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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
MrrRDFRER's CONFESSION.

BATHURST, N. b., April SO.-Gallian, who
murdered Pouin, In Caraquet. has made confession
He says he was invited to the act by Pouns wife, Who
mportuned him kill her husband that they might con-
summate their lason by marriage. The night before
the murder she sharpened knife and gave IL 10 hm'
telling him to DO on the lookout for her husband vnen
he went to the woods for rails next day. He promised
TO do So and secreted the knife his person No
met Poun In the woods day he said "Pou"n' sm
going to kill you" His victim on bendea Anees iu'
pored him for time TO confess his @ns 49, s's
xhen he would be willing TO be kneo ~ my Hme VI
wond leave the country While PouIin was In this Sup
plant attitude the prisoner stroen MN on sne noaS
with o stick. stunning hi~ anu nHs"0o nis o'""oI "oA
with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
FOREIGN NOTES..

Count Won Amin has resigned his Embassa-
dorship.
grand banquet was given at Portsmouth.
Eng yesterday to the soldiers OF the Ashantee e1ped
ZION.
Appeals are published in London to the
charitable for assistance Mr. Belew, the eocuton-
ZIONIST whose illness continues.
1t is stated that immigration from Great
Britain to Canada this year will DO very small In conse-
auence OF the great Inducements offered by the Aus
.ralian Government
According to telegram from Toronto, Ont,
the troubles with the mill operatives still continue.
Raftsmen who have been getting q 80 per day now de-
Inand q. The operative bakers have also formed u
trade union.
A telegram from St. Catharines, Canada
states that Capt Murray owner OF the schooner Mary
Merritt which was forfeited for coasting between CHI
cago aud Buffalo, has returned from Washington d. C.,
where he was treated with great cordially, aud had no
difficulty in obtaining the release OF his vessel The
Washington officials said there never should nave Deem
forfeiture declared against the vessel, aud gave d-
OF the law from that VI the autbVr-
tiles at Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION.
PASSAGE OF ELLIS IN THE sENATE-CoNFERENCE RE-
PORTs-THE POLICE AND PARK BILL AND THE
BILL AMENDING THE BROOKLYN CHARTER
PASSED IN TOE AssEMBLY-FAREwELLA ADDRESSES
OF LIEUT.. GOV. ROBINSON AND SPEAKER Hustled.
SENATE. ALBANY, April 80 1874.
On motion of Mr.. ROBERTSON, concurrent
resolutions were adopted directing the Department OF
Docks 10 cause tue necessary surveys maps OF the
Harlem River TO be made.
Mr. ROBERTSON from the judiciary Committee, re-
pored adversely 10 the bin TO incorporate the New York
Club agreed to. Aso adversely e the bill relative to
the New-York and Brooklyn United District Court /;
agreed Also adversely TO the bill for the East Side
Butchers Association agreed 10.
CONFERENCE REPORT On THE SUPPLY BILL
Mr.. WOOD, from the Committee Of Conference, re-
ported the Supply bill. He stated that the Committee
had come 10 understanding every item formerly
in dispute between the two Houses.
MI JOHNSON moved that the report OF the Committee
OF Conference be agreed 10 without reading It, Carried
The clause referring public buildings provides that
the Governor shall appoint two Commissioners TO have
entire control of the four asylums ia OF erection
al Buffalo Elmrs Poughkeepse. and Middletown, and
that all work shall be done by contract With refer
ence the Capitol it provides that the present
superintendent shall be removed in 80 days and new
one appointed by the Commissioners, subject to the
approval Of the Governor and that he shall have entire
control Of the 51G4s ln Sol present ~
and 100000 is appropriated to continue the work
the building. .
Mr. DICKINSON asked If the Capitol investigation was
closed.
Mr. WOOD replied NO." that there WAS still much to
he done the information called for by the Senate Com
mittee Elk weeks ago had not been furnished.
The appropriation to the Buffalo Asylum is reduced
from 100000 $4,000. sixteen thousand dollars
put the bill for the susquehanna Valley Home. All
extra compensation items were stricken out OF the BILL
Adverse reports upon the amendments TO the Cotton
and Produce Exchange Companies charters, and upon
the bill defining the duties OF Justices Of the Peace In But
fa!O were agreed 10.
Mr.. WOOD introduced bill TO define the acts hereto
fore passed relative TO the consolidation OF the Govern
ments OF the City and County Of NewYork which was
read third time aud passed.
THE EASTMAN QUICK TRANSIT BILL KILLED.
Mr. sELKREG said the Railroad Committee gave the
friends of the Eastman Railroad bill hours hearing
Yesterday and theyhad hoped have time to complete
H. Sixteen distinct amendments presented by the
friends of the BILL while the opponents offered very
many more Now the Railroad Committee have no time
10 consider these different he deemed
IL lust 10 himself and others OF the Committee that the
EXPLANATION be made.
Mr. LEDwITH moved that the Committee On Railroads
be discharged from the further CONSIDERATION OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
TIE ARKANSAS DISPUTE.
TELEGRAPH WIRES CUT BY THE BROOKS PARTY-A
SQUAD OF BAxTEB's MEN SURROUNDED AND Cap
TURED-GREAT UNEAsINEss PREVAILING.

TELEGRAPH WIRES CUT BY THE BROOKS PARTY-A
SQUAD OF BAxIER's MEN SURROUNDED AND Cap
TUREp-GREAT UNEAsINEsS PREVAILING.
LITTLE Rock, April 30.-The situation In
this city remains unchanged. Baxter was REINFORCED
by one company from Hampstead County this morning.
Brookss party sent out squad last evening" and cue
the telegraph-wire between this city and Pine Bluf
This squad was captured night the Baxter men,
and are now under guard.
Maior-Gen. Churchill OF the Baxter party, With 10
men, was surrounded and captured last night VINO
coming from the depot Of the Cairo and Fulton Ran
road by party Of so OF Brooks-neD who were laying
in wait for him. He was released short time
afterward, and ia to-day in command Of his
forces Beyond the arrests on both sides
there are no active operations The United states troops
got out line last night, prepared To prevent ouoe'
but the alarm which caused this proved 10 DO un-
founded spirit Of uneasness persades everything
and news from Washington settling the matter In favor
OF the other party Is anxiousy looked Tor W
everybody.
R1oopsuFp Ar IAsr--THE BROOKS MEN FIRE on A
FLAG OF TRUCE-A BATTLE EysUEs-NNE MEN
KILLED AND TwENTY-sEvEN WOUNDED.
LITTLE Rock, April 80. Gen. King White,
who has charge of the Baxter forces at Pine Bu hear
ing that party OF Brookss men were assembled 40
New.Gascony, in Jefferson County, committing depre-
dations, moved column Of 200 men down to
that point to-day for the purpose OF dlspers-
ing them. dispatch tonight to Gen. New
ton from Pine Bluff Gays that Gen. White sent
forward flag OF order the men TO dsperse but
they fired upon the party and regular battle ensued N
which nine Of the BROOKS party were killed aud ~
wounded. The remainder were taken prisoners, dls-
armed and sent home Gen. White reports seven OF MS
own command wounded and three horses killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
HoSoRs TO SENATOR SEIZURE IN BOSTON.

Boston, April Ex-senator Schurz has to-
day been the recipient OF the social honors which the
preparation Of his eulogy prevented bis receiving,
although hundreds Of private citizens as we'll the city
were anxious TO tender them TO him lie had
originally intended return TO Washington this MORN
ing and had taken HIS seat In the car but he vas pre-
vailed upon TO delay his departure. In the morning be
returned the Mayors call and was shown TO several
points Of interest about the city. At noon be called
upon Charles Francis Adams and at o'clock he unehed
with what may be called hard money party" at the
Union Club at the invitation OF Mr. Edward Atkinson
Among the guests were Mr.. John NJ. Forbes, william
Gray, Henry p. Kidder, William W. Clapp OF The
Journal ID. A. Goddard Of The Advertiser, K NJ Pulser
and b. Haskell Of The Herald Murat Halstead OF mo
Cincinnati Commercial, Horace White OF The chicago
tribune and Henry Waterson Of The Lonsrle Courier
Journal The affair had only social significance.
During the afternoon the Senator visited the state
House, where both branches took recess to receive
HIN, and present at one or two receptions IN ms
honor one OF them being at the house OF Mr. John g.
Sargent, where o very distinguished company was
gathered and an essay Mr.. Summers life and char
acter was read by Mr. John Weiss The Senator ana Lila
family started for New-York this evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
WASHINGTON.
THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION.

PURSUIT OF AN IMPORTANT WITNESS-GOY. sHEP-
HERD TEsrIFrEs AS TO HIS CONNECTION WITH
THE DE GoLYER CoNTRACr-HIs PARTNERS RE-
LATIoNs WITH A CONTRACT JoDBER-SrRoSG
AssEyERATIoss OF HIS OWN INNOCENCE.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsE
WASHINGTON, April 30.-The Committee OF Inquiry
into District Affairs have been seeking for several
weeks to secure the attendance as witness OF Col
A. B. Kirkland, the man into whose hands $1,000 OF
the $4,000 paid by De Golyer and Mcclellan for
contract to lay wood pavements was traced lie
has been heard of in Ncw-York and Detroit, and
the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate has mad
detectives on the watch for him both here and In
other Cities and all to no avail. Finally, it was
heard that Kirkland was in Washington, and Mr.
Harrington, one of Gov. Shepherds counsel. told
Senator Allison, the Chairman OF the Committee,
that Geo. Alfred Townsend had seen him here. The
Sergeant-at-Arms at once sent an assistant after
him; but, after making inquiries, the
deputy returned and reported that it was
all mistake. the man who had been seen
was not Kirkland but some one who looked very
much like him. Now it turns out that Kirkland was
in Washington all of the time and that w. G. Moore,
business partner of Gov. Shepherd, arranged an
interview between him and Mr. Wattingly, one of
Gov. Shepherds counsel, and that the interview
took place at the Ebbett House.
The most startling part of to-days testimony,
which is fully given in the general press reports is
the discovery that Mr.. Moore, Gov. Shepherds
partner, entered into an agreement to receive a
portion of tho corruption fund Gov. Shepherd in
his testimony denied that he ever suspected any
such arrangement or that he profted by it, and
said that as as he learned the fact he caused
their partnership to be dissolved and the manner In
which he gave his evidence and the general tone OF
the correspondence which he produced leave the i'm
preston upon an impartial mind that he told the
truth. II he is innocent in this transaction as he
thus far appears to be, he is placed in very un-
fortunate position by the indiscreet action of his
partner. Dir. MoOres connection with this corrupt
business surprises everybody who knows him. He Is
a man of very wide acquaintance, and has been
universally trusted and respected. Before becoming
member of Shepherds firm he served in the army,
was on duty at the War Department and was private
secretary for Secretary Cameron, Secretary Stanton
aud President Johnson 1t is understood that he
never actually received the money but the agree
ment he made by which he was to receive about
$4,000. was of course, criminal the actual re-
ceprion Of the money. The Committee is still in
pursuit of Kirkland whose testimony, il is reported
will be damaging to two other persons besides Mr..
Moore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
FINAL ACTION ON IMPORTANT BILLS.

PASSAGE OF THE GARDINER WAREHOUSE BILL AND
THE BILL AMENDING THE CONSOLIDATION ACT
THE BROOKLYN CHARTER BILL HURRIED
THRoUGH-THR QUICK TRANSIT BILLS KILLED
TIE FATE OF OTHER MEASURES.
!PRoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TEE TRmUSE.l
ALBANY. April 30-The bills passed during the
day will be found in the regular reports. The most
important of those affecting New-York City were
the Pier and Warehouse BILL for increasing the ter
animal facilities of the City, which was concurred in
Sy the Assembly and the amendment to the bin
consolidating the City and County of New-YoTk,
which passed the Senate yesterday. The frst-uamed
bill, better known the Gardiner bill" was passed
in the Assembly by vote Of rs 10 So. The objection
able features Of the bill all struck out i'll the
Senate. The bill now provides that the Governor
shall appoint the engineers who shall locate the
route which must be along the river front and sur
round the island The Company is not allowed 10
seize property but must purchase it, both OF private
parties and Of the city. The city lssauthorzed, but
not directed, 10 sell piers limited to 10 In number,
provided the Company builds iron warehouses.
The Charter does not authorize surface
road it must be elevated and distant from
the bulkhead line not exceeding 200 feet.
No bill this session has received so much attention
AZ this, and the bill, passed, thoroughly protects
al private and public interests in New-York. II
this road is built New-York City will be able TO
more than compete in its terminal facilities, with
any city on the Atlantic seabOard. Now. New-York
S. taxing its local trade, its imports and exports
50 IS per ton more than Montreal, Boston, and the
other cities. as shown by the Mayors messages 70
the Board of Aldermen, a few days since
The bill amending the act consolidating the City
and County of New-York, as passed, was declared
TO be unconstitutional by Smith Weed when II was
under consideration in Committee of the Whole but
the House refused to adopt his amendment Since
q. went to the Governor the amendment has been
discovered 10 be necessary, and the Governor re-
fused to sign the bill without it, During the last
hour of the session another bill came down from the
Senate puTpOrting TO be a necessary measure to
enable the Consolidation bill 10 be carried
into effect. Mr. Weed asked that it might be
ordered TO a third reading, whereupon Mr.. Alvord
denounced it a trick in the interest of the Demo
cratic party, just disgraceful as the one pat
through this morning IN the interest Of the Republi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
LAMERIQUE.
SOME PARTICULARS OF THE ABANDONMENT OF THr;
VESSEL.

SOME PARTICULARS OF THE ABANDONMENT OF THE
VESSEL.
GGli1nanTs Messenger gives the following
particulars Of the board the French steames
PAmerique Just before she abandoned;
As soon as owing TO the leak the ship began TO sink
the captain part Of the TO the pumps ana az
the same ordered the chief engineer to force tho
It then that the maneuvers for saving tho
vessel commenced IN the midst OF general silence m
teruped by the cries and prayers OF some OF he
passengers But the pumps were worked In VAN; tho
ship was rapidly nounderng; the waves rushet
iuIiously the deck every second and al ihe
passengers were obliged TO cling 70 the rigging
In order not 10 be swept into the sea- Capt Rousseau
and Lieut. Garay that nothing could he done tho
already reached the portfolios OF the great saloon
At that moment three ships sighted through the
tempest signals OF distress made, and the captain
caused the boats TO be lowered All the passengers
threw themselves into them then came the turn OF tho
crew. No accident had occurred in spite OF the violence
of when NJ. Garay, tie second In command, al
ut once received real mountain 81 water on his chest
The passed the deck, and when IL had gone
by that officer had disappeared. the captain was tho
quit tho ship The three vessels on their slde
had put out their boats They were Norwegian, tho
brig Aladdin Capt Erickson. Italian, aud an English
one. They shared the sbipwrecked among them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
sH VIEW OF AMERICAN FINANCES.

AN ENGLISH VIEW OF AMERICAN FINANCES.
LONDON Thursday, April 80, 1874
The Times, commenting on the failure or
the Senate to pass the Finance bill over Presidents
Grants Veto remarks that 1t is probable that the danger
Of increasing the paper has been permanently
avoided, advises the substitution Of United states
Treasury currency for the present National bank ISSUE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01


BRIBERY AT THE STROUD ELECTION.
LONDON, Thursday, April 90 1874
The House of Commons will take recess
during the whitsuntde holidays adiourning the 18th
OF May until the lst OF June.
The result OF the election IN Stroud Gloucestersbirc,
has been annuled Oh account of bribery and cleo
ton ordered.
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Official dispatches announce that fighting was
resumed before Bilbao on Wednesday. Some ad-
vanced positions Of the Carlsts have been captured
by the Republican forces with slight loss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE CARLIST WAR.

FIGHTING RESUMED BEFORE BnBAo-cARrIsr POSI-.
TONS CAPTURED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-01
TIE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

A RECESS DURING THE wHrrsUNuDE HOLIDAYS
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-21
Mourning.

The usages regarding mourning have
varied much at different times and in
different countries. Among the Jews,
the duration of mourning for the dead
was generally seven days, but some
times protracted to thirty. Itconsisted
in tearing the clothes, shifting the
breast, weeping, going barefoot, cutting
off the hair, ETC., ETC., etc. Among the
Greeks, the period of mourning was
thirty days, except in Sparta, where it
was limited to ten. Among the Romans,
the color of mourning for both sexes,
was black or dark blue, under the re-
public; but under the empire, the men
only wore black, the women white. Men
also wore this mourning a few days,
women a year, when the relatios was a
very near one. In modern Europe the
ordinary color for mourning is black /;
in Turkey, violet in China, white in
Egypt, yellow in Ethiopia, brown. In
Arabia the men wear no mourning, The
women stain their hands and feet with
indigo, which they suffer to remain for
eight days, during which time they alb
stain from milk, on the ground that its
color i'll becomes their gloom. In the
Feejee islands, after the death Of a
chief, q general fast until evening is
observed for ten or twenty days, the
women burn their bodies, and fifty or
one hundred fingers are amputated to
hang above the dead mans tomb. The
Sandwich Islanders paint the lower part
of their faces, and knock out their fore
teeth,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-21
Volfaire at Fernex.

Voltaire was over sixty when he built
himself this magnificent retreat. Yet
the score of years that he lived here was
probably the busiest of his life. Dur
ing the summer he composed walking
in the shadows of his trees in the win
ter he worked mostly in bed. He al
ways pretended i'll health, but managed
to toll fourteen hours a day. His sec
retary slept in a little recess above Vol
taire's bedroom, and at the least noise
at night came down to write under his
masters dictation. In this way this
busiest and cleverest of men made up
for the Interruptions of society. Many
stories are told of the importunate who
came from far and near to see the in
tellectual wonder of his century. None
better than the following, which have
never met in English: One day an un-
known person demanded to see the
Lord of Fernex. "Tell him that I am
not here" shouted Voltaire. "But l
hear him." urged the stranger. ''Tell
him that am i'll, then" II will feel
his pulse; 1 am in that business" "Tell
him I'm dead" ''I'll bury him; it won't
be the first one, either, I am a doctor. "
SWELL" exclaimed Voltaire, "that's an
obstinate mortal; let him como in. Now
Sir, do you take me for a strange ami
NAL ?" ''Yes, Sir. for the Phoenix. "''Do
you know, then, Sir, that it costs twelve
soils to see mel" Certainly; here are
twenty-four. I'll come again to-mor-
row." Voltaire was unarmed, and Law
ished all manner of politeness upon his
visitor.-Harper's Magazine.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-21
Early and Late Marriages.

Marriage is conducive to longevity,
and should therefore be called in to a
mans assistance as soon as he has COM
pleied, or nearly completed, his studies
we say nearly completed, because, In
many cases, the companionship OF a
wife is of great service in directing and
giving a higher aim to the intellectual
force. The intellectual elements of a
mans nature, without the softening and
humanizing effects of domestic love,
might, at first sight, be expected to
absorb the whole man, and render him
a giant in mental achievements. Practi-
cally, it has, as q rule, no such effect.
Few monks have distinguished them
selves for original invention, for great
thoughts, for an expansive philosophy,
or anything implying superiority In the
qualities which raise one man above
another. 1t is beneficial to the most
active mind to have the current OF
thought occasionally broken in upon,
and diverted from the channel of sys-
tematic investigation into the calm,
sweet delights of home life, Of wife,
children, Of playful sportiveness, which
gives to man in his period of greatest
force something of the careless frame
of mind which gives freshness to his
childhood. As q rule, early marriages
are better than late ones, both mentally
and physically.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-01-21
California WOOd.ChOppers.

1t is in the logging camps, that stran-
ger will be most interested on this coast;
for there he Will see and feel the big
ness of the redwoods. A man in Hum
boldt county got out Of one tree, lumber
enough to make his house and barn,
and to fence in two acres of ground.
A schooner was filed with shingles
I made from q single tree. One tree in
Mendocino, whose remains were shown
to me, made a mile of railroad ties.
Trees fourteen feet in diameter have
been frequently found and cut down;
the saw-logs are often split apart with
wedges, because the entire mass is too
large to float in the narrow and shallow
streams, and l have even seen them
blow log apart with gunpowder. A
tree four feet in diameter is called un-
dersized in these woods; and so skilful
are the wood-choppers that they can
make the largest giant of the forest fall
Just where they want it, or, as they say,
"drive a stake with the tree" The
choppers do not stand on the ground,
but on stages raised to such a height
as to enable the axe to strike in where
the tree attains its fair and regular
thickness; for the redwood, like the
sequoia, swells at the base, near the
ground. These trees prefer steep hill
sides, and grow in an extremely rough
and broken country, and their great
height makes it necessary to fell them
carefully, lest they should, falling with
such an enormous weight. break to
pieces, This constantly happens in
spite of every precaution, and there is
little doubt that in these forests and at
the mills, two feet of wood are wasted
for every foot of lumber sent to market.
To mark the direction line on which the
tree is to fall, the chopper usually
drives a stake into the ground 100 or $50
feet from the base of the tree, and it is
actually common to make the tree fall
upon this stake, so straight do these
redwoods stand, and SO accurate is the
skill of the cutters. To fell tree
eight feet in diameter is counted days
work for a man-Hdrper's Magazine.