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The Present. Condition of the
Party the Work of
Bad Men.

New YORK, Jan. 1S.-The HerGlTS
dispatch from Washington says: Vice
President Wilson Las written a letter to
Samuel BOwles, Of the Springfield Repub-
LicaR, in reply to paragraph in that journal,
asserting that the Vice President openly
gave I'D the Republican party as beaten and
certain Of defeat al the next election. Mr..
Wilson replies in effect, that he has not
said this and does not believe II: that he
thinks the Republican party may get in,
and that a necessity exists for its contin-
yIinc in power He admits that it is in
danger, but asserts that its peril comes
not from its own fault, but
from the misconduct Of men who
have obtained high positions in it,
Il must, he says, at once and explicitly de-
clare against third term. and thus relieve
the public mind Of painful apprehension,
and put TO rest at once and forever a fear
which does more than aught else tOalienate
the people from the party. 1t ought to re-
move many OficehOldeTs, high and low, and
especially some Of higher officers whose
mismanagement has become offensive TO
Iho people, and whose conduct, both in
their departments and in general affairs,
make them and the party OdiOuS. il must
adopt a cOnCiliatOTy though firm policy in
Southern affairs, avoiding any irritating
Federal Interference, and taking off the
heavy hand Of the government. The equal
rights of the blacks must be defended,
hut unconstitutional acts, and measures Of
doubtful cOnstitutiOnality, ought to be
avoided. and the public opinion Of the
North must not be offended by violent acts
or language toward the South. Finally,
Mr.. Wilson thinks it necessary TO open the
door to those men who stTayed of after
Greeley, but whose hearts are still with the
Republican party. They must be cOncilI-
ated; their leading men must be taken into
the confidence OF the party, and some
should be called to high places.
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MISSOURI.
A Formidable Revolt I'm the state
Prison.


A Formidable Revolt in the state
Prison.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1S.--A revolt occurred
in the penitentiary at Jefferson CITY this
aftern00ns Nearly 500 men Quit wort in
the shoe shops, and AZ Ias. accOuuts were
armed with hammers. baizss, Pikes. &c.
and were masters d Q situa1ion.
auellsd Witao 8ioosshed.
The revolt at the penitentiary was
quelled without bloOdshed OF harm to any
body, although at times il looked as if there
would be serious trouble. The stand was
made Immediately after dinner, and
was led by desperate fellow
named NoxOn, who was the ringleader
of the revolt last summer Warden Sebree,
Deputy Bradbury and Col Mcfarland, of
the COmmiSsary Department, Immediately
organized a strong posse, and the walls
and tuuets and all available places were
crowded with armed citizens and guards
with their guns trained on the mutinteers as
they stood in the yard. The order was then
given for the cOnvicts to 60 TO their cells or
suffer the consequences. The more peace
ably disposed imme lately obeyed, but the
more desperate stood ont for some time
and defied the authorities. Finally,
however, realizing the strength opposed 70
them, they yielded and were locked up.
The pretext for the mutiny was the alleged
insUfficiency and bad quality Of their food
but this is denied BY cOuespOndents, who
assert that the victuals Of the prisoners are
both wholesome and abundant.
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Of the State, amounts to cover the whole
balancs against him.
The further prosecution Of the cause
nav be attended with considerable expense
20 the State, and therefore feel II incum-
bent upOn me % submit the case 20 your
consideration, and recommend that spe-
cial committee examine all the facts, and
determine whether the litigation
shall be further proceeded with.
THE AGRICULTURAL BUREAU.
Since my last communication this Bu-
reau has submitted a report, which is here
with transmitted. The suggestions made
are evidently the result Of careful deliber-
alton by gentlemen whose experience and
intelligence entitle them to high consider
ton, aud viii, 1 trust, meet with your
hearty concurrence. l do not hesitate TO
express the opiiiiol that the two Bureaus
Of Agriculture and immigration should be
blended. Economy and efficiency alone
would Justify it. Independents Of these
considerations, however, the intimate rela-
tious Of the two naturally suggest this
action. Respectfully,
JNO. G. Brown, Governor.
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MRS. BEECHER HANBsOsEER THAN
MRS. TELFOg.

For the time, Mrs. Til.ou was the eeD-
tral figure Of attraction. She was verv
pale, and her manner was that of q timid.
shy woman, who felt Ell al ease under hum
dreds of staring eyes. The crowd instinc-
ilveiy iEs-lt1te. comparison between her
aud Mrs. Beechsr. and tire r5sult was net
favorable TO Mrs Til,1u. TO vas a1psrent
That they were opposite iil claractsr. On
one side was weak, timii. sentimental
woman; on the Other a positive, deter
mined, and, even I'M her old ace, = hand
some woman. Ms. Bcecher was cool aud
seif-possessed throughout the proceeding,
Notwithstanding the bitter attacks upt n
her husbands honor. Mrs. TiltOn was ey-
identity nervous and embarrassed. Mrs.
Beecher has a classical face, full Of force
and expression; Mrs. TiitOn's face is Of q
commonplace type.
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LOUISIANA.
Negroes Without Employment
Growing Desperate.
Sheridan Fears a Character of
OUtrages He Did Not
Bargain For.
Shall the Whites be Made to
Employ the Negroes Whether
They will or Not?

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 1S.-The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received here:
-Nelg Orleans, La, Jan. 1S.-TO Hon.
W. w. Belknap, SecretEy Of War: A re-
port has Just been received flOm Mai. Mer-
rill, at Shreveport, which is too long for
telegraphic transmission, but will be sent
by mail. The following is an eDitOme, al
most in Mai. Myrrill's own words: Threats
made before the election TO drive from the
community al that voted the Radical
ticket, are being carried out. COmbina-
tiOns among whites are forming, and re-
cruiJing by every form Of pressure, by
which all negroes who voted the Radical
ticket are TO be refused work or leases. All
whites not belonging to the com
bination are to be Ostracized. Already
more than five hundred families,
including at least 2,06O people Of all ages
and sexes, are wanderers without means TO
90 elsewhere; pOwerleSs to find other homes
where they are, and are on the verge of
starvation in mid-Winter. Theft and other
crimes may result, and it is feared that
the bitter feeling naturally resulting from
a sense of injustice received, may run into
one Of revenge. These homeless people
will gradually drift together, and the white
people are not slow, as the past has shown,
10 set afOat inhammatOry rumOrs Of the in
tention of organized violence on the part
of the negroes, and where the revolver and
mob law are the common resort in such
cases, as they usually have been here, dis
orders more or less extensive are sure to
result, if some preventive is not found for
such a state Of things.
P. II. SHERIDAN,
Lieut.. Gen'l.
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VICKSBURG.
Another Outrage by the Military
Banditti.
The sheriff Of Warren County Elected
az the Point Of the BayOneE

The sheriff Of Warren County Elected
AT the Point Of the BayOneE
VICKsRURG, Jan. lS.-MajOr George E.
Head, with a squad Of Federal troops with
fixed bayonets, acting, it is stated, under
orders fr IN, General Emery. to-day entered
the sheriff7s Office here and fOrcibly elected
Sheriff A. J. Flanagan, who was in posses
sion by virtue Of the recent election about
the validity of which there is constitutional
question. His right to the Office had not
however been questioned by any legal pro
ceedings. The military appear to have
acted upon army orders alone. Mai. Head
reported his action to Chancellor Hill, who
was holding court in an adjacent room, by
whom the action of the military was counte-
nanced and seemingly approved.
Sheriff Flanagan also reported the facts
to Chancellor Hill, and appealed to the
court to protect him in the discharge Of his
duties but was refused. The Chancellor
appointed ". II. McGhee Sheriff pro tenn,
and he was placed in possession of
the Office by the military. Nc
Ghee is a white Republican, and
was deputy under Sheriff Crosby. Chan
cellOr Hill, upon opening the court two
weeks AGO. adjourned It until TO-DAY, in
order t0 determine what course he wOuId
take in reference to the shefiiiaity. The
members Of the bar present protested
against the courts allowing and apparently
approving military interference with its Of
ficers, as a violation Of all law and the de-
strIlction Of civil government,
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CasteIar IrreeoneIIahIe.
GERMANY.

BERLIN, Jan. 1S.-The Chancellor has
submitted to the Federal Council an Ordi-
nance prohibiting the importation into Ger
many Of American potatoes as a measure
Of precaution against the spread Of the pO-
tatO disease.
The Prussian authorities have closed the
Roman Catholic Seminary at Fulda, ex-
PEELED the high priest from Germany, and
sequestrated all the property Of the Bishop
Of that diocese. The Bishop Of Paderboni,
whose term of Imprisonment expires to-
morrow, will probably be Immediately sent
to the fortress Of WeSel.
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EARTH AND sun.

The Late Transit Of Veuus-Our Planet
Nearer the sun than the AstrOnO-
mers Have SupPOsed-WiII the
Former be Consumed by the Latter
IN a Thousand Years HemeeF
NEW YORK, Jan. 1S-The Word pub
fishes a cable dispatch from London, say
ing that the first tentative computations
made at Greenwich of the data obtained
from observations of the recent transit Of
Vensus, have yielded results somewhat
different from what was expected.
-Four calculations, made independ-
emily, give the suns parallax as
being respectively 9.05 seconds, 9.45
seconds, 9.Z5 seconds, and 9.20 sec
Onds, the mean being 9.24 seconds. The
computations were made by Prof. o.
HeTTici, Ph, D., Of the Uniyerity College;
Mr.. Frederick Guthrie, of tde ROYAL School
Of Mines and Arts, Fad kIessrs. Dunkin
and Ellis, assistants at the Royal Observa-
tory, Greenwich, No calculations have
yet been completed at the new university
The comput utstions, as given, were made
only upPn the basis Of the moments of eX-
ternal and internal contacts, as reported
frGin different points Of observation, and
may be considerably modified when the
Photographic and micrOmetric measure
ments are taken into account.
Based on this dispatch, the World re-
marks, on the authority Of an American
astronomer: To say that the suns parallax
has been asceuained to be 9.24 seconds, is
TO say that the sun is distant from us about
p, 1913 semi-diameters of the earth, or S.
443, ,726 miles. This is 6,926,274 miAs
less than the distance made out by Enecke
from observations of the last transit, and
100000 or 100000 less than the re-
suits obtained by more recent measure
ments. If this ratio were constant, We
should require 40 years to overcome the
entire distance and fall into the sun. But,
ss it is certain that our centripetal motion
would be vastly accelerated continually, as
we got closer within the sphere Of the suns
attraction, unless his forces should be pro-
pOrtionally decreased, or his volume re-
duced, it is also probable that we should
consume very much less time than is above
given in making the tremendous journey.
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OHIO KU-KLUX.
A RaVIsber Taken From the Jail AT
Urbaua aud Hanged by Forty Masked


A RaVIsber Taken From the Jail AT
Urbana aud Hanged by Forty Masked
Men.
CLEVELAND, Jan. lT.-Last Tuesday
afternoon, while a little girl nine wears
old, the daughter Of j. b Morgan, Of
urbana,O. was returning home from school,
she Tas enticed into the woods by a man
Hh0 Ou ragged her person In a most horrible
manner. The william then commenced
-buiidinga fire, with the intention, it IS be-
lieved, Of XII ling and then burning the
child, when a hunter came up and asked
what he was Going there. He made some
reply which satisfied the hunter, who went
away. The wretch then told the girl that, as
a man had seen him, he would have to take
her home. He went part Of the distance
with ber, and then left.
She reached home in the evening, in
such q condition as to be unable to give
any account Of the affair. The next morn
ing she gage the authorities a description
Of the anthOr Of the crime, and telegrams
were sent in all directions to arrest HIM,
the City. Council offering reward Of 500
for his capture. Wednesday, a man an
swering the description was arrested at
Marysvllle, o, brought to Urbana and
identified. He made full confession, Civ
ing his name as o. W. Ullery, Of Buchan-
an, Mich. He said be was twenty-five
years old. After examination, a dispOsi-
tiOn was shown by the crowd to hang the
prisoner at once, and the authorities had
considerable difhculty in getting him to
jail. Thursday night an effort made to
take him from Jail was prevented by the
guards.
Ihis morning, at an early hour, a band
Of masked men, numbering about forty,
went TO the Jail, captured and bound the
guards, battered down the doors, took the
prisoner out, gave him few minutes to
pray, and hung him to tree in front Of
the courthouse. A large crowd gathered,
but the lynchers Lad posted a strong guard,
and the feeble EFF TT made to interfere with
them was unsuccessful After all signs of
life ceased in the suspended body, the
lynchers quietly dispersed. The body
hang an hour before the coroner came and
cut it down. Public opinion is decidedly
in favor Of the vigiiants. The little girl is
is in fearful condition, and il is thought
that she canDOt recover.
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CINCINNATI.
Her Projected Great Railway 60 the
Eouln.

Her Projected Great Railway 60 the
south.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 1S.-Eleyen bids for
the construction Of an iron railway bridge
across the Ohio at the foot of Horne street,
I'm this city, were opened by
the Trustees Of the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad to-day. The bids range from
$685. 3,O9O up to S1,OSS,OO0, the lowest bid
der being the Watson Bridge Company,
Paterson, Y. j. The structure comprises
five spans, including a channel span Of
$40 feet, which is the longest single
span in the world, except one of the
same length in Germany, and the
total length Of the bridge will be 1897
feet. The officers Of the road state that the
estimates will be examined at once and the
contract probably be let in few days to
the lowest and best bidder.
The Trustees Of the Cincinnati Southern
Railway determined tonight on the con-
str1ction of that road by way OF Boyce's
station 10 a point near the United
States reservation iH Chattanooga, leav-
inc the question Of the selection OF
de1ot grounds, in addition to those do
mated bv the ROane Iron Company, for
further consideration, as they expect the
richt-of-way and the grounds to be furnish
ed bv the citv Of Chattanooga
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FOREIGN.
Gladstone and the Papacy Again.
A General Aiming In Europe.
BismaFck's Persecution of the
Catholic Clergy.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Prince Leopold Attacked by HemOr-
rhane-

Prince Leopold Attacked by HemOr-
rhaEe.
LONDON, Jan. is, $50 A. M.-Prince
Leopold, who was recovering from fever,
has had an attack Of hemorrhage, which
greatly weakened him
Giadstdne on the Papaey.
Gladstone has written an article on the
speeches Of Pope Plus TX, which appears
In The Quarterly ReUietb. He sketches the
history Of the Pope's reign, points out the
increased subserYience of the Roman
Catholic clergy, and concludes that the
mass Of the British nation now repudiates
the pretensions Of the Papary more eagerly
and resOlutely than it has done for many
generations.
A General Arming in Europe.
LOxDON, Jan. ls.-The Times editorial
" says seIn the gloom surrounding us one
thing Is perceptible: All are arming. Ger
many is arming en- masse. The surround
ing nations, including the best part Of the
world, cannot do otherwise. MOmentary
dreams Of peace have fed. Germany re-
eognizes the stern necessity: What she
won by arms, she can only hold by arms,
and while the arms are in her hands, the
Tbnes cOnfesses, Germany cannot raise a
third army. Her hopes are in her navy
Views OF the Future Liberal Leader.
Rt. Hon. NJ. Z. Forster, in a public
speech at Bradford, tonight, alluding to
the United States, suggested that the Cen
tennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, would
afford a good opportunity for discussing the
patent laws. He did not think the with
drawal Of the proposed reciprocity treaty
would greatly injure the Canadian trade
with the Uni1ed States. He referred to
the retirement Of Gladstone with regret.
He earnestly hoped that statesman would
not altogether quit political life.
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CLINTON, LA, Jan. 17.-Just after dark
on the 18th, six miles from Clinton, where
three negroes with their wagons loaded
With shingles had gone into camp, they
were visited by q white man mounted,
who proposed buying their shingles. Afsef
a few words the white man pulled out 8
pistol and shot two Of the negroes, killing
them. HE other escaped and gave the
alarm. From the evidence given at tn
coroners Inquest, the jury came 10 the con
ciuS.On that the murders were committed
by Lawson Blunt. A posse has gone in
pursuit.
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L0UIsYILLE, Jan. 1S.-The music for
the NTH concert in aid Of the Public Lii
DfaFy Of Kentucky, TO be held the 2Tgb Of
February, will be furnished by p. S. Sill
more, OF Boston jubilee fame. The con
tract was awarded 20 Gilmore at q very
high bgure, over many competitors from all
parts Of the country, and the concert is ex-
Pected to be the most extensive musical
festival ever held la the West, only ex-
ceeded by GilmOre's Boston concerts.
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ONE ofthe features Of this winters sea-
son in New York, viii be the Introduction
Of the minuet into the list Of dances. This
stately dance is familiar to US all from ce-
scriptiOn, and every one has seen it in such
PLAYS Of the old time as the 'Schooi for
scandal where the eHrtain rises upon a
party dancing the minuet. The danciug-
masters are busy teaching the young peO-
pie to gracefully acquit themselves IN the
stately movements Of this dance OF our
grandfathers, and there are doutless many
earnest students Of the difficult measures.
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WEST VIRGINIA.

WHEELING, ". Va, Jan. lS.-A special
to the Register says a proposal 20 remove
the capital of this State to Wheeling was
introduced i'm the Senate to-day and refer
red TO the Judiciary Committee.
A Democratic caucus to nominate
Senatorial candidate TO replace A. j. Bore
man will be held on Friday.
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PERSIA.
The shah Getting into Hot water.

Ihe shan Getting Into Hot water.
LONDON, Jan. 1S.-The Times announces
that the Shah Of Persia has granted rail-
way concession to the Russian General,
Falkenhagen, notwithstanding bis existing
concession to Baron Reuter-. The Baron
has lodged protest at Teheron, and the
Times says the Earl Of Derby has instruc-
ted the British Minister to Persia to sup
port the protest formally and officially.
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THE PENALTY FOB A TELEGRAPu
RTVWraEu

John S. McClellsgd, a telegram oDer,to-
VINO was convicted in the Hudson county,
~ 20 Court OF Sessions, If manslaughter,
IN causing the death Of four men BY colI
lsion OF trains on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road last March, has been sentenced to nav a
fine Of 500 and costs.
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Strenuous efforts are to be made for the
relief Of Pampeluna. A movement Of the
troops with this object has already com
mencad.
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6reat snow storm IN she Rorfhwess
OMAHA, Jan. lS-A telegram from Fort
Laramie to-day saws a fearful snow storm
IS prevailing, and the thermometer foIty
degrees below zero. A great fall Of snow
IS reported thronghout The Northwest.
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ITALY.

LONDON, Jan. IS.--A special from Rome
to the Standard says: Serious alarm is
again felt concerning the health OF the
Pope, who is suffering from a chill.
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SPAIN.

King Alfonso 90 Assume Command.
MADRID, Jan. liking Alfonso viii as
sumo the chief command Of the army Of the
Nor.h. He will probably he accompanied
to headquarters by Gen. Jovelar, Minister
oF VVer
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Salaries OF the Clergy.

The King has signed DEGREES relative to
the salaries Of the clergy, and declared that,
while giving support and respect to the
Catholic Clergy, he desires to firmly main
tain religious liberty as it exists in most
civilized countries. The subventiOn 70 the
clergy has been raised from 3,5O0,OOO to
4l,0O0,O 600 pisetas.
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100000 10 POIICY.FOLDFRs

slnes Jus organization.
- no hlsh Io patrOEize home COMPANY
organized upon a solid basis ard e.-sev1-o9k5 -
managed, VII find the Equgable. of Na-Sv-ilIss
worthy Of their cCufdcncs. ur26 - -, -
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HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The follow
ing oils were introduced:
BY Mr. Msrriam-To prevent the issue
Of United S ates and National Bank notes
Of greater denominations than SOD; also
limiting the ak on banks Of deposit in re-
gard to the O Election Of drafts and checks;
also, authOriz ing the use Of information re-
ceived through the dead letter Office, when
its use will prevent or punish crime.
By Mr.. StOm-Th6 resolutions Of the
Pennsylvania House Of Representatives re-
lating to the military interference with the
organization Of the Louisiana Legislature.
By Mr. bien-TO amend the national
currency act; also, to establish a uniform
system for the protection Of commercial
paper.
By Mr.. Bannilg-To establish a branch
mint at Cincinnati.
By Mr.. Lewis-TO authorize the con-
stuctiOn of a bri lge across the Mississippi
river at Memphis
By Mr.. CARTEL in regard to the al
legged new eviden in Gen. F:tziOhn POr-
ter's case.
On motion of Mr.. Garfield, the rules
we're suspended AMI the bill passed-l64
to 76-apprOpriatiTI $4,000 to defray the
expenses attending he visit Of the King Of
the Hawiian Islands to the United States.
A long discussion tOOk place on the bill
to relieve from taxation a charitable insti-
tuition by Mr.. CorcOran, known as the home
for INDECENT old ladies Of the District Of
Columbia. 1t was hlally passed and the
House adjourned.
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BOSTON.

The Methodist Preaehery Come 90 the
Aid Of Grant and sheriaan-A Bishop
TraduciBg the sOuthena People.
Boston, Jan. 1S.-Tbe AIstbOdisr preach
ers of Boston and vicinity to-day, unaui-
m0usly passed resolutions, endorsing and
thanking the President and General Sheri-
dan for their action in regard 70 Louisiana;
also, thanking Wendell Philips fOT his re-
cent speech in Fanueil Hall.
Bishop Bowman, Of 81. Louis, drew a
melancholy picture Of the Southern ne
groes, and declared that t.ihe Of tie dis
turbances in that section bad not been
told,
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TENNESSEE BONDS closed IN New
York, yesterday, at p for old and
new.