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New-York tribune., 1875-02-16

me~. Franco Is losing hers rapidly. Mi1let was
buried yesterday-that admirable landscape painter
who seized Nature in his grasp and dragged
Truth out Of her wel 1t was his desiroto sleep In
the little graveyard of Barbizon. by the side OF his
friend Theodore Rousseau. His admirers did not
trouble themselves to go to his funeral a lew
artists of the Forest Of Fontalnebleau were all you
could see at the grave. True 1t was o miserable
day. q genuine landscapists' weather. The wind
and tho snow raved around the coffin OF him VINO
had painted Spring time and harvest with scriptu-
raj fe9ling.
His pictures are priceless but he was always poor.
He lived in house near the Forest furnished Like
that of peasant. In fact Millet remained rustic
to the end he never acquired the usages of the world
They tried once to make him put on gloves to vist
a princess. NO." he said, "that would spoil
my hand.n He was afraid Of losing his SIM
plcity and sincerity of touch. He was reproacheo
for having painted so many barn-yards sup
pose" no cried ought to paint Nature In her sun
day clothes" lie certainly never made DIS Iie
holiday, the poor great man He lived upon nothing
devoted to his art which was nevertheless not Oil
his relikion for he always remained true to God ana
the Church. He never forgot that he had assisteu
i'm the celebration of the mass in his childhood
He spoke with pleasure of his red robe and MS
white tunic. Voltaire said OF the Chnrch
with his Grand SeigneT lmpertnonce. Inc Ohuicn
is the beggar's Opera" The church was the only
opera of this "beggarn Millot. You could hear him
in his studio singing masses, and what he chanted
with most fervor was the mass for the dead lie
defed the musicians TO produce anything COM
parable to the Dies ira. There were no speeches
over the grave of Mllct This was well for what
could have been said so simple and 80 grand as his
rustic genius. The wind spoke among the trees OF
the cemetery far more eloquently than any funeral
orators could have done before the open grave OF
that worthy man. who lived only for art and who
died in God
When we have looked over all those scenes OF
country life by this artist who has been called the
"painter of dunghills" because ho 30 loved to dot
the fs in his representations of nature; when we
h.ye breathed in his barn-yards, III tho midst OF
those women, who are not cocottes OF the Quarter
Br6da diguised as cleaners but good honest dairy
maids we find ourselves little strange in Partisan
festivities aud we ask ourselves while saluting that
pretty princess, rippling with diamonds, with
necklace of pearls, trailing o robe Of tOpaze satin
and golden gauze with dazzling bodice, and clasps
of emeralds, dress which begins, bat never ends,
we ask where is the truth, where is the womani Is
it the dairymaid or the princessf
1t is tAe dairymaid in the morning, and the prin-
cess at night, the ecectios will say.
ARsENE HoUsSAYE.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
THE MT. LEBANON SHAKERS.

CARD FROM ELDER EvANs-THE SOCIETY WITH
OUT MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY-NOT SO
WEALTHY AS HAS BEEN SUPPOSED.
HUDsoN, N. Y, Feb. 15.-Elder Evans writes
to The Register correct the report that the Shakers
have Mutual Insurance Company In their society," and
to rectlfy other erroneous impressions. He says:
We have never organized such an institution. Though
the attempt was made failed from the want OF
to nstitnte consistently The Shaker policy has ever
depend strict carofulness for protection from
fire. An opinion hong been abroad that the Shakers
wealthy but this idea Is also great error
They do not possess much surplus capital very few
thousands OF dollars bonds and comparatively small
OF outside real estate little OF which Is directly
remunerative, comprises the entire amount Of the
OF the surplus by the whole community at
Mount Lebanon from which To draw for emergency,
and this is entirely inadequate u meet the demands VI
an exigeDey like the preseut.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
AN ATTACHMENT BARELY IN TIME

LalayeVlo OIdHJ d uquOi impoieci uoiHS
business ut No "a Warren st., jointly indicted with
his clerk. Gustavus Ball. and Deputy Collector Col.
Robert Des Anges, for completely in the sksmuggling
frauds recently exposed. When the indictment was
found Graf absent from the city, and his return
WAS as is claimed. prevented by the premature pulca
ton of the fact of bis indictment in morning paper
United States DistrictAttOrney Bliss that
GTaff was in Montreal, Canada. but the crime Of
smugging is embraced In The extradton treaty bo
tween Canada and the United 6tates be powerless
to secure his return Mr.. Bss learned however. that
Gran had property deposited with the Mercantile Trust
COMPANY OF this city and Saturday ho obtained from
Judge Blatchford q warrant for us attachments
The warrant was gwen yesterday TO Deputy United
State Marshal David Crowley TO execute He immedi-
aey we at 10 the office Of the Company referred TO-
the safe rented by Graf and had lust placed his
official seal upon It's lock, when woman, supposed 70
be Mrs. Graft made her appearance, ana, armed with
power OF attorney executed by Gran NJ Montreal de-
manded the property In hs safe Mr. Crowley Informed
her that he had prior caiIs upon H. and that lac would
not remove his official seal from the lock OF tne safe
less ordered 70 do Wy tue Court MIS- Gran then et
to consult slawyer. I
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
THE PROPOSED ACTION TO RECOVER PACIFIC
MAIL MONEY.

MAIL MONEY.
At meeting of the Board of Directors of
tho Pacinc Mail steamship Company, held yesterday,
the following resolution passed:
PesoIred That the action OF Mr.. Hatch Managing Dl-
rector In nstructng the Companys attorney TO take
steps for the collection OF all moneys due the Company
amounts said 10 have been paid TO various parties
course Of the Investigation By the Committee OF Ways
and Means OF the House OF representatives, as well as
a suns Iraudnlently absiractcd from the CompaDy's
treasury, meets with tie approval Of the Board.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16

THE KANSAS AGENTS WEEKLY REPORT.
TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: The following is report of the contri-
buttons for the reef OF the poor Kansas received and
during the week ending Feb. l3, 1875:
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
TILE ARKANSAS TROUBLBS.

JUDGE POLAND'S TRAVELLING COMPANIONS
A LETTER FROM CONGREssMAN-ELEcT wHSHiRs or
ARKANSAS.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16

PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
MR.. DILLON SUFFERS AN EXTENSIVE LOSS OF MEN,
oRY-MR. WHITING INSISTS THAT HB ONLY RE-
CEIvED S56,5O0-THIs SUN PAID HIM FOR AN UN-
NECESSARY INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR COLE
MR.. STORM DENIES EVER HAVING HAD A s, 900
BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The Ways and Means
Committee resumed the Pacific Mail Subsidy
ton this morning In public.
Moses Dillon formerly bOokkeeper In the sergeant-at
Armss Office was recalled, and the official stenographer
read 10 him the full record Of his examination by the
Committee In private session last Saturday. Mr. Dillon
tbereupon affirmed the correctness OF tho record and
signed it. 1t appeared that when Dillon examined
by this Committee during the last Congress he testified
as to the making Of memoranda OF tho initials Of
Congressmen who had 1000 bills changed In oi,e
about the time OF the OF the Subsidy BILL that
he went before the Committee the next day withdrew
his testimony and asked to have the proceedings
punged which, at his request accordingly done.
When questioned by the Committee last Saturday.
Dillon swore he could recall any the names that
hc then put down his tablet and subsequently erased,
excepting Messrs Voorhees, Storm. and Winchester and
they were recalled to his mind only by the fact the
had recently been here and testified the subject He
swore also that he had exceedingly bad memory for
Names had been frequently under the necessity Of
asking members their names when they into the
office.
Mr. Kasson corroborated this statement as regarding
himself.
l. Witness continued by saying that he put down tho
initials Of some OF the gentlemen who had large bills
broken mp at that time, merely out Of spirit OF sport
There were certainly six Of them. and probably more.
There might possibly have been Is or H. He remem-
bered giving the Committee OF the last Congress the
initials OF member only, namely. that Of Mr..
voorhees,.
O. Did you not give the initials al. b. g." and say
that you supposed they stood for John Is. Storm ~
WitneBs-I N3lfess that was mortified q good deal
about IT, and after the Committee agreed TO expungo
whole mattel sIased the nanes from my tablet and
initials down generally Immediately after the bills we're
anged, but In tho presence OF the members He
could not reeoiect how long this was after the passage
OF the subedy.
q. We would lke you 90 reproduce everything you
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
THE WESTERN SUFFERERS
METHODS OF RELIEF In NEBRASKA.

METHODS OF RELIEF IN NEBRASKA.
A LETTER FROM GOV sAUNDERs-THs WORK PER-
FORMED BY THB STATE RELIEF CONMrrrEE.
TO tie Bdttor OF 7hs rrfbSas.
SIR: promised you in my communication OF tina
9Th inst. to send you full statement of the ship
ments Of the State Relief Society for tho month OF
January. and herewith hand you the same twill
be observed that the cost of the Is carried
out only in such articles purchased by tho
Committee. and no valuation whatever is fixed on
the articles contributed. Whenever contributions
are made for counties or for individuals, tho goods
are sent forward by our Committee without being
opened here, but those receiving them are required
to open them in the presence of one of the County
Committee. and list is made and sent to the Sec
retary here. This Is done TO prevent the duplication
of shipments by the State Relief Committee 10
give your readers some idea OF tho immense Work
performed here will state that the shipments for
the February supply will require 1o cars. his OF
couSse does not include tie seed wheat and coril
which will probably require hundreds OF cars his
work will have to be begun before the month closes
Respectfully, ALVIN SAUNDERS, Treasurer
Nebraska Relief and Aid Society.
omaha, Ye6.. Eebl9. 1876
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE TREASURER. ALVIN
SAUNDERS
In the statement to which Gov. Saunders rerers,
tho supplies which have been purchased and received
by the Relief Committee and shipped during January
TO the various counties arc enumerated IN detaiL
They include -four. meal, corn. pork, sugar. beef'
coal crackers, and clothing In one OF the taDies
found below the value of the esuppheslpurchaseda ana
sent to each county during January is given IN q
condensed form. No attempt is made by the Com
mittee to estimate the value of the supplies which
are sent to them for distribution The receipts ex-
penditures. cash on hand, and liabilities appear
below:
Albert Saunders Treasurer. in account with the NC
braska Relief and AID Society:
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
In May, 1874

In May. 1874
By the President Of hs
United States Of Americd-
A Proclamation. oA.-Whereas,
Certain turbulent and dis
orderly persons, pretend
ing that Elisha Baxter. tho
present Executive OF Ar
kansas, was not elected,
have combined together
with force and arms 10 re-
sist his authority as such
Executive, and other au-
thorities OF said State; and,
Whereas, Said Elisha
Baxter has been declared
duly elected by the General
Assembly OF said State, as
provided IN the Constitu-
ton thereof, and has for o
long period been exercising
the functions Of said Office.
into which he was inducted
according to the Conssitu-
tlon and laws Of said State,
and ought by Its citizens
TO be considered tho lawful
Executive thereof; and,
Whereas, The said Elisha
Baxter. under Section 4 OK
Article Nv. OF the Constitu-
tiun OF the United States,
and the laws passed in pur-
suance thereof. has hereto
fore made application 10
me TO protect said State
and tho citizens thereof
against domestic violence,
now. therefore,
/, Ulysses 8. Grant, Pres
ident of the United States,
do hereby make proclama-
ton and Command all ,ur-
Dulent and disorderly per-
SONS TO disperse and retire
pesceably to their rcspec-
two abodes within ten days
from this date, and here
after submit themselves to
the lawful authority Of the
said Executive and other
constituted authorities OF
said State, aud 1 invoke the
aid and cooperation OF all
good citizens 10 uphold law
aud preserve the public
peace.
Done at the City Of Wash
ington, this 18th day Of
May, In the year OF our
Lord ls7I, and OF the Inds'
pendence OF tho United
States tho osth. Csignod)
|. u. q. GRAirr.
BY the President;
HAMILroH FrsH. Seere'
| tary Of STATE,
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
receipts TO dato

have just received letter from r. W. Giles Of To-
peka Kansas Treasurer OF the Kansas Central Relief
Committee, IN which be says: There Is still dema"d Toe
clothing but We are shipping every day. and 'omo few
looalitles are now fully supplied Money 70 buy pro.
visions pay freighs and buy coal. IA most needed now
IL Is still bef another harvest can
be gathered and of the 10000 destitute o
Kansas must be fed uati then. I shall remain 10 tno
city few weeks yet, and Will gladly forward any sup
plies that mey be sent 20 mo at my ONCE No
aIf Broadway New-York City, q. " RICK3ECKsR,
Neg Yorx Feb IT, 1875 Agent Kansas KciieL
New-York tribune., 1875-02-16
Washington, ID. c., Feb. II, 1875.
THE PRESIDENTS POLICY.

Ia February, 1875.
To the Senate Of TIC United
States:
Herewith I have the
honor to send. In &C
cordance with the resolu-
ton OF the Senate Of the Sd
inst. all the Information In
my possession not hereto
fore furnished relative 10
affairs In the State Of Ar
kansas.
I will venture 70 ex-
press the opinion that al
the testimony shows that
la the election Of 1874.
Joseph Brooks was law
fully elected Governor OF
that STATE; that he has
been unlawfully deprived
Of the possession OF bis
office since that time; that
In 1874 tho Constitution OF
the State was by violence.
intimidation, and reyolu-
tionsry proceedings over
thrown, and q new Consti'
ton adopted, and o new
State Government estao-
lished. These proceedings
II permitted 10 stand prac-
tically ignore all tho rights
OF minoritles In all tho
States.
Also, what Is there to
prevent each OF the States
recently readmltied TO
Federal relations on cor
tain conditions from chang
ing their constitutions and
violating their pledges "
this action IN Arkansas s
acqule ced ini 1 respect
fully submit whether u pre-
cedeut so dangerous TO tho
stability OF State Govorn-
mont, IL not OF the National
Government also, should DO
recognized by Congress
l earnestly ask thas Con
gress win take denDlte ac-
ton In the matter to relieve
tho Executive from acting
upon the questions which
should be decided by she
Legislative branch OF the
GOVERNMENT
u. s. GRANT.
Esccsisve Nansios, Feb. 8.
isas.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-12
Award by the Umpire of the Mex
lean. Claims Commission.
Interesting Foreign News.
General News.
Foreign and Domestic Markets.
Etc, Etc, Etc.

FURTHER OF THE CITY OF WACO DISASTER.
GALVESTON, Nov. 1.-THE mate of the ship
Caledonia, which was lying Immediately
astern of the Waco, states he was on the deck
of the Caledonia on the lookout, when he
heard an explosion and felt the shock. Look
ing in the direction of the Waco he saw she
was enveloped in flames About half an hour
later he heard cries for assistance and saw
five or six persons in the water.
A few nlnutes later he saw two persons
float on fender or piece of wood. The mate
made preparations for sending all the assist
ance possible by life lines and life buoys. The
sea was running SO high at the time it was
impossible to launch boat After hearing
the explosion he watched the steamer closely,
and states after the first few minutes the fire
lost the fierce character at first noticed.
The statements of the men on The three
vessels nearest the burning steamer all agree
as to seeing five or six persons in the water,
and also to hearing frequent explosions on the
Waco, which were no doubt the cases of oil.
All the officers and experienced seamen are
OF the opinion it was impossible for boat to
have been safely launched from the Waco, on
account Of the rapid spread of the fire and the
terrible sea that was running.
There is nothing later from the wreck.
Capt Sawyer, agent of the line, has been out
since yesterday morning with good crew.
They will remain outside as long as any hope
exists of saving one of the passengers or crew
of the Waco.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-12
Grant Very Much Mistaken.
cincinnati Commercial, Rep. ]


If President Grant imagines that war with
Spain, or row with the Mormops, or a pro-
digious clamor about the Pope, will cause the
people to look upon him as the saviour of So
ciety, he is very much mistaken. In the first
place, the United States is not so degraded as
to require military protector, In the second
place, there is prevailing impression that,
though Grant commanded larger armies and
had larger butcher bills to show than Wash
ington, the latest of the Presidents will not
be more commanding figure in history than
the first In the third place, the madness for
more territory is not affi citing the American
people very much just now.
We have enough negroes who are new to
the duties Of citizenship, and We have ele-
ments of evil sufficient without the acquisi-
ton of the inhabitants of Cuba. In the fourth
place, if spending money on naval stations is
the grand object, the capacity of our own
coast has not been exhausted. In the fifth
place, Mormonism is dying Of dry rot and the
railroad fever. Only few mar vs. will keep
life in the church. 1t DOES not seem worth
while to make q martyr of Brigham Young.
In the sixth place. the doctrine OF the Des
Moines speech, that the church and State
should not be identical, and that the Pope is
an old man who will bear watching, is not
precisely new, and the Presidents sudden
sensitiveness about it all is not impressive.
The Preident's duty of the hour is to fix a
soft place to light. for the wheels of time are
rolling swiftly ON to bring the welcome day
when he will have completed his term oil
service.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-12
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-There are contra
dictory opinions recording Wilson's condi-
ton this morning Hs was restless during
the light, placing his hands on his heart and
at inter ais had spasmodic extension of the
arms. Whisky and opiates have been injected
under the skin. He Is now drowsy and indis-
posed to conversation. DIR Baxter said at III
o'clock he was resting more comfortably; he
thinks he will recover. Wilson himself said
he felt more natural.
WASHINGTON, Nov. II. Vice President
Wilson, it is reported, is improving, and will
be out in a day or two.
Sir Edward Thornton, Umpire of the Next
can Claims Commission, has awarded in the
case of the Roman Catholic Church, repre-
sented by Thadeus Ammat Bishop of Mon
terey, and Jos. s. Alemany, Archbishop of
San Francisco, Vera Cruz, Mexico, popularity
known as the Pious Fund case.
The fund dates back to 1875 and the o1igi-
nal donation was to the Society of Jesus. In
1912 santa Anna decreed the fund into the
treasury, engaging that the government
should pay forever six per cent interest TO the
benefciaries. These payments have been
omitted. The umpire decides that Mexico
shall pay the claimants 9O4, 700 Mexican gold
dollars.
WASHINGTON, Nov 1.-THE report of the
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue shows the
actual amounts received into the Treasury
from all sources, exclusive of loans and treas
ury notes. from and after June 80, 1871, to
June 80, 1874, inclusive, was 1896, 63S, 3f.
The report gives the full history of taxation
and the details of its collection.
Attorney General Pierrepont has decided
that the act of Congress of April ~, 1916,
confirmed to Hugh and John Maxwell the
grant of SO, 600 acres at the forks of Black
River, Missouri, made to Priest Maxwell in
1893 by the Spanish Governor. This large
tract of land, situated in Reynolds and Iron
counties, Missouri, is therefore declared to
belong to claimants, represented here by War
wick Tunstell.
VIM w. Curtis, Chief Clerk of the General
Land Office, has resigned.
VIM. G. Riley, of Virginia, has been ap.
pointed Consul to Zanzibar.
The President returned this morning.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-12
A DESPERATE LEAP.
A Mother with an Infant in Her
Arms Jumps Into a Canal.
Both Saved.

On Wednesday morning, about balf-past 2
o'clock, young woman, apparently about
twenty three years old, with an infant child
in her arms, was seen walking along Roche
blave street, near the ST. Bernard Canal, in
the Third District. The woman attracted the
attention of several parties who passed her
by, as she was clad in her under-garments,
but as she was walking along quietly, no one
molested her. On arriving at the canal she
was seen to stop, look down for few mo-
ments, and, with one leap, plungs into the
canal with the infant grasped tightly in
her arms.
milkman who was passing and who had
noticed her coming down the street, imme-
iately jumped cut OF his cart, which was then
half square away from the scene, and ran to
the spot. He arrived there just in time to
keep her from drowning. With great deal
or GOODNESS he picked up long pole lying on
the side of the Canal, about ten feet from
where the woman was seen, and held it out to
her as soon as she appeared on the surface
The unfortunate woman caught hold OF 1t
and barely managed to raise herself and child
out Of the water.
BY this time several gentlemen who reside
in the Immediate neighborhood, and who
were drawn thither by the cries of "Heip
helpr' came to her assistance, and. with the
aid of the milkman, raised her and The infant
out of the muddy water aud to the bank.
The little girl, who is only weeks old,
when taken out of its mothers arms was per-
fect)y stiff and numb with the cold, and it
was thought fer some time shat life was ex-
tinct.
The mother was also in precarious cocdi-
ton, both having swallowed considerable of
the dirty water They were both rem owed to
house near by, where the woman was identi-
fed as being Mrs. Gastave Gray, and thence
she was sent to her resi- ience on Laharp',
between Tonti and Rocheblave streets, where
medical assistance was rendered.
Our reporter went to Mrs. Gray's residence
yesterday afternoon to get from her the cause
that led to the act, but she was unable to give
any statement.
From the lady, father it was learned that
OH Wednesday morning Mrs Cray awoke her
husband at 5 o'clock, and before leaving for
his work Mr.. Gray walked back in the yard ;
remaining there for few minutes he came
back into the house and found that his wife
was out. He thought but very little of this,
as she was in the habit of visiting her mother
and father, who reside close by, and, imagining
that she was there, went off to work.
The lady's father says that he has never
known Mr.. Gray to have ever Sid a cross
word to his wife, or she to him. They were
always playing together like children. Mr.
Gray is an industrious, hard working man,
and is in the employ of Mr.. Farhart. who
keeps brewery on Where street, between
Esplanade and Bayou Road.