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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 187(3.
NUMBER 48.
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Cutlery, Qneensware,
AND
ALL KINDS OF GOODS
Nesded fcy the Farmer or Householder,
Corner 3d and Main Sts.,
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(Guthman's old stand.)
In connection with the Grocery is a
IB IS. 2E3 JEZ. IT!
(The nld and well-known stand of Frank liuth
nmn. where the
Frsks. cf Bread a:i Cozfscticserj
"Will Vl-vii-f- U" XoiiikI.
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always paid fT Country iToduce.
Keineinber the old sin,
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
11 -Uy
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WM. STADELMANN,
Near.y opp. Saunders House, on Main St.
At the old plare I still hold forth, and forthe
Centennial year 1 offer jroods t "Ttt prices 1,76. I
mean. If you do not believe it, come and fee.
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FURS, GLOVES
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ieut' Knraishing tJooda in every variety.
Kooti and Shw, CaueK, Trunks, Yalifes, Etc.
ly "tock of Boot" and Shoe. Kur and Jewelry,
I am positively clotiin'4 out. It i the lurt year I
f hail keep thete line.
All Goods at a Creat Reduction
in Prices.
l'l Hi-mouth. Neb.. Jan. 3. 17.
PL1TTSM0IITU MILLS,
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Con bad Hbrel, Proprietor.
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The Hxheet Price paid for Wheat and Cora.
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dealer vx
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CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
The Sultan of Turley, oa the 14th,
sigecu Uie decree granting the Andrassy
reforms to the insurgent provinces.
The Vance bill, repealing the leading
features of the celebrated Potter law, has
!en passed by the lower houne of the
Wiscons-ln Legislature.
The Minnesota Republican State Con
vention, to appoint delegates to the
National Convention, has been called to
meet on the 2ttb of Ma'.
Hon. T. J. D. Fclleb, a former Con
gressman from Maine, and Sccood Audi
tor of the United States Treasury under
Buchanan, died in VirgtnU & few days
ago.
A London telegram of a recent date
ays information had been received of
the capture of three of the murderers
of Mr. Birch, tne English resident at
Perok.
Sm Joirx CoLfeitttxite, nephew of the
famous poet of that, name, and lately edi
tor of Ihfe Quarterly Review, died in Lon
don, a few daj-s ago. Ite was eighty-six
years old.
The Centennial Appropriation bill has
been signed by the President. The signa
ture was written with a pen made from a
quill plucked from the wing of ai Ameri
can eagle.
The Mississippi House Committee of
Investigation into the official conduct of
Cardoza, State Superintendent of Educa
tion, report that they Cnd him guilty on
ten count perjtiry, embezzlement, brib
ery, etc.
The steamer Franconia ran into the
steamer Strath Clyde, off Dover, England,
a few days ago. The boiler of th letter
vessel exploded, and le sn.nk immediate
ly. Fifty-two of her passengers and crew
were drowned.
The Investigating Committee of the
Louisiana House of Representatives made
a report on the 14th, recommending the
impeachment of Gov. Kellogg aud other
State officers, for violations of the law by
feloniously appropriating public fund1?.
A recewt Washington dispatch says
the demand during January for postage
stamps, postal cards and stamped envel
opes reached the unprecedented amount
of $3,500,000 worth. Thi wa" cousid
cred indicative of the rapid revival of
business throughout the cociury.
"When introducing his bill in the United
States Senate, on the ll'th, for the protec
tion of agriculture against injurious insects,
Mr. Ingalls stated that the actual loss
during the last year trom the ravages of
the locusts, chinch-bugs, army and cotton
worms and Hessian flies exceeded 200,
000,000, and from the locusts alone the
amount exceeded 50,000,000, In seven
counties of Minnesota nearly 00,009 bush
els of locusts were destroyed at a cost of
f 30,000.
Aldermen Ccllerton and Hlldreth,
ex-gaugers of Chicago, have been indicted
for complicity in whisky frauds, and
have given bonds for their appearance for
trial. It is also reported that several in
dictments for similar offenses have been
found at New Orleans against resident
of that city, and against S. Com'r
Shannon, K. S. Dennee and others,
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
Government through the Court of Claims,
in the cotton claims cases. Shannon and
Dennee gave bail in $5,000.
The vote in the Senate on the passage
of the Centennial Appropriation bill was
as follows:
All'son, Anthony, Bayard, Boutwell
Cameron (Pa.) Caperton, Clayton. Conklitie,
Conover Cragin, Dawes. Dennis, Dorey, fcd
mands. Ferry, Frelinhnysen. Hamlin, Harvey,
Hitchcock, Ingalls. Jones (Kla . Joues (Nev ),
Kellv, Logan, McDonald, WcMlllau, Moxey,
Mitchell, Morrill tMe.K Morrill (Vt ), Morion,
Ouleehy, Paddnck, Paiteroon, Randolph, Ransom.
Uobertoou, Sargent, fcpencer, Wallace, Windom
41.
Say Alcorn, Cooper, Eaton, Ooldthwaite,
liamiltou, Howe, Kernun, Key, McCreery. Merri
mon, Stevenson, Thunuan, Wadlciyh, Whytc,
Withers 15.
Slessrs. Ensllnh. Christiancy, Sherman. Gor
don and Cameron (Wisconsin), who wr.nld have
voted for the bill, were paired with Booth,
Cockerell. Davis, Norwood and Sanlshnry, who
would have voted against it. Mr. Wright, who
was absent, wonld have voted for the bill bad he
been present.
The recent Independent Greenback
State Convention of Indiana nominated
the following ticket: For Governor,
Franklin Landers, present member of
Congress from the Indianapolis District;
Lieutenant-Governor, Anson Wolcott, of
White County; Secretary of State, Leroy
Templeton, of Benton ; State Auditor, Mor
ris N. Bundy, of Henry; State Treasurer,
John Q. A. Newson, of Bartholomew ; Attorney-General,
W. A Tipton, of Fountain ;
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Rev. R, S. Blount, of Green; Reporter of
Supreme Court, Charles A. Knight, of
Clay; Judges of Supreme Court, William
F. Barnett, of Vanderburgh; John B.
Haines, of Delaware; II. C. Xewcomb,
of Marion ; Judge Lindsay, of Howard.
The resolutions adopted demand the im
mediate and unconditional repeal of the
Specie Resumption act, and are also in
other respects, on the financial question,
similar in substance to those adopted by
the Illinois State Convention at Decatur.
Experiments continue to be made in
France to test the efficiency of an engine
of peculiar construction. This engine is
described as having no wheels, but is
provided instead with what may becalled
legs. It does not roll ; it walks, runs, or
gallops. It is like an ordinary engine,
with straight rods terminating in broad
circular skates. There are three lesrs in
front and three behind. The moving
cylinders, instead of turning wheels, raise
the feet. The invention, it is claimed, is
particularly adapted for carrying great
weights up an incline, as a convenient
substitute for the means now employed.
One 6f these, which is at present atwork
on a French railway, weighs ten tons, and
goes four to five miles every hour, but
can accomplish, if desired, eleven or
twelve miles.
A fine stain can be imparted, it is said,
to lurniture made of beech or pine in a
very simple manner. Dissolve three
ounces of permanganate of potash and
three ounces sulphate of magnesia in two
quarts of hot water. Apply this to the
surface of the wood with a brush and re
peat if necessary. The manganese salt is
decomposed in contact with the fiber of
the wood, and a fine, permanent stain is
produced. If the objects are small, a
more dilute both can be prepared, and
the wood immersed in it for one or five
minutes, until it is thoroughly stained.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The burglar who robbed the National
Bank of Commerce at New London)
Conn., has been discovered In tile pefsoli
of George C. Packer, one of the tellers of
that Institution; who has rhftde a confes
sion. AU the missing funds of the bank,
pmountingto $21,500, have been rccov
ered. A dispatch from Constantinople on the
12th says the Sultan had offered to grant
complete amnesty to all insurgents who
would immediately sufemit to his author-
A l)Erittft ItlCgfalii of the i3th says the
efforts of Herr Kapp and other deputies
to secure a renunciation of the naturaliza
tion treat3' with the United States had
proved fruitless. The Government would
continue to uphold the treaty,
Petkh Blackixton fc Co., woolen
manufacturers at South Adamii Msq.;
have failed for (. largs auiount. An
nouncement was made on the 12th of the
suspension of R. & J. White, lumber
merchants of Pembroke, Can. ; liabilities
$75,000.
At the conclusion of his remarks at the
Flymouth Church meeting on the even
ing of the 11th, Mr. Beeoher pronounced
the allegations of Mr; Bowen ft!s5i ?.nd
Added i uAkl w till Aliiiighty God before
Tne, and the judgment day, I arraign him
(Bowen) as a slanderer and a liar."
The Kansas House of Representatives
has passed a concurrent resolution re
questing Congr'?1 to repeil tile CpeciS
Hesiiinplion act.
A terrible explosion occurred in the
Exeter coal mine, in AVest Pittston, Pa.,
on the afternoon of the 12th. Four men
were killed outright and 6ix or tight
others were badly injured; The eplrj.
tlort was prtfbabty caUsed by the accumu
lation of gas in one of the chambers of
the mine, which it is thought was ignited
by a lighted lamp in the hands of a
miner.
The funeral of the late Revcrdy John
son took place In Baltimore on the after
noon of the 13th, ahd was larpvly at
tended. Many friends f h hWeitseu1
wtn? phJscbt tibiit Washington, including
Judges of the Supreme Court, Senators
and Representatives.
A Madrid dispatch of the 14th says
Spain had recently sent another note to H
repreentatlvr abroad; f.hirll was liitebd
td 13 be a complete answer to the late note
from the United States Government. The
memorandum asserts that negroes, mulat
oes, Chinese and deserters fdrrli Uie bulk
cf 'lie insurgent forces, and that their
army contains scarcely 800 white Cubans.
Spain could not come to any terms with
such elements. After having ob
tained a complete victory, she would
grant to Cuba all the liberties which,
but for the Insurrection; che ttbum
already pofcstss, tlild which the neighbor
ing island of Porto Rico, where slavery
has been entirely abolished, already cn
ioys. Over 23,000 men had been sent to
Cuba within the last twelve niontha.
A London dispatch of the 13th states
that WlnsHw, thfe Boston forger, had
bjeh arrested in that city. The necessary
extradition papers were secured and an
officer left Boston on the evening of the
15th, for London, to bring the fugitive to
this country.
I the British House of Commons, on
the 15th, Disraeli, the Premier, moved the
passage of a bill enabling Queen Victoria
to take the style and title of "Empress of
India."
It was-officially announced at Madrid
on the 15th, that the Carllsts bad beefi
entirtly routed 111 the engagement of the
13lh, at Eigueta. The Spanish Cortes
was opened by King Alphonso. He ex
pressed himself hopefully in regard to the
difficulties at present surrounding Spain.
Thk Advisofy CbUncil of Plymouth
Church was opened on the afternoon of
the 15th. Delegates from about 140
churches were present. Mr. Beecher
greeted all the delegates on their arrival,
and opened the proceedings by an Rddress,
in which he stated that this was the larg
est council ever held in America to
discuss the affairs of any one church.
Dr. Bacon was selected as First Mod
erator, the Hon. Nelson Dingley, of
Lousville, Me., Second Moderator, and
Gen. Bates, of Illinois, Third Moderator.
The letter submitting the questions of
discipline to be passed upon was then
read. Mr. Beecher read the statement of
Plymouth Church, and made remarks de
fending himself and the course of the
church in dropping Mrs. Moulton's name.
A resolution was adopted for the appoint
ment of six committees, each to consider
one of the six questions to be decided.
A San Sebastian telegram of the lGth
says the Carlists were concentrating at
Tobaso for a final struggle.
At the State election in Texas on the
16th, the entire Democratic ticket was
chosen.
Hcrst, a Liberal member of the Brit
ish House of Commons, elected last De
cember, has been unseated for sending
letters to voters offering to pay their rail
way expenses to the polling-places.
Judge Quain decided that this was brib
ery, and declared the election void.
A decision has been rendered by Chief
Justice Ryan, of the Wisconsin Supreme
Court, denying the application of Miss
Goodell, of Janesville, to practice in that
court. He holds that there is no, Wis
consin statute authorizing the admission
of females to legal practice in the State
courts, from which the common law al
ways excluded them.
A full State ticket was nominated by
the Illinois Independent State Convention,
recently held at Decatur, atd Is as follows:
Governor, Louis Stewart, of Kendall
County; Lieutenant-Governor, J. n.
Pickerell, of Mcon; Secretary of State,
Dr. M. M. Hooton, of Marion; State Au
ditor, John Hise, of Chicago; State Treas
urer, Henry T. Aspern, of Champaign ;
Attorney-General, W. S. Coy, of McLean.
Delegates to the National Convention were
also chosen. The platform adopted de
mands the repeal of the Specie Resump
tion and National B&nk acts, and the substi
tution of legal-tender paper money for
the National Bank circulation; the per
fecting of a monetary system based upon
the faith and resources of the nation, and
adapted to the demands of legitimate
business, which money shall be a legal
tender in payment of all debts, public and
private, duties on imports included, ex-
e
te
cept that portion of the interest and prin
cipal of the present public debt that is, by
the express terms of the law creating it,
made payable in metallic money, this
money to be intcrehRnjrrablo at the option
cf the Itoldcfs, with registered Uoverii
ttleht bonds beiirirtg a rale W iiicrtst tf?t
exceeding 3.0o per cerit: per auridiil.
If wis antioltrlccd id Londori, ,oii ili
17th, that G?n. Scheuck.ihe United siie
Minister, had tendered his icsignation,
and that it had been accepted. He in
tended to remain in London for the pres
ent, to answer any charge that might Ie
brought against him !n regard to the sf
fa'rs "f the Emma Mint':
SiocV City and Council Bluffs (town)
dispatches of the 17th state that the rush
for the Black Hills continued, miners ar
riving at those points daily, en route for
that region.
In a dispatch of the 17th, the Associat
ed Press agent at Omaha says he had
most competent and reliable official au
thority for Uie statement tiiat the siodx,
Cheyenne and Yrrapahoe Indians had
been and were yet making the most exten
sive preparations possible for an outbreak
in a very few weeks. They had been
purchasing large quantities of ammuni
tion and arms wherever they could get
them, going as far bouth as the Indian
Territory for that, purpos. It had rfeen
known for some time that the best fight
ing men had deserted the agencies and
were roving in the Big Horn, Powder
River and Tongue River countries, con
centrating and arranging forces for this
trefi
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Fridat, Feb. 11. After debate the
Senate passed the Cectennlal Appropriation bill,
without amendment yeas, 41; nays, 15. A bill
w8 introduced to cofrett cfrotii and cotM'ly
otnission in the Re villi Statute of the I nitetl
States. Adjourned to the 14th Committee re
ports of a pi irate nature were made in the Honse.
The bill relating to the transportation of animals
was reported from the Judiciary Committ-e, with
amendments. After being amended in Commit
tee of the Whole, the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill was reported to the House,
and paed as amended li to S. Adlournvd to
the ltth.
MONDAY, Feb 14. A bill was intro
duced in h(s Snatts b Mr. npslls- tir the pro
tfiblloft of npfiUiliure against Injurious insects.
The bill to amend certain provisions of the re
vised statutes of the United States relating to
the transportation ot aiiimals was debated and
passed -in to 24. 'I he questiou of -the ad
mission of Mr. rinihbs. k was taken up,
and Mr. Morton replied to the arguments
of Mr. Thnrman in opposition to the claims
of th applicant... Anciij the bills int'o-flff-d
n tVe Hose Were ill; follo-ving: In
relation lo bounties to nice lii'inth?' volunteers ;
to provide for the payment of United States
notes and to strengthen public credit: to make
banking free and to repeal the Resumption act:
for a repeal of parts of the KcstiHipiion Hot; a- a
for the pn'psm of preparing a way for the re
sumption of specie payment ; for t'he preserva
tion o? forests on the public domain adjacent to
the sources of navicahle rivers aud other
streams. Several resolutions of inquiry were
adopted. Mr. Hale moved to suspend the
rules and adopt a resolution declaring that
prompt measures should be taken by such legis
lation as is needed to rem'.er effective the policy
of resumption of specie payments by placing in
the haoris of the Secn-tury of the Treasury all
nce'sar powers to cs'ry gt ssd object: hirh
i(itit;n Va3 iliil yen? Hi, nujs 137. 11 vvur"
ordered that Saturday, the 19th, fhonld be set
apart for debate only.
Tuesday, Feb. 15. In the Senate the
Committee on Territories reported favotahly on
the bill to en .ble the people of New Mexico to
form a constitution for Stute i;overmenti at.d for
their dmifxdhn Into the t nlon a a State. The
I'ensbin .ji'fopriltioti t!!l s taCn rp end
amended by consolidating the amount appropri
ated (fH,4t).i 00) into one sum, instead of having
it divided into classe- as passed by the House:
other amendments of minor impori.mce were
adopted, and the bill as amended was passed.
The bill to repeal the la making certain re
striction ic the sale of public lauds in
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and
in.-Hi retind a!M -Jel!2....A ffcsoli
lion w as oB'ered in the House nd refenvd. to
the effect that the act or March 18. ist'9, to
s rcnuthen the public credit, and providing for
the payment in coin of the interest on the
bonds, was virtually a violation of the various
art- under which these bonds were issued, and
that such act was passed without consideration,
- nd was ttnjust. unequal and oppressive, inuring
to the benefit of handhold -rs and capitalists and
to the positive detriment, i f the people; and that
thefcore. such (let Pf M)rcb 18. 1S, be repealed.
A fesniutioh was ad1;t;fl crtll'n! it Information
as to the acidxl ainoniit of goid owned py the
Government aud available (or the resumption of
specie payment, alter deducting the amount of
gold ctrtifUates outstanding, accrued interest on
Government bonds, and bonds called for the
sinking fund The Fortification Appropriation
bill ($l ,0iA) was passed.
Wednesday, Feb. io. A motion in
the Senate, to take np the Pinchback case was
opposed by Mr. Morton on the ground that several
Senators were absent, and he said he desired to
have a full Senate when the vote was taken; the
motion was lost yens -0, nays :-:3 Among the
bills introdncea in the House were the following:
Fixing the ratts of compensation of railroad cm
pnnit's for the . trttnspoFtatioh of United States
mails; authorizing the Clerk of the Houe to pay
one month's pty to all the discharged employes of
the House of Representatives. Bills were passed
extending the time for tiling claims for addition
al bounties until July, 188 i; to amend the act of
March H, 1-75, for the admission of Colorado aa a
State, by provid-ngthat all qnalified voters under
the laws of the Territory shall be entitled to vote
on tne qnestion of th; ratification or relection of
a provision appropriating -iMllO tr) pay the ex
penses Of a Constitutional L'ouven ion. The hill
to reorganize the Judiciary was taken np and sev
eral amendments were otfeted.
Thursday, Feb. 17. The Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor made a unani
mous report in favor of the Senate bill to estab
lish an educational iund and apply a portion of
the proceeds of the public lands to publ c educa
tion, and to provide for a more complete endow
ment and support of the National College for
the a- vmcement of scientific and industrial
education. Bills were introduced to reduce
the interest on the public debt; to pro
vide for a safe and elastic currency, for
the speedy appreciation of the value of
Treasury notes and National Bank notes tJ
that of coin, aud to guard against panic and in
flation of bank credits. report of th? Con
ference Committee on the disagreeing votes of
the two bouses on the joint resolution to py in
terest on the 8 t3 District of Columbia bonds, was
considered and recommitted. Adjourned to the
list.... Speaker Kerr being absent from the House
on leave of absence, Mr. Cox was chosen Speaker
p.otrm. The bill for the reorganization of the
Judiciary was considered.
THE MARKETS.
SEW YORK.
FlBBCART 17, 1871.
Liva Stock. Beef Cattle $9.0Oa 8.50. Hog
-Live, $S.30a8.&5. Sheep 35.0037.00.
BnBADSTCrrs. Flour Good to choice, $5,553
8.03; white wheat extra, SS.05&V 7i. Wheat No
S Chicago, $1.2J1.25; No. i Milwaukee spring,
il.2tUl.S. Bye Western, ?Sa81c. Barley
75&76c. Corn Mixed Western. 64364c. Oata
Mixed Western, 4546c.
Provisions. Pork Mess, 25222.50. Lard
Prime Steam, !3S'&13ltC. Cheese 651"-c.
Wool. Domestic fleece. 42&H5C.
CHICAGO.
Livk Stock. Beeves Choice. $ V25J;5.50;
good, $4A334 75; medium, fl.10a4.25; butch
era' stock, $:1.0Ci:1.75; stock cattl , $3.2 3.73.
Hogs Live, $7.7528.70. Sheep Good to choice,
$.50&5.r.O.
Provisiohb. Bottor Choice, 7'3c. Eggs
Fresh, 14&15C. Pork Mefrs, $21.00081 1
Lard $12.f012.60.
BBBansTcrrs. Flour Wbite Winter Extra,
$l.75&7.50; spring extra, $4.0o5.i5. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, $1.011.02c. Corn No. , 41V
t3c. Oata No. 2, 3i,31ttc Kye No. 2,
D6aTc. Barley No. S, oo;462c.
Lumber First and Second Clear, J4O.OO0
42.00; Common Boards. $11 0(12.0' ; Fencing,
$1J.001?.00; "A" Shingles, $2.EO3.00; Lth,
$1.7:2.0O.
EAST LIBERTY.
Lit i Stock. Beeves Best, $006.25; me
dium, $5.005 50. Hogs Yorkers, $3.008.2S;
Philadelphia , $8.70&9.OT. Sheep Beat, $5.25
i.5.75; medium, J 1. 003.00.
The Hon. Potiphar Peagreen, of the
Georgia Legislature, rose in his seat the
other day and asked a member the mean
ing of the word geology. The member
old liim it was a species of vaccination.
Gen. Babeoek In Court.
FIFTH DAT.
The cross-examination of ex-Com'r Doug
las was compltttd in a few unimportant
nuostloftsi On the redirect examination he
testified thtl b ihdorsfftint t?n Crt Wdatit
triadfe in i73, purporting lo be charges made
iindsay MHrdocfc, ft Collector of Internal
Revenue in Southeast 'isorJufl; tannt j'oyte
dJ McDonald, showed that such charges
Md i-'eeit feieivci1,,and filed. The envelope
containing the anltlavlt -a$ Indorsed by J.
C. Snillin, the President's private secretary,
and the prosecution proposed to read the
document, showing that in 1873 the charges
had been sent to the Executive Mansion and
had irolie throiigb the departments, but
wi'ncfs wR allowed to testify only s above.
S'-'arl the c-tltirs; morning tesslon tas
taklJn tip lit trying id trace': through thMele
jcnph clerks or St. Louts an3 V? ashintn,
and also by the doorkeepers ana messengers
of the Executive Mansion, cctain te'egratiis
not yet admitted, to prove that they were re
ceived and sent back and forth between
Me-s'S. Joyce and McDonald in St. Louis
and ?. Babcock in Washington. Finally,
the defense wdvetf this proof a to one dis
patch, and allowed the followihg, admitted
to h in (in. Bubeock's haridtvritidgj to te
WistnSS oS, D. C. fee. 1, 1871.
Gen. John McDontiid, St. Louit: I tUcCrtded.
They will not go. I wtll write you.
(Signed) Stlph.
Before this was read, the defense announced
that tbey proposed to make a lengthy legal
argument against the ad ml sion of the other
telegram, and perhaps they might wish to
include the "Sylph dispatch in those ob
b eted to. The defense wished to reserve
thuf pWitit. u
jj.-putv c.omr "sogers rras recalled; ana
testified that he had a contersatloa with Oen.
BttbcocK with regard to the transfer Cf
Revenue Agents, and that the tatter had ex
pressed his regret at the issuing of the order
lor such transfer, as it would bring political
prefsu'e on Douglass, and be would be
forced to revoke the order, and that would
wotiL SlHitotrtJEly to h'ru the "Toss
examination witness said Gen. Babebck ex
pressed great fiiendship for Mr. Douglass.
The defense made strenuous oppo-ition to
the admission of the dispatches alleged to
have p.tseed between Messrs. Joyce, McDon
ald aud BatK.'Ock, and insisted that they should
require not only proof of the authorship
and trtpsnilpslon by telegraph, but that the
dispatches were actually flaefl (n the hatids
of the persons to whom they were ad
dressed; they also objected to the relevancy
of the dispatches. It was then agreed that
the dispatches should be grouped together,
and the question of their delivery, etc., tnd
their relevancy, should be argued at the same
time.
TKEStDENT tRAKT8 IMPOSITION.
A Washington Associated PrPss dispatch
of the lAli sRya the President's deposition
was taken oil that day tit the Executive Mau
sion. There were present Chief Justice
Waite. Sec'y. Bristow, Atty.-Oen. Pierrepont,
Col. William A. Cook ( me of Gen. Babcoek'e
counsel), and Mr. Eaton, who represented
the prosecution. Tbe oath was administered
by the Chief Justice, and the examination de
veloped tbe facta that Oen. Babcock had not
inttuenctd ot attempted to influence the Kx
ecutive in the election of any oRlcial in
volved in the so-called Whisky Kintrj that he
had not Interfered In any manner to cause
the Buspusiot of the celebrated order for
the transfer of StipcrVisorsi but that the rev
ocation was directed by tbe President him
self, in older that, suspicion being removed
from the minds of those engaged in the
frauds, they mijrht tbe more readily be de
tected in their efforts to cheat the Govern
ment out of tbe revenue on distilled spirits;
that the President still had implicit confi
dence in the ii'teprity of Gen. Babcock, and
was satisfied with bis explanation of the dis
patthes wh'.tih hate for'ned so Important an
element in his prosecution. The cross-examination
elicited nothing; of importance, but
developed the' fact that if there had been any
thing wrong- on tLe part of Gen. Babeock,
which the President emphatically stated he
did not believe, it was entirely without the
knowledge of the Executive. The President
stated that during the twelve years that Gen.
Batlcosk bd be?n Intimately assoel ited with
him, he bad not learned anything f aleu'attd
to impair bis confidence iu his integrity.
SIXTH DAT.
After the conclusion of the arguments as
to the admissibility of the dispatches. Judge
DUlon eci''t in favor of their admission,
and they were subsequently read in coUrt,
and comprised various telegrams from
Messrs. Joyce, McDonald and others to
Messrs. Babcock, Douglass and Avery, in
Washington, and from tbe latter-named gen
tlemen to the former.
Thoma J. walsh, brother-in-law of Gen.
McDonald, and chipf elt Tk In the office when
Supervisor, was Called, and identified several
letters and dispatches written by him at the
direction of Mr. McDonald, and also identi
fied tbe signature t"f bime)f and Mr. Joyce
aflixed for receipts to telegrams to Jle6Ers.
McDonald, Joyce and others.
Kennedy Duff, manager of the A. & P.
Telegraph office at Washington, was called,
aud explained tbe manner cf handling dis
patches in that offlCC; One rf the. dispatches
in question, aud to which the defense made
strenuous objections, (dated Dec 5, 1874, and
reading as follows: " I cannot bear that any
one has gone or is going,") asserted to have
been eent by Gen. Babcock to Mr. Joyce, could
not be found, tbe package of telegrams of
tbat day having been lost, and only a copy
was produced. This dispatch is alleged to
have been an answer to one tent by Mr.
Joyce from St. Louis to Gen. Babcock, and
was traced into the hands of Geo. Joyce, a
door-keeper at the White House, but Mr.
Joyce's signature had not been identified by
the prosecution, and therefore Its delivery
w as only inferential.
KVKJrra day.
Alfred Bevis, distiller, testified that Joyce
showed him the "Sylph'" dispatch from
Baocock in December, 1874, and that bis un
derstanding from it was. that tbe revenue
agents were not coming, and on the strength
of it preparations were made to run the
crooked. When Joyce showed the witness
this difpatch ne told him "everything was
all right," and to " go ahead." Joyce showed
witness a letter, three or four days after he
saw the dispatch, which satisfied bim (wit
ness) that it was all right, and the making of
illicit whisky would not be disturbed.
E B Frazer, business partner of the pre
vious witness, was called, and stated that
Mr. Bevis showed him the letter mentioned
in his (Bevis') 'esiimony in December, 1S74,
and that tbe effect of it was that their bouse
recommenced making illicit whUky. On
cross-examination witness said he was
pretty well acquainted with Hoge, the
revenue agent to whom the ring money
had been paid, but could not tell just when
be bestan to serve the ring, nor how he was se
duced into the service. The witness received
various letters and telegrams from Hoge,
some of tLe letters signed " Bixby." lie rec
ollected goiug to Cincinnati to meet him on
one occasion iu respouse to a telegram. Hoge
kept the ring pretty weU advued of the
movements of tbe revenue geut, and wa
generally considered as workiog conscien
tiously iu the cause in which be had been re
tained. J. J. Brooks, formerly Revenue Agent, but
now Assistant Chief of tbe Secret Service
Division of the Treasury Department, testi
fied and corroborated commissioner Doug
lass, account of bis efforts to unearth the
frauds iu St- Louis in 1874, giving the same
dates of consultations, interviews, letters,
telegrams, visits to Washington, Philadel
phia, etc., by himself and Hoge as were
given by Mr. "Douglas a.
Telegrams in cipher were then offered in
evidence, which the defense claimed were
coniidential dispatches Detween counsel ana
client, and they were ruled out by the court.
Col. Dyer then offered what are known as the
Avery dispatches In efidence, and they were
admitted.
The case here closed on the part of the
prosecution, with the excep'ion of the testi
mony of a Washington witness who would
testify as to the handwriting of two dis
patches jet In dispute, and who would take
the stand as soon as he arrived in St. Louis.
EIGHTH DAT.
Ex-Att'y Gen. William opened the case
for the defense on the 16tb, aud after he had
finished. Gen. A. A. Humphreys Chief of
Engineer Corps, United States Army; David
W. Mabon, tirst efiicer cf the Treasury;
James G. Berrett, ex-Mayor and ex-Postmaster
of Washington, and Gen. X. P. Banks, all
testified as to Oen. Babcock'a Integrity and
good moral character.
Alex. P. Tutton testified that he Is Super
visor of Internal Revenue of the States of
PennsjTfnfit, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land eiiil th D'rtrlrt of 'Columbia; remerii
berrd the order tfaiWfcrrtn (hp Supervisors
in January, 175; bad a conlef!,f on the
subject with !e-'y Bristow, who told Jilfff fo
call on the President, which witness did; told
the t resident it would t-e very Inconvenient
for him to go to St. Louis, and imoossib'e if
the tref-fer wss to continue for at y length of
time. 1 be iVeflJef't ftafd h whs sorry tbat
It would inonvcilehr tf; witness, and
stated tbfll It wis Hioul'M that a g"fs;tf 6al
of frod was being jomiu'itted In !t. Iuil(t
and Chicago, fi2 t'i's order wn's fnsde to de
tect these frauds; that, white i'.v d'ln't think
the officer of those places were Involved, be
did liilr, h frauds were being committed,
and tbat a change of "meer was necessary
in order to suppress such frsuoS,' tVt there
had been considerable political Influence
brought tob aron bim to revoke the order, but
he thought It necessary to carry it out to pre
vent thee frauds. Witness then gave o the
President h, feaofls lit he thought the or
der was Injudicious, and thfe President finally
said ti.'ct thfe more information he received
the better he was ptlrltd tbat this order
would not accomplish the pilrfof Intended,
and he would revoke it that day (Feb. 3), arid
did so. On ttie cross. examination witness
said he saw Gen. Babcock wtiile In Washing
ton, but the latter never said anything about
a pressure being broutiht to have tbe order
suspended; did tint then have a talking ac
quaintance with Oen; iabcock.
Dight letters were then submitted by the
defense, an'l admitted by the ccurt, the con
tents of which show that eft He venue Agent
Moge, now in Cituada, supplied G. B. f!ng:
bam, of Indiana, steadily with informal-ion
from June, 1S74, to the seizures In Mav, 1H75,
the dcfetise claiming that Hoge became
corrupted several months before- tbe prose
cution's testimony showed it to have oc
curtd. StNtrt iur.
Gen. W.- T. Sherman, Geu. James ll. Simp
son (of the Corps of Engineers), Gen. W. S.
Harney, Capt. L. S. Babbitt (commanding the
St Louis Arsenal), Gen. S. B. Sturgls (in corn
maud of the St. Louis post), tbe Hon. E. A.
Borie (ex-Secretary of tbe Navy ), and Gen.
1. L; Fullerton (a luwver of St. Louis), testi
fied aS tt) lli jc?od character of the tit-fend-ant.
Ex-Oov. Fletcher Identified several letters
from Babcock to Joyce as those placed itl his
possession a few weeks btfore by Mrs. Joyce.
Letters were then introduced, dated re
spectively March 3 and March 1875. to
show, as couusel said, that so late as the date
tf such lettei a there whs no suspicion of Geu.
McDonald either by Deputy-Corn. Rogers or
the Department.
Several letters written by Col. Joyce to
Gen. Babcock, and answers to the en me,
were introduced, all of which were of a social
character, and indicated that the writers of
them were on friendly terms, but such letters
contain no allusions whatever to ring mat
ers or anything connected with revenue af
falrsi The dispatch of Dec. B, 1174, and signed O.
E. Babcock, sayiiifj "Cannot hear that any
one has gone or is going, was ruled out by
the Court, but the one of Dtc. 3, 1??4, to
Gei. O. E. Babcock, from 8t. Lou!, asking
Has ihe Seeretiry or Commissioner ordered
anybody here?" was admitted.
jas. Magill, a letter-carrier In St. Louis,
testified that iu the latter part of February,
lt77). Col. Joyce bad accosted him on the
street and rt quested witness to assist Mm
in recovering two letters deposited in the
letter-box on the Corner of Pine and Fifth
streets, which he (Joyce) described as being
addressed one to W. O. Avery, Washington,
D. C, and the other to O. E. Babcock, Wash
ington, D. C, and nlarhed personal. Witness
did as requested, aud wheu he asked Joyce
for a receipt for the letters, and told bim if
be wanted to remail tlieni be (wituess) wou'.d
go with him and tee it done, Joyce replied
that it was all right, saying "It's only a
blind." On the croAs-examination, witnet-s
said it was a frequent thing to return letters
on business r ttes; recollected this circum
stance particularly because it was off his
beat; had opened boxes frequently on busi
ness streets, aud returned letters, but could
uot recollect tbe names of any other
persons for whom he hud done so, but finally
said he had returned a letter to Gen. G. W.
Fishback. Wittier was repeatedly pressed
to recollect the name of anybody else for
whom be had tken letters out of the boxes,
but be could not remember one; ho carried
blai,k receipts and had receipts with bim
when he gave the letters to Joyce; but Joyce
refused to give him a receipt, naming tbat it
was only a blind.
The deposition of PresidentGrant was read
and admitted by the court in nearly iu orig
inal form.
The defense anuounred their case closed.
The Death of KeTerdy Johnson.
Baltixore, Md., Feb. 10.
Mr. Johnson arrived at Annapolis last
night to argue the case of Baker ra. Prick.
By invitation of (Jov. Carroll, he became
his guest at the Executive Mansion to-day.
The Governor invited Chief-Justice Bar
ton, Of this Htate. and several other gen
tlemen, to meet Mr. Johnson at dinner
at the mansion. They dined at about live
p.m. At dinner, Mr. Johnson appeared
in excellent spirits and bis usual health,
and entertained the company by his con
versation and relating anecdotes. At
dinner he took one glass of Madeira, and
refused to take any more. Alter dinner
he suddenly asked the Governor to take
him into the parlor. lie took the
Governor's arm, and walking in there sat
dowfi on a ofa. At the request of Mr.
Johnson the Governor rejoined the guesta
at the table. Shortly after a servant ap
peared at the door, and ueckoumg the
Governor out, told him Mr. Johnson was
lying in the yard on the stones, gov.
Carroll went immediately to the place and
found Mr. Johnson lying on the cobble
stone carriage-way that passes under the
porch of the mansion, close up tome an,
and near a door leading into the basement,
lie had evidently gone down the front
steps and around to the side of the house,
and fallen where he waa louna.
This was about 8:15 p. m., and the im
pression is that be had been there at least
half an hour. He "was then dead, and
had leen bleeding profusely from the
wounds on the right side of his head aod
face.
There are large wounds on the right
side of the forehead, two fractures of the
skull from the upier portion of tlie fore
head to the eyebrow, a dislocation of a
finger of the left hand, and cuts on the
bauds and the legs. The physicians are
examining the body to determine the
cause of death.
Antcafolis, Feb. 11.
Dr. Lewis II. Stein, State Senator from
Frederick County, a distinguished, phy
sician, and Chief Inspector ot the Sanitary
Commission in the Aimy of the Potomac
during the war, who examined the body
shortly alter it was found, gives the fol
lowing as his theory of the cause of death:
Mr. JohDson either stumbled over a piece
of coal, or, being seized with ajmplexy,
and striving to save himself, moved to.
ward the west, staggering along by the
northerly side of the Executive Mansion,
at each step his booy gaining additional
momentum, so that having reached the
door leading into the basement be swayed
around to the south, and fell, his head
striking against the sharp corner ot the
granite base of the bouse, which gave the
first wound on the h-ad. Beaching the
Davement of rough cobblestones, a second
wound was received in front of the first.
At this instant, probably, the boue
of the nose were fractured, and one joint
ot the second finper of his right liana was
dislocated. Whether his subsequent
struggles may account for the abrasions
on his knees and the fingers of his left
hand cannot be positively asserted, i he
wounds In the scalp were accompanied
with fractures of the external bones of the
cranium and the base of the skull also.
with the orobable rupture of some of the
arterb at the base. Death must have re
sulted instantly.
Mr. G wynne, the Attorney-General of
the State, and a son-in-law oi .vir. joun
aon, is of the opinion that lie w as seized
with vertiy) and fell, as he had a similar
attack, Jaeting three hours, wnue aucuu
ing a trial in South Carolina, several
year ago.
A lord of the aisles A pew-opencr.
8ESSE AM) 0XSE.SK.
Mi?s BmwF.i.L baring been married re
cently t Mr. Bod well, by a Boston clcr
tJrrjiin, thn Traveller says that the change
wis "all In !itr(I)eye.
Hotiik Prinresi Beatrice is like the
rest of womankinJ. After laying she
would marry the man of her choice even
though he "were a mechanic, she has
ttken up with a poverty-stricken Prince,
wliftrrt Parliament will have to support
hereafter.
Tine brewers and malstert of the United
Stales w ill erect on the Centennial grounds
an iron building for the exhibition ol beer,
malt, hops and everything connected w ith
(?!: I rowing business, including a minia
ture ice'tioM-o, The cost of the building
will be sjo.ooa
The oihcr day, up In Wntcrtown, N.
Y., the wind blew a lady directly into a
gentleman' arms, and ever since that
time whenever Old Probabilities indicates
breezy weather, the sidewalks of the town
re so crowded with young men aa to ren
der liifm almot-t impassable,
Tuoi-on no" amount of study and appli
cation can make a dull mitn clever, yet he
may by the practice of self-cultivation be
come well informed and siudiotn. Every
altcmpt to gain knowledge is productive
Of some good result, for, if it does nothing
else, it lends to a spirit of inquiry, whicb
Is of itaflf iK-nertcial.
A man and wife at Eatonton, Ga., were
remarried alter two years of matrimony.
The first ceremony having been in some
way informal, and the inheritance of a
farge amount of property tiejx niling opoa
the validity of their man al relations, they
called their friends together, had
brillhuit wedding, and went oil on
houeymoon tour.
Jio mo hk long and costly processions ol
funeral carriages in Springfield, Mnss.
The correct thing In funerals is to dis
miss the company at the cloie of the serv
ices at the houe or church, and convey
only the family aud a few near relations
in carriages to the cemetery. It is hard
on the livery-stable men and undertakers,
but the wealthy and fashionable ones say
that the reform must be carried out, aud
it is done.
Enoch Arden in Kansas: As been
teie l the cabin he found the old woman
find her htislmod engaged in the double
working, back-acting, reciprtK-ailve per
formance of pulling each other's hair.
They reversed engines for a moment as he
entered. "Stranger," said h, " h is
my wife, but I've beam tell as you've
married her; I shall never introod on your
domestic bliss agen; but 1 warn you
right here, bein' a man as don't like to see
his neighbor took in, that this is a game
wliu you don't stand no show. Stranger,
she can draw to a bobtail and make a full
hand every time." Then be liowed, lilted
bis lxat from a bald bead, sad withdrew.
Ci.fcnr.YMKN ought to be U little careful
in the ail in in juration of sympathy. There
are some beautiful doctrines which will
probably have to bo modified to stilt cer.
tain eniergineies. One of the cloth was
the other day consoling an alllictcd broth
er on what be supposed to be the loss of
bin wife by death, and ussured him of the
certainty of meeting her on the other slue,
when the niriictcxl interrupted him by
saying: " I hope that what you say is not
literally true, lor I have just been dl
orced, und expected that the bill covered
this world and the next. If w hat you say
is true, you would pity me, indeed, for
my prospect is anything but enchanting."
The medicine is good, but it ought not to
be given to the wrong patient. UlUcaa
Tribune.
On Thursday afternoon, Jml before the
snow storm commenced, John Henry's
v.-fe left their " hopeful," aged five, and
his little sister, aged three, together wilh
a little cousin who was vNiliuz them, in
a room up stairs, fsmcylog that they
would amuse themselves together without
harm. When she returned 'an hour uller
ward a strange scene greeted her aston
ished cye. The young niituralista had
taken the feather lx'dster from the lied, cut
it open and strewn the t!oor with elder
down, which they were tos ing up into
the air with Ihe greate-t delight irr. ig'ma
ble. " VN hat on earth are you doing, chil
dren?" she exclaimed, aghast. "Well,
you see, mamma,' said the bojeful,
" Dod Is snowin out doors, and we
thought we'd make him snow in h' re."
Cincinnati Time.
Rabuit havine become too numerous
in Grass Valley, Nev., the proprietor of a
large ranche determined to rid the vicinity
of the pests, which destroyed acres of
grain aud vegetables for him last sea-on,
and provided ammunition and provisions
for an attack on the enemy. Ten guns
were mustered into service, and the hunt
continued four days, in which time 856
rabbits were slaughtered. One hundred
pounds of shot were fired during the cru
sade. According to the record kept by
the boys at the ranch, more than 3.0(50
rabbits have been killed in its immediate
neighborhood since last July. They are
tolerably well thinned out now, and hopes
are entertained that their depredations
will be less extensive next summer than
hst, when they devoured about sixty acres
of barley, besides potatoes and other vege
tables. They were as great a plague to
farmers in many part of Nevada last
year as the grasshoppers were in Kansas
and Nebraska.
The San Francisco ChronirU has a leg
islative correspondent at baeramento who
is showing vicariously a good deal of
heroism. lie lately made unpleasant
references to a memlK-r named Homers.
Now, Homers gained his Legislative ex
perience in a blacksmith shop. He . is a
mn of brawn and oaths a cruel, rough
man. When he read the scurrilous re
marks about him in ihe Chronicle he rose
in his might and said he would throw tbo
corresjiondent out of the window if the
offense were repeated. Tbe editor cf the
Chronicle, being safely disposed at San
Francisco, chose to regard this threat as
pleasantry. They invited the blacksmiih
of Mat iposa to come on with bis cudgels.
He came. lie beat tne corTesHnieni
about the head, and offered to throw bim
out of the window if he insisted upon
Laving the letter of the contract carried
out. The correspondent did not insist A
truce has been dec laied. Meanwhiie the
Chronicle urges the combatants on to the
fray, and its correspondent has serious
thoughts of resigning.
A Bojlsh Cariosity That Was Satisfied.
Thkre is unhappily too much reason to
believe that the horrible and fatal panic at
Robinson's Opera House, in Cincinnati,
j esterday, was the deii!erate work of a
young boy who was fond of bis joke. Of
course, this young American humorist
had no adequate idea of the etfoct that h
would produce by yelling " Fire!" at an
opportune moment in the midst of a thea
ter crammed with women and children.
Had he suspected, however faintly, what
a thing a panic is, a thing more horrible,
even than mob rage, with its concomitant
swooning, shrieks, imprecations. Pay
ers, desperate struggles for life regardless
cf other life, he woiild hardly have tried
his experiment. Though it was not as
succcs ful as it might have been, the ag
gregate of death ami agony, mental and
physical, was doubtless amply sufficient
to satisfy his curiosity, and it is not
likely that any who were present will,
while tbey live, engage in or countenaucc
practical joking. The catastrophe serves
hi remind as what materials are to be
found iu every church, theater or crowded
fern' boat, needing but tiie yell oi a
drunkard, a maniac, a brute or a tool, to
be otiickened into horror inexpressible.
X. V. World.
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