Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-11

lea, Merchants, ana Guy nlllccs OF HarUOld,
Springfield of Springfield, Merchants and Mar
fugmsett of Providence, aud People Of Wor-
ceSter
A number of eastern papers baving published
statements regarding the Kansas lands, Cover
moi harvey states that there are millions Of
acres of rood land to be had In Kansas under
pre-cmption or homestead laws, and that Usage
trust lands are SOLD to aetual settlers ~ si.z ~.
per acre. In those parts Of The state longer set,
tied good unimprUycd lands gu W purchase"
at from IS to $50 per acre -.
The delegation from the southern prSss asso'
citation, which has been in session ut w as, ln-
ton this week, visited the president at Long
Branch, on Friday, and called his attention 10
the partial manner in which the federal ottice
holders distributed their patronage, in many
cases pTelcrring VIGOROUSLY rebel journals ior
advertising mediums Other abuses of interest
TO republicans were also discussed, and the pres
ident promised to give thchi careful inYesuSa-
ton.
f}onne. says of Goldsmith Maids performance
"Some Of tue daily papers have reported that
Goldsmith Maid has lrotcd mile in 2;l7. Every
body knows that she never saw the day she
cUitd do that without running; but even II she
had dOtic II, il would leave her behind Dexter,
for he trottcd IN the presence OF 100000 people
in 2l6, although beaten in that race by run
ming horse which made 2:lj and therefore got
the record"
The medical board, of which medical inspect
or r. I. Macoun is president and medical m
speCtor Philip Iansdalc and surgeon M. n
Van Reypcu, U. S. N, are members, w'u De
convened on the 18th inst, ut Annapolis, for tine
physical examination Of candidates for admls-
sion to the naval academy MS cadet midshpmen
and cadet engineers. The academic board, for
their mental examination, will convene the
satilC day.
The New York World regards the granting of
an Injunction by Judge Barnard as most for
l,sty Nsstts nla 1narU
ing that on trial of the cause no evidence will
be admissible except it bears on the actual adj
mnistratiGh under the new charter, and thai
the charges agdtist the extinct board OF super
visOrs will not receive n moments attention
Rumors continue TO he rife of internal dissen-
sons among members of the ring.
4 terrific hurricane passed over the Sandwich
Islands, Aug. Q. The valley of Walpo was
cleared of trees and shrubs, and twenty houses
were blown down. Dir. Wrights sugar planta-
ton, in the district Of KOhala, was badly dam
aged. The sugar mill and over one hundred
other buildings were blown down. Whole
groves Of trees were swept away. Crossing the
channel, the wind struck the plantations at Ha-
ma and the adjacent sea coasts. The boys SEMI
nary at Makawavi was moved of its foundations,
The hurricane came in the daytime, or great
loss of life would have occurred.
The late nntrageS upon American vessels in
the Gulf of Mexico will probably result in the
carry ESTABLISHMENT OF more ulfeCb NeltHIdUu
communication with the Mexican capital by cX-
tending the line from Indianola, Texas, to
Brownsville. This has long been urged as a ne
cesslty. Ii such communication had existed
prior TO the late outrage an immediate cOmmuni-
cation between the two capitals might have re-
suited in securing the speedy arrest of the per-
petrators, for there could then have been con.
cert of action.
The Kankakec valley, Ind, draining company
has received a setback from the circuit court of
st. Joseph county, from which it will be difficult
to recover. An injunction was issued by the
court year ago restraining the company from
acting in that county In face of the Injunction
the con, many filed an assessment for record
and deed ofu ,,St for forty thousand acres ofland
in that county, whth brought the company in
contempt. The circuit 1uu""c, having been pre-
viously employed in eases involving the same
question as this case, appointed SPECIAL term,
and Judge John Petit Of the superior conf pre-
sided in his place.
The Fiji Islands have finally established a
responsible government, and set all its ma
Chiuefy in successful operation. The first crimi-
nal court hdS been held, at which three natives
were convicted ofCapita crimes and sentenced to
death. A political agent Of the Hawaiian gov
eminent is on an official visit TO the islands, but
the objects of his visit have not been made pub
lie. lie has been received with distinguished
respect and has expressed his satisfaction at
the evidence of Improvement and civilization
which he finds on every hand. Everything is
quiet throughout the islands, The rebellion is
thoroughly queIled, and the Livonia chiefs, with
their people, have submitted to King COcOban.
A skeleton has been found in Unionville, NY,
on the Harlem railroad, uudcr the site of a
house formerly occupied by Ephraim Jones, a
shoemaker, one Of whose apprentices, named
Brown mysteriOusy disappeared about twenty
years ago. The remains are supposed to be
those of Brown. A cOroner'S inquest has been
held and Jones examined. Several admissions
made by him are regarded as strongly confirm
aory of the suspicious entertained against him.
When the skeleton was dsiuterred Jones was
asked to look at it, bat no persuasion could in
duce him to do so. Mr. Jones is now upwards
of seventy years old.
The New York Tribune warns the people not
to place too much confidence in the reports
which fill the air that the "ring" is afflicted
with internal commissions, but says: eve be-
leye it is true that Peter u. Sweeney has ear
nestlv endeavored to secure the resignation of
Tweed and Connolly; thar Connolly, under the
stress of this Importantly, did last week tender
his resignation to Mayer Hall, but Tweed was
not to be put down so, and if information from
democratic sources may be trusted he met
Sweeney with defiance, and whether their con
ncctiOn in the Erie railroad or otherwise was
able to exert such an influence over him as TO
modify materially the programme of that ambi-
tious chieftaln. Mr.. COnnolly's resignation
was Withdrawn, and at present accounts the
ring seems to be as circular as ever; each man
touching elbows right and left with his neigh
Dor, and facing the plundered people of New
York, but all the while watching each other
in anticipation of treachery somewhere, and
with the full knowledge that each is anxious to
cut loose from the rest"