Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-22

the purpose of the negroes was to sack
and burn the townland murder all the
whites. Some startling revelations
are beingmade byAnegroes whoSwereS
unwilling to take part in the proposed
" ,Another Dam Gives Way vsO|
New YORK, December 19th.-Gere
Sc Co. 'snnew dam, at Haydensville,
Massachusetts,, gave way tliis lnlOrn-
ing. The water demolished every OBJ
ject In its course. The ice was GOV ered
with skaters at the time. IT. is not
known that any lives were lost.
HAYDENsvILLE, Mass, December
10Th. The large new dam just COM
pleted for Hayden, Gere &. CO. 3 Brass.
works, at this places, broke about IL
o'clock to-day, and q large body of
water covered with lee. about ten
inches thick, swept down, the channel
through the village with a crash SINH
lar to the flood of May last. The
cotton mill dam, just below the viii
lage, held the water and ice, which
has probably prevented any sacrifice
OF life at the Heeds, withewhich place
there is no telegraphic commuhica-
tion. There were seyenty-five or1one
hundred children skating on the pond
at the time, but it is thought all es-
capped. There was great excitement
for a time, as it was reported that two
large Goshen reservoirs had broken
and the inhabitants We're making for
the high ground rs fast as possible.
: DAYDENSvII.LE, December l9th.-
There was no lost Of life by the break
ing of the dam, either above or below.
The broken dam was built to replace
one swept away last May 1t was
constructed .of'granite hetied into solid
rock. gtIl84 sftgtlf
I r. yih washington News. &
eTneM y MKasSp5dubfican & S5u Senate caucus agreed
that they must protect the South by
/ increased Federal force. No discus
sion was held on the fAerfaaffITvsc5t fAerfaaffIve to the
Kellogg government. ..7.fr+rs
I The Finance Bill reported provides
for resumption, January !, 1879; for
free banking; for the retiring of green
backs to the amount of so per cent of
the National bank notes issued, and
$46, 900, ,000'of the fractional currency
to be withdrawn, and coin from five to
to fiftylcelits to be snedsinsteadg
- Democrafic Majority. > W
NEW ORLEANS, December 10TH
The expected Democratic majority in
the House is twenty-five.al .isiolI r.
Costly Blaze. AH9
CINcINNATI,l Decemberg 2lst.-The
tannery of Seigler tS Co., burned yes
terday afternoon. Loss. $4,000. In
surance $4,000. ssss
Increase of Coin = Caucus - Dropped
''4,ig a'.5y'' ~ Dead. p i14Glse stn. .
WASHINGTON, December 21st. The
Director of the Mint says that the
gain of specie and bullion during the
last two years. amounts to $30, 900 600.
Tile stock of specie in the country
is about $166,0O0,0e0. The, iannual
production of gold and silver is $70,-
100000. This showing affords encour-
agement that the stock. of coin will
accumulate sufficiently for the re-
sumption OF specie payments.
The caucus of Southern representa-
tives Saturday night appointed May
nardy y7e1White, Mckee, Platt and
Whitley, committee to confer with
the Senate Caucus Committee in re-
gard to- the interests Of the South. q
Jefferson Rives, proprietor Of the
Congressional Globe, dropped dead
yesterday OF apeplexy. bao,a2 soq
Mob Law. ''"~
+ DEsMoINEs, December I9th.-It is
reported that, Yigilantes hanged b.
Herman, near Peori. His wife had
taken refuge with her son-in-law, and
Herman had burned his barns and his
stock out of revenge.
ssaiIresd coIlisien9 III V
RICHMOND, December 19th.-By a
collision on the Virginia and Georgia
Railroad, i'm East Tennessee, two men
were killed and five injured. The en-
gine and several cars were smashed.
.ryt, Hail breaking, ,......
/ AUBURN IN. VI, December 10TH
Tom Billiard, the Buffalo Coulter |
feiter, and four others, escaped from |
Jail here this evening.
Accident TO steamerAPaciHc Mail
ar Q Stock -Thef ycatEer.s igTE u
NEW YORK, December 19th.-The |
Pacific Mail steamship Colon lost q
blade of her propeller on leaving the
lock. 1t igbelngI repaired. She will 4
cave when it is finished.
The Pacific Mail stock down on
account of the loss of the Japan and
to the Colon. lgsl-
Weston, tonight, finished walking
800 miles in six days. = - j., si1f
snow Sterm--Aceidenta1ly Killed
Failure. usfi A
NEW YORK, December Goth. "A
leavy snow storm here extends
throughout the EASTERN and Middle
states. Telegraph communication is
nterfered with.
Captain IsaacyS. Browne, police
nan, was accidentally shot and killed
o-day by John Crawford Tullock, re-
,orter of tho Brooklyn Argus
H. N. Morgan butter merchant,
md Treasurer of the Butter and
1heese Exchange, has failed. Liza
'ilities stated at 100000. A'et'i Fl. Vo1
Suit Against Tweed.
NEW YORK, December 21st.-A new