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j. iipia, :yi :'^j|EjW.>lVKEiMI> i % McteftY, - - jujmm HIE SEWS 11ECQKD, knuujtr or ism • yvaciMOfl or. CnmmtiflsU Btî StitftWi All Over tHe Lud-nrv*, Ac- fend Crimes--Tb« GUt of th« Ww to » Wnr-UnM. . DESERT THE KT«AHT&. i,* r .';••• ; • £ ' fee tap of ttie passenger ooach. w» wi* hurt, wit i ondtofffe- Cowan had a: mr escape.' WESTERN H AFPENINOS. - a Killmd Miner* of Pennryttaala Jell tbe Progressive Union. t THF, railroad miners of Western Psnn - •ys» fgrlvania, at a delegate convention rspre- ^ , «*«Hag 8,800 misers, bald at Pittsburgh, " <4eoided to join the Miners* National Pro* gressive Union. Most of the miners were saeatbsrs of the Knights of Labor, and tfcatar desertion will be a hard blow to the BMrlet Assembly W. T. Lewis, General 'Ctatttftty of the Miners' Progressive Union, and Master Workman; Roe, of the National Assembly of Knights of Labor miners, were present in the interest of tibe rival organizations, but the sentiment vw abttovt unanimously in favor of the Progwssive Union. The question of en- forcingth« Columbus scale was lefc to the National Association. The coal operators an axtinging a meeting to be held short!; to elect delegates to the Interstate Con­ vention of miners' and operators in Cleve­ land in February. ; ARAB REBELS ROUTED. fts MahiU'8 Troops Driven Toward Handoub with a Loss of 400 Men. " DISPATCHES from Sakuin give the de- laHs of a combined attack upon the rebel position by the British and Egyptian forces. They stormed the redoubts and trenohea, and after a brilliant engagement lasting half an hour drove the enemy into file bush, flooring a complete victory. The British troops are encamped in the rebel position. The British lost four men killed and two wounded daring a gallant cavalry charge. The Ugyptian and black regiments charged the tMMMs and carried them brilliantly, tomnijfftwo men killed and thirty wounded. The Wily officers injured in the attacking faros were two Egyptians. The rebel loss is placed at 400. OsmanDigna's nephew, ttie Emir of Trinkitat, and twelve der­ vishes were captured. All ate wounded. FATAL ACCIDENT. IM €SM Wilcox, of Sharon, Ulna-, Killed on the Eve of Her Wedding: ' HKXBT KoiiiiAM, of Lesener, Minn., Misses Cors and Olive Wiloox DTUiuoi'S uvuSS, wuali tt eutlueu of the buggy threw Miss Mr. Kollam cjSt, he ,*V/1 horse's feot and _ kicked to one Blue v« . raejl, and Miss Olivo receiving slight in­ juries. Miss Cora remained, in the buggy until the frantic team dashed into the gate of her brother's yard and she was thrown <wt. _ When picked up by her brother she was insensible and did not recover. She died two hours later. She was to have been married New Year's Day to George Johnson, of Cleveland. • »*% »(iil A Historic ffflHIag Burnftfl, l ®BB old Doty tavern on Blue Hill niv©-' OB®, in Oanton, Mass., has been destroyed by lire. The building was a noted stop- times. Both fette dined there, draught of the ence waspie- 1 •_ Death of Colonel Thomas. > 1 C0II05KI» J. HANSON THOMAS, Treas< -«l*r of the Florida Railway and Naviga­ tion Company, who served with distinction on QeMral Loring's staff during the war, died *t Jacksonville, Fla. i'tjV Perished In the Flames. ' 'TBI house of Mrs. Staff (colored), at Indianapolis, lud., burned, her two chil­ dren, aged 3 and 5, perishing in the flames. DOINGS IN CONGRESS. , Varies* Measures Acted Upon by the jSsasfes-- 1 he Holiday Recess. Tte> Senate non-concurred in the Honte aasaodnertts to tbe direct-tax biU and a con- fawi was ordered on the 30th inst. By wnirtwww eooseot It was ordered that the TOllag on the tariff bill and all amendments tteftte Shall b<Mn at 1 o'clock p. m, January , 21, alter whiofa there ehaU be no fortfeer debate without unanimous consent. An •mewflinmit was adopted fixing the holiday noeto Jnm Kriday, Deo. 21, tillWeduesday, Jan.t Mr.Gibeon offend* resolution, which M 4 primed, for (be appointment ef a iof thirteen Senators to inquire into nfla«* throughout the United Slates, especially to investigate the election of fetftte officers at the State ejections held in No- member in Bttode Island and Xjouteiantu and the /jfeddeett*! election in Mew York and Indiana. *1»e Hooee Jo&xt reiblution for the pay of Con­ gressional otbeere, clerks, and ein^>yes trn tbe *>th K December wsi passed. Tbe He use bill to authorize the construction of a bridge across tba Missouri Btver in Iowa aud NeoMslta was passed with amendments. The tariff bill wae taken up, beginning with the sec. 'UOn relating to touacco ana cigars. About ten paces were disposed OL Tba action of tbe Ben- •td on tba direct tiui bill was rec. n- eideml and- the bill Vet referred to the i inuace C ommittee in order to afford an oppor­ tunity lor ibe presentation of arguments before toe Mmuilttee in sm»poit of the House aineud- HifBt to restore the proceeds of the sale of tbe lands at Keaofect, 8. C., aeme WOO/WO. Mr. Call introdaoed a joiut resolntion, giving tbe thanks of Congress to Supervising Burgeon (Jeneoat Hamilton aud other geutral phyeieitms for their fldt lity and efficiency in the treatment Of the yellow fever epidemic in Florida, Ke- lerred. Ail the tension billu 011 the calendar, ninety iu number, were passed. The legia- 1 rive arproisriaiion bill wna referred to the Committee on Appropriations. The Sen­ ate biil 10 open abanuonsd military res- wvatione in Nevada was passed. The Bcna'.e in executive session confirmed all Uie aruiy and navv Nominations that have been • feat in ibia session except the six new staff ap- "jxrimineiits. 'l'he Senate also confirmed tbe WM!:iutt io!ia of Thomas Buvke, to be Chief rfjlstiL-e of Washington Territory, and 0. B. HalJanj, to be Deputy First Auditor of the •Xreasary. A biU appropriating (si>3»oaj to meet ade " i«-ncy in tlie appropriation for public print­ ing uiid bind n,% una $5,000 to enable the Navy Department o'jserve the . eclipse of the gun. BiiOOPt eneoonter took ylaoe near the Indian Territory Una, hi Sirens County, Kansas, between a farmer named Howell aud Jim Newton, the desperado, who hails from Beer City, ia the neutral strip. Newton has been engaged in steal­ ing horses from the Knssas Aumrarrand rnnnmo theSS EfTOSS thS !inS fsitO the neutral strip, where he was safe from the law. Howell heard a noise in his barn-yard, and on going to investi­ gate found the notorious horse-thief preparing to leive with three of the best horses. He commanded Newton to release the horses, but the desperado an­ swered by firing a pistol. Howell then attacked the thief unarmed, and a des­ perate straggle ensued. The farmer was overcome, brutally beaten about the head, and to finish his work the thief filed three bullets into Howell's body, and rode off to the Territory with the horses. The mangled body of the farmer was found in the morning, and a posse of-farmers was at ones organized to follow the des- perado. WHIMS playing with a aaw, Addison Workman, a Lebanon (Ind.) boy, had his left hand severed. GBOBGB W. HTTKTZIST, fbr many years a grocer in Madison, Wis., has made an assignment. Assets and liabilities,, $10,- 0#0. 3. S. Fcstnii's farm, residence near Charles City, Iowa, together with & large barA, forty tons of hay, thirty head of cat­ tle, some horses and hogs, was destroyed by fire. No insurance. THE failure of the dry-goods house of John Stich, of Hastings, Neb., is one of the heaviest recorded in Western Ne­ braska. The liabilities will exceed $80,- 000. Parties in Kansas were given a chat­ tel mortgage for $30,000. Stich has stores in Kansas and Missouri. THE California National Bank of San Francisco has suspended payment. B. P. Thomas, President, says that the suspen­ sion is due t® irregularities of Cashier C. H. Ramsden, but that the bank has suf­ ficient available funds to insure all de­ positors against loss. Cashier Bamsden was suspected, and investigation of his books has not been sufficiently thorough for any definite statement to be issued. It is stated that the "irregulari­ ties" referred to are not criminal in char­ acter, but consist principally of bad loans. The bank was incorporated two years ago as a joint stock organization, the shares being taken by investors in San Francisco and the East. Its authorized capital was $1,000,000, of which $200,000 in coin was subscribed. A BPKOIAXI from Santa Ana, Cal., says tint William aged 76 years; with I Ms wife, aged 80. his adopted daughter, aged 20, and the wife of David J. Hartley, aged 43 years, all residents of EI Modena, „ started for that city, and when crossing w#- gMsfee* pc IwwsIsb near the outskirts of the city, the wagon was struck by an ap­ proaching train, and all the occupants killed, one of the women being thrown twenty feet, in the air. The young lady's head was crushed into an unrecognizable mass. Bartley was from Cummings County, Nebraska,'and leaves seven chil­ dren, live iu California and two in Penn­ sylvania. ' r • ETRGBMC BABTLBTT has lived for five yeant near Bross, Kingman County, Kan­ sas, with his two daughters and young son. He took with him from Kentucky an old servant, a negro woman, known as "Good Old Rebecca. " The servant be­ came impressed with the idea that she was being "hoodooed*9 by the daughter, Jennie, about twenty years old, and told the young lady that "she must quit or there would be trouble." The colored woman watched her opportunity for break­ ing the spell. One night the family, execpting Jennie, visited a neighbor. Shortly after their departure Robert Donnelly, a young ihan, called to see Jennie. He remained until about 9 o'clock, when Rebecca appeared and stated there was a sick horse at the barn, and she wanted him to go to Bross for medicine. He left in response to the re­ quest. As soon as he had gone the servant caught the young lady, bound her hands and feet, and, tying a rope around her hands, swung her to a joist with her feet about two feet above the floor. The. negress then stripped the girl of her clothes and covered her body with paint and thin tar. In a short time she had placed a kettle filled with kindling wood under her, and after putting » large amount of oil in it applied a match. While the names were curling around Jennie's feet and legs Donnelly returned. The front entrance was locked, and going to a window the horrible spec­ tacle met his eyes. He rushed to the back door, broke it open and at once removed the kettle. He then cut the rope and car­ ried the girl to a resting-place. Soon after the girl recovered consciousness and told the story of her fiendish treatment. Her feet and lower limbs were burned to a crisp, and a few minutes later death re­ lieved her of her intense agony. NKAK Springfield, Mo., an attempt VH made to wreck the Texas express train on the St. Louis and San Francisco Bbad, but a wild engine was the sufferer, and the 200 passengers on the express train were saved by the heroism of the fireman of the wrecked locomotive, who, though suffering from a broken ankle, dragged himself a mile and flagged the train. AT Hawk Creek, Montana, C. V. Strong killed William Houx, a stockman, who had on various occasions threatened to murder Strong. THE Indiana Commandery of the Mili­ tary Order of the Loyal Legion was insti­ tuted at Indianapolis by ex-President Hayes Mid a number of dignitaries of, the organization. General Lew Wallace was elected Senior Vice Commander. Three hundred guests attended the banquet, at which speeches were made by ex-President Hayes, General Wallace, and others. General Harrison attended the organiza­ tion meeting, but was. not pre^efi} at the Mao? e^Mlteftllarr Nicholson straek Vaughn, fohn W. Dew, J. T. MMn/i. T. Hbfolratt. William Hare *nd Jeff Thomas. V*iwta and Maury will die. The negwes Bed to the mountains, and are abouktwo hnndre4^p|krong and well armed. Thqy wejw pursued by the whites, wlto swear vengeance. If the negroes show fight it will be a terrible affair. A SPBOIAXI from Grand Coteau, La., says that two men were killed and several other persons injured during i shooting afftor a short distance from that town. The shotting was the result of a feud which has existed between members of the Higgiabolham family for three or four vears. The parties were attending a Horse race wnen the shooting began. Thirty or forty shots were exchanged. A young man named Beard, who was acting as peacemaker, was shot and instantly killed. Twe of. Munro Hfgginbotham's sons were fatally shot. Two other per­ sons were wounded, one of them being the mother of young Beard. Her wound is not serious. W. W. SMITH, a Justice of the Arkwisas Supreme Court, died at Little INDUSTRIAL ITEMS, " THB American Federation at Labor, In session at St. Louis, Mo., elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows: Presi­ dent, Samuel Gompers, New York; First Vice President, Daniel McLaughlin, Braidwood, 111.; Second Vice President, William Martin, Pittsburg; Secretary, P. J. McGuire, Philadelphia; Treasurer, Henry Eenrich, New York; Trustees, Hugo Millar, August Delabar, and Josinh P. Dyer, New York. By a close vote Boston was selected as the place where the next annual meeting will be held on the second Tuesday of next December. There was M bitter contest between the friends of Philadelphia and Boston, the latter city being victorious by but two votes. ACROSS THE OCEAN. ' f £52!,"I J,y«tue Hou#e- iu committee of tltf evening festivities, whole the House resumed consideration of the tner and harbor bill. NBAB Avoca, Iowa, J< young man in the emplpy a rich bachelor, heard a noise ., £» EASTERN OCCURRENCES, t ( y" ' £>'*** Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County, Hew £ night ,and 7e,n' out to investigate it. V/wV n„,„„r„.TT , 8 , J' "" He was found later unconscious on the J"**. Harvey Luddington, aged 15 years, threw a chair at his father, fracturing the old man's skull, and causing death. LAZABE ZEXI shot and killed Giovanna ^Peri at Shamokin, Pa. They, with seven Other Italians, were gambling in a saloon. Halt,- a KeM ̂ BARN ? CATTIJS Mire. Di MCBSBA is Munich. . THE faneral of Prince Alexander of Hesse took place at Darmstadt. THB Italian Chamber of Deputies has voted to expend $17,000,000 in military and railway improvements. THB police have discovered an extensive forgery business in London, and have made many seizures of fictitious £5 Bank of England notes. RUSSIA is secretly constructing three submarine boats. Three new cruisers, one of 9,000 aud two others of 6,000 tons each, are about to be commenced. IN the French Senate, during the de­ bate on the budget, M. Challemel-Lacour said the present was not the moment to consider Frsnch finances, but the future of France. The 'main cause of existing evils, lie declared, was radicalism. France had abandoned the most glorious of mon­ archies and was about to fall at the feet of the least of men. The Cabinet's duty was to check the movement toward the abyss, but instead of doing this the Cabinet was hastening the movement. He appealed to the Right to uiiite with the party of the Left, which was the upholder of order and liberty, and together' save the country. The speech created a sen­ sation, and at its conclusion the Ssnate arose en masse and enthusiastically cheered the orator. M. Leon Say moved that the speech be printed and posted in publio places throughout the country. It was ultimately decided that M. Say's mo­ tion should not be voted on till thd.Jiaxt sitting. , . • PRE8H AND NBWIV^ ON the morning of Dec. 6 four of Left- time's men-of-war bombarded Cape HaytL The gunboats dropped anchor four or five miles off the shore, lying broodside to the town, and fired blank caitridges to give ••notice of their warlike intentions. The foreign Consuls in the- city petitioned for time to get. out of the city, and were given thirty-six hours. The people fled into the hills, taking all the possessions they could conveniently carry, loading their effects on the backs of mules, and as the sup­ ply of pack-mules was limited to fifty or sixty, fabulous priceswere paid for their use. The bamboo huts succumbed easily to the shots from the boats; but the stone buildings in the central and more elevated portion of the town were not so easily de­ stroyed, the heavy walls resisting the fire for several houis. Despite the warning they had received many of the residents clung to their habitations, in fact, it was impossible to remove many of the sick in the city within the. time allotted by Legi­ time. Some twenty were killed ana many wounded. * DURING a severe storm that struck Montreal and raged all one day and night, the wind blew at times sixty miles an hour, causing many accidents. Just be­ fore the 150 men employed in Rogers & Kings* foundry would have gone to work, the smokestack was thrown down and crashed through the building in its fall. THE recent snownstorm in New Bruns­ wick was the severer-for years. At Monc- ton more than a dozen trains were held because of the blocktde north of Camp- bellton. A snow slide at Metapedia cov­ ered a special train, but no one was hurt. A crew of shovelers dug out the train. The Quebec train was ten hours late. The storm will cost the compnny thousands of dollars to reopen communication. WW CHICAGO. CATTTB--Prime Steers Medium Common Hoos--Shigying Grades.,....,... SHEEP. .v. 1... WHEAT-NO. 3 Bod Conx -Iio. 2 OATH--No. S RYE--No. 2 V. BUTTER--Choice Creamery (JHEKSK--Full Cream, fiat .... EGOS--Fresh. FoTAioKB--Car-loads, per ba.... POSH--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 3 OATS-NO. 9 Wt>lte..i. Btk-KO. 1 barn floor, his head battered in by a heavy bar, and died next d y. The assassin is supposed to have been lying in wait for Kelly for purposes of robbery. • THE Hon. Findley Begger, Register of the Treasury of the United States from *nd the winning of $16 by Peri from 2eni 1852 to I860, died at RUshvffle; IIid. •Was the cause of the murder. aged 82. CSABIIES O'BBIEN, a saloon keeper at , ̂ Wiftam's Bridge, New York City, was f found unconscious in the street and diedf •oon after. It is thought he was mur- tosred. JOHN MTBBS DOBBMUS, who muxw dered his son Jaoob, June T lest, was lunged at Hackensoek, N. J. Dorcmus Idlled his son with a carving i^ife be­ cause the latter remoustrated with him for abusing his mother. Doremus was per­ fectly cool aud died unflinchingly, as he said he would. In jail, before the exeeu-* t»n, he gne.ed the ministers and officials chperily aud spent a lorg time quietly in PQ9W before being led to the scaffold. A MOUK train on the New York, SUB- -yisliwma and Western Railroad eneoun- tepad-~a efdooe near Newfoundland, N. J. tswn «M pacing a huge tree was tfP *gr the rooto :«f*sking t \ : „•>*<' k <' '-'pk MARKET BKrOBTS. • 4.73 . 3.S0 . 0.75 . 5.00 3.80 . 1.0* 33 BABLBT--No 2. POBK--Mess.... DETROIT .30* •If 41 i9l & .sr '3 SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. •* FA*NT JONES, colored, ia under ar­ ret* at Westminster,1 Md., charged with killing a 4-year-old child by inhuman treatment. The child had been left with her by its mother to be taken care of, and she tortured-'- it, to death. The body was covered with sears and burns.. The wom­ an is accused of having tortured other children. ' <• THE latest version of the affray at Wahalak, Miss., in which the blacks fired upon a posse of whites, is thai Constable Beth Cobb was endeavoring at the time of the shooting to serve upon George Maury, colored, a warrant sworn out for tile ar­ rest of Maury by Tom Nicholson, white. Maurv had cursed a 6-year-old son of Nicholson, and when Nicholson interfered 4.00 «.3S 4.00 1.06 U40 4.00 4.75 1.01 m 6.06 <& 6.00 & 0.50 ® 1.08 § :£ 015.U Hoos. &BEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--No. a White OATS--No. 3 Mixed TOIJSDQ, WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORM--May.. OATS--No. 2 White NEW YOBK. CATTLE.. Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. 8 Bed. Cohn--No. 2 OATS--White Pons--New Mess. ST. FEOUU. CATTLE. HOOS. ......... .....••TROI. ....... WHEAT--No. I.. COBM--No. A. OATS--No. 2 BAJU.EX--lows. _ XN01AXAP0LI& CATTLE. MO Hoos... (00 HHXKP &00 LAMBS M9 . CINCINNATI. Hoos............:..... 4J0 WH*AT--No. 2 Bod... 1.04 COBM--No. 2.. .86 OATS--No. 2 Mixed R?*--No. 2... .64 w .56 ?OHE>--Meea. 1W0 & EAST LIBERTY. CASXU--Prime Fair PANAMA CANAL BUSTED. HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. DOINGS OF CONGRESS. OS E.KSSKFS AND HIS COIXKAOUM RK81CUH--A UAKKBOPT SCHKMK. CM OF TBI DKCLABAWO* 09- XV- [ ' ' DBPENOKNCK |^ADK XM 1SS6. WWWTANT MKASUKESCO*«MB»KD " AMD ACmu cm. /-• " Vh« VMHek Chamber of DefMlii f«t« Adversely to tha Project-Trlmqph for the Baemtes of Frwioe--Otherj Inter- esunv Kews. ( [London special telegram.] I The Panama Canal Company has default­ ed on the payment of a quarter's interest. 8,750,000 francs on 500,000,000 franflb. which is the par value of the bonds issued prior to the lottery bonds. The French Chamber of Deputies has toted urgency foe legisla­ tion. which, by legally postponing? the evil day three months, enables the company to evade the ordinary penalties of bankruptcy. The failure of the last attempted loan was unexpectedly complete. U. do Lesseps ;ed for abot askc ' about $75,000,000. and at the s me time he announced that if the people should lend him K6.OOO40r(taking 400.000 bonds at $65 each) be would go on with the work, M. de Lesseps and his colleagues have re­ signed from the Tribunal of tiie Seine. At their request the tribunal appointed M. Hue, M. liaudclot, and M. de Kounandie to settle up the Panama Canal Company af­ faire. - r"ir' @ 5.25 & 4.5a 3.23 © 5.5'J & 5.00 & 1.05 & .34 .20 .60 & .&* .27 (<* .29 .u* .80^(9 .21* .92 & .3. 12.75 013.25 MK<& .97* ,»1 ® .84 .29 & .3J M & .54. .05 & Ml 12.75 @13.25 4.00 0 5.21 4.S3 & 8.25 8.00 & 4.25 1.08 « LOS* :S I "" %6-75 :8SS 5.25 1.08 .81 ̂ .25* & 4.50 & 5.25 & 4.50 0 500 9 8.25 ® L.<4* ® .35 ̂ .29* LAMB*. 6.00 4.00 &8U 5,00 4.10 * @6.S0 « 175 & 4.0) & 6. SO & 4.75 5.50 The mitare mt Bis Panama •ohea* Va- -• nerve# Him. {Farts telegram ] The embarrassment of the rananaCannl Company was the topic of oxcited contro­ versy ia ail public places. Ton minutes after the vote was given in the Chamber a Figaro corresponden t called on De Lesseps. "Eh Wen, monsieur, do you know the re­ sult of the vote ?" asKed the correspondent. "No,** replied De Lesseps, "The Government Bill is rejected." De Lesseps euddenly became pale; he was speechless; he placed a handkerchief to his lips to stifle a cry. Then becoming calm he said: "Mais o'est impossible;" then in a murmur he repeated: "Cost impossible." "C'est indlgne, exclaimed Mme. de Les­ seps. "I do not belSevo it," broke In De Lesseps, vehemently, 'that a French Chamber will thus saeriflcc the interests of the nation. They forget that, a milliard and a half of savings of the French people are compromised by this vote, and they could have saved all this bf a Arm decision. This will be a triumph for our enemies and dis« aster for our flag." Le Figaro says editorially: "The Chamber plays Into the hands of the Americans, who always predicted the non-completion of the canal, and it is a blunder the republio will be the first to suffer for." tHB mUHO IN mw TOBK, Xws Who Had Invested In X>e 1.0--epS* Scheme Will Not Own Cp> [New York telegram.] Nobody in Well ntrect will admit now that he has had any sort of interest in the Pana­ ma Canal scheme. Those who were most boastful of. their relations with it are now more than discreetly silent, and glibly re­ pudiate all their past utterances. A brief order by cable gave instructions to Count Colone, the head of the New York office, to refund to Americans all subscriptions made to the collapsed bond scheme, and directtng him to stop all payment demanded on any OTHER SC%3UUUI,. RIO UCHJIUIB ROII€»B0M, here from official sources, though Wall street was deluged with cable dispatches telling of financial trouble, probable and possible, apprehended in Paris and through­ out France. How Kreit, an interest Ameri­ cans have to the collapsed company is not to be easily ascertained. It is declared on authority that not less than $150,000, and profo&biv $250,000. wa) subscribed here for the bonds. "The effect of the failure of the Panama Canal scheme on the Nicaragua Oanal enter­ prise." said a representative of tho latter, "is difficult to estimate. It removes from our way a possible claimant to rivalry as a waterway, but further than this and the probable concentration of attention and in­ terest in the Nicaragua Canal I can see no immediate effect. Ve have never seriously regarded the Fanana Canal as a rival, be­ cause even if the Panama rout© had been possible it would luve made impracticable the general use of soling vessels on account Of the windless-eon thet extends into the Pacific frofc vWtntty' ot Panama Bay. Tho Panama Canal would have been as use­ less for sailing craft as the Suez Canal, through which only one sailing vessel has ever passed, and that was a pleasure yacht. We have every reason to believe that we shall begin work on the canal next spring and that we shall then push it forward to completion with the utmost rapidity. From the very best engineering opinions that we have been able to secure the maximum of time will not exceed six years." Aa bteniilaf Paper Unearthed la Hew York City, Attested by Ch<urle« Carroll at Carrollton -- Oae of the "Old De­ fenders" Clone--Ut»h*« Protest. [Now York apecisl] i , ' An interesting historical doaument tas been unearthed in the library of this city. It Is an engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence in vellum, bound in folio form, and attested by Charles Carroll Of CarroHton, then the only surviving signer of the original document. The document also contained the autograph sitniatures ; of President John*Quincy Adams and his cabinet, the New York Stiste and other officials. The attestation by Mr. Carroll is as follows: "Grateful to the Almighty God for the blessings which, through Jesus Christ our Lord, he has conferred on my beloved country in her emancipation and upon myself in per­ mitting me under circumstances of mercy to live to the age of 89 years and to sur­ vive the fiftieth year of American independence, and certify by my present signature my approbation of the Declaration of Independence adopted by Congress on the 4th day of July, in tha year of our Lord one thou­ sand seven hundred and seventy-six, which I originally subscribed the 2d day of August of the same year, and of which I am now the last surviving signer, I do hereby recommend to the present and fu­ ture generations the principles of that important document as the best earthly in­ heritance their ancestors could bequeath them, and pray that the civil and religious liberties they have secured to my country may be perpetuated to the remotest pos­ terity and extended to -the whole fam­ ily of man. . "CHARIIIS CARROLL of Carrollton. "Witnesses: Stephen N. Bowman, pas­ tor of the Eighth Presbyterian Church, New York; John Gibson, pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Balti­ more. "2d August, 1826.* XAST OP THB OLD DEFKNDEB8. Death of James Cttamberlala MMM at Baltimore. [Baltimore (Md.) telegram.] James Chamberlnin Morford, the last of the gallant band known as the Old De­ fenders' Association, died in this city at tbe age of 95 years. He was but 19 when he enlisted for the protection of his home. He left four daughters, fourteen grand­ children, thirteen great-gandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. The Old • Defenders' Association, which for nearly half a century has been one of the best known featuros of Baltimore, Was organized in 1842' with 1,259 members. It was tbe custom of the members to attend church in a body the Sunday previous to each 12th of Septem- bor, ~"v. ";iu wvanus anu a piece of crape, the latter out of inspect to the memory of the dead comrades. The glorious twelfth, the anniversary of September 12, 1814, when the British, fresh from the destruction of Washing­ ton, were repelled from the city of Balti­ more, they would assemble at the City Hall, march twice around the battle mon­ ument, and then go to some convenient plaos to eat their annual dinner. This they did until the association dwindled to hut two members. "d FATHER DOUGHERTY'S CURSE! BKIsCtotone Attends Those Who Pall Usta a Priest's Displeasure. [Springfield (Mass.) dispatch.] ̂ "Another victim of Father Dougherty's! curse," was the exclamation heard on hear­ ing of ex-Mayor O'Connor's death in Hol- yoke, Forty years ago a Catholic priest in tjpringlleld. Father Dougherty, was charged with the betrayal of a young lady. The Sunday followinu the exposure a crowd of forty or more excited parishioners gathered at the church door and refused the Father admission. The angry priost thereupon cursed those whose hands were turned against him, and it is declared that nearly all of those cursed have died unnatural ! deaths, while their children have not been exempted from suffering. Three or four of the "accursed" are still alive. Among them is Owen O'Connor, of Springfield. Two ye ait ago O'Connor's youngest son. Dr. P. J. O'Connor, committed suicide; another son. ex-Mayor O'Connor, of Holyoke, died ol apAlexy. Dr. Swazey fell through a bridge near Northampton and was killed; John Cardiff fell down a flight of stairs and died; JoVfn Topping fell thirty feet in an ice- house and was instantly killed; John Mad­ den, one of tho leading saloonkeepers ol New England twenty years ago, came uu- der the ban. Misfortunes crowded in upon him andlrom a prosperous merchant with a $100,000 bank aoeount he died almost a pau­ per. Edward Rile died of paralysis, his daughter became insaue, and his son, Ed­ ward Bile, now violently insane, raves ia his delirium about Father Dougherty's curse. PROMINENT MAN PASSES AWAY. Death of George Bootledge, the Famous London Publisher. George Boutledge, the founder of the famous publishing house of Itoutledge & Sons, died in London. He had been seri­ ously ill since October, and had given up all active business for a year. Ho had been in business just half a century when he re­ tired. Mr. Koutledge made a popular suc­ cess with "Barnes' Notes on the Old and New Testaments." with Dr. Cummin as ed­ itor. In 1848 he began the famous "ltuilwav Library," with Fenimore Cooper's "Pilot" as the initial issue. In 1852 ho began the publication, in England of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and up to last year had issued over half a million copies of the story. Ho be­ came Bulwer Lytton's publisher in 1853, and In 1854 went to America and started the New York branch of the firm. The firm has a branch house on Lafayette place,, New York. • *• v HER SKIN TURNED WHITE. The Bemarknble Story Told by a Colore* Woman to a Doctor. J [Jersey City (N. J.) Telegram.] Physicirfhs are Interested in the case ol Julia Cisco, a middle-agel colored woman, whoso skin has turned white. She is a widow and resides on Jersey City Heights. Three years ago Warden Osborne, of the City Hospital, called at her home to remove a sick man and had a conversation with Mrs. Cisco, who, he says, was then as black as the average negro. She recently visited the City Hospital with her grandson, who was sick, and Warden Os­ borne failed to recognise her. and when she recalled their conversation thro * years ago. it was difficult to convince him that the col­ ored woman he then met and the white woman who stood before him were Iden­ tical. ..Mr. Osbo ne aaked the woman to tell him about the change of her skin. With a marked negro accent, she then told this story: "I am 53 years old, wad I lived for many years in New York. There are lots of peo­ ple there who will be able to verify what I say. I was always considered to be oolored Until I turned white, as you now see mo.. I was born at Hoosack. Mass. Xy mother was a black Mohawk Indian, axfd my father a Uaht Hoosac Indian. Neither of them, as far as I know, had negro blood in them." - - ̂ A PROTEST FROM UTAH. The Gentiles Oppose Statehood Because "1'olygamy Is'WotDead.*' [Bait Lake (Utah) dlspatdt.] The Liberal Committee of Utah has is­ sued the following address to the coun­ try: SALT LAKE, Utah, Deo. 17. The LAwrat Vefrltavial Committee, represent­ ing Republicans and Democrats alike, desires to call the attention of the country to fne faot that tbe Gentiles Utah unanimously oppose the Morman Statehood scheme recently Indorsed by a Democratic * Congressional caucus. We are confronted by a condition, not a theory. Polygamy is not dead. The law is not supreme. Two hundred and thirty* four indictments wore found at the present term of court at Provo for violations of United States statutes designed to suppress polygamy and polygamous living. To give Utah Statehood would retaid progress, depreciate mine®, per­ petuate polygamy, and hand the Territory over to the Mormon priesthood. We call upon patriotic citizens everywhere to unite in strong protests to Congress against the .proposed ac­ tion. The admission of Utah to Statehood would be a crime against American institutions. ^ "O. W. POWSBS, Chairman." ;#• DE LESSEPS A MARTYR. the «xtlament Receives the Blame * . Panama Canal Failure. [Paris telegram.] A notable result of the ranama Canal collapse is that all the anger and disap­ pointment of the investors is directed against Parliament, while sympathy is ex­ tended to M. de Lesseps, who ts regarded as a martyr. On the other hand, there is every indication that when the Deputies who voted against the bill come forward for re-election they will find a very intense feeling against them. Thousands of share­ holders, at the invitation of the company, have signed an Agreement to subscribe foi lottery oonds on a future issue at 360 francs. A majority of them, however, re­ fused to sign an agreement to leave theii claims at interest until the completion of the cunal. Two persons were nearly lynched and several others were roughly handled by the crowd around the compa­ ny's officers for making depreciatory re­ marks about M. dc Lesseps. > UNION STOCK YARDS IN TEXAS. A Big Company Formed at Perth Worth-- Former IllfWBisans Interested. [Fort Worth (Texas) dispatch.] She Fort Worth Union Stock Yards Company, with a capital of $200,000, has been organized here. Col. E. W. Taylor was made President, A. W. Caswell Sec­ retary, and Col. W. M. Harrison Treas­ urer. Fifty per cent of the capital stock was called for. "The company own 146 acres on Marine Creek, and are negotiat­ ing for 150 acres adjoining. The yards will be built at once. Four railroad com Sanies have tracks .on the lands. John R. [oxie, formerly of Ch cage, and £. 11. Harrold, formerly of Bloouiington, 111., are largely interested. It is proposed to make the yards second only to those in Chicago. GOLD F1NDSIN ARIZONA. A MUner Claims to Havo Struck Unusually Rich Quarts In the Mountains. A Yuma, A. T., special says; "Keporte of rich finds of gold in the Harqua-Hula Mountains come in, but old miners re­ gard them as exaggerated. One pros­ pector named John lianick claims he and four partners took out $36,000 in seven days' work. The ledges are capped with burned lime rock, but have slate and quartzite walls. Most of the gold found has been in nuggets near the surface, but the quartz extracted assavs from $1,000 to $2,000 to the ton. The place is sixty miles from Sentinel Station, on the Southern Paeific Railroad." I4urceny in the Pint Degree. On an indictment for larceny in the first degree, Theodore Shotwell, of the Insolvent firm of Shotwell, Clerihew A Lotiman, a* Minneapolis, Minn., is held i~ $2,000 bail. "J he Northwestern Na­ tional Bank charges Shotwell with ob­ taining $50,000 on false representations as to the financial standing of the firm. Tarred and Feathered. Frank Waleott, st»pdbted as being the "informer* who caused the expulsion hom OberHn -College of a number of students on charges or gambling and carousing, was tarred and feathered by masked men. Several studsata were arrested on sua- Watloa*s Capitol -- WhaStsiHefjsgr by the Senator, aasd - Mmmmt Old Matters Disposed of mmMKmm OSMO Cks»~ »!4eirad. Ma. CBADDun presented to tho Senate on the 11thlast,, a htatement fromiiiaety-ninscitizens el Orangeburg County, South OyoUna, declaring that the; had, been prsvsnte* from ezeMUing the right of sufirsge test moftth, and petUion- ias the flsnate 10 mob an inv«kti*aUon of aifairs than. Tbe tsxitt 'debate was eouiwud. Tho Senate agreed to jOjm oaafmneo re­ port on the following bills: Bolatlng to tho Chippewa Indians In Minnesota; to retire Ma;o.- (ieneral A. J. 6mlth as eolonei of eavairv; fpunting right of way tt> a water company In tigating e« of Mr. Spvinger, from the Committee on Terri­ tories, the House passed a resolution making the Senate Mil lot the admission of the &tate of South Dakota and for tbs organisation of the Ter ­ ritory of North Dakota a speolal order tram day to day until disposed of, pro­ viding that the omnibus Hlluoay be offered as a sabstltute therefor. .• Thereafter other Mils relating to tho admission of Territories shall be disposed of In the order fixed by the committee. The House passed a bill incorporat­ ing the American His>orloa2 Association. Geo. Bancroft, Andrew D. White and Justin Windsor are among the incorporators. The resolution providlac for a holiday ruesss from Dee. ia until Jen. 7 *h passod by tbs House and referred to the Fintnoe Committee by the Senate. The Bouse amended and passes tbe Senate blU in­ creasing to SCSI,080 the limit of cost of the Ban Frsncisso public building. Considerable fili­ bustering occurred ovsr ths Oklahoma bill, but no action was taken. THB resolntion for evening sessions was talten up by tbe Senate en the ISth, and in amendment otiered to it by, Mr. Morrill, pro* viding thni, until otherwise ordered, the daily hour of meaUng ol the Senate be XI a. m„ and that at 6 aw each day a recess be taken till 8 p. m. was lost. BIUB were passed to permit tbe construction of Iree bridges across the JKed River iu Dakota and of a railroad bridge aeross Toung's Bay, Oregon. The Senate then resumed consideration of the tariff bill, taking it up at paragraph 1£0, in reference to wire rods, and various amendment i were rejected, A new movement toward woman BuUroge was begun in the Senate. Senator LaWes introduced a bill to remove the polltizal disabil­ ities of Harriet H. Robinson, of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and to declare her a cit­ izen of the United States, with all the rights and powers of eitisenshlp, including the privilege of voting or being voted for. The general appropri­ ation Dill, carrying nearly •2l,000,MX>, was passed by tbe House. Alter a general discussion, of a rather political nature, on an amendment to the river and harbor bill, the House adjourned. BUT little progress was made on the tariff bill by the Senate on the 19th inst., only three pages being disposed of. Mr. Voorhees, after a-jtloa on several amendments, spoke on the Senate substitute, which, he said, waa conceived, nob for the reduction of taxation, but merely to gain a temporary political success. He was followed by Mr. Hawiey, on the other hand, the debate being quite heated. The following reso­ lution was introduced by Senator Ed­ munds and referred to tbe Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "Resolved, That the Uovernment of the United States will look with serious concern and disapproval upon any connection of any Koropean Uovernment with the construction or oontrol of any ship canal across the Isihmus of Darien or across Central America, and must regard any such connection or control as injurious to the just rights and in- terests of the United'Statos and as a menace to their welfare. Resolved, That the President of th« United States be requested te communicate thi.5 uf i)ho vieWS of CCSgTSSS to t.nH Cioveinments cf countries of Eu­ rope, " The benate passed the House bill incor­ porating the Amerieiin Historical Association. Tiie House agreed to the conference report on tbe bill retiring Gen. A. J. Smith with the rank of Colonel of cavalry. The House went into ssiasaittes of tho whole cs the river and harbor bill. Mr. Blanchard (La.) explained that every item of appropriation in tbe bill bad been in the bill of last year, and that tbe •U,9Q0,(MXJ appro­ priated wa« a little leas than 33}$ percent, of the amount recommended hy the chief of engineers, inltri' considerable debate tbe HOUBS ~" J TAS78. • Some Simple Remedies. When stung by a bee or a wasp, make a paste of common earth and water, put on the place at once and eover with a oloth. For a oold on the ohest, a flannel rag wrong ont in boiling water ana sprinkled with turpentine* laid on the chest, gives the greatest relief. When a felon first begins to make its appearance, lake & lemon, ont off fine end, put the • finger in, and the onger it is kept there the better. For*a cough, boil one ounce of flax­ seed in a pint of water, strain and add a little honey, one ounce of rock candy, and 'tha juice of three lemons; mix and boil well. Drink as hot as pos­ sible. Often after cooking a meal a person will feel tired and have no appetite ; for this beat a raw egg until light, stir in a little milk and sugar, and season with nutmeg. # Drink half an hour be­ fore eating. For a burn or scald, make a paste of common baking soda and water, apply at once and cover with a linen oloth. When the skin is broken, apply the white of an egg with a feather; this gives instant relief, as it keeps the air from the flesh. "At the first signs of ring round, take a cupful of wood ashes, put in a pan with a quart of cold water, put the pan on the stove, put your finger in the pan, keep it there until the water be­ gins to boil, or as long as it can be borne. Bepeat once or twioe if neo- essary. - Cenldnt Recall His Child's Name. A gentleman from an adjoining coun­ ty walked into an insurance here &ni took out a policy for a good amount upon his life. As his eight children were to be the beneficiaries in caee of his death, it was necessary that the'r names be written upon the pol­ ity, and he was accordingly asked by the agent to write them down. He started, and got along well on the first seven, but on the eighth name he made a 1 reak. He scratched his head in a perplexed manner, and went carefully over the list a second and third t'.me, but it was no use. "Well, I don tknow that young one's name," he said, in desperation. "I knowed 'em all by heait when Ileft h me" this morn in'." But, in spite of all effort) to recall the name of No. 8, he finally had to give it up, and actually went out in search of a neighltcr who knew the family well, in order to find out the name of his own child.--Americwt (C?a.) Re­ publican. . Short and Sweet. - «?Mr. Boozie," said the pleasant- faced landlady of the Tanner House, as the young gentleman came down for breakfast at 11 o'clock, "you're the light of this house." "Am I?" asked Mr. Boozie, greatly pleased. "Yes," said Mrs. MuKerrell, sweetly, -headlight." And Mr. Boozie smiled feebly.-- Burdette. MALMAISQM, the famous chateau of the ill-fated Josephine de Beauharnais, is simply going by piecemeal to the rats, and it has been suggested that the place should' be converted into a mafcum containing historical relics of the first empire. Malsaaison ^ was offered for sale at an upset price of 10,000 pounds sterling, but no b.dder could b® found. The park is' now let out in small lots to builders, and hide­ ous villas are now rising around the chateau. The two facades of the man­ sion--that of the courtyard and of the garden--are intact, but the interior is like a barn. The salon of Josephine still exists, with its mural decorations of birds and gilt flowers, and so do the dining-hali and council chamber-- shaped like a tent--and the library, but the furniture is all gone. fSOPLE Of &Men» Ants, Bees, . *** oilwr - X ' T H I N S . , V T O * D . Vegetarians and cerealnnaties Shudder to their heart's content the following list of foods devonrcid W different raeee of human IMBEDS*. Turks shudder at the thought of >tdmc oysters. The Digger Indians of the Pa­ cific eoast rejoiced in the great loouet swarms of 1875 as a dispensation of the Great Spirit, and laid in stores of dried locust powder sufficient to last them for several years. The French will eat frogs, snails, and the diseased livers of geese, but draw the line at alligators. Buckland declares the taste of boa-' constrictors to be good and much like veal. Quass, the fermented cabbage < water of the Russians, is their popular tipple. It is described as resembling » mixture of stale fish and soap-suds i.n taste, yet next to beer it has more vota­ ries than any other fermented beverage. A tallow candle washed down with quass, forms a meal that it would be hard to- be thankful for. In Oanton and other OiOnese cntlitt rats are sold at the rate of 60 cents a.^, dozen,, and the hind-quarters of the dog' are hdng up in the butcher shops alongside of mutton and Uunb, but com­ mand a higher price. The edible birds'-nests of the Chinese are worth twice their weight in silver, the finest variety selling for as much as $30 * pound. The negroes of the West .'Indies e«t baked snakes and palm worms fried in fat, but they cannot l>e induced to eat stewed rabbits. In Mexic6 parrots are eaten, but they are rather tough. The Guachos of the Argentine Republic axe in the habit of hunting skunks for the sake of their flesh. The octopus, or devil fish, boiled and roasted, is eaten iu Corsica and esteemed a delioacy. In the Pacific islands and West Indies, lizard fggs are eaten with gusto. The natives of the Antilles eat alliga­ tor eggs, and the eggs of the turtle are popular everywhere, though up to the commencement of the last century tur­ tle was only eaten by the poor of Ja­ maica. Antsare eaten by various nations. In Brazil they are served with a resinous sauce, and in Africa they are stewed in grease or butter. The East Indiai catch them in pits and carefully wait.. them in handfuls like raisins. In Siiun a curry of ant eggs is a costly luxury. The Cingalese eat the bees after rob­ bing them of their honey. Caterpillars and spiders are dainties to the African bushmen. After they have wound the silk from the cocoon the Chinese eat the chrysalis of the silk worm. Spiders roasted are a sbrt of dessert with the New Caledonians. i -m : ..U • rr-rte A Stinger That Sting*. "When a Western wasp feels well ami is not troubled with rheumatism in the back it can put more of its fine work into the square inch of man's eutiole than any other living fowl on the globe, A man who lias been thoroughly stung by i Mexican wasp takes delight in drinking melted lead or a gallon or two of hot liquid sulphur, they are - so deli­ cious by contrast. A few red-hot nails driven into the Boles of one's feet seem to ease the pain inadvertently left by these wasps. "If you have never been stung by an old-fashioned Mexican wasp," writes Charles Brazil from Pueblo, Col., "it. is an experience you want to avoid caw- fully, contenting yourself with such Ik- formation about the little beauty as yoa can gather from third parties and docu­ ments. It is, when mature and healthy, about two inches long, with a sting tliat looks like the point of a fine cambric needle. It is a brownish red in color, and its disposition is always hostile. When it stings you there is for a mo­ ment or two a sensation of numbness about the 'part, which rapidly gives place to a pain that can only be de­ scribed as agony. If you can imagine how it would feel to have a wire drawn through the most sensitive part of your body and then .raised slowly to a while heat you could perhaps form a theoret­ ical idea of what the feeling is like. "The sting is never fatal, and the pain passes away after an hour or two, but it is simply anguish while it lasts. Dar­ ing the Mexican War one of the compa­ nies of Doniphan's command camped in an old building where there was a col-, ony of these wasps. They managed to disturb the insects in some way, and the company was completely routed and • demoralized; some of the men ran miles away from the place before they were found and gathered in. Dr. Gunning, v>f Beshoar, Col., has made quite a study of these articulates, which, he says, rep­ resent an unclassified member of the wasp family. There are, I believe, no living creatures outside of the snakes, scorpions, and centipedes which are able to inflict so much suffering on their ene­ mies.--New York Telegram. 'H . : 1 «r iLi-.tftjy The Wonderful Eucalyptus Tree. • Among the many uses tha£ have beofc suggested for the' eucalyptus is that of planting them along the lines of levees in the low lands of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. Their rapidity of growth has caused them in all cases where they have been so experimented upon in an incredibly short space of time to fill and cover the levees com- r | pletely with a network of roots, thereby . making them unlikely to be washed .| away, and affording a stable foundation for the accumulation of vegetable mat- ter upon and about them. One of the great advantages of the eucalyptus as a wood-producer, aside from its wonderfully rapid growth and ;.S its adaptability to all sort of soils and £| climates, is the fact that it may be eat . ?| down so as to leave nothing but a bare ^ stump, when it immediately begins ta J put forth new leaves and branches, and ̂ in a short time produces as much Wood j as has already been cut from it. ft Furthermore, far from beingadetrir :• % ment to the soil, they serve to enhance vlj its richness, bringing up the elements .from below, and dropping them in the form of deposits of leaves upon the su*- face, so that land that had before been j|§ sterile has, after the planting and subsep/^^'f; quent culling out of trees as to ad ont the sun, shown an abundant growth of • feed for cattle and horses. f * The eucalyptus has so manyecoaoman ;;/ uses that it is likely to be the "tree of Jg California" quite as much as the noble redwood. The eucalyptus is fit fbr ^ telegraph poles, railroad ties, cheap. 'k wood pavements, fence posts, and other- farm nses. And the leaves and wood of the blue-gum are especially valuable for making potash by burning them in pits, leaching the ashes, and evaporat- - ing in the usual manner, and for fire* wood. Baron von Mueller estimatea- that a ton of blue-gum leaves and branches wv 1 give five pounds of pearl-ash. Excellent charcoal, equal to- that of the willow, is made from the* eucalyptus globules, and the best whalers that sail'the South Baa ai».off; L, , "•? * f'4k- J e\> .%?• ; r;i