, 1875-07-17
LATEST NEWS
BY Telegraph and Mall


ceived by the natives. The Col
onel framed a constitution for the I
Islands, making the government .
an elective monarchy, the king to ,
serve four years, to be chosen al
ternately from the two royal fami- !
lies who have previously been ru-
lers of the islands. Stoinberger
is elected prime minister for life.
Fred Douglas and others have
taken initial steps towards start
ing a weekly paper in Washing |
ton City devoted to the interests
Of negroes.
Louis NcLane leaves Baltimore
on the goth inst, for San Francis
co, having completed arrange
mcnts for eastern connections of
the new bank.
A dispatch from Cincinnati
saws the Licking river is rapidly
rising. The coal elevator of Cor
don & Mcclure, was carried away.
\ dispatch from Raleigh, y. c.,
states that a most inhuman mur-
der, committed in that county last
March, has Just come to light. a
white man named Portinas cut his
wife's throat, then cut her head off,
unjointed her at every joint, then
cut the flesh off her bones and at
tempted 10 burn her body up, but
did not succeed. Then be mur-
dered his child, 8 months old, in
the same manner and buried the
two bodies in a marsh, where they
were found last week by the infu-
rated neighbors. Circumstances
show Portinas and one Of his
brothers accessory to the murder.
The people and Temporary resi-
dents Of Peekskill and neighbor-
hood, preceded by band of mu-
sic and a company of militia went
to the residence of Henry Ward
Beecher on the evening ofthe 18th.
After a speech by Judge Wells
Mr.. Beecher made an address.
Among other things, he said:
When / began my life / had moi
tention of being a great and elo-
quent and wise man, but did
mean to be q good man and hon
est, and l did mean to spend all
the strength God gave me in max
ing my fellow men better. This |
have done by the help of God. /
make this assertion more emphat-
ically because a few papers seem
to think.I have done it by the
help and permission Of newspapers
but I have done itin spite Of them.
l don't ask that they should care
for my future. My future isin the
keeping Of the God to whom my
mother directed me. have no
new course to take; am too old to
change my position; shall 60 on
trusting men. I have pursued
that doctrine all my life, and only
once in forty years have ! made
mistake. The expenses of the
trial have been enormous-enough
to bankrupt a country minister
Eve times over, and would have
destroyed me but for Plymouth
Church, and even with their help
1 shall barely get through, for the
Expenses to me have been over
rs, 900 dollars.
The officers of the Central Pa
ci6c Railroad have dropped upon
100000 acres of land bought by
Miller in Oregon. Stealings thus
far discovered exceed 100000.
Gen. John A. Logan, Of Illinois,
arrived in San Francisco on the
18th, On a short business tour.
The following is telegram
from San Francisco to Victoria da-
ted July 18th: Mr.. Rhodes, the
new mail contractor, has succeeded
in making most favorablearrange-
ments for 6rst-class steamers to
Victoria. The steamers to be en-
ployed will be taken from the Chi
ma and Panama lines. They are
new, are fitted with every modern
convenience, are fast and reliable,
and are ranked among the best
ships that sail from San Francisco.
The British steamship, Vasco de-
Cana, will be the first ship Of the
line. She viii sail hence for Vic
toria on the 22d inst, sailing from
Victoria for San Frar C SEQ on the
1st Of August. She will be fol-
lowed by vessels equally good,
which are now being prepared for
that important and too-long neg
lscted trade.
Mrs. Algernon Sartoris gave
birth to a son on the 11th inst, at
Long Branch.
Gen. Frank P. Blair died at St.
Louis on the 9th inst.
A dispatch to Superintendent
Adams of the Express Company Of
Cincinnati, states that a desperate
attempt was made to rob express
messenger Burke, on the Illinois
and Vandalia Railroad. The en-
gine and car were cut loose and
the engineer killed. Burke bar
ricaded the doors and kept the
robbers at bay until help arrived.
A Washington special says the
Republican Congressional Com
mittee are sending out tn all the