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HEPJRY BCECK, LiKAI.KK IN ITVi i- ii i t in e, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, KT. KT:., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. Wooden Coding Of all ei.e, rf.icly iiiitdf, and sold rlicap for each. With many thank fur u-t piilronar, I invite all lo call and cxriinine my l.K(;k stock of lni-iii 1 nn iiimI C7ofliiiK. MEDICINES AT J. H. BUTTERY'S, On Main Street, bit. Fifth and Sixth. hoi:il' ai..l Ki tml I), a!, r in Drus and Medicines. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Pittent Medicines. Toilet Articles, etc., etc. t'I'lJl-Si KIl'TIw.N.--. carefully rompntiiiiVri nt all hours di and iii'ht. :S.Vly J. W. SHANNON'S Food, Sale and Livery STABLE. Main Strt-et, Plattsmouth, Neb. I Ain ri'j.ar-d In UKoiiinifMl.i r I he public with I horses, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, AMI A No. I Hearse, On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A 1 I A O K Will II tin to the Steamboat Land ing, Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. jfMll-tf First national Bank Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, etrrrr.f soil To Toolli", Ilsiiiiifi Clsii'lc. John Fit.'. bkai.o E. (.. IVKV A. V. Mi l.riini.iN John o'UorBKK President. Vico-President. Cashier. Afxistant Cifhier. Th Hank is now open for hindncs at their new roinn. cornt-r Miiti and Sixth streets, and are pro pared to traiio.'ir.i a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks. Bonds. Gold. Government and Local Securities ISullillT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available in any part of the United State and in a!) the Vrincipal Towns and Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CE1.KBKATKD MAN LINE ani ALLAN LINE OF !-;TIV3ll:ir-i. lVfBtiu? wi-hinr; to bring out their friends from Europe can PI KI IIA(B TICKETS FP.OV S T'lu-onfli to l'litt t turnout Ii Excelsior Barber Shop. .r. CV BOONK .Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. KM'tXlAL ATTENTION OIVKN TO i n ii iiu.iici:s iiAiii Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon In a oxsisix.iu' s n -7 m: , n41-ly OO TO THE Post Office Book Store, . J. STKEIGHT, Preprietor, fOB TOfR Books. Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc., etc O. F. JOHNSON, DKAI.KK IN Drugs, Medicines WALLPAPER. AHPaier Trimmefl Free of Charge ALSO, "DEALER IN Books, Stationery 3i ACiAy:irvi:H AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS. t?Tre!cript:oni carefully compounded by SB expcrlencsd Druggist. cfJS KEM EMBER THE PLACE. Cor. Fifth and Main Streets, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. i ; VsJi 1 turf r . A THOS. W. SHRYOCK, DEALER IN .Alain St., bet. 5th and 6th, PLATTSMOUTH, - NEB. AI0 UNDERTAKER, Ami 1i;ih ou hand a l;irc ptock of AT"t:illic Hiiriul Catser5, Wooden Coffins, Etc., Of all eizfi, cheap for each. Funerals Attended on Short Notice II. .1. inTEIUHiV & SOX, Whclcfalo and Retail Dealers in PINE LUMBER, Lath, Shingles, SASH, DOOKS, BLINDS. ETC., On Main St., cor. Fifth, PLATTSMOUTII, - - - NEB. FOR YOUR GROCERIES OO TO J. V. Weckbach, Cor. Third aud. Main Sts , Dattf mouth. (Outbmann's old etaud.) He keeps on hand a larjje and well-selected stock or FANCY GROCERIES. Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots, Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. Abo, a large stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Queensware, Etc., Etc., Etc. In connection wilh the Grocery is a BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY. lllirhe-t I'rlre Paid for fiiuiitry Produce. A full stock at all time, and will nst be undersold. Take notice of the Sign : " EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY." nlyl POST OFFICE HU1LDIXU, PLATTSMOUTH. NEB. WILLIAM STADELMANN Has on hand one of the largest docks of CLOTHING AND Gents' Furnishing Goods FOR SPRING AND SUMMER. I invite everybody in vant of anything In my line to call at tny store. South Side Main, bet. 5th & (Hh Sts., Anil convince theme the of the fact. I have as a special tv in my Retail Department a stock of t ine Clothing for Men aud Boya, to which we in vite ihot-e who want uoods. I also keep on hand a large and well-selected stock of Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc. jarlyl PHILADELPHIA STORE SLOn V .VATIIAX, SEALERS IN Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies' Furnishing Goods. largest. Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock in the city. We are prepared to sell cheaper than they can ne purcuaeea etsewnere. GIVE TjrS CALL And examine our Goods. tSStore on Main St., between 4 Jt and 5th Si., Plattsmouth, Neb. ltf NEWS OF THE WEEK. PLATTSMOUTH MILLS, PLATTSMOCTn NEBRASKA. Conrad Heisel, Proprietor. FLOUR. CORN MEAL, FEED, Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash prices. The nighest Prices paid for Wheat and Corn. Particular attention given to custom work. Compiled from Terrains of Affompinjin; Dates. Monday, March 20. The Chicago morning papers announce ti reduction of piisbenyer rates to the Etiht over the Michiirstn Central, Michigan South ern and I'itts burgh & Fort Wayne Roads, to fro into effect April 1 or as soon as the nec essary tickets are printed good for forty eight hours. The reduction is as follow: To New York, from tii to $15; to Philadel phia, from tiy to ti'2; to Baltimore and Washington, from $19 to -!t; to Boston, from 27 to $18.85. Freight rales were unsettled. The Trihuiu says: " If the Baltimore & Ohio intends to keep its present advantage it must reduce its rates still lower than those established by the other roads." A Senatorial excursion party has started from Washington for Mexico. It is composed of the following persons: Senators Cameron, Patterson, Dennis, Anthony, Mor ton, ex-Senator Chandler, Tom Seott and wife, Wayue McVeigh and wife, Hen Perley Poore, of the Boston Journal, Mrs. Senator Morton and ex-Gov. Brown, of Georgia, and wife. It is stated that the State Department has officially assured Mexican Minister Maris cal that the excursion has no political sig-niti-rance whatever, either immediate or remote. Accordino to an Augusta (Spain) telegram deputies from the four provinces occupied by the Carlists recently met to consider the re quest of Don Carlos for contributions and have replied that the country is exhausted, that fresh sacrifices are impossible, and that Don Carlos should procure funds abroad. After the 1st ot May next mutilated cur rency will be redeemed according to rules which were formerly in existence but after ward abolished. Money will be redeemed ac. cordiDgto the proportion remiiining of the bill. The Democratic State ticket of Rhode Island is composed as follows: Col. K. Cut ler, of Warren, for Governor; John B. Pierce for Lieutenant-Governor; Charles E. Gorman for Attorney-General, and Philip Rider for (Jen era 1 Treasurer. It is reported from Washington that in structions will be immediately issued through the War Department to the General com manding in Texas to take such measures its maj- be possible to deal summarily with Mex ican raidere. It has been decided by United States Com missioner lloyne, Chicago, that a restaurant is not an inn, and hence does not come with in the provisions of the Civil-Kights law. Dispatches from Madrid report that Don Curios has ordered persons found reading the Cabrera manifesto to be shot. Shai.v ha paid 11,(HMJ tbalers for the Gus tav outrage. Tuesday, March 30. The French Government has denied to the D'.ic de Montpensier a passport to Spain on tbe ground that in giving it the Government would establish a precedent by which ex Quwen Isabella might return to Spain, which was undesirable. A large number of people recently met in Hyde Tark, London, to express sympathy with and demand justice for the Tichborne Claimant. Mrs. Minor, of St. Louis, claimed the right to vote under the Fourteenth Amend ment, and appealed to the United States Supreme Court to determine the question. A unanimous decision has been rendered by that body to the effect that the Constitution of the United States does uot confer the right of suffrage upon anyone, and that the Con stitutions of the several States which commit that trust to men alone are not necessarily void. Gen. Spinner has resigned the office of United States Treasurer, and John C. New, Cashier of the First National Bank f Indian apolis, has been appointed his successor, the change to take place July 1. The Chicago Time recently contained an article characterizing a Grand Jury in the Criminal Court of Chicago, which had just found four indictments against Mr. Storey, the editor, for libel, as a disreputable, contemptible aud dishonest body. Because of these strictures Judge Williams issued an order that Mr. Storey should show cause why he should not be puuished for contempt. The hearing occurred on the 29th, and re sulted in Mr. Storey being sentenced to ten days' confinement in the County Jail. About eleven o'clock on the evening of that day a writ of xupernlea was issued by Judge McAllister, of the. Supreme Court, under which Mr. Storey was held in the sum of $2, 500 to await the action of the Supreme Court James Lick, the San Francisco millionaire, ) has filed in the Recorder's office of that city a revocation of the trust deed executed last July conveying his property to trustees for various bonrvi.i nt purposes. He confirms the acts heretofore performed by the trustees. Sevkkal witnesses testified iu the Beech or suit on the 2'Jth as to the whereabouts of the defendant on the 2d, 3d and 4th of June, 1873. Mr. Turner and son testified that Mr. Beecher arrived at his farm at Peekskill on the afternoon of the 2d early enough to take dinner. Two telegraph operators testified to the sending of a telegram on the morning of that day announcing Mr. Beechers in tended visit to Peekskill. Another witness swore he saw Mr. B. there at that time. Thomas J. Tilney, lawyer, swore that he was married in Brooklyn on the evening of June 2 by Mr. Beecher. Frederick A. Putman testi fied that he saw Mr. Beecher at the depot of the New Haven Railroad ou June 4, 1873. John Winslow and Stephen D. White, members of the Plymouth Church Investigating Committee, and II. B. Clafiin testified as to the statements made by Mr. Tilton regarding the evidence against Mr. Beecher, concerning Mr. Tracy's connection with the case, and as to the settlement of the difficulty between Mr. Tilton and Mr. Bowen, most of which was corroboratory of former evidence adduced on the part of the defense. Wednesday, March 31. H. B. Clatlin continued his evidence on the 30th, his testimony relating chiefly to the tripartita agreement, which witness stated Mr. Tilton fully agreed to, and both Mr. Til ton and Mr. Moulton agreed to the award of the arbitration ($7,000 by Bowen to Tilton) and to the condition that all the papers relating to the scandal 6hould be burned. On the cross-examination witness said the arbitrators never considered the truth or untruth of the stories in the papers relating to the scandal, nor did they discuss them. Charles Storrs gave similar testimony to that of Mr. Clafiin re I tiing to the tripartite agreement. He also t t that in January, 1871, Mr. Tilton had t U i.i.u that Mrs. T. had accused Mr. Beech er of improper proposals. After the publi cation of the oodhull scandal Mr. T. had 6aid to witness that it contained a great many lies about Mrs. T. and Mr. Beecher, and that nothing criminal had occurred. Two or three witnesses were examined relative to Mr. Beecher's visit to Peekskill on the afternoon of June 2, 1873. The bursting of a kerosene lamp recently 6et on fire the home of a farmer named Col son, twenty-five miles from Wadena, Minn., and the flames spread so rapidly that in a moment the night-clothes of the father, mother and five children were on fire. Colson finally dashed out of a window and res etted his family, but in a sad condition. They all dragged themselves to the nearest neigh bor's, a mile distant, barefooted and , naked, leaving tracks of their pr gress on the snow all the way. The father : nd two children have since died of t'jeir i juries, and it was thought the mother and remaining son could not long survive. The Postoffice at Xeuces, Tex., was robbed and burned by a band of armed Mexicans during the recent ruids from over the border. The Postmaster himself barely escaped with his life, the robbers believing that he had perished in the flames of the burning build ing. A man named Smith was murdered, and several Americans were taken prisoners and subjected to the most cruel treatment. One of the leaders of the murderous gang was subsequently captured and taken to Corpus Christi, where he was summarily tried by a people's court and speedily sentenced to death and hanged. At St. Louis on the 29th, in the case of A. C. Buell, charged with libeling ex-Senator Chandler, of Michigan, in the Detroit Free Prfus, a year ago, and which case was ap pealed by the Government from the United States Di.-trict to the United States Circuit Court, March 9, Judge Dillon, of the latter court, rendered a decision affirming that o the lower court, and Mr. Buell was dis charged. The Atlanta ((5a.) correspondent of the Louisville CuuriiT-Joanml says the recent tornado which passed over portions of Geor Cia and South Carolina was the most destruc tive ever experienced iu the United States. The number killed iu Georgia will not fall below 300 and the wounded reach 1,500. The casualties in South Carolina are reported to be equal lv as great. A Berlin dispatch says Dr. Fuerster, the Princc-Bifhopof Breslau, has been summoned to resign his BUhopric because he promul gated the Papal encyclical against the Eccle siastical laws. The French Government has issued a decree- prohibiting the importation of American potatoes. It is said the object is to secure France aga'nst the introduction of the Colo rado beetle. The recent Rhode Island Prohibition State Convention nominated the present Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. Thy remainder of the ticket was made up from the Republican State ticket. The Ohio Legislature has adjourned sinedje. Thursday, April 1. Mr. Storrs concluded his evidence on the Slst ult., aud he was followed by Mrs. Mary E. Perkins, sister of Mr. Beecher, who testi fied that she spent the whole of the winter of 1871 -'72 at the defendant's house, during the absence of Mrs. Beecher, and was in the habit of receiving Mr. Beecher's guests, and during tliat time did not see or hear of Mrs. Tilton being at the house. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Moore swore that they would nof believe JLnc Cary (who was once in their em ploy) under oath. On the cross-examination they said they formed their conclusions from stories they heard while Kate was in their employ. James Redpath testified that Mr. Tilton showed him the "True Story" in January, 1873. Witness was shown and iden tified a copy of the "True Story" shown him by Mr. T. A general order has been issued by Gen. Sheridan in relation to the policy of the Gov ernment in reference to the Black Hills re gion. The order covers a recent letter from the Department of the Interior to the Secre tary of War, in which it is stated that a competent geologist will be sent to explore that region, and if it be found that the precious metals exist in large quantities efforts will be made to extinguish the Indian title guaran teed by the treaty of 18S. Negotiations have already commenced to this end, but the pres ence of trespassers in that section is likely to endanger their success, and the Interior De partment therefore calls upon the War De partment to remove interlopers and furnish a military escort for the geological party. i The Governor of Texas has sent a telegram to Washington calling on the President for protection against the invasions of Mexican robbers. A Paris paper announces the intended ab dication of the Emperor of Brazil in favor of his oldest daughter, the Countess d'Eu. The yellow fever has greatly increased at Key West, Fla., within a fortnight, and all naval vessels are quarantined. It is stated that the yellow fever is epidem ic in Havana. Friday, April 2. Mr. Redpath was cross-examined on the 1st, aud stated that in an interview he had w ith Mr. Beecher the latter did not deny that he had given Mr. Tilton cause of offense. When asked if, in all his conversations with witness, Mr. Beecher had denied the commis sion of the crime with which he is charged, witness answered that he did not ask him (Beecher) about it. Mr. Beecher was the next witness called to the stand. He said he bad conscientious scruples against swearing on the Bible, and was sworn by the uplifted hand. He then began his evidence, in answer to questions by his counsel, jiving a detailed history of his life and his acquaintance with Messrs. Bowen, Tilton and Moulton down to about the year 1870. His evidence for the day closed with a statement of an interview had by witness and his wife with Mrs. Tilton and Mrs. Morse, at Mrs, Tilton' residence, and at her (Mrs. T.'s) request, on which occasion Mrs. Tilton and Mrs. Morse spoke of the domestic difficul ties in Mr. Tilton's family, and the result of which was that he (witness) coincided with the views of Mrs. Beecher that a separation between Mr. and Mrs. Tilton would be the wisest course for them to pursue. The L'ruguavun Chambers have passed a decree suspending payment of interest on the public debt and providing for its redemption by tbe issue of new paper at a forced price. The foreign representatives have protested, and the situation is considered serious. Several riots are reported in different min ing localities in Pennsylvania, and in some instances the disturbances have resulted iu the loss of life. Gov. nartranft is takiDg active measures to put a stop to the out breaks. A recent telegram announces a great financial crisis in Berlin. Twenty-eight fail ures are reported, and several suicides have occurred inconsequence of financial reverses. John C. New, who is to succeed Mr. Spin ner as Treasurer of the United States, is said to be a hard-money man. Saturday, April S. g?lx his testimony on the 2d Mr. Beecher em phatically denied any and all charges of either criminal conduct or intent on hlte part iu his relations with Mrs. Tilton at any time. He reiterated his statements made before the" Church Investigating Committee. He flatly contradicted the evidence of Messrs. Tilton and Moulton with regard to the confessions of criminal conduct they alleged he had made. He asserted that the letter of contri tion which he signed was written by Mr. Moulton when he (witness) was laboring un der great excitement caused by his feeling that perhaps he might have been uninten tionally led into doing Mr. Tilton an injustice by li.-tening and subscribing to the reports in circulation against him (Tilton) at the time of h ts difficulties with Mr. Bowen. He fur ther said that Mr. Moulton suggested to him (witness) that Mrs. Tilton had allowed her affections to be alienated from her husband and to center upon witness; and it was this assertion on the part of Mr. Moulton, to gether with the fact that Mr. M. emphatically pronounced false many of the scandal ous reports afloat against Mr. Tilton's moral character, that led him (witness) to ex press himself in a contrite manner for hav. ing unintentionally contributed to Mr. Til ton's sorrow at that time. Witness denied reading or having read to bim on that occa sion the memorandum of his remarks made by Mr. Moulton, and which he signed at Mr. M.'s request as being the better way of show. ing to Mr. Tilton that he (witness) enUrtained no unfriendly feelings or feelings of enmity toward him. George Reynolds, a Mormon, on trial at Salt Lake City for polygamy, has been found guilty b- a jury composed of both Mormons and non-Mormons. A motion to set aside the verdict for the reason that the defendant had never been arraigned and asked to plead, and never had the indictment read to him, was granted, after which the defense waived a new trial, with a view of taking the case to the Supreme Court. In the case of George Q. Cannon, on the same charge, the defendant plead the statute of limitation, a demurrer to which was overruled, and the de fendant was discharged. A late telegram from Berlin says eighty ecclesiastics have been imprisoned in Posen alone, and a Papal delegate who had been ad ministering the Archbishopric of Posen since the incarceration of the incumbent has been arrested. Recent accounts state that the ice at Bay de Noquet, on the upper Michigan shore of Lake Michigan, was five feet and one inch thick, by actual measurement. Scuichken, the Russian diplomatic agent in Servia, has been appointed Minister of Russia to the United States. THE MARKETS. N tv York. Cotton- 16lTc. Flour Good to choice, $5.155.45: white winter extra, $5.50 6.00. Wheat No 2 Chicago, $1.15H1.18: No. 2 Northwestern, $1.17l.ltf; No. 2 Milwaukee Spring, $1.17S&1.--W. Ry Western. 90cfl.01. torfry $1.3tKl.35. Corn 8;aifffc87l4c. Oats Mixed Western. ti9Ji71c. Pork New mess, $J0.85 (ftn.nO. LardUUc. Chtt 10l1c. Wool Domestic fleece, 50?t60c. B?T8 $ 1 0.00 (9)13.00. Hon Dresed. Western, $.0u9-itt: live, $S.0O(g.5O. iihtep Live, $t.OU&8.00. Chicago. Reev Choice. .006.2f; good, $5.tti5.85; medium, $5.255.50; butchers' stock, $:i.75?.5.2'; stock cattle. SM.SXfi 4.75. Ilo(jn Live, good to choice, $7.0o(r 8.M) ; dreeoed, $S.5nff-!.00. Hitep Good to choice, $5.?5t.50. Mutter Choice yellow, iKTJJlc. Eqq Fresh, 2.vrc28c. for Mess, new, $i0.5030.ti0. Lard $14.1W.14.20. Cheee New York Factory, 17'43.183: Western Factory, 17(?01"'4c flout White winter extra, $4.50Si6.75; spring extra. $4.254.75. Wheat Spring No. 2. OSOlSc. Corn No. 2, 94rtj (i'4c. Oats No. 2, 55((i5tc. Rye No. 2, W.7;!,9l4c. Barley No. i, S1.03&1.07. Wool Tub-washed, 45ffj-58c; fleece, washed, 40 50c; fleece, unwashed, 27i37c. Lumber First-clear, $52.oo55.00; eecond-ciear, $46.00 (?i..V).00: common boards, fll.0012.00; fenc ing, $12.OO7.13.00; "A" shiDgles, $3.00(2-3.23; lath, $J.002.. Cincinnati. 7wr $5.0U5.10. Wheat Red, $1.10-1.15. Corn 69210c. Rye $1.121 1.13. tints m&64c. Barley- $1.201.25. Pork $20.75a2t.OO. Lard 1314!4c. . St. Louis. Cattle Fair to choice, $5.2!?y.15. Hons . ve, $H.O0(rt8.00. Flour X X Fall, $4.65 4.!'6. Wheat Ho. 2 Red Fall, $1.13(4&l.lJi. Corn No. 2, 87-?c. Oats No. 2, 6K, 63o. Sl.1(&1.02. Barley Ho. 2, $1.2tX(J 1. ti'i- Pork Mess, $20.7520.87H. Lard 13 13 c. Milwaukee. Flour Spring XX, $4.SOn.20. Wheat Spring, No. 1, 9Ht9c; No. 2, 92H 3o. Corn No. 2, H9a6914c. Oats No. 2, 54 vt4c Rye Ho. 1, 99'4c$1.00. Barley Ho. 2, $1.(W1.04. Cleveland. Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.1641.17; No. 2 Red. $l.ll'i1.12. Corn 72 73c. Oats No. 1, 6I&62C. Detroit. Wheat Extra, $1.301.204. Corn 7576c. Oats-5959'4c. Toleio. Wheat. Amber Michigan. $1.13t4 1.13; No. 2 Ked, $1.13'41.14V Corn High Mixed, 75724c. Oats No. 2. 6060V4c Buffalo. Beeves $".507.00. Hogs Live, $7.05;80O- Sheeit Live, $5.757.00. East Liberty. Beers Best, $7.007.25; medium. $.V705.75. Ifogn Yorkers. $7.00 7.40; Philadelphia. $8.)a.O0. Sheep Best, $6.507.00; medium, $5.25rt.25. The Debt Statement. The public debt statement on the 1st inst. is as follows: Six per cent, bonds. ... Five per cent, bonds . - Total coin bonds.... Lawful money debt Matured debt Leeal-tender notes Certificates of deposit. . Fractional currency Coin certificates Interest $1,149,13900 574,252,750 $1,723.38.8' 14.678,000 7.973.B50 879.298,882 43.045,000 44.343,-09 24,191,900 2,049,419 Total debt $2,265,98,711 Cash in Treasury Coin Currency Special deposits neia lor tot re demption of certificates of deposit, as provided by law $84,105,529 6,182.413 43,045,000 Total In Treasury $132.332,933 Debt less caurf in Treasury. Decrease during March $2,133,634,778 3.681,210 Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway Companies, interest payable fn lawful money, principal outstand ing $64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid. .. 969,353 Interest paid bv the United States.. 26,264,109 Interest repaid by the transporta tion or mails, etc 6,943,748 Balance of Interest paid by United States 30.330,364 What Gen. Sheridan Knows of the Black Hills. Headquarters Militart Dtvisiov or the I MtssorRi. Chicago, March 25, 1875. ( Gen. W. T. Sherjian, Headquarters of the Army, St. Louis, Mo. : General In renlv to voUr nuestion! "What do you know of the Black Hills?" I respect fully submit the following remarks! I My first knowledge of the Black Hills was derived from interviews with the late Father de Smet, a noted Catholic missionary, whom I mel many years ago on the Columbia River, in Oregon, from whom I beard the Indian ro mance of a mountain of gold in the Black Hills, and his explanation of that extraordi nary and delusive story. To Indians, frontiersmen and explorers the Black Hills country is much more extensive than that particular locality brought to the notice of the public by the recent explorations of Gen. Custer, aud gets its name from the black, 6crubby character of the timber which grows on the sides and tops of the mountains and hills. It comprises the whole of the country bounded on tbe east by longitude 102 deg., and on the south by the bweetwaterand Laramie Rivers, on the west by the Big Horn and Wind River?, and on the north by the Yellowstone River. This is really the country of tbe Black Hills; but em braced in it are several localities called "Black Hills." For instance, the "Black Hills of the Laramie," the "Black Hills of Powder River." and the "Black Hills of the iSbyenne River," the latter being the locality in whien ten. custer made nis reconnois sance last summer, and about which there is so much sjeculation at the present time, and within the bounds of which it is supposed by a large number of people is to be found the Father de Smet mountain of gold. Father de Smet's story was that, while liv ng with the Sioux Indians, he was shown by them nuggets of gold, which they informed him had been obtained at different points in the Black Hills, supposed to be from the beds of the Big Horn, Rosebud and Powder Rivers, and from branches of the Tongue River; ana on his representing that such yellow metal was of the greatest value, they told him they knew where there was a mountain of it. Subsequent investigation, however, proved that the Indian mountain of gold was nothing more than a formation of yellow mica, such as may be found in a number of places in the above-described country. I had scarcely given the story a thought alter this, until about three years ago, wnen I happened to be in New York, and it was there brought to mv recollection bv a prom inent gentleman, who asked me where Father de Smet was to be found, and Insisted that some one should be sent at once to get from him the secret of the gold mountain which would pay the national debt, etc. After I had informed him that it was an old and exploded story his ardor cooled, and the excitement about the " mountain of gold again subsided. It so happened, however, that the Black Hills country, was embraced in my military com mand, and two years ago it became apparent to me that a military post In the Black Hills of the Shyenne would soon becme necessary for the proper protection of the settlements in Nebraska from the raids of Sioux warriors, who always before they commeuce depredat ing the frontier secure a safe place for their r. . : i : . . .. .t ,1 tn . i , ,f. mumico auu i mages 111 iue locality menuoneu. Believing that these Indians would ev.er make war on our settlements as long as we could threaten their families and villages in this remote locality, abounding in game and all that goes to make Indian lire comfortable, and with this purely military object in view. the order was given for the Cu6ter reconnois- sance. The discovery of particles of gold by allu vial washing near Harney's Peak, On the east ern slope of the Black Ilills of the Shvenne. followed, and brought to tbe surface the Fath er de Smet story for the third time. The Black Hills of the Shyenne, described by Gen. Custer, are situated between the north and south forks of that river, one of which is known as the Belle Fourche, the other tbe South Fork; and although I have the utmost confidence in the statement of Gen. Custer and Gen. Forsythe, of my staff, that gold was found near Harney's Peak, I may safely say there has not been any fair test yet made to determine its existence in large quantities. There is not a Territory in the West where gold does not exist, but In many of them the quantity is limited to the "color," which is as much as has yet been obtained near Har ney's Peak. The geological specimens brought back by the Custer expedition are not favorable indications of the existence of gold in any great quantity. Still it may be there; but as the treaty of 1869, duly ratified, virtually deeds this portion of the Black Ilills to the Sioux Indians, there is no alter native but to keep out trespassers. But to go back to the Father de Smet infor mation, there is uot much doubt of the cor rectness of his statement that gold exists in large quantities in the Black Hills, but much further west than the Black Hills of the Shy enne. l nave seen nuggets trom the Big Horn and Tongue Rivers, and many specimens from near Fort Stambaugh, in the Upper Wind River country, where mining haa failed for want of water for alluvial washing and from hostilities of the Indians; and I have good reason to believe in fact, it is quite certain that gold exists in the Owl Creek Mountains, in the Lower Wind River and in the headwaters of the Powder River and the Rosebud, all these localities being under the general meeting in the Black Hills, and outside of the Sherman, Au gur and Terry treaty of 1869, except so far as he privilege to bunt game. It has been my intention to communicate much informatiou this coming 6ummer to the Government on the above-described country; and as the Indi ans have no absolute right to the soil there may be but little difficulty in extinguishing their hunting privileges. 1 purpose, if you ao not ob.ect, to open up the Yellowstone River by sending Gen. Geo. A. Forsyth and Col. Grant, of my staff, up the Yellowstone to the mouth of the Big Horn as soon as the ice breaks, which will give the lowest tide of water, having already secured a steamboat to make this explora tion. If Gen. Forsyth is successful I will send Gen. Custer, with a command from Fort Lincoln, across the mouth of Powder River, thence up the south bank of the Yellow stone, crossing Powder River, Tongue River, Kosebud, and on to the mouth or the Big Horn. This country is as yet entirely unexplored, aud the expedition may develop a very valu able auriferous section and make tbe Father de Smet story to some extent true, but I am of the belief that the mountain of mica has not changed to gold. I will also send an expedition down Wind River, through the Owl Creek Mountains, from Fort Stambaugh, via Fort Brown, to the mouth of the Big Horn, and will bring it back through the parks about the head waters of rowaer Kiver visited by uapt. Aims ana nis command last summer. These parks are for beauty fully equal to those described so graph ically by Gen. Custer as existing in the Black Ilills of the bhyenne. 1 may also say irom my own knowledge that the valleys of the Big and Little Po-po-agie, Little Wind River and Mam Wind Kiver can scarcely be ex celled in beauty and fertility, while the stu dent of nature will find there the most ex traordinary upheavals of the earth's crust probably to be found on this continent. I am of the opinion that this country is gold bearing, but of its abundance there can only be a con jecture. I feel quite confident of our ability to pre vent the intended trespass on the rights of the Indians, and cavalry and infantry in the de partment of the Dakota are being moved at the present time to the most available points, to carrv out my directions of Sept. 3 of last year. "Were it not for these precautions on the part of the Government there might be a repetition of the California Gold Beach and Gold Lake humbugs, with a still greater suf fering, as many of the persons now crazy to go to the Black Hills never think of how they are to exist after they get there, or how they could return in case of failure. If they will only wait for further informa tion from the Government, which now seems to be desirous of making concessions to meet these new interests, there will be no one more willing than myself to aid in ascertaining their value ; so far as the troops are concerned I will promise activity in the present emer gency and a conscientious performance of duty. Should the points from which the miners start be so remote as to make it impossible for our scanty force to watch them, we can occupy the two or three gaps in the Black Hills and effectually exclude trespassers. Very respectfully, P. H. Shehidaw, Lieutenant-General Commanding. The Late John Mltchel. John Mitchel was born in 1816, at Dun given, County Derry. His father was a Presbyterian clergyman of ability and standing, who acted with the United Irishmen in 1793 and was a sincere friend of his native country and a bold defend er of its rights. The young Mitchel was intended lor the church, and his early home training was pointed in that direc tion. But in 1830 he entered, as a stu dent. Trinity College, Dublin, and after graduating adopted the profession of the law and entered a law-offlce at Ban bridge as one of the partners of the firm. About this time he married the daughter of Richard Verner, a distinguished citi zen of Henry, and commenced the battle of life in earnest. For .some years Mr. Mitchel pursued his profession in a quiet manner. But all this time he wat accu mulating that mass of facts and informa tion which he afterward used with such zeal and energy against the English Gov ernment and its officers and agents in Ireland. In 1845 Mr. Mitchell emerged from his retirement by the publication of a life of O'Neill, the Ulster Chief, as he was called. The sentiments proclaimed in that work put him at once in the ranks of the party of " Young Ireland." They recognized him as tbe coming man, and looked to his writings as the exponents of their views, aims and designs in re gard to the present and future ot Ireland. Not long after this advent of Mr. Mitchel as the leader of Young Ireland, Thomas Davis, died, and the chair of the Nation at Dublin was left vacant. This, by common consent, was offered to John Mitchel and by him accepted. In 1845 he began writing for and managing that paper and putting forth bld views in a bold, if not at all times prudent, manner. In little more than a year the Nation, was indicted for "seditious" utterances. The case was tried. The jury failed to agree. John Mitchel escaped the clutches of the law, and continued to write and issue his sen timents, and that of the party to which he belonged, in the most plain and un mistakable language. During the vear 1847 Mr. Mitchel devoted his whole time to Irish political matters. He spoke, wrote and lectured urxn the subiect. and bis papers on "Land Tenures in Europe" attracted attention not only in Ireland and England, but in all parts of Europe. Not being able to agree with some of the supporters of the Nation as to the policy of the people, Mr. Mitchel severed his connection with that sheet in 1848, and established a new journal called the United Irishman. The course of the new paper was still more aggressive than that of the old. Hot shot w poured into the Government by Mitchel, Keilly and Mangan from all quarters. They spared no one in authority, from the Queen to the tidewaitcr. Each number was more fierce and pronounced than its predecessor. The Government, fearing the effects of such repeated invitations for the people of Ireland to assert their rights, arrested Mitchel on the 13th of May, 1848, for felony. He was sent to Newgate, tried on the 26th, found guilty the same day, sentenced to fourteen years' penal servitude, put on board ship with out delay, and in this manner left his native land for Bermuda, where he re mained ten months. At the expiration of that period he was sent to Australia to begin in earnest his convict labor. In that country Mr. Mltchel's companions in exile were such men as Smith O'Brien, Thomas Francis Meagher, and other Irishmen who had offended the home authorities and been transported for such offenses. Van Die man's Land was set apart for the resi dence of Mr. Mitchel. His health had been impaired and that fact mitigated to some extent at least the rigor of his con finement. Still it was irksome for Mr. Mitchel, and he determined to escape, if escape was possible. Through the ac tion of the Lieutenant Governor of the colony a ticket-of-leave was given Mr. Mitchel, by which he could visit any portion of the colony. This was coupled with a promise from him that he would not take advantage of this freedom to make his escape. He subsequently re turned the ticket to the Lieutenant Governor, revoked his parole of honor and escaped from servitude. In his es cape he was aided by Mr. Smith, now a member of the British Parliament from Westmeath. In 1853 a reward of 2 was offered for the capture and return of Mr. Mitchel. But he was then en route for this country, where he arrived in 1854, and took up his residence in New York. Having a taste for journalism, Mr. Mitchel a short time after his arrival began tbe publication of the Cititen, a paper in the interest of the native Irish men in this and other countries. It was not a success. Mr. Mitchel did not un derstand the state of feeling among the Irishmen of the United States, and they failed to see the point of much of his writings in relation to reme dial measures for Ireland. In 1855 Mr. Mitchel removed to the South, and start ed a paper, under the title of the Southern Cttieen. lhis, like the other etlorts of Mr. Mitchel, had a brief existence. It died in 1859, and left no mark upon the affairs of the nation. He then made a visit to France, but returned to this country in 1861, and became one of the editors of the Richmond Enquirer. In that paper his vehement, declamatory style was abundantly evident. Leaving the South before the close of the war, Mr. Mitchel again located in New York, and became associated with the News, of that city. For the expression of anti union sentiments in that paper he was arrested, but soon liberated. In 1867 he made his last newspaper debut in this country bv the establishment of the Irish Citizen. This ceased to be printed in 1873. In July, 1874, Mr.Mitchel left for Ireland, and immediately became a can didate for the House of Commons from Tipperary. He was beaten, and the Gov ernment did not notice either the fact that he was in the county or a candidate for office. But on the 16th of February last he was chosen to fill a vacancy from Tipperary. In this instance the House of Commons declared he could not take his seat because he was a " convicted felon." A new election was ordered and Mr. Mitchel was rechosen from Tippera ry by a large majority. Before the mat ter could be again pre'sented to the House of Commons the death of Mr. Mitchel took place, and that ends the contest. These are the leading incidents in the life and career of John Mitchel. at. Louis Globe. A Melancholy Spectacle. When Mr. Andrew Johnson was elect ed to the Senate we were unable to share the pleasure or the expectation that was manifested in many quarters. Nobody in the country was better known, or, as we supposea, haa been more accurately measured. A Democratic paper calls him "one of the founders of the Repub lican party." The fact is that he was a Democratic Senator from Tennessee who did not betray his oountry with the other Democratic Senators from that region when the war began, and the Republican Convention of 1864, which renominated Mr. Lincoln, associated Mr. Johnson with him, not as a Republican, but as a " Union" man. One of the leaders in that convention most strenuous for John- son s nomination was asaea Dy a inena what he knew of him. He answered, " Not a thing." The convention knew only that he was a Southern or South western Union man and an old uemocrau He was elected by the Republican vote, but he was never in any sense a Repub lican except that he was loyal to the Union. His career after his election Is familiar to everybody. It began in the Senate upon the 4th of March, 1865, with an ex hibition at which every Republican hung his head and every Democrat sneered. Called to the head of the Government by the death of the President he showed himself at oDce an ignorant, obstinate, garrulous, prejudiced man and was soon engaged in a violent enort to aeieai iue policy of the party that had elected him. His coarse vituperation of Senator Sum ner from the steps of the White House on Washington's birthday was another shock to the public sense of decency and another proof of the various misfortune which his election had caused. The most serious result of his Administration, however, was is effect upon reconstruc tion. Hia words anl condut, alter a very short time, held out to the defeated party the hope of regaining at the polls what it had lost in the field. This was one of the chief causes of the trouble and confusion that have embarrassed recon struction. His direct endeavor to divide the Republican party as a bid for South ern support culminated and failed in the Philadelphia "Arm-in-arm" Conven tion, which had, however, the sympathy and support of some very honorable and patriotic men. The prolonged and repulsive spectacle of "swinging round the circle," in a journey from Washington to the West, only confirmed the general t pinion of his flagrant unfitness for the position he held. Impeachment followed, and, as we think, upon inadequate grounds and a wrong constitutional theory, and he was acquitted. Notwithstanding his shameful prostitution of the appointing power to his personal purposes a pros titution assisted by Postmaster-Gen. Randall, who exhorted the vast multi tude of his subordinates to remem ber to whom they owed their bread and bufer Mr. Johnson was never thought of by any party or any person for a re nomination ; and when he retired it was with the fervent gratitude of every pa triotic man that he had not been able to accomplish more mischief, and with the devout resolution upon the part of Re nnhltcans that thev would never again. under anv pretense, borrow a candidate frrm the Democratic party. A choleric and commonplace man, of a loose and shambling speech, who had shown no political ability of any kind, it was not easy to see why, when the Dem ocrats lately returned him to the Senate, there should have been an expectation that he would say or do any wise thing. He baa made a soeecn luuoi me oiu vanity, inconsequence and solemn folly. Like Mr. Eaton's, it la, In itself, of no importance, except that ho is a Demo crat, and that the party feelitg and tendency may be seen in what he says. When he reached Washington he was interviewed, and told the reporter that the negro must be put in his place which was to be expected of the signer of the CiviLRights veto, but hardly of the " Moses" of the colored race. In his speech he warns the country that the President is driving rough shod to des potism over the ruins of liberty and the Government, and that he would have made no mistakes in Louisiana if he bad onlv done as a certain acting President, who shall be nameless, did in Tennessee in 1866. Mr. Andrew Johnson in the Senate Is another of the boons that we owe to the Democratic party. And those who have sustained the Republican party for years, but who have been troubled and alienated by many later tendencies and measures, yet who must now support the Republican or the Democratic organiza tion, may well ask themselves whether it is the part of wisdom and patriotism to join the Democrats and march with Mr. Johnson and Mr. Eaton, or to act with men like Mr. Christiancy within the Re publican lines. Is there nothing to do but to insist that nothing can be done, that the Democrats cannot be trusted, and that the Republicans are unworthy of trust? Harper's Weekly. ALL 0RTS. New Yorkers with a tendency to paralysis, epileptic fits or anything of the sort are excited over the adventures of one of their fellow-citizens, Jacob B. Stockvis. Mr. Stockvis left his home up town one morning some weeks ago, in poor health andw against the wishes of his family. Falling on the sidewalk soon after, speechless from paralysis, he was picked up by the police, carried to the station as a drunken man, and locked up till the next morning, when a certain Justice Flammer sentenced him to six months in the work-house. Here the poor paralytic was locked up with two lunatics, and might have stayed there to the end of his term had not bin where abouts been discovered by accident. In the meantime his friends had searched everywhere for him, but no clew could be obtained, as Mr. Stocktis had been shoved through the Police Court under the name of Richard Doe. nere is Lucy Hooper's recipe for dressing a fashionable lady: "Take a young woman and turn her once in a breadth of Batin, twice in a gauze scarf, and three times in a puff of tulle: add twenty yards of flowery garlands where with to season the whole. The dish is then trussed up, but has not yet suffi cient dressing. Something heavy In the shape of a train is needed. It may be made of matelasse, with raised flowers, or of brocade. Skewer it on well be hind and garnish with gauze butterflies. lace birds or gilt beetles. Keep very warm at the base and very cool at the top. Remove the dressing as much as possible from the upper part and pile it on below. Season with diamoads and serve up warm." How sweet is a perfect understand ing between man and wife and a com plete equality in all things. He was to smoke cigars when he wanted tnem, out he was to give her ten cents every time he indulged in one. He kept his word, and every time she got fifty cents ahead he'd borrow it and spend it. And so were they happy. The Committee on Schools of the Buffalo Common Council have received a proposition from Bishop Ryan, offering to transfer to the city for a nominal sum the Catholic parochial schools of Buffalo. The schools are seventeen in number, are taught by ninety-six teachers, and have 7,120 scholars registered. An idea that will not find much favor with lawyers has been carried out at Yale College. For the convenience of those who do not intend to practice law, but wish to obtain a knowledge of its principles as applied to business in gen eral, a special course of study is provided by the Law Department. For five years past a rich farmer In our neighborhood has made a standing offer of $10,000 in gold for a double set of cow's teeth that is, the upp-r and lower rows complete. Yet his offer has never been taken up. Who can tell me why? St. Nicholas Magazine. Do cows have upper teeth? Giles Codet. who started the first two-cent restaurant in Paris, died recent ly. He called his saloon the California, and the price of everything, soup, vege tables or meat, was two cents. The place became very popular, and Codet retired some years ago on a large fortune. An application for relief In Paris was supported by the following recom dation: " This unfortunate young man i3 the only son of a widow who died without leaving any children, and he is the sole support of his aged father ana young brothers." A new Kind oi neaaacne nas oeen developed in London. It is called the " museum headache," and attacks fre quenters of the reading-room in tne British Museum. Poor ventilation is the cause. A letter has been received in Lowell, Mass.. from California, stating that a man who died there March 5 bequeathed $22,000 to be divided between four nieces, two of whom are mill girls. A cheering bit of history: Henry R. Wendell records thai on the afternoon of the 0th day of June, 1816. he " went four miles to the city of Schenectady in a sleigh " Charleston, Vt.. rejoices in a female dentist, whose "crowning efiort, ihe local paper says, was her pulling five double teeth for a man a few daj s ago. Prince Bismarck is troubled with insomnia. It should be stated also in the interest of i rue womanhood that Mrs. Bismarck is not responsible for it. The partridges are doiDg great dam age to the apple trees in Ashburnham, Mass. In one orchard twenty have been seen at a time eating the buds. no J S TiftvRAttn. a Professor of Physiology at Harvard, ha invented a J . . ..... !11 1 . I n "calorimeter wnicn win uiara vuc ouo eightieth of a degree of the temperature of the human body. By means of this instrument he claims that it is possible to estimate the increase of heat in the human brain under varying circumstances as, for instance, in the sudden tran sition from a condition of repose to one of excitement caused by intense thought. By means of it he nas maae tne singular discovery that there is always a differ ence in the temperature of the two sides of the body. The left side, he found, wna nlwAvs the warmer, the diflerence of temperature varying from one-twenty- nith oi a degree to iwu miuuucs uc grees. He has not had an opportunity to try the instrument upon a left-handed person. A wealthy Bostonian, while at Paris recently on his wedding tour, was swin dled out of $10,000 by an Irishman, who preteuded to have lately come into a large property, with the condition at tached that he should give $100,000 to the poor of America, and would like to send half of it by the gentleman, only asking as security to be assured that he was worth that amount. The victim handed him $10,000 to count, and prom ised to bring evidence of his account at the.banker's, but without waiting for it the Irishman fled with the bills, and haa not been seen since.