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THE HERALD. TROT, MO.. APRIL 23, 1878.. Wo record with great pleasuro the fact (bit Senator Schuri declined to receive tlie $5,000 back pay voted fey tbe lact congress. Congressman Erastus Well of St. Louis proposes submitting e bill to tbe Mt Congress, tiling tho salary of Con gressmen at 85,000. We doubt whether iuch measure will pass, but it would to deserved rebuke to oar late "ateal ing" Congresa. Reported Death or the Pope or Hour An Ottawa, Ont., telegram of the 10th says : A private dispatch has been received here, today, raying that the I'opo died on Monday last, but that the fact has been kept a secret to avoid public agitation respecting bis successor until the matter should have been decided in Rone. Col. Ii. Zevc'ey, editor of the Uoter liGfd Democrat, of Oeage county, died at his residence to Linn, at ten o'clock on the night of the 14th, from an over doso of morphine, taken to relieve the uffciings of neuralgia. He three times represented Osage in the general as Bern bly, and was a colonel in tho enrolled militia duriug the war. He waa about forty years of age. Louisiana. A Washington telegram of tbe 20c b says that the present attitude of tbe federal government with regard to the Louisiana disturbances may be Hummed up as follows: The acting sec retary of war has instructed Gen. Emery, in command of the department of the gulf, not to use troops in any local troubles except to enforce the decisions of the United States court, and in the event of the disturbances becoming gen eral to await the demand of the governor upon tbe President for troops. Congressman L'arnsworth of Illinois lays a serious charge to President Grant in relation to tho bill increasing salaries He says Grant violated flio constitution in signing the bill, that instrument de claring that "The President shall, at stated times, rccoivo for his services a compensation which shall neither be increaied nor diminished during the period for which ho shall have been elected." Mr. Farnsworth declares that the transaction was an "act of mutual bribery by an expiring Congress and a recently re-elected President. A Convention or Congressmen. A large meeting of prominent citizens of St. Louis was held on 'Change last Sat urday in that city, for the purpose of consummation p!an for an informal con vention of the senators and represcota lives of Congress, believing that such a gathering of the solons in that city would result in good to the West and South, by bringing their claims and re quirexients more forcibly before Congress and the country at large. It was agreed that the convention should be held in St Louis on the 13th day of May next, and Mayor Brown and tbe President of the Merchants' Exchange were instructed to issue invitations to our national rcpre sentatives. Gov. Woodson, Hon. Sam' I T. Glover, Hon. J. O. Henderson, and Hon. Jas. S. Rollins will be invited to address tbe convention. The Fqankino Privilege and the New Postal Law. Tho Fulton Tele graph remarks : The press of tbe coun try having aided very materially in tbe repeal of that nice little croitressional tit-bit, tho "franking privilege," congress takes revenge on the press by repealing that section of the postal laws which per mits newspapers to pass fiee through the mails in the county where published Now, whilo this looks fair enough on tbe surface, yet our virtuous congressmen concluded to make up their part of the loss and cheat the peoplo out of any ben efit from this great reform, by voting themselves 5,000 apieco additional sal ary. To put it plainer, instead of this lepeal being of any benefit to the tax payer, it has actually saddled him with additional taxatftm aa we promise to bow. Oo and after July 1, 1873, every sub scriber to a county paper will' be com pelled to pay 20 centa per annum for postage. Say, for instance, various pa pers of the county have a combined oircu lation of at least 3,000, aggregating SG00 postage. I here are in this congres sional district nine counties and twenty newspapers, as follows: Audrain 3; Callaway, 5 ; Monroe, 2 ; Montgomery, 1; Lincoln, 2; Ralls, 1; Pike, 3; St. Charles, 3 ; Warren, 2; with a oircula tioo.say 10,000 copies, making a total in tho way of increased postage of 92,500; add to this tbe increased salary to con gressmen of 2,500, and you have $5,000 s tho aura per annum which the peoplo of thla district have to pay for the repeal of the franking privilege. If that is an administration "reform," we stand amazed t the probable magnitude of ao admin isUatioa "steal,." cm. e. r s. caikf . Oca, dnby, who was so tresclieroosly murdered ty Capt. Jack, chief of tbe Modoca, Has one of tbe oldest aoldiera of the army. The chief pointa in hia life are as follows : "General Edward Richard Spriggs Csnby Mas born in Kentucky, in the year 1810. He graduated at West Point in 1639, ftnd immediately was ordered, as Second Lieutenant, to Florida, where a war against the Seminoles was in pro gress. On (he third ol March, 1847, he was made Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain, in considera tion of distinguished services at tbe battle of Cerro Gordo. For distinction gained at Contreraa and Cherubusco, be was brcvettcd Major, and for gallant conduct at tho Helen gate be was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. We Snd bitn a a Captain of the Second Infantry in 1S51, Major Tenth Infantry, 1853, and a Colo nel of the Ninteenth Infantry in Mjv, 1802 March 31, 18G2, Canby was made Brigadier General of volunteers. It should be remarked ibat previous to the late civil war I e served in the Utah expedition under General Albert Sidney Johnston, and in 1859 CO was incommaod at Fort Dridger. When the war besao in 1801, Gen. Canby was in New Mexico. As soon as his troops in that Territory were placed in sale position, be was called to Washington, where he assisted j in i ue mr Lcpirimcoi ior a mue Afterwards he commanded the troops in were killed, and there were nine to be and around New York city at the time found for miles around. of the riots in July, 18G3, and resumed1 The captain of th steamboat South his post in the War Department in No "western makes the following statement: vember, 1SG3. i We arrivrd at Colfax on Sunday even- On the 7th of May, ls64, Gen Canby was made commander of the district em bracing the departments of the Missouri Arkansas and the Gulf. His rank at ibis time was Mjor General of Volun teers. He commanded the expedition which captured Mobile, April 13 h, 1865, and on May 4th rojeived tbe sur render of General Dtck Taylor aod his army. His promotion to a Briga diership in the recular army was made on 28th of July. 1SC6. In November 1SGS. Geo Canb7 was placed in command of the tilth Militarv District. He was in csmmand at New Orleans for a long time, but more recently has commanded on the Pacific Coast. Tbe Modocs aud their Stronghold. Until a short time ago probably few of our readers knew anything of tbe Modoc Indians, who are now causing tl.e (jov ernment so much trouble in California. They are a branch of tho Kiarnatli In- diaus, a tribe which occupied the south western part oT Oregon, and have always been on terms of peace with the white settlers. Though speaking the same dialect as the main tribe, they have ex isted as an independent band since as early as 1864. Tbe difficulties which have leached this tragical point com menced last year in the effort to induce the Indians to co upon a reservation. This was resisted, and on tho 20th of November last, tbe Indians were visited at their village on the banks of Lost River by a force of thirty five soldiers under Major Jackson, to compel their surrender. A fight occurred in which ciht soldiers were killed, when the In dians retreated into the Lava Reds killing a number of settlers, amounting, one re port says to seventeen, on their way. The "Lava Ueds," the present locality of the Indians, isa peculiar formation near the western end of Illicit Lake, iu Siski you couuty, Calilornia, nearly on the southern line of Oregon and almost di rectly east ol Jacksonville. It is de scribed as a place of great natural strength, if not absolutely impregnable. The San Francisco Call, oo the authority of Mr. Applegate, one of the Peace- Com mhaioncrs, says the Indians are sheltered io a very small opening, which will render a protracted siege necessary, as they can probably be enpturned only by being starved out. "Capt. Jack," tho principal chief of the Modocs, is described as a man of great bravery, and as generally in clined to peace, having been driven to his present hostile position by the oppo sition of bis tritie. His first act was in the conflict with tbe troops in November last. The Philadelphia Press dismisses tho Pennsylvania legislature, which hue ad journcd, as followed : "It ended as it tommenred, in scenes disgraceful to the state of Pennsylvania. Of the 133 mem hers not seventy fiv- were qualified for their duties, and not t'lat number were honest or did their duties. Considering this fact we ought not to complain ol tbe shameful work of tho session, of the jobs, the speculation and tbe rowdyism of the house aad of the case with which it con curred in palpably corrupt measures The blame attaches to the people who choose theso men to represent them, not from ignorance, for the reputation of tho faithless mcabera from this city bad earned long before last October, and was well known to every voter ; but becauso a large proportion of them have become so completely tbo slaves of party and the tools of politicians as to neither think nor act for tbemsolvea when they exer cise the dearest right of freemen. Look ing back over the session we oannot dis cover one good measure that atones in any degree for tbe thousand and one cor rupt ones. Wo oannot recall an abuse that was committed, or a treasury leak that was stopped. Many steals, it is true, wero frustrated, but the press and the governor are tho parties to whom the crcuit oeiongs. Grant ssys if the Louisiana troubles are aa serious as reported by the news paper dispatches, he will order the fed eral troopa to interfere, not in behalf of either party, but to preserve tbe peace. Mr, Cotton, an Iowa Congressmen, who received tbe back pay, prompted by hon esty, ot a twinge of conscience, or the criticisms of the pres., invested the amount in United States bonds, cancelled flicm aud returned them to Mr. Spinner. Tk ivr ! Races. Nkw Orleans, April 15 The itenai boat Southwestern, which arrived about 1:30 this evening, brings stirring snd important news from Grant Parish. The whites have retaken Colfax, and there is not a negro to be found for miles around. From tbe passengers on the Southwestern wc glean the folTowing: The negroes had strongly entrenched themselves in the court house, and built breastworks three and four feet high. There were, it is said, about 400 men armed and equipped thoroughly. On Sunday, about 12 o'clock, about one hundred and fifty white men, who got hired from the surrounding parishes, made an attack on the breastworks, and a brisk fight kept up until near three o'clock. The breastworks were then stormed and captured, tbe negroes taking refuee in tho court house, the doors of which were barricaded. After some further fighting the ccgroes threw out a flag of truce and several detachments of men advanced, ehen they were fired on hy the besieged party, wounding several, one of whom was Captain Hodnot, who was shot in the bowels and it is feared fatally wounded. They retreated to the outside of tho breastworks, and, cs the only means of dislodging the negroes, the court house was set on fire, and tbcv were shot at as tbev came from the burning building. It is reported that oetTeen cicntv ana one hundred negroes jn about 8 o'clock, and found that the white people, with tho sheriff, I suppose, at their head, bad captured the town, after having a conflict with tbe negroes, t was reported to me that about one hundred negroes had been killed and many wounded ; we saw from the boat 'about eighteen or twenty lying around 0n the banks dead. One white man was jalso reported killed, and two, Messrs Hodnot and Harris, seriously wounded ; ' Mr. Hodnot is shot through the bowels, 'and it is supposed that ho is mortallv wounded. Wc brought Messrs. Hodnot and Harris down from Colfax to Alexan dria. Three or four other white men were slightly wounded. About one hundred negroes escaped, but it was reported that the whites were still pur suing them. All of the leaders of the riot escaped. Robbing the Mails. For some months past, the popular and reliable publishers, Messrs. Hunter & Co., of Hinsdale, N. II,, have been annoyed and dismayed at the immense losses of valua hlo letters which were daily occurring Aided by tho chief Detective and two special P. O. Agents, they have at last the satisfaction of seeing tbe thief a night clerk in the Boston P. 0. 'be hind the bars," and he has confessed all. Messrs. II. & Co 'a losses have been enormous ; in fact, no exact estimate can at prasent be made. The thief carefully examined, aided by a light, ovcry letter, and took every oso that contained money. Me was caught in the act and arrested, and if he gets his dues, will board with the state for from fivo to ten vears. Meantime tho prnt-perous business of Hunter & Co. gees on with its usual en ergy, promptness and caro, and those who have lost money by mail will now see just where it went, and avoid giving the blame to honest persons. From all accounts, and despito contra dictions, Alexander T. Stewart's days are numbered. Ho has, it is positively affirmed, Bright's disease of tbe kidneys, from which very few persons have ever recovered. He has been confined to his bouse for two or three weeks, the first tinie this has happened for many years. His friends, though they do not say ao, fear, from his present critical condition, that he cannot live through the month. His estate is estimated to be worth some $50,000,000, and it must be a source of great regret to him, after bis long life of determined struggle and splended finan cial success, that he has no offspring to whom he can leave his colossal fortune. A poor man for children and a wealthy one for none, is applicable to his case Mr. Ulricb, principal teacher in the school of the German Evangelical Lu theran Church of this city, died on Thursday, the 10th inst. He had an abscess in his throat, and when, on Wedoesday, the abscess broke aud dis charged, he was considered out of dan ger; in tho afternoon, however, he was seized with lock jaw, of which he died on the following afternoon. Mr. Ulrich was an excellent tcscher, and highly esteemed by the congregation and all who knew him. St. Charles Cosmos. After several days of impatient wait ing we have news from the Lava Beds news that is hardly as satisfactory as had been hoped, but which will, nevertheless, be read with deep interest. The Modocs have escaped into the open eountry, despite tbo offiicial announcements here tofora made that they were completely surrounded, and if Captain Jack does not lead his pursuers a lively chase it will not be because he fails to appreciaie the fact thae the necks of himself aod band are staked on the race. Hod. Luther M. Kennett, who repre sented St. Louis io Congress from 1855 to 1857, and was three times mayor of that city, died in Paria on the 13th. Mr, Kennett settled in St. Loula in 1823, and for many yeara was an aotito merchant and clo'ely identified with the material growth of the city. He loavea e wife aud eight children, and his estate is valued at 8500,000. Elder Petor Kemper, of tbe Old Bap list church, died at hie residence in Boone county otr Monday, 7th, inst., of pneumonia, and was buried i bia eesi- dence on the following day. He was bnm in Fayette county, Ky., June 25th, 1802, and ewig'sted to ffooae county in The lllam f rsMjulitt. 'fho effort to force upon the people of Louisiana by federal bayonets guvcr- meat that had been defeated by the pop- ular ballot, has at last met its legitimate culmination bloodshed. For several dava there baa bean a reign of terror in Grant parish, aud tbe parish seat, the village of Colfas, has been occupied by a force ot some tnree or tour nuuureu u. groes. The cause of this difficulty If, consisely stated, thus : What was known aa the "Lynch returning board" ignored the election returns from Grant parish, and left it to Kellogg to appoint offi . i i ii . i. cere to nil me -vacancies, iuo usurp in? cuverniuent was pleased to call the results of its policy as applied to this parish. Kellogg made the appointments, but tbe sppointees neglected to qualify within the time allotted by law. Kellogg then, at tho instance of Judgo Rutland, commissioned tho officers who had been duly elected, some of whom were Fusion ists and some Radicals, and including one or two eoloted men. This action not meeting tbe sanction of one Ward, who was a member nf the Kellogg legislature, he assembled a force of negroia officered by a few white men of his own complex ion, and took forcible possession of tbe court-bouse at Colfax, together with the newly commissioned parish officers. 1 his was about ten or twelve days ago. Trie law abiding white people of tho parish, both Fusionists and Republicans, made some effort to induce Ward and his mob to withdraw, but without avail. Instead of discontinuing their lawless proceeding they went on to use their powers vio lently until finally intoxicated by an immunity of lawlessness, tbey began to bunt down those who were obnoxious to them, sack their residences and pillage their plantations. Several men weri obliged to fivo tbe parish, escaping mostly down tho river to New Orleans. This reign of terror, unchecked cither by the state or national authorities, at last roused tbe white people of the parish to the necessity of self protection. Ac cordingly they assembled to the number of several hundred under the leadership of Capt Hadnot, the Fusion rcpreaenta live elected for Grant parish. A last effort was made to induce Ward and his mob to evacuate tho court house peacea bly and disperse, but it was idle. Then, on Sunday last, all other methods having failed, tho whites under Capt. Hadnot determined to dislodge tho mob from the court house at the point of tho bayonet. A desperate fight ensued, in which tho whites were victorious, dislodging the negroes from their improvised strong hold, and hunting them out of the town. According to our New Orleans telegrams of this morning, the fight seems to hate been turned into a massacre by the whites, who, infuriated by long suffering and ren dered desperate by tbe naturo of the emergency, killed, as is variously esti mated, from eighty to over one hundred of tho negroes. Their loss was compara tively trifling, a wonderful circumstance when it is considered that they wero the assaulting party, and that the enemy were strongly mtrenched and thoroughly desperate. Of course this sickening affair carries its own comment with it. As we read its details, thejwhole picture of Louisiana's afflictions for the last six months rises up : The seizure of the state government by Kellocg, backed by the federal authorities, military and exec utive, legislative and judiciary, and in con temptuous dcuanco of the will and disre gard of the protests of tbo people of Louisiana: the mass inclines ol tho peo plo and their supplications to congress to take action that should restore tho lawful government to its rights, or, in default of that, invest tbe usurpation with the ex press sanction of the federal might, and thus, at onco, settle tho question whether the federal government meant to protect the rights of the people, or foster the frauds of their oppressors; tbe persistent refusal ot congress to act, and, the final adjournment witnout action, leaving Louisiana in a state of anarchy and latent revolution. The outbreak of serious dif ficulty under this state of things could be only a question of time, But tbe shape in which it has como is one which was least to be expected, since, instead of being a rebellion of the peoplo against the usurpation, it is one of the usurpation against usurper ; of Kelloggrtes against Kellogg. For, as will bo seen by tbe foregoing summary, tho violent action of Ward and his mob of negroes, all Kel loggitcs, was taken against a set of par ish officers who had been commissioned by Kellogg in his capacity as dc facto gov ernor of the state. And the uprising ol tho whilo people seems to hate been provoked rather by the excesses of the mob after it had subverted the local gov ernment than by the fact of subversion itself. This phase of matters presents the crime of usurpation in its most repulsive aspect, to-wit : its tendency to breed innumerable lesser usurpations within it self, like parasites upon the baoks of vermin. Wo presumo it never entered into the president's calculations of the possibilities in this case that the first bloody protest against the official act of the governor he had sustained would como from a member of tbo legislature whose existence he had sanctioned, at the head of a mob of his most faithful supporters, the negroes. Thus it hap pens that the administration party Id the parish which tears the president's name rebels against the governor whom the president Sustains, and tbe cause of law and order, as between these two fsotions is represented by that clast whom the president' action appressea, the white Conservatives of Louisiana. 1'hw test telle Itself Republican. If the Chinese cannot fce comp1i36 ted upon their progress in abstract science, their applications of common aense are iu roanv cases very ingenious. Id Pekio the doves, of fjhich there are treat n ure ters, are protected from the ravages of the vultures by attaebmg eamooe arniaim rm Mr tails. The noise made whea the bird flies through the air fr-igfbtsa away the vultorcs from their $rtj. The "Third Ter, Tbe following significant edl'orial er egression appcara in the N. Y. Grapble of April 9: "It j. mere nonsense to talk of tho .upport of the American people and tbe power of tbe press, ao lone as the Prosi- dent is a candidate for a third term and j at the mercy of a horde of politicians." Many other similar allusions to tbe avowed candidacy of the President for another term of power havo, of late, fallen from tbo less guarded members of the Republican press ; snd we have been, .,. i r a i. . L I...V I UJMICU1UI, IUIUI1UVU UV UVIBUUI WUW tJUU opportunities of seeing tbe orgies of the last inauguration, that, on that occasion, ' the choice cowrie of intimate cronies and sychophants of the President, then gath ered about him, entertained eachothcr end htm with hurrahs for the "Life President," ai.d pledges of aupport of allegiance to him forever ; at all of which . he merely smiled, and entered not single protest, as be silontly puffed hit cigar. 'I bo oriet extract, above quoted by us, is given as an excuse lor tbe abandon ment, of the scheme of the civil service "rules" and the reinstatement of Tom Murphy as chief adviser of the Presidont on the eubjoot of civil service reform. Tbe "horde of politicians arc the gentry who are playing upon the vanity of Mr. Grant fur their own selfish objects in this behalf, and to whom he is willing to bow and cringo for the purposo of secur ing the re election which he appears to i covet. On tbe subject of civil service1 reform, tho people havo been grossly ' deceived with promises as bright and as ' lalse as those pretended Bignals ot safety and peace which tho Florida wreckers station along the most dangerous reefs, to luro noble vessels upon the rocks, that they may plunder them, and whoso treacherous purpose is discovered by tho victims too late to save themselves and their richly laden cargoes. The very means which the people have placed in tbe President's bands for their own ben- fit are to bo turned against them. In stead of new reforms in civil service, we are to have four more years of political bumming, and panderinc to tho politi cians, whose influence will be necessary to place Mr. Grant again beloro the peo-i- : r; i' r .t- i. . nu iu iu. nun ruiurwi id una ucpari mcnt will bo postponed to a moro favora ble occasion in tbe distant future, and tbe nation muBt, with the best trace it can command, prepare to take charge of and support tho gigantic political elephant they drew, in electing Mr. Grant to his present position. People who know some littlo American history will remember that both Wash ington and Jefferson were importuned by many enthusiastic Inends to allow the use of their names for a third canvass for tho presidency ; but both of them re spectfully declined, and proferrcd to retire to the shades of private life. Among other thing? they both had found the presidency nn expensive charpo upon them and a ecvero drain upon their private fortunes ; and hence insisted on a change. Tbe present incumbent of tbe station once occupied by them has vin dicated the long loot character of that office, as a paying institution. In it, he has risen to wealth, and iu it he is eon stantly becoming wealthier. The spoils of patronage have been so skillfully farmed out, that they have become just so many available assets in bis hands, and it is not surprising, porhaps, that such a man as he ignorant of statesmanship in its highest sense, obstinate, avaricious and strictly a military devotee should roako the effort to secure a renewal of his power for a third term of four years. The nation, however, will see In this candidacy nothing but danger and a me naco to American institutions as they have heretofore been understood. Grant's entry on a third term would, iu reality, be a certain pledge that he would remain in that station until death put a quietus upon bis ambitious career; snd we are much mistaken, if the great body even of the Republican party fails to regard tho subject iu that light. All classes of citizens owe it to themselves, to their country, to tbeir national traditions and to their hopes in human liberty, to unite to crash this upstart who seeks to out reach and outshine Washington, Jeffer son, Madison and Monroe, and to be the Augustus of the modern times. St Louis Dispatefa. Chas. Sanguinet, who has lived in St. Louis for 92 years, died the 10th, Why did not Washington'a sister ce with him to cut the cherry tree? Be cause she bad not got her little bat yet. Boston transcript. Twenty thousand women of Birming ham, England, have signed a petition io lavor of bill, now before the house of commons, legalizing the marriage of a widower with the sister of bia late wife. There la said to be considerable ex citement over the reported discovery of a stiver mine aoout seven miles west of Houston, Texas county, but, so far as beard from, tbe diggings haven't panned out sufficiently to justify any gtuerai stampeed in that direction. Speaking of the car load of flour that lately passed through Denison from St. Louis, on its way to Meiia with "Worda of Welcome from St. Louis to Texas" tbe Galveston News trusts that wiihis the nest two or three months the wheal gfowera of that State "will return tb compliment by sending a car load of ne Teiaa iour io St. Louis six week earlier tban new flour was erer before siea to that city." Nsarly every town in the state of enjt (izo is interesting itself io manufacturing enterpfi.es. The jeople ot the entire West i wekei)ig to the importance of ealtfc producing agents at home. Why ay net the West, ia time, compete tt.e. cessfully with the Cast iewmauroto,, f We eestainly have every facilits. and all it e.4o U ,1,, H4 rt,rgJ FbMBROY AND DAv8.Wh. wtary ,h ,h9 e,Ml07'. osf Senator from Kentucky ,. .; ,l hi. chair, hi. n.mUeCV.a .Kvot's' A neighbor punched hi. tlbe ..5 5f Wake up, Mr Davis. ,0Ur HLVtgk Half unconsciously the old KeniSlL i rose and asked the Vice PreS they wore voti,,g 00. The Vice V..i dene etplained that it was . railroad b i in Kansa,. MVell," said Mr. D.,, that shrill eoiee and pointed m.nn ' of hli. "what I t.n t l . 01 , . , uuw otiore i vote wl ",DOun, of l,,eilge in tbishlll." great ana good Pome. -. . u"u"g nu over with the smiles only a clear conscience will produoe, end said : "If the Senator from Kentucky will permit me, 1 will ciplain. I have thor' oughlT investigated the bill, sir, and I essuro you, if there le any atcalinir in it I cannot find it." "All right, Mr. President," responded Senator Davis, "if the Senator from "biibbs oan c una any stealage, 1 aru satisfied there is none there." There are probably few people who ire aware that the plucky little kingdom of Holland has a war on its hands. Such, however, appears to be tho cioti Sultan of Aichin being the unruly and unlucky individual who has roused King Williani'a ire. Tbe Island of Sumatra is a large, rich and properoun island in the Indian Sea, ranking next to Borneo among the Malay Islands. It has an area of about 140,000 square miles and a I-! I 1 .AA A.. . pupuiauon ot aoout 4,0UU,UU0 people The Dutch got a foothold on the Island of Sumatra early in the seventeenth cen tury, and have aince that time gone oo consolidating and increasing their pos session until they have greater power than any others in the island. There is a section of the country known as Atchin, or Acheen, which his retained its charac ter as an independent kingdom, and it is with the Sultan of Atchin that Holland has to deal The Malay pirates, subjects of the Sultan, hsve for some time past been committing outrages upon British ships anil shippers. By a treaty with Great Britain, Holland Is under a pledge to protect the Brinish snbjccls on tho island as well as its own. Reiterated protests seem to have no effect upon the Sultan of Atchin, and friend King Wil Hani of Holland dismissed the Sumatran Embassadors at his court aud declared war. Tho "ultan of Atchin his a popu lous kingdom of fierce pnople and a rather formidable army, which, along wiih Holland's disadvantages of an investment of his dominions from a distance, may make tbe warfare obstinate and costly. It is stated on the authority of Mr, Joseph Applegate, late one of the Indian peace commissioners, thut the Mmloo band who have so long defied the Gov ernment troops, number just fifty three Indians, and are renegades from tbeir tribe. JUST ARRIVED ny the St. Louis & Keokuk Railroad A Large Train mf rot, tiii Novelty Gash Store. I REELING thankful for formtr patronge, I will . say to tho publls, If htj wllloontinut tbeir pitron.gs, goods will still bo reduced In price. W. 6, COOPER, at Novelty Cash Store. C TOFFEE 4 lbs to the Dollar. J Tbreada of a) kinds i cents a Spool. Fins, only 6 centa apiper, .eedlei the same, and other articles in same proportion, at W. S. COOPER'S Nevelty Caab Store. s ALT One car load on band at the Novelty Casn Store, which will be (old oheap for cub. D RY GOODS, Cloihisg, Hats and Cap., Boots ana enoes, Urocer.es, rfo., mil supply at W. S. COOPSR'S Novelty Cash btor. THE highest :arkt price paid for Cosatry Prodtcaat lb Novelty Cash Stoiei H sVlllfl fctapitlctl ray aecopd year amoatr yoe, I ask you to call end bo posted. V. 3. COOPKH. EXPRESS TCAGON always .landing t Ike door. Goods booght at the Novelty deliv ered aoywiere te taws freo of charge. Y7. S. COOP1U. ttJ t. Mi and Keokuk jtaif ton& Compuisf. NOT rCS is hereby ltc that t aaaoa meeting of the Stockholders uf tbe Sale louts nail Keokuk Kallroa Company, for ike 4leotiow f Directors for tl iu ng yei, il be helss at Ih. risatess House, Ct. Coall, o Monday, May 5th, 1873, tjetween ste woe.4 II o'clock . aa. nl S o'olock p to. WM. HUCItVAt6W. .ibt,9r, st, mi. rr