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ARKANSAS NEWS. 9i,

From letter in the Jacksonport
Statesman of the twenty-fifth, dated
"Grand Glaize, May oath, y we get, says
the Little Rock Repu6licdTl, the particu-
lars of a tragedy, in which one man
was killed and anothermortally wound
ed. The communication is signed
HJohn Cook and the murder was
committed on the line Of the Cairo and
Fulton railroad, in White county. From
what Cook says, it appears that some
railroad lahorerS, while under the in
fiuepee of poisonous whisky, got into a
dispute with two men who kept gro
Gerry; that words led to blows, and the
quarrel finally resulted in the death Of
one of the railroad men named James
Scott, The name efsthe other injured
man is Ryan.
The Little Rock Bepaiblican says: "a
man from Cincinnau, named Ramsey,
was arrested Saturday for passing cogn
terfeit money al Mrs. Kate Marsh's.
He had q hundred dollar bill, out of
which he paid forty dollars for wine,
Kate giving him sixty dollars in change,
Some suspicion being created about the
hundred dollar bill, Kate saAt is down
town 70 an expert, who pronounced II
bogus. Ramsey was drunk by this time,
and being searched by those interested,
it was found that he had two more bills
of the same denomination in-h stock
ing, besides a couple of "jimmies," F"
Two friends of the house bIoAghI him
down and handed him 6yer to police
Ipeh' RIy af and Lewis, by whom heWas
transferred to the United States euIlrt.
He was sent by the latter to jail, In de-,
fault of ball. We hear that Ramsey is
an old offender, and there are parties in
the city who know him to have robbed
the express company twice at Cincin-
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MURDER.
The killing Of Raspberry Evans at Par
ker's, Arkansas.


From the Fort Smith Herald, of the 25th.l
Ne have a report from citizens of Big
Creek, of the murder of yough man
named Raspberry Evans, at Parker's,
near Charleston, on the night of the
eleventh instant, said to have been COM
mitted by two men named Sherlock and
Patterson, aided by man named Ed
wards, and others. ER
Our informant describes the case as q
very aggravated one, and without prov
ocatiOn. We heard of the affair before,
but declined referring to it until we
could get the particulars. 1t appears
that between Sherlock and Evans there
existed some old grudges, and that
Sherlock dreaded the exposure by Evans
Of some acts of his not known to the
public. 1t appears also that at the last
term of the Circuit Court for this county,
some indictments We're found against
Evans, and some difficulty stood in the
way of arresting him. The wTits for
the arrest of Evans We're in the hands
of some Deputy Sheriff, and our in
fOrmant says that Sherlock had himself
deputised to make the arrest; and in
doing so, after the surrender of Evans,
shot and killed him, in the presence of
parties who are said to indOrse the dying
statement of Evans. We do not know
the parties, nor any of the particulars
but as We receive them; and if our in
formation be correct, a thorough and.
rigid investigation should be had, the
whole matter sifted, and, if blame at
taches to Sherlock or Patterson, or any
other person, while acting as Deputy
Sheriffs or in their private capacity, let
the proper steps be promptly taken to
have these men punished for their acts,
if guilty. 30 rlld0t}t 1T
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CUBA.
The Spanish Bank and Exchange 0Elces
Threatened With Destruction
Revolutionary Move
ments.

KEY WEST, FLA, June 2.-Betters
received here from Havanna, dated May
3lst, say that preparations were secretly
made by the volunteers to attack and
burn the Spanish Bank and Exchange
offices on Thursday evening, while the
procession of Corpus Christi was passing
through the streets. General Ceballos,
having received a warning, had a bat
TALON of marines of over five hundred
regular officers and their servants, and a
company of volunteer cavalry, COM
posed Of Cubans, ready to fall on the
conspirators should they attempt TO
carry out their plot on the morning
in question. The President Of the
Spanish bank issued a proclamation
defending the institution from charges
of speculating in foreign exchange, and
Of raising the rate, declaring that the
present high price was owing to causes
beyond the control of the bank, which
really suffered by it.
The day passed off without disturb
ance.
These letters also report that the
steamer Edgar Stuart succeeded in land
ing cargo of war materials for the in
terror in safety.
Cespides was near Mayari.
seVeral of the Cuban chiefs had be en-
doomed for being in intrigues with the
Spaniards 10 sell out and deliver their
companions into the hands of the Span
ish troops. Those of the conspirators
who We're found guilty We're condemned
10 death and hanged on trees, heads
downward.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.

An old colored man in Pulaski has
forty children living and five dead.
The army worm has made its appear
anoe in Davidson county, and millions
of locusts are scourging the country
along the Nashville and Chattanooga
railroad.
Captain r. w. Haywood, general
agent Of the narrow-gauge railroad, says
the Brownsville States, has been in the
vicinity of Denmark for the last several
weeks, and reports the prospects of the
road as highly encouraging.
Mr.. c. c.. Jones, of Brownsville, and
Miss Anna Turner, of Denmark, were
married at the residence of Colonel
James Reid, near Denmark, last week.
A grand ball was given the happy
couple by the young people of Browns
vile.
The Trenton Gazette learns that five
persons ont of a family of seven, who
resided in the Skull Bone neighbOrhood,
died few days ago from eating fish
that had been feeding upon caterpillers.
1t also learns that q child, two or three
years old, ate a caterpilleF and died In
less than two hours,
Says the Pulaski Citizen: "GOvernoF
Brown is still confined to his room at
his residence in this place, He is afiiiet.
ed with a severe attack of neuralgia, but
we are glad to be able TO cay that he Is
not dangerously i'll. The Governor has
his family with him, and will return to
the capital in the course Of a week"
We ieayp from the Jackson Vest Ten
nessee PldiRdedler of the twenty-eighth
that two children of Mr.. Fayette Nored,
near Paris, were burned TO death re-
Gently, in attempting TO ill q eoal-Qil
lamp. The parents were also badly
burned. When wiz people learn that
childrea are 20 more to be trusted with
coal-oil than With gunpowder2 God
never intended that Children should
take hold of these fearful articles.
The Columbia Herald says: HWe had
very welcome rains in the latter part of
last week, and farmers are talking much
more cheerfnlly. On Knob Greek, We
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What they are Doing in England for
g. Factory Hands.

I In Maddox, England, is an immense
establishment called the Lea mills, de-
voted to the manufacture of ali grades
of merino hosiery! 1t has been in eX-
istence for considerably more thaA a
century, and always owned and man
aged by the Smedley family, the present
head of,whiell-Mr. John Smedley--has
lately written letter describing the
manner in which his ancestors and
himself have conducted their business.
We present the main features Of this
most Interesting document FOR the
benefit of those who are now Zealously
engaged in discussing the proper re-
lations between labor and capital
Lea mills work a thousand operatives,
and there has never been even a sus-
picion of strike since the first wheel
was set in motion. Labor begins prompt
ly at six O'Clock; at eight O'clock the
ringing of a bell announces breakfast,
which is served on the premises at a
price so low as TO satisfy adj. At the
conclusion of the meal, which occupies
probably half and hour, the superinten-
dent takes his position at a desk facing
the aIllieneet and engages i'm devotional
exercises, which consist OF singing, read
ing the Bible or suitable religious book,
and a short prayer. Thirty minutes are
spent in this manner, and at nine
O'Clock the hands resume their ayOca-
tions. Five out of the six days they work
ten hours, bat on Saturdays are dis
missed at half past twelye-naking the
working hours Ofthe week average fifty
five and half hours. Christmas and
Good Friday are holidays, and the wages
are paid i'm full. In addition to all the con-
veniences of cheep and commOdiOus
tenements provided by the proprietOrs,
hospitals are always ready tor the recep--
ton of operatives who may require
medical treatment, and every care is
taken to make them feel perfectly at
home. Where the operative has proved
himself valuable man, his pay is not
stopped during his illness. rL .r
The same principle of mutual depen-
dance pervades the whole system con-
sequently not only are there no strikes,
but drunkenness and dissipation scarcely
have an existence; hands seldom leave,
and good feeling always prevails S5-
tween the employers and emplOyd. Mr..
Smedley says: " / believe the present
disagreement between employers and
employed is the result of long neglect
of consideration for the workers, and
the want of sympathy aud personal
knowledge and intercourse with them.n
There can be no doubt that the worthy
has hit the root of the diff
Guilty, and it is quite safe to predict
that when the Smedley idea is put into
practical execution in this country and
Europe, labOrers and capitalists will
be much nearer together than they
now are, and Communism will have
received its death-blow. y .
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PENNSYLVANIA.
Resolutions and Platform Of the De-
mOcraey-JeflersOn and jackson.

READING, Pa, June 1.-The follow
ing are the resolutions adopted by the
Democratic Convention at Reading yes
terday:
ReSolUed, That the Democratic party,
while in the future, as in the past, firm
Iy upholding the Constitution of the
United States as the foundation and
limitation of the powers of the general
government, and the safe shield of the
liberties of the people, demands for the
citizen the largest freedom consistent
with public order, and for every State the
right of self-government, that to uphold
the former and protect the latter, the
Democracy of Pennsylvania can find
no better platform upon which to stand
than that of the great leading principles
enunciated in the inaugural of President
Jefferson and the farewell address of the
immortal Jackson. Upon these two
great State papers we plant ourselves
and enter the contest of 1872. a "a IL s.
Resolved, That this convention invites
the cooperation of all citizens of the
Commonwealth to earnest effort to re-
move from our State administration ey-
cry taint of political corruption; and the
attempt to do this can be made certain
ly successful by union, Of upright, and
fair-minded men of all parties, and by
sustaining candidates of unquestionable
ability and unspotted names.
The next resolution appeals to the
people to support the nominee for Gov
ernOr, because his action in the past is
proof that his official influence will not
be used hereafter to prevent mischief of
special legislation, and to destroy the
possibility sof procuring the enactment
of any statute by the use of money or
any other corrupt means. aas
The next resolution declares that all
the candidates are eminently worthy
the confidence and support of the peo-
pie. The last is as follows:
RESOLVED, That the grant by the Rad
ical Legislature of this State, of numer-
Gus charters, creating such corporations
as the Southern improvement Com
pany, Continental Improvement Com
pany and Others, of similar character, is
unjust to the interests of trade, and dam
gerOus to the rights and liberties of the
people, and as such meets our unequiv-
ocal condemnation.
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&5OO. .OOO in CurrencY
will be given to the holders of tickets by dis
tribution bylot OF One Thousand Gift, as



This Concert, like the first of the 10th OF De-
cemberlast(wh was SO decidedly successful,
and at which the frst grand gift was drawn
by and paid to Mr.. John R. Durff, of Memphis
Tenn.,l is for the benefit OF The Public Library
Of kentucky The Farmers and DroVefs,
bank Is Ireas9re{I ana Ihe eoEporatoIs ana
are among the most respectable and. distin-
guished citizens Of the state, should any
tickets be left unsOld on the day OF the draw
ing they viii be destroyed, and the one thou
sand gifts offered viii all be drawn and paid,
but diminished in value in proportion to the
per centage of unsold tickets. For instance,
II only three-fourths OF the tickets are sold
the capital gift will be reduced to S75,000, and.
all Others in Proportion, TIE Hon. Thos. +.
Bramlett, late Governor Of Kentucky, has
consented to represent the trustees IN the man
agemept OF This second Grand Gift Concert,
and he viii personally see that the money
from the sale of tickets is deposited With the
treasurer, that the drawing is gairty con
Quoted, aud the gifts Justly awarded and
promptly paid: The tira7s,sgg wall Jake place
under the Immediate supervision and diree4
ton Of the officers and trustees Of the Public
Library of Kentucky and the following,
who have consented to be present ent see that
all is fairly done: Hon. "a. H. Hardin Judge
Court Appeals, XVI Ae1.- J. Proctor Knott,
judge NiqtH fJudieial bis, Kv,: Gen. Eli ii,
Murray, Y. s. Marshal Dis. Ky; Hon. 7. B.
cochran, shangelloT Lou. Chan. Court; Hon.
yers' Bank; Hon John Barbee, Manager Royai
Insurance Co, Liverpool; Col Phil, Les, Coa.
Atty. Ninth judicial Dis -. g Gr8ham,
founder Graham Cahipeti tol. ,Iilson p Jolp-
son, manager Galt House Dy. I. $. Bell, prof.
Medical University, Louisville; Hon. j. q I
aa,tefs Mayor L9aisyillsi Hon. I. L. Burnett,
CITY AttoFney; Henry WolfOTd, Treasurer
Louisville A. o. Brannin, President Manu-
facturers' Bank; Philip Judge, OF the Louis
vile. Hotel Company; James Bridgeford-
President Second National Bank W, G. y.
Whips Proprietor Willard Hcteft t G. John-
son, Pres. gradeIs Bark: IA. Viator Sewcomb.
firm of NeYG2mts {iuolanan & Co.; Horny
Depnens Pros. German Rank; Andrew Crs
ham, tobaceo and cotton merchant; Dr
Noryin, Green, President L. and @. Short
line kailTpad va, Rose, Agent Adams
le1pT CeAlpany. r.. T. Durrett, Presi-
Hett W. N. Haldeman, Vice President.
John ). Cain, Secretary Farmers and Ur6v
ers Bank, Treasurer. Circulars, giViBg fan
particulars, sent on application. Those who
desire Information, on who wish to net
as agents for the sale OF tickets. as well
as ifoSe desi iringi9 purchase tickets, should adj
dress TlfOS. z. BRAMIETT.
Agent Public Library OF Kentucky,
Public Library Building, Louisville, Ky
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/ p. I,ournan, Receiver, same place; Geo,
! Nourse, Register, Lynkville, Oregon
Geo. Como, Receiver, same place.
Proceedings have been begun in New
! York against several vessels, alleged tC
have been furnished with fraudulent
registers by Babcock. The schooner
POrto-PlatO has been condemned and for
fcited TO the government, and viii be
sold tomorrow, an account of sailing
under register obtained by Babcock.
A terrific thunder storm, ACCOMPANIED
by heavy winds and torrents of rain,
passed over Terre Haute, Indiana, Sat
urday and Sunday evening. The latter
did considerable injury to trees and the
crops, and blew the tin roof off the
Gazette newspaper office, letting in a
great flow of water, which did much
damage TO the stock.
Late last evening, at Portsmouth,
Ohio, Councilman Scott, of that place,
with his son and four or five others, went
out shooting on the Ohio, in a small
steamer provided with a tubular boiler,
which exploded and tore the boat all to
pieces and wounded nearly all the in
mates. Mr.. Scott's injuries are probably
fatal. His son suffered a broken leg.
The Brooklyn Committee of Fifty
have published another address to the
people, alleging that their former sub
committee was bribed into reporting
that the accounts of the Water and Sew
erage Board were correctly kept. They
declare that the Third avenue sewer
cost the city two hundred thousand dol
lars more than it could have been doue
for.
Saturday in the New York Methodist
Conference the Temperance Committee
reported a series of resolutions declaring
in favor of the total legal prohibitory
sale of liquors; that dealers should be
held responsible for the woes inflicted
ON communities, and that members of
the church should not rent property for
liquor stores, or in any way cOunten-
ance such traffic. The resolutions also
pledge the efforts of the members TO Sc
cure the election of temperance men to
office, and require the use Of unfeTment-
ed wines at sacraments. The resolu-
tions were adopted.
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are told, cotton seed remained one month

are told, cotton seed remained one month
in the ground before coming up, 50 very
dry was the earth. Wheat is still young
enough to be greatly benefited by the
rain, and though we have heard of q
slight appearance of rust, we are inclined
to predict a good yield all over the
county. A farmer tells us that ants and
other insects, are injuring corn on Ruth
erford creek. In other portions of the
county cut-wOrms have been at work.
Altogether, corn has had a hard time,
with being washed up and The dry spell,
and is not looking as well as it might.
The Columbia Herald says: " "Ex-
President Andrew johnson and eX-
Governor FoOte are annOuueed as candi-
dates for the State at large. AS between
these two distinguished gentlemen, the
people viii infinitely prefer the former
Though opposed to the South and his
own State during the late war, yet,
after it was over, he sacrificed himself
in endeavoring to oFe-habilitate the States
lately in rebellion, and in trying to pre-
vent all the iniquitOus legislation by
which the South has been oppressed by
Radicalism since the cessation of hOstili-
ties. He is still in the strength and
pride of his great intellect, and would
make an able champion of the South in
Congress. Governor Foote is not re-
spected by anybody; has been on all
sides Of all questions, and is too old and
The Paris HateUigeTcer Of May 3Oth
says: "On last Sunday evening, at the
residence of Rev. Mr.. Owens, of Weakly
his daughter, Mrs. Mary Craw-
ford, widow of John w. Crawford, de-
committed suicide by hanging
herself in an empty barn few hundred
yards from the house. She was about
thirty-six or seven years of age, and
leaves four children. The deceased had
shown many symptoms of incipient in
sanity of late, and had been watched by
members of the family, who had fire.
quently suspected her of intentions to
put an end to her life. On the fatal day
She had prepared dinner for the family,
and soon after succeeded in accomplish
ing the fatal resolution which no doubt
she had long entertained. She was not
found for several hours after the deed.
An inquest was held, and verdict rem
dered in accordance with the statements
aboye,n
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SUMNER.
| Washington Estimate Of his great
Speech.

From the st. Louis Republican,
WASHINGTON, DC, May 31.-The po-
litical sensation at the capitol to-day
has been an unexpected andyet most
elaborate speech from Charles Sumner
in arraignment of Grant and his admin
istratiOn. He got the floor in the Senate
by a parliamentary maneuver, which
quite surprised the administration Sena-
tors, and held it for four hours in an ex-
haustive and carefully prepared speech,
which soon attracted well-filled gale
ries, and crowded the Senate floor with
eager, privileged listeners. In the last
hour nearly all the members of the
House were present. It is declared by
the older Senators that there has never
been speech in Congress, even when
the warfare was made on Andrew john
son, that equalled this for an Indictment
for the personal as well as political re-
cord of a President. Not one single pri
vate or public act of Grants civil life
appeared to have escaped the Senator's
notice, for he held it up to view in a
broad flare of invective and censure, and
added to the matter of the speech an
earnest and vigorous force of delivery.
He arraigned him as q gift-taker, a ne
pOIlSJ anu u ldllui6t ucCldfCu ltldJ u6
spent his time with fast horses, in palace
cars, and lettering on the seaside. The
public acts of his administration We're
as fearfully assailed. He maintained
that his government was a personal one;
that it commanded no respect at home
or abroad; that it had done nothing to
commend it to the country; that its re-
duction of the public debt did not de-
serve as much credit as that of A. John
son; that it was false to the eolored peO-
pie, and failure so far as it had any
thing to do with reconstruction while
its foreign policy of which it had at
tempted to boast was the most disgrace
full muddle of the age.
This merely indicates the general tenor
of his remarks. The friends of the
President ON the floor, who were even
characterized among other rings as the
senatorial ring, gave the speech close at
tention, as is not their wont usually
when Mr.. Sumner speaks, and took
notes for a reply. They evidently re-
garded it as an opening of the campaign
in Congress, and promptly moved an in
definite extension of the session. from
Monday. 4J 1 FLuUfkA 3 II
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Two Ladies the Victims--0ne
Killed, the Other Serious
ly Injured---BOth Citi-
zens of Memphis.
L Sleeping-COaeh. Attached to a
Freight-Train, Overturned
on the Nashville and
Northwestern Road.

NASHVILLE, June Am accident oc-
CURED this morning ON the Nashville
and Northwestern railroad, near Pegram
station, nineteen miles from this city,
by breaking an axle of the sleeping-car
attached to a freight train, which was
overturned with five passengers in the
car, Mrs. H. Weatherford, Of Memphis,
was killed, and Miss Gracey Curtis, of
the same place, had her thigh broken
and was otherwise hurt. She was taken
TO Nashville and placed in the st. Vim
cent Hospital, where DR.. Eve attended
her promptly. The remains of Mrs.
Weatherford are prepared for a return
to Memphis.
The other passengers escaped unhurt.
The accident was entirely unavoidable,
and the conductor and engineer are
praised for their prOmptness in stopping
the train.
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THE Danbury Ne1vs says: "An iudus-
trious Newtown mechanic came to Dan
bury on Friday last to drive over a new
purchase in the shape Of pig. He left
here with his charge ut three O'Clock in
the afternoon. Ateight O'Clock, Wednes-
day morning, he was reported bearing
little to the east of Pittsfield, Massachu-
sets, and appeared to be working grad
ually around toward Providence, Rhode
Island He seemed anxious to hear from
his 'fanliIvD y sEI..I I.. ..... ..... ..r.
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DIED.

CASEY-At his residence, corner Of Orleans
ana Court streets, last night, at oclock, after
a short Illness JoIIN CASEY.
The funeral viii take place TODAY, from
the residence The friends Of the deceased
are invited to attend
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NATIVE WINES.

From the celebrated OAK HILL VINE
YARDS, Parker, Russell & Co., Proprie-
81. tors, st. Louis, Missouri.
VIHESE wines are not excelIed, either in pu-
Il rity or excellent qualities, by any other
wine OF same kind, consequently have taken
hold of public favor TO large extent: consist
ing OF Burgundy or Virginia Seeding, Claret,
Concord, Herbemont, Delaware and Catawba.
These wines are old Wine-drinkers, desirous
OF supporting home productions viii find
these at No. 209 Main street.
ju2 DUFFY & CARY, Agents.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

4 LACROIX-The friends and acquaintance of
Jacob and Josephine LaCroix are respectfully
invited 10 attend the funeral Of their only
daughter, KATIE JOSEPHINE, from their resi-
dence, on Bickford avenue, this lMONDAY9
afternoon, at 3 o'clock.