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feet to the height of the dam was never
liked by the residents of the valley, and
it is said owners had doubts of the safe
tv of the work for they have never
since it was finished allowed the reser
voir to rise to its full height. They put
an immense east iron waste pipe four
feet in diameter, to carry off the sur
plus, and the filling of the reservoir was
owing to the heavy fall of Lain and not
because of any intention of the owners
to fill the reservoir. The body of water
covered labout four hundred acres at
first. The test dam went to pioes, as
had been prophesied by those who said
it was made of frozen gravel and built
too hastily.
A leak was discovered on Monday
and workmen were busy all day and
night filling in about the waste-pipe,
but their efforts were useless.
About half-past 5 o'clock this morn
ing work was abandoned the water
then gained so rapidly that in a few
moments the pipe was shot out of its
place, the dam opened and the flood
started. E. C. Pinney, of the Glenville
Manufacturing Company, mounted a
horse and rode at the head of the flood
to warn the inhabitants in the valley.
The water, which grew greater by the
absorption of the successive ponds, as
each lower dam was carried off, moved
at the rate of five miles an hour, and
from the time of Pinney's warning up
to the arrival of the water, the people
were busy in moving their property.
But little was rescued.
When the water burst out of the re
servoir it struck and carried off the side
building by the Converse Mill, the dwel
ling house of Otis Holbrook and two
bridges. It loft the mill and 3asohe's
mill unhurt. Turning with the channel
it diestroyed Am idoimtt's m-achLna ahop
and several tenements, and the house
of Parley Howe; than the dams of the
Phbaix Company, Howe Company and
Valley Company were torn away, though
the mills were not hurt. Growing
greater, and the volume of water reach
ing Stafford Hollow, it tore away the
iron bridge, a grist-mill, and several old
bridges. Making a new channel, it cut
through to the highway a passage
thirty -ive feet deep, and spread over the
meadow below there, but was gathered
again at the gorge half a mile above the
borough of Stafford Springs, and hero
carried off the Glenn Company's dam,
but the mills and tenements escaped.
From here a mass about thirty feet
high, made up of debris as much as of
water, came rolling to the dam of the
Converseville Company. People who
had gathered in large numbers anoted
like crazy persons and in some cases
had to be carried to places of safety.
Oonverse mill was not destroyed: the
dam wont, and also the dam of Granite
mills.
The accident Is a terrible blow upon
this valley. About 1000 hands, are
thrown out of work and industries are
sadly crippled. The loss, down as far
as through Stafford Springs, is esti
mated at from half a million to a mil
lion dollars. Much of this is in small
sumPs.
IISCHIEF OR POLITICS.
The eouth Carolina Committee Ran a
Wondrous Peril.
[Ohar:oston Journel Commeroe.]
Last night, at 9:30, as the Northeast
ern train was moving slowly out of the
depotyard, the engineer suddenly dis
oovered that the engine was off the
track. lie immediately reversed his
engine, and succeeded in checking its
progrees by the time it had gone a little
over its own length on the ground, car
ryingthe tender with it. The accident
(?) occurred about; a hundred yards
north of the depot, where the track
leading to the freight yard joins the
main line. The switch, being in the
yard is not kept constantly looked.
The displacement was made during the
twenty minutes which intervened be
tween the passage of the engine from
the roundhouse to the depot, and
its return with the train. Who did
the mischief is unknown. The engineer
states that he saw two men prowling
abotut the yard, and sent the watchman
after them, but they disappeared. A
.watchman states that he saw a strange
white man acting in a suspicious man
ntr near the switch, and ordered him
off. It it was merely malicious mis
chief, it is certainly a remarkable coin
aidence that it should occur for the first
time to the train containing the im
portant committee of Charleston busi
ness men on their way to joril Gov.
Hampton at Florence, especially as
depredations of the sort have never
been frequent on that road, and have
been unusually rare of late. The train
was delayed for two hours, by which
time it was replaced on the track and
ready to start. Telegrams were sent to
Florence to detain the Northern train as
long as possible, and it is hoped that by
extra running the Charleston committee
may reach Florence in time to join the
Governor on his way to Washington.
THE MILITARY OB EB.
Its HIstory and satlrfactory Upshot of
Sthe Affair.
[Special to 8t. Louis tepublican.1
WASmINOTON, March 27.-Packard's
latest circular was so violent and insult
ing in tone that Congressmen Ellis,
Levy and Gibson sought and obtained a
conference with. Hayes to-day for the
purpose of carrying out some flank
movement. They carried with them a
earefully prepared exhibit of the amount
of money collected respectively by
Nicholls and Packard, showing con
clusively that Packard was not doing
much business with the tax collector,
compared with the success of Nicholls
in that line. They successfully refuted
other charges made in Packard's ad
dress, and pleaded with Hayes to pre
vent him carrying out his inten
tions of having his constabulary
arrest Nicholls' police with the help
of the army. Hayes at once sent an
order to Secretary McCrary, 4irecting
him to inform Packard and Gen. Augur
that the recent orders about preserving
peace were not intended to grant li
cense for any such proceedings as were
threatened by Packard. The status quo
was to be maintained, but no officer of
Nicholls were to be interfered with.
This dispatch was sent accordingly and
relieved the Southern men of one bur
den. It is evident, also, from their lan
guage to-night that their opposition to
the commission has suddenly cooled
down for some reason which they re
fuse to explain, but merely say in reply
that their interview this afternoon was
more than usually satisfactory. They
are now professing to believe that
everything will come out all right even
;ly, and home rule will be establish
' ` i they don't care whether it comes
a~ commission or in some other
THAT PLEDOQ.
4easss osrden was to say
[r93ttle smh York Triýbse.
tC ltp hd toe
.aog e -
went to Mr 'ostor and told hii
he would work to prevent the comple
tion of the count unless guarantees were
given as to Mr. Hayes' course; he really
doubted his influenbe to prevent the
count, but he "concluded to try a lit
tle bulldozing on Foster, and suc
ceeded admirably, for he took the
matter in hand, and the result
was that both he and Stanley Matthews
made written pledges in letters." Mr.
Gordon says these letters were general
in their oharacter and pledged the Ad
ministration to focal self.government
and home rule in the South. There was
nothing in them about the withdrawal
of troops, but Southern men of course
understood this would follow. Copies
of the two letters were made and
handed around to the Democrats as
soon as received. Mr. Gordon is anxious
to have both Hampton and Nicholls re
cognized, and lntimates that he shall
oppose the President if both are not.
A LATIN i RIACE.
A Member of the Cabinet Shows Is e
Stupidity.
[Spesia- to thio-go Times. J w
WASHINGTON, March 27.-In the Cabi- ti
net discussion to-day, which was con- ei
fined to Louisiana and South Carolina, 68
a member of the Cabinet made a point s
that the wide difference between Louis- nS
Lana and South Carolina was in the fr
make-up of the population of the two fe
States. South Carolina has a popula- st
tion made up of men in sympathy by w
education with the rest of the American e
people, while those of Louisiana were ac
of the Latin race and by education and ai
birth are opposed in their sympathies w
to the rest of the country. The Louisi- w
anians possess the irrationality and S
lack of logic of people who are gov- t
erned by their passions. With them it ti
is impossible to reason. For this cause vi
atone the Louiaiafna-caseresenfts many 51
more difficulties than that of South
Carolina. 1
NEWS FROM THE PLAINS.
How the Soldier. at Fort Lincoln Pass
Their Time.
[From an Occaelonal Oorreepond't of thbo World.] b
FonT A. LINcoLN, Dak., March 16.-To ri
prevent another massacre like the one P
on the 25th of June, where Gen. Custer
fell, we need a few regiments of artil- i
fcr . Naturally most of your readers a
will exclaim "Why, we have five regi- y
ments of artillery; they should be suf
ficient." True enough, but they are q
scattered around in little unimportant v
forts throughout the whole summer, t
and are never seen on the prairie, while
a few regiments of cavalry and infantry n
are going through all the hardships and j
exposures imaginable. t1
Gen. Crook in his last report, states
that he must have more cavalry, as they t]
are indispensable in this country, but s
says he does not want artillery. which, t|
I think, he needs the most. The In- I
dians term them "smoke wagons," and
are in terrible fear as long as one of
them is in sight. Those fine feather- a
bed well-drilled old soldiers remain I
comfortably housed in their quarters,
destitute of even exercise, much lesA n
hardships and exposures so common to t;
the self-styled Indian hunters. Our fort
is armed with three pieces of artillery,
which little help our commander de- ,
clined last summer, hoping to earn
glory without them.
From a reliable source I have learned ,
that three expeditions are to start about 1
May 1-one from Fort Laramie, Wy.,
under command of Gen. Crook; the t
second from Fort Ellis, Mon., under i
command of Col. Gibbons, and the t
third from Fort A. Lincoln, with
Gen. Sturgis in command of the cavalry k
and Col. Sykes of the infantry. Gen. i
Phil. Sheridan is expected to take
charge of the three columns in the
field. They are to consolidate some
where in the Big Horn country. The
companies here in post are now draw
ing rubber ponohos and intrenchment
tools, comprising an instrument in the
shape of an exaggerated infantry bayo
net-a contrivance we ought to have had
last summer, in time of need, instead of i
being compelled to dig covers and
breastworks with butcher knifes and
tin cups.
The Seventh Cavalry is sadly falling
off in efficiency. The fallen members
are replaced by recruits, most of whom i
have never been on the back of a horse, 1
much less executed mounted manwou- t
vres with sabre or carbine. They have
enough of drilling, however; but what
a drill! Nothing but "fours right," f
"fours left," and such useless move
ments on the prairie; but they have
had no experiments with their horses 1
to ascertain whether they will stand c
ire or not. Out of 100 horses not more
than ten have ever been shot from. A
simple buffalo overcoat or blanket
is enough to scatter consterna
tion among the ranks of a col
umn. Many a life was lost last
summer on account of this neglect.
Target practice is something uncom
mon in these regions, the preparation
for Indian fighting consisting of march
ing the companies around the parade
groundl in common or double-quick
r time one hour daily. Distances are
never ýtplained; most men have no
more idea of what 200 or 300 yards are
than a pig about Sunday school. In a
few words, the Seventh Cavalry is not
fit to go out on an expedition. Out of
the 500 recruits sent to the regiment
last September about one hundred have
Ideserted, though many have been
caught and returned to our guard-house.
They all expressed their willingness
to be taken back after having starved
for a few weeks.
The Comutry etl Bseestris Mortisael so Eng
Ilih Capitalste.
[Philadelphia Prese.]
Egypt is undergoing a species of An
gliftcation. The chief offices in the
cabinet, beneath the rank of Minister,
are in the hands of Englishmen, who
are all liberally, I may say munificent
ly, paid. The Postmaster General is an
Englishman, with d salary of £2000 a
year; his nephew, who acts as deputy,
gets £1000; and another Englishman
£800. The director of the railway sys
tem is an Englishman, with the hand
some salary of £3000; the vice director,
a fellow-countryman, gets £2000. It is
estimated that the total of salaries paid
to English employes of Khedive is
about $500,000, and the cry is still they
come. Hardly a steamer arrives here
that does not bring capable English
men sent for by the Khedive, or in
quest of employment as engineers,
architects, naval or military men, and
organizers of some branch or other of
the public service. The important
affdire of the country the Khedive
finds, cannot be safely intrusted to the
natives, lacking as they are in intelli
gence, honesty and industrial habits.
Egypt is, as it were, mortgaged to Brit
ishlcapitalists, and the Khedive seems
disposed to allow them to manage an
estsateof which he is now little else than
a trustee. In the general break up that
threatens to take glaoe in the
posao. ý , .,,
TIAW AGftIJ*MNT.
Tke Isets It the C.re rad Infereseee to be
I lewn.
[gp Oc'a to Clnonnati Enquirer.]
WASHINGTON, March 26.--The follow
ing, from the highest and most authen
tic sources of information, are the true
facts in the case: When the Democrats
in Congress became assured that it was
the intention of the Electoral Commie
sion not to take evidence or go behind
the certificates, it became patent that,
so far as the decision of the Commis
sion was concerned, Mr. Hayes would
certainly be the President. The North
ern Democrats evinced a purpose to de
feat the count by filibustering, and not
a few of the Southern men, deeming that
Tilden's cause had not been heard felt
inclined to resort to the same kind of
tactics, excusing their proposed action
on the ground that the commission had
not treated the Democratic party with
good faith, and that there was no obli
gation, legal or moral, upon its mem
bers to ratify its decision. Among those
who took a deep interest in the situa
tion was Senator Gordon. In confer
ence with his friends in the Senate, he
said he thought it his duty to exert him
self in behalf of Gov. Hampton's guber
natorial claims. He did not invite his
friends in the House to filibuster to de
feat the electoral count, but wanted as
surance that, in case Mr. Hayes
was allowed to be declared elect
ed, there should be some guar
antee given that South Carolina
and Louisiana should know how they
were to be treated. While the matter
was one of secret discussion among the
Southern members, IIon. Charles Fos
ter, of Ohio, who was looked upon by
the Southern members as reflecting the
views of President Hayes, made a
speech in the House of Representatives,
u which he declared that " 1i Gov.
Hayes att.ined the Presidency he would
be President of the whole people, and
under his administration the flagshould
float over States, not provinces, and
that the people of the South should
be permitted to exercise the same
rights of local self!government as the
people of the North.
A day or two after this speech was
made, which excited lively comment
among the Southern members, Gov.
Hayes wrote a letter to Mr. Foster, in
which he stated that he (Foster) had in
quite a delicate way represented his
views on the Southern situation, and
that he thanked him for it. This letter
was shown to several leading Southern
men, and it will be remembered that
Representative Levy, in his remarkable
speech in the House, which attracted
the attention of his colleagues, made
the statement that he had received as
surances which could not be ques
tioned that Gov. Hayes, if elected
President, would follow out the
policy indicated in Mr. Foster's
speech. Meanwhile Senator Gordon
and John Young Brown called on Mr.
Foster, and asked him for some assur
ance in writing that if the count was
allowed to proceed, and was not an
tagonized by Southern men, that the
policy indicated in his speech would be
carried out. Foster consulted with
Stanley Matthews, and the latter did
prepare an agreement in writing, prom
ising that Gov. Hayes would carry it
t out. This agreement was signed on be
half of Mr. Hayes by Matthews and
Foster. It is alleged by Southern men
that its existence and text were made
r known to Senator Sherman and Gen.
e Garfield and other leading Republicans,
1 and that verbally they indorsed it, and
Y became to this extent at least sponsors
for its faithful execution.
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INEG*R BABI-AIBAZOIDAO.
Horrible Tortures Inflicted Upon An
Abandoned Child.
[Atlanta Consti u'ion.?
ATLANTt\, Ga., March 23.-One of the
most horrible cases of wanton and out
rageous cruelty ever known in this sec
tion of the South has just been taken
hold of by the officersof the law in this
county. The details of the abhorrent
business are as yet meagre, but w ill be
fully developed upon the trial of the
part ei implicated, which will cc ur at
the approaching term of the Superior
Court.
As our reporter entered the Washing
ton street door of the City Hall yester
day afternoon, about dark, he saw a liv
ing black object sitting in the corner of
the doorway, half covered up with an
old dirty coat, and busily engaged in
munching a cracker. The being hardly
looked human, and really resembled a
monkey more closely than anything
mortal that we ever looked upon.
Its head was tied up in a dirty handker
chief, and its features were pinched and
full of the evidences of all too early and
acute suffering.
From an old colored man who had the
child in charge we learned the follow
ing faots concerning the waif:
'he child is between two and a half
and three years of age and unusually
intelligent for its opportunities. It
talks quite plainly and is observant of
all its surroundings. Its mother has
evidently abandoned it, as she left it
five months ago in charge of Ransom
McElroy and his wife, old colored peo
ple living near East Point, in this coun
ty. The mother went to Savannah, it
is believed, and the old people agreed
to take the child and raise it, their rea
son being that the old man was getting
blind and wanted to train the child to
lead him about. Since that time it has
been in McElroy's family, and, if all
reports be true, the house has proven a
veritable hell to it.
The neighbors report that its almost
hourly treatment was harsh and cruel in
the extreme, and that the old woman
was daily in the habit of whipping it in
the most inhuman and brutal manner.
The child bears witness to all this, and
says itself that every time it cried, was
hungry or sick, the old woman would
beat and stamp upon it in the most un
merciful passion.
The feet of the child are severely
burned, and have been in such a condi
tion as to prevent its walking. The
burning, it says, was done with coals of
fire held to its feet by the old woman.
The testimony upon the committing
trial, by an attending physician, went to
corroborate the child's statements, and
it is only a wonder that the monster did
not roast off its little feet. It was also
testified that they tied the child up in
a sack and hung it up in the chimney,
very nearly smoking and scorching it
to death, its agonizing cries alone alarm
ing them from their murderous work.
ns a last act of brutality the little
creature was tied in a sack, carried to a
spring where the neighborhood wash
ing was done, and there left tied in the
sack and sitting in a tub of cold water.
SIt was found there by Mr. Chastain on
i ThursdaY last, who took charge of it,
and, after the trial, sent it iere 7ester
day to be committed by Judge Pittman
t mOeJo and his wie,
rThe parties. , b> Ja
hoped they will get the full measure of
vengeful justice that they deserve.
OILY VEl.
The Fatlllty it Has of Ilidlng in Nooks
and Corners.
[N. Y. Tribune.]
After a silver plating factory closed its
business not long ago, at New Haven,
the floor of the plating room was taken
up and burned, and $981 worth of silver
was extracted from the ashes. Both
gold and silver are very apt to be dis
tributed in invisible particles in the
garments of workmen employed upon
jewelry, plating and assaying. A tat
tered vest belonging to such a workman
has been found, on calculation, to con
tain $20 worth of the precious metals.
In the office of one of the largest deal
ers in specie in this city, the sweepings
and dust of the place, and the water in
which the employes washed their hands
after counting money, were set aside,
and always produced more than enough
gold and silver to repay extraction.
PA.IION NOTES. W
in
How the Women and Children Dress In cc
Bombay, t.
[Correepondonoo of the Commercial Advertiser.]
The children seldom have atything on
them but a little red cord tied around di
their waists. One of my shoe-strings tv
would make a suit of clothes for the SI
whole parish. You will see -uperbly W
formed women with only a linen cloth in
over one shoulder and so down around tV
the waist. In addition to this a cloth is
wound around the loins in much the Ti
same way as our juvenile diaper is ap
plied. But their adornment does not
end here, for around each great toe is
one or two huge silver rings, and around
the ankles half a dozen. The same on
each arm, on fingers and in the ears,
and in the et.nuostril is a hugo eluste'r
silver ring.
Din kl'att rnd lme la vert. it
(From the Washino.on Capital.] P
The old lady got, after a time, to have C
that most terrible of all things, a griev- aI
ance. She would hold us by the hour a
on that inexhaustible subject. C
One night, at a charming party given
by Mrs. Carlisle, we found ourselves, ci
with Mme. Le Vert on our arm, being S
made acquainted with that grievance
We happened to pass the Spanish min- b
ister, then Admiral Polo, who was lean- f
ing gracefully against the wall. I'
S'Is not that the Spanish minister ?" V
asked my companion.
"It is."
S"Do you know him well enough to ti
present me?"
"Know him? Do I look like a man I h
who did not know the Spanish Minis- i
i ter? Of course I will present."
Now, we had never exchanged a word R
with this diplomatic gentleman, but we '
were desperate, and so, marching up,
we said :
"Admiral Polo, permit me to intro- r
(duce you to my dear friend, Mme. Le t
Vert. a
"It gratifies me, Madame, to make s
your acquaintance." And then, after a
slight pause in which he eyed us, he
added, "And now, Madame, will you be
so good as to introduce your escort?"
This was such a cool piece of diplo- c
matic impudence that, before Minme. Le t
1 Vert could answer, we said: r
"Why, Admiral, dlont you remember I
e me? Iam Col. Csey, brother-in-law to t
the government."
Poor Mine. Le Vert gazed at us both c
d in mute astonishment, but soon was t
chatting with his diplomatic excellency
in Spanish. r
Not Enoegh for.'wo.
[Richmond Whi¢.] t
Mr. John Sherman's nice distinction I
n of voting for Kellogg in the Senate, but `
saying that he opposed him for the sake
of the "policy" in the Cabinet, is only
;e paralleled by Sheridan's impudence,
who, when a rather ancient damsel i
wished to walk out with him, pleaded
a "cloudy weather," and when the old
is lady caught him starting out and said, I
t "So its clearing up, is it?" Sheridan, I
ie with almost matchless impudence, re- :
,e plied, "It has cleared up enough for
t one person, but not enough for two."
ºr ------ý". t
Mr. Samuel J. Tilden' Sitlver Mines.
(Austin Reveil e.]
r Samuel J. Tilden is the owner of con
Ssiderable mining property at Silver
SPeak, and his agent recently passed
n through this city en route to that point
n for the purpose of making examina
a tions, with a view to ascertain the ad
visability of an early resumption of
work.
d AM-UNEWEN r.1
ACADEMY OF Music --John Thompson,
mimic, musician, vocalist and dancerr.
commences an engagement of one week
at the Academy of Music to-morrow
if evening Sunday. Mr. Thompson is
well and favorably known in New Or
Sleans as one of the most versatile per
if formers on the stage. He will appear
on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and at
the Wednesday matinee, in his great
t specialty drama called "On Hand," in
which he represents nine distinct char
t. acters, playing upon about twenty dif
it ferent musical instrument%, inter:pereed
td with songs, dances, etc.
;- John Thompson at Wood's Museum.
g There was an overflowing house at this
to popular theatre last evening, even
ts standing room accommodation being
II exhausted. When we take into consid
a eration this being his third visit in one 1
season, it must be admitted that our
st people are lavish in the liberality with
in which they welcome anything in the I
In line of comedy. In Mr. Thompson we
In have a comedian of the higher type,
r. possessing a versatility of talent seldom,
id if ever, combined in one person. and
ss displaying, too, in his renditons
Id a culture and finish that bespeake artis
n- tic excellence. He has all the elements
of a true artist, and shows artistic feetl
ly ing in everything he does. Experience
i- has given him completeness and polish.
ie The more he is seen the newer he
of seems, and the more certain it aprpears
n. that he is an actor of great versatility
ag and possibilities. The pilay is a mag
to nificent drama in itself. full of briliajn
d cy and wit, but with Mr. Thompson as
id the central figure it becomes an enter
so tainment so rich, attractive, varied and
in mirth-provoking, that one never tires
y, of it. "'On Baud " will be presented
it every evening until further notice.--N.
n- Y. Tribune.
RosA RAND's BENEFIT.-Our play-goers
ie will bear in mind that there is no time
a to lose to secure seats at the Varietles
h- Theatre for Miss Ro)sa Rand's benefit
he on Monday, when this lady will appear
ir as Marco, in Dumas' drama of "Marble
on Heart." It is beyond doubt now tha
It, the theatre will be crowded on. that
,r- eveninw. Mr. Chas. Pope, late manager
'n of the Varieties, will take hie benefit on
there wiw hohe a rowded houe,
lee ____ ____ __
CITY AFFAIRS.
THE FIRE FIE.ND.
Four Houses Destroyed at the Corner of
Camp and Delord streets.
At 12 o'clock last night a fire broke
out in the gunsmith shop of John Lewis,
No. 241 Camp street, a one-story frame
building and wholly destroyed it. The
flames then communicated to the one
story frame house No. 243 Camp street,
occupied as a shoe store by A. Geson,
and left it in ashes.
The one-story frame house occupied
as a dwelling and fruit stand by A. Du
champ next fell fuel to the flames.
Regardless of the prompt action of
the fire department the unoccupied
house, No. 247 Camp street, situated at
the corner of Delord. the rear of which
was occupied by the United States Gov
ernment, was also totally destroyed.
All four houses that were destroyed
were owned by O. R. Ames, and fully
insured, but for what amount or in what
company could not be ascertained. To
tal loss, $5000.
A SMALL Firn.-At 12 o'clock yester
day a fire broke out in the rear of the
two-story frame building, No. 132
Second street. This building, which
was owned and occupied by Mr. Le
monier, was damaged to the extent of
twenty-five dollars.
TilE PUliMSING O' 'I lliE S.'ANIHlI
( ONSUL.
The Vice Consul Will Not Appear Before d
A Coroner's Jury. a
h
Last evening the adjourned inquest 1i
in the case of the poisoning of Senor tl
Don do la Barrara, the late Spanrish tl
Consul, came up before Coroner Rance g
and was continued until this evening v
at hall-past 6 o'clock at the Spanish b
Consulate. c
The counsel representing the de- p
ceased, and also the counsel for the 11
Spanish government agreeing under ex- I
isting circumstances that it would be I
better to adjourn the inquest as above
mentioned, as a diagram of the room
was essential to the jury in framing a
verdict.
Mr. Bermudez stated to the jury that a
the Vice Consul claimed certain immuni- b
ties, and that as a representative of the P
Spanish government he did not consider n
himself compelled by law to appear be- a
fore any court as a witness.
Mr. Hudson, who on this occasion a
was representing the Vice Consul, ob- e
jected to the language used by his col- I
league, and stated that the Vice Consul a
did not claim any immunities; also, the 1
reason why he had not appeared before c
the coroner's jury to give his evidence
was, that he was acting under the ad
vice of his counsel. a
i PACKARaD' ACRE.
Good Friday produced an unusual
quiet in the St. Louis Ilotel, and the
crowd seemed to be on their best be
havior. There was no session of the
rump, and legislators were consequent
r ly roaming about enjoying the cool n
breezes that swept down the corridors.
There is another case of scare on hand
down there just now, and the men are I
talking about the prospects of a fight
on Monday, when the people's mass
meeting will be held in Lafayette
Square. They imagifie that the exas
peration of the people is so great that
they will attack the St. Louis Hotel.
Such a thing is ridiculous for no mob
will ever be allowed to break the peace.
THIEV e5 BDARD A niiiP.
And In Trying to Escape One of Their
NINumber Is Drowned.
About 12 o'clock Thursday night Din
nis Roberts, John Cummiskoy and a
man named Owen Garrity, while in the
act of stealing a hawser from the ship
r Nonquam Dormio, lying at the head of
Market street, were discovered. Com
miskey and Roberts were arrested and
locked up in theJrarborStation. Gar
rity, in an attemnpt to evade arrest, was
either thrown over or fell over board
and drowned. The body was not re
covered.
t ood Friday.
Good Friday, the holiest of the holy
days of the Catholic Church, was cele
brated yesterday with the solemnity
which has marked its annual reverence
in our community, and the streets of
the city were fairly thronged during the
entire day with people on their way to
the Episcopal churches, or their pil
I urimage to the Roman Catholic
k ci urches to kneel before the crucified
Shbody of Christ.
SThe services at Christ, Trinity and
Calvary churches, of the Protestant
Episcopal faith, were unusually inter
,easing and imposing, and attended by
large congregations.
t The Roman Catholic churches were
Sthronged. Here there were services,and
the lilgrim simply knelt before the
cross, and, muttering a prayer, kissed
d the bleeding feet of the Saviour and
withdrew to wend his way to another
church, where the same devotion was
s re 'sated.
n The strict abstinence from flesh was
g observed by all Roman Catholics, and
I- the church bells were silent to renew
e their chimes at noon to-day to announce
r that the Saviour has risen from the dead
h and sits at the right of the Almighty
e God, the Father.
Then begins the feast of rejoicing.
Easter Sunday and the rigors of the
SLenten days are ended.
s Brevlttes.
s- The beggar element has been rein
s 'forced lately. Canal and St. Charles
I- streets of evenings are infested with
, gangs of small girls, who, by their im
I. portunities, annoy every passer. Yes
0e terday, during service, there were no
s less than eight petitioners for alms, and
y it was amusing to see them disputing
- over the choice of positions. Something
"- must be done by the city authorities to
15 stop this nuisance.
r. The first straw hat of the season ap
d peared yesterday afternoon on Canal
Ssstreet. The wearer looked somewhat
(1 prou, in leading the ton.
S Tall men complain of several canvas
,awnings on the boulevard. Some of
rs the neatest tiles have been disastrously
, roughened in passing beneath them.
s The question of having a general re
t i view of the Nicholls militia was much
r talked of yesterday, and there were
e many different views expressed as to
a the advisability. The movement does
at i not meet with general approbation.
-r It is proposed now that the monster
an mass meeting to be held st pftayette
at Squnae should be paostponed until after
JU!othe arrived oX the knm mn, The
three hours, tnordtr that tb r rm
may have an opportunityo t
when the day fix..ed.
The attendance at the ManhsttiSt
Club, whose meeting will take pues..
over Steve's Saloon No. 46 M
street, to-night, will probably be l
largest ever held here for some years.
It is a noticeable fact that some p.eý
pie who think they dwell in orutl
palaces live ordinarily in glass housel
Some unknown vandal, a night or twe
ago broke one of the plate glass doos
of the building formerly occupied bT
the Bank of America, now in course at
reconstruction, thereby causing a lose
to the builder, Mr. Olmstead, of sixty
dollars.
POLICE AND CITY IT5S.
PICKPOcKETr. - Henry Wilson 8
Frank Johnson, nimble-flinge
youths, retired into the Fourth Preint
Station, charged by Victor Teeeier Wit
having picked his pockets.
.e o ot rust Politlielas.
[N. Y. SuBan.]
It is the same old story of seeing out
fondest hopes decay, and putting oul
foot in it, and having a young gazelle
metaphorically peter out, and the Rome
ISentinel tells all about it. It says: "A
lady on Washington street, who is as
enthusiastio Republic;tn, named her
canary bird Jim Blaine. He did not
sing much, but she loved him tenderly
until last Saturday she discovered that
Jim Blaine had laid an egg. Now she
declares that no dependence can be
placed on politicians."
Gen. Franmle T"rain on Bradley.
[Courir-J,,urnal.]
George Francis Train has joined, ne
doubt with a view to lead, the erusade
against lawyers. Thug splutters his re
dundant genius: " Lire, property,
honor,- Eleotoral Ctllexs. Congrees,
finance, railways, legislation; eve'ry
thing is in the hands of lawyers. Two
thirds of all cabinets, conventions, con
gresses are lawyers. The curse is uni
versal. Hornets, grasshoppers, potato
bugs in every city Colbra, Spitz, moc
casin, boa in Congress! Jackal hyena,
pole-cat in all legislation! Shark, devil
fish and Bradley in umpire Returning
Boards. And the greatest of all is
Bradley!"
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Fred. Douglan* and Wife.
[Wachington Lester.]
Fred. Douglass always reminds me of
a great gray lion, very atrong, very no
ble, and not to be altogether trifled
with. His wife, with hornm he has lived
many faithful and eventful years, is
said to be quite black, plainly showing
her African descent, while he is light
and possesses fine regular features. Au
epigrammatic introduction of Mrs.
Douglass to a certain man of letters is
attributed to the old "gray lion," as fol
lows: "My wife, Mrs. Douglass, the
choice of my youth."
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