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* m> , ̂ .jk 2EI« |Jltgcirrn ftamdwlei, J. VAN SLVK&. YPWJGGNT. ̂MoHENBY, ILLINOIS. ME NEWS CONDENSED. X * •d5 tU* '1 SOOTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS. At the Cabinet session held on the 23d of ICaroh, to devise some mode for the adjustment of the political troubles in Sooth Carolina, it vu decided to invite the rival claimants to the Governorship to visit Washington in person, and have a conference with the President Accordingly the following letter was addressed to Meagre. Chamberlain and Hampton. It was rigned by W. BL Rogers, Private Secretary to the President: Snt: 1 am instructed by the President to taring «u Juuj awmmvu uir p~7jT-r-" t*" iut.O iVuutruittu; consideration the position of affaire in South Caro­ lina, 'with a view of determining the course which, in the order of the constitution and laws of the United Stated, it may be his duty to take in refer­ ence to the situation in that Stat*, as he finde it upon succeeding to the Presidency. It would give the President great pleasure to confer with you ia person, if you shall find it convenient to visit Washington, and shall concur with him in thinking Meh a oonferenoe the readiest and beet mode of placing Trior news air to the political situation in yonr rote before him. He would greatly prefer thin dire-ct oommimication of opinion and informs- «hi 4m ssay «4hei- mcibod o£ ascertaining your views Upon Si* present condition and: the' immediate prospect of public interests in South Carolina. If reasons of weight with you should discourage this eonrae, the President will be glad to receive any communication from you, in writing, oi through way delegate possessing your confidence, that will convey to him your views of the impediments to a peaceful and orderly organization of a single and nndlsputed State Government in South Carolina, and of the best n>othodr. of removing them. It is the earnest desire of the President to be able to put an end. as speedily as possible, to all appearance of the intervention of the military of the United Mates in the political derangements which affeH the Government and afflict the people of South Carolina. In this desire the Presi­ dent cannot doubt that he truly represents the patri­ otic froiu&g of the great body of the peopie of iiie United States. It is impossible that a protracted disorder in the domestic Government of any State can, or should, ever fail to be a matter of the live­ liest interest and solicitude to the people of the •whole country. In the furtherance of a prompt and safe execution of this general purpose, he invites a full communication of your opinions on the whole anbjeci, in such one of the proposed forms as may aeezn to yon most useful. THK LOUISIANA ARBITRATORS. The commission appointed by President Hayes to visit Louisiana for the purpose of bringing about a compromise between the rival State Governments is constituted as fol­ lows: Gen. John M. Harlan, of Kentucky, Chairman ; Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, of Con­ necticut ; Judge Charles B. Lawrence, of Illi­ nois ; Wayne McVeagh, of Pennsylvania ; and ex-Oov. J. C. Brown, of Tennessee. The first four are Republicans, while ex-Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, is a Conservative Democrat. The commission will at once set about its work. It is said they will endeavor to induce both parties to a^ree to reorganize the Legis­ lature by permitting members of both branches whose seats are uncontested, and whose elec­ tion is conceded by both pax-ties, to pass upon the oontested cases, and that the Legislature thus constituted shall, under the constitution and laws of Louisiana, canvass the votes for Governor. If the two parties decline to so re­ organize the Legislature the President is fully determined to thereupon immediately withdraw the troops from the support of the Packard Government, and to notify both factions that, having failed to accept the adjustment pro­ posed by the administration, the Federal troops cannot be used to sustain any state govern­ ment, and that the two pretended Governors must settle their own affairs in their own way. THE FOSTER-MATTHEWS FLEDGES. We print below the full text of the letter of Judge Matthews and Congressman Foster, of Ohio, to Senator Gordon, of Georgia, and Con­ gressman Brown, of Kentucky, touching which a good deal has been lately said. The letter was given to the public by Mr. Brown at the request of Messrs. Matthews and Foster: WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 27, 1877 OIXTLIMEK : Referring to the conversation had with you yesterday, in which Gov. Hayes' policy as to the status of certain Southern States was dis­ cussed, we desire to say we can assure you in the strongest possible manner of our great desire to have him adopt such a policy as will give to the people of the States of South Carolin»-;nnl Louisi­ ana the right to control their own affairs in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States and the laws, made in pursuance thereof, and to say further, that, from an acquaint­ ance with and knowledge of Gov. Hayes and his views, we have the most complete confidence that rach will be the policy of the administration. Respectfully, STANLEY MATTHEWS, CHARLES FOSTER, To Bon. John B. Gordon and John Young Brown. THE EAST. . A FOBOKB of railroad bonds, named James IBrkpatrick, has been arrested in New York -with $100,000 worth of spurious Missouri Pa­ cific bonds. They are said to be an almost perfect imitation of the genuine bonds.... A. Oakey Hall, ex-Mayor of New York, and for many years one of the most noted men in the metropolis, has mysteriously disappeared. His friends believe that he has either been mur­ dered or has committed suicide, as it is said his menial faeoltice have lately EIIOVTE. Hymptoma of faffing. Another theory is that Mr. Hall has sailed for Europe i" escape teH living against Ids old friend Peter B. Sweeney, for whom he baa a warm regard. ANOTHEB New England mill dam has given way, destroying a vast amount of property and creeping away everything of human construc tfcm tor miles down a populous valley. The break occurred at the Siaffordsville reservoir, near the northern border of Connecticut where the headwaters of the WiUimantic were gath­ ered for the use of the mills below. Fortun­ ately, the people along the water course below discovered their danger in time to escape, and Only one life was lost. About §750,000 worth af property was destroyed. THE WEST. THE Ponca Indians object to thfr proposed re­ moval of their tribe to the Indian Territory, They say they will fight before they will leaVe ....Advices from the West state that Gen. miss is getting ready for an active campaign against the hostile TndiA.ua, THE Chicago Tribune publishes a collection of brief communications from farmers in Kan- aas, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota, giving in­ formation relative to the grasshopper outlook for 1877. All agree that the severe weather of March has not destroyed the eggs to any ap­ preciable extent, and that with the advent <& warmer weather the hatching process will go forward as in former vears. Ia manv localities organized action will be taken, and there seems to h ave been a general and uniform adoption of the policy of leaving the dried grans of the prai­ ries to be burned over in the nprii>g instead of the and by this means destroy vast Quanti­ ties of the insects before they have reached an able-bodied stage of growth The persons engaged in the late massacre of Chinese, at Chico, Cal., have been arretted. AN attempt was recently made hear Dead- wood, Dakota, to rob the Cheyenne and Black Hills stage. Five masked men intercepted the eoach, shot and killed the driver and seriously wounded one of the passengers. The horses ran away and aid not stop till they reached Deadwood, thus depriving tfae highwaymen of their anticipated booty. W. Maxwell and his son, aged 1G, stock men, formerly of Bfeuart, Iowa, and located in Colfax county, New Mexico, were recently murdered bv % negro, who has since been captured at Trim- dad, Col. liobbery was the probable cause, as Maxwell was supposed to have monev with him. A sHoonna affray recently oocurred in To- Kan., between J. Clark Swayze, editor of of the Topeka Blade, and John W. Wilson, for- .merly of the Topeka Times, in which Mr. Wayze was killed. , A SFEGSAXI dispatch from Tucson. Arizona, to the New York Herald says the following is a m* W '*• , •jmu •>* correct copy of the original order given con­ cerning the Mountain Meadows massacre. The order, with the three affidavits authenticating it, was found among the papera of the late Chief Justice John Titus, of Arizona, and formerly Chief Justice of Utah : SPECIAL ORDER. SALT LAKE CITY, April 19,1858. The officer in command of the escort is hereby ordered to see that every man is well prepared with ammunition and to have it ready at the time you see these teamsters 100 miles from the settlement. President Young advises that they should all be killed to prevent them returning to Bridger to join our enemies. Every precaution should be taken, and eee that not one escapes. Secrecy is required. By order of Gen. Daniel S. Wells. JAMES FEBOXJSON, Assistant Adjutant General. WASHINGTON • Tin Army Board of Engineers, consisting of Gens. Duane, Wright and Gillman, who were ordered to examine the Washington monument and the foundation upon which it is built, after a careful examination of the work done, aad the strata beneath the foundation, have or- All the members agreed that the monument could not be completed according to the regular design, be­ cause the formation of the ground below the foundation will not admit of more weight being put upon the monument The founda­ tion was originally placed 8 feet below the surface, and has now settled 8% inches. The settling be^an while the monu­ ment was in process of building, and as in set­ tling the shaft leaned north, the builders still buift according to the plumb-line, andthe whole pile IB crooked. THE Commissioner of the General Land Office has issued orders providing for the vigorous prosecution of the work of detecting and bring­ ing to punishment depredators on public timber- lands, especially in Minnesota, where violations of the law are most numerous... .The Solicitor of the Treasury, after an investigation of the charges against Assistant Secretary Conant, ex­ onerates that official. THE Secretary of the Treasury has issued an­ other call for the redemption of 5-20 bonds of 1866, May and November. The call is for $10,000,000, of which $9,500,000 are coupon and $500,000 registered bonds. The principal and interest will be paid at the treasury on and after the 27th day of June next, and interest will cease on that day. The following is a de­ scription of the bonds: Coupon bonds--$500, from No. 42,301 to No. 46,000, both inclusive; #1,000, from No. 121,001 to No. 132,000, both inclusive. Registered bonds--$500, from No. 7,494 to No. 7,600, both inclusive. THE regulations allowing the United States Treasurer to furnish silver coin on certificates of deposit of the Assistant Treasurer and na­ tional bank depositories has been modified to permit the shipments of silver directly to the parties making the deposit The expense of the transportation is paid by the department to Mints in the United States reached through es­ tablished express lines by continuous railway or steamboat communication. The deposits are to be in sums of not less than $1,000 or its multi­ ple, and not exceeding @10,000 Wade Hamp- ionandD. H. Chamberlain arrived at Wash­ ington last week, in response to the invitation of the President, for the purpose of having a conference with the administration in regard to the political complications in South Carolina. THE SOUTH. A Ngw OBLEANS telegram Bays "theBrookses, of Boston, owners of several millions of prop­ erty in New Orleans, have paid their taxes to the Nicholls Collectors. Many large property- owners have paid their taxes to the Nicholls Government, including Burnside, the largest property-owner in Louisiana." A LADY named Armstrong and her son were burned to death at Little Rock, Ark., a few days ago. Coal oil Nicholls and Packard, the rival claimants to the Governorship of Louisiana, have again issued proclamations, each asserting that ne is at the head of a fully- organized Government, and that his rival is a pretender, a fraud, etc. INFORMATION from New Orleans is to the ef­ fect that" Packard continues to arm his militia, principally colored, but the adherents of Nich­ olls Bay that they have no apprehension of danger, as their armed friends are far more numerous and effective than Packard's, while an additional force from the adjoining States can be procured if necessary." POLITICAL. IT is stated in a dispatch from Washington that "while, as a general principle, the Presi­ dent's plan of civil-eervioe reform does hot contemplate the removal of those whose com­ missions have not expired, this is only adopted as a general rule, affording solid ground to stand on at the start But it can be accepted as beyond question as equally a part of the President's plan to see to it that if office has been obtained by im­ proper means, or if improper persons are found m office, the mere fact of their holding com­ missions will afford them no protection. All cases of this kind brought to the attention of the President will be fully considered as rapidly as thev can be reached."... .Gov. Robinson, of New York, nominated Gen. George B. Mc- Clellan for State Superintendent of Public Works, and the Senate rejected him by a vote of 13 to 9. THE following Associated Press dispatch from Washington was apparently inspired by the President, and explains itself: "Concerning the alleged assurance of the President to Southern gentlemen, involving the with drawal of the troops from the capitals of Louisiana and South Carolina, there is author­ ity for stating that the President has given no assurance of immediate action on the sub­ ject In all cases he has said that the gravity of these questions required caution and deliberation, and hence his recent letters to Govs. Chamberlain and Hampton, inviting them to Washington. It is further stated in official quarters that previous to the President's inauguration he meditated sending a commis­ sion to Louisiana. Several of the prominent Southern men, who had been referred to as parties to various alleged 'agreements' on this subject, say they are as well satisfied now as at any previous time that in the end no Southern State Government will be sustained by Federal troops. They consider that nothing has been done by thtf President since he indorsed the sentiments of Representative Foster's speech, or since he made them more emphatically his own in his inaugural address, which violates or indicates any intended violation of the policy thus An­ nounced. and, therefore, even if the assurances §iveu bv Matthews and Foster had been made y the President himself (which was not the case) there is no ground for asserting that they will not be fulfilled." GENERAL. AM English steamer, with arms from New Haven for Constantinople, has been lost at sea. Hon. E. B. Washburne, the United States Minister at Paris, was called upon at Washing­ ton, the other day, by a committee of Ger.uans and presented with resolutions thanking him for services to their countrymen during the Franco-German war Gen. Grant, it in said, will start in a few days on his two year* Euro­ pean tour. The ex-President left Washington for St Louis last week. MB. WASHBCBXE has made a formal request of the President to be recalled from his post as Minister to the French republic, the recall to take effect at the pleasure of the President-- immediately, or upon the apjiointment and ar­ rival hi Paris of his successor The competi­ tion between the theatrical managers of Chica­ go is unusually brink just now, and, as a result, the amusement bills are more than ordinarily attractive. As usual, McVicker's is ahead, large audiences appearing nightly to witness the finished acting of Mr. Dion Boucicault, the celebrated Irish-English actor, as Conn, the Shaughraun, in the play of that name--said to -be-the most interesting and «.timgiing Irish drama ever written. IT is reported that the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad is to pass under the manage­ ment of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Company, in virtue of a lease for ninety-nine years. ^ THE Currency Bureau in Washington reports that many national banks are loaded with worthless or depreciated paper, discounted in the flush times and held ever since because nothing could be realized on it Actual suspen­ sions are not expected to be numerous, but the examiners have never before been kept so bnsy, and there is no immediate appear­ ance of the relief that was expect­ ed from the Presidential settlement The amount of grain stored in Chicago ele­ vators is as follows: 3,284,639 bushels of wheat; 3,558.724 bushels of corn; 777,780 bushels of oats; 187,818 bushels of rye, and 807,396 bushels of barley--making a grand total of 8,616,36/ bushels, against 6,662,846 bushels at this date last year. FOREIGN. AH Amsterdam banker recently offered Rus­ sia a loan of 25,000,000 roubles at 8 per cent, but the negotiation fell through in consequence of the banker insisting on disarmament and an engagement to raise no other loan for five years as the conditions for the one he offered.... There were great fes­ tivities in Berlin on the 22d of March, in celebration of the 80th birthday of Emperor William Destitution and dis­ tress prevail among the working people in large districts of Germany, and portions of Silesia are threatened with actual famine. The plan of giving employment to the idle and hungry on public works to be undertaken for the pur­ pose is proposed in some of the cities, and re­ lief committees are forming in the capital. THE thirty-fourth English university boat- race was rowed on the 24th of March, and the course was the usual one on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake; distance four miles and two furlongs. Of the Cambridge eight, six participated in last year's contest; while of the Oxford crew four were ancient mariners, but the coxswain was a novice of the Thames. At the conclusion of the race, which was a deci­ dedly exciting one, the judges declared it a dead heat It was pronounced the finest one ever rowed. A BOMBAY dispatch says there is little or no change in the famine-inflicted districts of India. Thousands of natives are still employed on the relief works. There had been copious showers, which, it was thought, would do much good Advices from Congo, on the west coast of Africa, state that the British war steamer Avon had destroyed seven villages on the Congo river, and killed three natives, as a punishment for plundering the American schooner Thomas Nickerson, of New York A Rome dispatch states that owing to the feverish excitement and unremit­ ting labor at the Yatican, relative to the con­ sistory, the Pope has fallen ill again. SOME of the Pope's advisers are urging him to excommunicate the King of Italy if the act of Parliament against clerical abuses is promul­ gated with the King's signature The visit of Ignatieff to London did not quite unravel the tangled skein of diplomacy in which the East­ ern question is involved. It was stated in the English House of Commons, yesterday, that the negotiations about the protocol were still pend­ ing, hut the Ministers hoped to make a more satisfactory statement after the Easter recess A telegram from from Alexandria reports that Col. Mitchell, an American officer of the Egyp­ tian staff, is a prisoner in Abyssinia, chained to native soldiers, and suffering severely. THE military situation in Austria is deemed every way satisfactory. The statement is made that at a fortnight's notice she can place 220,000 soldiers on the frontier, and follbw them with a like number in another two weokB. This strong array adds greatly to her influence in the settlement of the pending questions..., The rinderpest is raging in the immediate vi­ cinity of London. RETRIBUTION. Mr. Hayes' Reason for Making a Cabinet Appointment. By the way, Judge Patterson, of Terre Haute, who has just returned from Washington, says that he said to the President: " How did you happen to select Dick Thompson ? I know Morton was attaining every nerve to keep Tyner in the Cabinet, and the friends of Ben Harrison were pushing him for the place. Why, under these circumstances, did vou pick out Thompson ?" The President replied, " Nearly forty years ago I heard him make a speech in Oolumbus, Ohio. I stood a square away, but I heard distinctly every wo*l of his silvery voice, and his wonderful eloquence impressed me so that I have never forgotten it." Mr. Thompson say a it was in the campaign of 1840, when he apoke the last time in Columbus. I was studying the Secretary's (Thompson's) face carefully, and asked him, " Was your appointment a sur­ prise ?" "I should say so," he replied. "It came like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky. The first intimation I had was a telegram asking if I would accept a Cabinet position, and asking my choice between Secretary of War, Secretary of the Interior and Postmaster General. I did not know what to say or think. I consulted some of my friends, and finally in the matter of choice determined to take plenty of sea-room. No," added he, after a moment, "I had no more idea of ever again entering public life than I had of committing suicide."-- Cincinnati Commercial. Destruction of Birds by Telegraph Wires. It is the opinion of Dr. Elliott Coues that in the United States many hundred thousands of birds are yearly killed by telegraph wires. To show that this es­ timate is not extravagant, he cites his own observation while journeying from Denver, Col., to Cheyenne, Wy., the road for a considerable part of the way coinciding with the line of the telegraph. The most abundant birds of that region at the time (October) were horned larks and Maccown's bunting. "Almost im­ mediately upon riding by the telegraph wire," writes Dr. Coues in the American Naturalist, " I noticed a dead lark ; and as I passed several more in quick succes­ sion my attention was aroused. The po­ sition of the dead birds enabled me to trace cause and effect before I actually witnessed a oase of the killing. The bodies lay in every instance nearly or directly beneath the wire. A crippled bird was occasionally seen fluttering along the road. Becoming interested in the matter, I l>egan to count, and desist­ ed only after actually counting 100 in the course of one hour's leisurely riding-- representing, perhaps, a distance of three miles." During the hour he saw three birds strike the wire ; of these one had a wing broken, and another was dying in convulsions.--Popular Science Monthly for April. Margarine. In France a patent has been taken out for the manufacture of margarine, and it is to be sold on condition that it is not described as butter. It is made of the fat of beef, mixed with milk and cream, is said to keep longer than ordinary but­ ter, and has the additional advantage of cheapness. It is used in France for cooking purposes, and is also purchased n large quantities by the poorer classes. MBS. THOMAS INGRAM, of Monterey, Cal, died recently after having given birth to quadruplets, two of whom sur­ vived their unfortunate mother. There were twelve older children in the family. An Atrocity of Twenty Tears A|o Pun­ ished--Execution of John D. Lee at Cedar City, ut»ti--A Sketeh of the Awftal Crime and Its Consequences. CEDAR CITY, Utah, March 24. John D. Lee was shot at Mountain Meadows yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. The execution occurred within about 200 yards of the spot where, twenty years ago, he decoyed the emi­ grants out, and nearly the same distance From the monument. About 100 persons witnessed the execution. His man­ ner was cool and collected, and he either failed to realize or was indifferent to the terrible fate so soon awaiting him. He said he was perfectly resigned to his fate, and was willing to meet his God and the emigrants. The only thing he dreaded was leaving his families and children, fifty in number. He believed he was being sacrificed, and expressed great bitterness against Brig- ham Young, whom he accused of leading the Mormons to destruction. He took off his overcoat and as ooolly seated himself on the head of his coffin as though he was taking a seat by a com­ fortable fire. The Marshal, in a clear, steady voice, read the death war­ rant, to which the condemned paid little attention, but asked to make a statement. He spoke of the solemnity of the occasion, his willingness to die, his innocence, as being the best friend the United States had, and of Brigham Young, whom he accused of going back on one who had served him, but he stood firm in the faith, spoke of his family, was from the first affected to tears. All were kneeling, and the prisoner by his coffin. Rev. Mr. Stokes offered prayer. Lee again seated himself, and tola the men at tne wagons not to mangle his legs, but to aim for his heart; said he was not at all excited, and that he could give the word to fire himself. He had his photograph taken seated on his coffin, and requested that one be sent to each of his wives, Rachel, Caroline, and Sarah. The Marshal band­ aged his eyes. He would not permit his hands to be tied, but had them clasped over his head. About the last thing, he told the boys to aim well up, and mur­ mured something against Brigham Young. The Marshal gave flhe com­ mand : " Make ready ! Take aim! Fire!" John D. Lee fell quietly bock on his own ooffin, his feet resting on the ground, and died without a struggle. Five balls passed through the region of his heart. He never moved. He displayed the most extraordinary courage, and met his fate either in the belief that he was a martyr or a hero, and in any event he died with a fortitude and resignation that made death easy. CONFESSION OF LEE. At the time of Lee's first trial, in Sep­ tember of last year, he wrote out and in­ trusted to his counsel, W. W. Bishop, a paper purporting to be his confession, with instructions not to give it to the public until after his execution. This confession is now published for the first time. Lee says he was born at Kas- kaskia, Randolph county, 111., on Sept. 6, 1812, and was christened in the Cath­ olic faith; married Agatha Ami Woolsey in 1833, and removed to Fayette county, ILL, where he became wealthy; removed to Jackson county, Mo., in 1836, and joined the Mormon Chureh. When the Mormons were expelled from Missouri he followed them to Nauvoo, HI., and subsequently to Salt Lake City, and was prominent in their councils. Lee says the Mountain Meadow massacre was the result of the teachings of Brigham Young, and was done by order of those high in authority in the Mormon com­ munity. The immediate orders for the deed were issued by Col. Dame, Lieut. Col. Haight, and the Council held at Cedar City, Utah. Fifty- eight Mormons and about 500 Indians participated in the butchery, which was accomplished only by the use of the basest treachery. The emigrants Were induced to give up their arms by promises that they should not be molest­ ed, and would receive safe conduct out of the Territory. The work of killing, the women and large children was as­ signed to the Indians, while the Mormons killed the men, including the sick and wounded. It is needless to say that the awful work was effectually and thoroughly performed. Lee says 17 small children wero all that were spared. About 135 men, women and children were ruthlessly shot down like wild beasts. The orders were to spare no children that could talk and would be likely to remember and reveal to the world the circumstances of the horrid deed. The dead were stripped and mu­ tilated, and the corpses left on the field. Lee went to Salt Lake City ten days after the massacre and' made his report to Brigham Young. The latter approved the act, Baying: "I have direct evi­ dence from God that the act was a just one, and that it was in accord with God's will. I sustain you and all your brethren in all you did. All I fear is treachery on the part of the brethren concerned. Go home and tell them I sustain them. Keep all secret as the grave. I will make a report to the United States Gov­ ernment that it was an Indian massacre." THE CRIME FOR WHICH T.WT: WAS EXECUTED --COLD-BLOODED SLAUGHTER OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EMIGRANTS. Enriched by the earlier discoveries in the gold mines of Calif oriiia, a party of Arkansas miners returned in 1856 to their late homes with light hearts and full pockets to take back to the land of gold their household gods, wives, chil­ dren and friends. The story of their success inflamed the hearts of all their neighbors, and very soon a large party got ready and set out, liberally provided for the trip across the continent. The emigrant train must have numbered about 140 souls in all, and in property and money, horses, furniture and camp equipments was rich beyond all compari­ son with the emigrant trains then moving westward. The men were well armed for defense against roaming bands of In­ dians, and all cherished high hopes of a safe and comfortable journey and a pros­ perous future in their intended new home in the gold fields. Before they had proceeded very far into the Territory of Utah the Mormons became informed of their approach, and, deeming this an excellent opportunity for revenge and plunder, called a council, at which it was determined to order out the Mormon militia, *' to follow and attack the accursed Gentiles, and let the arrows of the Almighty drink their blood." Meantime the Mor­ mons assured their unsuspecting victims by pretended friendly advice. They told them it was too late to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains by the old emigrant route. This was in the spring of .1857, and the emigrants were told their better way would be to go through Southern Utah and Nevada to Los Angeles. They proceeded as advised and passed unmolested for some days through the settlements of. the Latter Dny rwvints. About the fourth day after passing through. Cedar City the emi­ grant band camped in a little valley well grassed and watered and sheltered by hills on either side. It was a beautiful spot for a camp, and they admired its natural advantages, looking upon that as an earthly paradise which was so soon to be to them a field of frightful slaughter. While in camp at this point their first intimation oi unuger came in the form of what they believed to be an Indian sur­ prise at the rear. The attack was sud­ den, but was met with the promptness that characterized the frontiersmen of that time. _ With great rapidity they packed their wagons in lines of breast­ works, behind which were gathered their women and children. They dug trenches and arranged matters so that water and some iUel coald be procured without leaving the shelter thus provided. Then, with their old long rifles, they kept at bay the attacking party without loss be­ yond that sustained in the capture of their animals, which were run off at the first fire. For five days the assault was kept up and the defense sustained without any definite result being arrived at. All this time the appearances indicated that the attacking party were savages. They were dressed and painted like Indians, and imitated their ways so well as to completely deceive the emigrants. But, while there were probably a few Indians among the lot, the majority of those who harassed the unfortunate travelers were members of the Utah militia, headed by Maj. John D. Lee. While the siege lasted some of these fiends amused them­ selves by pitching quoits and indulging in other pastimes when temporarily re­ lieved from duty. At last, finding the work too slow, Lee sent word back that his fight had not been wholly successful. On receiving this information Lieut. CoL Isaac C. Haight, of the militia, ordered out reinforcements, with instructions to those going to Lee's assistance that " all but the little children of the party were to be killed." Haight at this time had just returned from "military headquar­ ters " at Parowan, where a military coun­ cil had been held, and he was but giving utterance to the decrees of the " church" devoting the company to destruction. When the reinforcements joined Lee he massed all the troops near a little spring, and made them a speech, telling them " his orders from headquarters were to kill all but the little children." Then at the head of his command he approached the emigrant camp, most of his mock Indians having meanwhile discarded paint and feathers. As he advanced he sent out a flag of truce, to the great joy of the emigrants, who dressed a pretty young girl of their party all in white, and placed her outside their defenses, to show that they, too, were disposed to be friendly. Then followed a parley, and Lee told the emigrants the hills were alive with Indians. He ad­ vised them to leave their arms as a meas­ ure of safety, as the Indians wanted plunder and not blood, and his men would protect them back to the Mormon settlements. The emigrants at first ob­ jectedbut finally consented, and marched out of their fortifications with­ out the least apprehension of danger from their professed friends. Not an Indian was in sight at this time. By Lee's order the men were separated from the women and children, the latter going to the front. Half a mile the devoted band had scarcely gone from their camp when, at the monster Lee's command, they were shot dead, every one except the seventeen little children of the party, whose lives the "council "had ordered should be spared. One hundred and twenty men, women and children were slain in cold blood. Before the women of the party had all been killed one young girl is reported to have rushed from the crowd toward Lee. She first threw herself on her face before him and begged him to let her live. She then rose up and, twining her arms about his neck, cried to him to spare her; that she was going to California to join her lover, who anxiously awaited her there, and to whom she was to be married on her ar­ rival. He repaid her confidence by dragging her aside with vile intent, and because she resisted him and tried to de­ fend herself with a knife she chanced to have in her possession he shot her through the head. For years after the perpetration of this daring crime the property of the mur­ dered emigrants was openly used by their murderers, and the fate of the missing ones for some time remained a mystery, their death being laid at the door of the savages. Some Indians did participate in the massacre, but they waited for the white savages to set them an example in human butchery, only rushing from their ambush to surround the emigrants when, by Lee's order, the first shots had been fired. After the massacre the bodies of the murdered emigrants were left on the open prairie to be devoured by the wolves. So closely was the secret of this terrible deed guarded that not even in the northern Mormon settlements was it known for a long time ̂ that any white men had participated in the slaughter. The first authentic tidings of the fate of the emigrants reached the outside world through Mr. William H. Rogers, a Gov­ ernment Agent, who heard something of it while crossing the plains in charge of a treasure-train in 1857. The next year he was appointed Indian Agent in Utah, and was ordered to rescue the children whom it was believed the Mormons had saved from the savages. With the impudence of brigands the " Latter-Day Saints" demanded a ran­ som for their release. Mr. Rogers re­ fused the demand, and gathered the chil­ dren together. To his amazement one of the children, then about 8 years old, told him one day that it was not Indians,., but white men, that killed their parents. With a company of cavalry he went to the Mountain Meadows, where a hor­ rible sight met his gaze. The skeletons of 120 men, women and children were spread upon the field, the flesh torn from the bones by hungry wolves, and bullet- holes through the heads of most of the victims. A large quantity of hair from the heads of the women was gathered up from the sage bushes, and all the re­ mains were given a Christian burial. A few days afterward two Mormons called on Mr. Rogers, and, telling him "theit hearts were pressed with grief," said they would give him a true history erf the Mountain Meadow massacre if he would spare their own lives. He told them to proceed, and then they related to him the story told above, naming Lee as the leader. Some blooded stock, wagons, carriages and other prop .̂ erty owned by the emigrants, they said, had been taken to the Mormon tithing establishment and sold at public auction for the benefit of the " church." Brigham Young, it ia said, kept one of the carnages and a piano for his own use. In the Mormon versions of the story of the massacre it was made to ap­ pear that the emigrants provoked both «ii« es«Lileiu una the Indians in their progress through Utah. The Mor­ mons said their destruction was charge­ able to the Indians altogether, and that * they were attacked because they had poisoned a spring at which eattle drank and died, aad that Indians ate the flesh of these animals and died also. But this has peen pronounced absolutely un­ true by those who have investigated the matter, and it was well established both before and at the time of Lee's trial that the murder of the unsuspecting em­ igrants was but the execution of a well- laid plan ordered by the Mormon Coun­ cil, and that Lee not only executed but exceeded his sanguinary orders. With » his own hand he killed wounded women and children lying helpless after the first volley. He shot a man down who held a child in his arms and who knew and recognised him through his disguise. In November, 1874, Lee was arrested, and was soon after indicted for partici­ pation in this fearful crime. He had evaded pursuit for a long time, living with one of his eighteen wives, an En­ glish woman, among the Nava joe Indians, where his hut was like an arsenal. His first trial continued through part of July and August, 1875, and on the testimony then adduced the jury failed to agree. During his trial his cell was searched, and elaborate preparations for an in­ tended escape were discovered. At this time one of his wives tried to see him, and, meeting with a refusal, she assaulted , the jailer. In September, 1876, he was * again tried, and the jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree. Having, in that Territory, the right to choose whether he should be hanged, be­ headed or shot, he chose the latter form of execution. The Religions Test in New Hampshire. The State of New Hampshire has again rejected the amendment to the State constitution striking out the word " Pro­ testant" as a qualification for offioe. A provision of that kind has always been in the constitution of that State. The orig­ inal constitution was adopted in 1784, was amended in 1792, and again in 1850. 1 A State convention in 1876 was held to purpose amendments. The original constitution remains in force, but, ex­ cept the repeal of the property-qualifica­ tion of voters, has not been substantially changed. The constitution provides, as one of the qualifications for Governor, Senators, Representatives, and Counsel­ ors, and perhaps other officers, that they shall be professors of the " Protestant religion." The convention of I860 and the convention of 1876 both submitted amendments striking out this religious test, and it now appears that the people in 1877 have rejected the amendments, t as they did in 1850.. These amendments were adopted in the convention by an unanimous vote ; all the newspapers and < all the candidates advocated the amend­ ments. There was no public or avowed g opposition before the election, and yet, according to the returns, the* amend­ ments have been rejected', and, of coarse, by a secret vote. Beet-Root Crop in France. The beet-root crop in Franae lias, fallen off disastrously m the hist season. The roots have been for several years yielding a constantly-diminishing amount of sugar, and last summer only one- fourth the quantity obtained in the sea­ son of 1675 was realized. The average density of the beet-juice was this year 10 per cent, lower than last year, while the quantity of sugar obtained from each ' hectolitre of juice was about 3.60 kilo­ grammes, as compared with 3.88 in 1875. It is said that, whereas there were 438 factories at work in 1875, there are at present only 184 in operation. • IHE MAB&EI&r NEW YORK. Bursa DM <911 00 FLOUR--Superfine Western. OAT§--Western Mixed. RYE--Western , 5 76 « 25 , Ilk U* . 5 7* 6 15 . 1 45 1 46 6» 56 39 46 86 88 .14 50 14 75 9* 9* LABD--Steam CHICAGO. 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