The Democratic advocate., 1874-05-23
News Of the week.

every year.
Weston, NE prize walker, failed In his
five hundred mile attempt in Now York,
en- Saturday night, by seventy miles.
The Gar Of Russia Is on visit to
England. The London Standard under
stands that the Queen will 60 TO Russia IN
the autumn.
John II. Hyman, colored, has been nom.
mated for Congress in the Second North |
Carolina district, now represented by
Judge Thomas.
The three escaped. prisoners from the
Towsontown jail were recaptured on Mon
day, by Detectives Mitchell and Schacfer,
and returned to that institution.
G. w. Walton, colored, route agent be.
tween Chattanooga and Atlantic, has been
arrested and held in $4,000 bail for robbing
the mails
The Council Of the Reformed Episcopal
Church, after several days session, in New
York city, have revised and adopted the
Prayer Book, and adjourned sine die.
In consequence, it is said, Of the depre-
citation of bonds, stocks and assets, the es-
tate of Oakes Ames will be declared by
the executors insolvent
Fifteen thousand acres of timber land
have been burned over on Long Island,
including large quantities Of cut wood, sew
eral buildings, and much fencing. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
Ten thousand dollars worth of diamond
jewelry, brought by Solomon Abrahams on
the steamship Scotia, was seized by the
New York customs officers on Saturday, on
suspicion that it had been smuggled
The Reading, Pa, Eagle, announced
thatthewool hat manufacturers ofthe Union
and the State have resolved to suspend all
operations by the close Of the week, throw
ing thousand people out of employment
in Reading alone.
Active preparations are in progress at
the Naval Observatory, Washington, for
the dispatch of eight parties of observation
of the transit of Venus in December next
Five of these will take their departure for
their destinations on the lst proximo.
The spring meeting of the Maryland
Jockey Club will commence on Tuesday
next and continue four days There is
every promise of highly successful time.
The entries show that a number Of the best
horses in this country viii run, and that
rare sport will be had.
At New Castle, Delaware, on Saturday,
seven prisoners-two white and five color
ed-were publicly whipped for acts Of
burglary and larceny They seemed to
feel their punishment keenly, but except
struggling their shoulders and squirming,
gave no other sign of bodily pain
The National Crop Reporter, of Indian
apolis, on Saturday, published returns from
the States of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Wisconsin, showing that the av-
cragc area of spring wheat sown this sea-
son is about eight per cent. greater than in
1873.
Capt. Henry Lawrence, Of the schooner
Horatio Seymour, died at the Baltimore
Hospital, on Saturday evening, from the
effect of gun shots received about month
ago, while dredging for oysters without
license; the shots were fired by the tong
men.
After most exciting debate in the
French National Assembly on Saturday on
the question of discussing the Electoral
law before the Municipal bill, the Govern
ment, upon the conclusion Of the discus
sion, was defeated by majority Of sixty
four. The Ministers at once resigned,
but it is understood, will remain at their
posts until the crisis is settled.
A mail carrier and man named Jewett
were attacked by robbers in Coyton Pine
ry, Mo-, few days ago, and the mails
were riAed. Twenty men tracked the
robbers to Boone county, Ark, and had a
fight with them, in which Rev. Mr. New
was killed and another man severely wound
ed. Mr.. New was Methodist minister,
recently from Iowa. The robbers escaped.
Aspecial from Scranton, Pa. says: The
laekawanna Iron and Coal Company, of
this city, suspended work last evening at
oil their pudding furnaces, rolling mills, and
mines, thereby throwing about 700 men
out Of work The cause is continued de.
preston in the iron market. The company
yards are crowded with thousands of tons
Of rails and other product of the works, for
which they cannot find sale.
The Cambridge Nep, says Mrs. Clar-
ence Buker was taken very sick on Thurs
day last, aud her nurse mixed her dose
OF morphine in some preserves, but the
acute pain abating before the dose was
ready, she did not take it. The medicine
was set away, and in the evening colored
nurse, attending to small colored child,
discovered the preserves, and at once gave
them to the child, knowing nothing of
the morphine mixed with them. In
few hours the child was corpse.
Prescott, the Boston lawyer to whom
Sunborn paid s4s, 900 to be distributed to
certain parties, refuses to toll the investi.
eating committee who got the money.
The committee have not decided what to
do with the recusant witness. The custom
heretofore has been to imprison all such
in one of the basement rooms of the Capi-
tol until Congress adjourns. II is pleas
ant punishment which most Of these ras-
Gals bear with cheerful cquanimity.
The almost utter prostraton Of the iron
trade in the United States has brought out
a call for conference Of the manufacturers
in Philadelphia on the 28th instant. A
restoration by Congress Of the ten per cent
import duty, which was abolished in 1872,
will help to protect the trade against the
ruinous competition of the British iron
masters, and this measure is very likely to
be petitioned for. II has been shown that
since the panic Of last fall the trade has
been nearly stagnant, and there are no
signs of an early improvement.
President Grant issued his proclamation
on the 10Th instant, recognizing Baxter as
Governor of Arkansas, and it was accom-.
panied with the publication Of the opinion
Of Attorney General Williams upon the
legal questions connected with the case.
The news reached Little Rock during the
day, and brought general rejoicing to the