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The Calling Guns.

The gatling guns at West Point are
curious looking implements of warfare,
but more curious still is the manner Of
their working. An disappearing ben
ding band of steel is brought from the
ammunition chest and held Immediately
over and in contact with the slit in the
upper part of the gun. This segment
contains twenty cartridges, and as the
crank of the ''coftee mill'' is turned
they decend in due sequence into the
chambers, where they explode. From
the many mouths of the gun shoot forth
uninterrupted numbers of piercingly
bright flashes of flames, surrounded by
enwrapping wells of blue smoke, and
from the lower side comes stream of
empty cartridge shells. When one seq.
ment is exhausted it is replaced by an
other, and there is really no limit to the
capacity of the gun so long as the crank
is kept turning. An officer informs me
that they can fire 42O shots q minute,
and, furthermore, that the prevalent
impression concerning their deicacy
and liability to get out of order is un-
true; that they are easily managed, sim
ply constructed, and good for much ser
vice.-Corepomdeace Of, the Poug-
keepsie Eagle. t.. .
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The Testimony of MIR. Charles A.
DaRS.
From the New York Sun. |

No other orator Of that campaign
said so little in praise Of Grant as Mr.
Stanton did, OF treated his personal
share in tile election as comparatively
Of so little moment. SO that, while as
a point of minute verbal criticism it is
true thai he mentioned Grants name, it
is also true that he never made his can
didacy any more than merely subor.
dinate element in the contest, and that
he praised him, when he did praise him,
but as the bearer of standard infinite
ly more important than himself 1t is
also certain that after Grant had enter
ed upon his office as President, and had
developed the character and policy of
his administration, Mr.. Stanton. in CON
versation with his intimate friends, new
er made any secret of the low opinion
he held respecting the President and his
system. The ESSENTIAL THING IN HIS
REMARKS TO Mr. SUMNER-wE MEAN
THAT GENERAL GRANT COULD NOT GOV
ERN THIS COUNTRY-HE IMPRESSED TO
OTHER PERSONS, AND SOMETIMES IN AL
MOST THE SAME WORDS We, FOR ONE,
HAVE HEARD THIS VERY SENTIMENT FROM
HIS LIPS AT A CONSIDERABLE EARLIER Pc
RIoD THAN THAT OF HIS CONVERSATION
WITH THE SENATOR FROM MAssAcHU-
SETS, and no doubt there are others
who can give the same testimony. That
Mr.. Stanton's dying Judgment was what
he said to Mr.. Sumner there can be nc
dispute. .
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Nearly Thirty Persons Killed and
Wounded by a Steamboat EX-
pnOSiOD.

MCGREGoR, Iowa, June 15.-The raft
boat D. A. Mcdonald yesterday after
noon exploded her boilers, blowing all
above the boiler deck into fragments
The hull Immediately sank The steam
er Alamaka picked up eight of the crew,
five of whom were seriously wounded.
Two of them have since died. 1t is not
known how many were on board at the
time of the accident, but there must
have been between twenty-nine and thir-
ty-tve. The following is a list of the
crew as far as ascertained: Mr.. Law
renee of La Crosse, badly hurt; Charlie
Peterson of La Crosse, badly hurt Pat
Kelley of Amboy, badly hurt; James
Morrison of st. Charles, slightly scalded !;
Spencer Rice of Trempelean, slightly
scalded; Sam johnson of La Crosse,
slightly scalded; Jacob Hanley of Wis
consin, slightly scalded; Walt Bigelow,
acting captain, slightly scalded; j.
Lynch. the cook, uninjured Mike Dow
ell, cook, and John Martin, second pi-
lot, killed; Robert Solomon, badly seal
ded and bruised.
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from the N. Y. Sun.
Questions of the Fresen, Era.

Is there anything in the platform OF
the Cincinnati Convention that is repug
nant to the views Of any intelligent
Democrat And is there any doubt
that Horace Greeley stands sincerely
upon that platform, or that if elected
President he will faithfully and earnestly
live up To its principes5
These are questions in which, as it
seems to Us, the living Democracy have
an interest and we cannot doubt that
any light shed upon them will be gladly
welcomed by any honest Democrat
But we are sorry to see so much time
and labor employed in showing that in
former periods DR.. Greeley advocated
principles and measures which the De
mocracy strongly opposed. All proof
on this subject wonld seem to be mere
waste; for the fact is admitted before
hand.
In the same way, DR.. Greeley was be-
fore the war and during the war great
opponent of the institution of slavery
and Of the men who were fighting to
maintain it; but that controversy being
utterly disposed of, he has since taken
up and advocated measures of vital i'm
portance to the South, holding out tif,
olive Of peace and pouring balm into
the wounds of the war. Accordingly
he and the Southerners are now the Lest
Of friends.
After such a reconciliation, is there
any reason why he and the Democrsei
should not likewise be the best OF
friends?
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sE,,ai Does Eze Mean.

,iHEknY WILSON, the High Priest of
Know Nothingism in the United States,
blundered, or unwittingly told truth, in
his letter accepting the Radical nomina-
tion to the Vice Presidency. The N. 7.
Sun says:
..What does Henry Wilson mean when
in his letter accepting the ofliceholders'
nomination for the Vice Presidency he
says that during the last thirty six years
he has acted and co operated NTH potit-
ical organizations a0ith ,chcse leading
doctrines I had neither sympathy nor be-
lief Is this confession that during
this long period Mr.. Wilson has regu-
larly been practising false pretenses in
politics !? He should wIile another letter
explaining this one"
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That Philadelphia Tariff Plank,
From the Chicago Tribune

Ihc SLlC''Su @llbulc'l
As the country seems to be in doubt
as to what the Philadelphia tariff plank
really means, we are glad to be able to
get an explanation thereof from rec
ognized authority. In long editorial
on the platform in the Press, Colonel
Forney says: But, better than all, the
platform takes pronounced ground in
favor Of protective tariff. No public
expression of the party, assembled in
National Convention, since its organi,
zation, has been at the same time so
strong and so prudently worded. The
tariff or rather the revenue, plank, strict
ly Interpreted, promises to sweep away
:: 4 internal taxes and maintain
protective duties on all articles of home
production or manufacture. There is
not even suspicion of free-trade heresy
about this" We submit these sentences
to the men throughout the country who
believe in this "heresy" of free trade,
and who have been declaring their in
tention of supporting Grant. What
are they going to do about it?
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Gems fren, summers Las,

The. REPUBLICAN PARTY.-Senator
Sumner says: Il stood by its cradle
let me not follow its hearse"
No VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Senator Sumner says: "No honor for
victory in war can justify disobedience
to the Constitution and to law"
NEPoTIsM. Senator Sumner says -
'sThe nepotism Of President Grant is a
ruling passion, revealing the primary
Instincts of his nature"
GIFT TAKING Senator Sumner says
that General Grant has changed the
Presidential Office into personal instru-
mentality not unlike the trunk of an
elephant-apt for all things, small as
well as great" He might have further
Illustrated by saying from a bull pup to
n Long Branch cottage.
WHAT STANTON SAID.-Senator Sum
ner, in his speech says that Secretary
Stanton said to him just before his death
81 know General Grant better than any
other person in the country can know
him. 1t was my duty to study him, and
l did SO night and day, when saw him
and when | did not see him, and now
tell you what l know-he can not gov
ern this country"
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Wisconsin Democratic State Con-
VeHtion.
Esle ssrcfnDHti Fifstsorgsa and
Nominees Endorsed.

MiLwAuKEE, Jane l3.-Thc Bemo
cratic State Convention to day elected
the following delegates 20 Baltimore;
AT iar"r-.jalnpS H. Duoittlc, Ed. =.
Bragg, Gahe Banc!l, JOHN w. Cary: lst
Di,lrirt-,)uiiH I!ackrlt, u w. Small :;
~ District "A. C. Gink, George Bird :;
81 .listrict--Nclson Brwry,U Ii Gray :;
iih District -Gcu, Il Paul, f, s We'll :;
5'i lIi,irict-N. c l.omis, Joseph Villas :;
Oh Histrjci-A. G. Wesbrad, John T.
Hume; 7th Distrirt-L. 2. Wetherly,
Theo. Rudolph; S;h District--W. 7.
Galloway, S. A. Pease.
The delegates were instructed to vote
as unit, and the following resolution
was adopted:
Resoiccd, That tie al.lroa7 and rcso-
lutions OF the Liberal Republican Con
ven;ion, held at Cincinnati on the 1st of
Nav, embody fundamental principles
which the Democratic electors OF the
State of Wisconsin cordially indorse, and
that they cheerfully acquiesce i'll the re-
legation to the people of the several
States of the political questions upon
which that Convention express no opin-
ion: that the crpositjoR snd elucjdoiioH
Of The platform Of The CiRciGndG Con
ceation by Horace GreeleY.in his letter Gf
acceptance Of the nomination. fer PTeSi-
dent, furnish Soti$factofa assurance 10
the american people tkdtho sciH, II elect
ed, administer the Government upon the
principles az hatpiaJoT1a; therefore, il
| devotion to principle. waiving our pref
-erence for men and believing that the
| approval OF the nominees of the Cincin-
natl Convention is a sure mode Of ob.
tanning the triumph and ascendency Of
those principles. ,Ue approve The sa me,
and recommend that our delegates 10 the
Baltimore Convention, do Tatify the &C.
ton Of the Cincinnati Convention
The nomination of electors WAS post
poned for the purpose of fusing with the
Liberal Republicans.
The above has the true ring. All
Democrats should prefer the welfare OF
their country, to four more years OF
Bayonetism, Reconstruction Carpet bag
ism, Robbery and corruption under the
GRANT Administrator
The Cincinnati Platform with GREE
LEY and BROWN will give the country
peace and prosperity.
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nreeley.s Cnances at Baltimore.

GEeSBey y SESBCeS at h"sto'
WASHINGTON CITY, June 1S--One OF
the strongest of the Grant ofiice,ho
ders has made an estimate OF the
strength of Greeley before the Balti-
more Convention Notice is taken OF
the fact nere because the officer is one
of the shrewdest observers of political
events, and whose judgment as to the
future is received with respect every.
where He says he has little doubt that
Greeley will have 5l7 delegates out Of
the 724 on the first ballot, and that of
the delegates already chosen by the sew
eral States 317 are favorable to Greeley,
and only thirteen are against him, these
being from Oregon, Delaware, and one
from West Virginia. He also says that
there is powerful effort making on the
part of some of the old hunkers Of the
Democracy to defeat Greeley before the
Convention by coup d etat, and that
letters and circulars in great numbers
have been confdentially circulated for,
the purpose The scheme as developed
is to secure the States of Arkansas,
Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Texas and New
Jersey, which, it is held, would do much
toward controlling the Convention. The
officer, however, unhesitatingly admits
that Greeley will be nominated, and that
the contest in November will be very,
close one. ~ -
A letter received at the Greeley and
Brown headouarterS. to day, from one
of the leading Democrats of Indiana,
dated Terre Haute, June IA, says that
Judge Bowling was elected as delegate
at large. from the State, beating Dan.
VOORHEES, by vote Of 1S4'to 81. The
letter also says that the latter gentleman
failed to receive recognition, and that
his vaulting ambition overleaped itself,
and, indeed, that he has got no follow.
ing. Thirty delegates have been chosen
from that State, and, they are unit for
Greeley. ,'.aor, seir
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Eafd Ellis Price.

Judge Welsh, of the Supreme Court
of Ohio, on Wednesday, held that the
inmates of the National Military Asy.
lum, at Dayton, were citizens of Ohio
and consequently entitled to vote. So
it seems that Judge Welsh has rcconsid-
cred his opinion on the Dayton Soldiers
Asylum, and now decides that the sol
diers of the United States have a right
to vote in Ohio in violation Of the State
This is part Of the bar
gain for his denomination. What a
Judge to sit upon the bench Of the Su-
pfemc Court 0f Ohio = PlaiRdedlcr.
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Spain.

LONDON, June ia special says the.
condition of Spain is. alarming. There
have been partial reigns of Republicans
in Andalusia since the. Conservatives
proposed the dictatorship TO lSerrano,
with absolute powers for spending mon
ey and suspehding the, Constitution
The Conservatives are enraged at the
rejection of their proposals by the King,
and say the last attempt at forming a
Conservative Ministry under. Amadeus
has been tried. ga radical ministry,
and then the deluge,'s exclaims. a. Ser
ranst journal. II is said that Serrano
has left fer England in disgust, and Sa.
gasta for France. The radicals are arm
ing. - "a :. . = saI = =
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Maine Responds 10 the Cincinnati
Liberal Convention.
Delegates Instructed for Greeley
and Brown and the Cincinnati
Platform.

BANGOR, MAINE, June 1S.-The Dem
ocratic State Convention reassembled at
8 o'clock. Whole number of delegates
present 723. Hon. j. C. Madigan, Per-
manent President, introduced Hon. c. P
Kimball, of Portland, as the "to be-suc.
cessful candidate for Governor" who
was enthusiastically received, and made
stirring speech in acceptance of the
nomination and in support of the nomi-
nations Of the Cincinnati Convention
He Was followed by Hon. B, Bradbury,
of Portland, in the same strain, after
which the Convention proceeded to bal
lot for delegates at large.
The following is the platform adopted
by the Convention F:zga3
Rtsoleed, That the principles enunci-
ated ty the late Cincinnati Convention,
taken in connection, with the letter of
Horace Greeley, accepting the nomina-
ton Of that Convention, constitute a
platform on which all the elements Of op-
position to the present corrupt adminis-
tration of the Federal Government can
stand, and We hereby adopt, as the plat
form of the Democracy of Maine, the
following propositions of Horace Gree
ley: (Hcre follows the nine propositions
formally stated in the letter referred to. J
Resolred, That we believe the great
reforms for which the patriotic men Of
all parties are now laboring, can be best
obtained by supporting, as candidate
for our next President. Horace Greeley,
and We recommend our delegates to vote
fer the Cincinnati candidates.
Resolued, That we pledge to the nom-
inee of this Convention our united eff,
forts, and shall hsil his election as the
commencement OF purcr. political era.
The following delegates at large, 10
the Baltimore Convention were elected :.
Eben F. Pillsbury, William H McCrillis,
Timothy H. Hubbard, Edward X. o.
Brien.
The appointment of electors at large
was postponed. The Convention ad-
journed sine die.
The attention of Democrats is invited
to the above and other articles, publish.
ed in this Issue, relating to the Baltimore
Convention They all point to the nom-
nation of GREELEY and Brown at Balti-
more.
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EOST0N JUBILEE.
The Second PerfOrmance--Enth
siastic Reception Of the British
Grenadier Band.


BosroN, June 1S-The Coliseum was
somewhat better filled this afternoon
The performance commenced with the
choral, Snow may the will Of God be
done," given Fy full chorus, organ and
orchestra. One Of the attractions of
to days programme was the debut of
Madame Peschka- Leutner She sang
an aria from the Magic Flute" accom-.
panied by full orchestra At the close
the whole audience rose and applauded
Madame Arahella GODDARD was warmly
welcomed on her first appearance in this
country, and played piano solo, "Last
Rose Of Summer. After intermisson,
the Grenadier Guard Band, under the
lead Of Dan Godfrey, made their ap-
pearance, and were received with tre-
mendous cheering by the whole audi
ence, the organ playing the English
Anthem; After the applause subsidized,
Madame Rudersdorff was led to the
roStrum by Dir. Gilmore. The British
National Anthem was then performed;
the final chorus was accompanied by the
Grenadier and all the bands and the Or
gan, at full power, while the bells of the
city and cannon We're brought into re-
QUESTION. The enthusiasm was immense.
and Gilmore resigned his baton to God
fey, who conducted the performance on
a repetition in answer to an encore
Godfrey retained the baton, and con-
Quoted the Grenadier Band through the
"Star-spangled Banner with full can
nom accompaniment, causing great
outburst of applause and cheering for
the "Red Coats.' The Anvil Chorus
WAS next performed, with the usual &C
compartment, and the concert closed
by singing "The Missionary Hymn"
There is now no question of the perfect
success of the enterprise
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Hamilton Fish Muddling his own
Treaty Anew,
From the Boston Post.1's

from the Boston PostJs'S .S 81
1t is notable. fact that the latest
complications in this treaty middle were
provoked by Mr.. Fish himself, At a.
late diplomatic day, while Mr., Thorn
ton was paying, his customary Thursday
visitito the Secretary ofaState,i she (ths
latter) very adroitly called his attention
to certain clauses in the amended g-ari-
Gle which he said were capable Of seev-
eral different constructions. Minister
Thornton Immediately notified Gran
vile of the result of this interviews
Granville, profiting by Secretary Fisti's
suggestions, examined the suspicious,
clauses, and then followed the recent
correspondence in which the British
Government has requested or demanded
an explanation of the meaning, of the
Senate amendments!ii II alit IN .a.sfsi1o.
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Alarming Indian Rafd--TeXaa,
Overrua by Indian HOrdes..Set.
Tiers Flying from their Homes.

ST. LOUIS, June 1S-Judge Hubbell,
the general agent of the Atlantic and
Pacific railroad, who has just returned
from a business tour in Texas, brings
information that before leaving Sher-
man, Texas, an army officer arrived
there from Fort Richmond, Jack couni
ty, and reported that body of Indians,
variousy estimated at from three to ten
thousand, made an iDcursion into Texas
and were overrunning Young, Jack,
Denton and Palmer counties. The set.
tiers are filled with CONSERVATION and
alarm. The Indians said they were
going to Huntsville to liberate Satanta
and Big Tree, confined in the State pris-
on there. 1t is reported that all the
Indians on the Fort Sill reservation have
left on the war path. Alresdy two.
fights have occurred near Weatherford,
in which four whites were wounded and
two Indians killed and two captured
The latter were lodged in the Weather
ford Jail The commandant Of Fort
Richardson is said to have gone to AUS
Tin to consult withs General Anger ere.
garding the invasion, and the latter is
reported to have etelegraphed for two
more cavalry regiments to report imlne-
diately at points threatened by Their raid.
ers, Judge Hubbell says there is no
doubt in the minds of well. informed
Texans that big Indian war is at hand.
The Kiowas are the leaders of the
raid, assisted by the Apaches and other
tribes, There was no quorum at the
Ockmulgee's council up to last Tuesday,
and none Of the tribes from Fort Sill
had yet come to participate in its delib.
erations. .ss. - s9'
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Is the House Divided?
From the New York Tribune.

The Grant electoral ticket in this
State four years ago was headed by
Marshall O. Roberts and Henry r. Sci
den as Senatorial electors. They are
both now for Greeley and Brown OF
the twenty odd surviving of the thirty
one representative or district electors,
we know the present leaning of but
twelve or fifteen. OF these, we hear
that Edwin A. Steadwell, Moses II.
Grinnell, Elisha P Wheeler, Horace
Bemus, Edwin r Reynolds, E. B. Jud-
son, Stoughton Pettibone, and Norman
N Allen, are now supporting Greeley
and Brown. We believe a majority of
the entire Grant electoral ticket of 1868
that is, of those still living-wll vote
the Cincinnati ticket next November
What. folly, in view of such facts, to
pretend that the Republican party is not
diyided-that its solid vote is secure for
Grant!
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The Robbers and Relatives Re-
raSned.i

LEEr and STOCKING, the New York
General Order thieves, appointed by
GRANT, are continued in office by his or
der, notwithstanding they were exposed
by the Custom House Investigating
Committee.
, CASEY, brother-in-law Of GRANT, Col
lector of Customs at New Orleans, was
completely shown UP in his dishonesty,a "a
few months since, by a Congressional
Committee and his dismissal, recommen-
ded; but he has been ordered by the
Administration to continue his outrages.
These are specimens of the vaunted
Civil Service Reform of GRANT, WILSON,
MORTON & Co. How do the people rel
ish such doings?
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Grant TO be Elected by False
Counting. p.
From the Pittsburg Post.l

We have the boast from the lips of
Bill Mann of Philadelphia that if Hart
ranft is not elected one way he will be
another. We would advise the ballot.
box suffers and rufflans of Philadel-
phia to make large calculations, for the
majority throughout the State for Buck
alew will not be confined to few thou
sand, as it was for Packer; it will run
into the tWenties.
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HEWban Daniel Drow IN More

EF'When Daniel Drew, on March
81 last, made the great bet upon the
price Of Erie stock by selling TO Dun
can, Sherman d. Co., fifty thousand
shares at 80, the market value of the
stock was 65. Yesterday it was down
to 50, SO that Uncle Daniel could have
taken it in and cleared the handsome
profit of $4,000 by delivering it to
the purchasers. We dare say, however,
that he expects to make a great deal
more than that on his bargain. He
knows, as everybody else does, that
Erie is as nearly intrinsically worthless
as railroad stock can be. 1t is very like
ly that he will wait until it is down to
80, or even 25 before he hands it over
to the friends who have bought it of
him.-N. Y. Sun, 1911 inst.
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Currency as Bank Reserve.

The act of Congress will go into i'm
mediate effect allowing banks TO deposit
United States currency and take out GER
tifcates Of deposit which they may hold
as part OF their bank reserve required by
law and used at clearing houses. The
Treasury Department is now engaged in
preparing these certificates, which will be
payable to order on demand, of the de-
nominations Of $1,000 and $4,000.
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Horace Away Down East.
~ r ~ ~ 81 N
{, fFrom the Portland Araus. IL il

The enthusiasm for Greeley and
Brown is well represented in the fact
that fifty Republican voters in the little
town Of Bucktield have organized, 6
Greeley Club A large number of prom
inent Republicans in Lewiston are oft
spoken for Greeley, and they are' gen.
tlemen of character and Influence, as
we happen to know, and, could give
their names if we approved that style
of Journalism which would drag tho
names of private citizens into public
upon personal political matters The
Republican Greeley element is also very
strong in this city, Uncle Horace will
be our next President.