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FOREIGN.


The further hearing in the Tichborne
case has, upon application by his counsel,
been postponed until November, 1874.
The French Assembly, on Nov. 6, by a
unanimous vote, elected M. Buffet as its
president.
A Havana dispatch of Nov. 5 gives intel
ligence of the capture of the filibustering
steamer Virginius by the Spanish gunboat
Tornado, near Jamaica, on Oct. 81. She
had one hundred and seventy passenger
and crew, who, with the vessel and her
cargo, were taken to Santiago de Cuba.
Among the prisoners are the wellknown
insurgent chief, Bembetta, the brother OF
Cespedes, son of Quesada, Senior Jesus del
Sol and other important personages. The
prisoners were being tried as pirates.
A Toronto dispatch of Nov. 6 gives in
formation concerning the burning of the
steamer Bavarian, bound from Hamilton
to Montreal, about eight o'clock on the
preceding night, while fourteen miles from
shore, opposite Oshow. Two boats, con-
tanning twenty persons, put off from
the burning steamer and reached the shore
in safety. Fourteen other persons, includ-
ing Captain Carmichael, the steward, chief
engineer, and three lady passengers, were
| left on board, and probably either perished
in the flames or were drowned.
The reported resignation of the French
Ministry turns out to be untrue.
The Dominion Parliament assembled on
Nov. Z, and the constitution of the new
Cabinet announced, VIZ: Mackenzie, Pre-
mier, and Minister OF Public Works,
Blake, without portfolio Christie, Sena-
tor, Secretary of State; Cartwright, Min
lister of Finance; D. A. MacD Donald, Post
master-General; Darion, Minister of jus
tice; Letelier de st. just, Senator, Minis
ter of Agriculture and immigration
Fournier, Inland Revenue; A. J. Smith
Marine and Fisheries; Isaac Burpee, Gus
toms; Coffin, Receiver General Ross
President of Council and pro tenn. Minister
of Militia; Laird, Minister of the Interior
one seat vacant. Immediately after which
the Governor-Genera1 unexpectedly an
nounced the prorogation of the Parlia
merit.
A great Carlist victory is reported d
Spain at Myanda de 0rga. The loss of th,
Republicans was very great.
The Paris Presse of Nov. says that th,
Right have not only agreed to limit Mac
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Vast deposits of iron and coal have been
discovered near st. Georges, in the south
ern part of Utah.
A dispatch from Corpus Christi, Texas
Nov. Z, says: The Corpus Christi and
Rio Grande Railroad Company organized
here to-day, under charter of the State of
Texas. The line connects this place with
Sareda, and besides controlling the Rio
Grande trade, will exercise powerful in
fluenee in checking the border depreda-
tons and opening to settlement the rich
lands of the Nueces valley. Parties are
being plaeedin the field, and the consnuc-
ton of the road will be rapidly pushed.
Representatives OF Northern capitalists
are here, and Col. Thos. H. Robb, late
President of the Frontier Commission,
has accepted the presidency of the road.
Suits have been commenced by the Hli-
nois Railroad and Warehouse Commis-
sioners against the Chicago and North
western and the Illinois Central Railroad
Companies for violation of the railroad
law. 1t is understood that suits will also
be instituted against several other roads as
soon as the Attorney General can prepare
the papers in the cases.
While considerable number of the
Eastern manufacturing establishments
have entirely suspended work for the pres
ent, the majority are running on one-half
or three-quarters time. Great destitution
and sufferi,-s among the lahnriiats e -Al44a~-;--
inevitable during the coming cold season.
The report telegraphed from abroad that
our Government had made large purchases
of silver from Germany is officially de
MED in Washington.
A Detroit dispatch of Nov. 8 says that
the leading men of the Farmers Grange
and Labor Reform organizations have
been in private consultation for the pur-
pose of effecting a general consolidation
of the two organizations throughout the
entire West
The amount of legal tenders outstand-
ing on Nov. s was 1851 ,S37, ,271.
New York financial dispatches of Nov.
s report adyices from all points regarding
the monetary situation at the close of the
week as favorable.
Six hundred men were discharged from
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Nov. s.
The Wisconsin Central Railroad has
leased the Milwaukee and Northern Rail-
road for ninety-nine years, and the two
roads will hereafter be run as one road.
A Louisville dispatch of Nov. 9 says :
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Cornnarv hos icc11f4d q eircIIlar annoIlncin0
reduction of 10 per cent, on officers,
agents. and employees salaries after the
10Th inst. Other Southern roads take the
same action.
The printers in the daily newspaper Off
ces at Springfield, ILL.,, struck on Nov 8, in
consequence of notification of reduction
in wages.
Battershall 6 Co., tea brokers in New
York City, failed on Nov. 10.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Memphis had four deaths from yellow
ever on Nov. 6, and no new cases were re-
ported.
Adyices from Tucson, Arizona, to the
st OF November. state that Cochise refuses
% stop raiding into New and Old Mexico,
snd will not submit to good discipline and
having his tribe counted. They continue
p draw government rations whether on or
eff reservations.
5Apprehensions are felt that there will be
great scarcity of breadstuffs in the Terrific
II of Arizona before next harvest.
A dispatch from Unionville, CAL, says a
evere shock of earthquake was felt there
about halfpast six on the evening of Nov.
!. and that lighter shocks had been felt at
iateryals during the preceding two days
nd nights. No damage was done. Two
hocks were also felt at Virginia City at
dbout7 O'Clock on the same evening.
James D. Centre, juror in the Stokes
ese, has been sentenced to thirty days.
inprisonment and fine of $3.50 for a too
fee use of his tongue while the trial was
progressing.
Washington dispatches state that the fate
f the Cuban sympathizers on the Virgini-
IS has been the topic of universal and angry
discussion since the facts were made known.
Secretary Fish, according to the reports of
persons who have talked with him, says
Spain has misbehaved and done injustice
b the hberality with which the United
states has treated her during her present
Misfortune" 1t is believed by many that
tae affair will lead to serious complications
With Spain. A dispatch from Minister
siclles states that the Madrid Government
had no information of the execution till
sfter it had occurred.
The st. Louis civil-service examination
has been postponed until Dec. 10th.
The Cuban sympathizers in New York
are using extraordinary endeavors to form
an expedition to set out at once for. Cuba
to revenge themselves for the execution
of the Cuban patriots Oh the Virginius
General Quesada is also organizing anoth-
er expedition.
A young German from Baltimore was
few days ago arrested at the executive
mansion at Washington while endeavor
ing to see the President, in order to obtain
from him S., 800, 900, which he claims the
President owes him. He was put on tht
train for Baltimore. being evidently /;
Itss4auG.
An enthusiastic Cuban meeting has beer
held at New Orleans. The Surveyor o
the Port and other prominent federal Off
cials participated. A resolution was adopt
ed eondemning the barbarity of the Span
iards, and calling on the federal govern
ment to recognize the Cubans as belliger
ents, requiring indemnity and an apology
for the recent outrages on American citi
zens.
The total number of oranges of the or
der of Patrons of Husbandry in operation
October 25 was 1850. OF these but 101
are in the Northern States, and 5,001, o.
nearly two-thirds of the whole number
are in the West; the Southern States hayt
2,47S, or one-third of the whole.
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SIXTEEN foreign life-insuranee agencies
are in trouble in Dubuque, Iowa, for con-
dueting their business contrary to the pro-
visions of the laws of the State. Suits
have been brought against them aggregat-
ing a penalty of S217 900. Three-fourths
Of the penalty goes to the school fund,
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DoNALDsoNv1LLE, LA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER p, 1873.

mis-, arrested on the charge of completely
IN the murder of Kelsey, at Huntington,
Long Island, have given bail for $4,000.
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NEWS SUMMARY
PERsoNAL AND POLITICAL

Right Rev. John Early, D. D., Bis
Of the NJ. f. Church South, died at Lyr
burg, Va, Nov. 5, aged lightweight ye;
Laura Keene, the well known actr
died in New Jersey, Nov. 6.
General w. j. Hardee died at WY
vile, Va, Nov. 6.
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ConIMERCE AND INDUsTRl

Gold closed in New York, November 4
at 1073.
The comparative cotton statement h
The week ending November z, is as q
lows:
Rale
, 1873-07-28

Investigate tho lynching Of tho nonos, Just as
Oil previous occasion fe instructed lilo Grand
Jury to inlict' tho Vglants who. hanged tho
supposed murdorors Of tho parlk' family nt
Charleston. Rooontly ho lima rocelyod Bovora1
threatening icttore, warning him that Ills lfo
would be talton If ho did not DO careful. To
those lottors tho Judge replied publicly in d
communication to tho Washington County Vigf-
lants. Tho following extracts will give mn itlca
Of histompor. ;" Tho Vigl[anta, ao-oal1od, tollmc
l had bottor 10 quot. Lot mo tell thon.1 novor
failed to prcak my opinions: t1cno'lhco thosa as
murdorors, as thoy aro, and AS all decent cttizona
know them to be-. have stood boforo tho can
non'a mouth, whore not QUO Of tho mashod COW
ards oyor dared to stand."
, 1873-07-28

TO the Editor ef The Chicago Tribune:
SIN: As thero haa boon 4 great dcal said
about tho thiovos and row1os that infoBt tho
part Of tho city wcat Of IInlsted md south Of
Harrison street, do not know tint 1t will 10
any good for mo to say any moro but I wish to
spoaf Of ono place in particular, md that IL tho
corner OF Polk and Morgan strcots. There Ia
aud night, insulting oyory lady TINT passos, DO
she young or old. N.Y. daughters have boon In
sllted there 80 much that they afraid to pass
tho locality. At night tho rougl,s go psowllng
around, breaking iuto Rtoroa nnd llollhos takillg
everything they Gun got hold OF. There Ia a row
Or fight among them almost oyery night but
they aro lleyor arrested, for tlaoro IL nevor q
polioemon to DO Hoon around when he B needed.
for one think It would bo well for tho Super
intendont OF Police to detail mn oflicor to watch
that corner littlo aa wo aro not aAfe the way
tho tmo. S,irrsuE1I,
CHloAuo, July 2B 1873,
, 1873-07-28

Tho Chicago produce markets wore quiet Oh
Saturday. md brcatlstufrs wero generally eaBior.
Moss pork was dull and loo por brl lower, at
s15.C0@15.75 cash, and e15G0@15.C5 seller
Auguat. Lard was dull and 10 por 100 lbs lower,
at $7.85@7.95 cash or soller August. Meats
wore quiot and Shade oaaior, at 7111c for shoul-
doris, 816c for short mlddlos, and 10@12114o for
sweet picklod hams. uighwineH wore quiet and
strong at o2o bid per gallon. Luke frelghts woro
moderately activo and stoady at 5@517{o for corn
to Bufralo. Flour was dull and unchanged.
Wheat was dull md ]1@1o lower, closing Mt
$1.1o sollor tho month, aud @1.1496 ecl1sr
Auguat. Corn was active and 3l@95o lower,
closing at $500 cash, and 8e@3G]sc aollor
August. Data were moderately aottvo and easior,
closing at 27>4o cash, aud 2e96o acllor August.
Ryo was dull and nominal at 56@57o. Barley
waa quiet and steady at 80@81o for nov No. 2
sollor September. The hog trado WAS moderate
fy actlve at Fridays prices, salos making at
s43o@4.85. Cattle wero In light domand and
pricoa wonk aud unaottod. shoop woro sa1nblo
ut former rates or Mt $300@5.0o.
, 1873-07-28

diaoaeos peculiar to tho coast, smallpox aud
dyaontory Of a very malignant typo havo sot in,
both among tho nhtivca and Tho Eusopcnus.
The Ashantoes, headed by tl.olr King, nro mal-
Ing rapid progross In nublugating tho Englis),
posaosBtons, and tho outlook is considered d
very unpromsRing ono At tho Drit!sl. Foroign
Office. Tho woll-latd so,en,o Of tho Anglo
Dutch diplomats las gono all awry. In
stead OF the great commercial and territorial nd
vantagca Which England and Holland oapoctel
to Secure. boil, nations hayo got q wnr upon
their hands. In tho ono Case, tho Atohinoeo
hayo prosecuted 1t with such yigor that
tho Dutch havo boon compelled to
ask truce, md tho Atchinoao
havo improved the time by asking tho assistance
Of tho Sublime Porto, undor whose Jurisdiction
they claim to bo. In tho other, tho Ashanteos
haye drivon out their immediate onomion, tho
FanteeB, have ropulsod the Englsh onco, aud
forced thom to destroy tho most important town
In thor possessions. What tho Ashnntoos fail
to perform, tho African pesti1onces scem likely
to dnial. It is rathor curious coincidence that,
whore both nations expected 10 much to result
from their bargain, both havo found them
solvos with worry ugly war on their hands and
no prospect of d settlement.
, 1873-07-28
THE OHIO CONVENTION.

The Democrats Of Allen County, Ohio, somo
timo ago declared TINT tho Democratic party had
practically ceased to exist for any uHoful r,r-
poso, mud it therefore advised Convention Of
cltlzons Of Ohio, without distinction Of rarty, to
bo Aold at Columbus on tho 30th Of July, to
form nov organization On tho basis of q re-
form Of existing abusos. This movement has
been bitterly opposed by two claBsos Of persons,
tho aolf-eleotol leaders of tho Democratic party
and tho of1lco.holdora Of tho Republican party.
fiho latter soe1n to concodo that, II tue 1omo-
cratic party wcro out Of tho WY, tho Republican
Party would have nothing to hold 1t together.
Tho Democratic loaaota aro 10th to give up an
organization which occasionally furnishes thom
an ofleo, and poHsessos, moreover, tho uoyor-
ffailng ollarm Of antiquity. But shoro are larpo
llmbor OF people In olIo who perceive tnat bot1,
the old parties ars moroly boating gonga in oach
tothor'H faooa for public bowi1doru,ont and tAovo
people aro tlotomlnod not to partlcipato In tin
.}uockory any longer.
Tho leopublcau party vas formed as an ontf.
1laTeEyparty~tirst to restrict and coutlno slayory
u certain geographical liaits and afterwards to
aPolisll ar' destroy 1t altogether. Aa soou as
ttls antt'slaYory purity was formed, tho Demo-
o'latlo purity bocamo Of necessity pro-slayory
P1rty' All othor questions wero ignored, and,
nlfeTtllo year 1856, tho two parties Ind but ono
1s41e-tho preservation and expansion OF slavory
Oh tho ono hand, aud itR restriction aud abolition
On tho oklpr, Tho ynr ,yaa mart of this fau,,n
, 1873-07-28
THE COURTHOUSE PLANS.

u kht Fd;for NJ 15c f,diraoa g,rth.rx.
sra yn 1".1, a1a a. 1ns t. e"sago .sa.;:o ar'oane
oM among tho pocahar features OF the inter.
Wow between myself, Otto Matz, nnl AID
Bailey, was m expression usod by tho latter. IL
which 10 urged upon Matz tho noco,aity ana
n'toi 'auo' u a's'nu'ns TO tAat matter and
sooing those partioa =" that evening; to which
Matz replied, that no had an engagement at g
oeoa , TO o. effect tho contamination OF the scheme,
no said II was necessary for him to recoivo the
appreciation md assistance Of aome othor par.
tics whose namos did not trnnsniro on that occn.
sion. Icnnnot vcntnro to 1ogas, ar,r ',oa,a,ne
eon!oet.to US 10 WHO they "ofe. although mn
Inclined to tho opinion that they must DO in
eomo way connected with the plauB. Willie on
rared ,,pon thu s,ihfaot T foo1 ,nvao,f ;r,rn,1oa
49,. Va. t,s' N1 ,,o ~ ~: n4"t1 " ro1a'
tion 20 Sho North oide criminal Court,
IN which no grently roprobatcd Theodore
KarIs for his il1-adviaod participation in
man vote, md thereby forced alatz to lose tho
Job. Karls at,d aono otl.ors lad loft our compa-
ny about Ton minutea previously. I suggested
to Mr.. Nlatz, as I was disinterosted, tliat lo
buy Kara on, and sparo hin tho humiliation % Of
eecond dofoat, aud tho: noxt intimation had
of tho practical application Of my suggestion
was the appointment Of KarlB as architect Of tho
Jefferson Insane Asylum, and Ills subsequent
withdrawal from tho competition. In leaning.
towards tho BuppoBition That Karls WAS inlu.
encod in A1atz's favor, cannot escape tho con-
cuslon that It VAS done with AID. Dailoy's
cognizanco and corporation, for ho overheard
part OF the conversation botwcen Matz and T.
and ho ovon. Pledged mo his word aud honor
that ho would furnish mo with pass to Ken-
tucky Block laa - >non-compating archi-
tocta wore exe}uded), so that / might
avail myself Of tho advantages Of 'sooing
tho latont grandeur Of Alatz'B plan, md with .
description Of it for tho papers, i'll order to in
hnenco public opinion In ita favor. Iudood, it
appears from Bailoys own admissions, with his
, 1873-07-28

IN officer OF the Alton d st. Louis Railroad
llas furnished to q correspondent OF tho New
York Tribune BONO reasonable and intonigihla
INSTANCES in proof Of tho fact that railray dis
oriminauon Ia not necessarily unjust. To talko
tho familiar Bloouington-L Lo1ington caso, ho
explains that chr destined for Lexington Ia
switched OF at that station, and, after being
unloaded, waits for day or two to be taken
up on tho way back with, porhaps, ono-foursh Of
q load, and, perhaps, no load whatever, while tho
Bloomington cur is Immediately rodlled and sent
on the return trip, thus getting baok to Chicago
day Or two quicker. Tho Bloomington car has
Ind full load each way, md has earned moro
/ money, ut q less ratio, for tho Rail-
road Company than tho Lexington car
for shorter distance md higher rate.
Another instance citcd is where elevators hayo
been built at grain stations. The railroad Inns
vator at ono cont less than when 1t was to DO
loadea from wagons.--a practice which tho now
| law prohibits. Yot graiu takon from tho oloya-
or must be put ON tho cara At any hour Of the
day OF night which tho railroad desires, accord
lug to ths contract made with tho elevator, It
has boen founi1 that cars loft at tho aamo point
to DO Loaded tron4 wagons do not reach Chicago
fortwonty-four or folty-eight hours 1ater and, "a
idlo cars arc constantly iheroasing tho expenses
without earning money, tia railroad makos
moro money from grain taken from tho elevator
at lower price without wording my injustice
to other shippers. These aro two of many in
STANCES allowing TINT competition ia not tho only
cauao Of discrimination.
, 1873-07-28

sold for 1920 in 1860, cost $3.50 in 1870, mn
$3.50 In 1890, coat 1910 In 1870, while tho
noroaso In tho cost Of building materials md In.
bor waa RtIll greater. Coal coating 5000 in 1860
cost I'll 90 In 1870, and lard wood costing $6.Bo
In 18Go cost $3.50 in 1870. Thoso arc retail
pilces In tho manufacturing towns Of Maaaaoliu.
BottH; applying thoao, with reduction Of 90
per cont III coat Of lights since petroleum came
into ,1so wo find that tho aano Hhcltor, food,
. and plothing which e5o.8s would have procured
in 1880 cost st7.oo in 1a7o,-an increase Of 60
poe cont. In tho nnme manner, substitute
Ing prices Of 1890 for those Of 1870, in COMPUTE
inf tho cost Of each article, no find tho COM
paratiYo cost Of eaoh claaa aa follows: =.
, 1873-07-28

han conducted tho cauo. like
b1ackguard. Tho Judge before whom
tho accused wero committed waa d willing liHson-
or to tho Attorney aonoral's bullying, and 1t Is
etatod that Gordon and hfa friends woro parad-
Ing tho Htroots tho night boforo tho commitment
making botu ind offering odds that tho decision
would bo tuHt what It turned out to 10 tho next
day. Tlo whole caso against tho prisoners llas
boon diagracofully md brutally conducted from
tho beginning aud tho Judges rofubal to talo
bail is in keeping with ali tho previous prococd-
ings. Tho most charitable construction to bo
put upon his decision is, that io hus yioldod to
q crasy 1ocnl exolto1nont. Tho Manitobans aro
evidently proRuming upon their wcal<nege. Thoy
arc not tho lrat peoplo who havo takon ndyan-
tago OF thoir. fntoriority in strength to bohayo
In worry inaolont mannor.
, 1873-07-28

Wo publish, by request, tho comments of tho
Slaats-Zeitang and Union on tho rejection OF
Col. Juaaon as mcmbor Of tho Board OF Etluea-
ton by tho Common Council. Probably tho
opinions OF both these papors aro moro or losa
colorod by tho fact that Col. Jusson has lately
become connected olitorially With rival nows-
paper. tho Freio Presse. Doth, however, coz
ccio that Col. Jusgen's rejection was brought
about by the Catholics who woro i1,consed ut a
lotter ho wrote lust year from Germany, s,1g-
costing that the illness OF tho Grown Prince of
Prussia was caused by poison administered by
jesuit prioat. Both tho Union and tho Staats-
zeitung, and especially tho lattor, aro unnoccB-
Barily and foollBly wrathy at what they tlonomi-
nsto Purltanism, md the Gtaats- -Zoilung, AZ
uaual, discerns vaas abundance of Know
nottingham at work. Wo think 1t ie safe to say
that t,ero ara not ton mon IN Chicago who cllor-
isll tho oast desire to apply natiylHtio tosts or
to encourage nativistlo foelng In the colnnlu-
uty,
, 1873-07-28


Ing than anything. that has yot nttrac}o1 ,hs
PUBLIC attontiof1. Ii this timoly movement IN ia
proceed hs It l'an begun, corruption md conra1i.
xato WI hayo to give why, and tho Compliant
easS .t Tnltt M hon po%er fGr reward
20 iurnlhh LILO b'itttoss Tor throntoned abeoluk-
1afn'wbosson Post.
WHO among ,,s can help fooling tho kind,
Ahga or the intonsost wrath nnd indignation
e;Sal''ss, a'lc wcl;Stmoba M9n n1ny arrcgato to
proceed IN their pordltiorl"bontd md ,lnyoaiiy
course nRa'ilbt tho transporting poople Of tho
pose uoVot1lment IN mo word Gne election-tlny
nomGtn-it shall doelnro tho result! 9, how hot
a,sm W. ne lor mo politicians !-Joh" DFatfon, Of
lit Ia oil nOnBonHo, gontlcnncn farmorB, thla
nGa @ t.,. o. accomplishing my roslts by cnginE to
ola parry tios. Tho thongs Of tho nlouopoliats
of ofJ 1 natn to od plrt9B and tero no hope
3tom tal'ora low groan savo IL political rovolu-
tloh hllI-,Md1'tokcta (Lotoa) Sentinel.
~, Is.ana aaido politciaua,-you little gnata
LII lii y1 o tue farmers will stop you and
Ghs esa OF any party Or my politician who hindora
oueIn,t you mAy he VOL play with M elephant
aS n %iIn iarmor.-Oa"usNo % (M) Times
~, oo.o naVo trieu 10 laugh away the uprising of
ero Loue T'cn III organizing the farora ov-
oilywhofe; IL cah't no done. The Times la
I'sht, and those politicians will DO eafost wlo
thnkine @ muSes aas got tho people
-rrhn nonnhiin.n 49,, 49, u"zene;
by ono moro radical tha, itaaf nerly
to maIo some now advance Lovond tIo ,aaiutng naaitag
hold by the Republicans. It viii thnn f4'T. bo nv
tho pooplo to tooitlo vl,othcr H. 1on Wo. pn lor
have gouo for enough, or whether 1'opcans XIII rapa
radical policy ia les}rahio Ho ~ n olo
boaton cYory timo during tho last ion u,ara a,as
Successful radical parties IaYo invarob}y 1o.
como conservative, when, affor 1onT ;nto2zva1o H.
now parties have 6con orran,zci to o,,fnnns, f.",s,
rniiical vinyva anf n ;s ~. .,an'' ~ on1ofco