The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-05-11

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A private letter from Jerusalem, dated

nrivate letter from Jerusalem, dated
April s, says:
"We have had, during the past few days,
the most severe storm which has been known
in Palestine for forty years at this season. In
Jerusalem there was alternate ram, hail and
snow for three days. Travellers have been
nretty etfectually blocked in, or have gone on
with great difficulty The pilgrims who are
now crowding the city, had started in large
numbers for the Jordan and were caught on
the road in the wilderness. Several are re-
norted to have persisted. No one who has not
been here can imagine the horrible condition
of the streets.
Late and volumnous accounts by mail from
Athens give the particulars of the capture and
subsequent massacre of party of English
men by Greek bandits, near Marathon on the
18th ult. They were attacked by band of
brigands at the ravine only 10 miles from
Athens, their horses seized ny the heads and
the drivers knocked from their seats and Sc
cured before they bad time to fire single shot.
Resistance was useless. The brigands politely
asked the ladies and gentlemen of the party to
aligbt and follow them. They were marched
off at quick pace a short distance, making no
| attempt at robbery at first. The party were
escorted up the rugged, brush-grown slopes of
| Mount Pentelicus, and made to walk fast over
| rocks and rolling stones, the ladies with great
difficulty climbed the rough hillside and tear
| ing through the thick brushwood covering it.
AS they advanced high up the hill, some of the
| brigands in advance called to their brother
| fends who had the prisoners in charge to
stand aside, and as they did so, with the most
| cold FLOODED ferocity fired down upon their
victims. Two fell groaning to the ground, the
| one with ball through the jaw and another
| in his side, and the other with a broken thigh
| and a wound in the shoulder. The other two
not wounded, fell on their knees and begged
for mercy in the name OF their wives and child
rem. The remainder of the party were ran
somed for 100000, which was to be paid in
three days time. But fortunately the Greek
Government sent troops in pursuit of the brig
ands and captured them. The gentlemen
known to be murdered are Mr. Frederick
Vyner, Mr.. Lloyd. Mr.. Herbert, Secretary of
the British legation at Athens, and Count de
Boyl, Secretary of the Italian Legation.
Iu the Freedman's Bureau investigation Mon
day books.aud records were submitted showing
some part OF the expenditures of the bureau.
The footing up for the Howard University and
s.a..als. i. -4aAA-.1-.-t Suuu,UuU. TWO or
ders put in showed that the Barry farm enter
prise got $77, 900, and another order showed
that one-third of the proceeds of the enter
prise went to the University. 1t was also
shown by the books that $25, 600 went in some
way into the bonds of the First Congregational
Church. How far Gen. Howard will justify
these expenditures remains, of course, to be
yet shown. Evidence was also put in relation
to certain sand contracts and hardware pur-
chases.
The modern King Henry lives in New York.
He has five feet height of stature, 125 pounds Of
avoridupois, black moustache, blue eyes, small
delicate hands, cast-down lock, half-a dozen
aliases, and as many living wives, besides one
in her grave through his heartlessness, and he
aims to make the number eight, to equal his
royal prototype. John Malloroy Cook is sup.
posed to be his real cognomen, and he has fol-
the last ten years been living mostly the life Of
a."confidence man." His family connections
are said to be very respectable. He has been
guilty of numerous forgeries, thefts, etc., but
biz amy seems to be his speciality. The modus
| operdrdi in obtaining victims was through the
medium OF "persOnals'n the papers. He did
| not, however, always resortt 70 this plan, but
| practised his arts upon well-te-dO young Ia
dies by pretensioDs of great wealth, robbine
them of various sums and then deserving them.
The most successful exploit of our modern
King Henry was in duDing young Southern
lady out of $500 by representing that he bad
$1700 on deposit, and after marrying her de-
camped with the amount mentioned. -Four
others shared similar fate at the hands o.
the rascal. The detectives are on his "trail, ,
and will if he is caught, make an example Of