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AHSTrtaf1 Records.

Only few Of the laws relating to property
have RI yet been discovered. TheAe, however,
must havo existed since trade transactions were
carried on actively. We may SEQ numerous black
stones in the museum, which record the sale aud
purchase Of particular lands, and the most terri
BILE curses are invoked upon the heads Of those
who should injure and destroy these evidences
Of the ownership OF property. One Of them,
ground mentioned III it was bestowed by tho
King upon Il sort Of poat-1aurato On account Of
some panegyrlcs ho had written upon
the Kingdom. stu more plentiful
often inclosed in an outer coating Of clay on
which an abstract Of the contents of tho inner
tablet is stamped. Many of them arc pierced
with holes, through which strings were passed
attached TO leaves Of papyri. The latter have
long since po1,shed; but papyruH Was used by
the Accadians as writing material at remote
dase, although the more durable clav tablets
were preferred. The mercantile cass seems to
have consisted chiefly OF Semites rather than of
Accadlaus and, if VIC want to find the fullest
Development OF business and commerce. We must
come down to the eighth and soveuth centuries
Is. T., when Alneveh Was bust1iug centre Of
trade: Tyre had been destroyed by the Assyr-
ian Kings, and the trade had accortiingly trans
ferrcd itself farther to tho East. Carcle-
ulish. which WAS favoraby aitunted near tho
EupArntes. was the meeting-p place OF the u,er-
chants Of all nations, aud the *.maneh OF Car
chemlsh became the standard OF weight.
44oU9Eo o444 oLAcA FIOptItJ, 1uC4uQl0E Slaves.
we're bought and sold and tho caretuluess with
which tile deeds OF sale or leaso were drawn IN.
tho details into which they rent, aud tho nun1,
ber Of attesting witnesses, wcro quite worthy OF
modolu lawyer Money, too WAS lent at inter-
est, usually at the rate OF per cent, but some
times more, especially whom goods like iron wero
borrowed, at 3 per cent. Security for tho
loan vas often taken in houses or other proper
ty. Tbs with essng and contracting parties GEN
orally affixed their seals; but, where they wers
too Poor to poEsess any, 8 hallmark was con-
sidered Eu! u!hcient. All this appreciation
aud interchangiuG Of property led, a.
We might suppose. to tcstamentary de-
volui1oa; and no less document than the
private will Of Sennacherlb is now in the Brit1sh
Museum As this If the earliest specimen OF q
VIII known, the contents Of it may be Of some
interest. The King says: II. Sennacherib.
hing Of nultitudes, King Of Assyria, have given |
chains Of gcld, heaps Of ircry, cup Of gold.
ere. crowns and chains with them, all tic wesiti,
that Il h.vel in heaps crystal, and auother |
precious stone, and birds stone one and half |
maneh- two and i half cibi in weight to Esar-
haddon my son, who WAS attcryard named AssuE-
ebl.mu:npal according to my wish Tho treas-
rre r lis depoaitcd] in tho temple of Amuk and |
lNebo-l irik- k-srb4L hazpists Of Nebo," The mon-
arch, it would seem, did not naod any witnesses
, 1874-07-26
THE INDIANS.

The Recent Scara in Western Minno-
sofa the Result Of q Practical joke.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago 1t7buns.
W1soSA, Minu., July 25.-The stories Of an
Indian raid on the frontier Of Minnesota proves
70 be nothing but a big scare. It originated
With two or three families of very credulous
Noz"oglans, who had, without doubt, been made
the victims Of practical joke. They
came from near Medary last Saturday, to
Lake Benton, with the nova that Fort Wads-
WORTH 60 miles from Lske Kampeska, had beon
captured By the Indians, who had ,nsssacred ooo
fae e1 Rsrta .has Tue redskins were on their way to
fne ne1r night; that the people Of Me1srv
s!enG1ean, "a sud elsewhere along the siouI River
was in flames. Naturally enough thus news ] crcated
general CONSERVATION, and many families ano-.
Lake Benton hastily packed a few thinr1 A,un "nt;
fed to Lynd. Meanwhile some Of the cool-head-
cd frontleranen, taking little stock in the story.
Started out to meet the foe. Ths7 found Flsn''.
re.n still nnburned, and tho country generally
skte. with the settlers pursuing their usual avo-
cations, and oongratnlatins themselves On tue
disappearance Of the grasshoppors.
, 1874-07-26
MOUNTAIN FLOOD.
Bursting Of a Water-Spout Near Eu-
reka, New.
Thirty Houses Swept Away and
Twenty-Five Lives Lost.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 25.-A dispatch
/ from Eureka, Nevada, says terrible waterspout
burst in the mountains yesterday and swept
| through the town, killing twenty persons aud
Causing great destruction OF property.
Another from Elko, Says: "A waterspout
| crossed the Central Pacific track, between Hum
| boldt Wells aud Toano. washing out the track.
| A west-bound emisrant traln WAS wrecked, aud
five passengers killed."
DAMAGE TO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC TRACK.
WELLS, New, July 25.-About 80 feet of the
Central Pacific Railroad track was washed out by
the bursting OF rain-cloud Is miles east of this
place yesterday, Ihe east-bouud e1press train
ID detained. train With workmen has passed
to repair damages. Anxious passengers are
waiting their progress. The west-bound train
is expected here about noon.
San FRANCISCO. July 25.-A dispatch from
Elko, New, just received, says s. The report
OF all accident to the western train on the Cen
trail Pacific Road, near Humboldt Wells, caused
by the water-spout washing away ths track, is
without foundation. A section fureman WIS run
over and lost both logs The track il so badly
injured that trains cannot get through to-day"
We have no further news from the Eureka dis-
astels.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July GA dispatch
from Eureka, Nov, gives particulars OF tho
storm yesterday. II had been raiutng with great
s4oiC1Cp IL OlA Cu44f VII uloIt "ucu kl5
cloud burst on lofty range Of mountains to the
east, aud vast volume Of wAter rushed down
the canon where the town is located. The eass-
part of the town was flooded in ten minutes
by the fearful rush OF water, which was con-
stantly increasing Ill its violence, depth and i'm
petuosity. The people Of portion OF tho place
were hemmed in. Every moment houses were
torn from their foundations and swept away
with their occupants. Ropes were pro-
cured, Z line WAS formed, and brave men, thus
protected, dashed into the torront and sayed
many lives. Only a few women and children
were lost. The body OF one, Airs. Brady, WAS
recovered. Rodger Robinett, a reporter Of tho
Sentinel, is among the drowned. Tho Sentinel
office was swept away. The bodies are beng
brought to the Court House as fast as they are
recovered Three Chinarnen are lost. Thirty
houses we're swept away in I'LL. Tho part Of the
town devoted to danco-Louses a.d other piaces
Of amusement is gone. Tho Hood lasted only
half IN hour.
The tota! loss Of life ia not vet known, but it
is believed that it will reach twenty-five or
thirty.
The weather ia still threatening.
LATEST.
SAN FRANCISCO, July :235.-Another report from |
Eureka says the storm was beaver to-day than |
Yesterday, but the people we're better prepared |
for 1t.
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AN lNCENDlARY FIRE.

4 fire which had very much tbs ,nr.....
Of having been set occurred l.st r,;sl.
in the two-story brick buldino =
2s8 Clark street. Special policen,n ~ ~
discovered the fire in the rer ,.s
OF the merchant tailoring store Of c, p r.
Behl, in the aforementioned placa md :. ~ n.
others, burst open the doors aud a.t,nss.;'1 a'a
tho flames. Officer Bouhan, Of the regnl,, ess
Investigated the place, and found a r;o -Io'ee
rags saturated with coal oil Ind ts q
near tal1or's bench, upon which hsd - ~
Lighted lamp, and which Witnesses .,v @ ~
burning when they entered. Tie ;,n,.a ~
ances are certainly very suspiciouaI md ~
rendered moreso BY the fact that Behl hsa.s
insurance of 1900 On stock 7o,tb !, aaoa ~
less. The Lycoming Company has 20 an os;.
Officer Bouhan arrested Beh md biz ~ - ss, IT,
Justice Boydeu. 1'''a y
, 1874-07-26
BALLOON ASCENSION.

Prof. Donaldson, with q Party of
Five Journalists, makes II 1sricf
Acrinl Trip from New York C,ty.
Special Dispatch to The Chleuoo 17iIu,..
New YORK, July 25.-Your correspondent VAS
one Of the five journalists who ascended from
Barnums Hlppodrome, New York, in Prot. ".
a. Donaldson's new balloon. Sam A. Mac
keever represented tho Herald Alfred Ford the
Graphic, Edmund Lyons the Sun, and ". 4.
Austin the HorA- Prof. Donaldson is
the aeronaut who superintenled the Graphic
balloon, and has made many ascensions in cara
ard On t1apeze bars. He has engineered many
balloons, and has never met with an accident
His balloon was built at the HippodEome in ono
week, OF balloon canvass, especially imported BY
Mr. Ba1uum, and under Prof. Donaldson's own
supervision II il II feet in diameter, and has
= capacity Of 81 600 cubic feet. Carrying capac-
ity estimated ct i 800 pounds.
We ROSE FROM TIE H1pPoDRoME
At Ais p NJ. quickly shot up to q height of
2,500 feet, hovered there few moments, and
then drifted of over the North River. We made
New Jersey over Union Hall, and sailed of over
the Hackensack Valley aud Passaic County. at .
height VARYING from 800 to 1,500 feet.
We LANDED At SADDLE RIVER,
Bergen County. Is miles from New York, to get
ZONE milk, which We procured OF an incredulous
old lady, who accused us OF beng surveyors,
and fouted the assertion that We came in q bal
loon. We went up again at G:52, in Tonman
Township, near the ltamapo Mountains, to call
On the actress, Cha1 lotto Thompson, who re-
ceived us kindly. No offered her trip in the
balloon.
THE COURAGEOUS LITTLE WOMAN ACCEPTED,
and We carried her mile, aud then let b er out,
We beautifully, and be1o1o long
drifted nearer tie Hudson River, from which ne
we're never more than 10 miles. We struck the
river at West Point, and, feeling tho ELECTS OF
the current which 2lHaye follows rivera and vat
leys,
DR1F1ED OVER THE SILVER SHEEN
lot forty minutes. We landed r,iles from
Ibis place at 5:24 this morning. ALI the Journal
;sts nave left but your correspondent Prof.
donaldson and 60 On in few hours, and shall
probably remain up until Sunday morning. It
Is one OF the finest, if not The finest, aaua trips
eTar made in this country,
, 1874-07-26
THE GREAT SCANDAL


wealth Is almost the only cause Of tb.;-
tatlon to join the fold. OutrardIv sa w. mns.
and moral. they are still as destitnts ssppeetsaaA ~
fashioned piety' - last years b,rd's " "eA
hfe- When church-quasrel comes m 1'ss ~ y I
an episode as this. then is their tina n u au:k
their peculiar gifts como to the surface 4aea ae II
put to use- No Set Of politicians 1t c,ns7 Aaa u
at state headquarters, are capable Of nors q
they. >4'0 ends ti:,
The men Of Plymouth Church an On Till,
equally with Beecher, before tbe wora Nv =. aos,
ages It may be that they will decida ..sa Saa ID
to the evidence. IS they believe it bn. fsosa,3 ,f3
ner in which thev have thus far con5,sl @ Ie eia-
tr1al and the spirit manifested, indcats II. -
trary. Ia d.
Beecher's fall is but the fall Of opa M, ,,
fall Of Plymouth Church is, perhaps. II. Ia
eu1sor OF the fall OF whole churcL.systsmu r.
, 1874-07-26
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.

NEW YoRK. July 25.-Arrired, Steamship P.
CAlanda. from Rotterdam.
LONDON. July 25-S:eamahips Idaho and
Weser. have arrived out.
New YonK, July 25.-Arivcd, Steamship City
OF Richmond, from Liverpool.
New YoRK, July 25.--Arriyed-Stcamsh Wy
omiug, from Liverpool.
, 1874-07-26
SHORT HORNS,


The Sales at Winchester, Ky..--Other
Sales Announced.
Euscfaf UisDatch to The Chicago Tribuns.
WINCHESTER, Ky, July 25.-To-day occurred
the last sale Of this week, being the herd Of j.
Y. Grissby, OF this place, which sold
for $3.50. Tho highest prico OF the
day was $500 for Cambria 81, sold TO n.
q. Robnett, Of Columbus, No. Tao fact Of this
stock selling low may be attributed to them lot
being in good condition, aud but very commonly
bred. Si1 sales occur next week. aud some very
high prices will be realized, as the stock TO DO
offered are the hest OIL this contiuent. Where
are cur old breeders-ParSs. Dodge. Spears,
Duncan, plckctell, King. Stewart. aud Dissart !?
Come one and al. The kentucky breeders give
you cordinl invitation.
, 1874-07-26
CRIME.

Sentence Of q Murderer COMMITTED.
COLUMBUS, O., July 2i.-Gov. Allen to-day
commuted the sentence Of Hugh Dougherty,
who was convicted Of murder in the first degree
md sentenced to bo hanged at Lancaster, O.,
July 81, to Imprisonment for life in the Peni-
tentlary. The Governor gives as reason ha
time Of tho murder
, 1874-07-26

came here BY special train from Long Branch
this afternoon. making his first visit 70 this wa
tering place. He was escorted to tue United
States Hotel by committee Of citizens, and
formally welcomed and tendered the hospitality
of the town by Mayor Sander Iu the evening
there was display of fireworks, and a bali,
nearly one thousand ladies' aud gents being pres-
ent BY invitation.
New YonK, July 25.-Archbishop McCloskey
and Bishop Bacon sailed to-day for Rome.
, 1874-07-26
4 Curious AdErufa

170H6 zh< Hdazton lNl5.} De'N0c1dt.
An engineer on tho Chicago, Milwaukee d St.
Paul Raliroad, told III Of strange occurrence
that happened in the Village Of bridgeport
few dass ago. 4 COW was passing oyee the
track at that place when locomotive moving
swiftly struck her with such violence that
sne was almost completely de-
Inoiished- Her hind quarters were carried dis
tance IN front Of tue locomotive. Death of
oourse Was instant. But strange a. it may ap-
pear, there HAs no de1easa III ths mum ba1 OF
, 1874-07-26

0x1H71o III -$EH IUFKs
New York, July 25.-The second writ OF
habeaB corpus in tho case Of Moliio Holbrook
has been dismissed, and sho now awaits the war
rant Of Gov. DIX to be returned to Chicago.
Adolph Beal the cashier Of Eynes Bros,
clothlers, at No, A26 broadway. has been arrest
ed, charged with purloining goods Of his en-
plogers. The firm estimate their losses st be-
tween 900 and SIS, 1000
, 1874-07-26
FRANCE.


LONDON, July GA Paris letter says: The
Government has consented to recess, because
it hopes, before the Assembly shall meet again,
to prepare new constitutional bill for which it
csn, in the meantime. secure the support OF q
majority. The Government hositated to commit
itself fully to the bill reported from the Com
mittee Of Thirty. BY Ventavon. because it sas
x11e to be rejected"
PAK1s, July 25-The Committee Of Thirty
have adopted, and the Government has accepted,
the proposition Of Pages Dupont, introduced iii
tho Assembly on the 18th inst, for the creation
OF Senate, which provides that the Senate shall
consist OF 100 members, nominated by
the President, and 1so selected from
sud by the Assembly, Cardinals, 3larsha!s,
aud Adni1als to he members, e1-of1cio; also
that the President of the Senate shall become
Provisional President of the Republic in the
event of vacancy, and that the President of
the Republic be empowered to dissolve the
Assembly with the approval of the senate.
The Committee on Parliamentary Initiative
have agreed to recommend that u. Leon de
Mallerilles motion in favor Of the dissolution Of
the Assembly be reconsidercd. They havo also
examined similar motion introduced by
Dnval. Their report On the above mo-
tions will be presented to the Assembly
on Monday next, aud the question of dissolu-
ton will consequently be again raised before
TINT OF prorogatlon, which was maze the order
for Tuesday.
The Republicans IRE actively agitating for dis
solution, and hope to have majority Monday,
a. many Conservative Deputies are absent.
, 1874-07-26

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 25.-For Tennessee.
the OHIO Valley and Lake region. partly cloudy
and warm weather, with areas of rain, north Of
Teunesssee, aud in tho lower lake region SOUTH
east to southwest winds. aHu low barometer,
For the Northwest partly cloudy weather, south
west to northwest winds, falling temperature
and rising barometer.
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
CHICAGO, july Is 1874
, 1874-07-26
NEE COTTON

GALVESTON. Tex, July 25.-Tho first bale OF
the new crop WAS received to-day from Mrs. II.
Haiasmann, Aleyersyile, Dewitt County;
weight, Az; class, low middling sold at 81
cents. This is the thlrd successive year that
Mrs. Hainsmann has sent tho first bale to Gal
TuntQn
, 1874-07-26


s,srciut Dispatth to The chtcaqo Tribune.
LEROY; Mich, July; 25.-H. Lovejoy, living
near Bell Oak. miles from this pIace, was
struck by lightning this morning about l
o'clock, and instantly killed. His wife, in tho
same bed. escaped unin1urcd-
LOUISVILLE, Ky. July 25.-A special to the
CouTaeT-Jour'lal savs one stroke of lightning
killed si1 persons in Woodford County last night,
viz: Mr. Mundy and wife, Mr. Black, wife and
daughter, and colorea man living in the same
house. During the same storm tho lightning
struck many points in Central Kentucky, in one
instance burning harm to the ground.
WARSAW, Ind, July 25.-A barn belonging to
Martin Arnold, 5 miles south OF this place. was
struck By lightning and burned last evening
during heavy storm: The barn contained two
years. crops of grain, wool, and hay, besides
q lot OF agricultural implements. Loss, sG,0oo
A barn belonging to Mrs. J. Douglass,
miles east. was struck by lightning Inter III the
evening and burned to the ground. LOSS, =, COO.
Insured in the Continental, Ner York, for 5000.
Also barn, belonging to Daniel Ulry, near Mil
ford, this county. was struck By lightning and
burned, together with its contents. consisting Of
is horses and $500 bushels Of grain. LOSE,
$4,000.
, 1874-07-26

ing young bovine made an appearance, snd
skipped out in Wild a,nazement- This ia
Ceaarean operation With vengeance,
, 1874-07-26

4 curious election case was recently deaoea
at Baltimore. At a priaary election OF one Q,
the political parties, the voters were supphel
with beer and cigars, under contract made b5
an interested politician with the proprietor ota
drinking saloon. Suit for the amount Of sh'
bill having been brought against the politician,
tho Court decided that such contract could no:
bo enforced, because the treating Of voters hal
co1ruping influence, aud VAS against pabh'
policy. In conclusion, the Judge said !: II fhea'
primary elections, however, although they ~
not prescribed by law. are recognized And SANG
toned BY it, for the act OF 1867 makes 1t n'
duty OF the Board of Polce-Comm,ssioDen -
preserve order at primary meetings and e'se.
tious in fact, they have grown to be part q
our political system. Imperfect and unsatafh.
tory and liable to gross abuse as they are, t1e7
constitute almost the universal mode BY 1h'ea
candidates everywhere are brought before u,
people for their suf1rayes. II they are ss!n'e!
by fraud or corruption, our political iosasuaoo'
are con taminated at their SOURCE"
, 1874-07-26
FOREIGN.
SDecuIation Concerning the Object Of
the Brussels Conference.
1 Noticeable Personal and Political In
timacy Between Gortschakoff
and Bismarck.
Governmental Reform Agreed
Upon by the Frencn
Ministry.

TnHnos. July 25.-A special from Berlin sags:
AIt ia reuorted that the German Government Ii
making strenuous endeavors TO stop supplies OF
Weapons and money to the Carhsts, aud has
called the attention Of the Versailles GoFetn-
1neus to the subject"
New York, July 25.-A Berlin letter on the
gppzoachng Brussels Congress. speaking OF tho
current German view Of the conference, Bays
~ number Of little circumstances throws
Light On the subject, and first IS tho Well-
known relations between .he German aud
Russian ChsncellorB. The personal and political
intimacy between Prince Bismarck aud Prlnco
Gor1scllnkof is one OF the most striking, not TO
cay por,entous, facts in European politics OF to-
day. It lB common to speak Of the friendship
of the two Emperors the basis Of the harmony
Of policy between Empires, and SINCE th1s
frierd6hpfalls in with The purposes OF nc Two
Chancellofn it H. Of course, Al lmportanI lacsor'
but the sovereigns u'o minor pleces alter all.
They are tho pawns OF the game. The significant
fact is that the fortunes OF Enrope are
now 1T the mercy Of the two penetrating
and ambitious politicians In view OF this
Etate Of things, 1t seems morally impossible that
Prince Gortschakon could have planned this
BRUSSELS Congress without the concurrence o1
his German colleagues. It would, indeed, have
been imp1udeut to have dono 20. 4 Congress
under the distinct aud exclusive patronage OF
1.us5ia would have been iupotent- From the
start France and England would have controlled
1t completely, and the reserve which those
States now show prove at least that they detect
q combination mora or less solid Of the three
great Eastern powers. They arc the three pow
a1s which support the highest standing armies.
and they are Interested IN adding to the value OF
tbeir armies By pa1Ai5z;ng al other ccmbatants
One must sc1us;nixs yer; closely all the humane
enterprises that Pri:tca Go1tschakoff and Prince
Bismarck undertake."
BERLIN, Joly 25.-The North German Gazette
BAYS the German squacron now OFF Rye, England,
has been ordered to crcise of tbs northern coast
of Spain, and that these orders were given i'll |
consequence OF the shooting OF Capt. Schmit,
German newspaper correspondent and other
German subjects, by the Cariists-
Gen. Won Toigts KGetz will represent Ger
1nau5 in the Brussels Congress. He will be as-
sisted by General officer Of the Bavatian army,
8 Major from Sa1ony, a General Of staff aud
Gen. Voigts Rhetz leaves for Brussels to-day.
, 1874-07-26

NEw ORLEANS, July 25.-Fire originated in
ALIENS furniture stores. corner Magazine and
Sixth streets, to-day. and destroyed half dozen
in local companies.
, 1874-07-26
Personal.

4Snhtdl Dsoa9eA 70 The Chicago 7ri5un4
hEaz&1zz1 czz, l. T.. July 25.-1hs President
, 1874-07-26

Vessels Passed Port Huroo-
Ponr HunoS, Mich. July 25-EyeninG. G.-DoHs~
Prop Chanplain; bark Louisa sch1s counnf'a-'
Conrad Reid +; barge Robert Hackstt and tow.
UP-B1rgs Cor1norant with Charles VAL sef
Goahawk.
T1Sp-southwest. 8eather cloudy, with rain.
, 1874-07-26
A Mother and Her Two Children


RUTLAND, vt, July 25.--Whle Mrs. Porter, OF
St. Albana, and her EMO children were gathering
berries yesterday one Of the children fell into
the creek. The mother jumped iu after the
child, followed by the other child, and all three
were drowned,
, 1874-07-26
Another Death From Eating Poisoned
Ehn.x.f,1,n1x.

New YORK, July 25.-EIlcn Burke died yester-
dav, being the third victim OF the chow-chow
poisoning OF Sunday last.
, 1874-07-26

sk.ximunl Thermometer. 93.
stiniiIum thermometer. &c.
R4infall in p hours, Il.
, 1874-07-26

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
GHFCAGf1 .It1i,. Ok
, 1874-07-26
CASUALTIES.

3pze9dl UlSpNleA 70 1Hf LK3a<d0 7T1Jttnf,
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 25.-ThiB morning, in
Ball Township in this county, young girl aged
Is years, named Anderson, accidentally shot and
killed boy named Seaman. who was year
or two hez senior. She was fooling With pistol
which had Leen lying about the house 1or long
time, aud. supposing it to 10 not loaded, sue
cooked it, and pointing it at the boy. pu1led the
trigger. A bull was discharged from it which
took effect III the temple, entering the brain and
killing him instantly.