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General Logan, late U. S. Sen-
atr from Illinois, las been tendered
tbe mission to Brazil, and its aox-p-
lance baa been pressed upon him by
President Hayes, lie has, however,
courteously, hot firmly declined the
Looor.
Go uor RouunsoN of New
Ycrk Tilden's man Friday last
week vetoed an appropriation to
buy a frame for a portrait of Abraham
Lincoln. No sooner was this petty
piece of copperhead -meanness known
in"ew York city, than a Republican
gentleman remitted his check to ibe
State Treasurer to pay for the frame.
The 21
st of June will be a
s criminal annals of I'enn-
day in the
jivlvania, for not less than ten mnr
(lexers will then be put to death-
nine of them being "Molly Maguires."
Three others of the same class will
be hanged on the Pin of August The
number of death warrants issued by
the Governor to be executed between
this time and the Sth of Augutt is six
teen. The sentences are all imposed
for murder in the first degree, and
under the least mitigated circumstan
ces, and by murder, too, aggravated
by conspiracy.
Governor Emory, of Utah Terri
tory, has written a letter, requesting
the Secretary of War to order ten
additional companies of troops to
that Territory, for the purpose of
promptly putting down an anticipa
ted outbreak among the Mormons,
whom be says are arming and drill
ing. The letter has baoa forwarded
to General Sherman for consideration
and for bis opinion whether any real
necessity exists for increasing the
force.
Governor Stone of Mississippi
absolutely rofuses to take measures
to bring to punishment the assassins
of Judge Chisolm and his children.
He says he went to DeKalb after
the murders, but that when be arriv
ed there the rioters had dispersed, and
there was nothing left for him to do,
except to gojand see Judge Ilanam and
ask him to take steps to bring them to
trial. He further says that it is ex
oeedinirlv doubtful if a iury in Kem
per county would convict the mur
derers, all of whom are well known
and reside there. This model Iemo
cratic Governor is a candidate for
re-nomination, hence his cowardly
conduct.
GexeralGravt started for Europe
intending to travel as a private citi
ren, but It appears he is to be treated
with distinguished honor. The Lon
don Time announces his expected
arrival and says that be will be re
ceived in England as an illustrious
man. The English Government baa
considered the question, and has de
cided that be shall be received with
all the etiquette observed towards
ex-sovereigns. So the great, 6ilent
little man, must lay bis modesty
aside, and accept the attention of the
European governments. This distin
guished greeting to our late Presi
dent, not only shows a kindly feeling,
but proves the high estimation in
which General Grant is held abroad.
Ex-Goy. Chamberlain, of South
Carolina was last week tendered the
position of Solicitor of the Treasury
at Washington, but declined it, hav
ing previously made bis arrange
ments to enter upon the practice of
law in the city of New York. It hav
ing 1een stated in the New York Tri
bntie that be was a supporter of the
President's Southern policy, be has
written that journal a note 6ayiog:
Ifmy views are of any consequence
to the public they should be correct
ly stated, and I therefore ask you to
allow me to say that I am not a
supporter of the President's Southern
policy, and that my views of his
Southern policy have not been chang
ed by anything that baa occurred
since I relinquished the office of
Governor of South Carolina.
Within the last few days it has
been telegraphed from Washington
all over the country, that about one
hundred and fifty persons represent
ing a number of states, had assem
bled there and organized a new po
litical party, adverse to the Adminis
tration, which it severely arraigned,
and that Senators Blaine, Morton
and other distinguished Republicans
were connected with it. Mr. Blaine
at once declared the coupliog of his
name with the movement to be a
''gross impertinence," and a strong
letter from Governor Morton (pub
lished in another column) in which
be caustically reviews the Southern
situation, and makes no concealment
of bis fears as to the result of the
President's surrender policy on the
Republican voters of the South, but
t the eame time shews the necessity
of preserving the Republican organi
zation intact., proves that be is n H oaly
no tin sympathy with an new party
movement, but is deteroiinedly op
posed to it
A new party movement with Mor
ton and Blaine in its-fore front wouli
onqestionably bs a strong one, for
both men are born leaders, and have
large personal followiogs, bat they
Are both ultra Republicans, firm
le4ievers in the principles of the
party, and two of the last men in the
country to be suspected of bending
themselves to its overthrow.
Differing boldly aod openly wltt
the President in regard to his South
ern policy, they both support bis
administration for the sake of the
great principles underlying the super
trncture of the Republican party,
nd conceding bis honesty of purpose,
advise awaiting results before re
pudiating at the risk of a rupture in
the party, Lis well meant attempt
to conciliate ahe better crass of
Southern politicians.
EB assassination in ljoois-
lime a colored wan, and of
I course iicpuoiican, jonn iaw, a
j member of the Legislature, was shot
the other day while eca ed upon the
,ttbli hi house iu East Feliciana,
and instantly killed. Hid crime was
that he was a witness agatust
the Lull-dozers be fore the Senate Com
mittee. TriE Epcctilators who tbcuglt they
Lad a dead sure thing when the
European war broke out, and rushed
the price of flour and frain up so
rapidly, burned their fiagcrs badly
by the operation.
There is now no demand for bread
stuffs for export, the market is over
stocked and prices are running down
rapidly. During the last week ftaur
ilpdined fiftr cents, wnb a corres-
ding fceavJ decI;De ia wLeat. On
g.turdav priuie wheat was selling
in the Baltimore market, with little
demand at $ 1.70.
II. V. Redfielp, the unusually
accurate Southern correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial, who cor
dially supports Pres-idcnt Haves'
Southern policy, thus describes the
"peace" which now reigns ia Sou'.t
Carolina and will continue to reign
there under the control of the recon
structed aristocrats who now con
trol the State.
"The Democrat are forming rifle
clubs all over the State for the un-
doa'.bed purpose of keeping their own
party in power. They mean to have
the clubs in readiness for the next
campaign il tne uepuuncan party
shows any sign Jof life. It is given
up here by both sides that South
Carolina will g overwhelmingly
Democratic at the next clectiou. As
for a new party, there ia no use cf
talking about it here or looking for it,
asthcro is and will be none for
years. The whites are solid for
Democracy, and the blacks will be
rrada to go in the 6ame direction, or
retire from political duties and
privilege."
President Hayes, it is stated, is
receiving a great many inenuiy let
ters from ptrsots in various parts of
the country begging that he will
make an effort io some way to secure
the puuisiiinent ot the murderers of
Judge Chisolm and Lis family in
Mississippi. These letters nearly all
assert that this massacre standing un
avenged will be a lasting rebuke to
his Southern policy, and that eren if
be is powerless to directly act io the
matter of bringing the murderers to
justice, he should use bis influence
with Gordon, Lamar and other South
erners who have been his advisers,
and who are in a way responsible
for the crime. The President can
do nothing except in the way of ex
erting a moral influence toward pun
ishing the banditti. Secretary Ev
arts is also reported to have taken
np the matter, and is preparing a let
ter to Governor Stone, setting forth
in very decided tcrm3 the opinion of
the Administration in regard to the
cowardly murder of Judge Chisolm
and his family. The letter will be a
notice to the Southern people ia re
gard to the pofitiun of the President
upon the question oi protection of cit
izens of all classes throughout the
South, and it will furnish an inter
pretation of the Southern policy,
which does not seem to be folly un
derstood there as yet. There is great
dissatisfaction felt over the apparent
apathy of Governor Stone, and
the letter is one that will not be particu
larly pleasant to that official.
Etlcr Berlrd lht lrrl
mrui. Washington, May 23. Some
days ago a letter was received by
the President purporting to be from
J. R. Lewis, Chief Justice of Wash
ington Territory, resigning that po
sition, and concluding with the re
mark that on retiring to private life
he was in full accord with the re
conciliation policy of the resident.
Not suspecting the genuineness of the
letter, the President yesterday, ap
pointed Associate Justice Green, of
the same Court, to fill the vacancy
supposed to be occasioned by the al
leged resignation. This morning,
information was received from Judge
Lewis and others, by telegraph,
pronouncing the letter a forgery, and
Senator Mitchell represented these
(acts to the President who, thereup
on, reversed his action of yesterday,
thus continuing Judge Lewis in
office.
A similar fraud was practiced six
or seven years ago, while Judge
Lewis was Chief Justice of Idaho, a
forged letter of resignation having
been 'eceived by the President. A
successor was appointed and confirm
ed by the Senate before be bad time
to defeat the fraud, and therefore he
had no remedy at that time.
A Kt&rtitBf ioridral
rnii.AnEi.rntA, May 22 As an
engine belonging to the Philadelphia,
Bal.imci aod Wilmington Railroad
wa stalling on the track on Wash
ington avt-nue this afternoon, aod dur
ing the temporary absence of the en
gineer and fireman, an unknown man
jumped upon the engine and started
it at full speed towards the river
front. Two freight cars which were
attached to the engine struck the
bumpers at Washington street wharf
with such force that the engine was
thrown from the track and the cars
thrown into the river. The stranger,
wbo was evidently insane, was
pitched into the water by the shock
and drowned.
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vaaiaws 4 fttjaaaarl
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Sr. Lot , May SI The Iiepvbii.
ran, in an editorial this morning,
calls attention to the fact that an or
ganization of laa less men exists in
several border counties of Missouri
and Arkansas, who call themselves
"Ghouls," but are more familiarly
knows as Ka-Klux." Their chief
purpose is to ran and protect small
illicit desiilleries ia the mountains,
and kill, whip fir otherwise penish all
persons who oppose them and show
any disposition to enforce the laws.
There is a reign of terror ia these
counties. The Rpd,lu:an urges the
Governors of Missouri and Arkansas,
as well as the Federal Government,
to take measures to break up this or
ganization and bring the offenders to
justice.
KEXATOB MOBTOS.
A Btraa ltwr Twm a ntfmg Km.
THE POLITICAL 6ITUATI0.V AS SEEN
rnoM the standpoint or A Tiiort-
or.:ri'jiN Ktrtr.LicAX.
Ixpianapolis, May 25. A letter
from Senator Morton is published
here to-day. The Senator begins by
saving: Several weeks ago an open
letter was addressed to me through
the columns of the New York Timet,
written in behalf of more than one
hundred prominent Southern Repub
licans, stating their views on tne po
litical situation and inviting mine.
I have also received many letters
from different parts of the country
inquiring into the condition of the
Senatorial question from Louisiana as
it stood at the adjonrnment of the
Senate.
The Senator then alludes to Mr.
Kellogg's presenting himself to the
Senate on March 5th for admission,
and the action of the Senate on his
case, lie also reviews tne action in
Louisiana as to Mr. Kelloirg's elec
tion. After stating tbat Mr. Kel
logg's credentials were referred, Mr.
Morton says: The Committee on
Privileges and Elections met soon af
terwards, and the Republican mem
bers united in a report tbat prima
facie S. B. Packard was the lawful
Governor of Louisiana, the Legi.-la
ture was the lawful Legislature, and
that W. P. Kellogg bad been elected
in conformity to the act of Congress,
and was entitled to be sworn in and
take bis seat As a number of mem
bers of the Senate were absent and
the subject would lead t) a long debate
and there was general anxiety to ad
journ, the report was not laid before
the Senate,
If the majority of the Senate shall
at the next session be of opioon tbat
Kellogg was lawfully elected by the
Legislature of Louisiana he will be
en.itled to his seat, notwithstanding
the events tbat have since occurred,
No subsequent breaking up of that
Legislative combination or arrange
ment can effect his title or destroy
the legality of what took place at
that time. Though the very mem
bers who proclaimed the election of
Packard and made that of Kellogg
should subsequently declare that of
Nicholls and take part in the election
of Spofford, it is too clear for argu
ment that they could not take away
rights which had vested or make
that unlawful which bad been before
lawful. Unless Kellogg voluntarily
withdraws, the Senate will have to
decide the question of bis election as
it stood at the time "f adjournment.
The Republican GovernmenU ot
Louisiana and South Carolina have
yielded Jo force. They have gone
down before an armed minority
whose threats of future violence
were guaranteed by a long train of
bloody deeds in the past. I re
gret that the. real character of the
transaction should be obscured in the
least by pretended investigations or
negotiations.
Stripped of all disguise and pre
tences, the simple fact is that Packard
and Chamberlain were not able to
maintain themselves in authority, and
the Government of the United Slates,
in the exercise of its discretion, re
fused them its support Then the
Legislatures, finding themselves de
fenceless, fell to pieces, and from
their ruins in part new Legislatures
have been constituted, whose legality
consists only in the fact tbat there
ars none to oppose them. The law
aod the rights of the majority have
yielded to an armed aggressive minor
ity. The Democratic party in Lou
iiana, an undoubted minority, pos
sessing most of the wealth, arms and
military experience, were determined
to govern, whatever it might cost in
the way of life. Their threatened ma
jority at the late election cost many
lives, And was the product of the
roost infamous and damning of
crimes. The murders and crimes had
been proved, and the blood-stained
majority set aside by lawful process.
The Administration decided tbat such
a cise of insurrection and violence
was not presented as authorized the
National Government to interfere,
and that the contending parties must
be left to their own strength and re
sources. Assurances were given
that the rights of all classes should
be protected and the government ad
ministered for the equal benefit of alL
Genera) promises of this kind amount
to little, especially when left to the
voluntary execution of the party
which believes that the colored man
ought not to have political rights,
even personal freedom, and who nev
er has been considered a part of the
people.
president iiayes
was urged to give up Louisiana and
South Carolina at once, and was told
that it was only a question of time ;
that at the next elelction they would
go as Alabama and other States bad,
and it would be better to give them up
at once. However repulsive this argu
ment, it was unfortunately too true.
The same crimes and violence which
bad wrenched Mississippi and Ala
bama from the Republican party and
bad so nearly captnred Louisiana and
South Carolina would certainly suc
ceed next time. This was an argu
ment of expediency, outright aod jus
tire. President Hayes but accepted
the situation as it was bequeathed
him on the 4th of March. The Re
publican governments of Louisiana
and outh Carolina could only be
sept in piace oy tne army. w bat
might have been the result had Pres
ident Grant promptly recognized the
1 arkard and Chamberlain govern
mcnts in January and declared his
purpose to sustain them by force it
is not necessary to discuss. But be
did not do so, and on the 4th of
March when Mr. Iiayes came into
power, be found these governments
existing only in name, surrounded by
enemies, living only from dav to day
oy tne presence ana protection of
I nited States troops. Would it have
been in the power of the President to
maintain them by the army 1 fMr.
Morton here speaks of the House re
fusing to vote appropriations for the
army unless conditions were incorpo
rated tbat tne armr should not be
used in the Southern States, which
he says were clearly unconstitution
al. The question was should the
President yield to the inevitable or
proceed only to inevitable defeat
'J'here are and have been for years
many HepoKicans in the North who
have deprecated the use of the armr
to support Republican State govern
ment ja toe ooum.
The Republican majority in the
Senate npoa the Southern question is
but nominal, if it existed atalL five
Republican Senators voted at the
late executive session against seating
Keiiogg, ana to reier bis credentials
to a committee, thus refusing to re
cognise the Packard governmeut
and a number of Republican Senators
sufficient when added to le Demo
cratic members to constitute a major
ity bare steadily refused to recognize
the Republican State government in
Louisiana since 18T3 br votinr
against tbe seating of a 8enaiorj
cbosm by it While in ray judgment
it was clca I . the right of the Pres -dent
under the Constitution to recog
nise the Packard government and
support it by military power the un
dertaking would have been futile, and
failure, disaster, with divided public
opinion in bis own party and both ;
llaniuia n( I'lUlnritiM UTftinSi ililU. hul
would have failed in the end. The
Democratic Honse has power to
destroy the army entirely, and from
my knowledge of the Senate I am
suretbo Republican mojorily of that
body could hardly be relied on to
support him in such a course.
We have bad so much talk about
conciliation and fraternity that
many well, meaning people in the
North have come to believe all that
was necessary to secure tranquillity
and equal rights in tbe South was to
withdraw the army, tbe Republicans
to abandon the struggle and commit
tbe government to the jvhite Demo
crats of those . States. The professed
yearnings for peace and fraternity of
tbe very- men wno planned tne mas
sacres in Louisiana, Mississippi and
South Carolina have been received
with disgust Intensely nauseating to
the people wbo understood tbe facts.
THE PAINFUL TRITII
is that political murders in the South
have ceased to become sbcckiu.gand
are readily justified by energetic talk
about carpet-baggers, scalawags and
radical thieves. Not a man baa been
punished for butcheries at Hamburg,
Ellenloo, Colfax, Coushatta. Me
chanics' Institute, Clinton, Vkkburg
or any other of the hundred slaugh
ters of Republicans tlat might be
named.
I do not believe tbat President
Iiayes intends to destroy the Rppub
lican party and attempt tbe erection
of a new one upon its ruins. I be
lieve in his patriotism aod high in
tegrity ia his undivided purpose to
make the administration a beneficence
to tbe country. Tbe laoguage of his
inaugural was strong and beautiful,
and tbe declaration of bis devotion to
tbe great doctrines of human rights
which constituto tbo foundation of
the Republican partv left nothing to
be added or de.-ired. He began the
conduct of national affairs under
circumstances of extraordinary diffi
culty ; the minds of men were great
ly divided as to what should be done,
while all were agreed that something
sboullbedone; tbat things would
not lonar eo on as they were. He
marked out his course aod addressed
himself to it with undaunted courage.
Mr. nayes was elected as a Repub
lican, and I belie ve'be will be a Re
publican President, not in a mere
partisan wav. but in tbe sense of
devotion to Republican principle and
maintenance of Republican organi
zation, by placing the political power
in the hands of worthy and qualified
Republicans. Political principles do
not execute themselves. Tbey re
quire a party to do that. Organiza
tion in politics is as necessary as in
war. Great numbers of the same
way of thinking, bat acting without
concert, are as helpless as an unor
ganized multitude in tbe presence of
a disciplined army.
I present tbe Republican as a
grand and indispensable instrumen
tality for carrying into operation tbe
true principles of government and
human rights. We hear it said that
the Republican system of reconstruc
tion is a failure. Tbe only sense in
which it has failed is that it has been
resisted by armed and murderous or
ganizations by terrorism and pro
scriptions tbe most wicked aod cruel
of tne age and if the Democratic
assurances to President Iiayes, in
Louisiana and elsewhere, of protec
tion and equal rights, are executed in
good faitb, the system will oot be a
failure, but a grand success extorted
from its enemies. Tbe great features
oi reconstruction are tbe Fourteenth
and Fifteenth amendments to the
Constitution, establishing the eqaal
civil and political rights of all men
and tbe statutes enacted for their
enforcement So far as those have
failed reconstruction is a failure; eo
far as they succeed reconstruction is
a success. Let it be understood that
tbe great purpose now of tbe South
ern people is to recover from the
losses inflicted by tbe rebellion. They
do not think of leaving tbe Union.
They are not now preparing schemes
for future secession, but are with in
tense earnestness revolving plans for
recovery from their great lossts.
For this purpose tbey will support
tbe Democratic party North as long
as it is subservient to their policy,
notwithstanding their ill repressed
resentment for its influence in getting
them into a rebellion and its sneak
ing aod cowardly course wbile it
lasted.
We are told that tbey are quiet in
those States where Democratic rule
is established. Very likely, when
tbey have gained the complete power
and the Republican party has cased
to struggle, there will be no induce
ment to shoot men because of their
politics. Tbtre will be peace when
there is abject submission. Let
THE RECENT MASSACRE IN MISISSIPri
which has made tbe Modoc compara
tively respectable, answer. Peace
which is obtained by stamping a po
litical party out of existence is not
the harbinger of prosperity and tap
pin ess. Tbe large body ot the white
people wbo engaged iu tbe rebellion
are firmly united in favor of several
things, and tbey will stand by the
party that favors tbcru and oppose to
the bitter end the party tbat opp ses
them. Among these is the pay ment
for rebel property taken or destroyed
by our armies. When Mr. Tilden
wrote his letter just before the elec
tion against these claims he lost his
bold on tbe South, and was made to
feel it in the late struggle in Congress.
No Democratic candidate will repeat
bis blunder. Although Southern
Democrats voted for bim "after be
wrote the letter, it froze tbe curreut
of their sympathies, and bad more to
do ia restraining them from filibuster
ing to prevent tbe counting of the
vote than any other cause. It great
ly reconciled them to the loss of Til
den. In tbe late House the dividing
line between rebel and loyal claims
was ignored, and in a single Demo
cratic Administration would be oblit
erated. When this comes to pass
about claims the distinction io rebel
and Union deb: will be obliterated
aod lost Slaves will be treated as
other property sacrificed by our Gov
ernment It will not all be doue or
avowed at once, but step by step al
ready more rapid until tbe public
mind has become demoralized. Tbe
rebellion has ceased to be a crime
scarcely a mistake. The complete
restoration of fraternity wil! demand
abolition of all distinction in Jaw be
tween JoyaJty ad treason, fbe Re
publican party vcj npyer more neces
sary to the nation tuan it is t day.
AH talk about laying djwn tbo IV-
puuiivau urgBUluua io lese up It
new one with a new title, into wbich '
1 V .
old Confederates may enter without; "'i0' ,be frui,''' xe wf ,08t.
wounding their suscentihilitips wnn!,n00r ooditi.-o wirse than tbe
be criminal 1 !t rr nnt crinromol. i
Ken A ThA ; l . .t I
party which saved tbe nation and!
- u t vrvBilluu Ilia k liiB j
which embodies in its creed tbe prin
ciples on wbicb it mui-tlive, if live it
does, and which has a record tbe
most glorious in tbe annals cf human
organization, shall
COMMIT St ICIPE AS AS ACT OF CONCIL
IATION
to tbe late enemies of the Republic,
silences.comment by its audacity. We
are but realizing what barf been visi
bly coming for several years from
1 808. It has been apparent that tbe
Republican party of tbe Somh
should be overthrown by force if it
could not be done otherwise. The
opening scenes of carnage in tbat
year, iu which more thao 2,000 lie
publicans were killed and wounded
in Louisiana alone, were but a pre
lude to the campaign of violence
which ended in tbe bloody Geld of!
last year. The destruction of the
Republican party would make the
Democratic party supreme, and fasten
upon the country its odious p licy
and principles. Tbe men who direct
ed the bloody crusades in the South
for tbe last ten years tbat have cul
minated in a Goal victory in South
Carolina and Louisiana are still liv
ing, and have lost none of their pow
er. The men who within several
years have wielded tbe Democratic
party in solid column North and
South against the Fifteenth Amend
ment are still in tbe- ascendant Is
r.ny man weak enough to believe that
they or a majority of them have been
soundly converted, and are botiest
advocates of tbe equal rights of men?
It is my opinion that tbe bidy of the
Southern Democracy have not chang
ed in regard to tbe civil and political
rights of the negro, and tbat if Til
den had been elected President, with
in bis term of four years tbe Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments
would have been substantially over
thrown. In most of tbe Southern
States this would have been accom
panied by tbe methods recently illus
trated in Misisslppi and other States,
aud is altogether possible for tbat ex
quisitely potential genius which can
extract a Democratic majority of six
ty thousand from a Republican ma
jority ot tbirty tnousanu. Ao one
prays for conciliation and fraternity
between North and South more earn
estly than mvself, but conciliation
and fraternity to be honorable and
durable most be based upon conces
sion of equal civil and political rights,
peace and protection to men of all
races and creeds. If tbe men wbo
held the colored people in bondage,
and who at every step since tbe war
aod until yesterday fought against
equal rights and the Constitutional
Amendments are to-day regenerated
anu will admin'ster tne great princi
ples asserted by the Kepublican par
ty, and placed by it in the Cons'.itu
Hon aud laws, it is a consummation
devoutly to be wished. Such a frame
of mind on tbe part of the Southern
people I should regard as the most
important and desirable of all politi
cal conditions the , grand result
which every patriot has at heart
But if I do not believe in this sudden
conversion, I ought not to be consid
ered incredulous aod. prepossessed
and f about this I am wrong, and if
tbe Republican party have, by their
efforts and discipliue, subdued tbe
very hearts of the Democracy of tbe
south, bow can we sutticiently com
prehend aod magnify tbe achieve
ment ? In Georgia, Texas, Missis
sippi, Alabsma, Arkansas, a part of
Missouri and Middle and Western
Tennessee, free suffrage exists chiefly
in name. Georgia, in which there is
not a difference of eight thousand
votes between the parties, gave Til
den a majority of eightv-ooe thous
and. - In six counties not a Republi
can vote was polled. Mississippi,
with a Republican majority of thirty
thousand, was made to return a Dem
ocratic majority of sixty thousand
In four counties, containing fifty
tbonsand Republican votes, seven
Republican votes were polled, wbich
were admitted just to show that Re
publicans could vote. Alabama, with
a clear Republican majority of ten
thousand, was made to return a Dem
ocratic majority of thirty-five thous
and. In Tenuesse, Arkansas aod
Texas approximate results were pro
duced by like processes. It is folly
to allege tbat in these States there
were liberty, protection and equal
rights. Tbe voluminous testimony
taken by tbe Senate committee estab
lishes the fact tbat the liberty enjoy
ed by the Republicans, both black
and white, was but nominal. They
were outcasts from society, oppressed
in business, bunted like criminals, and
denied protection of the law3. Peace
and comme-cml prosperity based
upon such conditions are hollow and
worthless, and are but another form
of barter rights for gold. The quiet
was that of strangulation or paralysis,
and audacious falsebood at least
grows weary of telliog us that sucb
results were anything but crimes. If
South Carolina, with a Republican
majority of 35.000, aod Louisiana,
with a like majority of 15,000, are to
be conciliated aod pacified iu the same
way, the hope aod promises held out
to President Hayes will have been
broken in every part If, on tbe con
trary, Republicans in these States,
white aod blacks, shall be protected
in person, property aud freedom of
speech, action and occupation, I shall
b tbe first to acknow ledge tbe grand
result I will ignore the past, let by.
gonesVa by-gones, accept the new
condition witb j y, aod believe tbe re
bellion was not suppressed in vain,
ft is to this bappy condition that
President Iiayes aspires, and all
should earnestly pray for tbe full re
alisation of his hopes. The Repub
lican party South, witb all its errors,
waged a noble contest for right, aod
tbe courage and self sacrifice display
ed by its members are enbalmed in
history. Tbe warmest sympathies
of tbe Republicans of the North at
tend those of the South in tbe desola
tion aod undone condition, with tbe
earnest hope tbat the dark overhang
ing cloud may have a silver liaiog,
and tbat there may be a day of spee
dy resurrection. By tbe voluntary
withdrawal of the army tbe Soatb
hag been placed on its good behav
ior. Following the bloody cam
paigns for political power, tbey have
been treated with magnanimity, and
should tbey fail to protect all classes
and races in the enjoyment of their
rights, tbe most conservative Repub
lican will see there is no security but
to preserve the Government in tbe
bands of the Republican party. As
tbe Democracy bave acquired a sjlid
South by force Repqblicans should
acquire a s lid North
by their - vigilance aud tbe eter
nal justice of their cause. Northern
Republicans are now admonished
tbat tbey can endure no division that
wil eodauger' iteir success.
Should ibe 5?6rih, by ubbappy dis
fort, be divided bd they' fall' prey to
i to tbe solid OorjfegVrato Sjuth. re-!
.... . I
" W
first
(Signed.)
O. I Mortox.
Ol'St BEW-TOBK LETTEB.
New York, May 26, IS'1.
PRESIDENT HATES 15 NEW YORK.
The President visited New York
this week as the guest of the Cham
ber of Commerce, wbo dined bim.
II w reception was significant, and
was, in and of itself, tbe highest en
dorsement tbat he could have. Oa
Tuesday be unveiled a statue ot Fitz
Green Ualleck, in Central Park, and
notwithstanding tbe attraction of the
carnival, an immense throng went
thitber to pay their respects 40 him.
Oa Wednesday he received tbe citi
zens at tbe City Hall, and for fonr
mortal boors be was kept shaking
hands with 'the best citizens who
stood patiently in tbe sun wailing for
their turn. And, understand, it was
not the mere curiosity to see a Presi
dent that kept merchants and lawyers
in a long cue for hours, under a broil
ing sun. It was to do honor to this
particular President tbe President
wbo has shown the nerve to grapple
with tbe corruptions tbat were under
m-ning tbe government It was to
endorse bis policy, and his ad rain is
tratiou it was what be bad done
tbat attracted tbe throngs tbat flock
ed to receive bim, and tbat greeted
him with manifestations of respect
wherever be went The low-down
politicians of both parties keept aloof
from him, and thronged tbe grog-
bbops in the vicinity of City Hall,
trying to belittle tbe reception, but
whoever saw the throngs of people,
and their character, laughed at them
No President ever bad a more cordial
or hearty reception from the only
class wbose good word is worth any
thing. It was an t-onest complimeot
to an honest man.
PEACHES.
Tbe peach supply for the United
States is grown largely io Delaware
aod Maryland. Tbe crop this year
will be immense, the total yield being
estimated at 8,000,000 baskets,
wbich is a peck for every man, wo
man and child in the United States.
Heretofore the peach crop has been
distributed to the North and West
through New York, but this year
there is to be a cbauge. The Balti
more & Ohio aud Pennsylvania roads,
the great foes of New York, have or
ganized trains, specially fitted up,
and propose to take tbe crop west
ward directly. Tbey put on cars
Gtted for tbe tr tnsport of the fruit,
with special engines, and run peach
trains the same as fast passenger
trains, directly to Chicago, Toledo,
Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and other
great distributing centers of the
West, avoiding tbe expenses of re
packing, transmission, handling and
commission in tbis city. Ibis will
give distant points cheaper peaches
than ever before, though it will be a
severe blow to a very large interest
in this city, fbus one thing after
another is beiog shorn from tbe Me
tropolis, which ir. is lo-tiug by its cu
pidity, aod twin sister stupidity,
ibatew lurk is losing trade is
true, that she has herself to charge
with it is also true.
THE CARNIVAL
I have got something to say about
the carnival, for it has been more ad
vertised than anything tbat bas hap
pened in New York for years. It was
a fraud. Carnivals in Europe are
days of uuiversal merry-making, in
which tbe whole population joins, but
even in Europe tbey are going to dis
use as too frivolous. In New Orleans
and tbe Southern cities tbey are in
vogue, and are successful, for tbe peo
ple are of tbe temperament to enjoy
fooling at wholesale. Their proces
sions of masked mummer, represent
ing everything tbat is absurd, fits tbe
lazy Southerner wbo wants amuse
ment, and isn t particular as to what
it is. It was thought it could be
done in New York, tbe managers
plastered tbe country witb advertise
ments, promising an enormous day
light parade, and a still more enorm
ous one in tbe evening, and all sorts
of otber amusements. So loud were
the promises tbat tbe trains were
crowded with people. Tbey came
from tbe East, West, North and
South, and tbe streets were never so
crowded as on tbat day. Anxionsly
tbey waited for the procession and
finally it came. A more humiliating
failure was never seen. It was noth
ing more than a half hundred adver
tising wagons, of brewers, patent
medicines, and all sorts of things
which strive to catch tbe public eye.
There were a few attempts at fun,
but they were of a ghastly nature. The
night procession was only better, be
cause it could not be seen. There
were a dozen wagons, on which were
low women aod lower men, dressed
in various costumes, but as tbey rode
along io solemn silence and the dens
est darkness, nobody saw or knev
anvtbing abont tbem. Tbe ball at
Gilmore's Garden was even a more
dismal failure. A rich brewer paid
$3 000 for the priyilege of personat
ing the "King of the Carnival." and
as be kept drunk all the day it is pre
sumed he got tbe worth of bis mon
ey. And now it bas transpired bat
the scheme was tbe work of a conple
of frauds rom New Orleans Tbey
charged $15 each for tbe advertising
wagons, tbey sold the "privilege" of
riding in the procession as "dukes,"
'.'earls," &c , for large money snms,
they . sold the privileges of tb bars,
stand and coat rooms, at Gilmore's
Garden for a great deal of money and
they collected large sums from tbe
hotels and other places of public re
sort They got everything on credit,
those from whom they got supplies
supposing tnat reputable citizens
were at tbe bead of it, and as tbey
paid nothing, they made a good thing
of it It is estimated that t bey clear
ed $15,000 by tbe operation. The
loss in money Is the leait of it It
cost the city oneentire day's bosloesa,
and was a nuisance, a worry, and A
vexation from first to last New York
is easily gulled
Sl'IClPES.
There seems to bean epidemic of
suicides witb tbe approach of hot
weather. One young man came
down from Orange county to get
work, but was disappointed. He had
a watcb which he intended to pawn
to live on till he could get something
to do, but it was stolen from bim tbe
nigbt of tbe carnival, and be went to
bis room and shot bimself. Tbe po
lice recovered tbe watcb two boors
after. A woman bung herself in
Micdougal street because her hus
band ran away from her, and a
man named Adams, took poison, be
cause there was so much worry in
taking care f bis estate. A raercbact
was found dead in the basement of
bis store on Broadway, leaving a
note sta'iog that bis trade bad left
hie), and he saw no hopes of a reviv
al, and 4 fountf man cu( bis throat.
UHf'Sll!M HE IT-JI.IU U Jl HCfc hU
tpoint-
,tl(. UfiB.. A iriLtai
with a d 'Z-o others who stepped out
without giving a reason, in a week i
Is there anything in beat tbat drives
people to the madness tbat must pre
cede enicide ?
THE WAR IN ECEOPB AND BCSISESf,
Tbe effect of tbe war in Europe
upon New York is mixed. While it
rimta not ma teriallv improve business
it hbwliad tbe effect of
putting up tbe price of everything
the people live on, and so it bear
bard upon those wbo are doing noth
ing, and those working for low wag
es. Tbe farmers wbo bave grain are
rejoiced, as well they may be, at tbe
advance it has caused, but the poor
laborer, the underpaid clerk, and the
k.ir.atapvod km m stress don't like it
so well, for while it bas doubled tbe
cost of their living, it has not increas
ed thir wmsres. The merchants hope
tn nrofit by it for they reason that if
it pott op tbe price of produce th
r.rmaH will not only buy more free
ly, but they will pay for what tbey
Ky lrpadr boueht. aod make tbe
wheels run more soioothly. The
trade in arms is getting to be a big
thing. American arms have always
been favorites in Europe, and this
war bas given afresh impetus to tbe
business. Tbe Colt and Remington
armories re now running, night and
day, on both Russian and Turkish or
ders, and ship loads are sailing daily.
A vessel loaded with arms and am
munition for Rassi, sailed yesterday,
and as they were paid for before they
left the port, as well as the vessel that
carried tb-m, tbe whole concern is
Russian property. The vessel and
cargo is valued at $1,000,000. mak
ing a tempting prize. Accordingly a
party of speculators, acting in con
cert with the Tnrkisb representative
here, bave bought a fleet steamer, and
put into her an armament, and pro
pose to follow aod capture her on tbe
high seas. . It will be a splendid spec
ulation, as tbe Turkish government
will, immediately, buy tbe steamer,
to be need in similar ventures. As
both governments are compelled to
get their arms from this country, to a
very considerable extent, there will
be a great deal of this kind of thing
done, wbich will employ a great
many adventurous spirits, wbo are
not averse to making a great deal of
money, but wbo prefer the excitement
totheproGt TbeRemingtons.it is
said, have contracts for over a million
of rifles, as both governments have
to bare inspectors on tbe ground,
there will be a curious state of affarrs
at Hion. It will puzzle the manufac
turers to keep the Russian and Turk
ish officers from cutting each other's
throats. But tbey bave done it be
fore. They used to bave Spanish
and Cuban officers inspecting arms at
tbe same time, and they will probably
manage the Turk and the Russian with
equal skill.
THE WEATHER
Is frightfully hot, the thermometer
having stood at 85 for three days.
As it came without any preliminary
skirmishing, it pulls us down.
PlETRO.
A Mile mt Reapers.
The immense train of "Cnarapion"
reapers and mowing machines, and
announced in yesterday's Inilrftend
ent as beiog on its way east, arrived
in this city about C:20 last evening.
The train in two sections left
Springfield, Ohio, on Monday morn
ing, freighted witb about 1,700 ma
chines, and arrived at Altoona some
time yesterday forenoon. At tbat
point tbe sections were consolidated,
and run with a powerfu' engine, No,
510, and a full complement of train
bauds, per order of Superintendent
M Urea, to this city, as one tr no, ar
riving here as stated, instead of 4:30,
a- previously announced owing to
the fact tbat so mo time was consumed
in tbe switching of five cars at Lew
iston and again eleven cars at Marys-
ville, points wbere tbe "Cbampionr
was left for distribution. Tbese val
uame macbiues were loaded on cars
of the Empire, National and Union
lines, which were all labeled with at
tractive black letters on broad strips
of wbKe muslin, "Champion Reaper
and Mower."
Owing to the announcement in
Thursday evening's Independent that
tbe train would mot likely reach
this ci'y at 4:30 p. m. yesterday, a
large number of our citizens at that
hour, notwithstanding the inclemency
of the weather, repaired to tbe rail
road at tbe foot of Market street for
tbe purpose of witnessing tbe arrival
of the great train, and were much
disappointed when informed ot tbe
unavoidable detention.
At 5 o'clock p. m. a crowd of peo
ple again began to assemble at tbe
railroad, which gradually swelled in
to hundreds, and by tbe time the
long expected train bad come into
view, there were perhaps fully five
hundred spectators at tbe foot of
Market street waiting to receive it
Tbe train consisting of 56 cars moved
slowly aloog the main track through
Caual street, past State, Walnut,
Market, Cbextnut, Second and Vine
streets, eveiy where attracting much
attention on He way to tbe Locbiel
iron wotks, at which point tbe train
was stopped. It was subsequently
moved back to tbe stock yards above
the city, where the cars were dis-
trinuted as follows; stren cars to
York, over tbe Northern Central
Railway; eleven to points op tbe
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad for
Clinton county ; ten over tbe Leba
non alley twad, consigned to par
lies in Lebigband adjoining counties;
seven to poiots in Lancaster county ;
ana tbe remainder over tbe Prtio
sylvauia Railroad, pjnsigned to par
ties in the lower counties. Tbe cars
contain oo an average tweniv-foar
reapers. Iu tbis connection it may
be proper to state that former ship
ments, iu considerable quantities,
have gone over the rou es designated.
The "Champion" was the fioest
among its class of machines at the
Ceuteuoial exbibi i m in 1778 re
ceiving five separate medals and
Sre diplomas rthe highest award
given to any maobioe on exhibition
at tbe great world's fair. It was
pronounced by all competent judges
and intelligent farmers wbo thorough
ly inspected il at the Centennial, to
be the "lightest draft" implement of
its" kind on exhibition, using tbe
."lowest draft" ever made only 131
pounds
At the Centenaial exhibition the
"Champion" was closely and thor
oughly examined by tillers t.f tbe soil
from foreign climes, and already quite
'umber of orders have been receiv
ed from Europe and otber countries.
and their general introduction across
tbe Atlantic will be only a question
of a lew montbs.
Tbe buildings at Springfield cover
an area of 9 acres, and fully 20 acres
io all are used for buildings, yards
and side tracks, all of wbich are de
voted exclusively to the manufacture
of tbe Cbampioa Harvesting Ma
chines. Harritburg Independent,
J. M. Holderbacm k Sox, are
tbe agen's for the "Champion" Reap
er and Mower io tbis place.
rhaaelte.
.- t -
Bosjos, May TTT Foqr ipgbfj
of snow fell in Berkshire county
Maas.,thi8 morning. It is feared tbat
mncb damage will be done to the
fraif crop.
r.
Chester, Pa, May 22. A terrible
accidcoi bsppeoed at tbe launch or
tbe iron steamship Saratoga at
Roach's shipyard this morniog
about 8 o'clock. About forty tnea
were under the veasil when it went
off, aod, not bearing tbe order to
come out, a number were crushed to
death.
Tbe names of the killed as far as
known are Edard Fowley. John
Nelson, Cbai le Wright ana Edard
Burke. Tbe wounded are George
Woof, mortally, aod Biroey Canooe.
and Walter Parkinson, seriously. U
ia thought that some of tbe workmen
were killed and draggeJ into tbe we-
tpr hv the shio. The bodies of the
dead were horribly mangled, ooe be
ing literally cut in halves, and oth
er with their arms torn off. The
ship-yard ia thronged with the friends
and relatives of the victims, and pre
sents a very distressing scene. This
ia the first accident that has ever hap
pened at a launch since Roach look
the yard, and be has launched some
forty vessels.
Later.'-Tbe total number of dead
in consequence of tbe accident is
seven. In addition to those already
reported J. J. Crew wa iasiaatiy
killed and George Woof aod Barney
Cannon died at seven o'clock. Three
persons were wounded, all of whom
will probably recover. All of tbe
killed and wounded were workmen
employed at tbe yards, and were en
gaged'in knocking the blocks from un
der tbe keel. The scene during ibe
lime tbe ship was goingoff was heart
rending, tbe men being seen strug
gling to escape while tbe huge blocks
rolled by the ship crushed ibem to a
iellv. No assistance could possibly
be rendered by those wbo were stand
ing bv. Instead of a cheer as usual
ly greets a launch, a wail of aoguial
went op and shrieks of pain rent the
air. As soon as possible tbe dead
and wounded were carried to tbe
yard office and physicians summoned
About 1,500 men are employed at
the yard, and tbe friends of nearly
all of tbem rusbed to inquire for
tbem. Flags are all at balf-mast
throughout .he town, aod work at the
vard bas been stopped. James
Roach bas ordered money to be fur
nished to the families of the killed
and wounded. John Fountain, wbo
bad entire charge ot tbe launch,
makes the following statement: 1
found the ship was ready to move aud
called for all bands to get out from
under before I commenced cuttiug
loose. The men wbo were down by
the after blocking evidently did not
bear the order, or did not obey, as
tbey bad fully five minutes to get oot
from tbe time tbe order was given
until tbe ship started. Some ot the
men remained nnder, which is fre
quently tbe case, to attend to tbo
foi ward blocking.
Afternoon. All tbe men who
were under tbe Saratoga to-day just
previous to launching her bave been
accounted for. No additional deaths
bave occurred amongst those injured,
and tbe limit of tbe number killed
may now be set at seven. An in
quest will be held to-morrow moru-
New Orleans, May 23 Tbe i e
pubUcan give tbe following account
of tbe assassination of James Laws,
colored, of East Feliciana : "Mr Dula,
of East Feliciana, has reached New
Orleans and brought witb bim the
coffin that was placed at his door Sat
urday, and a bunch ot Winchester ri
fle cartridges, which were placed
wikh it He also relates that tbe
crowd of bull-dozers, after threaten
ing biro, went on with tbe informa
tion tbat tbey would return soon and
put their threats into execution.
Tbey proceeded to Jackson and rode
op to the house of Jas. Laws, color
ed, and found bim seated on bis gal
lery with his mother. Tbey said:
"Ha I Hello, Laws 1 bave you got
back." He rose and answered tbem,
and was instantly shot dead. This
was on Saturday nigbt In reference
to tbe assassination of Laws ex-Gov
ernor Packard states tbat just be ft re
Ibis return to East Feliciana Laws
wrote to bim, statiog tbat an account
of his presiding at tbe only Republi
can meeting held in Eist Feliciana
during the late campaign, and his
consequent enforced absence from
tbe parish, his business as a mer
chant be feared bad been destroyed,
and begging Packard's influence to
get him a position in tbe Custom
House. Packard further says that
Laws bad told him his wife was ia
danger, as be bad testified before tbe
Howe Senate Committee, giving tbe
names of prominent citizens wbo bad
threatened bis life, and, as he be
lieved, has caused bis store to be
fired. Packard further asserts that
Laws was one of the best and most
conservative colored men of tbe
wnole of the Feliciana district, and
bad previously held several influen
tial pjtitions with the full acquies
cence of the people, aod was a tax
payer, owning tbirty or forty thous
and dollars' worth of property.
Packard has transmitted tbe original
Lawa letter, and also an unpublished
letter from Sheriff Webber, killed iu
an adjoining parish, to Gen. B. F
Butler.
Dewjaaaa mf the twll Swath.
Il ia evident that ooe of the first
fruits of tbe Southern dominatiou in
the House of Representatives, i to
be a demand for large appropriations
for tbe improvement of Southern riv
ers aod' barbers, the cjutructi n of
levees, and for railroad sub-tide
Tbe theory of the South is, ibat tbe
war wtiH-b desolated it region en
riched ike North, tbaitbe N.rth has
bad loog control of the Government .
aud that tbe appropriations bay' noi
oeen moe wun sumi-ient liberality
for objeo'.s of Southern improvement
that a fair division demand a trans
fer of property from the North to tbe
South, aod that this cao be beat ef
fected through tbe National Treasury.
Another demand wbicb was kept
back only by tbe Presidential coutest
will be advanced, tbe refunding ot tbe
cotton lax, wbicb would take some
$G0,0t0 000 from the Treasury, aod
distribute it among tbe planters of tbe
Sooib a a gratitude. Wby the tax
on cotton sbould be remitted rather
thai tbe tax on the manufactured ar
ticle, it would be difficult to fay.
Neither waa ultimately paid by the
parties of whom it was collected ; but
by tbe consumer, to whom the pro
ducer charged a price enhanced by
the tax. Tbe manufacturer who
bmgbt tbe cotton paid tbe tax to tbe
planter wbo raised ii; and the consu
mer wbo bjugbt the cloth paid tbe
tax to tbe manufacturer wbo made it.
It remains to be seen if sucb prepos
terous demand, preferred by a "sol
id South," may not make a solid
Norib in oppositioa. Tbe force of
IkMklM i
party may oot prove irresistible even T Louisville, presiding About one
with the Northern Democracy. Nor- bundled representatives are present,
thero representatives, with cooatitu-j aod more ate expected. Tbe moro
encie behind tbem," will hesitate be1-( iug session was occupied by the" re
fore they yield to such demands,' ' port f tbe Committee on Credentials
even whea enforced by party disci-land tbe reception aad initiation of
plioe. candidates.
wa ttmbmUmn
Maa a
lewly HUTwe
Ni York, May 27 Tn.m.s
LiWlun, who live at X,
See ud street, II b ikeu, e Hnplaioeq
i-i Reorder McDou ugb yesierdi?
mat Mr. CiCilia Gibsm, liv.u j',
tbe aauie b ti, was treating b r
children iuhumaoly, and w uld in alt
probability murder tbem if be were
a l arrested A warrant was im
mediately issued, aod ia a short tim
eu officer brought Mm. Gibsoo ud
br two children. L'uie Graces aud
Mary Grave, age respectively
twelve aod tight years, before the
Recorder.
Mr. and Mr. Gibson have been
liviogo the oeeottd fljor of the
woodea tenement at Not 112 Second
street for several year past. Tbey
have been three years married, Mrs.
Gibson being iba widow Graves, with
three children, two girl aod a
boy. Some time ago the boy was
arrested for petty larceny and is now
In tbe Reform School at Jamesburg,
N.J. At tbe time of hi arrest tor
tbe offense be complained ot the
cruel treatment by bi mother, but
little attention was paid to bi talk.
By ber second husband Mrs. Graves
ha acbild a year old, which tbe
neighbor say she take good care
of wbile treating ber other children
iuhumaoly.
Ia court yesterday the two chil
dren, half Him red, appeared covered
with braise and blood. Around ibe
slender neck of the oldest girl
twelve year old was a dark blue
circle, with abrasions of tbe skin.
She wa bidden to tell her story not
under oath, oa cccount ot her tender
age. With trembling lips and scared
looks sbe told of ber harsh treatment,
ending:
"Mother lied ropes about our necks.
Sbe dragged us about tbe floor with
the ropes and bit as with the stick.
Yesterday mother tied tbe rope about
my neck and choked me till I thought
I should die."
The mother, so the neighbors say,
bos treated the children in this ni so
nar for month. Their cries of pain
and fear have echoed through the
tenement boose at all hours of the
day and nigbt. Once tbe woman tied
tbe rope, which wa a piece of bed
cord about one-third ot an inch in
diameter, about ber eldest child's
neck, then threw it over a stoat brass
chandelier, ia the room and drew the
girl up till her toe scarcely touched
tbe floor. She was strangling, when
one of the women living in tbe build
ing came in aid withheld Mrs G.boij
arm in time to prevent a murder.
Oue day last week she fastened tbe
rope tightly about tbe child's neck
and tbeo sent ber out after water.
Tbe little tbiug, bearly trugled, fell
iu the bail-way aod wa uuable to
rise until a frieudly neighbor had un
tied tbe cord aud let ber get r ir. The
unnatural mother wa held for trial.
A MiM-rlSle Affair
Clevelasp, O., May 26 Tbis
(Saturday moroiog a horrible af
fair occured in Rockport township,
near what is known a tbe Hog's
Back Ridge. During tbe March
term of the Common Plea Court S.v-
rab Crawford was granted a divoice
from Y m. II. Crawford, aud allowed
one thousand dollars alimony and
tbe custody of ber children. Craw
ford was formerly employed in the
chair factory io the Eighteenth ward,
and afterward moved some place in
Michigan, wbere, it is reported, be
did not conduct bimself virtuously,
and in consequence bi wife applied
for tbe divorce since granted, with
the result a above stated. Shortly
after tbe derree of divorce was grant
ed Crawf jrd came bock, and after
banting about found where bi late
wi'e was stopping, she having en
deavored to conceal ber wherea
bouts from fear of him. He finally
found her in Berea Village, about a
month ago, and threw blue vi'.rol or
sulphuric acid ia her face, aad inflict
ed severe injuries. Si ace then some
of ber relative have been looking
for bim. He wa traced to Inde
pendence, but bad left there. This
morning Mr. Cbauncy Giddings, her
brother, and a party found Craw-
f rd on tbe road in Rockport, near
the ridge above meutioned, and tbey
attempted to arrest him, but be re
sisted. He bad a run aad fired two
or three shots into tbe squad with
out eflect, and tbeo reloaded tbe gun
ndsbot bimself in tbe breast, but the
shot did oot prove fatal lie now
lie io a farm boose ia a precarious
condition, but may recover. He de
dal a tbat he will kill bimself rather
tbao be arrested. This wa bis in
tention, when be shot himself.
Lawrence. Kansas. Msv 22
Heavy rains daring the past week
have raised tbe streams in this vicini
ty to an unusual height Tbe Kan
sas river at tbis point is now higher
tbao it bas been at any time since
1858. Tbe Atchison, Topeka & San
ta Fe Railroad is under water west
of it js city fo a distance of a rjuar
ter of a mjle, an 4 no trains passed,
yesterday. A wash-out lias occur
red oo tbe Kansas Pacific Railroad a
mile west of tbis place. About ooe
hundred feet of the track wa carried
away. A bridge stiil farther west
went dowa last evening, and an ac
commodation train i caught between
iba brei k on both roads.
Topeka. Kansas, May 22. No
train yesterday passed west of Man
hattan, vt the Kansas Pacific Rail
rood, or west it Emporia, on the
Santa Fe road. Eastward bound
trains oo the two roads combined
here and acnt over tbe Kansas Pai
cific Railroad to Perry, where tfiey
fouud that they cpiild not get through,
anJ caiie beck!' The Cttoowood
aud Arkansas rivers bare overflowed,
and bridge on all the stream harp
been carried away.
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Mr. Blataa'a rHUai! Vtowa.
Washington. May 21 Senator
Blaine called on tbe President again
to day, in regard to the New-England
pension agencies. In reply to a
gentlemao wbo asked about hit po
litical status, be said tbat be had not
changed hi position at all oo politi
cal affairs, but tbat tbe view enunci
ated by him last winter on the floor
of the Senate were bi presot views,
and he saw oo occasion for making
any change ( Mjj be did not
Consider it necessary, however that
he sh-iuld go on every street corner
and n ake a publie harangue, for the
purpose of informing tbe curious of
hi views oa tbe political situation.
Portlanp, Me, May 23 Tbe
twenty-third annual meeting of tbe
R. W. Grand Lodge of Good Temp
lar for the Wold comroeoced here
ibis Burning, Colonel J. J. Hickman.
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