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ItSDAY. FEBltUAIiY 8. 1877.
NO. 15.
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E. Ii. C. WARD, Editor
Ou Doinir Withonl.
Ob, Tom, I've just Keen audi a love of , bonnet!
Pale Hue, and tea rose, half blown
lank such
lace ! - .
I'm sure that some podt could wri
sonnet
M a
sweet
i
About it, when over wall, somebody's .face.-.
; -if
The cost? -Thirty-dollar. You knoi it's im-
. J. II
lHrieu,
The fashion, you see, dusir, has but 'just coine
0,d, If
1 tried it on,- Tom, and, oh ! I was
transported.
Can't have it ? Now, Tom, why ? Dan
1 1 do
without V
Lets see : there's the gas bill, the milk aikd the
grocer ; ...
Jack wants hisjiew whoes, and the butcher's
bill's due;
And the dressmaker There, I see yjii wish to
know, sir, ,
v How much it all makes. AYell, OJ
i
course.
forty-two.
Have I bonnets up stairs? Yes. TFprii
out?
No, of course not.
But There ! I can't ha.ve it ; to arguie's no
use.! ' r
Well, Tom, then that table, all gilding
' not
what
We saw at the auction. Don't scojvl so, you
goose !
The table is lovely. I'm sure that wjef need it ;
The parlor, you know, dear, is really Wiite
bare. , '
Twenty dollars : "tis nothing ; you Ufver Avill
miss it. . j t
. ..
Vhv: Thomas. I'm shocked? Was
that
meant for a swear V
Very weift; sir; there's surely no u4of
your
scolding.-.
The gas bill, I hate it ; the butcher $tilinore.
You're always reminding me . Hark! f did the
bell ring? -A
bundle for you just been left at the
i
i
ttooi'
What's in it ? No matter. I'll see fdr mjyself.
then. 1 : j. 1
Tin- shoes that vou got on vour wavl from the
cirs?
VU, Tom, what a wtorv ? There. i4w. it is
")pen.
As I live, you extravagant wretch, ie' eilgars !
"-Mr.-Stnith,' for tlaceo, to So-and-so debtor."
Five hundred .cigars." Fifty dollars.
oabt.
Now, then, sirtli gas bill, the milk
better , ''
vou had
.Ireach poor. Now thtt bonnet I s
liViTt do
I without. 1
C4LE3 WILUA1B ; OB, FALKLAND'S iYI
CTIM.
rf WILLIAM GODWIN.
At eighteen my father's death
lefi
me
without . a relation in the world uron
.... ; - . a.
whom I liad any direct claim, jand I
eagerly accepted the post of secretary
rt 1 . 1 L T- t i T-i it b 1
onereu ine oy. xertunanao aiiaaii(t,
.neighboring county squire. j j
In my" master's character I sodii fouii"
an ample field for study. Though com
passionate by nature and considerate for
others, he was in the utmost dege soli
tary ; he scarcely ever smiled, aijd, irom
some mysterious torment of minjd, grew
jit times perfectly' frenzied. Qik such
occasions lie would strike his fpreliiead
aud knit his brow ; his features beciame
distorted, and his teeth grounld one
' against the other. ;
Ferplexed by . these singularities, I
wont one day,' by chance, to jrt small
apartment separated from the lilirjiry by
a narrow gallery. As I opened tile door
I heard a groan of anguish, a trunk was
hastily sln.t anl locked, and thenl, ft voice
that seemed supcrnaturally tremepdbus,
exclaimed : '
" Who is there ?"
The voice was Mr. Falkland's.
I instmetively advanced. His jfabe be-
h-ayed confusion, which instantanpously
crave place to raere.
" Villain !" cried he, what lir)ouight
yon here ?"
I hesitated. s
1IT ill T T i t m
nrercn; 1011 set yoursen asj a spy
upon my actions. Begone, or 11 vill
trami-)le you into atoms !" ll
Haying this, he advanced, but'I yfin sh
ed in a moment. In the evening lie was
tolerably composed and doubly j jjki id.;
putting five guineas into my hfiild,' he
pressed it with emotion, and theji took
refuge in his usual solemnity of mnner.
On the same night I supped with Mr.
Collins, the steward, and repeated; o him
all' that had passed. From his answer. I
learned that he could not help thinking
our patron was at times disorderedlin his
. intellect. J
"Alas!" he continued, "ittf'asnot
ahvays thus. Ferdinando Falklaiil was
once the gayest of the gay. j11 see
notluncr of him. mv dear WiUiams. but
the ruin of one who was courted byf sages
ana auoreu oy tue lair.
11 iv
3 jr.
This melancholy change, as
Col-
I ins went ou to relate, had sprung! f
ftom
a feud with Mr. Falkland's nearest
neighbor, a man of estate, named Baina
bas Tyrrel. By brute strength, t kil . in
rough sports, and a certain copic idsness
r speech, this Tyrrel, 'though bdbr sh,
lieartless and insolent,, had mainfaiiicd
an uiKpiebtioned ascendency among the
laral gentry. The return of Mr.Fiilk
land from a long sojourn in Italy ave an
alarming shock to Tyrrel's autlioritj'.
. i J'
Polished, talejnted,' benevolent, his grow-.
'l ing popularity was wormwood to his eri-
vious rival, who declared to a confiden
f tial friend: " !
. ,r This Falkland :haunts me like a de-
mon. He poisons all my pleasures, i
o ffrind his heart gtrinffs
with my teetlix X shall knov no iov till !
1 1 see him "riifliecL 4 ; l i i
Nor was hi bitterness lessened when
bitterness lessened when
Falkland espoused the cause of a poor
I tenant, named Hawk
j was heartlessly seek'
! when Emily Melville
jf pendent on Tyrrel's bounty, was rescued
riage with a boor named Grimes, he had i
i the hapless girl arrested and flung into !
jiijuu, wnere sue oiea. jejxasperatea by :
I such vUJainy jthe whole immunity turn- '
, ed against him, and he was formally ox- :
i pelled from the village assemblv. Fore- i
ing Jus way uLhe had braved the whole
company, until cowed bv the indignant
' eloquence of (Falkland. Obliged to re
! tire, he sooii returned, maddened by
j brandy, assaulted Falkland, knocked
him down, ahd kicked liim before the
bystanders could interfere.
To the, sensitive Falkland this treat
ment was disgrace worse than death :
nor was he a
of a Uuel, for
in the street
sembly house
lowed the poor reparation
Tyrrel was found murdered
a few vards from the as-
To nlumreDoor Falkland
into deeper misery, he was charged with
the killing jof Tyrrel, an imputation
which he repelled so convincingly, that
after his examination the multitude re
ceived him with huzzas, took his horses
from the carnage, and dragged him home
in triumph.
Hawkins, t le poor tenant whom Tyrrel
had oppress ed, was arrested soon after,
and, uion accumulated evidence of the
strongest kind, he and his son were con
victed for tjlie murder, and hanged.
Since then, Mr. Collins concluded, our
patron had bjee:: a kind, retired, melan
choly and oft imes -iVeuzied man.
I This ; rema :kable narrative awakened
in me a thousand emotions, the strongest
of wliich was. an unconquerable suspi
cion that, after all, Mr. Falkland might
be the murderer of Tvfrel !
i
- x
1. So fixed did: this alarming ide;
sa ben
come, tliat I determined to place myse
myself
as a watch upon my master. His agita tion,
yvhen our ! converse turned upon such
lmes as that which I suspected him of
mmitting,
deepened my conviction.
Jtill, all this knight have arisen from the
pangs of wounded honor, smarting!
under a consciousness of in justice. At
i .
in conducting the examination of a
peasant charged with murdering a ruffian
who had persecuted him beyond endur
ance, MK Falkland betrayed such un
controllable anguish that I doubted no
; longer. Escaping into the garden, I ex-!
claimed, spontaneously :
"This is the murderer ! I am sure of
it! Guilty, upon my soul !"
My excitement had hardly abated the:
next morning when a burning j chimney
threatened the whole mansion i with de
struction. During the confusion I:
found myself by some fatality in the
small apartment containing the mys
terious trunk. Seized with sudden in-;
fatuation, I forced the fastenings and;
raised the lid. Just then Mr. Falkland
entered ! His1 eyes sparkled with rage
as he bade me begone, and, overcome
with horror, I eagerly complied. The
lire was soon extinguished, and iu a
trance of despair I waited my fate.
.e r -x
It was eveniiig before lie sent for me.
; Iii his presence I trembled iu every joint.
With solemn comiosure he dictated an
: oath of ! secrecy, and I repeated it with
j an aching heart. Then he said :j
! i ' Is it not strange that such a one as I
should retain lineaments of a human
i creature? I am the murderer of Tyrrel.
' I ani the assassin of the Hawkinses." ;
; I started with horror. j
j i; ! " But; though I be the blackest of vil-
i lains," he ebntinued, "I will leave a j
! spotless name. I had no alternative but
i t make vou mv confidant or mv victim
! You shall continue in my service; but if j
ever air unguarded word escapes from I
! i - , ir i
; your hps, expect death, or worse. ;j
: j Great was my dismay at this unexpect- ;
,ed result of my fatal curiosity; and, j
I tHough I had escaped any immediate '
ll evil. I was full of apprehension for the
I future, j My situation soon became an
unendurable servitude, and, 1 vaguely
hoping for some release, I threw myself
upon the .sympathy of Mr. Forester,
Mr. Falkland's half brother, a blunt, but
good hearted man. Without betraying
ry s ; - . " v"rTv
of aid, and, shortly after, secretly with- ;
drew from Mr. Falkland s house by
night, intending to take refuge in Lon
don. A! messenger, however, soon over
took me with a note from Mr. Forester,
, '
glll
inumaung inai u x were a rascai j. migm
i i ' . ir .i ?t . -.:?
endeavor to fly, but if innocent I would
beyond doubt return and clear my repu-
tation. j
Such a challenge I could , not decline,
and I hastened back to defend mv good
name.
Imagine my horror,
r when Mr.
Trivia .... l,ovl n tZ-n r. f
..aa av. h U1U Lxx
wno was a magistrate with robbing
i him ! of , money, watches and diamonds,
containea m -the trunk which. I had
oxened on the liiorningof the fire. Rob-
i ert, the y
I as to my distracted appearance on that
I as mJ
I occasion, and a& to the broken trunk,
knows that I am innocent. As to how
these articles came to be in my posses
sion, I firmly believe their being there
is of Mr. ; Falkland's connivance. " ,
Those present looked at me with furi
ous glances, as if they could have torn
mJ to pieces. Mr. Forester pronounced
! me " a monster of depravity," and I was
speedily committed to the county jail.
"Wliile waiting for the officer to convey
me thither, I ventuml to protect my in-
nocence to One of the servants left to
ffnard me.
v A mi t t
"DO not speak to me he cried; I
have done with you. I loved you, yes-
! teixlay, all one 4iS if you
,.,,. KmWAnn,
nad been my own
I l,romer-. J-u-aay, l iov
ove you so well that
I would go ten miles with all the plea-
. .P. f . . .. 1
I sure in life to see! you hanged
Appalled at this, I sprke to no one
else, and soon found myself in the very
prison winch had held the wretched and
innocent Hawkinses. After months of
confinement I managed to escape, but
fell from a wall, sprained my ankle, and !
was speedily captured, ironed, and treat- j
ed with redoubled severity. The same t
servant who had judged me with such j
harshness visited my cell, and, touched j
with pity, crave me tools for a second I
effort to escane. which proved ni(5re sue-
O AAA W.A - -
.... .
cestui umu iiiie liisst. kju Liie secumi
MI I A . A 1 -. A . . . . A I I . . A 1 . - I a
1 v l.i-.--l ry.
robbed me of my coat and waistcoat,
wounaeu me wiui a cuuass, anci leit me
bleeding and helpless in a ditch. From !
this plight I was rescued by a benevo
lent man, who conveyed me to a rude re
treat in a pile of ruins, and cared for me
as kindly as if he had been- my father.
This proved to be the den of the verv
thieves who had nobbed me; my rescuer,
taymona, being their captain. The
brutality of Gines, the one who had
wounded me, led to his expulsion, and
the others treated me with much fair
ness. , j this discovery. At last I determined to
Meanwhile, my pursuers had issued leave England, aiid weut to Harwich to
handbills offering a reward of a hundred j takf ship for Holland. But here the de
guineas for my arrest, and one of these j tested Gines appeared, and warned me
falling into the hands1 of the thieves, ' tha upon the first 'attenrpt to quit
some of them were disposed to surrender ! British soil I should be arrested and
me; but Mr. Baymond defended me so j matte a prisoner in earnest,
well that the idea was abandoned. How- Exasperated to frenzy, I journeyed di
ever, an :old hag, who served them as j rectjy to the chief town of the county in
housekeeper, and, who had a special par- which Mr. Falkland resided, and renewed
tianty ior urines, wnose expulsion sue Jit-
i tributed to me, alarmed me so much by i
f .. 11 II.. t 1. i. 1 a. T "I
vague uireais oi ueuayai uuii x juugeci
it best to escape.
jjisgiusing
myself as
an Irish beggar, I set out, and after a
day's travel ventured at night iuto a
small alehouse, where I Was not a little
startled to find myself the subject of
conversation, as "the notorious house j
breaker. Kit Williams. ' ' Next dav I was
overtaken bv two men ' on horseback,
whose questions soon showed that they
were in pursuit of myself; but they did
not penetrate my disguise, nor was one
of Mr. Forester's servants who presently
joined them more successful.
These incidents Nalarmed me so much
that I made the best of -my way to the
nearest seaport, and secured a passage
to Ireland; but, before the anchor was j
weighed, i two officers came aboard and I
! arrested me summarily, and hurried me I
to the mastrate. At first I was
eatly dejected, but my spirits rose
when I found that I was supposed to be
a mail robber for whom they were look
ing. My captors soon concluded they
had made ia mistake, and offered to re
lease me if I woulij give them the fifteen
guineas found upon me, for which I was
indebted': to the kindness ff Mr. Ray
mond, This proposal I refused, and
they left me in charge of a benevolent
old man, who, upon hearing the circum
stances of my arrest, was at first in
clined to suffer mej to escape. But on
my frankly confessing my name, and that
I formerly lived with Mr. Falkland, he
displayed the utmost horror: declared
meX a monster witii wtiom tlie -very
earth gi-oaned, and wouldnot for die
world, aid me in any way. ! The behavior
of this amiable old man cut me to the
heart, but I had no time to reflect on it,
and, my captors presently ; consenting to
release me for eleven guineas, I found
! myfieli . again at hberty.
I i soon made mv way to London, dis
guised as a peddler, and for some time
obtained ! a Dreearions livelihood bv
L literary work. Meanwhile the thief
j Gines had turned thief taker, and, partly
ior , rewam, paniy ior revenge, nau
I tracked mewithdevite
n , tai i e. i . : i
oj my last disguise, he finally stumbled
on a cw and I escaped arrest only by
the forethought of a kind hearted woman,
who was! herself i thrown into Newgate
for misprision of felony, though, liap-
pdy, soon released. Turned adrift again,
j I fell in with a watchmaker named Spur-
i r(Ri ivlin nftd lntpl-d lnat. liia nnlv finn nnrl
wTm Uh(1u ! w r.A
j who gave me work and treated me with
kindness. But tlie infernal persistence
I of Gines soon put! in circulation a hall-
j penny account of all my alleged crimes,
i estapes and disguises ; and, one rf these :
I fai mto Spurrel's hands, his cupidity j
J i l Hurreiiuer ine io xne omcers 01
led l$in to surrender me to the officers of
fl.h Uwmo r.f .iaatv, ln, n;r,a
, self. : .
! , jDuring aU my unsfortu
? reyeaiea i?alkland 's temble. secret. Xow
. felf Pfy I could endure his persecu-
J;W- 5
trate L heliS whom I was taken pro-
trump up such accusations as these, and
gloomier than ever. But when my case
waa called for trial no one appeared
against me, and, ! to my great astonish-
ment, I was dismissed from the bar, a j
free man! ' . j
That night I was seized, gagged, blind-
folded, and hurried into Falkland's j
presence. reed from my restraints, I was i
ing a paper declaring the charge I had !
' made against him "false malicious and i
pndless." I refnsl.' OmOdne his
J teejtli, ne exclaimed : !
S j' You refuse? : You defy me? I will !
' grind you into atoms !" i
; fo g tM he quittea the Toom and j
t1p4. tbn Imi, : numnlui t,i. !
1 ' i t T- i:
. plete my perplexity, one of his servants
I pressed a twenty pound note intofmy :
i antl, and Hastened away without a word .
; U.ionoHm, Tr,ii ii,. t i
jthis tempered with humanity I with- j
i dr4w to an obscure town in Wale, and ;
yi cAiJiuuaiiuiu a. 1ljxaix-j l & v mil i iiir-.i ii v i
uierej oy my services as tutor ana watcn
! maker, I made a modest livelihootl, and j
I soon gained a few friendly acquaintances,
Week after week glided smoothly awav.
and I began to hope that Falkland's ter
rific menace had no meaning. But sud
denly my friends grew shy, my scholars
quitted me, my mechanical. employment
ceased. 'An amiable and cultured lady,
with .whose family I had formed the
plejasantest relations, dismissed me with
J 1 1 i
"i"V
In an agony ot desr
to regain her esteem.
! peranon l
souernt
In
yam
Go, sir !" .he cried ; " I despise yn.
Yoti have taught me to what a pitch the
vil
ainv of man cnii extend, "
Heartbroken, I hastened from , her
presence to ' my lodging. Entering the
family kitchen, I ' found a copy of that
accjiu'sed history of my adventures, which
Giikes had put into circulation !
Xor was its apjearance there an acci-
; dent, for, us I soon heard, Falkland had
j employed Gmes to follow me and blast
my
reputation wherever I might go.
I
will not attempt to detail the drea -y
i and tles23erate wandering's mat toiiowett
i the
charge of murder against him with
sue!
!
l vehemence that the magistrate felt
compelled to appoint a hearing. The
suinjnious was duly answered by the ac-
cused. But how shocking was his ap- j
pearance ! Pale, hehdess, unable to I
staujd, he seemed to have not three hours
to live. When I haw him what I had
thought to be simple justice suddenly
j begjui to appear detestable cruelty to a
dying man. Suffocated1 with agony I re
lated my story, excusing Falkland and
blaming' myself with such emotion that
my fearers were melted to tears ; and,
! when 1 nnislied, j Jf alkiand rose, sup-
ported by the attendants, and threw him
j self into my arms.
; "Williams," said he, "you have con
1 ouered I The storv you have told has
carred conviction. And now " turning
to the magistrate " do with me as vou
pleake. You cannot inflict on me more
thad I deserve. I am the most execrable
of all villains. If,: however, you wish to i
of all villains. If, however, you wish to (
punish me vou must be speedy, for I
feel that death and infamy must seize me
together." i
Falkland survived but three days this
dreadful scene.
The Sagacity; of Wild Geese.
The large flocks of geese .which are
cons
Itantly passing over this vicinity, j
says
shot
a California -paper, are lrequentiy
a a - At a. .
at. but they generally fly at too !
at. altitude to be reaehed bv the i
..... . I
high
missiles. Sometimes, however, i
" :
leaden
the
fehots take effect. The other day !
i axr
we w
ward
when the report of a gun was
heard and we observed one of the geese !
begin to fall slowly. The others, per- j
ceiving that their comrade was wounded,
uttered shrill cries -of distress, and about I
a doien of them flew under the wounded
bird huddling together so that their j
backs formed a sort of bed upon which
j the wounded one rested, iney Duoyea
it up for some timet the others mean
while looking on and manifesting; their
concern by uttering loud, discordant
shrieks. Finding that their companion
was unable to longer accompany them
in their flight, they abandoned him to
his ate, and he fell to the earth and
into khe arms of ari expectant Chinaman.
- . ? ; 1 j
If you call the Michigan . people
" Michiganders," isn't an Illinbis man an
" Illiuoyster ?"
A SUMMARY OF XE WS.
Item ot Interest front Home a ml Ahrnml
Don, Barlow & Co.. in their annual
iron,- iai
report
'! nf failm-pa in tho TVTY.iniV.n "oo,?o
, vear 187C, say the numljer wa 1,728, with
r828.8.7 hatiUtiea......Sareent Brother
j Cos extensive dry goods hoiise in Boston has
ciuneu, wuu iiaoiuiK-s amounung to &untumi
and assets stated at 242,000 'The Central
i Hotel at :Long Branch, N. J.,,together with 4
j e!
Losrt, 000 : partiauv insured.....; A
- 7 "
m bwanton, t.. destroved a
commercial pui-posea, in which
custom house and ixst-oflice.
The official books were destroyed
American College, who read an luldress and
marvelous progress
Amenca . . Jlisa
known as an
n-f rauinmnni4
i at the age of thirty-four years ...... A broken1
ran on tne virgmia AUiuianu road, near; Alexan-
dria. caused two sleeping coaches to run off the
track and down an embankment, turning com
pletely over in their descent. Fifteen jiersons
were injured, several of j them severely, i Most
of them were invalids on their way to Florida.
Tea fishing schooners belonging at Glou
cester, Mass., are believed to have been lost
during the recent heavy weather, with all on
board. The vessels were the Ellen Francis,
T :a a t i. ... r , .... ,i ti a rrii
W. T. Marchant, J. F. Huntress, Kobert fV
mett, Howard Steele, Medus, 13. Jerrold and
grfagX 'moraortTf8
leave families.. The New Jersey Legisla-
ture organized by a compromise between the
Democrats and Republicans, by Which tho ofil-
cers of the body, were divided between the two
parties, .the Democrats taking the speaker and
i the Kepubhcaus the clerk ...... There is a
i nmarwl fh- i;fl.mn.M in xcu iu
settled without war, and on an amicable basis.
.i-reswent iwrrero, ,01 wuaaor nas ncen
oblieed to flee for his life the revolutionists
. ' - ......
theolStSM
SHdu 8U0W on tbe roof
fought battle
1
of the Grand Cen-
tral depot in New York
demolished 2,000.
worth of glass, and thorougkly frightened the
inmates of the edifice. Fortunately no one wa
under the falling mass. . An ice gorge hi the
I Ohio near Cincinnati broke and cut down tne
steamer -ndes, which sunk. Loss,: $24,000 j
! no insurance, L Detectives arrested ( three
burglars at work in an express car on the
Hudson Kiver road. .... .a s-HJ, uuu nre is re
ported f roni Brockport, N. Y., by which several
buildings were destroyed, including a Methodist
church. The express and posf-offlcesl were
damaged. . j. . .The- Mechanics' savings bank of
Boston has suspended .J Eastward-bound
freight has again been advanced The ac-
counts of Alexander Bartow, cashier of the
: Fishkill (N. Y. ) National bank, shows a deficiency
I of from $20,000 to 00,000.- Bartow explains it
by saying he was foVced to sell bonds deposited
in the bank for safe keeping in order .to make
good overdrafts drawn by personal friends. .
Another cargo of arms and ammunition for the
Turkish government haslReen dispatched by
-the Winchester Arms Co. of New Haven, Conn.
...... Wm. 31. Tweed's appeal from the de-
cision against him in the .6, 000, 000 suit was
denied by the supreme court.
Sergeant Bessv, with two men from the Sixth
cavalrv, while reconnoitering for the Indians!
i 11 i t v. j. i n .-a !
wno nau cui me xoiegrapnic ime oeiweenj xons
Laramie and Fetterman, had a skirmisi with
fifteen redskins, and the three troopers were
severely wounded A conflagration ill jScraii-
ton, l'a., destroved the Exchange bkxk en
tirely, and inflicted a loss of $100,000)
Bishop Whittingham, of the , Episcopal diocese
of Maryland, has been paralyzed in his left ide.
. . . i . .Tlie Spanish steamer' Moctezuma, which
i was captured by Cubans who overpowered
j the (officers, was burned recently by her captors,
( on ifinding they would fall into the hands of a
i Spanish gunboat. The Cuban crew escajwd to
i an adjacent shore in small boats Where
the Western Union and Atlantic and Pacific tele
graph companies compete, the rates have been
greatly reduced ..... .The Boston steamer Semi
nole has been attaehed under a suit for $60,000
by the owner of the steamer Montgomery, which
was run down and sunk by the former steamer.
. . A dispatch from India states that iu Oie
have totallv failed. Things are nearly as bad S
in two other districts. Tlie crop3 haVe partially
failed in six districts, .ireaay 'ni,im persons
are on the relief works. In Madris the famine
prevaUs in twelve districts, and now a million
persons are on the relief works. Tlie cost to
the State is estimated over 2,000,000 sterling
in Bombay and X4,000,000 in 3Iadras. J ..... The
ice in the Ohio and its tributaries car-
iSed ut and wrecked ten steamers, between
three and four hundred coal barges,- ten coal I
i- .1 j -.-i... t. :.,
rippers : ana numerous ury uocjv. ai. i cbu- j
mated 2,500,000 bushels of coal were lost. The 1 1
.1.11.... A Am Jr. l.mlmi-ir i
lliirt- lUlliliu. uuur.in, . . . . .11 i"v ui aiuiiiuiu, .(
Clar
-mi 11 . 1 1" i
in the
Vin Kiino ndrt nf il.ft k(VLT 'IllA loK IK !i
t 3Ltlilul" aL .'. ! i 1
Fresident Grant, in ans order to Gen. ; Auger 1)
of iew Orleans, sustains tne rackara govern- ;.;
lTlicv oi e
part S Se settlen
ment in the following language : It has been -
administration to i take norjh
part m tie settlement of the question of the
1 rightful government in tlie State of Louisiana,
at least not until the Congressional committees
! now there have made their report. But it is
j not. proper to sit quietly by and sec the State
! government gradually taken possession of by
i one of the claimants 'for gubernatorial honors
i by illegal means. The supreme court set ujby
Mr. Nicholls can receive no.inore recognition
than anv other equal number of lawyers con-
k J . A 1. ,..11 S 1 V. u'tlrlAll v.f 41m
state a returning bard, existini in accord-
ance with law and having judicial as well as
tYii ..lATTiAin a ir-vTXAaT-ij twrtr i i im fiiinii iii l i win w-im
37,iiih; ri.if. .,f-th Ute ftl.f.ion.
1 UWUllIMk AA . w ' 7 1
have given certificates of election to the legis-
lature of the .State. A legal quorum, of which
Urno, Y.ri(TcT ciir-h rrtifitr!fi. met and ;-
ciard Sir. Packard governor. Should there
be a necessity for t'e recognition of either, it ;
must be Mr. Packard. -4 ou may iurnisna copy
UiHn receipt of
proclamation ordermg the Nicholls government
to uisperne. I i .
followed bv the proclamation of Gov. Packard, :
It was believed in that city that the administra
tion at Washington would not interfere so long
&3 force was not used by either side, and the
proclamation, which,, to a certain extent, recog
nized the Packard over the Nicholls govern
ment, caused the excitement. A dispatch says
that as soon as the facts became known the
streets were crowded with people, but that no
acts of violence occnrrecLj Gov. Nicholls and
his administration declared that they would give
no attention to Gov. .Packard s proclamation,
but would cont nine their
fering with Packard nnless
would resist, as directed
ocratic delegation in Congress. lYeparations j;
were made to quell anv disturbance that might i
arise. Gen. Auger saia tnar ne consiaercu me
President's order as not recognizing cither
branch, but should await further instructions,
! -rchifh vera honrlir CTnecteaA
L The funded debt of -IVIassachusetts, according
i to me report 01 vxic auunui, .vt.wv,vw.
'iTio nf th TTon-fl! tunnel and Trov and
r rennrt of the auditor. IS 33. 550. UUU. 't
m
i were
n'
ailroadhns been f 17,2OO,071. . . . .
wrloTO
lc-aners cm tlj cw lork Central
killed
by a locomotive near liuffalo ami
e of he
injured I.Ocn. Julian Ouerojra,
a iromiincnt Mexican ennected with the lalu
Lerdo gjovtetmnreut, wa weized on his ranch and
sliinit bV onie of 'Diaz's -adherents .. Ilon.
J0in A. M. Call, deput vUnsnrance Buporiiiten
debit of Ne iv York, m his rrrntrt Tiion the Hq
cuiity hlfc ti isurance company, charges the onl
:etr of the company with falsifying the; account k
and! ofjptrjliiry to coyer itficix mismanagement.
1 ,L . .Tle L,inerican ship George (Ireen is ,sup-
lxid to hkve leen lo.-t off the Irish coast
Tlid oyster fiohooiier Virginia, "of Annapolis.
Mtjlill was 4nt through by the ice in the Chesa-
jeaie iaindj i ix of the crew drowned The
offitHers Ipf h evueltas continue to enforce the
three per cL'iiit. tax on tho merchants of Mata
mocxs by bn aking into ami phmdt ring stores.
jTlMV ealrriH' off the furniture of a prominent.
cirien a- anorr iane suice, leaving nis raimly in
an fimpty lioiise. j Advices from tho Cape of
1.001 Hope,j .fnca, are to the effect that the
Znjln king will not tiemiit British occjutiancv of
thf Iterritorvl in dispute between thesDutch rt
puhlic and lkilnselLand has stationed 8.000 ai int d
wai-porn to preveut the Knglish Kssessing
thernsclvtsuw tho fwiitory, as requested by the
DlUjClU
,.T!oh
WlFeirv has been re-elected United
.States
Heuawir from Michigan. .... 1 James G.
Bldhie was
jelncted senator by the Maine Legis-
latwe
for.
tie short term ending March, next.
ind for the lomr term endini? in l83 Wm.
WiiiilonJ Was re-elected senator from Minnesota.
L .11 JDiiriilig tho coronei-'s inquest upon tin;
victim of thf Ashtabula pridge disaster, L. A.
Beebouti cLifef entrineer of the Canton, bridce
coitipany,! tjeMined that pe hal exanunetl the
wrecked bridge and, found tlie l)races wen-
attatheq to the angle blocks in an mih.ifc niiui-
ueijJand thjiq some ofi them had slii)ped out of
plapite. Me found Homo of the braces, with the
endi slirjied hw'av to accommodate thci tension
od4 rednciiig their ariia of section j thereby
impairing' toHome extent their ability to per
lorhfl tucar diuies ; he thought this a very ma-
teriitf limixy to the striK-tmo Ihe Arkansas
LedrMature I lectel A. If. Garland to. be, the.
HUdciessor f Towell Clavton in the Senate. .
U. I ( -: I X - - ... .
INews from ilex ico states tliat Diaz jliavm,':
attacked liis enemy $.1 Guanajuato, commanded
lu.utui 10 eutci a coiiniromiHC iKt-pi;is.
by Wen. Atilillon. and totallv defeated him.
Iglifiias jhas asked to be allowed to retire to
priyat UTe. Jnaz has thus disposed or tho Jasr
of Ms : obpoiients for the presidency. . j . . .On ;
the Wiighteenlh Of i JJectml)er three companies
e IJightli lufantiT. under Lieut, l iank 1).
Avin,
strit-k Sittmcr Bull s camp m the lted-
k Sitting Bull's camp
and ddfeatel hint with the loss of all the
rty in the camp and sixty mujes and
m.; liiei mainns escaped wnn nine do-
what thfcv had on their persons Vn
quake occurred in southern California.'. . .
Minuie Blaser, of Bavton, K v., drowned
If, and infant child, while insane from puer-
f ever. I The mercantile agency of
mow! t Co., in their January reinjit,
he total numli- of fsilures in the United
Btatew
voai 1.870 as i,o.l2, with liabili
iiesl
ties iijimoimtilg to !191,117,7W. Iu 1875 the
failpjres iinmlered 7,740, with liabilities anumnt-
ftng to v.jui,im),6il. in the uomnnonoi uauadu
she failin-es In 187G were i,TJ.H. with liabilities
amMntiug tJf 25.317,991. In 1K75 the failures
Mi tne JUomiinon AVere l.'.HiS, with w,:ii)
ialMtiesl i lit the United States there are C')0,-
p99!neop1ciumsinessf and in the Dominion of
ijaiiaaa, &4, j
goveramdnt ' of India haw forwarded a
lispflitchjto the India oflice' at London, esti
matiilg tlle total L-,ost to the State on account of
I j Jii. I i . ii - . :i .... .:
cuei works apu puier measures ior jiuiigaimg
he famine in Madras and 13ombay at f 32,500.-
UOOJ I . J. JNegmiations have been- opened be-
ind France! and there is now
it! prcbabtlity tliat Gennany will reconsiflcr her.
prigihal ilecisjion and agree to participate in
he larw .Exhibition in 1HH.. . .. Jhere appears
o-ljJ ai j)rob4bility of the' Poles taking advait-
fi isussip, s Jiabihtv to become engaged iif
s the leaders are nnnsuauy imsy ana sneni,
a ihas affrogated the order by wmcn mi-
ntslwerJ permitted 'to rctum to Poland.
During a heavy rainstorm in Memphis
Lelii
a shower of- small Jive snakes was oih
fcervjeid
southern pal t of the town bv
persons ..... I On Mr. MockU 's
ihotiiandH! o
last iughtiu
hicago he asked for a large col
hristian purposes I and received
leetWM ipi'
W7J
he Democracy of New Hami-
ihire
noriiinafed Hon. Daniel Marcy for gov-
frnqt;
and afopt.'d resolutions setting forth
me suprtmac
of the Constitution and ti:e
quaty of tlie tate3 : upnojas tno national
emfflcratic platfonn, and reiterates its d
iankiis foir reform : denounces the "conspiracy
(brgaiiizel at Washington by desperate and nu-
fOT'H'l TVl i V i
I i'VVhi0' E?
U'" tf I the pjhple through the action of-the
I fcfcf
iii I treasnaHle in purxose and effeetl inas
mucti as lit slkikes at the verv life of the elec
tive
ran
which is the basis and vital
rin
inle
f tliis government :" leprecates the
df trbopsf bv President Grant in. South
i arollna
and Louisiana ; calls u)on Congress
j
1 Ul W , 1 11 t u
-aceful solution of the uifaculty,
"Ut 10 Ueil
the Constitution: demands -a re-
dncfiiipn of; th aniiv discourses on the Itcsi-
i. ii-l . ! : " i. i iJ . :.. ii 1..
ctentSil qitesticta, and concludds in these words :
,4 lllevink that Mr. Tilden received a majonty
tUe wliole I number or electoral vou;s, Wl,
pledge Mm oui-heart v and unqualiriel support
tlie full exercise of his authority in con
;ifbrmiv with tlie Constitution and laws of the
rlandjT... J j. . At smooth-tongued man in on
street, Nekv York, tmcceeded in getting cash for
aj forget! .f&l,250 check on the L iuon Iruot t .
Uj
L'iMler the.
b jeiectiltn
aijrangement for the settlement of
cllnicultv, the grand .committee' is
it he
tb consist
oi jive meriibers of the Senate and
five of the
House, each partv choosing its own
!iiieniilter8 iin 'cajucus, and, besides these, of four
iilcijwers of tie supreme bench)Useiecteu irem
the kholo nuhiler according to geographical
diivisfens of tlfe countn-. Accordingly it is be-
, ,
laivetl the judges of the farst, third, eighth ana
n ntW Lcirc utklhavc been
WU. UJJUli, illM.-.-'ii
Strong and l'ie'd.
i racing jusijicos iiinoru, jiiuer
1J
. . T 4. l J"f.. 1 ..-tl'...
i. To the comnnt-i
tee oifi fifteen members, thus composed, are to
U' referrid tike questions relating to the di-
tJntej! KtatiS.I - lnch aro understood to Le
fW - r
it
uislana and uregon. ine commu-
a- n i .
I I i l ' 1 t A. AA
both houses and
I -ex
perts, a. many other committees have Wen
1 Wft 1
J.1.' rt-f'MnWa th bonse.i unite in
'J..ui ir ! tlTinnll- ko TrAflnr xrill i pom
. W TA)n U a(j it i8 passed and signed
J.'bjy the IYesidfeiit, and the count of the vote will
f Hieirfifore Iwait untU the usual time, inc
f hurt tienth of February, 1 but wiu proceea a i
opee, j Thiis the countrv will be tho sooner rc-lin-ediof
iU rfikietv Gen. Atigurj comman
der pit the Dei&rtrnent of the Gulf, sent to Gov.
Packard, bf ; New Orleans, a .communication
charging the Batter with misrepresenting the-.
ni -t . - . .... a
fctatejiW affairH there, txov, .ugur uwu5.i
hii maicle afivreiuest of either claimant, bu
s in e did sehd memR-rs of his stall to " in
eavs
inltermeddiihg with the,ixUtiw of the State,
It iias:simpla suggestion," says ccn. Augm.
in tlie niteretit. as I thought, pf peace, au.l t,.
glive UonomeM's quiet to the citizens ot tms
ciscityd city.'! 1 I
Tt-anspare&it-stuns aro worn
exclusive t
i -n r - i i.-i.-o ;-n KnroilC.
S ljf tlV yonnfitWtties m r-Urop' .
rthri
mi.
M r.irirJ,lh At iU.tti if it were not possible for them
government, not inters j A t i , ,aTa Mxt wliich would result
attacked, when they ;l V .Ib tthLir homes of the anne l
by the .Louisiana xfemr h r k, , m.i Mnhl not lw const nu.-l