Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1891 — Page 2

1 TTlii RfiP JBLICAIv. Geooe E. M Atom AT. C. Publisher. RENSSELAER - INDIANA

Labor is a drug in the market at 8 cents a day in the Madagascar gold mines. - - - A Colorado man has recovered the snug sum of SIOO,OOO for the alienation of the affections of his wife. This large amount of money is a comfortable and pleasant thing to have; It will buy ease, comfort and all but happiness, but it would not weigh in the balance of a sensible man’s mind an ounce against the affection of a good woman. There is no price too high to place upon this, but is it ever so almated as- to lead to wrong?.

Charles Todd, the engineer on the fated train on the Chicago, Mil. waukee & St. Paul railroad, when he sighted the destruction which he knew would cause his death if he did his utmost to save his train, stood to his post, reversed the engine, applied the air-brakes and opened the sand valve. Through these efforts the train kept the rails, but the engine was thrown into the river. When he was pulled out of the wreck in a dying condition hig first words ware inquiries for the safety of the passengers, after which he expired. There was nothing picturesque about Todd, nothing; romantic or poetic as he rau his engine, but when he died, as he did, to save the lives of others, he became a hero of the noblest type. The ranks-of the paople are full of such heroes, who come to the front in* such emergencies to prove the falsity of the assertion that the heroic does not exist in these prosaic times.

It is a curious inconsistency in the new law regulating capital punishment in this State that while it was avowedly designed in the causo of humanity it made mental torture certain by providing that the condemned be kept uncertain as to the hour and even the day of their death. The series of appeals which have caused such delays that any execution seemed for a time improbable was, of course, not contemplated bt the law; but what sentiment but malevolence is gratified by keeping the doomed wretches themselves in un agony of suspense ? In time of peace, too, and in a civilized land, what justification is there for forming a line about the prison that no one can cross on penalty of death? Is not this more suggestive of Russia than of America? And if the guards had shot and killed an overcurious reporter, would the Warden been held guiltless of rourdei t The business of taking human life is at best barbarous and infamous, but might it not be made less so than by these strange methods at Sing Sing? —New York Sun,

R. 6 Dun & Co. report the total number of failures in the United States for the first six montbsof 1891 to be 6,074, with liabilities aggregating $92,416,267, against 5,385 failures, with $65,319,384 of liabilities for the first six months of 1890, and 5,603 failures, with liabilities amounting to $65;828,853 for the first six months of 1888. There has been a large increase both in number of failures and in the amount of liabilities, but it has not, been general throughout the country. Aside from Massachusetts. Pennsylvania. New Jerse\ and the South, there was as a rule a marked falling off. In Michigan the number of failures for the first six months of 1891 was 99, with liabilities of $1,174,107, against 121 failures, with liabilities $1,960,058 in 189$. and 117 failures, with liabilities of $1,927,394 in 1889. In New York City, compared with the first six months of 1890. there was a reduction of over $3,000,000 in the amount of liabilities caused by the failures, and in Chicago there was a reduction exceeding $1,000,000; fu Philadelphia there was an increase of over $6,000,000: in Pennsylvania, aside from Philadelphia, of $1,000,000; in Missouri, $8,000,000; in Massachusetts, $2,200,000; in Boston. $1,800,000; in Georgia, $2,700,000; in Kentucky, $2,500,000; in New Jersey, $2,300,000; in Tennessee, $2,900,000; and in Texas $2,500,000. The increase in the State# and cities named is several millions greater than the net increase in the country at large. Dun & Co. present reports from a large number of cities showing the conditions which prevail in trade,, and, judging by what has occurred thus far, say the outlook for the future and the prospeet are xti etiie ly gratifying

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

An electric wagon is coining. Aster’s daily income is £3,000. The tomato trust Is the latest. Chicago has six thousand saloons. Terrible forest fires are raging In upper Michigan Stores at Toledo that do not close early are bovcot tort. At Dallas. Texas. Crc destroyed S2SCL--000 worth of property, , New York has a fully developed case of leprocy In a Chinese laundry man. Four men were killed on the Denver &, Rio Grande, near Carlise, Col., on the 24th. . ' CaL Dudley, it is said, will resign as treasurer of the Republican National Committee. l)r. lJrendon, of New York, announces that experience teaches him that leprosy is not contagious. The proposed Alliance wheat corner in Minnesota is made impossible by a consti-.liU-ional amendment- _ „ _ It is said that harvest hands jn Minnesota. Dakota and Montana are being paid $2.50 to 24.50 per day and board. New York framers \¥on eight hours seven on Saturday.4s cents an hour and double pay for over-time and Sunday work. ~ The Fitzsimmons-Hail prize fight at St. Paul, on the 2?d. was declared ofT owing to the determiued opposition of tho legal authorities. The United States World's Fair Commissioners to Europe met with a very courteous reception by the English nobility, and were brilliantly entertained. The Kiinbail-Champ investment company, of Council Bitijjs, witli a capital stock of LKW.OOO, assigned to ex-Mayor M. F. Rohrer for the-benefit of creditors. Ocean Grove authorities have undertaken to suppress an undue display of form by bathers. Not even children are permitted Urenter the bathing paviliion unless (Mr limbs are covered. Ex-President Cleveland was given a reception and banquet by his Cape Cod neighbors at Sandwich, Mass. Speeches were delivered by Mr.Cleveland.Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, and others. The strike of skilled laborers in Vicksburg is evidently about over, though not yet formally declared off. The strike was maintained for eight weeks on slender resources. and the men now find themselves compelled to resume work on such terms as the bosses may dictate. The prisoners confined in the,Camden county (Pad jail wont on strike and refused U dean the jail any longer. They were all locked up in solitary confinement and given bread and water for thirty-six hours. Thev then surrendered. The jail will, be cleaned hereafter as usual. Editor 11. C. Brown, of the Southern Alliance Farmer, has been arrested by tho postotlice authorities, charged with violating the postal laws by republishing ah editorial from a San Francisco paper which lias aptx'ared in a number of papers. It is charged this is a lottery advertisement.

FOREIGN.

The Czar has temporarily relaxed his Jewish expulsion measures ‘as a tribute to the United States. The Master Tailors’ Association has decided to resort te a general lockout in Great Britain unless the strike in Liverpool ceases within a week. The police authorities of Berlin have forbidden Guelph clubs in Hanover to celebrate the battle of Langensalza and other memories.; The tower of a church which was in course of erection at Ssalatina, Hungary, fell on the 24th, killing sixteen of the workmen. A contractor at Riode Janeiro. Brizil. in removing an old monastery, is said to have discovered treasure to the value of $70,000,000.

Advices from Allahabad say that SCO Russian explot ers are at work extending Russian influence among the inhabitants of Painli PI a teatt^--?^-—■" An attempt (o assassinate Mme. Constanse, wife of a Minister of France, was made by an unknown person, who mailed her a book hollowed out in which was placed an infernal machine. The whole southern portion of China is in a state of turmoil. Law and order are set at deliance and armed'bands of plunderers have made business almost impossible. Lee Wing Chuue, (Governor-Gen-eral of Formosa, is in very bad health and not expected to live long. It is believed his death will be the signal for revolts and general uprising against Chinese rule. The feeling asound Shanghai is one of disquiet on account of late riots. Foreign residents are apprehensive that attacks will be made upon them at any time. During the debate on the Irish estimates in the House of Commons, July 21, Mr. Balfour, the Chief Secretary t>f Ireland, intimated that a local government bill for Ireland, based broadly on the same lines as the English and Scotch acts, will be introduced at the next session. He asked whether such a bill would have the support of the Irish members, adding that he doubted it. Tim Healey, interposing, said that such a bill certainly would have the support of the Irish members. A dispatch from the west coast of Africa gives news of a French expedition of fifty persons recently started from Lahon. on the gold coast, to avenge the Fienchmen recently killed by the blacks. After a week’s march through a tropical forest they encountered 1,200 warriors armed with European rifles, led by three fetishmen at the village of Jouse. A fight took place, lasting four hours, in which one fetishman and many natives killed and a large number were wounded. The natives retreated. Two Frenchmen were killed and twelve wounded.

TO CORNER THE WHEAT CROP.

farmers’ Alliance Will Endeavor to Form a Trout. St. Paul has been made the headquarters of a national movement by the United Farmers’ Alliance of the country to corner tlie entire wheat crop of the United States. At No. 317 Wabash street, far

several days, a large force of employes has been engaged In sending out circulars with the view of having not only tho Allianca men of the United States but all classes ot farmers, keep back their wheat crop until the bears have been killed off and prices have been advanced to a high point. In other words, the Alliance Press Bureau the Reform Press Bureau and State Presi Bureau are Working to unite the busines* of the United States in a gigantic wheal trust, in which the producers shall be th« stockholders, and by which the speculators and wheat buyers shall be squeezed tt the wall. At the head of the movement which has its headquarters in St Paul, is George Muller, editor o'. the State land a prominent Alii anee man. A circular reciting the benefits of combination and urging the formation of the “trust,” has been made public; The circular estimates the wheat crop ot 1891 in the Udited States at 500,000,001 bushels. The promoters of the farmers' wheat trust believe that four-fifths of thii wheat can be held back by the farmers for from four to eight weeks, by w-hict time it is thought that prices will ha vs gone skyward. Lists bearing the names of secretaries ol every Alliance in the United States an now in the hands of Mr. Muller, and Circulars have been sent to the Alliances ol the Eastern wheat-growing States, UHt note, Kansas, Nebraska, lowa, Oregon and to a part of the remaininj wheat-growing States.

WAR IN MEXICAN MOUNTAINS,

Bloodthirsty Yaqui Indiana Descend oi the Village and Carry Off Women. Unknown to the outside world a bloody war is raging in the mountains of Mexico, Such is the statement of Liberate and Toranto Marcor, young Mexican engineers, who are in Chicago. The war is not one of revolution, but is even greater in destruction, and news of It has hitherto been suppressed, it is said, because o| possible bad effects upon intended imm# gration. “It has generally been supposed that with the death of the great leader of the Yaqui Indians, King Cajeme, the Indian wars in old Mexico had ceased, but such is by no means the case.” said the Senor Marcor. “Thousands of them are strongly entrenched in the impassable mountains of northwestern Mexico, and the troops which are .stationed at all the towns along the Yaqui river are powerless to reach them or to protect the lives and property of the citizens. Bands of fifty oi more of the Yaquis make unexpected daily descents upon the helpless people ol the plain. Fierce battles with the troops follow, but before the latter can accomplish anything the savages escape to theii mountain hiding-places with renewed supplies of food and ammunition, fairly carrying with them, also, numbers ol helpless women whose fate is never known. 11 is impossible to reach them, as they are so fortified as to form an entirely distinct country, and no one knows of the life they lead, nor is the name of theii new king known. This condition of things has been constantly growing more alarming.” -

THE WORLD'S WHEAT CROP.

A Great Drain to be Made on the American Product. —*'7' The London Times of the 20th summarizes the harvest prospects of the world as follows: In Russia there is a grave deficit, the peasantry are starving and there is small hope of relief. In India there is serious anxiety; a famine prevails over a considerable portion of the country. Madras, Rajputana and the Punjale are the worst Sufferers. There is drought in Bengal, and the need of more rain is urgent. Bombay alone promises a good harvest. The American harvest will be good In quality and amount, but with the failure of the Indian and Russian supplies, it is of the utmost importance that the English crop shall not be short The prospect on the whole is good. In the chief wheat counties—Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk—the crop is above the average, and in other counties up to the average. Their harvest will be late, and prices will.be high. There is therefore a good outlook for the English farmer to break the long series of disastrous years. ,

FIFTY NATIVES EATEN

An Awful Story of Cannibalism in Africa, Advices just received from Stanley Falls; in the Congo Free State, tell of cannibalism among the natives and of unarmed expedition against them. Natives along the Lomani river, who blocked the stream with hundreds of armed canoes, killed and ate fifty natives friendly to Europeans. An expedition consisting of ten Europeans and fifty Arabs soon after left Stanley Palls to punish the cannibals, and after a day’s battle succeeded in routing them and occupying their villages. Hundreds of the rebellious natives were killed and wounded. The same advices also state that the Bakumas around Stanley Falls are returning cannibalism and that several of them have been courtmartialed and executed.

SECRETARY BLAINE’S PLANS.

lie Will Remain at Bar Harbor Through the Season and then Return to Washington. A Bar Harbor special of Sunday says: Secretary Blaine went to ride to-day with Emmons Blaine in an open carriage, and the Secretary held the reins. They drove for an hour and a half on' the country roads returning to Stanwood at 12 o’clockA member of Mr. Blaine's family said today that the recent reports. that Mr. Blaine is seriously ill and likely to retirb permanently from public life are entirely without foundation. Mr. Blaine will remain here as late as Bar Harbor is comfortable for a residence. He then expects ur goto Washington and enter upow tbe duties of his office.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

York town is in the.boom belt. Years ago Fort Wayne was a military post.' Ladoga has passed a saloon-screen ordinance. >■■■■ , ' .. ' Logansport has twelve miles of cement sidewalk. The blue ribbonites in Boone county number nearly one thousand. Simon Conn and wife, of Muncie, have celebrated their fifty-fourth wedding anniversary. An incendiary burned the Bruce tenement property ot Aurora, and two families narrowly escaped with their lives. Two virulent cases of typhoid fever have been directly traced to the dirty, filthy river water usetUby South Bend people. A circular saw in one of the Crawfordsville mill sheds made short work of a huge black snake curled up in the hollow of a log. • • . J. B. Bowman, whose home is supposed to be Edinburg, was found wandering the streets at Kokomo in an insane condition. Loose bunches of hay, borne by the wind, floated over Greencastle last Tuesday, some of it dropping on the public square. Farmer Gernhart, near Mishawaka, discovered that an incendiary had tried to burn hte wheat, standing in shock, failing in which the remaining shocks had been sprinkled with Paris green. A fool joker mixed powder with tobacco used by Harvey B. Davidson, of Evansville, and while Mr. Davidson was smoking there was an explosion which blinded him in one eye and permanently disfigured his countenance.

A wife at North Marion entertained a rival|in her husband's affections at supper: together they visited a place of amusement in the evening, both greatly enjoying the performance, and then slio cordially bade the woman good night and went home and An instance of the rapid transit of mail is shown in the case of Wendell Brown, o s Port Fulton, who recently paid a visit to his relatives in Germany. He ordered a copy of the Jeffersonville News forwarded to his German address, and the paper preceded his arrival there by thirty minutes. Prof. W. Z. Love for six weeks past has loon at Eairview Park, Indianapolis. On the 21st the ropes of the parachute became tangled, and the aeronaut was precipitated to the ground. He may recover from the awful fall, but if so will be crippled for life. Twelve months ago Paul Journey, of Clark county, injured his foot while alighting from his buggy. Gangrene set in and the foot was amputated at the ankle. Several months later there was another operation, the leg being cdt off between the ankle and knee. Recently the trouble spread to the right foot, which' has now been cut off. Adam Brower, of Hamilton, is aged and is still lvale and hearty. He is the father of thirteen children, nine j• • 7 iof whom are living, and he is one of the few men who can say, “Daughter, go to your daughter,for your daughter's daughter has a daughter.” He has not touched a razor to his face for half a century, nor has he ever seen an elephant. Jame§ Mr ‘Barlow, one of the leading farmers in the neighborhood of Plainfield, (exhibits the statements of his neighbors iand the men who threshed his crop of wheat to the effect that off of a field of ieight acres he threshed 430 bushels, or 83% bushels per acre. Mr. Barlow does not believe that yield can be beaten in the United States. The wheat was of the early red closser variety. A proselyting Mormon is meeting with great success at Tom’s Hill and Swan Pond, Davies county, at both of which points he has established churches. He professes faith in Joseph Smith as the prophet, but denounces Brigham Young and polygamy. He addresses all members of his churches as saints and the outsiders as brothers, and forty members have been received by baptism. The missionary gives his name as Daniels, and he claims that he was sixteen years in the Methodist ministry before he became converted to Mormonism. The Dearborn county Board of Review will add many dollars of sequestered property to the tax duplicate, of which $250,■COO is estimated to come from the banks. One prominent resident of Aurora finds, in the estimation of the board, that he is richer by $35,000 than he originally mad affidavit to, while another is caught so $30,000. The board has also taken a list of five hundred [depositors, concerning whom the banks will be compelled to testify. .. ' • 7T

Tho new American steel steamer, Chas. W. Wetmore, Captain Saunders, which sailed from Duluth,.Minn., during the latter part of June, arrived at Liverpool on July 11. The Wetmore is an inland-built steamer, and her cargo, which consisted of 95,000 bushels of grain, is the first grain cargo shipped from a .lake port direct to Liverpool without being rehandled, Her route was down the lakes from Duluth through the Welland Canal, and thence down the St. Lawrence river and across the Atlantic The success of the voyage is evidence that the proposition to establish direet communication between European and other ports and the port of Chicago is entirely feasible. The following patents have been awarded in Indiana: M. F. Bagley, Evansville device for tilting buckets in water elevators; F. M. Brown, of Shelbyville, clevis; E. Dawson, of Terre Haute, screw-driver; D. S. Fisher, Valiev City, combined loader and press; D. R. Fisher, of Valley City corn-harvester; S. K., Gimbel, of Vincennes, combined paper-holder and cutting and printing device; F. W. Godeke, of Evansville, knock-down table frame; J. H. Howenstinc, of Fort Wayne, stapleforming and setting machine; J, S. Kenyon and O. W. Williams, of South Bend, sand papering machine; T. V. Maxedon, of Crawfordsville, curtain roller; <*. W. Smith, Montpelier, washing machine. Chestnut Ridge, near Greenville, in Floyd county. Is the scene of a tremendous sensation. While Prof. J. W. Sturn, a teacher; attd Martin were picking blackberries, they became separated, and 4

Mr. Martin suddenly found himself confronted with 1 a singular-looking beastpossibly four feet in height, .with broad shoulders, head and face much like that of an ape, color black, fur long, with a bunch of long stiff hair covering the back and top part of the head. It stood with it? feead thrown over its left shoulder, holding a short stick in its clawsMr, Martin started to run, bat tumbled and fell, and when he regained his feet the amnia! had disappeared. The alarm was given and the neighborhood rallied with dogs, guns and pitchforks, but no trace of the animal was found. Mr, Martin is regarded as a gentleman of unquestioned integrity, and his story is credited.

The last stone was placed on the Indiana soldiers’ monument oh the 21st. There is yet fifty-six feet of iron and bronze to be placed on the shaft. The wall around the observation platform is to be four and a half feet high, and spikes will probably be driven in to keep the ever reckless small boy from clambering up and seating himself on the parapet. The turret will be made of heavy steel beams and will be eight feet square and eighteen feet high. It will be inclosed in copper and sustain the weight of the globe and the crowning figure—twenty tons of bronze in all; In a few days the scaffolding will be removed from the top of the monument as far down as the upper window. At this point the upper astragal will be placed and the outside’scaffolding is needed for that work. When it comes to setting the crowning figure next year, scaffolding will be built up from the observation platform.

THE PEOPLE'S PARTY.

■a _ Address to the Country from the executive Committee. Mr. Robert Schnelling has presented the Associated Press a copy of the printed address by the national executive committeo of the People’s party to Iho citizens of the United States. It. occupies four closelyprinted small octavo pages. It sets-out with a general statement of grievances, which occupies about one-fourth of the document. In this statement are such pjirases as the following: “The declaration of independence from the arrogance of British politicians must be supplemented by a declaration of Independence from the frightful power of concentrated wealth. * * * We consider violence in settling disputes as unworthy of a civilized nation, and for this reason we have organized a party of the people to overthrow the tyrants who have robbed and are continuing to rob us of that to which they have no moral right.” The document goes on with a specification of evils in the matter of laud, labor and money, and, in conclusion, suggests tho remedy. The concluding paragraph appeals in the name of liberty for which the fathers of the Republic pledged their lives for the aid of every honest man in this struggle by joining the party of the people.

A PROMINENT CHEROKEE.

Death of Senator floss of the Cherokee Nation. A special from Tahlequalh, I. T., on tho 21st says: The Cherokee Nation is mourning for the death of her leading statesman, ■Senator W. H. Ross, who died very suddenly yesterday morning of heart disease, at.his home in Fort Gibson. Senatar Ross was a half-breed, about 68 years old, and was educated at Princeton College by his uncle, Chief John Ross. Ho entered public life at the age of twentytwo, and [has held almost every office in the gift, of the nation, from Chief down He was Lieutenant-colonel during the war in the Confederate army. He was a brilliant orator and a lehderof the National party.

THE COMPROMISE EFFECTED.

The Tennessee miners’ trouble is over. The miners have unconditionally surrendered and Gov, Buchanan has won a bloodless victory. The adjustment was reached on the evening of the 24th. The; miners took the patriotic view of the matter and agreed that the Governor could not but uphold the dignity of the State. They went before the Governor with the proposition to abide the law, and a joyful love feast was the closing scene of this ominous-looking trouble,

THE MARKETS.

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THE TROOPS CAPTURED,

Marched to; the Depot and Sent Away. They Are Allowed to Retain Their Ann*, bnt the Miners Take Charge of the Convicts. The crisis came at Briceville, Tenn., on the 20th, at li when the miners and a crowd of sympathizers from the surrounding country gathered around th* camp of the State militia and captured troops and [convicts, marched them off to the depot amd put them on a train and shipped them to Knoxville. The camp was on a little knoll In a hollow, and surrounded on all sides by mountains. The miners and their friends to the number of 1,500 were divided into four equal squads and approached on the four sides of the square, which the camp was formed ia. The miners sent up a flag of truce and sent in a committee to the officer in commands The committee notified the officers that they had come to take the convicts peaceably, if possible, by force if necessary. The officers parleyed awhile and then agreed to surrender. The troops were allowed to keep their arms andwmmunition, and they with the convicts were marched to the train. There they were loaded in box cars or whatever could be had and the entire lot sent to the city. The convicts were taken to the jail, locked up and sod. The troops arrived at about 4:30 o’clock, and to the number of 107 all told went to the armory of the Knoxviilc Rifles, where they now remain awaiting the orders of the Governor. The miners made them promise not to return to Coal Creek.

An immense crowd met the troops at the depot. They were freely cheer , as they marched through the streets. The men had been on duty nearly five days in the rain and seen but little In the wt. 7 ol provisions gnd but little equipment. Their faces were bronzed, but they presented » soldierly appearance as they marched op the street. The city is now intensely excited. Leading men of all political j arties say the law must be upheld. Sympathy, which had been enlisted on the side of the miners, is now against them ior Kds lawless act at a time when Tythtng was being done to relieve the situation. A dispatch from Nashville says: Governor Buchanan has ordered the entire State militia to Briceville, Tenn-, to protect convicts at work. It is stated that two thousand additional miners are marching to the seat of war. . It is feared there will be trouble before the miners will yield to the convicts taking their places. In accordance with the order issued by Governor Buchanan, four Memphis companies of the State militia, under command of Gen. Sam. T. Carnes, left Memphis at 9:30 o’clock, Monday night, via the Memphis & Cliarhston railroad for •Briceville, The State troops, who belong to labor organizations, are charged with betrayal of their trusts. A dispatch from Memphis says; The Chickasaw Guards, Hibernian Rifles,Bluff City Zouaves and the Rosier Zouaves, under orders from Governor Buchanan, left this city at Monday night, via th« Memphis & Charleston road, for Briceville, the seat of tho mining troubles. The companies are small, the four turnlngout about one hundred and fifty men, under the command of Gen. Sam. T. Carnes.

STRIVING TO COMPROMISE

Tennessee Miners Allow Convicts to Work Sixty Days, Under Conditions,

The miners’ committee left Knoxville on the morning of the 23d, and reached float Creek at 11 o’clock, with the decision of the Governor that if the convicts were allowed to be placed in the mines from which they had been evicted by the miners the militia would be withdrawn andthe Legislature would be convened in extra session for the purpose of taking such actionas it might see fit on theeonviet-leaee system. This did not meet with anything Ilk® universal satisfaction, but the implicit confidence the miners have in their leaders was shown by the unanimous vote to accept the report of a committee on resolutions which had been appointed, aqd which had been in session while tho Speakers were being heard. After long arguments the miners agreed on a course of action and drew up resolutions containing a proposition to the Governor. The proposition is that the troops must betaken home from Knoxville. The convicts can be returned to Coal Creek for sixty days only. "In the meantime the Legislature must meet and repeal the convict law system. This proposition was laid before the Governor by a committee, and after three hours interviownodeflnite compromise was effected. Governor Buchanan declines to consider the proposition for an armistice on tho ground that it would be an implied compromise with violators of law that might, at the end of that time, in case the Legislature declined to comply with the demands of the miners, be renewed with impunity. Tho representatives of the miners disclaimed any threat,and proposed to accompany the compromise with an explanation which would relievo it from any such construction. The Governor was firm, however, in his position, and declined to yield. Tliere is no longer any doubt but that the Govctnor will return the convicts to the mines at Coal Creek and Briceville. It is only a question ol how it will be done, The miners present at the conference express the opinion that if they are returned with only such guards as arc necessary to keep them in custody, not militia, and placed in their stockades* there will be no interference with them until the Legislature has been convened and has acted upon tho repeal of the lease system. If the militia be returned with the convicts, it js believed that their pres, enco will inflame the passions of the al* ready excited community, and a conflict with perhaps terrible results might follow. An inventor in Germany has made a clock that he warrants will go to the year 3999 without winding.