The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-06-26

from four acre patch on the farm of Samuel
horner, Stockton township, Camden, county,
N. j. few days ago.
Governor Tilden, of New York, has exer.
cised the veto power TO some purpose, no
fewer than one hundred and thirty seven bills
by the last Legislature having failed to receive
his signature.
Sheriff in Kansas whose unpleasant duty
1t was to put widow and her children out Of
house on which she had failed to complete
payment, hunted up another house for her
ard paid months rent in advance.
Horace Holcomb was arrested at Kendall.
VILE, Ind, on Sunday, on the charge of hay.
ing stolen $4,000 worth Of goods from
merchant at Auburn, N. Y. Detectives had
been hunting him for two months in the South.
ern and Western States.
A sham battle and review, participated in
by eight thousand soldiers, with thirty pieces
OF artillery, took place at the Curragh Camp.
near Dublin, Wednesday, and was witnessed
by about live thousand people. The Ameri.
can rltiemen were present, and at the close of
the fight lunched with the officers Of the
Ninety first Highlanders.
No information from the Black Hills ex.
ploring expedition has been received at the
Interior Department since Professor Janney's
despatch Of Wednesday. 1t is not proposed
to disturb the miners found there at present,
as the Government is not prepared to furnish
them transportation to Cheyenne. Mark
that
A requisition has been made upon the Sec.
Rotary of the Treasury by the Navy Depart
ment for three hundred and sixty thousand
dollars Tor the purpose Of paying the balance
OF the Farragut prize awards. The original
amount Of the awards was nine hundred and
sixty thousand dollars. The money will be
distributed among four thousand five hundred
persons.
The cotton mill of VIM. 4. Hooper 4 Sons,
at Woodberry, Baltimore county, Nd, will
close on the LIST Of July. This will throw out
ot employment between 800 and 300 employ
ees. The Mt. Vernon mills, employing about
the same number Of persons, at the same
place, will close about the last Of July, de-
preston OF trade is the reason assigned for
stopping.
The Boouton IN. ~ Bulletin says :--"The
crops in this section will be short. There
will be comparatively little grain gathered,
while the grass crop will be nothing in com.
parison with what il was last year. A gentle
man from Warren county informs us that the
farmers there will not gather more than one
eighth of a crop of wheat--the severity of the
weather during the past winter having almost
entirely destroyed it,
Sixteen Uruguayau exiles have arrived at
Charleston, 5. c., on The bark Perig, which
was chartered for the purpose, and which left
Montevideo in February last for Havana.
The Havana authorities having refused them
permission TO land, they were brought to
Charleston, and will 90 by rail to New York.
They consist of journalists, deputies, one
Senator, and several army officers, and were
suspected by the government of political
conspiracy.
Blackwood's Magazine says that since 1860,
when America entered the money market as
borrower at prodigious rate, the indebted
ness of the whole world has increased at the
average rate OF two hundred million pounds
year. II then goes on to say If this average
is kept up, in % years more the total debt of
the world will reach ten thousand millions,
the interest of which, taken at the average
rate Of per cent. will amount to the present
aggregate public revenues Of all the States of
Europe and North America.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey were Tuesday
notified by the authorities of Eton College,
England, that they would not be permitted
to hold the projected students meetings, and
they accordingly withdrew their appointment
in the Town Hall at Windsor in the afternoon
but the Mayor having been persuaded to with
draw the permission granted for its use, a
meeting was held in private garden, several
distinguished persons being present, besides
number OF the students and masters Of Eton.
Captain Thomas j. Shreves, of the schoon.
err George Henry, was committed to Jail in
Baltimore, Monday night, on the charge of
barratry. lt is charged that on April 10Th
the schooner was loaded at Fredericksburg
with 5000 bushels Of corn consigned to New
York commission house that instead of GO
ing to New York Shreves put into Baltimore
and sold the corn for $1,000, and that he then
took the schooner to Accomac county, Va,
where he abandoned it. After being tracked
through several cities of the West, he was ar.
rested in Philadelphia,
Mr. Beach concluded his speech to the Jury
in the Tilton Beecher case at Brooklyn, N.
Y, Wednesday. The question Of re.opening
the case TO admit new evidences being intro
duced, counsel for the defense made no OBJ
lection, and Judge Nelson said he would
examine the afidavits which counsel for the
prosecution had to sustain the application,
and would give his decision to-day. Judge
Nelson on Thursday refused to open the case
for fresh evidences, and the case was given to
the Jury, who were locked up for the night,
not being able to agree.
The Black Hills gold fever may be expected
TO break out again, with more violence than
ever, now that Professor Jenney's exploring
party have "struck lead" near Harney's
Peak, where the deposits are said to be rich.
About hundred miners, it seems, were found
in the collaborating region, who in some mys-
terous way had evaded the watchful soldier
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making their fortunes. Some OF the troops
with the expedition, in fact, have been anus.
ing themselves since their arrival in the gold
en- hills by panning out the precious metal in
encouraging quantities.
A severe shock of earthquake was felt on
Friday morning, 18th inst, at indianapolis,
causing considerable excitement for a time
Walls were cracked and buildings shaken to
a considerable extent. The earthquake was
also felt at Jacksonville, Vincennes, Union,
Terre Haute, Lafayette, Peru, Logansport,
Kokoma, Argos, and Richmond, Ind, and at
Anna, Sidney, and DE Graf, Ohio. At Sid.
ney chimneys were thrown down and several
buildings badly damaged. At Urbana the
swaying of the buildings was quite preceptibls
At Sidney large steam boiler was moved a
foot from its original position. A shock is
also reported to have been felt at Chicago.
Preliminary steps are being taken to es-
tablish system OF exchange between the Co.
operative Societies Of Great Britain and the
Patrons Of Husbandry in this country. Ii is
proposed to exchange the manufactures Of
England for American products, and thereby
save the large percentage now paid to mid.
dlemen in both countries. The English so.
cieties propose to freight their own ships with
their manufactures, and to receive in return
the wheat, cotton and other products of this
country on such terms as will be equitable and
economical. 1t is urged that by this course
much greater quantity of American pro-
duce would find its way to the English mar
kets than under the present system.
AT Villeneuve, St. George, near Paris,
gentleman has a pond in which he raises
lesches for the market. He feeds them quite
often upon aged and infirm horses and other
animals, which he puts into the pond alive
and which the leeches suck to death. He
had a family horse which was quite fayorite
of child Of his but becoming useless by age
he drove him into the pond to feed his leech.
es upon. His child coming to the pond soon
after, and seeing his favorite in the water, en-
deavored to get his horse out, thinking he
had fallen in accidently, In his endeayor the
boy fell into the pond and when rescued was