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A singular WIN.

History in various ways is constan ~
itself We have no data up
on. which to base the assertion that the
late Mr.. Marsh, an old bachelor of Pas.
sale village, N.slT, who died recently,
leaving 100000, emulated that Roman
Emperor who built q marble palace for
his horses, but he has assuredly testified
to his partialitv for his horses in 9 way
not less marked than did the dissolute
Romano This singular old man. dying
without any uear relatives, has bequeath-
ed nearly all Ids property to his six
horses, or to lie used for their mainte-
nance ana comfort. In addition to
leaving his farm Of eighty acres for
their exclusive support, and putting
aside $500 year for the welfare Of each
horse, he has provided for guardian
of them at salary Of 81 200 per an
mum. Two gentlemen are also named
in his viii who shall receive $4,000
each to see that his wishes are strictly
carried out. AT the end of ten years
the farm is to be sold, the distant rela-
tives of the.queer philosopher are to re-
ceiye the old man fortune, or what is
left Of ii. and the poor horses, it may be
inferred "fallen into the sere and yellow
leaf" are, If they should have sstvived,
to be turned out from their comfortable
lot TO die on the commons--the objects
Of the malicious hate and envy Of the
heartless Distant heirs.
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A Great Triumph.

St. Louis on Tuesday, at the munlci-
pal election, chose Democratic Mayor
and other city officers by majorities
ranging from thirteen hundred to twenty
three hundred. The Repablican COM
menting on.the result, says: "For this
triumph we are indebted not alone to
the gallant efforts Of the Democracy
themselves, but to the substantial aid of
the German population, many hundreds
of whom, heretofore Radical, refusing
to obey the bidding Of politicians, bold
lyss.ood forth in support Of the recent
manly course Of taeir distinguished SEN
ator, and thereby bestowed upon the
Administration sharp and well-merited
rebnke.
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Arrival Of

[Spesial Dispatch to the Enquirer.l
FRANKFORT, March IA detachment
Of the Fourth Regulars, United States
Infantry, apparently about one hundred
in number, arrived here on special train
from Louisville at l clock to-day. They
will pitch tents at South Frankfort this
evening. A company Of cavalry is also
expected in few days,
This movement is regarded as alto.
gether for political effect and part of
the scheme to selze the Kentucky ballot
box at the next Presidential election. Z
The people are watching every move
ment of tie bayonet President and his
party at Washington. and will strike
them blows at the ballot hox, this Fall,
which they will not forget whilst they
live. The people are tired Of the mill
tary blockheads, in power, who,ignorant
of their duties, think they can govern by
shaking triangular pieces Of steel in the
faces Of the people.
Americans are not accustomed to the
rule of the bayonet. They prefer to he
governed by law and order, and they
will be. Let the despot, on the smallest
scale possible, in the way Of brains, re.
member that e
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Dir. N. b WAlKER, the metal broker,
whom ne Tribune wantonly mud grossly
assailed aa "liar, srickster and cheat, !"
becanse helexposed in. bis circulars the
iniquisies and absurditics Of the copper
tasiE gives 10 4 communication to the
daily papers the reason Of Mr. GREE.
Lx1's violence and spleen, namely, that
he { Mr.. WALKER refused ITO comply
with NJ GRErLE1's request to write a
moro elaborate. report Of the copper
market ID 1859, after ,llc publication Of
ny report Cor shst year, and give the
s1bject ! cQleriiig n fdror Of Pfotec-
ties. He also says that Mr.. GREELEi
suggested 10 have such report publish,
ed " the Board Of Trade, and adver-
tised in The columns Of the Tribune, !"
which shows in small way how these
Boards Of Trade and Chambers Of Com
meEce are necessarily used for the CLAM
destine manufacture Of public opinion.
CeRtalnly The transaction does not pre-
vent alr. Gsrrlxs Id the most favorable
li&hk Free TFader.
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4 Trick ,l.af wa. va,n.

Two days l,eforo the Counectieus
election GRANT caused telegrsphic dis.
patel, to be sent. Hartford. and pub
lishcd all over the State, in which I,c is
Represented to have determined not to
press the annexation of San Domingo
in short that hc had backed down from
his position on thar subject.
With i,npudence cool enough to kill
all the fruit in the State. he has append
ed to tho dispatch his inaugural mani
fcsto. That he has no policy to enfnrce
against the will Of the people. This in
the very teeth OF the well known fact
that his doyged peraistcnce in this same
corrupt scheme has not OILY turned an
irresistible current OF public opinion
against him, but has demofalize1 and dis.
his own party,
But the most salient feature Of this
arttui dodge u the confession, wlfcnfits
PRONUNCIATION plainly implies, that he
knew he was enforcing a policy against
the win Of the people; else why this
hedging to save votes in Connecticut p
II he believed he was merely carrying
ont the will Of the people in pressing
y al-i = I,
annexation with such fierce energy, why
this effort, on the eve of an election, to
make the people believe he was. not urg-
ingit at all
The plain truth is thai CHANT has
known from the beginning thst this. pei
scheme Of his was opposed BY public
sentiment, and this dispatch IS q mere
tub to the public whale. At the very
time he was debating that message be
was determined that nothing short Of an
impregnable opposition in Congress
should defeat his darling project.
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kTThe St. Louis organ Of Senator
SoHuRz, the Westliche Post, thus speaks
Of the feelings and determination of the
German Republicans of that city:
ga large portion Of the Republican
party acts IN such a manner that Ger
mans of honorable characters can no
longer act with it. The evil has taken
such dimensions that there is no other
remedy except the dissolution of that
corrupt party. The Germans despair Of
the possibility Of any Improvement, and
the best counsels OF well meaning men
to reform the Republican party from
within are UNDECIDED The Republican
party ought to be defeated. Such Is The
general opinion among tac Germans, and
this scitl be done in d thorough mdnnsy at
The nert election.a = sss /:
Throughout the country the Germans
are deserving the Radical party Fby hum
dreds and thousands. They left Ger.
many 70 escape the rule Of the bayonet
and oppressive taxation, and will not
support those evils in America.
Three cheers for the Germans.
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me london conference.

The Paris Journal des Debats says
that the result of the London Black Sea
is ssonly deep humiliation
for the policy pursued during the last
forty years by the Western Powers."
1t asserts, by i1splieetion, that Russia
now holds the future Of Turkey in her
own hands, and says. that Heyery fruit
of the Crimean. war iss lost As fer
France, wien che next draws her sword,
now broken, it will mol be for Turkey,
but for an aim not so distant as the OF
toman empire. The official journal
deems the result of the conference tan
act of justice and q pledge of peace. .
The Saturday Review styles the confer
ence ssfarce, = and "foregone conclu-
SION" The London Spectator remarks
that ssunder the revised treaty England
can, should Turkey be menaced, act as
freely in the Black Sea as in the Medi-
terraneann The Economist says that
the conference has agreed on what was
certainly from the first foregone con-
On the whole, it appears that
only the Russian press has reason to be
satisfied with the results attained la fact
of some Significance. sss
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more Radical necep,,on.

aHr
eve will be far moro encouraged to-
pursue our, enterprise than we were ever
before. IL fhercis no change az the tariff
on ,oooi, that would reduce tile price SO
INV that farmers woald not grow it.
Western manufacturers. if they had to
use foreign ,oool, could not be able to
compete ,cith Eastern manufacturers, be
cause the cost Of freight to the West
woul,l he four times us much on the raw
material as on the manufactured goods"
Nv. Y Tribune, .Karch II, 1871.
II have known our Western manufac
turers pay the farmer seven cents a
pound more for wool than they could
have hoaghtithe same for in Chicago
" Y. Tribuae, March II, 1874.
It certainly couldn't cost seven cents
q pound to bring foreign wool from New
York to Chicago. Sosthat if the West
tern manufacturers can afford to pay sew
en- cents more than the wool is worth,
they can surely afford to pay the orc
cent that the freight would amount to 49,
Gut surely there is no reason why the
Western manufacturer should use foreign
wool. Are the Western sheep such
thorough Protectionists that they would
refuse to grow wool, that they would
put forth straight hair "where. the wool
ought to grew,'' if the duty loa foreign
wool were reduced ala Wool raising was
profitable enough before orr present
monstrons tariff went into force; why
should it not be again, il this enormous
inai6tion were remosed2 It is only
since protection times that we hear Of
sheep being killed by hundreds of thou
sands because they don't pay. Now, if
the West continues to use up its own
wool, will it not have the same advant.
age over the East that it has now win
it not save the transportation on the
wool, tariff or no tariff? The truth is,
this transportation question is the merest
blind; the freight on wool from here to
Chicago being less than two per cent on
the value of the wool IN. r. Free
Trader. asaf5 f,s,i
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The Legislature of Florida for the
years 1859.60 cost the sum of 839, ,10S.-
IL; for the year 1868 ad seven months
of 1869, under carpet-bag and negro
rule, the expenses of that body amount
ed to 1929, $780, So. In North Carolina,
under Governor Holden's administra-
'tion, the reconstructed Legislature at its
joint session voted appropriations to
the enormous amount Of $50, ,000, ,000. -.
In Arkansas the Democratic Govern
ment of 1867-6S cost the people less
than 100000, while Cayton's admins.
tration forthe same time cost 81, ,900,-
600, besides S8,000,0OO Of bonds is-
sued to railroad and other corporations,
the whole taxable property of the State
only amounting to about SIC, ,000, ,00U--
And yet people wonder that there is dis
satisfaction at the South.
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e HTwenty-eight Radical Senators
have expressed their intention to vote
against the San Domingo job. They
cannot see how this movements to benz
eft the United States. San Domingo
has no coal, as was reported. She has
no coaling station, as was reported. All
her available land is liypothecated. ALI
her franchises are held by private spec
ulators, headed by Baez and some par.
ties in this country. Her debts are all
that is left to annex. and of those, the
home supply is sufficient to meet the
public demand. When the full eno-mi-
ty of this San Domingo movement is
understood by the people, those who
favor it will receive fitting and proper
reward for their labols. Il e =,
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Senstof Chandler, in speeehsson
American commerce, said that A1o lonn
as labor is under one dollar day in
Scotland, and over two dollars : dxyin
the United aStstes, we. can not com
pete on the freesoc in building iron
ships. tits An absolute impoesihility
for II ID estimated that Aveoei2hthe EQf
the cost Of ship is labor. They en-
build ships cheaper than We can. = " e
admit that. They can build ships cheap
er than We can; the commerce Of the
world must be carried in iron ysbipeL -
not at. all and hence the .ClYdk bdiIt
vessels have driven our ships if01 the
sea- But it Is simply not 90 that The
difference in wages enables iron Shik D q
be built on the Clyde cheaper thar II Dur
own ship-yartls. In Mr.. Charles RalmeFss
papefson iron ship building, rcd boforo
the British Iron and Steel 1nStitut9, Ne
are assured that ethe average per cent
age Of excess ID NA&se ii The United
States over th0se paid ID CIT Britain
is stated, on the authofffy a HI. Ford,
Secretary 10 the British kation 1t
Washington, Is follows: lion founder
les and machine shops. 81 per cent;
iron rolling mills, 4S per cent. and iron
ship building yards, ~ per cent
This gave an aggregate Of 500 per
cent as the average excess of wages BE-
tween British and American iron ship
building; so that, on Mr.. Clandltrb
basis OF five eighths of costain la6of,
the difference in cost on that ..aceount
between an Americaa and q Britiahsienn
ship would be only SIG per cent 4 difs
ference which we have the authbrity 0f
onr best mechanics for saying wUdl4 b6
more than compensated by the ssdpefi0f
quality of our iron for such purposes,
by onr more extensive application OF
machinery, by the superior skill of our
mechanics. and the greater value pf their
work when done. If the di1ele1ee in
labor were the only ohstructi6 ~ the
building of iron ships il Amer No
should be entitled to otsset Till per
cent Of cost by greater sife1 d du.
bility OF iron, at least, 3 pel - su-
perior machinery, 10 per oel kter
mechanical skill, inducing greSteR e.
suits in speed and safety. 10 BIZ s6ent.
and greater value Of product, 20 per
cent--fhis last being the diffssspeel for
eigners are willing to pay for American
iron work in preference to British This
will give 4hpcr cent advantages: 10 on
set 81 6 disadvantage, or 1874 Der ,ceiit
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Versailles surrounds Paris, and order
elsewhere ip France is established.
PROCLAMATION or PRESIDENT THEIRS.
yERsAILLEs, April 4-Thiers has iss-
ued a proclamation addressed to the
Projects Of Departments as follows !:
On Monday the Insurgent masses at-
tackled our forces simultaneously at
Nanterre, Ruel, BougivaI, Bazons, Cha
tou. and, Creissy, Fort Mont Talerien at
daybreak began to cannonade the H.
surgents, WHO were at first sheltered by
the villages Of vanterre. Rueil aud
Bougival. They subsequently, attacked
the Government forces by whom they
were repulsed. General Vinoy, with
cavalry, was by this time in a position
to outfank the insurgents, ard they fed,
leaving many Of their dead and wonn-
ded in the hands. OF the Government
troops.
Tlicrs says the Government will ex-
ercise, lenieHcy toward all who have beer
blindly misletl. but will punish with se-
verify the rlngieaders. 1Ee lnsurrec-
ten is impotent.
/ VERSAILLES, April "A circular iss.
#ued to day by Picard to the Projects OF
Departments announces the victory OF
the Assemblies in the conflicts before
Paris. The redoubt at Chatillon, held
by the insurgents, was captured this
morning by the forces of the Govern
mcnt, with 1000 prisoners, inclnding
General Henry General Duyal was
shot. No fighting has occurred today
on any other part of the line. The
troops are becoming more than ever ex
asperated at+tlfe resistance shown by the
insurgents.
THE INSURGENTS COMPLETELY DEFEATED
VERSAILLES, April 4-To day The
Government troops again completely
defeated remnant OF Communists, Ia
King many thousand prisoners and al
their artillery, and destroying their ar
my. General Vinoy's troops will entel
Paris tomorrow or Thursday.
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lE One day last week some con-
science stricken unknown sent to the U.
S. Treasury $4,000 which lie confessed
to have obtained fraudulently. 49,
! By the way, why is it that all we ever
hear of these pilferings is the restoration
of the money? If money has been sto-
len should not the books Of some de-
partment of the service show that fact :
II the books show it why is the theft SO
carefully concealed2
1t looks as if somebody is incompe-
tent, or somebody besides the pilfere rs
is dishonest. ofs
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ET The House OF Representatives at
Washington, discharged white page to
make q vacancy for black one. ts
Thewhite boy urged that It was not
his fault he was born white, but he was
turned out in the cold, nevertheless. ~
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r-atf 4
kEThe Democrats cannos be drawn
Into lighting political campaigns upon
any 0ther issues than those which direct
~ yetiect the interests Of the people.
They demand reduction Of taxation.
The Immediate enfranchisemcnt Of all
white men. ssa
The wealthy to DO taxed upon what
they have, as the poor man is.
Abolition Of ali laws, by which bayo.
nsts ruld the people.
abolition OF the present iniquitoas
tarif7, the provisions OF which tax the
poor to make the rich richer
Abolition Of the odions income tax
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day to see fossil bone that had been re.
Gently brought in. 1t is portion Of the
upperljaw and head of huge animal.-
The part foundis the upper part of the
head and back of the upper jaw. The
front=pa-t of the head is wanting, and all
the JAN except that part containing. three
teeth on one side and two on the other.
The bone is about three feet long, two
feet deep and two and ene-half feet wide.
The two back teeth are eight inches long,
three inches wide, and six inches deep
On'the surface they have fvenipples pas.
sing clear across the surface OF them
The cavities between these nipples are
one inch and half deep; the teeth are
nearly black and in good state of pres
ervation. The remaining teeth in front of
these have four cavities and are of com
paratiye size.
There wcre two bones from the out
side of the top Of the head that extend
ed across below the eyes and attached to
the head just below the eyes, leaving.
when the animal was living, back of the
eyes large amount of flesh and muscle.
The head was, when complete, six feet
long, four feet wide and fear or five feet
deep. The tusks were seventeen and a
half feet long and were over a foot In
diameter at the head. The animal, it is
claimcd by those who ought to know
from the examination of this bone, was
forty feet long and twenty feet high
The bone was found, a short time ago,in
Highland County. There was arotAer
tooth found at the same time this tooth
is about the size of those found in this
bone but is entirely different, being white,
perfectly fat on its surface. and not hav-
ing any roots; from its appearance it be-
longed to another kind aof animal alto
gether.2ai 9t i,r ssats &
The trial of Sullivan for the murder
Of Charles Thomas has been progressing
htre for several days past, and was SUBJ
mitted to the jury to-day. aaaa
The Goodale Hotel, where Ihave been
boarding during the winter, closed on
the first day of April, and ceased to ex-
ist; it therefore became necessary for
inc to find other lodgings, and have Ia
ken up my quarters at room No. 80, Neil
House, one story below the moon, where
Twill be pleased to see any of my Mon
roe County friends who may call during
the short time will remain here. A..
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aHCongress proposes to pass the
Ku Klux bill. and then adjourn, after
which the outrage Committee will pro-
~sed to the South to ascertain its con-
6itlos. s. I, :. IS. 3, s
Tbsts shs system. First hang The
- - ~ him
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I EE Doss PIArr after mentioning that
some enthusiastic GRANT mefi believe
that the row in the Radical camp will
soon blow over, says he suspects sitnwas
a Radical Of the Administration stripe
who told Noah to s.Go on with your
id old scow: this storm viii soon
blow ever" ri.'g. 8
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sKiss me, mamma, before sleep."--i
How simple boon, yet how soothing
to the little supplicant is that soft, gem
tie kiss! The little head sinks content
edly OF the pillow. for all is pesce and
happiness within. The bright eyes close
and the rosy lip is revellng in the bright
sunny dream of innocence. Yes,a kiss
it, mamma, for that goodnight kiss will
linger in memory. When the giver lies
molderingIin the grave. The memory
OF a gentle mothers kiss has cheered
many a lonely wanderers pilgrimage,
and has been the beacon light to illumin-
ate his desolatc heart; for remember life
has many stormy billow to cross,
many a rugged path to climb, with thorns
to pierce, and we know not what is in
store for the little one so sweetly slum.
bering, with no marring care to awake
it's peaceful dreams. The parched and
feverish lips will become dewy again as
recollection bears to the sufferers couch
another 9 love-a mothers kiss. Then
kiss your little ones ere they sleep; there
is q magic power in that kiss which will
endure to the end of time.
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ETWoul,l not GRANT like to have the
outrage committed makela careful search
through the South for another PREsTos
BRooKsl
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100, 900 Insurgenss Advance on
Versailles. aEs3s :
SIGHTING ALL DAY ON SUNDAY.
The Attack Renewed YESTERDAY,
Fort valerien HIossa Down the
RlOters,
II, 900 Killed, Wounded, and
Missing,
Proclama,ion oi .Presld cnt Thiers

New York, April A. "A special dated
Paris, Monday evening, says: About
four o'clock, yesterday afternoon, after
great preparation, the National Insur-
gents commenced passing out at Neuilly
gate, in oil 100, 900 men. Generals Ber-
geret, Flourens and Menotti Garibaldi
commanding. It was understood that
Fort Yalerien would not fire. I1jtte s.
I About six o'clock the artillery was all
in front, and General Rergeret advanced
with 10000 men, when suddenly Fort
Valerien opened FIRE, killing Comman,
dant Henry. General Bergeret had just
got out Of his carriage swhen the vehi-
Gle was smashed by a abompshell. The
widest scene ensued.; troops tried to re-
treat, and the main body left Bergeretl
alone with 10000 men. He tried to
fight with field artillery against Valerien.
but it was useless. ,s..,
The Communists got into the city, but
9ergeret and his men are cut of. and
can not pass Valerien. The main body
escaped with loss of 100, but Bergeret
must lose large numbers. Altogether
there are 1900 killed, wounded and
missing, including Bergeret's force
The Communist troops under arms num-
Der 10000. Tremendous excitement
prevails. - +. A
THE GREAT BATTLE ON MoNDAY-35, 900
INSURGENTS suRRouNDED.
LONDON, April 4.-The Times special
says great battle was commenced at
six o'clock in the morning by the Ma
tionals under command of Bergeret, who
at ten o'clock asked for reinforcements
from Paris. There was much animstion
in the bivouacs Of the Nationals Sunday
night, the men singing the g ssMarseillaise
and chanting depart q Versailles -
The Times correspondent believes that
the battle, which was on 4 large scale,
has proved disastrous, to the Commun.
lists. The unexpected cannonade from
Fort Valerieh threw the Nationals into
confusion, and it is asserted that the fol.
lowing was the situation:
Bergeret with $1,000 men was COM
pletely cut of. Then Florens was pur.
posely permitted to effect q junction
with him, and Flourcns and Bergeret
with 35,0 men must surrender, or fight
at the greatest disadvantage.
The gendarmeries treat all prisoners
numerically. 81 3 e
The Daily News dispatches confirm
the rout Of the insurgents, who proved
to be great clustering towards, and who
expected that valerien would fraternize
with them. aqava ,Fas
The Pontifcal Zouases shot all the
prisoners Instantly. . s sg
THE FRENCH ARMY SURROUNDS rAeis. 7
YERsAlLLKs, April 4.--Thc Army of