Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 June 1874 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINELS TUESDAY, JUNE(9; -1874.n 1

THE DAFFODIL. BY MARIAN IX)CLAA. - The eold.'cold winter! Oh. It seemed , As If 'twould never ro! ', The frosty ferns, nnmelted, gleamed -linng days npoa the window-pane; Tne white drifts fill the farm-hounelane, - And &11 the road were blocked with snow; ' And through the bare elm. on the bill. ' The north wind whistled loud and shrill. Bat now 'tla pa-it? 'tis May at last And lot the Daffodil: Pweet flower of promise! welcome back ! For where thy b.oom I see, Hope whispers with her south wind's voice, Had heart! look forward and rejoice In brightness yet to be ! Lite's dreary winter lingers late. iiui spring will come in patience wait! NEWS AND GOSSIP.

The population of Little Kock In 1870, was yutdown at 12,500, and it Is now about 16, COO. The monument to the mother of Washington, at Fred rick sburg, is to be completed at a cost ot ?12,0"U. . I The lion. Samuel F. Hunt, of Cincinnati, will deliver the annual address before the literary sociciies of Kenjon collega on June The First Congregational church ot Lexington, Mass., is using a Bible that was presented to the parish by Governor John JIancock in 1793. The first packages of goods for the Inter national celebration of lSTti has been received in Philadelphia. They cauae from Austria, Norway and Sweden. " - William Webb, of London, olTers to put very letter iu the bible, the whole number being' 3.5b4bCtipon a turlace one-eight of an inch tmare. The"" Boston Transcript says: The new Taw against allowing children to app?ar as acrobats, proposed by oar legislature, meets with universal public favor." The New York authorities have ordered the arrest of all street musicians under 16 years of age. This will scatter ihe little musical wanderers throughout the country. Despatches trooi Calcutta täte that the distress froin the famine in India is increasing. Nearly G.G00.0X) people are dependent Upon the government ior food. In Virginia the fine for killing a mockingbird or robbing its nest of young is $20. The offender may be arrested by any party without warranty The tine goes to the public school fund. 't1-: A-.Jier suspension bridge is to be built across the Monongabela river at Pittsburg, which shall span the whole river. The special plan reeoprwtended is that invented by Mr. Le Bianok, chief engineer ol roads and bridges in 'France, j Twenty-oine hundred pieces of real estato have teen confiscated by the State of South Carolina during May for delinquent taxes in a single county, vbös taxpayers, according to the Charleston News, have not a solitary representative in the legislature of the täte. The painting, water color drawings, and engraving bequeathed to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by the late Senator Sumner, will be exhibited at the Atheuscum, in that city, from the Z'y.h ot May to the 1st of September. A Pittsburg man has sued for ?ö,C00 dam ages because after be had taken and paid for a birth in a sleeping car, he was not permitted to take possession of his berth, and had to ride all night in an ordinary car, whereby a severe attack of illness was brought about. Torama, the Japanese student at Ann Arbor, has addressed a note" to the faculty, asking or ä modification of his suspension, and that instead of being suspended for "hazing," he desires it to be for acts of selfdetecse against and retaliation upon the 'hazing scoundrels." 'Au international congress of the geograph- - leal sciences told be held in Paris in the spring of the year 1875. The geographers and travelers of all countries will be called to attend it. Simultaneously with the congress will take place an exhibition ot maps and geographical Implements and instruments. Mr. Disraeli's lack ot health ia causing considerable anxiety to bis personal and political friends, and it is rumored that he may find it necessary to withdraw tor a few months from the duties of premier, which, in the meantime will be performed by Ean Derby. The record of the contest for the base Lall championship this season, thus far, is as follows: - Games played. W on. Lost Boston..... 1 H Athletic .. lhllalelphia. Hartford. Mutual MM Atlantic - .12 S 4 i 4 i .7 . 5 .It Chicago. Baltimores . The jubilee singers were remarkably successful in their tour in England. Besides raising the $50,000 there, 12,000 was obtained for dormitories for forty students, and over J 1,000 for a library. Presents of books were made by Dean Stanley, Mr. Gladstone, Mr, riireßa and others. The English Quak ers subscribed fl,100 for a set of philosophical instruments, and the town of Hall presented a portrait of Wilberforce to be placed in the Nashville University. ' It is alleged that General McOook lays the jleathof his wife at the door Of a correspondent of a Chicago morning paper, who fcroke her heart by circulating infamous reports concerning her. The correspondent comes out in a Washington paper denying ihe allegation, but it is said that General McCook will not accept the denial, and will take the chastisement of the man Into his own hands Pittsburg Dispatch. Commander Richard James Morrison of -the royal English navy has lately died. Under the signature of "Zadkiel" he was known as a celebrated astrologer, and astronomer. For nearly halt a centory be has brought out an annual astrological almanac in which he with thousands tf others thoroughly believed and tt aale of which brought him a large competency. j The big steam hammer at the royal arsenal at Woolwich has a falling power of 40 tons, ' and is driven by steam from the top. It has a striking tall of 15 feet three inches. The hammer is 45' feet in ' height, and covers a base of about one hundred and twenty feet aauare Above the ground it weighs 600 tons, and the Iron used in the foundation below weighs 665 tons. The hammer cost altogether about 50,000. . The Burmese -ambassadors, during their visit to England, ordered the complete plant for extensive iron works. . 1 hey propose having in Burmab two blast furnaces, six puddling furnaces, mills for rolling merchant bars, rails, hoops, sheet?, plates, wiredrawing mills, and in fact every requisite for turning out finished iron of all descriptions. The mills are to be erected about twelve miles from Mandalay, the capital. Rumor says that Nellie Grant's husband Is not a rich man. The death of his elder toother made him heir to his father's estate, trat as Sartoris, Sr., still lives, it can do him LOjgood for the present. AU the Income ho

has is such a his father , allows him, and may be cut off at any moment . The house

in England, also, which has been the subject of so many glowing descriptions, is nothing but a neat little cottage on the elder Sartoris (rounds. It is by no means an elegant buildinsr. and can only be maintained as Sartoris, Sr., permits. A DOUBLE TRAGEDY, A FATAL MEETING OF TWO HESPECTABLE I FARMERS TOE SELF. MURDERER KILLS HIÄThe Cincinnati Enquirer of the 3d inst., says: A terrible tragedy occurred near the Kentucky river, in Garrard county, to-day, resulting In the probable death of two prominent farmers of this section. Wil' Hughes, a large stock-raiser of this county, failed recently, involving his uncle, Granville Smith, in a loss of $20.000. Smith could obtain no part ot his debt.. He is an old man. over sixty year", and bis farm, all that be has in the world, is to be sold to pay the security debt tor Hughes. Hughes made such an arrangemout with his crediters as to save quite a fortune to his wife. Granville Smith was in Lexington last week beba-ving like a madman.aud threatening the life of Hushes. The latter, while refusing a dime to Smith, went over into Bovle county and bought a farm, paving $21,000 cash," and giving his note for $10,000 more. More than one person believed that Smith would kill Hughes and so stated. To day Hughes commenced moving bis effects to his farm in Boyle county, and left btre In an open carriage with lis wife and family. Smith knew of his movement and lay in wait for him. Going in his buggy shead of Hushes, ntnl crossing the Kentucky river, went np the road that winds about the cliff for about a mile and a half to tbe toll gate. Here he left his horse and bugzy in the hands of a colored boy, and entered the woods, saying he was going squirrel hunting. Hughes came along in about an hour, driving a splendid team, xv h ich came toiling slowly up the steep hill. Just as tbe travelers came up where Smith wa concealed the latter opened fire upon Hushes, discharging: three shots from a revolver. One shot took effect in the right arm passing through the body and both lungs. The second shot struck the back. pa-isinir. out above tho umbilicus. Hughes' wife, who was sitting beside her husband SEEING THAT HR WAS SHOT, took the reins with one hand and supported her fainting husband with the other. The horses becoming frightened ran oil up the hill and overturned the carriage into a deep ravine. Mrs. Hughes says that the third shot was fired at her. It took effect in tbe back ot tbe buggy under tbe seat. The team wa3 secured and Mrs. Hughes was conveyed to a house near the river, where, after tome time, medical assistance was procured. Dr, Welch, of Nicholasville, found the wounds as above described, and at 0 o'clock, al though the wounded man was yet aiive, no hopes were held out for his recovery. After the shooting Smith took to the woods, and It whs thought he was endeavoring fo make ins escape, auch was nt the case, however. in the atternoon, about an hour after the assassination. Smith took his way down the road to the river, pissed the house where his victim lay, crossed the river, and went a little way up the. mil. Meeting with a col ored boy he handed him his gun, asked him to hold it a few minutes, and turned to walk back, saving as h9 did so, "When you hear the report ot a pistol, come and lay nie out." Presently the boy heard the report, and saw Smith throw up bis hinds. On examination it was found that he had shot himself in the head, between the eyes. The affair creates the most intense feeling of horror in this community, where the principals in the tragedy are well known. A DISPUTED ROYAL GRANT. States island ahd its claimants the patent of queen anne diverse claims with and without surveys and patENTS. The New York World gives the following account cf a trial in the courts of that city which is destined to become celebrated: The validity of a royal patent granted by Queen Anne to Lancaster Symmes and his heirs, conferring on him in freehold Staten Island, is shortly to be tried in the courts. The claims ot the descendants of Lawrence Symmes is heard on the fact that there is, in the office ot the secretary of state, a patent granted by Queen Anne on the 20th cf October, 1708, to Lancaster Symmes, then mayor of New York, "all and every the pieces of vacant and unappropriated land and meadow on Staten Island, in the county of Richmond." This patent gives under the usual forms the land in full and common soccage, the considerations to be a yearly rental of 6ix shillings. It is claimed by those interested that Staten Island, as a whole, has never been surveyed, a view which is con firmed by decisions voiding tax sales on this account. In granting patents to applicants for the land, tbe colonial authorities permitte.d them in some cases, c ontrary to tbe nsual custom of tbe government, to make their own surveys. In some cases these surveys embraced more land that the patent cov ered in others the snrvys were made and the patent refused, an& -it is claused that the survey, ceasing to bedtpendent on the patent LOST ITS l ALTTY. The holders of the lands on the island by these imperfect and incomplete titles saw their danger and resisted all efforts o Symmes to survey or take possession o the grant, tie therefore petitioneclthe proper colonial authorities for a proper legal sur vey, which was subsequently 'ordered to be made after full investigation of the facts. The survey, however, for some reason which does "not now appear, was never made, and the matter has remained in abeyance until recently. An agreement was made in I860 by the heirs with William W. Gilt, an attorney in this city, making over half tbe claim for his services. He has since associated with him self George Mackay. a civil engineer. It is not the intention of Symme's heirs to contest the validity of titles held under a conveyance made after the patent; in other words, no change will be made in "patent surveys." But it is contended that land held nnder surveys prior to patents and surveys abandoned during the revolution escheat to tbe inclusive patentees. EXPLOSION AT NEW ALBANY. THE BOILER OF THE STAR GLASS WORKS BURSTS IT IS CARRIED A LONO DISTANCE . THREE MEN INJURED. IlBy Telegraph to the Sentinel. New Albany, June 4.A terrific boiler explosion occurred ot the Star Glass Works in this city, at one o'clock this afternoon. The boiler was an upright one, with an en gine attached. It was thirty-two inches in diameter, six feet long, and weighed about twelve hundred pound. The force of the explosion lifted it to an altitude of fully one hundred feet and carried it a distance ol 1,010 feet from the shed in which it was placed. When it struck the ground, it rebounded 108 feet. Frank Sears, "the engineer, was badly scalded, cut and bruised. Stephen Alexander was severely scalded on the back, and Tom Fielding received a cut under the eye. The damage to tbe works will amount to about one 'thousand dollars.

INDIANA POLITICS. FORT WAYNE FURORES.

CRUSADE TROUBLES POLITICAL ENTANLOE- , MEN TS POSSIBILITIES IN roUTICS PLAY INCJ DOUBLE ON THE GERMANS. From a Regular -Correspondent or tbe SenUnel. Fori Wayne, June 2, 1874 At this mo ment our little city is in a perfect ferment of excitermnt. It is all along of the crusade and "p9sky politics." Toe Rev. Marine, a very able Methodist minister of thia city, has from the very beginning of the crusade taken a very promiuent put in the temperance reform movement. He was the first man to lift up his voice in commendation of the course taken by the crusading sisters of Ohio, and it was by his influence more than anything else, that the war on whisky in this city had its inception. Brother Marine has talked boldly and consistently, thouvh it must be confessed that in some instances his z l has been too much for his cant ion. Tnis was notably the case at Fort Defiance, a few days since. In addressing a temperance meeting, he permitted himself to be carried away by his enthusiasm, and the Germans, as a people, got a rather rough handling for their habits of beer drinking, their materialism, and the light esteem in which woman is held in their native Rhineland. The De fiance Democrat, possibly from ungenerous motives, published the objectionable portions of this address, and possibly colored them a tri lie. And now comes the Fort Wayne Gazette, the whilom organ of the temperance cause, and the champion of woman and her claims upon society, and fairly flings the apple of discord into the camp by publishing the incendiary article. By 10 o'clock the ntmost excitement pervaded the German portion of tbe city, and by evening it was feared that violence might Lie offered the hardy Methodist champion of the aquatic interest. A paper calling for an ndignation meeting was circulated by some ot the excited men, and early in the evening one of the public balls of the city was thronged with five or six hundred excited Germans. An organization wa hastily completed, and a committee appointed to bring before the angry body the recreant minister, willy nilly. In a few minutes they returned bringing their victim, but bis tread was as firm as that of a lion, and his face was not blanched in the least by fear. He was asked to make a de fence, which be proceeded to do in a manly manner. He disavowed nothing he had said, but pointed out where a few misrepresentations had been made, and closed with a burst of eloquence which almost compelled a cheer from those who a few hours before were almost ready to do him personal violence. Several speeches were made by prominent Germans, all of which, thouzb condemning the course ot the Rev. Marine, yet were fair-minded and honest. At this junction a small round shouldered man, with keen gray eyes and stiff bristlinz gray hair, which stood up all around on end, advanced from the rear portion of the speakers' platform. He came forward in response to cries of ,4Lowry! Lowryl" Excusing himself In a very embarrassed manner, he said he had only come to look on, and at the same time he drew forth some notes, and thereupon launched forth upon a tirade of an hour's length, in which he lauded everything German to the skies, and. taunted the preacher who stood at bay, silent out respect ml, until tbe large audience burned with shame and indignation. The orator was none other than Judge Lowrv, who is a candidate for congress from this district. He came only to look on, but bis speech abounded in statistics regarding German snd AMERICAS EDUCATION IN EUROPE and in America, which must have taken hours of preparation. He lauded Bismarck and uttered the praises of Von Moltke In a voice which shook with emotion. Three years ago the honest judge was the proprietor of a daily piper which bitterly opposed the German cause in the' Franco-German war. The few words which rose most readily to his tongue then were not Bismarck and Moltke, but MacMabon, Jtazaine and Canrobert. At an other time when the Germans of Allen county ran an independent ticket, its most bitter opponent was this - same virtuous threatener of a Methodist preacher at bay. But this is sufficient to show how much sin cerity there was in tbe judge's championship of his "dear, dear, German brethren." But this is not the worst. It now appears that tho judge concocted the indignation meeting twenty-four hours beforehand for the sole purpose of using the occasion for the manu facture of political capital. It is the most astounding piece or effrontery ever played upon tbe people of this city. This morning the city was again in an uproar. Marine was the lion. Men who had been bitterest against him on yesterday, now praised him loudest. Every newspaper in the city. democratic, republican and nondescript were for once together in an onslaught upon the craven judge, who had formed a vile plot to ruin a Drave thougn lnaiscreei man, that his own personal interests might be advanced. Knots of men can be seen upon every corner and along tbe streets as I write, discussing this interesting, exciting tonic We are having truelv a tempest In a teapot. That a man who wears the judicial ermine and who has always opposed the Germans, politically and otherwise, should concoct an arraignment of a Methodist minister, whose onlv fault is indiscretion, before a deeply insulted and madly indignant crowd of these people to the end that by appearing as their champhion he might hope for their political support in tbe coming canvass, was too much for the most Indifferent voter. To-night the indignation Is all tbe other way. The judge has overreached himself. He tried to sell the Germans, and he is himself sold. It is really amusing to hear the comments of the street idlers. It ia safe o say that 6very group of three or four, of which one passes a dozen on each square, is engaged in discussing the relative merits of Judge Lovry and the Rev. Marine, and no matter whether the speakers be AMERICANS OR GERMANS, one only hears adverse criticisms ot the valorous judge. Your correspondent, anxious to know just how the situation looks to men inside politics, has taken the trouble to interview several ot them to-day. To the question "What do you think of Judge Lowrv'a soeech last night?" is returned the invariable reply: "Oh, d nl the d fool has killed himself deader than a door nail." The Gazette, which had the bad luck to bring all this clatter about our ears, has begun to reap its reward, t The Methodists, whose organ it has been hitherto, have gone in great numbers to-day . to the office and taken their names from tbe subscription books. They cannot subscribe for a paper which has brought their pastor into such trouble. Mr. Marine is a young man of au ambitious nature. He is pronounced to be eloquent by those who have heard him speak, and last night it is said that the peroration of his defence was thrilling. Of course the situation was vastly in his favor. The Germans, however, are not yet appeased. They have appointed a committee to go to Defiance to investigate the editor of the Democrat, and ascertain, if possible, just how much ot a basis there was lor the publication of the objectionable sentiments attributed to the Rev. Marine. That committee has not yet reported. If the re-

suit of their inquiry should tend to criminate Mr. Marine tbey will probably censure him severely, though' it is to be hoped thai the council of the cooler-beaded of tbe community rray prevail. ' A nsw evening daily has been started here in the interest of the temperance crusade and woman suffrage. It is tobout the size of a sheet of fools cap, and is filled with "mighty lnterestin matter." I speak of it especially because it seems to bo tbe policy

oi me otner aaiues to calmly ignore it. Neither of them have mentioned its exist ence as yet, though it has flourished for two whole days. This liliputian sheet to-night iinea us squeaking voice against tbe com uion enemy in a way thai was lively. Of course the German papers an join in tne cnorns, save one and that has Just been purchased by the judge for campaign purposes. He thought when be bought it that be could exercise a deal of influence among his "dear, dear German friends," but he don't think so now. He would sell out cheap. What tbe morrow Will brine forth It ia Idle tn nrorrnnot ir.of o but it is certain that the battle has opened" uuk aii aiong me line. AI. V. K. A BLAST FROM THE BREWERS. THE MALT LIQUOR CONG RESS B E ER AND THE FINANCES WHAT THE BREWERS THINK OF CRUSADING PERSONAL LIBERTY DEMANDED Boston, June 4. At the sjssion of the national congress of brewers to-day the following general resolutions, accompanied by a long preamble were adopted: Resolved, That this congress does authoriza and empower tbe executive committee of the chief association to lay before the national government and tbe legislatures of the various states all the facts and statistics they have gathered in relation to tbe brewing business so that the national government aud the various state legislatures may be fully cognizaut cf the position claimed for their business, and being thus fully informed they may be inclined by judicious laws to recognize the same aud to afford protection against those who are ignorantly and unjustly Its enemies. And it is further Resolved, That measures be adopted to induce the government to remit the dutv on barley imported from Canada and by no means to increase the d;ty on hops. And it is further Resolved, That this congress, duly recognizing the necessity of contribution to tbe expenses ot the government, tbe reduction of the national debt and tbe maintainance of the nitional honor of tbe country does urge upon brewers, individually aud collectively, the wisdom of zealously watching the source ot revenue to which they so largely contribute, so that by all possible means it may be increased by an lucrease of busiuess and in no way retarded for personal gain. Further, Resolved, that a committee be appointed by the congress who will consider the acceptance ot a suitable address by which the public may be reached in order to lay before them their true position as brewers. A second series called temperancs resolutions were also adopted as follows: Resolved, That we brewers of the United States in congress assembled do hereby solemnly protest against the course taken by the so-called temperance societies to hold up the use of malt liquors as tending toimmorality, vice, crime or pauperism and against their efforts to influence the United States or state legislatures against their manufacture, and. Resolved, That through our local associations, by personal effort, and by means of our official organs and the press generally, wo will endeavor to influence public opinion in favor of THE USE OF MALT LIQUORS as wholesome, nutritious, and absolutely necessary as a healthfnl restorative, without in any manner or form tending to the injury of person or property, and therefore not calling lor any police regulations, and Resolved. That local associations and indi vidua! Drewers in tne several states are beret y called on to make every exertion to nrevent legislation atrainst the use ot malt liquors, and where laws now exist of this character to have them repealed ; and it is further Resolved, That each and every brewer is called upon to encourage such a candidate for office, whether in the local, state or federal government, who will approve the enacting of laws prohibiting the sale of all fermented liquors, and also, whenever practicable, will use his influence- to have all fermented liquors sold under a discriminating license. A long address to the president and peo ple of the United States followed the resolutions, embracing the statistics of the trade In malt liquors, advocating their substitu tion for alcoholic drinks as a prevention of intemperance and demanding a modification of the tariff assessed upon the raw niae terial. The address says: "Tbe continued agitation ot total abstenance to be forced upon the people by prohibitory laws, by unseemly parade and by tbe self-debasement of female crusaders, whom we consider to be unconscious, but misguided tools in tbe hands of unscrupulous men, aiming at per sonal aggaandizement, forcibly either bv the staute laws or otherwise. compelling the stoppage of tbe maufacture of all trade in beverages, must, we assure our fellow citizens, ultimately deal a death blow to the ananoes or tbe country. There ia another and a higher than a mere finan cial issue which we propose to submit to the people of the whole country, it is that ot personal liberty. This right to peisonal liberty no man and no community of men has any legal po er to interfere with. The right to pursue any noneat . caiung or t.aae, to cnange irom one to another, to move from place to plr.ee, to live where and how one pleases, are but a corollary to this"! neon testible right." The address concludes as follows: "Let the watchword be maintain the credit and honor ot the tbe individual, and as union ana national liberty triumphed so will the financial sta bility of the national government ne upneia, the welfare and prosperity of the people be advanced, and personal liberty be ever victotious." The New York Tribune, in an extended criticism ot Miss Clara Morris as Camllle, savs: She did not. In other word, make herself as Matilda Heron used to do, in Camllle an actual type of the agonized outCast, struggling In the deathless mashes and hn n of sin. and moving t a tragle and awful doom under the steady pleasure of Inexorable moral laws. She was not a ruined woman, but a comely girl playing at ruin. The embodiment she presented, thoneh. was near enough to reality to fill and satisfy an average ideal quite as pretty and romatio as her own; aud therein she had a sufficient stage triumph. Few persons in the multitude that throDgs after such plays as "Canaille" know what real misery is those who do not are easily moved by fictitious woes and a ' strangely fair creature, such as Miss Morris, impetuous and full of tremulous sensibility, cannot even seem to suffer without distilling them almost to jelly with the act of grief. Tbey appeared to enjoy their woe very much, last night, and the watery waste of unlimited pocket-handkerchiefs ought surely to be noted among the incidents of the evening. Many an immaculate cambric- was despoiled; many a lace was made to languish; many a frigid linen grew limp with lamentation ; and, therefore, though little else of f;reat moment was accomplished by this achrymose effort, the victory over starch may be set down as signal and complete.

FOREIGN.

? ; ENGLAND. . .... -- uishmi rASLlAMEsT ADJOURNS OVER - AS TJ8ÜAL THE WASHINGTON TREATY KOABlxa OF THE BRITISH LION. . . June ü X ne ipsom summer races began to-day, and the race for the Derby stakes takes place to-morrow. Lord ralmouth's "Atlantic." heretofore thA f..-. ite, gave place to-day to Jsir Totton Syke's Coorone de Fer. In tbe House of Commons, to-night, tbe usual motion was made to adjourn over the Derby day. Sir Wilfred Lawson opposed an adjournment, but tbe motion was carried by a vote of 243 to 69. George Anderson, memper ior Ulasgow, called attention to tbe josses or British subjects through the escape of tbe Alabama and other causes. He complained of tbe high handed manner in which the late government had prevented timely criticism of the treaty of Washington. There were three classes of British eutjects who deserved compensation. First, residents in the Southern confederacy, who lost their property through the inability of the United states to enforce the laws. Second, those whose property was destroyed after Lee's surrender. Third, owners of coods on board of the prizes of confederate crui sers. He belired the United StatM were willing to rw:oenize these claims. MrAnderson then moved that in the opinion of the House it is wrong that individuals should suffer loss through a national wrong. That as England has been adjudicated at fault in permitting the escape of the Alabama, and has compensated the Americans for losses incurred thereby, similar compensation is due to British sufferers from the same causes. Mr. Burke, under secretarv for the foreign department,replying,declined to enter upon a discussion of the tnerUs of the treaty of Washington. Tbe joint high commissioners had decided that the United States government was not respon sible for tbe acts of the rebels, as that government had agreed to appoint a commissioner to examine the claims for losses arising after Lee's surrender, he hoped the sub ject before the House would not be Dassed. l he motion was then rejected. THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH JOHN BRIGHT ON THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. New York, J uue 4. A London letter says the duchess of Edinburgh's position at court has beetf settled, fc he is to be called her royal imperial or Imperial royal highness and is to rank next to the princess of Wales, except when the princess royal, the crown princess of Prussia happens to visit Eoe land. Tbe rule has hitherto been that tbe daughters of tho sovereign took precedence over tne wives or sons, except in case of the princess of Wales. The duchess oi Edin iuburgb, however, is not onlv royal by marriage, but imperial by birth, and it is on this ground that a higher place has been assigned her. In Russia, she was, after her mother, who is an invalid. and lives in retirement.the first lady in the land, ana raised high above all tbe nobility. Here she is one among many princesses, and it is apparent has tew striking qualities ot herown to win acommanding position. The duchess is deficient in dignity and style, and her sex are cruel enough to say that she does not know how to dress. However, In some other ways she may strike out a line for herself. At a recent meeting of the friend of tem perance in London, John Bright mae a speech in which he said the friends asked fix THINGS TO BE DONE by parliament which they knew, and all knew, at the present time, with the present state of public opinion, were impossible to be done. It parliament were to pass such laws as those proposed by many friends of temperance legislation, that the very next meeting they would have to report them, and that tbe city of London would be in riot, revolt and insur rection. Against public opinion parliament could have no more power than tbe meanest citizens. He believed it would never be touched unless thoughtful, serious men, beginning with ministers of tbe gospel, and all those who went to places ot worship for other reasons than for religion, should begin to consider tbe question of intemperance as one of the great evils they have to overcome. He had come to the opinion that unless the religious portion of this country would take np this question, there was no hope for it whatever; at present, according to custom, wines must be upon the tables to ornament them and form the staple of conversation. He ( Bright) had not bought any wine or spirituous liquors whatever since 1S39, when he took to housekeeping. It now costs him some inconvenience and trouble, but he had no occasion to regret tbe step he had taken. He believed it would be an advantage which no words in tbe language would be at all adequate to describe if those wbe tried to do anything for their fellow cizizens were to bring about a current of national opinion in favor of abstinence from a source of so much evil. The owners of the Durham collieries are evicting large numbers of their tenants who were among the striking masses. Two hundred and twenty-eight of these evicted families are camping in the fields. THE CARBON BUTCHERY. PARTICULARS THF FAMILY FEUD AND THE ITS RESULT. From an Occasional Correspondent of the Sentinel. Carbon. Ind.. Mav30. 1874 Your account of tbe riot at this place is somewhat inaccu rate. The facts are substantially as ioiiows: For a long time a feud has existed between a family of Americans named Archer and a party of miners, prominent among whom are Tom Dalton, Tom Murphy, and Jack Woolahun. On last Monday evening Lewis Archer came to town and tbe parties met in a saloon. A quarreil Bprang up and Archer finding the odds against him, started home with his mother. Dalton, Murphyand Woolahun Intercepted him, and Woolahun commenced an attack upon him. Archer retreated a short distance, Woolahun still pursuing, when be drew his knile and cut the latter terribly across the bowels. He again commenced to run when Murphy, Dalton and some others caught him and shot, kicked and clubbed bim in a fearful manner. It was with great difficulty that the constable and his posse succeeded in taking him out of their hands. Woolahun is still living, but his case is considered hopeless. Archer's recovery is very doubtful. His friends guarded him up to Thursday night.when they took him away, nobody knows where. The majorityof the minors heie, as elsewhere, are .orderly and law abiding, but there are some bad characters among them, who have fiven us a great deal of trouble. Dalton and lurphy are still at large, but steps have been taken to bring them to justice. In conclusion it is proper to state that whisky was the cause of tbe wholde trouble. B. ENTERPRISING SETTLER IN NEBRASKA. The Lowell (Nebraska) Register prints the record of an enterprising settler. Mr. M. S. Budlong settled on the edge of Franklin county, Neb., bordering on Kearney county, in March, 1872. When he arrived on his homestead, with his two sons, he had two spans of horses, but only eleven dollars in money. At tbe beginning of 1874 he had 100 acres of land under cultivation;

500 young apple and 100 cherry res, ana a yiaeyard ol 500 crrar vine. Mr Budlong is now about to plant no apple trees. 200 peach trees, and 500 additional grape vines. The homestead is in Southern Nebraska and on tbe level prairie; and no man who has the spirit or lir. Bublong need 1-ar to settle where there are no trees to shade h, rofree from the sun. If he plants a. j B,n?LOD8 ba" done, In five years his orchard will be coming Into bearing; and, if he has made a wind-break ot cotton wood, he w 11 have ample fuel for his stoves. Certainly, eleven dollars in cash is not adequate lZr u needa ordinary settler though there are numerous instances in Nebraska of men starting in this way tpon nothing, as it were, and In a lew years working themselves Into positions ot comfort. Suoh men are brave and enterprisingbut a capital of f 300, at least, Is a good thine upon which to start. The larger the capital give skill, enterprise, courage and industry, without which money is of little mom?ntnd the quicker and the greater the earn. There is abundant room and ample ecopein Nebraska for men like Mr. BudAN INDIANIAN MURDERED. AN INDIANA SOLDIER SETTLES IN GEORGIA HE WRONGS A DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER, AXD IS SHOT BT THE INJURED PARTIES. A coriespondent writing from Macon, (ja . under date of May 30, gives the following version of a tragedy near that citv: "Yester day afternoon a bloody and a horrible tragedy in an its aetails took place near this citv resulting in the assassination and instant death of a well known cotton planter by the name of William D. Mitchell. When Wilson's raid captured Macon, in the summer of 1SG5, Mitchell was in it, and a member of the fourth Indiana cavalrv. WhiUt thia ,-.!. i was in the city the news was received of the truce signed by Sherman and Johnston in North Carolina, and in a few vmI-i thereafter the whole command was ilia. banded, the majority of the men going back home In a body, but not a few re maining, especially these who either had bad records or actual true bills against them at home. Among those remaining Mitchell, who subseouentlv bou cht a niorHi of land in the adjoining county of Twipgs ana commenced planting cotton. A man of great energy, be prospered, and about two years ago married a very respectable widowed lady of the county, Mrs. Rav. In his neighborhood lived Dr. John Bull", an excellent citizen, a man who had a large practice and who was the father of several grown-up children, among them one or two daughters. Mitchell, before and after his marriage frequently visited the family. He was a man who sometimes got drunk at publio places, aud about one year ago, while drinking, openly boasted that he had SEDUCED DR. BULL'S DAUGHTER. The Doctor, heard of this, and he and his son George M. immddiately mounted their horses and rode over to Mitcnell's bouse, for ; the purpose of killing bim. When ihey met him the purport of their business was immediately made known. Mitchell vehehemently asserted that what he had said was true, but that the young woman freely consented, as he could prove by let -ters and notes then in, his possession. Dr. Bull demanded tbe notes and letters, when Mitchell told him he had tbe day previously thrown them into a dry well on the place, but would immediately go and get them out. He started off for tbe well, leaving his visitors at the house, who waited for several hours for him to return, but not doing so, they knew that this was a ruse to get away from them. Mitchell left the state and went to Virginia, where he remained for many years. Dr. Bull, not caring to keep his family in a neighborhood where so much, scandal had been raised about his daugkter, moved to Macon. Some one then wrote Mitchell that be bad left, tbe matter died out, and that be could return with safety. lie did so. This was nearly one year ago. So soon as be got back. Dr. Bull sent him a verbal message that he would kill him oa sight. Mitchell, knowing that he was not man to make such a threat as that without intending it, kept away from Macon until yesterday, and never moved about the plantation or neighborhood without BEING HEAVILY ARMED with a shot-gun and a revolver. A country man by the name of Wall indueed him to accompany him here for tbe purpose of getting him to indorse his draft. Wall, about noon, sent for him to return and sign the draft. He did so, and about 1 o'clock Wall and Mitchell started home. It Is supposed tbat Dr. Bull and his son left the city soon after Mitchell did tbe first time. Any bow they were seen to cross the bridge and, turning to the left just beyond, dis appeared in tbe woods, both armed with dou sie-barreled shot-guns. When Wall and Mitchell got to Cross Keys. the latter got his shot-gun, when both rode on. Wbe n tbey had reached a point two miles from the city proper, and where tho road is flanked on either side with a gaulberry copse of wood so dense in thickness that a rabbit could not go through, and whilst Wall was a few paces to the rear of Mitchell, a ean was suddenly fired from the thicket, quickly followed by tbe second discharge. At the first shot Mitchell reeled ia his saddle, sad whilst in tbe act of falling out of it the second charge struck him. Us Ml to tbe ground dead. At a subsequent : examination ot the body it was feund that six buckshot bad taken effect four througst the head and two through the body. The New York Times has again (broken loose from the bounds of the truly loyal. This is the way it talks about Mr. Eaton's remarks on state rights: The "regulation" way of answering all this is to stick a label on Mk Eaton's back certifying that he Is a Bourbon and a copperhead, and to call attention to the fact tbat he was by no means "sound" cn national issues during the war. But, even - after all this had been done there wouH still remain a question in the background which will have to be met fairly in tbe free some day or ot her. The extreme length to which state rights theories were pushed in!8C0 and 1S61, brought about a reaction, and tLat reaction has led many people to think that state rights belong to the dead and gor class of questions, and that any man who talks about state rights is sufficiently answered . when be is called a. " Bourbon." It is unnecessary to say to any intelligent reader tbat the view is a miserably shallow one. and that in reality the right, of states to govern themselves Is as dear to the people as ever it was. And it ought to be dear to them, for vhen they abandon it they will have utterlv forsaken the system of government established under the federal constitution. - - Somebody ought to rescue Harlan from the mire of filthy political practices, and pre-, serve him as a precious relic of an age Just fading Into the past, And If 'tis done, ' " 'twere well 't were done quickly," for when tbe District of Columbia investigation I completed, Harlan will be finished. A christian character, enriched by Credit- . Mobilier bribery, must, it seems to us, b utterly ruined by proof of its complicity ia the stupendous frauds of the Washington improvements ring. That seems to be about the attitude In which the testimony leaves him. Buffalo Courier.

an orchard containing trees, 100 pear trees.