The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-01-06

Inc toNn ei SOnWty, masS-, B BuHer1ng dlB-
astously from typhoid fever, eighteen deaths,
including several adults, having occurred with
in few weeks. AT a large mass meeting in
Edgefeld, 8. c., resolution was passed to
lynch all persons, white or black, who may be
caught setting fire to gin houses or dwellings,
. DR.. Rush, charged with committing several
burglaries and arsons in Concordia, Missouri,
was hanged by q mob six miles from that vii
lage. United States Secretary Bristow is par
tcularly explicit and decided on the finance
questions. He says that Congress clearly did
not intend, when the greenbacks we're first
issued, to make them the permanent currency
OF the country. Subsequently, the act Of
March IL, 1869, pledged the faith Of the United
States to make provisions at the earliest prac-
ticable period for their redemption in COIN
Initiatory steps towards the fulfllment of this
pledge ought no longer be delayed, he says
AS preliminary step, the law making the
notes legal tender ought to be repealed; the
repeal to take effect at some future date-say,
in three years. At the same time authority
should be given for the redemption of the
notes III bonds bearing o low rate OF interest,
which, while inviting their conversion, should
not be 30 high as suddenly to increase their
value. =. :. Josiah Cummings, trunk manufac-
turer Of Springfield, Mass, has suspended
The total amount of his indebtedness is vari-
ously estimated at from $780, 900 to S14O, 900,
with assets Of al unascertained amount.
1t is expected the Virgimus affair between
the United States and Spain will be amincably
settled. Messrs. Rothschild & Co., OF Paris
have advanced 30,OOO,0O0 reals to the Spanish
government. "A violent storm occurred at
st. Petersburg, and did great damage.
The verdict of the Jersey City Presbytery in
the Glendenning case acquits him Of every
thing but unministeral conduct, of which he is
found guilty, and for which he is suspended
from his pastorate. Edward Madden, editor
of..the Merced (Cal.) Tribune, was shot dead
by H. Granice, stepson Of the editor Of the San
Joaquin Argus. Springfield, Mass, elected
Emerson Wight, Rep, Mayor, by S43 majority.
...... Commander VIM B. Cushing, U. s. N.
whose mental condition has recently been n
subject Of some anxiety to his friends, has be-
come insane, and has been removed to the
government hospital for the insane The
amendment to the Constitution Of Wisconsin,
limiting municipal indebtedness to FIVE per
cent. of the assessed valuation, was carried,
66,061 votes being cast in the affirmative and
l,oo9 In the negative. The body of Bernard
Mahon, detective, was found in the river at
Toledo, Ohio. He had been murdered.
Benjamin Balch, Of Newburyport, Mass, is to
apply for an act of incorporation for the Darien
ship canal, with capital not to exceed SIO0, ,OOo-
900. -. The Rockland, Me-, Shoe Company
has suspended, the entire capital having been
absorbed ip two and y half years. The liabili-
ties will exceed the assets about $40, 1000.
After the 1st of January all free passes over
the Pennsylvania railroad will bear photograph
OF the holder on the back. .. The transit of
Venus was successfully observed ut Hobart
Town, Adelaide, and Melbourne, and ut points
in India, China, aud Japan. The American
party, however, only partly succeeded at Hobart
Town. The observations failed in Oxmsk,
Orenburg, Kasan, Uralsk, Astrachan, Kertch,
and Tiflis, but were entirely successful at Yoko-
hama. 49,. Vice-President Wilson says that he
intends to remain in Washington through the
session and preside over the Senate. The
Arkansas Senate adopted bill exempting
mining aud manufacturing establishments from
taxation for seven years. ..., T. c. Jones,
Court of Appeals Clerk, has been indicted in
Frankfort, KY, for accepting a challenge to
night duel. 80. Arrests have been made of
persons supposed to be members of q gang of
thieves who have been stealing horses and
COWS from Long Island farmers The COWS
stolen are supposed to have been slaughtered
and sold to city butchers :. All Of the Coolie
ships report great losses Of life among the pas-
sengers. = -;