The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08
Items Of News.


state that Prince William G. Lunalilo was
almost unanimously elected King Of the
Sandwich Islands by the vote Of the peo-
pie on New Years Day The new King
is thirty eight years old The election, 70
be legitimate, must be ratified by the vote
of the Legislature. II was expected that
this would be given on the Sth instant
Lunalilo was nominated at u mass meeting
in Honolulu on December Goth In the
islands heard from only one vote was cast
against him. The American shipmasters,
at recent meeting, accepted thu result of
the election, and called upon the Prince to
offer their congratulations. The Prince
told them that "his policy would be to
discriminate fairly between natives and
foreigners The Hawaiian Legislature is
chiefly composed of natives of the islands
The funeral of the late King was 10 take
place on the night of the 9Th
Mathew Fontaine Mauy, formerly com
mander in the U. $. Navy, and subsequent
~ commodore in the rebel service, died
at Lexington, Va, ON Saturday, aged GO.
Deceased had worldwide reputation as a
scientist. His Physical Geography ofthe
Sea" was translated into several languages.
He was also the author of Claws for the
Steamers Crossing the Atlantic" 'Letters
on the Amazon and Atlantic Slopes Of
South America; :" Relations Between Navi-
CATION and the Circulation of the Atmos-
phere !" Astronomical Observations, and
other essays on kindred subjects. At the
time of his death he was Professor of
Physics in the Virginia Military Institute
At Peoria, ILL.,, George Schumann died
suddenly in November last, and an insur-
anee of $4,000 on his life was paid over to
his widow. Last Friday night Henry
Shumann, the young son 6fdeccased, died
with symptoms of poisoning Mrs. Schu-
mann and j. ?. Wilder, with whom she is
accused of having had improper relations,
were arrested Sunday, on suspicion. 1t is
supposed they poisoned the elder Sehu-
mann to obtain the amount life insurance
and his son to secure some real estate left
him by his father
England had an enormous foreign trade
last year, the aggregate being S3,046 800
900. The imports were S1,76G6S0 900,
and the exports 81 ,279,S1O,O00. In both
these items there was an increase over the
trade of 1871, the aggregate increase be-
ing nearly two hundred and seventy-eight
millions Of dollars, England stands at the
head Of commercial nations, her trade far
exceeding in volume that of any other
country.
On New Years day, large portion of
Arrow Rock, Mo-. was destroyed by an
incendiary fire, and two days later the rest
of the town was fred in four different
places. Tuesday week three colored men.
named John Sweeney, Clark Cannon and
Reuben Elder, were arrested, and confessed
themselves the incendiaries On Wednes-
day night, all were hanged by vigilance
committee,
The jury in the Wharton case, at Anna
polls, came into Court on Monday and
stated that they were unable to agree.
They We're then discharged They stood
eight for conviction and four for acquittal.
Mrs. Wharton then renewed her recogniz-
anee to answer the charge of attempting to
poison Eugene Van Ness. at the April
term of the Court.
Some Of the proprietOrs of collieries in
Wales contemplate importing Cinnamon
from California to take the place of the
native miners, who are much given to
strikes The idle miners avail them
selves of their leisure to write letters TO
their employers threatening assassination
-
if they attempt the importation of China
men.
Parties in North Carolina have been
victimizing some of the people who have
been unwary enough To be their dupes, by
representing themselves to be in authority
as revenue officials. 1t is believed that a
regular system of fraud has been inaugu-
rated, and extends not only throughout
North Carolina but to other parts of the
South.
The bonds mortgages, &c. stolen from
the banking house of Clarkson 4 Co.. at
Lancaster, on the 18th ult, were found
Sunday morning under the stairway lead
ing to the basement Of ST. Paul's Reformed
Church, in Reading. They amount to
over 100000.
Four boilers in the American iron works
of Jones & Loughlin, at Pittsburg, explod-
ed Monday morning, demolishing portion
of the building. About 300 men were at
work in the building at the time, and of
these six were killed and about thirty in
jured.
At Boston, on Saturday, Alfred o.
Love shot his daughter, Grace, aged 4
years, through the head, inhcting a mortal
wound. He then committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head Domestic
trouble is said to have caused the crime
The defeat of the Carlists in Spain at
their late rising, Jan. IS, is greater than
was reported. Forty-seyen were killed
and over 100 wounded The Carlists are
in consequence dishcartencd, and many
are throwing down their arms.
The Convention on Direct Trade and
Immigration, composed of delegates from
the Southern and Western cities will meet
ut Augusta, Ga, on the 18th inst. The
Georgia State Agricultural Society will
meet on the same day.
The first through train from the Ohio
river, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road, arrived at Richmond, Va, on Satur-
day morning. 1t brought fifty passengers
and four loads of camel coal, the first Of
the kind ever received in Richmond
It is said that subscription is on foot
among members Of the American bar for
the relief of the daughters of the late
Chief-Justiee fancy, who are in reduced
circumstances in Baltimore,
Luther Tucker, proprietor and editor of
the Caliiraor and Country Geatiemaa, of
Albany, n. Y. died in that city on Sunday
night, Jan. 20, aged seventy-one years
He was also the treasurer Of the State
Agricultural Society.
The ore banks of Mt. lEtna in the lower
part of Washington county and the adjoin-