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ARKANSAS,
A Bloody Family Feud.
Ten Men Killed and Wounded.
A General Melee.

A General Melee.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, July ga
very serious shooting ARRAY occurred
in Benton county on the 10th, between
two families named Reese and Pierce.
On the day in question twelve men were
threshing wheat in field near the resi-
dence of Reese, the father of half-a-do zen
sons who were present. Six men of
Priece's family came into the field and
stood around the thresher for some time
when all of sudden one of the Pierces
struck one of the Reeses with a pitch
fork. The father of Reese then struck
Pierce with grain shovel when another
of the Pierces pulling pistol shot Reese
in the head inflicting dangerous wound,
and shot another one of the Reeses in the
thigh, and killed third one outright. A
general fight then comm lced, in which
two others, one on each side, were woun-
ded. The assailants then started on re-
treat, when one of the Pierces shot back
Of the crowd and at the same instant re-
ceived shot from one of the Reeses,
which killed him.
The difficulty grew out of some differ
ences between the children of the two
families while at school.
A Democratic PresIdenaiaI Ticket.
The Boone county Record, Democratic,
HOSTS the following ticket: For Presi-
dent w. s. Hancock; VIce-President, B.
GratZ Brown.
The Chicot SquabbIe.
Mason, colored, one of the Chicot party
Judges arrived here said the difficulties
there had been compromised by Rag
land Withdrawing all claims to office.
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to the policy that, when the Indian COM
mits crime, he must be punished, the
Indian question win soon pass into 8
thing of the past.
The New State Department..
The contract for the base work of the
new State Department building has been
awarded to Bidwell s. Co., of Maine,
and the contract for granite for the
superstructure to Olnway & Co., Va.
Army Expenditures for the Last FIs-
cal Wear.
The Third Auditor, during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1871, paid requisi-
tons, on account of army expenditures,
amounting to Sc, 400, 1874, 35S. The fol-
lowing are the principal items: Refund
ed to States for expenses incurred in rsis-
ing volunteers, 1920, $50, 544; pensions,
$34, 367, 924 "a; additional claims for
the capture of jeff. Davis, 81, GIL so;
communication of rations to pen
sioners of war in rebel States,
SIG, 900; relief of destitute people at the
National Capital, 900; services of the
Washington and Oregon Volunteers,
$35, 135. 40; Rogue River Indian war,
$93, 844 SO; suppression of Indian hostil-
lities in Minnesota in 1868, $7,794. So;
pay of Oregon and Washington Volun-
teers, $699, 1922; National Cemeteries,
1927, 369.50; army transportation, S.
247, 500. SO; Quartermaster's Department,
81 500, 902.01; subsistence of the army
So, 1862, 069 30; barracks and quarters,
Sis, ,812; clothing of the army,
1928, 158. 35; Engineers Department,
Sc, 31S, 939.27. ! 4--.
New Instrument for Gauging spirits.
Improvements in the inspection of in
struments used by gaugers and other In
ternal Revenue officers have recently been
made by Messrs. Kavouse and Bliss, of
the Internal Revenue Bureau. All of
the instruments for weighing and gaug,
ing spirits are now tested by them at
laboratories established in the Bureau,
instead of being sent direct to gaugers
from the mandatory. Instances
have occurred since the beginning
of this practice to show that the
Government has been for years past
defrauded out of immense sums of money.
Recently, it is asserted in the Bureau,
hydrometer that had been in use for over
five years was sent here, and upon being
tested it fell short in weight to such an
extent that its use had deprived the gov
eminent of several millions of dollars.
But this seems rather large figure.
Metric measures are also employed
here for ascertaining the specific quantity
of spirits, and q miniature distiLery is
at times put in operation, in order to OBJ
tain the per cent. of alcohol in grapes,
vines, ETC., and for the purpose of set
ting other questions that come before
the Bureau. All kinds of liquors con-
tsining a sufficient per cent. of alcohol
are kept on hand, and there is everything
in this laboratory to enable the gentlemen
who are in charge, to solve all questions
that have bearing upon liquids subjected
to internal revenue taxation.
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MEXICO.

The Presidential Election Falls
upon Ongress.
NEW YoRK, July ga special dis
patch from the City of Mexico, dated the
18th of July, says: The United States
Consul states that notwithstanding the
strong editorial of the Siglo Dias y Nuve,
and others, no revolution is expected.
Juarez's estimated majority of Depu,
ties and Electors is decreasing, and the
election of President will probably pass
into Congress. Both parties express con-
fidence in the result should such be the
case. Affairs in Puebls are in ststu quo.
Vorgas is here on visit. The revolu-
ZIONIST Jimines and his troops were de-
feated in Guerrero.
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Mr. Il. B. YEARwooD, of sweetwster,
Monroe county, furnishes the Athens Post
with the following statement, which indi-
Gates remarkable falling off from the
usual yield OF wheat in the rich Sweetwa-
ter Valley:
81 have threshed 178 bushels from SO
acres sOwn; 40 acres that yielded me $40
bushels two years ago, yielded this year
53 bushels; % acres good land yielded
me "a bushels this year. w, d. Cox has
go bushels from lis bushels sown and
NJ B. Goddard has 80 bushels this year
off of field that yielded him 412 bushels
two years ago"
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CINCINNATI.
The Sunday Beer Concerts.

The Sunday Beer Concerts.
CINCINNATI, July 29.-Acting Judge
Wilson of the Police Court, in the case of
proprictOrs of the beer gardens, who have
been giving Sunday concerts without
license, decided to-day that no license
could be required for giving free concerts
on any day of the week.
Consigned for Creditors.
Adolph Wood & Co., commission mer-
chants, made assignment to-day for the
benefit of their creditors.
Hold Robbery in Broad Day.
Robbers entered the residence of Lu-
ther P. Gay, of Medina county, o., to-
day at noon, and after Selling, handcuf-
ting and tying him, blew open the safe,
taking therefrom S., 900 in United States
bonds, and 81, 600 in cash.
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GREAT BRITAIN,


LONDON, July 29.-Preparations for
the journey of the Prince of Wales are
completed, and are on a scale of mag
nifcence rarely equalled.
A review of troops will be held by the
Prince in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on Fri
day next. The Lord Mayor of Ddblin
gives grand ball in honor of the Prince,
for which be has issued 2, 600 invitations.
The West India mail steamer Tagus.
from Aspinwall, arrived at Plymouth
yesterday.
A letter from Malta says the United
States steamer Richmond left there on
the 18Th inst. for Messina, and that the
Taco was daily expected from Fdries.
Chinese Ambassador.
1t is announced that the resignation of
Sir Rutherford Alcock, British Ambassa-
dor to China, has been received and &C
cepted by the Government, and that he
is succeeded by Mr.. T. F. Wade, First
Secretary of Legation.
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LOUISVILLE.
Too Poor to Live.

LOUISVILLE, July pa. Simon, for
merly wealthy merchant of Kansas
City, unsuccessfully attempted to COM
NIT suicide to day. He lost his property
some time ago, and has been peddling
since. Finding his license about to ex-
pire, he tried to raise the money to have
it renewed, but failing to do SO, wrote
note saying, 'iTo be poor is no crime,
but it is very hard" and bought an ounce
of laudanum, which be swallo wed. The
act was discovered almost Immediately,
and medical attendance was promptly
summoned. The man is now at the hos
pital in fair way to recover.
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NIAGARA.
Over the Fails.

BUFFALO, July 29.-Alexander Lovelet,
French Canadian, residing with his
family on Navy Island, and Edward b.
gonless, of Chippewa, in attempting to
cross the river at Navy Island last Wedness
day night, were carried over Niagara
Falls. On Friday the remnants of their
boat were found below the falls. Their
bodies have not yet been found. Lovelet
leaves wife and three children,
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IL SOMEBODY truthfully remarks that the
Chicago Tribune supports the Radical
party but opposes its principles. In this
anomalous enterprise it is warmly sus-
tanned by the New York Fpeasno Pos.
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JACKsoN MILLs.

osS SHE 60ESl-IN TTEw OF THE DE-
=, elne In wheat, We have reduced our prices
~ 80, ~ osslel on all grades Of our 1our Gad nov
- 81. ~ eee merchants aobson's Choice &
49, nsgnissor, $50; okcl0no, %; Little Bean
~. ~, Aue Ior re Gem Of the Burg, which Il
the phide OF Nashville, 81 Thess are wholesale
ern city for ike quality. NOEL 4 pISTTR
Jy-S eoo " - 3. Market 81.
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4 WASHINGTON paper says that few
evenings ago two of the most noted wo-
man suffragists of that city, with their
husbands, went into q restaurant and
asked for oysters. Tie proprietor invited
them to 8 private room, which they de-
clined, saying, ''Oh, no we want to DO
lust as the men do" They went to the
raw-box-the quartette of them-and ate
raw oysters until the four got outside of
two dozen raw, when they called for four
glasses of ale, and drank them down as
though they had been used to oysters and
alP-
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LONG BRANCH.
imperial Court Journal.

LONG BRANCH, July 90. President
Grant and family will remain here at his
cottage the remainder of the season, and
will, on leaving here proceed to Washing
ton. The President has abandoned his
trip to the West and California, he
having been advised by Generals Phil
Sheridan, Sherman and many others that
it is now too late in the season for a
satisfactory visit through the West, the
crops having all been gathered, and the
country being in bare condition. He
has, accordingly, concluded to postpone
his trip to the latter part of the spring
of 1872.
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The right of private company TO is
sue notes in the form of money without
either subjecting themselves TO the tax
due from State banks or to stamp every
bill as q contract has been referred to the
Solicitor of the Treasury by the Treasur-
er's { fl ,e for an opinion. -s-s-
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Badly Punished.

At prize fight at Algiers yesterday
between two noted bruisers of this city,
Jim Burns and Jim Donnelly, after fight
ing three rounds, lasting eight minutes,
Donnelly declared he could fight no
longer, having been badly punished about
the body. The crowd left disappointed,
as they had expected better fight.
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THE Memphis Appeal tells the fol

The Memphis Appeal tells the fol-
lowing story:
"a Tennessee farmer who went to
Texas to buy farm, was greatly prejus
diced against the country he thought to
settle in, from the fact that doctor
whom he called to attend him when he
was seized with fever, began trying on
his clio hes Immediately after writing a
prescription. Tue fact that willie the doc
tcl was trying on his coat tie chamber
maid was examining his hardkerchiefs,
and the porter was struggling with his
boots, lent wings to his Imagination, and
doubtless had an influence in regard to
his speedy exit from the Statn.n
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NEW ORLEANS.
The Mobile and Texas Il

The Mobile and Texo Road.
NRw ORLEANS, July 29.-The Supreme
Court of Louisiana, at Monroe yesterday,
decided that the State Auditor must regis
ter the seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars of State bonds in favor of the
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad
on the completion of the road to Donald
sOnVille % ri
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craze army,

91. TIE Washington correspondent OF the
IL Louisville Ledger says: 'The frequent
absences of the President and Cabinet at
pleasure resorts make ii necessary for the
fsSf4 clerks to go after them with public docu-
ments which require their signatures
These journeys are running up pretty
good bill for mileage, which the people
will have to pay. 1t is probable the next
House will institute an inquiry into this. I"
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Chinese Ambassador.
GERMANY.
he Modern Martin

The Modern Martin Luther.
MUNICH, July 29.-Doctor Dollinger
has been elected Rector of the University
of Munich. Fifty-four professors voted
in his favor and six against him.
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In his cross-examinatiou before the
Ku-Klux Committee on Friday, Mr..
GuyoD, of North Carolina, reminded Sem
ator Poole that he was an electo, for
JEFF. Davis when he was made President
of the Confederate States. He also stat
ed that there is letter of Poole's in ex-
istence offering brigade for the Conftd-
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THE correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial has been reading Lookout
Mountain poetry, and quotes the follow
ing, which is supposed to be uttered by
the poetic searcher after information, as he
stands at the foot of the mountain, or per-
hsps in Chattanooga, not far from the
depot grocery:
"Were yoE built up from the Level,
Did u from q small rock groR,
We're you made for man or devil9
Answer, mountain, yes or no"
The question that seems here to have
soitsted the poets mind, as to whether the
mountain was made for man or devil, is of
easy solution. It's proximity to Chatts-
pooea settles that question.
In this graceful and hnuable style the
poet asks the mountain to talk to him and
ill him up:
Mountain, answer all my questions,
While 1 stand thus, gazing wild,
Fill me mp with thy suggestions,
For feel that I'm thy child
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THR people of ireland are clamoring
for suffrage and representation. They do
not demand separation but desire to man
age their own affairs. To this the
Orangemen of England have protested
ON the ground that the minority should
govern, -
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A MEETING was held in London on the
evening of the 18th inst, to debate the
erection of a monument 70 William
Shakespeare upon the Thames embank-
menf
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NEW SERIES. NO. sos.
TEXAS.
\ Whole Train Precipitated
into the NayasOta
Seven Workmen Killed
Twelve MANNED.
Bridge, Engine and Train a Mass
tt. of Ruins.

nEAukos engine ANA NE&ln a Mass
of Rnins.
NEW ORLEANS, July 29.-At Nayasota,
Texas, on the 29th, construction train
bound north, with nine cars and eighteen
laborers, was precipitated into Navasota
river The derrick of the wrecking car
striking the lateral braces and rods of the
bridge, causing the accident. The super
structure of the first span was carried
away. The second, third and fourth
spans went to the bottom with the cars
and engine, mass of ruins. Five men
wen were killed instantly, two fatally,
and twelve more or less injured. One
man was thrown twenty feet in the air,
and falling, was instantly killed.
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LIE Monde, the ultra Catholic organ of
France, offers the suggestion that Corsica
be given to the Pope as his inviolable
residence for the future, ard argues that
by this step France would maintain her
supremacy as the defender Of the Catholic
faith.
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CAIRO.

Heavy Damages for Delayed DeIiv-
cry OF Goods.
CAIRO, July 29.-The case of Cobb,
Blarsden & Co, VS.. the Illinois Central
Railroad, in which case damages to the
amount of forty thousand dollars were
claimed for the delay in the delivery of
grain some years ago, resulted to- day in a
verdict of twenty-three thousand dollars
for the plaintiffs. A motion for a new
trial was taken under the advisement unit
the next term of the Court.
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CHICAGO.
The Bereaved Mrs. Lincoln.

CHICAGO, July 29.-Mrs. Abraham Lin
coin has received information of the death
of her niece. Mrs. Robert s. Todd, of
Paris, KY, who was married only few
months ago.
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THE Queen gave breakfast In the
gardens II Buckingham Palace, recently,
from four u seven O'Clock P. NJ. Whist
time O. day can that woman get her sup
er
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CoTToN was in light request in New
York Yesterday ct q decline to zoe for
middling.
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MISSOURI.
Railroad Compromise.

ST. LOUIS, July 29.-Arrange ments
have been made between the counsel of
the North Missouri Railroad, and the
counsel of the county Collector, by viii CHI
the company agrees to pay part of its
tax bills, and is to submit the remainder
for a speedy decision by the Supreme
court. In view of this arrangement
collector Mcguire has withdrawn the ad-
vertisement of the sale of the rolling
stock of the road, and the sale will not
take place.
Consents 10 Live under Protest.
Patrick Burn, convicted of the murder
of one Ostermyer, some months ago, and
sentenced to be hanged July 81, and who
has three times refused to accept COM
mutation of sentence 10 ten years in the
penitentiary, finally accepted it to-day,
under protest. and was sentenced by the
court.
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A Premature blast.

Some days ago while three men were
charging blast on the Arkansas branch
of the Iron Mountain Railroad, the pow
der prematurely exploded and Thos.
Hughes was instantly killed and two other
workmen severely injured.
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Union AND AMERICAN.
prssrssEE BoEDs closed in New York


last evening ar 72h for both issues.
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Upon application of the New York
Central Railroad Company, the Secretary
of the Treasury has consented to modify
his order regarding Glass Seal Lock, SO
as not to require the use of said lock on
cars containing petroleum going from
Suspension Bridge to New York.
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Eau de Cologne.

The Commissioner has decided that i'm
ported perfumery may be sold in original
and unbroken packages, as entered at the
customhouse, without being stamped, but
when the original package is broken, aad
smaller packages taken therefrom, the
bottles contained in the smaller packages
must be stamped before they are sold or
offered for sale. In regard to stamping
a barrel or gallon bottle of cologne water
to retail from, the Commissioner says the
law does not authorize such practice.
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KrRszyn0sky.

Maj. Milton Cogswell, of the 21st In
fantry, and Lieut., Kraszynosky, of the
18th Infantry, have been ordered to re-
port for examination before the retiring
boald at San Francisco. Lieut.. Howard
Stockton, of the Ordinance Department,
and Jose A. Robinson, of the oath Infan-
try, have resigned.
The Ku- KIuN Sub Committee
Tough Stories for Stout Radical
StOmachs.
The Sub Ku-Klux Committee, consist
ing of Senator Scott and Representative YES
Stevenson and Van Trump, visited Wash
ington to-day, returning from a sojourn
of four weeks in various parts of South
Carolina, where they have been in post
ing Ku. Klux outrages on the whites
where they occurred. They first visited
the capital, Columbia More than one
hundred refugees, who had fed from vio-
lence in various counties, were there; but
after examining witnesses for two days,
the committee determined to 60 to the
scenes of alleged violence, and went to
Spartansburg. They expected to remain
there only three or four days; but stayed
eleven. When word got out through
Spaltansburg county that they we're there
whites and negroes, the victims OF vio'
lence, came in by scores every day, from
all directions Murders and cruel whip.
pings by Ku- Klux bands had 30 terrified
them that in many neighborhoods nearly
every negro man and Republican white
man hsG silent in the woods for months
every night. They showed scarifed
bscks, gunshot wounds, manned ears, and
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German Ideas.

A meeting of German citizens was held
last night for the purpose of forming a
German-American Society, which shall,
in all essential particulars, agree with the
programme laid down by the Germans in
New York-the association not to be
formed simply for the purpose of pro-
noting their political interest and to pro-
tect the Germans throughout the country,
but to diffuse German social characters
tics and German intelligence.
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Mountain, answer all my questions,
While l stand thus, gazing wild,
Fill me mp with thy suggestions,
For feel that I'm thy child
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Conscience Money.

George V. Hall, General Secretary of
the Young Mems Christian Association,
sent to the Treasurer of the United States
thirteen hundred dollars, forwarded
through him for credit to the conscience
fund, by young man greatly benefited
by present religious experience.
Commissioners under the Alabama
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Borrowed Capital not Taxed.

Commissioner Pleassnton has rendered
an opinion that the term capital employ
ed in the Revenue laws of 1864 and
1855 should not be construed to i'm
pose a tax upon borrowed capital of
bankers which may be used by them.
Assessors are therefore instructed to give
special attention to the assessment of this
tax, and to assess the same hereafter upon
the basis of the capital owned by the
bankers and employed by them in the
banking business, subject to the exemp.
t;opo onaorSad IN tho afatrfa
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WASHINGTON, July 90. - The coin
checks for paying the semi-annusl inter-
est on the new loan have all been made
out and will be mailed to bond-holders on
Monday. The books of the Registers
Office will be closed ON the first of August
for the purpose of preparing interest
tables for the payment of the semi-annual
interest on the 10 40 loan, which falls
due Sent l.
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The Famine the Result of Oppres-
sive Taxes and Opium Culture
Half the Country DepOPuIated.