The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-05-08
News of the Week.

saving SJ,OO0OuO month IN consequence
u last years good harvest.
At New Orleans, on Saturday the Grand
bury indicted five persons charged with
bribing members Of the Legislature.
A fishing boat, containing three men,
Was capsized in Lake Michigan, of Chi
cago, on Saturday afternoon, and all on
board were drowned.
The schooner Clara Bell was wrecked
oil bennington, Ont. in the gale of Thurs
Bay night, aud her Captain, William Rob
insou, was drowned.
The schooner Consuelo was lost in Lake
Eric, near Sandusky, Ohio, on Saturday
evening. Five persons, including the
captain, were drowned.
The hundredIh anniversary of the battle
of Bunker Hill falls ON the 18th of June
next, and preparations for duly celebrating
thc event are already making.
Nearly 80 clerks, mostly women, were
discharged from the Treasury Department
Do Washington, on Saturday, on account
of the exhaustion of an appropriation
The city of New Orleans defaulted on
her interest and bonds maturing on Sltur-
DAY, and the Louisiana Levee Company
also delaulted on the interest due upon its
bonds.
The Commissioners Of the Freedmen s
Bank have now s3O0,000 in the United
States Treasury. twill require 5000, 900
20 declare a dividend of twenty per cent
to its depositors.
lee half an inph thick formed at Omaha
on Saturday night, and sleet fell all Sun,
day afternoon. The crops in Nebraska
and Iowa are reported to have been dam
Eagcd by the frost
A water spout burst in Indian Territory,
Friday near Honey Spring, followed by a
|dcuging rain which submerged the track
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail
sroad, aud did other damage.
The steamer Vulcan, from Hartford for
; philadelphia, with cargo of machinery
and domcstics, struck a rock between Rob
bins reef and Bedloes Island, last Friday
hight, and was sunk.
A very remarkable meteor traversed the
ssky over Central Iowa, on Friday night,
several weeks since, illuminating the earth
b. that it was almost as light as day. The
meteor exploded, and an aerolite fell near
Brook Ign, in Poweshiek.
The British Consul at Port Pals, Hayti,
was assaulted and wounded in some recent
disturbances Commodore Lyons has sent
M English war steamer to Port-au-P Prince
to demand rcparation for the outrage,
under penalty Of an immediate retaliation
on Port-a-Pais.
The crop prospect in Europe as repor,
ted by the Mark Lane Express, is not
fattering. Sharp night frosts and dry
weather have retarded the growth of the
wheat and rye The planting of corn has
been delayed. The markets show de
cline in prices.
j. Cotton was murdered by two coored
men about eight miles from Norfolk, Va.
on Saturday morning. He was asleep in
wagon, which his little son was driving
The boy escaped from the murdcrers, and
returned when they had left, to find his
father dead. No arrests have been made
The German Fusileers, the only military
company surviving of those organized il
Charleston, S. G., on May 3, 1875, on re,
ceipt Of the news of the battle of Licking
ton, celebrated their centennial on Monday
by the firing of a salute, the Ginning o.
Christ Church bells, and n military parade
The marriage of Miss Ida Greeley, eldest
daughter of the late Horace Greeley, L
Col. Nicholas Smith, Of Coyington, Ky.
who served throughout the war in tn,
Confederate army. took place on Saturday
morning at the residence of the brides
aunt, Mrs John +. Cleveland, in New
York.
Eight steamships left New York fol
Europe on Saturday, carrying in the ag
gregate go cabin and | $50 stecrage pas
sengers. This is great increase over the
numbers sailing on previous Saturdays
and indicates that the spring exodus has
'"ig Sct w. an tht NttdinSis ChTIltu iul
cargoes.
In January, 1870, NJ Morgolicit---a,
an experiment in natural history-placed
a frog in hole dug in solid stone, and
closed and Theoretically sealed the opening
On the 18th of last February, the stone
was opened at the Museum of Natura
History in Paris. The frog was living
but not lively.
The select committee of the United
States Senate appointed to investigate the
several bureaus Of the Executive Depart
ment at Washington, with view to Their
reform, are now engaged in their work
On Saturday they were inspecting the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Sen
ntor Boutwell, is chairman of the committee
Judge Brooks, of the United State,
District Court Of North Carolina, sitting
at Wilmington, Monday, charged tn,
Grand Jury that the Civil Rights bill. a,
far as its enforcement is provided for b,
criminal process, is unconstitutional. An
/ }, her United States District Judge, Nor
4 cl ~. in Texas, has pronounced agaius
'the fyil Rights bill.
On tuesday Mrs Tilton sent u commu
Inication % Judge Nelson, making mos
urgent ap neal for an opportunity to tel
her "whole ,'ad story truthfnlly,n aud mos
soemnly, "w ithout fear of man aud by
faith in God,p declaring her innocence 0
The crimes charged against her. The
Judge, by his Clerk, ia respectful terms
Informs her that she is an incompetent
witness, and that her letter cannot be reat
In court
N Bud Montgomery, Ben. Hale. and an
other man named jackson, were arrested
on Saturday, at Carney, Arkansas, fol
robbing the Southern Express Agent at
that place Of his watch and 5000, in Jan
#uary last. Hale made confession, ant
plated that jackson was o leader in thi'
and many other robberies. While the
threc were being taken to jail, jackson
damaged to escape Il is thought he wa,
fhe chief of the Gads Hill robbers.
Columbia, S. c., was visited at hali-pas'
five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, by a