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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-15
SCOTLAND.

Royal Compliment From the King of Prus
sfa-NInrshaI Keith,s Memorial Statue.
His Majesty the King Of Prussia lately presented
statue of Field Marshal Keith TO the town Of Peter
head England, and the English press has given an
account OF the ceremony Of inauguration We are
now In position to lay before our reader she ad-
dress of the Town Council to his Majesty
TO HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE KING OF
PRUSSIA, THE MEMORIAL OF TIKI PROVOST, MAG
ISTRATES AND COUNCIL or TILE BURGH OF PETER
HEAD, IN THE COUNTY OF Aberdeen, NORTH
BRITAIN
have delayed approaching your Majesty with an ex-
preston OF their gratitude Tor having SO very gra-
cioasly complied with their request TO present TO the
town Of reterhead statue OF Field Marshal Keith
until they should DC enabled to inform your Majesty
OF us erection and unveiHng.
In pursuance Of your Aajestys order, the statue
arrived at PeterRead on october 6, 1858, and, on
August 10, 1860, was formally inaugufated py the
Right Honorable the Earl OF Kintore, her Maiesy's
OF the ancient and noble family Of keitn. 1t
may please your Majesty 10 know that the
ceremony was performed III presence OF the largest
COncourse OF people ever assembled i'll the town Of
Peterhead, and that the warmest thanks Of the COM
Munty were Enthusiastically accorded To your
Majesty, accompanied ey request that the M gis-
Nates and Town Coancl would notice the fact in
their memorial acknowledging tne Rit. ! our memo
ralists now beg most sincerely, and with becoming
gracious manner IN watch your Majesty was pleased
TO accede to their wishes, thus endenring your Ma.
also TO all her Britannia Mejesty's subjects.
That your Majesty may be long spared to reign
over an enlightened and united people, and that
you Maiestys gift iasY tend 10 incite to increased
sympathies Two nations already closely allied, Is
the earnest hope OF your inenoralists.
Signed in the name and by appointment Of the
magistrates al Council Of the baryb OF Peterhcad
IN Council assembled, ana the oommen seal OF tue
burgh aAixed hereunto, thIs twenty -thr1 day of
September one Thousand eXht hundred and sixty
nine. WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Provost and Chief Magistrate OF Peierhead.
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tuncture some gentlemen interposed and prevented
bloodshed. Burgin then went his way. drunk ana
s,tsggering. and wandered INTO 2 store he asked
Tor cartridges, but the merchant said there were
none In the store that would 1T his little pistol, and
that he had better 20 bone or 60 somewhere ana go
70 sleep Burgin then went out, seemingly uncon-
scious.of what he was doing, and some say his pis-
tol was In his hand; others say his hands
were In his pockets. In this condltion he
we, went reeling ooliquely across the street he
was soon within fifteen or eighteen feet or Searcy.
navy pistol, called OUT, acieaf tns way y and fred
Twice, the lrst ball taking effect id Burgn's left
s s1s, .me second missing hlm Bqrgn ran In INC d.
lllo store, but struck the doorfacing and fell lie
1883, the blood pouring from his nose and mouth,
Seafcy gave himself up and was allowed TO go
nome ana stay there under guard On Friday lie
was brought To town aud assigned for trial. Tue
case was tried before Police Judge william O. Miller.
MAJOR Turner appeared for the defence ana Q. II.
breek, ESD, the County Attorney prosecuted the
case. me court was OF opinion that an offence
against the law had been committed and held the
prisoner Ia default OF 5000 bail.
On the night previous, party Of about City armed
men nad gone 10 the house OF Frank Searcy and de-
manded him. He told them he would come out as
soon as ne could dress himself The party becoming
Impatient broke the door down and rushed Searcy
nreu Twice, rushed out under heavy 1re, and made
MS escape. t Is reported he Killed one OF the men
and wounded one. Notwithstanding this difficulty he
was brought TO town on Friday, and stood aa ex-
aiming trial Tor the killing OF Burgin.
About one O'Clock on Monday morning party OF
ABOUT NIFTY Well dressed and apparently very orderly
men entered the town and proceeded to the jail,
TOOK FRANK Searcy out and hung him to limb or Q
locust tree In the court house yard. When life was
extinct the party fastened note on Searcy's back
when reads:-"Ihis man must not BIO taken down
until seven O'Clock on Monday EVENING" Two hours
past noon on Monday the body OF Searcy was stu
swinging from the locust limb.
Burgin In represented as having been o peaceable
nan: Searcy seems to have been terror to HIS
nelgaDors and little or no regret was expressed at
his terrible iate
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LYNCH LAZY liz REsTgs II
A Double Tragedy--Fho Ballet aud tho
Hniflr.
rrrom the Louisville oourier-s6urnal, nov. Ill

a0ttSEs
from the Louisville Courier~sburnaI Nov. Ill
Our correspondent at RlcSTuond, KY, writes the
particulars OF the Searcy- Surgln Tragedy, the closing
scene ~ which was Enacted by party OF Lyncher3
on Monday morgrng In the Court House yard.
On Monday, tue 1st INST County Court day, about
halfpast rnrec O'Clock la the afternoon, an aiterca-
Bpfr1n both or wnom were under the influence OF
araent spirits resulting In the death OF the later.
searcy Ii about ATTY years OF age, Is said to nave
been desperate man, and mad very unenvable
reputation. IL Il alleged that he has Killed eight
men and IN most OF the cases the act was not justt
fable though the law III every instance cleared nln
Most OF tho lnen whose lives be has taken were very
drunk and not in q condition to ngnt.
Tits was according 10 the evidence adduced be-
fore the court, strictly true In the case OF Burgin.
IL was shown that Searcy was the aggressor; that
Uurqin was very drunk. sitting o char IN bar
room anu thas Sesrcy entered che roon LOOK seat
naaf puran and annoyed him In various ways that
BurQin several times requested Searcy TO desis ana
Loll aearcy that III the ann0ynnce should not he
stopped no would shoot. Searcy persisted Ia this
Intentionally conduct, and Burgin finally arose,
Grew small four barreed pistol. winch went OF
accidentally N his hand and Burgin being too drunk
70 know whether he had fred or whether some enc
had shot at him, became alarmed and hastily left
inc room. In u few seconds Searcy followed IN hot
pulsuit, Offering twenty dolas 10 any one WHO
would saow nan Bnrgln.
several gentlemen VINO knew young Bnrgln wen
told Searcy That Burun was very drunk aud narn-
lcss aud that no attention should be pald TO hun.
searcy then remarked that Burgin was sorry
nsln anl not w0rthy OF o load out OF my pistol.
The two OF length Hret and searcy addressed hu-
self 10 Bnrgin sayDs, "Elias you shot 1T men Bur-
gun replied, mo, Frank; no. DIDN'T" ana ~ tnia
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luz GlFNsle $4,000
some OF lsHrs II sfte e4 4Mt
population remafKa9e LOT w toiueso, aua net.'-
Der Win territory extending IRON FINLAND 10 Tie
Pacific ocean aud from ArchaGgal TO Mount Arara.
&c may truly said that Russia needs no moro aAd.
The Caucasus gives her the command OF both Asia
Minor aud Central Asia. Satisfied with tnis lnl-
mense territory, tho governments OF Russia has
wisely abgtalned a5 mucn as possible nom Interior
lug ia foreign politics Tor many years past ana de-
voted all Ito energies 10 the internal development OF
tho country. kussia's position, however, Is pecu-
liar one. Sho IL boEn q European and an Asiatic
Power. Not toy detached possessions rs Eng and,
but by q continuous ana uninterrupted extent Of
territory la both contnonts
Russias position as great Power IN Asia depends
upon her commanding position IN Europe, and nor
position In Europe is strengthened by her power IA
Asia. IL ~ evident, therefore, that che cannot look
with indifference upon the struggles OF mon VINO are
her kindred b9 blood aud who are drawn tow ards
her by the ties OF common religion. 10 Ii easily
understood that Russia cannot look on tue subJec-
ton aud political degradation OF 80,oJO0Oo OF men,
who though animated by the best intentions toward
her, are, for the time belpg subjected 10 hostile
Powers THIS ie the reason Why the Russian people
sympathize With the Slavonians OF Turkey ana Au5-
tria, ana this sympathy VIII draw RUSSIA into
the future struggles OF the western SayODanS
as they try 70 gain that Independence which Is tho
inalienable right OF every people. The so,called
Eastern question is more properly a Sayono Ques-
ton Tnree-fourths OF the inhabitants OF European
turkey are Slavoniaus. large majority OF tho
Inhabitants OF both parts Of tue hustro- hungarian
monarchy are SlavOnians. Among theso people the
political and literary agitation though carried on
under great difficulty ID increasing every day. And
t cannot be that at length ia spite OF the efforts OF
certain European Powers, they viii not gain tue
ordinary rights VI man. winch arc now denied then.
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The names OF the - y2tr
the murder are Sa-cov-cob,
kah-diX-te. .ah-rah, alia9 Horse Dl,'
coots. oy-ted e,yosr, alas Blue HAWK, anu .t-
kety-buts The prosecution ID conducted Oy >.
Strickland United states Attorney assisted by O. A.
BALDWIN, Colonel q, $. Chase Tor the deience.
Ipe preiadlce OF some OF those examined for
Jurors Is evidently very strong against the red
men end many little incidents occurred during
the examination, which plainly shows thas
ANYTHING but friendly feeling Is entertained TO-
wards them. An alderman, on being asked by
Colonel Chase II he had any prejudice Tor or aganst
the prisoners at the bar, as Indians or Otherwise
that would prevent his giving an impartial veruict
Ia the case according to tue law ana eVldence re.
piled, mo only that he had been chased by thein
ana had been in several battles with them,
and that no would hang every devil OF
Another juryInan being asked tue same qucs-
ers and the entire indian nation. Tho Count asked
II be was sworn in that case TO sit as Juror tue
verdict 70 give according to law aud evidence
whether, us he expected to appear before ms Maker,
lie would not consider himself Responsible 10 oDsy
that oath1 He replied that lie did not consider MN,
self responsible for anything he could 90 W
an Indian. The Court excused MN t ~;
Many other replies were given ~ l1tq at ,hnv
left no doubt IN the minds or those present rt
were, TO say The least, disqualified. 0ns Oh wy hs
jurors called fifteen were excused ior e ausv,
defence has exercised YET ony we pels r,'s,yy
challenges OF tile twenty 10 when NC naS VIZ, s,as
We learn thatthis Il the first trial OF the i.u as
has ever occurred In the United Stass e." ede ~
great interest Ia the people OF NsDi1sA" eA1 Vs.
Indian Department. ~ Washington.
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A 8 I a..
Lvingstone's Safety and Discoveries
Reported in India.
Finance, Famine, Insect Visitatiosss and (rims
u the Anslo.lndiaa Empire.

BY way Of Europe we have the following highly
interesting and valuable special correspondence
from India, embracing the latest complete written
reports from the great empire and Persia.
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TRIAL or INDIANS F0a MuaDEs.
singular Case"-DInlcuties in Obtaining e
bury.

Jury.
In Nebraska on the sth OF May last Edward
Mcllurty was murdered By person OF persons un-
known, on an island IN the Platte river, about
thirty miles from tho PaWDee reservation OF
indians. Suspicion fell upon members OF the
tribe, and efforts OF the United STATES antnor-
perpetrators, IN which the chiefs or the pawnees
aud superintendent janney anorded every faculty
in their power, having wish TO screen tue authors
OF the crime. T. e bnt justice to say tna close and
''Hfrrr rvamnatloa did not produce
9rv-certany nothing
.e 0t retention OF
-
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05
SEATTLE. FebrIa.y 26th.

CAPTAIN W. a. Freeman, who has
bcen employed to explore line o
RAILROAD from the Blue Mountain 10
Puget Sound, arrived al this place
last evening distance, 247 miles.
He furnishes the following items !;
Left the Blae Mountains January I'd;
arrived at the Snaqu:iimie Pass Feb
rnary 18TH ; found the snow IN the
Pass about five and one-hall feet
deep length % miles !; grade TO
feet to the mile; considers the route
one of the finest mineral aud timber
cd countries in existence. iermina-
ting at the finest harbor in the world.
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

A CRANBERRY marsh in Center
Brook, produced last season by ac-
tllal measurement lG0 barrels OF
iruii on an acre, or one barrel to
each square rod, besides lurSc
quantity VIII ch was not gathered,
and may be seen under tue ice.
The rental OF this island is less .iaa
two dollars per acre.
The above item is iron Connec-
ticut paper, aud shows TO what an
extent the cultivation OF cranberries
may be carried. There are hun
dreds OF acres OF natural cranberry
MARSHES IN this territory, where they
grow wild and are gathered by the
Indians in considerable quantities,
and which could be made 10 pro
duee all almost unlimited number
OF barrels of them by cult vatiun.
We heve lately learned that a man
in Pierce county has been employed
for a year past in preparing ground
Tor this purpose, an intends to d.
rect h 5 attention especially to the
cmlture at this fruit. lie can hardly
fail Of success in his undertaking
- Olympia TRANSCRIPT.
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

The White Pine News OF February 2oih
relates the following incident Of street jump
lug ia Treasure City:
Last Saturday word WIS brought to Consta-
bic l. coney that lairtiC mad located lots Oh
Virginia Street. aud were about l"alins
buildings iherean. lecOney imme 1 .teiy
went upon the ground and renosed lie
stakes and lumber Being resisted by the
jumpers. lie drew six sio 'ter i"r WINCH
,hey had hiu, arrested The case was imine
diaiely trid beforr Juage Burns, the defend
ant discharged and cnste OF suit taxed against
tie prosecuting ~itncss. W. W. Bishop and
viii Camlb II volunteered thei sefN on
behalf OF Iaconey, thereby protecting tue
interest uf our citizens. There Is hardly
room enough now fnr a team TO pass through
any of the streets Of our Town, and We hope
that no one will hereafter interfere with oi
obstrurt the few thoroughfares that are used
by the public.
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SUMMONS.


TERRITORY OF IDAno. IS rnE Dlsr. couRr,
CouSry OF OwYnEE. / 3D JUDICIAL DIsT.
n. X Mendenhall, flainuH,
AgGinA
/. J. Lewis, and The Silver Glance Mining
Company, Deicndanis1
To L. j. Lewis and the silver Glance Mining
Company, Defendants:
EN- TIE NAME Or THE PEOPLE oF THE
Unnel States. in the Territory Of Idaho,
You are hereby nOtiiiei thai there Is n0~ ON
ne IN the office of the Clerk Of the District
Court af the Third Judicial District OF said
Territory, In silver City, Owyhee County, the
Complaint of the above named Plaintiff. prhI
inr Judgment against the said Defendant, "
! Lewis. and for Decree and Tor an order
of the said Court as follows The .'hove en-
iiilei action Is brought TO obtain Judgment
of this court against the SAID l'ciendant
/. J. Lewis. for the sum nt S3l 24O W a bal
nnc ,Iu. and unp I'D 10 slid Pluniin by said
Defendant. Lewis, of the purchase money,
s46 140 o.. for certain properly spld and con
vevrd bv said Pl'T TO said Def't Lewis. with
cnsts ur suit. and to obtain Decree OF Sid
Court establishing said Plaintiff s Lien us
Vendor Of the s,id certain property, agGinst
ihe said &C tain property and every part
thereof and for An Order on the Shefin ol
said County for th ssiif OF 5 'id property IA
pnrsuance ,,f law fer the satisfaction ai The
a,no1nt of said Judgment and COSTS tie
said c, rtain property being described in II u :
s,if Complaint. a. follows io-wit: Nine nun
ired and sixty t060l feet tlnnear measure
mcntl undivided of twelve hundred sl,zpul
feet-sa,ne measurement-in that certain
Gold and 81 ver bearing Lode Of q iartz, situ-
ated in Flint Mining District IN the said Com
ty of Owyhec, located and known as the
= .inwyher I.atlae AMI Ilaho g. ). N. Com
nlDy.n and fur hunlred 600 feet, being
ihe lst North Extension Of the Rochester
T.ode--situate in sid Flint Mining District,
all of which said described pr 'pcHy Was
sold nnd conveyeI by said Painful TO the
satd Dft. /. T. Lewis, and by him said
lewisl conveyed IN the s'ii ID ( Z, the silver
q ance Mining Companv-all as alleged.
and i more fully sci forth Ia the Plli s s7id
Conplaint. on illr IN my ollicr. in the above
entitled cause; and tina uuless you appear
and answer To- said C0milaiDt vi hin ten
DAYS after the service hereof. If served within
Owylee rnunty: within twenty days u served
on, Of said onnty, bur within said judicial
District: and within ipriy days VI served out
of said District exclusive of the dav OF ser
yire d.f,rit will b. taken ag ,inst you. aud
the plaintiff will apply to the 'urt for the
relief d.n,anded in bis said Complain
In tesiim nv whereof |. sol Htsbr0urk.
~ Clerk of nd District Court. have
-. = hareunto set my hand and
rr affixed tie Seal nr said Court at
silver CITY. fhisTeniII dry ofsepiember. D.
1865 SOL HAsRRorcK. elk Dist Court.
By X. T. Hatfocw. Dep'y
Rosborough d f'reston, FG' Ah'ys It"J2
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No,n.nd Yet.-Nany persons me

Not p~nd Yet.-Nany persons nFr'
,,.rc in White Pine. who had long since
t,,ong'u zach o'hcr dead. Here old friends
~, tn- The fi-st line IN ten or fifteen years
this mining excitement having p,osrn VI :
,,,,cb far them Others they found strength
:, r,,ist bnt This was 0vcrpowrring. Many
- ,hnre resnrrected individuals have per
ha,,s hccn Ieadirv snrt Of sleepy lif' else
- and would have di-l soon had not
VIII. pine awakened them into lif', and are
,o,,. counted amoung the live and Kick
CO., E" The remark. Il thought you dead
~, ~, ,,c.,, .c, - is the common saluiation in
write pins - White Pine Mems
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05
Cold weather III White Pine

Man Froz zrn.--Ne leirnel ON aeh
~ Van W,nkic, who arrived here this morn
ing from wli'e Pine, that the weather was
in1.nseiv coli durng saturday and sunday
A. eleven n'clucE in the mo oniDg OF the lat
,er day The mercury stool at II degrees be
low zero al Hamilton. and 10 degre''s below
\, Treasure Civ. On Sund d'y "vehlng a rian
,yl,ose narne Won Wrinkle Iii not learn. nut
,rbo wss ernpil, Il inrmeriy in butcher
ehon in this riiv. Was frozen under the tot
,o,riuc cir,a,nsiat IL was running be
tween Hamilton and Treasure City, and di.
rims sunday he drank to excess tie ieit
Usmjl,on IN il,r afternoon without any ? p's-
sencrrs AMI it l. suppns d that be ieil asleep
nd trnze. The Irsm took The sleigh :"
Treasu,c Civ, in which the driver w,s ioInn
sin and cold. d.-AustiH l.Neo.l RsD;s3e Q, req
ruary 23d
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Professor Huxley says II has been
shown that the whole route of the Atlantic
TELEGRAPH, cable would be practicable rold
for wagon il the water was removed, and
great part of the way level road that The
mud at the bottom Of ths sea Is chalk. and
tie e, idence is to his mind conclusive that
the chalk cliffs of ENGLAND, ami all the chalk
formations of the globe, were once the boil
tom of the sea. The chalk formations cover
an area of the earth equal In extent to the
whole of Europe. This view Of the case suits
The theory that Sinkcr, Cath,rinc, Rabbit
and other creeks in this neighborhooi, occn-
py position once the bottom OF the ocean
The marine shells, chalk beds. fish bones,
egrs etc. in state of peirilication, all go
to strengthen such belief
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

The Olympia Transcript publishes an
" Arabian Knights Entertainment g" story
of young Arab by the name OF Arion, who,
two ihous nd five hundred years ago, was
thrown into prison in Damascus for loving
an old mans daughter From the prison he
escaped into paradise through mysterious
passage. A fat comrade stuck fast in the
aperture and cried to Arion ''Are you gomez
At which the young Arab returned and con
Quoted his fat friend into the beautiful coun
try he had found, which they called Are
you goue,n which has since been corrupted
TO 4 Oregon y They constructed a boat or
rafi and drifled about in the ocean until they
were picked up by ship from Tyre and tax
en- back. Hiram, King Of Tyre, md Solr-
man, the Great King, learning Of them The
wonders of "Are you gone, aud its vast
wealth IN gold fitted out feet and sent 1t
to that land, which, on account OF its great
distance, tbry called 20 fur iophir-)
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

A SMART young lawyer bearing it
stated by a lecturer that "man i
merely machine, remarked, men
| suppose an attorney may be said
to be "a suing machine"
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

AMERICANS are said to be the
most ex,ravagant tourists IN Europe.
Wherever they gather in numbers
the cost of living is sure TO increase,
through their reckless use OF money.
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THE hopping around of a Grecian
l,and in a ballroom reminds one
Covc;bly of a kangaroo trying TO es-
cane tLe attacks of sand fl as
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Notice to Delinquents.

vGyHE ACCOUNTS due HILL + MlLLAK' n
have been placed in the hands oi T. n
KNAPP, who is authorized &c ollect ana re-
r.;nt for the same. w. J. HILL
ee.ps ar Fl. W. MILLARD.
silver City, Dec IA, 1868
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

Our Montana neighbours diier win
xoah Webster and other photographers as 10
The correct nrrhosraphy in spelling Bowlder-
The books say Bogder. Montana says
Boulder, which is righIf
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

THE sold men {" bo,,"n
Webster. Everett, Horace Mann
etc in bronzr and marble.
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

WY should ireland be- the rlch
ne, country in the wo lh? Because
it,s capitnl is always Dublin.
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

S.vagr--The Herald is savaSe on beri-
an pr .un Of the Press There is n wide dif-
f.rancr between the two papers In the staie'
rnenl OF facts.
Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-05

He who blackens others, does not
whiten himself.