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PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The last.
Another of the suite growiug out of the
Tiiton-beecber scandal, the libel Hint of Henry
QL Bowen against the Brooklyn jMiil; Jingle,
for 1100.000 damages, came up in the Brooklyn
Court the other day, and wan postponed to the
next term.
Mark M Bomeroy. better known ae 1 Brick"
Pomeroy. the editor of the New York Democrat,
hae joined the noble army of bankrupts. Hie
liabilities aggregate over 1 140. 000. Assets, niL
Three laborers were killed by a collision on the
Pan-Handle Railroad, near Deunison Station,
Pa., last week.
The New York tea trade is in a sadly demoral
ized state, judging from the large number of
failures recently announced in that hue. Some
of the heaviest dealers in the city have gone to
the wall.
A Philadelphia dispatch announce that
Charley Boss has been seen in Connecticut.
He waH in charge of a woman at Thomaston,
and fully identified as the lost boy by a brother
of Mr. C. K. Bosh. Before proper measureH
could be akeu to detain the woman, however,
-lie and boy suddenly disappeared. Detec
tiveH are now following hor up.
John Clark was hung at Rochester, N. Y., on
the l'.lth inst,. for the murder of a policeman
iu that city Home monthn ago.
At Erie, Pa., a few days ago, Jacob Wala
goaiis. a German 00 yearn old, in a tit of anger
hin t mid mm-tullv wouuileil Inn ilmitliter Anna.
at d then committed auicide by blowing bin j
brains out.
Three miners were killed at Locustdaie. Pa., j
last week, by the accidental explosion of a box j
ol powder.
Moody and Sankcy held their last meeting m
Brooklyn on Friday, Nov. 19. and ojieued in j
Philadelphia to an immeiiHe audience on Snn-
lay. the 21st.
Lodicia and Albert Fredenburf,', mother and
hou, have been sentenced to death at Her
kimer, N. Y., lor the murder of rlo Bavin, in
June last.
Hon. Orris 8. Ferry, United States Senator
from onnecticut. ihed at hinhonie in Norwalk,
in that State, on the 21st of November. His
disease was ptralysis.
The West.
remarkable tragedy was recently enacted
at a rural school house near WarreiiHburg, Mo.
Jerry Fonter, a colored Methodist preacher, be
came jealous of Peter HawkiuH, another colored
preacher, on the latter accepting an invitation
to feed the Mount Olive lambs. Fouter went
to the window of the house and seeing the
brethren listening enraptured tt Peter words
of wisdom, drew a revolver and tired. The
bullet missed the mark, but fatally wounded
another man. A second ball had the same
result, and the congregation hurriedly dis- I
persed, while Foster escaped in the darkness.
The entire party engaged in the murder of
the four ItalianH at Denver about a month ago I
have been arrested. It Is believed they will all '
be hanged there are seven of them. Some of
tht band have confessed.
Henry Hallensheid and his wife have been
sentenced to death, at Hermann. Mo., for the !
murder of their aon-iu-law in June last.
Brigham Young is out or jail again. Chief- '
Justice White, of Utah, having decided that i
the order of Judge Boreman committing him j
for contempt was void. So Ann Eliza won't
Ket her alimony after all.
The great walking-match between Edward j
PayBon Weston, of New York, and Daniel
O'Leary. of Chicago, was concluded at the
Exposition building, in Chicago, on Saturday
evening, Nov. 20, and resulted in a victory for
the Western man. The distance was 500
miles, O'Leary completing his 500th mile in
142 hours and 13 minutes, Weston.in the same
time having scored 451 miles. This is the
greatest pedestrian feat ever accomplished
by man. and justly entitles O'Leary to be
classed as tiie champion pedestrian of the
world.
A uegro named John Brown was hung by a
mob at Fort Valley, Oa.. last week, for having
assaulted a white lady.
Washington.
I The trouble with 8iiu, growing out of a de
mand on t he part of our government for a
modification of the treaty of 1 79G, is at an end.
the Spanish Government having agreed to con
cede all that we ask.
Secretary Bristow hae directed that the ex
its paid to become part of the fund required in
the general plan to educate and sivtttsi the
Siou.
A dihimteh from San Antonio, Tex., dated
u. l'.l. reports that a body of Texas militia
had followed a band of Mexican cattle thieves
across tho Bio Grande and engaged them iu
battle, killing four of them. The greatest ex
ettsmeut prevailed in consequence on both
aides of the river, and a geuerml war along tho
. use of the Custom Houses in Chicago. Mil- Kio Grande is among the probabilities.
waukee. and other places shall be cut down 15 The bank of Waahiugton, Baltimore and
per en! Philadelphia have issued a circular urging
The work of reorganizing the navy muowoUl(r banks to secure signatures to a petition
Koi iik on, ami mere is unusual activity in an
the yards of the country.
Hon. Bluford Wilson, Solicitor for the Treas
ury Deartment. who has had the general
supervision of the prosecutions against the
whisky ring, says the country yet ha no idea
of the vastneas and the wide ramifications of
the combinations against the revenue. He has
no doubt of the complete final success of the
Government and the utter rout of the ring,
but thinks that considerable time may be re
quired to knock the bottom all out of it so that
it can never be built up again.
It is said iu naval circles, a Washington cor
respondent telegraphs, that the repair and
preparation of vessels have no more reference
to Spanish affairs than to those of any ot her
country. There is no excitement concerning
Spain and Cuba. The fresident, some time
ago. while conversing on Cuban affairs, merely
referre to what he had heretofore said in his
annual essages. but gave no intimation as to
w li.it he should say on the same subject in his
next message to Congress.
The President has issued an order consoli
dating various collection districts throughout
the country, and dismissing the Collectors with
their working force, in all the districts consoli
dated. Forty-four Collectors, with their subor
dinates, have been dropped. The following are
the numbers from each State:
Mi.nn
New Haapahlw,
Vermont
New York
rw let y i
PaUMQ h .uii.i
Maryland
North 'arc .him. .
South Carolina l
Kentucky 1
TeuiieMtee 3
,f Ohio, ..
...a
...1
...1
Iudiaiiu
Illinois
Michigan..
ArkaiiHUK...
It is estimated ttrat the cutting down will result
in a saving of upward of half a million dollars.
William Burnett, Supervising Inspector
General of Steam Vessels, in hi- annual re
port states that the number of lives lost by
accidents to steam vessels during the year was
405, namely: From explosion, U tire. 273:
snags, wrecks and sinking, 64.
Postinaster-Oeueral Jewell, iu his annual
report, will recommend a reduction of tbe rate
of postage for transient newspapers.
The report of the Chief of the Secret Ser
vice will show a greater capture ot counter
feits and counterfeiters than in any previous
year.
The annual report of Dr. Lindermau, Direc
tor of the Mint, showB the coinage of gold for
the fiscal year to have been 066,068,661 silver,
10.070.8W minor pieces, 6660,675 1 total,
646,664,706. The deposits were: gold. M -666,668
: silver. 16,070,G26. Dr. Lindermau
thinks that two years' yield of the mines will
furnish sufficient silver to manufacture all the
fractional currency coin that can be advan
tageously used in the country after the re
demption of the fractional notes. He thinks
the trade dollar should be continued, it for no
other purpose than to make a local market for
silver. The Director speaks at length of the
CMtirse of gold and silver during the last three
years, saying that the monetary troubles have
not been caused by insutheient supplies of
gold, but by its having been withheld in large
sums from circulation, and the diminished use
of silver as money.
Hon. Henry Wilson, the Vice President of
the I'nited SUtes. died at Washington at half
past 7 o'clock on the morning of the 22d of
.November. me sad event was quite unex-
for Congress to repeal the law requiring the
Infixing of two-cent stamps on checks.
Foreign.
The Turks have gained ac important victory
I over the iusiugeuts iu Bosnia.
The letter which Don Carlos recently ad-
dressed to King Alfonso, mentioned heretofore,
did not make proposals for peace, but offered
to unite their forces and make common cause
against the United States should the Cuban
I difficulties cause a war betweeu this country
and Spain.
The statement that the German Crowu Priuce
1 intended visiting this country next year is now
denied.
A Berlin dispatch says the leiiuan athoiic
priests are submitting to the ecclesiastical
1 laws.
Tbe Spanish Gen. Quesada has been com
: mauded, by royal order, to henceforth receive
1 no communication from Dou Carlos, except an
announcement of the unconditional submission
of himself and his partisans.
The Prince of Wales has been very coolly re
ceived in India by the native princes. Not a
single reception has been proffered by any one
of these iu the Madras and lieugal Presiden
cies. All tho entertainments thus far have
been given by the English.
Madrid dispatcheH represent that the Car
lints are demoralized and exhausted, and an
early close of the war is predicted.
The Italian Government has purchased all
' the railways in Cpper Italy, paying therefor
about 1 160, 000, 000.
A grand fete was given in Taris the other
day by the Franco-American Union, the object
being to give greater publicity to and extend
t lie subscriptions for the sc a monu
ment to Liberty iu New k uarbor. About
6.000 people, including any distinguished
persons, were present, an . Lieat interest was
manifested in the project. The snlseriptioiiH,
it is said, are progressing favorably.
The London Time, discussing the Turkish
'troubles, says: "The Sultan cannot save
Herzegovina. It is as fairly out of his grasp
as if destiny had settled it by a conference be
tween the powers. Peace can be brought only
by the extinction of Turkish authority."
The coast of England has been visited by an
other destructive gale. Fifteen or twenty
vessels were wrecked, and fifty or sixty lives
lost.
Tho Spanish Government has determined
that all foreigners who are to be tried iu Cuba
for participating in the insurrection shall he
allowed to have counsel.
Francis V.. Duke of Modena, who was dis
Itossessed in 1H0O. is dead.
A Berlin telegram Hays that in the negotia
tions now proceeding for the settlement of the
troubles in the Turkish Provinces, the pro
gramme put forward by Austria includes a com
paratively high degree of self-government for
the Christian communities iu Turkey. Kussia
seams to demand onlv more faithful adhesion
to the promises ot reform already made by the
Porte.
fe. iioiim ol the Auieiicau people. In testimony
1 of respect foi this distinguished citizen anil
faithful public servant, the various depart
BMBSi f the Ooverument will be closed on the
' day of the funeral, and the Kxecutive Mansion
' and all the Executive Departments in Wash
ington will be draped with badges of mounting
for thirty days. The Secretaries of War and
of the Navy will isMiie orders that appropriate
military and naval honors be rendered to the
memory of one whose virtues mid services will
long be borue in recollection bv a grateful na
tion. .Signed) U. S. Ghant.
CASTING UP ACCOUNTS.
A Few Facts and Figures Taken
rom the Ledgers of Uncle
Sam's Bookkeepers.
THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.
The following interesting figures are taken
from the annual iepo-t of Postmaster-General
Jewell :
During the year there were issued 107,616,000
; postal cards, of the value of 1. 076,160. In the
I month of October last there were issued of tbe
new cards 20, 1M.000. which is one-tlfth of the
I entire amount sold during the fiscal year. The
estimate of the number necessary for the next
I tisca! year is 164,967.000. The number of pub
lic or ordinary postal stamps issued to Postmas
I ters during the iiscal year was 0H2,.S4'2.770, of a
value of 016.671,410, The value of postage
i and periodical stamM was $815, '.102. The sta
tistics of the Dead-letter Service are of a quite
j romantic interest. The number of dead letters
i handled during the year was about 4..)00.0O0.
Of these 11.768 contained mouev aggregating
i61.000; 14.666 letters contained drafts, notes
and bills of exchange of a value of i5-2.liH7.si7 :
166.067 letters contained samples of merchan
i dise. postage stamps and miscellaneous articles;
:! 740.000 contained nothing ot vaiue. There
i were mailed to foreign countries from the
(suted States 12,5OO,(K40 letters. Of these
106.200 were returned undelivered. The num
ber of letters received from foreign countries
, was 11. H00. 000. of which 119,100 wore returned
undelivered.
Dining the fiscal year ending June 80, 1875,
f tin cost of the inland mail transportation was
as follows: On 871 railroad routes, aggregating
I 70,083 miles in length, 09.616,616: on 69 steam
boat routes, aggregating 15.788 miles iu length.
6064,1601 on 7,666 other routes, designated
"star routes. " aggregating 166,006 miles in
length, 66,468,761. Tots! ooak during the la-t
fiscal vear ? 1 "i.:l.r:.H(';i. which was an iiicrSSfS
of 8,876 miles in the length of routes over the
preceding year, and a decrease of (48,688 in
the cost thereof. The appropriation to cover
the expenditure of iuland transportation during
j the present fiscal year is r 17. 548,000, and the
same sum is estimated for the next year. The
; cost of mail routes in operation July 1. 187.1,
the commencement of the present fiscal year,
was 11.'. 14 '..('.OH. 18. to winch has been added an
increase for Julv. August and September of
i 6109,760.01, which being considered an average
I increase for the several quarters of the vear.
would make the increase during the entire year
750, 174. 44. Add to this the recognized service
of the railwavs, estimated at 6706.489.78, mak
ing the probable cost of railroad transportation
for the present year 610,471,866.66.
VICE-PRESIDENT WILSON.
Mi-
Par
"Midden Death at Washington
tieulars of the Sud Kvent.
A Washington dispatch of Nov. 22
gives the following particulars ol the
psofesd. his improved condition and general clVath "( Ui Ur Wilson Vice-President
symptoms being regarded as favorable to the I of.m ' J- "it4 ( States :
iiir. wiison reeieu wen tasi iiigui, awune ui
i 7 o'clock this morning, and expressed himself
as feeli.ig bright and better. He sat up in bed
to take liis medicine, lay down on his left
side, aud expired in a few moments, without a
Capt. A. H. Bogardus. the famous pigeon
shot, was tried in the Criminal Court of St.
Louis, last week, for a violation of the law
against emeltv to animals, the ortense i barged
being that he shot certain pigeons in I BMtohJj
He was convicted and fined t50.
It is said that the whisky ring at Chicago is
quite as extensive as that at St. Louis, and
that the trials will make similar disclosures.
The trial of Gen. John Mt-Iionald ex-Super
visor of Revenue, at St. Louis, has resulted iu
his conviction, the jury returning a verdict of
guiity upon each of the eight counts of the in
dictment. The South.
The monument to Edgar Allan Toe. at Balti
more, was dedicated on the 17th last., wKh im
posing ceremonies.
The new City Hall of Louisville was serious- j
y damaged by fire last xveek.
It is rumored that tho New Orleans Chicago ,
and St. Louis Railroad will shortly pass into
tho hands of the Illinois Vntral Company, j
which will give that road an unbroken line I
from Chicago to New Orleans.
Tilings are becoming lively on both sides of
wie Rio Grande River. Col. Terregas, of the
Mexican army, recently drove a band of In
dians i. tohs the river into Texas, killing
twenty-five of them, and losing fifteen of his
own men. The Indians are supposed to be a :
band driven by our troops into Mexican terri- !
tory. A jsDrtion of the 8th United States Cav
alry have recently crossed into Mexico, near
I ihnburg. m pursuit of cattle thieves.
Henry Nicholson was executed at Coushatta.
La., on Friday, the 19th inst.. for the murder
of Marcus Young, a peddler.
It is said efforts are being made in the South
to induce Secretary Bristow to supplement his
raid on the whisky ring by a vigorous war on
the cotton ring. It is well known that the
Government, during the three or four years
following the close of the war, was swindled
out of millions of dollars by cotton tax frauds.
A convention in the interest of tho Southern
Pacific Railroad was held at Memphis last week.
About ISO delegates w. i . re-en
A row occurred at Richmond. Vh. tl.r othr
day. between two noted ex-relsl t.cneralw
l5raUy T. Johnson and John I). ImUdem
Johnson assaulted Imbndeii .vitb , n.vlndc
administering sundry blows, m. 1 afterward
drew a pi-to), but ttefore he couid use it the
parties were separated ami placed under arrant.
Wallace A Co , wholesale dry goods dealers of
New Orieane, have suspended. Liabilities.
750,000; aesete, 0600,000.
recovery of lus health. Mr. Wilson was 66
years of age.
The annual report of Gen. Sherman to the
Secretary of War states that the aggregate
strength of the army, according to the last
reports received, is 1,540 officers and 24,0.11
enlisted men, made up as follows i list i' g,
mentrt of artillery. 7110 officers. 2.504 men :
ten regiments of cavalry. 422 officers. 7.200
men twenty-five regiments of infantry,
M48 officers. 11,000 men : available re
cruits, hospital stewards, ordinance sergeants,
etc., etc.. .1,321. Gen. Sherman, refer
ring to Indian depreciations on tin irontier.
says the damage to life and property by Indians
has been less during the past year than in any
former ear. and the prospect is that, as the
eountry settles up. it will be less and less each
car until all the Indians are established on
small reservations; but until they acquire hab
its of industry hi farming or in stock-raising
they will need food from the Co neral Govern
ment, because the game on which thS) bssi
hitherto -uls-isted has diminished very rapidlv.
Political.
The official retuniB of the New York election
give Rigelow (Democrat), for Secretary of
State, a majority of 14,508 over Seward. Re
publican. There were 755,614 votes cast in the
State.
General.
The testimony in the trial of Gen. John
Mclonald. ex-Supervisor of Internal Revenue,
at St. Louis, is of a most startling character
It clearly showed the existence of a powerful
omt ination between Government officials and
others to defraud the Government of its tax on
distilled spirits. The distillers made regular
contributions, which were shared SStHSSS the
conspirators, and in consideration Hm re. l th
whisky went into consumption fn IS.
The house of Dennis Cunningham, at Craig
viJle. Cauada. was recently destroyed by fire,
ana four children perished in the flames.
The Commission appointed to negotiate w;th
the Sioux Indians for the acquisition of the
Black Hills reservation, have made their report
to the Secretary of the Interior. Tho report
gives a full and concise history o' the win it
affair, including a statement of the reasons of
failure, conspicuous amonfr which was the
terference of white men who were n,t. . .
in having a large money payment to the Indi
ans, of which they hoped to despoil them.
The Commission urge a thorough revision of
our relations with the whole Indian population
west of the Mississippi. They recommend (1 j
that Congress shall provide by law for the
separation of all Sioux Indians between tic
ages of i and 6 years from the adult jiopuU
tion. and make provision for their thorough
education (2 i that the adults shall perform
lttltor as a condition of sulistenev ; c-fi that
every Indian be en- urn;. ! m the acquisition
of private property (4) that supplies be hcre-
; struggle.
It having been represented last night that
the Vice-President had so much improved that
he would be able to leave for the North this
week, the intelligence of his sudden death this
i morning fell with startling force and sudden-
: ness on the community. The Vico-I'resident
seemed on Saturday to be a great deal letter
than at anv time during his late sickness, but
! yesterday be was not quite so well.
Postmaster Burt, of Boston, called in the
morning, and had a pleasant conversation with
; him. Mr. Crossman, of New York, a literary
friend. alr:0 visited the Vice-President on husi-
! ness concerning hi i .Mr. Wilson's i unfinished
volume on the subject of slavery. The Vice
President being In a condition requiring rest.
i Mr. Crossman retired. The Vice-President
' then slept from 1 to .'i o'clock, when he roBe.
, Mr. Crossman i chimed in the afternoon, at
the Vice-President's request, and remained un
til evenuik'.
The Vice-President went to bed at an early
hour, aud slept tolerably well during the night.
In iiis waking intervals he asked for water.
About midnight ho got up and walked arouud
his num. Then going to his table, he took
i up a little book of jtoems. entitled. "The
: Changed Cross." with the motto, -Not as 1
will, but as Thou wilt,'' and read three verses
( from it. one of which is as follows :
II- p 0 Lotd, uitli patient kOVt, to lu ar
I at li Other! faults, M sutler vwtli true in- - kie H
- Hi Ip us each other's joys mud griefs to share,
Hut l-t us turn to The alone m me- kiiess.
Other verses had been marked in the book,
among them the following I
W hat if poor sinners - -unit thy r tt Mi- hkiiiiI "i
an unchast'-ned will ;
H who eau give thy soul r- st knows that thou art
Ruhmiaflive still. i
This volume belonged to his wife, and con
tained a photograph of her and their sou. both
deceased. Me treasured it beyond value, and
always made it his companion, from which he '
seemed to derive much comfort.
After reading the verses, he spoke with grat
itude ot the kindness ;f his friends during his
sickness, and of the widespread sympathy m
Ins behalf.
He then returned to bed. in a happy mood,
and slept.
At a o'clock this morning he awoke, com
plaining of pain m his stomach. One of his
attendants rubbed it and being thus relieved,
he again fell asleep.
At 7 o'clock he awoke, remarking that he
felt brighter and better than at any time pie
ious. He said that he was going to ride out
t-day, as Ins phvsi. ian. Dr. Baxter, advised
him to do so, if the weather was fair.
At twenty nine minutes past 7 ociock, he
said he would get up and taJM break feat. Be
then Salted for b tter water, ' which had here
lOffotS been prescribed, and having drank it,
he laid down, with his left cheek on the pillow,
as if with sudden exhaustion, breathing heav- ,
il, but uttering no words, and in a few mo
ments he died, without a struggle.
Tho following order announcing the
dsmtt ol ic -Prosiih lit Wilson wafi is-
Kied by tin- I 'resilient :
ExavxnvK MAWS, Washin-iton. I). C.
Nov. '22, 1875. It is with profound sorrow that
trie I resident has to announce to the iieople of
the United Scates the death of Vice-President
Henry Wilson, who died iu the Capital of the i
1 in- eminent, station -!
tuition thiM rnoriuiiL'
after furnished under the supervision of offi- ! the deceased, his high character, h's long ca-j
rerv of the armj ; (5) that all Indian agencien "er in the service of his State and of the
be abolished: (6) that the Government take ! V"L devotion to the cause of frplom.
4i m u t, .. and the ability which he brought to the dis-
poeeession or the Mack HdU trying to the elutrgo of even duty, stand conspicuous, and
Sioux a fair equivalent therefor, such stun to I are indelibly impressed in the hearts and af-
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
The report of the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office gives some interesting data in
regard to the business of the Bureau during
j the'last fiscal vear. The falling off in dispos
I als" has been equal to over twenty-fie per
'cent., and is chiefly due to the grasshopper
- plague, to unusual drouirht In certain localities.
and to the decreased volume of immigratiou.
! The Commissioner gies sjiecial prominence to
the necessity of the Government taking some
measures to arrest the indiscriminate sacrifice
of mountain timbei on its own domain, where
by the continuous feeding of streamH f rom the
gradual melting of the snow is so disastrously
interfered with. The Commissioner strongly
i recommends that ah timber lands owned by the
I Government be appraised and thrown open to
purchase, at not less than thcirappraiscdvalue.
lie is of opinion that unless they are thus
placed under private guardianship the tine for
ests ot me country win soon ue waster ully ex
hausted by lumber companies and speculators,
who are now stripping the laud of its timber
under cover of 'dummy" pre-emption, or with
out any pretense of the observance of the law,
while the Government derives no revenue from
its property, aud the country sustains aim-st
irreparable damage from the .-weeping denud
ing of large areas of its water sheds. He also
condemns the practice of extending subdivision
surveys over immense bodies of worthless land
west of the hundredth meridian, and suggests
that only such tracts be minutely surveyed as
have any attractions for settlers. He also re
commends that provision be made for connect
ing the Land-Office surveys with important
points established by geological surveys of Ter
ritories, and that monuments at section corners.
etc . Ix nstructed in a much more lasting
manner. The recommendation of bin p red te
nor that pre-emption laws should be abolished
aud the homestead system made the only mi
thtxl of acquiring title to agricultural lands, is
repeated hv Commissioner Iiur-lett. and earn
estly urged upon the attention of Congress.
TREASURER NEW S UEPOHT.
, Treasurer New. in his annual report, states
that out of a total nominal balance of il7:J.
976,004,08 on hand June 10, 1875, there were
deducted unavailable items," aggregating
069,004,076.06. The principal item was $28.
101 ft44.!M. due from tne State to the United
State on account of the act of Congress ap
proved June 66, 1H.'W. which is omitted from
the statements of cash balance of the Treasure
but which is carried nevertheh i from NSftsr
to quarter and from year to year in the ac
count of the Treasurer.
The Treasurer savs three years will probably
elapse before a final settlement of Gen. Spin
ner's accounts can be made, as many of tnsm
are outstanding, ami the Auditors "and Con
trollers cannot pass upon them before that
time.
The number of national banks organized ami
which deposited security for circulation, in the
fiscal year of 1875 was" 127. The number 0T
SBtoSfl to July 1, 1875. was 2 282. The num
ber doing business June :((, Is;.,, was 2,08'J,
Thirty-five failed prior to Julv L 1n7." three
failed in the fiscal year of is:;,. The number
that went into voluntary liquidation prior f
July L 1874, was !7 : iu the fi-cal year of 1ST"..
66j Ten wound up business for the purpose
ot - onsolidating with other hanks.
The receipts from customs during the tisea!
year were 157, W7. 722.35 : internal revenue.
1 10.007. 4M.5K ; sales of public lands, 61,418,
640.17 : Bttaesllaneona sources, riu ni 186.60;
from issues of the public debt notes 6087, 7W1,
r.rx; ; total 6676 :71.07.10. Disbursements
including interest, but not principal, of the
public debt. $274 02.4. :l'.2.84 : disbursements ,n
account of public debt and nobs if'i7. !77
Vn.l . total, rf-82 on0.885.:2.
Ml IMHANS.
Tho report of Indian Commissioner Smith is
a very important document, and a review of
the proceedings of the council with the Sioux
delegation in Washington last Mav. He la
ments tho failure of the Commission of which
Senator Allison was Chairman, to obtain from
the Sioux a relinquishment of their title to the
Black Hills as he is aware that one thousand
or more miners have made their way-jnto the
Sioux country in the face of the most stringent
prohibitory orders by the military authoring
Atlargo number of miners have organized into
an association for mutual protection, and
have adopted laws ami regulations; have staked
out and reserved their Maims in the right to
which they expsct hereafter to be protected.
In this complication of affair- CommiKHion, r
Smith considers that there is but one alterna
tive for the Government either to increase
the military force so as to compel a strict ob
servance of the treaty rights of the Sioux, by
preventing all intrusion, or to put ench re
strictions njxiii the exeicweof the large bountv
now granted to the Sioux as to form an argu
ment that will be likely to procure their assent
to the cession of this ..iintrv. He admits that
the occupation mid puHMossion of thn Black
Mil's by white men is inevitable, but no reason
MtetofeYtss making sf this iasvttsbUifty ss The Ward Will Ca
occasion of wrong or injury to the Siouv. t .T - , ,
rbe Conunieaionsf reoonaesenda strongly the Lbt li. Ward, whrn J. yean Old, srsj
eonls;on .if all those person- known as a Clbin-boy Hi u hike m !i --i, .tt S) lit
-squaw men. or uie im nun-unon ui was U t HITllltl ; III .v, a CUlZe'.i : ; inti-nt.
SqllaWS. tlOIll llie lOOian H-BCl vm nor , um
mmal of Spotted Tail ami llsd Cloud Ageucies
to the Missouri Biver. and will also recommend
eceapelling 'he Indians to labor in return for
rations.
THE MARINE HOSPITAL BEKVICE.
' Dr. J. M. Wt odworth, Supervising Surgeon
of the Marine Hospital Service, in his amiual
report takes strong grounds in favor of the
adoption of more stringent methods for the
prevention of the introduction of cholera into
this eountry, and makes important recom
mendations. Dr. Woodworth thinks cholera
ciii be entirely nrevented bv prompt and au
thoritative information to threatened ports of
witn a iorii.no oi zoi,m- ti an
apoplectic capitalist with Ualnlities oi
SI, 000,000 ami n-Hoiin nmi.ooO.
A i xut 11 o'clock on the morning ol Jan.
J, lS7.r), he fell dead in the utreetaol I),
fruit. Tho uows was mrm-d ..unit- lie
fore tho Isnly was. Two of the dstd
man's nous jumped inb a V06JM 8lld
drove down town. Another wu- m jsi-He.
thorn on tho wav. It held Ufe OOgpss ol
their father. 'Ptiey did not stop, but
drove straight to a lawyer'b ottos, Tbsse
two were the sous of Capt. Woid'i fast
wife. He had by Mf five children, fa
filudinff two imlieeiloH. is fore ! v9. In
the shipment of passengers and goods from a jlftt yettr ,e compelled her to sue loi
cholera-infected district, aud a ngid quaran- aivoreo Two months rCrr it was
tine. If the Health Oftioers at the different a Uivorco. xwo mouuis ma l n was
ports of the Cnited States were made aware by granted, he married another woman,
telegraph of the fact that emigrants or goods The present Mrs. W ard has two ofai
snpjxsied to be infected were SB route to thia dren, a bov and girl. Whou the will
.xjuMtry, measures coidd be taken to prevent. wftg otMuet it was found Ik! the bulk
without difticultv, their admission. Dr. Wood- . r ' . . fj. i j . ,
worth thinks that it is most needed that the of the OBOflV WMft tO HOI uml bei
National Government through its Consular 'children; about $100,000 wasn't apiui
officers should actnure the necessarv informa
tion, and then promptly and intelligently fur
uish it to the poits and localities proposed.
Thus advised, threatened communities would
have ample time for preparation ; and the pub-
SSltf given to the warning would be the most
erhcient means of insuring proper precaution
ary measures. The President has (romised to ,
give Dr. Woodworth's recommendations the
due attention they deserve, and will, no doubt,
carry out the plan before another cholera sea
sou. UPOn OF THE SE( JIKTAHY OF T6U
TBEASUEY.
The report of Secretary Bristow will, it is I
stated, take strong ground in favor of the re
sumption of specie payments. The report will
show a falling off iu the receipts of customs
for the tirst six months of the present vear as
compared with the corresjionding period of last
year, but an increase in internal revenue re
ceipts. The falling off iu customs receipts
must be met b either an increase in duties or
a decrease of expenditures in collection ( which ,
the department has from time to time effected ),
aud in the appropriations for the public seruce. - man's belief in Spiritualisi
The Secretary ha- showed conclusively that the , , , , , .
duty on OOffee, repealed by the M0t of 1876, was nIe.(l that Slid h.-llet u
added to the Strang price abroad, with no ad
vantage to consumers here. Ee nomy in the
public expenditures will be energetically urged
by tho Secretary.
THE QH66XJ6 BUHAU.
in. F. A. Walker. Superintendent ol :!
Ninth eiisus. has submitted his annual reiort
to the Secrotan of the Interior. He states that
the work of the office, which consists of cor
respond, nee arising out of the publication of
the United State census of lsTO, or having ref-
crenco to the projected State census in 1875. or
to tho International Statistical Congress, has
for legacies; and the retnainde: was rett-
od in Trustees for the beuetlt ol the
older children. The condition ttschsd
to the trust gave tho holders SO almost
unlimited power to beggar the heirs.
They were never to paj them mors than
$200 a month apiece, except i&COMol
sickness, ami might give then, u Braoh
less as they choose. Thh, tbe most
stringent of the provisii-ns. vas added
in a second codicil, dated March !S
1874. Milton D. and Charles Ward, the
oldest sane sons of the QsJtOsin decided
to contest the will. Mrs. Ward oflbrsi I
to pay them $200,000 and OOmpromise
the matter, but this was dsoiinsd.
Tho cae opened Si'pt. 21, 17". Alt i
the failure of an attempt to quash Tin
will on technical grounds, toe contest
was narrowed down to the question t,i
insanity or undue inHm-nee- i t. sstsb
HhIi one or bc4h of these poillto, vi
dence was introduced to show- the di -.nl
tnalism. The Judge
an i vsidsnoe
oi iiiHanity, liecnuse Spmtnaiism w.i-
merely one of many religions' pn valeni
in this country, but he bud that testi
mony of this sort might be led to
show ctndtM influence. A atimber ol
noted mediums were en the witness
stand. One of them mwt I Ml - Martin,
who finds room within her ample frame
for seven spirits, among whom atefboai
of Dean Kichmond, the ratlwaj king,
ex-Senator Howard, of Michigan, and I
German geologist with the euphonious
name "Cabbage John." C. J. was ,
(lovernnieut. except that of postage. He v
grets the paucity of results iu the State OSSSM
of ls7". an-1 sas that in a country as young as
the United States, statistical information is of
DSOlsl itnportaiiee iu guiding its social and in
dustrial development, and that the indifference
of our people to the advantages of such infor
mation is certainly not proof of a wisdom su
perior to the need. After naming a few States
in which the census has been taken the pres
ent year. flen. Walker closen by saying that
enough m itiready known Of the result to indt
cHte ipute clearly that the progress ol our pop
ulation has received a temporary check.
been done by himself, without expense to the great favorite with tho eepit&Ust. H'
instructed him in various business mat
ters, ami said unkind things about I
certain Michigan statesman who was
thon running for re-election tv the Sen
ate, aud who was opposed bv Mi . Ward.
The successful sjieeulator askn-l "Cal
bage John " about railroads, about min
ing on Lake BuMHor, about .iass-mak-ing
in Missouri, about all mannar ol
enterprises. The spirit of the noted El
than " Red Jacket," who materializes m
tlx- shape of a KM Caoed BU -ft-hant Of
Detroit, notified Capt. Ward of liis im
pending death, and the latter afterward
said that the Indian had told him to
'keep his blankets gathered up, fo
they would call him before the flowers
bloomed again." Most of tie spiritun)
guides were consulted about the half
dozen different wills which wt re drawn
up by Mr. Ward. Whale he sterna to
hare taken or rejected the b ni m ad
vice of his goblins according t his OWH
previous views of the matter, he followed
ghostly couust'l quite impii- itlj in the
matter of his wills.
The trial, which latt Q !y tit?
days, was fruitl'SM. Ninetj-two wit
nesses swore to various pros anil cons.
Nine lawyers earned big nsa i-y examin
ing and cross-examining the witnesses,
by trying to bully each other, and bv
I KOOkEl) WlilShV.
OperstioiiM ot the St. I. 6Mt 6tTtllSM
KxNt4iu-es.
The th-volopments in the trial, at St.
Louis, of (Jen. John McDonald, BX
Supervisor of Internal R'Venue, are of u
tattling natnre. The evidence of Con
dnce laegrne, member of the ring,
who turned State's evidence, reveals the
holilnnai With which the illicit distillers
carried on their work, at tho conniv
ance of the Government officials. Me
grue's story, as told on the witness
stand, is as follows:
before coming here Joyce wrote me two let
ters, stating that he wanted to see me on basis
ness of importance to me. This was in Juue,
1871. I came in the latter part of 1S71, and
through 1H,2 I had conversations with M- l)-n-
ujo. woo mhj. men net lit n ni ucruntii, woo .,.' . .. i .1 .1 rri
JofN as chief clerk port,,,,, ;,f that time and , f? 5? j,U'-V' riH"
asSneeial Airent nart of the tune. In these latter retired ov. 10. After tlftv-foui
con verb ations with McDonald, we spoko about
making money through illicit distilling. The
substance was that the distilleries should be
protected in running and making illicit whisk.
on condition that they gave- a certain portion ol
the taxes saved to certain parties. From about
Sept. 1, 1H71. to November. 17-2. I collected the
money from the distillers. Uevis .V Frai r
Thompson. Currun. and I'lrici, to pav to the
other parties. I hal a talk with all the distil
lers mentioned, and assured them that they
could run in violation of law. and thev would
In- protecte 1 in it by the (Joveinment otttoSN
ou the conditions mentioned. I did this on
authority of Joyce and MeDOBSld. The money
was collected usually on Saturday in each SWSk.
The amounts from i'iriei varied from 66,000 to
66,000 : lrom Th.mijison. from 6600 to ffl.500 j
from Curra.ii. from to ?l.."i(i ; trom Ik:vi-
& I'raer. from 66,800 to 68,000, the total av
erage bsinfl about 68,800 per week. The -hs-tillers
brought it to mo at niv rootu. art of the
time on Walnut street and part of the time on
Fifth street. They generally brought it aliout
noon, and I diebfUSSa it. A certain sum SM
taken out to pay Oaugers. Asistaut Collectors.
Assistant Vssessors, aid Storekeepers. The
balance wa4 divided into live parcels.
The money ,or sulwruiuates was given to
John Leavenworth, for disbursement. Of tho
other live packages X kept one. McDonald got
the other. Joyce got the other, and the other
two were iven to fj ieiivorth with the un
derstanding that IfcKss got one and Ford
the other, l lriei did not come in until 1878.
Thil work began ill the Bast part of September
1K71. Macklot Thompson came iu iu 1872.
Whei: i cam-' here I got no further instnu
tioiiK from McDonald and Jovce than to ttdlthe
uiftiiiers tht y wouM l-e jirotecte f in ninning
crooked. I did not enter into details to tell
them how to escape dircovory. Joyce was gen
erally at the Supervisor's office when I took
the money in. McDonald was there but sel
dom. I fjave hun the money only u few time,
and had no doubt as to his understanding VOSl
it was for.
He complained once that Joyce oiurbt not to
receive as much as the rest, and so. on one oc
casion. 1 gave him I McDonald - 66,600 more
than the rest, without giving Joyce his full
oue-nfth. He took it. The arrangement was
that the disUIJers were to retain about one
half of the profits on crooked. We arr'vod
at tltie by the reports of the distillers, and by
reports which Leavenworth kept through the
Clangers and Storekeejers such reports being
required to tally. Leavenworth was an officer
danger etc. There wus no arrangement as to
what proportion of the amount distilled should
bet-rooked. The tax at that time was 50 cent
per gallon, aud I collected on an average some
;lo-odd cents per gallon.
It was the understanding at the Supervisor's
office. I was informed bv Joyce, that ilaugers :
and Storekeepers were to receive from tl to
tl.50 per barrel, but Leavenworth generally
paid them more, as much sometimes as per
barrel.
I neglected to . tate that I always set aside a
portion of the mouev part of the time 6100
per we. 1 and tit of "the t.u.e ? ' pu w. k
for William O. Avery. nief ( lerk of the In
ternal lie venue Itiirau at WaebiugtCW. Hrffl
1 1 .create whs made at tlie instance oi .loyce
hours of disagreement, it was dischiirg
ed. Eight jurors wished to break tht
will, and all of them agreed that the cod
icil ought not to stand. The mr t
come up again next January, unless it. he
settled by agreement before tfa a, ( A
i ayo Trihini' .
A amn n husband in Man. utdiilly
gnound a knife to a keen vij-. esiaed
his wife by hor neck, drew Kiel her
head, and cut off the Monde hah
that she prided herself so much abonl
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