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VOLUME XVIII.
POETRY.
BEST.
/ouwlth vour nursery light,
hit bable , all in white,
_ . . -0 their sweet matt
Christ, the Uood Shepherd, oarriea mine to'
"^And that la beat.
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yours or mine,
McKINNEY, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, MARCH 18, 1874.
_ . „ On your warm breaatt
But the Saviour's is purer than j
He oan love best.
You tremble each hour because your arms
Are weskt your heart la wrung with alarms,
And sore oppresti
V- afe, out of reach of harms,
My darlini
that is best.
You know over yours m y hang even no
Pain and disease, whose fulfilling slow
, Naught oan arrest i
Mine In Uod's gardens run to and fro,
And that is best.
And dearest1*' 'rour *eel>leat one
Unloved, unbleat^
Mine are cherished "
velong years alone,
—Mfati
of saints around God's
throne,
And that is best.
You must dread for yours the crime that sears,
Dark guilt unwashed by repentant tears, •
And unoont'essed:
Mine entered spotless on eternal years,
O, how much the best?
But grief Is selfish) I cannot see
Alwaya why I should so stricken be,
„ ... More than the rests
But I know that, as well as for them, for me •
God did the beat.
—Vertet by H. H.
MISCELLANY.
CHARLES SUMNER.
Death or the Dlstlninished Main-
SÍ1"!®!4* ¡*ein tor-Iirs last Honrs-
Sketch or H1m Lire.
Following Is a synopsis of the Assoclut-
eu Press telegrams announcing the
ing
telegrams announcing the ill-
ness and death of Senator Sumner :
Washington, D. C., March 11—3:30
m—Senator Sumner died at 2:45 o'clock. He
passed away calmly without a struggle.
Senator Schurz, in leaving Mr. Sumner's
room at 12:30, took Mr. Sumner by the hand
and asked, "Do you know mei" Mr. Sum-
ner replied, "Yes, but I cannot see you."
At once Senator Sumner fell into an easy
slumber, which encouraged some of his friends
to believe he was somewhat bettor, but a
consultation of physicians held about that
hour did not establish any reason for such
impression. Dr. Brown-Sequard was tele-
plied for but did not arrive until after his
iFe
n5
rd
During the last two hours of Mr. Suinncr's
Illness his Intellect seemed to be much clear-
er, and he was porfectly conscious to the last.
This condition was doubtless the result of
his recovery from the effects of inorphino
which had been freely administered to him
this morning. His sufferings toward the last
seemed to be Intense, and he several times ex-
claimed, "I want quiet, I am tired." He
recognized friends who came into the room.
One of the last to whom he spoke was ex-At-
torney-General Hoar, of Massachusetts,
to whom he said, "Take care of my Civil-rights
bill." At a quarter before 3 o'clock he was
attacked by a slight spasm, in which he died.
Around hft bed at the time were ex-Attor-
ney-General Hoar, W. P. Johnson, of this
city, Major Perley Poore, George T. Down-
ing, and .James wormley. Senator Schurz
and Hon. Montgomery Blair entered the room
just as he breathed his last, but Mr. Sumnor
was then too near dissolution to recognize
them.
It is regarded as remarkable that the reso-
lution of the Massachusetts Legislature re-
scinding its vote of censure upon Mr. Sumner
should liave been presented and read in the
Senate before he left it on the last day of his
presence in the chamber as a member of that
Mr. Sumner's age at the time of his death
was sixty-three years, two months and five
days. He had been solicitous for his health
for several days past, the earnest part lie was
taking in questions before the Senate haviui
given him reason to pay especial regai
The only relative that Senator Sumner lias
is a sister, wife of a physician in San Fran-
cisco, a.id to her the sad news was telegraph-
ed immediately after his death.
THE FUNERAL.
The Massachusetts delegation in Congress
met this evening at the residence of Samuel
Hooper, to make arrangements for the funeral
of Senator Sumner, and after consultation it
was agreed that they should attend the fune-
ral as mourners. Judge E. B. Hoar was se-
lected to present resolutions of respect to the
memory of deceased to the House of Bepre-
sentatives. Messrs. Dawes, Hooper and
Pierce, of the House, and Senator Boutwell
were appointed a committee on the part of
the delegation to act with the committee of
the Senate in arranging for the foneral. All
the members of the Massachusetts delegation
were present at tho meeting except Senator
Boutwell, who is indisposed. Tho feeble
health of the Senator will prevent him from
announcing the death of his colleague to the
Senate, and that sad duty will be assigned to
Senator Anthony.
THE COLORED PEOPLE.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Civil-Bights Council, George T. Down-
ing, Chairman, this evening, it was resolved
to recommend to the colored people in every
city and town in the country ta drape their
houses and churches in mourning, that they
offer memorial services in their churches noxt
Sunday, and otherwise manifest their grief in
every fitting manner of the loss by death of
Charles Sumner, who was pre-eminently their
friend,and that respective State Councils take
immediate steps towards having a monument
eretíted to his memory. Another meeting of
colored citizens was also held this evening, at
which a committee of twenty-five was ap-
pointed to make all necessary arrangements
to attend the foneral of the late Senator and
pay a fitting tribute to his memory.
BRIEF SKETCH OF MR. SUMNER'S LIFE.
Charles Sumner was born in Boston Janua-
ry 6,1811. His father, who died in 1880, was
a lawyer by profession, and during the latter
portion of nfs life was Sheriff of Suffolk coun-
ty. The son received his early education at
the Boston Latin School, and was graduated
at Harvard in 1880. He continued in private
the studies of college lift for one year, and
then entered the Cambridge Law School. He
■was admitted to the bar in 1834, and soon at-
tained a large practice. He was appointed
reporter of the Circuit Court of the United
States, in which capacity he published three
volumes of " Sumner's Beports," containing
decisions of Judge Story. At the same time
he also edited the "American Jurist," a
quarterly law journal of high reputation.
During the first three winters after his admis-
sion to the bar, while Judge Story was absent
in Washington, Mr. Sumner was appointed
lecturer to thé law students, and part of the
time, during the absence of Professor Green-
leaf, he had sole charge or the school. His
favorite topics were those relating to constitu-
tional and international law. In 1886 he was
offered a professorship in the law school, and
also one in the college, both of which he de-
clined. In 1837 he visited Europe, where he
remained till 1840, traveling In Italy, Ger-
many and France, and residing for nearly a
year in England. On his return to Boston ho
resumed practice, and in 1844 he published an
elaborate edition, with annotations, of "Ve-
sev's Beports," In twenty volumes. Though
vo'ting with the Whig party, he took no ac-
tive part' in politics till 1845, when, on the
Fourth of Julv, ho pronounced before the mu-
nicipal authorities of Boston an oration on
" The True Grandeur of Nations," in which,
prompted bv the menacing aspect of affairs
between the' United States and Mexico, he
denounced the war system, as tho ordeal by
battle still unwiselv continued by interna-
tional law as the arbiter of Justice between na-
tions, and insisted that this system ought to
tire way to pcaceftil arbitration for the adju-
dication of International questions, as the pri-
vate ordeal of battle had given way to such
substitute in the administration of justice be-
is
tween individuals. His oration attracted un-
usual attention, led to much controversy, and
was widely circulated both in America and
Europe. It was pronounced by Blchard Cob-
den to be "the moat noble contribution
made by any modern writer to the cause of
peace."
Since 1845 Mr. Sumner's political histoi
familiar to every reader. He was the earl
amongst the anti-slavery agitators, and bis
first important speech was upon the Fugitive-
slave act, against which be argued that Con-
gress had no power under the Constitution to
legislate for the rendition of fogltlve slaves
and that if it had, the aet in many essentia
particulars conflicted with the Constitution,
and was also oruel and tyrannical.
THE TICHBORNE CASE ENDED.
The Batcher-Baronet Confined to a
Felon's Cell for Fourteen Yeara-A
Brier Hiatorjr of the Case.
The trial of the Tlohborne claimant on
the charges of perjury committed durini
the trial fbr possession of the estate, whlcL
has been in progress upward of 180 days,
was brought to a close in London on Sat-
urday, the 28tli ult., and resulted in the
conviction of the accused. The jury, after
being out a short time, brought in a ver-
dict of guilty on all the charges, and the
claimant was sentenced to fourteen years'
penal servitude. There was great ex-
citement over the verdict,and "extras"
announcing it were issued by the papers.
After the verdict was announced the
claimant expressed n desire to address the
court, bnt the Lord Chief-Justice reftised
permission. He maintained his usual coin
posure when sentence was pronounced,
and shook hands with Dr.* Kenealy, his
counsel, and was then taken from the
court-room by a seldom-used exit, placed
hi a private carriage, and rapidly driven to
isappoli
Newgate, much to tho disappointment of
' orderly cro
see him pass.
an immense though orderly crowd, which
gathered outside to see him pass.
With the verdict above recorded ends
one of the most memorable litigations in
the English courts. That both sides have
fought with all their strength to win, the
length of the contest Is sufficient evidence.
The Hntil result, the imprisonment of the
butcher-baronet for a term of years, will
not be surprising news to either the people
of England or this country. Bets have
been oifered of live to one, all along since
the charge of perjury was entered, that'the
irosecution would gain .the day, and
:he sporting men of London invariably
udgc correctly as to the end of law-suits
as they do to tho result of horse-races.
The history of the case may bo summed
up as follows: Roger Tichborne, eldest
son of Sir James Tichborne, after being
educated in France and at Stonyhurst and
serving for awhile in the army as an offic-
er of carbineers, set sail for South Ameri-
ca in 1851 jjifter whicli he was never seen
.ravels and his
id to have end-
wi
again in England. Ills tcavels and his
fe ended,' or were suppose*
ed, when the ship Bella, on which he set
sail at .Bio dc Janeiro for New York, foun-
dered at sea. His mother refused to be-
lieve him dead, and advertised for him for
several years. At last she was rewarded
by hearing from Australia that her son was
alive and well, and she got letters purport-
ing to be from him in which he stated that
he liad been picked up at sea and carried
to Melbourne. In I860 the would-be Sir
Roger, in the person of the claimant,
reached England. Roger's father was
dead; the claimant was recognized by
Lady Tichborne as her son. In a year or
two she died, before tho case came to trial;
meanwhile almost eveiy other member of
the family denied his identity. The suit
instituted by him for the possession of the
title and estates commenced on the 10th of
May, 1871, and continued with little inter-
ruption, until July 7, when an adjourn-
ment for some months was liad. The
ease was resumed in November, and
the claimant's case was completed on
January 15,1872. Sir John Duke Cole-
ridge, then Attorney-General, on that day
began his opening address for tho de-
fense, occupying five
On March 4, the jury, having just listened
fense, occupying five weeks in Its delivery.
he juiy, having just listened
to the testimony of Lord Bellow, to the
NEWS SUMMARY.
effect that he had tattooed thereat Sir Roger
when at school, and the claimant being
unable to show any tattoo marks, were in-
duced to state to the court that they had
heard enough testimony. Two days af-
terwards tlio claimant's case was with-
drawn from before the court. Lord Chlef-
Justicé Boville, who had presided at the
first trial, thereupon issued a warrant for
the arrest of the claimant on the charge of
jerjury, and his bail was fixed at £50,000,
>ut he was soon balled out by his enthu-
siastic partisans. On April 23,1873, he
was put on trial before Lord Chief Justice
Cockburn, Dr; Hawkins conducting the
irosccution, and Dr. Kenealy the defense.
The testimony for tho prosecution was
closed on the 2d of December last. The
defense was then opened, and concluded
on the 14th of January. The summing
up for the prosecution was finished on
January 2d, and on the ensuing day Chief
Justice Cockburn began the charge to the
ury, which has peeved almost as tedious
as the speeches of the counsel. The ver-
dict of guilty was an unexpected one, for
there were two men on the jury who were
regarded with great suspicion. The two
rnwHAL in political.
The Congressional examination into the
affairs of the District Government began at
Washington on the 5th, Mr. Baker, Comp-
troller, was the first witness called. Senator
Thurman acted aa chairman of the commit-
tee, in the absence of Mr. Boutwell.
Judge Pratt of New York, on the 5th,
vacated the order of arrest in tho case of
ex-President Baez, and discharged him from
custody.
The Civil-Service Commission have agreed
to report to the Houso, with a favorable re-
commendation, a bill declaring " that no offic-
er of the United States shall, direetly or indi-
rectly, receive, or be paid to or for his own
use or benefit, any money or property what-
ever of the United States, except tho salary
to be fixed by law, and that no public prop-
erty shall be used by officials, or by any per-
son for private purposes; but that this act
shall not be so construed as to prevent pay
ment from the Treasury of all actual and ne-
cessary traveling expenses of Unitod States
officials when performing legitimate and ne-
cessary duties pertaining to their offices.
General Schenck, Minister to England, has
returned home on leave of absence, and will
return to his post in May.
Ex-President Millard Fillmore died at his
rcsidonco in Buffalo, X. Y., on the night of
the 8tli Inst.
The President, on March 0th,^ssued a
proclamation announcing the death of ex-
Presideut Fillmore, and ordering as a mark
of respoct to his memory that tho Executive
Mansion and the several departments at
Washington be draped in mourning until the
elose of the day on which the funeral shall
take place, and that business be suspended on
the day of the fu ire ral; also that the War
and the Navy departments cause suitable mil-
itary and naval honors to be paid on the occa-
sion to his memory.
The Supreme Court has reftised a petition
for ail appeal in the case of Governor Kellogg
of Louisiana vs. H. C. Wurmqth, on the
ground that the record does not show a final
decree.
The Kansas Legislature adjourned tine die
on the 10th. About one hundred and forty
bills were passed during the session.
The Hon. Charles Sumner died at his resi-
dence in Washington, at about 2:45 p. m. on
Wednesday,'the 11th inst., at the age of sixty-
three years, two months and five days. Sen-
ator Sumner had been lnlllhealt.il for some
timo, but was uble to bo in liis place in the
Senate chamber up to tho close of the session
on the previous day, after which he enter-
tained two friends at dinner, although
at the time complaining of pain in
tlic region of the heart. Later in
the evening he was more severely attacked
and suffered great pain, which was allayed
only by the use of opiates. He retained his
senses during his waking moments to the
last. Dr. Brown-Sequard of New York was
telegraphed for, but did not arrive until after
Mr. Sumner was dead. He expressed his
opinion that the Immediate causo of his death
was rupture of a blood-vessel of the heart.
The Senate adjourned early in the session, on
being informed of the dangerous illness of
their distinguished colleague, and the House
adjourned immediately upon the announce-
ment of his death. Both branches of the
Massachusetts Legislature also adjourned
upon receiving the news of his death, and the
flags on the State-house and city buildings
were displayed at half-mast.
The Bhodo Island Bepublican State Con-
vention has renominated all the present State
officers.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention has
refused, by a voto of 48 to 30, to submit to a
separate vote the section allowing woman
suffrage. Fifty-three votes were required for
A Concord (N. H.) dispatch of the 11th.
says: " Returns from nearly all the towns
have been received, which show that t|iere is
no election of Governor by the people. Wes-
ton, Domocrat, lacks about 300 of a nujorlty.
The Bopubllcans claim that they have elected
five Senators and the Democrats tfiree, with
four vacancies. The chairman of the Bepub-
lican State Committee expresses ¿it opinion
that the House will be Democratic. The
Democrats claim that returns of m towns
show the House to stand—Democrats, 155;
Bepublicans, 141; Independents, 2. The towns
yet to bo heard from gave last year, Demo-
crats, 28; Bepublicans, 17."
COMMERCE AND jmuítobtry.
Gold closed in New Yo(k, on the 11th, at
112.
Following is the comparative cotton state-
ment for tho week ending March 7:
1874. 1873.
Net .receipts for past week
lals of the case have cost the Government
alone fully $2,500,000, the counsel receiv-
ing enormous fees, and witnesses being
brought from Australia and this country
at great expense.—Philadelphia Press.
Robbing In Fun and Shooting in Ear-
nest.
Wednesday evening, a young man nam-
ed Roberts, a house-painter, boarding on
Fort street, east, went toa party ata bouse
on Macomb street, taking a young lady
with him. Among the other boarders in
the house are two young men named Tay-
lor and Van Slack. Having heard Roberta
express fears that he might some night
meet with u highwayman, these two put
up a job to give him a good fright. About
the time that he might be expected home
they put on false faces, armed themselves
with clubs, and waited at the corner of
Fort and Riopelle streets for him. Rob-
erts ascompanied the young lady home,
and came back down the street Between
eleven and twelve o'clock. As he caught
sight of the young men he lelt the walk
for the street, and as they made for him
he started on a run. They followed swift-
ly and overtook him halfway down the
block and demanded his money. He was
badly frightened, but had grit enough left
to pull out a revolver and open fire. Van
Slack had him by the collar, and Taylor
stood behind him with a drawn dub.
Roberts fired with the muzzle of the re-
volver close to Van Slack's shoulder, giv-
ing him a bad flesh wound. As the two
" highwaymen " fell back Roberts snap-
ped the revolver at them and then turned
and ran, and had reached home and been
in bed half an hour before he learned that
he had peppered one of his chums. The
bull struck the shoulder blade and fflanoed
upwards and out, making a painful Injury.
Roberts meant to shoot his assailant
through the head, and might have done
so but for his nervousness. He had not
been in the habit of earning a revolver,
and they knew this, but he had borrowed
one before starting and said nothing about
It. Van Slack win be laid up for a few
days, during which time he will have am-
all U. _
Total receipts
to date all U. S. ports
ports
ts from Sept. 1
week
98,683
8,185,493
124,472
1,822,731
764,942
Ú1JÍ
80,778
2,787,472
58,001
1,663,287
568.637
MX
16*
Exports for past
from all ports
Total exports from Sept. 1
to date from all ports
Stock now on band at aU
U. 8. porta
Price of gold in New York.
Price of middling upland
in New York
The Iowa Legislature has
ent j-ailroad bill, flxlng
for transportation of pai
Under its provisions
Into three ciosscs, A,
class A arc allowed to charge three cents per
mile for transportation^ passengers; class
a string-
lum rates
freights,
are divided
Roads In
B, three and a half cents>^lass C, four cents.
Boads in class A, for freignLlO per cent, less
than the printed schedule lnjbe bill; in class
B, five per cent, more; in cljseC,90 per cent,
more. Penalties forviolutiAare very severe,
and the State provides flOWO for the prose-
cution of roads, to be draJlh subject to the
order of the Governor. An tndividual may
recover five times the amount of damage sus-
tained.
Commissioner Douglass statB* that the ag-
gregate amount of Internal revenue collected
during the period from September, 1862,
when the internal revenue law went into
effect, up to February 28,1874 (last month esti-
mated), is (1,792,555,000. Of this amount,
there is now due the United StatM, from late
collectors, 92,525,199, which is about fourteen-
hundredths of one per cent, of the total
amount collected.
called to the pork eaten, however, a portion
of It was sent to Dr. Alien, of Chicago, who
upon examining it under a microscope (bund
it literally alive with triehhw.
Miss Ada Noyes (Ada Clare), a New York
actress, died recently of hydrophobia. 8he
was bitten some two weeks previous to her
death by a pet poodle, but did not consider
the injury at all serious.
Dr. John O. Waters, of Nashville, Tenn.
came to his death a tew days since by breath-
ing the fUmes from an exploded gasoline
lamp.
James Dwlght recently shot and killed Wm.
McLaughlin in a club-house at Cbarlestown,
Mass., and then attempted suicide. Dwlght
was arrested.
Daniel Farrls, a grocery-keeper of Topeka,
Kansas, was murdered, it is supposed on the
night of the 5th Inst., and his body burled In
the cellar of his store, under a pile of pota-
toes. A young man named Fred. Olds is
charged with the crime, and both his tether
and mother were arrested as accomplices.
Farrls was shot through the head and also
had his throat out from ear to oar.
At Detroit, on the 7th, Wm. T. Underwood
totally stabbed Miss Anna Prldgeon, a beau-
tiful and accomplished young lady, who had
rejected his addresses. The unfortunate vlo-
tlm died almost immediately after the stab,
blng, which occurred in the door of her own
house, just as she had return) from a walk
with her assassin. Underwood went to tho
police-station at oncc and surrendered him-
self.
At Walllngford, Conn., on the 7tli, John
Auderson entered a spoke factory from which
he had recently been discharged, and flred
twelve pistol shots,totally wounding two of the
workmen. He tlion rushed from the building
and cut his own throat.
Lizzie L. King, alias Kuto Stoddard, now in
Brooklyn Jail, charged with the murder of
Charles Goodrich, in March, 1878, lias pub-
lished a statement of what slio knows about
tbe tragedy. She says that on tho night of
Goodrich's death, she retired early, leaving
him reading a paper in the dining-room. She
slept over two hours, when she was awak-
ened by the report of a pistol; sho dressed
und ran down stairs, and found Goodrich ly-
ing on tho floor, with his own revolver near
his feet. She thought lie had committed sui-
cido, but subsequent developments lod her to
believe that possibly he might have been
murdered. According to hor story no con-
fession of tho murder was ever made by her
to the police. She knows nothing, sho says,
us to Lucetto Myers, and nover saw her un-
til she appeared as a witness in the case.
Lieutenant-Gonerai Sheridan received dis-
patches from Lieutenant-Colonel Davidson,
commanding at Fort Sill. Indian Territory, on
the 10th, giving information from the Kiowa
and Comanche agencies in Texas to the lflth
of February. Copt. Ilaworth's young men
had just returned from tho Comanche camp,
where they liad boon counting the people, and
reported that on a recent raid tho number of
Indians that had been killed was variously
reported at 12,11 and 22. But one or two of
the raiding party escupod. " This shows,"
says Col. Davidson, "that tho reservation
Indians in spite of their promises briprc tho
council hold last Octobor. have not ceased to
raid into Texas."
A dispatch from Laramie, W. T., oil the
9th, says: I#st night about 8 o'clock the pris-
oners in tho penitentiary here surprised and
overpowered the guard, took tlic koys, opened
the cell doocs of several others, and nlno of
them escaped, taking three horses with thom.
Officers and soldiers are in pursuit, but up to
noon to-day none *of them had been recap-
tured.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The women engaged in the temperance
crusade made an energetic and determined
onslaught upon the liquor-sellers of Dayton,
Ohio, on the 0th, but only one saloon-keeper
surrendered. At many places liquor was
freely sold and drank by ribald crowds of
men while the praying and singing were pro-
gressing, and some proprietors announced
their determination to prosecute the leaders of
the praying bands.
As a result of tho women's temperance
movement In Ohio, the principal wholesale
druggists of Cincinnati have agreed not to
sell or All any order for spirituous liquors ex-
cept to physicians or druggists, or when there
is reason to believe such liquor is to bo sold
or used as a beverage.
The main portion of the Hillsdalo College
building, at Hillsdale, Mich., was burned on
the morning of the Gth. Loss f75,000; insur-
ance 950,000.
The women's temperance movement reached
San Francisco on the 6th.
The troops sent to the relief of the Bed
Cloud Agoncy reached there on the 5th. They
met no Indians, and everything was quiet in
the vicinity of the Agency, although trouble
was still apprehended.
Advices from Cincinnati, Columbus, Day-
ton, Toledo, Bellefontaino, and Steubenvllic,
Ohio, on the 9th, report the temperance move-
ment as progressing with various dogrees of
success, but with no presont signs of abate-
ment.
Senator Morrill, from the Committee on
Indian Affairs, has reported that no obliga-
tion rests upon the United States to reim-
burse States and Territories, and citizens
thereof, for expenses incurred and damages
sustained by reason of Incursions by Indians.
The Central Pacific Bailroad was blockaded
by snow on the 8th and 9th. The snow at
Summit Valley was reported to lie twenty-
five feet deep on a level.
Adolph Hammers, Tax Becefver of Louis-
ville, Ky., died suddenly under suspicious
circumstances on the 9th inst. His lite was
insured for 9160,000, and there Is a deficit of
958,000 in his official accounts.
The California Assembly has passed a bill
making It a misdemeanor to invite any per-
son to drink, or accept an Invitation to drink
liquor at any public bar.
CBIMES
The Cbii
family nami
sistlng of tl
months ago
VALTIla.
reports the case of a
I, of Grinnell, Iowa, con-
Uprsons, who some three
eating hams affected with
trichina, and oue after another the various
members of the family were attacked by the
loathsome disease, two of whom have died
and another was lying at the point of death
when this report was written. Strange to re-
late, however, the nature of the disease was
not suspected by tbe stricken temlly until the
two mentioned had died and the rest of the
pie time to ponder over the problem of family were more or less affected, the attend-
practical Joking in all its bearings.—De-1 ing physician being of opinion that It was a
troit Free Press. I case of arsenical poisoning. Attention being
February last are estimated at over seven
millions.
A large cotton mill was destroyod by fire
in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, on the 5th.
The loss is estimated at £100,000, and 900 op-
eratives are thrown out of employment.
The sale of photographs ef the Count de
Chambord has been forbidden in Paris.
The Anglican Bishop of Ontario has form-
ally excommunicated the Bev, J. B. Staey of
Ottawa, for participating in the reform,
church moyoment.
A Berlin telegram of the 0th says that the
Bishop of Treves has been arrested for viola-
tion of ecclesiastical laws.
The report of the killing of ex-President
Cespedes of tho Cuban Republic by the Span-
ish troops is confirmed. His body was taken
to Santiago deCuba and buried on the 1st Inst.
It is stated in a recent London dispatch that
Mr. Gladstone has declined the aotlvo leader-
ship of tho opposition during the ensuing ses-
sion.
A Berlin dispatoli of the 9th says that the
condition of the Emperor's health cauBos un-
easiness.
A royal banquet was glvon at Windsor
Castle on the evening of the 9th, in honor of
tho Duke of Edinburgh and his brido.
A Berlin dispatch of tho 0th says: The ar-
rest of the Bishop of Treves last weok caused
much excitement among the Catholic popula-
tion. It was followed to-day by the forcible
cleslng of tho seminary attaclied to the Bish*
op's See, in accordance with decrees of the
courts and orders of the Government. Large
numbers of people gathered around tho insti-
tution, and tried to prevent the officers from
doing their duty. A riot followed, which
threatened to become serious. Troops came
to the assistance of tho authorities, and
quickly dlsporscd tho mob. To-night tho eity
is quiet.
Tho London Daily Telegraph publishes a
long statement signed by Charles Orton, in
which tho writer confossos that ho recognized
the Tichborno claimant as his brother the first
time ho saw him, and that sllenco on his
part was bought with £5 paid monthly for a
year and a promise of £1,000 or £2,000 addi-
tional at the CÍ080 of the trial.
Stanley, the New York Herald corres|>ond-
ent, telegraph0from Lisbon via London,10th,
as follows: " Negotiations betweon Sir Gar*
net Wolseley and the King of the Ashantces
have been completed. The King ugrees to
pay 50,000 ouncos In gold and renounces nil
claims to Adansl and tho other territory spe-
cified. He consents to withdraw from Appo-
loma and tho coast., promises to keep the road
frooof bush from Cooninssie to tho river
Prali, protect commerce, prohibit human sac-
rifices, and keep peáeo forever. If elrcu:
stances pormlt, a garrison will bo kept at
Praslia."
Tho British loss In the Asháiiteo war is
stated at sixteen killed ]tnd three hundred
and slxty-oight wounded.
A London dlspatoh of the lltli says: If his
health will permit, Mr. Gladstone will re-
sume tho leadership of tho Liberal party In
1875, The members of the late Cabinet held
a meeting to-day, at which, at the requestor
Mr. Gladstone, thoy agreed to accept the
temporary lcudorshlp of the Marquis of Ilart-
lngton. A section of Liberals, however, pro-
poso to temporarily follow the lead of Vernon
Hareourt orllobert Lowe.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Fun. 5.—Senate.—'Tho House bill to amend
tbe aot to cnoourage the growth of timber on the
Western prairies was pasted....Some amend-
ments to the pension law were passed....Mr.
ilogy introduced a bill for Improvement of the
mouth of the Mississippi River, upon what Is
known as the Kada plan... .The Liquor Commis-
sion bill was then taken up, and an amendment
passed that all the members of the Commission
should not be in favor of prohibitory legis-
lation or total abstinence... .Consideration
of the Centennial bill was then resumed,
but no aetlon was taken and the 8 nate
Haute.—'The vote rejeotli
bift for a free distribution ol' public
ments was reconsidered—ayes 121; noes,
The question then recurred on the passsge of
tne bill as oriKlnally reported, and the bill
was rejected—ayes, 111 | noes, 120 The Com-
mittee on Elections reported on the contested
election ease from West Virginia In favor of
Thomas, the contestant of the sitting member,
and be was rworn In. . .The House then went In-
to Committee of the Whole on thi'l.i ..dative Ap-
propriation bill, and Mr. Garfield made a lengthy
speech In reply to that of Mr. Dawes....Ad-
journed.
March 6.—Senate.—Mr. Bamsey called
up the resolution heretofore Introduced by him In
regard to cheap transportation, and addressed
the Senate in favor thereof. The morning hour
expired without action being taken.... Mr. Fre-
linghuysen's amendment to the Centennial bill,
instructing the Committee on Appropriations to
in lkvor of appropriating a sum ot mo-
jt exceeding aa,COO.000 to defray the ex.
penses of the er"~
ney, not exceeding W,Cl)0.000 .
penses of the exhibition, was defeated—ayes 171
noes 88. The hill was then referred to tbe Com-
gar county.
Discontinued—Boot,Blchland county; Bour-
bon, Douglas county; Olive, Lawrence coun-
ty; Somerset, Sarlne oounty; Dorset, DeKalb
county.
Name Changed—Eldrldge, Edgar county,
to Ferret; Calumet, Cook county, to Boso-
land.
indian tkllmtory.
Established—Eutela, Creek Nation.
Discontinued—Toboxy, Choctaw Nation.
kansas.
Established—Bachelor, McPherson county;
Fall Leaf, Leavenworth county; Center
Mound, Bepublican county; Kennebi
county; - -
Bush coi
~umner county; Iowavllle, Hedgw.m w>uW j
Bepublican county; Home, Marshall
county.
Discontinued—Pleasant Grote. Greenwood
county; Heamer Creok, Marsh*!! county;
Union Valley, Bepublican county; West Par-
adise, Osborne county.
Name Changed—Hopper, Washington coun-
ty, to Bound Grove; Spring Blvor Falls,
Cherokee county, to Brownsville.
tkxaft*
Established—McGue Springs, Eastland
county; Centre Mill, Hood county; Bunnlng
Brasky, Williamson county; Earl,Cherokee
county; Jeddo, Bastrop county; Pana Maria.
Karnes county; Buoknorn, Austin county;
Choctaw, Grayson county; Clear Creek, Gal-
veston county; Grand Saline, Van Xandt
county: Sutton, Bobertson county: Wood
Lawn, Harrison county; Ilawklnsvllle, Mat-
A Hamilton, Ontario, dispatch says that a
few days ago, Mattie Holbrook, alias Mary
Hay, who was in charge of a detective en
oute from New York to Chicago, on the
charge of stealing 920,000 In bonds, escaped
from custody there by leaving the train and
throwing herself Into the arms of a police-
man and claiming protection. She was taken
before a magistrate and discharged, as she
•ould not be detained.
Official advices have been received in Lon-
don, stating that the Ashantoe King was a
prisoner at Gen. Woiseley's headquarters.
The new British Parliament was formal-
ly opened on the 5th. Henry Bouverle
Brand was re-elected Speaker of the present
House.
The steamship Zebra, from Newcastle, Eng.,
for Port Said, was lost In the recent gales, and
thirty persons perished.
It is stated that the English Government
will be obliged to maintain three millions of
poople in India for three months, and that ex-
penditures on account of tbe Indian fomlno to
mitteeon Appropriations without division... .The
Liquor Commission bill was then taken up and
Íassed—ayes 2s| nees 21.... Adjourned to Monday
louse.—A bill was passed authorising tne
Secretary of tbe Navy to contract for a bronse
statue ot the late Admiral farragnt... .Mr. Butler
of Massachusetts presented a resolution of the
Massachusetts Legislature rescinding the resolu-
tion of censure sgalnst Senator Sumner An
evening session was held, when speeches were
made on the bill to regulate inter-State com-
merce on railroads by Mr. Wilson of Iowa and
Mr. McNulta in support of it, and by Mr. Storm
against It.
March 7.—House.—Tho day was oeouplod
by a discussion on the tax bills, in which Messrs.
Wood. Beck, Garfield, Kelley, and Borehard
were the prlneipal disputants.
March 0.—Senate.—Mr. Fenton announc-
ed the death of ex-1'resident Fillmore, and the
Senate adjourned out of respect to his memory.
lloute.—Mr. Hurlbut Introduced a Joint resolu-
tion of the Illinois Legislator for a law against
unjust charges and discriminations by railroad
companies. Referred.... Resolutions of respeet
to the memory of e*-l'resldent Fillmore were
passed, and the Spea Mtr .authorised to appoint a
committee of seven msmhws to attend bts fune-
ral, etc.... Adjourned.
March 10th. — Senate. — Be solutions of
regard for the memory of ex-President Fillmors
were passed, and the Chair was sutborlsed to
appoint a committee of three Senators to attend
tbe funeral....Mr. Wright, from the Committee
on Judiciary, reported^ and recommended tbe
isage of a bill declaring it to be the true intent
1 meaning of the Paelno Railroad sets of 1864
il MM that for the construction of the oeatral
-.inch of the Union Pacific Railroad lands and
bonds were granted for km miles next to tbe Mis-
souri River and no more, and nioblbltlag the
issne of bonds or patenta for lands for any ex-
ttMioft . of nld rood, or .of ttn
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, In excess
of MO miles next to to Missouri Biver. Placed
on the calendar... .Mr. Boutwell, by his own re-
quest, was excused from further sendee on the
committee to Investiga ta the aCslre of the Dis-
trict of Columbia The bill to equalise the dis-
tribution of national bank cntmcy was then ta-
liverid a lengthy argument In fkvar of free tx
incoa tbe national banking eyetem.
Mr. Clark of Missouri presented a
of the Patrons of Husbandry of Missouri,
appealing to Congress to secure im-
provement of navigation In the Mississippi
River snd Its tributsries bv ample appropriations!
also remonstrating against appropriations of pub-
lic lands to aid private schemes or corporations,
and recommending that the proceeds of sí
salee be given to Mates for tbe scbool Mod
Mr. Adams offered a resolution Instructing
th Committee on Indian Affairs to msks a
thorough investigaUon Into facts connected
with Indian contracta. Adopted,... Mr.
- onTer
resolution
MoKre from the Committee
Territories
reported a bill lor the apportionment of Wyo-
ming Territory for legislative purposes. Psssad.
...Mr. Port from the same eommltteereportrtl
a bill to prevent the useless slsughter of bublo
within the Territories. Pssesed... .The House
then went Into Committee of the Whole on tbe
legislative executive snd Judlelal appropristioi
hill, and was addressed by Meesrs. Beck, Dawes
Butler of Msssachusette, Foeter and others. Ni
action wae reached, anil the H .use adjourned
March 11.—Amate.—Immediately
the leading of the Journal annow
made or the eerioua lllneee ot Mr. I
MMfrMramnMrssmate wj
_ rSír*1*
River, lo oe n
«he
post any time... .Aname
law wss passed, one proi
to the pension roll those
•truck therefrom in (
also providing that I
were si
altyi also providing that in ease ol
marriage or a soldier's widow hav
or the death of* soldier's orphan
pension shall revert to the
tether, mother, or other relative
In Committee*
sourl sddreseli
tima tee and
lee for the .
Senator Sumner
adjourned
Postal Changes.
Tho Postmaster-General has established,
discontinued and changed the names of the
following post-offloes during the month ol
February:
ARKANfiAHe
Established—Mountain View, Stone coun-
ty.
Discontinued—Morton, Franklin county;
Mouth of Strawberry, Independence oounty;
Bristol, Phillip county; Greenville, Washing-
ton oounty; Holly Point, Ashley county; Law-
rencevllle, Monroe oounty; Lyman, Popo
county; White, Woodruff oounty.
Name changed—Burkvllle, Nevada county,
to Emmet.
illinois.
Established—Pas Bidgc, Peoria oounty)
Banner, Fulton oounty; Plum Hill, Wash-
ington county; Bruee, Moultrie county;
Strasburg, Shelby county: Derinda, Jo-
Davlosscounty; Hume Eduaroounty: Lost
Creek, Clinton county; Bilovvllle, Saline
county; Wadsworth, Lake county: Holt's
v; llllana, Fayette conn-
'by oounty; Nevlns, Ed-
Prul
ty
unty; Wadsworth,
•atrio, Perry county
; Stowurteon, Shell]
to I _
air, where I
storatives to
That
HU
hose upon
them, and I
men arrive at
reach the
A few
the roof
sides to.
cloned, and a
to* " "
tiw
served from
Severalaeres
the sur&oe is oa
The houses over the du
been vacated, and the 1
penetrate the earth glYe to
spot a most horrifying and
pearanee.
These mines an about one
miles from the eity square,
burning veto underlies tbe
and Is so fltr tha natural pre
sitming element, the people
well as the stockholders of
specially, an coiunderabli
mind about the result Tl
scribe the heat of the ore as
vein Is from 10 to 15 feet <
large amount of ooal left as
tiie mining was done, and '
bur of wood projitplaoM I
hold up the loose scales of
a lire that must drive evei
Wlien once fltirly kin
takes Are, and creates
to continue burning. The
by long experlenoe about v
will take place. The earth _ _
and the ooal pillars about' them give a
crackling, crushing warning, ana they
speedily withdraw to places of safety.
The Baltimore mines an not soT
— PÉRl
the!
iífeKJffl 'J
ft&Gi
ous. This company Is building
j)roof wall of stone, and, alrr around
^ means.
burn out, the surfree cave in, and I
surrounding coal be saved.
The llres In the
mines have
agorda county.
Discontinued—Mount Carmel, Smith coun-
r; Middle Caddo, Hunt county; Parkorton,
>amar oounty.
Letter from the German Emperor to
Lord Russell.
The following letter, received by Lord
John Russell from the Emperor William,
has been made public;
Bkrlm, Feb. 18, 1804.
Dkar Lord John Bussrlli I have re-
ceived your letter of January 28, with reso-
lutions of tbe great meeting In London, and
with my ambassador's report of the proeeed-
I thank you sincerely * "'
n lent Ion and for the accomnai
ings.
ank you sincerely for this comma,
nd for the accompanying expres-
sion of your personal good will. It is In-
cumbent on me to bo the leader of my people
In a struggle maintained through centurlcs
past by German Emperors of earlier days
ngalnst a power the domination of which has
In no country of the world been found com-
latiblo with freedom and the welfere of me-
lons; a power which, If victorious in our
days, would Impedí, not In Germany alone,
tho blessings of reformation, liberty of con-
science anu authority of law. I accept the
battle thus Imposed on meinAililllmentof my
kingly duties, and In Arm reliance on God. to
whose help we look for victory, but also In a
spirit of regard for the creed of others, and of
cvungellcal forbearance, which has been
stamped by my forefathers on the laws and
' itlon of my States. The latest mea-
Government do not Infringe upon
Church or the free exercise of
their rfffeton by her votaries. They only
give to the Indopcndence of legislation of tho
country some of the guarantees long pos-
sessed by other countries and formerly pos-
sessed by Prussia, without being hold by the
Bontlsh Chin ch incompatlblo with the freo
exercise of her rel" '
odby.
poople
i itruggle. The people of EnglatM are
to my people and my royal bouse by r
branees of many a past and honorable strug-
gle maintained In common sinoe the days of
William of Orange. ,
I beg you to communicate this letter with
my hearty thanks to the gentlemen who
signed the resolutions, and remain yours sin-
cerely. [Signed] Wiliirlm.
Brilliant Siec«M.
It Is permitted to few men or companies
to achieve acknowledged superiority in any
important position or business. The pres-
ent generation has witnessed stupendous
rivalry Iq several branches of industry, and
notably the Sewing Machine business.
Amid a multitude of competitors, steadily
and surely the Wtw" te <"1son Company
hold their way ft • «ginning, upon
fixed and honoral>t>principles. Long Since,
their leading prsitioii In America was es-
tablished. Abroad, at London, In 1M2,
they won the highest premiums; at Paris,
In 1807, they dlstsnesd eighty
tltors, and were awarded the ti
lum, the only Gold Medid for
chines exhibited; at
alleled competition,
triumphs at Vienna,
Ing count
Mb. Hbmdbbsor
ted constable on
S;ht In the I
e space ot three mint
sirs, bitten on the back e
down,
back „
of stain, bitten
lost two teeth, a<
fence In his shirt
next mi
wss too ui
olñoe/—Newt.
A pack of wolves I
Minn., chased a co .
miles, and the Mew
thinks it showed a
courtesy.
nes are owned by
These two burning
t vo of the rlohest companies In
aid as each has a large number „
Ing mines besides, this calamity wOl not
lessen much the gms shipment to
ket. Tho agents ef the com
the police assigned to tho
triots are ntloent and dislike to
persons visiting the v
care to go too near the . „
tomless pit, and stlU every 1*
from then Is questioned about
the men.
On the Floating lee.
MARVBLOtJS BSOAPB OP THRU kvkpmu
MKN—A HORSX JDMPOTO FOR itfufi.
Bat City, Feb. M, 1874.-
lceaflhlr has turned out not to be so j
nstrous as was at one time
lee field drifted in to the
Monday night, and all the I
not previoualy escaped did
night and yesterday moral
won on the loo at the time It
now reported safe. Tl
this winter thattne lee
■n water, tho lint time
MoKwan, and the seei.....
eight men who escaped the next
•me very remarkable
made over the broken lee.
wo may mention that of
and seven comrades. 8'
and sleigh, and with
tempted to come ashon.
■tout an
thlrdá
■out!
safer to take the horse
lead him, leaving the
hioie. It was necessary to m
lump from one lee eake to
lourney of five miles over the
It seems almost lm *
was made without ..
horse, sleigh, and men i
at last. Mr. Stevenson says th
men who wen within sight of the ;
when be landed got as' —
We learn of two men
but wen provided with a
the lee broke they wanted to
and northward In quest of I
escape, and rigged up their
take a ride at the rate of
hour in the gale which was ...
the lee from the southwest.
alonL
M ^ To
possible; on went the
arrow from a bow and about
to leeward, skimming and sh
"he lee. E
of them a
On they rushed
looked like a
up wider and
It on the wings of
no such thing as i
sled,and tbe stripof
' the wider every i
nothing else to be d
rolled off the sled, one on
' ig along the
;
m
Into (he open <
The men picked
made their way
fe
Tx
Vú " • ""f v,
MkmM
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