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the Lost Ias;aacnusetts, 1oIloWlng the example of
th ia:t eglsiature, has passed bill relating to
.ne itia OF that State in which the word nwbite''
10 sulckeh rom the provisions respectinp enrol
Gent, thus allowing of the enrolment of negroes
| Ho'ernor Danks, however, adherinp Tn Tho on;n
ions which induced him to veto the for rne I:, oPn
also returned the present bill to the Iarisiatnno r
without his signature, accompanied nv a %ass
IN Wheh ne states his objections more at large than
| iormerly: lie regards the power of "orpaniznn,;
| the militia, which is expressly reserved hr Ts
gress, as including the right to determine VII
shall compose the service and vino shall he avamnt
from 1t. Inc act OF Congress of May, 1892 special
" dlrects VINO shall be, and, by necessary imnIica
| ton, who may not be enrolled in the militia -
Another provision authenticates this ground nv
allowing the States to add to the classes which are
exempt, but there is no authority to extend the
st OF the enrolled The bill returned to the Legis-
iature undertakes, in defiance of these provisions
10 10 enrol new class in the militia service, and
therefore contravenes the law of Congress This
rnnted supported by reference to the uninter-
| DPttu ue'isiohs OF the courts for forty wears
| IN r@a!tcqlar citation is made from a decision of
onle, ouStlce rarker with regard to the attemnted
enrolhenG OF nshermen, and the Governor also
quotes from the opinions of the present Snnrarno
justices of Massachusetts and its AttnrnaD P eie
al which were obtained with reference to This ye
J bill. ~ '"is very
HOMICIDE NEAR ALEXANDRIA, VA.-On Wednes-
gay morning, difficulty occurred about one mile
from Alexandria, between Joseph E. Monroe and
William Howard. The parties had engaged in a
hShC some DAYS previous, and warrant had been
got out by Howard for the arrest of Monroe The
trial OF the case was to have taken place at hotel
near the scene of the murder, but some misundar
standing occurred as to which magistrate of two
present, should preside, when the case was con-
tnued, and Howard left for home; and Monroe. bv
taxing another road, got into the road that How
ara was travelling, and waited for him, and on his
approach, pulled him off his horse and got him
down, and while down, Howard discharged three
barrels OF revolver at him only taking effect
near the heart, killing him in a few minutes
! witnessed he aft
She evidence upon which the jury rendered the fol-
LOVING 6" verdict; THAT Joseph E. Monroe came to his
Eeath oy ball from pistol in the hands of Will
nam nan howard: which, in ouf opinion was used in
self-defence." "''U !"
Howard gave himself up to the authorities but
charged. was uiS
SINGULAR ESCAPE OF CoNvIor FROM SING Srsa
tRisoN.-About three O'Clock on Saturday morn
ing, as one OF the night watchmen at Sing Sine
PRISON was gong his round outside the prison
S: VANS: ms attention was attracted by something
nIngig rom the roof of the large building used as
hospital, mess-roOm and kitchen which ON ex-
animation, proved to be strips of blanket tied to-
gether, and reaching nearly to the ground. twas
afterwards ascertained that a convict named Henry
FTlhk had escaped from prison by means OF this
| banket-rope. At three o'clock Frink had hnon
taken to the mess-room to assist in preparing
breakfast when, obtaining possession of a blanket
he climbed up the ventlator to the cupoIa nre
pared his rope, fastened it securely slid down and
made his way to the woods He has not been seen
since. 0"
FRoM New ORLEANS TO LoSDoN AND HAvRE IN
SEVEN DAYs.-We learn from Mr.. Stoker, the
European and American private despatch agent of
TINS city, that on Tuesday, the 9th instant, his
correspondents at New Orleans sent their tee-
graphlc dispatches to him by the National Line,
arriving here at noon, and that the same messages
with others from this city, then forwarded to
his agent at st. Johns, N. F., in season to be
placed on board the steamer Prince Albert. for
galway, at ) o'clock the same afternoon, from
which latter city the dispatches were teerraphed
TO Liverpool, LandOn and Havre and delivered to
thelr several addresses before noon on Tuesday
the 18th; thus accomplishing the whole distance
from New Orleans to London and Havre inside of
seven daysl-N y. Express.
CALORIc ENGINE ON STREET RArLwAYs.-Capt.
Ericsson has for some months been building what
he calls Caloric Horse, to draw on city rail
ways. We are not fully informed as to the plan of
1t; but from reports We understand it to be-that
there calorlc engine constantly at work, pump
ing oil into vessel in which there is air, under a
very high pressure, to afford the requisite elastic
ty. Two small cylinders, with their connections
are worked by the oil, exhausting it into vessel
from which the calOrc engine pumps it back into
the high-pressure reservoir. The engine has been
! tried at the works of Mr. Deamater, where it was
built, and is said to have worked fully up to what
| had been stipulated, and satisfactory to those
for whom it was built; nevertheless it was taken to
| pieces to make an Improvement which occurred to
| Capt. E. when the work nearly done. Its des-
! tination is the city of Havana.-Americat Rail,gay
! ReUteD.
ILL SUCCESS AT THE COPPER MINEs-At the annual
meeting of the Minnesota Mining Company, held
on Thursday, the directors report stated the pro-
ducts of the mines for the year 1856 to have been
G26 tons of copper mineral Welding II per cent.
OF ingot copper, of the market value of S5l5 1856.
Total expenditures for the year, 1884 392-leaving
amount of net earnings about Sl3l ,392-from which
a dividend of Sc per share has been declared but
payment thereof deferred until lst of August next,
in consequence of the large proportion of mineral
| q M ybl hn cal
has, 1T appears made but G% per cent for the wear
and as the deierring of the dividend to August is
nearly tantamOunt to passing it, there is practically
not one dlvldend-paying mine on Lake Superior.
The shoemakers strike appears to have culmi-
! mated, and In great measure ended. The maiori-
| ty OF the strikers Surrendering at discretion
and making the best terms with employers possible
! In HaVerhill they have voted to discontinue their
! movement; in Lynn they are going to work: the
same here and otherwheres The suspension of
| work has relieved the "bosses" and enabled them
| to sell the surplus stock, but we do not perceive
| how 1t will materially benefit the wOrkngmen 1t
appears to us-the strike ending it has-that thev
have transferred the losses of the wear from the
manufacturers to themselves. The "bosses" are
now paying little higher for work; and they can
well afford to- it is only assuming part of the
losses of the strike-Ne'0buryPoH Herald.
The LOST STEAMSHIP HuNGARIAN.--Mr. P. B.
Kelly, of the Division avenue ferry Williamsburgh
has handed US a scrap of paper, which was found in
bottle toatng in the ferry slip, on Saturday last,
by carpenter who repairing the bridge at the
foot of South Seventh street. Upon the paper in
| pencil was hastily scrawled the following note:
"On board the Hungarian. We have struck
! The Captain says that we are lost Oh, God, is
there no hope? Now all is over, she is sinking
rapidly. Whoever finds this will please give the
news to John Henry, Brown Point, New Jersey.
God save us al."-N. Y. Tribune.
PERsONAL.--M. Gaillairdet writes from Paris to the
Courier des Etdts Uuis that when Mr. Faulkner,
the new American Minister, went to the Tuileries
to present his letters of credence, be entered the
hall where the Emperor was waiting for him, and
| was passing on to the next, not knowing that he
was in the imperial presence. The Emperor laugh
ed and said, "Never tell again that the esty
of my person shows itself to every one"
! The PresLyteridn Herald announces that Rev.
DR.. w. i. Breckenridge has accel ted the Presiden-
cy of Oakland College, Miss, and will remove his
family to Oakland in very few days.
The INAUGURATION ON THE Twelfth OF APRIL.--
The Committee of Invitation, on behalf of the
ladies of Virginia, have received letters from
| thirty distinguished gentlemen announcing their
| purpose to be present at the Inauguration of the
! Clay statue, on the 18th Of April. Among them
are ex-President Tyler; Gov. Ellis, of North Caro-
| lima; ex-Gov. Graham, of the State; and the
| following members of Congress: Clay, of Ky:
Thompson, of Ind; Mallory, Of Ky; Maynard, of
| Tenn; Smith, of n. G., and most of the Virginia
Congressional delegation.
SALE OF AN OFFIcE.-The Supreme Court of Yer
mont has recently made decision upon a of
novel character. A United States mail agent made
a contract to resign his office, and his influence
to have another person appointed in his place. In
consideration thereof the applicant for the office
gave his note to the other party for half years
| salary. The Court decided that the business was
illegal and void and the note cannot be enforced,
the transaction being virtually the sale of the office,
| The names of the parties are Meacham and Dow.
THE GRAIN CRoPs.-We are gratfed to observe
tie thriving condition of the wheat and rye crops
throughout this country. We
| lain fields looking better. The wheat is coming
| up beautifully and abundantly, and seems to have
sustained injury by the severity of the past win
ter. The prospects for a full crop far this sea
! son. in this section, very encouraging to far
! mers well consumers Shippm>bWg (PUD
| Valley Spirit.
| The locomotive Excelsior, attached to train of
cattle cars, exploded at Easton, Pennsylvania, on
| Wednesday morning. The engineer and three
| employees were hurt, but no one was killed
The locomotive was blown to pieces and some
parts of it were hurled than quarter of
| mile away.
| In London, lately, police officer had despes
! rate struggle with a thief the docks, during
| which the thief slipped overheard and sank imme-
| datelY. His body not recovered for some
time, when thirteen sheets of stolen copper were
| found wrapped about it, which was, undoubtedly,
| the of death.
| PLANTERS BANK BoSDs.-We are glad to that
newspapers of both political parties in Mississippi
take decided ground in favor of paying the bonds
of the State, issued many years ago, in favor of
the Planters Bank. Until they are paid, Misss-
Sinnians will ayavs and iustlv that in q 6nan