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WHIsKEY, FIREWoRKsAND DEArH.
Riding TO Eternity In u Flaming Hack Fiiied
with 4 Fireworks.

srs,l1l Desba'h 10 ne cU.c,H''eH Enquirer.
CoLUMHUs, June 2S.-Bctwoen 10 and II
o'clock last night party III men determined tn
have Fourth of July celebration prematurely,
and on their own account.
Early In the eyening Daniel n. Webb. the pas
scnger agent OF The Baltimore and ONO Railroad
at tins place. samuel Fleming, railroad en-i-
ne,r formerly employed on the IIorking Valley
Railroad, and jacob Huston, n sporting man,
procured a quantity of fireworks and CONF
mcnced firing them on In the street. They were
warned tu desist Nv The police. and hired hack
to drive out of the city with the intention Of
finishing mp their fun there. Going out 90 Frank
linton they shot oil nuniberot rockets and Ro-
man candles. Not content with this however,
they returned to the city and procured another
quantity Of fireworks at Wagner's, and then pro-
ceeded tn Meneeleys saloon, where they drank
copiously. They then went out to Franllntun
the second time. While driving through the
ers inside of the hack, and frightened The horses,
arrived at Franklinton again, however. the
horses had become quiet, and they got out and
gave another display of pyTotcchnirs.
Returning TO the city once more they procured
stil more drinks. They then started out to
When about four miles west of the city the
hackman, whose name Is Wscutt, noticed that
the party had lighted torch in the vehicle. lie
tried TO take II away from them, but was unable
10 do 80. Almost Immediately afterward the
nrecrackers began 10 eXpode In the hack, and
the horses, frightened at the noIso, act on at
full speed. Az the vehicle went dhshing along
the road the rockets took FIRE and began to
shoot out at the windows their long tails Of fire
Illuminating the whole landscape, Then the
Roman candles became lgnited, and soon the
lining and whole interior Of the vehicle were in
flames. The fearful race was kept up for more
than mile, during which time webb and
Huston somehow managed TO get out. when
the horses were finally brought TO a stand and
unhitched, Fleming, who had been fastened In
the vehicle, broke out The hack was by this
time so nearly demolished that IL westilowed.to to
burn up.
Fleming was not 50 badly burned as might
have been expected, and with the hackman
| a mile they found Webb lying on the road, with
! the clothes literally burned on him, while
| Huston was stll further back. Procuring as
sistance they took both Of them TO the Ameri-
| can House, in this city. At II o'clock TODAY
though quite seriously burned, are in a fair way
In
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Mr.. Roman Lowe, the British Chauccl-
lor of the fxGheqIer, recently gave con-
tract for CARRYING mails by sea ON the east
cuast OF Africa for EG0OO u year to ono
company, when another company had
Ul.rcl To- perform the same service for
elG,CGO year.
No sinister motive or corrupt bargain
has been attributed TO Mr.. LOWE in this
transaction; aud the London press only
dcnouncc his action ns stupid, careless,
over liberal lavish, and 80 ON. The Spec
tofor says: "If the House chooses 20 say
that hc was in ignorance over liberal, on If
the Cabinet chooses To cancel his contract,
lac can scarcely stay in power At any
rate IL il certain that Mr. I,owE has come
very near to being turned out of the
Cabinet for this sutIandciiug of the public
money.
The difference between the Government
of England and that of the United States
in affairs like this is remarkable. with us
one of the Secretaries boldly takes <gI, 900
crit of the Treasury and hands il over to
parties to whom, by an express statute he
is prohibited from paying anything; and
there is reason 70 believe that his induce
ment TO this dishonest act was 81 present
TO a lady" OF 5000. Yet he remains in
power, with enormous additional chances
at the Treasury which he has 80 success
fully invaded. In England official extrnv-
agance is hated and corruption is not
Known. With us corruption Is the rule
and extravaganza is continual.
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An Angelic Boy.

II Is pleasant in these days of wickcdDess
Ia know that there is one good person in
the world. Only to believe il would be
agreeable, but when we come to have il
tIdicially cstablshed-proved by sworn
testimony in u court of iusticc-it is de-
liglrful.
IL the good person were an innocent girl,
even that would be something, although
IL seems more natural for girls to be good /;
but when we find an angelic character per-
fectly developed in IA boy, without fault
or foiblo, il is still more remarkable.
Yet such character we have in FRANK
wALwoRTH. lie was the best boy ever
knew" testified one witness: and plenty
OF Others substantially confirmed the state
ment. He was not merely good himself.
hut he was bent on exter1ninating the evil
in the world. In the way of this high pur-
pose nothing was allowed to stand. Ties
of Cousaugulnity were snapped in two.
and he cxterminatcd hi- own father. He
just put four loaden bullets into him. that
was all; and, uuhappily for the father.
that proved 20 hc enough,
But FRANK WALwoRrH il shown tn he
an excellent boy; what ii he did XIII his
fathcr'
We do not comment on tn, trial except
TO make clear and conspicuous this impor-
taut point drv, lopod 10y the defence.
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The people of the unfortunate District
of Columbia, less than l3!.mO in number,
now have IL public debt winch the Chair
man of the Ways and Means in the District
legislature ostiWat,s-aud probably this
is much les than the truth-at over sew
cutoou millions of dollars, or >l2S.iS 10
every man, woman. and ollli of the pop
ulntion. This enormous debt has been
piled up Notwithstanding Congress at ~
last session gave them three millions auj a
half, while s2,G00OOO has been extracted
from the people in the form of taxes.
According 10 the report of the Comp
trollrr of the District the salaries Of eNecu-
tive officers and the contingencies of the
District Government during the last year
amounted to $e.9,js9.G3 During In" same
period the salaries and contingencies Of
the Government of the great state of New
York amounted to sljs,5 only. In fact
the cost of this District Government 10 the
13!,Oo0 people on whom ii is imposed is
more than the corresponding expenses in
all the states Of New York and New Eng
land together, and almost rs much n the
aggregate in New York, New England,
N,w Jersey, ohio, Iowa, snd Wis onsin.
These are simple hgWes and they tel
the story.
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g: ?st F:s.:; & 5: Y .H "a.
$SsaSss fRa a , .%% %%it T.: ::
thcy set down at ten tcsa u AZ thtt If the Gu
ms, namely, 10 killed ana q Wonoded. Tho '1
desphch strangely enough addt thnt they cal
culate the losses which the Cubsns must have
suI,efcd from their own llaI of casualties. Very
attention to Official returns # tho spanish Gov
MOVEMENTS OF rHB TROOPS.
In consequence OF the great ngnt of tho 1st
inst. al' the troops were ordered TO leave this
city for baypno and Manzanilo col Daza,
contra-Rdcrllas from among the Cubgns here
and ~ the vicinity was ordered out also with hL,
ne lcves. All these forces. which comprised
no less than four whOle regiments, including
the fghting san Quintin, were completely routed
CSol, Csmpillo' who commanded. il to he tried
uN court marital. l1Ig has since the dltc Of tIis
letter been deposedl The engagement took
place At El IaizIl. six miles from Yara and
i9st io killed; among whom were the Colonel ot
the San Quntin, Don jose SOsttadu. two cautaing
and four other officers. when the news reached
hero q terrible pant" cnsucd. II convinced pre-
viou~lv incrcdulous people that the insurrection
was very far from being dead. and that IN reality
II must be stronger than ever, when with an tho
hehtiny the patriots are DONG elsewhere. H.
could spare such force A. that ueCes .ary re-
Ilir.u =. %hlps So hea,y hIGy OF Srahidrls which
augment 10y access sloas from camps between this
and the neid Of battle.
Vim g YOU that the end Of this glorious war is
near 10 hand. The Sranish Government ia pow
erlcss 10 recruit hcr forces fvom huHr. Theirs
she Is at open war with all classes Of her people,
ana what ~ h1ppcning In Spain !. fair sample
of what IL going on here.
Horizons OF THE WAR.
will close my letter with It little episode. ono
of many VI q similar character that arc uf late
Of almost daily occurrence in one section or
other uf the island. Capt. trIiiZa, q traitor to
the cause OF his country, who deserted the
patriot ranks, has iust been killed In action bv-
his own former companions In arms. There wero
three cf these Trpui2as, all three went over to
the Spanards. and all three brothers have been
Killed. Cuba hates traitors everywhere, and tho,
knowledge that any of them are In the SPANISH
ranks In front ~ them seems 10 rcdouble the
energy and pluck OF the patriots whenever and
wherever they meet them.
p. =. learned last night Of another engage
mcnt close up TO the town of NauZanillo. The
patriots are still In camp az Ia Nnriposa, and
threaten the city. Tho details OF these last
fights which have just reached me are horrible.
The hospitals of Manzanillo are full to rCt letion,
and the wounded were still arriving. An artiom
Is also reported at Los Ccgos, In this iIrsdic1
tiOn, but no details have as vet come In.
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African slavery-Resuit Of Sir Bartie
Frere's Mission.

MAID, the Sultan of Zanzibar, has AT
length signed the treaty for the supprcs-
sion Of the East African slave trade, which
was submitted to him by Sir BATTLE
FRERE, the British envoy, some months
since.
In the interview with Sir BARTLE before
his departure for England he had refused
Ia consent to the treaty; and his final
acquicsccnce is asrrlbcd to the bold posi-
tion taken 10y Great Britain in the matter.
The war ship l}riton, Capt. MALCOLM, has
been cruising actively mp nnd down the
coast for n distance of eight hundred
miles, capturing and sinking all the sus-
piruu, craft ,hr could overhaul. Aud il
s SAID that naval squadron under Admi-
raj tUMMING was daily expected in the
Zanzibar waters, whose purpose il was to
blockade the capital of the refractory
prince.
Sin BARTlr ON his way to India was
cordially received hy the Sultan Of Oman,
the ruler of tho most important and ex-
tcn,ivc portion Of the Arabian scabOard
on the Persian Gulf. This prince promiscd
hi, cooperation IN the effort TO put an end
the slave tratl", and il is probable that
hi, action may have influenced that OF lii
kilsman, the sultan of Zanzihlr.
Sin BARTLE may well cougI atuate him,
self on the result of his mission. That
" the end is not yet he is wen aware, fol
he said III hls Bombay speech that toilsUm'
perseverance alone could finish the goo,
work and make partial success complete
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months; and the bills for several millions
of dollars are footed at the Treasury just
as II there was necessity for this glitter
ing sham or any real duty had been per-
formed. such scandalous prostitution of
the public service rs we have been com
PEELED TO witness with shame and indigra-
ton would not be possible in any oder
navy. Mr.. RoDEsoN has utterly dc graded
its tone and made jobbcry its conspicuous
feature. This is the way the peoples
money is wilfully squandercd; and il the
people like it, they only need to keep or
present rulers in power, and they viii he
rr1tifpd
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The brief hut disastrous reign in Georgia
Of the Infamous BULLOCK Ring, which, under
the protection Il the national Administration,
plundcred that unfortunate state without mercy
for a few years, Is recalled To public attention
through certain proceedings In bankruptcy
which have lately been begun in Massachusetts,.
The principal mcmhrrs of the BULLOCK Ring
were BULLOCK, the Governor of Georgia, who
ran away from the state to escape the peniten-
tiary; Foster BLoDGLTT, who was Illegally re-
turned az elected to the United states Senate by
the friends OF GRAST In Georgia, but failed TO
get his seat and ilASNIBAL j. kIMBALL, who
was to the Georgia Ring what WILLIAM II, KIM
BILE the professor Of Addition, Division, aud
Silence, il 10 the Pennsylvania Ring. BULLOCK,
after abscondng from Georgia, took refuge IN
Canada. BLODGETT, finding that his attempt to
obtrude himself into the United states Senate
was too gross fraud to succeed, notwithstand-
ing that he had the support of some of the most
eminent lights OF the Administration party,
took himself on TO the cOngonal political at
mOSphcre Of South Carolina, where he still re-
mains kINBAIL also mysteriously disappeared,
To the great annoyance Of his creditors, and II
was rumored that he was living luXurously In
Italy but a notice in bankruptcy rcce.tly sent
to some of his former acquaintance in Georgia
desRnates him as being Mt present resident Of
nation that warrant Ot bankruptcy has been
issued against the estates of II, j. kIMBALL in
diyidually, and the nrm Of H. j. k1MBALL \ Il.
y. KMBALL, and gives a list of the creditors
who are invited to prove their debts and assist
In choosing an assignee. This list sets forth the
indebtedness Of the firm 10 he $3,6Silj0, and Of
II. j. KIMRRALL Individually AZ S74,5l145, max
ing the Joint Indebtedness Of the bankrupts So
5OS, -. kIMBALL has failed several times be-
fore, only to enter on fresh speculatlons
of an extensive character, aud IL Is
perhaps any ythlng but strange that some Of his
Georgia acouaintances look upon the present
bankruptcy case as an Ingenious device to free
himself from pecuniary entGnglements prepara-
tory to a fresh attempt upon crodulous COM
munlty. 1t would probably be dinicult to
convince these Georgia gentlemen that IN.
| KINBALL his met with any serious losses in
| business, notwithstanding his indispusition 10
! pay NJ. \ correspondent Of the C0pphi-J0uyHdl
! has taken some pains to analy2e the items of
indebtedness given In the bankruptcy notice,
! and he dis'loses some curious facts. He says
that among the debts should be one Of S600OO
(which ne owes lo Chicago Insurance COMPANY,
which does not appear ON the list. This debt,
| however, was secured by mortgage on an
opera house at Atlanta, which KIMBALL sold to
the state Of Georgia for its Capitol, receiving the
! money therefor through BuLLOCK's aid, with
! out making any arrangement for the satisfaction
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The New Na,lonal BauL Currency.

WASHINGTON, July 2.-Prepnations TO print
the new national bank currency authorized by Con.
gr,ss have already been commenced, Appropriation
Of sG0 10 pay therefor having become available yes
terdGy. Work upon the plates will be commenced
week and nye, tcn and twenty dollar notes WI he nrst
Issued. It VIII probably occupy three months TO com
plcte the plates and print and humber the notes,
sufficient quantity Of those denominations viii he
placed In circulation before commencing work upon
other OutB, twOs aud mites will be next printed
but to the exact amount of each denomination TO be
issued no determination has been reached that matter
being left To banks to arrange with the Comptroller.
They can have notes Issued Ia them In any denOmina
lons provided, OF course that The aggregate shall not
n9tes win be engraved IN the ncpar!men! The bacss
Qnal Bank Note Companies OF New York. but the faces
viii be printed and numbers put on here.
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Gen. stanley's Expedition.

correspondence If The sun
Font RICE. Dakota T. ritory, June 10.
ls13.-The expedition to the Yellowstone, which
was to leave this point on the 18th inst, still
mains iuactivoly IN camp. Day after day has
been fixed for the start. the latest being Friday,
the 2O,h inst. when there is some hope Of a
movement. No correspondents are to be per-
mittcd to insinuate themselves within the mys-
terious precincts Of the command.
The objective poin; of the expedition lies on
the northwestern bank Of the Yellowstone,
which will be crossed in the vicinity of Glendye
Creek, n tributary Of the former stream. The
steamer Key West, having already made one
trip 10 that point under the direction OF Col.
Forsyth, Is now ON her way to meet the exped-
tiun, which will then follow the valley of the
Yellowstone toward It's source A. far NJ Pryors
river, opposite the mouth Of which IL will turn
at the north and west, and following Hazen's
trail of lSj0 a. far the Muscle shell river, will
then strike Mullens trail OF lsob 10 the east, ana
return 10y the most practicable route To its place
Of departure. The primary object OF the ekpe-
ditioh s the protection OF the surveying party of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, but IL Is also To
take a hand In anything of interest or profit that
Lieut-Coi. Fred. D. Grant, the American
Grand Duke, Is present In full force 10y special
detail from the headquarters Of the mitary di-
vision, though what particular uae he is to he
put to remains TO he seen So far he l. a" Use
less member Of the force though he was seen
a day or two since In company with a we'll
known stan officer from -; Paul upholdine the
lahoring under difficulties. II Is the prevailing
impression that 10y subjecting the youthful
Ileutcnant-Colonel to the Influences " hich give
tone 10 this command the budding ohcer will
have fair chance Of following in the footsteps
of his ilIustriOus sire,
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Conviction oi Murder by Ncrdicr of ~iS
against Three.

At MnltI, uu June I, four sailui- ui the
New Brunswick ship Athcnais, were brought up
for trial before fun bench three .Iude,. und
jury. one OF the men, Kerr, was charged y''h
the wilful murder OF the mate OF his vessel 10
March last, while the Athon1is was l,.ug In ne
Bay Of Naples the other three were charged
with causing gricyous bodily harm 10 tho ,ame
mate Chapman. Thirteen of the crew ilod.
aud the dopositions ui the master and hle ie
were read. II appeared from the evidence nav
the mate was very quarrrlsumc by nature, 1nd
ON the occasion pf the murder ldd t'i11N'N
from shore tip,N. He had then puprrcU"d Win
the three sailors accused of assault, and A."
struck by them. At tins time Kerr ran, Gown
from the rigging and went forward to SEQ NhhL
WAS the matter. The mate seized hiu, ana h't
having a knife in his hand with Wai,u |. .."
been wu king, struck the mate In hi r,-'' .Iu''
causing almost instant death.
The trial commenced ~ \. u, AMI ih' l'Hy
retired soon after midnight to con idri nrI
verdict A n WAS not sufficiently rHpluI lutI
were sent back 10y the Court, and tho 90 'r'h.
ing- were adjourned tO the tulONiu- r 'iIH.
at q O'Clock. The jury then ret Iru'l - NcrunV
and were unanimous In the count Iea''-' US
others. The Court, after retiring 'H r''trr
time, delivered sentence of death u-un. N'It
and fifteen years hard labor again-i ifr QUIZ
three sailors. After the conviction -'I'"l .l"Tr
ing was shown 10y the public la MNi' li W.
of Kerr. Petitions were forwarded 60 'N' 80
ernOr for II comm Itdtion from the Arril '-uHe
Of Malta, from pr, Camulillcri, AdNU.''' Do ,,o
Poor who had defended the prisoner 'f, % ~"
members Of the bar, ana from ihc p""" -'"
The Governor commuttd the capitgl n''n~
against kerr 10 penal Hervltude io' u''
- II. ~ i.II ~
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WAsHINGToN, July The new law passed at
the last session Of Congress increasing the pay Of
tain heads OF bureaus went into effect yesterday.
Hcrsgfte.lle Supervising Ar&hect OF The Tyeasu ~
Will receive 81 900 per annum; the Examiner OF Claims
In the Department Of state, The Solicitor OF the Trea
,ary, the C2mnIssloners of Agriculture. General Land
sstant Postmaster Generals and superint en- dents OF
the Money Order system aud OF Foreign Mae, 900
each two Chiefs OF the Diplomatic and Consular Bu
reaus In the state Department and Chiefs ~ Bureaus
Of ACcounls. Indexes. and Archives, t2.fl0 each.
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He thinks that the opening up of East
Africa TO commerce and trade would be a
desirable means of aiding in the suppress
sion of tie save nudc.
For th1 present Englan will continue
to keep Lcr cruisers ON the East African
ponst
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In the Kentucky Court Of Appeals n few days
ago the administrators Of John Il, IOneenH recoy.
erred verdict Of tsUl damages against the Louisville
CA.c"usu sGd L'Nngton Gailroad. ooneens having
been killed while acting az engineer by a collision
caused by the caressness Of conductor employed by
the road II has been decided nseyeral Instance
that railroad company cannot he held liable for In
jurlcs done TO an employee by means N the careesnCs
Of another employee but tfe Kent lucky court tAkes
different view VI the subject
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The Syracuse University has just con-
ferred the degree Of ID. u. upon the Hon. NJ J.
CRANRR, brother-in-aw to the President and
Minister 20 Denmark The admirers OF Gen.
GRANT say that CRANER receives this distinc-
tion by reason Of his peculiar picty; while some
OF the other sort sffirm that the compliment Is
not creditabe Ia the institution from which IL
proceeds. But II is Of little consequence either
WaN
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Whv the President was not nj his Fathers
DcRI IhbCh,

FT0W Nt NtD IOIA IUntf.
The President is determined To find out
the reason why he did pot promptly receive the
dispatches about his fathers condition that
were forwarded hin II appears that he re-
ceived three Of them together. Had he received
them promptly he could have reached the bed
side OF his fnlher In lime 70 see him die.
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OF the mortgage, so that he probably does not
consider IL any debt Of his, as the state will
have to pay 1t. Among the creditors OF KIN
BALL, according TO this list, several prom-
nent New Workers.. MORTON, BLISS q Co. are
set down a. entitled to about $l70,500 from the
firm Of II. j. Il Is. ". kIMBAId,; HENRY CLEws
Co. about $iGO0.O00; and other irms, banks,
savings institutions, and individuals In this city
and brooklyn about sl,sSOoD, besides what
II. j. KIMBALL owes Individually. The amount
Of visible assets the kiNBALLs have is not
stated, but they are not presumed Ia be extern
sivc. The moral Of this little story is that men
who will deliberately go to work to cheat com
munity by the use Of political trickery will not
hesitate To serve their beat friends in the same
manner when they can make II profitable to
do so.
We are glad that the Italian residents
among us are moving To put down the Infamous
{ afio III children that has 50 long disgraced
their native country. These little creatures are
sold IN Italy to be employed abroad as street
musicians. They themselves are starved and
maltrcatcd by their masters, who become rich
through the sums given them by the Kind and
chari,ablr. Such an inhuman traflic should at
once hc stopped and wo trust the effort now
ma&ing may he speedily successful.
The Hon. GEORGE Il. PCGH and large
number Of other prominent citizens Of Cincin-
natl have issued call inviting the people of
Hamilton county and of Ohio IN general to par
ticipate ia the state Convention to be held at
Columbus on July ~. This Is the Convention
called by The Democracy of Al en- county uron
platform Of which the following IL u consp picu-
Gus portion:
"WAereds, Corruption In appalling proportions per
vatee all oi the political aiChutH of t.r 90 utry, 80
that the public confidence e almost entirely oUlite
Hboeas, The cole purpose Of the democratic party
s, and ought 10 b.. the promotion of the public inter
cate and the preservation OF the honor of the pcol
STRAIT that they are nowcrVa~ check couirOl the
.ssli1g tendency toward the utter Generalization of
The politics Of the country"
We rejoice that men So eminent in the Demo-
cratic party AZ Mr. PrGH and his associates
agree In the declaration that the sole purpose
Of the Democratic party ought to he the promo
tion of the public interests and the preservation
of the honor of the p, opic.
Gen. DRiNKERHoFF, Chairman OF the Liberal
Republican state Central Committee Of ohio,
has also called a state Convention 70 meet In
Columbus on the pth inst. Liberal Republi-
cans can hardly fail to approve the doctrines set
forth In the Allen county resolutions, and they
will generally be very ready to accept these
principles a. their own, without regard to pre-
yiOus party affiliations.