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ERIE.
Jim Fisk's Scrap BOOB.

NEW YORK, April 1.-At the Erie inVes-
tigation this evening the following extracts
were rad from mutilated book found in
the Erie railroad Office and furnished by
Watson:
James Fisk, Jr., legal and incidental ex-
penses, March to December 1868, Sl71 4O4;
Danr. Drew, March 1868, $4,000; Jay
Gould, S122, 900, from March to December
1868; Hamilton Harris, 1865, legal expenses,
$4,000; William NJ. Tweed, December
1865, legal services, $4,000; Peter Sweeney,
1868, S15O,OOO; Henry Thompson, legal
expenses, July 80, 1868, S159,50O; A. t
Barber, MAY 1859, $4,000; Hamilton Harris,
January to July 1869, $22,443; Wm. M.
Tweed, $29,912; Sam'l J. TildeD, January
and February 1869, $4,000; A. Van, ,Vech-
ten, $1,000; A. T. Barber, March to June
1870, $4,000; Thos. G. Fields, $50, 900;
JAS. Fisk, Jr., November 1869 to juno 1870,
$4,000; Jay Gould, 1869, $1,000; L. II.
Hamilton, S2,5OO; Senator -----, $1,000;
Jones & Marsh, $4,000; legal expenses
September 1870, $149, 900; Hamilton Harris,
$4,000; Jos. A. Brien, $1,000; VIM. M.
Tween, S47,750; A. Van Vechten, $500;
Hugh Hastings, legal expenses, April 70,
1868, $4,000.
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F.. REmARkAsLE OLD WOMAN.

A remarkable old woman named Vrgl-
ME Chesquires, has just departed TINS NE
close 10 Issy, near Paris. She hsd almost
attained her hundredth year, aud had De-
haved with remarkable heroism daring the
war of the First Empire, at which period
she fought as a soldier in the 9th regiment.
She went through the PeniLsular campaign
and gained the rank Of Sergeant for gal
lantry and good conduct, and on one
occasion she carried off the dead body
of her Colonel under fire. Whilst try
ing to lift up the corpse of her late
commander, two Of the enemy approached,
upon which she made signs, pretending 10
be wounded; they hurried forward to Sc
cure their prisoner, but when they were
near the Sergeant shot one Of them, seized
his horse, flung the body over the saddle
bow and rode back to the French lines.
The other trooper fed on seeing his com
rade fall. The Sergeant, however, had
been wounded, and blood was flowing from
his breast. The surgeon insisted on un-
dressing the Sergeant, and then it was DIS
covered that the gallant non-commissioned
officer belonged to the fair sex. qes
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POLITICAL.
neannfrs of Reform.


NEW York. April 1.-The Post says
q. w. CUTS resigned his position on the
Civil Service Board because he regards sew
eral important appointments recently made
as a virtual abandonment Of civil service
reformI -..-.-.-.--
Town EIectiOns-St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April 1.-The ele ction to-day
for city officers passed off quietly, and al
though the weather was wet, there was an
increased vote over that of two years ago.
The returns so far are very meagre, but in-
dicate that Joseph Brown will have at least
$500 majority over George Balm, Repuo-
lican.
LATER-Thirty of the thirty-three pre-
cincts in the city give Brown and the whole
Democratic ticket about $500 majority.
Font Scott.
FoRr SCOTT, KS, April 1.-The election
passed off quietly. Jnu. 5. Stuart, the cltl-
zens' candidate, was elected Mayor by 16
majority over G. II. Marley, Republican.
The remainder of the ticket is divided be-
tween the Republicans and Liberals.
Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, April 1.-The municipal
election was contested by the Democrats
ana hepuDl1CduS WIN
usual zesl, resulting in the election OF the
Democratic ticket. Hon. Levi ii. Kellogg,
Mayor, ZIG majority; H. L. Palmer, County
Judge, 1880 myority; Emil Walber, City
Attorney, 919 majority; F. c: G. Brandt,
Treasurer, 578 majority. The Council
ands 26 Democrats to Republicans.
Ohh.
COLUMBUS, O., April LIN the House
this morning after long discussion Mr..
pillars bill to abolish capital punishment
in Ohio, was put on its passage and de-
oated only twspynlne .nainat vGSes Gelng cast
In the Senate House bills accepting the
act of Congress of the United States ced-
inc to Ohio certain lands in the Virginia
military district, for the benefit of an Agri,
cultural College, and for the support and
maintenance of illigitimate children, were
| plssed.
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Condensed TeIegrams.

Canby is surrounding the MOdocs.
Work on the Texas Pacific west from
I,onpyiew, commences Immediately.
Father Jeremiah Moynehln, represen-
tative Irishman and distinguished Catholic
Divine, left New Orleans yesterday for
New York.
A large farmers convention gathers at
Springfield, Ill, to-day.
The Delaware and Hudson canal resumes
traffic next Monday. 10000,
Toledo proposes to pay S6o5,OOO for
water works on the standing pipe system,
the pipe to be 250 feet high.
Isaac Barker, died in Athens, Ohio,
Monday, aged ga. He was pioLeer, and
q a-citizen of Athens for 70 years.
Comptroller Green, of New York city,
will be legislated out of office by the new
The investigation of the Erie Railway
shows a contribution of $40, 200 toward the
Fenian raid into Canada.
The residence of Thos. 81. Dudley, former
Consul st Liverpool, was burned near
Camden, N. j., yesterday. Loss, $4,000
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ThauIinnis Central.

CHICAGO, April 1.-The annual report
Of the Illinois Central Railroad shows that
the net earnings for the year 1872, amount
ed to two million one hundred aud three
thousand aud hundred and six dollars.
This is S629,74l less than the net earnings
for 1871, but is owing to temporary causes.
Reference is made 10 the contract entered
into with the Mississippi Central and the
New Orleans, jackson and Great Northern
Railways, which provides for the extension
of the former railroad to Cairo and the
mutual Interchange of traffic. In consider
q ien of the performance of this contract,
th Illinois Central is to invest annually one
eighth Of its earnings, 10 the amount OF
100000 in the consolidated mortgage
bonds of each road for ten years. During
the past ten years there has been paid in
TIE aggregate, dividends TO the amount of
S22,5S2, ,407 OF. Debt has been reduced to
the amount of $S,390,500 of debt out
standing and S, 100000 floating.
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A SPANISH SCANDAL.
How the Ladies of Madrid Snubbed
the Wife of Amadeus-A Coarse and
UndIgnified Joke.

How the Ladies of Madrid Snubbed
the Wife of Amadeus-A Coarse and
UndIgni1ied Joke.
From the first, the hostility of the gran
dees of Spain against the democratic mon
arch was united, determined and persist
ent; SO much SO that any effort to mitigate
it was speedily recognized to be hopeless.
Tha court Consisted wholly of new people
liberals ennobled by the new King, bust
ness people. A strange device
of the female aristocratS was
adopted to indicate 10 the
Queen that they considered her an inter-
loper. The white manSilla fastened to a
high tortoise-shell comb was, in the old
days, he universal head-gear OF Spanish
ladies'. The grand ladies, at the instiga-
ton, it is said, of the Marchioness Of Al
canices-better known as Duchess OF
Moruy-determined to renew this costume,
and to appear in it simultaneously one day
on the afternoon drive in the PradO. The
day arrived. Partisan bonnets gave place
to the white mantilla, and bewildering
coiffures to the plain braided locks and the
high tortoise-shell comb.
The Queen, as she drove, noticed the
strange change Of fashion, and innocently
pointed it out to her husband, wondering,
in her foreign simplicity, what it meant.
Had the matter ended there, it would have
bsen well. The paltriness of the mo-
tive took away the sting Of the slight.
When the ladies of the Spanish no.
b!esse chose to indicate in this tOrtu-
GUS fashion to the Queen that they
were Spaniards Of the bluost blood,
and that she was foreigner, un-
entitled to recognition IS Span
lard, they only told the. royal couple
and the Spanish people what both knew
well already. But Sagasta, who was Prime
Minister at the time, could not see that dig
nified indifference was the best retort. He
sought out number of the best known
women of disreputable character, had them
arrayed in white mantillas and tortoise
shell combs, found for them handsome
private carriages, and suddenly turned the
good-for-nOthing cortege on to the Prado to
mingle with the danes of ancient lineage
and regulations untarnisbed. Itwss SGure
OaIi peut with the noble ladies.
Madrid took up the coarse and undigni-
fed joke. Some of the women were mob
bed as they drove home in a splendor to
them so unwonted, their mantillas were
torn off, and the tortoise-shell combs Sc
riously maltreated. 1t is not certain but
that some of the ladies were handled after
the same fashion; anyhow, Sagasta's coup
abolished white mantillas on the Prado
No one insinuates that either the King ol
Queen was privy TO retaliation Of charac
ter so questionable.
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KANSAS.
The Massacre of Surveyors.

IuU HtsBSdOAO OI JtAH HNJVHD'
LEAvENwoRTH, April 1.-The Times
publishes full account of the massacre OF
surveyors, which took place March 10, on
Cimmarren river. The names of the muir
dered men are Daniel Short and E. M.
Deming, OF Arkansas City, S. 81. Davis, of
Chiilicothe, Mo-, and an Englishman named
Robert Paul. Whirlwind's band of Chey-
ennes was the marauding party. An ex-
pedition has been organized at Ark ansas
city to go to the relief Of other surveying
parties on the Cimmarren. Much excite
ment prevails on the frontier.
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THE TURF.
TrOtting Rules.

NEW YORK, April la joint meeting OF
owners of trotting horses and of the Train
ers and Drivers Association was held last
night. The President of the association
stated that certain arbitrary rules OF the
National Association had induced trainers
and drivers to form an organization to pre-
vent encroachment upon their rights, and
he thought the rules adopted and already
approved by sixty trainers and drivers and
twenty-five owners Of trotting horses would
not conflict with the rules of the Nations
Assoc'a ion.
SAN Francisco, April 1.-Budd Doble
starts East with Rosalind tomorrow.
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ed out of any property by any one, be was
probably correct in every particular. =,
One or two additional experiments, with
more or less unsatisfactory results, we're
made and the lecture was brought TO
close with the announcement that the SUB
iect Of tc-night's discourse would be "Ihe
InAnences that Govern the Races, or why
it is that a white man is white mao, a
NEGRO NEGRO, and an Indian an Indian
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Temperance.

PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-The semi
annual meeting of the Board OF Govern !.
ment of the Catholic total abstinence OF
America was held here to day. Rev. Jos.
McDevitt presided. The semi-annusi re-
port was read and shows there are In the
union 152 societies, sggregating about 2O,,
900 members, and that there are ZOo
Catholic total abstinence societies not yet
affiliated with the union. A committee
was appointed with view to connecting
the societies of Ireland with those of this
country in an international union. An
executive committee was instructed 10 pre-
plre pledge for the societies, to be pre-
seLtsd at the next annual confere1ce on the
18th of October next.
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THE King Of Prussia vas slightly aston
,shed on visiting needle factory nos long
since. While there workman askso I9r s,,.. :
hair from the royal head. 1s was reaony
owen. ard, with a smile, be placed y a.
eonce nn5er the boriug machine, turoea
bole in il With the greatest care, iurnisneu
n Win a thread, and then banded the sinsu-
IT, - " ,aadls 20 the astonished KingI
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SALT LAKE, March 31.-The first COM
pany of Mormors fot San francisco and
Arizona move in a lew days. They take
no women. Crops will probably be raised
this season. There is considerable reluc-
tance on the part of many of the emigrants
to go.
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FOREIGN.
Sasking Churches in Barcelona.

MADRID, April la Carlist band under
the chieftain Cucurla attacked Vluanane,
in the province of CASTELAR,, yesterday, put
were routed after q short contest. The
populace of Barcelona, enraged at the purn-
Ing of Bersa and similar acts OF the Car
lists, have attacked several Catholic church
es, doing considerable damage. Reinforce
ments for the troops in Cuba sailed from
Cadiz yesterday.
Getting Arms by Sea.
BAYoNNE, April 1.-The Carlists IN
Spain are receiving supplies Of arms and
ammunition in various ways, but mostly py
sea. A body of 400 Carlists, recruited IN
Navarro last week; were equipped almost
as soon as their organization vas enected'
Senior Elio, who was director OF the Carl
ists' committee here eluded the local au-
thoraies, who had orders for his arrest, and
crossed into Spain Saturday.
A battalion of French troops leaves tnls
city to morrow for the frontier. 1t Is re-
ported that all the custom-houses on the
frontier EXCEPT that at Trun, bave been oc-
cupied by the Carlists, wbe are Terrifying
them.
The Fighting ParsOn.
MADR1D. April THE Cure of Santa
Cruz was surprised yesterday and narrowly
escaped capture. Several of his men were
taken prisoners. The agitation IN BARGE
Iona is subsiding. No further outrages have
been committed By the populace.
A slippery spaniard.
PARIS, April 1.-The Spanish Vice Con-
sul in this CITY has absconded, leaving de-
felt in his accounts of seventy thousand
| francs.
LATER.-The Spanish Vice Consul,
| charged with embezzlement of public funds,
has been arrested and sent in custody to
Spain.
PARIr, April 1.-Thsre was scene in
the Assembly to-day, and President GreVy
| intimated that he should resign, and declar-
! ed the sitting ended. The house broke uT
amid intense excitement. Deputies OF al
shades of political opinion waited on M
Grevy tonight and begged him to overiooH
the incident, but it is expected his reslgna'
ton will be offered tomorrow.
The miller of Sedan.
NEW YORK, April 1.-Gen. Ducrot re
Gently stated to a correspondent in Parl
that the republic was failure. The only
safety of France was in the restoration o
the monarchy or the empire, and that sh'
must fight again. Theirs, in his opinion
would attempt to prolOng bis term till hi
death.
Japan.
Twenty.three coolies were drowned il
the harbor of Yokohama, by the capsizin
of a small boat belonging to the Pacih
Mail Company, on Feb. II.
The Japanese Government are maxim
preparations for the general extension Q
the postal service.
| AIeck.
LONDON, April L-Grand Duke Alex
has arrived at Shanghai.
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ed on my trunk writing this to you. My
hands are 30 stiff with the cold l cannot
hold my pen. For that reason perhaps it
may not be easy for you to decipher my
hurried writing. AMY G.. HIx.
Saturday Evening, Feb. 15. .
Mr.. Goodrich, the witness, said this let
ter was the only indication be had of any
thing wrong on the part Of his brother. His
father got on Monday or Tuesday an exact
copy of this letter. Witness went to the
house to see what it meant. Read the let
ter to his brother who stated be had met
the woman in New York and had put her
In as good place as she had left. Wit
ness saw The dress of a woman as she pass
ed into a room in the house. Thinks his
brother said her name was Amy Sloan or
Hone. His brother said the letter was
written to blackmail, and that the woman
had not had child.
several witnesses testified to seeing de-
ceased with a lady who resembled Mrs.
Myers:
Adjourned.
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A warning 70 our city Fathers.

Boston, April 1.-The Supreme Court
to-iay co lfrmed a verdict OF $lO,oOO IN
favor of Thomas NJ, Prentiss against the
City of )ston from injuries received from
a defect in the street.
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More storm.

CINCINNATI, April la Gazette special
from Dayton reports violent storm be-
tween Carlisle Station and Germantown,
south of that city this evening, uprooting
trees and blowing down fences and sheds
for miles. The storm passed from south
west to northeast.
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Another Storm.

AUGUSTA, Ga, April IA terrific wind
and rain storm passed over the city this az
ternoon, uprooting trees, tearing down
fences and doing considerable damage.
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A DETROIT negress allowed gentleman
of that city to name her baby the other day,
in consideration of a two dollar bill, and
the poor little thing was christened William
Henry Washington Colfsx Grant Sciplo
Brutus Halifax Weed Joshua Lone JACK
Madison Buffalo BIZ Saunders.
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GOLD opened in New York yesterday at
ll7a, and declined to l16s, ralying before
she close 70 l17sNl17!.
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RoseOe Arrested.

PHILADELPHIA, April LA man sup
posed to be Roscoe, the murderer of Good
rich, was arrested here to-day, and as he
thoroughly answers the description given,
it is supposed be is the guilty party. He
came here soon after the murder and has
during his stay been engaged in an illegiti-
mate sale of watches. He speaks French,
italian and Spanish, and expresses an entire
willingness to undergo the fullest examina-
tions, being confident Of establishing his
innoeencn
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Men, hols IS, cattle, chickens and cats
have all had the epizootic in Arkansas coun-
ty, Texas.
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TENNESSEE BONDS closed in New York
last evening at so for the old Issue and
79a Tor the new.
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The Danish Ministry are enjoying the
excitement Of crisis.
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INrEREsrING TAX STATISTICS.

Corrox meets limited demand in New
York at 2Oc for middliug.
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WASHINGTON.
The Fisheries,

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The President
and family left for New York at noon tc-
day. as
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anipm aud amerieau.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
BY MAIL on AT TKs BUSINESS OFFICE.
Daily, II months, in advance. e.............SIO 90
8 % .......r.- sSS SS
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1 week, ............. 25
DELIVERED By CARRIERS IN THE CITY AND
EDGEFIELp.
Daily, IL months. ........s..............S1 90
sss....-.............. o 90
W
.s.sssss.s.....ss....... i w
nSSh .ss.-.-. ........-....s....s. %
Semi-Weekly. "a. 81.
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-09
Overgrown Hogs.

Colonel Holman, in an article upon over
grown and medium-siztd animals thus speaks
Of hogs, indicating his preference for smaller
breeds " There is not one single advantage to
be claimed in favor Of big hogs There never
was amonster hog which dill not make the
man who raised him pay for every pound he
weighed. They don't furnish an ounce Of meat
gratis, but charge fuil price for every atom
Of their carcass. When slaughtered It takes
a long time to get one cool to the marrow in
the bone and then, when the bans are put in
salt, it is troublesome 20 finish them to the
centre.
"Fou, hundred pounds, live weight, is as
large as hogs should be, in order to make good
bacon. Beyond this size there is a loss some
where. Either the feeder butcher or consul
mer is beat, and. as general thing, every one
who has anything to do with the big hog will
find if he observes closely. that they are not
so profitable as the smooth nice hogs Of only
three hundred and fifty pounds weight. 4
small head, with little upright years, and legs
and ears delicate to perfection, are marks which
indicate the greatest amount Of flesh for any
given amount Of food consumed, and will al
ways draw more readily the attention Of the
butcher.
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LOVE LETTERS.

The words recall blue ribbons, locks Of hair,
miniatures and dead roses, and they are as va
rious as are the hands that write them and the
eyes they are meant 10 bless.
Sometimes they carry balm sometimes they
bear disguised poison. They may be traced
in honest truth and fealty by rough red hand
that has no grace to lend the misshapen letters
save the beauty Of true love in coarse disguise;
aud then again soft white bit Of symmetry
may hide lie in glowing tenderness, aud send
it, like an asp bid in a roses heart, to carry
death to some believing breast. Some, yel-
lowed by years and rendered absurd by alter
ed circumstances, are brought out Of forgotten
hooks to fill the evening hour with laughter at
their poly syIlabled vows and verbose adject-
ives, and others never see the light except IN
fearful eyes, aud know no touch except pas
sionatc pressure to a faded breast that claims
no other idol.
Love letters There are women whom the
world calls single who are as truly welded to
tear-stained package as if it really were the
being that it represents to tbem-who live in
the old, sweet time these missives once belong
ed to, and who keep their hearts apart from
the dull reality that makes up their present
world.
Years may have past, and nothing may have
remained the same save the dear dream that
never knew reality, yet, held in their love-life
by this fragile paper-bond they dwell in that
fair, unsubstantial springtime, while autumn
fades aud winter, cold and heavy, rc.sns ab-oad
in all the world.
We pity dreamers and their moonshine pic
lures, their bits Of memories and mementoes,
their loye-words written or recalled as spoken,
aud faces whose limniug fades as.the real one
has faded long ago under the'cofin-lid. And
yet such trfes.,are heart-rcasures as surely as
gold and silver are riches Of the purse; aud as
long as there is a world Of fancy and q feeling
as well as a world Of dry goods and roast beef,
so long shall old love letters find hoarders and
prizers, and SO long shall the past and present
be brilged by heart-dreams Of he words felt
and written in the bygone times.