The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-11-14
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lean politicians from tho fifth district o
Maryland waited upon the Secretary 0
the Treasury to-day, TO urge the remoya
Of Col Anderson, the Appraiser at Balti
more, and were introduced by Hon. W
j. Albert, the present Representative il
Congress from that district. The delega
ton represented, It is reported here, thai
, charges had been preferred against An
derson by Col Vernon, Special Agent
of the Treasury Department, and others
! IL seems by no means improbable that
Charley Ross should have been carried 10
Canada, and the despatch from St. Cathe.
rine's which says that he has been traced
to that place will revive the hope that the
little "curly-headed boy with blue eyes
will yet be found A woman named
Hazard and her daughter came TO st.
GATHERINGS about three months ago with n
stolen child. The mother is now under
arrest, and the detectives are searching
for the daughter, who is supposed to have
the child in her custody.
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum building
of Baltimore was burned ON Thursday
morning at o'clock TWAS formerly the
old city Almshouse, and was purchased 2
years ago by Mr.. VIM. s. Raynor, of Bal
timore, and presented by him to the He
brew Orphan Association The original
building, however, was left in a miserable
state of dilapidation, and nearly $4,000
in improvements has been expended upon
it lately.
Twenty-eight men of Company II,
Eighth United States Cavalry, under
Captain Farusworth, had severe fight
with hostile band of Cheyennos and
Kiowas near Mcclellan creek, Indian
Territory, on the 18th inst Although
Captain Farnsworth claims TO have killed
and wounded fifty of the savages, he
retreated under cover of night and returned
to headquarters on the Wachita river.
Two companies of cavalry have gone III
pursuit Of the Indians.
Monday last was the second anniversary
of the great Boston fire. There are only
twenty lots in the burned district which
still remain vacant Nearly all the build
llES hhitu uhNt Dttu GltGiCu liipiONC-
ments on their destroyed predecessors, and
the streets of Boston have also been i'm
proved by Strengthening and widening, so
that the fruits Of the fire have not been
altogether bitter.
The Carlist cause has received another
severe blow in defeat before Irun, which
has compelled Don Carlos to raise the
siege and effect retreat The latest de-
spatches represent him as having retreatcd
to Estolla. II is by no means safe, how
ever, to conclude that Carlism is near III
end or even that it has seen its best days
On the Goth of October mutiny occur
red at sea, on board the ship Neptune
which arrived at Now York on Wednesday
Half of the crew were colored, and the
white sailors reyolted because Stephen A
Smith, negro, was made boatswain Tho
white sailors beat Smith in fearful man
ner, and on "Wednesday they were all ar
rested.
A New York dispatch says: "This hai
been very hard year on newspapers an(
periodicals. II is asserted that only fouI
of all the New York city dailies have mad,
any money, and not one Of the magazines
has proved profitable. 1t is estimated tha
fully $4,000, 900 have been lost in twelve
months in the publication business"
The owners of about one hundred ant
thirty cotton and woollen mills have JOINED
the combination TO keep down production
at least one-third until January or later
An oyerstocked market and deprecated
prices are the reasons for this cooperation
Miss Caroline Story, of Boston, latcl,
died at the age Of eighty-four. She was
one Of the twenty-one children Of the lats
DIR. Elisha Story, of Marblehead, anC
among her brothers was Judge JOSEPH
Story, of the United States Supreme Court
Sprague's immense cotton mill, at Bat
tie, ten miles north Of Norwich, Conn
resumed work Tuesday on full time, aftel
three weeks suspension, caused by !
strike of the mule spiuners.
Henry A. Roberts, cashier of the East
Boston National Bank, is reported to have
disappeared on Monday evening. As
large amount of the banks funds is be
leved to have also disappeared, an investi
cation is taking place.
John Sanders, who is believed to hay,
been the last survivor Of the crew of thu
British frigate Shannon, when she captur
ed the Chesapeake, died at North Sydney
N, s. on the 26th ult.
In 1870 the passenger traffic on all thu
English railways was Isl 900, 900; il
1873 it reached 401 ,000,000 or an in
crease within three years Of 112,00O,000
or nearly 40 per cent.
Immense congratulatory meetings wer'
held at Hagerstown, aud Annapolis, Md
on Thursday evenings. The meeting al
Annapolis was addressed by Hon. s. s.
Cox, Of New York.
The amount procured by the robbers o.
Wescott's Express Company's safe on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail
road on Tuesday night was $1,000.
1t has been ascertained that $4,000 il
six per cent bonds Of Youngstown, Ohio
which were never issued, have beer
distracted from the city treasury.
1t is proposed in Baltimore to limit the
hours during which cattle may be driven
through the streets to after IL o'clock al
night and before 6 in the morning.
The Vermont State Senate has unani-
mously voted to send Senator Morrill's
back pay, which he placed to the credit of
the State, to the United States Treasury.
A party of Americans, including several
ladies', recently made the ascent of Mount
Popocatapeti in Mexico. The summit is
about $4,000 feet above sea level.
1t is proposed to erect monument in
honor OF William Cullen Bryant, the dis.
tinguished poet and journalist, who re-
Gently attained his sOth birthday.
\ Extensive forest fires are raging In the
vicinity of Bowie, Prince Georges county,
Md. on the line Of the Baltimore and Po-
tomac railroad.
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