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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-15

Two Executions In ILLINOIS Yesterday
Illinois has been awakened recently to the
necessity of melting out the extreme penalty to
those whose hands have been imbrued in the
blood of their fellow beings, and an illogical
public sentiment has been superseded by
return to that stern justice which alone can
insure safety to life so long as cutthroats
such as are to be found in our sister city of
Chicago are permitted to roam at large. George
Driver, special account of whose crime
and execution is published in the HERALD
to-day, was unfortunately a murderer Of o
type that is becoming too common among us.
After fifteen years of i'll treatment and abuse
his wife sought and obtained divorce the
Courts not only granting her petition for q
final separation but according her the custody
of her four children and the retention of the
house in which she had lived with
her depraved husband. The unhappy wife,
yielding probably to the oft-repeated requests
of the husband from whom the law had sepa-
rated her, permitted him to return to her house
repetition of former scenes; he was greater
drunkard and more depraved than before,
constantly demanded the little money the
woman was able to collect from time to time,
and finally, ON the 30th of November last, shot
her dead beneath the very roof under
which he had enjoyed her hospitality. Like
most men under the control of the oxccutioner
he admonishsd his children to shun the evils
that had brought him to the gallows and when
about to die held up the moose made ready
| for his neck and assured the assembled crowd
that bad whiskey had been the enemy to put
his neck into it. While all this may prove
a wholesome lesson to his family and many
others probably few will regret the horrible
| end of this bad man, who abused all the bless
! iugs bestowed upon him by the Cgeatog, eaS
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WHERE ARE THEY 4?
The Modocs Not To Be Seen
or Heard Of.
The Army Unable to Move
in the Matter.
SAN FRANCISCO. March Il, 1873.

SAN FRANCISCO, March IL 1873
courier arrived at Yreka this evening. Moth
Modocs. The army has made no movement. Every
care is being taken to guard the lives and prop
erty of the settlers.
1t is thought at the front that Captain Jack has
made efforts to procure coalition with other
tribes, and there ID danger Of his success. 1t is
probable that another effort will be made for con-
ference with Captain Jack. but their success il
doubtful. No messenger dares to risk his life in
going to him.
John A. Wright was hung to-day at Yuba City for
the murder OF Edward Faust.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-15
TRIPLE S HEE T.
New York, Saturday, March IS, 1873.
THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY
TO-Day's Contents of the
Herald.

'INExORABLE JUSTICE WILLIAM FOSTER TO
DIE UPON THE SCAFFOLD !"-EDTORIAL
LEADER-SIxTH PAGE.
no HOPE FOR FOSTERS THE SENTENCE OF THE
LAW TO BE CARRIED OUT ON FRIDAY
NEXT SHERIFF BRENNAN INSTRUCTED
TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARA-
TIONS THE DOOMED MAN CONSTANTLY
GUARDED-THIRD PAGE
TRENCHANT BLOWS STRUCK FOR FREEDOM
SPANISH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF DEFEAT
IN CUBAi MASTERLY STRATEGY OF THE
CUBANS HANGING A BRAVE MAN IN RE.
VENICE FOR DEFEAT-SEvENTH PAGE.
PROGRESS OF THE BRITISH MINISTERIAL
CRISIS DIsRAELI CONSULTING WITH THE
QUEEN AND EARL DERBY AS TO HIS
COURSES THE PROBABLE RESULTS AND
PUBLIC OPINION-SEvENTH PAGE.
CARL sCHURZ DENOUNCEs CONGRESSIONAL
CORRUPTION sCATHING REVIEW OF THE
CALDWELL ABOMINATIONl SAPPING THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE REPUBlIC-THIRD
PAGE.
DISAPPOINTED OFFICE-SEEKERS GET UP A
POLITICAL RIOT REIGN OF TERROR IN
LAKE CITY, FLORIDAl FIRING INTO PRI-
WAITE RESIDENCES THE UNITED STATES
MARSHAL UOLDS THE CITY, THE AR
RESTS! DIREFUL APPREHENSIONS-TENr
PAGE.
A BANK CASHIER DESTROYS 100000 WORTH
OF BONDS AND SECURITIES AND THEN
KILLS HIMSELF-SEvENrH PAGE
THE MODOC GRAVES" CANNOT BE FOUNDl
SAVAGE COALITION-Sxru PAGE.
EUROPEAN NEWS BY ATLANTIC CABLEi THE
REPUBLIC IN SPAIN CARLIST CRUELTY
AMADEUS AN ITALIAN CITIZEN-SEvENrH
PAGE.
BANGING FOR MURDER NOT PLAYED OUTr
IN ILLlNOISl DIVORCE FOLLOWED BY
A MURDERi THE HELLISH DEED DONE IN
PRESENCE OF THE CHILDREN THE RUIN
IN RUM AFFECTING GALLONS SCENES
FOURTH PAGE
HIRED MURDERER ANOTHER EXECUTION
IN THE SUCKER STATE A BRUTAL FIEND
BEATS THE LIFE OUT OF LONE wO-
MAN! HISTORY OF THE CRIME-FoURrH
PAGE.
T. MANSLAYER SENTENCED THE CORDES
TRIAL TERMINATED NOVEL LIFE-INSUR-
ANCE DECISION THE PALMER-FOLEY
TROUBLED GENERAL LEGAL BUSINESS
EIGHTH PAGE.
THE CHARTER DISCUSSED AND AMENDED!
WHAT THE ALBANY LEGISLATORS ARE
DOINGi THE DEDICATION OF EAST RIVER
WHARvES TO THE OYSTER TRADE
TENTH PAGE.
NEWS From THE NATIONAL CAPITAL FILL
CLUSTERING ON THE MEXICAN BORDER
THIRD PAGE.
JOHN G. FREMONT AND THE MEMPHIS AND Ell
PAS0 R0ADl THE GENERAL ANIMAD-
vERTS UPON THE FRENCH AGENTS! HE
DECLARES HIS ENTHUSIASTICALLY FOR
THE FRAUDS-FIPTu PAGE.
A LAPSE IN THE MONEY RATE AND THE GOLD
PREMIUM STOCKS LOwERl THE RESULT
OF THE TREASURY CHANGEsl LEssENED
IMPORTS OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE
NINTH PAGE.
AWARDS FOR THE NEW BOULEVARD GROUNDi
SALES OF NEW YORK REALTY-A MYs-
Terry OF THE SEA-SUPPOSED SUICIDE
OF A YOUNG wOMAN-EIGHTu PAGE
SHALL THE MODEL NEW STATE CAPITOL BE
SENT TO THE VIENNA FAIRf A BEAUTI.
Full FAC-SIMILE OF FINE PUBLIC EDI-
FICEl THE DIMENSIONS AND THE COST
COMMISSION CHANGES-FIFTH PAGE.
NAVAL NEWS AND OFFICIAL CHANGESi OCEAN
BED SURvEYS-ARTISTS AND THEIR
WORKS-FIFTH PAGE.
OUR PLEASURE NAvIES-CATHOLIC EDUCA-
TION-LITERARY JOTTINGS-OBITUARY-
FOURTH PAGE.
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The Cabinet Crisis In England.

By special cable telegram and the latest
news reports from London we have detailed
account of the progress of the British Cabinet
crisis, and of the efforts which were being
made for the formation of o new Ministry to
the hour Of midnight yesterday. Mr.. Disraeli,
when at audience with the Queen.
pointed out to Her Majesty the diff
Guilty which he would have to confront
after assuming the Premiership in the face of
hostile majority in Parliament He begged
the Queen to permit him time for considera-
ton The great Commoner did not, therefore,
accept Office, nor did he decline the honor
His tactic of delay was used evidently to
enable him to meet the Earl of Derby, who
was then on his way to England from Paris.
This result has been accomplished. Lord
Derby reached London yesterday and i'm
mediately sought an interview with Disraeli
The consultation was an anxious one The
result is, so far as can be judged from
mass of conflicting statements and club
rumors, that Earl Derby will undertake the
work Of Cabinet making, and that he will
constitute Ministry, with himself as Pre-
mier, Disraeli Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and with Lord Salisbury, Claiborne Hardy,
Sir Stafford Northcote and other well-known
conservatives in prominent places. Gladstone's
return to power is q favorite idea. Earl
Granville is spoken of as likely to form
mediatory or ''scratch" Ministry,
and with it to endeavor to tide over
he Easter recess or longer, A dissolution of
Parliament is contemplated by all parties The
conservatives like it. 1t is said that they are
sanguine of a successful result for their cause.
Gladstone may attempt to work on for short
time longer with the present House of Com
mons-in which he has positive majority
despite his late defeat-and could scarcely be
made worse by an election If Lord Derby
consolidates government general election
would be likely to benefit his party
in the Commons, for there is no doubt
but that very many of his political friends are
just now in an exceedingly hungry condition
in consequence of their involuntary and
heightened Lenten fast on the opposition
benches. A dissolution of the English Parlia-
ment, and a general election in consequence,
are exceedingly probable events, likely to
occur during the present Summer. The con-
test will be an exciting one, but it must inure
to the constitutional advance Of the cause Of
the people in Great Britain. The contending
party men must give solid assurances Of ma
terlal popular gains to the nation.
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The CHARLESTON Courier mentions report
that the name of ex-senator Sawyer, of South
Carolina, is being formally considered in con-
nection with seat in General Grants Cabi-
net, and, after survey of the various
republicans in the State, knows of 'no name
which would prove more acceptable" A
recommendation from such source ought to
be entertained, for it is long time since
South Carolina had Cabinet Minister.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway, between Houston
nd Blocker streets-HUnPTY DUNPTY. Matinee at q
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UNION SQUARE THEATRE, Union square, between
Broadway and Fourth ava BUSINESS WOMAN. Matinee
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ST JAMES THEATRE, Broadway and 18th st-BuR-
IEsoUE OPERA-LA SoMNAMBULA.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NIBLOS GARDEN. Broadway, between Prince and
Houston streets-LEo AND LoToS Matinee at ~.
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BOOTH,S THEATRE. Twenty.thrd street corner Skin
avenue.-No THoRouGHFARr. Matinee at =
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wALLACK'S THEATRE. Broadway and Thirteenth
street-DAvID GARRicK. Matinee,
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CRANE OPERA HOUSE. Twenty -third St and Eighth
IL. Matinee Mt lts
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GOVERNOR KELLOGG, of Louisiana Tor rather
the Governor in possession of the seals and
keys of Office, with Uncle Sans bayonets to
back him), has issued q proclamation 10 the
taxpayers, warning them to 'walk up to the
sequences. Perhaps the citizens may resolve
to pay their taxes to avoid further difficulty,
but accompany the same with protest against
the Kellogg usurpation, which may be of ser
vice as basis of action when a turn in the
political wheel throws the now oppressed class
uppermost.
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Ocean Telegraph Cables.

Some days since we advised the employ
ment of our naval vessels to make deep sea
soundings We are pleased to see by our cor
respondents letter from Washington that the
Juniata is now preparing for this most impor-
tant service.
We again call upon Secretary Robson to
give orders by which this duty shall be most
thoroughly and completely executed He
should order every modern appliance to be
provided for this vessel and the peculiar SER
vice she goes upon; also that the lines of
sounding be carried across the Atlantic, say
from some one of our principal ports, for in
stance, from New York to Bermuda; thence to
the Azores or Madeira; thence to Lisbon, Por-
tugal, and upon her return let the Juniata run
o direct line of soundings from Lisbon to New
York city, thus mapping out direct and indi-
rect route, so that choice may be made of the
most desirable one for the cable.
Secretary Robson has shown his apprecia-
ton of the importance of our cable to be laid,
and we call upon him to order this sounding
to be done by at least two routes, one going
and one returning.
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time upon the light of day, upon the glories of
sky and earth, upon the living faces of his
fellow creatures, in the certainty that in
one moment eternal darkness will fall
upon his eyes and his soul will be
hurried forward on its awful journey into the
presence of its Creator. No one can refuse
sympathy with the innocent relatives of the
criminal, who will be crushed by the weight
of their heavy grief; with his loving, faithful
wife, who must weep alone over her father
less children with his parents, who have
lived an honored and useful life, and whose
virtues entitled them to look for far different
fate for their offspring. Yet very few will
believe that Governor Dix has committed an
error in the course he has pursued, or refuse
to give him credit for an earnest desire to
discharge his duty faithfully, regardless of his
personal feelings and despite. nm unusual and
almost resistless pressure. Even those who
have been the most untiring in their appeals
for mercy will be forced to admit that it has
been denied them only in the cause of justice.
This does not imply that the efforts made by
the friends of the unhappy prisoner TO secure a
communication of his sentence have been in any
degree censurable or improper. 1t was the
privilege of all those to whom the guilty man
ia dear--of all who honor and respect
his parents and who feel compassion for
his wife and children--to use every exer-
ton in their power TO save him from
the scaffold. Nature prompted his rela-
tives to untiring and persistent labor in
his behalf, to the exhaustion Of every means
by which the Executive clemency might be
secured If they had faltered in this work
they would have been less than human /; they
would have been undeserving of that affec-
tionate respect that is now felt for them IN
every manly heart. The crime for winch
Foste, rs to suffer and the manner of his death
can leave no stain upon them, for careless
uainiAg aud bad example did net sead bin
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BowERY THEATRE, Bowery-wAIrs OF NEW YORK
TIE MANIAC LOVER, &c.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-06
ALABAMA SENATORSHIP.
Spencer Killed off Three Ambitious En-
emies Of His Own Party.

From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser and
Mail.
Perhaps some of our readers may re-
member some words we wrote not long
since under the caption Exit Spencer y
The following dispatch, from a reliable
source, shows that Parsons, White, the
noble Opelika Statesman, and poor
Lewis have among them, as we sup
posed, destroyed Spencer:
"Several of the Senators whose terms
expire in March have been already re-
elected, and several more of them
doubtless will be. Mr.. Spencer of Ala
bama, claims to have been reelected,
and papers purpOrting to be his creden-
tials are now on the file of the Senate.
But the legislative faction which as
sumed to elect him has been pronounced
an illegal organization by the Attorney
General, and is without doubt so con-
sidered by a majority ofthe Senate. An
election will be necessary by the whole
Legislature, as legally organized, and
Mr.. Spencer will not only then have
Democratic, but Republican competitors
for the honor"
We always asserted that the Court
house gathering was cunningly gotten
up by Speneer's enemies in his own
party, to kill him Off 1t is now GER
tain that he can never be admitted into
the Senate on his present "credentials, y
and the Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore San understands the situ-
alton when doubling the possibility of
Spencer's election by the present Cen
erai Assembly, For ourselves we prefer
Spencer to any rascally scalawag.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-06
AN EXAMPLE.
Virginia, Great in War, Is also Grand In
Peace-Her Fortitude Equal to
Her Pluck.

From the jackson CMiss.) Clarion.l
The article on Virginia which We have
copied nom the New Orleans Republican
is Just and candid review of the situa-
ton in Virginia, and an exposition of
what has been accomplished in that
State by a prompt recognition of the re-
suits of the war, and ready adaptation
to the circumstances by which she was
surrounded. Her statesmen never per-
suaded her people to refuse to reorganize
their State government under the Con-
gresssOnal plan, nor undertook to over
come destiny by hair-splittingo objections
and constitutional theories to demands
which were made upon them by the
nation that had secured the power to
enforce them. Nor did the masses re-
fuse to be guided by counsels of wisdom
and moderation. They precipitated
themselves into the war with headlong
courage, and in doing so they felt that
they were stalking their all upon the
turn Of the dice. They were overcome
after a Spartan resistance, and have
submitted to the consequences without
a murmur.
Virginia was great in war, but she is
grander in peace by her wonderful dis
BAshJ VI CCAA-hCA4E2A anu IO1lAlA0C u4OCl
circumstances the most trying. And
her action has brought its reward. Her
hitherto governing classes have made
no war on negro suffrage; but they
have kept their home government
under citizens rule. Carpet-baggery
has not fiourished on her soil. Her
taxes have been comparatively light
Her public debt has not been increased.
The apprehension of her colored pOpula-
ton for the security of their newly ac-
quired privileges has not been awak-
ened, but if so, they have been quickly
allayed by the moderation and kind
ness of the whites.
The tribute to this grand Old Com
monwealth from a Republican paper is
no more complimentary than true. We
have quoted 1T more as a lesson for
others Imitation in future, than as a re-
buke for past errors.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-06
LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE, January 5.-There is
not so much ice running to-day. There
are some heavy cakes coming down, but
the number is rapidly thinning out.
The ice runs on the Kentucky shore be-
low the towheads, leaving half the river
clear on the Indiana side, except a large
ice-ield along the shore.
The ferryboat Shelcross, this morning
broke the ice around the steamers, and
up to the ferry dock at the foot of First
street. She will break through the mar
row strip of ice belt in the morning, and
resume her trips.
1t is estimated that five thousand dol
lars will cover all the loss from ice in
this vicinity.
A number of coalboats and barges
were caught by the towboat Robin, after
passing over the falls, and moOred at
the foot of Sand Island or at New AL
bany, generally in good condition. They
were marked as follows: Ashland No
"a, J. c. Richer No. 1O2, J. c. Richer
No. Ill, Joe Walton No. Il, and Ash
land No. 55, with one side stove. The
pig iron boat ]. Chattlin No. 2, of We
way, Indiana, was stove in, and also a
good fiat, twelve by sixty feet.
The ferryboat Thomas Connor also
caught a barge with one end slightly
stove, supposed TO belong to n. ]. Big
ley, and landed it at New Albany.
The coalboat lodged on the dam con-
tains about fifteen hundred bushels of
coal. Seven boats and barges are lodged
in sight of the levee.
A heavy snow fell nearly all last
night. Snow also fell heavily at inter
walls during the day.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-06
MISSISSIPPI WING-DAMS.
Estimated Cost Of Their Construction
General RaynOlds's Report on the
Subject.

st. Louis Times.l
The problem of improving the chan
mel of the Mississippi from st. Louis
southwark, has from time to time in
many years received the sDa5mOdic at
tention Of the general government, but
| hitherto without much result. If but
some few of the many millions which
are annually wasted on visionary
schemes to the benefit of no one but
their corrupt promoters, could be judi
ciously expended on the improvement
of this great waterway, the Mississippi
Valley States, and through them the
whole country, would be benefited to an
extent, hardly to be computed. The last
move in this direction, has been the max
ing of a survey, under the direction
of General RaynOlds, by the De-
partment of Western River Improve
ments, with the view of computing the
probable cost of a system of wing-dams
and reyetment from here to Cairo which
shall in effect, by narrowing the river,
keep the channel at navigable depth
all the year round. This survey has
been completed and the report embody-
ing the results was dispatched to Wash
ingtOn Just before General Simpson ar
rived TO assume the duties hitherto so
efficiently performed by General Ray
nolds. The cost of constructing the
necessary wing-dams, by this report, is
roughly estimated at nine hundred
thousand dollars, and a complete sys-
tenn of revetment which shall render
the Improvements permanent, estimated
at from two million two hundred thou
sand dollars to two million three hum
dred thousand dollars. Although the
officials only claim for these calculations
approximate accuracy, there can be no
question that the surveys have been
made with a degree of care, and
that a. sufficient margin has been
allowed, for contingencies, to make
it tolerably certain that these esti-
mates will be found ample for
the intended improvements. When
the vast interests concerned are consid-
cred, the sums named sink into COM
parative insignificance. Hitherto, st.
Louis and the ports on the Mississippi
generally have received anything but
their due share of attention in the shape
of appropriations from the general gov
ernment. The waterside improvements
on the lakes and in the Eastern States
generally have secured the lions share
of appropriations, and that, too, in the
face of the fact that climatic conditions
necessarily close these routes to the
ocean for many months in the year. 1t
is to be hoped, however, that this alb
surd policy will in future be reversed,
and that such appropriations will be
made that the Mississippi will speedily
become what it should be, a permanent
and ever open highway, by which the
productions of the West and Northwest
shall find cheap and reliable outlet for
exchange with the manufactures Of Eu-
rope and the fruits of the tropics.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-06
FISK,s mURDERER.

After many months of uncertainty
the man who coolly murdered James
Fisk, Jr., has been found guilty Of the
crime, and now awaits sentence in the
cell wherein he has acted bravado
part, defiant OF an accommodating
public opinion that has gradual
Iy become clamorsus for his
life. With an unlimited bank account,
and relying upon the precedents fur
nished by the criminal annals of New
York, he has all along acted like one
who felt sure OF his release. But recent
murders, Of almost daily occurrence,
have determined his fate. The jury
could not, in the face of public opinion,
have brought in any other verdict
than that OF "murder in the first de-
gree" OF that he was guilty, and for
that he will be sentenced to-day. We
believe he viii be hung. A bill of ex-
eeptiOns will not avail. The verdict
will be sustained and Stokes viii suffer
ignOminiously for the murder Of Fisk.
He will be executed as an example at a
time when one is sOrely needed, not
only in New York, but in most of the
cities ofthe country, Memphis included.