Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1891 — Page 2

A DETERMINED WOMAN.

New York Weekly. In one of the back settlements of South Carolina, in the days which rendered the names of Marion and other heroes forever glorious in the annuls of their country, dwelt a brave and devoted family of patriots named Hart 1 Abijah and Abigail Hart were cancel y past the prime of life, although they had been blessed with a large family of children, only three of whom, however —two boys and a girl —had survived the common ills incident to childhood. The elder son would have been two and twenty bad his life been spared but, eight months before, he had fallen an innocent victimto the rage and ' malice of the tories. who swarmed in predatory bands througout this section. ** Upon these wretches, | who had thus wantonly deprived them of their Tides: born at a time when he might have been of-inestimable : service to them, tthe father and mother and only remaining son Silas, ,now in his ninteenth year—after the celebrated Indian fighter of Hardin county. Kentucky—swore to be revenged whenever and wherever an opportunity offered to wreak their vengeance, Leah, their second remaining offspring, was a beautiful and warmhearted maiden of 17, and the affianced bride of Randolph Darell, a brave young officer, at one time upon the staff of Gen. Marion. Young Darell was in the habit now and then, whenever he could make in excuse to obtain a furlough, of paying a visit to-Gum-Tree farm, the humble though comfortable home of the Barts. On one of these occasions a party of seven mounted tories pursued him nearly the entire distance from the American camp to the residence fifths Harts, he, however, contriving. to elude them in a piece of woods just before reaching the farm. An abrupt bend in the road had favored him, and the tory ranges, not dreaming of this adroit move on the part of the flying fugitive, dashed furiously on till they came to the farm-house, where they tumultuousiy demanded of Mrs. ffart, who was standing in the doorway, if she had leen a horseman pass by who wore the uniform of an American officer. , The woman shrewdly surmised who the officer might be who would be soming alone in that direction, and promptly inquired if the horse he rode was a sorrel one. To her seemngly careless question the tories promptly gave an affirmative reply. “Then he has rid into the swamp yonder, by a cart-path that leads on So the Beech-knoll road.” answered the quick-witted woman, with an admirable presence, of mind and an apparently cool indifference to the subject which carried instant conviction the minds of the tories, who again spurred on in supposed pursuit of the fugitive; but to their great disappointment the cart-road presently terminated in a bog, and on careful examination they discovered that no i>ther horse tracts had been left there out those of their own animals. “He must have taken to the thicket.” said the leader after fully satisfying his mind on thesubjoct. “There no use at all in beating the ground farther, for he has had ample time already to escape. We may as well make a virtue of necessity and go aack and see what is to be got of the (quint eyed old woman at the farmhouse mthe way of eatables. But isn’t she a big one in size, though?” “And uglier-looking than sin, a thunderin’ sight,” added one of the men. The tory horsemen now wheeled kbout and retraced their way to the farm house, which was only a short iistance, just as Randolph Darrell was on the point of emerging from the wood, but -luckily he discovered them in season to escape their notice by abruptly retreating back again under cover. Alighting once more at the door of the farm-house, the tory leader ordered Mrs. Hart to prepare dinner for the party, and bestir herself. “How can I give you dinner when I’ve nothing to cook?" retorted the resolute-looking woman, angrily. “I should need a full larder to satisfy a half-dozen such dirty rascals as you are.” , "Silence, woman!” thundered the tory in a commanding voice, “and do our bidding. I’ll soon give you something to cook," he added, leveling his carbine as he spoke, and bringing down a plump turkey-gobbler that was strutting along under cover of the garden wall. “There, now. go and p uck tnat fine fellow, my beauty, and don’t be long about it or we might be tempted to serve you in the same way.” Leah, who had shrunk timidly into a corner, started up in alarm "when she heard this threat, and made her way out to the spot where the bird had fallen. Randolph Darrell, alarmed at the shot, was just on the point of dashing out of h : s cover to go to the rescue of the females when he saw his affianced rush out and bear the turkey hastily to the house. In a moment he divined the cause bf the firing, and, riot apprehending tny immediate danger to his sweetheart so- long as the tories were only tnxious to appease their appetites, je went back to his cover. The quick eye of the’ tory leader cook in the graceful outlines of the Fair girl’s figure as she rushed from the house, and on her hasty return his brutal passions were instantly 3red by a single glance at her lovely, Anxious face. “By f.a beard sis King George!" -eexclaimaJ admiringly, “who'ould

’are hexpected to see such a hangel in petticoate 'ere. Come, my lass, • give us one kiss from that rosebud of a mouth.” “You dare lay your cowardly hand on my Leah,''' cried the enraged mother, doubling up her great, bony fist, “and I will -strangle you like a cur!” - ; ' ■ ;; ;’ - .; • 1 “Why you squint-eyed old beauty," retorted the tory mockingly, “I took you for a hangel, but I find that you are wickeder than a she wolf with whelps!” 1 The rest of the gang laughed boisterously at this weak attempt at wit. , Then turning to Leah with a gallant smile, the tory inquired how long it would take her to pluck and cook the fowl. , I Leah answered in a modest tone of womanly anxiety that it would require at least three hours to serve it ito their liking, “But,” she added, in a tone of conciliation, “we have a piece of roast pork and some cold potatoes and corn • cake in the pantry, if they will answer.” The hungry party, who had been some hours fasting, declared that the articles named were good enough and that they would forego turkey on this occasion for her sake. With alacrity but with anxiously beating heart Leah spread the homely board and brought forth the promised viands, which she laid out temptingly before them. She then placet! what chairs and stools the house afforded around the table and politely invited the unwelcome visitors to be seated. Complying with her invitation the tories carelessly stacked their carbines near an open window and seating themselves at the table fell to, greedily devouring the repast. Mrs. Hart in the meantime, with a heroism superior to her sex, had watched her hungry guests till she saw she was not observed by them, when she slipped out slyly from their midst, and noiselessly approaching the open window she succeeded in drawing out three of the carbines before her little game was discovered. The moment the tories perceived the deadly purpose of the giantess the th ree nearest the window sprang to their feet in terrified astonish inent. “Stand back!” she cried in a threatening tone, presenting one of the loaded carbines with an air of resolute determination. “The first villian of you that stirs a step I’ll shoot and the first one that touches another mite of that pork I’ll blow his brains out!” Without heeding her blazing eye or her stern verbal warning the tory leader sprang fearlessly toward the stack of arms, but before he could reach them there was a report of a carbine and the advancing ruffian fell to the floor, while the slug, which had passed entirely through his body, struck another in the temple, who was seated at the table, killing him instantly. A third, rendered desperate by the trying situation, made a reckless attempt to get possession of one of the carbines, and instantly paid the penalty with his life. Throwing the second empty carbine aside, Mrs. Hart caught up the third one, with which she now covered what remained of the terrified party. were but four left, and not one of the four dared to move a finger. “Leah, blow the dinner-horn!” cried the mother in a otone of resolute triumph. “It is safe now to call in Silar and your father." The young girl, half terrified out of her wits, promptly obeyed the maternal command, and a long, winding blast echoed and re-echoed through the intervening woods. She had left the house and joined her mother on the outside before she essayed to blow it, and as she lowered the horn from her lips, now rendered colorless from her recent fright, her anxious eyes were bent in the direction of the distant cornfield, where a father and brother and faithful negro servant were at work, although a naprow belt of timber stretched between them. She uttered a quick exclamation of i joyous pleasure, for at that moment ’ she saw all three strike out of the ! wood and start on a rapid run to the ihouse. | Hearing the first shot that had been fired, and then alarmed by the other two which had followed in such rapid succession, they caught up . their loaded carbines and started on a run from the field where they were then at work. | The moment they had quitted the : timber they saw at a glance by the ’ several horses hitched to the fence and the belligerent attitude of the i heroic giantess at the window pretty | nearly how matters stood at the house, and they all three sent up an encouraging shout to the women. Just al this point they heard the ringing sound of a horses hoofs in an opposite direction, and, turning suddenly, Leah beheld her lover dashing fifriously toward the house. This additional reinforcement, coming so opportunely yet s 6 unexpectedly, filled the heart Of the timid maiden with increased confidence. “Oh. mother!” she burst out excitedly, “Randolph is- coming—see! He is "just leaving the wood. Isn’t it lucky jor him to come just at this time when we had no reason to expect him. “I expected him," said Mrs. Hart, with quiet assurance, “I knew it was he the tories were in pursuit of. and I was determined to outwit them if it lay in the power of a woman to do it Every thing has (turned out for the best for had Lieut Darell ridden straight here instead of lingering in the woods as he did, he

would doubtless have been captured, and perhaps murdered’ before our eyes. So you see, my girl, the ways of providence are better than our ways, for they always turn out for the best in the end. In another moment Randolph Darell had alighted at their side, and in the next the blushing and happy Leah was enfolded in his manly embrace. While the lovers wfera, thus preoccupied Abijah, Silas and the negro arrived, fearfully excited afid wholly out of breath. Silas recovered first and was about to shoot down one of the tories, when his mother resolutdly interfered. “Don’t shoot them! Leave them to me, Silas. I will meet out their punishment to them. We haven’t forgot Ejjen’s murder’"yet, and shooting is to good for them. We will just hang them like a pack of dogs, the whole cowardly kit of t&em. Get the clothes line, Leah; we can afford to cut it on such a ,righteous arid heaven-sent Randolph shuddered, for he understood the determined character of the woman and knew that sh'e would not be long in putting her terrible threat into execution. Nor, indeed, was she; for within the ensuing hour in spite of their prayers and protestations, the bodies of four tories went dangling from the nearest tree. And thus at the hand of a resolute and heroic mother was the death of a beloved son simply and satisfactorily avenged. * After the tories had hung a sufficient time they were cut down and tumbled indiscriminately with the other three into one common grave. Shortly after this event Leah and Randolph Darell were hapily united in wedlock, and soon after the close of our glorious revolution the whole family emigrated to Hardin county, Kentucky, where they could have, as Mrs. Hart expressed it, more “elbowroom,” if less civilization.

CONDIMENTS.

Sworn off —The tight boot. The West Point cadet defines a kiss as a report at headquarters. One of the barbarisms—Toasting the ladies in hot weather. Seattle, Wash., is somehow suggestive of unpaid laundry bills. It isn’t definitely known yet how fur the seal negotiations have got. Take a lesson from the strawberry box. It is never full. The man who was hit by a rifle ball said that it was announced by a bulletin. It is a very commendable thing, no doubt, for a donkey to endeavor to talk horse. Reciprocal Favors—“ Your back hair *is falling off.” “Thanks; your front teeth are dropping out. ” A Vermont flrm is manufacturing 200 dozen door-knobs a day. That might properly termed a “knobby turnout. ’ Cribbens takes a good deal of interest in his business. ’ ’ ‘ ‘Never less than 10 per cent," replied Charlie Cashgo. Consistent throughout—He: “She is, par excellence, a woman of fashion.” She: “Yes; she doesn’t even wear the same complexion twice.” Madge—“Do you like our new minister’s preaching?” Millicent—“No, but I think his side whiskers are perfectly thrilling.” A Scotchman, who wanted to light his pipe, accosted a countryman,who was plowing, with: “Hac ye got a licht, Tonal?” “Hi, Tugal, but it’s oot.” “My social instincts are always very strong,"said the policeman. "It gives me intense satisfaction to meet a good clubable fellow.”

Strange if True.

Chicago Mall. A woman at Wilmington, Mass., recently bequeathed SIO,OOO a year to that town to be expended in painting houses that may need it from year to year, “provided the applicant does not own a dog and is a member of some temperance organization.” This woman has been set down by the press with great unanimity as the champion harmless crank of the country. I met one in Chicago a few days ago that may well contest the claim to such distinction, however. He was a well-dressed, middle-agec man, with a ministerial air about him as he entered the room and remarked solemnly: "My friend, lam managing the weather temporarily, and I would like to talk with you about it.” It was raining hard at the time, and I replied: “Well, you don’t seem •to be doing a very satisfactory job just now.” "No,” he exclaimed with an expression of surprise. “Why, 1 thought we needed rain. But, of course, 1 will gladly change it if it doesn’t suit you. ’ Seeing that the fellow evidently was a harmless lunatic, I said to him confidentially: “Well, now, if you will go home and look after that matter for me you will greatly oblige me. We want clear, fair weather now. We have had enough rain. Go home and give us a few fair days of sun shine." , “I’ll be very glad to accommodate vou,” he remarked politely tewing himself out. , The next day was one of the very few clear, bright days that Chicago has seen this spring. Late in the afternoon tjie “weather maker” agaiu made his appearance. He very gravely laid On the desk before me a bill "for professional services, 50c." I. paid it without a word and he immc-' diately left. I have not seen him since."

SHARP RETORTS OF FAMOUS MEN.

I’be Point Sometimes in a Question, Sometimes in an Answer. Homo Journal. No one has ever told us exactly what wit lsjme Barrow, "a famous English divine, and a man of brilliant wit himself, has given the best definition yet;known, and he confesses that it consisteth in one hardly knows what.He says, in his old-fashibried style: “Sometimes it lieth in a pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an opposite tale. Sometimes it playeth in words and phrases. taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense or the affinity of their sound; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, a tart irony, a lusty hyperbole, or a startling metaphor; sometimes an affected simplicity, and sometimes a presumptuous bluntness giveth it being. Sometimes it ariseth from a lucky hitting upon what is strange; som ?titnes from ia crafty wresting of obvious matter to the purpose. * -y Isn’t this excellent?" Study each clause and find a witticism to match it. I have not given the entire definition, but just enough to stimulate some one to look it up for himself. And here are a few off-hand illustrations that come to me as I write: An eminent Scotchclergyman happened to dine with’some learned lawyers of the Edinburg bar. He appropriated to himself a large dish of cresses, upon which he fed voraeiousJy^_Erskine, wishing to admonish him for his discourtesy, remarked: “Doctor, you remind me of Nebuchadnezzer in his degredation.” Just as this pat allusion was causing roars of laughter from the legal lights, the reverend vegetable eater retorted: “Ay, do I mind ye o’ Nebuchadnezzar? Doubtless because I am eating among the brutes.” The “sly question” is often extremely effective. Sheridan, who was always distressed for money, was one day hacking his face with a dull razor, when he turned to his sou and said: “Tom, if you open any more oysters with my razor I’ll cut you off with a shilling.” “Very well father,” said Tom. “But where will you get the shilling?” At a dinner party in England the host introduced to the favorable notice of the company, amid murmurs of admiration, a splendid truffled pheasant. “Isn’t it a beauty?” he says. “Dr? So-and-So gave it to me; killed it hiinself.” ‘ ‘Aw —what was he treating it for?” says one of the guests. “A smart answer” is quite as good whep unpremeditated. “I could write like Shakespeare if I had a mind to,” said Wordsworth to Lamb. “ “Yes, if you had a mind to,” was Elia’s quick reply. “Do you see anything ridiculous in this wig?” said a pompous judge to Curran. “Nothing but the head,” was the reply. The "quirkish reason” is nearly allied to these. And Abbe Boilleau, being asked why he always wrote in Latin, took a big pinch of snuff and ransweredgravely: “Why, for fear the bishops should read me!” Sheridan gave rather a shrewd inintimation to a spinster who insisted upon accompanying him in a wa’k after a summer shower. "It has cleared up enough for one. madam, but not enough for two.” The “lusty hyperbole suggests one incident in the life of the elder Adams. Having grown corpulent in his old age, and averse to exercise, his physician advised him to ride on horseback. He consented to do so. Accordingly a large, lofty trotter was led to the door and th,e venerable exPresident mounted. He rode down the avenue to the street at a brisk ! trot, then wheeled and returned. I Being asked if he did not intend to j ride any further, he replied“No! I would as soon ride Mount Ararat in an earthquake. “A crafty wresting of obvious matter to the purpose” is illustrated by Burke's witty response to Dr. Robertson. who apologized for Dr. Johnson’s jokes, “like the rebukes of the righteous, which are like excellent oil.” “Oil?” said Burke. “Yes, oil of vitriol. ” Diogenes indulged in a‘tart irony” when, observing over the door of a school room this inscription, “Lot no deceiver enter here: he quietly asked: “How does the teacher go in ?” Almost all of Dr. Johnson’s witticisms come under the head of “presumptuous bluntness.” One of his rough repartees has been put in rhyme by Peter Pindar— In Lincolnshire a lady showed our friend A grotto that she wished him to commend. Quoth she: ‘ How cool In summer this abode I" “Yes, madam," answered Johnson, “for a toad:" For a “startling metaphor” take Sydney Smith’s, when he saw a little girl stoop down and stroke the shell of a turtle. “Why are you doing that, Belle?" he asked. "To please the turtle." “My child, you might as well stroke the dome of St. Paul’s to please the dean and chapter." I I will jpve one instance of the ever ready wit of Dr. Darrow himself. Meeting the Earl of Rochester one day the witty peer exclaimed: "Doo-

tor, I am yours to the shoe-tie,” to whjch the clergyman replied. “My Lord, I am yours to the ground. 1 ' The peer continued, “Doctor, I am . yours to the ceiiter."—"My Lord,” retorted the Doctor. “I am yours to the Antipodes.” Determined not to be outdone by a parson, his lordship said, “Doctor,'l am yours to the low est pit of hell.” On which Darrow turned on his heel and said. “And there, my lord, I leave you.” .True wit. combined with reproof. I hope in heading this brief illustration of a long definition, you may not be reminded of Douglas Jerrold's retort to a would-be wit, who, having fired off all his stale jokes with no effect, exclaimed:_ ■ ’ ‘ Why, you never laugh when I say a good thing!” "Don't I,” said Jerrold. “Only try with one!"

ANALYZING TALMAGE.

Presbyterian Minister Discuss a Few of His Idiosy iicrmies. , Pittsburg Special to New York Sun. The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage was handled without gloves by some ol the members of the United Ministerial Association this Morning. It was ■-.the regular weekly meeting of the association, and the Rev. J. 0. Boyd was scheduled to read a paper entitled. “What lessons can we learn from Dr. Talmage as a preacher?” After devotional exercises and business the Rev. Mr. Boyd opened the Talmage discussion. He said: “What are some of the features ol this minister s popularity and power? Not great oratory. Dr. Talmage is not an orator. If Henry Clay and Wendell Phillips were platform orators, then Talmage is not. He has less dramatic pswer than the average Brooklyn preacher. Indeed it is a question whether he has any dramatic power at all. There, is no dramatic art iri the distortions of countenance which he sometimes assumes. I saw Tom Corwin, perhaps the first stump speaker in America, a generation ago, by a simple curl of his lip, without speaking a word, deeply move an audience of thousands. Dr. Talmage has hardly a single gesture, posture, or movement of the body that pertains to the true orator. His manner is awkward,uncouth, unnatural and distorted. To many it is absolutely repulsive. “The first and most important element of Talmage's popularity and power is his Christian earnestness. He believes, and therefore speaks. He is a man of God. A second element of his power is his staunch orthodoxy. He has not been carried away by any of the theories of thy new school of theology. He believes in heaven and hell, in a first God and a Divine Savior. He believes in the Bible; the whole Bible. He believes in the Church of God and the ordinances of religion, and will not coordinate them with secret lodges and their heathenish rituals. Some may think that Talmage would be more popular and possess more influence il he would have a title once in a while with thePrincetonians; try to knock the bottom out of the Westminster Confession, and occasionally venture into the arena of theological conflict as the champion of that grossly sian dered and persecuted Dr. Briggs. But it is a mistake to think that any minister can permanently increase his popularity or influence by attack? on his own Church or its creeds.” At the conclusion of the Rev. Mr. Boyd’s talk a general discussion was 'field. The Rev. Mr. Grayam said: “Talmage is reckless. He is unique and does as he pleases. I have known him to acknowledge things he said were strained. He cares no more for church authority or for presbytery than he does so—well, for anything you choose to imagine. I de not think he is profitable. I onc< hearel him preface an orthodox sermoi with remarks that were positively re pulsive. I don’t think it would do tc copy after Dr. Talmage. I don’t be lieve he could present a satisfactory sermon before our Allegheny oi ! Xenia colleges." :

The Lapps’ Bible.

j The Lapps have the bible in thei’ : own tongue, and few stories are moo j interesting than the account of it i translation. Over thirty years age ! a series of religious riots took place in a number of villages in Lapland and among the rioters was one Lars Haetta. During the riots severa homicides occurred, and Lars ane some others of his companions were committed to prison on a chargeo' murder. They were found guilty and several were hanged," but in con sideration of his youth Haetta wa: condemned to life long imprisonment Commiserating his keepers and tin prison chaplain extended to him sue! favors as could safely be granted t< a life-long prisoner, and, finding their rewarded by good conduct, took especial pains to teach him to read anc write. Lars became interested in the bible, grew day by day mon fond of reading it and finally formed the bold project of translating it into his native toqgue. Through many weary years the labor went on for Lars was no great scholor, and the Lapp language, as may be read ily supposed, is not a fluent literary medium of thought. ‘ But finally the work was done, the bible translated and printed in the language of Lap land. *

Simply Touch the Button.

Arkansaw Traveler. She —Is that a rattlesnake? Attendant —Ys, ma’am. “How many rattles has he?” “Fifteen and a outton.” “May I make him rattle?” . “Certainly, ma’am." “What must I do?” “You touch the button and he wil; do the rest."

CAN MAKE RAIN.

Another Crank Turned Loose at i Canton, Ohio. ’ In Amtralisn Claims to plave Invented a Macmne That Will Produce Rain at the Operator’s Pleasure. An Australian living at Canton, Ohio, . claims to have perfected a machine whereby he can induce rainfall whenever hedesires to. He claims credit for having caused an immense rain recently. The dispatch further says: He has been hero over a month, and a strange coincidence is , that ever since he has pretended to conduct his experiments heavy rain has fallen on an average of once a day. The rains have been accompanied by severe electrical disturbances, and much damage boa been done and several fatal cases have been reported in this vicinity. Mr. Melbourne not only states that he brought the storm, but that if be had shut off his machine one day earlier the disaster would not have happened. He claims that shortly after his arrival here the weather bureau at Kansas City telegraphed Washington that crops were dying for want of ratn. Two days after ho says he brought rain in Kansas. That was on May 10. The fall was three inches. He states that he can bring rain in from three to six hours. He has had a circular letter printed and will send it throughout the country. In it he calls the attention of the public to his invention. He announces that he can cause rain to fall in an area of 250 square miles. An effort to learn the exact nature of his Invention has proven futile. It is believed, however, to have in it the fundamental principle of Iranklin’s kite experiment.

ALLIANCE PLANS.

Official Declaration of the System of Cooperation to be Followed. Van Baren Prather, State lecturer of the Kansas Alliance, has addressed a communication to the Congressional Alliance setting the plan for organization in compliance with the plans the National Council formulated at Washington, last February. The address is important in that it gives the first official declaration showing that the system of co-operation is to hereafter form the sub-structure of the Alliance movement. On this point the address says: “We have been working upon the competitive plan until we are nearly a nation of wealth-producing paupers. Others have been working upon the co-operative plan and are wealthy. Show thedlfferencu to our people. We are the masters of thei situation, not only politically, but from a business standpoint, both in buying and; selling, if we will only learn the great lesson of co-operation. I would advise not less than two days for lecturers meeting and schooling upon the different topics so? discussion. Present an unbroken front and march on to victory by following the principles of co-operation. Then millions of wage slaves will be emancipated and happiness and prosperity will be our reward. The laborer is worthy of his hire, and by the Eternal he shall have it”

THE CHILIAN REVOLUTION.

tnsurgent* Said to Have No Hope of Saccess—Balmaceda Gaining* Ground, A dispatch from the Chilian government presided over by Balmaceda, and dated at Santiago de Chili, says that the rebels have lost all moral force, and that all action upon their part in- the south has ceased. On the other hand, the dispatch states that President Balmaceda is taking ictlve steps to increase the strength of his irmy and that the loyal warships are attacking the rebel ports, while the rebel squadron avoids the fighting. The President, it appears from this cable message, walks freely in the streets of Santiago, which city is said to be entirely on hlsside. Inclusion, the statement is made that the rebels are prolonging the war solely to anich themselves from the nitrate deposits at oapaca. It is also asserted that thq “Constitutional cs>naress” slts with regularity and Dasses measures in the of the people, and furnishes the govern-* ment with ample resources. Nineteen provinces, it Is further stated, are under control of President Balmaceda. thesq provinces being inhabited by 3,000,003 people, while the rebel provinces, according to the cablegram from Santiago, are only inhabited by 50,000 people, one-half of whom are said to be foreigners.

FEAR AN INDIAN OUTBREAK.

Qovernmont Authorities Much Disturbed. The Interior and War Department officials are not a little disturbed over there-, ports telegraphed by Mr. McCook of thq threatened Indian troubles in northeastern Arizona. It has been known for some time that many of the old men of the Moquis tribe were protesting bitterly against the Government school system in operation on the Moqui reservation, that until the receipt on Wednesday morning of the dispatch from Lieut. Brett, giving the particulars of a narrow escape from, a tight with fifty armed warriors near Kearn’s canyon, there had been no fear of hostilities. There are at least 3,000 men qn this and the Navajo reservation ad joining, and as the majority of them are young bucks an outbreak among them would be a serious affair. The Navajos are a peaceful and progressive tribe, and have hitherto given the Government but little trouble, but private ad vice* received here show that there are some malcontents among them as well as the Moquis, over the school question. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the War Department telegraphs Gen. McCook to take prompt and vigorous steps to prevent an uprising, and to afford al 1 necessary protection to the Governmen’ schools. It is presumed that he will draw on the troops at Ft. \yingat, N. Mei., am Whipple Barracks, Ariz., although no ex plicit Instructions were given as to whic* troops should be used. - Colonel Brett’s dispatch stated that sev era! Asevibes destroyed the surveyor’s marks and threatened to burn the schools. They oper ly declared hostility to the Gove.rnmcnt. He anticipated serious trouM* and urged the sending of a strong fore* with Hotchkiss guns.