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5
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March
Year
1875
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Ebkest Oetwkix, the coufesBed murderer of the Hamnett family, near Pittsburgh, last April, wan hangcd in that city on Fob. 23. Ilo ïnurdered Mr. Hamnett, hio wife, two dsoghtera aud a Bired ly. hin motive bering robbery. . . . Mr. Evaiider C. Duulap, colloctmg agent ïor a Boston linu, wan drugged and roblied of 500 in cash and drafta for $3.000 in a saloon in New York a few dar ago. The drnfts were afterward returned to him in an envelopo at Iiíh hotel. ïhk agBOoiateJ eoal compauien at the Eimt have not yet concluded their an-angemontn for next Beation's trade, but a prominent oilieer of one oompany says that the companies intond to lix the priees of coal diiring the coming Heaaon as high as Providence will permit, aud as low as uecesaity ühall eompol thom to. A teriüble aotident oeeurred in New York city on tlio eveniug of Feb. 25, rctmlting in the death of kíx persons and the wonnding of twenty-five or thirty othero, bohío of whom cannot recover.. . .l!elif;ioiiH services were beiug hold at Kt. jViulrcw'H ('ntholic Churcli, corner of City Hall place and Duane ntreet, when the walld of au adjoinuig building feil, the brickn and debria erashing through tho roof of the ohurcli upon the heads of the peoplo inside. Tlie congregation consisted for the most part of womeu and cliildren. The ' seone whieh easM ' hnirirars description. ; ffomen sereamed, cliildren oried, aaa men j shouted, and ahove the tumult was heard the voice of the prieet ortlling npon the people to be qniet and not rush for tlio doorn and trample i npou eack ether. Deepito bra entreatics, however, the congregatioii made a grand ntsh for the open air. trampling andcrashing each other ! in the most irightfu] mauner. A squad of ■ pólice linally rrivéd at tlie scène of tho disaater, rcstored order, and removed the déad mul woundod. HaW a mflhbn dollars' worth of property n Si'ranton, Pa., has gone up in smoke, and 250 j men are thrawn out of einploymeiit. ïho property burned was the Cliff Locomotivo Worlm. Tee freshot in the Schnylkill river han causad tho RuBiension of a large uutnber of ' milis in the vicinity of Philadelphia. by which over 6,000 persona are rendered idle. THE WKST. Sometuinq of a sensation was created at tho offloa of the St. Louia & Bonthetfjtern railroad in St. Louia, by the dincovery of a partly disaectod body of a man in a box received there about a week ago, and for which no clahuant appeared. The Ohio House of Eepretientatives bas passed a compu!ory oducational bill. The propoaition to repudíate Missouri State bonds amountmg to id, 000. 000 haa been ', feated in tho Legislature of thst State. The quetstion of politics did not enter into the discuseion. Chicagoans are in au ecstacy of delight over tho wouderful impei-sonatiou of Wilkius Micawber by Jlr. (ieorge Fawcett Rowe, the accomplished Eïagliili comedian, who is pluying at JIcVirker'd Theater to crowded audiences. Mr. Howe enacted this part 500 consecutivo nights in London... ..Several coal sbafts iu the Brazil (Iud. mines were set on fire by striking minere and burned last week.... In tho cele-, brated divorce suit of Aun Eliza against ' Brigham Young, at Salt Lake City, Judge JIcKean delivered a decisión the other day, by which Ann Eliza receivea 63.000 attorneys' fees, and $500 per month alimony pending trial ; aliraony to date from the ñling of the ' compldint. which was about twenty montbs ago. Two WEMBÜBM of tiie Collina and Rusöell ' pedition, whicli lolt. Hioux CUty for the Black j Ilills temfory last October, havo returned for rehiforcements. They give a glowing account of the country and its attractions. On tlieir amval at Box Eldcr Creek, Dec. 23. they commoneed prospecting, pauk twenty-live prospect holes, nn;l Btruck gold in every instance. From j the grass to the rock they found numerous gold and Bilver bearing quartz lodes. The party liave seen no Indians, while in tho hills, i nor uny soldier, but au abundance of elk, deer and other game.. . .Tlie Diocese of Missouri ; 1 aa caat ito voto lor the conlïrmation of Dr. i DeKoven as Binhop of lÜinoiá. .. .Large bevrf uf ïngrOÈH are beiüg put to work iu the iïrazil ; Ind. ) ooal ïnüiei of the striking white minero. ïiie Miunesota Le-gitslature has pronounced ; against woman auffrage. . . .The present winter lias beeu the coldent kiiown in MinnesoU for forty-three year;-i. THE SOIJTII. Tue Georgia IjtgisJature invetitigation, under UiO direction of the Finance Committee, shows thaê $150.000 worth of bonds have been paid twice, and the examinatiou is not concluded. State Treasurer Janes stated to the committee that he Tvas unable for a long time to obtain from Henry CleWB ,t ('o., of Xcw York, the n'nsncinl af;eiitM of the Stute, any account of their trangacticns. AVhen the statement waH ilnally obtained. it showed that the same bonds had been paid iu New York and by the State ' Treasurer. to the amoniit above stated. i nrer Janes charges, by implication, that Clews paid the State bonds, and without canceling them, again put them upon the market. A New Oiu.kan's dispatch of Feb. 24 says the i coiiservatives bare agrecd to accept the Wheeler compromiric. It is shown that a tax of 05 centa on $100 will be necebaary to meet the expensen of the TenneHsee Btate government the present year. Aa thia tax cannot be collected in time to pay I the debts whih must bo paid. and as the LegiKture has taken from the Treasurer the power to borrow. the eniiiv State macliinery will soon be blooked for lack of fuiuls J. W. Tiioma-s, a ltepresentative in the North Carolina Legislature from Warren coiinty, huw been expelled i from that body for deuying the existence of (!od. A i.uiíe metting. attciuled by Bome 4.000 J)einocr:itH. wis held in New Orleans on i'iiduv last to denounco the Wheeler compromise. ! McEnery and several others atlilressedtho meeting, and bitterly deuounced those favoring the compromise. llox. .Dauoherty White, proprietor of the Jluncheatcr. Iy., unit work. and father of ilon. JolinD. White, the only Republican greesman from ]en(iu:ky, eommitted suicide a few (laye since by drowxüng. Before I ing hhnself into tlie water, he tied LdmseM bo i that he could not escape. Jlin biother, ouce Speaker of tlie United States House of Representativos, tcrminated liis life by suicide. Ticket No. 89.271 drew the capital prizein tlio last Louisville lottery. The lucky holder lires in Vicksburg, MissHissippi. DisPATcHEN f rom Bridgeport, Ala., 6ay the : greaterft tlood that lias visited that región since XojíU'h, with ouo osception, íh noiv Kweeping down the ïenncssce valley. AU the low ground about Chattanooga is submerged. and there is great losi of property. Every railro&d leadiug into the city is badly vrashed, and whole sectiona submerged. The East Tcnue.isee railroad is cut ii; tweuty places. - Th Atlantic road has lost many bridgen. The Memphis aud (;iiarleston road is onder wftor for miles, and has lost hejvily in lni-1 ;t. 'l'nf df. tructiou iu fences, stook, u;i 1 lum-ies for tircc hun lied miles up a id down is vefy great - the greatest ever known, wlth the pomibla oiception of the flooj of eight yens sgo. WASiliMITIIX. Tnn I'reRi'lont ftai ayipointcd II arvey JowclL a brother of tl'.e Po;?tmastcr-General, to bo Judgo of the Court of Commisniouers of AlabAOkft claims. Oub government hns rcoeived an official dispatch from CVleb Cushlng, from Madrid, stating that the Yirginius indemnity papers havo been forniallv transferred, and that the entire qnestion is fiettled on the basis of a pavment bv Sain of 500 to the iainily of each victim The Spafaish Minister galled upon tlio Kccretary (ii State the other morning and proeeuted to hi:ii ui autograpU lottr from young Alfonso, in wlJeh t! (■ latt.-;r Ktatc thathe has been callel to the throne by acclomation of the Hpaninh people. and decires that the United States will accept tho proffer of bis friendship. Tin; Ilouse Election Committee havo made a repoi t to that body, stating that, in tho cours oí their investigatione of the oereral Arkausas contested eleotion cues, they have ezamiued tlio returna of evory county oonceroiug whiofa tliere haa been auy dipute. &nd lind that tbc returns show Baxter to havo boen eloeteil by 712.. ..The Senate haa confirmad tho appointnieiit of RepreeeoUtive Tvner. of Indiana, to be Tbird Ajssifitant Postmaster-General. The uational debt was reduoed in the amount of (6,680,183 during the nionth of Fobrnary. Tho following is tiic official statement : Bix per cent. bondl $1,15198.500 ïivo per cout. bowlt 672,137,750 Total coin bou.ls l,72é,180,2S0 I.awfnl money debt $ i4.H78.ooo MutuviHl d.-ljt 8,776,870 Legal lendeífl 38407a, 1 47 CorUftpateeoí aspoeít .... 4.-.,sr)5,uoo l'raotimml rurrrn.-í M,M1,963 Coiu cartioatea Ï2,26,00 Total without iukr.'st 486,101,61] Total debt $2,2tó,6 Total tateraBt 36,06,738 Canil in TtG&BUty : ('om $75,620,083 Currenoy 10,31 Special deposita luid forredemption of {-ertiñeates of dfposit U,SSS,000 Total in Troasury $ 1:il,hll(!,181 Debtless cashin th' ■ Tr asurv ■ Decroaae of ilcbt ihiriiig Febtjiary 6,080,lHa Bonds {saued to the Pacilio Bailwav Companies, interest ptyabloin Jawiul mouey : PrAoipal ovrtatandlng $fl4,!W:,C12.0(f Int rist aocraed and uot yet paul 646,235.12 IntiTfst piiid by the Cnlted Btetea 2,;i,liii.;M Interest ropaul by fafansporfiatioñ of mails, etc . 5,724,214.20 Balance oí' interest paid by Dnited Statra '. 30,63,888.05 The President has Bigncd tho Civil ;: hill. and it is now a law. POLITICA I.. Tuk Republicana of the First OongresHional District of Conneetiout have nominatod (en. 1 il. llawley for re-eloction to OongroHw. ... There aro thirty contesled seats in the Forty-fourth Congress. Nkx.'.tok-eï.ect ('anieron, of WiseonBÍn, deïiies that lie ia an Independent, aaserte that he ! is a lïepublican, and wil] act with theni. in eaucus or out of oaucua. Tuf. followinf; ia a list of the Republioan incmboiYi of tlie House who voted agaiimt the oaucus l'orce bil] : Buivhard, Bnrleigh, Crittenden, Crounse, Crutchficld, Dawes, Fostw; Garñeld, Eugene Hale, JohcjiIi 1!. Havrley, E. Rockwood Hoar, Oeorge F. Hoar, Kasson, Kellogg, Lovrndes, McCrary, Memam, l'helpn. Pierce, Poland, Ellis H. Eoborts, Sener, L. D. Shoemaker, 81obs. Boardman Smith, Amliler Smith, Wüliam A. Smith, Stanard.Starkweather, ('liarlos Y. Willard, George Willard, Williams of Michigan. THE TII.TON-nEECIIKIt TRIAX. Thietï-sixth Day - The proBecution roeted its case, much to the disappointment of Mr. Tilton's partisaus, who had expected üons far more startling and convincing than any that have yet been made. The witness Caiy'B teHtimony vvaB discredited in a Bmall degree by a further croas-examination, vehich went to show that she was hot a pereon of j strictly abstemious or virtuous habitn. Gen. Tracy will opeu the case for the defense. All that remains to be done is to attempt the raoral viiulicution of Mr. Beecher. The question of damages ia too remote and abstract for consideration. Mr. Tüton having condonetl bis wife'a offense. eau expect no pecuniary compensation from her alleged seducer. ïhirty-sevkn ril Day. - The whole day was coiiBuraed by Geu. Tracy, of counsel for tho defense. in the delivoi-y of his opening adJreas. He entered into a review of the career of tho parties to tho suit. Of course his owii cliënt was pictured as the paragon of all virtuos, whUe Tilton waa held up afi the incarnation of all tluit was egotistical. selfiBh, sensual, and ignoblo. Jealousy of Beecher's great name va, according to Tracy, the incentive that led to Tilton's attack upon him. Tiiirth-eiohtii Day - Gen. Tracey'a opening argument for the defondant occupied tlie entire day, and was Btill uniinisbed at the time of adjournment. Thikty-ninth Day. - Traey BtiU continued his opening plea for the defense. He devoted Bome portion of hifi time to an explanation of hi,s conneotion witli the caae. He eonteuds that at a certain interview with Woodrult', ïlonltrn and Tiiton. lie promised uot to act au counsel for Beecher. becauae at thot time Tilton's charge wart simply "improper advauees ;" but afterivard, when, au he maintaiuH. Tiiton changetl Iiíh charge to udultcry aecompliahed. i he feit that lie was releaaed from any pronnse, ; and so gave notíce. There is uow a poasibility, not ouly of having Büwen on the witness stand, but Tracy also. Fortieth Day.- Tracy coneladed Ui plea for ! the defen.se and his impeachinent of the testimony put in evidenee by the prosecution. Beecher and Tracy were eongratulated by a ! numerous erowd of gentlemen. The defeudant j was cahn aud unexcited, and appeared to feel i n.uch aatisfaction at the euthusiasm of bis admirers. Judging from the theorie advaneed by Mr. Tracy, the defense will try to prove : 1. That jealousy of Beecher's succoas waa Tilton's tive for trying to ruin him. 2. That the cdge that Beecher poasessed an undue share of i Mi's. Tilton's alfectiona vf as another motive, and 3. That iinaucial embarrasmeut led Tiiton to attempt blackmail. GENERAL. Tin-: rates of cable messagee between New Yorlï and Great Britain and Franoe have been X'educed to fifty cents per word, the reduction to take effect May 1. The three tronk Unes running Went from New York have made a huye reduction in freights on augar and ooffee to all the Western i'itira. It in believed by New York meiehants tliat tliia reduction of ratea on thin clas of freight is mercly tlie beginning of' the lowering of all rate . . . . TjOuia liiel, the leader in fcb.6 Manitoban rebellion, haw bG6H esielled l'rom tlic Dominion P&rli&ment. Anothku cadet bas boen bounced from the i Naval Acadomy at Annapolis on account of the colored cadet, flordon Claude was ordered to fence with the negro midtíhipman, and upon ref iiHiug was expeJled Senator Nye, of Nevada, is evidently Lnsaue. While on bis way from ' Jackrionville, Florida, the other evening, he ' juinpod from the train at Eichmond, Va., alniost naked. and secreted himself in the depot. He has been in poor health for Home tinvo past, and this freak seema to indícate that bis reason is dethroned. Tuk report of the House Ways and Means ('oiiniiittee on the Pueilic Mail inveatigation coucludca with tlie following blow at the lobby : "The enormouB evil iittcnding the existence of au imregulatod lobby with licenae to appear ■ foro oommittees and urge meaaurea upon ' bein, upon the fraudulent pretenso tliat theyare : privatcly retained by interested parties, calla for fnrther legislatiou." A. C. BuklIj, arrested a few daya agp in accordance with instructions from Washington, for publishiug in t!ie Detroit Free Press last winter an alleged liljcl on Henator Chandler, was taken before a United States Comnvasiouer at St. Louia, a few daya ago, aud by him reïriandcd into the cur-stody of a United States Marshal, to be transí erred by him to the District of Columbio.

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