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The New York herald., 1877-08-29
MURDER WILL OUT.
ARREST OF A DEsPERATE CRIMINAL FOE Al
oFTEHcE SEVERAL YEARS OLD.

ARREST OF DEsPzRATE CRIMINAL FoH Al
OFFENCE SEVERAL YEARS OLD.
[BY rELEoRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
SPRiHoYIRLD, Ohio, August %. 1877.
The oft repeated maxim that murder will out haa
received q striking illustration in this locality tha
afternoon Daniel Hsckenburg, desperate character,
formerly residing Green county about seven miles
south Of this city, left this county In 1874 shortly
aiterward appeared At YanKton, D. T. In July
Of that year he murdered Two iarmers named
respectively Ktllbright and Leonard After the COM
mission Of this horrible deed ne escaped from Ter
rory and hitherto euded arrest spite o6 large
rewards offered for his arrest An independent de.
tectve, OF this city, having followed up olew Tor
some time past, this morning proceeded to Clifton,
with policeman Of this city, and capturcd Hscken-
burg in log house.
GUILT ADNrrBD.
The officers inform your correspondent that the prls
oner confessed his crime and that telegrams
been sent Yankton, u. t. Informing tho authorities
there and requesting requsiti0n from the Governor
for tho Of Heckenburg that place.
In 1871 he murdered In Illinois, sentenced
for lie served about -four years and nado his escape
HIS rerord IL full Of horrible crimes He has q wfo ro
siding In Clifton and mother, very wealthy, living
the same place.
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The Great smith Family.

Of the few, the immortal names that were
not born to die, Smith is probably the most
popular. Who was the first Smith, where
he was born and in what age he lived his
tory does not say, but it is reasonably in
ferred that he and Tubal Cain, the first
worker in metals, were one and the same
person. However this may be the Smith
family has wonderfully multiplied, till it
now covers all parts of the globe, and the
name is incorporated in almost oil the Ian
guages. The United States is particularly
fortunate in the number and variety
of the Smith family, and it is pleas
ing to note that the family begins
to appreciate its importance and to
assert its claims to public respect. A great
event in our social system will be the Sec
ond reunion Of the Smith family, which will
take place on September 8, at the farm OF p.
z. Smith, near Peapack, N. J. It is a large
farm, of course, for it is expected that at
least three thousand of the family will attend
the celebration. 1t will be o charming and
a convenient convocation of distantly re-
moved relatives, and, unlike most gather
ingS OF the KIND, no one cnn make olunder
in accosting stranger. No one can err if
he says to his neighbor, Smith, how are
youY' or s.How is Mrs. SMITH" or "Whcn
did you see Mr. Smith ?" The Sec
retary of the society will have little
trouble in calling the roll, for he will
only have to say SMITH" and the whole
Assem- blage will answer, present" !" The
surname may come to be somewhat monot-
onous, but there will be little variety in
the Christian names. Surely John will be
in the majority. No Jones nor Brown nor
White. nor Black, nor Green, it is to be
hoped, will bring his plebeian title into the
gathering. Let the great, respectable and
powerful Smith family, which has done so
much to increase the wealth and resources,
and especially the population, ofthe United
States, meet in undisturbed quiet, and may
their second reunion be the prelude to
others still larger and more grand. We
urgo the family to keep out of politics, for
il there should ever-be . Smith party it
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would undoubtedly hold the balance Of
power, and John Smith might be the per-
petual occupant of the Presidential chair.
Treating wi.h Sitting Ban.

General Terry is on his way to Washing
ton to confer with the authorities there on
the subject of the mission to Sitting Bull,
and correspondent has endeavored to
"tap" him en- route and extract the opinions
that he goes to the capital to deliver His
opinions, as thus ascertained, are that s.
Bull is a treacherous old villain whom it
would be dangerous for any commissioners
to meet unless the whole party were covered
by the muzzles of FIVE hundred rifles that
the said s. Bull is not now in Canada but
on this side the line, and that there are not
five hundred men available as an es-
cort for the commission, and that 8.
Bull has with him thirteen hundred war
riors, refreshed by their stay in Canada and
now actually in good fighting condition.
All this tends to indicate that General Terry
is not enamored of the proposition to go on
wild goose chase palavering peace to a
savage who will not hesitate, if occasion
offers, to deal with him rs that other noble
red man, Captain Jack dealt with that fine
soldier, General Canby-whose single life
was worth that of all the Indians on this
continent. The government that endeav-
ored to suppress Sitting Bull with the army,
and, having been badly beaten in two bat
ties, next proposes to make terms with him
by quasi peace palaver, cannot be astonished
If its conduct demoralizes every Indian in
the country.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29
The Shipka Battle.

Suleiman Pacha knows by this time that
mountain passes held by we'll disciplined
troops are, in some important respects, not
the same as passes held by mountaineers
with only a loose military organization. In
Montenegro the brave men Of that country
resisted his advance with great tenacity, and
compelled him to purchase at q great price
the victories he gained through the disci-
pline in his army. But discipline and cour-
age have not availed him where the same
qualities were equally possessed by the
other side and where the advantage of the
ground was against him. Our dispatches
show that a feeble fire is still kept up
against the Russian lines and that
the Turks are making desperate moves
on the Russian TANKS by paths we'll nigh
inaccessible. 1t is possible that this is
sort Of military attitudinizing by small
force. and that it is done to cover the retreat
of the main body; for the Ottoman com
mander must understand that he cannot
carry such position against brave enemy
when the alert has been so thoroughly given
and there is force enough to occupy the
points to be defended. Regarded by itself,
Suleiman Pacha's move against the pass is
incomprehensible unless he hoped to sur
prise it, and If he had such hope his
movements were unaccountably deliberate.
But as one part of concerted movement
it might have been far from con-
temptible if the concert had been kept by
the bodies that were to cooperate. But where
were they2 If the feeble movement toward
Sefvi, on the Russian right, and the scarcely
stronger one toward Eski-Djuma. on their
left, we're intended as parts of the general
assault, OF which Suleiman's advance was
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to convey an implied rebuke 1t is Under
stood that Senator Conkling will be dele
gate from Utica. and his friends viii
probably attempt to make him the
presiding officer. This alone would
be significant indication of the
attitude Of the New York republicans
toward President Hayes. But this attempt
will not be made in the Convention unless
its success is first insured in the local
elections of delegates. As soon as the
names are announced it will be known
whether Mr.. Conkling can control the Con-
vention. His friends have decided ad-
vantage in manipulating the republican
primaries. They are shrewd politicians
and will act without restraint whereas that
portion of the ofice-holders who obey the
civil service order and would naturally sup
port the President can take no part in the
contest. For such battle as this the Presi-
dent has disarmed his own troops, while
the example of Mr.. Cornell will en-
bolden office-holders who disapprove of the
order to enlist in the attempt to make it q
nullity. If Mr. Conkling is elected Presi-
dent of the Convention and shapes its pro-
ceedings the politics of the State will take
on a lively hue before the canvass ends.
They are in an interesting state Of expect
ancy already until it is seen what notice, or
whether any notice, will be taken of Mr..
Cornells open contempt of the civil service
order. As the President is not likely to be
hasty the doubt and curiosity may con-
tinue for some time but meanwhile the
civil service order will be in state of sus-
pended animation.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29
AN INFURIATE BEAST.
THREE PERSONS SEVERELY BITTEN BIZ nADIn
DOG.

THREE PERSONS SEVERELY BITTEN BIZ A nAnIn
DOG.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
BRIpeRwArER, N. H., August 2S 1877.
A fearful encounter with mad dog took place IN
this town to-day. This afternoon large mas,if On
tered tho house OF Widow Huckns ana sprang at the
throat Of young woman, . daughter Of Mrs Huckns
She shrew up her and tho dog BIT her In the right
hand. Tho MOTHER who was in another room, has
tened to her assistance when the dog sprang a. her
biting her In the same way
SEEKING OTHER VICTIMS
The dog thou ran down the road 70 the house d
Gilman Fletcher Hero o small pet dog was tied ID
front OF the house The masti6 sprang upon him ana
killed him. Mr. Fletcher who was the only one as
home. ruised window TO ascertain what the trouble
was when the dog bit him IN the left arm, making an
ugly wound Mr. Fletcher then seized pair OF large
tongs aud stepped the door, when the dog anrang "a
his throat.
DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
blow from the songs knocked b m back, but he Ia.
stansy rallied and made another spring with tho same
result Thus tho fight continued for long time the
dog becoming more infuriated at every blow, when
finally succeeded driving his fangs into Tietch.
sr's right arm. tearing tho 1esh into shrsds was
now hsht for lifs and by desperate effort the dog
was gwen u blow that partially stunned him. ThI
was promptly followed up and the dog soon de-
spatohsd.
Mr.. Fletcher s one Of the most prominent men Of
Brdgewatsr, and he has the sympathy Of the whole
community
The New York herald., 1877-08-29
NEW HoNoRs FOR GRANT.
The Generals Visit to Edinburgh
and Glasgow.
MIR. TILDEN DECLINES ALL HONORS
More Than Half a Million Of Gold for the
United States.
lex CABLE TO THE HERALD.1

LONDON, August %, 1877.
Consul General Badeau writes letter to the
HERALD denying the assertion made by some Of the
American papers that he wore the order OF the
Cincinnati while accompanying General Grant.
He says that he is not member Of the Cincinnati
and wore the insignia OF the Order either at
home or abroad, or any decoration whatever ex'
cept those indicating his connection with the
United States volunteer army during the rebellion.
GOING TO EDINBURGH. yt
General Grant leaves this morning for Edinburgh
in Pullman car under the direction OF Mr.. Rob
erts, the Pullman agent here. On tomorrow
Thursday) he will receive the freedom Of the city
of Edinburgh. The same honors are offered him BY
the cities Of Glasgow and Ayr.
o.t4r VISITING THE DUKES. M
On the 4th Of September he visits Dunrobin n
the guest Of the Duke OF sutherland and then win
pass O few days at Inverary as the guest Of the
Duke Of Argyll. pli.s at ll. -
GovRRNoR TILDEN's MOVEMENTS.
Ex-Governor Tilden is now down in Kent visiting
the home of his ancestors. He returns to London
In few days; thence he will 20 to Paris Governor
Tlden declines all public or civic courteses, and
has refused special train to Dover and . free
passage on the steamer 70 Calais.
TIE FRENCH HARVEST PROSPEROUS.
The annual pamphlet by Messrs Barthelmy h Esti
enns, OF Marssillcs, French harvest prospects
says:-The prospects Of the wheat harvest u two dc
partmcnts are very good, In sixteen good, in tw
pretty good in thirty-two poor and in nino bad The
oat prospect very good in four departments, good
twenty-seven pretty good in twenty-eighs poor in
twenty-o -one and bad in two TIE rye prosp very
good In departments good IN ton, pretty good n
nftesn poor 10 thirty-two, and very bad in eIeven
PARxRLL BaaAR TIE FRONT.
The British Bone Rule Conference At Liverpool
concluded its sescon yesterday. Mr.. Parnsl n. p,
was appointed presdent OF the Home Rule copf.dcra.
ton of Great Britain, and MI. O'Donne M. p, and
Mr. Biggar, N. p, vice presidents
sxcRyr TRIAL OF oAxBErTA.
is expected In Paris that pubicty of the proceed
ings in N. Gambesta's trial will be prohibited.
SHIPMENT or coS TO THE UNITED STATES.
American eagles 10 the amount Of $e5o, 900 were
withdrawn from the Bank Of England yesterday
for transmission to New York. despite the fact that
the bank yesterday commenced to charge One.hal'
pence per ounce more for eagles.
A PLEASANT DAY.
The weather Yesterday was fair.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29
Another saving. Bank Gone.

Chicago is experiencing this morning one
Of those financial shocks that tend to break
down all confidence in what are often falsely
termed savings banks. After the usual
course of cooking the accounts Of
the State Savings Bank, so as to make
it appear to the public eye solvent
institution and to encourage unsuspecting
depositors up to the last moment to cast
their savings into its bottomless Golfers it
is decided that the bank shall be closed this
morning. Our special dispatches from
Chicago give the details of what must prove
to be one of the most rascally pieces of
plundering that has been recorded for many
years. From the statement of the receiver,
Colonel Taylor, complete Justification Of
the accounts of the bank has assisted the
guilty officials in their wholesale robbery.
The president, Spencer, has fed to New
York, and, as it is stated, probably with
the object of gathering all the availa-
BILE funds he can lay his hands on
and escaping from the country It is re-
ported that he has securities on deposit
in the Chemical National Bank OF this city,
and intends, if he has not already done so,
to convert them into money and decamp
The gravest danger that threatens just now
is that the fraudulent failure of the State
Savings Bank will pull down all the other
savings banks in Chicago and spread wide the
disaster among those poor people who inno-
Gently imagined that ''bank" was place of
safe deposit for their money. It is posi-
lively sickening to contemplate the amount
of misery that can be. caused by the machi-
nations Of a few scoundrels who manage to
deceive the public by assuming the ''sheep's
clothing of respectability and financial in
tegrity, but who are in reality human n.y.
enas that prey on the community.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29
Brigha m Young.

IL ~ repOrteO IrOm Juan turouBu ScNeTaA
channels that this noted individual has been
taken with o severe illness, which is likely
to prove fatal. He is said to have made his
will, to have ''set his house in order, ;"
to have selected his son as his successor to
lord it over'the Latter Day Saints, and that
he is awaiting the hour Of his departure.
We should regret to find this news con-
6rmed, because public justice requires that
man SO stepped in crime should
make his exit at the end Of a
halter, and the deserved and long de-
ferred punishment would be all the'more
impressive by his venerable years. The
recent accumulation Of evidence against
this aged sinner is so strong that he would
have been arraigned for trial, and even if
he had escaped by corrupting the jury the
sworn testimony against him would still
have served q useful purpose in exposing
the wholesale atrocities which have been
perpetrated under cloak Of religion. His
death now would seem like fraud upon
the gallows. Whether his end is hastened
by the enormous net of evidence which was
closing about him con be known to nobody
who cannot penetrate into the recesses of
his evil and polluted mind. It may
be that his long life Of cruelty, lust,
extortion and hypocrisy has so scared his
conscience that he is incapable of repent
ance; but even so hardened q sinner would
naturally dread an ignominious death. We
hope he may recover and live long enough
to undergo his trial for the enormous crimes
he has instigated, committed and shielded.
But whether he dies in his bed or at the
be turning point in the history of Nor
monism. 1t is not likely that any successor
will possess his strong qualities. He
is a man Of extraordinary energy,
great executive talents and wonderful
knowledge Of the weak sides of human
nature. With greedy love Of property and
power he had business and administrative
faculties which would have made him the
first man in his community even by 1egiti-
mate methods and his skill in inspiring
fanaticism and cunning in turning it to
selfish uses gave him power more absolute
than has often been welded even in a small
hierarchy by the combined influence Of
priestcraft and tyranny By making lust
leading part of religion he ruled his dupes
by their strongest passions, and his domin-
ion over their minds was completed by the
terror inspired by his unscrupulous readi-
ness to shed human blood
The first consequence of his death will be
a release of the other Mormon leaders from
slavish submission to a single will Their
jealousies and rivalres will tend to disin-
tegrate this unnatural community. Heresies
will spring up, new beliefs will creep in,
there will betrevolts against power which
was always felt to be tyranny and which
cannot be maintained by feebier hands, and
the free play of Transforming forces will
make Mormonism o different thing within
the next ten or twenty years.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

the third part; then 1t must be inferred that
the weakness and Reorganization of the
Ottoman army north of the Balkans are very
great. Indeed, the failure to attack reso-
lutely at these points can only be accounted
for on the theory that the force was unequal
to the duty put upon it,
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

MONMOUTH PARKS August meeting opens
well. There were three good races and large
attendance.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

THE WEArHER.-The pressure continues high
In all the districts except that between the Upper
Mississippi and the Missouri. The highest ba-
romcter is on the Middle and South Atlantic
coasts and southeastward of Nova Scotia. Rains
have fallen in the Northwest the Western lake
region, the st. Lawrence Valley and Nova
Scotia and on the Gulf coast. The great area of
high pressure having now "A southeastcrly move
mcnt the winds on its northern margin are
westerly and southcrly and on its southern
margin arc easterly and northcrly The tenn
perature has again become more equalized
throughout the country. Fogs have prevailed in
widely detached arcas along the zone OF the
lakes and British Atlantic provinces. The
weather In New York today will be warmer and
partly cloudy or fair, followed by increasing
sIoudiness aud possibly light rains
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

THERE Is NICE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS in
Tennessee. The Illicit wlIiskey distillcrs
strong that the revenue officials are powerless to
suppress them. The spectacle of United States
senator haranguing band Of outlaws and Of re-
spectacle citizens entertaining them is a curious
commentary Oh the administration of law in that
secfion
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

JUDGE CARTER Of the District of Columbia,
while a good republican, is, Mt the same time, too
good lawyer to refuse to acknowledge the au-
thority of Governor Hampton, of South Caro-
lima. Besides he is too honest man to attempt
TO save the fugitive thieves of that State as the
Washington gOssips would have US believe.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

From onr reports this morning the proba1ilities
are that ne ,eeader in Ne,o York today ,ciH be
rarne'' and partly cloudy fair, tollo,ced by in
veasisg closIdiness and posIbIy light runs.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29
THE PRESIDENT GOING SOUTH.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 2S, 1871.
despatch was received from Webb Q. Hayes 10.
day, announcing that the President and several mem.
bars Of his Cabinet expect TO reach Nashville on
Wednesday, September TO- IN acceptance or tho invI
tatlon oi The municipal autnsritcs, Board OF Trado
ana citizens. letter Of acceptance will be by
H.M -
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.--T stock market
was active and prices in almost all cases were
lower. Gold opened at 1O4as, advanced to
1O4l2 and closed at 1O414 Government bonds
we're higher States dull and railroads strong.
Money on call lent at a 5 per cent, closing ut
2l2 3 per cent.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

The Coal MNEs.-In the Lehigh region the
workingmen have won substantial victory,
having succeeded in obtaining an increase of
wages. The situation is quiet in the Susque-
mamma Valley, but the miners there have not
occn 30 successful as elsewhere. The serious
:harges against Mr.. Gowen, of the Reading
Railroad in connection with the late riots,
should be investigated. 1t would be refreshing
to see a railroad president on trial.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

THE PROPER NAVIGATION of the Hudson River
ls lslearnedly and legally laid down by the United
States Supreme Court in decision elsewhere
printed.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

" Is Much BETTER, for reasons which will
readily suggest themselves, that the hosptalities
of the city to the State Governors who may visit
us should be extended by The Chamber Of Com
merce rather than by the Board of Aldermen.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

NEXT MONDAY the public libraries, the read
ing public will be glad to hear, will be reopened
with one execution
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

Mr.. JUSTICE FIELD wishes it to be understood
that he has made no charge dcrogatory to the
honor Of Justice Bradley in the Electoral Com
mission business. He seems to have been
grossly misrepiesented by sensational news
puJyer. rf
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

.TnE SARATOGA CENTESNIAL.--The event of the
surrender Of General Burgoyne will be cee-
biated at Saratoga on the 18th of October.
Subscriptions to aid in erecting the monument to
commemorate the victory may be sent to w. l..
Stone, box 2,374 New York city.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

AMERICAN ARTISANS who are thinking of going
to England will do well to first read the warn
ing Of our Consul at Liverpool.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

The New LINE OF CABS is q very great sue
cess. Their proprietors making money,
while the hackmen are standing idle waiting for
some one to pay as much for an hours ride as
their whole establishment il worth.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

lF THE BOARD OF HEALTH would enforce the
laws against driving cattle through the streets
instead of adding to their number, citizens would
feel much more secure against the raids of the
wild Texan steer
The New York herald., 1877-08-29
STATE OFFICIALS INDICTED.
fay rELEoR,pH TO TIE HRpALpl.

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
COLUMBIA, s. c., August %. 1877.
Nine bills of indictment have been handed 10 the
Grand Jury by the Solicitor They are based on the
evidence before the Investigating Committee. Elk,
Comp,rolcrs Dunn and Hoge, frcasurers Cardoxo and
Parker and others are charged With fraud, 80.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

GENERAL HowARD's COMMAND is preparing
for fresh pursuit of the hostile Indians. Tho
men are worn out by long marches and large
number are disabled.
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

The THIEVES who visited Martha's Vineyard
ramp meeting remained to prey. The lady who
carried three thousand dollars worth Of dia-
monds in her trunk almost deserved to lose
them
The New York herald., 1877-08-29

BALTIMoRE's i'll disciplined militia regiment
has very properly been disbanded.