Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-14

For carrying the mails the two Gov
ernments agreed to pay ESQ, $50 an
nually for eight years.
The company has made sub-con-
tract with John Elder & Co., of Glas-
| gov, for that firm to furnish two
steamers, while the Pacific Mail Com
pany will furnish two others for the
proposed mail service. The Company
will hold another steamer in reserve
to take the place of any disabled vessel
or supply any eXigencies that may
occur.
Eldred & Co., according to the first
plan, received two-fifths and the Pa
cific Mail three-fifths of the profits,
| but the arrangement has been altered
| somewhat.
J. NJ. IRE, of Eldred & Co., is now
in this city. He has represented to
the Mail Company that his firm will
not be able to place any vessels on the
line within the next three months.
He has therefore asked that during
that time the Mail Company will
waive the exact terms of the agree
ment and run three or four steamers
regularly. TO this they have agreed,
and, of course, will take all the receipts
of running until the other firm is
ready to fulfil its contract.
Mr.. Scott thought a person could
reach New Zealand or Sydney in 35
days from New York, or by travelling
Westward reach London in 45 days.
The arrangement will go into effect
Immediately.
End of the Crispin's Strike.
NEW YORK, August 18th. - The
Crispin's strike is about ended. A
large number of men returned to work
to-day at full rates of wages. Some
of the firms, however, still hold out
and refuse to accede to the mems de-
mand.
The Old Scandal.
BROOKLYN, Aug. 13th.-The Beech
er-TiltOn scandal is still ut rest, al
though it again threatens eruption at
any moment. The main case will be
retired in September. 1t is under
stood Morris, as Tilton's attorney has
served or will shortly serve, papers on
the Tribune Association in suit for SLAM
der alleged to have been published in
the Tribune against Tilton. Judge
Morris is also to bring libel suit against
the Tribune Association on his own
account, for alleged libel in connection
with the Price perjury case, charging
Morris with suborning the witnesses,
and advising Loeder to make false
affidavits. Both these together, with
that of Tilton against the Eagle, will
make quartette of cases that will
hardly fail to keep the scandal before
the people.
Condition Of the Rivers.
WASHINGTON, Aug, 18th. - The
Signal office furnishes the following
special river report during the past "a
hours: The Ohio river has fallen II
feet inches, at Evansville; A inches
at Louisville; 45 inches at Cincinnati
and II inches at Marietta. Ithas ris-
en- inches at Paducah, there it is con-
siderably above danger line. The river
will fall rapidly at stations above Pa
ducah. The Mississippi has fallen
inches atSt. Louis, 8 inches at Cairo,
and has risen one inch at Memphis
and Helena, and two inches at Vicks-
burg. 1t will continue to fall at Cairo
and st. Louis; and will remain sta
tionary or rise very slowly at stations
below; it will reach the danger line at
Memphis during Saturday. The river
is now nine inches higher at Cairo,
and one inch higher at Memphis than
it was during the Spring floods of this
year The Red River has risen five
inches at Shreveport. The Missouri
has fallen slightly at all stations.
Rains are reported from river valleys
of Lower Mississippi.
Fire at Palisade,
PALIsADE, New, Aug. 13th.-Last
night fire broke out in q building
belonging to H. G. Mcclure, in the
west end of the town: The alarm was
given and the citizens responded
promptly, and there being no wind
the adjacent buildings were saved.
Origin supposed TO be the work of an
incendiary.
Struggle with the Hangman.
LINCHBURG, Va, Aug. 13th.-Tom
Withers, negro boy aged seventeen
years, was hung to-day in Campbell
Court House, for numbering Agnes
Thomas, in February last. The trap
fell at twenty minutes after twelve
o'clock. The scaffold was rickety and
much too low. Withers getting back
on the scaffold twice. His neck was
not broken, and he had terribly hard
death by strangulation. He was
hanging 2S minutes. Withers con-
fessed that he enticed the girl into the
woods on the pretext of having some
thing for her. He following along be-
side her, upon reaching convenient
place, he split her skull open with an
axe. He then dragged her body into
the woods affarWa rds 0oinr ahnnf his