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and sound patriotism of the Sun for its CO.
operation in the only scheme of reform which
can rectify the abuses which it depicts in
such vivid and truthful colors. A mere
change Of administration is no effectual rem
edy. 1t would only lop off the branches of an
evil which ought to be plucked up by the
roots. The Suns patriotism and the patriot
ism OF any virtuous citizen should be alarmed
and astounded at the bare possibility of such
evils as it exposes being perpetrated under
color of legal authority conferred by the re-
construction acts. The very possibility of
such abuses should be shut out by amend
ments Of the federal constitution. The SIN
comedies that the third term folly lies at the
root Of this military interference in the
South as its prompting motive, and that the
powers conferred on the President by the
reconstruction acts ore its pretext. An
amendment of the constitution limiting the
President to single term would extinpuish
the motive and another amendment would
destroy the pretext Too much is LETT under
our present system to the play of party pas
sions and the promptings OF Presidential am
bition. A wise revision OF the constitution
would render such evils impossible. We
therefore invite the Sun to unite with us in
agitating for national convention to enoraft
such reforms in the fundamental law as will
protect and pacify the country
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newspaper reports facts, and the absolute i'm
partiality with which it does justice to all men.
Marshal Bazaine comes to us in the frank,
blunt spirit of soldier with the story of his
wrongs He is unquestionably right In claim
ing that he was made the scapegoat for the
sins of others, and is offered up as an atone
ment to the indignation of France. That he
was not judged by his peers Is, naturally, to
him sufficient to justify his escape and he
arraions the Due d. Aumale as, in a military
point of view, his inferior, and therefore an
incompetent judge. Though the Duke
might be regarded as almost an old man
Marshal Bazaine calls him young soldier,
sneers at his exploits in carrying off few
women and some cattle in Algeria and denies his
ability to judge of the military course adopted
at Metz But it seems to us that, putting
aside any discussion of the military compe-
tency of the President of the Council, the
question OF the peerage of the prisoner and
his judges might be waived by the Marshal
in his appeal to the higher verdict
of the people Technicalities are USE
full in tribunals, but the people have
little respect for them. 1t is not the consti-
tuition of the court that they care for, but the
nature of the evidence presented, and in his
tory Bazaine will not be exonerated because
of the incapacity of his judges More i'm
portant than this point in his letter is the
attack it contains upon Marshal MacMahon's
conduct of his part of the war-the evacua-
ton of Alsace, his desertion of the Vosges and
failure to utilize the railroads, his imprudence
and presumption in accepting battle when as
q general he should have taken no risks. This
criticism IN unneceaaarv now and shows that
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TIE moRR,saSll tsrassyRoPnE.

Continuation OF the COroncr's Inquest
No Light Yet Thrown the Origin OF
the Fire.
Another session of the adjourned inquest touch
Ing the death OF Mrs. Mary Burns and her three
children by the recent disastrous fire at Mott
Haven was held in the Thirty-third precinct po-
lice station last evening Although the hour an
nounced for the commencement OF the proceed.
ings was seven O'Clock. 1t was much later before
the last juror sauntered In, the M0rrisania citl
zen, from long habit, is unable to separate public
elaboration of any kind from late hours and blind
ing gaslight.
Sergeant william Mooney OF the Thirty-third
precinct who lives In the immediate vicinity OF
the fire, and who was present shortly after II was
first discoy cred, testified that he went into the
harness store and saw the cellar beneath 1t a mass
OF flame; at this time the witness could see fire
IN the upper part OF the house; he gained ready
ingress to the harness store the door was open;
with blows OF his club broke hole In the noor, en-
aiding him to see the blazing fire IN the cellar; the
hall was also on fire at this time; 1t was between
three and halt-past three; at tnat time he saw no
truck on the ground or ladders raised any
other means adopted to save the lives Of those III
the burning building.
Catherine HOttenrOth. wife of rhe saddler, was
sworn and corroborated the testimony OF her hus-
band IN relation to the amount OF business he was
doing. and also as to his being at home during
the night OF the Dire, and his returning home
about eight O'Clock on the morning OF March 25,
with the news OF the store having been destroyed.
Other witnesses were examined, without any
thing being elected that might tend to reveal the
origin OF the fire. At late hour the investigation
was again adjourned, subject TO notification or
the jury by the Coroner
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LEGISLATURE. Tney may possibly change III DAY
or an hour for their plans are not deeper than
their pockets; but up to the present time, ana IN
fact for weeks past and to come. the probable
work OF Congress has been discounted. Prices
have been rallied to point that has become
battle ground between the bulls and bears. The
former have had their way for the last three or
four months, have advanced figures twenty or
are apparently waiting to unload the spoils The
latter are still between two hres-ther own judg-
ment and the fur Their action OF the magnates ut
washington. While the Senate has fixed the two
classes of currency at $s00,Oooo0O, the House or
Representatives yet to be heard from, but 1t Is
a body wild for greater imitation. so lar as wall
street is concerned.
THE PRINCIPAL OPERATORS ARE SATISFIED.
The heaviest holders OF stocks are said TO be
willing to .get out" at present figures, and, even
though there may be a temporary hurry in favor OF
higher l;rices, reaction is already counted upon
that warrin.s change OF base by many among
the shrewdest dr The business men OF the street.
lfCongress while eelsS ting into activity larger
volume OF currency should Authorize such con-
tracts as existed during the war use might be
found for so much now useless money, and incen-
tive would be given to enterprises; but in the
absence OF such legislation there Is not nnancier
or banker who does not know that he is being SIM
ply overloaded; that money will continue to be
drug, and that In the absence Of legitimate trade
there is no safe vehicle, no channel In which the
vast surplus may be employed AS matter OF
convenience the following table OF yesterdays
prices is reproduced
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betrayed their fellows. and the more desperate OF
the crowd, ascertaning the fact.
MURDERED THE TRAITORS
and buried them near the house occupied by the
criminals. No search was made in those days
upon rum0r. and the lawless gang were soon
forgotten. and their memory has been blotted out
until this sudden and unexpected resurrection has
retouched the scenes OF the pass with CHASTITY
hight
ANOTHER THEORY
Ia that the remains found were those OF railroad
laborers engaged In the construction or the Fox
River road. While the road was builaing many a
hard clan fight was witnessed, and at various
times men were killed, and some surmlse that In
more severe row than common half dozen VIC
thus were laid upon the altar OF sectional ami
mostly, and the perpetrators. fearing that sucn
wholesale slaughter would cause investigation,
BURIED THEIR VICTIMS
IN the soft. spoHgy sol In and around the spring
There are one or two men living there now,
Judging by casual remarks made since the bones
were found, who seem to have some knowledge OF
THESE early matters, and who, if they choose 10,
could throw some light upon them.
me town Is all alive with excitement and the
people seem determined to ferret out the mystery.
Careful search has not resulted In finding trace
OF any article to indicate who the parties we're or
HOW THEY DIED OR WHEN.
Like many mysteiies which are Inscribed in the
legends OF the earlier days OF Northern Illinois,
wnen desperadoes who dehcd the slow and uncer-
TAIN progress OF justice expiated their crimes by
snort SlrlIt at the hands or outraged people, this
VIII probably be only fully solved at the last day.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

WILMINGTON, N. c., April 3 1874
Spirits Of turpentnc quiet and nominal at sc Rosin
entine steady 81 90 Tor hard 81 yellow dip
Tar steady at b.
BUFFALO, April g. 1874.
barrcis wheat 252OO buslels corn, 40 093 DO oats
~ 800 do barley. 200 DO. peas 1000 DO Exports
Wheat 2,sO0 bushels: corn. 2,6OO do. oats 400 do
for bakers 81 Is IS amber ys5O So for white
Wheat advanced sales OF 0W bushels No. Milwaukee
spring at 81 81 1900 do. No do. do. at IL 40: 40 Mil
wausee held at 81 S6 No 2do at q A. Corn quiet sales
oats quiet No Western held at &c. Barley dull ut
81 80 81 90 for Canada 81 60 81 30 or Western Rye
Canada, 81 % q So for Western. Balance unchanged.
Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat quiet and weak.
No. white Michigan 81 80; extra white Michigan 81 So
AR snd N "a Mda demand md 1sd
mixed 61ac spot 6osc. 6S34c May; 70c., June: old,
6shc low mixed, 66c grade, CSC old 65,ac Oats
5000 bushels wheat II 900 do corn and 1000 do oats
shipncnts-liU 100 bushels wheat and $1,000 do corn
Flour steady; extra spring, IS 50 Sc rs for good
fancy. Wheat active and higher sales No. spring
10: sprns, 81 i 81 ,ss; Seseteds 81 o. Corn
ssSs SID 4gsl s &c. ns. m,ssS &C. Sss;
and In fair demands sales No. fresh at 9Oc 93c.
Farley quiet ana hS.r saes No spring at 81
quiet and nomnaliy advanced nc sales shoulders at
&C. short rn .ss m Se BE- both loose At Mwaues
oswego i2c. Whisky steady 81 Gle: ReeelptsNioooo
bbs oSr ZOO bushels es wheat $500 do corn do
1900 bbs -four, g. 600 bushels wheat IL 900 do corn
$1,000 do oats and 5000 do. barley
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THE MYSTERY OF A SPRING.
Seven Skeletons Dug from neglected.
neutrality-suspicious. and Theories Re-
garding the Affair.

garding the Affair.
Especial despatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
ELGIN, H., March 80, 1874
Algonquin is the name OF a small town located
upon tho Fox River division OF the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad, twelve miles north OF
Elgin. 1t is pleasantly located among the bluffs
which border the Fox River, and has OF late been
one OF the largest shipping points for milk upon
the railroad, as the country lying around Is well
adapted to the dairy business. The farmers are
sturdy, weil-todo set OF men. 1t has occurred to
some oil them of late that Wen regulated cheese
factory located i'm the "city'' would TEND dncreasc
their shekels and afford outlet for their surplus
mix. In iuriherance OF this plan they selected u
place upon
PLUMBLEIGH FARM,
where dubbed from the ground very fine spring.
For years this spring had been covered with II
so since the owner had them cut down, so that
cattle could have access to the SPRING The cattle
had tramped the ground up thoroughly for some
distance around, so that quite swamp hole mad
been formed. On saturday afternoon, March -,
some men were put TO work 10
CLEAN OUT THE SPRING
and MT 1t for use In the proposed cheese factory.
When they had dug down about eighteen inches
the shovel OF one brought up piece Of bone.
which, upon examination, proved to be the Jaw
bone OF human being. search and care were at
once exercised. and IN an our or two parts OF the
SKELETONS OF SIX GROWN PERSONS
aud chld apparently about SIX years OF age,
were exhumed. These bones were more or less
shattered, as the cattle had tr0d through them in
search Tor water. A far as as possible the skeie-
tons were reconstructed, and are now to be seen
there. This Is mystery beyond doubt, at least
for the present. The explanation OF it can only be
assumed to great extent and pleced out from
detached portions Of old legends, scraps OF which
hang around the 1resides Of Old residents.
Some twenty-five or thirty years ago Algonquin
did not bear as good name as II does az present.
The quietness and retracy that rs necessary ior
the working out OF evil rumor says, made the
hamlet u home for
NEST OF couNrERrErEBs
who there consummated their plans for the cxpan-
SION o the currency. and IRON those hidden re-
treats flowed a good stream Of tue currency tnen
IN vogue. The United States Marshal OF tls uls
trlct was instructed to break up the nest ana
after long search found 1t at Algonquin, ana soon
the Industrious chevalIers were thrown upon the
cold charities OF the world and their IN strument
destroyed. Eumor said that some ot tue gang mas
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Married.

CAULLEN--ROSE.--At the residence OF the
BRIDES parents on Thursday, April 2, by the Rev.
William >. Studley, HARRY MCMuLLgN to MARIETTA
H., only daughter OF Thomas L. Rose, Esq, all Of
BROOKLYN. No cards.
STANDARDIZATION Wednesday, March 25 by
the Rev. X. s. Macarthur MYNDERT STARIN. to
PERcILLA, daughter OF Ransom Parker, both OF
New YORK,
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COOPER UNION FREE LECTURES,

The last lecture In the Cooper Union free course
for the people will be delivered this Saturday
evening, April A. in the Great Hail. at eight O'Clock,
by Major ]. NJ Bundy editor or the Eye,inq Mail,
on "The Relations Between the State and Federal
GOvernments.h
ABRAM S. HEWITT Secretary.
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COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.

The Produce and Cotton Exchanges were closed, and
Good Friday generally observed q holiday in
most all departments of commerce. The few transac
tons made outside were OF special Importance
and values, as could learn, essen
tally changed.
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at IL O'Clock, noon,

for the purchase of d20 hundred and twenty-five
Bonds the same beng portion Of $50 bonds authorized
10 re issued by an act OF the Legislature o. the State of
CaltOrnla entitled IAN act concerning certain
tons Of the city and county OF San Francisco APP
proved March H. 1874 and upon the written reqison
Of r. L. sullivan. ). Butterworth and William Ayord,
Park commissioning. dated March H. 1874.
Said Ponds Yiu be OF The denomination of 81 600 each
paya1a ~ thirty ycags from tho Isl o. 1874 w,l
interest at the rate OF six per cent per aTnn iron tho
on the is Of October and LIST of April each year Pr.
cipa ana interest payable in United gold
In this city and county.
: The faith ana credit of the city and county of san
Francisco is pledged the payment of principal and
interest i'll United States gold coin.
Bidders viii state the rate per at which they will
purchase said bonds payable in United States gold coin
Each Bid mist 81 Accompanied by ten cent of the
amount bid either by certified check in gold
No bid will be considered ii at less than ninety per cent
or the par value
Proposals be endorsed Proposals for Park I'M
provement Bonds" JAM S OTIS Mayer,
M. ASHBERY, Auditor,
Tro.
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CIrY AND COUNTY TREASURY.

FINANClAx.. 1893 At*
CIrY AND COUNTY TREASURY.
San Francisco. March "a, 1874
PARK IMPROVEMENT BONDS
OF the
city and county OF San Francisco.
Sealed Proposals will be received at the ofic. of the
City and County Treasurer san Francisco until
"Wednesday, April q, 1874,
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FINANCIAL.

A TRADERS DEPOSIT COMPANY IS IIBERT'
N. street; money to loan on approved securities.
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PARK IMPROVEMENT BONDS
ofthe

.ity and county OF San Francisco
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A UGUST BELMONT Il CO.
n Bankers 10 and 81 Nassau street,
issue travellers credits available in all parts OF the
world, through the
Messrs. Dc Rothschild
and their correspondents.
Also commercial credits aud telegraphc transfers OF
money California; Europe and Havana.
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I,srATE FUNDS Ox HAND FOR FIRST MORTGAGES.
~ $4,000 for Second Mortgages; also well located Lots
with liberal loans. Cali NJ PARPART
N6 aud gv3 Third avenue.
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<yI.AIMs THOROUGHLY PROSECUTED AND LiTIGA.
tlous conducted, without fees unless an
experienced attorney excellent References Send name
ana address LAWYER, box 2,67g Post office.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-10-05
AiOuestlOn Answered.

"Suppose, asks correspondent,
"a man is sent to State Prison for
three years. After serving two years
he escapes, and Is not caught for two
years aiterward, or one year after his
term, OF imprisonment would have been
fulfilled had he remained in prison, can
hc be made TO serve the unexpired part
OF the term OF imprisonment TO which
ho was sentenceds" We had occasion
TO decide this same question some
months ago, and then decided that the
convict was liable 10 imprisonment for
the unexpired portion Of his sentence.
The correctness Of our decision was dis
puted by an "Old Policeman" and IN
I" Ex. Warden OF Sing Sing Prison."
We applied to District.Attorney Phelps
as to the correctness OF our answer.
He replied that our decision was cor.
rect according TO both common law and
common sense. But still o. P. and
Ex.W. Of s. s. P. cling TO their opinion.
Now we have proof that must convince
the most skeptical that we were night.
In the case OF one Thomas Haggerty,
Judge George NJ. Beckwith, Of Clinton,
has Just decided, upon writ OF habeas
corpus, that although the term Of three
years, for which Haggerty was sen.
fenced TO the State Prison at Clinton
for robbery, had all expired some time
since, counting from the date OF the
sentence, yet inasmuch Us Haggerty
had escaped from prison and had been
for q long time at large, he must now
serve ont the full period OF the sen.
tence. This case was complicated by the
fact that while Haggerty was at large
after his escape lie was arrested on q
charge Of burglary, and was tried, con-
yioted, and sentenced for that offense
also. Judge Beckwith holds that there
is nothing In the second sentence to in.
validate the first, and that after the full
period OF the first has been served out,
Haggerty must begin TO serve out the
se,ond. .-NetO York Paper.
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Revival of the Iron Trade.

The New York Bulletin thinks that a
general recovery Of trade will be at.
tended with an Improvement in the de.
mand for iron manufactures at large.
II is true, II says. this general CONNER
cial recovery will do nothing toward
filling the large gap in the demand
caused by the suspension Of railroad
construction within late months but
this Is provided against by the reduc.
ton in the foreign supply. Nor is
England likely to find Il necessary to
cling particularly TO this market for an
outlet for her product, for the demand
for rails from countries which have
scarcely begun to provide railroads is
likely To take from Great Britain all
she can produce at reasonable prices.
But this coming demand for railroad
iron may have to be partly supplied
from the United States. This, how
ever, will depend upon our ability to
compete in price with the English.
The exports Of rails from the United
Kingdom 10 all countries for the first
seven months Of tho year have exceed
ed those for the same period OF 1873 by
$4,000 tons. Putting together these
various considerations, the prospects OF
the iron trade appear moro hopeful than
many seem disposed to admit. Nf
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Bluebeard.

The Bluebeard OF history was not
Jealous man, nor had he room with q
particular key in which he kept his hor,
rors, nor did 'he go through any part Of
familiar stage business. Indeed, he
was not q king OF all, but merely Mar
shal OF France. He was born 470 years
ago, served under Joan OF Arc, fought
against the English, and after the king
was crowned at Rheims was created
Marshal. Marshal de Retz was one Of
the wealthiest OF French subjects, and
lived like king in his castle. He had
guard Of honor Of two hundred horse
men, besides fifty choristers, chaplains
and musicians. He was 0 wild proAi-
gate, but with his wildness had o taste
for pomp and ceremony. His chapel
was hung round with cloth Of gold
his priests who ofliciated were styled
deans, arch,deacons and bishops. He
even applied to the Pope that q cross
might be carried in procession in front
Of him. But there came an end to all
these glorieN. His expenditures swal.
lowed up some OF the richest revenues
in France, and then II was that Marshal
dc Retz sought to obtain by foul means
what he had held originally fairly.
An EngliShman named Messire Jean,
and IN italian named Francisco Pioli-
um instructed him in the study OF
magic and sorcery. The Bluebeard Of
the pantomime appears in history hor.
rible as the murderer Of young chill
dren. From the neighboring villages
little boys and girls were induced into
the strongholds OF the monster, and
there inundated according to his pagan
rites. AT last this system Of butohery
was suspected. The Marshal and two
Of his myrmidons were arrested. He
was put TO the torture, and everything
was revealed. His trial lasted for a
month, and MS. records Of IL are still
in existence in the Bibliotheque I'm.
periale in Paris. The tortures he used
to inaict upon his victims were fully
made known, and in ono OF his castles
the bones Of forty.six, and in another
Of eighty children were discovered.
He was condemned TO be strangled to
death, and tho day Of his execution was
the I'd Of December. That this histori.
cal parsonage was the type Of the pan.
tomime hero is proved by one strange
circumstance. Marshal de Retz was
known in his lifetime by the sobriquot
Of Barbe Bleu. The circumstances
that led to his death were too horrible
to allow the nickname to DO forgotten.
Barbe Blue became common word in
the French language 10 express mon
ster Of cruelty and vice. The term took
such root among the people that II was
transferred to England, and Hollins.
head in his Chronicles /" speaks OF a
popular rising in tho reign Of Henry
vi. on the committal OF the Duke OF
Suffolk, and tells how tho people "as.
sembled together in great companies
and chose to them q captain, whom
they called Bluo.beard /; but ere they
had attempted any enterprise their
leaders were apprehended." Not only
does the historical Bluebeard come TO
us from the French, but the pantomime
hero is due TO tho same source. Per.
rault, a writer in time Of Louis XIV,
was the author Of that wonderful tale,
whose incidents are still the terror and
delight OF children. U-