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New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
SERIOUS WEAKNESS OF THE MOIETY ACT.

WAsHrEGTos. Friday Dec. a. 1874
Two cases have recently been tried In the o. s. Court
n, New-York before Judge Blatchford and jury which
arose under the Moiety act passed June "a 1874 the
ruling Of the Court therein. IL sustained, s held by
some of the legal officers q 'e Treasury Department
to render necessary amendment OF the law referred
TO- Que case involved proceedings for the forfeiture OF
three trunks containing 7is dozen pairs OF d s'oves
and the other for the forfeiture OF six trunks containing
lso<s trimmings &c. the aggregate value Of the goods
n both sssss amounsns 70 some oo Tho ossss we're
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
Times Of this city states that Yakoob Khan s in close
confinement ut Cabul.

SUIT AGAINST THE EMMA MINING COMPANY.
THE BOOKS OF TIE COMPANY ORDERED TO BE PRO-
DUCRD IN LONDoN-sTRoNG CONDEMNATION OF
TIE CONCERN ny vIcE-CHANCEILOR MAILNs.
LONDON. Friday, Dec. 4, 1874
Mr.. Tooke, Secretary of the Emma Mining
Company, having refused to produce the books ana
papers before q special examiner, Vlce-Cbancellor
Mains, on behalf OF Mr. Askew, petitioner for winding
up the Company. ordered their production remarking
that the case was requiring investigation, and u
would be scaudalous to the administration OF justice II
the petitioner had not the remedy sought; that the
principles which might apply in winding up bona hde
gong concern could not apply TO company which has
suddenly broken down after sums have been
obtained from shareholders upon the faith OF state
which, to all appearances were utterly untrue.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
THE ARGENTINE INSURRECTION.


GEN, NITRB SAID 70 HAVE SURRENDERED UNCoN-
DIuoNALLY - PURSUIT or ARREDoNDo CON
RIO DE JASEIRo, Friday, Dec. L. 1874
The Argentine insurgents under Gen. Mittc' have
retreated to the south, and Mitre has sent Com
missioner to the Government to negotiate for the
restoration of peace under certain conditions The
Government is disposed to accept his 0ler out the
question has not yet been settled.
No satisfactory information has yet been received
here concerning the battle which was reported to
have been fought recently between the Government
forces and the insurgents.
BUEsos AYRgs, Thursday, Dec. 3, 1874
n;s officially announced that Gen. Mitre. having
heen defeated. and finding himself closely pursued
Inv the Government forces, proposed terms upon
,rbicb he would capitulatc. His proposition
was rejected, and he finally surrendered uncondi,
tonally with his army, and peace has been restored
IN the Province of Bueuos Ayres.
The Government troops are in pursuit OF Are
aondo whose advanced guard has been defeated.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
cpANn ENcAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARs
OF THE UNITED STATES.

Npw-ORLEASs, Dec. 4.-Tbe officers OF the
Grand Encampment Of the United States elected yes
,erday were installed to-day. The ques'
tion OF uniform was left optional WIN
On. s,stss Communicates now using red
-, -. ,ooararv uacd NAV change TO black II
,hev ae,rs io do So Tnc place Of next meeting hap
not yet been del eermined, vut Dsnver ls proi'oenuA
me iioned Al II o. Ia. the ELcanpment adIJurnes
until
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
THREE NEGRO INCENDIARIE5 LYNCHED IN
KENTUCKY

LOUISVILLE, Dec. A special dispatch to
The Courer-JournaI says three negroes were taken
from the jail Morssnsfeid. Ky. on tuesday hishto
a hand Of masked men aud hanged TO tree town.
Un,ontown. In the county. was visited by .
destructive connagration some weeks since aud theso
tbre. ne eroes had been arrested charged with having
caused tue fire. They subsequently confessed their
crime giving an excuse that the proprietor Of tho
dlstlllery which the IRE started had turned the
mother OF Of tue out of ths house In which
she was living Tue " Regulators were mouated, aud
Il is thought came frou Uuopt0wn.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER LA PLATA.
ACCOUNT OF THE MESsRs sIEMENs-0PENINGs
MADE IN THE SIDES OF THE VESSEL

LONDON, Friday, Dec L. 1874.
The Messrs. Siemens write to The Times
explaining the loss Of the steamer La Plata. They say
the heavy sea which carried the two boats away also
tore out their davits thus causing openings to be made
in the side OF the steamer. through which the water
entered III sufficient quantities to extingush the hres
aud when the machinery ceased to work the ship was
helpless.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
NEWSPAPER NEG(

NEWSPAPER NEGOTIATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. At is ssated on the
highest authority that the parties who epdeavorcd to
purchase The Press through the agency Of Col McCaro
are now seeking 10 gain possession OF smother promI
Journal IN this city with view 70 TIE sstAbsh
nient VI IN independent political journal
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05

A MIyTINY AMONG THE REPUBLICAN IRoorS BUT
pppssEp-EYEcUEoN OF THE CARLIsr LEADER
boAANo' MADRID. Friday. Dec. 4, 1874
There was slight mutiny in this city yes
rdav by battalion Of troops. who refused to obey an
, % nroceed 10 the North The demonstration was
houever soon suppressed without bloodshed and tran
nu,tv restored in the barracks The battalion su'ee
Guenty % proceeded for its destination. .u., -,,,.
The Carlist leader Lozano. who was captured wn'ie
,,v,lng io railway train to Cordova. was shot yes
terday at AIbacete. having been adudged guy Oh ~"
sassiuston and robbery
LONDON. Saturday. Deo. s. 1874
,.,enrnm 10 The Standard from Madrid says "
..,s ma Va peetn made In connection with the recent
mutiny.
YAKOOB KHAN IN CLOSE CoNflNEhhNi.
LONDON. FRIDAY. Dec l. 1874.
A special dispatch from Caicut1" '" NV
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
SIiIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE
COAST OF CUBA.
Havana Dec A-The cnanish cOastinc

steamer Tomas Brooks from Santiago de Cuba for Guam
tInamO, struck yesterday morning the Morilo, near
Guantanamo and sank imme edately About thirty hyci
were lost,
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
PRESIDENT MACMAHON'S MESSAGE.

VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS DY CONSERVATIVES AND
REPUBLICANS.
PARIS. Friday, Dec T. 1874.
The newspaper organs of the Republican party
think that the message of President MacMahon 10
the Assembly is directed against the Legtimlsts
while the journals published in the interests OF inc
Conservatives believe it is pointed toward the had
GALS The public generally is favorab'y Impressed
~ Wv PARIS, Friday. Dec. 4. 1874
The general impression is that the message OF
President MacMahon has made no change IN the
nol;t;cal situation. The Legitimists are firm In
their refusal to vote the Constitutional bills. A
meeting of the Left Center to-day rejected prop
oson that the immediate discussion of the bills be
moved in the Assembly, and resolved to await the
initiation of the Right Center and the Government
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
EVENING SESSION.

Mr. Vernon OF Montreal said that after years OF nve
,gaon Europe and long study he was satisfied that
TO the great waterways must look for cheap trans
portation There has been much unjust TRADE against
the railway Though they have done great harm they
have also done great good The railways must be made
subscrvent the waterways. Canals can carry az two
mills while railways cannot carry at less than one cent.
He had come here urge combination Of the capital
and great commercial advantages OF Canada with the
capta aud Of the States OF the United sa,es
for organizing o system OF cheap frcights from the
interior TO the seabOard.
The following were elected officers for next year.
President, the Hon Josiah Quincy OF Massachusetts
Vice Presidents John F. Henry Of New York. Col o.
CaIrington OF Virginia. john G. Dove OF iilinnir ! Ne
,oo Hxrii Of k-ntucKy, the Hou. Charles Pennin oi
Aabalua Gov Booih Uf California, Gov Garlih1 o AZ
NJ tbe District OF Colunhia the Hon. NJ. Snith OF
Georgia =. c. Johnson Of Indana Col A. b. snsuiev OF
Lava W NJ Burx,l Of LJdisiiua. stephenson Arrlcr al
Maryianu Charles F.ancis Adams OF Massacnu-
s~tIs Ihe Hon. WniiLm WDdom of Minnesota.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-05
THE CARLIST WAR.
MADRID. Friday. Dec. 4, 1874.

. urrT1sY AMONG THE REPUBLICAN TROOPS SUP
pREssEp-EXEcUTIoN OF THE CARIIsr LEADER
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
Personal AND PARTICULAR.

Tom Collins has just struck the Pacific
slope.
-Berstadt theatens another large painting of
California scenery. CT
Large numbers Of Indians are employed in
the Oregon harvest fields. at
A Memphis paper defines advertising to be
a ''bster which draws trade"
Jones says that why he isn't married is be-
cause that when he wooed she wouldn't.
Flora McFlimsey surpasses even herself this
season by wearing colored silk hose worth eight
dollars pair
TO secure a scowl of perfect disgust from a
woman tell her that caterpillar is crawling on
the back of her dress.
Avoid sehool-teachers, says man OF the
world, for they are always beginning TO learn
what you have forgotten.
1t must be aggravating for the felons Of
Santa Barbara. CAL, to be made TO work on a
new prison for their own incarceration.
1t is proposed to erect two extensive asy-
lums for priests banished from Germany-one
in England and one in the United States.
1t Is considered pretty well settled fact that
death has no terrors for the man who marrles a
woman after thirty years courtship OF her.
Mark Twain's Forthcoming play, Colonel
Sellers is in a prologue and four acts, con-
structed from incidents in the Gilded Age.
The Commercial Advertiser says cricket is
base and wicket game" Yes, and it game
in which the wicket will never cease from trou-
bling
A Pennsylvania bet $4,000 that ho could eat
fifty quarts of peanuts in twenty-five hours. He
got away with forty, and then death got away
with him.
Col. Egerton, in the House Of Commons,
said that philanthropy is so energetic that ''it
requires good deal of influence nowadays to
get hanged"
Judging from the number of drowning aeci-
dents this year. says the Now York Commercial
there arc fewer people born to be hanged than
we had supposed.
1t may be interesting to know that the
autumn bonnet will have high box-plaitec
crown and rim turning up directlyin front helt
in position by huge bow.
| "A Chinese shoemaker in Sacramento raj
| away, owing his creditors 10000. And yet WI
| claim that the Chinese do not assmilate them
| selves to our civilization.
Noble lords are scarce at the watering -plac,
hotels, and a cruel Western man accounts for 1
on the ground that it is not time for the barber
to take their summer vacation.
Young gentlemen who have wedding pres
ents to make this month"; will be interested il
knowing that alhgators can be bought at Perry
Georgia, just now, for dollar apiece.
We often hear of people who are too poor t
marry. but California couple, who had bee
engaged for some time, married because the
could not afford to keep two separate rooms IN
boarding house.
The difference in natures was well illustri
ted at the Boston Depot. Two sisters met. &C
my dear sister ~ said one exhaustedly, as the
embraced. you've been eating onions, sal
the other calmly and fearlessly.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
THE PRESENT NEED IN THE DRAWER
CREEK TRADEGY.

Swift (and we had almost said unerring) as il
Justice meted out to criminals in this State,
there are some essential powers for the facilita-
ton of the apprehension of evil doers with which
the administrators of the law are not clothed. 1t
rarely happens, however, that those who are
guilty Of a great crime escape. owing to the ma
ture of the crime itself, or the indisposition
of those who committed it to place
themselves beyond the pale of our State
jurisdiction But now crime essen
tally different from any ever before COM
mitted in this commonwealth has been brought
to light, and those who should be foremost in
bringing the offender to justice are powerless
to perform that which the very nature of the
case requires should be done at once.
We allude to the drowning mystery of Draw
yer's Creek, which has just been cleared up. A
cold .blooded murder, and one about which clus-
ters much OF romance as well as the deep-Gid plot
of the villain, was there committed. The perpetra-
tor of tho deed is known-at least all the circum-
stances OF the case point strongly to Joseph
Taylor, Jr, as render his guilt absolutely ccr-
tain. But he is. without doubt, beyond the juris-
diction Of our authorities. With at least eight
days start before the discovery OF the MURDER and
with the quantity of money which he is reputed
to have had, it is not reasonable to suppose tlfa
he is lingering anywhere in this section Of
country Wherever he may be he is compare
lively safe from arrest, inasmuch as his crimI
is hardly known abroad yet, or if known, the
officers of the baiwick where he is making hi'
stay do notfeel sufficiently interested to cause
his arrest.
The need OF tho moment is a reward for Tay
lor's arrest. With it he may be captured with
out it, nc may escape the penalty of his crime
But no one, it seems, is authorized under on
statutes to offer a reward in behalf of the Stat'
but the Governor. The process in this way il
usually slow, and several days may elapse befor,
the Governor acts at all. All this while Taylo
is probably increasing the distance between him
self and the scene of the tragedy and clos
ing up the avenues of capture. Th
reward should have been olfere
the moment the true state of the case wa
known and as the Acknowledgement is usual
the first officer to take cognizance Of such mat
ters, acting in conjunction with the coroner, h
=hor.ld be empowered to name any amount whic
in his discretion may seem suitable. Had Nj
Lore been so authorized, Che reward could hav
been offered on Saturday morning, as the fact
were then known to him, and detectives migl
now be working mp the case.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
How they Waltz az Put-in-Bay.

'.people may say that waltz is waltz
but it is mistake; as much as to say it
of dogs, for there are dogs and dogs, and waltzce
and waltzes. With one person it is the poetry Of
motions with another it is about as awkard a
performance as putting yourself on level and
going through the motion of running upstairs
would be. Kentucky girl is natural waltzer,
and she docs it with charming chick and
abandon. An Ohio girls waltzing is easy,
graceful, and 'melOdious.' If she happens TO
come from Cincinnati and across the Rhine, she
swings dreamily round and round in the endless
Dutch waltz If she comes from Chicago. she
throws her hair back, jumps up and
cracks her heels together, and carries
off her astonished partner as though a
simeon had struck him, and knocks
over all intervening obstacles in her mad career
around the room. II she is from Indiana, she
ereeps closely and timidly up TO her partner, as
though see would like to get into his vest pocket
and melts away with ecstacy as the witching
strains Of the '.Blue Danube" sweeps through
the hall Ii she is from Missouri, she crooks her
body in tile middle like door hinge, takes her
partner ly the shoulders and makes him miser-
able in trying to hop around without treadlng Oh
her No. 9 shoes. II she comes from Michigan
she astonishes her partner by now and then
working in a touch of the double shuttle or a bit
OF pigeon wing, with the waltz step and if she
comes from Arkansas she throws both arms
around his neck, rolls up her eyes as she floats
away. and is heard 10 murmur, 80, hug me,
John VI -Erc'ldH1e.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
The "FuI,z- wheat,

This wheat seems to be gradually spreading
itself from the centre in which it originated. un
til il. bids far to become one Of our most popu-
lar kinds OF bearing wheat. Daring late trip
Of the Agricultural Editor OF the DELAWARE TRI-
BrSE UP the Cumberland Valley, we noticed
tina. fully seventy five per cent Of the fields
seemed TO be Of this variety m the Pequa and
Chester Valleys it did not seem to be 50 general
a fAvorite. but the humber Of fields sown with
It was great increase over last season. One Of
It's greatest advantages is tAat on heavy or well
manured land It's sitter straw prevents it from
lodging, and thus very materially lessons tile
expense Of harvesting. Also bearde=s wheat il
much more pleasant 10 bind and pac.s mucl
better on the load and in the NOW. small ex
perimental plot whch we planted last fall look,
remarkably well, and though not yet threshet
is evidently heavier in the head than the adjoin
ing bearded red wheat. This variety wa,
brought to public notice by Andrew Fult2 O
Mnin Co., Pa, who during the harvest Of ls6
found three heads Of beariloss wheat in a larg
field Of Lancaster Red. The produc, Of thes
three heads amounted to three hundred bu-hel
in 1867, and since then its wide distribution b
our National Agricultural Department has local
.zed j, in many neighb0rhoods.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
Chanee. in lIache1h., NcLrhhnrhond.

Bayarl Taylor, writing from Aberdeen, Scot
land. speaks tiu7 u the scene Of SAakspeares
laNi- have been reclaimed that Macbeth, witch-
would now have some difficulty IN finding a
place 10 meet. From the tirampianz to the
Sidlaw hills the eve detects 10 waste or ragged
points all If cultivated TO the highest pitch Of
-moothness and cleanncss. Passing Blnam on
the left and DaAsinane Oh the right. you come
to CLAIMS, and the castle, surrounded by deep,
l.cl grows ttnly pea.ant seat.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10

AT Port Jeryi- y. T., on a single evening not
iong since, there were assembled not les tlsn
1913 locomotives belonging to the Erie railway.
On the ifty-oighth anniversary OF the battle
OF Waterloo which occurred Oh JGne is. there
were living hfty-niue men who We're commits
stoned officers under Wellington in that battle
at Eric. opeuinr SeItember * Twenty-tive
thousand dollar IN premiums are 20 be awarded,
and tie railroads couYersng at that point agree
70 carry passengers. stock and freight at half
fare.
Tie British Government intend Immediately
"a effect a complete reannsmeut Of the fortress
Of Gihralter and Malta. The old guns and all
shot and shell Of obsolete shapes are being rap
idly removed, and Will be at once replaced with
ordinance Of the newest description and most
approved patterns.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
Personal.

Jonathan K Taylor of Virginia. who has
assumed charge Of the Academy in this city con-
dueted by T. ciarkson Taylor, Chis brother has
arrived in Wilmington. He opens his school On
the It'll Of September.
Mr.. Pennell H sgins, Of the New York S'oe.
j. IN t9wu to-day, working up the details Of the
supposed murder at Drawyers Greek. Mr.. II.
is a native Of this county, the son of anthony
NJ. Higgins. Esq, of Red Lion.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
an ANNOYING Error.

y man v.ns about sixty miles from Parsons,
han-a-. stole a horse A mob went 10 his house
s. they SUPPOSED. al night. and finding that the
occupant wa iu bed, they told hs wife they
wanted 70 see him minute. 50 he came ont
They hung him ~ a tree and then shot twenty
two bullets into Inn and left lin. The next
morning they found that they had got the
wrong man, this one being a Aarl woralng la
horer, with three children. and that the right
man lived next door.-Chicqgo Tr,Iue.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
SeasonabIc.

During this sweterlng weather every one should
be familiar with the value OF GOOD TOILET pow
DER in preventing and removing excoriations,
channgs, irriiahiliiy and mOstness OF the skin. A
large assortment Of the finest quality Of French,
English, and American manufacture, for sale by
E. BRINGHuRST Il co..
Apothecarles
Corner Sixth and Market Streets.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10

Some OF the peach growers III Nont county,
Nd. are becoming discouraged by tic poor crops
and arc taking up their trees to devote tic land
to other uses. Robert Louinear Uneyille,s said
to be removing very thrifty orchard Of fine
+hvca ,car oi1 trea-
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10

Persons leaving the city during the Summer can
have the COMMERCIAL mailed to their address by or
,lerng the same at this onlce. Terms, including
postage, sixteen cents week in advance.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
Warm weather.

When the mercury hoyers in the vicinity Of 90 de-
grees people become much interested IN the ther-
mometers and notice every variation OF the tenn
perature. An extensive variety Of instruments OF
this kind, at moderate prices, may he had OF
4. BRINGHURST & CO.,
Corner 9th and Market Streets.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
- YOUR stomach neasy

Many a dyspepllc Cresus would he willing :
sail, to give half his wealth for an easy sto D..
II this is a fact. why 10 any OF our "sod
continue TO endure the pangs OF Indigestion:
no, patent to the whole community that Hostetters
stomach Bitters will cure the worst case of chronic
dyspepsia III SIX or eight weeks? No occasion for
the expenditure of half fortune few dollars will
suffice 10 accomplish the object. Surely every man
IS not sand blind to the great utlitaran facts OF
the day must know that this celebrated vegetable
specific promptly relieves all diseased conditions Of
the stomach, liver, bowels. and nervous system re-
stores their vigor and imparis regularity 10 theii
functions. Is your eplgastrium uneasy? Is III,
vulture, disease, gnawing al your liver. II SO, re
sort at once TO the Bitters.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-10
Testimony.

cheerfully give this testimony to the public that
Mrs. Fosters Blood Puriner and Tetter Ointment
cured me
l was AFFLICTED for many years with disordered
blood, q troublesome and Obstinate teiter Of the
skin and swelling OF the glands Of the neck. which
was the occasion of prolonged suffering and eX-
pense.
/ consulted eight OF the most prominent physi-
clans in the city and used their medicine long time
without receiving any permanent relief; on the
contrary getting worse, till finally almost despair
ing Of hope, | was induced to try Mrs. Fosters
Blood Purifier, which was recommended to me as
being a certain cure for my disease. II was the
turning point IN my case after using two bottles
Of the Blood Purifier In connection with the letter
Ointment, the swelling ceased the eruptlons dsap-
peared and now am entirely and eiIectualy cured.
II further information is desired concerning my
case, call at my residence. - -
THOS. SCOTT,
1880 Claymont Street, over lith Street Bridge.
can testify to the efficacy OF Mrs. Or Fosters
blood Puriher and letter Ointment for disease OF
the blood and skin.
! used il short time with happy effect, having
suffered chronic affection Of the blood and skin
for n long time without procuring relief by using
other remedies hut now am thoroughly cured and
can recommend these Remedies TO others afflicted in
a similar way.
j. B. EASTBURN,
Pleasantville,
New Castle County, Delaware.