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The bloody aforementioned
Indian War i'm Kansas

THE SURVEYORS WERE MURDERED OUTSIDE
THE NORTHUMBERLAND OPERA
TlONs STOPPED.
LEAvENwoRrH, April ei.-Captain Darling,
chlef OF the surveying party near Medicine
corToborates the report OF the Medicine Lodge
outTages- He charges the crime 10 the Osages
aid Cheyennes. These bands were fifteen
miles beyond the reserv ration boundary. Sur
veying operations have been suspended and the
surveyors have Withdrawn from the Indian
country until the government affords protec-
tlon Notwithstanding letters ct Superintep-
dent Hoag and dispatches OF Governor Osborne.
10 the contrary, the Cheyennes and Osages are
away from til cir reservations. driving AWAY
stock and pluplering and killing settlers Ia
southwestern Kansas. The settlers viii organ
ize and light before leaving their claims. The
Indians threaten TO drive them away from
Medicine Lodge rhfS SrImropr
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IMPROPER CsEnP ACoxcREEsuAx,s Paw
The name of W. X. Roberts, member OF CON
GEES, OF New York, H. being used 10 frank over
the country the circulars of a dirty robhing
name OF DR.. j. NJ. Cruze < Sons, No. 2G2 Row
cry. New York. IL is the old Dodge OF ssloye
charm, that viii never fail 10 act in any ca !.
directs that the cash must be sent with The or
Ger. There II no doubt of these circulars. nm
DER seal, being sent an over the country, the
envelope bearing the name OF Roberts instead
Oh fostage-stamp. = Cincinnati c0mmerciaf,
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SHOCKING MURDER or Two CHILDREN BY
AN INSANE MoTHER.-In New York last even
ing Mrs. Annie Henncssy, 81 wears of age. wife
OF George Hennessy, a respectable shoemak er
during nit Of insanity, kilicd her two children
George, aged years, ami Frances, aged :
months. On returning from work the husba mi
found the door Of his room locked, and after
considerable trouble gained admission. H.
found tub standing in the center Of the room
in which the bodies OF the children were living
On inquiry the woman sand it was all right The
mother. who has for some time been afflicted
with religious mania, had choked the children
and then ror sted their bodies in the stove. She
was sent TO the hnSIital.
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TERRIBLE MATEIcIDE IN INDIANA-A spe-
eiai 10 the Indianapolis Journal gives the par
hculars of terrible matricide near Lebanon
Boone county, Indiana, last Friday. Mrs. Ann
n. Davis, aged 90 years, was struck In the back
OF the head with an axe helve i'm the hands OF
her con, David Evans. aged 10. The blow
crushed her skull, and she fell forward into the
FIRE, where she was found by Dayid's wife, who
came into the room. David Evans was formerly
druggist in Lebanon, but went to Missouri
whence he returned short time since in an
insane condition. His wife and mother lived
alone, but he was not considered at all danger
Gus until this sad and fatal event. lie is now in
iail.
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RAILROAD STRIKE AND ALLEGED ATrENPT
TO DESTROY 4 TRAIN.--A dispatch to the New
York Tribune from this city says: "A number
OF white werkmen on the western division of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad IN Virginia
10 whom small amount of wages is due, in.
duced few negroes to join them in a strike
last week, and have made several attempts 70
destroy the property OF the company. They
in order TO cause a collision between an expr,
freight train and construction train. The
former was running so slowly that little damage
was done. They then placed a can of nitro
glyceriDe on the track, in order to blow up an
express train soon due, and also DISTRACTED the
track with disabled fiat car. Both were dis
covered by employees OF the road in time to pre-
vent terrible accident. Twenty-Five of the
men were arrested and sent TO Charleston
West Virginia, but we're subsequently dis
CHARGED
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The GOVERNMENT STILL SELLING OUT THE
NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD FOR TAXES
Collector Bailey, at Albany, YESTERDAY, sold
eight locomotives belonging to the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad company
Seized by him Tor the non-payment OF taxes.
They realized So, 40, and were bought on he
half Of the company. The attorney for the
company protested against the sale on tn
ground that the tax was assessed against the
New York Central railroad company, and
therefore could not be collected of the New
York Central and Hudson River railroad com
many.
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Social Chif.(haf

Ladies' rainy-weather round hats are now
trimmed with Russian leather.
Femme coiffures are drifting slowly bach
again to the old fashioned chatelain braids
Amber jewe.ry is becoming very fashionable
again; it looks very well with light spring
dresses.
In their costumes our bellies are adopting
gradually the styles OF a hundred years ago, md
we may soon expect to see them arrayed in the
stiffest iarthengales the pencil OF HOlbien has
bequeathed 10 PROSPERITY.
1t isn't always best to call things by Their
right names. A young gentleman called a
coach dog Dalmatian hound, and was inform
ed by his fdncee that if he could not refrain from
profanity in her-presence they must hence
forth be strangers.-N. i. Mail.
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RELIGIOUS LIBERrY In JAPAN.-A curious
statement comes through the medium of a
Herald special from Berlin, to the effect that
the Japanese Ambassadors now In Europe have
been seriously consulting as to the wisdom of
introducing christianity as the state religion in
Japan: An eminent German endeavored to
diseuade them from it, using pretty much the
same line OF argument as in the United States
justihes the entire separation of church and
state. He advised liberation Of all religion, and
the proposition. p HFrt
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THE INJUNCTION against the Richmond and
Danville railroad to restrain the company from
altering the gauge OF the North Carolina rail
road between Greensboro and Charlotte, was
continued by Judge Albertson till tire hearing
but upon condition that the state give bond for
$50 ,000, with good security, to indemnify said
company for damages that might be sustained
on or before the LIST of May; if not given by that
time the injunction wilt be dissolved. Both
parties have given notice Of an appeal to the
Supreme Court.
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EXTRA SESSION oF TIRE STATE srNArr
TRENTON. y. J., April 2a.-The extra sess on
OF the seIa1e met this nscrning 20 act on nonai-
nations.
recently or anized under the general law Tor A
road from Delaware 60 Hudson, are actively
preparing Tor the prosecution OF the work,
commencing at WaVeTly, suburbs OF Newark
and working southerlv. The company claim
that IL " III he the first road built across the
state under the general Law.
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CAUSE OF THE LATE RICHMoNDSwITcH Dis
AsTER.-The official Investigation in the Rich
mond switch disaster commenced at Provi-
dence, II. l., yesterday. The evidence went 70
SHOW that the railway officials did all in their
Demey, repairer of bridges for the road, testi-
ned that he examined the bridge fortnight
ago, and found it safe. The owner of the dan,
tesuned that he had no doubt some person
started the writer BY digging the ditch or tn
draw dam. The result OF the inquiry will he
reported at the May session of the General \ s
Sembfy.
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The ERIE INSTRUMENTATION GEN
eral Barlow, in Albany. yesterday appeared
before the Erie investigating committee and
denied as utterly false the statements of Thomas
q. Sherman. Mr.. Barlow said he never de-
manded cent from Mr.. Sickles, and never re
ceiyed cent He never received a cent from
Fisk, Gould, or any other persons concerned
with them, and never was a party to any ar
rangement Tor receiving cent and never offered
a cent, neither before he was attorney genera.
nor since he held that office. He never wrote Ia
Sickes demanding $4,000, nor any money
whatever
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ANOTHER OUTRAGE On CHILD IN DEL A.
wARE-Another OF those fearful crimes-tIl AZ
OF assaulting an innocent child-for which tie
court at Georgetown, Del, recently sentenced
man to death, was attempted on the person OF
little daughter OF Eliza Short, about ten wears
OF age. The Wilmington Commercial says
" The affair occurred Friday morning, in The
neighbOrhOOd of Lewes' Cross Roads, Broad
Creek Hundred, Sussex county, and the fend.
who this time failed i'm his terrible purpose goes
by the name OF FOsque. He was arrested and
lodged in jail at Georgetown yesterday. lie is
a white man." =
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More Indian Ins.,euce

OREGON REDSKINS THREATENING wAH.
NEW YORK. April PA Portland, Oregon,
letter states that at interview between the
cniefs OF the Nez Perces and the superintendent
of Indian affairs there, the Indians Demanded
that all the whites be expelled from walla-
waila valley, in eastern Oregon, which was
declined, and the superintendent warns emil
grants not to settle there. The Indians have
veen paid once f0r that iand, and now threaten
war If 1t Is not given back to them. Treable is
soon apprehended.
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A REVIVAL WITHOUT A PEEACHER.-Fifty-
one persons joined the church last SUNDAY at
Middleton, Des Moines county, Iowa. This is
the result Of the Methodist revival which has
been in progress there. A singular feature of
the revival was that &C was conducted without
the helm Of n preAcher. FtJG IT =
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MARIE TAGLIoSI, whose death was recent,
reported in cable telegram from Paris was
born at Stockholm. in 1904, where her father
Filippo Taglioni, was ballet master. She at
tanned great celebrity AS an opera dancer. am
performed with brilliant success at Paris
London, and the other principal cities o.
Europe. In 1850 she married Count Gilbert IA
Eoisins, rich French nobleman, and in 1sII
she retired from the stage, having amassed q
large fortune" y
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Another Victim Of the Rfchmouc
switch Df~asfer

PRovIDENCE. April 24.-There Is reason .,
fear that Colin &. MCPHERSON, OF Brooklyn
persisted IN the disaster al Richmond Switch
He was eN pected 20 attend the cOnfcre nee OF the
Latter Day Sants, and left home, but dad mo-
arfiNe here.
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN MARYLANp.-On
Sunday morning last Mr.. Israel willard, q
farmer, aged about 65 years, residing near Sa-
biilasyiile, Frederick county, attempted to COM
Is thought TO be Of Fatal character. He had
twice before attempted suicide, it IL stated.
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tN"'NefV"'e"e' " tAN ot0fs
STEAMSHIP LEIPzIs, April 10, 1873.


THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
ICorrespoEdenee Of The Ssdr.l
STEAMSHIP LEIPZIs, April 10, 1873
Lizard Point is in sight and our journey Is
almost ended. This has been a thoroughly de-
lightful trip across the ocean. We left Balti-
more a week ago last Saturday, but did not pass
Cape Henry until 500 clock on Sunday morning
because Baltimore pilots prefer to leave ship
only In the day time, and thereby compel a mai
steamer to lie stin for their special benefit. IL
is to be hoped that, for the sake of the CONNER
cial interests of Baltimore, an opposition and
competition will soon spring up to remedy
this delay. gale in the Gulf stream gave old
Neptune chance to demand his tribute, bat
the easy motion Of this splendid vessel made I,
very slight indeed amongst the ladies well a
the sterner sex, and the ships larder has been
suffering severely ever since, for our appetite
breakfast gong Is heard, and a beefsteak, a
mutton chop, eggs in every form, with fish and
other sabstantiais, greet the eve, accompanied
by coffee, tea or chocolate to wash them down.
At ~ O'Clock q fiRe lunch, with raw oysters
ard the most costly delicacies that the mar kets
of Bre men, Southampton and Baltimore afford
appear. The dinners at four O'Clock are appre-
ciated by the most exaeting appetite, and by
way of asample, we give this days bill Of fare I:
Consoumee Ia jardeniere, sweet breads with
tomatoes and roasted potatoes, roast beef
larottes, pearl beans, pomnie de terre Ia
Suasbourg, poultry, compot, rice pudding,
desert and coffee. .. - -
Captain Jaeger, the commander of the Leip-
zig, officers and engineers are all wer-bred
gentlemen, treating the passengers as their
guests. The captains friends in the capital are
numerous. and they will only cross tile ocean in
his vessel and not without good reason. for
whilst during the most fearful winter season
hardly vessel crossed the ocean without hav-
ing deck. houses swept off or boats carried away
he has not even smashed a skylight or torn
sail, which shows his quality as a sailor.
But we are now approaching the Needles.
The passage of the Needles several perpen-
dlcular rocks rising out or the seal leaving
only narrow channel for vessels TO pass, with
the Isle of Wight on one side and the main la nj
on the other, the water crowded with vessels
from all parts of the globe, affords one of the
most beautiful marine views i'm the world. No
doubt many OF our Washington friends will pa.
through them during the summer on their way
to the Vienna exhibition. ,JosEPHISr
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The Government Sci xc~ un ore u,ccomo.
i've. and Cars OF the New York Cea.
trai RaflrOa

ALBANY, n. Y, April 34.-Cnited sites Col
lector Baily has seized twenty-three locomo-
ives and thirty eight passenger and three bag
gage cars. belonging To the New York Central
and Hudson river railroad company Tor non
pan meht OF taxes.
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MORE INDIAN ATROCITIES REPoRrEp.-A
correspondent of the AtchIson Mol Daily
Champion, writing from Arkansas CIV saws a
man named Thompson arrived there on the 1Dtb
instant, who states that ON the Ilrh ne was
rObbo by band of Indians, near Mo,iriDe
Lodge creek, and his four companions killed
They had with them a span II horses wagon
camp equipage and 81 900 On money. on Fri
Gay, the 18th instant, Thompson was about
quarter of a mile from camp. when he "a ~
three or four hundred indians surround a. and
shortly afterwards heard firing aud saw the In
dams using tomahawks on his comrades. lie
sIpposes they were all Killed at the time of the
attack. Part of the banl took him prisoner
and robbed him OF all he had, hut finally let
him 60. He arrived n CALDWELL about noon OF
the l4th. and while there was told that nine
Others were killed at Medicine Lodge creek by
the Indians, about tie time his camp was ut
tackled.
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THE INVESTIGATIONS by the New York legis.
bri6eries closed yesterday with the examination
Of Attorney General Barlow. He denied gen
Grady and specifically all the charges of bribery
and Corruption in which he was Implicated.
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THE Boy SoMNAMBULIsr STILL AT HIS
MuRDERoUs WoRK.-The boy, wildfred l..
Fits, Of Lowell, now in cell in the Exeter ~.
HI jail, while In somnambulistic state, got
prisoners occupying the same cell on SUMO Az
night, and attempted 20 cut sheir throats Twc
o. the prisoners were slightly wounded before
he could be secured, - be was in q rayiur con-
dstion, and IL was sometime lefore he cosld he
brought to his senees. He, 10 now carefuIlx
watched when asleep and awake
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STRANGE SrocK TRANeAcTIoH. = Profess
s0r w. Lamoreaux sent 5000 to Jones &
Co., to be invested for him. The latter bought
ner'' in that stock the profeaora entire narein
was exhausted, and he became, as Is ALLEGED. in
debted to them in the sum OF SO 900 for adsances
made to cover the ''rise.' in stock. He brought
suit IN the supreme court 70 recover the $1,000.
and to-day motion was made In the suprerne
and granted. to pat the case on short cause cat
endar.-Ns 4. Comaefcial, Esd. =
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PERsoNAL.-Jesse Grant, son of the Presi-
dent, arrived in San Francisco with the family
of ex-senator Cole last night. Secretary
Belknap, General Sheridan, and party, left
RinggOld barracks i'm Texas on Tuesday for
brownsville. in that state, where they are ex-
pected to arrive to-day, and a grand reception
viii be given them by tine authorities
''''Senator Boutwell, has leased the handsome
new residence just finished by n. w. Burcheli,
esq, at the corner of l. street and Vermont
avenue, and will occupy it at the opening of
the next session of Congress. Represent
tive James Brooks was somewhat better to-day
and his physicians are more hopeful Seq
rotary Belknap is not expected to return here
before the middle of May. MR.. Charles F.
Conant, chief OF the warrant division, Treas
ury Department, is quite sick at his residence
on Capitol Hill. Mr.. II. q. Whiting is the act
ng chief of the division during the sickness of
Mr., CODant.
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- lsdiaa Orchard, Mas, Is attracting popu.
iation away from Springfield by charsine p
cents ltss tine for intoxication.
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oSE DAYS LIST OF SUICIDES IN PARIS
There were no fewer than eight suicides ga one
day IN Paris lately. lady In the Rue ,le Ia
PelHnlere strangled herself with a cord az ;
O'Clock IN the morning, leaving every one In
ignorance Of the cause OF her fatal determine
Ton. At the same hour a man precipitated
himself from the Austerltz bridge into the
Seine. "A printer follow cd his example later on
an the afternoon. Then a young man adopted
the strange method OF throwing himself under
the feet of omnibus horses. and WAS OF course
mortally injured. Two caSes OF death by DELHI
crate suhocation took place. one being BY a
Young man crossed In love. The saddest OF the
eight deaths was, however. that OF two girls
young aud poor. who, after dancing all night at
the ball m the Partisan - lorists. ;" agreed OUT
city 10 put an END TO their existence. one OF
these, Angelique Laehemy died for the very
simple reason that she was tired OF life. The
other. Eugene Hardy. committed suicide from
chagrin caused by disappointment I'm love.
Both these girls were onfv fifteen years GA
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Il ncrrcn. All, - NJ s1 sau S.nsser:
and killed his wife In EdeewOoa yes{erdsy IA
delivered himself up q the authorities and been
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woods. near Boston, yesterday morning, Mari
Brathby, q carpenter, while drunk deli beratel,
shot his wife, killing her Instantly. The mur
derer escaped, but his little hoy gave the alarm
and he viii probably soon be arrested. -
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NEW YORK, April 34-The m anufacturin NO
city Of Joachimsthsl, i'm the mountains OF
Bohemia, was destroyed by fire on the 3lst of
March. Out of $50 houses In the city $50 were
completely burned, and 5000 psrs0ns were
rendered houscless, The magnificent churches.
founded in the days Of the reform ation fell a
prey to the flames, as did also valuable paint
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HHeehoo04 0rno9 000e - Denver.
family In SeFe Dis Scnins fcr Denver. r hs
nin stop over At knmsas City tonight and the
PFesidc1t Win hold reception. -'1TT-s -
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A City In Flnssse e.,


UESI KlNIIkE FIIsE RAGING AT fORT SlDTT
KANSAS.
FORT ScoTT, KANSAS, April 3. midnight
A terrible fire has broken out on Market street
in the central business portion of the city.
Many buildings are already in flames, and IL Is
impossible TO tell where the confiagration will
end. Great CONSERVATION prevails, as there
seems no way to prevent the destruction of a
large portion Of the business part OF the city,
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NV 1onk. April ei.--ihe second session To-
Cav 81 the National Rcard of Fire 4 Underwriters
Mss more largely attends even than veSter,lay.
The committee on loo al boards recomrne nded
mter giving statements relative 90 the subject.
that supervising agents should be anthofi scl
Ia examine privately the hooks OF any Insurance
agent suspected OF under-handod practices
lhis commentator, after debate v as car
red. Other committees made reports A re-
CON mendaiion OF the com mittee that . copy OF
the New York building laws be sent 70 the
Joafds OF underwriters OF all other cites with
the request that they recommend their aact-
ton by such cities, was Passed.
resolution was adopted that a fund OF
100000 be raised for the purpose OF giving A
reward OF sl,0OV for every tnccndiary detected
and punished.
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A SHORT TIME SINCE the Treasury depart
ment received communication from Professor
Benjamin Peirce, superintendent of the coast
survey, which, on first examination, created
great surprise. 1t was an application to have
his pay, now $1,000, increased by authorizing
him to receive subsistence also at the rate of 81
per day; and the letter concluded by assigning
as reason for the request that he had dscOv-
cred that his expenses exceeded his present COM
pensation $500 a day. As this statement in
yolved deficiency OF nearly 81 ,000,, } annual
ly, at the first reading the officials here looked
grave; but they were prOpOrtionately relieved
when il was ascertalned that Prof. PIERCE hal
written the word day when he intended to write
upon for an opinion as to the legality of allow
ing the increase asked for, and he has decided
that the law does not authorize it.-BoSioa Ad-
rfTfiSeT. NUscidI
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SUMMER RESORTS.

- N ii L 30 3D.
The OSBURN HOUSE, Leesburg, Va. Is now open
for the accommodation of Summer Boarders NJ
pains will be spared in he endeavor make al com
Portable. lap3lm@l J0AB 0SBURN, Proprietor
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The OAkes Anae~- Z nd cru oad ConGs@..
lion gaSe

THr VIRGINIA. eUrstSs CerET ~ Arrrara
sfFisNs TRE "a DGNENT foR ElECrIoN %
tspERwooD FRoN MS EE~tDKNCE
INV foRg, April 2L--Adhpatch ffon kich-
hono saNs- ." The supreme Court OF Appeals
nave rendered dccrs'en ~ the ca>e 81 tndcr-
sooa r,rsss Mel eige, Affirming the Judgment
OF the corrcrsnon Court % Alexandra, which
euected writ 70 sseae eiecting Jadsa Chdcr-
wood. OF the Cntood States district rOult from
The possession OF handsome residence ia
Alexandria purchased IN hun Al a can fk.xtioa
sale ordered by himself in i~4. MeNeiSh. the
owner Of tne property, anu who went q Rich
rnond during the rebellion. iutrod aeed teS'i-
mony 60 show that oakes Amcs. John N. Auey
Samuel Hooper, and Underwood a Son. had
organized 60 cane conhScation 20 be instituted.
The Supreme Court. in giving Us decision, d.
elsred. In its opinion. that Cnderwooa's con-
Duct had been such aS 90 shock the moral sense
Of every honest man"