, 1876-02-19
TELEGRAPHIC.

might tHC i'ueO uSo'N t 'A'' '''''t
church property, hut the Council ind' tnitrly
pos, ponrl it. The Institutional conven
tion has NJ ,de the sutfrage chapter the s.'e'
cial order ior Monday. Etfort will he made
Tor woman suffrage. Bishop NJ chebeanI
of the Catholic Church has publicly
threatened the opposition Of his consti,n.
cncy TO the ratification Of the Constitute on
if it contains an article prohibiting division
OF the school fund.- There is however a
considerable dissent from the Bishops views
among the Catholic L,ity and it is not he.
lievrd lie can make good his threat, which
has taken no influence with the convention.
HELENA, Mont, F,b 13.
A bill sulsidizing the Northern Pacific
Railroad to the amount of three million
dollars and bill subsidzing the Utah
Northern Narrow Gauge, to the amount OF
one million one hun lrd an 6fy Thousand
dollars, have been passed by the Legislature,
and received the Governors approval.
Both bills come before the people on the
third Of April.
New York, Feb 10.
| A gentleman who has arrived III this city
from Havana. gives the following account
OF the execution Of seven p'rsnns, which
took place on the 2jth ultn, on phnta
tion in Cuba, called Ell Santori Cristo
This plantation is owned l'y Francisco Con.
z'les Arago, and il si,ua Ell il Vue tn De
! Abago, neal Q Iihicon in the Juris lection of
Bejrneal II SEEMS female slave resisted
the advances Of the ovcrse r 1T the pl ,nta,
! ton, who then told such stories about the
woman. that her owner ord red her to he
severely whipped, and when the punishment
WINS about to he inflicted it wOs tou d the
woman would Sopn become mother. her
fellow SLAVES thought on that acrount she
might escape, lut she WAS whipped N y
terrible manner, during the whipping h'r
chilli WAS born, and her husband and six
other slaves thrn plotted to kill their IN Is, r
in revenge, for the brutality pTuctisrd upon
The woman lut failing tn find him 1T the
appointed time they killed the ovrrSeer.
Am.o the owner reported the killing of
Mtyootr, ns only the first step towards
causing nm insnrrrctlon among bis slaves in
favor OF the insurgents, and that those IN.
gagged were con,piratnrs. After the trinl hy
court martial, in which three were sentenced
to be shot, another trial took phce anil
seven were condemned to death. the Wn.
tence " ~ soon executed at Aragns planta,
tion. The mother Of the husband of the
woman subjected to hastinudo being com.
PEELED TO stnni first in the line of slaves
paratlvd to witness the shouting.
WASHINGTON. Feb. II.
The President to-day was examined in
til Bnhcuck case ut the Ex cu,ive Mansion,
| by WIN. A. Cook 0f this ci'y, representing
General B.hcock, and NIr. Eaton represent
ing the Government, The eS ninatioh WIS
attrn lrd by Chief Jlstiyc Waite and At.
tnrnry General Pirrrpnnt, The deposition
will not he mulc puhIic until received in
court in St. Louis. The examination began
at eleven o'crrk and extended to two p. NJ.
| This is said to have been very thorough and
ch ,raCcrized 10y the straight lorwar,lness
which marks the Presidents uttrrncr, the
olth was \ lminiStrr5l by tn Cai { Justice
and the examination developed the fac: that
BIhcock had not influenced or attempted To
influence the Exc Cnti,e in the selection OF
any off 'inl involved in the 81 called whisky
ring That lie hat not intrrlerred in any
matter to cause the suspension of the Crlu
brlted order Tor the transfer OF supervisors
but that its revocation was desired by the
President himself, in order that suspicion
being removed from the minds Of those an.
gagged in frauds, they nigh more readily bc
detected in there efforts Ia chcat the Gov
ernmcnt of revenue ON distilled spirits thnt
the President has implicit confidence in the
integrity of Bibcnck, and is satisfied with
his explanation Of the dispatches which
have formed SO important and element in
his prosecution. The cross examination
elicitel nothing Of Importance whateyer its
Object seemed moro directed against the
Presi lent than Blhcnck, it however de-
veloped the fact that ii there hal been any
thing wrong IN the part Ot that officer
which the President emphaticaIly stated, he
did not believe it Wis entirely without the
knowledge OF the President, he s.id during
the twelve years, Balcock had intimately
associated with him, he had not learned
anything calculated to impair his confidence
in his integrity The testimony as n whole
is declared to BE- strongly in fIvor Of Bah.
cuck's honesty.
SEATTLE, Feb. II.
The City OF Panama, saiIed for Sun Fran.
cisco to-day. The district court adjourned
this morning after term of three weeks
and four days, the longest term ever held in
the Territory. Blrk J. B 3 n, s,iled yes
tertlay. and barks Montana an Simott will
sail to day.
Emma A. KngSry, u Young lady living at
Srmih0mo, while in an rprlcptic fit tell into
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