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, 1866-12-24

A Boy KILLED In Defence Of his S1ztersa
From the Fort Smith New Era, Dec. 19.1
Tho following sad account Of q most brutal
murder was Inadvertently omitted in our
last:
A young msn named Snipes, not more than
about sixteen years Of age, and who resided
few miles below Van Buren,, was killed one
week ago last Saturday evening, Dec. 1at,
under the following circumstances:
Young snfpes and hts sister, about grown,
were on their way to Scullyville, Choctaw
Nation, to purchase beef They prepared
to camp at Sulphur Springs on the evening
mentioned and Hhi1a Mary, the hoy's sister,
WAS about to get supper, two women Of low
character, living in the vicinity, invited the
girl to cook her supper at their house. The
of the women, accepted the invitation.
Shortly after they had repaired to the
| house, Nose Edwards, q Cherokee, we'll
known hereabouts to be d most desperate
character, entered the room and judging,
perhaps, Mary Snipes 10 be Of kind with
her hostesses, attempted to take undue lib
critics with her.
Her brother interfered and attempted to
protect his sister. He succeeded apparently
and Edwards seemed disposed to behave
himself, when MI Of sudden, he drew
large bowie knife, aud. plunged I. up to the
hilt into the breast OF young Sn1pea. Tho
blow VAS s1anting in the direction Of the
heart. The murderer also drew tho knife
across his Victims abdomen, making fearful
gnsh. Sufpes then drew his revolver and fred
th zee shots at Edwards, one Of which took
effect In the side, making dangerous, prob
ably mortal wound. The two loose women
fed at the beginning Of the difficulty, and
came to town for aid. When the police
reached the scene Of the murderous tsansac-
tion, they found the lifeless body Of youue
snipes near bis wagon, close to the house.
The poor sister, as may be imagined, WIS
frantic with grief at the cruel and untimely
death of her brother, incurred In defence Of
her honor. .
Edwards Was not arrested that night. but
was discovered next morning, BY the police
and a detachment Of soldiers, In house
near the iron bridge on Poteau: He was
conveyed totown, and now lies at the guard
house In the garrison, In very critical con-
ditiop.
We learned since that the victim Of the
murderer, who Is SAID to have Killed already
fifteen persons, was most excellent young
man, and the main prop of his bereaved pa
rents.
, 1866-12-24
FROM EUROPE.
BIZ OCEAN TELEGRAPH.
anEAT BHIrAH.

CHEAT BR1rAH-
LosDoH, December ae-Noon.
Peace meetings are being held in rafious por.
lions Of Ireland, and confidence l. increasing In
England that the threatened Feulan rising is
likely To amount to nothing.
LnxDos, December 23-Evening.
II Is said the British Government will require
the Spanish Government to explain the seizure
ofihe Tornado. and II tney eanrot justify them
selves, will require IN apology for the act and In
dcfnntty to The oRuers ahd Crew Of the vessel. 1
rAH1s, eem5er e2-E,rnins.
General DE will hare In audience with Ito Eu9t
pezor Napoleon Tomorrow. AL the UnlteK
States Legation will be D, escuk
PAa1s, December s7-Eysntng.
1t IA rumored TINT another conspiracy has been
discovered II Madrid, with General rfim 4, its
nead.
PARls, December ssss-Evening.
The coastt'u!foantl believes taat ,he journey Of
the Empress Euseuie to Rome will b postponed
lstest Foreign Markets.
LoaDoa, December 71-yoou.
CoasoIaE9X for money.
sTocks-1ltnois ceatra, y; Eric, Il; United States
sos, 71k.
FRANKFORT, December t9-Noon.
United etates FlTp-Tw-nros, 7sk.
LIVERPOOL, December es-yoon.
CorTo1-Buoyaut; sAles u,0m baiea mlddling mp
lands, 1$Ha14xd.
AITWKH, Deeenbe. N-Noon.
PErkoLKrM-5sHk
Lrvx2Foot, December 2AErerIuz.
CnTToN-MArkei il steady aalea u 900 uidd1Ins up
1&nda 1tAd-
LospoS, December 3e-Eyenlng.
Coxsofs-Closed 1T 70 for money.
sTocKs-nlinois Central, 1sh; Erie, g; United
Stztea FlveTwentles, Tx.
Loypoa, December 22-Evenlng.
CnSsoLs-At a1H Nor money.
Srocxs-Enited ststes Saps, AK; nlinoia Ce1rsl
shares, % Egia, 48H.
, 1866-12-24

member Of The Houae Is p-~partn9 bill to gnAr-
trtes to Nev Toxk Republican torm Of Iovern-
rant or tn otssz wor3s That there ahAt1 b no DIS
cz1Hinatton IN favor Of wnt.e against the colosed
population.
quxxR coSTn1cr Lx71No.
InvestfEstion Of the ztcently awarded Indian
contracts shows they We1e IhtgtY-soyun thvusaad
do1Ia1s higher than wrsr tho rejected bids
HssoCH1 D1Y71cuL11Es.
General Grant nas returned, aud reports lnAt
tho un3culsy IN Aiseortf t4s heeu explained to
the satisfaction Of Governor Fletcher.
TIE BowLEs- -M11LidAN DECISION.
Tha Cabinet has decided that the decision Of tho
Supreue Court In the Indi1n4 conspiracy case.
must be recognized and sustained, and eoeTsd IN
cooo faith.
aENEnAE su1nxA1 AND A1xts1xH cAHFDKI1-
WAsHtNa1u1, December 4.-Ninistsr Campbell
from New OTleans In few days, their search for
the JuaIez Government haviu9 proved tailuFt.
They are IN ie1egTsphic correspondents With tho
Preeidenr and Secretary Seward It u not dsened
advisable TO publish lhs Dispatches.
5oTEuNxIxT GOLD
At The e]oto OF business to-lay. ihe Tresaury
500, ITO VAS In g0ld certificates, and the rest
Belonging absolutely to Government On Jsnuary
1st, $1,000, Geo IN cola arc to be dtshuf8ed on
account Of luterest on gold bearing bonds.
EIEQuATons WITHDRAWN.
The President, conforming to the request OF the
King Of pruseta, and IN conasquanee Of the lneor-
of Hesee into that Kingdom, has withdrawn and
declared to be mil aud void the e1equaioEs here
tofoze ieeued to 4 number Of Consu1s Of those
States In Ibis country. Among them aFe Aao1ph
Cooling, Consu1 General It Nov fork: Frank e.
Hoffman. Chicago; =. c. Melm2n:. Ati"ankee;
ytl!c Carl F. Adar, Cincinnati and all others rep
reseutfuR the St0tes named.
, 1866-12-24
FROM NEW YORK.

Snac of 0cenu steamers Daring
the PnAt Ycur- Weekly ImDorts-Tht
WbjsAcy Fraud InvestiRntlon.
NEW YoRK, December a22.-The steamers Araet
and Fulton were sold today at suction at 00. .00O
They were bought BY L. ". jerome, VINO repre-
eeuted The tfavfe Steamship Line. They will con
tinue to run 10 Europe.
The steamer oeean Queen, from Aspinwa1l
brought si.5DC Loco In treasure
There we're " ,hM arrests here tn The past year.
Eighty three persons were arrested for homicide.
000. OF which dry goods were $a 251G co.. aud
general merchandise, upwards Of g G0 00Q-
The committee for the Investigation Of frauds
in the Keycnne Department has adjourned, not TO
reaseeuble until inter- the holidays. Develop
mcnts, 80 far, mora than fulfil the promises of
those who desired the Aands Investigated. The
Investeai!on Committee have learned thar gagan-
q Government otdctal Is implicated. They have
discovered that tbese are oyec agD0 small dtslll-
1ere8 car1ies. On In the city, IN cellars aud out
houses Of private dwellings,. where whskeY ts
maze. for the purpose OF eEadinS the tar of two
dollars per gallon. ~.
The committee Will visit The principal cities Of
The West, when they hare concluded their worS
are encaavorinR to stop may be Judged from the
fact that, according to the ceEsus Of 1sGn, the
amount Of whiskeJ made in the United States WIS
upwards OF ninety millions OF gallons, and by the
LAST report OF The Revenue Commissioners It WIS
Less thnn ten millions OF callons-
NEW Yong, December 92-Tne anniversary 0
the 'and,pg ok the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock
by the New England Society. A numnrr Of dts
tinguishtd StEilemen were present. Toasts wera
offered, speeches made, and high hllartJ pre-
vailed.
, 1866-12-24

ground, and 1 II also sustained BY the facts
stated abore-dsst, the dse1ease Of the tenn
perature of tae water from ffty nine degrees
to hfsy.se1cn 1ezrces, aud the d1mmution in
quantity Of mineral matter held In solution
the latter fet seeminR clestly to prove
that prior to tie time rhea the drills pene-
trated tha stream, the water had dissolved
and abaorbed large quantity Of the soluble
matter Of the rocks with which 1t came In
contact in its state Of rest. As soon as IN
opening or outtet was made, and quantity
of water Was discharged. this mineral mat.
ter decreased a proportion, and the proba.
hility now Il. that the water will BECOME
softer and prFer as the amount discharged
becomes. greater, and that eventually, and
probably at no distant day, the water will
come from it, fountain-head, simply filtered
and purified by its passage through the sand
stone and gravel beds.
That the outlet OF thfs stream Into Lake
Michigan WIS closed by the volcanic up
hea7al Of the earth aud rocks, is a probable
conclusion, which can be verified by an in
spection Of the grounds On which these wells
arc located. The surface here Is only some
seven or eight feet above the level Of the
surrounding prairie; but geological1y or
stzataggraphically, It is nearly one hundred
and fifty feet above the common level Of
Chicago, that Is, at about one mile distant
eastward and into the city, We bore into
the soil nearly one hundred and nfty feet
before reaching the same rock, which
Is here exposed upon the surface,
and at the well bored at the
Chicago Distillery Company's premises on
the North Branch, they penetrated the
Joliet marble at depth, I believe, of one
hundred and e1ghty-slx feet, which, ut the
other point is only twenty y-nine feet from
the surface: this and various other facts
show the nature aud extent Of this conyul-
sion. And that IL WIS no difficult feat Of
nature to dam up this comparatively tri1ing
underground stream, and leave ite'watcrs
pent up in the rocks and caverns Gor the fu-
ture use and benefit of man.
I don'rkpow that these specnk Jons will
be Of sufficient interest to mako Jim pub
lie, but they may have the effect of direct.
ing some abler pen to the solution OF the
problem as to the sources from whence the
Great Lakes derive their supply of water.
GEo- A. SHuPELpr, Jr.
CHICAGO, November, 1866
, 1866-12-24
FROM MILWAUKEE.

sutk for Damages ngaiuss the Northwestern
Railway ComDnny-Arrest for Infanft-
eide.
MILWAUKEE,. December 2s-The suit Of Amos
Sawyer rs. the Northwestern Railway Company,
to recover DAMAGES Tor quantity OF four lost AZ
ter being shipped, which eas occuplsd the atssn-
ton Of the County Court Tor the past three days,
was decided BY a verdict Of SsW, and interest for
five months, IL favor Of plaintiff. The case IS 10
be carried to the Supreme Court.
Yesterday morning WoHan named Elizabeth
schEGdee, living in lhe Ninth Ward, was arrested
the charge Of aliug the birth Of her child
The body of the child was found In the priyy
vault Of the house IN which she lived.
, 1866-12-24
uoRAL REFORM In NEW YORK,

.U0E&AL REEOxxM IN NEW YORK.
The laws Of every Government provide
sercre penalties for the crime of bribery, and
the penalties arc incurred rs we'll by those
who give as those who accept the brtbe,
Such laws are to be found on the statute
book Of every State in this country, The
state OF New York, however, year ago
TOOK step In advance Of any other, aud
mnde 1t penal offence to bribe any member
of a political nominating Convention, or a
voter Mt any primary meeting. The exact
motive for this Law does not appear. A
party Convention is not an official body,
nevertheless the Legislature interposed It's
authority and provided for the f1uc and Iu-
prisonment Of any candidate who may bribe
q member Of such Convention to vote for
him. This law is peculiarly hard upon the
politicians in New York City, where, owing
to the past prrponderance Of the Demo
cratic party, regular nominations are equiv
a1ent to elections. The Conventions being
composed Of only thirty or forty persons In
each district, all thata candidate has to do Is
to secure the votes Of a minority Of this small
number otdelcEates, and his election follows.
We suppose the Legislature acted upon the
principle that rs the nominations were in
TACT the elections, they should be recognized
rs such, and therefore they should be kept
pure and bribery prohibited.
An attempt has been made to enforce this
law at Brooklyn, and has produced the ut
most CONSERVATION among the professional
politicians Of the tKo cities Each one asks
his fellow, "i If this Law is to be put in opera
tiop, who is safe9' and professional delegates
denounce the Law US puritaaical invention
to depriFe worthy uen Of the mcans Of
, 1866-12-24

~ The Cincinnati Enquirer and the New
York World attempt to account for the tre.
mendous Copperhead defeats of the past year
BY charging remlssneas upon party leaders
In distributing documents and newspapers.
Had the Democrats, says the Enquirer, been
half Us indetatigable In procuring subscribers
for tho EMqusrxr, as the Radicals have for
their sheets, they would have retrieved their
ascendaEcy in the State and General Govern.
ments.
This Ia wrong solution OF the cause ot
their overthrow. The more papers and
documents tho Copperheads distribute, ths
worse they are beaten. Their best chance
Of success depends on keeping documents
and papers ont Of the hands Of their voters.
When "Democrat'' takes to reading the
papers of his party, his curiosity ia soon ex-
cited to see what the other side Is saying,
and he begios to borrow papers from his Re-
publican neighbor. He shortly perceives
that his party is In the wrong, and that his
''Democratic'' paper Is filled with falsehoods,
scur1iHties, sneers, copcealments and distor-
tions Of the truth. The result Is, that In short
time be becomes disgusted, quits tho party,
aud vo.-s tho Radionl ticket. Iq this way
NINE hepuoLcau party ls conIlnuaAT TecelV-
Ing accessions to its ranks. The true policy
for the leaders ofa party "fouuded on great
immoral idcas,'' is to Keep the rank and file
as ignorant and prejudiced as possible. A
little learning is dangerous thing among
"Democratic'' voters. In the counties and
.districts where the Chicago Times clrculates
most largely, the Democratic party Is pretty
much used up, and no paper ever fought
harder for Copperheadism, pure md unadul-
tefatcd, than that sheet. A reading. reflect
ing people never elect such men to Congress
US John Mosrissey or Ben. Wood.
, 1866-12-24
Women Voting In New Ter..~

Dnsins the debate in the Senate. a eev
days ago, on Cowan'e amendment to strike
ont the word "mnle'' In the franchise hin
for the District of Columbia, Inquiry was
mado Of Mr. Frelinghuysen whether women
mitted that they once did 50 Sin local olec-
tlons." But the fnct Ia that, for mauv years
women were recognized there rs voters on
precisely the same terms as men. Lucy
2tone and H. B. Blackwell, citizens OF New
Jersey, haye made an Investigation, the re-
that previously to- IT'S only men
nal State Constitution conferred t,n
franchise on "aH inha5Nants" tneu or
To%sn, 'p, wh'ts Of black, possessing the pre-
twelve months residence, and this Constitu-
tlon remained In force until 1874. In 17N
the Legislature, tn an act regulating elec-
tfons, used tho words "he or she'' fu refer
ence to voters. In 1897, another act relative
to elections repeatedly designates the voters
enty five women yoted In Elizahethtowu for
the Federal candidate In 1900 women gen
orally voted throughout the State In the
Presidential contest between Jefferson aud
Ada1us. In 18Q2 member Of the Lex{sla-
tuEe from Ennterdon County was actually
elected, IN closely contested election. bY
tte votes Of two Or three women OF color,
in 1s07, at u local elcstion In Essex County
for the location Of the county seat, men and
wumeu generally .pa7ts<tpatca- zero
Jointly implicated in very e1tens{Ve frauds.
In the following winter Of 1908, the Legla-
1ature, in violation Of the tern1s Of the Con-
stitutiou, FFs,sed an act restricting sut-
frage to hee, wSs.te, male, adult citizens,
and in reference to these virtually abolished
the property qualification o. ESQ, thus
extending It to all white male tax-pa1srs.
while excluding al women and negroes. In
lSd, the same provisions we.e sepeated-and
remained unchanged until tho adoption Of
the present Constitution In 18A. 9N
It thus appeats that women and neg Foea
possessed and exercised the right upGues-
toned nnder the Constitution Of New Jersey
from l770 to 1867, thirty.one years, and
that from 1907 until 13H, they DOS
tessed the right, but Hero abitrarily
deprived Of its exercise thirtY.seyen
years more: This is, We believe, fact un-
parnlleled In the political history OF tho
world, and was probably due to the strong
Quaker influence IN West Jersey, then, as
usual exeIte1 In behalf Of equal rights.
New Jersey enjoys, We believe. tho distinc-
ton Of having been the first State which con-
feEred upon all It's citizens equal political
privileges, without restriction Of sex or
sQlof,-tFsto York Tribune
, 1866-12-24

being their companions, than 70 sit on horst
back and Witness the diversiops 1t the
whipping-poet2 Could thesa b. anything
more amusing than to see an old man, with
Thitc1ed locks, with both arms tied high M
On the post, and his back barred, writhtur
and trembling under the successive lashe, Of
the whip! Or t. see the BIO ID spoutins At
every lashf That was u feast which The
Roman patricians enjoyed, and the Southern
people arc not inferior 10 the Romans! But
That ~as not all the. entertainment thst the
~hipping-poet afforded. Women were
whipped there. Young women, girls, moth.
CTS, wives, grandmothers were there stripped
TO the Falst, and scourged with the bloody
lash until every feeling Of pride md shame
was torn from them with their blood.
General siclles recently ordered that the
~hiPp!ng-post should be discontinued. Ac-
tuated BY Northern radicaltsm, he ven
tured to lay the heavy hand of military
power upon this most cherished of tho few
remaining institutions Of the South. He for.
oade the whipping Of men and women BE
forbade thea application of the lash to the per.
sons Of Tree men and fee women. The order
was dcfed. The Southern heart was fired.
There were two things that could be done.
one waa to appeal TO Andrew johnson: and
the other 10 fight. They resolved 10 do
both. They had yielded much to radical.
Ism. They had yielded every thing but their
" unsullied honoE,' and that honor was so
identified with the whipping-post, that the
one could not be destroyed without destroy.
ing the other.
The extreme has been reached at last, The
South viii never give up the wtlppinc-postl
It Is part Of the South It Is one of the pll-
lars Of the social fabric. It has come down to
them from past age. It has been an tustt.
tuition for the dsvcrslon Of the people. It is
one Of their gods, and before they will aban-
don II they will die, They will renew the re.
bellion. With flag On which will be iuscrib.
ed The wh1pplng.post or death, )" they viii
renew the war.1 The attempt to destroy II
Eill rouse every man, woman and child TO
aims. The judges are already calling upon
the Governors to call ont the troops 10 p.o.
tect the whipping-posts. The internecine
war Of which Andrew johnson gave promise
has commenced, and Andrew johnson has
united with the rebels and shouts with them,
"Tbe whipping posi- foreycrl'
NCopgress has any doubt as to the nece,-
sity and propriety Of putting an immediate
cud to the moclery Of governments existing
In the rebel State, his affair of the whipping
posts, should satisfy them, that the Bour-
lHonlsn OF the South is invetesate, aud that
they will never learn anything that Is not
brought to their knowledge by the irreslsti.
bic logic Of force. After four years Of wa1.
and after eighteen months Of reconstruction,
these Rourbons still net Us if that war had
made no change IN the condition Of the
blacks, and Tint Southern honor could only
be indicated by intlicting stripes upon Amer
lean tfcenen. Let Congress then, without
delay. hury these johnson rebel Governments
together with the whlppipg-posts, In one
common grave, and erect in those districts
Governments founded upon principles Of
freedom and civilization.
, 1866-12-24
FROM CINCINNATI.
Atx~ npt at Murder by mn Internal Machine
Celebration Of Fore(aeher's Dny-JAmmed

Atx- mpt at Murder by mn Internal Machine
Celebration Of ForelatheF's Day-JAmmed
to Death.
Especial Despatchto the Chicago Tslbupe.1
C1xu14AT,, December y.
An attempt to destroy the life OF Howard Get
tingham, master workman at the youngstown,
Ohio. Railroad Shups, by an internal machine,
WAS detected on Thursday Last, in that place. by
Cincinnati detective. The intended victim had
discharged lad from bis employment, and his
father, John Howarth, made the torpedo aod
had ii placed where the man wonId get Il In
opening It, however, faw grains Of powder es-
eaped, which excited saspieion, and the bo7 WA s
It's character discovered. uowa1th vas commit
ted to prison 10 answer for the attempt to kill,
aud also the charge OF robbery, a. oycT dvo hum
ared dollars worth Of tools were found in his
Forefathsts' Day VIA celebrated Tonight by \
splendid supper at the Valiant Street House. Tha
attendance was large, nnd the affair handsome and
gratifying.
. John Nlblett- switch tender on the Atlantic 4;
Great Western Ra1I,oad, was crushed TO death be-
tween two trains, at the seartttsburg junction,
yesterday,
After The severe frost, a thaw Is prevailing.
, 1866-12-24
From PHILADELPHIA.

Heavy safo Robb.ry-Now Masonic Temple
to DO Built.
F5nADE1PH1l, December e1.-The sails Of N.
It. Coch1are was bufgiar1zed last evening and
robbed Of Government securities 10 The amount Of
$4,000. The IRE proof safe wts enclosed in a
brick wall thirteen inches thick, aud hp1e lasxa
enough to admit man Was made In the vail from
rs!de. The fire proof was completely r1nsacsIod.
The burGlaes are supposed to have been sec1eted
in the store at the time Of closing.
The Masonic Brotherhood Of this city have de-
elled to erect new Masonic Temple at the north
east corner OF Broad and Ransom btzeets, 10 cost
not less than hall million dollars.
, 1866-12-24
FROM NEW ORLEANS,

Testluony Before the Congressional Inyes-
tlautiuu Conmlttee-Heinnuznf of
Turf Sports.
NEW ORLEANS, December es.-seYerl wit
uesgea were examined to-day. before the Cou-
gsesstonal Investigating Committee, among whom
connected with the commission arc swozn to
secrecy. Before returning to Washington the
commission will AXE evidences REGARDING the SEM
tt1aens Of the people and the management Of the
Federal departments IN this city.
There was splendid gathering 70 witness the
reinaagn1n.ion Of the turf sport. 80 TIC
Metairac Race Course. Lieutenant General She7-
man and Major General Shes1d.u were present.
, 1866-12-24
MEXICO.


De&A&A fG &c aMNKt@1E4AAsA1 1AAAAt51HA-0U
Amenks Of Opposing Forces.
NV Yonx, December aa-Ths steamer Cot.
sca arrived Iats morning with Vera Cruz da tes 10
the 9Th, and C1ty oI Mexico to the I'd.
The news confirms the issuing OF 4 prociam3-
lion by Aaxim1liau stating that 6e will remain In
Mexico.
The general impression In Mexico was that
MaItm1lian would 90 ~ soon as he could, and It
is ssttted that portion Of hts baggage hss
arrived at Eavana.
EEw 1onK, December . -NaxImilt4n's s private
secretary was passenger In tho steamer Corsica,
from bavaria
The .Eskafettt. B4zaine's organ, says tbs recent
rcjoicin7s over The announcement that II tk1mil-
Ian had decided to rcmaIn, we're made By the
Church party The NcxIcans arc di- gnsted With
Aa11ni1iau, aud will not submit again to bis
rule.
Baxalnc Is an11ous that Max1nllian ahoald
leave.
.Mazatlan has been occupied by Corona and his
liberals.
Carvajal has threatened Lezeoc IN The Valley
OF Mexico, granting twenty -four hours for 1urrcn-
der.
The gunbons Winooskt has gone to Tampieo.
with dispatches Tor Minister Campbell.