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New-York tribune., 1873-03-20
FOREIGN NOTES.

Mr.. James L. Orr the newly appointed Minis
fer OF the United States to Russia received by the
Gar yesterday, and he presented his credentials.
The religious excitement in Geneva, Swltzer-
land caused by preaching OF Father Hydcnthe is in
creasing The reverend gentleman is meeting with great
success. The Uitram0ntanes are much exasperated'
The Porto Rico Abolition bill was again under
consideration IN the Spanish National Assembly, on
Tuesday An amendment offered by senor Ruiz, pro
yidng that abolition Of Slavery on the island snail DE
gradual, was rejected.
The French Assembly, yesterday afternoon,
ratified without dissenting voice the treaty signed on
Saturday last between NJ Theirs and Count Won Arnim
the German En- bassadOr providing Tor te payment Oi
the war Indemnity and the evacuation Of french lerf
tory.
I'll Poruenir Of Vale GOttel, Nicaragua, OF
the 22d Of February says the praetcaby OF the ship
canal through Nicaragua has been settled by the aDors
Of the present United States surveying party IN MICA
ragua. The difference OF levels between Lake manaSuh
and the large lake OF Nicaragua has been deteIhed 10
be ~ 36l0O feet American. and "A $40 ieet hpans meas
ure The surveying party visited the capital ana on lhe
18th OF FEBRUARY last took the steamer on the lde
Was to convey them TO Virgin Bay.
Great excitement has been caused III
Panama by the discovery Of band Of connterieitefs
The chief manufacture 10 have been OF peruvian
soies and Mexican and Colombian dollars The principal
Louis Berry. ewiss. who now under arrest WIN
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Mariana Campos. Manuel Carenas Conchnn. Manuel y.
Manca. and Francisco G.. HcrmOso all Spanards, WIN
another called Ignaco Delgado native Of the Republic
OF Ecuador. All these parties IN jail hut from the
many influential persons by whom they must have Decn
protected 1t is doubtful how far justice will be admins
tered To Them
On the 2Gth of September last the Secretary
of State Of Bogota Issued circular to all the Covert
ments Of Central America and South America inviting
them TO cooperate with the United States OF Colombia
with view to induce the United States OF America TO
unite with them in persuadng Spain to recognize tie
independence OF Cuba, and accept an equivalent ~
money, the sum agreed upon to be made up by the an
ferent associated Republics and that in the mean te
the war now going on shall be humanized congress
on the lst OF February gave it's approval to the pIcpo
sltiOn, and TO Il diplomatic note on the subject
New-York tribune., 1873-03-20
THE CURRENT OF LECISLATlOy
rsY TELEGRAPH TO THR rmBuNEl

DoEOHUEs GAS CONSUMERS CApFy,s
CROSS-TOwS ROAD-CIvM RIGHTs-A CANAL
QUESTION sTREET-OPENING DAMAGES
NEW QUARANTINE BILL.
lPROh TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT oP TIP rp1prrp
ALBANY, March 19.-Mr Donohue's bll for
the protection Of gas against fraud and er
tortOn up its final passage in the Assembly This
morning in the order Of third readings This bin pro
Vides that all gas companies n the Cities Of NewYork
and Brooklyn shall furnish gas Of Illuminating power
equivalent 10 sperm candles and that the price there
ioT shan not exceed s. per 1000 feet II also provides
or the appointment by the Governor OF State gas In
pecto who shall have power 10 appoint assistants not
exceeding II IN number, whose duty 1t shall be 10 make
analytical tests Of the quality Of gas furnished less
lhan once q year, and as much Oftener
~ey shall be asked 80 TO do by three gas
''Dsnners These tests are to be made with
su' previous notice 10 the companies, and II the
AUAV fals below the steadard Of s candles the com.
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THE SUMNER RESOLUTIONS IN THE MAssACHU.
SETS LEGISLATURE.

BosToN, March 19.-IR the House of Repre-
senatves this afternoon, the report OF the Committee
Federal Relations in the matter ofexpungng from tho
journals OF the Legislature the resolutions of
Senator Sumner. passed at the extra session. up,
and, after brief discussion the time ned for taking
the vote arrived when the House refused 10 substitute
the resolve resembling and annung the resolve OF tho
last Legislature which offered by the minority OF
the Committee Federal Relations by 40 Yeas 10 lS7
Nays. The other substitutes, offered during tho ten
days debate on the subject were all rejected as was
motion TO postpone the matter indefinitely the latter by
vote OF % 10 3o and the report OF the Committee gy
Ing leave To withdraw TO the petitioners for the rescnd.
Ing OF the resolves then adopted The report Wul
come w In the senate IN . day or two
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a PRECEDENT FOR GOV DIX.

THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE BUCKHOUT AND
FOSTER GASES THE STATEMENT or TIE
JURORS IN THE FORMER CASE NOT RE
GARDED BY GOV HOFFMAN,
ALBANY, March 19.-lnquiries were made at
the Office of the Secretary Of State today in regard to
the three referred to IN Gov Dixs letter to the
Tying. in which Gov. Hoffman refused to regard
recommendations 10 mercy WHICH accompanied tho
verdcts OF murder.
These inquiries have brought to light IN which
Gov Hoffman refused TO regard the statements ofjurors
under circumstances closely resembling those Of Fosters
case. 1t is as follows: Isaac V. W. Buckhout was
sentenced to death for murder the 8th Of July 1871
and the time fixed for his execution was on the 1st of
September lS7l On the 2lst Of August the following
letter was addressed to Gov. Hoffman by the jurors:
To His ErceteHey JOHN T. HOFFMAN, G0rernor-sIR:
The unders gned jurymen who tried and found guilty
degree, recommended nm TO mercy on ac-
count Of the doubts had OF his sanity by one
ease, at the time nc committed the homicide,
and we beg further state that the said jury would not
without ITS beng coupled win 10 Tue
mercy of tho Executive and the undersigned jury re-
sentence OF the said Isaac " W. Buckhout to imprson-
ment in the state Prison Tor Ale -
W. II. III. BAKER VIM CORNELL,
THos. j. MCCARTY, ISAAC c. SHELDON,
CLARK DAVIS, MM. WALSH
DANIEL CHASE ~. 4. WEEKS,
Dated August u, l6ll
There were other letters, one Of which, from w. ". H.
Baker, one OF the jurymeu who signed the foregoing
letter, contained the following passage:
From the start Mr. Weeks ready to vote for
der in the second degree aud stood by 1t until lac con-
cudcd that with murder in the first degree with tie
recommendation TO mercy, BuckhOut would not be hung
and therefore equivalent to murder the second
degree, when he united with the eleyen.i
On the Goth Of August, Gov Hoffman respited Buck
hout until the 10Th Of September II days, give time
for further examination Of the case On that day he
was hanged. The resemblance of this to Fosters
is very remarkable.
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THE BANK OF ENGLAND FRAUDS.

RELEASE OF THE PERSONS ARRESTED AT CORK.
LONDON, Wednesday, March 10, 1873.
The three men arrested in Cork yesterday
on suspicion of being the persons who committed the
frauds on the Bank Of England released from
tody this morning. no evidence connecting them with
the forgeries having been produced
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MONOPOLY OVERTHROW.

TO the Editor Of The TrtbUpe.
SIR: The great monopoly is utterly broken TO
piecesyeserday In the Senate, to-day in the Assembly
This delivorauce at once and forever from rail-
road domination and special privilege in the interest OF
capital as against the people, Thanks to the press Of
New-Jersey and NewYork j. DAGGETT HeST
Trenton, ". j., March 10, 1873
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sEPIOUs RIOT IN ENGLAND.

CONFLICT BETWEEN ENGLIsHMEN AND IRISH
MEN AT WOLYERHAMPTON-T THREE THOU
SAND PERSONS ENGAGED.
LONDON. Wednesday, March 10, 1873.
A serious riot between Englshmen and Irish
men occurred in Wolyerhampton, a town Of Stafford
SHIRE twelve miles from birmingham. yesterday AT
least 5000 persons were engaged in the conflict Fire
arms and knives were freely used and there much
boodshed though of fatal injury has been re-
ported At last accounts from the town order had been
restored and it was believed there would be no repe
ton OF tho riOting.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
THE BRITISH CABINET CRISIS.

THE BRITISH CABINET CRISIS.
A NEW CABINET TO BE FORMED BY MIR. GLAD
STONE.
LONDON Wednesday, March 10, 1878.
Mr Gladstone and his Cabinet colleagues were in
consultation four hours yesterday. Mr.. Gladstone
proceeded to Windsor, today and submitted to the
Queen the names Of the incoming Cabinet
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THE SPANISH ASSEMBLY.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

MADRID, Wednesday, March 49, 1873
Francisco SalmerOn was, to-day elected
President OF the National Assembly, and sarGral and
IOpeZ, Secretaries
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II seems" says Mr.. Charlton, thht sucn soul AM
mates me body of who breathes at this moment
on the floor the House OF Commons, and for one do
ana his zeal Is too great" Mr. Charlton then defended
Ihe Legislature ana the State OF Illinois, aud proceeded
10 detail OF the admirable features or the Illinois
ConstitutIou among which the provision for minor
inv reprcsentaOn, the abolition Of the functions OF the
lobby through the prohibition OF legislation upon private
bills, aud the admirable provision Tor preventing the
formation oil railway moDopoieA
New-York tribune., 1873-03-20

MR.. SMITHS STORY OF THAT S1,5O0-How HE
WAS RETAINED AND WHAT HE DTD-MR.
HALE's ACCOUNT OF THE ERIE CAMPAIGN
PLENTY OF LEGISLATION BUT NO MONEY
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-25
Sewer County News.

CoBTowN, June s, 1878.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: The above is the
name of our little town in the 9Th district,
and [ am glad to inform the readers of
your valuable paper that / was present on
the above date at a Sabbath-school organi-
zation in said town. The citizens turned
out in mass and all seemed Jealous in the
good cause The school has secured the
services of Elder James Ellis as Superin-
tendent, whose character rs peacc-makcr
during the late war is unparalleled. Rev.
w. G.. McPearson was elected as principal
teacher, whose reputation as Gospel
minister is too well known to need any
comments. The good cause of the sabbath
school can not help but prosper In the
charge of the above named and much be-
loved brethren.
We have had one of the heaviest rains
that has visited this part of the country
for many years. The creeks and small
branches We're SO much overtlown that
they swept away entire fields of corn and
fencing. a small creek swept about five
thousand panels of fence entirely away for
Mr.. = II. Smith, and left his crop entirely
to the woods. MIR. j. r.. Leek had barn
pattern washed away by the same stream.
He had it about ready to raise, but it
thought fit to 90 fishing.
The citizens of this district met at the
Powder Spring school house on the 9TH
under the direction of DR.. y. II. krOuse
and organized a farmers club. We wish
the club good success.
Wehave a small lot of distilleries in this
county we could dispose of and have
plenty to do in hard times when milk is
scarce. Yours truly, W.
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Farmers, Notes from Cooke County.

EDITORS CHRONICLE: The Farmers
Club organized at this place month ago
under the supervision of G. w. Charlton,
held its first meeting this evening. The
topics that engaged the attention of the
Club were in substance: "The object and
benefits of the organization" and 1.-THE
propriety of reducing the area of the corn
CROP Opinions were interchanged freely
and more or less deliberately. Our farm
ers seem to be impressed with the neces-
sity of organization and co-operation-a
necessity arising not more from similar
organization, in other persuits than from
the demands of agricultural progress.
The more intelligent class foresee an
impending crisis. There must be de-
parture from their old method. Hitherto
corn and hogs have been the chief staple
productions. They are not so remunera-
tive as formerly and, unless abandoned or
managed differently, will entail upon the
farming community the hopeless curse of
exhausted lands. The question of great
concern with them is, with what shall we
replace them so as TO make farming pay
and at the same time improve our lands?
The opinion prevails that they should re-
sort to red clover and the grasses.
Doubtless the Cl,t6 must be fraught with
good to our community, and with the
many that are organizing throughout the
land, we hope to see the agricultural in
terests of the entire commonwealth revive
and assume leading position of respecta-
bility among the industrial pursuits of
our country.
The fruit crop in this section is an entire
failure. The yield of wheat will probably
be q little more than half as large as usual.
In the course of three or four days farmers
will commence harvesting. Oats since
the recent rains are Cooking up" Grass
meadows rather short, clover moderate
The corn crop is very promising.
AMOS.
BIG CREEK, Cooke Co, June 20.
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WASHINGTON.
About the Back Pay.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE total
amount of back pay returned to the Unit
ed States Treasury is Sl92,O2l and 81 cents,
and the number of Senators and Represen-
tatives who declined to receive it is 40.
The Treasury Department has issued an
order closing the United States Deposito-
ry at Cincinnati, and assigning the bust
ness of that Office to Assistant Treasurer
William +. Davis, who was recently quail
flied.
The legislature of Texas, in view of
Mexican depredations on the border, has
provided for employing a volunteer force
for the purpose of protection.
Mrs. Hall, the widow of Captain Hall,
who is still in Washington, did not come
here to represent her needy condition to
the Secretary of the Navy, rs has been
stated but to see the EsquimauX, 10 and
Hannah, to learn from their lips the sad
particulars of her husbands death. In
this she was disappointed, as they had
been sent to Maine. On his previous eX
petitions, Mrs. Hall always confidently
looked for his safe return. but on his last
voyage she had preserEiment that he
would never come back.
Meacham favors the continuance of the
present Indian Peace Policy, saying that
there are white men in California and Or
egon, more responsible for Gen. Canby's
murder than Capt. Jack.
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Hog Breeding,

The hog is subject to remarkable changes
of form and characters according to the sit
uatiOns in which he is placed. When
these characters assume a certain degree of
permanence, breed or variety is formed :;
and there is none of the domesticated ami
mails which more easily receives the Char
acters we desire to impress upon it. This
arises from its rapid powers of increase,
and the cOnstancy with which the charac-
tiers of the parents are reproduced in the
progeny. There is no kind of live stock
that can be so easily improved by the
breeder, and 50 quickly suited to the pur-
poses required. And the same characters
of external form indicate in the hog dis
position to arrive at early maturity of
muscle and fairness, as in the OK and sheep,
The body is large in proportion to the
limbs, or, in other words, the limbs are
short in proportion to the body; the eX-
tremities are free from coarseness, the
chest is broad, and the trunk round. Pos
sessing these characters, the hog never fails
to arrive at earlier maturity, and with Il
smaller consumption of food, than when
he possesses a different conformation.
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For Farm Hands.

There are two classes of work hands and
always were. The one are good ones the
other poor ones. y good hand on farm
will always try to please the man he is
working for. Such hands are worth nearly
double as much per month as those that
don't care how the work is done. Such
will often times get mad when they are
told how to do thing, or piece of work
they are to do. Such hands are generally
those that look for high wages. L have
had trials of both classes, and won't hire
poor hands, such that will take their own
way, if / must pay five or six dollars
more per month for good ones. The best
hand that | ever hired was boy sixteen
years old, and he was a champion that
was worth a gold medal. He had an eye
on everything that was on the farm. He
was never idle, he always had
everything at its right place. He
knew where to go for everything
that was needed. He took great pride in
anxious for me to prosper in everything.
He was the best pillow hand l ever had. He
kept his fuTOw as straight as line from
one end of the field to the other. Every
person that passed along the road where
he was blowing took notice of his'nice
straight blowing. Now this same hand
gets the highest wages and some extra
Now, young farm hands, take this for adj
vice, 1t will be worth gold medal to you
and you can get get good homes all the
time, and good price for your work. AL
ways take advice from the man you are
working for. Then you will have lthC
pleasure Of seeing smiling faces in the fam.
lily where you are at work. Such pleasure
is worth a thousand times more than II
the drinking and gambling houses,
BROTHER FARMER.
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The Wheat Crop.

The early sowed wheat is about ready to
cut. Farmers see their mistake this har-
vest, in sowing too late. Wheat that had
been sown from the 10th of September, to
the 10th of October is good. Land that
was farmed right, and the drilled
wheat is much better than that sown
broadcast. l won't broadcast my
wheat again, as it don't pay by
considerable as well as drilling. A great
many farmers think they can not afford to
buy a drill. One drill will do for four or
five farmers, if they don't farm OH too
large a scale. Better farm less and have
the land in good cultivation, which it re-
quires to be, for drilling. If four or five
farmers join together, and each one put 20
acres in with a good drill, the drill will
over pay for itself the first year. / have
known drills that over paid for them
selves the first year on 80 acres of land.
In Ohio, L can get hundreds of farmers
that will testify to the above statement,
in one county alone. Now farmers of
Knox county, No. l drills can be had in
Knoxville with Mr.. Hough, at fair price.
He has drills that can not be beat by any
other. Experience has told me so, and j
want all my brother farmers to prosper as
well as myself. My health has been very
poor for some time, so | cannot do much
hard work, and / do not expect to do much
| this summer, SO / intend to write an ar
ticle occasionally for the interest of farm
ers. / also like to see articles from broth
er farmers. Let US make the farmers col
umn interesting every week in the CHRoN
ICLE. JAS. DETwILER.
Beaver Creek, Tenn, June IA, 1878.
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AND HOME.
SEWER County News.

HENRN's y ROADS, June il, 1873.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Yesterday we
were visited by the heaviest rain fall prob
ably that has occurred in this county with
in the recollection of the oldest citizens.
We, in this land, are not scientific enough
TO keep out at all times a rain gauge to tell
precisely the number of inches, but, by
accident, a lady in our neighborhOod left
small boiler out to rust instead of keeping
it within doors, and by that means was
furnished with "a pretty correct data and
give, that in two hours and u half there
was not less than seven inches rs the re-
suit. Information has been received that
it was not confined to this county, but
a part of Jefferson, though we are conf
dent that il has not extended very far east,
because the swell in the French Broad
would not warrant il. Great damage is
the result. one of our neighbor- saws
that one more such will cause him to hunt
for a new farm, and others are, no doubt,
thinking the same. The water accumu-
lated sovery rapidly that stock feeding were
alarmed and attempted TO gain high places,
but were arrested and carried away and
drowned. Acres upon acres of corn, wheat
and oats are destroyed and will cut short
the average crop greatly where II passed.
The roads, too, are without question,
torn to pieces worse than ever before in
this neighborhood, and if the jurors of the
coming courts are very eXacting, the over
seer's must hide OUT or suffer terribly.
The farmers have all been fencing in this
vicinity, all day, and must not regard the
sacredness of tomorrow, but complete the
gaps or guard to save crops upon the hill
for there is none in the valleys. The rain
fell very quietly. No mud, what great
blessing! We should rejoice that it was
no worse and "be content with the ways of
Cod
Wheat is about ready to harvest and
farmers are thinking that the wheat left by
the wiuter freeze, will be good, and it is
thought will result in about a half crop.
"We are not out of the brush" quite yet,
though the explanation on the system, by
the Comptroller and the editorial in your
paper of last week. tend much to alleviate
the aftliction, both of assessor and tax
payer, a READER.
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FROM GREENEyILLE.
One Additional Death-HOpe that the
Worst Is Over.
GREENEyILLE, June 10, lS7,

GREENEvILLE, June 10, 1873.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: We are still hav-
ing some excitement here about the chol-
era, yet as you know, there are doubts in
the minds of some as TO whether it is real
ly the cholera or not There was one death
last night, a Mrs. Presley, and one the
night before, a child two years old, daugh-
ter of John Cooper. There are no seeming
ly dangerous cases now, though there are
number of new cases reported Of the dys-
entary. Some Of these may prove to be the
beginning Of something worse
Our people are very much excited and
frightened. Quite number of the citizens
have left town. The fact that nothing Of
the sort was ever know here in this heal
thy town, makes it seem much more
frightful than in other towns. Ten deaths
in one week here is calculated TO make an
impression on the nerves of the citizens
i viii try to keep you advised. Every pre-
caution possible is being taken. Our ply
siclans are very active and as yet answer
ing every call. OF course there seems to be
more excitement than is necessary, yet
this rs not to be wondered at under all the
circumstances. Yours, &C.,
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HaPrOMS.

Last Spring made three harrows in
shape of triangle. They are g.! feet from
corner to corner. / hook two of them to
the back corners of the front one with
hook and eyes, and hook the corners of
two back harrows together, and | have
the best harrow have ever seen, and |
have tried nearly all kinds. 1t puiverizes
the ground better and laps down on rough
land and keeps clean easier, and in stumpy
or soddy ground does the work better with
less hitching on stumps, than any harrow
have seen. u. ]. EMERY.
ASH RIDGE, WIS.
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