;
The Somerset Herald!
Apru:.i8T
Retcbks cf tbe Ute election in
Michigan show the Republican ma
jority to be six thousand over the com
bined Democratic and National rote.
Comparing this with let years vote
tie Republican gain fa nearly S3.000.
Secretaht Sherman baa rc fund
ed the eld six per cent, bonds in four
per cents, within a fraction of eigit
hundred millions cf dollars. There
are no more bond liable to be called
in for two years, and the four per
cent, are already commanding a
. premium.
Tus extra session of Congress is
costing the country $12,000 a day
besides the stealings, and all thia ex
pence is incurred to give the Demo
crats a chance to repeal the election
laws, so that they can curry the
country by fraud at tbe next resi
dential election
Now that the Riot claim bill, and
Border raid bill have both been de
feated, we may hop for some gen
eral legislation beneficial to tbe peo
ple aod i be Stan. These bill have
blocked the way of important and
necessary legislation, au-i toe strug
gle over tbem has pr-f acted the se
eioo uutee-snly
Is iL; Cou-uiuiiouel CVuvco.ioo
t,l she S .ate 1 L uieintj, bo in
r.Ha a; N-w O: i. Tfcur.-day
a reeolutiou pi ..vising tU: iU-Lii-hjiTB
f tbe Cwvhiiii'.c take a'i
oa
b to st.pprrt tbe con-iuuu.u
1
U.e United Slates, as laid on ILe
tabic. This, in lUt) style o.' Democ
racy now controlling ooih Loat. cl
Congress.
Eves tbe Atlanta Constitution ad
mits that Mr. Blackburn is "a fire
brand and ought to extinguish bini
eelf," and insists that be cannot com
plain that tbe Republicans take btm
at his word and bold him and hie
party to it."
The New York &u admits that
if GraDt is made the Presidential
candidate of the Republican party,
there is a possibility of bis election.
Tbe one thing that makes his election
possible, the Sun says, "is a pervad
ing belief that the government will
otherwise lapse into the control of
those who once attempted its over
throw. A ft eh ft vast deal of Able bodied
wabbling, Senator Davis of Illinois,
tbe once friend of Abraham Lincoln,
baa efely landed in the Democrytic
camp. Tbe country will be neither
eorprized cor sorry. It will however
inin Mr. Rlaina in Lis Drotest. that
the fat Senator feball not surrepti
tiounlv transfer tbe fbade cf the
Martyred President, to tfce keeping
of the party whose teachings caused
bis assassination.
Tue jBror.don Republican, having
ftBuerted that the majority of the
people of Mississippi are op.iosed to
sending Jefferson Davis to the tatted
States Senate, even hould he want
. to go there, the Vickubnrg Commr
rial (Dem.) replies:
"Now it will be in order for tbe
KeimUican to tell ns who has author
ized it to speak for ft 'majority of the
people.' If Mr. Davis vants to go
o the United States Senate, and will
only say bo, it will not be necessary
for him to make any canvas- for tbe
office. He is the strongest mao
Mississippi to-day for that or any
-other position, nd it ba ever comec
before tbe people this fact will be
-demonstrated bv bis almost unaui
moos election."
An act has passed both branches of
our Legislature granting pensions to
the surviving veterans of tbe Mexican
war. Under ita provisions any sur
viving soldier of that war who serv
ed in ft Pennsylvania regiment, or in
the uaval forces is entitled to a pen
-eison of $75 ft year payable in semi
nnual installments on tbe first davi-
of April and October of each year
A soldier of the Mexican war who
has resided ia this State for tbe Ia6t
twenty years, is entitled to tbe bene
fit of tbe Act, although be may not
tave served in a Tensylvanla regi-
ment Tbe act goes into effect May
first.
Late advices from HarrisHurg re
port that tbe State Treasury is empty,
and that the members having receiv
ed $750. each will have to wait for
the balance of their par until tbev
prevkle the means by necessary leg
islation. There has been much toy
ing wilt the tax bill, and tbe propo-
tion to place ft small tax on oil since
the commencement of the session,
and tbe representatives from tbe oil
region have skillfully postponed ac
tion on the subject by threatening
combinations against other meaeores.
With aa empty treasury, and tha
necessity for borrowing ft couple of
oillion dollars, it is high time that
oar law makers should face tbe music,
"leave off their damnable faces, and
legia" tbe serious business of raising
revenues to pay tbe appropriations
and expenses of tbe government.
The "good old times," when
Southern blusterers bullied Northern
Congressmen with revolver and
tiowieknife, are rapidly returning.
Congressman L)w( of Alabama,
fcas sent s challenge to Gen. Logan,
of Illinois, for pronouncing 3 malici
ous and vindictive lie, tbe assertion
made by Lowe, that be Logan)
raised three regiments in Illinots to
join the Confederate army, and that
when they left the State Logan de
serted them. This lie has been oft
told by tbe Democrats, and when
Lowe publicly repeated it, Logan
characterized it as it deserved. The
Southern bally now wants to wipe
out in blood, the rebuke be received
for lying. Of course General Logan
-declined the challenge.
1
These is bo doubt about it, the!
.; Confederates are getticg their ec -
ion(j wind. Does not ibis little ex -
tract from tbe "OLohno fi.W re-
, . , , . I, .j
m.ndyoncf tbe old rebel yell
thc day? of 'CI C5 ?
Down with (he devil-bom aJnI -
menu Down with centralism and
its ..:. cf croun and pter.-
oirn tnfft tue juaurct i " j rLe petuocras will soon come to
and (he ecoundreh who turrounded'.e forks of tbo read, where they
ft im in the bailie days of 'CI Co
Doicn Vtth every a n!i-Democratic
idea and idol. 2'hess be the watch
word o f '80 "
Tue Baltimore Uerald is among
tbe papers which come out ttrongly
for Grant In explaining why Gen
eral Grant is popular, tbo Herald
says :
"Grant is a manly man. He is
brave in politics as be was in w ar.
He is the least of a trimmer of any
man who has filled the Presidential
chair since tbe time of Washington.
His idea of politics is to do what be
think is right, and not what will
make voted. He is, first, a man of
strocg individuality and self depend
ence ; eeciod, a thorough Auieritau,
devoted to Anjerieau idea nod inii
tu ijiis; ttiirJ, a urau wbo tonus hit
.u i -pi jIodk, aud is never afraid t i
assert t r; m ; f.-ur.b, a man i f deeds
rutLer ihaj ..f cr Js, of .icUie verneou
iut-teaC f tbeorice. of leeoha and nd
t, poiuu-s."
Tutr ere r b-r siituitic'it.i, tbse
BVljri a.H, whlt. S"i-.t -r C':k!i..J
c li o.-rat- 'v )!' t.' ii n '!'..
ti e F.-r1 r r "i.t"'- ln.-it $v.r r.-
te- ,i--iliU. ;-:La v-ttii p.iid l-y
' Ma. en
tiitli rt aiJ1.. a n.-vai l
'Ut.ion. And ;hse oiler '-tatisii
with which Seuat.r 'u 'au diC ;ujfii
td bis immense colleague wili answer
to place alongside of tbem f or serious
coniemplatiou. Thirty-nine Lriieths
of the whule oumbi-r of distilleries in
tbe country which were deteiUea in
emitting untexed u bixky were in tbe
States which were not ioyal to tbe
Union, and fl75 arrests for defeas
ing the revenue were made in these
same States for every one in all the
others. Vulgar fractious of this sort
are unpleasant things fcf Democrats
to climb over. Ar '. Tribune.
The Army bill as it came from the
the House, pasacd tbe Senate on
Friday last by a strict party vote,
and was sent to the President A
veto is confidently expected in a few
days. Every ame.idaient of offered
by the Republicans was rejeeted by
a soild Democratic vote.
Among these was one making it a
penal offense for aoy one to carry
arms to the Dolls, with a view of
creating a riot cr obstructing voters,
and another striking o.yt the word
"civil" thus leaviog it within the
province of civil officers of tbe gov
ernment to summons armed passes
(not of the army) to meet armed
mobs, but these did not suit tbe
Confederate Brigadiers and were
summarikily voted down. Thus as
tbe bill passed aad was sent to tbe
President, he has sot only on power
to use troops to quell armed rjotzrs
at tbe polls, but no civil officer can
nse an armed force to present "R &e
clubs," or other armed b.idiea of &u
K.lux from overawing voters or tak
ing forcible possessi n cf the pulls.
Aud yet thia bill for controlling elec
tions by armed force received tbe
vote of erery Democrat jo both
Houses of Congress ! i
Foibteex years ago Lee sur
rendered bis sword to Geueral Grant,
and his forces to tbe nation they had
outraged. Tbey were received with
a kindness exceeding that ever be
stowed upon a conquered people be
fore. Not ft traitor was plot, or
bung, or imprisoned. Bat tbe very
men who led in tbe rebellion bave
forced themselves to tbe front, and,
by tbe aid of the Northern Democ
racy, bave became tbe rulers of the
nation. They openly declare tbey
will not rest until tbey "have stricken
from tbe statute book iheist rpstige
of the war measures. " Tbeir papers
are throwing mud at tbe bravest
officers wto Jed the Union forces.and
sneering at their generalship. One,
in his enthusiasm, declares "Grant
was oo general, and never did any
fighting." As prosperity is returniog
to the whole people under tbe wise
financial legislation and management
of tbe Republican party, these egotis
tical statesmen, whose rxcerd has
been such 83 should induce them to
call upon the "rocks to fall upon and
bide them," cjme to the front, aad,
with the audacity of the devil, call
upon loyal .men to fall down and
worship them. His Satanic majesty
undertook just sucb a Irki ?00 years
ago, and tbe people cow reip-J
with the answer then given, "ii
thee tshbd me, Satan." Inttr-
Ocean.
The Atchison tfiampion sums up
ft few items showing the prosperity'
of Kansas. e doubt if any State
can aaow a better record for the
period :
Since 1SC5 the people of Kansas
bave broken and put under cultiva
tion over C, 000, 000 acres of prairie,
have organized forty connties, and
bave built over 2.S00 miles of rail
way. The State has over 2,000 post-
oflices, of wbieb about forty are first
class, and over 200 are money-order
offices. It has 4,520 school booses,
valued, witb grounds and fornit&rs.
,225. It has nearly C50
churches, valued at over $2,000,000
It has over 200 newspapers, of
which twelve are issued daily. It
has over 700 mills aad f stories. It
has over 200 banks. It has orcrl
25,000 000 rods of fence. It baa
btate House, btate University. Stale
Agricoltaral College, State Normal
School, two Aeylcms for tbe Bliod,
and an Asylum for tbo Deaf and
Dumb. Tbe assessed value of the
taxable property for 1877 was $137,
82C, C 4 3 tbe real value was not less
than $229,000,0x4. The total valoe
of iu farm products, including Jive
stock, for 1877, was 6G,386,5T, and
the Talue of the same for tbe year
1878 exceeded f 75 000.000. Of the
seventy-five organized counties of tbe
Slate, sixty ftre crossed by railroads, j
What the neaaerata Waal.
j General Gfr6eldcame over fema
; Washington tuesday nigbtto lueatuy
certain copies cf letters train bim to
Qeoeral Uazen, which Bra to be used
j eTidenM , th, Stanley Court-
martial, end returned Wednesday
' night. Oa his way to the train, in
the course of a conversation on tbe
lP "tuation with an old ac-
must take one cf two courte. When
the President's veto cames in they
mus-t either proceed to carry oat their
threat of destroying the Government,
or tney must back squarely down. At
the begionioir of this session I charg
ed tbem with the intention to break
down the G.vernment by stoppiug
the appropna ; ma hi coe tbe Troai
dent refused t jitld to their de
mands. They could have disapprov
ed my statement by simply deuying
its truth. I Ebould tbeu have been a
ruiued man, for I would have stood
before the couutry in tbe attitude of
falsely attributing wrong motives to
tbo Demo rat for a partisan purpose.
Forty-five of them have attacked my
speech since, but not a man has yet
denied tbe iuteation I charged them
with."
"How will they get out of tb
scrape they are in ? Tbev evideutly
have weakened in their purpm f
("tarvi ir the Government to death "
"I itittik tbey will in the eiid fy
to avoid i be apjea'-aue- of a bu-.-lt
d iwd by throwing ibe whole question
wrer to ihe regular w-siou next wiu
Ir-r, au-i piBsiiifs a j -iot resolu'.H'u
c titiuiiiui! for i-ix ni"u;us pro rata
ite ppri'priti'iun maile fir lb-' prm
t t fi cal teir. wh'.cb m.u'd e-irry
r.- (i . ermui'ut sl-H-tr notil Detnii-
t-r 31. We or-ii;re1 iri dv4;;C' f rj
tteif ' rC"pu i i llld. (Inc.! -U, tj V j
rr. iJi f. re t!:f ! -;) txi.-fd. j
I rirvw and Mr. V- s r ff-Ted cn-i
ciati n . f tL-it prci '-0 pjrp ir.
ff r-ii K t- tie J) -ui iLi a;.-, a- a
nieai.n i f . Guiding ttr ejtra ne.-ii'ii
Tney t mu-uip'. uoue!y nj'Ced it
Now if tbev ibtr.iduee it as a o'-p-bole
tLr.:ujib which to cravl out of
the fix they are in, we thall say ;
"Very well ; we accept that; it is our
resolution which you refused to pa-s
last winter. We are glad to see you
have come around to our pr"p eid n
at Jat, tfspr putting tbe country to
all the worry an expenee of the ex
tra siaion."
"Tbf tU d j not think tbe session
will drag aJong tiJl midsummer?"
"No ; it looked that way awhiie
ago, but tie Democrats are gntting
very sick of it. I had an intima
tion yesterday, from a Democratic
source, that tbey expect to adjourn in
abaut two weeks."
"Oar contest over ihe Army hill,"
continued General Garfield, after
some further talk, "does not seem to
be fully understood by some of tbe
Repuvlyan papers. We are not ma
king a Cgbt to retain tbe law of 1SC5,
whice authorizes tha pse o! troops to
keep the peace at tbe poll. Wnen I
oftVred the pemocratd to accept a
simple section repealing that law,
some of our friends out of VTasbiag
ton IhougLt I was retreating. Tne
fact was, our Caucus Committee of
9 of the most orudeat Republican! in
the House agreed with me that we
should ascent to the repeal of that
law, sad thus unmask .he real pur
pose of the Democrats, which was to
secure legislation iippoing severe
penalties not ouly for bringing troops
to tha polls, but for nsiug aa armed ;
force of citizens under the control of
civiiiftu officers To put Uiift t ft tet
we prepared our repealing slue,
aod it was offered by Mr Cocker, of
Micbigau, liu radicalism uob'dyi
cyer suspected. Ojr 10D U-.publi
caua jFot.'-d for it, but the Democrats
defeated U. 7 bile loudly declaring
tfcjn tbeir sole purpoop was to secure
the repoaj of en obuoxioua Joy, tbey
voted aga;nta proposition to accotu
plfofc just what tbey pretended they
all warned to accomplish They stii,!
keep up an ado about tbe ot
19G5, aud have succeeded, 10 some
extent, in deluding tbe c -uuiry into
tt! bf lief that they are merely seek
iur to ace juinlmb tbe repeal of that
statute.''
"Jurit what did the Democrats in
tend to s2Jmplioh by jibe extra ses:
siou ?"
"Tbeir real purpjne waaio rnqjofe
all obstacles in the shape of United
States law to election trauds in tbe
cities of New York and Cincinuati.
Roil it ajl do;va aad it cornea to this,
they believe they can carry New
York and Ohio aud elect leir IVesi-
aeot to is&i, H tney can nave a iftp
field in those two cijies f.r repeating,
ballot box stuffing au fraudulent
na'.nralizlion. I venture to say
that if New York city aud Cincinnati
euld be exempted from the opera
Uaas of , the federal election laws, the
Demotrai ouidpas tbe Appropri
ation bills sod go bogie delighted
Wbile they are talking stout ibenjes
of Government, tbe rights of the
States, military interference at Iec
ions, and all that, tbey bave a defi
nite prt:u?al purpose in view, which
is to eel possesion of tbe Presiden
cy against tbe wiil of ibe people."
"Hw are the Republicans in Coa
gree getting along with President
UftTfrBp
"Very pleasintly aud harmouiouly.
The President is acting in full accord
with bis parly."
"What is tbe feeling aniong Re
publicans et Washington about the
next nomination ?"
'Jt is decidedly in favor of Grant. If
there should be no change in tbe cur.
rent before next year Grant will be
po.rutoated bv an irresistible popular
tlmoveiueiit. The feelintr is that we I
In. I -. J - . " J I
luusb liuie u vug, eerniiueu man
to resist the aggressions of tij2oytb
era Hemocracv."
A BUver Fire.
New York, April fl.-At 1 1 o'clock
yesterday tbe pipe wbtcb eonyaya oil
from the Hudson River Railroad De
pot to Homer's Point, L. I., burst,
and a singular connairration ensued
Tbe pipe is laid across and tinder tbe
Kast nver, just below Black wells
Island. It burst with a load report,
throwing op tbe water to a consider
able height, and covering tbe surface
of the river with oil. By some means
this became ignited, snd to the vast
rowd of spectators that assembled,
tbe Kast mer seemed literally on
are. ibe are ioas and steamers
which arrived on the sot n wp-e fble
to prevent tbe conflagration extend
ing to the docks, but could oot extin
guisb the burning oil covering the
aj-trcani. Tbe flames were finally sub
doed, bowprer, by boats plowint-
tbroogb tbe oil aod st;rnog up tbe
water. They kept plowing tbe rjyer
np aod down, and in 'bat way sue.
ceeded in checking tbe Ore. But ft
was &ot until tbe oil in tbe pipe had
mostly been (onsrtmed that the flames
died out Thia was fully four hours
after the outbreak. The quantity ol
oil loat must have been Very great.
Beyond the scorching of a few' ves
sels, ,the fences, trees, and ft partial
destruction of the dock, there was no
o'.her hum done.
THE TRA1IP LAY7.
The Strin.ent Provisions of the
Bill Before the
Governor.
Tramps are Subject to Arrest and
Imprisonment for Three Years.
The following act baa passed both
Ileuses of tbe Legislature, and will
take effect oa tbe lo.b of August
nrxt:
AX ACT TO DEFl JtE ASD PCMS TBAMPS
Section 1. Be it anacted, etc.,
That any person going about from
place to plce bagging, asking, oi
subsisting upon charity aod f r the
purpose ol acquiring money or a liv
ing, and who shall bare no fixed
place of residence or lawful occupa
tion in tbe county or city in which
be shall be arrested, ehall be taken
and deemed to be a tramp and guihy
of ft misdemeauor, and, on cjnvictioa
sball be sentenced to undergo au
imprisonment by separate and solita
ry confinement, at labor, in tbe cjuu
ty jail or workhouse, for not more
than twelve month-, in the discreii ou
of tbe CourL Provided. That if any
persou so arrested Can prove by sat
istaciorv evidence that he doe not
make a practice of going about beg
giug or subsisting nptm alms tor toe
purp se ofireaaid iu te mnir
b ve set f rtb. be sball not be deem
ed fcuiliy of tbe ffduce hereto bi f ire
ovMMihfd ; od uo n uc& p-.wf bll
he riiscbt'Ked Irom arreet, i teriy
tbe titaintraiK tief re wou'u he ise nu
wited ..r b ihe Court upon er
iurf it jae cse up'i writ -;f habe i
corpu
;c 2 X y tramp n -uM
enter 'iy Uwel i:g b ojse: aXJi it
tlif wilt "T wnbotit tb- rerun--i ..ii
o' the ;.ner or .-eeupM- ?ber;-f, or
snil Li .die any fir; inttieli't b
u it mii the lttd of a'lHitier wi.li
out t'ie ow tier's n-DHOl, or sta I be
found carryii g any fire-arms or other
daugerous weapou with intent un
lawfully to do injury to or intimidate
any other person, which intent may
be inferred by the jury try ii(r the
case, from the fac-a that the rJcfei-d-ant
is ft trap p and so aimed, r s-tsll
do or tbreft-eu o d ftuy injury n t
amounting to a felony to any person,
i-r to tbe real or personal estate of
another shall, upon cooviutiop, be
deemed guilty of t misdemeanor, and
ball be sentenced to uudergo an im
pns'ju&aeoi by separate or solitary
conboement at labor tor ft period to.
exceeding three yeors.
Sif. '4 Any act of beggary or
vagrancy by any person described, by
the first section of this act, shall be
prima facie evidence that the perr
son committing the same is a tramp
within tbe Cleaning of this act, sub
ject to the proviso contained in sec
tion one of this act.
Sec 4. Any person npon view of
any offence described in tbia act,
may apprehend tbe offender and take
him before a justice of tbe peaoo or
alderman, whose duty it shall be,
after bearin-r tbe evidence, to dis
charge or to commit the prisouer for
trial, 3 in the .case of other misde
meanors. Sec 5. This apt shall oot apply
to aoy famale, or miuor under tbo
age of sixteen, nor to any blind,
deaf or dumb person, nor sball it be
applicable to any iLft mfd or crippled
person wbo is unable to perform
manual labor
Sec C This act shll Uke effect
on aud afier'4.uifc,si J5. 1 879. and ail
acts or parts c; act Ju.t caiatent
here f)tj) are hereby repealed."
New York, April ll.-T-Ueuferal
Joba A. Dix died at tweuiy-Cre p-in-utes
before eleven o'clock to-uigbi.
John Adam Dlx was born in B
ww x n A IT.
cawen, ii, July z, iau u
served on tb9 frontier in 1812 with
the rack uf ensign aod as adjutant ol
a bjtaUion. Ie established himself
ab Wt tjbe year 828 at Cooperstiiwu,
U , a a hwffit aud $ttacheu biui-
self to lb? Democratic party, iu
1830 he was apHQted Adjuiayt
General aud Superintendent oi Oom
tnon Schools lie served ft term io
the New York Assembly, aod io 1845
be was faoQ as the successor of
Silas Wriirht in the United States
Hunntg on tbe election of the alter
as Govemof of tje State. ,Qu tne
quelioo of slavery h fP?aiu,e the
exponent of the Freesojl fr.uQR u
ibe Democratic party sod became a
candidate f r Governor, but waa je
feattd. In 1853 be w made As
sistant Treasurer of the United
States in Tew )Tork, but soon resigu
ed. Pecembtr 0, I8CI?, up'" he
disruption of President Buchanan's
Cabinet he beeaotf Secretary of Jibe
Treasury in place of IJoytjl Cobb
New Orleans at that time wa i
virtual posseaioa of tbe secession
ists; two revenue cutlers wore there
id' ;fce new Secretary ordered tbetn
tOew Vcrfc e'De captain ct oue
of ibem, aiojr toniwKiic with the
Cillecter St w Ol.aas, xe'0ireio,
obey. Secretary Dix thereupon tel
egraphed to tbe lieutenant to arrest
the captain and to treat him as a
mutineer in .Cj.se be offered aoy resist
ance. Ijis dispatch Moa&4 wjtb tbe
seutcneei " any man ueiupu to
haul down tbe American flag shoot
him on the spot " When the civjl
war broke out iJr. Dix was appoiot-
pi major general of the N.ew York
militia. &na on Jaay iu, lsoi, major
general ol United States volunteers.
lie was fa commauQ oi uie iepart
meot cf MtryJsod, And in 162 he,
was transferred to forlregs lonroe,
having command of (fas geveutb
army corps, io Jond ne was station
V m W t.f.mm.M Til 1
ed io New York, where lis was mili
tary orproander during the riots
which eflsued upon tbe President's
order for enforcing the'draL Luring
1804-05 ha commanded tbe Depart
mebt of the East. From 186$ to
ISC3 he was Minister to Franco. Io
1872 he was elected Governor of
Vew Yori by tbe Republicans. He
published tyo younjea relating to
i;e pommon schools and lsO "A
Winter io Madfira'' and "A Summer
in Spain and Florence." General
Dix was disitoxnisbed for the pariiy
of his private life, and, as ft public
lcor( was respected by all political
parties
Villa Barasa,
St Pail, Misx, April 23 Tbe
unusually hot sod dry weather be
fore tbe start of vegetation tbis
spring has pjacod prairie villages io
grest "anger ffw psr u res, woicn
are reported in ftll parts of the tate.
and bave done muub dstpigP- Tbe
moat serious Ere was at Ortooriils,
Big Stone connty, near the Dak ta
line, the business portion of which
wa destroyed by fire ft day or two
go. A special to tbe e 'tower rret,
giving details, says the Are burned
in from tbe prairie. Aa it pproch-
A ri ttm las n iIia nAitilA Knrn.fl fT m
part of ua tervemng space, but tbe
v?ind. which blew ftlmoet surricftne,
carried the fire across, and tbaViide
of the street', oo 'which were all tbe
busineea hoo&es.'was swept clean. - 1
or wAftiiiseraa lettcb.
(From our Regular t'onrfroiidnit)
WAsuisoTo.-f. April 28. 1879
The week in Congresa baa been
introduced with a resumption of the
army bill debate in the Senate, in
which Senators Bayard, of Delaware,
aud Maxey, of Texa-. .- k principal
part on Monday ; auu i:b tbe intro
duction fan avaiuncbe of bills in
the H juse. Reversing 'heir tactics
ol a week ago the Republicans made
no opposition to tbe introduction if
bills aud nearly all the old bills of
tbe previous session bave been pre
sented As many as fifty diffttreut
fiuancial scben'es are otIVred. If on
ly teu per ceut. of tbe bills introduced
should be considered they will fur
nish work for two sessions of Con
gress. Most of those offered by Re
publicans were for pensions. Very
few in tbe nature of war claims were
off-red aud fr. m the rough tremnjent
that bills of ibis character bave re
cently received it is thought tbey
will all soi-n become extinct. Mr.
J-ijce, of Yeruiont, offered a bill
looking to au additional amendment
to the Cous'ituti-o firev r prohibit
ing the paymeut to disl-yal persons
of any mouey fr property destroyed
in tbe late war.
Representative De La .Vint) r filed
in tbe 11 use a pennou rmb'diug a
bill t ihsuh leu buudred millions fa
t Fienvh l-iilim.) f xrt- n'mi k-i, and io
aulnuiiZ' tt.e otcie.'sry ii ur iieas-
UrV to I a' to the J .idles U ver nd
K-. iAb Caisl CompMiv inoOOO,
000; A ln m aut Gre ii W.-a i ni C
i -t ioO 000. 0"0, Fio.i.1, C a Citial
$12 000 000; F -.i S.. Poil p Co-I
$10 1100 00"; It k I U .d d lie,,
wo': C- :l $l3,0ott000:O eg C
5:25 000 U0t): L'l end B
8it .lv K.i,n 'ni
rut;;,, Mi fi4uuo;ouu Hint tr-r a
fa;!r.'i:U r-muect ire M'rsi!;Kcpi
vi'h ine Pucinc c-'6-." an etni.utit. ii'
vet lieieruii.ed Tn 1,'Hfjs urn tii be
m-td- on b oii.-i ot ibe Several coiu
pauies, piynble io Dfiy years, with
out in erest for five vears, and at tbe
rate of tbree per cent, per ai-nuru
afterwards
There is just now much political
prestdeuiinl talk aud proQosucstioti
at this seething centre, which, to
bear, would give ibe impression that
'he nomination of. tfeu Grant as tbe
Republican candidate was a foregone
conplvsiou. Secretary Sherman is
talked of and written about, but bis
following is without enibusiatiin or
coherence. Gen. Grant is making a
summer line towards the Golden
Gate. The Department of State has
late intelligence from him in Siam.
Mr. Sickles, U. S. Consul .at Baog
kok, sends a dieptcb describing tbe
gorgeous oriental style iu which (he
letter from the supreme &iugof Siam
to tbe ex-J resident w&s presentes
It contained an invitation from His
Majesty to Gen. Grant to visit the
kingdom aa a guest of tbe govern
inent Ibe letter was encased in
Royal perple satin. The Consul fur
tber announces that the project of
sending an embassy from biani to
tbe United States has been filially
agreed upon. This will make tbe
number of oriental legations at
Jft'asbingtn tbree. ,.. The Chinese,
Japanese, and Siamese. Tbe Tur
tiab legaiioo has been, or will Boon
be, dispontjeued Why these coun
tries should sen j legaous to Wash
ingtoa, or why we should send fetra
tioos to these or aoy other countries
cannot be explained from a practicul
or economical standpoint Our re-
lalous witb Ijreiirn couutries are
commercial, aud nofcrdiplouiauc We
need at ft few fnreigb- capitals aad
large cities oJe eo&isjerial agents,
but freiitn em bass ys are a useless
and semi barbaric appendage Oar
M mister t.o Turfcey( is now iu feu
nesseej our Russian ifjuister is iu
Italy au4 all of our foreign repre
sentation, as far es tbejr utility is
Concerned, might as well be t hotne
wi h tneir siiter, Bud e msins, aunts,
and moihers-in-law Genural intelli
gence, tbe press and tbe cable, have
taken ibe mxQatewent of interna
tional bEt'ug Jut ot the bands of a
j .. j . . i ... . .
tef aj'oaipliHbed individuals, and
nodern uipi-jmy ponsisie" solely in
oft) piviiities aud enqueue ia "f hih
our provincial, uutjccomplisbed, self
niade representatives muk a dej -rable
bungling display. European
countries, as a rule, send to Washing
ton tpjr least attractive aod least
accomplished diplonjaiisis Tbey
know that they will Have untpjng to
a,, snd io be assigned to the U S
legation is regard by the average
(European geutleinen' bb a jin of
banishueut. frgru tbe feutre of civili
tattoo to the fr oo'ifr of b,ar&at ism.
Tbey make little d'stit p too between
tbe Uuited States, Bouib America,
aad Mexico, atid would ra ber have
.''a year In Turone tbau a eye'e iu
pat hay.'' pf' 6ourse tLe fM ge
Kurcpeau yipw If the United States
is oot the correct u.', snd ipey are
gradually learniug something an ut
us ou tbo oibor aj.js of the water, but
their educa'l jn would b" Uil'-b fQM
tated if instead of tbe u.-eles-i embas
sador wr siojtj J?ve ouly able om
mercial agents or p-'iusuii
Mr. Wilson, ibe United Siaie.- t n
sul at Brussels, la a dispatch I'j the
uepartnacnt of Mate, reports tbe
meetinir of tbe Belgian societv f
Ml .. . O
loliticai fiCooCQ)ist, at which
the commerciHl policy ot the Un
tc4 '-8i.es was freely discussed.
More or ie dusirc wag manifest
ed to return in kuropa to (be pro
tective policy. The significant prob
lem that formed tbe staple of discus
cios was how to overcome tbe almost
botin'Jiesp icsoarss, agricultural and
rpinjeral, of tbe'Uhited States. It a
not 4eete4 practicable to affile a bih
tariff on Amerjcap brctjpt?.- The
large iocrease of eaporu frm the
United States can hardly be checked
by any restrictive measures. A re
daction of wapes f eems to be the last
resort."
Aa laesaaiarj Tram.
LanoJSTvr, April 23 Tbis morn
ing a lar'Ke'barn, tobacco 8be?s and
olhej" uildiojro, ve 'niiles"soath"o
this place, owned by 'John Senner.
were burned Berea P3 Ijad of
valuable cattle and live horses per
I'shed in tbe dimes Tbe less is $12,
000 partly ioi-nred. A tramp bad
slept in tbe barn lat o'git and be
ing refused food, fired tbe barn while
the family werp at brfkfaff. He ia
now in Jail
Rallia Mill Detroje4 by Fire.
PoiTsriu.ic, Pa , April 23 The
Mount Carqie rlliag mill, tyo miles
Boot! of Pottsviite, aa entirely de
Btroyed by fire ibis evening. It was
owned by New York and Pottsville
parties and, including the machinery,
cost $250,000, aod waa oot insured.
The mill has been idle of ptet rears.
The Gre caught from ft passing loco
motive. An enirine was overturned
wbile ranniog to tbe fire
and tbe ! at
driver, Charles fisher, wes probably
fatftllj'iDjured.- v '
karra.
Wilkksbaube, April 21 -The large
force of uieu euaxed in sinkinir
shaft from ibe surtaco to elnke the
bigbest breast that b as' been worked,
Doping tbereby t i relieve tbe
eQ'i
tooioea miners, succeeded ia pcue-
tratiog to the breast ab,-ut 3 o'clock
this morning. Afier penetrating
through luur cbmubira tbey were
compelled to retire, as tbe mine was
ccnvulsed and working in a danger
ous msuner. Tbey have, however,
resumed operations, and by propiux
op an they proceed, bave succeeded
iu gutting wiiliia about 300 feet of
where it is supposed tbe uufortunate
men are. Opinions vary as to tbe
safety e f the imprisoned men Some
of ibe miners believe that tbey are
Safe, while others assert that tbey
must have b;en suK-tbeted. A miner
went into a drift to ihe west if the
fall to-day witb a naked lamp, there
by igniting the gas which had ac
cumulated, and aisitstrous conse
quences were anticipated for ft time.
A bieamer from this place was sent to
tbe miue, and it is tn,ngbt that tbe
fire is now under contrsL
It was about four o'clock yester
day wbeu the accident became kuowo
to tbe men, aud word a soou car
ried to tbe main Bice at Wilkes narre
and to the families of tbe ill-faied
colliers. Tbe roads and by -paths to
tbe iii- utb of tbe slope sooo be can to
present au unima'td seete, abd by
six i-VI-,i-k tbe sutri uud!Ui.s were
ujelaiichuly and dipiri,iiig. Tne
retalivts i-f tbe. eiit'.-tubed men, male
and teuiale, raised tbeir voices iu tbe
loud,:: laiueiila' luus over the loss I
: he r drar ones. Women tore tbeir
bair. u. d, rolling upu the ground,
it H e ed ti r uies opuu tbeir own
i : . .1. .
bi-pe to auae
B ate v lunteers
descended into
tbe vawiiiog sepul.-ber to lnvesiiaie
and t-ee if by any possible chance the
Uted seven, 1.20U feet below, c- uid
escape. Bji euch returning squad
wore tbe same sad expression of lace
one asked tbe re.-ul' ot tbe visit
below, loo well did tne anxious
wile, mother cr brother kuow the
mt-aniug it tee lo 6 ot despair as
each coal begrimed visage came up
ont of the inky blackness below.
Tbe reptrt was that the indications
were that the fall cf tbe roof was
becoming general. Tbe crsckicg
souud pould still be heard, and it was
sunnised the heayy barricades which
prevented tbe escape of ibe men had
taken piece at a point sibout 400 feet
down easterly from the fan-bouse.
Tbe fire in tbe mine was extin
guisbed about five o'clock tbis after-
uoon. At three o'clock tbe men en
gaged in sinking tbe shaft commeuc
ed cutting (hropifb a vein of solid
coal thirty feet tbick. It ia doubtful
whether those imprisoned will be
reached to-uight. The workmen are
diyided into shifts, each of which
woiks four hours. Tbe wine is still
iu a disturbed condition, and the
work of excavation is attendee with
great datiger.
learernlag- Cattle.
New Yorl, April 17
-The Colo
ratio Cattle Company,
which has
been for eight years euaed io rais
ing, crossing and preparing cattle fur
the eastern market on their Huerfano
l 'rt i - i . j . ' . t .
raupue, iu ioiurauo, reueouy pur
CbaBL( from Colonel William Crai
bis maguiSceni raucbe of 87,000
acres, called ihe Hermosilla, payiutr
tbcrtfure $320 000. The company
have already over 10,000 head of
cattle, aud it is the iuteutioa to ia-
ereaee H id 40,000 Mr. Win. H
Yauderbtlt, tbruub bis friend, Mr
kktuj8Q, the gnat caitle king, to
day purchastt; a controljing' inlerest
n ibe company, with the view of ex-
tpnJipg his beef trade iu foreign
markets. This nurpba-e said to
be important, in viev of the great
jopreap io fhe t jp srt trade i f live
stock, aud shows that Mr. Vander
liilt is hard at work in bis railroad
interests. The European steamers,
known as tbe Uoion Line.are to car
ry eat'le as well s grain. The New
nrk Central hare do ft rt- Ck yard
at Kaosas Qity that - ct-st over ODe
miiiloQ dollars, and will make tbe
i'mmebspVfaYg j tjjp p.'li.rRr!o' Cat-
lie lloiupauy tbe fiUrepot of the cat
tle ibey (tesira to hienare for the
Eastern and Fun peso markets.
It is understood that prominent
parties in eres ed in cattle raising lo
Kle uouu'r7 an-J in this State, includ-
:. -i- . 1 1 r 3 1. 1 i . . . :
lug ut i.erai i.a,riea tyoiie, ivoaiuiis-
sjoner oj iew aura state; uenerai
0a,- 't'j and H 'u'Calviu P. Hulburd,
Cbftirmvu 'f' tbe pa ilc P-njmiitee
f tbe New York btate Agricultural
Society, hayo (j eu io correspoudenc
with the AKricul ural Pomniiupe t f
Coutfre., tii wb"BJ wasreierred the
sul ju't t f cattle dieae. Much !ii
portant imformation baa been elicit
ed, and it U l(!iev'i that unltSi the
disease is tffectually stamped out in
ibe CfS'a egst of tbe Allegueniji'H, it
will quickly work its t'f a ifje
g"flf Wffteru grit:ng plains, and
Jecpardian ibn noe ijeet product of
the country. General Curtis visits
Vv'aabinjtou this week ,o further con
fer ith" the pengreyiooai ronamittce
on vbe tulji pt, and "will m'ake "some
practical suge.tjous, wbith may be
embodied in tbe bill which '.tit com
mittee is franiiu? for the protection
of Jhjs g'Pt jijte'est.
pilled Biia AKd Mother.
ClUt Awo, April 2i A brutal pyr.
tier occurred on Saturday night nine
miles east of Montezuma, lows. A
man by tbe name cf Owen Cannot
i.'ed bis mother about midnight by
teating-hcr ca tpe tea4 with a etick
of sovewdod. fler"'tbe ''raao bad
eottinjiife tbp horrible and unnatural
crime bo threw tiie ho$j onp of the
boiife upon the wood pile. 1 J'he mur
dered woman was in her eeventyr
ninth year. AT.er doing the work
Hannnt li-ft. th hiniio nnA if mm
4 - - - " . , wuva ,w r B.D
wjib s'Jfj(ie'diiru;t7 h?t fc? was csp
lurd. Insanity is the opi taaee
that can be aisfgrjed for the deed-
! Dt-aitan rrain a al Oil Lamp .
plenioa.
CTiLKEsnABRE, April 22 As three
children of piiver toot" "were "goice
to bed io Penobscott on Monday
night, a coal oil lamp' epinr.ed, gpt
lipg 6re to tbeir clothing. They ran
towards ft neighbor's bouse Lot tbe
cl'lfst girl fell jn tbe rood and was so
badly burned that sb,e died eary thi
morning. The other girl died to day,
and ibe third cbild, b"y, is cot ex
pected to recover.
A I.alac Jake.
A piobiiovut chvsWan rf Pitts
burgh ssid jokingly to a lady pltippt
who was complaiuicr of be; 'cootia
oed ill bealtb, aod ot bis inability to
cure her, "try Hop Bitters!" The
lady took it io earnest and used the
Bitters, from which she obtained
permanent health. She now lauirha
tbe doctor for bis hke. but he is
not so well pleased with it. as it coBt
bim a good patient.
From Oar Special UormpoMaaL
om wA.Hinro3i letxcb
Wasuisotos. April 21, 1879.
Many pj.,ple who read the weather
"indications''" made by the United
States Government and which is tel
egraphed from Washington through
out tbe country and published 1j tbe
daily papers, are not aware bow that
mysterious personage "Old Probs"
becomes possessed of this fore-kaowl-
edge of the omiog weather.
Using f-tan inquisitive tarn of mtod,
I wandered into the Chief Sigual Of
fice where these forecast! are tntde,
aud to ray great satisfaction I met
my old friend Dr. IVr d, from
St yst jwo, wbo is one I the weath
er observers on duty tbere.
Tbe Sigual Service is a branch of
tbe War Department ank is composed
of a corps of four hundred and fifty
meu specially instructed for this
work, which tbey perform under tbe
guidance of the Chief Signal Officer,
Geueral Albert J. Mver. The aim
aim of the service is to give protec
tion to commerce, by warnings, on
all the s-i coasts ol the Uuited Slates,
and f .be shores of tbe lakes; to
wa.ch tbe river chaoges along tbeir
courses io the great river valleys ; to
note at seasons tbe temperatures af
fecting caLftl commerce; u carry
telegraph hues by wbicn meteorolog
ical reports may uh nau over regions jtoaea oi respect t bis worm as a
considered impracticable for such private citizen and t his eminent
cuns ruc ion ; to maintain a system j services as Senator of tbe L'ni ed
of connected stations on the sea coa-t ; ' States, Minister tu France aud G v
to take charge of tbe recoguized sys-;erntr of tne Siate ot New Yoik
em ot voluntary mete rological ob-1 Headqcarteesof Adjutant Gem
srrvatious oo tbis outioent ia addi-! ebal s Offics. WASiii.vuro.v, D C,
tiou to tbe regular system ot the ser ' April 22 1879 General Order i'o
vice; o a;d dinctly all tbe farming 23: By di'-ection of me Secretary
population ia the barvesting of tbeir
crop-. ; aud hniltv, t put iu tbe p w-
er ot every ciiizu to know, each day, army f r th-- m-m ry ,f M ij ir Gen
with reasonable ai cu acy the ap- eral Joba A Dix, wb se early I f,
proacbiug weatber cbauges. ' was spent in the army, aud wb --a
To carry out tkis design, observing wo .le uiosi pti i nc career reflected
si ai ions have beeu established ia all honor on bis profession aud ci bis
parts of tbis eonutry, and at, each j oou itry. It is ordered thai, the 9 ta
one, a can ini watcn is kep. of tbe
eaiber Each station is furnished
witb carefully ompared aod accurate
instruments, and tbe greatest care
and accuracy is required in the taking
ot ooservatioos. ibree observations suttame military escort t partte p.ife
at iatervols of eight hours are ttk"uiu the funeral ceremonies. M uu.e
daily at the same mumeut (Wasn-guus will b fired from the bit ery at
iuirton time) and immediately tele-j Governor's island during tbe funerol,
graphed to the central office at Wash-1 and whilst the cortege is enrou e
lugtou, and it is from tbe information
received from these reports that the
indications are matje up As soon
as rtceived at the oflice in W aohing
ton, the reports Bre spread qpou
charts prepared for the purpose, and
by a careful study of these charts the
C'bief Signal Officer is able to make
bis forecasts. The promptness witb
which this work is performed is as
tonishing. In IW3 bours time the
reports from oyer one hundred and
fifty odd stations are received, spread
upon the charts, tbe deductions made
and telegraphed ajl oyer tpe c joatry.
The Doctor is io robust health, but
is minus an arm, which be lost a little
over a year ago, from an injury re
ceived in New York city; from being
blown from the roof of his office dur
ing & severe storm in 1S7G. The loss
of the member don't seem to bother
him much in the discbarge of his du
ties, and io fact be says the loss of
bis arm is a good barometer, and as
serts tbat tbe eld one-armed aod one
legged veterans would makeTbe best
kind of observers, as tbey would al
ays haye their weather indicator
witb them.
Tbe brilliant paper of Dr. Mitchell,
read before the Academy of Sciences,
at their meeting in this city few
days ago, en' the influence ot storms
and magnetic elec'.riit.ja oa ne jfal
mc pain, is ot interest in this connec
tion.
The itoints of Dr. Mitchell's essav
If.. I ' "
are as follows: ' "
Captain Catlio, United States
army, losj a'leg during the war, and
since tbat time has suffered from
traumatic neuralgia, souietiojii in I
ibe beel, but more frequently in the
tos, of the absent foot. He has car-
fully noted tbe effects produced on
Dimselt by cbaagea of the weather
l'r. Mitchell s 00 studies in tbis
c&.e, as be says, "would never bave
proved successful bad it not been for
be usual ability, interest io the task.
and perseverance of tbe accomplish-
ed "genUeuiau -who P oLi)gd'mo by
flfaaiug ins uwu bVlijcuLO IfBt'lUf U
tbe solution of the question o( bow
far weather affects toe pFoduc,ioo of
certain kluds of pain."
Tbe hourly observations cover a
pari ':i otfve yeaxi. For the 1st quar
ters oi tneee o?e ytfttra U.ere wi-rg
2,471 hours' ot paia ; for 'he ' 'aecuuS
quarters,'2,102' benrs; for ibe' third
quarters, 3.06 hours ; od for the
last quarters, 2,221 hours. Tho t,est
j ie;d of pain s in January, FeLrc-
ary an, I March, and tha poort ja
the third quarters, July, August and
September. During these five years,
wbile tbe sun was south of tbe Equa
tor, tberg were 4 (592 bours of paio,
against 4,1 OS bunts wh:U it was
north of 'be Equator ; and'the' grcrV.;
est auiouot pain iyas ig the Quar
ters beginning with the Winter 8o
8Ue?, aud the las ws iq tjoae ba
ginning witb tbe Bummer eolstioe.
Tbe average duration of tbe attacks
or the Crst quarters waj -22 boors,
and for the tfhifd-tjoarxejs 4by I'.S
K,)tis ' 1 i
hour
By taking the four yearj eadia
January 1, 1879, it is found that of
the !J3 stortua charted by the Signal
pureau, 2i3 belong Jo j,be two Win
ter quarters, against 23p for the Sum
mer jqarters. Heuee'we haye tbe
ratio of the number fif giof if, 3 $f (,l,e
Winter uuarters and Summer ouar-
ters coiref ponding to th rjtjo of tbe
amount of neuralgia for these revpeot
ive periods, and tbe ratio of average
durition of eacl? attack, pr tbe same
lime corresbbhiis ' cloBelv with the
rstfo of the respective total Vmbon'ts
of ceujfaigla for tfep corn's 'period
The average distance of ib storm
centra at tbe begiooiog cf (b
painful neuralgia attack wa3
CS0 miles. Storms coming from the
paci(c coaet tfei ff-;: r'tferet tff,
"very soon afteror a's tfcey sre ttos
"i'tiif't'l? Ilocky Mountains," wbije
storms along tbe Atlamio o.t are
a?B0ciated witb milder forma of nun.
'rUia, and are not felt until tbe
Btiof ju iBtirfc U qea-er lla is not
est-etitlal to" the prous.6o cr net)
ralgia. ' " -' . i
ft was found tbat tbe severest
neuralgf attars of ibe' year ' were
those accompaoyjog tne rst soowa
of November and December. Qae cf
ibe most ioterestinir and valuable re-
suit of ibis 8ritt8 of ofjiefveijqqs is j
tbu stated: "fcvery 6toraj, as Ii
SWCPns BOrOBB the COOlineat. conaiiita '
of ft vast rail area, at the ntra nf
which is a moving space ol tbe great. !
est barometric deoressloo. known aa:
the Storm centra al.inis arhloh Ika
etorm moves like a bead oa io tbe miae, owing to the fact tbat ; day Roper as rescued T,ye
thrtad.' Tbg raja btobIIv precedes no openings bad been made out of miad wa uascttled oa account ot -tbis
by 00 to COO m'ile's, Vlt before lit. "he veio crops out cf the scr I superiors be had passed tbrco
and around tbe rain iiea a belt wbich ! face, and 00 me'n'are sinking 'a U 'le j imS torftioj gi.e the names '.U,e
maybe called the neuralgic margin from the fur face to strike tbe lih-isel cr captain, fca; from ihe (Je.ip
ui tue Biurms. auu wmca oreceues
tbe rain about lo0 miles. Tbis fact
is very deceptive, because tbe sufferer
may be on the far edge of tbe storm
basin of barometric depression, sod
seeing nothing of the rain, ye, b ive
paio due to tbe storm.
Dr. Penrod starts f r S .u-.b Cr
nam auu piit'iijiuit kjiv- " - ..
War Department to coiiiect ioirmi
! . . .
tioo relative to the origin, movement
and effect of the recent tornad
W.rhr S r. where it is reo - rt
ed to bave been very destructive,
sweeping away houses churches and
killing some fifteen oersons and
wounding many others.
Picket
AaiMMMlnii DeatB) af Majar
Uratral Joba A. Dt.
Wasiuxutom, April 22 Mr jma.iag its population At Tat
Hayes, iu making public ann uace- j alone we are having from ibirry
ment of the death of Mjr (i-ueral i forty cases if typhus per dav, and
John A. Dix, which occurred durioifithe City of Morocco tbe dailV m,'
last night io the city of Ne York, j t''ty by typhus is fr. m 200 "t0
desires to commend u the attention : pjrsoos. The ordeal of dtia
of the people of the couutry, the I complete ; parents eat their c!mU.
great public services, through a lar
auu ereuiioi inc. li iuis eiuiuent
citizn aod the patriotic record of bis
military service, b ab iu his early
youtb aud at au advanced age.
Appropriate booors will be pi d to
his memory uuder tbe direction of
the war department and of tbe
treasury department, of wb cb
was at an important period tb heid,
and it is rec mtneoded to his fellow
i izens to pirticipi-e ia the geueral
of War tbe following order is i--u.i
to m'ii'es. tbe itreM respect of tbe
; ot a I the harbor f.'rts -f New ork
be displayed at ' 'f mast r.i 1 1
suudowo oo tbe d? of bis funeral
Tbe commaodiug General of tbe de
partmeut t,t tne et win ten ter u
from bis late rjsidn -o t the grave
By command ot General Shevnaa
E. I) TOWN-E.ND,
A d jo tan l General.
a token of respect to the oium v
ry of H joorab'e J ba A- Dix, l!e
Secretary of the Treasury, whose
death baa ibis day been a inouaced,
ibis department will be closed to
public business on the day of bis fu
neral and the treasury building be
draped in mourning for a period of
thirty days.
JoiS Sheema:, Secretary.
iianylna: a 9faa to Frlaftlen Him.
Fort M'Kinmev. Wyoming, April
19 Inform a ion was received here
to day that on the uight of tho 17th
inst, horse thieves entered the bouse
of Mr. Foster, one of the eldest set
tlers io ibis section, living oa the
Peony, near Old Fort Kearney, fif
teen miles east tf tbis post Tbe
desperadoes hung Mr. Foster up by
tbe neck until he was nearly dead iu
order to compel him to disclose tbe
wbereab nts of a large aro uot of
money which he was supposed to
bave. Foster r-fused to give them
tbe information and was uaconsci ii
when tbey let him d wn He re
vived and was again huog, as be
still persisted ia bis refusal. Tbe
thieves then ransacked his houe and
took all his bedding and thirteen d -1
lars in money the savings cf his
pbijdrea. They also took bis horses
' three in number.
A Itenarkable 1'oaatrrreit.
Wasuinoton, April -3 The
8ecret Service has c me into pos
session of a moa: remarkable coun
terfeit. It is a counterfeit $20 United
Sta'es legal-tender nole, and is cal
culated to deceive even persons
accustomed to handling not -s of that
denomination. What makes it more
remarkable is the fact that the work
oD the note was execu;ed with a pen
and itik. AJ lib intricate figures
and carves, all ice fce8,l-;1 tpe'"' seal,
the fjof engraving work, sad even
the fibre It) ibe paper, are almost
perfectly comtt rfeid by tbe pea
and ink. Tbe eitfoature of Juha All
ison. formerly Reistr r cf tbe Trea
brj,' U afiioat ,ikbgr, wiii luai. of
J-ihn C. Ne,' f.p'rmerly Trea-urer, is
perfect The wb le bill, back aid
fai-e, b wonderful pit re of pen w .-rk
Tne bill was detected l (ha y ub
Xreasurj io New p leans.
Th Ks-Hebelaaa4 lh ttmj
WAMiiNiiro.f, April 21 Th reS
e! brigadiers on the Senate commit,
teeqrj- Milj aiy Aff irs 'e tjearing the
way totlje re'st irati i of tha ' fli 'ers
fffco abaejopr the army ia J86j, f
serye agaiast tha Uovefnoieat. TMy
baye agreed Dot to reconjmead a&y
noininati oa for the promotion of fH
cers abve the rank cf m j -r. Tbis
will on3 tba biifhest grades io the
arnjv,''ihe danerai ana 6eiJ b.vra.
f ruob ehaoges as th-y may 8e fit
to make through legtslitt;u The
city is now full of ex rebel ffi ero
reiin for a rhiace o g-;t bicfc ito
toe army od'iogjst upJ t'
rank which they woujd haye held
;a;J Jhey Uen loyal t the A '. (Jfl
course, with a UeRlicia president,
sqth sphemes w.-ull ba thwarted, but
who the lieracprata in power tbe peo
ple of the North would Bad tteiiiHl.
ves supportiag an artry cmniinded
fy be ery peo wbo tried to destroy
tbeir Government ait their botiies.
fteyeif raa BvH
Wilkesbarre, Penn , Aplil 23
At 10 o' clock this morning tbe nibt
shift io tbe No. 10 colliery of the Le
high ad Wilkeabarre cl Capaoy.
t Sugar Jfofch, wtre warded by om
itjsga breaking tgd. creakia' Quizes
that the uioe'or a part of H was
abjut to clots io on them. A boy
named J-ibn Clark, was immediately
M3patcS;e(3 j tfce face of tbe east
gangway, where' aU w n, ctned
ward Price, Claries Hawkia, James
Green, Patrick Greea, Barney Ti'.ley
a'n4 ihiani Kinney, were at woik,
to inform tbeuj All the othr per
sons in the mine tends ther escape
before the cave in opcured
but the
abase aaojed men and ibe messtn
OPT h uti annt in vitj Ihpiw wn:
rumtil anil nnikinv km hmin noun
or heard of them .siaoe. It is boo'd '
that lhT ham pminit li tha '
Lifiix..' ili.i Ini,. a.rui i.tinii !
cbi oreat tnat naa oeen worsea co.
bopiog by tbeBe means to release tbe
uiunsoueu uieu. a ia vuicuiaicu
tbat it will only be necessary to dig
distance of twenty feet
: :.. j . r. i.. i
a Faaal.e.
V Asmjf utom. Anril
IT V .I :
more hrr!bl ba- vcr been rsc 'rd ?
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II-
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at j" ".l tg:r,
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Ut
Lii
g Liiman ohdus .k :,.
de,di,h;,1,staou.bea1da1)orr7
li I II L. . "
.n -co can. are now
aay from ibis most uof
couutry, where fm:ue. cfcfjle
ruanine
'
j
chnler.1 ...i
typhus has and is more than' a'?
, ft id at Mayador, ulT od Canssht. '
- w rm iu itrau-
5s tit t hir a...j
Tk. w
... - ".-c- v.c is lii'pregnatod vk
deadly poisons einar-atii.f; fr, m
tbausauds thst are half burtpil a-d
tbe many left nt iu the M.n
j rain. 1 hv European resides
every Lr.-cau.i.m n-verthel ,... i
....... k.ir.. , i
uuc u nve airesny succumbed to
I be dread'ul d sease Tbe Fat.;:"
iij-Mi-iu iiuicu:e an sutn
t.Vutr . H i..r . .i I. I: r "'vu'
FXtsdii... .
w . a, u uevi!i that kil
is wrtuen by God, and that tbey
must oie it so decreed. Tbe
menu of the dead ty
irnr.
lllHJji. ...
ov iu at null ii lor U trills
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I.. . : t . ... "'B
auu pm
a. er is geueraoy take., sick a ij fuj.
lows in tbe wak of th f ,ruirtr e4r"
er Vr time bas beeo verv m s
"i ) Sluti
rocc . B ,ard ol LI. a ti. oran z ni 'z
n.eun h.p:tals,
ti.. .hi ujuiti'sr
h ibe lever, ai.J
'ii-. touk (1 l, "e
iwl boit - i , i,... .
nas been sii k All
sou i h naoiera,
are M mkIi Ijo.
tbe distaffs 8iirr,i
UUlllUlfUS At m,.
rate, i u!i rem tin a.
I "-UI
m? P 'St uu j
d uiy du y as Jr au 1
I am aMo."
as i w
ftaulbrrn Esvda.
UEPLORAULE rONDITlOX OF COI.08ti
PLOP1.E I.N THE 80fTII-STEA.MB.iiTj
REFl'SI.Vl THEM TUAXSl'oRTAT!,,;,
Memphis, April 2 5 A .-p,eu!
corresp-.tidcut bo was seut hereto
investigate the master ivs:
It wul.i be d.ffi-.Mlt to'dese.ibst
suff.-rintfs to wbich the colored ds iI.
oi iu; c'u.u are suijcuu (h
tii-
promised fctMies f :j-o and
lor, iu the X orib sri.j
com
Tle jutneru piaut-rs are
tburoUihir
al-trmed k! the ex dus. aail
issued tbetr bumbly obeyed eii:c; to
Northern bound steamboats thatthur
sbi.ll not stop for tbe fleeing etlurdi
people between Vsckiburg and Ar
kansas City, ascending tbe .Mi.-si-sippi
river. Oa Monday your cor.
respondent counted twenty fur d f.
tereut eucatopaierits cf c.lored p.tpl
on the binks t f tn rirtr, witb thtir
poor, bat:trC'd an-i t:'ered househoid
g oils stacked cp, waiiiogtur a Ku
to give tbem the tran.-p irtaiioa thev
were capable if paying fjr Tbtt
people are evijeutly comu . from at
long distance to tbe river, with Un--ly
enough mooey to piy their stein
boat parage, and the white pevpie
along the shore refusiu tbt-oi the
ordinary uecessariea of life, and thfT
having no provisions of thsir oa'a
capable of lusting them over a dfn;
two, they are scattered a,'i.
6ii. of the broad MtMinxiitpi.'fam
Mirny. Tbe euenmpujeuts all tud
bailing signals up for tbe ni-rtfcb"ur:d
steamboa-s, aud when these aildlr,
fraotically waved signals werecruflly
ignored while the boat prcceedd
couiplaceu'ly on its way, 1 sa tul
ored men acd woaiea cast them.-elrrt
to the ground io despair, and heard
tbeui fjroaa and sbuut tbeir Itinitinu
liotir;. '
What is to become I these wrestl
ed pevpie God onlr knoa. Here
were nearly haifa thjuaud refu-ed,
scattered along the banks cf ths
mighty Mississippi, without shel:er,
without f d, witb no hope of ev.-sp-it:g
trom their prefect surrounding.
anu nardiy a cbaace
whence they came.
o: returuiag
hooting at V.ilRla Booth.
CniCAt.ii, Aoni,-23 Woiie Ei
iu U -.th" was (sividif tbJ guiiiui
to the' lust act of ' ll;cbarJ 111 " ' t
M' Yicker's Theatte to-nignt a shut
was fired al biut by a man sitt ogio
tbe let. hand upper nailery. Coo:h
sat uutil aer about 3 seconds, abeo
a second shot was C'red, wuej
rose and'starttd toward the left ;njj
ot the Btage, pointing cu". as be w-nt
the woij!(j-be ass-as-ia.' Jbe lattff
was at onca d, aii hut fjr b
intervention cf t llij;rs wyld haye
haen rousjhiy hatidied. He staieslii
natue is Mart Grey ; tbat he is 23
years old, a dry goods clerk of S'.
Ljuis ; tb .t he has l. e i 3 eirs pre
paring to do tbis deed, and is surpris
ed ibtvt he failed; aud iha: iiisf.no.r5
to kill $ joth i$ the' otiiY prt of, ttf
Btieojpt vbich be regrets He refyt
es tg 6tate the caus-e of bis iclion,
but says l'a re& nat vtil bj rejjardfd
as eutlicient
Gray savs Bjoih vtronped a friend
u bis one iia;e, and be tii'i teea re
sci7tx io p&Btsii uit.: ee.-iiflCe
States thai he is from Kkuk, bu:U
no- traveling for a H.-rii in S:. Lms.
He was only 30 fret dUua-. fraio
Hojtb wbca he fired l lh shuts. l
bad oa his t:yS a iy.er a-tdresifj
to a ! idy by the name of Katie, et:
:ia? his iatea.i jo cf .-bojtio? Bm
(--rigt:, aad, sserjlayf la a njmhj'aa
way that Ltwreacs IJirret; is a
per'pr a-j'-Qr t J Uoth. M U 05 In
cuet dy at the Central s'.a lon, anl
talks cohereLtly. The audience t
J-'Vi:kei 'sreaianed af er tbe enisuda
ahej he ( "y pioceea-.-a to tb3 ecij
iihout llrthtr brea!;
Sf r ;;urr DIryereJ
Sax FitANisco, April 21 V Putt
Towosend di.-paub sajs ;
The fihip O.'ago rep-'rts that a ('
days a?o fafititude iJ.lj nor.D,
gitnde i'j 30 west, si6ied a tefcooa-
er walor lodged aad ui.-iarit.tu u
man, a Porttiue.e, named itiof
R'ltier was fi.on.l ou b ard 'a-fced
tbe wmk, alive, but ir.sBsible.
i , ...
0a
fet'-itfsri.i -r he a'ated the ' ho'itpr i
-fr
San 't'r-i:it i.-uj auoot ii funolp' '';
b.u-jll ii'.rth on a tradin? voye
S!x days afier tbe vessel was ifcrc.B
on'bpr be;ioi en, is, partly fiaeJ. 3'j
df-i nvt rub't V" thV ni- ga'f "f
0"1 1 percoasoabjard a wereuro--
ed n the force title. Tbe explain
9 wept
imm lhr (l.ck ajd i'fet-
mutn niil thd riliaJili lif 1"' u
Uibed tbeai?eiv8i on the top gaii"
forreas.le. w hrte one by
on trJ
lii.il Tha t.it i, r,e. txukloi
00 IB'
tion. it is wiiuru i --
schooner E. J
McKinnon. U
master, wb:cb leit w "
March 20:h on a trading oj8
northward.
Diae
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