, 1874-12-17

wound dangerous. Charley threw the
pistol on the bar and left the saloon as
soon as he became aware he had shot
Jurgens, and has not been seen since.
Jurgens was taken to Oakland yester-
day and is under medical treatment.
VICTORIA, Dec. 12.-Steel rails for
Canadian Pacific Railway have been
contracted for, to be delivered at Victo-
ria. Work will be commenced at Es-
quimault and Nanaimo early in the
spring. Town lots and other property
have increased one hundred Per cent. in
value at Esquimalt since the selection
of that place for the terminus.
The Victoria claim, Cariboo, is taking
out thousand ounces weekly. Vulcan
comes second. All claims Oh Light
ming Creek are doing better than ever.
San Francisco and Eastern mails come
very irregularly and complaints are
heard from all quarters. Letters mailed
at San Francisco day or two before
sailing of direct steamer, are sent over
land and are thereby detained week
more than is necessary.
NEW York, Dec. 11.--Now it appears
that Beecher's counsel are in NO way re-
sponsibls for the Proctor-Moulton COM
promise, arranged between Miss Proc
tors friend, venerable John II. George
Of New Hampshire and Gen. Butler
George foresaw that Miss Procter's vin-
dication by Beecher's testimony would
be less safe than by the absolute con
fession of libel by Moulton, and that the
latter had no evidence sustaining it.
Otherwise, if Beecher should possibly
fail of thorough vindication, Miss Proc
tors fair fame would rest on the testi.
mony of a suspected witness, and there
fore would be unsatisfactory. Under the
circumstances all that Tracy. acting for
Beecher, could do was TO shape he set
tlement as far as possible to gain an in
cidental advantage for his principal cli.-
ent. Beecher was seriously disappoint-
ed at the failure of an opportunity to
stand crosS-eXamlnation on his testi-
mony.
Tilton's sympathizers are much dis
couraged by yesterdays admission by
his counsel that bill Of particulars will
compel him to confess that all his case
on vague suspicion and doubtful cir
cumstances. except with reference to
two specific instances of criminality. for
proof of which they rely on Beecher's
pretended confessions. This is consid-
cred slender ground for Tilton's blast
ing his children's future, consigning
their mother to infamy.
The Tribune, referring to Moulton's s
settlement, says: "The sense of the
con munity is, that the brutal rufian
has escaped altogether too easily, and
that in his loathsome conduct be had in
Butler an appropriate ADVISOR"
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec. 10.-A farm.
er named Klenen was murdered and
robbed on Monday night. on the turn
pike, at point called the notch, two
miles from Scranton. His young son,
who was driving short distance ahead,
was not molested.
New YonK, Dec. 10. 0.-The Times cites
and two thousand laborers have aban-
doned The trades unions here during the
last year, as All evidence of tbs declin-
in power of such organizations.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 10.-The storm yes
terdav was very disastrous to shipping.
A dozen vessels were ashore at Whiteby.
One reported sunk with all on board.
Mails from France several hours behind
hand. Heavy damage done the works
in the harbors at Jersey. Two hun
dred yards of pier swept away. Blocks
of concrete weighing several tons were
displaced and broken. The storm was
very severe on the Continent. The tel
egraph lines between Switzerland and
Paris are down and CON munication is
interrupted.
KINGSTON Dec. 1l.--Ship Forfarshire,
which arrived at Damarara from Calcut-
ta, with Coolies. had 50 deaths from
choleric diarhea on the passage. Ship
Golden Fleece at Trinidad, with coolies,
had many deaths.
New YoRK, Dec 0.-Professor Ha,k-
ness. o. S. Naval Observer, sends the
following telegram regarding the observ-
ations of the transit of Venus:
Hobart To,on, Tasmania, Dec. 9.-Al-
though the weather was bad the observ-
ations at the time Of the transit were
particularly successfully. We succeed
eed in taking 11S photographs of Venus
during the passage over the disc Of the
sun.
A dispatch from Prof. Davidson, at
Nagaski also reports favorable observa-
tons. The astronomers were very for
tunate. for just as Venus left the sun,
clouds gathered and threatened rain.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 1O.-A jackson,
Miss, special says: 1.-THE proclama-
ton Of Governor Ames convening the
Legislature, is almost unanimously con-
demned. F. w. Cartosan, than whom
no man has done more to create this
trouble. declares that race conflict is
now upon the United States, and that
the negro women are ready with axe
and knife to slaughter white women
and children. One remarkable fact that
should be noted is that only country
negroes have been drawn into the DEM
onstrations. City niggers are too smart
to be duped by their leaders. The num-
ber of Blacks killed IN Mondays Hght
probably $50. 4S buried in one field
yesterday