Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 38, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 September 1879 — Page 2
WBHCLT COURIER. JASPER - - - INDIANA.
CURRENT NEWS. WASMIXOTOX. The Preskkmt baa decided to appoint Genend W. H. Hays o SpriM. Ky., LTnR(Hi State District Judge for the District of KwMUMky, vkx J Raliard, deead. General Hays succeeded Judge Harlan in the Cebmey f h Kwttueky regiment Ih the late wr. The Bureau of StatUk-s has received tk relets of exports and Imports from all the CoBecter of O-toms throughout the United Stitt, and eompllatkm of theinjshow the a .-we of trade Ih our favor for the iscal jw ending Jd 0, 17, of JM,W,K, a a i-Hlmt a halaaee of 47,S14,Sl for tins seal jmf ending June June 1878. The total value of exports was 7K),44(441, and of imports 44,777,776. Th total exports of ooIh ami bullion for the year ware 87,441, nil the total Import, $W,2,W&, Tliere was more sugar imported tkati anv other single article of merchaadkje, akhengh the amount was over$2,00,e98 less than the previous year. The next artleie in amount of Importation was eofcTe, which also fell off about $2,000,000 worth. The import of tea fell off 2 percent, during the year, hut the imports of fancy article, llka, diamond and other luxuriea, eomewhat increased. The bwget iaereae in exportation was of wheat, which went up from ,m,m In 1878 to im,m,m in 187. The export of wheat Jleur increased W per eent.; horned eaKle about S per cent.; Iron about per eat., and tebaeee about W per eent. The export of provMona were about the same, but the exports of eotton and oil have fallen off.
AND BOUTKWMKT.
Additional reports of the reeent torm in
Louisiana chow it to have been one of the worst ever experienced in that locality. The steamboat Trenton was caught by the gale eight mile below Baton Rouge atd capsized, but fortunately not until all the passengers had been wifely landed. Three barge of grain, belonging to the Mississippi Transportation Company, were sunk above Baton Rouge, and the pilot of the John Gilmore, which had them In tow, was drowned. The lighthouse at the mouth of the Teehe watt blown down. A large number of valuable augar-heuses were destroyed. Two masked men robbed the Eureka stagecoach near Nevada City, CaL, onthelt. William F. Cummiogs, a banker of Moore's Flat, resisted the robbers when they attempted to take a gold bar belonging to him, ami he wjw shot through the head and instantly kMlcd. At Delpbe, O., on the 3d, Joseph W. Hunt, President of the Toledo, Delpho ami Bnrlingte Railroad, was erushed to death hatwMa two ears.
The Fort master-General has ordered that
the f ree-dolivery system be extended to To The Chioago Inter-State Industrial Expo
sition opened on the 3d. At Santa Fe, N. M., on the 1st, J. B. LaKy, nephew of Archbishop Lamey, shot
and killed Mr. F. Mallet, an architect em
slaved umon the new Cathedral. It was
mt j -m - -
vttle for $l,ftMK) c.k. UNtvw Moffat and Chaffee wore the pnreba-!. W, K. Hell, the M)tttdfHg express employe of Kansas Chy,wa arrested in Florida on the 8th and fet,M0 of the dole money reeovaml. Utf ttoootapHuied the eer on W return home. Mr. John C. Gnult, at present -wiUHt GeMYal Munager of the Chlvago, Milwuuke ami St. 1'huJ Kallroad, hm lMHn HppnlHttMl Gnral Manager of the eoHmdldateU Wabah and St. l.ml, Khmmh City ami s'wtherH Hallway, with hetMbiuarter at i?t. Iuls. The uoKKolidatloH tf the two llw will b eoH-ummateil, it Is thought, altout thu l.t of
November, after which It will w iltlgimted ah the Hrabiih, St. LouIh ami I'aeiMu. At rratt.-vilk?, Viutow County, O., on the morning of the fth, .lotm Sliarp hatl a imrrtlwithhh wife; her uncle, I). G. lleBja-
min, hhouI man ami aminiMor, intcrierou in defence of hl niece, ami Sharp nelzed a
club anil leat Bciijamiu'ij brahw out. Hi wife ami daughter, the latter aged 1.1, tried to urevent the murder, but the brutal hus-
.baml turned upon his wife and beat Iter ho
(evenly that R was thought she oould hot
recqver. The murderer ed, but oMcers were coon upon hki track and Mh capture
wa doubtle effected.
The revenue ofiieeraeatitural an illicit dfc-
tlllery hi operation in CinclHtMitl on the JHh. It I owned by Fnnk Androw ami located at No. 3k Sycamore Street.
President Haves and family were In Co
lumbus, O., on the 9th, on the way to their home
The Wfeeomdn Democratic State Conven
tion, held at Madlaon on the Wh. adopted a
platform declaring, among other tktnga, that
the Union l IndNwolHlHe; tHat the uovernntent haa nrovcil itself DtroMC eaouxh to pre
vent any disruption, and that the gret danger now to eelf-govenmeHt U centraliza-
tien, toward which the KepublloaH party k rapidly tending. The Inaugura
tion of Mr. Hayes Into the Presiden
tial oJNce to which Samuel J. Tilden,
it in alleged, wan lawfully elected, U de
nounced In unmeasured tern. The Democratic party b declared to be utterly opposed
to violence, intlmklatton or irauu, ny wnaipvr nartv nractlced or wherever done.
Gold and silver are declared to be the consti
tutional money of the country, and all other currency should le bawd thereon and convertible into the came on demand. Alexander Mitchell of Milwaukee was nominated for Governor on the ffrst ballot. The hearing of evidence in the case of Henry J. Gully, charged with the murder of Cornelia Chisholm, on trial at DeKalb, Kemper County, Miss., began on the 8th. Seycnty witness were sworn and excluded from the Court-room. Of these 82 were for the State and 38 for the defense. Mrs. Chkholm, mother of the murdered girl, was the nt witnewr. She gave a detailed account of the shooting of her husband, on and daughter at the Jail, and swore positively that the defendant, Henry J. Gully, was the per oh who shot both her daughter and her huslmnd. V. C. Sinclair. Sheriff of Kemper County at
the time of the murder, tetlned regarding
the arret of ChHholm under a warraut ohanflnr him with the murder of John W.
Gully a brother of defendant, the crowd gathered around the house was defendant, .7. fitillv. who DciOHallr chanted
with kflllHg kU brother or hiring him killed. AVItH tivtiied that the kevs of the .Tail
Among
outside IfpMl-V
ChUholm
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tlut hWUostMkkl stratum,
Three men, Eli)ah Frost, Blge Gibson ami Tom McCrackcn, under amwt' at Willett's, California, for stealing various property, were hanged by a mob on the night of the 3d. The excursion steamer Alaska, of the Detroit and Pnt-m-Bay Line, Lake Erie, on the Mh exploded the dome of her boiler, instantly klNlng lti engineers and one deek-hand, and seriously scalding 19 other deck-hands, two fatally. Out of the large Mumber of pawmgers on loard only one wa hltghtly injured. The steamer City of Detroit took off the passengers and crew and towed the wrecked steamer to port. Frank C. Morga, agent for the Union Stock-yards at Cincinnati, is mining, and hi friends are eonfldcHt that he has leen murdered. He had a large amouHt of money in hk poeicm at the time of his disappearance. Five lives were lost near New Iberia, La., during the late tornado. Alice Cottrell, aged 17, Ellen Delllnger, aged 18, ami John Summit, aged 22, were
drowned while crmsing xm ni e Ker - supported by what wan known as JJ I the Shermanfierest. Vhe platform .declare
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and his family were in Jail.
any of the shootiitg. JCAST ASJ SOCTIIEASX.
The New York Itepublloan State Convention, held at Saratoga on the 3d, organized
with Hon. Itoscoe ConkliHg as: temporary
riutirwMH. Yt-Pmklent Wheeler was
ehosen permanent President. IIon.Alonzo B.Cornell was nominated for Governor on the first ballot, receiving 31 votes out of a total of 4.V). Other nominations were: For Lletenant-Governor, Geo. G. Haskins; Secretary of State, Joseph B. Carr; Comptroller, James W. Wadsworth; Treasurer, Nathan D. Wendell; Attorney-General, Hamilton Ward ; State Engineer and Surveyor, Howard Soulc. The nomination of Mr. Cornell on the Srst ballot in conceded as a slgnaj triumph of tlw Conkling-Grant clement The principal oppoeing candidates were Win. II. Bolwrtson, (who received 108 votes, and who wan supported by Vice-President Wheeler, George W. Curtis ami the clawt known a "Reform" Kepubllcans; Theodore M. Pomeroy, who received 35 votes; and VniNt- HUimek. who received "i votes. The
boat by the tacking of another team in front.
The horses were drowned. A two-story brick building at Cheyenne, W. T.. fell m on the night of tire 4th, bury-
SVmST two chSren I -rty support for his vetoes of nu.su re, . 1. r. vanuersanue ami i" cw(iuren oi r kieolc
Mrs. Be were killed and a numlrer of oth-1 J" ,3 : Ls,ft tlnn on. wrlooslv inlured The accident U at-1 Jeet was to l,m,k down t"3"omi f'lc-'tf0" en senousi) injureu. i ne acciucm w ai i iii,i,Hai,i mHv neither lu-
tributclto the giving way or a uereeuve - '""; interference will
tliat Reptiblieanlsm stamla for National hiiprcmacy in National aifairn and State rights in State eoncenw; that the safety of the Republic demands free and pnrc elections, uhiI that President Haves Is entitled to
wall.
The Qulncy (III.) Academy of Music, together with an adjoining block, was burned enthenlghtof theh. The Boanl of Trade,
Wartern Union Telegraph Oftice, MasoMic
t IH..V iw.r tolerate mllltarv interference with
nlwtbms. but seeks only to protect the 1ml-
iMot-lwx from Interference of force or fraud; ... . . it 1
that tlm Democratic party pewwrcmiy o-
strueted resumption, that ItK-ekH to reopen
western union i eragrapn usiw, .iwwmh: , , n... u-.. tint u Hall, ami many privIS wereloeatI I tSV Si
Henry Take wa killed by
Law- about W,000; insur
Ih thlsbloek.
falling walls, anee.
Col. RsJhnn, First IJ. 8. Infantry, and "amiMwdtng omeer at Fort Hale, suddenly beeamfl violently insane, and baa ! taken Kat for treatment. Theodore Daniel, colored, under arrest at Union, Boone County, O., for an assault upon a young lady, the daughter of hl emplover, was tied to a tree and fehot, by a mob,
milv 1kiii Ih In a Noltd South: that the rc
(umptlon of iecle iwyments is the crowning 'element of the Republican financial policy; and nnally, maintains the right of the State to reculate all eorroratlon in the interests
of the public. Prof. Dellam, instructor of nniIc ill the Plttslnirg Female College, and atithorof mjveral popular mu.sieal works, wan shot and Instantly killed on tlii night of the 1st. Prof. Dellam and hU family were oecupyiiur a
summer house a few mitatf from the city.
i
II. W. Curtl, Register or I)eeI of Waab-' iiearmg h noic in i " Ington County, Ivansas, is a defaulter to the alxnit midnight to investfeate It, taking HH amont of .flft,'W w d hai left the , revolver with him. HU wife heard lilm call cmwtn'-goiMi in Knglaml, It is miwwwnl, 1 otit.apparently.to somfl iKsrson, and then the whkh h the kmt of hbj Wrth. It h lielfered j revert of hh pistol, quickly followml by that U luJ' win. tilMi lu Mth uokrlf r tuUu 1ui ft atuiiker. Iff! WHS follBd ill It dvilU! COIHU-
....i ..! if. u.tf 1 ...... ..l.tt It., ullli a ttUIit ulini (tl bis left Side. 11Ht
jir mv n niiT. nmi iivw tnii- . ?.. r. - - - - , .
n4vHtlt himrt. imwas veara oi me, a
amonnt statetl.
ilrMt Mitlivlr iJUMtlMMtit.
ti Tahw hs sohl mtt his one-third hi-tm-U In the Littk Pittsburg Mine at Lead-
native of Belgium, amt the father of a largo
fawny.
Gen. Mees T. ltowen, Representative of the Ninth Vlrgmhi Ditrit in the Fortythird Congmts, died at his hotfe In Taaewell Cimnty, on the M, aged "1, IteV. W H. 11. Murray, in a card published in a HtMon paptr, anHotlnees that it Is his positive iHtentkm to retire from public life, ami Hiys; 44 1 utterly decline to remain any further where my nobUt metlvett are traduced, my views growly mireprented and my Wst benevolence made cause ami ground for scandalous attack."
A family naimsl Cuslck, at EIIxhIhII), N. J,, ate toadstools by miMake for tmtskrooms. Two children dletl, and the other two it was thought oould not recover. The parents were Uss seriously affected. The wife of Sheriff Ream of Philadelphia died of hydrophob.t on the Mh. Six week
previously she was bitten by a pet dog.
Charles Dciuond, late Treasurer of the
Massachusetts Home Missionary Society, is under arrest, charged with embezzling the funds of the MMiicty. Tlw amount of his defalcation is estimated at from $20,000 toO,-
000.
The yacht Wotward capsized in Hender
son Bay, Lake Ontario, on the Mh. Byron Westcott, Nelson Westcott, Edward Benjamin, Drake Lewis, Schuyler Howard, Allen
Kamsay and Edward York were drowned.
Two of the party were rescued. Five of
those lost leave families.
Tammany Hall haa adopted a resolution,
that In ease the New York Dcmocratlo State Convention renominate Governor Robinson, it delegation will withdraw in a body frow the Convention.'
Mrs. Katharine Chase Sprague has Hied a
petition in the Supreme Court asking for the
appointment of a trustee of her property and
estate.
Ko Kun Hua, the new Chinese Professor at
Harvard, has arrived ami taken up his resi
dence at Cambridge. He is accompanied by
hia wife, five children and an interpreter. All arc attired in the gorgeous cortumea of the Celestial Empire. Prof. Ko Kun Hua is engaged for three years, at a monthly salary of faoo.
FOREIGN. Mr. Langtry, the husband of the widely advertised English 'beauty," has begun proceedings for divorce. The Prince of Wales and Lords Londesborough and Lonsdale are said to le co-respondents In the case. An explosion of tire-damp In some coal mlHea at Bonchatnp, Department of Haute, Saoue, France, killed 15 person. A large number were wounded. A telegram has been received from Prof. Nordenskjold, the Swedish Arctic explorer, dated Yokohama, 3d, a fallows: "All arc well. We left winter quarters on the 18th and doubled the East Cape the 20th of July. We proceeded thence to Lawrence Bay, Port Clarence and Behring's Island. Have had no sickness and no scurvy. The Vega is in excellent condition."
Messengers from Cetcwayo met Sir Garnet
Wolscley on the 12th of August, aaylng the King was willing to submit and pay the taxes, but the country must be cleared of British soldiers. The messengers wore informed
that Cetcwayo was no longer King, and must
surrender unconditionally.
Lurgan, Ireland, and several surrounding
districts have been declared under the provisions of the Peace Preservation act. The Emperor and the Czar met at Alcxandrowa on the 3d.
News was received at London on the Oth,
that 12 Afghan regiments at Cabul had rc
voltcd, and In connection with the nonulacc had plundered the Ameer's
arsenal and stores, after which they
attacked the Brltlh Embassy. The latter was defended by a force of only Til armed men. They fought bravely against
overwhelming numbers, and finally, when the Emlsiwty was Mred, they sallied out and were cut down In a hand-to-hand encounter. MaJ. Cavagnarl and all the members of the Etnbasy arc supposed to have been slaughtered. The Viceroy has ordered Gen, Roberts to advance on Cabul, while Gen. Stewart has been ordered to hold Candahau. The alleged cause of the mutiny was that the native troops, had not received their liack pay. It Is believed at Vienna and Paris tlmt the outbreak was due to Russian Intrigue. The members of the British Emlmssy who lost their lives by the recent outbreak at Cabul were Ma. Cavagnarl, his Secretary, Jenkins, Dr. Kclley, and Lieut. Hamilton, the latter commanding an escort consisting of 28 cavalry, W) infantry, and a Sepoy guard. Tito troon of the Emlmssy were lodged In two houses in the city. Joined by a fiuadrangle. A dispatch from Allahabad states that pine troopers of the escort were absent from thu city collecting forage at the time of thu outbreak, and thus escaped the general slaughter. 3Taj. Cavagnarl and the members of his staff and escort made a very stubborn defense. The los of the mutineer killed in the tight is estimated at over 100. It is believed the Ameer did all he could to prevent the outbreak. Intense excitement prevails throughout India, and the English residents were iinturally apprehensive of further demonstrations. A London dispatch of the Tth says: Tho steamer Brest, of Glasgow, conveying 130 nassenirers. Italian. Swiss. German and
French, from Havre to Liverpool cn route
for New iork, went ashore off the Lizard. Five Italians, a German and Frenchman arc missing. Clark Brown has been arrested at West Winchester, Out., for the murder of his father ami sister. Brown confesses lhat he Is the murderer, and says lie was Impelled by some strange feeling to commit the awful crime. The hrv(?sts In Western Switzerland and In the departments of Savoy ami Aln in France arc abundant and excellent, and have been successfully gathered. Crops In Bulgaria having falhjd, th Government has forbidden the eximrtatlon of cereals. Captain GoUtinlth and wife, who undertook to crms the ocean In the miniature lioat Uncle Sam, were picked up off Newfoundlaud by a pacing vesel, and taken to Liverpool. Their little cralt Imd experkHeed a
severe sUm ami was in sue anMinseaworthy condition that it was seutthsl and sunk. TIIK YKL.I.OW FKVHK. There were eteht deaths from fever and t new enesat Memphis on the 3d. The State Board of Health approved the plan of itiarantlnlng the eity by mount! patrol of JW men, which was ordered to 1J put into Immediate execution. Xo ingress or egress U to Ik1 permitted except upon pehl passes.
The National Board of Health, on the wi issued an order declaring New Orleans an Infected port. All vcisels leaving for Missis
sippi Itlver ports mut be duly inspected under the National Quarantine law. One new
case wa reported.
Kxltoek, WttrkiHgHU'M's eamttihUc. h eked Mayor of San Franeloeo, together wkh the majority of the eandidates on same The Republicans elect three of tbtdr Congressmen, ami possYdy tin fourth. Leg Mai u re u inlet rrmmed, but presumptively KepuhlieaH. FKOM THE AKCTIC SEAS.
' The Mxteteaee of a Xertheaat 1'aftMga fully I IlemoMMraletl. j By Cable to the New York Herald. I Yokohama, Japan, Sept. 4. The Swedish exploring steamer Vega, belonging to the Nordenskjold expedition, arrived at this port Tuesday evening, having sueeesg. fullv accomplished the northeast taage. I The health of the entire ship's company k
i execiieiu. I nave, nisi seea i nn. iiuenn-
St. Louis has Marted a relief fund for the , Jmd, who savs during the latter part of leb-
nUinlivii nf Hid late Men. Hood. Ex-Gov. ' man lie sent a ieucro ir. u. uicksoh oi
Fletcher is Chairman of the Committee hav
big the matter in charge. On the 4th there were 10 deaths from fever and 2T new oases at Memphis. The Howard Association announce that their treasury I empty and make an appeal to the people of tho country for assistance. In prompt response to the Memphis Howard Association's appeal for aid came a telegram from Jay Gould of New York, contributing $fi,0OO to their funds and telling them to go ahead with their noble work and he would foot their blllu If necessary. The expenses of tlie Association are now about $ 1,000 a day and constantly increasing. There were 12 death from fever and 19 new cases at Memphis on the Mh. Five seamen, from Hayticn ports.wcre admitted to the New York Yellow Fever Hospital on the Mh. For the week ending the th there were IM casei of yellow fever at Memphis, T8 of whkh were white and T4 colored. Total numlcr of cases to same date, l,00fi. Deaths for the week, 43; total numlier of deaths to date, 272. The number of new cases reported on the h was 17; deaths, 10. On the Tth, 11 new cases and eight deaths. There were three new cases of yellow fever developed at New Orleans on the tkh. On the Wh there were 25 new cases of fever and 11 deaths at Memphis. Three ca-es were developed in St. Louis, all of Memphis refugees. They were sent to Quarantine and their premfsos fumigated. One death was reported at Morgan City, La. Three persons were sent to the New York Quarantine Hospital, passengers by the stonier City of New York from Vera Cruz. On the tMh, at Memphis, there were 20 new cases and 10 deaths from fever.
The ElectiaM la Maine. The State election in Elaine was held on the 8th. The only State oiWecr to lie chosen was Governor, for which oHice there were three candidates, viz., Daniel F. Davis, Republican; Alouzo Garcclou, Democrat; Joseph L. Smlth,(ireenlmcker. The vote of Maine in recent years has lecn as follows: Yew. Ofitt. flf. Dm. Grbt. Seal. 1... .Governor -' 4lrtTl M lS77....t;ovraor. M.W1 44,114 S,W 8W lS7....("overnor "S.SS7 W,tM M .... ISTtJ.... President mflOU 4,St SW .... The last Legislature was politically composed as follows: Hep. ten. GrU: I nil. Senate '- .
House.
been no e cct on bV the popular t nne ami ai was acre uiMaorrou, wmcu was
eauuKiaic apiwremij im iu , ii,, i,,,h ,i w.i . ....
a majority of the votes cast. The , .r mitn Amfut ' when a sere --ak- wa
S5 3H flfi 2 There being no choice for Governor by tho
people (a majority vote being required to elect), Dr. Garcelon, the Democratic candi
date, was elected by tho Legislature,
Democrats and Grecnlmekers combining. The returns of the late election, received ui to midnight of the Mi, indicated that
there had
vote, neither
received
returns show Itcpublican gains in nm.t lo
calities. Two hundred and nine towns ske Davis (Hop.), 4,TK; Garcelon (Dem.), 14,120; Smith (Gr.), 2J,021; scattering, KO. The same towns last year gave Commr 3?,007; Garcelon, 18,S; Smith, 24JW; scattering, 21. Republican majority In these towns, 2,thS), again t 4,7l opposition majority last year. Towns to be heard from gave lat year; ltcpuhlicanx, 17,SS7; Garcelon, 0,; Spilth, 16YSJW. If they conic In like others, the total vote will stand: Republican, syi00; Democrat, 21 ,000; GreenImck, W),000; and DavN will lack 2,.V)0of dec tlon. The Republicans will certainly have a majority of the House and, It is claimed by
I them, a majority of the Senate also, which
will give them the selection of the State officers. Later returns leave no doubt that the Rcpublican have a majority in tho Legislature ore r the combined opposition, thus aMiring the election of their candidate for Governor
Gothenburg, from winter quarters of Vega, but lias no intimation his patron received iu TIIK WOKKSSOK SAYS: " Wo sailed from Gothenburg July 4, 1STS, and four days' sail brought u to TramKw, a Nitrweglan port im the Islam! of Lattew, where our oiniit of furs swi neccv-arles for -high lutltudrs was completed. Here we were Joined by tlie comiMiMion steamer Ixm. July 2 Isith vesd- aWl from Tromsoc, and pHw.nl through Yugor Strait Aug. ft. There wa not a particle of lee tci Is' seen Inrtwecn Walgatscn ami the Continent. The Karaza, hitherto dreaded by all sailors in Arctic rcgiou-, equally frVe from lee, and am-bor wa cj1 at Port IHcksoii, near the mouth of the Yk-nessI, Aug. (1. After three dajv delay there, the twosti-amers of our expedition steered northeast towartl the dreadwl Taimur land mhI North Cape. Ice arrested our paage, and we were compelled to remain at Tajoyr fMir days. Aug. IN, Tsejrkln, the extreme northern point of Asm. was reached, where a slu.rt rest was taken. Tho Vega coasted the Teniasula, ven" little Ire being t'licounu-rcd, and anchored at the mouth of the Lena Hirer Aug. 2. To the northeastward we ciniMn-e the lolands of New Siberia, but wen unable to explore ltceause of the great neld of ice that girt their shores. Tim mouth of KoIowvh Klver, a broad Ciuary, was found opeh, and we hatcued to make all iMHiWe progress eastward. OUK lIHI'lCOI.Taj soon Iwgan to be heavier, ami Increased daily. Wc were delayed much by kv lM-twet-n ("'ape Cook and Van Karema. We iws-d KolintM'h Bay on Sept. -7 with compHrative case, but were ImpriMmed on the "Xh near Tchuktehi setth nient. We wintered iu jsick ice at t hi- point, oiiu mile from laud. The entire ship's comuany maintained the W?t of Iwalth and spirits. NH a simelt can of scuny occurred on lioard. During the shortt'i-t (lav the sun was above the horiaon less than three hours, and then only the upper limb wn vilWc. At this point much time was devoted to intcreMlm; scientinc and ethnographic studies. There were 4,000 inhabitants iu the sc'eral vill-iges near bv. who subsi-ted !y hing; and sealing. They are called Tchuktehi, ami arc a Verv agreeable elan of teople for an exploring' party to meet. They supplk-d the expedition withlicarand reindeer meats. The cold was lHtens, averagiug 32.2 degrees below Fahrenheit. The game was abundant Ih the spring, wild fowl being taken iu large numbers. We were detained in the Ice. at this iolnt 24M days, !mt were released on Julv IS, ami pacd the East Cape into Behring Straits on the 2Jth. Such is the story of our voyage. I KCUA'ACOMl'IJSIIKD Till. OBJKCT for which the expedition was sent out by Dr. Dickson, namely: a practical proof of the existence of a northeast sage. Then the Asiatic coast was followed, and St. Lawrence Bav was crossed to Port Clare hoc, Alaska. There we crossed to Kaayan, dredging carefully In order to determine the formation of the bottom of the sea, many peclmens of the fauna and fora being obtained. The location, breadth, velocity, and'approxlmate volume of the currents of theArctic and l'aclie polar eu treats were chartered and ealeulated. Having tonehed at St. Lawrence Inland, we
the I next proceeded to Bchrlng Island, where we
received the am news from turope tarougn 1 the resident agent of the Alaska Trading: I Company. The fossil remains on Bearing Island are of immense variety. A new ma-
The Callfemla Election.
encountered, accompanied with lightning. During the storm the )ightMhz stniek and shivered the main topmat, sli-.'litly injuring several men. WK ARKtVKn OKK YOKOHAMA at half-past 8, Sept. All are well, aad nodeath liave occurred during the voyaw. The Vega U Hie wr-t vessel to make tin- pasage, ami I think the voyage from Lunqs to Asia by Behring Slrak U ci-rtaiit and sak, with very little inure cxiM-ricmv of uaigation In the Northern sea, fnuil Japan to ih. month of Hh" Lena River. There are noditKcultles in tlHproKr seaon for o.vpfrlewrd sailors. The Lena Uhertap- ( eWra-. -ilH-ria, ami a large itrosjK-ftive trade readily l dcM-lopi tl. The Vega will remain at Yokohamaaltout fourteen da)s."
THE MARKETS.
... , . ... cottijx atiurtiing.... Jhe Califnrnm .State election was held i beevks ui-ok-o u Vi ... .... ... . I .t ii-f.
on t ic ml. 'I be otneers chosen were a Gov "."Vi . . . .1 Xutlt'ii f Vita-
emorauu minor cisic omcers, ineniiters oi
NEW YtHtK,ScitemlKrlHi.?r. CATTI.E-Natlvo Steers JO) JHfcM
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i the Legislature, and four Congn-wmcn. For iifK5?-ComnwH to s'ek'ct.;.:
iai oracers mens were nve iickcis m inc
I Held, ' Now
a follows:
NHKKI' 'ominn in f'hok-e..
ltctiuhlican. Democratic. LhimIw. xm- heal
Constitution Partr (ilublH'd bv Dennis FLOUU-Clmtec
t Kearney tlm llononmie ullk), working- .I...,m-t"V.V.V':Vv;i 1 men's, and I'rolilbltionM. Voters were al-o w "hAT-,,!,t:,,,1 S4l l'r' " given tho privilege of expiring their wills , coitX-No MUe.i. i as to tho continuance or prohibition of Chi- oat's No.'"! iicco immigration, byidacing on thclrllkts itYlv No. a the words. "For Chinese Iimnlm-atlon" or TLMtrTIIYEED-Prlmo
" Asfaln-t Chines Immurratloii." TOBACCO Dark Lur, New
The vote of California In recent elections has been as follows: f r. Ofict. I'm. Dem. (JrU:. I ml. 17 President 7ii,w 7.tl 41 .... I l87-(3overor ArJti .... ,,K I For Heprescntatives In Congress the vote I at the election In 187(1 was as follows;
4.0) 4.10 2.0i) 4-V.
s;i 31,f
14 s. II
nttfrlet. lUifMknm. DmocraU. I.... Ill IS w II i.'.sw III ISf.D 1H.SW IV. .H),tftt 1,1W Total ,$l,m 71, m RESULT OF TIIK LATE ELECTION. Retnrns from the recent election, received up to the iHh, Indicate tlmt Perkins, KepubI lean, I chocu Governor, together with the eiitinj! Iteptibliean StatO ticket, with the ms-
Hlblr escciitlonof tin candidate; for Chief
Jimioe. T
publlcaH ticket
.
ho estimated plurality for the Racket H from 15,000 to 'JO,W.
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