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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-06
BELOW.

Frg Conquest
Brig Emma.-Both by pilot boat Washington.
SAILED
Steamships Moses Taylor and Northern Light Aspinyal
From QuarantneuS steamer Mystic West Coast OF Africa
Wind during the day INV, light; at sunset NV.
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receipts fNn tahfornGthc safe condition Of the banks
enables e community to congratulate Itself upon having
paid unusually largo proportion Of the debt to the
foreign world with gold. The only use of the precious
metals is 10 sustain confidence in the banks that con-
hdencc is steady and therefore the gold which would be
useless here, is well employed in paying the debt con-
acted to Europe for the dry goods and merchandise with
which our markets are filed.
The following statement Of the New York city banks,
made up to-day, compares as follows with that Of last
week
Week end'g Loans Specie Circul'n Deposits
Aug ~ SIT 541 01O o0,T2S066 1924 270 II 79l SIT
sept g. !. lls,1s4,25s q 47s,a9 s3733ls 73l55, 100
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SANDY HOOK, Sept snnset-0ne bark outside the bar
bound in Steamships Moses Taylor for Aspinwa ceare
the bar ut PM Northern Light for do at 45PM Wind SW
light
LONG BRANCH, Sept s. sunseNothing In sight bound II
Wind SW light; weather cloudy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-06

no ALL WHO VALUE THEIR SIGHT.
SIMMONS CO.'S
BRAZILIAN PEBBLE
PANTASCOPIC SPECTACLES.
he continued Of them for any length Of time does NOS
fatigue the IN the least and sight rendered by them In all
respects like that Of youth.
The universal appreciation Of the many hundreds in inc
United States who have used these newly invented
both for sight and far sight Is sufficient guarantee % W
their superiority all other spectaces KNOWN
These celebrated specaces accurately adjusted inc o
qurements OF al defective vision by the manufacturers
SERMONS CO., Oculists- Opticians ,..
669h BROADWAY, under Lafarge Houses
CAUrI0NNone genuine unless purchased as s pou
B-sce agents for Highlander Sons Vienna ce'"'s"
opera and marine glasses
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10
Temperance LII Rus. IA.

The \. \. Tribune translates from K Aord the
Singular total abstinence pledge which has been
signed by the peasants on the domain c. tie
Princess Scherba.cF:
This 18th day Of January, 1893, we, tie
undersigned. elders and peasants of Che village
Mini Landykh, beionging To the Princess Alex
sndrowna ScheTbatoii, delegates Oi tile Cou-cL
Of Commute, In convention as ublei. GA tlc
occasion Of the raising @. the price ot brandy,
oy the farmer Of braudies OF Uoros,Aovt;z 20 8
roubles yedrc, snd 90 roCbles per veO-o s; re-
tail, and which We consider ru.uouS 90 ourselves
and our families; We have resolved % avoid It's
i'll consequences, 10 cultivate among ourselves
and our cAl ren ;ie principles I'll morality, and
TO fulfill. in the most regular meuae', our oUtes
toward the Government ana Oyr landlords. ll
consequence Of which we have freely eT:e - in-
TO this written engagement, bv which We o,ut
ourselves hot 90 waste our SJbStsuce in d-uasvn
| ness-that i 20 say, Hot 10 drink ANY more h-.,.
iy in the shops, nor 10 buy any 70 carry ~ o-.
homes except in certain eHtra7r1Usry casCs
and, in order - insure success d. ..ie, Wc prom
ise 10 watch each other and & coinnaiu q, d.
| lnquences before the authorities o. tie com
mune, SO that they may Toe punished a. rn-n li
furious 10 the society upon which our wll-tc'0.
depends. Should any one be- compelled 30 uul
brandy, he mas; refer the case to ;te authorities
In witness hereof We subscribe ourselves
These Temperance movements are becoming
general in Russia The great competition 10 oil
tain the brandy moroPo's ia>, year, and ,he h'r'
premiums paid for it, nave considerably RAISED ir
price But the principal cause Of 'he wovomer
appears to be the approaching emancipation q
the peasants. The prospect Ct personal treedo-
already increases thcir self--espcct ana their jt
fire to accumulate property The movement
not confined TO the country. TIE irmhas0'- q
Bal>chow, village of 6,po' inhabiau,-, IN n
Province Of Saratov, have taken t'e rl.ir-
with solemn religious services, under tl' lea5 ,
! their clergy
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=. v IN-NINhA1 Ik . = 7 II = 70
Dated. Lansing, April -, 1889.


The Vienna correspondent Of The London
Times SAYS that Sardinia persists in refusing to
li-arm France and England have proposed TO
the Vienna and Turin Governments 10 withdraw
their respective force to a distance OF three
leagues from the frontier. Count Cavour has ac-
copied the proposition. which i Of French origin,
but Austri. is strongly inclined to reject it.
The same authority writing on the Sth, anti
cipatCs that
ain a few days be will have to announce that
Austria has declared war against Sardinia. The
Emperor Francis Joseph l. stated TO hsve de-
clared his resolution not ID be mad, the football
O. the French. The French Government sol
crnrly promised il would make Sardinia dsarIn
Il Austria accepted the fOur propositions prelnn-
nary te the Congress. Instead of keeping that
proposition, the Paris Cabinet advised Coun,
Carour not To dSarm, hut proposed that both
Austria and Sardinia should withdraw their tor
ce- from the frontiers hustris rejected this.
hut offered 10 dsarm if France and Ssrduis
would 30 :" likewise The Emperor Narolec-i
ndrcctiy refused, inasmuch rs ne ordered the
armament ia he completed to be continued with
the greatest possible dispatch. Such conduct
confirms the Au.triaDs in their suspicious that
he u resolved on going u wsr. They are now
considering whether 1t would nc; be better "a
'ek, The Initiative, and attack Sardinia before the
French can take the field. council OF war, "a.
which the Emperor presided, sat til four O'Clock
Yesterday morning aud At this council the adyis.
ability Of Immediately declaring Wa doubtless
discussed
\ Trieste dispatch AVS that the transport OF
goods On che southern railroad between thai
town and Vienna was to b. discontinued from
the 18Th to she 2-th of April
The Vienna correspondent: of The Lo,.ao,
Times, in hi- dispatch dated the 9th, saws thai up
10 that timr Austria had done everything ia its
power to obviate the necessity for an appeal to
arm but there was reason 10 believe she Wa.
about to turn the tables on the mediating pow
ers, hy asking theGl 10 guarantee that no attack
shall be made on her by Sardinia and France
while Congress j. sitting Should thev give the
required guarantee, the Congress NAV, perhaps
meet, hu; no. without. Ii is probable that al,
Gl;imatgm will be sent by the Austrian Govern
ment 10 Sardinia. summoning her to disarm, with
the alternative of declaration Of war in case Of
refusal
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10
Africans for Sale.

Somebody sends the following to the \. 4.
Tribune:
A SOMETHING NEW.
sIx LIKELY
KONGO AFRIC ANS.
JACOB, % years old.
sol, l9 years old.
JIM, Is years old.
JESSE, l6 years old.
SAN, l6 years old.
MOSES, 10 years old.
These Africans, with eight or ten natives, will
be sold, regardless Of price or weather,
THIS DAY, at II o'clock.
Great bargains are expected. Como one,
come all. Sale st MY mart.
Thursday, 2sth, 1889"
The Tribune remarks, if this il TO be accepted
as an authentic document, and if Mr.. Byrd Hill
is not playing tricks upon his customers, and
seeking by a startling announcement 70 draw q
crowd Of bidders, We are unauthorized to sup
pose that these 'si1 likely Konso Africans are
either part Of the importation of the Wanderer
or else of some of those previous importations
the announcement of which by the New Orleans
Journals. though received with incredulity at the
time, there il now too much reason to accept a
correct
Should any such Africans be actually Offered
,or sale, and should they be purchased. tina
transaction, as according to the law as recently
laid down by Justice Campbell, in his charge Il
the Grand Jury for the Southern District OF Ala
barra, will be T. violation Of the laws Of the uni
ted States, for which the auctioneer and the pur
chasc-s viii re liable TO Indictment; while it vii
be the duty OF the United States Attorney 70
the District to obtain from the District or Crcui
Judge authority TO seize the Africarsfor the pur
pose OF delivering them to the President of th'
United States, 20 be returned 10 their nativ'
country. As President Buchanan processes
great horror 10 the revival OF the African slave
trade, we trust he will cause this matter to b.
looked after, and Mr.. Byrd Hill and other par
tie. implicated, to be held to a strict account
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

\ DISTINGUISHED USYozTCS.7E.-A psor.
wr-tched-looking man ~as found last evening.
and brought into the station house, in a state OF
helpless drunkenness. he was placed in ore Of
the cells. and laid out upon the aspbsituu floor,
and at hslf-pasL seven o'clcc. las, evening he
was attacked by an epileptc 81, and bu. Cor the
prOuV. kindness Of the officer IL attendance, the
poor fellow might have died in agony. Upon
inquiry, We learn that the mans name Is LOU.
Murat. and that he Is lineal descendant of Joa-
chin hurat. King Of Naples vnder the reign IF
Napoleon Bonaparte. lie arrived in tbs country
in ls+9, having considerable means and letters
Of credit; the former be squandered, and the
latter lie lost, and for the last tso years he has
been common street bummer.-San Francisco
Alta, ATrI c.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

self that the Sovereign people" OF this State
viii long permit their own Institutions 10 be per
verted TO sectarisn purposes, and thus ignore and
trample upon their own civil as Well a. religious
rights and privileges.
Indeed can hardly persuade myself that you,
gentlemen Of tie Beard. viii longer tolerate or
allow this course. | therefore make nv appeal
to you. I wish to bring Won face 10 face with
the people, and in open court ask YOU if YOU vii!
stil permit this TO De made an intolerant, erciu-
s.ye, sse'ar5an institution And DO this from
no private or personal considerations but for the
| good Of the college, and by the demands OF JUS
tice and right.
And think you VIII give NE credit Tor much
| f0rbearance when inform Won HAT FOR the past
fifteen months have suffered personal indignity,
bearing, in it consequences, upon others also,
and vet have remained quiet.
Indeed. have you not been fully aware, for the
las. wear. rchq course OF compromise, but prac
teal Intolerance, has been submitted 10, Will,
you nave hsd il in your power sll this time, by
a simple resolution. - have opened the do0r'
of the college 30 81 religious denominations
alike
trust that YOU viii not forget that you were
elected to the positions you occupy, under osI.
ners on which were inscribed "Free Speech,
Free Press. Free Labor and Free Soil
hope YOU will no longer ignore these prIHci
pies. or treat them with defiance and contemP
in your government Of the Agricultural College
Since the only man 10 the institution, so ia
as can learn, who vas favorable TO entire .oler
alton, has ceased to be It's President, ard per
son l. made by your sc, lis 3Oninsl head, VIII
avovs the most narrow and higoIei views, IN IA
vor OF monopoly and eHolusiyeness, it seem
necessary 10 speak out and appeal to you, IN TIM
direct and unequiv0cal manner.
| shall send copies of this appeal TO tue par
ent- of each s;uden. in the institution. 10 In
members of the present Legislature, and 20 eve
~ press of tie State. All are interested in TIN
matter Before the eyes of all you eau set
right, if YOU will
In conciasiOn--I claim right that IN
doors of this public institution DO open alike t
all--both teachers aud olergymen, without re
gard TO sect or denomination.
Yours most respectfully,
& ". KNICkERBACkER
| Dated iansin- April 2S 1889.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

RELIABLE IRON PIKE's PEAK - Mr. Greeley
of the Tribune. announces TO bis readers that he
will leave New York on the 10th inst, for a trip
through Kansas AMI the alleged Gold Region al
the Eastern base of the Rocky Mountains. thence
through Utah and the Great Basin, to California,
returning across the continent or by the Is,hmus,
as circumstances shall dictate. He proposes, al
so, TO take a run through Oregon. The journey
will be a hard one, but he will enjoy it. The Al.
hany Journal thinks that it will be full of novel
" and adventure, and afford multitude of Incl.
dents for series Of interesting letters which the
half million of readers OF the Tr;6sas will wait
for impatientv
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

1oCNG MES N ANgRICA.-We doub: whether
any other country exhibits larger amount or
y than ours. Our clever young men, in fear.
t'll supersbundsnce, addict themselves TO law, 10
physic, to commerce, mainly because these seem
the only pursuits which promise wealth and dis
tinction. There has been no day of the last for
ty years, IN which there were not four times as
many trying to live by trade in this country, as
were needed in that occupa,ion-twice "a many
as could possibly succeed.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10
The Great "CorruPtion" Fund.

Hon Jere. Clemens, formerly Democratic Sen
ator from Alabama, in recent speech at Nash
vile. Tenn, sad that it required extraordinary
credulitv to believe that the Administration in
tended TO the $50, 600 coo il asks FOR the late
Congress in the purchase Of Cuba" 'In nv
honest opinion" continued Mr.. Clemens, 1.-The
intention was 20 use il as corruption fund TO se-
cure the nomination and election of John Slidel
as President of these United States. There is
nothing in the past history Of James Buchanan
or John Sliiell TO place them above suspicion
Give them $50, 000. 900 TO te used in buying
spanish officials. and unless some such miracle
.ccgLs e. that OF the leopsrt changing his spots
part OF the sum Will ne employed In buying tue
Charleston Conv ention and The remainder in pur.
chasing tie vote necessary to insure the election
OF its nominee.
says the Albany Journal, his long and init
mate association with the Democratic party rem
ders Clemens a competent witness "a TO it's char
acter However doubtful his testimony might
be in regard to the purpose and tendency o
some Oh the principles of tina, party, in this mat
ter OF corruption" he speaks the truth. Has
these thirty millions been voted they would have
gone to Charleston rather than to Cuba; and {
much larger amount would have found its way
into the poeaets Of political managers here thar
into the empty Golfers Of the Queen of Spain.
The defeat of that infamous scheme was
heavier blow to Buchanan than the disaffectior
OF Douglas, and more certainly ensured the over
throw of the Democratic party in 60, than the
rebellion in Pennsylvania and Illinois. Connec
,icut would rot have sent a clean Republican
t~f-e,-.:--- r--1---- - 49, IL 49,
" billion corruption fund to draw upon.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

IS LUcE.-Prof y. c. Morse, of Lexington,
Ky, recently had forced upon him, in psvmen,
OF a debt 90 acres Of land in Western Tennessee.
In the settlement he was compelled to allow $40
per acre for the land In recent visit to it. he
discovered indications of lead ore, and. upon s
thorough examination, he found il rich with
that mineral. Ee now refuses 81, 900 an acre
for il. BY mortgaging it he has effcted loan
OF $4,000 with which TO erect machinery to
work his mine. Greatness" is not the only
thing men sometimes have forced UPON them. y
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10
THE TALL M.N-Mr James Porter. repute

The TALL M.N.-Mr. James Porter, reputed
the i2nest man in the world, died in Louisville,
Ky, last week. He was s.reH feet nine inches in
height, and when in perfect health, weighed
near three hundred pounds. At the age of sew
suteen, being then smaller than ordinary, he
fairly began 10 grow. Measuring himself every
saturday night, he found in one week that he
had added an inch to his statute. A cooper By
profession, he soon became too tall to work upon
barrels, and was presently obliged to give up even
hogsheads, and became hack driver In the
year 1857 he came East and appeared on the
him. He returned to Louisville, and few years
later bought the cofee-house which he WAS keep.
ing at the time of his death
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

A STRANGE CoNcEI7.-The /. sane often enter
tain the most iudicrog= idea q their oHn colt'-
tiou- There j. man n On asy Jun in one O. the
neighoo-inE States who became insane IN conse-
queEce Of failure n business. Re explains
the reason q his incarceration = fOasH-
am here because q , mere mistake IN business.
was engaged during The Ti--cr . maa'ag mos
Quitoes' wings. which | expected . eel b. TIE
summer. ! had ten tho-sand n them ol hand
when the season opened, uulo-rura-el- had
forgotten 70 make them n pairs. Jles were al
left-hand wings. and consequently 'o=t tie sac
Of them snd Was compelled 70 susperl business
lie .elates this story vlsh gravity sad earae s.
ness which testifes to the sincerity Of BIZ Own
belief in the Kplans;io3.-Boston Journal.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

SIsGrLAG AFFAIR. - Ou THURSDAY afternoon
las,, q Uan and his wife named Barlow arrived at
Hudson from thi. CITY. In the o'rcruoor t.v
started o. foot from Tat city, ON taa track %,
the Hudson and Bosioa Railroad. As a train
approached, the engineer observed them s..ti--
on the track. aui blew the usual s-ssl ~ dam
ger, which uaao,ced. As tie TAIN ep-
preached nearer, Eoscyer thc man arose quiet.
Il and stepped from the track, leaving tLc von-a.
still sitting there. TIE next 1sta;, tle train 81
passed over the lee- 81 tie uuicr.uu.t. woman,
nearly severiug the limbs from tire body. r..
train then stopped, and conveyed the sounded
woman % Hudson for medical ala, hl- She died
in great sgony az O'Clock the -ss'e evening"
II vas, no doubt the intention Of both O.. taeu
to commit suicide, hgt, tie courage % the man
failing him at the last moment, pc stepped 81
the track i1s: in sine 70 save Bic lla. - y. =.
TriJtsg,
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

No MAILs-A BAxkRUPT GovERSakSr-For
several days past, the citizens Of Wmoua, and of
the entire State OF Minnesota, have received no
mails from the east or south. The cause OF This
unexsmpled failure in the reception Of their mail
matter is stated BIZ the officers Of the mail-paca-
cts TO be the bankruptcy of the General Post Of
fee Department. From the same source We
learn tina: orders have been received from the
Department: not TO transmit the Mails b. the
regular daily means Of conveyance until further
notice, consequently the entire eastern letter and
newspaper correspondence o: this State now
lies accumulated at the western terminus Of The
La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Was ever
Democratic extravaganza and miSrula more clear
ly eIemplifed than in this in.tance2 A whole
State is compelled to have lis mail faclli,es sud-
denly and completely stopped, because Of the
disgrsceful failure Of democratic Congress 70
provide sufficient sum Of money for the current
expenses of the post-o!Gce department There
may De some other incidental causes az work 10
thus suddenly Cut them off from the endowment
OF mail facilities. which have not come to
our knowledge. certain il i, how ever. thsr the
resll: as il now stands before US and a. Z i
likely to continue for some time, IS properly
ctargssble 10 the administration, and the party
which placed If in power.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

PLreSr.-The Cleveland Herald SAYS that De.
la Webster, the Yankee school ms'an who has
been driven out of Kentucky two or three times,
put in prison once and robbed of her property
there, because suspected of abolition sentiments.
has lately arrived in Madison, Indiana, with thir.
ty families from Massschuss,, and intends to star,
shoe factory on her farm in Milton, Kentucky.
Whether she will be allowed to remain remains
to be seen
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

LTeCoR DEtLEEs rs. RCgssLLEE lHE Esu-
or MOI REcoGAIzING THE Excise LAw.-It j. reH
known that the large liquor dealers r. this ci'y
have been in the habit II selling - E-aii grOcze-
ries their liquors on credit Of from three 60 rs
months taking their notes, bat 8ita.-r taking
Mortgages upon their propertv for tie 7eculty
VI their money. Where mortgage are taken,
credit : given Cor one year. Recently =everel
suits have commenced for the rurp0-- a. euforC-
ing payment .-jer these circum-' srcas. yut some
legal gentlemen having ir,eriered and inspired
the large crowd Of rumselers Ei'h the belief
that the lsw declared that l. positively against
good morals 20 pay for BAD iiqnor IN every csc
where the creditor has not obtained "a license uH-
der the Excise law; hence tas debtors re. % -
pay J. he Pat.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

er-u-lsw Of Mr.. Minister NcI.ane, who vs- sen.
by the War Department; to Mexico, IN the hope
thathe might secure the right 20 consuuc, Militia
~ Road from Arizona 70 the Gulf Of California.
through Sonora and Chihuahua which should
-erve p an entering wedge toward the acqui.-
ton Of those Provinces, returned yesterday with
out having accomplished ANYTHING TIE dis
patches which he brought confirmed the slready
published Intelligence of the condition If the
country, and represented hr. NcLaac as despair
ing Of any immediate Improvement
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

QrsEs. - The Baltimore, Nd, .>,.,. SAYS
young lady who attended the execution Of the
four murders, in hat city, on tie sth ult, cane
home IN the evening acting strangely, saying she
WIS 10 be hung on Friday, and would partake of
no food or medicine. She gradually sank, eI.
pressing much qualification at the thought Of d.
Ing, As it would save her from hanging. and on
Wednesday che died
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

All But OSE.-outside OF the State. SAYS the
Boston Transcript, the Republican papers gen.
orally condemn the proposed amendments to the
Constitution of Massachusetts,. which prevents
foreigners from voting until they have resided in
the Commonwealth two wears subsequent to ma
turalizsiou. Among the prominent Massachu-
sets Republicans opposed to the Constitutional
provision, beside Senator Wilson, we have heard
mentioned the names Of the Hon. Chas. Francis
Adams, the Hon. 7. d. Eliot, the Hon John b.
Alley, the Hon. Iii ThayeF, the Hon. Charles W.
Upham, the Hon. Henry L. Dawes, and Others
holding high official positions.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

BAPTIST Cow STIoN.-A convention IS now
in session in Chi ago, met TO take some meas
ures toward tie Establishment of Bsptis. The
illogical Semins y for the Northwest The
subject has been under contemplation for some
tims.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

LooLoGY.-Seven thousand dollars have been
collected for the establishment of the new Muse
TN OF comparative Zoology in Boston; which.
with $4,000 donated by Mr.. Gray, makes tn.
whole available fund 1926, 900, exceeding by
1000 the sum required by the legislative en-
actment TO insure State aid to the amount of
100000 more. Ground tor the Museum will
be broken this Summer.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10

- The Washington Republic SAYS ;hs, j, i.
reported 70 be a settled thing, that Nr James
Gordon Bennett IS to have the French Mission
previous 70 the expiration o: SIR. Buchanan :
term. lie will be expected 20 intrigue for b.
chaaan's re nomination, and, succeeding in thst.
work for his reelection. II the latter Is accom-
p}ishei, he will remain AZ Paris I'll 1865.