, 1875-05-01
LATEST NEWS


of a brewery. While Walking on =
boarl over ore 81 his large watts
flleI Co ;A" hrim with scalding
beer. fell in. llo wa rescued -
soon A. possible. but died after a
few hours OF the most intense suf-
fcring.
A dispatch from Santa Barbara
reports a large steamer on fire ten
miles off shore aud firing minute
guns. 1t is evidently a large yes
sci, and it is thought it may be the
Panama steamer.
A telegram stares that the
Treasury Department on Sunday
dispatched a number of clerks to
London with eleven million Of five
per cent. bonds, being the last
subscription of the syndicate.
The first through train from the
East for some days arrived at San
Francisco on the 25th with $40
passengers.
Charles Vickers, engineer on the
tug Polito ffsky, OF Port Madison,
w. T., was killed on the 23d inst.
1t appears from the evidence that
he had been oiling the engine and
was looking down the crank-pit at
the top part of the engine whom
the crank came down and caught
him, striking him on the back of
the head and on the brain killing
him almost instantly.
The Chicago Tribune says of
the report of Attorney-General
Williams resignation that it is
possibly true; if so, well and
good. If not true then it is the
country's loss, and adds, that in
filling the vacancy it is to be hoped
the President will select a lawyer.
A Washington special says the
most prominent names mentioned
in connection with the office are
Mat. Carpenter, Pierrepont and
Stoughton. The same dispatch
says Williams will at once return
to Oregon to conduct the Senate
rial caucus in his own behalf.
A New York special says Shear
man, of Beecher's counsel, says
there will be eight more witnesses
for the defense; most of them will
occupy the stand but short time.
Julius Duncan, a newspaper re-
porter, who it is supposed COM
mitted suicide, in a letter to his
employers, advising them of his
intention, said: 81 am weary with
the blasphemy and perjury of the
Beecher trial and poison myself
to get out of it." A body sup
posed to be that of Duncan was
found at Green Point, L. l., on
the 24th. Henry NJ. Cleveland's
condition is such that his physician
is apprehensive that he will not
long survive. His cross-examina-
ton by Morris is said % have be en-
terribly severe, and very trying t o
the witness nervous system.
In the Hudson County Court,
New Jersey. on the 24th ult,.
Fredrick Klenner, convicted of
stealing funds of the Hoboken
Savings Bank while cashier, was
brought up for sentence. He was
arraigned on eleven indictments
for forgery, to which be pleaded
not guilty. Judge Hoffman then
sentenced him to various terms of
imprisonment, making in all "a
years,
Col. E. NJ. Yerger, of Missis-
sippi, but for several years a resi-
dent Of Baltimore, died on the 22d.
At one time he was prominent be
fore the public in connection with
a duel with Col. Crane, at jackson,
Miss, for which he was tried by
military commission. For several
years he has resided in Baltimore
and was proprietor and editor of
the Evening Journal.
A Washington special says it is
rumored that Robson and Bel
KNAPP, as well as Delano, will soon
leave the Cabinet.
Charles Lewis, of the firm of
Webster & Lewis, which recently
failed, committed suicide at his
house in New York, on the 23d.
1t is reported that the large
steamboats, Exporter, Church and
John Kyle were burned at the
wharf at New Orleans on the 23d.
The grand ceremony which took
place at St. Patrick's Cathedral,
New York, ON the 27th inst, in
honor of the investing Of McClos-
key, first American Cardinal, with
the insignia of his Office, was an
event Of great importance. Most
expensive preparations were made
to render the ceremony impress
siVe, and the music was unusually
interesting.
Carl Schurz has accepted the in
vitation extended to him by num-
ber of prominent citizens of New
York, to attend a public banquet
to be given in his honor previous
to his departure for Europe.
Gen. Williams states that he
has had in contemplation for some
time the purpose of retiring from
the Attorney Generalship.and now