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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
On Vine St., One Block North of Main,
Corner of Fifth St.
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HENRY BCECEt,
SEALER IX
HERA
JNt0. A. MACMUBPHY, Editor.
PERSEVERAXGE COXQUEIIS.
TERMS: $2.00 a Year.
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
TU-. TC, ETC.,
Of Ail Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
"Wooden. CoflinH
Of all sizes, ready-made, and sold chop for cai'a.
With many thanks for past patronage, I Invite
'.1 to call and examine my
LAbU;B STOCK OF
ITur nil 1110 uiul OoflliiM.
Jan5
" SHANNON'S
Livery, Sale and Feed
ON 3VUyI3Nr STREET,
Eaf t of the Tlatte Va House.
The Oldest Livery Stable' in the Town.
Good Teams Always On Hand.
Careful Drivers sent with carriages if desired.
Carriages pent to Depot to meet trains whenever
oidereU.
Tho Only HEARSE in Town.
Fnnera attended mid carriages furnished t
frieuds. Address
J. YV SHANNON,
4?ly r-LATTSMOUTH, NEB.
II. J. VATEI13Ili & SOX,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
PINE LUMBER,
Latli, Shingles,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth',
PL ATTS MO UT 1 1, . - - NEI5.
STILL BETTER RATES
For LiiixLbei.
winter" stock
or
H. A. WATERMAN & SON.
WE "A" ILL SELL
All Grades of Lumber Cheap.
j. v. weckbach;
GENERAL DEALER IN
DRY GOODS
Boots and Shoes,
Cutlery, Queensware,
ALL KINDS OF GOODS
Needed by the Farmer or Householder,
Corner 3d and Main Sts.,
FLATTS MOUTH. NEBRASKA
(Guthman's old stand.)
In connection with the Grocery is a
(The old and well-known stand of Frank Guth
man), -a hire the
Frs:iist cf E:e:i ::I C::f::t:::::j
Vill 'Ahva.vM Bo Foiuul.
rThe PEST TRICES the market will afford
always paid for Country Produce.
Remember the old siu,
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
ll--K'ly
CLOTfflMSTAID
or
WM. STADELMANN,
Nearly opp. Saunders House, on Main St.
At the old place I still hold forth, and for th
Centennial year I offer poods at '76 price- 1. .6, I
mean. If j'ou do not believe it, come and fee.
A I .arse Stock of Clothing,
hint's and Uoys'.
HATS, CAPS.
FUES, GLOVES
and JEWELRY.
Gents' Furnishing Goods in every variety.
Boots and Shoe", Cane, Trunks, Valises, Etc
My stock of Boot and Shoe, For and Jewelry,
I am positively closing out. It is the last year "l
shall keep these lines.
All Coods at a Croat Reduction
in Prices.
riattemonth. Neb., Jan. 3. 1S76.
I'LATTSMOllTH MILLS,
fLATTSMOCTH NEBRASKA.
Conrad Heisel, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN BIEAL, FEED.
Always n band and for sale at lowest casb prices.
The ir-heet Trices paid for Wheat and Cora.
l'Articmlax attention girea to custom wsiJt.
VOLUME XL
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER UT
Drugs, Medicines,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 0, 187C.
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WALL PAPER.
ALSO. DEALER W
Books, Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
V c Prescriptions carefnlly compounded by an
experienced Droryist.-grl
BE MEMBER THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH", NEB.
FOUNDRY
AND
lACHIlffi SHOPS.
JOHN WA-YJLAJV,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.,
Repairer of Steam Engines, Boilers,
Saw and Grist Mills.
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS,
Wrought Iron Pipe, Force and Lift Pipes, 8 tear
Ganges, Safety-Valve Governors and all
kinds of Brass Engine Fittings re
paired on short notice.
2T"fvx-xia. 3VIa,oliIriory
Repaired on Short Notice. 49-yl
Sewing
I
cmnes
NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH
GROVEE & BAKER
FOIl SALE BY
CHARLES VI ALL,
With all the Extras and Attachments,
such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers,
Binders Etc.
Thoe who contemplate bnyinar a machine will
do well to give the Grover &, linker a trial. Sat
iffartion cuarauteed, and the cheapest machine
in the market. All orders by mail promptly at
tended to. Address
2m CHARLES VIALL, Plattsmouth, Neb.
First National Bank
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
srccEsson to
Tootle, IIiiiniiv Sz Clnrlc.
John Fitzoerai-d President.
E. O. Dovet Vice-President.
A. W. .VrLi r.nuN Cashier.
Jons O'liouBKB Assistant Cashier.
This Bank is now open for buolnei-s at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and are pre
pared to traueaci a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bords, Gold. Government
and Local Securities
BOUGIIT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in any pnrt of the United States and in
all thu Vriucipal Town? and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
MAN LINE ani ALLAN LINE
Persons wishing to brln ont their friends from
(Europe can
rrnrnASB tickets rno us
X'liroiili to X'lut siuiotit 1.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. 3500E,
Main Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cuttin? t'liildrcnS antl Ladies'
. Hair.
Call ami See Eoone, Gents,
And get a boon in a
C3 Xj 33 -A. 3NT Si XX y. V 13 .
nll-ly
OO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STKEIGHT, Proprietor,
FOB TOCR
Bocis. Stationery, Pictures, Music.
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY.
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Worels,
Song Books, etc., etc
TOST OFFICE BUILI0,
PLATTSMOUTH.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Gov. Ludingtox has signed tho Vance
Itailroad bill passed by the Wisconsin
Legislature.
The Ketlp.'ttlr stigsir refinery at Mon
treal, Canada, lias suspended, and 300
hands are thrown out of employment.
The Rhode. Island Republican State
Convention is to be held on the 2:Jd
inst., and that of Xew Jersey on the 17th
of May.
Piiok. Tyndai.l was recently married
to Miss Louisa Claude Hamilton, at West
minster Abbey. The ceremony was per
formed by Dean Stanley.
Rev. E. C. Langley, while preaching
in the Mission Church, corner of Nassau
and Oakland streets, Brooklyn, X. Y., on
Sunday, tiie 27th, fell dead in his pulpit,
of heart disease.
A recent Washington dispatch states
that Levi P. Luckey had resigned as
private secretary of the President, and
had accepted a responsible position in the
Interior Department.
The great four-mile horse-race which
cameotl in San Francisco, a few days
ago, for $:J0,000, was won by Foster, w ho
took the first two heats, Rutherford com
ing in second. All the other horses were
distanced. The tiiwe of the winner was
7:53and7:382.
The steamer Mary Belle, the largest
steamer on the Mississippi, was burned to
the water's edge at Vicksburg, a few days
ago. Five or six thousand bales of cotton
and a large quantity of seed and sundries,
together with all the passengers' baggage,
were lost. JNro lives lost and no person
injured.
The Secretary of the United States
Treasury has directed the retirement of
$:J29,74y in United States notes, being
eighty per cent, of the new National Rank
currency issued during last month. This
will leave outstanding the legal-tender
circulation, until further orders, $:J70,-94:3,302.
The wholesale grocery house of Allen,
Keith ifc Co., of Chicago, has suspended,
The liabilities are stated at $175,000, and
the Tribune of the 29th ult. says there was
good reason to hope that the firm would
be enabled to continue business, or that,
in any event,' all debts would be paid at
the rate of lt0 cents on tl.e dollar.
A motion for a new trial has loen en
tered by the course! of Mr. William
McKce, under conviction for complicity
in the St. Louis whisky frauds. The ap
plication for a rehearing is based upon an
allegation that one of the jurors in the
ca?e gave expression, previous to the trial,
to his belief in the guilt of the accused.
The decision of the court w ill probably be
rendered about the 20th of March.
A terrific storm recently passed over
the town of St. Charles, Mo., striking the
northern part of the city and travel ing in
a southerly direction down Main and
Second streets, sweeping everything be
fore it. It only lasted about five min
utes, but iu that time a large number of
buildings were wrecked. James Gasney,
employed at the gas-works, and his lit
tle son, were instantly killed, and sev
eral other persons were injured. The
storm extended toward Portage, sweep
ing residences, farm-buildings and fences
away. It was thought the damage to
property would reach nearly or quite
$ 150,000.
The Republicans of Connecticut have
nominated the following State ticket:
For Governor, Henry C. Robinson;
Lieutenant-Governor, Frederick J. Kings
land; Secretary of State, Francis A.
Walker; Treasurer, Jereiriah Onley;
Comptroller, Eli Curtis. The resolutions
of the Convention declare that the Repub
lican part' is pledged to make green
backs as good as gold to the holders, and
approves of the Resumption act as a new
expression of such pledge and determina
tion. It expresses the belief that it is
"the unwritten law of the land which de
clares it unwise for the Chief Magistrate
to hold his office beyond two terms, and
we accept the declaration of President
Grant, in harmony with this law, as but
another claim to our admiration and
cratitude."
The bill passed by the National House
of Representatives to amend the act to en
courage the growth of timber on the
Western prairies adds to the existinglaw
a provision that wherever a party holding
a claim under that act shall prove that the
trees planted and growing have been dc
stroj ed by grasshoppers, the year or years
in which such trees were destroyed shall
not count as working any forfeiture of the
rights and privileges conferred by the act,
and the time allowed shall be extend
ed accordingly. It also provides that
the proper planting of seeds or cuttings
shall be considered a compliance with the
TiinlKT-Culturc act. It also provides that it
shall not be necessary to plant the trees in
one body, provided that the tracts planted,
not exceeding four, shall aggregate the
amount required and in the time required.
A beautiful alloy, resembling silver,
and capable of being wrought into innu
merable forms of use orornamect, has been
introduced into some of the Paris estab
lishments, and a large demand created for
the articles produced. As given, the ma
terials employed in this compound are 71
pt r cent, of copper, l.C of nickel, 1.75 of
cobalt, 2.5 of tin, 1.25 of iron, and 7 of
zinc. The nickel is first . melted with an
equal amount of copper, and the zige in
the proportion of six parLs of thaHnttal to
ten ot copper. The iron, the rest of the
copper, and the cobalt in the lorm of an
oxide, are then fused at a high tempera
ture in a graphite crucible, w ith the first
alloy and charcoal under a cover of char
coal. To this the zinc, alloyed with
copper, is added when the temperature
has fallen to a point at which it will
simply melt. The crucible is then re
moved from the fire, the contents stirred
with a wooden rod, the tin wrapped in
paper added, and the mass stirred again
and poured out. Most of the zinc volatil
izes in the operation. AT. 1". Sun.
Toe inventive genius of Yanekceism
is spreading all over the country, and the
extent to which we are taking out patents
is absjlutely amazing. Last year the
United States Patent Oflice granted one
patent every twelve minutes, or at that
rate, for all the while it was doing business.
Tweed has solved tho n.-KIm. f
I . l'&vru.lA443 JX
rapid transit, large profits and no returns.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A Telegram from Rome, Italy, on the
27th, says the signature of the King had
been forged to a bill for 200,000 francs.
The forger, the Marquis Mantigazza, had
been arrested, and had stated that other
forged bills for greater amounts were in
circulation.
A dispatch of the 2Gth, from Schone
l)cck, Germany, says fearful floods had
occurred in that region. In that town
water had entered nearly 700 houses,
most of which had been flooded to the
roofs, giving the inhabitants barely time
to escape front the attics. Over thirty
houses had leen washed away. The news
papers were appealing for contributions
for the suflf rers.
Official announcement was made at
Madrid on the 2Cth that eight Carlist bat
talions had refused to fire on the royalists
at Pauipeluna, and that after a conflict
with the officers, the force had been dis
banded and surrendered. The internment
of several thousand Carlists in France
had led to the discovery of a large num
ber of French deserters, who vould be
court-martialed by the French authorities.
Madrid dispatches of the 27th siy that
the Carlist troops near Lecumbri
had killed their commander, Gen.
Egana, and solicited amnesty. It
was reported that Don Carlos had
crossed over into French territory on the
night of the 20lh, and there issued a man
ifesto in which he stated that he generous
ly relinquished the struggle in order to
promote the happiness of the Spanish
people.
According to a Berlin telegram of the
27th, Austria had ordered the Herzcgovin
iau refugees in her territory to return
home within a month, or be expelled by
force.
New York women are endeavoring to
induce the employers in that city to pay
their workmen on Mondays instead of
Saturdays, with the hope of thus lessen
ing Saturday night and Sunday drunken
ness. The Court of Claims at Washington
has recently rendered a decision in regard
to the famous Chorpenning claim, sus
taining a demurer to the assertion that the
reference of this claim by Congress to the
Postmaster-General, and his decision that
between f 400,000 and $500,000 were due
to claimant, constitutes an award binding
on the Government. An appeal will be
taken to the Supreme Court.
Godi.ove S. OitTii, the American Min
ister to Austria, has formally accepted the
Republican nomination for Governor of
Indiana.
A Paris telegram of the 28th ult. say
a-i soon as Don Carlos entered France,
Gen. Poncet waited on him and informed
him that he and his oflicers would have
to submit to orders of internment. Don
Carlos appeared depressed, but was quite
disposed to obey orders, and warmly
thanked the Government for its courtesy.
The French Minister hastened officially
to inform the Spanish Government of the
surrender and to congratulate it on the
happy conclusion of the war. Don Carlos
had asked the privilege of remaining in
France, but it was thought this would be
refused.
Gen. Barcock and Levi P. Luckey re
sumed their respective duties at the Ex
ecutive Mansion in Washington on the
28th ult.
A very destructive wind and rain-storm
passed over portions of Gibson County,
Ind., on the night of the 27th ult. Or
chards were demolished, large oak trees
uprooted and blown in every direction.
The greatest damage occurred in Prince
ton, the county seat. The cj'clone swept
through the town, carrying houses, barns,
churches and everything before it. Up
ward of fifty houses were blown away,
and the roofs carried, in some instances,
to the distance of miles. The loss to
property in the town is over $100,000.
No lives were lost, but several persons
were injured. The loss in the county
will probably reach $250,000.
On the 28th ult., the Louisiana House
of Representatives adopted a resolution
for the appointment of a committee to
present to the Senate articles of impeach
ment against Gov. Kellogg. Such com
mittee was appointed and waited upon the
Senate. The attorney for the Governor
presented to the Senate, sitting as a Court
of Impeachment, an order to the effect
that the House proceedings were contrary
to law, and the action taken was in viola
tion of the Wheeler Compromise, and that
the acts of the Governor were fully known
to every member of the Senate, and known
to them not to be criminal or unlawful,
etc. An order of acquittal was finally
adopted by the Conrt, by a vote of twenty
five to nine.
A decision has been recently made by
the United States Supreme Court to the
effect that the eastern terminus of the
Union Pacific Railroad is on the Iowa
shore, at Council Bluffs, and that the
Omaha bridge is a part of the road, and
must lie operated in connection with the
whole line.
A Vienna special of the 29th ult. says
the Herzegovinians had rejected the re
forms recently offered by Turkey. In
Northern Bosnia the amnesty decree had
been published, but the inhabitants had
refused to accept ol its provisions.
Advices received at Minneapolis, Minn.,
on the 2!)th ult., from the Black Hills,
dated Feb. 10, report hillside diggings
which pay from seven to eighteen cents to
the pan, the diggings previously reported
being gulch diggings. None of the creeks
in the hills had been prospected to the
bed-rock, owing to the deep water. Sev
eral promising quartz leads were also re
ported. A Boston detective, with papers for the
extradition of Winslow, the forger,
reached London on the 1st.
A Berlin dispatch of the 1st says the
Emperor William had refused the peti
tion of Count Yon Arnim for a safe con
duct to visit his son, who was 111 at Berlin.
The Foreign office had preferred an accu
sation against him of treason. The floods
in the eastern provinces were increasing,
and many persons had been drowned near
Posen.
An official Carlist document was pub
lished in Paris. n the 1st, in which the
statement was made that Don Carlos had
not relinquished hi3 claim to the throne
of Spain. He lud surrendered neither to
France nor the Alphonsists, but volunta
rily laid down his arms, after a heroic
struggle, thus reserving the future which
belonged to him.
A Vienna dispatch of the 1st states
that fllty-five Hungarian villages near the
border were entirely submerged, the wa
ter over some of them being nineteen feet
deep.
Mr. II. C. Bo wen was present at an ad
journed business meeting of Plymouth
Church, on the evening of the 1st, and
stated, in reply to demands that he should
give the facts which led him to believe in
the guilt of Mr. Beechcr, that he would
not give names and dates except to a se
lect committee of three, pledged to secre
cy as to the names he tvoull give. Mr.
Beechcr objected to secrecy, saying he
(Beechcr) had no reason for it. A motion
was passed that the parties be present,
w ith counsel or friends, as was also a mo
tion that Mr. Bowen have one lawyer or
more before the committee, Mr. Beechcr
objecting to the motion. A report of
the Examining Committee, charging Mr.
Bowen with slander, etc., was adopted,
and a committee of three were authorized
to summon Mr. Bowen before them and
report. Mr. Bowen was then requested to
retire with the committee of three, and de
clined. The Examining Committee then
reported a series of charges of unchristian
conduct, etc., against Mr. Bowen, and the
matter was referred to R. W. Ropes, C.
Christiansen, H. L. Pratt, E. A. I jceomb
and Samuel Belcher to report on the even-
ingof the 4th, various desultory motions
to expel Mr. Bowen being voted down.
The Louisiana House of Representa
tives, on the 1st, adopted a scries of arti
cles impeaching Gov. Kellogg of high
crimes and misdemeanors, it being claimed
that the action of the Senate ou the 2Sth
ult. was illegal, null and void. A report
of the action of the Senate was made to
the House, with the statement . that such
actum was final on the part of the Senate
as to the impeachment question.
In a letter to the Military Committee of
the National House of Representatives,
Gen. Sheridan recommends the Immediate
establishment of two military posts on the
far-off Yellowstone, for the protection and
development of the gold regions of the
Black Hills and farther west.' Rethinks
the two military posts could be established
by the expenditure of $200,000. He says
the Black Hills country w ill probably be
covered with towns and villages during
the next five or six years. He
expresses the belief that the larg
est deposits of gold are further
west than where the miners are now work
ing, and adds: " The head-waters of Wind
River are gold-bearing; the Owl Creek
Mountains are gold-bearing; the Big Horn
Valley is gold-bearing; Powder River is
gold-hearing; also Clark's Fork of the
Yellowstone. Besides this, the Black
Hills have abundance of good timber for
the treeless country south of them and
west of the Missouri River. The success
ol all these interests depends on the estab
lishment of the two posts named. Mili
tary operations have now beer commenced
against the hostile bands of Sioux by re
quest of the Interior Department, and I
consider the appropriation co necessary
that I especially request immediate action
on it."
The public debt statement, March 1,
is as follows :
Six por cent, bond
Five per cent, bonds
Total coinbonda ,
Lawful money debt
Matured debt
Leeral-tender notes
Certificate of deposit
Fractional currency
Coin certificate i.
Interest
Total debt
Caeh in Treasury
Coin
Currency ....
Special deponitb held for redemp
tion of certilicates of deposit
Total in Treasury
Debt less cawh in Treasury
Decrease durinc February
Decrease since June 30, 1875
t)!T.KHt,750
$1,6-:3NS4.400
1 4,1110.11110
t8.;sj,os
871.ttll.m4
:!S.11H,0H0
4i.I-JO.13i
3J,tl5.0 X)
30,4 !,',('.
.$J,'3J,5;0,,8J
$7o.o'..7;a
. !l,0-,4 rl
33,015,000
$i,U4.9ti".ir,
:,i:2 7-13
Bonds issned to Pacific Railroad
Companies, intere!t payable in
lawful money, principal outstand
ing SM.fitS.Wi
Interest accmed and not yet paid... filti.2S5
Interest paid by the United States.. 3 .141,5I3
Interest repaid by transporta
tion of mails, etc 6,734.41 i
Balance ol interest paid l-y United
Statee 23,417,105
A PniLADELrniA hotel clerk, named
Newcomer, who was prosecuted by the
Rev. Mr. Cook (colored), of Virginia, for
a violation of the Civil-Rights bill, has
been found guilty.
Wis slow, the Boston forger, was taken
before a London magistrate on the 2d.
Counsel was offered him, but he declined
their sen-ices, and, after the exhibition of
the documents brought by the Boston
officer, to which he made no objection, he
was remanded.
An expedition, consistine of ten com
panies of cavalry, two of infantry, twenty
five scouts, 150 teamsters and packers, and
rationed for six weeks, convoyed by eighty
wagons anl 400 pack mules, left Fort Fet
terman, on the 2d, via Fort Reno and Fort
Phil Kearney, en route to operate against
the Sioux Indians, whose bands have
been for the last several years, and are
now, against everyliody.
, Great excitement was caused in Wash
ington on the 2d by an exposure of cor
ruption involving Secretary of War Belk
nap. It seems a Mr. Marsh, of New
York, had testified, before the Committee
on Expenditures in the War Department,
that he had paid Mrs. Belknap $10,000 for
apost-tradership, and $3,000 yearly since.
Mrs. Belknap confessed the truth of the
accusation, saying she alcnewas to blame,
as her husband knew nothing about it.
The Secretary also admitted the truth of
the story, and said he desired to assume
all the responsibility, and not have it put
on his wife. He than tendered his resig
nation to the President, and it was ac
cepted. Secretary Robeson, of the Navy
Department, was detailed to take charge
of the War Department until a successor
to Gen. Belknar should lie appointed.
with the E-r ma Miue and the Meohado cla:m,
with statement that the action or the
Executive Department of tte Government
appears to have been limited to a
recommendation, in teletrraphlc dis
patch to (ien. Schc.ick. tinted thn 2Mb
o( November. 1S7t. that he "hoiiWl retire from the
directory f the Emma Mine Company, which
recommendation lien. Schenck appear to hair
acted npon, afier the lapse of a week, although
the fact did not apear to have been communi
cated to the press until the 17th of .I.mnnry fol
lowing; in recard to the Merhado claim. Gen.
Schenck appeared to have, taken no action in the
matter.
Monday, Feb. 2.S. The credentials of
Mr. Sharon, Senator-elect from Nevada, were
presented in the Senate, and he was sworn in.
Petitions were presented and referred from the
Committee of the National Women's Suffrage
Association asking that tho women of Utah be
protected in exercistuR the right of elective
franchise J frijtn members of the .bar of Cincin
nati remonstratln? asninst the passage ol the
House Mil to rtureantee the Judiciary of the
United States. A laiorahle rvport was made
from the Committee on Ketrenchnieht and Re
form on the bill flTinc the salary of the President
of the United States at f'Ji.oiKl a year. The
-lonse bill to amend the act of March 3, 1S75, to
eimble the people of Colorado to form a Consti
tntion and Sia'e (lovernment. and fortheadm's
sion of said State into thn Union, was passed.
The Military Academy bill was further consld
rredi and several amendments were disposed of
A memoriul was presented in the House,
a i lined ly l.ttlo soldiers or Indiana in tne late war,
asking for an equalisation of bounties. A com
munication was received from the Attorney-tten-eral,
in response to a resolution callius for
an explanation of his order touching the
testimony of accomplice in the whisky
prosecutions; he states, in this com
munication, that such Instructions as
he issued were merely iu confirmation of arrange
ments alieady made, a-id that as these instruc
tions and arrangements relate to matitrs now in
progress, the House would readily see the pro
priety of withholding special information relating
thereto until the trials are over J the whole sub
ject matter was refeired to the Judiciary Com
mittee. Several bills were introduced, anion if
them to restore the franking privilege; to repeal
the Resumption act; for the rotection of agri
culture from the injuries of insects; declaring
the iilack Hills open to exploration and tcttle
metit. Tuesday, Feb. 29. Bills were passed
in the Senate extending the time to Feb. 1, 177,
tor the redemption of lands hold by the United
States tinder the several acts levying dirrc
tnxt s; milking appropriations for the support of
the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending
June :!0, 1S77. with several amendments. A reso
lution was adopted declaring it in order,
at anv time during the present scsi-ion
to move a recess." and, pending an Ap
propriation bill, to move to confine the
debate on the amendments thereto to five
minutes by any Senator on the pending motion
and such motions shall be decided without dc
bate A message from the I resident was laid
before the House nrging the necessity of an im
mediate appropriation to supply the dertciencv
at the lted Cloud Indian Agency. The bill
amending the inw granting pensions to soldiers
of the var of lspJ. was further ronsid red iu
Committee or the Whole, and subsequently re
committed to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
Wednesday, March 1. An adverse re
port was made in the Senate from the Committee'
on Agriculture, on the bill to provide for an in
vestigation as to the habits of the Rocky Mount
ain locusts, or so-called "grasshoppers." and the
same comn.:tee reported favorably on the bill for
the protection or agriculture against injurious in
sects. The House bill appropriating $75,0 O for
the purchase of material and Continuation of the
work on the building for a Custom House and
Posli.ttice at St. I.oirs was passer1. A bill was
introduced an! referred appropriating $3.
atHM'tHl lor the- purpose of repairing and
in part rebuilding the levees of the Miss
issippi ittver, providing for its expenditure, an I
for other purposes. The resolution for the ad
mission of P. 1$. S. Pinchback of Louisiana, was
further debated. ...Kills were passed in the House
lecommending that the people of the several
Stales assemble in their respective counties or
towns on the approaching centennial, and cause
to be deli vered a historical sketch of the county
or town. from, its formation, copies to be filed in
County Clerks' offices, and in the Libra: y of Con
cres. so that a complete record may be had of
the progress of the Itepublic; transferring the
custody 'of certain Indian trust funds from the
Secretary of the Interior to the Treasury of the
United States.
Thursday, March 2. Among the bills
passed, in the Senate, were the following to re
duce the number and insrease the efficiency of
the medical corps of the army; to extend the
time for filing claims for additional bounty under
the act of May Wfi. The Joint resolution in
regard to Slate Centennial celebrations, which
passol the IJoiiKe of Kepresentatives the day be
fore, was agreed to. The Pinchback reso
lution was further considered B lis were
passed in the Hi use declaring valid all
he suspended entries of public lands in
which the Commissioner of tho tJeneral
band Oflice has decided that patents shall
issue, and which have been confirmed by the
Secretary of the Interior and Attorney-General
and repealing section 2.I.V.! of the Hevised Stat
utes; to nmend the act of the 13th of March,
1 71, to encourage the growth of timber on the
Western prairies; declaring forfeited to the
United States and subject only to homestead en
try all lands granted by the act of 6th of March,
lSti3, to aid in the construction of a railroad from
Leavenworth. Kan , to Neost o River, such eraut
having been forfeited by limitation of law; to ex
tend the time two years for pre-emption on pub
lic lands. Mr. Clytner, chairman of the Commit
tee on Expenditures in the War Department, pre
sented resolutions of impeachment against Wm.
W. Kelknap, late Secretary of War, for high
crimes and misdemeanors in oflice. After some
discission the previous question was seconded,
and after remarks by several members the reso
lutions were unanimously adopted, and the
Speaker appointed a committee to notify the Sen-
Uate of the action of the House, such committee
consisting of Messrs. Clymer, Bobbins, Black
burn. Bass and Danforth, these member com
prising the Committee ou Expenditures of the
War Department making the report of the invest
igation in the case of Secretary Belknap.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.
March 2, 187.
Livb Stock. Beef Cattle $9.(Xxai-J.rj0. Hogs
Live, 88.503.7b. Sheep 8 3.00(5.00.
BitsADSTtjrrs. Flour ood to choice, $5.30
5.75: white wheat extra, t5.S0&V 73. Wheat No
2 Chicago, $1.23&1.26; No. t Mil watikee spring
$1.45(31.37. Kye Western, RO&Mc. Barley
7(Kr73c. Corn Mixed Western. ftp J363?ic. Oats
Mixed Western, 45 ibz.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $23.5022.75. Lard
Prime Steam, 13?n(ai3?ic. Cheese U13ic.
Wool. Domestic fleece. 45Jb5c
CHICAGO.
Livb Stock. Beeves Cho'ce. $5.00(a5.50;
good, $4.2T(&4 75; medium, $1.0043; brib
ers' stock, $1.0i3.75; stock caltl . $3.2 3.75.
Hogs Live, $7.7528.70. Sheep-Good to choice.
t.7oG5.75.
Provisions. Butter Choice, i713c. Eggs
Fresh, 15iai5'ic. Pork Mef.9, $21 .70(221. 75.
Lard SrJ.87',4&12.02V4.
BBEAPfTt'rrs. Flour White Winter Extra,
$1.7r-7.sO; spring extra, t-r"".2-"i. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, 97HS- Corn No. 2, 424
ft2?ic. Oats No. 2, 31K,&31Hc. Kye No. 2
filf!t)2c. Barley No. 2, 51!4a52V4c.
LrMBKR First and Second Clear, $4O.0O
42.00; Common Boards. $11 0O!2.OO; Fencing,
$2.00f13.on: "A" Shingles, $2.MX&8.00 ; Lath,
$1 7"Zv 00
EAST LIBERTT.
Live Stock. Beeves Best, $rt 006.25; me
dium, $5.fX4i5.50. Hogs Yorkers, $S.208.30;
Philadelphia. $1.00a!.25. Sheep Best, , $5.00
4i6 50; medium, $4,250-5.50.
FORTY-FO'JRTH CONGRESS.
Fbid.w, Feb. 25. In the Senate, the
bill reported by the Finance Cora rait tee on the
23d, to amend the acts ot July 14. 1S70, and Jan.
20, 1-71. to authorize the refunding of the Na
tional debt, as passed yeas 51 : nays 5 Messrs.
Cockrell, Eaton. McCreery. McDonald aiid Kob
ertson voting in the negative. The Military
Academy biii was debated. Adjourned to the
2Hih....A report vai made ju the House
from the Conference Committee on the
District of Columbia 3.i5 Bond bill,
and, alter debate, its further consideration
was postponed for one week. A Dumber of pri
vate bills were passed. The Committee on For
eign Ad'airs reported back the correspondence
furnished that committee by the Slate Depart
meat in reference to the connection of Gen.
Sc&enck tbe JUaericda XlUstcr to Engluid,
Domestic Economy.
An economical young man on Sheldon
street, who is cultivating the affections of
an eligible youns woman on Park avenue,
and considers it quite enough to have to
pay for theater tickets and supper without
going to the exjicnse of a hack, has con
trived an ingenious plan to satisfy his
sweetheart. He turns the conversation
upon the frightful prevalence of small
pox and the recklessness with which the
patients are conve3ed to the hospital, in
stancing a case that came to his ears that
very day how a young gentleman and lady
of the highest family took a carriage to go
to the theater a few evenings before a
carriage that had been employed but a few
hours before in carrying a small-pox pa
tient to the pest-house, the consequence
of which was that they were both smitten
with the loathsome disease, the young
man dying in fearful torments, and the
young woman, if she recovers, which is
doubtful, losing one eye and being dis
figured for life. By this time that young
woman on Park avenue has turned as
pale as she conveniently can, and her hair
would be standing on end were it not
jute, and so when it is time to go to the
theater, and the young man says he will
step around to Ashland avenue, she says:
" Oh, by no means not for worlds. Let
us go in the street-cars, for we will see so
many funny people, and it will save so
much more money for us when we go to
housekeepine," and the young man, after
a faint show of opposition, yields: "My
darling, of course, if you prefer it," etc.
Chicago Tribune.
NUMBER r0.
SECRETARY BELKNAP.
Statement of Caleb I. lUnrsli Ilefore
the llouae Committee on ICxpeinll
t n res In Hie Vr Ieurtnieiit.
In h!s evidence tiefore the House Inves
tigating Committee, on the 20ih. Caleb P.
Marsh made the following statement:
" In tlif mmmrr of 1S70, myself anil wifa
spent three weeks nt I.ong Branch, and "i
our return to New York Mrs. Belknap ami
(her sister) Mrs. Bowers (the latter tin pres
ent wife of the Secretary, the former having
died in 1-S70) by our invitation came, for a
visit to our house. Mrs. IMkttnp was ill
during this visit, some three or four weeks,
mid, I suppose, in consequence of our kind
ness to her, she felt under sonic obligations,
for she asked me One (lay In tlif course of a
conversation why 1 did not apply for a post
tradership on the frontier. I asked what
they were, and was told that many of them
were very lucrative otlieers or posi
tions In the Rift of the Secretary of
War, and that If I wanted titie fTie would
ask the Secretary fur imp. Upon my fC
plying that 1 thought such ofliees belonged
to disabled soldiers, and besides that I whs
without political Influence, she. tinsworcd
that politicians got such places, etc., etc. 1
do not remember saving that if I hud a val
uable post of that kind I would remember
her, tnit I Ho remember ln-r saving some
thing like this: If I can prevail upon the
Secretary of War to award you a post, you
must be careful to say nothing to him about
presents, for tt man oiier offered him $10. (MM
for a tradcrshlp of this kind, and lie told him
that if he did not leave the ollice he would
kick him down-tt:iirs.' Itetuembering,
as I do, this story, I presume the
antecedent statement "to be correct. Mrs.
Helknup and Mrs. Bowers returned to Wash
ington, and a few weeks thereafter Mrs. Bel
knap sent me word to come over. I did so.
r?he told mc the post-tradership nt Fort Sill
was Vacant; that it was a valuable post ns
she understood, and that she hnd either
asked for it for ine, or had prevailed upon
the Secretary of War to agree, to give it to
me. At all events I called upon the Secretary
of War, and ns near as I can remember made
application forthis position a regular print
ed form. The Secretary said he would appoint
ttie If I could bring "the proper 1 tti is and
recommendations, nnd tins I said I could do.
Either Mrs. Belknap or tile Secretary told
me that the present trader at the post, John
8. Evans, was an applicant for reappoint
ment, and that I had better see him, he being
in the city, as it would not be fair to turn
him out of office without some notice, as he
would lose largely on his buildings, mer
chandise, etc., if the ollice was taken from
him, and that it would be proper and just
for me to make some arrangement with him
for their purchase if I wished to run the post
myself. I saw Evans, and found him
nlarmed nt the prospect of losing the place.
I remember that he said a lirm of
Western post-traders who claimed a good
deal of intiuctice w ith the Secretary of War
promised to have him appointed, hut he
found, on coming to Washington, this firm to
he entirely without influence. Evans first
proposed a partnership, which I declined,
and then a bonus of a certain portion of the
firolits if I would allow him to hold the posi
lon ntld entinut the business. We li n
ly agreed upon 13,000 per year. Evans
and myself went on to New York together,
where the contract was made nnd exe
cuted, which is herewith submitted. During
our trip over, however, Mr. Evans saw some
thing In the Army and Savy Journal which
led him to think that some of the troops
were to be removed from the fort, and that
he hud offered too large a sum, ami, before
the contract was drawn, It was reduced by
agreement to $12,00(1, the same being pay
able quarterly in advance. When the re
mittance came to me, say, probably in
November, 1870, I Bent one-half to
Mrs. Belknan, cither, 1 presume, by
certificate of deposit or bunk notes
by express. Being In Washington at a
funeral, some weeks after this, I had a con
versation with Mrs. Bowers to the following
purport, as far as I can now remember, but
must say that Just here my memory is ex
ceedingly indistinct, and I judge in part per
haps from what followed as to details of tho
conversation. I went up stairs in the nurs
ery with Mrs. Howers to see the baby. I
said to her: 'This child will have money
coming to it before a great while.' She said
Yes.' The mother gave the child ti
me, and told mc that 4 The money com
ing from vou she must take and keep
for it.' I said A1I right,' and it
seems to me I said that perhaps the father
ought to be consulted. I say it seems so,
nnd yet I can give no reason for it, for as
far as I knew the father knew nothing of
any money transactions between the mother
and myself. I have a faint recollection of a
remark of Mrs. Bowers that if I sent the
money to the father that it belonged to her,
and that she would get it anyway. I cer
tainly hnd some understanding then or stib
cqucntly with her or him, for when the
next payment came due nnd was paid I sent
one-half thereof to the Secretary of War,
and have continued substantially from
that day forward to the present
time to do the same. About, I
should say, one and one-half to two years
after the commencement of these payments,
I reduced the amount to $o,000 per annum.
The reason of this reduction was partly be
cause of combined complaints on the part of
Evans and his partner, and partly, so far ns
I now remember, in consequence of an arti
cle in the newspapers about that tinns re
flecting on the injustice done to soldiers at
this fort, caused by exorbitant charges made
necessary'on the pnrtof the trader by reason
of the payment of this bonus. To the best
of my knowledge and belief, the above is a
true statement of all the facts in the case,
and as complete as I can remember the oc
currences of so many years ago."
In reply to questions, the witness further
stated that subsequent to tho death of the
former Mrs. Belknap, in 170, the pay
ments were sent according to the in
etructions of the Secretary of War,
sometimes in bank-notes by express, some
times by certificates of deposit, and some
times he had paid the Secretary in
person, in New York. The payments
thus made would aggregate about $ io,"00.
The witness further stated that. In response
to the summons to appear before the com
mittee, he had, on the 2:M of February, been
at the Secretary's house and spent the night
there, lie then detailed at length the effort
made by himself, the Secretary of War and
Mrs. Belknap to contrive some pi an by
which a full exposure wmild be avoided, his
own proposition being to leave the country,
which act, the Secretary said, would ruin him
(Belknap). To this the witness responded
that, if he went before the committee, it
would also ruin him, for he (witness) would
tell the truth. After returning to his home
in New York, witness received a dispatch
from Dr. William Tomlinson, brother-in-law
of the Secretary, telling him not to leave the
country, as he had good news. Thinking
they only wished to fix up some new
story, witness continued his preparations
to "leave. Dr. Tomlinson subsequently
called on the witness and suggested
that he should writo a letter, which
witness did, endeavoring to exculpate the
Secretary. It was a very short letter and
contained nothing untrue, but did not tell
the whole truth. Arrangements were after
wards made by which witness was not to
leave the countrv, and he was summoned to
Washington, with the results now made
public.
Destructive Tornadoes in Missouri nnd
Indiana.
ST. CIIAIILES, MO.
St. Chakles. Feb. 7.
About 2:30 o'clock this evening our
city was visited ty a most terrible torna
do. At the hour named dark clouds came
sweeping down from the south. Kain be
gan to fall, followed by hail. In a mo
ment dark yellow streaks were observed
following in the course of the clouds. A
noise as loud as thunder was then heaid,
and in the twinkling of an eye the tor
nado was upon us. The heavens were
shut out by the debris of wrecked build
ings, which tilled the air so that
nothing could be discerned. The
roar of the wind was appalling, and
every one paralyzed by fear. The dura
tion of the tornado could not have lieen
longer than one-half of a minute. As
soon as it subsided, the people began to
venture out. The sight that met their
eyes was such as to make the stoutest
heart quail. TLk main street of our city,
from Water street to Clark, a distance of
some twenty squares, wss filled with
bricks, porches, signs and the debris of
destroyed building. The loss of life
has not yet been ascertained. So far
two bodies have been taken from the
THE HERALD.
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I If All Advertising bills due quarterly.
"Transient advertisenu nls lutiet bcpaldfiJ
in advance.
Extra copies of the II KKAI.D for snln by II. J.
Strciylit, at the Postottlre. and O. F. Johiwon, Cor
ner of Main and h "if t h mri cta.
ruins of the gas-works, Janus Ioney
and Ins little son ; t'h wi re lotiml in
the retort house, under o:ie of the mas
sive retorts. Tho child whs closely
clasped in the arms of its father. iJoih
Ixidies were crushed so as to be unrecog
nizable. sir. It iH. Feb. 3J.
Later advices from St. Charles state
that the damago by the tornado yesterday
was much exaggerated; but it is still be
lieved to be heavy, probably front $ 100,
000 to il.VI.UOO. The remains of (Jcorgo
Linebur, a boy, were found in the debri-
this morning, liiakingtliree persons killed
by the storm. About twenty persons were
injured.
ntlNt KTOX, IM.
F.VAN.-oii.l K. Feb. VS.
The town f Princeton, twenty t ight
miles north of this city, wis visited ly a
hurricane last night nt reveu o'clock,
cut .ing great destruction of property
and injuring many persons. The storm
traveled in a northeasterly direction,
passing diagonally over tlie town, and
thence through the county. The storm
lasted only a few minutes, but destroyed
property variously est iniatcd at from if 100,
000 to "floO.OOO, though it is impossi
ble as yet to make :uiy accurate calcula
tion of damage. Nuuicpui.s farms with
their buildings throiuho it the county
have abo bet a ! strode ', so that the
whole loss in the co'inty w iil be nearly a
quarter of a million.
Some fifty or more buildings are cither
wholly or neatly destioyctl. Prominent
among them are the new public school
building, wlrich has lost its cupola and
the greaier pari of its roof; it grist-mill,
furniture factory, both completely wrecked ;
l.Ia'r's Church destroyed, and several
others badly injured.
The amount of personal injury is won
derfully small, no person having been
killed, "and only two or three cases where
the injuries tire likely to prove fatal.
In some places tho houses were swept
entirely away mid carried 100 yards from
their foundations. In one instance a
horse was discovered in a cellar, whither
he imp ! have been carried from a stable
fifty yards aw a1.
James Leslie, an old man who is a full
cousin of Andrew Jackson, was sleeping
iu his bed in the second story of his la rye
brick residence, when the wind struck
the house and tore out ont; end, carrying
him, together with his bed, ont into the
road, and without injuring him in tho
least.
The vacant lots in the town iu some
places arc covered with lath and shingles,
which were forced into the ground to the
depth of four or five inches.
The family of Mr. Jasper Jennings,
composed of ten persons, made a most
miraculous escape. The foundation and
first story of the house were blown out.
from under it, nnd the s cond story ami
roof fell down, and was almost tlatlcned.
The family were till crowded together in
a place three feet hi.nh, and from thence
were only resi tted by tho assistance of
thoe who had escaped.
After the wind" subsided, immense
quantities of hail fell, ranging in size
tVoni a walnut fo a hen's egg.
The town to d iy presents a most pitia
ble appearance. The destruction of prop
erty has fallen uoon those who are illy
able to bear it. To add to the tenor of
the scene, two houses which were blown
down took lire and were consumed.
A KAILROAI) flORROK.
Tivo I'ato.eiigcra Humeri to Death 111
u slcepiiisf-t ar.
Urn. ami, Vt, Feb. til.
Tun New York train due to leave 1 Jut
land last night at Ien p. iu. over the Har
lem K.xten.sioii Kail road met with a serious
act i. lent at South Wallingord, which re
sulted in the death of Cuarles II. Jiissell
and son, of Chicago.
The accident was caused by a broken
rail a few rods north of the station. The
train was composed of three cars a bag
gage, passenger and the " City of New
York" Wagner si :eper. The train passed
safely over the break except the rear truck
of the s'ceper. It sprung ol!', nn l went
over an embankment lit em feet high.
The colliding held, and it was dragged
thus 120 fo t, until it crushed against a
huge pile of refuse marble, deposited be
side Kelly's marble mill. The concus
sion broke the coupling, ca-t oil' the
truck, turned the car upon in side, and
threw the rear en 1 several feci across the
mill race way, and at nearly right angles
w ith the track.
The patent heater w;is broken by the,
fall, and in a moment the car had caught
tire. The wind was blowing from the
west, and fanned the llitnes through tin;
car, the heater being at the west end.
Mr. liissell was 'he first of the ten passt ti
gers to get out. All had escaped through
the windows and ea t door except Mr.
llUst-ll's son, who was fastened iuside in
the debris. He called to his father: "For
God's sake, get an ax!" and his father re
peated th? call. A bysiandcr ran for an
ax, but Mr. Hissell "was impatient, and
jumped through one of the windows to
reach his son. Not a sound whs heard
rom either of them afterward. The car
was enveloped in a sheet of flame ten min
utes after the accident. It was impossible
to render any assistance. The smoke was
so dense it is supposed they both suffo
cated instantly. The position of the re-
mains showeu thai me tamer uiu run lem-n
the son. The father was in the west end
and the son near the center.
The charred remains of the father were
identified to-duy by a watch with itschain
ami other trinkets, and the son by a pi-tol
and sinoking-pipe. The remains ol both
were burned to a cinder.
It is supposed that both Mr. Ilisscll and
his son were almost immediately suffo
cated, and that death ensued from this
c iuse. It is said that the car was a ru'iss
of Hume in an incredibly short time after
the accident. The curtains, bedding and
bed were all of light and inflammable
material, the car was of wood which wes
thoroughly seasoned, i.nd that with the
varnish would render it easily ignited at.d
quick of consumption. Alter ignition
the heat was intense, almost as fierce as a
blast-furnace. The heavy irons were
melted oil" and twisted into all sorts of
shapes; the brass and copper lixtures of
the car were melted and run together in
masses of large and small size; gold and
silver watches, jewelry and glass were
melted into liquid form and dropped upon
the ground and cooled olf in masses In all
sorts of fantastic shapes and sizes.
The scene is described by ye-witr.eses
as heart-rending in the extreme. Nearly
all those who escaped'were in an almost
nude condition, and the night was terri
bly cold. Some of them were injured,
and the blood was streaming from their
wounds. The families living in the vi
cinity were promptly on hand, and they,
with" the passengers in the coach, soon
provided the destitute our s w ith enough
clothing to protect them from the cold.
The Journal f Vhitrvtncy contains
the following recipe for rniu ihtge to mend
fossils and minerals, whi'-h has been ued
with great success l v Prof. Ii. P. Whit
field, of Albany, N. V. : March, two dr.;
white sugar one oz. ; gum arabic, two dr.
water, in siimcknt quantity. Dissolve
the gum, add the sugar, and bil until the
starch is cooked. Pi of. Whitfield is in
the habit of drying the compound in
sheets on paper, and dissolving it as oc
casion reuuires.
When jiersons are feverish and thirs
ty beyond w hat is rs'tural om: of the best
"cooiers," internal or external, is to take
a lemon, cut on the top, sprinkle over it
some loaf sugar working it downward
into tl.e lemon," au-J then suck it slowly,
squeezing the kmou and adding bugar as
the acidity increases.