be Anitator. NVIOLLI3I3O3R.O, A. F. lILTMES SDITOtt. T17E:30.1Y, OCTOBER 23, 1887& The Constitutional Contention, now in sessionsitPhiladelphia, will probably con clude its MOP; this week. The new Con stitution will,'lt Is believed, be submitted to the judOent of the people at a special elebtion . mho held_ sometime in DeteMber or January next. Voting for President. Our aria' columns .bave already borne vitnms fo:t)te- fact that the members of the cbmtuittee.,hppointed by the United States Senate . tof•Consbler the mode of electing the Prealdenciind Vice President, and to ,de On if possible, some' better method than the preit.-nt on; have been holding -recent' 'meetings ir,i'Scw — York to consider the work Irosusted „ lo;'iltent. Nothing very definite as to the xestilt of their deliberations has as yet transpired; but a statement has been zn i nde putfic ,givlng the substance of the propositions Which have been submitted to their eonkideration. That statement has attracted burn small part of the public at. .. tension to 'Which it is entitled,-although ' seems toltitve been put forth for tb- - •- tt purrose of inviting critic's,- .4-express that Air. Enekalew hem It. It is tree .e d t h e pre ii eu id . publicly cammeltd- Consthutitv , ,vtan on the floor of our pals Convention, and a few Jour ..uich share his lore for minority rep resentation- have followed his lead in this respect;•but Most of the public men and -newspapers of the country have been too Inueb oectOed with the political or busi ness afiliirg.o4 the day to -devote much time to the consideration of PropOsitions which are stated :not as the conclusions of the committee; btirSitnply as subjects for spec ulative qie,Cybsion. We imagine, however, that if it is e4er tierioUsly proposed to em body thase - propokitions in the national Con litigation, More than one serious objection alit' be made to them by men wbo will ad• stilt that they -are in some respects an im provement= on the present useless and cum bersome machinery for choosing the Chief Magistrate_-' . . Briefly stated, they proPiose to abolish the kl electoral college and allw the people to vote directly for President'and Vice Presi dent; to divide each State into as many dis Wets as it is entitled to Representatives in Congress, the person ' having the highest number of votes in eadh district for Presi- . dent to receive the vote of that district ° , which shall count one Presidential vote; to allow each State two Presidential vote.:. et large, wipe') shall be counted for the pcz-; Son bavingthe highest number of votes in the whole State, and to - declare the person having the highest number of such Presi dential votes in the whole country to be the President. It is Ow% proposed to give Con gress ppwerto provide for holding and co ( n• ducting the elections for President, and to establish tribunals for the decision of con tests growing out of such elections. Experience has ;Arcady shown that our present system of choosing Presidents by the intervention of the electoral -college is not only unnatural and useless, but that it may become ;the . source of actual danger and civil cOr. The sooner it is got rid of _entirely 7 this better' all thoughtful citizens will be plei‘sed. But in abolishing the elec toral etilleg , me don't wish to see it Ye t- placed Ity a ly similar machinery under an-. other epee It seems to ue that these prop• ositional put forth by the committee simply destroy the name, while they retain the thing itself- 7 thotigh in a somewhat mod'. tied form. We don't see that there is much to be gained by abolishing the living, breath. ' lug, moving elector, and, requiring the eiti gen to cast his ballot for a constitutional ab straction called a "Presidential vote."— Certainly the advantages of such a change would hardly pay for the cost and trouble of aniending • the Constitution. Surely a "Presidential vote" of this sort would smell as sweet under any other name; suppose we Still call it an electoral vote. It isn't the name* that the people object to, but the whole system of indirect voting. What they want is a chance to vote directly for President without the intervention of r . ,tiy embodied or 'abstract agent in the slv ape of an elector or a •' Presidential vote • e and it does not speak welt for the I• age inky of this committee of grave and reverend Sen ators that they have been 'unable to. devise eas mute feasible acher“o than that above set forth. • It is true tfl.t ' . ne second clause of this proposition say t h e people pre to vote di -redly for PrP:sident, bu.t the whole scheme taken togethS: blig:4o that this is a mere CP'Ill; plemiise.. To illustrate the practical I ,Corking ofigi.le proposed plan, let us strpi l pose it lc: have been in operation last year; then the. voters of this Con,gressiOnal dis trict would have voted directly for General Grant or Mr. Greeley; but the large major ity-received by Grant in the district would net have been counted for hini Jany more than it was counted for him under the pres eat system.. y Rowever great that majority, it mould imply have been counted us one " Pres' ntial vote" fur Grant, while if Mr. •Greele had received a majority one-tenth to lariti in any other district of this or any other State, that majority would have count ed one "Presidential vote" for him. And this we are asked to believe is direct voting fur President! It is indeed direct voting in letter, but' in substance it is the present electoral system somewhat improved. tin. 4er it the man who received u majority 4.,f the votes of the whole country might euzii• be defeated by one who seemed but upo'• verity; and in that respect it is but a slight improvement on the present phut. This it b, we suspect, which commeuds it to u cer tain class of politicigs who are ut present particularly' in 100 ff with "minority repre sentation"; but this feature would be fatal to it heft:ire the people. They believe in the true American doctrine that the majority ehould govern, and they would nut be brought to adopt any new scheme by which the minority woUld be able to elect a Presi dent so easily. ,` • It would seem ei o be no difficult task to invent a nation electoral system which Would alloW the people to vote directly for President Without regard to district or State lines, and would tit the same dine pieserve the pectiliarsovereignequality of the States to the same Went us our present electoral college or thitit proposed "Presidential vote" scheme: In 4 the — elieterul collegeil as now' Constituted' each_ State caste one vote for each Representative and Senator.. But these votes are all counted together, and the .lectors at large of the several States have no More weight in the college that" the same somber . of district electors: Let us suppose, noW„that the voters of each State were allowed to vote directly for President; that the Candidate receiving the . highest number of .votetin any State ehuuld be en titled to twice th average number of votes CU; for Representatives in the districts of the whole country lu addition'to tlip 've,ree actually received by Limit] witch State., and that the actual votes of all the States, with lan 191001 69 444tdialla* 14 euV,cl; and , A)* -- , the person, receiving the highest number of votes in the Whole country' should be Presi dent. We l admit ihat there is a curtain ine quality in this plan, but we believe it is one which inheres in the very nature of our government. While Under it a candidate receiving a majority -of the popular vote might possibly be defeated, the danger of such an occurrence would be greatly dimin ished. It seems to us ibo only mode which can.be adopted that is entitld to be called a direci vote for President. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. TWLEPERANCE IN TIIE DISTRICT—TLIE CROPS "rX IIUTtDER CASIZ--AID FOR CIiDA—THE VISIT OF THE MASONS—TRU I'OSTIIASTER GENERAL'S SPEECII—TRE IMPORTi3 AT NEW varix—A NEU' CAPTAIN COORE—A COOL DEPAIILTER.-.-A NEW 2iIA-TL ;ROUTE TO ARS TRALIA—BNTOII6LOOY AND TEE CROF%•••••• PLUNCLILL ruoßrEsts. WmanNaTort, Oct. 21, 1873. As yet wo have had but two slight frosts. The mercury is down io-day to degrees above zero, with the sky clear, after a bard rain of twenty-four hours. This chatge from warm to cool is exceedingly invigora ting to the many poor mortals who be - ,, e -been compelled to remain in Wao . during the hot months, aington Of the.twenty-two .Abers elected tothe District LegiAaturo prohibitionist- .. on Tuesday last two are Deamer , ' one Republican and one The temperAnce people take ..,rage, and are already laying pipes_ for a vigorous effort in Congress next session to get a prohibitory law for the District of Co lumbia. The October returns of the Department of Agriculture show that the present crop year .greatly resembles 1869, the crops of which year were enumerated in the ninth census. Wheat, through increased acreage, will be en average yield, but_niit, equal to the - splendid yield 0f1869, worth say about $250,000,000. Con will be a short crop, as it WlrS in 1869, bit will be abundant for home uses, though leaving no largo surplus for export. This crop shows a remarkable power for finding new avenues of coast - Imp tiontin redundant years. ..The deficiency may', inhaiiiit to two hundred millions of bushels, but it is too early to present an au thoritative estimate. A new trial has been granted to Hope 11. Slatter, who was last - week convicted of the murder of Michael Hussey on the (lilt of August last. It appears that ne and itvim portant evidence has been di covered, to the effect that instead of the killing of Hus sey by stabbing him without proper cause, he did it in self-defense and while the de• ceased was on top of him, and after the de ceased had threatened to take him by the ears and beat his brains out. 'Glen. Hinkle, ono pf the counsel for the prisoner,_ ho made! a long and exhaustive - argument inia ,,vor of a new trial, was hignly complithent ed by all phrties. So conclusive was his ar gument that the District Attorney submit ted it to the Court Nsithout saying a word against a new trial. There will be a meeting held in ',ills thy I to morrow evening, he object of which is to enlist a compan of young men to go ou an expedition to Cuba. What the result will be it is bard to divine. If there is enough money at the bottom of it, there will be no difficulty in enlisting a half-doz en companies for that purpose if they are needed. One of the interesting events of the past week was the short visit to our city of about two hundred and fifty members of the Evangelical Alliance. They were wellJe . _ ceived by both the President and our Qov.. ernor, and on leaving all joined in express ing themselves highly delighted with our Capital, which one of them was pleased to style the Capital of the World. The speech of lion. A. J.'A. Creswell in Baltimore last week is highly complimented here. 1 -' Itserves two purposes—one, in a po litical sense, aiding the Republican cause in his State; the other throwing out to the country, in advance of his annual report, intimations of NUJ& the report will contain. Ws will give the people an opportunity to consider well the Postmaster General's plans for reform before Congress-convenes. It is a query whether it would Dot be well foil the other Cabinet officers, if they have any recumendatiens to Eav',ie in their reports, to inti ate them to the people faienough in ad l ia rice of tb°,, meeting of Congress for them to have 'time to express theii views" upon them I. Jefore any legislation is had. The Fe1.,1 Office Department, through the wise i e gislation of Congress and the untir •iiig efforts of its officers, has wrought ruira r' ./es in the past four years: Among the va rious reforms, the extension of nearly dou ble the postal car service is probably the most important of all. On nearly cyry railroad in the country where the bUsiribss of the b ery ic e will warrant it a postal route agent accompanies the postal car; and as-, sorts the mails fur the respective roads they are to go over, thereby saving hours of de lay which have heretofore attended the as sorting of them in distributing offices. The gold value of the foreign imports of New York'city during September was $30,- 648,906, a decrease of $5,!;30,000 compared with September, 1872. This brings the itre, ports otthe first nine months of 1873 up to $315,386,852, a decrede of 04,696,679 compared with the correspqnding period pf last year. The amount mafketed . during the last nine months shows a decreerse of $31,000,000, and the customs reve•otte of $17,000,000. The-paper and coin value of expo t 8 during September amounted to $27,- 301,667 against 01,11'7,483 in September, 1872, and during the last nine months $356,- 811,056, an increase over the same period of last year of 01,760,654. The exports of precious metals show • a decrease of. $17,- 000,000. Bostoniansliave unearthed a newspaper sensation In the shap of Captain Simnel Cooke, the oldestliving American shipmas ter. The old gentleman has attained the ripe old ane or ninety years. His trading 'Adventures in the early part or our century present several very romantic passages.— Among these was the recapture of his ship at Mazatlan after her capture by the natives. lle and his first mute were absent with a boat's crew, and returned, lading the ship captured. Without stopping to L leount noses, they precipitated themselves on the deck and drove three times their niimber into the sea. Captain Cooke has seep. every *est. dent of the united States from Washi4gton to Grant. Since 1863 he has- been harbor master at Boston. Charley Phelps, the defaulting cashier of the New York State Treasury, who owns up to stealing three hundred thousand dol lars of the people's money, in the words of Jell Davis asks to be let alone. He used the momy in speculation, and if folks will permit him to play out his cards he will re.. fund the money. If the public won't do that, then they may expect to lose th r . : ven ture entirely, which is none of his I. uneral. Bully for Charley! He is made 01 . le gen' nine material of political this auiers. 1 The British Governmery' 4. has withdrawn its proposals to carry tv ,,e Australian mails via Suez, and now proposes to Australia and other Britist• l . colonies to carry their. mails free of • charge to San Francisco,— •Thus our tro• as-continental system of corn. inuniCnAwit is becoming more and more used, by . all the great commercial natione.of ttle v:orld., The service is to reach San Fra'Jcisco in twenty-three days, and I,ondon in seventeen days udre, making bin forty 'days for the whole passage. • -The Suez route requires from fifty to sixty'days. Professor G lov e r, the distinguished ento mologist of the Department of Agriculture, estimates - titif - dumage to the cotton crop from the ravages of caterpillars and ball 1 worms at forty millions of dollars during lbe.Ounot,, raw: 2'h 'wheat c:op has •tr - been injured at least ten .per Cent. by the Hessian fly and other insects, the hisses amounting to twenty-llvo millions of tiol lays. The ra'ages of the grasshopper: .the chinch hue, and Severalpther pests raise the aggregate to over one hundred millions 0 dollars. Here is a powerful argument for reinforcing the entomological division of this Department with both men and-means. In ol•c'er to give to our currency a proper elasticity, to give it tendencies to hide itself away and contract its volume during the dull season, mull hen come forth at call to meet .the annual great commercial movements of internal commerce, two methods have been proposed: First, let the Treasury absorb the redundant issue and pour it forth in large expenditures at certain seasons of the year; secondly, compel the national banks to k'ecp larger reserves at one season of the year than at another.: Toth these methods are urged by financial men. l3ut the:effect of the coniing resumption of specie pay ments will eliminate some of the present leading elenivats of 'The problem and intro. duct, others. D'oubtle.ss in the light of bx perlenee our law-makers will be able to draft scroll measure of relief for the present strain. FROM THE FAR WEST. INDIAN, SUNCSIER ON THE ritAnuEs—vEn- ERN COUNTRY FAIRS-TUE LONG -11.0R14.D DURICIANIS AND TIIK KINGS OF THE TERI' —Tug AsssAlssi_NATios OF OEN. 11'COOK-- I.01:AL IMPROVESIENI'S IN TILIS COLINTV.-- TILE PRAIRIE FIRES - ---TRE CROPS, SPRINGFIELD, (D. T.,) Oct. 18, 1878. To the Editor of (1e Agitator: _ • While contemplating and enjoying these pleasant. days, called "Indian Summer," on the prairies of the West, my thoughts naturally go back to the many_likedaYs en joyed years agone in the nevor-tu•be-forgot ten county of " Old Tiuga:" The 'Mating parties after the first autumnal frog r ts, and the happy days given to bunting in the oldi primeval forests when the leaves - of the giant oak and broad-sin eading r•lnt were in the sere and these come back_ with triple force as I ride over the broad and treelessjprairie;surrounded with solitude unbroken save by the occasional whirring of a- brood of prairie chickens ur a Covey of quails seeing from the face t,f civiliza tion. • It is said by some that these are the mel ancholy days of the year; when nature puts off its summer garb and stands naked to buffet Old Winter's storms—a type or sym bol of that day - when " shuffle o';f this mortal coil" and droop and die, . To me it bears a different signifiCation v Wi t h its balmy breeze and smoky 'atmosphere' there is a .something that 1111;,s- the drowsy senses, into an oblivion of. f orget f u l ness; - .a something that assimilat es our natures-with outsi e surroundings, making us a part and parcel; of the livi'ag present, and reaching for the invisible beyond tite confines of earth's boundaries. They are io fact'a type of mootued---the ripe days of the year, 'wherein nature's bounty is, garnered into the storehouse of need , orlavished upon the pampered child of fortune. May each and every yearbe blessed with many such days, arid may we mutually profit by t i lieir annual return. The passion 'for 'County Fairs is prevail ing to an abreinitag extent in our Territory at this time, and the monomania upon the subject teas assumed such vast proportions that unless a squash weighs one hundred poiarAs or over, un onion four pounds or less, and other articles in like proportion, the exhibitor is ruled out of the show and his articles voted worthless. The exhibition of blooded stock is un precedented for a country still in its infan cy,- the long-horned Durham being the class most-in repute and commanding the highest figures, a brief description of which 1 will give for the benefit of your readers and the lovers of .fine stock who have never seen the animal. As their manic indicates, they are encumbered with a muchness of horns; length three and a half feet, and five inches in diameter at the base; form, curvo•convex, (a term used by government, surveyors,) sig nifying' outward and inward; weight of both horns when detached from the animal, • 100 pounds; weight of animal with horns attached, 200 pounds; species, Texas steer; Use, to fill government centrui3 for ratidns for Indiana—excepting Captain lack and his colleagues, who have lately been t, ut short and are now on allowarice. Our Driving Parks connected with each County F-'aliare not the least noticeable fea ture in the case, many roadsters--kings and ,queens of the turf—being imported from the land (ff the Ojibway and Digger Indi ans of the Rocky Mountains; noted for, their agility—to tumble down, and powers of endurance—to be mauled; while ruP'n'y are native, and to the-manor born. The premiums are liberal, keeping the winner in good spirits, and encouraging the introduc tion of much good l horse 'flesh. Fur in stance, observe the foll -ow ing quotation:— Sweekstakes, free to tilp;Thorses; purse, $l2 69, to be di.O.:de equially between the four best horse:a; tw lve Wenter, and eight to start. Entrance fee twenty per cent. of premium!". The careful reader will ob serve l'aut there is small. chance for the soci: . ety do lose anything under the above ,regu. Wiions, but the great object sought is, the improvement of stock, which object is ac complished. I will now pass from the above subject, and speak of-that which has been the uni versal topic of conversation for the last three weekS, the assassination of the Secre tary of our Teiritory, Gen. Edwin S. Me -Cook. 'Your • readers long ere this have been made acquainted with the circumstan ces of the case, and yet in the immediate vicinity of the tragedy we never tire of speaking his praiies or of mourning his un timelg end. In the strength of his man •hood,land with life's honors thickly gather ing around him, the bullet of the assassin suddenly ended • his career of usefulness.— Open and generous to a fault, he was hon ored and respected by the great mass of the people of this•Terriiory, and in addition to that be had made for himself a national rep utation that will last as long as time. Cir cumstances' of ! this kind will sometimes oc cur, especially in new and frontier locali ties; but for a deliberate, premeditated, cold-bloodecljinurder this has only one par dllel in our recollection, rind that is the as sassination, of Pi esident Lincoln. Look at the matter in whatever light we will. with the facts undisputed and plain. h ' . efore us, we can find no excuse or 'Anise ing circum stance to extenuate or justif , ' countrY jr the dastardly villain Who robbed an tar ..ocent man of his life, a wife of 'her bush and, the community of one of its brighte• ~t, ornaments, and our of °II % f.' / its bravest defenders-- To the credit of our, Territory be it said, - therewho justify or sanction the .Y.,. aot,J and they are those who had some pe - esonal ill-feeling toward the Gene cowardalret I.' -. %. Tal- r .rhe masses cry for vengeance, and bar cl. Will it be for the assassin to escape the je.st puishment for this wickeddeed. • By,referenee to the local columns of the AGITA.TOk I observe many• improvements and changes occur 'ng in the county, all tending to the futur development of its re sources and -the osperity of its inhabl tants. The CO4 ) esque Valley Railroad is one of them, and marks a new era tor e people there. The oldest citizen of tb'at lo milt} , who has "staged it" for the I sl, hal century can now exclaim, in, - the 11,1) uag of Artemas Ward, "Tlns is the dey I long hare sought, And Leouraitheoauso I found it not," or, in the language of that other and more recent poet, • ram me, aint this plant, rialug on A rail?' , ' To the people of -that favored region I Call truly say, I am not envious of your glor,y, for wpuld pluck re starfrom' you; qeJ# 4 1 • crowned constellation! Enjoy it while you may, for the night conieth! ' Prairie tires arc the preVailiag home-scene with us at the present. time, ,East, west, north; and south the smoke is pointing betty- enward, and the sun is obscured at midday; but as yet we hear only of slight damages, such as the burning of a haystack or some deserted claim . shanty. The-people are get ting accustomed to these tires,' and 'cense qu:ently are better prepared for them. They are generally started far to the'north of us by hunting parties of -Indians, and the northwest winds that prevail' at . this season of the year drive them furiously to the Mits. Sour' liver, where they meet with-a sudden recoil by coming in contact with the turbid waters of the "Old Muddy." It-is an un settled question as yen whether these annual hurnings of the prairie area tenet - ft t r o.the nest year's growth of grass or not; and 14 they have continued, time out* ormind, - d? periodical. as the seasons, and bid fair, t 9 continuo Until the country is cultiVated ad_ improved... . - Crops were never better in ,this Territory than the past season, and the farmer's labor has been blessed with an abundance of 1110's necessaries. Such are ouireasoesfor being thankful to.day,, while we look forward to a future big with proMise. X 27. NEWS OF THE - WEEK. The trial of Sprague, ex• Treasurer,• of Brooklyn, has been postponed until the tOtli 'of November, The action of Admiral• - Altny. In protect= lug' the Panama Railroad during the recent rerolutinnary--disturbances there is com mended in -Washington officiaheircles. - • - The trial of Marshal Bazaine began.-last eek Monday. It was his. preliminary es- a►nination that . has been going: on for some dayi past. The general of the society. of Jesuits was officially notified by theGoverninent of It aly that that order must inunediately 'vacate the premises now occuriied:by them in the city of Rome. k . Six canal boats, in tow` of Steamers, were sunk last week Sunday off Stony Point, on the Hudson. The b oats •broke from the steamer during the violent storm. They were healily laden, and the loss will be about $150,000.• 1t... is not known whether any lives were lost. The President of 'the Mexican Republic, members of the-Cabinet, and Judges of the- Supreme Court have appeared before the assembled Congress of Mexico and taken the oath in.support of the new Constitution: Pr'::Sidertt Lerdo delivered an address on the: occasion, which was responded to by• the President of the Congress. - The United States Supreme Court has of-' firmed the decision of the Circuit Court of the Southern District' of- New York in the case of J. Lockwood ve. the New York Central Railroad.' Lockwood received in- juries while riding-on the road on a tiro. ver's,pass, and the Court held that the con• tract made by him with the road and the pass given were no impediment in the way of his recovering, providing he, was ,not guilty of negligence. Interest was directedto he,paid to him until payment was made. Mail details of the handcuffing and rob; bing of theYostfamily below Catskill show one it to have been of - the boldest outrages, on record. There is no clue to the five pee: petrators.. They are known to belong to a gang of twenty thieves who have been ope rating in that section. After completely ransacking the Post dwelling the: robbers stripped the rings from their victims' fin gers, sat down in their presence and de voured a meal, and then coolly departed. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has returned from Fort Sill, whither he went to take part in the transfer of- Santanta and Big Tree, by Governor Davis of Texas,- to their own' people, the Kiowas. The Coiii missioner says that the delight of the Indi ans on the restoration of their chiefs was expressed in extravagant actions, including hugging of the ° •Governor, whom they nr, w look upon as among-their best friends.: ' r i p consideration of the favor, they sry they will rigidly comply with the terms of the release. The, most destrtictive fire quit ever visited Topeka occurred on the I , i n h i n the Com monwealth block, occrapied by the Com monwealth newspaper, the Kansas Evangel, and Kansas Monitor printing establishments. Thomas Christopher, a blacksmith -of Bedford, Indian's, detected his wife in 'la crania &Hatt v.ith a neighlicir named Mor row. He fir , :,e stabbed his three children, then his wife, and turning on Morrow dealt him two cuts on the face. Morrow threw him down, took the knife from him and plunged it into his body ten Or a dozen times, killing him instantly. Morrow was arrested. Airs. Christopher was stabbed in the abdomen, and her bowels protruded.lt is thought she and one child will die. All parties bore a good name and ware respect. ed. - The South Carolina Legislature has con vened in extra session to consider the titian cial situation, James Bit - 11nel/, one of the witnesses in the Stialscs case }est week, admitted that he was 40,.,cscapeA convict, ana after testify ing, he µ 4 errested and re.comtnitt,pd-to the penitentiary to serve out...his term. Kate Stoddard nightly terrifies- the in- mates of the Raymond street Jail, Brook lyn, with piercing shrieks and cries. The keepers say the wretched woman has be come almost a raving maniac. Some say she is putting it on to develop the "insert. ity" defense. It is stated that Jay Gould's broker -in London has disapp - eared with seven bun-, dred thousand dollars, profits made on Erie stock which Gould was relying upon to set losses made here since the panic com menced. It is also reported that the miss ing -broker has carried oft the funds of-sev eral other' New York speculators, whose agents iiie sailed for London to investigate -the matter. - It is reported that the General of the Jes uits has transferred the headquarters of the order from Rome to Malta. The testimony in the trial now going on in San Francisdo of Clarke, of the- ship Sun rise, for cruelty to seamen, reveals nvipt,v; alleled brutality. One witness swore that he was . trieed up for two days in a gallows, his toes merely touching.the deek. He was only released long enough to eat a little. .bread and drink a little water. The crew generally express the belief that the three: men who committed suicide were.driven to' desperation by the cruelty of the captain. and his mates. Peter Johnson was beaten and abused till he lost his reason, and is now almost an idiot. The recent heavy rains have flooded the coal mines at Pottsville, and interrupter). the mining operations to a great mew:. The Dominion Governor ticneral _last Thursday opened the Onts-LQ Lo Parliament in due form. ' said I ",e Canadian Pacific Railway Company the financial save been unable to make constructio- " ,eungements necessary for the have a of that great undertaking, and the _rotor° surrendered their charter. : It is reported that four of the-principal fr . Jr gers (4 the New Work Central, Erie, Buf. falo and (Aber railr?ad bonds have been fir. rested.. The amount Involved" is over- two millions. The dames of the : prisoners are Andrew Roberts, Frank Gleason, George Wilkes, and Charles_Ohnstead. The latest reports show that nine canal boats were lost in the disaster on the rfud7 son river at Stony Point, instead of three. The damage amounts to *200,000. It is now positively stated that two lives were lost. The Howard Association at - -Memphis is sued the following appeal last Wednesday: " The yellowfever is not abating; God only knows when it will. Scores of new cases appear daily. Over one thousand persons are now sick. Our fOnds will not pay ex'- pensei for six days. From the sick and dy. ins a cry of suffering and distress come, great and loud! For their sake, send-mou- r ey and relief to procure nurses, stimulants, and .nourishment. We require more than ever. Send donations to A. D. LanCslaff; President of the Howard Association." The examination of the books it the NeW, York Treasurer's office by Warren, an pert, is progressing as rapidly as possible. There is a delay, on the part of county Treasurers in forwarding-- the information desired of them. Andrew Johnson was serenaded in Wash ington last Thursday night, and delivered a long speech; reviewing the country during the past thirty years, and his participation in its affairs, but he devoted himself :mainly to the present Administration. . .• During the session of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Kentucky at Louisville on the 22d, ninety-two orphans from the Masonic Home were presented to the members as their, wards, with appropriate and beautiful ceremonies. In the-District Court nt Dike city lact. • wOclt,, :Untied States Attorney Casey challenged the, tlririttl_. Jury on several grounds, ehowing 3 hut practically under ttie present 13 - ‘v a lead Grand Jury e.tanot he obtained la the. 7:rtitory. The Court sus initted - the challenge and discharged the jury. - . . . ' A mass convention of farmers assentblo4.l at Chicago lasi-Wednesday to discuss the transportatidn quotion. The littendan i oc was large, with delegates from Illinois, dians, lowa, ?jicigan, Wisconsin, and New ' - York. , --The Indiana Supreme Co rt last week decided the Indiana liquor la to be consti tutional. The Cunard Steamship Co have de termined to withdraw their verse s from the West India service at an early day, and es tablish a dully line between Liverpool and NeW York. - Prince Bistitarcit had an interview with the Emperor of Austria last Tuesday lit,- Vi enna-, and subsequently _held a conference with,Count Andrassy and the Italian 3linis, ter. -It Is-reported that at, theee.iliteritielks the:Prince pressed the subject of national ecclesiastical legislation, tuid urged identi cal action on the part of Austria and Ger; many with reference to the papal election. A farewell banquet was given at the impe rial palace the same evening, the Emperor William proposing a toast- to_the health of the EMperor of Austria: The toast was: "The friendly sentiments exchanged at Vi enna, a pledge of peace for Europe." Telegrams froni Calcutta to the London Toitc,s.say-that it severe i famine s threatened in the province of I3engal. The Cimiinnati Chamber of Commerce contributioni-foriMeraphia amount to., $40,- 000. • The Polaris investigation was concluded on Tuesday fa Washingeon, and the persons examined are leaving for their homes. The — coroner's jury say the skeleton found near Lewistown, Maine, is that of Mrs.-James M. Lowell, and her husband has been arrested 'on suspicion of having mur dered-her. The indications are, that owing takes made by voters in several counties in Ottio in voting for Isaac - Welch and John Little for offices they were not candidates lor,be beaten. This will give the Democrats the Gev rnor, Treasurer, and At 7 torney General as their of the victory. John Bright addressed an assern • • the estimated number of which was sixtee i thousand persons, in Birmingham last Wednesday night, in which lie referred to the relations between Great Britain and the United States. • Some Englishmen had spo ken of the Treaty of Washington as humil iating to Great Britain. The hutnillation Was between 1801 and 1865 i If at that time the British Government had practiced to-. ward the United States a generous neutral ity, the wealthier classes in England would 'not in the main have sided with' the insur rectionary, slave-holding planters. If the newspapers in England had then dealt in a spirit of fairness with their trans-Atlantic kinsmen, the dispute settled by the treaty of 1872 would not have arisen. The con duct of the adniinistration in reference to that treaty and the subsequent arbitration under its provisions had added a nobler page to the:hifttry of England than had all •the bloody battles recorded in its history. _. Goldsmith Maid trotted against time at . Chicago last Wedneday, her bast time be ing 2:171 The Grand Ji.ry of the Ter ir itoriai Dis trict - Court at Yankton, last IWednesday merning, returned an indictmedt against P. H. Winterinute, who shot Secretary Mc- Cook, charging him with manalau2dicated liter on ly. The appearances so strons::,y that the jury had been tarrtn - , : red with, that in the Judge censured thin n " in the severest terms, and dischargeo, them without the cus tomary thanks, A special qiF,'pateli from Paris to the Lon don Daily Telegraph, states that it is practi cally lselti':d that .the Assembly is to meet Octobv 29th, and a motion for the restora tion of monarchy will be made November 51 .1 The Right Center of the Assembly • nas inVired Chambord to return to Paris. W. F. G. Shanks, city editor of the Trib une, was last Wednesday committed to the Brooklyn city jail by Judge Gilbert for con tempt iu refusing to disclose the name of the writer of an article in a recent issue of that paper reflecting severely upon Judge McCue, of Brooklyn. Information is de. sired in older to prosecute the writer for li bel. Shanks gave the name of Whitelaw i Reid as the responsi lb editor, hut declared that' the regulation of the office and his duty to his emplo r forbade his naming the writers of partic far articles. . 31r. Reid, United trues Consul at Dun dee, repqrts that Brian Booth and Mauch, of the Polaris, had_ reached his consulate, and would leave on Friday by the Georgia front Glasgow for the United States. Dr. ly!ssels will remain in Washington until the new 'chart of the Polar ocean shall he com pleted, and will temporarily be attached to the Smithsonian Institute. 1. It is said that the price of gold and silver has fallen so lowthatiSecretary Richardson feels justified hr-placing the currency on a silver basis, , and has determined to begin this week paying out silver the same as greenbacks, and will when desired pay MI; bills against the Government in silver, and exchange silver for currency, or vice versa. Instructions to this effect have been issued to the Treaseer and Avsistant Treasurers. Captain Samuel N,,Smith, 'a ship broker residing , At Patehogne:L. 1., has becu ur , rested on a charge made by 4 servant, girl that the latter was compelled by Smith to give his wife poison Isla) intent to kill her. The woman had evidently been poisoned, but, wits recovering. A woman in the neigh borhood is also implicated. Smith denies the whole story. All parties are in the hands of the police. A gentleman who has recently returned from Connecticut represents the manufac turing interests of that State to be in an un forluate condition. From 15,000 to 20,000 operatives and factory hands have ahready been thrown out of employment. Two additional indictments, one for per- jury and•the other fur forgery, were found by the Grand Jury of the United States Dis trict "Court of Western Pennsylvania last Friday against ex-Postmaster StCll3ll of Pittsburgh. .The nail mills of the, Bay State Iron Works, at'Bostou, employing 205 have suspended operations_ The meeting of the House of Bishops at New York, last Friday, resuly.d iu the elec- Alen of Rev. Jelin S. Slmu) - Lting, rector • of, .St. Paul's ehUrch, Erie, Pp ~ Pishop of . Colorado, -NV as Missionary\ ••fo t ining, and New - Alexi:pus Nice Dr. Ran , ',„ii , deceased : fp s headquarters will be at Denver,.Colorado. ',_ - 'Tie Atlantic lgras at Lawrence, Mass„ have shut dowr, and will ruu only four days per wwk• 'nereafter. - • t. : . - - - The cigar '.Ualters of New York have ' , de termined . ',o, strike against a reduction of wages , The proposed reduction is' about two dv i dars per thousand. I " Tl',ere were, twenty-four deaths from yel low,fever at Memphis oli Saturday and twenty-two on Sunday. Total for the past week 160, a decrease of 70 from the - previ ous week. A fire at New Brunswick, N. J., on Sat urday, destroyed the Reading Railroad Com pany's stables, with eighteen horses, har ness, 4-. c. Loss $20,000. Wintermute, who killed Oen. M'Cook at _Yankton, Dakota, recently, on Saturday pleaded not guilty to an indictment for manslaughter. The Judge decided to ad mit him to bail in $50,000. A Washington special reports that Seers ... Wry Richardson says that the amount of silver to be put out this leek is between $200,000 'and $300,000. ' Should the demand exceed this, more will be furnished. ' • Monthly Report No. 12 of the Bureau of Statistics contains statistics of our foreign trade for the fiscat year 1873 as compared with that of 1872. The imports of free ar ticles in 1873 were $186,081,305 ; in 1872, $39,940,870. The imports of dutiable arti cles in 1878 were $450,108,028 ; in 1872, $453,047,403. The domestic exporti in 1873 were $605,078;690 ;.: in. 1872, $504,003,803.:--- The foreign exports in' 1873 were $13,392,- 431 ;' in 1872; $0.902,312. ~.Monseigneur Dupanloup, Bishop of Or -leafis,,.bas-charged and cu es of his diocese to pray for the restoration of monarchy. Sir Samuel Baker who cues returned Rout Africa is seriously ill from inflamma tion_of the lungs. The Insurgents of Carttigena have resolv ed to arm the merchant vessels captured by thew. • Robt• Sixbury died on the' 23d inst. in Leary, Jefferson - county, N. Y., aged one one .hu nd i et I and ten years and seven months. Re had acquired great reputation as a hunt er on John 13rown's tract in Northern New York, u here ht: ,had slain over 2,200 deer.— Wheu past . i. igitiy years of age,beinct with -an accident,- m 1 oe 1).. necessitated the mutat -tatiOn of one of his legs, and he assisted the ci•Mor to perform O.@ 0430/%11Q14 'ifithat flinching., The funeral was attended by several of,Nr. t•lixbury's children, aged be tween eig h ty ninety years each. Th e . deceased had wt . ). iye4l: compere - gd'od health up ttithe tittle of-1141 death. -' bitsm ibu 130th day- of.lag June 2,417 fnile, Of nOw po stal- service have been put in operatfon, making a total, of 85,688 miles of suctiseivie4in the.l.Juited States, (10Id closed in New York Saturday at 108-1. The yellow fever la- on :tho increase at Bainbridge, A young couple were married in a balloon aboye Ban Fraiciaco on Saturday.. • The mills at Newbu N. Y., baye closed indefinitely, and 400 persona are thiown out of employment. , John P. Gordon was indicted at tielfa - it, Maine, on Saturday for the 'punier of Al mon G. Gordon,. , Emtna - , A. POI don, and Millie,A; Gordon at Thorndike od:the - 16th of - Jane, and also for on assault.with intent to kill-ha 13. Gorton at the - same time. The body of an unknown man was found on Newport beach a few days ago :with a note saying that he had committed no crime and asking to be buried at sea. . John C. Heenan, the prize fighter, died of consumption on Saturday morning ; near Rawlins station, on the Union 'Pacific rail. road, en route for San Francisco. There is a report that the Plymoth Church Examining Committee has re-tvened the in vestigation of the Beecher•Bowen-Tthon matter. Official returns have heel] received from all but one county in Ohio. They elect all the candidates on i the Republican State_ ticket except Governor. The Kings county grand jury have in dicted Whitelaw field, Charles A. Dana and Alderman Wylie for an alleged libel on Mc- Cue, Downey and Kingsley. An immense demonstration is to be held in Dublin, Ireland, on the, 23d of NOVOICII. tier, in favor of amnesty to the Fenian pris oners. It is thought a million people will participate, with delegations from all parts of Ireland aud 'from'the 'United States. The Attorney General has received a let ter f(0111 Montgomery, Ala., saying that in constquence of the heavy rains and the' des tractien of the cotton crops by the army worm, great destitution exists in several counties, especially in Sumpter and Maringo. In some places there is actual starvation, and unless help is rendered during the winter . Is many persons:must perish for want of food. Mathers •.& Bodine Have bought . out the business of Mathers, Holiday & Co. and pro pose henceforth . to do-business for CASH or its equivalent, which is farmers' produce. of all kinds, such as Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Lard, Pork, Grain. Rags, Beeswax, &c. 'We shall keep a full line of Dry Goods, Gro. l eerie; Ready-made Clothing, Boots and ShoeS, Hats and Caps, Yankee Notions, &c. We will pay a fair rt price fo'r produce, a d sell. our goods at reasonable rates l exchange. We have also con ceted with our business a • LUMBER YARD. We can furnish builders and others with Flooring, Siding, all kinds of Hemlock and Pine Lumber, Timber, I._. &c., ready - for use. COME AND SEE US. N. 13.. We will deliver goods for our customers in any part of town. MATHERS 8•, BODINE Wellebom Oct. 21. 1879,4 f. ROLL UP BIGBALLS IV I IIO Julys Billy Wilson la putting on airs, selling goods at sue& vs:laced prices' Great Inducements ,l, W•lpArclaaaere 01 ICE 4131- 0 CP S RAZZ AM) oArs,- READY-MADE CLOTHING, , BOATS AND 81i0E13, Gents' Furnishing Goods, 4tb.,!&e„ 1 ) - Miring purchased a eemplete-stook of IP:rods:10AB lila for the Fall trade, I am prepared to dispose of them at prices that most soft everyone. The following is a beet Gammasy of my prises Good Prints, desirable patterns, at 100, • Sheeting, yard wide, 10 to 120. " • " bleached,l2o. " Domestic Gingham, at 12} to 16c. DONT FORGET TUE PLACE No. 9, union Ulabllo# OW. AI UP' . 11.4 ' WIZ". T. 3 E I TAI L i' OPIOE .711.1 T I, N. P. CLOSE, 11.1VIXG . URVILIBgD 'CIIE.LAR STOCK. OF , • GROCERIES 08 1. L. A. GARDNER, AND NOT WANTING • THEM ALL FOR MY OWN USE, sUALL .007INVZ TO BELL . AT pliipEs THAT WILId 110 T WM' MT OrSTONER.S. ALL. KINDS OF PRODUCE TAMEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOOD& W.UAboro, Oct. 14. 1878.-tf. COMMISSIONERS' SALE Of Sated and liateatid Land in Mpg. County. 12 1;y1 t rt i C a. ° Tu ra n ig • s c l o " r7la r l s , ° of u l i l it Ba t:: u ac nt & of the Garter:it A.3v-tubly iu mach caves made and provided, will sell litpilblie vendue or outcry tho following tracts of smitost sod unseated Lauda, ou Hond,,,y, the first day of Doconber, 3873, at ono o'Llock p. at the Cunt wissioLuis' ()Meg iiiWeilsboro, , to CLYMER. Quantity. Owner or Warrant k. 45 William Wiltlak. • 11) 75 I #lll,l.am Will k. DELMAR. • 8U Jftwoht g 5 , ° ' - VW 75 . _ •• No. /922 1291 203 4206 1939 1539 4218 1544 4212 VIIMILE4TOM. 83 fanios Nilson OS Delon tituitk. 34,08utA. 60 /slues Nihau 11E1 4058 1595 1595 1958 01 John llama. MADDLIIBURT.i 20 George Wood.{ Me 10 V. Willing. 3450 Cole & Potter. 'RUTLAND. i 9d B. LIURIOTO. VICRItOND. 9.3 James Wilsots.- 27 John Smith. 49 John Smith. 6sW 23 Wm. ,Lloyd. 17:1.1oN. 100 John Vaughn. 87)6 8.5)6 Wm. Wilson. eon 4180 27! 4484 UM Oft ft 1 WILITIITIM.D. 90 R.:l3lackwaU. lILO9I. 1100 90 George Mead HIM intootnzu) 101 A lb — Wm. Lloyd EIZI oonnraTOl. 1100 18 fasorge Mead L7Z3 ZaNYttENCIL /001 1410 2092 61.8 George Efartloott. 1100 467 Win. Elll2. 1918 UPI; PE! Intpr'dld Land. Land. To Whom Amused. louse and lot Simon (Hideo. David Hie/nada. town lot Isaac Ludlow. house VACSIII. lot D. B. Freeman Estate. • vacant lot Isaac Sutton. house and lot John C. linos. • 13ROOZBIELD. 43 John Lovel. • 60 llontreville Brown. • 60 H. B. Ellis. • 240 Stephen Potter. • martins? N. 60 J. U. Bryant. steam saw mill J. B. Wilson and Elatonsl Barnes 15 640 Nathan DOnchy. 60 J. H. Bailey. ' 60 Lyman Hart. otteansm.. 62 F. Pope. AO J. Spencer. COVLNGTOiII 60 James Pollock. 78 C. Smith. .1 • 26 Joseph Marvin., 100 J. B. -Rutusey. 60 D. H. Spencer. 100 Hopkins Crosby. house and lot Vehemus Culver. 60 Henry Husted.L .3 .± oorntOTON hOtOtrah -- - - c hoops and lot F. C. Howe. CLYMER. John Ferguson. • Thomas 1.. Bennett. C. & S. Shelly. John Beach, John Parkhu.rati • E. Bush. A. P. Cone. Josiah Benjamin bioDonald. P. IL. Smith. George Graham. Jefendah Welt,by. 0.-H. 1 eau. James Jordan. B. B. Strang. L. 3t. Sheliy. DrY VI% -.- 70 Kelsey & Dennison. lot -- Dpithaul. 14 J. Fiticklin. 14 W. B. Croft. 76 B.lveeter 100 Charlta Ilintreth. 6 20 Thomas Knapp. 16 , Leonard's helm. 60 A.• Pond. 60 L. Ktnner. • • • two lots Henry Obschsr. • 13 27 ' Hurd, • - 8 Timothy Coats. half lot W. A. Smith. 8 11 Stephen Wilson. Jane Andrews. 6 48 13.8 Et Wm. Fish. 16 66 Phineas Bronson. 70 Luke Johnson. 8 69 Lewis Henry. 58 L. ifer.yori. 60 James Smith. 4 46 Charles Simpion. 2 297 Collins Culver. ' 7. 68 Hannah E. Hall. 1 18 Wm. B. Crofto DEERITELD. 8 17 Nathaniel nose. .r.atoamlorox. 2 e J. B. Menu., • 2 Daniel Weinstet• - -----4 1 - '''" ' RENEWER This standard article is' compounded with the gent eat care. Its attests ar. tte vrt.ndetinl and tar.afact:.ry as eves. It reelor. a deny or faded hair to it+ %enthful color. removes all eruptions, itching, and dar.ezati; and the scalp by its non becomes white and cicsn. ' By its toulo propvrties it rester Or capillary glands to,their normal vigor, preventing baldness, and waking the Lair grow thick and strong. ad a dressing nothing Las beau fotuad so ans.:tie. urilealrable. Dr. A. A. Reyes, State Assayer of Massachusetts , says,of it: " I consider it this bast prepsratio»i tar its Wended 1?Ur1)05C13... • Buckingham's Bye, FOR THE WHISKERS. This elegant preparation may he relied on to 01.14ege the color of the board from gray or any othet gamble ohmic, to brown, Or black at dhicretlon.l It easily applied, being in OM prepara:tion, and quickly and effectually produces a permanent color oltlch Will neither rub nor Nash L cUr4GrtmED 3 } R. P. nAmc. (t CO Nashua, N. EL , _ . , SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN ISLEI3III3E _ For sale by Taylor & Spaldlog, Dragefeta, Wellsbo.r° Aug. 12, 1873-Iy-cow-Rot. School Notice. TET:, Schott) Directors of Charle..ton will meat at the Young's School House. on TritrftsDAY, OCT. DO. 1813, at tett o'clock a. m.. for the purpose of coutroct• iug with teauhera for the winter eel:tools. .13y order of the board. J. MUM . Clasait49l4 04 41 4 004 e 11001. ' 7 -zrA