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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

u,vArA December 1.-THE pro-
nosed enrolment, for military du f9rt W.
pll men between. eighteen anu o, ,o' ayo
five years of age, a fourth OF wn9. ua I 10
TO he conscripted for active serVice' -
me Diaro says we are now, az W., me
15tb Of necember, and have raiseu Nv Nv
means and done nothing new s.e eo i'm
the rebellion. Let us give me , II we
pulsc to the winter cam III tha nae
would advance on the ROAD 10 'nv a p
;G U of the Island. The ehgn ,,s
will rain time and territory au% "J
viii have cause to dcplore our crll II nmi
vanillation. Without great anu any, wi vii
red movement on our par. .ne We" hour,
drar OH as it has to the prs sn, Ton Ia
n ms consumed ANNUALLY ron, ron forty
fftnen thousand soldiers anu rsalvcs
n,iilion dollars when we find 9arse, MI
sniien never to rise again: We ,snE
a,e,. ne rsgrct our short-sighted lack
Of preparation. .,,o that the pro
The Voz de Cuba shows . .,h e r i
lonred resistance OF Cas' Sas;n an(
draining the resources o, apoi 4 moi
Weakening her power cas. a ,ho exac
stron@ enough now to oppose the ,, grS
s s;nns Of torcgn governments m ,or n
uonS vi III i' ,end TO the destrdct,on, ~ y
neafly ~, 't ,hc longer his decllnlan,
mower is respected ana o ,ys;, that th,
the greater Is the prooa,nl,I,a,,SS I, Dr. will b
offset of those foreign den at,ars appea
the Captain General, cai a,ats Of Of siege
declare the Island u = s'"''
and to enroll the citizens 5l, arrived to-da'
r,; ~ s, einht hundred soldiers anu -
hundred and fifty seamen'
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, December l7.--Mr.
Wilson, Of Indiana, from the judiciary
comm ttee, reported u resolution au.
thorllMg that the committee send
for persons and papers in the enquiry
rs to the official conduct Of Judge Bus
ted, Alabama, and resolution IN
structing thpt the committee inquire
into and report whether Judge Durell,
OF La, should be impeached for high
crimes and misdemCanorS, with power
to send for persons aud papers.
The Senate proceedings this morning
show llttle probability of the passage
of the bankrupt law before the holt
days.
Sn. Eenton is speakingon finance.
This chukos of the louisiana ques'
ton to-day.
The coal barge Upland, which waa
accidentally sunk in front OF ,he gates
of the dry dock at the Brooklyn navy
yard, preventing the Spanish iron-clad
AriprllaS from going out, was surveyed
to-day by divers preparatory to com
mence the work of raising her. The
contractor for supplying coal vii have
to bear the expense ofraislng the YES
sci, as the government holds that she
was sunk through careessnes'. me
Spanish captain had written to Al,
miral Rowan, expressing an earnest
desire to get away. :,
IN the Genet trial to-day John Nc
Bride Davidson testified that h'
applied to Tweed in 1871 for The
contract for supplying lion work L
Harlem courthouse, and was reieFrtt
TO Genet who directed him To nnEt
oat a bill, aud he did las he wasdirected
but never saw the bill Afterwards, anc
never got any money, supplies o.
goods Ex-Mayor Hall Identified ms
Signature 10 the warrant ior the
money.
No.
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rIyASc.AL Ann COMMERCIAL.
DALLAS, December II, 1878,
corroN.

Receipts At Thompkns 4 Little.
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Very truly yours,
4 NJ AN u

lam candidate for the Office Of Mayo ,pge OF
the city Of Dallas Many ir,eH cana HAN TO
me me 10 onneal | say this. am the canlldnte
IN u, > "p np"onle. bit will abide by ana acqui-
Oh w IN nnY decision made by the democracy
etci he ~, c i Of DALLAS In their Cony,enn,,i9h
o oho MI one be held. NAT. NJ. Buhfoi'p'
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HERR AND rHapr.
lAt centennial lea Paru Al
Boston.

Boston, December 1.-THE Centen-
MAI tea party was largely attended.
Joseph Quincy, President Il. q. Wa
lhrop made an address,
QawEGo, \, Y, December ~, john
H. Parker OF the supreme Court, died
today Of appoplexy,
SAN FRANclsc0, December lS,-rhC
Alaslm has arrived with Minister De,
Long on board,
BAN FRANclsco, December ia
bolitr exploded today In the lnde.
pendent conl mine, in Contra Cots
county, killing John Hays and janice
D9lyl and fatally lnJurlng DayiC
Williams.
ATLANTA, December i7.--At q nu
nlclpal election held to-day ut Sion,
Mountain, Mayor and Council pledge,
to grant no more liquor licenses nm,
was elected by n handsome majority
Election warmly contested both sides
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A Glorious Opportunity Lost The
Note Tor the salary Grabber.
From Inv olnclnnOtl Enqulrcrl

From the Cincinnati Enquirerl
The Democratic members of the
House Numbered TO begin with We
say "blundered'' out of charity, which
"suflereth long, and Is kind" II would
be more correct to say that the Demo-
cratic caucus, and the gentlemen VINO
followed It's bidding, mIracconsly and
disgraccfully violated tav pIcdgo oi
HE party, ignored DE V,ehw %, ihc
great body OF men a3ymoirN ,o np-
resent aud olcadedli.e pttterlhNu'f
of the honest niends Of DNotagi'
IL would have been becoming IN the
Democratic members of the House, II
they meant To be representative, TO
give the public mind some reason Tor
lhe faith that was In It, In the earliest
opportunity lent them IN the Forty
third Congress. But seventy-seyen
members of the House voted for Fer.
nando Wood for the speakership oil
fine House, This vote has special sig
niiiCance
Fernando Wood az much as any man
is responsible for the system ana ten
dency in the Government OF New
York which robbed the city Of millionf
and sent Tweed to Blnckwell's Island
He is tainted with the salaY-g'at
odium. 'Iheyote for him was more SIG
nitleant than it would have been nae
thore been II hope of his election
There was no question of political eS,
pediency to warp the better Judgment
of members.
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MARKETS BY TELL""

xrw ORLEANS, December .,l ls.- sSis.
.on--fair den c;noj ordinary to strict strict
sl nod o GaTs GliISi5.c low %da aood
lost 70 Strict low middIinrp. , Ioss s52s bales.
mIddlirg l7sc,. Receipt SssIP b.l Us stock
Exports-continepnt s SrIs y 1880 bales'
ioO,37O bales, UhsV'"
Hoid ilfl
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


At FIELDS THEATEh'
p.osassor W. N. George win give 2 crane crane,
,,rru,aSede and Fancy Dress Ball ~ lg In !,
irnoatar Tuesday night, win pec' i"'
- I've conducted as follows ,,,out nm
:" ryyrst-No one can get ticket W''i .'' MOI
,n',ita,,on ticket. Strangers VINO a." w Con- an.
n nv,vn1 ere required to give reference 10 ''
nor SIocond"Any gentlemen with ,, IN y, lnt Con.
TO-, can get u ticket on appilca''o" "
nor & Walker. -, :, ,o,nmittee of four OF
Az, citizens OF Dallas, 10 see wy ,ne s,a,,
the ~ o,,.antlemen entering the nan Wv se"'
every S.vnnchjn4 for his lady COMPANY ,oI
Fourth-~he moskers VIII ., "r, ,tancss viii
o'r,ock. and under no si'e niinred 10 leave
o, fil lady or gentlemen be ailowea , :,
,he Hall without passing 'he
comml.,S vii he fine band OF music, oerut !,
inste aramme and everything necessary y
MAKE '"1 COMMITTEES or INVITATION, Yrdv,
1nhnson, II. 2. AunSpaugn, ouuf'
N NJ Burford, John Wa nS,sy
Teonard. Major Jas. Z, Barsiss,',,os
Leoh"'T Committee oN ExAMiSG ,a,nnc, John c
co,onei George ". Baylor, Co,qn n,ar las Las .
M eC Captain $. j. Adams ""'' '
/ Ba.kley a ,to,ets 50 70.
Froiesso' Manager.
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Yesterdays receipts, as win be seen, Fe'e
perhaps The largest " the season, The FAR
ket being unusually ac,lyO nom cerloi idhc
morning until Ia 9 IN The evening, Prices
reached as high as II aud liHc,
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

"a IN. Voters Of the Ui.y Of Dallas;
hereby announce myself as q c9naia a 3
for Ninyor OF Dallas, ana | do SO without INC 5
solicitation OF friends or condemnation W VI
enemies; Having no irlg lina,n W. l'c can adj
Uur Ter tnsIice without bias OF prejudice III
this position, will lie thankful Tor your sup
port. vorv truly yours,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

on the floor beside the corpse. The wo-
man was about seventy years of age
though quite active and vigorous. The
money was in a small trunk in a cup
board, which was forced open.
Intelligence was communicated to the
police Authorities, and Marshal Gray and
Deputy Marshal Frey, with Captain
Kenney, of the eastern district, reached
the scene before Mr.. Lampley had re-
turned from the theater. Coroner Suit
ger was notified and reached the scene
of mourning, but after viewing the body
decided to defer holding an inquest un-
til this morning.
The house is one of row on Mulikan
street, between Caroline and Bond, and
on the left runs wide alley to the rear
of the door Of the kitchen, and it is sup
posed that the murderer entered at the
rear. Mr.. Lampley, the husband of the
murdered lady, was formerly a fisher
man, but for years past had followed
carting, and had amassed a considera-
BILE sum of money. He was supposed
by his neighbors to be very wealthy,
and it is thought that whoever commit
ted the bloody deed went for plumber.
DR.. Andre, the family physician, will
make a post mortem, the result of which
will come before the jury this morning.
The scene at the house at one o'clock
this morning, when the children and
grand children of the murdered woman
had assembled, was not easily described.
The aged husband seemed to lose all
sight of the loss of his hard earnings,
and thought only of his murdered wife,
while his children, stricken themselves
appeared to use all their endeavors to
sOOthe him.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09
THE MILITIA correspondent ask

THE MILITIA.-A correspondent asks
us, whether, under the new militia law,
"all the enrolled militia or only the vol
unteer infantry, provided for in the
fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of the
act, are subject to annual drill, muster
etc. Although the act is in some re-
spects, decidedly muddled, yet it seems
to us entirely clear On this point. To
be sure only one regiment of volunteer
infantry is to be organized, and this is
to constitute the whole organized mill
tia force of the State, yet, "a parade of
each regiment for drill ETC., is ordered,
and it is also provided that ''the COM
mander-in-chief shall be authorized to
order additional parades each year by
company, regiment, brigade or division,
as he may deem advisable, not exceed
ing three days in each year, at such
time and place as he may direct, and
under such rules and regulations as he
may prescribe" 1t is these provisions,
probably, that have given rise to the
DuJ IL w III NC ODSCI NGu
by careful reading of the law, that
they apply only to the organized infant
ry. The enrolled militia, are, so to
speak, merely reserve force. Section
d, after providing for calling out the
organized militia in certain cases, goes
on and further provides that sin case of
riot, rebellion or instruction within this
State, or in case of invasion or immedi-
ate danger thereof, the commander-in-
chief is hereby authorized to raise from
the enrolled militia, by draft or other
wise, such additional force of infantry,
cavalry or artillery as he shall deem
necessary, and such additional force,
while continued in service, shall be sub
ject to all the provisions of this act. "
The object of the new law was to re-
duce expenses, and if the whole enrolled
militia were to be drilled annually, and
to receive therefor two dollars per day,
it is difficult to see where the saving
would come in.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

other because he is a stranger. If he
comes with letters of introduction he
will be Hospitality received at once.
Blood is the great inherited inbred mis-
fortune of these people. Its annual cost
exceeds all taxes. 1t augments the cost
of living; it handouts industry 1t is
the old man of the woods who rides on
everybody's shoulders. This old blood
bigotry looks askance at all save &C
credited gentility. Good breeding, not
well blooded is ever suspected. Cour-
teous, free, frank and open hospitality is
the first of the ten commandments to a
Virginian, and so generous IS it that
northernism is fairly overlaid by it when
the northern man by authenticated re-
spectability challenges its exercise. He
who comes here must make up his mind
to receive and exercise it, and a huge
incubus it is, a vast national waste;
waste not so much of food and cure as
the time lost by it. Think of young,
sturdy farmers spending a quarter of
their time in neighborly visiting, the
time lost to host and guest as well. They
come in season and out of season, mostly
out of season. They crowd your house
and turn out you and your wife to sleep
upon the floor; to interfere with your
business alack-a-daY, these people seem
to have none and take it kindly.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09
Cfrcusp,ssantiaI Evidence.

Ben Shilby, Arthur Shelby, Ball
Woods and William Woods were con-
victed of murder in the first degree, in
Burnet county this week, and sentenced
by Judge Turner to be hanged on Friday,
the 10Th of January next. The prosecu-
ton was conducted by Judges Terrill
and Walker, employed by the friends of
the murdered man. The case was one
of the most interesting in the annals of
criminal trials, and the evidence, though
conclusive was entirely circumstantial.
Ben McKeever, the murdered man, was
shot from his horse at night near the
residence of the Shelbys, his throat cut,
and his body carried on horseback three
miles, and thrown into a cave in the
prairie $50 feet deep. A large rock was
placed on the bloody spot where his
throat was cut, and apparently every
precaution was taken to avoid detection.
The appearance of the rock indicated to
the keen eye Of the trontiersman that it
had been recently placed there. Close
by it was paper wadding that had been
fired from a shot gun. On examining
the gun of Ben Shelby, paper wadding
was found in it, and another piece of
paper found under Shelby's doorstep. In
his house was found the Chimney Cor
7aer periodical, and it was ascertained by
comparison that the three pieces of gun
wadding had been torn from that paper.
A small fragment of McKeever's coat, of
peculiar texture, found at the bloody
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

CURIOUS ENGLISH STRlKEs.-Strange
strikes have occurred in England before
now, but the latest is still the oldest.
Richmond's four curates adopted the pop
ular argument Of refusal to perform
their duties against their vicar. AS they
formed the entire force of that class of
laborers in the town the curates went
out" on Sunday morning, confident
of a decisive victory They did not,
however, place proper estimate upon
the vicarious resources of capital and of
modern invention which has made light
ming an erraud messenger. Their ener-
getic superior ordered mp reinforce
ments Of curates By telegraph, and in
spite of the detection of his reapers in
the harvest field of souls was able to get
through ten services in two churches in
the course of the day. Those striking
curates were themselves struck, and
learned too late that the attempt to de-
prive the people of spiritual light, like
the plot of the gas -stokers to leave Lon
don in the dark, was futile, while them
selves were the persons most injured by
their coptumacy.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

Mrs. WHARroN's TRIAL.-The trial of
Mrs. Wharton for the alleged attempt
to poison Mr.. Eugene c. Van Ness,
commenced at Annapolis yesterday.
AS the prosecution relies mainly on the
expert evidence of Prof. Aiken, the pro-
liabilities are strongly in favor of an ac-
quittal, his accuracy being doubted. He
took the glass in which Mr.. Van Ness
medicine had been mixed, and which
contained about spoonful of sediment,
said to have been tartar emetic, and
used the whole mass in his experiments.
The defense will claim that his reactions
might have been produced from any
simple, innocuous alkaloid, and chal-
lenge the correctness of his conclu-
sions.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

AN ITALIAN SENSATION. An English
man formed an attachment for beauti-
full girl, which was not reciprocated. At
ter bis suit had been rejected he met her
with her sister, in the fashionable prom
enade of the city, and in the immediate
presence of several witnesses, after a
short angry conversation with them,
drew revolver, fired at both, instantly
killing his favorite, and then deliberate
ly shot himself through the head and fell
dead. The story is not antagonistic to
the popular idea of hot Italian blood,
but as the chief actor was of cold
northern race, thereis room for surprise
at such tragic ending of the Neapolitan
love romance.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

Rex OVER. Yesterday afternoon, as
John Hurley, his wife and baby were
crossing Merchants Row in the direction
of the depot, the wife and child were
knocked down by passing horse, and
Mrs. II. run over and somewhat injured.
The horse was driven by John Root, a
butcher, at a reckless, breakneck speed,
and it was, doubtless owing to this head
long speed that the accident occurred.
Mrs. H, we understand, although the
sleigh passed over her, was but slightly
injured, while the child escaped entirely
unframed. Hurley, himself, believed in
prompt, retributiye justice an, therefore,
without stopping to ''pick up his wife
and child, went for Root and inflicted
summary punishment on the spot. The
wonder, to us, is that there are not more
of this class of accidents occurring, as
the speed with which horses are driven
through the streets, which ladies and
children are constantly crossing and re-
crossing, is reckless in the extreme, and
should at once be stopped. Our laws
are ample to this end and should be
summarily enforced.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

SUDDEN DEATH. Levi Pierce, young
man residing on Center street, died very
suddenly yesterday morning. He had
been in usual health and, but a few min
utes before, had been walking around
the house. Soon after he arranged the
pillows on the bed, laid down, and in a
minute or two was dead. He had been
for some time afflicted with disease of
the heart.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

ALMOST A FIRE.-The house owned
and occupied by Mr.. Abram Williamson,
of Middlebury, came near being burned
last week. Mrs. Williamson had been
ironing some clothes which, to air them
thoroughly, she hung on chair near the
stove and stepped out for few minutes.
Upon returning, she found the clothes
on fire with the chair nearly bnrned and
the carpet ablaze. A few minutes more
and the house would have been on fire,
with probabilities that it would have
been consumed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

spot, revealed the fact that the murder
had been committed there There were
many other circumstances pointing to
the accused persons as the murderers,
but one deserves especial mention. On
carefully placing the paper where the
blood had been found by the rock, and
comparing it with the wadding found in
Ben Shelby's gun, the following enigma
could be read from one paper to another:
with piece of paper or a slate,
BIT round the fire both large and small;
letter make, almost an eight,
And now you see what covers all.
Austin, TerdS, Statesman, Dec. IA.
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From the Baltimore American Jan. j
Murder i'm Baltimore.
AN AGED WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN HER
HoUsR-$1. 200 TAKEN.

A most deliberate and cold-blooded
murder was committed last night in the
eastern section of the city. Mr.. John
Mercer Lampley, residing at 102 Null
kan street, left his residence with his
married daughter, Mrs. John English,
for Ford's Opera House, leaving his wife
in good health. About 81 o'clock,
grown up son returned home and being
unable to gain admittance either by the
front or back way, forced bis way in by
the help of the neighbors. A terrible
Law dead on the floor of the parlor, but
without any marks of violence. An
alarm was raised and the neighbors
flocked in. On the return of the family
it was ascertained that the house had
been robbed of one thousand dollars In
bank notes and one hundred and fifty in
gold. The rings were taken from Ter
fingers and her pockets were turned in
side out. Mrs. Lampley wore a valuable
pair of ear rings, one of which was torn
from her, and was subsequently found
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

RUTLAND RAILROAD. The ST. Adams
Messenger gives currency to the follow
ing eve hear rumor to the effect that
the Rutland Railroad has been sold to the
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., but do
not know whether 1t is well founded
If such is the fact, we shall probably
hear of it by way of Boston or New
York some time next week"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09

CRUSHED BY THE Snow. = A large
barn, owned by Sylvester Fuller in Rip
ton, was crushed in by the weight of
snow, increased by the rain, on Friday
of last week. It was nearly destroyed,
and cannot be used again. Fortunately
there were no cattle or horses in the
barn at the time of the fall.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-09
from the New Haven Palladium. Jan g.
Reported Confession by Mrs. Sher-
man, the Derby Prisoner.

Since the conviction of lydia Sher-
man, last April, of poisoning Horatio F.
Sherman, of Derby, she has lain IN the
jail IN this city, as the Court gave her
counsel leave 10 argue before the Su-
preme Court for a new trial. Her coun-
sci, Mr.. Watrous, decided at the last
moment not to do so, and she will be
brought before the Superior Court next
week and receive her sentence, which
will be State Prison for life. Since she
has been in the Jail, Mr.. Webster, while
not relaxing in discipline, has extended
to her every courtesy and privilege in
his power. For these favors Mrs. Sher-
man has been very grateful, and has re-
turned them by making to Mr.. Webster
a full confession of her deeds and COM
plete history of her life. This she gave
unsolicited. About a week ago she told
Mr. Webster that she should like 10
make q confession to him, and since that
time from day to day has done so, and
il is now completed.
Her confession, il is understood, goes
beyond acknowledging the poisoning of
Mr.. Sherman, and extends far back IN
her history The details Of her deeds,
her reasons. and the number of her vic
Tins, she has told with perfect frank
ness. An impression has gone abroad
that she had implicated others, but this,
we understand, Is not true The con
fession is not to be published until after
her sentence, next week.
After Mrs. Sherman had made the
confession, she remarked that burden
of years-one which had weighed upon
her days, and which sleep could not ease
bad been taken from her mind, and
she had ever been. In her sleep the tor
ments of remorse had narrowed her in q
manner that she could never describe.
For several days she has been visited by
several persons for the purpose of Civ
ing religious advice and consolation, and
Yesterday spent the afternoon in CONVEX
sation with three persons upon religious
subjects. She says she is perfectly viii
ling TO receive her sentence and die IN
the prison, but hopes that even there she
can find means of doing some good.