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Grsvold, Worthwhile, VI, LOCO. -,
Mazurkao of Lyndalc. red ronn calved April
Airdrie. Meredith ! Son, Cambridge City, Ind,
$1,b25.-
A1szurla Of Lypi1a1o Cd, rod roan: calyoil No
vombcr, 1879; tinin Alaz,lrka Of Lynttlalo I'd; by
si,475i ~'
:Hfax{,rks of Lynda1o 4th. rod: coEyod Novotn-
bor, 1875; dun hlazurkn OH BY I'd Duko Of
Onoila. Johu Ii, Nioholls, DloomInRton, Ill.,
Sis1uv. Emnr,,, xoo,. oo,uoa noco,,,o. 1ooa. inv,
MI, GmMnIone. M. raan ca.vg" 1 ~ necoooF, 1ogo; aa
s1yaa Mury afays nts, ~ ono 'aAufAa' o. liz "afo
Tadv ofI Gy1o e' ,o@n o,.' tam Indy eo1var, bv
adnn 561mco Atha' J' y. 'enAlns' fetefsDufgh' N.Y.,
| Indy Mary 9TH, rod; oa1yed October, 1871, !,
dam Lady Mdry 2a hy Str q tho gsa,m aoa Con-
| Lady Mary 7th. roam; caived August, 1925
1em Indy Maryi by the 4th J. Lora 4on Oxford. @.
"4dsworth, uoneaco. n. T., 90, cog. ,o,o
LADY mary sth. rom ; Galyed August, 1o72 !;
"aasmofTn 's H. aoneeGo. y. 4, ~ oov; ,,.
Iu9e i. MoHo ,oe1 o. yrsst4onorq Ied arfd white
Sagod hoa nP agot aa nnfy M o Il ~ *
ttita 1sdy 1ady sao O. m 4satlioboro roan calvod
denoeqo, n. Z, 9, 900.
h a. 10y sa9 or u dtfnta4o5o roa @na a. HhsS
Of Thornilnio. " J. r droir' EImonton y n uanada
6oo0' 0'''' - 49, oAa's' A'Dou'o'' o'A00"'
18th, 8th Lady Sale ot grettleboro. rom ea1eed
Ghapea
II t,9an SssgS Pr,nc... ro.n o,,uoa 7.a,.u. ,o,o
anm ath Lazy Pale Of Bratt!on9ro BY Lora
"9hslelq; -. n. Flynn, Bonneville, ia., 81 900
sontn,nhor 1a9a. 1o S.n' lea nnu mnite ealyea
Ior Of o1for ue an Gsa 9h9of n mrta ~ ~ ath
, 1874-05-22
THE HoMEopArH1o SOCIETY.

THE HOMEOpATHIC SOCIETY,
The third dny's session Of the annual Conyeu-
alon OF tho Illinois Homeopathic soclety began In
the heLocture-Room Of tho Methodist Church Block
yesterday. Tho attendance VAS quito small 1t
first, though tho rooreant disclples OF Hahne-
mann atragglod In after while. In tho absence
'of the President, Dr.. Pratt, Of Wheaton, was
chosen Chairman pro tom.
!, Dr.. Mute continued his paper on Enothera
Blopns," giving tho result Of iH use in hia prae-
'Aoo.
;, LE0IHLAT1oN.
= The Beerotaryr road communication from Dr..
Vincent, Of Springfield, OF tho Committee on
Legislation, setting forth what had boen done
BY the State Legislature, and congratulatiug tho
Eooiety on the passage Of tho Disseoting BILL"
Homeopathic production. "strange to say"
EenaEka DR.. Vincent ian allopatliS college IN
phtqaao tried 10 steal and adopt 1t. Query,
, 1874-05-22

BENNETT. MEDICAL COLLEGE,
Tho sorni.anuun1 COMMENCEMENT exercises Of
Bennett Medical College occurred yesterday af-
ternoon at tho college, No. A01 Clark street.
The 1ooturo-room was filled, many ladies being in
attendance.
The President DR.. 4; l.. Clark, occupied the
chair. =: :
Tho exercises commenced with music by tho
Misses Albums, following which tho Rev. Dr..
Thomas mado prayer, peculiarly appropriate to
tho OCCASION. 1; . ~,,,
. THE GRADUATING CLASH. t".
Prot. Clark then conferred degroos upon tho
graduating clasa. The graduates had, hc said,
passed. thorough md satisfactory cxanalna-
tion. In public aud perpetual testimony Of this
faot, tho parchmeutH in his hand haa boen
specially prepared, anu ho now pEoaontod! them.
Tho ramoa Of tile graduatos arc az foalowe:
=. a. DosoIly, n. II. Cook, O.. a. Daugherty, J.
1eMtsoh. ". II: Emmona, j.. T.. Gard, =: q.
Guild, 4. 7. Koch, H !: Matthew's, F. j., ltop-
logic, y; sohottontels, 7. II. Trino, ". B. Ter
rell, 4; W: vandorloof, "A. r. Wobt. They aro
from l'liao!s, Indiana: Arlsausas. Minncaota, Me-
bragka, hiiohtgan, aud Iowa,
Iho parchmepts awarded. tho Miaso4 Adams
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
Died


AsuCRoFT.-On Friday morning. July 81, MINNIE,
eldest daughter Of John and Saran J. Ashcroft,
aged Is.
Relatives and friends OF the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral. on Sunday
August 2, at Eve O'Clock r. M, from the residence
BAILEY.-At Somers, N. Y, on wednesday, July
20, HORACE BAILEY aged 81 years.
Funeral services at the residence OF MS son,
William Bailey, on Saturday August l. at one p
arrival of the hall-past eight A. M. train from
FoYty-secOnd street. Friends OF the family are
respectfully invited to attend.
BAIDwrN.-On Wednesday, July 20, at her resi-
widow of Hon. Roger ). BALDWIN, in the 10Th year
OF her age.
Funeral on Saturday at two p. M.
BRADY.--On Friday morning, July 81, after q
short and severe illness, ELLEN p. DAILY, beloved
wife OF Philip j. Brady in the 10th year OF her age.
The relatives and friends OF the family are re-
spectuy requested to attend the funeral, from
St. Enzabeth's church, Fort Washington, 1s6th
street and kingsbridge road, on Monday, August
3, at eleven O'Clock A. M. lnterment IN calvary
Cemetery.
DENYsE.-On Friday, July 81, at Richmond, staten
Island, JANE DENYsE, aged SO years.
Funeral from the residence OF her son, Wlnam
c. Denyse, Richmond, staten Island. SUNDAY
| friends are respectfully invited TO attend Car.
riages Will meet the twelve O'Clock boat rom
| New York at Vanderbilt landing. ,,,,
| DOoLEY-In Brooklyn, on Friday morning, July
81, MARY 9. EAGAN. wife OF Jonn II. Dooiey III tnc
the relatives and friends OF the family. are in.
vlted to attend the iuneral from the residence OF
her brOther.In-law, II. J. Newman, OIL bergen
street on sunday ACsss S"scb where Solemn a. M re-
oulem mass will be offered for the repose OF her
San Francisco papers please copy.
The New York herald., 1874-08-01

NS"os"ASo,

Exports-To Great Britain. I'll; coastwise, 2s. Sales
Cotton quiet; middns iSs.c; low middiIn%s, O. iS.c.
good ordinary lAsc. ordinary, Ic. Net receipts "a
24,s36 Weekiy-Net receipts 1877 bales; gross ai4s
Exports coastwise 1908. Sales. 1000
MOBILE July 81, 1874
~ Cotton daii nesm,inaly sn,y UNCHANGED: midang, loo
AMI Weekly-Net receipts i65 bales. Exports coast.
wise, $50. sales 6JO.
Flour steady and unchanged: sales 800 b6ls Wheat
quiet No Milwaukee clnb 81 S: extra white Michi-
dull sales Of lots at 74c. 75c Corn meassl ior
boted and $50 for unboed per ton Mileed unchanged
Canal freightsrWhea 6s.c corn &C. to New York; iam
ber 81 g TO the Hudson So SO to New York Lake
ceipts-0 10 bushels wheat AS o feet lumber Canal
CHICAGO, July 81, 1874
Flour quiet and UNCHANGED Wheat active weak and
lower at g osH for No spring q o. 81 06 for No
cited; prices higher, active unsettled and irregular
se spot for August tor a
Der; rejected, 6sc The combination to-day made
gagements for 9la0O bushels OF corn Oats excited
the spot, ssc Aa$ass ass: sssfs isr september
n 1sT demand @ and lSws. rejected? 'o hSs z
Barley steady at 81 o. 81 oa Pork il fair
sssnd s q aS ss a g. 81 fasS 4 s
higher at i29.c spot or August Bulk meats fair de.
key in good demand at 9sc. Freights excited prices
% & o. s can The Beard
sold before NJ Al when time deliveries are are made'
ss on SGse oS 81 bases wSca s Sshts caTD
81 900 bushels oats, 1000 bushels rye 1000 bushels
wheat 5000 bushels corn SO bushels oats 200 BUSH
els rye and 2eo0 bushels barley.
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
HAVANA GOLD MARKET.
EUROPEAN MARKETS.

HAVANA, July 20. 1874
Spanish gold 2il a 243 American gold 243 IA
Exchange nominal
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
ICONTIyUED PROM EIGHTH PAGE.l

although the conditions Of pedestrlaBism are re-
IIeyed fresn horrors are revealed. Between this
poiny and S,xty-seyen.h street the three collateral
tunnels are ABOUT completed, ana upon the central
and largest OF tunnels brick work air holes
formed ar certain regular distances and OF about
twelve ieet in diameter. The tops OF these tunnels
nroiect above the level surface OF the ground,
some fourteen and some ten nches but there are
two which have projection whatever their orr
dces being actually several inches below the sur.
face few planks are thrown In corduroy
fashion over these dangerous pitfalls, and
when the writer passed yesterday a venurOus
sunDy faced Blondin OF four summers was tempt
ing the dark abyss by walking across one OF these
blanks there were twice as many pianks
thoroughly secured the imminent danger TO life
and limb at this point would be efrectuaiy re-
are as dangerous as can be well imagined. Below
this point to Sixtieth street the chaotic avenue is
IN most places dangerous; but IN every portion 1t
is disgraceful. There Is earthly cause why these
tunnehng operations should have been conducted
so utterly regardless OF the comfort OF the tax
payers whose dwellings line the route. At least
they should have been confined TO the limits of the
street, and have left the sidewalks intact and
available. But no such consideration has been
shown; and the efficient policemen who stroll
leisurely along the Utopia Of dangerous disorder
do not seem TO have been instructed to Interfere.
Along both sides OF the tunnels stOrekeepers and
householders bitterly complained OF the perilous
nuisance. Several MINOR accidents had happened,
and about fortnight since, between Eightieth
and Eighty-hrst streets, man lell over the preci
plce and was killed.
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
Z HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES.

GOLD
opened at 1924 sold at o91a and 100 and closed at
1925 The carrying rates were x to per cent;
borrowing nat. The Sub-Treasurer paid out to-day
100000 on account OF interest and 1000 in re-
demptiOn OF five twenty bonds
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Is quiet on the basis of 4ss for bankers go days
sterling and 4.90k for short sight, with sales at
4.S714 a 4.S7is and 4.S9I 1907 respectively.
Contnentals were steady Rechmarks, 95a< and
s6%; cables, 96M OF; prime Paris, .5.l3X and
5.103s.
MONEY CONTINUES EASY
at 2 to per cent, with prime mercantile paper to
per cent.
The internal revenue receipts to-day were
1910, 900; total for the month Of July $500, ,OOO
National bank notes received for redemption to-
day, $4l0, 900; total to date, $40, 500, 900.
THR LONDON MARKETS
show no new features, the general character OF
the market being that Of quiet and steady. The
rate OF discount in the open market for three
months bills is ~ per cent, which is y per cent
below the Bank OF England rate.
Three hundred and fOrty-seven thousand pounds
OF bullion was withdrawn from the Bank OF Eng.
land on balance to-day.
Rentes at Paris buoyant at 63f.
Closing prices at half-past four p. M. were as
ows:-Consols for money, 92h; do. for account,
9Zls 9Zss $500 uOuus, olu luS lV3a 1857 DOnUS,
lO93S; ten-forty bonds 1861 0 1O6; new fyes
1O41k; Erie, SOsI. Market dull.
GOVERNMENTS WERE FIRM,
closing at the following prices limited States
currency SKIES, 11716 1l7X; 40. SKIES, 1881, reg
istered, l17h 1l77s; do. do, do, coupons 11sx
11S%; do fve-twenties, 1862, registered, 111% q
1121s; do do, do, coupons 1111a 1l2h; do. do,
1864, registered, ia l14A; do do. do, coupons
1154 1l6; do. fve-twenties, 1865, registered,
114ls q 1144 do do. do, coupons, 116A III; do.
do. 1885, new, registered, 115h 115h; do. do. DO,
coupons, 1867 1853; do. do. 1867, registered,
1151s 115&; do. do. do, coupons, 117sS a 1174; ;
do. do, 1868, registered 116 116H; do. do. do,
coupons, 1172l 1ls4 do. ten-1orties, registered,
112h l12a; do. do, coupons, 1139s 1l3&; do.
fyes 1884, registered, 11l7. liz; do. do. do cou-
pons 113A l13x.
OUR IMPORTS.
The total imports OF foreign dry goods at this
port for the week ending to-day were $3 304, sos,
and the amount marketed 81 72a l69. The imports
for the corresponding OF last year, ST. 3O9 919,
and for 1872, $3,159,4 4os..
RAILWAY MORTGAGES
were quiet. Central Pacific bonds closed at soX
to 90 and Union Pacifcs s4H to S4,s for first,
slz. to SO for land grants ana S4k TO s5 for
incomes.
OPERATIONS OF GOLD EXCHANGE BANK TODAY.
GOu DaanCeS. ................. SSoi,Zi9
Currency balances. eS.................... 1,065,O ,Ol9
gross clearanceS zo'4l5'ooo
The New York herald., 1874-08-01

ns ds asd chcsSsH
sisS In,s5ios ana $ y, No SssSsS y.
see and 81 50 for white Gensses & Corn was ~ dun and
@ a1 s3 ,n ~ %.Sss; ys
ny to rn SMALL Os c 5sr
srssy and Il s Sales Of 900
was 1f a ay for
reshts ruled quiet at steady rates Tonnage Tor
a s4 % as a sss.sm % rsiss s' Ss
s e s%GGS i & s. a.
To by o saei Of %r %snss ss @ y 4s
e sy,,n the United knsS% with g
WIN so0 I',sI Sgar'srs q d. hence RshTh Roads
United Kingdom Continent with soo IL Ssts sSs Q, re
assai ssp TS rs%sd ss : sas9tn
Tb DO Ss sp1sIsn SsTs
grain and slaves, st lump sum Italian bark, from
e 5S. OF S a ses
b y market for domestic cloth has been
during the past three days nslude SO rolls isc 100
2' s % sS 4 esy
nysr'SS S On ss BAGS p9t s0spsS and Ou
HAY ASP sTRAw The demand has been fair for ship.
R%s sas sSSy from rom 7Ss o. Straw
:sppas s5sdcs sSc ao slsysf S.r, &c. straw
HEnr AND Jurx.-rhe market for hemp remained in.
& Dressed xmsrisa y g io9 aoass s"a Sp s,nss,
s.. e ,ss s"Ssss''d s kus.i. Misns clean sos SSs
SEQ DE-. saS so S,e SSfSs Sats. ~.
Sesa active dansnd With better fDrioes obtaned best
The New York herald., 1874-08-01

row will show whether this report ia true or not,
and that Is time enough Tor bad news The feeling
on the subject was not very pronouHced and there
was seemingly no apprehension OF a disaster in
respect to payment or non.payment. The total
dealings in stocks to-day amounted to 1920
shares distributed as shown in the subjoined
table giving
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
First Ron rd-IO:3O A. M.

5000 Tenn 6's, o, exc. s.
1000 Va 6's, con. ...... y
1000 Alb Il Sus I'd H.. lOt
1000 Chi Il NV &C g b.. Y
100 NY q lst IN, C. 80. l0l
500 n Y Cen Isl, r.... l0l
1000 Tn Pac Is, | g b.. 81
13OuD do. b c s.
60UO Tn rac l0's. in... y
5000 do. ).
5000 Tn Pac $ f....... X
500 Pac Rk of NJ lst.. 81
1905 St |, 4 ] NJ LIST III. 9,
2OO0 G. G AI,', lst. -. 81
1000 OHIO Il Miss con-. ..
IL shs Merchants Blk. III
8 Bank State N Y III.
GOO West Un Tel. b C b3 4
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Married.

NEwTON-CORNELL.-On Wednesday the twenty
ninth day OF the seventh month, by John Harris,
Justice Of the Peace. at the house OF the brides
PHEBE ALMIRA, daughter OF W. +. Cornell.
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
FINANCIAL.

~ ~ -
A STOCK PRIVILEGES ON ALL THE ACrIvE Z
"A. Soc.s negotiated, at to per cent from the mar
ke $50 TO $I00 puts calls $20J $3.50 double prvi-
iages This system of operating is fully explained In u
pamphlet sent tree on application. IUMBRIDGE CO.,
Bankers and Brokers, No. z Wall street.
NY AMOUNT FROM 5000 TO S2OGOO TO LOAN ON
n Improved Property in this city Brooklyn, with
out bonus. Call. with papers.
SAWARb 4 LEAvITT, "a Wall street.
A 7 REASONABLE RATES-MONEY ON LIFE AND
n Endowment Insurance Polices Mortgages and other
Securities. Insurance OF all kinds effected with
panies j. j. HAkKlCH co. III Broadway
FTRsT MORTGAGES FOR sALE-s5,5Oo IN NEW
York, 50 500 $4,000 ana 81 800 Brooklyn also 81 900,
81 800 and 81, 2o0 Seconds at u large discount.
s. COCkCROFT. ~ Ann street.
COLD AND SILVER REF1NER-S SCHAWEL. 23
" John street, near Broadway. Gold and silver and
any article containing gold bought ut market price
Fine gold and silver sold to manufacturers
81 for sale by LIVINGSTON 4 COMPANY
Bankers, 10 Pine street.
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS:
M All sorts dealt in by
WILLIAM WARD Drcxel Building
OFFICE OFIND1ANA POLLS BLOOMINGTON
" WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY,
81 BROADWAY New YORK July q, 1874 }
Holders of the First Mortgage Extension Bonds and
Second Mortgage Bonds OF tins company requested
TO send their address to W. X MEAD Assistant Treas
urer, Post office box LBS.
The New York herald., 1874-08-01

LONDON PRODUCE MARKEr.-LoSnoN, JuLy 3l-Even-
ing.-Lnsecd oil f27 IS. CT 9s Common
rosin u.s. Cd per cwt Spirits turpentine 25s per
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
COTTON RECEIPTS.

The following the receipts of cotton at all
The New York herald., 1874-08-01
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON, July 81, 1874.
Cotton nominal good ordinary, Ike Net receipts
" baiea Stock, A,lw WcekIy-Net receipts 2Sl bales
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-29

GEN. BUFFERS RIVAL The
Boston Journal Of Monday says
"Gen. Butler will soon be obliged
to take his coat off and look after
the chances oil his reelection in the
sixth district. A formidable oppo-
sition has developed itself, and
Gen. William Cogswell is the
chosen champion of til ose who do
not propose to accep, the present
situation. We understand that
Gen. Cogswell has consented to
run, and his friends will seek to Sc
cure him the nomination of the
republican convention. The many
claims Of the new candidate will
rally to his support hundreds who
have not ia ken much active part in
politics for some time, while not a
few of the friends of Gen. Butler
who have been active in his behalf
are ready, it is stated, to go in for
Gen. Cogswell with a rush."
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-29

to her deserts. God could not be
God without being just, and with
Him i leave my daughter. Butt
does seem as if He should have
some thunderbolt, red with un-
common wrath, TO strike the
wretch who pursues his victim,
with foul and venomou5 tongue
into the grave itself.
Oh, loving heart-daughter-
soul-scarred with suffering-sin-
full, yet pure and white-fare
well I"
CARD FROM THE FATHER.
'To THE PUBLIC Under the
advice of my attorneys, have
concluded to make no detailed
statement in regard to the shoot
ing affair of last Thursday, or the
cause which led to it. Believing
however, that the public will ex-
pect something, / will say this
much: The ruin of my daughter
was accomplished under circum-
stances of unusual atrocity, show
lug uupdl diElCu UdscU6SS anu
treachery. A knowledge of the
circumstances was conveyed to me
in confession the night before
the shooting, which confession SUBJ
sequent events have invested with
all the sanctity and solemnity of
death-bed revelation. / met the
person who had done this foul
wrong to my daughter few mo-
ments after learning that she would
inevitably die from the effects of a
deadly drug. taken by her while
temporarily crazed by regret for
the past, shame fer the present,and
despair for the future. 1 met him
by the merest chance. No, it was
not chance. 1t was Fate. The
public know the results. When
the case comes for trial they will
know more of the causes.
II am sincerely grateful for the
kindness and sympathy which the
citizens of Indianapolis have ex-
tended to me in this overWhelm-
ing afhictivn. But writing in the
presence of of the dead body of my
child, with this crushing weight
of shame and sorrow upon me,
feel as If sympathy, and even life
itself, were of no avail?
GEORGE G. HARDING.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-29

Mr.. Frank Moulton in his state
ment makes a strong case against
Beecher, and as strong support of
Tilton's statement to the Plymouth
Committee. Moulton declares that
both Mrs. Tilton and Mr.. Beecher
confessed to him their criminal re-
lations, and of the fact he has no
shadow of doubt. This is the gist
of the statement, and all the rest is
added as confirmatory proof. Most
people have taken sides one way or
the other in this scandalous ccntro-
versy. and we don't think Moul-
toms statement will change many
opinions. Mr.. Beecher has his par
tizans who accept his recent gush-
ing, pathetic, plausible and elo-
quent vindication as satisfactory
explanation of every thing. Ii is
the theory on which they argue
the case. There are skeptics, of
course, who take the other side,
and accept Tilton and Moulton as
gospellers. "Our Mutual Friend +"
undoubtedly v0Iy 1,.-~" u -,
getting last word in, and especi-
ally in printing it in the Graphic
with fac SMILES of the original let
tiers. Mr.. Beecher's Dear Won
Moltke is no SLOUGH in strategy
We hope the Committee will now
hurry up the full report-there is
no doubt what it will be-and close
out the case.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-29
GENERAL NOTES.

a man in Minnesota is said 20
have distilled an intoxicating bev-
erage from pulverized grasshop-
pers.
The Japanese Government now
has mint, with all the latest and
most approved machinery in OPP
Grafton
A four-year-old boy arrived in
New York recently from Liver
pool, England, checked through to
Chicago.
Some queensware dealers in Gin
cinnati have been importing goods
from England by way of New Or
leans.
A literary gentleman writes to a
Western Journal to inquire the
price for ''real gushing high toned
love letters. y which he thinks he
could furnish in any quantity and
fully 3I to the standard of those
which recently filled the public
journals.
The Washington board of health
have been.analyzing the tea sold
by the grOcers, aud found it adUl-
terated with much coloring matt
ter.
In New York it has gradually
come to be considered more fash
ionable to have the wedding cere-
mony take place in the morning or
afternoon.
Temperance reformers will soon
have new enemy to face. The|
annual importation of opium into
this country now amounts to 250,-|
600 pounds.
During one week recently, Chill
cago had fourteen fires, and in theI
same period, London, with nearly
nine times as many inhabitants,
had fifteen fires
Many prominent Masons ard
now in Boston, attending the Su
preme Council, thirty-third degred
for the Northern Masonic i9ris.
diction Of the United States.
Two firms in Richmond, Virgi
ia, are under contract to suppl
$6,OOO,O00 and S8,OO0,O0O worth
tobacco respectively. The firs
contract is for France and the sec q
Ond for Austria.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-29

The condition of affairs in GER
tain portions of the Southern
States is becoming so critical as to
excite the greatest anxiety and
apprehension in the mind of At
torney Genera! Williams, who be-
lieves that the issue of the next
election in the South will turn on
the question of race; that on the
one hand the whites will endeavor
to prevent the negroes from vot-
ing, or, at least, compel them to
vote at separate places; and on the
the other hand, the negroes will
insist upon their rights under the
Constitutional amendments. The
Attorney General thinks, from
the reports he has received, and
they are of a very alarming char
acter. especially from Alabama,
Tennessee and Northern Louisian-
ma, that the practice on assassina
ton will be resorted TO, and that
the number already killed In the
South is but a small fraction of
the number that will be murdered
in the near future, unless some
meanyare devised to stay the ten
dency toward a conflict of races.
The Governments appealed to
both sides for protection. ,,tosido
from giving addition fr,,gtrnot;1,,
to Unlted ..s.ea Attorneys ana
Marshais 60 exercise every pre-
caution TO prevent violence and
arrest and punish offenders, the
government is powerless. The
facts will be brought to the atten.
ton Of the President and Cabinet,
by the Attorney General, at their
next meeting.
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Communicated.

Communicated.
TO the Eds Independent:
am astonished that the Town
Council permits King street to be
so long blockaded by broken wa
ter pipe. If a citizen would thus
obstruct the street, he would be
heavily fined and probably be sent
to Jail for not removing it. l VEN
tire even that the Gas Company
would not be permitted to violate
the ordinances in such q manner
But here forsoOth the to IN owns
the water works and no person
will be punished. thought the
pipe company was responsible for
these breaks, and guaranteed to
repair them. Is this so? If it is,
then the town should require dam
ages for such a delay. The COM
pany should be made come up to
its contract, and have some per-
son on hand to make immediate
repairs. The Council should not
permit the pipe compeny to fool
with them. Put on ne pressure
and give the pipes test every
week and let's US see what they are
worth.
ORDER,
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And now the opinion OF the Ha-
gerstown NeaCs is thought of more
weight and entitled to greater re-
spect than the Baltimore Ameri-
can, Sun, Gazette, Washington Star,
Cumberland Net0s, the Wheeling
papers, and the Morgan Mercury.
We have no jealousy; on the
contrary, we congratulate the
Ae,cs on its eminent position and
the chaste and charitable company
in which it is found. Still we
trust forbearing people will far
ther permit us to hold and express
an opinion.