Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-15

..af
E.e ''tn..s sr1mInate efforts AZ evangeIiza-
tom VIII only rsnlt In the preparation OF muir
der
This community is OF the opinion that the
OF the Modocs, and that the perpetratsr-
should he .,snialffated. - ana that they shou'l
not escape the penalty through any slil, Of 4 D.,
lsw, on oy inntence OF relations, OF secured Ia
Allow Us 10 aid that the good effects of an IA
pohisl ment are much ncutralixed by s.in.l 49,
sim i, enetts at eyangcliraiiOn" 10y vi "a
murder - made 60 appear a. the steppins sf-.t.s
10 heavenly joy. Sickly sentimental n.r.,,,.
calling themselves ministers, and member. 81,
the Y. VI. q. A, enter the jail and sing mi
pray with the murderer until ne 4 "a
enough 20 belle we that he - going % glorr,
and, instead OF expressing his oontrition I,t hs
9nvnse, he assumes IN turn the part OF Y. ".
e A, and invtcs the lookers-on Ito meti hiu,
IN heaven" Now, people are getting tired OF
such stuh. and desire % see Il stopped h-.t-y-
ing that It results in the preparation OF IA a
DER Such persons are receiving the prsper
denunciation OF a very large portion af ihi-
community, and some other local .ti-s /.
stronger hint than this would long sinrr h.vs
oeen given To such persons 10 stop such ttcsta-
bic antics.
We know OF only one WAY now Tor tn No le..
10 escaPe annlhilation-ts ?, IL they have any
money saved fpm the persons OF their victims.
and will send sn agent here with ia p.rh.ps
lawyers and 9th ers may be found who IN at,-
pose ~ and reco nmend that Quzkers be sent u
catch them and then try them BY jury: iet a.
go Tree upon Nhom murder cannot ae T.ff,
PTersh, then writ Of error; then an sl,traf
existing some months or years; and Hualis Ia
carcerate the m irderers Tor life e.. until tue
storm blows over. and their childIik. simp,i.ifv
clemency,
The L. s. authorities have asked th,, San
tanta and Big Tree, now In the TrNas state
prison for like onenses, be pardoned ont. hut
the hard -harded people OF that stat = ~ fhat
the governor shant DO IL. But wait un,a their
tribe sells some land Cthat don { belOn d, theHD
TO the government, aud =. and Il. T. uay Essd
friends influential enough 90 securr ,srsinn
and they NAV Yet delight themselves be- taking
ale" more scalls. JUSgTrIA.
SUPPOSED CORPSE CONES TO 1 FE.-oa
the 18th OF last month March. } Captain = "a
Mills. OF New York city. was drowned O. a. w.
has since turned out. merely suppoSsi a. d.
drowned, at Dewes, Del He feil ovs-. I, act
from bis schooner. Upon the body blin. re-
covered, and after every attempt g. o. ...4re
life had failed, IL was placed in = cot 4
then again nm the usual outer box, aud sliu 81
by Adams express 90 tn e friends OF the amor
tunate man IN New York city. IL reman.4.. ~
Philadelphia from y. nm. % I a. m. Up-l -
arrival In New York the certificate OF the .-c,-.
Del, doctor was discovered 20 be somewhat an
formal, anu the advice OF the board OF hes "a
was asked. II was AT last concluded 10 open
cases. and when this was done the man " IS
found TO be alive. The best medical AID ~.
Immediately called an, and IL was ere loas
thought possible 10 remove the captain win
safety TO the Bellevue Hospital. where he nov.
Is He Is not only doing vel, but there i every
probability of his speedy aud permanent re.
coveTy. How he existed confined within thoss
airless cases passes comprehension. lie Mts
boxed up for thiriy-hye hours. a length OF time
very few persons would care 20 aAemnt exist
ence merely without food or drink.-Ps1r.
The New York Times d.scredits the story Of
the Press.
How 'MAD-CAP Ara" HALsrED MEr HIS
DEATH.-A telegram In Yesterday STAR
briefly mentioned that Abel II. Halsted son OF
a. 70 HaneR1lor Hal tod taH III
residence at Clinton. near Elizabeth. " J.. on
Saturday morning, death resulting from a "a ac-
cldent which occurred ON Thursday evening.
Mr.. Halsted was riding 10 has home and stand
ing on the front platform OF a horse-car when
he was thrown urder the wheels and both legs
crushed, one of them 80 badly a. to render ann
putation necessary. lie was about fOrty-rivs
years old, and Was the brother of General Oliver
s. Halsted, pet" whose career at Washing
ton during the war attracted 50 mach atten-
ton, and who was murdered by George Borts
ON July p rs :, and OF Major George h. Hat
sted, well-known lawyer OF Newark. Mr..
Halsted's life was singular one. He went 70
California with his brother Oliver on the first
breaking out OF the gold fever. and was after
wards a member of the famous San Francisco
vigilance committee and clerk OF the California
supreme couI - During the Mexican war he
was for nearly two years prisoner i'm Mex CO,
and the United States government was obliged
TO interfere officially TO secure his release. Be
fore the negotiation had, however. concluded
he succeeded in escaping. Recently he Ia
been engaged in conducting n series OF expert
ments at the Brooklyn hayward.
FIRE IL FAIRFAx COUNTY, VA.-Quite a
conhagration was caused near Vienna station,
I'm Fairfax county, on Saturday, by coiorea
man named Brown setting fire 20 some brash
and rubbish in order to clean up for planting.
In half an hour the IRE was miles away, sweep
course. AT one point n leaped from a pine
forest across a green rye field and a road be-
yond into another forest, a distance OF at least
six hundred feet. To attempt 20 stem ID was
"A - ind hat
but very little could be done by .sback
fires" or lighting the combustibles I'm front.
road, then the middle turnpike, then the old
court house, or Georgetown road, and took MP
Its resistless march for the Potomac. The
been VERY grea, FortSns as nn uoer mas
out-houses covered its path. IL IL hut a few
weeks since a similar fire Ola a similar day,
ragged through that neighborhood, and was
arrested in similar manner By a shower after
night fall. That was lighted Is brand from a
Washington and Ohio locomotive and last wear
there we're two destructive fire. from the same
cause.-Ate1andrio SeEfiaci, liza.
TIE VIRGINIA FoRssr FTREs.-The Rich
mond papers state that the forest fires in their
ravages have not been so destructive a. a. first
reported. Yet, there has been a good deal OF
damage done, says the Enquirer, and many on
our sore-pressed farmers have suffered 20 ! er-
tent that will be severely felt in their impoyer-
ished condition. The railroads, too, have an
experienced more or less loss through injury TO
thch prOptrty anu QettnLlOn OF trains. The
points which have suffered most appear 70 be I'm
the neighborhood Of Gordonsville, and between
Danyille and Burkeyille, while the SeabOard
and Roanoke, and Petersburg and Norfolk rail
roads will no doubt be seriously inc0mmoded by
the usual annual Dismal swamp conf agration,
which is represented TO be more serious this
spring than usual.
ARREST AND REcAPruRE OF BIpwELr. rnE
FoRGER--bidwell, the alleged Bank OF Eng
land torger, escaped from PRISON In Havana oa
last Thursday evening by jumping over a bal
cony, but was subsequently recapturei on the
sea shore. about twenty miles above the city, by
the Havana police. He bruised his hanis and
legs severely when he jumped from the balcony
OF the prison. Maps OF Havana and the island
were found on the person Ct the prisoner. He
refuses 20 say who aided him In his escape.
Bidweils friends neglected to instruct him
thoroughly as TO the route he should take upon
leaving the city.
The UNION ARMY MEETINee AT Ngw HA-
VEN NEXT MoNrH.-The corresponding secre-
tsry Of the Army Of the Potomac, which holds
Its annual meeting 1t New Haven, May 18th,
has al n leff Szpf