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y II J - ! c . , tf-i.- i.-i- .fi .fc. Raleigh c:; vV ri r-1 Yi &UiUUrry Mb 11 T9 M TI T 1 V. ..L yOl, XV.-35 RALEIGH, X. C, SATURDAY MORNIXG, APRIL 12, 1879. 5.00 PER -ANNUM I TT TT Tl 7l THE BOILER EXPLOSION. rut riBrici'LARi or I'ALTT. THE l ift. Kla Water l'nr tile Fit ranee Thr bllZ -Metal- Th Fearful Re- It Sr. Djr"t Wo.arMl ejpe..H la llerole De- Vletlm ete. l.r Mnicr Kstr Am p""'mg di.ter accurred in ; u mjiv quiet low ii yesterday .v.-!a::i. by which Mr. J. II. TiiuIht-,k- met a"ml fearful and untimely 'i.h. and "veral others wen inot i mfully w-alded. The fiie of the . tvtrhe was the foundry attache I to the tn'hine hp of Mwn. W. K. kori"iT-y A 'o., and Uie mu of ji an j-cident-U explosion or the fui n --e. The explosion wa canned under the follow ing ein-umsiance-: The farnaof t provide with a tlmit tiuitoni.by means of v hu h it leaned out at thecoiu-lu-ofthe ly' work. It h-ul rained a go.l deal during the da v. umlowuiK t. the expure of the belt, and per il 4p. th.r cause", the metal in the fur n i--e hvl not melted and run off a fast a i gener-llv the ense, and the end of the day found oiue Jouor -M) muiiJ of the flowing iron in the furn.-v. As h.vd frequently leen the r-e. a ool of run water had collects i undemtatli the furu-vx". but on account of ita fre quency this excited no admonition to cautiou. It aHari, however, tliat the ju.ntUv of melal w considerably Urgr liixn uu.l. and when Mr. Tini U rUke pushed out the dro lottom. t fr he h-td time to ejn.-ae, or even realm any danger, the OCOWOO MfcTAL IlldNO.T BCRIfcO ttetf'O vehemently in the watery cnitc underneath that death and destruction was the consequence. The steam and gas generated by the Hfidden dropping of the iron in the water, aeems to have Iweii ho powerful and furiou that even the sjwmioilx chimney afforded uo exit, and the tear ful consequence wah the explosion. The shock m verv severe, resembling the discharge of a heavy canuiu, and hen the cause of il tnxatue known a Urge crowd leathered to the scene of the a-vuieuL Those who arrivl there first. Jut a the mnoke and dut ra lined I'V the exphwion hal clears I rf. fiund there a horrible --tacle. The tottoin f the l R5ACK WAS bLliWN TO ATOM nd heav y frairnicntn of iron had ten hur!el v uh demon force nome dit ln . Airain it the brick wall of the buildinc iwme t enl v fet olT. there !iv the manifled. blood v form of Mr. Tuuberlake, life all extinct. Mr i fiarle Iei ey. one of the proprietor f the establishment, alno Mr. A. Kort and a countrv man Mr. V. J. Hol- lmcworth. ol Sampson countv, uere lainfully mmMI and burnel, and their race literallv blackenel with ot. Thty h i I been sLandin near Mr. Tim !r Lake, and their preservation from denth Myenis almost uiira-ulouH. An examination of the oene of the r..oiialtv- and the position in liu h Mr. 1 v rv a.s utaniliiig. make his KATE a TBI LV ORFAT WitXMJR. He stood behind an oiven iloir. that lead to the foundry entrance, only some leu or twelve feel from the furnace and directly opposite it. Two hupe piwes or iron, one or lliem weighing nol lew W" iounda, were huriod madly araiiiHl tne door, tearing il :nt) fragments and -altering the planks. When Mr. Iewey realized what had happened he fuuixi himself thrown some distance, but nevtlectiug himself, he bravely, and heroically went tnimediatelr to work applying the water hose to the tire that threatened the destruction of the build- inc. and to alley the cloud of smoke and dut. so that the full extent ot thecatii tophe might be speedily asertained. His fa- and ECK IS FAIrVLLT SCALD tD, and ao are Messrs. Hollingsworth an I Korb, the la.1 uorc so than the other two, but we are happy to be able to chronicle, that neither of the k"1 meu an hurt at all seriously and all are Me to be up. Poor Timlerlake met his untimely death, and it must have beon intUtully. An examination of his body disclosed the fart that hia neck, ahoul der and arm were frctureI, and hia bead badly crushed. The scene aronnd the furnace pre sented a terrible destruction. The forte of the explosion of the huge brick chim ney, which was cut in two and the up jr portion of it completely twisted, fhe damage to the proj-rty will hardly reavh The aA-cident is one of the most singular in Uie experience of foundry men. The sad aiTalr has aain thrown this "immunity Into the deepest gloom. Mr. Tmlrlake .was forem-tn of the foundry shop, and a most e. 1 eel lent ma hiu 1st and workman. He leaves a wire and roiR small children, the eldest being only eight yearn old. iNfo-eaed was M years old, and was a native of Hi-hinoiid, Va., but h,vl In-eii living in ttoldsloro about two years. Kor sev en years previous to his locating here he was employel at the shops of the Wilmington A 'Weldon Ilailroatl at Wtlmtngtou, where he tilled a resn ihie wsition to the satisfaction of his 1 employers, but determined to free him self from certain bail associate, ho threw up the place and rauie to (Jolds boro. his family following, and he has miict leen a'devoteAl hustaml and father. The unftrtonate man took very deep and earnest interest in the revival meeting conducted in this communi ty the last two weeks, and bad pro fessed himself a convert to fhrist. He had previously bven a member of the Baptist Church, but contemplated con-ne.-tln himself with the Methodist thnrrn. and. we learn but a few hours before his death lie liad possessed him self of a work on Methodist discipline, that he might fully understand what he was doing in becoming a memter of that deuominatHMi, and we Warn thai hi funeral will take place from the. Methodist Church this evening. Mrs. TtuiU'nake is a Norlolk ladv, and, of coarse, she and the children take their terrible BKREA VEsEM KXCEEMSOLT I1AKI. We hope effort will be made to secure some pecuniary aid for them, and feel confident thai this generous cotnmu ly will respond tuoal nobly. Mrm. Timber Lake says that for sev eral weeks Mr. T1m!e'fiake had a sad prenionitition that his end was near, and at times talked of It very sadly and artectingly. He claimed to have had this forelMwiing in a serious dream, but declined to communicate it to her until after he had fully connected himself with the ehurch. rrinceaa Beatrice Is particularly fond of lace, and ha a collection which can hardly be equalled. It coulaina a part of that Alencan which waa found lu a lumber room some years ago at 8U Jamea' PaW. and wiuch is said to be worth fluO.iM). It date from the time of Henry VIII. Dfm tatie Pltey. Alexander II. Stephens still lives. He thus arHgniphs the Democratic lley in a resolution submitted by him to the iHMuocratic caucus: kmlvki, That the aims and objects of the Iemo-niey of the Unitetl States, as far aw we, chosen by them as ineiii lHr of the present Honsoof Represen tiv es, arc entitlel to le considered as the true exKnents of those riun and objects, are directed with a singleness of purjose to the restoration of consti tutional lilx-rty, and w ith it the reslor atlon of s.u-e. harmony and proxpt-rl-ty througltout the leuglh and breadth of the land. Thev abjure the rem-w .il Of sts'iioual strife. Ttiey asept all the legitimate results of the late lamented war. They are utterly opo.sed to the revival in this country or any part therisn of African slavery or any" other kind of slav ery or involuntary servi tude, except as a punishment for crimo. Tuey stand pledged to maititahi the union of the Stales under the constitu tion with all its existing amendment aa they shall be expounded by the Su preme court of the United States. They are nguiost all unconstitutional or revo lutionarv methods. Thev are for law and order and the protection of life I;lerty and property without redress of all grievan-es, thev look alone to the ie.iceful iiiHtrumentaliiv of the Con stitution. Kirst, the law-m iking iov er; sts-onl the law-eiouiiding iover thinl, the law-exs-nting ixwer; and tiuallv the ultimate sovereign ixver of the balloi-lK. They are for a free ballot, as well as for a fair and just count. While they are oposel to large standing army, as were the Ira titers ol the constitution, vet tnev art for keeping the armv sulbciently large to reix'l invasion, defend our extensive frontier as vell as all necessary interior forts and garrisons, and so enable the President to put down domestic vio lence or iniirrs't ion in any of the states and in aid o: civil nteen as a poss comitatiis in the execution o le-al pro- c-tHt in pursuant-' ol the Constitution au la piov ided in tiie nets of Congress of 1 .!. and Ixt.. lint thev are utterly opoel to the use of the military forces Ol the I niHsi States in eoiKroliing r in anv way intertering witn tlie free dom of e.s-tions. Thev are for tin maintenauec of the pnblic erf lit invio late, but are pss-d to the increase of the lionded deit, unless the exigencies of w ar should render it ms-essarv. 1 hey are for retrenchment of cxjH'tiditures, lessening the burden of taxation and a thorough reJorm in the present une(Ual and unjust melhxl oi raising revenue Tbev are for placing the. coinage of frold and silv er upon the same footing, without restriction or limitation ujon th amount of either. Thev a re for re vivingthe languishing ami peri!iiug Indurfries of the country ly an inereas Of the volume of currency Voundel on :i sound Kiis suth-ieni io meet the ur-g-n: demands oi t raile m every depart ment of 1.iIkj' mid business. 1 lie I".xu:!us I'roni t'-zy pi. Hj.r. i.-f -Id R p i1 lie in. 1 he stalwarts iiavo seied the migra tion of t o t hoii inl ngros to Kansas as at oin-e the evidence on a great seal" of ra -e proscription at the Su;li and the means of transferring popular tion, vot'-s and Congressional repreen tationeii masse from 1 emMrat n to Kepn M l-.ii States. As allording an other breath of life to t he old issues, it s welcoiiosi with great enthusiasm, and to magnify its Mliti .il ellcct, loth Chandlers, liorh.im. llamliu Kiid Win don orgami a "National Kmirratioii Aid N4eie;y." Ilob Ingersill giysi one thous.inil dollars and half his income for live year hr the refugees and Z-ich handler wants mu' hundred of them on his farm in Michigan. The l.ill.ts and W ichlta rail ro td employs a "National Farmers' Ai-i.iiiiii ' at liostoii to circulate intlamatory lx u Iiteuts among the uegriM-s of the South, dwelling upon the private and litical Uessitisiii of tluir presnt condition, and presenting as an alternative a set tlement on the company's lands in Texas, where they have twelve thou sand eight bundii-d acres for sale atone dollar and a half cr acre. The ultimate purpose is to form a negro state in that vicinity. An organ i -it ion his also just Ih-cii formed in South Carolina to help on the same scheme. As a movement of the la!or market and a national cure tor social and oIit ical discomfort, we welcome the migra tion of the blacks, but we should re gret to see anv outside stimulus Intro duced for jolitical ends. The ability and capacity to migrate are signs that the negroes" have in their own hands the remedy for w rongs, which no Law- can reach, w e are glad to see tneni use that remedy and teach the South that barrenness, neglected fields and desolation are Ihe natural reuull of so cial Warfare ujsn the laloring classes. On the other hand, while the republi can arty may deriv e considerable tem- srary strength from the movement, the identification of the party with it may ultimately result very much as in thecascof the freediiien's savings bank. Kmigrauts are notoriously open to dis- asiiit incut in their new found homes. II thev were taken into States where there is already a surplus of labor, the movement would also react against the political party which undertook it, as en. Hutier susrgests. POLITICAL POIXTs. Philadelphia Time: The army bill leiiig now in the Senate will soon give Johu A. lxgan al liance to make apiur- ent w hut he w as elected to the Senate for. He is the man lor a revolution. Cincinnati Knquirer: It may lecome necessary yet tor Ilepuniicans to nom inate a general a real general, w e mean for governor, in order to justify the continuance of the bloody shirt in the Slate caiiiaigu. Pittsburg Telegraph: The attempt to form a coalition of the leiiiocratie and tirwiiback parties in Ohio is the finest illustration of the fable of the spider and the llv which ixlitics has ottered for this uiauv a day. Baltimore (Jarrtte: The lot raved and swindled -Lireenlvick party m Con gress is feeling around for its head in a larasi Hort ol way, anu may issioiv hold a caucus In h davor two. It weiiis aliout time to cast a honcope. St. Iouis Post-I)isp;itch: If the Dem ocrats should eleel their esihdulate lor governor this October bv a decided ma jority against the tierce struggle the Ke- pubiicaus are driven to make, wnio will have to be regarded as a Ueniocrat- ic Stale in !SsJ. Hut Indiana being al- read3 coucclel, that would practical ly Ik; an end to the Presidential contest. ProTiJence Journal: It Is in candor to be admitted that the practice of the Kepublican party in Congr has not been on every ocvasion iu accordance with the theory which it now justly holds of the functioua of Che lvxevuuve. During the Presidency of Andrew Joii.i- iod the majority did moro than once take the short -cut to enforce iia legis lation . hy auacking jnaUora vol ger mane to appropriation bills. THE PISTOL AGAIX TWO l.MO OH'JITY tint:. MEN THIS A ratal Nbootlns- In I'niou County A Horse Rare t'.nds In a Tragrdy. Charlotte Observer. Tuesday afternoon ulout sundown, when on their way home lrom Monroe, and when alout three miles from the town, a difficulty sprang up be tween I.eander Stack and Robert Par ker, in the progress of whhh the latter shot the former, the ball entering s!h ut three inches alove the left nipple and ranuing dow n towards and proba blv eiiieiing the heart, producing death in a very short time. After the ahot was tire I Stack siaggered along the rond for alout twenty s'eps anl fell forward on his face, lu the meantime his slayer, being already on his horse, left at full speed and hits, no doubt. Liken refuge m South Carolina. Par ker and his victim were neigh'xrs and lived within two miles of the Slate line, aud about twelve miles south of Mon itmj. The only witness of the terrible affair was Harvey Mangruni, who says the two men ran a short race horse back) alout a half a mile back from where the killing occurred; that the deceased claimed the best of the race ; thai both were half playfully punching each other in the side with their c1!kvvs as they rode along, and finally Parker struck Slack across his hat with a short riding switch, quite a light blow ; where UMn Stac k immediately dismounted and started towards Parker, when the latter drawing a pistol quickly fired, no words hav ing passed between the two after the blow with the switch was given. Stack, it is said, did not have even a isn ket knife aud why Parker should hav c thus sho; him down is quite a mystery. Their companion states he had mi idea either of the parties was ainrrv. Both the men were about the same age -J 4 years. Stack leaves vv He and one child. Parker has aw il and two children. Stack was consid erahlv into x icated. and Parker had also been drinking. The parties had been i friends. On his way home Parker passed several friends to whom he re marked : 1 have killed l,ee Stack and am a ruined man." Hills have been scattered by Stack's brother, ottering a "liberal reward-' for the apprehension of Parker. STATE .N EWS. ew Hanover. Wilmington Review : Car loads of strawberries pass through our city dai ly on the northern louiid trains from the Soutii. Star: The residence of Col. Walter L. Steele, at Rockingham, narrowly escaped destruction .v tire on last cduc lav night. Mr. .John 1-utgen returned to his store on W ater. hetwt en Market and Dock streets, and on v isi ting his bedrooms upstairs found that feoiiie thief had entered his premises during his absence and borne oil a trunk containing valuable papers. This community has rarely been mere severely shocked than it was yesterday morning on the announcement of the sudden death of I'r. Hurkhardt. lie was a native of Hongen, Switzerland, but had resided either in (Joldsboro or Wilmington for the last ten vears. Crmrn. N'ewberu Nutshell: Sheriff Ilubbs has had erected around the jail a new fence ; il w;is needed badly. The crops ot jx-as around .ewncrn iook green and prosperous. With several more such days as yesterday il can hardly le told that the;, run the gaunt let ofa severe cold snap. A special election will be held on the 1th of April, at which the qualified voters of this city will le called uimii to deter mine whether a new steam engine snail oc piirc.ia-ea 101 me eiiy. 1 lie cars on the A. tV. N. C. R. R. present an ultra. -live appearance since receiving their recent coat of paint-, and are now an ornament lo the ro el. Way ne. rnldshoro Mail : One hundred and fifty crates of strawberries passed here on I uesday last, iy express ironi Charleston. The trial for the murder f .James K. Ruts, charged wiih the killing of Jack Smith is set for Tuesday next, and ttiat ot ouncau Johnson, tor manslaughter on Monday. Seventeen oiorcd iw-rsons were baptized in Neuse riv er last Sunday. hi account of the illness of Judge Seviuour court was idiourned from Tuesday until to-dav. Forsy I lie. Salem Press : Saleiu and Winston MipjHM l lour beet markets. J udge Cloud is back again from Florida. New brick pavements and more to be laid in our sister town, inslon. Surrv Countv Court this week with a goodiy number of the local bar attcn- ling. Key. A. L,. Oerlee and iaimly lepailcd on Thursday last, for Bethle hem, Pa., ho to take charge of the Mo- ravian newspaper. The bell whicliM wings in the .Moravian ( hurcli bellrv, s one of i he clearest and purest of tone in the Stale. It has been heard at dis tance of o and 6 miles for upwards of (t years. yt eeUlenbn r jr. Charlotte Oliserver: The Hornets' Nest Riflemen held a meeting Last night uid appointed a committee, with ref- renee to their proxsel v isit to Colum bia on the loth of May 1 esterday morning at '1 o'chx-k the watchman at the Air-I.ino lejMt delivered into the hands of the joln-e a negro named Win. Black, who was in a slate ol wild delir- H m i he municipal -anvass may uo said to have fairly opened now. faj. h'lemming announces himself this morning, and Mavor Smith has already expressed a determination to run. We hear thai v . s. .ormeni aiso expects to enter the race. Now let somebody else come out, so we can have a four- hsnded game. Oullfortl. lireenslxtro North State: Montford MiHiehee, llso., of Person county, con templates making (iris-nsboro his res- idenco Julius A. lirav, Ivsq., ( ash- ier of the National Rank of il reensloro, has leen elts-ted President of the. CajH) rear and ladkin valley luul- ro:t,l Limed suites court, judge Dick presiding, is in session this week and quite a large number of persons are in attendance. Wo understand there are alnuit fifty eases on the crim inal docket and thirty odd on the civ il tH.ket. There seems to l great dif ference of opinion as to whether the fruit has leeii killed or not. Where the learned entertain opinions so wide ly different we may be permitted to hoi that at least a tortioii of it has es caped unhurt. Rowaa. S-illsburr Watchman: Miss Painter, whois still "holding meetings in tbeMet h- slist church here.has teen blessed with over K) convert I he Machine Shop and Foundry of the Messrs. .xieronev is again iu full operation. Davidson- Salisbury Watchman : Silver Hill mine, operated by .Mr. jones, is roducing valuable ore vwuu ieau io nuantities that ensnre a fortune to us owner The statement published iu various papers to wuoik ucu. Leach, fell ana oroite ui He Ntoke. Danbury Reporter : From the infor mation we can gather fruit has not been injured to any great extent in this section A set of abject Revenue ma rauders, we learn, are beating the hill sides in this immediate neighborhood, seizing whiskey aud mutilating stills. A weekly mail, between this place and Madison, via Red Shoals and Presto nvi lie, has been petitioned and irranted. It will be supplied with a carrier at an early day. James Eas- lev. while ploughing near ian river last Saturday, fouud the body of Isham Davis, a negro over 0 years of age.who was frozen to death. Chatham. Record : One day last week some per son shot and killed a valuable mule be longing to Mr. L. J. Haughton of this ulace. --The fruit crop has been de stroyed, which i a great affliction to our people, on mauy farms in tne countv there will be no fruit at all and but little ou any. except on a few ele vated spots. Halifax. Ronoake News : Many of the Hali fax lawyers are in attendance at North ampton Superior court in Jackson this week. last Sunday the river was as pure and clear as spring water. Some thing unusal as it generally resembles ci ier. There were 414 Deeds. Mort- ineres. cVc. admitted io 1'rooaie in mis county during the month of March, and 1" marriage licenses, -i vvhate and 1 col ored. On Thursday last, the alarm of tire was given and it was soon ascer tained that the hotel had caught tire among tne shingles of tho roof. But for ihe energetic action of Mr. Beverly Branch an engineer on the W. tfc W. Railroad the damages would have been serious. A little son of Mr. Miles Bob bin, living near Hilliardston, Nash county, caught on tire one day this week and was so badlv burned that he died the following night. Robeson. Robesonian : Coal has been discov ered in the upper end of this county. It is supposed to be a continuation of the Egypt vein. Keneith Bethume, alias Monroe, the Richmond county rapeist, according to reliable information re ceived here, has been in the lower part of this county ever since the commis sion of the terrible crime. The sched ule on the C. C. ltailwav, will "be chang ed about the first or middle of next month. Pasquotank. Elizabeth City Keononiis- : Dr. Un derwood, of l!i; Elizabeth Citv Rail road, has returned from Uio north in itood health and spirits, and words of cheer and confidence as to our Rail road. The work goes bravely and more bravely on. essuls arnv ing and de parting give life to our harbor. A nulll KX MOM IX. Arrival of the Famous Chief in W ash ington w ith Other Indian. Washington Post, H'th. Yesterday morning a delegation of Indians arrived in this citv by the Hi'.iO train of the Baltimore A Potomac Rail road, and at once proceeded to the Tremont house, where they will be quartered during their stay. The del egation is an important one, represent ing as it does all the tribes embraced in what are known as the Big River Indi ans, from Oregon and Washington ter ritory, and including the famous Chief Moses, of the Sinker-House tribe; his two nephews, Jim and Hiram ; llovv- alish-wani-po, head of the Cayuse, and I ina-piue and i oung Chief, of the same tribe; W in-uim-suoot, head chief of the Umatillas, and Hom-li, head chief of the Walla-wallas. Accompany ing the party are Maj. Boyle, U. S. A., N. A. Connoyer, John McBqan and Abe Lincoln, half-breeds, and interpre ters for the Government. McBean has been in the service of the Government since ls-M, and was cniei oi scouts ior Jen. Howard. The party hud a rough voyage from I'ortiana, Oregon, to san Francisco, and from that point came through so rapidly that they all com plain of being tired. The principal memner of the delegation is the famous hief Moses, who is one of the lines! specimens of his race in America. Next in importance to nini is iiow-atisn-wam-iK). a small-sized, good-natured- looking red man. who is a herder of considerable note in Oregon, and is said to be the richest blanket Indian in the United States. Collectively, they represent nearly 7,000 persons, and all, but especially Moses, come for busi ness. II is people are being prettv well crowded in their present location, which they have occupied for years, and the Government officials anticipating trouble sent for the delegation to come on and talk the matter over, and the conference will be held in a day or tw o. Moses has considerable reputation as a lighter, but he is also looked upon as desiring to continue at peace if possible. He has not exactly made up his mmd what to accept from the Government, but he will make the best terms he can, but it is aouDtiui whether ne can get the tribe to accept any radical hange in the location. So say those who know. A Campaign of Surprises. New York 8tar. The returns from the elections in the Western States are still very imperfect, but enough is known to show that this is one of those "offv-ears" in politics when the people seem to take especial lelight in upsetting the calcinations ot the politicians. The Republican defeat in Chicago is off-set by the Democratic defeat in Cincinnati, while the fate of the coalition between the Greenback men and Democrats in Michigan more- than neutralizes the effect of the Green back victory in Ohio. It has been a campaign of surprises, and the results are in harmony with moral which teaches the uncertainty of all things save death and taxes. We coafess that w e can find nothing in these results to warrant the assumption that the influ ence of national questions entered very largely into them, on the contrary, thev seem to indicate that it was the determination of the people to vote for the best men, regardless of their politi cal affiliations. There was no good reason whv State or local officers should be elected "with reference to considera tions that did not affect the really ma terial questions as to their integrity and qualifications. Y e only w ish we could feel that this purpose to divorce State and local politics from national politics were more prevalent than it is. The purity and security of American institutions are involved in the charac ter of our local governments. The mn- nicipaltv is the foundation stone of the whole system, and if the people rise to a proper appreciation of the importance ofa fathfui administration of those in terests that lie at their very door, no uneasiness need to be felt on the score of any abuses that may arise in the course of government at the National Capital. The spirit that enforces a healthy state ot affairs wjit soon nnd a remedy for evils at Washington. YVntterson Spoke Offlelnllx. Eoston Herald. The Democratic press seems to think that Harry Watterson spoke 'officially' when he nominated Tilden and Hen dricks the other day. ing Citv, seems to be a mistake, sustained only a slight sprain. THE INDIANS. ARE THEY SIBJECT TO THE ? COURTS? Application for Writ of Habeas Cor pus In Behalf of tne Poncas What tne Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thinks of it. Special to the Philadelphia Times. , UMAU.vj Neb., April V. An applica tion for a writ of habeas corpus iu be half of the Pou'ca Indians, now eorifln- ed in Fort Omaha, was presented to juuge lninuy, in chambers, at IAncoln yesterday by J. L. Webster, and 4he writ was granted as prayed. ' Ci. M.. L.auibertson, Lnited States District At torney, represented the respondents. No argument took place, but the mat ter ws submitted on the paperk. -.TJio xuaiaus are en route to the Indian Ter ritory, by instruction from the Indian Bureau. :The case was brought; by Jf. II. Tibbies, suggested ; br Standing Bear's speech, in which he said he was arrested while ' holding the pl'oV-'na'iT' dies and neld a prisoner, though he had never committed a crime. J. Lu Web ster and A. J. Pappleton, attorneys for the l.nioii Paeilic Railroad, leadimr lawyers of the state, volunteered their services. . Deputy Marshal Bic-rbovver served the document on General Crook and the latter telegraphed to Washing ton lor instructions. W HVTTIIE COMMISSION EK OK INDIAN A1KA1KS THINKS ABOL'T IT. Wash i'noton, April 9. The Com missioner of Indian Affairs says, with relorciice to the habeas corpus case at Omaha, where a writ has been served upon General Crook, comma. ldmg him to show cause why he holds Standing near and the Conca Indians as prison ers, that the C nited Status District At torney has been directed to appear for the L nited States and endeav or to have the Writ dismissed. He takes the ground thai under the law, and accord ing to repeated decisions ot the Su preme tourt, the Indians stand as wards of the government, arid are un der the same relations to the govern ment as minors are to their parents or guardians; that the law forbids them to make contracts, and such contracts, if made by them, are void. No attorney has a right or can appear for an Indi an until authorized to do so bv the In dian Department. tfnclnme Bonaparte at Repartee. .Madame Jsonaparte, in her younger days, once attended a state dinner, and was taken to the table bv Lord Dtmdas. He had already received some of her sarcastic speeches, and in a not verv pleasant mood asked her whether she had read Mrs. 1 rollope s book on Amer ica. She had. "Well Madame.'' said the Englishman, "what do you think of her pronouncing all Amercans vul garians 7 I am not surprised at tliat, answered sprightly 'Betsy Bona parte.' " Were the Americans the de- cendants of the Indians or the Esqui maux, 1 should le astonished; but being the direct descendants of the English, it would be very strange if thev were not vulgarians.'' There was no more heard from Lord Dundas that evening. The Question of Leadership. Boston Hearuld. "Leadership is a gift, not a device.'' said John A. Andrews. This is a con clusive reply to all the foolish things said about confederate brigadiers in Congress. They are in Congress be cause they are the leading men in tho South, and the fact is, that they are gen erally the most progressive men. The southern system in slavery times de veloped a small class of leaders, most of whom were active in the war. In the North interests are more diversified, and leadership is not confined to a few, but some of our best Congressmen since the -war were leaders in the war, as well as some, oi our worst. The Largest Business on Ihe Smallest (apltal. Philadelphia Record. Garibaldi entered Home with his usu al state The old man is so in love with notoriety that he will probably die when it is denied him. Of all the noted people -who have figured in European politics during this generation, he has done the largest business on the least capital. Enough of Soldiers. Chatham Record. Our people, loth Democrats and Re publicans, have had enough of soldiers. They do not care ever to see another. Their experience with them has not been altogether of a pleasant character, and they hav e no desire for a repetition of their past experience. The Effect of the Debate. Philadelphia Record. The debate on tho army bill has cer-. tainly hail a clearing effect on the minds of Congressmen on both sides. The opposition oi the Republicans' has so divested it of objectionable features that, as a separate proposition, the rider would command a considerable Republican vote, i As it goes to the Senate it is a fair and healthy measure. Softening of the Dorsal Vertebrae. Washington Post, '.. Chandler has encountered a decided set-back in his herculean task of brac ing up the spine of the bogus President. He notices a pronounced softening of the dorsal vertebra? under the effect of the news that a Democrat has been elected mayor of Fremont. The Kansas Dnpe. Tarboro Southerner. The colored dupes put out for Kansas, Without food, shelter, or shirt, Finding cold and chills And a great many ills, They'll come back, a colored man says. And dig in th' old homestead dirt. The Stalwarts Cry. Tarboro Southerner. "Ho ! ho !" the stalwarts cry ; "You make a revolution, And, by tacking on election bills, Of the Union, a dissolution." With the Rest There Is In the .Shanty. Pee Dee Herald. CoL L. L. Polk. Commissioner of Ag riculture for North Carolina, gave us the pleasure of his company for a short while last Thursday. The Col. is look ing well, and rejKiris his Department in a thriving condition. We are always glad to welcome hi in with the best there is in the "shanty," as ho never fails to carry with hiih a pleasant face and an encouraging word for all The House doe not Keep Pace. Wash. Post: Mr. Garfiefd being now a member of the minority, is naiurally desirous oi restricting the powers of the majority in the House. Four years ago he held to a different view. 'The trouble with Mr. Garfield is that the House does not change its opinions with the phenome nal rapidity peculiar to himself. , ( The Kind of Revolution. Economist. The Revolution contemplated by the democrat iu power is a revolution that will restore the ancient landmarks oi iu tuusuiuuuii, a rev oiuiiou luai will bring back the government in its' --I old paths, a revolution that will restore the freedom and purity of the ballot, ; a revolution that will make the man in homespun the equal of the man In epaulettes and brass buttons, a. re volu tion that will dismount the man on horseback and re-establish the civil institutions and the civil supremacy' turuuguuuii luuiilliu. MARRIAGE AX'D DIVORCE. The Statistics About Widwr and Divorced Persons who Twriee Worship Hymen. N. Y. World. A French doctor, Bertillon by name, a person with a taste for figures, miti gated by an appreciation of the popular preference for what concerns the per sonal life and experience of mankind in the concrete, has made some curious studies in the statistics of matrimony with a view to extracting therefrom such practical suggestions as they may con tain. ihe hrst question which he under takes to,t.urow light upon is. whether it j.. i. ...i.i... i i -T ' 1 T . i ; is iieaniiv aim coiiuucive vo long lire to marry, lnoso wlio are married already and nroDosfl to "remain as thnv am' wi 11 be g ratified to learn that he reaches an affirmative conclusion, while those who are wedded only to themselves will be likelv to cast cvnical slurs on the correctness ot his calculations. He finds that those who share their joys and sor rows, and perhaps multiply them at the same time, will stand "the thousand nafiirnl shoca that llesh is heir to' nru .. Oci' i !oioi Uiose who atleiimt to bt fhe n.iroe.i ot lilo alone. There is a single exception which should convey a wnoiesoiiie warning, mere is an altogether abnormal rate of mortality among tnose loousn people who marry under the age of twenty. But, taking a thousand married men from twenty five to thirty years of age. he finds that only six die vearlvlv. while of a num ber of bavhelorscn drop off. Perhaps some of the latter perisli on account of persistent and unavailing efforts to get married and the misery which their failure entails. Perhaps they blaze out their lives to a greater extent thuu hus bands in dissipation and are every way more careless ot themselves, liut what ever the cause, the veracious figures at test the important fact. The disparity continues however, during the soberer daye of manhod, slight iy diminishing with the decline into the vale of vears. Thus between the ages of forty-five and fifty; i.of 1,000 Benedicts, eleven die yearly, and of an equal number of the single men who survive their wretched ness that long twenty give up the truggle every rtwelvemonth. The same tiling is true of women as of men, though to a slightly smaller extent, ow ing, possibly, to more regular habits and better care of their health. But those who hav e been married and lose their partners in the life fare worst of all. Ot widowers between twenty-live and thirtv vears of age twenty-two in 1,000 die annually. Whether this alarming mortality is due to griefjdoes not appear from the doctor's statistics, but another part of his calculations show that if such is the case a large proportion of the victims of the malady seek for a speedy cure. The inquiries that furnish tho basis of those latter calculations were directed to ascertaining what proportion of the bereaved marry again and what relation the number bears to that of celibates of the same age who assume the blissful bonds. The above-mentioned consid erations ot neaitii and long lite appear to have nothing to do with the result. At all events, the learned doctor makes an entirely different application of his figures. His purpose is to indicate the effect ot experience on the incarnation of those who have once ventured, with happy results or otherwise. What he expected to prove is not altogether clear. He finds after asssiduous cipher ing from carefully concealed data, that of l,0(o bachelors between the ages of twentv-hve and thirty-five about 110 enter the state of matrimony in the course of a year. Of 1,000 widowers of tho same age, 3ot is the yearly number that take the yoke. Now this may in dicate that the happiness and the au van tages ot the married state exceed in ac tual experience the anticipation and be lief of those who have not make the trial, or it may not. Doubtless it shows that at least wedded life losses some of its terrors for one who has had experi ence ot it. l'ossibly the widower who made a mistake for the first timeln the blindness of vonthful ardor is conscious of rn ability, acquired by sober obser vation, to do better a second time. He mav or may not have found matrimony all that his ardent hopes had pictured it but he verv likely reaches a sober and unromantic state of mind injwhich he feels that he can make a choice on good common-sense principles. Then there is the fact in many cases' he has children that need the care of a mother, which may exert a powerful influence over his action. And here again it is shown that the same rules applies to women as to men, but not to the same extent. Another class to which ur. Bcrtillion extended his inquiries is that of divorced persons. One would suppose tnat in sucn cases marriage having mam testlv once proved a iaiture there would be more reluctance to try it again, but the figures show that from the age of twenty-six to forty divorced persons marrv, in smaller proportion than widowers indeed, but more readi ly than bachelors, while alter forty they even excel wiuowers in ineir readiness to re-enter the connubial state. The case briefly stated by the Wash- ngfon Post : . , t S 1 . - . A . f- l "mere is not an intelligent man, in or out of Congress, who does not know that he is talking shallow, hypocritical nonsense when he speaks of the Re publican election laws as acts designed j tn nmtPPt Hip nnritv nf thfi hallot." t - i Ao-ain : I "It was to debauch, not to purify, the I ballot, that these laws were put upon the statute-book. And debauchery, not purification, has been the work accomplished undr them. This has been shown in every locality where the Republican management has put forth a special effort to carry an elec tion." And again : "To demand that people shall be taxed to maintain party campaign me chanism, on the plea of promoting jus tice and protecting the ballot-box, is to reach an altitude of imprudence which shows unlimited presumption on popu lar ignorance and credulity." It does seem queer that Horace Gree ley's loan to the spendthrift member of the Vandcrbilt family proved to 1 e the best investment he made, and a great deal better than Tribune stock. It paid compound interest at seven per cent,, and the whole amount, just paid over to Mr. Greeley's daugh ters, is larger than all the rest of M . Greeley's estate. The obvious moral is th it one should lend money to spend thrifts, especially when they belong "to rich families. I n - - xil if - - i a; xl A. FIGHTING SAVAGES. THE WAY THE XL'LLS FIGUT THE WARLIKE ZULUS. ftketeh of their Tactics.-ThLr Rash mmI Daring. A Match For Europeans. The Zulu formation on the march is in order of companies on this first day; afterwards in regiments inclose col umn, with the line of forage and provi sion bearers, cattle-drivers, dtc, on the jtlank. After the second day the bag gage and provision bearers tall in rear juf the columns, which move towards a (designated rendezvous along as many foads as may be necessary, always, lowever, maintaining close communi cation with each other by runners. When the objective point is reached, the order of companies is resumed and Ihe army forms in a great circle facing inwards tho officers forming an inner Circle surrouuAiing the commander-ia-., chief, from whom instructions are then received for the fight. The orders of attack is essentially the same as that of a civilized foe. A capital H resting upon a line or dash will represent It, The cross bar of the II is the main body, the perpendiculars are the wing (or ''horns") which advance along way and extend a long way back covering the flanks of the centre; the line, or dash, on which the H rests in tho re serve. Whether iu the woods or the open this information is alike effective, for one an enemy is reached and envel oped front and flank his doom is sealed. The men ot the reserve remain seated on the ground with their backs to the fight till it is necessary to send into it, the object leing to avoid my ''funk" bv seeing their comrades of the main body repulsed. In rear of them, Usually on a height and frequently surrounded by an additional reserve force, are the commander and his as sistants and the runners by whom or ders are transmitted to the regiments engaged. Besides the gun or ntlo tho Zulus employ the assegai atikl shield. The shall of 'the assegai is about live feet- long and as thick as a man's little fin ger; tiie wood is tnat or tne uurtisia jjigmea, not unlike the mahogany tree, brittle and elastic, the latter quality giv ing the spear the peculiar vibratory motion on which it if iccuraey f llight so much depends. Ihe head is generally blade-shaped with a raised ridge along the centre, concave on one side and convex on the Other, serving like the feathers Of an arrow. The rang of the head is made red-hot and so burns its way into the wood, round which a band of wet Rawhide is bound that, contracting as it dries, holds the head aa firmly as an iron ring. Besides three or four mis sile assegaist the Zulu soldiers carry a stronger stabbing assegai, with along heavy blade and an ox-hide shiold of oval form long enough to cov er him from the eves to tho feet, and impervi- ' ous to darts. A stick long enough to project beyond both extremities runs through the centre and the daubs of paint on the outside indicate the regi ment to which the wearer belongs. When opposed to a native foe tho Zulu tactics have been to move in compact force on tiie enemy, receiving tho darts on the shields, ami as soon as tho hostile missile have been expended to coie and use the stabbing spear. Dr. Ilatub says that against any antagonists the Zulusrush in "with 'dauntless courage and the fury of tigers; without the least concern for the hundreds falling, they tn-ess on to iret to close quarters a speedily as possible, looking neither to rigui nor icii roui uicumnn ui "mi"n for a moment." They begin tne attacK with a couple of volleys, then throw down their guns and charge; at from forty to sixty paces they halt and send a shower of thousands of assegais upon the foe, then take the short spear in the right hand and close. As the breech loaders at Isandu la were so hot from ranid firinir that the soldiers could not grasp them to use the bayonet effective ly, the regulars were as oaaiy naiuuou as were the British guards last century when the Highlanders at KiliiecranKie swooped down upon them, cast up their iKivonets with targes oi tougu ouu hide and brought tho broadsword Into play. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The attempt of the "Robinson com mittee" to muzzla the Raleigh News has furnished a precedent for the Illi nois Legislature. Mr. Nevins, the Springfield corresjondent of the Chi cago Tribune, in telegraphing to that journal, made some far from compli mentary statements in regard to certain members of the Illinois Legislature, now in session in Springfield. To these statements tho inculpated members ob jected. The correspondent was sum moned to give the name of his infor mant to a committee of investigation. This he refused to do and was reported to the Houso for contempt, wnen brought to the bar he still declined; and was thereupon committed to Jail for contempt. His counsel sued out a writ of habeas corpus. After elaborate arguments on both sides Judge zane declined to grant the prisoner's dis charge and remanded him to jail until such time as ho signifies his willing ness to answer the questions propound ed to him by the Speaker of the House. Unless this case is reviewed on the ap- peal, it settles the construction of and loractice under tho Illinois common i law, Constitution and Statutes, in re gard to contempts of the Legislature, and settles it in favor of a majority of either House, in its discretion, to com mit any one to jail for contempt who refuses to answer questions which that body decides to be proper. In a card published In Monday's Tribune Mr. evinn, alter a mosi- scathing denunciation of the members of the Legislature, says; I have been called upon for the ir, .... eu. r SOlirce OI HIV luiorinaiion. u a know was given to me by a gentleman of t he House whose veracity is unim peachable and whose standing is as high as'thatof any, under the strietestpledge of secrecy. Let him remain in Jail if ,neod hi all summer rather than proclaim himself a poltroon. If the legislature owes a dutvto its reputation, the journalist owes a duty to himself and his profes sion. Oh, the Spring, the beautiful Spring, Payiug with ravishing breezes, Scent of flowers to noses they bring. Likewise abominable sneezes, Nasal canals it hard squeezes. Makes our ears most horribly ring, Throat, eyes and chests, too, it seizes Oh, th Sprin, the boatlufol spring.,
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