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THE INDIAN DRAMA.
A Performance Intended for a Comedy
Which Nearly. Proved a Tragedy. 1


Which Nearly. Proved a Tragedy.
A correspondent Ofthe Mem York Herald
with Hayden's surveying party in the "bad
lands" writes: 'On our way TO the Park
we met party en- route to the mines,
among whom We noticed a jOvial, hearty
looking man, dressed in an Orna-
mented buckSkin suit, with long
dark HAIR hanging down his back, and
armed with rife, revolver and a gigan-
tic hunting knife. Surprising him, from
his appearance, 10 be some celebrated
character, we found upon inquiry that it
was Oregon Bill, an old government
scout and a friend of Buffalo Bill Nv.
COdy.) The party accompanied us for a
couple of days into Bakers Park, and many
a good talk and hearty laugh did we have
in company with Oregon Bill. de has
been in this Western country nearly twenty
years, part Of which time he secuted on
the plains in company with Buffalo Bill.
In 1872 be was in the Black Hills, and
says be found gOld-duSt in the gulches Of
the foot bills OF the northwest slope Of the
Hills. The squaWs Of the Blackfeet and
Crow Indians were in the habit Of adOru-
ing themselves with gold triBkets which,
be thinks, evidently came from that sec
ton. A year ago Bill went East with a
delegation Of Caws and Osages, and during
the Centennial Exposition he expects 20
exhibit q party Of Cav Indians, whose
language he speaks fluently. His pri-
vate name is W j. Speck, and he is IS
years Of age. Bill has entered the mines
with the other boys TO seek his fortune,
but as long as he has enough TO eat and a
a tribe Of Indians 70 escort, he IS always
perfectly happy. Although he is a man Of
education, fne perceptions, and good con-
nectiOns, he prefers this free and rowing
life, and, like all 'true sons Of the Wilds,' is
proud Of his reputation as a scout and |
hunter. In giving an account Of the |
first nights Indian performances al Fort
LeavenwOTth, he says: we had no
rehearsal, and when the hour arrived,
we knew no more what the Indians would |
do than the audience. But went behind /
the scenes and told them TO 20 out and DO /
their best. At the given signal they went |
hOoting and yelling on the stage and COM
menced a war dance. They had three /
fresh scalps, which they had captured from
another tribe a few days before, and as I
they progressed in th5 dznce and grew ex- /
cited they hOurished their tOmahawBs and 4
knives, and flung the scalns into the ar.
cutting at them with their weapons as they
descended, and licsing them with their
tongues whenever they could get them in
their hands. At length they got worked up
to such pitch Of excitement that, forget
ting for a time where they were, they
leaped clear over the orchestra and ran
yelling and wLOOping up and dom me I
2isles. The. audience we're so frightened
that most OF them ran cut Of the house,
and we were rather scared ourselves, IS
We did not know how the thing I
would end. Two Of Us ran ougl
On the stage and shouted and ges. |
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WRECK OF THE FLORIDA.
A Romantic Story Spoiled.
A True Historr OF the AGaIr.

AAAC AAA5AoAy VI AlC Au&aAEa
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 7.-SOme weeks since
an article from New Orleans paper was
extensively published throughout the
country, to the effect that the crew Of the
schooner Florida, which sailed for Califor-
mia from New Orleans in 1919, and was
supposed TO have been lost, with all on
board, had been discovered on an island in
the Southern Pacific by an English vessel,
which had been driven thither by
continued stO.ms. The crew stated that
the Florida had Oeen wrecked on this unin-
habited island twenty-six years ago, and
that in the interval they had not seen a
human face. They declined, however, to
leave the island, having established them
selves in comparative comfort. The nara
tive was said to have created a great sen
satiOn among the surviving relatives Of the
crew, and an effort was stated to be on
foot 10 fit out a vessel which should visit
the island. A gentleman who was living
in Valparaiso, Chill, in 1919, states that
the Florida put into Port Famine, at that
time the Gillian penal settlement; that the
cOnYicts boarded her, massacred ali of the
crew except young man named Marcum,
and made sail for the main land. On her
way She was recaptured by a CHILEAN war
vessel and brought into Valparaiso, where
the gentleman referred TO got the above de-
tails from Marcum's own lips. Marcum,
whose parents are still living in Versailles.
KY, proceeded to California, where he
soon after died of smallpox at Placerville.
in that State. The British steamer Thetis
had first seen the Florida after her capture
by the cOnyicts, and gave the information
to the Gillian authorities, which led them
to send out the vessel which brought her
back into port. A revolution was in
progress in Chilli at the time, and the
records Of the event may be lost, but the
full Details were on the log book of the
Thetis, which may be examined in the
office Of the British Admiralty.
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A HUMANE SOLDIER.
The Late Gen. DufOuF, OF dhe Swiss


The Late Gen. DufOur, OF the Swiss
Army.
a correspondent Of an English Daper,
writing from Geneva, says: "The telegr4 pa
will have already announced 10 you tie
death Of Gen. DUfOur, the most cele-
bFated man in this country. His reputa-
ton is chiefly due 10 the SOnderbund cam
paign. l was then very young, but remem-
Der perfectly well that the clerical press re-
preached him with having armed
all Switzerland in order to re-
duCe few cant1us; never
theless that vas the greates5 action Of his
life. Another man would not have let the
opportunity slip Of covering himself with
glory by a frightful slaughter; but Gen.
DufOur, on the contrary, thought the first
duty of a Swiss citizen, in an Internecine
war, was TO prevent the shedding Of blood.
lie therefore assembled all The forces that
Switzerland could command, so as TO dis
courage all idea Of resistance; and
he sought 10 triumph by strategy rather
than by artillery. He succeeded complete
", and won the affection CT the van
pushed. About ten years later Prussia
wished to treat Switzerland in the same
manner as she was subsequently destined
to treat D0nmaTk; but the confederation
took ~ arms az once, in the dead Of winter,
and seriously resolved on self-defense. Gen.
DufOur OEce more accepted the command
of the Helvetic troops, and although certain
TO succumb IN the Unsquai struggle, marched
resOlUtely against the enemy. Fortunately
France interviewed and Switzerland was
saved. That interference is attributed 70
the influence Of Gen. DufOur, who had
given artillery instruction to Prince Louis
Napoleon BOIaparte. When the latter
assembled the throne Of France, he forgot
none Of his former friends; that Justice AT
least must berendered him. Gen, Dufour.
on his part, remained firmly attached toths
man, and only accepted from him thenraud
Gordon Of tie Legion Of Honor. but would
not SeFve in France, pref5Ting his rank Of
General and position Of Swiss citizen. He i
had served under the first empire, however, /
from the time when Geneva was annexed /
10 it; he had studied at the polytechnic |
school and could readily, without prejudice |
10 bis prospects, and without going in OPP
position TO the habits Of the CTenevess,
have taken service in a foreign army. But |
be was modest, bad few want, and loved /
his country. Such, in biief, is the military i
career Ofths General. When Switzerland re-
,entiy reOrganized her army to defend her
lsu'F4llty and protect her frontiers, the
veteran, already upward Of eighty years Of
ace, coded his command TO Col Herzog.
shO became General. Let US remark, by
he way, That it is only in case Of
van, or tiEes o. peril, that Swiss
,fFiceTs receive the rank Of Gen
iral, and when the oonfsdera-
ion raises an army rOu,gnar1ars of b~i /
AIDES, and even ofdiyisiOns, have no other
tile tEsa mat Of Colonel. But Dufour was
lot alone conspicuous on the battlefield;
ie also had distinguished himself as an
uthori he wrote treatises On the military,
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DRAFTS By TELEGRAPH.
A Dispatch Equivalent 10 a Written
Promise.
New York Tribune.

In the suit of Nelson's Bank of Mon.
treal against Charles y. Howard
and others, the General Term OF
the Superior Court, Judge Curtis
giving the opinion, holds thss q Geographic
dispatch agreeing TO accept a draft is equiv
alent TO a written promise TO ACCEPT, and
under the statute makes the person seRaing
the dispatch liable as acceptOT.
The dispatch which was the occasion Of
tie decision was in these words: New
Yos1z, April s, 1S74.-TO NiveL & Co.,
Montreal, Ca: VIII accept twenty-five
gold or three thousand currency on usual
lime. Nothing new. C.. n. Howard &
Co." Niven & Co. were in the haJit Of
consigning produce toe. n. Howard & Co.,
and drawing against such shipments. This
wa one Of many such transactions. Before
the defendants endorsed their acceptance
On the draft, Niven q Co. failed, ana the
aeeept1rs had not enough of the drawees'
proper Y in their hands TO meet the draft.
The case was complicated by the fact that
the bank had ia its possession at the time
Of Niven & Cos failure their deposit,
amounting to Sl0J7. IS, which was claimed
by Niven's assignee, but had not been given
up 10 him. The defendants claimed that
this sum should first be applied on the
draft, and that they should be held liable
for the balance only.
On this point Judge Curtis holds thai
such q judgment could only be given n an
equity suit 10 which Niven Il Co. and their
assignee are parties. It is desirable 10
avoid all such complications, and to en-
barraSS the machinery Of mercantile trans
actions with the fewest Of possible Testric-
tiOns. There seems to ne no good reason
why a plaintiff who discounts an accept
Snoe because he received collateral securi-
" rom the draWees, who are only con-
tinqel,tIy liable, should be deprived of his
recovery Against the acceptors, who are
primarily liable because Of the state Of the
accounts between the accepJor and drawee.
The holder, bona fdG and for value Of &C
ceDtance before maturity In a suit against
the acceptor, Is entitled 10 recover from the
acceptor without reference TO equities be-
tween the original parties. The judgment
for the bank is therefore affirmed.
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COLORADO.
Jail DeliVery-TWO DesperadOes Kill
al and Rna Wnnndnh

Jail DeliVery-TWO DesperadOes Kill
ed and One Wounded.
DENVER, COL, Aug. I.-SeTeral days
since breach was effected in the Denver
Jail, through which a number of prisoners
escaped. All had been recaptured except
Evan Hall, w. Wilder and Harry Leighton,
in region fifty miles southwark, whence
they were decoyed INFO coral where they
expected to secure horses provided by
friends for their escape. When they were
within few feet Of the decoy horses, they
were fired on by sixteen ranchmen. Lay
ton was pierced by seven bullets and in
stantly killed; Hall 10y four bullets, and
died in a few hours; Wilder, who it is
supposed received. severe wounds, succeed
ing in escaping, and is still at large. All
three were of the worst class of desper-
ADDE'S,
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ST.. Swithin has not been prOpItiOus, 50
we hear, o. every hand. 1t IS, in fact, as
serted that the 18th was the hottest day on
record ri most Of the stations. We are,
rberefgre it seems, TO have forty
DAYS wet weather, and need not make
any excruSiOn q picnic engage
ments until after the 25th OF Au-
gust. This pIea SAINT prospect gill, how
ever, be Frightened by consideration OF
the following statemHnt, Whlch appeared
IN the Times some fourteen years ago. II
appears that ST. Swithiu'S ttlay was wet In
1871, and there were % raiLlV days up 10
the Path Of August; 1915, % raw Gays
ISL, II rainy days; 1853, is rainy S2ls'
1854, 10 rainy days; and in 1856, Il rain
days. In 1872 and following years, St.
SwithIn's Day was dry, and the re-
suit was: In 1872, y rainy days;
1913, - rainy days; 1914, 20 rainy
days; 1876, p rainy days; 1877, II rainy
days; lS4S, 81 rainy days; 1919, 20 rainy
days; 1850, II rainy days; 1852, - ra.ny
days; 1885, Is rainy days: 1851, "A rainy
days; 1875, IA rainy days; 1889, 13 rainy
DAYS; and in 1860, % rainy DAYS These
figures show the superstition 10 be founded
on fal,acy, as the average Of twenty years
DLONES lllll " LAahC AAllElA AEbNLl the LdI1tSI
number of days when St. Swithiu's Day
was dry
ST. SwITHIE'S DAY.
by the way, is not July -, out 2 the for
mer date being that Of his translation. 1t
was on the feast Of the1 translation, how
ever, that the great deluge tOok place which
las connected the name Of King Ar.hur's
tutor with the weather ever since. THE
superstition Is very widespread. Il has
been noticed in Archbishop Laud's diary.
Pepys' new ceilings were ruined by tie
rain on the 18th Of July, 1862, but he
does not attribute the misfortune 10 the
malign influence of S., Swithin. A
refutation of the popular idea occurs in
'HOne's Everyday Book, >" from wiich We
learn that dry weather followed a wet ST.
SWithin in 1907 and 1903. He also points
out what is Of more importance-that the
18th OF July, in the cd style, corresponds
with the Doth in the new.
The relics Of st. Swithin were translated
FIRST in 81, and afteTward in 1904, and are
now said to rest beneath a plain stone near
the east end of the Cathedral at Winches-
ter. His head was said to have been car
RED TO Canterbury.
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ticulated until We were tired, without any
effect, when one Of the squaWs came ont
and told us to let them have it out or they
might do some damage. This was the last
night we gave a performance without a re-
hearsal, for the Indians tod US they thought
they we're to do just as they had done
Then he gave us an imitation Of the war
dance and accompanying weird chant, and
it was done to such perfection thai our
flesh crept and we almost imagined him a
warrior in dlsguise.n
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A QUEER TENANT.

Dallas (Tex.) Commercial: A singular
scene was presented to a number Of gentle
men yesterday. On cutting a fine, large
watermelon, comfortably in the center was
a small, yelloW-spOtted lizard, about four
inches in length. Apparently lifeless when
taken out, it was soon Tesuscitated on be-
ing placed in the sun, but lived only a few
minutes. It was of a beautiful brown
color, with white stripes and yellow spots.
Most singular Of all, like fish caught in the
subtenanean rivers Of the Mammoth Cave,
in Kentucky, it was destitute Of the organs
Of vision. It was secured by Col. Mer-
rick, who will preserve it in spirits, and
send It TO the Smithsonian Institute to be
added to the wonders and curiOsities Of the
national museum.
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TENNESSEE NEWS.


ANTE BELLUM CONTRACTION.
Knoxville Age: In tearing away the
building on the northwest corner Of Mar
ket Square, a pOcket-boOk was found con-
tanning an indefinite number. Of decayed
bank notes, which some dute-BeIllua con-
JTactiOnist had planted.
A NEW COUNTY.
Savannah Transcript: The election to
create the new county Of Wisdom out of
fractions Of Henderson, GcNaiTy, HaIde-
man and Madison took place last Saturday,
and the vote for the county was $50 and
against il 81. The commissioners have
declared the result in favor of the county.
NOT REARED Is TIE OLD STYLE.
Humboldt journal: Numbers Of negro
boys loaf about orr s,petS daily. They are
being raised in idlei-sss, and viii crow up
in all kinds Of dissipation. /. is q great
misfOTtuneto themselves and the country
that they are not forced into some sort Of
employment. LaziuesS and street lOafing
are prolific Of misdenle snOrs and crimes.
A THUDERGUsT,
Memphis Ledger: During the thunder
STORM Friday lightning ruck the machine
shops Of The Mississippi and Tennessee
Railroad, giving several Of the WOTkmen
severe shocks and scattering them in every
direction. A street ear driver out in front
of the shops was severely shocked, and had
his arm and side paralyzed for some time.
GRANGER FACTORY.
JonesbOro Herald and Tribune, Aug. 3:
To-day the Grangers of six counties meet
at Telford's Depot to complete the arrange
mems necessary for establishing the Grange
Mandatory at That place. We hope they
will 20 to work at once, and not defer put
ting mp the building TIL next summer. If
the amount Of stock subscribed is sufficient,
there is no reason for delay whatever.
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Beecher to be Prosecuted for
Perjury.
Cardinal McClOsIey En- Route
for Rome.
A Heavy Failure in the Shipping
Business.
Mutual Friend NEouIton.

IT
NEW YORK, Aug. IA dispatch from
White Mountains says there is a rumOr in
circulation in the hotel in which Mr..
Beeeher is stopping, that Francis d. MOul-
ton has been in consultation with Gen.
Butler, and that the result of their
consultation is
A Partially Perfected Plan
to bring action against Beecher in that
county for perjury in swearing to his reply
to the Tilton suit last year at Middleton.
Mr.. Beecher has introduced in the hotel
the feature of morning prayers, which will
be continued during the time he remains.
The New Cardinal.
Cardinal McClOskey accompanied by his
sailed to-day for Havre on his
way to Rome, where he will receive the hat
and ring of the Cardinalate.
Failed 90 Negotiate.
Archibald Baxter 81 Co., a well known
and commission firm, doing bust
ness at II Broadway, suspended payment
this afternoon. They state they were un-
in negotiating their bills of ex-
change, and are only temporarily en-
Darassed. This failure caused quite a COM
notion in Exchange Place and among grain
merchants, with which interest they were
closely interested.
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LOUISIANA.
KeIIOgE's Attempts TO Preserve the
Pence

KeiIOgg's Attempts to Preserve the
Peace.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. Gov. kellogg
has addressed 4 circular letter to the sher-
IFS OF CaddO, Catalonia, Franklin and one
or two other parishes Of North Louisiana,
where a number of murders and other
deeds Of violence are reported TO have re-
Gently been committed, directing them to
call in tie aid of the better class of citizens
to bring to justice the perpetrators whose
acts continue to give a bad name to The
State; whereas in all the other parishes the
laws were enforced and peace and prosperity
prevail.
The Funding Board have adjourned till
the second Wednesday in September, and
yill fund no more bonds till then.
Gov. kellogg leaves for the North to-
morrow.
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and as he heard nothing about bis
warrants, Mr.. Davis came to Washington,
saw Mr.. Delano, and was referred by the
Secretary to his son John, saying he would
attend to it. Mr.. Davis called on Jonn,
and John said that it was all right, but he
wanted two sections of the land. Mr..
Davis was very indignant, and asked him
what he meant. He replied thSt he wanted
two sections of the land for making out the
warrants and getting them signed. They
were not valid unless signed by Secretary
DelanO. DIR. Davis went Immediately
back to the Secretary, reported the whole
case, and, it is said, expressed his opinion
of that method Of running the Department
IN very fOrcible language. These facts
came to the knowledge Of a prominent
Chicago clergyman, college mate of Sec.
Rotary Fish, some time ago, and he wrote to
mutual friend in Washington, requesting
him TO call on Secretary Fish, relate the
circumstances to him, and request him to
lay the matter before the President. Il is
not positively known whether his message
was delivered or not, but there is every
reason to believe that the President long
has known all about it.
Ousting Efficient Clerks for Inef.
6eient.
Special to the Louisville COurier-Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. .6.-Twelve or fiji |
teen more clerks Of the pension Office have |
been discharged, for the reason that about |
the same number out of the fifty discharged |
on the first of July brought sufficient Pc
litical influence to bear to effect their rein /
statement. The discharges at the begin
ming Of the fiscal year were rendered i'm
peTatiVe by a lack Of appropriation for the
support OF the Office, and were made only
after a careful and thorough investigation
into the comparative fitness, physical, moral
and mental, of the clerks. The fifty en-
Dloyes having the lowest average we're of
course selected for discharge, and it will be
'eadily understood that in the last dis
,harge the unfortunate clerks were dis
placed to secure vacancies for the same
lumber o. persons previously reported as
,eing the least efficient in the bureau.
The Insane Asylum
Major Richards, Chief of Police, is out
n letter, in which be assumes the Tespon-
Utility Of the recent Outrsges perpetrated
n the inmates of the Government Insane
asylum. He declares his superior officer,
)r. Nichols, who is, with Richards, one of
be police commissioners, ignorant Of the
-ansaCtiOns.
1t is, however, susceptible of easy proof
hat Surgeon General Barnes, one of the q
ficial visitors to the asylum, is cOgnizant {
all the details, and disclosed them to a c
rOminent physician of this city as early as S
ne 9TH Of July, before any publicity had 1
cen given TO the outrage. Richards as s
ImptiOn of these villianous cruelties will
OF prevent a prompt investigation on the t
art of Congress as soon as it meets. '
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INDIANA.
Railroads Repairing Damages.

TERRE HAUTE, IND, Aug. Breaks
and damage in the Vandalia road have
been repaired, and all trains will run reg
ularly without transfer, beginning to-mOr-
row night. The Ohio and Mississippi has
lost its Wabash river trestle, opposite Vim.
cennes. The back-water from the Wabash
is over the Evansville Railroad track, south
Of OaktOwn, breaking communication.
The Wabash has fallen two feet and now
has twenty-three feet above low-water
mark. The Evansville, Terre Haule aud
Chicago Railroad will run trains between
here and Danyille, ILL.,, regularly on Mon
day, and will go through without transfer
on Tuesday. The weather is now favora-
bic, and farmers are hopeful of saving half
their crops.
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THE Jumping together of gold. sill
yer, nickels, paper certificates and
called bonds, as coin" does not give
a very clear notion of the condition Of
the Federal Treasury. Some say there
is only fifteen millions gold in the
Vaults,aI told. Nobody but Wall street
SPECTATORS profit from this uncertainty
in Treasury bookkeeping.
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FOREIGN.
EORElGN.
Conclusion of the O'COnnen
Celebration.
Cholera Raging In Damascus.
The American Rifle Team in
Paris.


DUBLIN, Aug. THE third and last
day Of the celebration Of the O'Connell
Centenary was given up to festivities, ex-
cursions, boat races and Other sports. This
evening the Cantata Of St. Patrick, at Tara,
will be given in the Exhibition Palace, and
there VII be display of fire works. There
was an amnesty demonstration to-day in
Glassneyin Cemetery, where 0'COnnell is
buried. Forty thousand persons were
present, including several members Of Par
lament. Resolutions were adopted in
favor Of home rule and amnesty for i'm
pIisOned Fenians.
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MEMPHIS.
Rejoicing over Failing Waters.

MEMPHIS, Aug. 7.-River reports from
Cairo, last night, announcing that the river
had come to a stand, causes rejoicing here,
though it will doubtless be several days be-
fore any change will be effected at this
point. The weather is cloudy and sultry.
Waddy.
A private dispatch from Knoxville states
that Judge Trigg, of the United States Dis
tTict Court, has granted Waddy Thompson
writ Of habeas corpus.
The BOaId Of Aldermen last night adopt
ed eulOgistic resolutions of ex-President
johnson.