiost the plalotiST (Cborpcn log), this wc presume settle the oiauer Cnally. 1 Tas late rort Master Gemral (Tyner) bat accepted tbe position ol "First Assistant Port Master C.eneral under Key.' It is said, tLat wlile Mr. 'Key will Otvctn himself m'.rc particularly to the busiocss or bu drnnnment tn tbe Southern States, that Mr.Tynrr H entirely eon'rol U ,i,pwintuenU in the yorthern. farnrsirK. Potoias, the diftin guifbed colored orator has been ouueted by. tLc IVesiJent (jt Manraal of tbe District of Columbia. Tbe office is lucrative ooe, and wan held by Col. Sharpe, a brother-in-law of Treeideut Grant duriog the last eight yeani ; . ; The late Secretary of tbe Treacu'-y lion. Iot M. Morrill of Maine, has en appointed and confirmed Collect or of Customs for the IV.st rict of IVrt laud and Falmotb, Maine. It is said that the Tresident tendered bim ft Foreign Mission, but thai-, Mr. Mor rill, on account of impaired health, preferred a less exalted position which would permit his remaining at a8 was well attested home. 1 , cedented nnanimiiy, ith i was voluntarily pres?ed .it v Tnr r.epui)licns swept New Hampshire at the eleeiion on Tues day of lat we. 4ctiog their co diiiate for ficv.rnor by .an inereaed majority oter tLat giren to Hajes it November, rarrjinff both brani lies wftbe Ixpslatore largely, se.iiriuit ..Uiir thrM nembr f Cm- . . ... v .-.1 ....ir.' officers, a the third Wlow'ao clot, that it will reuire tbe etteial vote to -how whether e baa mpaeesed thrmigb, or been nominated, an4 of coorse wU be elected V. S. Senator, by the : A ccwU. S Senator for Pennsyl vania was elecLed by tbo Legislature ta duy , Tuesday , and donbi!es Uon. J. I. Cameron late Secretary of War, waiihe man, as he waa. the unanimous nominee of the ' Repoblie an caucus held on Tuesday ' last As Secretary of War tbe firt and only polhical ofQeeever held by, him Mr. Cameron won a most envi able National reputation.' and the N. r. JJcrald wt'Jl and truly says of bim, "he is a man of extraordinary abilities, especially in an executive ' capacity." He Hoot, however, a new nor un known man in Pennsylvania polidcs, by the which be njon, the st!a In rct.iio'r iLib nomina-i nressnre. Mr. Cameron -rns too ti.m I thinl It proper f-iriiMitoerprci's alran-ei a Kadical to unit the I'nion the foibittiu.q vivhh a to my voirc ' iiit'tf" f the IWrilrt '.State, .wbyhi Air. iiocoiu was at mat uuic musk Unlike - some iu the future: If the LejrieUvure shall Approve ftj4 iecio'wnat'yurexioes to eonciliate. flauerinTicUvn pH-dy indicates as iu mill by v't'cung me tlithe Federal Sonstpr I Khali bold it to be mv highest duty so to act a to bear my ! tbo first, and desired to make pre par 1U1I pBlk IU WIBlilUlUl lUCJUOk M1VI' of Mr. Lincoln's trusted advisers. Mr. Cameron comprehended the magnitude of tbe great struggle from hr of tbo tederai Oavcfnment in whatever conflicts mar' arrise con cerning 'that 'authority:',' Second to tbe prime duty (and second to this alone) I 8ialldo what I can tu us tsln tbr h'inor of quy Common wealth and to ndvatjc ' her Interests,.' To my mind thuse two high". duties com bine in a cordial, hearty and earnest support' of the adniTuistratiou of Pres ident Uayes. "i aoi uuallu ta see. a safe future for our country iuileas it be seenre'd by tbd applicatioQ of the principles of tne Itepublicno organi zation of the tuliuinistration of tbe Federal affairs.", JVond autTlibcral as these principles' are (as tbe bunefioen: noliev of the admiuiswaiiou for. re- storicg coowird cd prosperity illus-. trate'tbem ), we can scarcely go wrong when insisting that they shall be fair ly tried and tettel. Sincerely believ ing this, 1 shall, Jt 1 am cnosen a Senator, deiermiocdly follow what I here ontfine" tbe right ' course to purrw: VeliDg sure that iu that rod lone lie neacc aod "afety, for tbe whole conutry. I also dei-m it mv d. ty to spripe you that I ba!l 'bieadf4u t support all legislation ttlat bas tor iifc itject ibe protection of A met icad 1 bor. Labr is the natural cuijitai of every conntrv, and whatever seems . " r . . 1 unpre. tne largest return ;or toe capita. tue highent wages to toe laoorer cannot but be wiiV and Under ,thii atteution if President Hayes for t,.nn V!ir rilUIi ... ...i, . . - a Republicans of tbe Ohio Legislature to aoceed John Sherman, roaae Secretary of tbe Treftsnry. Mr. Mathews will raaKe an able Senator, but bad be contested he seat of Banning, to which he was undoubtedly e'ected, in the .House, tbe Democratic msjority in tbe next Congress would have been thereby reduced to one, and not only Ohio bnt tbe Xfttion would have been benefitted thereby. Secretary Schvbz on taking charge of the Interior Department notified all the . heads of bureaus, that during bis administration tbere will be no removals of clerks or others empl6yed, except "for cause," and no promotions except "for merit," and to all applicants fox office he has replied , "tbere re no vftcancies " ' Wbile the "outs" are cussing, tbe "ins" in that Department are feeling very aerene, and highly admire -Civil service retorm." - BECAtsK Messrs Conkliog, Blaine, and Cameron in tbe Senate, and many prominent IUpablicans through out tbe country, did not leap to tbe President's policy regarding the .SuLh,"aod the plating f ft Demo crat in his Cabinet, the "Independ ent" press tboogbt it had discovered a breach id the Republican ranks, aiid act to work immedifttely to : fan the supposed embers ol dincerd into a Cane. "When Charles Somner, Ben Wftde, Henry "Winter Davis, and Thad Stevens, boldly declared that U-e rear of President Lincoln was en tirely to eonservfttive, he did not' wftr npon tbent or their friend fur thoir opinion" sake, and President Uajca pursue tbe same wise course, The gentlemen ambition to shine a tbe President" defenders wui p r ha discover ere long, that freedom rtbought ftnd of speech, can be, and is enjoyed in tbe Republican party. . . a u u 1 11 . n MondaT of but week Iloa. Kimon Cameron resigned bisposi Uon a U. S. Senator from the Mate of rennsylvani. General Cameron was eeveuty-oight fear old 00 the 9th day ol Vast month, and hi desire forftrest t so advanced an ae, was tKe movinir cause of his retirement -' from public life. . The ordinary span r,a mens days has passed aiaee be first took part' ia public affairs, and although from that date to tbe pres ent beiie been tbe object r almost . ceftselese ftltacas7be has been emt : lenUy anceeesf ut ,'. : : r ; " A man of positive convictions and of Indomitable will, be of course ; created and enconntered many an tagonisms during his long add event ful public cftrecr, oJ these ia . turn led to denunciations ana so is repre sentations, bet be never wasdefeated by ' foe, and; never ' was charged . with forgetting ft. Iriend. "2fow, that he has voluntarily retired from public : life, aad there is no longer an object " to Be accomplished ly' detraction, "many of bis former adversaries con cede his good and strong qualities, and there is every . prospect that his eentaiaiag Tears will be passed freed from all political ' strife and hostile criticism. . ... , . When in future times, . Pennsylva nia calls the rale of bet unfaltering, asefat, faithful, h snored pablio eerir. ante, tbeBame7of " Simon Cameron wO) tora&Jkedbigb among tboae wbi beat served, aad oeear fergoi tbe (ran jnteresttimtfSri? seal ia his Cabinet, by the active, influential Ilepublicao of this S:ate, aad it is now an opea secret that it wasoniy beeHim H would have led to ini ii!i:nn rn.ik. to lhi (1h1 inicnt nf , - o;bTof Prenident Grant's Cabinet 9 p.'ri'sed for retention. that be was Lot invited to a eat ntnong the Coiisellors of Preiii'lent ilsyes. ' ' The selection of Mr.. J. I. Camer on a the successor of his. father in tbe Senate, ia received with- appro, bation throughout tbe Stare, aad the entire country, except by a' few mal contents, mostly jonrnalisticgroirlers, nominal Republicans, who : support ing party men an i ' party tneasuree only when they are sailed, yet arro gate to themselves the right of select ing the candidates' on all occasions! It was this clf of political Phari scea that came- so near sacrificing John F. nartranfc in 1872, and had it not been fcr the pluck and energy ef Hon. J. D, Cameron, who. threw himself into tbe 1 widening ' breach Buckalew would have been elected Governor, tbe State have been wrest ed Iron) Grant, and the National canvass losi.. .. i ,. -- --.o ' ,, Iqdividoally we are much gralified by Mr. Camerons election. " A truer Republican does not breath, a' firmer friend, of Pennsylvania's interests' cannot be found, a braver and more dashing leader could not be desired, and we feel well assured that the Commonwealth : will .sever hare caui-e . to veirret his election to ' the Senate. . ' ' ... strengUi that, a! this moment, Anier icun bandiwoi K bodily lays cuim to a share of thn market of "the .Old World and ..tbeNew; and' So t-hnrply docur niercliauts aud nianufaL-.urerr pres this competition that countries having centuries vif ouvootage over an in' ma on fa etc res ere startled at tbe danger with h7ch their M roonopo. Iy of supply U 'menaced.. And my mind is clear wel. that thentir- tunng care Kbould be devoted t-. .tbe restoration of our foreign commerce. -f To do'sj in but fortify ur produ cers by furuishiug them with cheap and ample means for transporting tbe products of pur skill to tbe regions waiting eager to " bay them. - It if manifest that the same ,pro;ection to commerce which, being applied to manafactnres, has built up our own noble city 03 tbo Delaware most io time restore to Philadelphia,' her old commercial euprcmitcy now so nearly within tbe grasp of her " enlightened merchants, if wisdom and common sense shall aid their efforts to recov er what oucc'was hcr's, aad should be her 's again. J . 1 ". ':" . i- BOX. SIMON CASF.ROS. - 1) 1 Ix N'ew Hampshire, Jones, the Democratic candidate for Congress ia the First District, kas plurality of 4j. Tbe Temperance candidate elected bim. Pkesikest Hates Uji years of age ; Vice President i ; ex-Presi-dent (lrant, ' 5.i; Evarts, 'OO; Fibb, CO ; Morton, il,; Ferry, ."4 ;" Key, of Tenaeance.ii r " K0M1T1ON OF M J. I v CAHEEOH. .; " Wonderful1 Unanimity - cf the Caucus. MIL CAMERON ACCEPTS. . HanaisBiiAi, March 13. Tbe Re publican Senator and members of tbe itoufte aseembled in eaoctis at tbe Sm Library at 1 o'clock this aftcr ooon to nominate a candidate for United State Senator. Hon. Eenry M. Long, of Allegheny, presided over tbe caucus, aod Senator Uazzam, and lU-pr-seoiative Ua'J, and Douglass were appointed secretaries. Senator A.J. Herr nominated Hon. J. Don ald Catmron to hit the unexpired term, and supported the nomination in a (.peecb eulogistic of tbe merits of Mr. , Cameron.;-,. Ueprespotsura Chapin, ot Erie, ; nominated Hon. Morton AlcMichael of Philadelphia Tbe rote being taker, it was Jouod that 132 Senators and Representa tive bad voted far ,Mr. Cameron and one (Mr. Cbapin) for Mr. McMieb iu.1. . On motioo of Mrv Cbapin ' tbe vote . fori Mi. Cameron . was tbeo made unanimous. - Mr. Young olfer-'j ed the following resolution: Befolved, by jbe. .Republican Sen ators, acd - Representatives of thi Legislature ofl ennsylvaoia in joint csnventioa assembled, that, Pres dect Hayes, ia his efforts to carry into effect bia principles outlined in bis letter of seepunce sod mora par ticularly indicated in . bia inaugural address, will have our earnest and vigorous support, and we trost the unfaltering support of ; every .Ilepub- uoaa in -Pennsylvania.; j ,ta: 1 , JJi-soitf.Tbat, while we, believe the iloa. J, Donald Cameron, by his unwavering faith ia and devotion to Kepublieaa principles, deserves the high honors conferred npon him , by this conrentioa, ret this booor is ac- coraeo oy u tne to ore neartuy oe caoMS of bis freely-expressed concur-, anee in the sentiments .expressed ; In the foregoing rosoLution.and we bavs fall confidence that be will a United j Staies&enator bring .to the support of tbe t aminitrauoa . of . Prestdesi Hayes the same abjlity, and rigor wbicb made, him so eeaapicsKHM in tbr roQpils.oi JesJdent Airaov Of l bo numerous,' woll-merited and complimentary notices of Pcnnsyl- rasia's veteran Senator wbieh ne God in our exchanges, we Tiave "at pres ent, room only for the . following ' ap preciative editorial article, from the Baltimore American and tbd . Harris- burg Telegraph: " . ; . 1 from tk BcXimort AmrHcf.- 1, The ab't.t and most adroit politic al manager in the United States has voluntarily retired to; private life, after haviog taken a eonspicnou part in public affairs for nearly half century, loo telegraph aaneuacrd the resignation of Simon Cameron as a Senator from - Praosvlvaoia on Monday, and yeterday- a raocua .cf tbe lUtpnblican rcemlters 01 tbe lg ialatare of that State nominated bi son, 'J. Donald Cameras, O succeed to the seat mad vaeaot by bi father's resignation. ' Inasmuch a the Republicans have a majority ol fony-aver iilty afiot ballot.- tbe election af tbe younger Cameron tor tbe unexpired - term i- an scored frt ,e '. , , - V Mr. Cameron' new seventy cibt : years of are. aod it Is uite natural ibat be should dVtttre to rid himselt of tbe cares and bnrrieas that attach to o.Ticiat Itaiioo. Ahhouch he re tains bit tneatat'pbwerft to areciaika ble decree, the wngbtef advauciog vearp ia Veioaing to trfl uwn bim. and no looger has tbe stroQir, rettolute look that need to dietibgnisb hhn an one born to be a leader of men. He began life as a printer, -ami in due time became editor aod a p-.lniciaa Away back In the year 1932 be was acoospiciuus character ia Pennsylva nia politics, and intimately connected with tbe eoastraotion of tbe great pub lie works which, for a quarter of a ceowirf , entered so ' largely into (be political contests of that State. '. L .. ; At the outset of his political ca reer Mr. Cameron was a Democrat, bnt ha was ' always an aninavery man. In Ibid be was elec. a by tbe Democrats to the United States Sea ate to fill a -vacancy vtcciowd by tbe resignation of I5dcbsaan 'to ac cept tbe Kcition of Secretary ; of State tendered ' bim by President Potk. i After lie retired "from the Senate ia 149 Mr. Cameron devoted bimselt for some' years ' to ' bflsiness pursuit)', and an ataed quite a hand-souie-furtaaer-la 1 8f7 o was agaio elected ta tbe eveaawf ' by- a coalition ofWbigs, KnowXothinga aod Inde pendent (te.aoera'v. John W7. For ney was ' tbe Tegwlnr -' Democratic caadidate, and his defear - cccaMtoiied ations commensaratc with the mighty undertaking of earing tbe' Luton. ! People of lees sagacity deemed bim extravagant in the ase of money, and united with tbe Conservatives. in de mauding . bis. dismissal from ttu? Ciibiuet., . ,,; .... Simuluncoutly with the accept ance of Mr., Cameron's resignation as Secretary of War .came Lis ap pointment as Minister toUusdia. He remained at St. Petersburg . two yea, and then rem'goed, bis enforc ed absence from hi .oru, conotry while the war was going on being most distasteful, to him. ,, He. was again elected to the Senate in 1 SGft, and re-elected in 1 872. ,114, his long career no stain of personal corrup tion has ever touched bim. In tbe investigations made by Congression al commiuees for the purpose of ex p sing corruption ih. name of Mr. Cameron has never been mentioned. He has been a strong partisan, sou sometimes carried through his ' polit ical schemes with a high hand, but his integrity has .never been ' im peached. ' . ' Prvt Ht ftfrrWnf, j Ttlttjrcph.. - ' ' "Last night the resignation ' of Pennsylvania's great Senator was pre ented to the . legislature. To the great body of our citizens this waa a uoH startling surprise, lie nas been bo long tbe leader of the Uepuo- lican forces, the one man to whom every eye was turned for encourage ment in tbe time ot greatest trial; aUuui bim hare clustered tbe yuuuu aud earnest Republicans of ibe State, imbibing zeal, eoeriry, and faub iu tbe future ot tbe great organization, and from bis exhaustles's resources oi hope and cheerfulness they have ever been refreshed. Kver genial in bis intercourse with the people, this retirement will be felt as a personal loss by all who have bad tbe pleasure ot bis acquaintance in official circles. Ibe way not to know a man is to believe all that disappointed editors and politicians may ear aloat hi character, bis motives, and his acts, and in no case is ibis more clearly the fact than that of General Cam eron. To those who have no person al intercourse with bim the impres sion would be natural that be was harsh, sour, grasping, ever for self, and never for thoe who helped him to rire. Bat this is not so. '' He never forgets a friend, aod seldom an enemy.' The friends of his youth, those who hare assisted bim, or were associated with hiru during the days when be was struggling up the hill, ever roceived a warm greeting at bis fireside changes in circum stances and politics nave made no changes in Ms friendship for tbe as sociates of bis youth and earlier man hood, and this feeling has often con flicted with his party prejudices in appointments to office. His abilities, bis tireless energy, his Scotch tenaci ty, tbe determination to pursue tbe coarse be has chosen when convinc ed 01 its jQstice, nas made buu ene mies; bitter, unrelenting enemies who snap uad snarl at bis heels even to day, but they are out of power and be Is at its very zenith. ' The people have been with him. He has been the firm friend of our State ; Peoasyl- f - ' mr . vania nas caa iiii warmest anecuons. and to her prosperity he has contrib uted in rrany ways. He has been a faithful public 'servant, and a brave and fearles-s representative. He is a plain tnao ia speech as well as ia manner, with a contempt for "quali ty " which is only eqnaled by hn re spect lor those who exalt tbe.nnelve by industry and capacity. Ia all it catiocs of life, pabJic or private, he will command tbe repect, affliction, and tireless support of those who prize the privilege of calling bim a frieod " ' Xcw Voek.' March. 17, 1877. THE OREAT YAXPMRJtT CAnE. It is now a fjved fact that tbe Ven der hi It will is to be auacked.tbat iaj! WnTH.' ratlerbiif'whay w jsihoti w a leu Ibe siura estate, doefaj not tojspromiee and uividv wit his 1 ij m uiuv f 1 was twentr-Sre hundred uf ihrro j terribly x iked. Due woman L st control of herself, and- shrieking, fainted. Some eriualiv frifbiencfl womao shrieked fire, acid the .."ia8 Kds Tosh fpt the il.ior. Tti str .og rampi I refVrelweJy over the .-k, 3d wln C brothers and sisters. in buihling'wa fir.llt jmptisff it Iras foond that sit wvoea tb matter is Cr.eiar4he oaiitb- 14 or Wdretf were v . er son, stands nominally at tbe bead I 10 do' '. ob,'d'' wnw to buildings inteudtd for such porpjxf, s ime provioioo t-hould be made f.r them constantly occurring accidents Tbe trampling killed as many wo pjo w lb Jtroolilyn theatre as the Iv ' rnitVnil has befBAheHiidm k Vt""L'' thatiernblc d'scans- Bat-xwiuia .aai M&ttJUiitxsv- of tbe con.estaots. Tbe facts in tbe care sre, ss Cornelius stses them, about thus : ' The- bid 'man ""never showed verr much feeling for any of tbe children but v Hiiam. Cornelius Wftii etrirkrn with epikpr.1n b(ieuo - uu Kiuti.vi to the pretty quarrel now guiog on in Demoeratit? circles, the Philadelphia Timet (Dem.) thus exprestrs Itself. , ," ' ',".', ..."To read tbe. carren. issues ol maoy of tbe Democratic, organs one would hardly believe that the Tildeo bum they now denounce is tbe Tildes under whose, banner tbey marched to victory a few months ago, and whom they landed, to tbe skiea as tbe great reformer and ideal statea man of the age. . Vet be is the same. Uad Mr. Tildes been ioaaeiurated, as well as elected. Cox add Knott, and Blackburn aqd Springer, and the otber curs with Democratic collars on their necks, who now. bark atfhis heels, would have been found suppli ut and ; whining at his feet, thank- lul fur any , bone of patronage that might be bestowed upon them." few yearn past. He had it for a long! time in iw worst rorro, ana was actu al! v unable to do business.'' Later io life he recovered ftomu( ft? to a very great degree, aod married, bur, in tbe meaoiime, Willam bad' grown to a man's estate, and was being' trained by his father into "the 'care' of tbe rapidly rrowiog "estate."' Cornelius bad 00 children,, and tbe "old man pi id but little more attention' to bim then as if be had not" hevn 'bis son. Worth it tbe time 1 barf " a fhuodrcd millions, be allowed his 'second son and h'tf wife the inagnilicent sum of $ 2.580 for their support,-' ebst half ibat anr respectable employee iobls' railroad enterprises . was ' receivin?. Tbe representative of the Vaaderhilt name could not live updo this,, a a matter of course, sod f he ran into, debt, i Fioallv oKl age J warned the great rail roerf mas tbat be-bad but a short time 00 Mrth.'Sh! be made bia preparations for bi-J departure. He seemed to hsve bnt 00 idea and that was to perpetoeto tbs damo W'ander bilt. and bold toiretber - 1n 1 one mass tbe moner that gilded it aad maoV It all it was.j His dangb?ers coel.t 1 not carry the name, beeaew "ibeir Chil dren took tbe names el their - father, Cornelias, the second' mm j had 'no children, aod William II. the 1 eldest son, had not ooly children- bnt - tbey wera boys. - So be leitAJornelius, not $200 000, but tbe iaeome from ibat amount. To tbe dangbters ' h- left similar incomes, and all the halan he left to William II ; '! his aoao. That is to sav. he left one hoodred millioss of tlollsrs td tbs i o . fortu nate enough to nava l sons' to carry tbe Uaiiderhilt oame.'pMtHlisgi that the income from shoot three -millions of it should hm paid-to hi other 'chil dren. The will is vtw rtntestl If it is contested at all,' n tho grouinl j that it is unnatural, aad that the AM man was under ondue influence when be made it 1 Several jf the most cel ebrated lawyers in the roontry hsve been employed br ' thee eintestan'A On tho otber side H is saiil ' Jthat: the old gentleman knew exactly what he was shout."' He Wt'CoriwHim alnu: $20,000 a year, whieb be claims is eoooirb for ! him,' ' and bewft" the dauicbters equally well fixed,'-which is euougo tor tbemj J Hr lelt tbe es-j tate 10 the bands or William Decanse he was tbe only one capable of band ling the east iotenrsts.v Land tb at tbey might be continued, tmceeesful- ly, it was necessary that iba proper ty should not txs divided.. 'Public opinion is dirideiLa Some insist that the rsst estate should bo-divided be cause tho possession of ad much mon ey in tbe bands of one roan- ia dsn ireronR, and others want it kept as it is, that tbe grand conceptions of the dead Goanc'er may ; be carried ont Tbe fisbt will be a very pretty one. and tbe iawrers will bsve a fattblntr of it. j , ; . a . rOLlTICAL. - v . Tbe insueoratioB 1 1 over, and Hayes is, ss be should be,' President. Tildeo and Mnrriiwey pi a red a bold, daring game for very bleb stake, the lost, aod subside. All tbe talk ef resistance has stopped, for it waa aever meant to bo aortbioe. ' It was intended to prevent tbe faanruratioa. if possible, hot ft wss not intended to go any farther. Tbe bosioes Demo cracr are as well pleased ss tbe ' Re. publicans that the qaestloa is nettled, and tbey will rive the new" adminis tration s cordial and honent' rapport Tbe Wall street men held" a moctinr. aod resolved, and tb I'nion League Clob did likewise. Both bodies re- eoenized Haves as tb lnritlmot Presklent af the United States, and endnrsod tbe pnliev shadowed forth in bis isaomral aa follv as be ' mold bsve desired it ' The Cabinet is en tirely sat i factory to New Vork. and ltnretber there is a sort of political Itve-least prevailing, that is not only pleasant not encmiraarine. I dno't know which partr ia tbe best ' satisG- eiL It looks now aa tbooe-h Haves would so smalramata tbe warrinir fac tions as to make but one party before bis term ia out. And let tne out a word in here. Go very slow, is tbe matter of tbe Senators xzrmt 'the President, u v. Hares is goioff to he president himself ; He. went into the office with tbe protnioe , that be would be tbe President of the ; wbolo country. Ue will surround binwelf with tbe right men. He will i uree the . right - measures, -j and ? vJf the politicians refuse to support bim. aod he will throw himself npon tha people. Those who suppose - Uayes to be a mere man of potty, who can oe manipulated by traders and oflioe- mongers, and made a mere macbioe of fur others to grind, will find them selves mistaken. , He is a mrooe. yiTbera b-soie hopo for New Vurk. ie Colburo. tbe nturiliat. and demo. :ratic politician, discharged bis last pUtol at a p 'licemaa a few weeks airo aad witaoded him The law, which mew of tbe Cobtrro kidney heretofore laughed ftt, took bold cf bim, and Joseph waa not only conn'cted. but entenced to ten years In Sing Sing This ruffian has been the terror of New York for'jreara. 'rHe has been a pruo fightor, a. keeper of all soru ot criminal resorts, aod has been ar rested busdredsof times, but he was so awful to tbe democracy : io band ling; repeat era, and In orraniztner the shonlder-bltters, 'for election days, tbat be has always been let off with out much punishment.: Bat tbe day of these fellows is over.' Public oain- ion has trot st last some' influence with jdfrrwodther dare not com- prnarte with scoundrels who are so well knawa aa this Churn. And so. Joseph, mnch to his disgnst, joe op ."i .en jcaia, buu w niH 'tiiominEe rn their shoes." Joe Goes, another one of the fraternity, who. was coo, cerned in .' the ; Allen prize-Sirbt io Kentuek,' and waa employed by tbe Democracy in stnffiDir the ballot box es in Cincinnati, was taken oat cf tbe city 00 a requisition from tbe Gover nor o' Kentucky, and he will Imgoib io the prison of that State for a while. The sky Is bp'jhtening. ; ,. -a .', .rt;SWSS a :' is improving for certain are lull of, .-merchants, and. thank heaven, tbey are buying. Tbe big importers are rolling "out bales and boxes it the mnit cheerful war. and ibe heart of tbe trackman is" made slad. Now. guid people in tbe inte rior, lake a littl.i heart.. We are not sr-4ag bsro -ar. iWo ' bare d I resident, and thioira are enioir on smoothly j, and well.- Ijild. buy. marrv, and iriva in marriajre inat. the .... - D ' l saine as though you never beard of bard times. . There waa tno occasion whatever for tbe howl, and now that the shadow in gone.. don't stay' friebt- Tk a4lwa. AIK.CX, S C. March 16 Ort NoveuierSd, 1876, two quiet ftr msns, uamed- Huii-wmaii and Port man, living Tour milos from ibis place, were murlered, their hus? robbed, set on fire and burned to tabes. ; Sus picion attached to five negMes, nam ed eii)n Brown." Lucias Thomas, Adam Johno, J Ao Henry Dennis n.i I Step'hen Auderson, bo were ar-rt-i-ted . Pr.wf accumulated that 'ber er-- the right parties, and tbey final ly mad eoufeHniun, aod also cufeieu burniug tbe Ba;uil cburih at Aikeu, murdtriog a white man named Levy, and other crimes. Oa January 'no tbey wero triel by a jury rumpo"! of twelve tieirro. convicted, and sentenced to be hjnired on the 10;h A Shtltal Btebftarr. , A TrniMa SMta. aited Anderson furtbirtr days. This mornioir the execution of tbe I ur otter?, JN'elon Brown, Lucius Tbom as, Adam J-huoo aud John Henry Dennis, tmik pi boo io tbe pre-ence ot about iOO people. Tbe Sheriff bad ft poHse if 100 armed men guardiag the gailHv r Toe prisoners were attend ed by preacher of their own color. All addrerged tbe crowd, confestiog tbo murder aod avkoowledfin: tbe justness of their neutent-e. JuLiOaoo insisted npou the son of bis owner during slavery standing by bim to tbe last. Xotffirti were made by the friends of ij candanioed to rescue them, al-ao-iuh threats we'e . PlTTSBCtO, March 14 A well; From tbe Zanesviile (Obio) Dci7v planucd atd kl.'u;iy executed el-'. Courier we obtain tbe fdloaio : press robbery wa perpetrated id thii . A terrible tracedy eccnrred on the city la't nigbt. Soperiutendcnt Bin-'farm of Dr. McPbersoo, lietter known bam. ef tbe eprcsi t-oiupany givuataibe Mtca!f farm adjoining th tb following panicuIaMihi.aeveiiioaUf llaitw of West Cambridge, in t;urn Yemerday afternoon when the But-! wy c uiy. o day tbi wk A fata exprrni mn'h reached Ursdy'' fmll a full 'M.r4t-t Vf1n Bend telegram was banded Tbt-m ? kept iu a stable owned by MrPLer asBiogbam. expre-sm-moger wbii blfoo. but io auui war managed to instructed biiu t irausfer bia, pack jg' iut a 6:ld nA was leisurrir aiten, &c, to J. II BrMk at Teuiple- oi-fcioa bia way t a Mream t f waier, too aud return to ParkerV Landing I wbeo be was i'rfwovr.d by a r- l.;r aud wait orders. This waa dtd jed man named illiam Jbaton. A Piiusburg aud waasitfoed by Crrjt lntl- Sou ot Dr. Me Pberson aa Bingham, ruieriotendeot Temple-j standing in a field, aod the colored too m a wiiallHaiioavnlbc Allegheny ; nvn. fearing that the child miht U- allev railroad, tifiy uiiIch from tbis;iujurea by the auuuat tall d ; citr." The Buffalo express aomh and; fellow wotkman, shuj rolorrd. and - . . J . . 1 e VI-. v o,4.ri:- IIn.t.,n rn. train imib north meet there and stop; toe two ataneo v tne reue 01 the ... D.j v : . . . . 1 k. i.,i, . ... for aunner. Co the arrival of train at Templeloo a man stepped in-jed the fence, tbat tbe buil made for U tbe tXprrsa car and told MeSxeoger) 01m, u ueiurw us cuoiv nnrem tat? P,:wUm tin wu nrdorrd 10 relief e ' infuriated aoiroal rushed upon bun. bim and take Sis run to Pittsburgh. Mr. Bingham asked him for his in struction and be produced a telegram addressed J. II Urooka, instrnctiegi btlloaiog luuaiy. At toe a rut onr, Johosoa was picked up bodily, and burled Into tbe sir. A ' b struck tbe gr.uad, the beast ptaogvd P.r..kato rvliMT Hinirham at Trmiile- bora into bis left gTOIO. I03lfll0ir a ion and brinir the expreas matter to j feaiful wuuod, ham whab his inte Putsburg. This wss aLso signet tine protruded. Geora-e Bingham, soperioteodend , Tne animal theo roreJ the unf ir Bingbam, after tbe traoafer to Brooks, lunate man in the tgbt breaat. and took tbe uortb train to Parker's and ldrared bim a distance of sixty-five Brooks cams to this city in charge of; yard Johnson s compaoion traa- tfxrd with horror at the trrriti sprrcaclv, arvoicd ri'ited U tbe p.t and ntterlr unable move for a '. tbe express ear. At ibe depot in tbia eiiv his good were cheeked uff cor- previouslv made. Eaeh eoufessed his reel ly aod begot io tbe wagon with share in the murder. Tbe drop fell j the driver to go with tbe goods sad at 12 nVt..rk ami tho murderer i reuort at tbo ireperal office q Fittb oired almost without a Ktroziflo. Tbe Aveoue. Tbe robbery wm evrumitt-Psiog, aod they wn" to the a, crowdihen diper.-ed Perfect rder'ed in tbe i(ui bela'een the depH sistaoceof tbe wnua'i til Tbe prevailed. and the office. He jumped from ibe bull, when he bsd dragd Juba-in waguo nonoiiced bv bm driver wbeo, along tbe ground aatil the quivering T r.ianKuiaa rriaiiif. lesa than half a oijare from ibe office 1 bodv dropped from his horns, ihn ' . ,, , ! The safe waa fund open and mouey tt AsIn.NiT,,v. March 1 4 -The fc Uuting, 11.000 were rostmaster-OenersJ to-day -rded 1 when d.,1Ted al lu. tffice tbe contract for upplviu, jKiatsge j Pw,8 xbf nil.Md tewr,uh """' wire lfci siJe 6f Temoleton drew the nearly every article of closing a years to tn centennial i,aos .ote . . . . . . bi b IU yiftd ab),ut Company of.Ne- lurk city, the ,ees- w.;h m in-lrumect be .ent the an boor, aod died in great agooy trm. iruuiijiiriur.- 1 ue cuuiraci rm . , q . a minute?. He Cnally rnceede in attracting tbe atteotiou of some mm runbed agauist a buckeye tree, and tore tbe bark vff in shred, for a dis tance uf Grs feet from tbe ground. W'brn tbe colored man was nicked up. Tbe braces all the v stamps tbat are used either br the public or the Government, nd will 1 require about seven huodred and A PrMeait ( Mr. Haf m. A XllltoaaJr'a Will. Mrs. Ira Elder, of New York, pre- The hotels j tweuty miili. n stamps to be furnished sented to Mrs. Preidrnt Hayes to- Tbe prices to be paid are I day an elegantly bound copy ut toe 'tenteanial lemtieraoce tolume," eacb vear. 9 'Js-IdO cents Tor ordinary xtarops. 1 1 imnf. fill- (1i..iut a....i biiH . . . , u fa. I I ..111 l I a 1 r-.a uipe-, .1,1. sbout lo cent per thousa'id tor' newspaper and prtitdieal stamps. Tbe Dfpartmeot awards tbe confrart to the New York' city company 40 stead'efto the Standard Pubfishing Cumpunr of Syracuse, Rhhonb ibe latter' bid waa some what lower, for two reasons : First, because tbe Jjiri'priate to this anniversary, so cher witK tbe following note : '-Still la tb; iif ht hand arrr trvntla paosa. Tu Mlwii- m kuiia tunaaaa; baiuM, aa.1 imr not." (Hoary V ill. National Temperascx Sixixtt, ) hi Ue.vde strelt, New York, . March IT, '77-St. Patrick's Dat. ) To Mas. I'besidemt Hates : My Pear Madame With i-entiments ap- Svrscnse rompaoy are not steel-plate engraver and plate printers, as re quired bv the advertieme'it; and secoud, because, in tbe opinion of the TtaeWhw fteaatarahlR. ened. I( the ueople get Jack their I)f partnieut, the few hundred dollars courage, tue times will bet as good in a month as tbey i ever trere. Cour age is what. we want now. PlETttO. l rwid 1 A fearful crime was committed 00 : March 3 aawut - four . mlM ai.nth - r PprtfRnd, Cwegoo. whvr two mem, oamed Davis and Thomas, were br ing in a aniajl cabia, engaged in cut ting wood, -.About half past twelve a. m. some one rapped at ; tho cabin door. Thomas arose, ton h tad a on. die and dwnaoded to know who was outside. The voice answered, "Let U4 in ;.,we, ,waat ; sometbiag to eat." Thomas ,-tlien ,;i opened , the door, when two . men disguised in masks Rtroih in, Davia was lying in bed awake. Ooe of the men'drew a six-bbooter. aud puttiog ' the muzzle ctuou to Tbc-mas bead commanded bim to keep silent . Tbe otber man picked up a batcbo; lying on tbe fl Mir, ad advancing to tbe bedside asked. "Is your name Thomas 1). Dvts ?" ba answered "Ys, and yoa have the drop oa ne." lifore Davia could utteraao.ber word be was delt five vr six heavy blows with tho hatchet, the bead being. literally c topped to pieces. ' The murderer then stabbed the lifeleoa body a number of times, aud cut Davis' throat. TWuas was tbeo taken some distance lrom tbe cabin and compelled to etand in bis nigbt clothes for nearly ta boor ai.h a co- ked pistol at bia bead. Mean time tbe murderer piled a auaotitr 1 wood and clothes on tho bodr and set Gre to the cabiu. , Ifter this Tho mas was told tu Jeavo, which be lost a t time io doiog. Ild went to Port land iu bis nigbt cjoth. and inform ed Chief Lapoeon of the fearful crime. . Tbo officer repaired 10 the scene of the murder with all haste, but found the, cabin in ashes, aad on ly a few bones of tbe murdered , man er recovered. Davis has- resided ditlereaci beta-een the: aggregate amounts of the two bids would be much more than counterbalanced by th? expense, delay aud other injury to to public iatrests involved in a transferor the busioes to Syracuse from the pi ace where it v now uerfrm ed. ' . isbed by my nation, and with earnest approciatien ot the faror yoa bare already exhibited for our cause, 1 have tbe pleasure io offering 11 you, through tbe bands of Mrs. Ira Elder, this Centeouial Temperance, volumu with some minor publications. Be pleased to accept them with our best wishes for the prosperity of the Presi dent sod yourself. Yery truly your obedient servant. John Fecrell. Mrs. Hayes accepted tbe book, and verr sracefuilv returned ber tbauks. Tavstox, Masa., Mar. 13 The ill of tbe late Oliver A dies wa ad mitted t pr-'hnte to-day. His imme diate heirs, bis wife and children, are the executors. His public heue?t. art: $50,000 for a public library ia North E as ton ; (10 000 fir a parsou age f r the Unitarian Pariah f the same town; $10,000 to keep the church aod parsonage ia rep iir: jS.m), 000 for public school purposes in the town of Easfoa ; $50,000 to tbe town ofEaston, and ."i0,000 to tbe same town for highways and public roads. Oliver Auie's bequest to his wife wa $500,000; to hi daughter Helen. $500,000; to bis son's w ife, $50,00(l; to T. L- Ames and wife, aa trn-tees, $50,000 for eacb grandchild; to hi sisters, each $10,000 to his son V. L., all of bis iuterest io the sh vel work, aod excepting various other small bequests, all tne residue to wile, son aod daughter. bit 1 saying tbxt the cause of temperance enacr Ciueraaa Lettrr C stMCaa- as very Sacred, and should receive iloa. .... . ,,1;.. 1 the encouragement of citizen and es- .1 oeciallv aid ut mothers. r rf II arrisbi r.t. March The fol lowing is the full text of Senator Cameron's letter of resignation : .' United States Sexate Chamber, Wa-hisotox, Mrcb 10. Gocernor Joitn F. JIartrai, Jlarridwrg ra. Mt Dear Uovcr.vok : I hare tbe bonT 10 hrewi-.h teailer t you my resignation a a Senator of tbo Uuited States from tbe State of IVoo- grlvania. to take effect on tbe twelfth Cay of March, 1877. la tbu- with drawing from active political life I deem ir Biting that I express to the people, uf PeuustlvMia the deep grat nude. 1 shall ciierub ia my retirement lrom tbe support tbey bare always accord d to ate, and I veutiira tbe hope that I have represented tbeir iateresia and their aspirations ititb aime measure of suceees. I am rvn- scious that i have constaatlr aim d to d this. Verr rerpectf-.il'v, vu-tr ab.-d eot servant. Simox C'AVLTtori. I Ir Vre Ike MlaaaarS ft I rev. The I'klHM alamcklrr. Omaha, March 1C Tbe Miaaouri river is just now full of floating ice the result of tbe recent cold snap, aod an immense ice gorge has formed ia tbe big bend in a north easterly di rection frum tbe smelting works caua- 'Id ing tbe stream to rise at that point and uverfl m tbe bottom on ibejowa side for over a quarter of a mile. Oppobite the smelling works toe water pours down over the Iowa bank into tbe main cbaaael forming a aeries uf falls fnm fvur to six feet bigb sud over two hundred ia num ber. At ooe place, tbe southern Sax Fraxcimi., March H A Chico dispatch says great ex'-iiemrut is prevailing tbere from tbe fact tb t a number of citizen this morning re ceived tbreatoior letter- thrutigb the post-office, reading. "(Jet rid of your Chinese help within Cfteen daya or suffer the conseqireoeea." AnoTn-er received notice waraisg Lin that if he .v.terrpted to riiaeover a bo killed the Cbiuameo be would be Limself la : II- Taik ia eoaimoa u (be street of forming a vigilao- romntitiee. Tbe awards oflVrrd tbna far agrre gate $3,500 iorludiog $1,500 fr. m tb Siate. Two youog 01m wer ar rested 00 suspicion Ian nigbt. Tb rireumataarea potot atroagly to ne ot them. Tbs matter ia creating quite a aeasatica. aou tbe prr of tbe city are prooouaerti ia Jewaadiog at til the A Trvrlhta Bstaar t,aala Trmardy mt Rala'a HaatlM. CoLUMBts, Ohio,' March 13 The Republican joint caucus assembled to-night to nomiaata a candidate fur United States Seoatur to fill th vs caary Caused by tbe resignation of John Sherman. - Every member, with one exwptioorwas present Stanley Matthews and JAlpbono Tatt, of Hamilton ; AY. r; Hoalsnd, of Ash taenia aronei . Shellabarger, of a rupture fa tbe party, from which 'it j Clarkj aod Wm. Lawrence, of ; Lo- has not recovered to- ibis vt.11 Mr. Caaierooco4)perated with1 he small body of Free Soiltrs 10 the Senate a bo have Mssed 'into ' historr ''as'1 the founders of tbe e Republican "'"party," and ba can almost Claim to be- una of the 'original"? Uepiiblicans himself, gao, were placed in nomination. Tbe convention then proceeded to ballot Necessary to a choice 43. v ' ? The first ballot resulted Howlaml 30 '' Matthews, "29 ; Taft, 12; She la- orger, .1 ; i,awreoce. c .0 choice. - second oauot Matthews X although be did not attend the'Prtts-1 H ,wland. 2f; Taft, 7: ShelUbareer borg -Cesvention in 155 -ur th!t Lawrence, 3. No choice Pfcitadslphia Cbnventioo ia 1 35(1 " U The- tVttd baot moHej.. When the IteptiWican Nstioaaljtbews. 43 : Hewlsnd 29 Taft 2 ConrenUoft met at Chicago in 1860 Shellsbargcr, 8 ; Iwrence. 1 Tbe' Mr. Cameron was presented as Peon- aoniination was then made : unabi sylvaoia's - favorite1 'candidate , forlmous.' J Pjresident and reeeired fifty otes on After the 'announcement had been the first balldt,fte which is name made that Mr.' Matthews ' had been was- withdrawn. There -was eren nominated Senator, ia response tof ft ttbattime ft-formidable faction In special iuritation Mr." Matthews W tbe Jtepoblicail party tn rennsylva-tpeared before the caucus and accept ma opposed to Mrr Csmeron, -and fed the nomination In a short sneeA i . .innu uiii-i cunrDBi naiminirth mim coin In SpriogQeld before he tsnd wre msde by Messrs. Taft, Lawrence for Washington and tonBeellHI bim1 and W, H West " ' - sgainst hsvtog nnetbing te -it witb- A res ilutlon tii afed iuti. ajHJjUdfthoni tbey reerenredwndsing te fcsogurftl address and be tb rbty-H u onWseeking hog. psciflcatory policy ; of Pr.idant Tnis advice made so oh an Imttression Haven till tiail tk&m - on Mr.titrwsoV-tSaT-he forthwitn of return W neaee. nroaor:t. .H tendered Mr. pmeroq a sent- in his happiness to the Union " .T self -reliant, , .self-willed msn, , who knows all about the Government, and bo will run it Ue has. a fight oa bis hands, but he will win. , He has tbe confidence of the people, and can afford ifantagooizp the trading poll- .. , riRK-l'ROOF EtILWNOS.. i . .The Gre in Bond Street, in -wLieb two millions . ot dollars went1 up, shows bow little sensa there 'is is builders. Tbe build iosr waa bufk fcr the Waltbam Watch Co., and was intended to ba Gre-preeK ' The walls were massive, tbe fro;i was iron,-the beams and girders were iron, and everything- waa done to make the re ceptacle of millions of property abso lutely safe. Jut tbe floor werte laid with Georgia pine, which is about all rosto, and tbe casings and all the in terior work was made of wood. A Gre got into H-l-how, ao one 'knows tad this fire-proof . bailding went op about ss quieklr' as ' a common frame baru. Tbe inflsna- bles inside mad a - heat - that 1 curled tbe iron supports like ' iipe - stems. and actually melted tbe -Walla The 1 nek aed iron afforded no resist ftoee to tha fire it licked itia sbout as readily as 11 did tbe. ' Wood. -cAnd now the architects' are -Sgaring oa buildings - tbau; won't burn. They never will do it if thav inake the out side of brick and iron, and then put enough, Georgia pi ae inside to melt in Portland sever 1 years, engaged ia business. Ho was iadusiriutis 1 and highly osteece-L ,. ,e ,. t , , j itii ". A thorough, search by . tbe fitcers fails to discover tb slightest clue tu the perpetrators of the borriblo, trag edy, or reveal tbe motive - prompting its com mission . Thomas is uoaMe to j identify the murderers, they being I completely disguised aod peakio)c oolv a few words. San Frr-fti P.ttUcfi. . ; .. .. ( A Xjalerteaia Marker. ! l W i; '' x J ' 'iRUiHTEMi:n cbowo V Another terrible accident: took place Thursday night '.A series of meeuags ara being bald io St Xaner CotDoJicchnrch. fur women and chil- dien, under the direction of a -Jesdit saionarT, who. is a -woaoVrfullf moving preacher. Ha was dwtlnr on the horrors of -purgatory and had iiosTtix, .March IS About 4:15- o'clock this morning a pistol shot waa heard by tbe occupants of No. I 284 Harrison avenue, followed by grfans and in two or three minutes another shot. . At the bead of the fret flight of stairs, fn a dark entry, lay ; tbe body' of Jacob Ilirschfeld, a man six ty years of age, whose placo of buhi ness was another flight up.. lie, bud been shot through tbe breast, on each sidc' receiving wounds wbicb caused bis death in half " aa hour. Ivi hi side lay a pistol, aud iu bU mouid, pushed down his throat as far as pos sible. Was a handkerchief twitted bard; upon whica his teeth w-re, s rlusely bhtn as to rendur it alio ist iiuposiible to witdraw it," His wal'e:. etupiy, was futiod halt war diiWu tbe stairs. He had , evideutly r lieen rubbed by suine . une who knetf .t his habit of cuuiiug to tbe shop ei trly. Hir;Clifeldis kuown. to bave received a Considerable sum ut money ye itr-day.'-' 'Three persons are under .arrest Peter Miller, Auibuuy Gibbin Mud ! Charles BurueyhaV, all Poles, 'k-bol wvrica ior 1 eier , t.uz iwsiti in tbe fourth sory' of the ' eanie build lug. Itfs doubtful ' whether they know auy thing cf ' thv i,' tragedy.;" Some of the police iiffiuiaJs claim tiut Iliricb feld killed hiuufcU, but ibis . belief is not'-general.' "' " ' "' On Thnradar mormnir aU.or. o'clock tho store of Fielder Magruder, on tne lienuiogn tirmge road, near Wasbingioo. D. C. was totallr de- troyed uv lire, tbe store was a two atorv frame building, and was ustd as a irroi-fry aud dry goods s tablUbmeut ' Klienezer and Jobu Marge. 11 her aad sou, of Lunber- viiie, A. J., were s.ecpmg op stairs and perished. lb soa John was .eaf and .uiimb. , Tho, urigin of tbe Are m pot kixiwu, but as it broke out io the tipper storv it - is thouicbt it cuiild not bave been the work of an incendiary, tbere lieing 00 tbe lower part uf the premises aufticieut ooailius tibles to bave ttt ted it there success fully..! Susuiciun, however, puinted to a murder Gr-t aad an attempt to cover op all traces of it by fire, as some tools were missing frosi tbe blacksmith shop, which had Ireeo f'.rced open, and a larg kai'e was nfterwjrds fouud ia the viciuitr of the store, ( ;'.!:.' Aa Editor fttrat Drad In III uftlre. Chicago March 15. Stephen S. June, editor of the Rc'iniu-Philo nophirol Journal, was shot ded in bis officer this alu-ruoou by Dr. W. C. Pike, who imnediitelv gave him self up. Jones lived with bis tamilv st St. .Charles, Ills He whh C5 years old ud reputed wesiihy. It appears thai Pike snd his wifi have be n rooming in -lones tmiidinr this winter without psyitig rent, and i. is surmised this iiinv h iv rsn-Hi( ib tronbli. Pike al!egs m bis r.-nni (ir tbr killing that Jones slueed bis wifr. mid . r-producen a unrVfsj.Mi r'UDtta by liis wife XO lbt -ffrct Mi -V 'ike eoi lirios U-r tiui-band'H ft. ty. but the friend t .f ihe ,-ciii-ei siv De was locnpable t tbe al iepad crime. All parties inv..ed ate: Spir!inalist!, and tSe afTdir cause -.jiiideritUle excitemeut. Pike was. bM .his nfternuun . wiibuut bail to Criiaiuai Court. Two .Wen KlllcH. SiMBlaa . Kllle 1 Hleaaeir. l i , CiitctxxATT. March 13 The' ' (la iette special havsMicb-l Merrt'man, residing near Huntiogtion'Ind , is a fit of Insanitr this morning shot one '.f bis sous aged eighteen in the heal, tntally wowndiog bim,ltbeu 6bot a eon' aged sixteen, luSictiog a serious wbund,aud' eondaded br fatally sbomiug himselt ' Merriman was for a long time an inmate or an insanv; asy lorn but was discharged appa rently enrefe about a year ago aad has sinee" 'given no evidence ' pf in sanitr until to-day. '"-".' ' ' ' Kslelgh 1 e,mty a tquad JNew York, March 15 A (N.C.) aisiach ats: A uiai ehali, accoiupauied by of,soWier from tbe cauin a? . Mor gaatown, tsit iu .Wilkes eounty ou Mondoy last, searching for illict dis tillers, were ambushed by a pan v of i distillers,- and, one of the; soldiers was snot aod tilled. ;.o arrest was made. Doriug tbe same raid a man Wis' seen 'unuing from the squad, i aud be was fired upon and killed, j point, tbe fall i frum forty to fifty I tbe discovery and puoisb feet wide aud about six feet high. I criminal. This cut off is a bat has been ex pee-! . tea tor several years rod it was thought tbat whea it did occur it old torm a new channel where I IimaxaH'LM Uarra IT t tH.il- ibU b.dy of water is now snahiog'er exploded in the aa w mill of Huo orr this bottom. It may be that jter !'..- -a., : fi- ruilni east of WaKbieg tbe gorge will make a permaoent cut ton Isd.. yesterday after.on. killing aod ttus allow tbe water to resume ; twelve persoea and wwaadisr serrc. iu old etarse. jail tbat were in tbe building. Tbe ' mill grouef po Friday, and was 1 trying a at set id Ourn burrs, aad Sax Fraxoisco. March li -Last ' el lh "'Ubbora h.l nigbt six Cbinameo employed in J' bere'1 ,D, Jh, aau.es of the k.l. Un,l .... r-i.;.w. 11... 7- ...... ld ares A t aoderveoter, Jame tv. were attacked in their cabin br a I Uaot:r. J:i? Wil.ki'- ,,ho lrf: ... r .k;,.CT Tk... k... 1 son ot j, UK V. wiiiirn 1 UltC vmwtw IUU. XhSwI (TSllMI a. W. Deader, a son of (. Ray, a son of Wm. two son of David Hunter, a Mr. namtltoo, a son of Henry Sarver, a win of Jacob Ilrubaker. Tbe woooded are : John Brubaker. Alfred Uanun, A. Hash, a sun of (io. W. Ueoder, Wra. Bland, a son of Jas. Hunter, aod a man. name unknown. , . 1 1 dead ; ibe fourth died soon afier, tbe tiftb boieg beyond hope of recovery, and the sixth, wlio was (ligbtly woooded. escaped by feigning death. He says that after finishing there work th murderer set tbe cabin on fire and fled, fie extinguished the, flames and tave tbe alarm. Tbe murder was ia owU blood aod unnru-l " roked. Tbero is ao clue to tbe ' as- j ,"""r1 T T """ sassins. A number ii crimes uf vii- j lence bare been reoeoo' perpetrated! Memphis, March 15. A private on Chinamen iu tbe jieigbborbood j telegram frum Washington this after Steps are being taken to discover and ! noon reported that General. A. J. punish the murderers. j Ysighn has bees appuin'.ed Post- master bere. 1 he report spread rap- A Ku Ammm !idly thru ugh the city and was the " , . . j subject uf much comment in husinesH Scraxtox. Pa., March 1. A (circles, as when it was believed that great masimetim of workmg-meu - TiM,n w.a-lk..t.H . l.,- -.;..,;,. ura KaKI hura t . . ! ,kt . . .4 . .) i . . -" - uo'!ur tne business men of tbo uiana was uiaue tur ,wora on bread , , r -, gppoioi ucteral augnn tu IDat no iog for work or bread, aod entered tbe city ha'l, where the council was cur bad ontfn n r. a rwririnn aalrlnfr Kim ... . t ahnnl n ........ I - . " . L in the Co-ifederate army, and ba been a merchant bere since the war, taking but little part in politics. N1 tn session. A tcece of great excite ment ensued, the counciluien fearing bodily harm. During tbo evening a store was eulered aod robbed, aod a policeman beaten nearly to. .death. e rn. u irjuule Tk. t..., ;-...4 .. ii r .l ut- iii.i iw. ivuiu, imucii m uuii a 1 atates nt.rru special policeuiau to assist lu ireervii,g i be peace. ir Barae! aa tae JtKalaaiapl. Memphis. March 16 A uriare apprehended telegram from Pine Bloffi. Ark ansas. tbat tbe ateamer Governor Garland, from Pine Bluffs, tor Mem iptis. wa buraed yesterdar at Red Mw Trabl. .r tfte Chleaa. Whl.k, j Furl( f"rl-"" mii tt0m ,h noa,b of Mia. the Arkansas river. Three deck and jooe .eabin passe oger aod all the CsilCAtio, March 15 It is ascer- book aud cargo Were loft. Tbe. isiued tha tbe t-ui for the recovery Garland had f,50 bale or cotton. tll.OOU.OO'J. being twice tbe amouuij mostly from New Orleans, audi be ..f whicti Jacob Kehoi defrauded tbe i lieved to be insured. Tbe boat was $-25, gueeruuieut in rontiertiou with tbe only about a year old and wbi.-ky ring, will be pu.-bed vigi-uus- (j00. y tbe governineui 's special eouu-1 : l, lion K.uory Storrs. Mr. Siorrs ' cost I c says tbe lung delay io this matter has led to the belief tbat the suit will he dropped, but on the contrary the goveruaieat has now tboruugly prw pared itwlf aod will present a ey airouif. ease.. Aotlce. waa served un KrliMi this evei.iug and tbe ra-e arill Iw railed oil Monday. A tiiotioo is issndinir to dismiss ibe suit. The Wwaw la tae Baekjr XoaataSaa. Emw af a Bwvimwwcw SarSmr. Lovisviue.-Kr, March 17 At Lancaster, Ky., to day G. C. Ktoue dy broke frum the guard which was taking bim to jail by order uf the court, t answer a charge of murder ing bia brutber. Tbe prisouer fled to ao old bouse, where tweuiv-hve men ki ltd biiu ard defied theauthor- firhi arxtutw-ai will be wn this point lities. The guard fired on tbe boue aud wounded cne man. Ouo hun dred men now surround ibe 'boii--and serious trouble is anticipnted. Darlx Stakberjr tfaa Esareaa car. lMaarali rir. Salt'Laki Citf, Utah, March IS Suow has been fulling in tbe mountains near here fir the last twelve . days. " "Testerflav asnow slide occurred nesr Alts, killing Matthew a Ingram and Jared Pratt " A care-in in the Flag staff mine last night covered five tien and killed Henry Johnston. " Pittsbieiih, March IS A fire 'early ' ibis morning destroyed the I Fort Pitt boiler wmk of D. W. .C Carroll t Co . lo. $140,000 ; insu-j New Orleax, March 17 The ranee. $25,000; Wilson, Soyder A I express messeoger on the traia frooi Co., iron and brass founders aod pipe - Mobile, which arrived here at 10:15 fifers, Ios. $15 000; iusuraoce, $10,-; a. m., reports tbat at Liokout Sta 000; Man-field & Co., brass finishers, j lion a man boarded tbe express car lo, $20,000; fully insured. Cause and presented ft pistol at him. Tbe of tbe Gre not known, but though: to , highwayman then grabbed a $500 bave originated from ooe f tbe fur-! package", leaped from tbe csr end es nscrs in tbe brass foundry. raped.
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