Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-27

/ Texas and in order 10 insure success OF their
plans they are said TO have had made duplicate
copies Of notary and other seals and to have
/ procured specimens OF the signatures OF
/ numerous State officers Of Texas All the
| titles and patents used by them, and represent
T ing either the general government or state
/ lands we're forged, aud an immense amount OF
! land had been conveyed by them under msny
different names and 10 many different persons
The attention OF Governor Hubbard was called
to the matter about year ago, and the govern
ment at Washington having been notlhed q
close investigation resulted in the simultaneous
arrest of sixty persons, who belong to the gang
in various parts of the country. Thirteen
court houses have been burned by the con-
spirators during the past year in order to
cover up the tracks Of their crimes.
The Home Savings Bank, Of Elgin ILL.,, has
stopped paying depositors.
From Washington.
The Hon. Edwards Pierrepont, United States
minister to Great Britain, has rendered his
resignation, TO take effect December l.
The vote by which the Hon. Samuel J. Ran
dali was nominated for Speaker of the House
of Representatives by the Democratic caucus
was 167, against "a for the Hon. John b. Goode
and 70 for the Hon. Milton Sayler.
The Secretary of the Treasury has asked Con-
gress for an appropriation of 1896 9O6, 3O6,66, to
complete the fiscal year ending June 80, 1878. OF
this amount S32, 1856 766, % are for the War De-
partment $22, 800 for the Library of Con-
gress 81 200 453, 80 for the Court of Claims !;
1878, ,29 for the Treasury Department;
800 900 for the Post-office Department S2,-
COS, S61.27 for the Navy Department, and
1882. 535, % for the Judicial Department.
Hon. Joseph R. Hawley arrived in Washing
ton for the purpose of urging upon Congress
the passage of an appropriation for the repre-
nf tha ITrita6 Gtotac OF tba ol,
ing French exhibition.
The most prominent of the nominations
sent by the President to the Senate for con FIR
nation are the following John NJ. Harlan to
be Associate Justice of the United States Su-
preme Court. To be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United
States. Edward F. Noyes, of Ohio, to France;
James Russell, Lowell, Of Massachusetts,, to
Spain /; John A. Kasson, of Iowa, to Austria /;
Thomas A. Osborn, of Kansas, to Chilli Hen
ny III Willard, of Georgia, to Brazil Minis
ter Residents of the United States John L.
Stevens, of Maine, to Sweden and Norway
James NJ. Comfy, of Ohio, to Hawaiian Islands.
John NJ. Langston, of the District of Column
bia to the Republic of Hayt Alfred E. Lee
of Ohio, to be Consul General of the United
States at Frankfort.
Col. Polk, the door-keeper OF the House, was
overwhelmed with applications for positions, at
least one thousand persons having importuned
him for Office.
The Congressional monetary commission's
report, presented to the Senate, makes a volume
of over 200 pages, and is in favor of paying the
debt in silver or gold.
Senator Edmunds bill, to prevent abuses in
the sale of postage stamps and stamped Ell
velopes provides that no postmaster or deputy
postmaster, or other person intrustcd by the
| United States, the post-ofice department or the
postmaster-general with postage stamps OF
stamped envelopes, shall sell or dispose Of the
same otherwise than III the regular course
Of official business, at their face value, and fol
cash on delivery. 1t also provides that any
postmaster or other person who shall violate
the provisions of the preceding section shall be
deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall, oT
conviction thereof, be punished by fine not
exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment moi
exceeding one year, or both said punishments
in the discretion Of the court. In conclusion
the bill requires the following affidavit to be
subscribed and attached by postmasters and
deputy postmasters to each of their regular
quarterly returns 81 do soemnly swear (ol
affirm that / have not, since making my las
quarterly return, disposed of any of the postage
stamps or stamped envelopes in my charge fol
sale, otherwise than in pursuance Of law"
Senator Mitchell, chairman of the com
mittee on privileges and elections, has received
q letter from P. B. s. Pinchback renewing Lii
claim to the United States Senatorship from
Louisiana.
The commission appointed by the United
States to go to Canada and treat with Sitting
Bull has had conference with the redoubtablt
Indian chief at Fort Walsh, but failed tt
bring him to terms.
From all the accounts received at Washing
bhSt 5nlS yefy 81 "H s 10 "
Foreign News.
The election in France for new chamber o.
Deputies resulted in the selection of about 32i
Republicans to about 191 Conservatives Of
Monarchists, which is somewhat of q loss fol
the Republicans, though not so much as wal
anticipated by the Mcmahon Government.
Property to the amount of 81 ZOO, 900 was
burned at Whitby, Ontario. The fire wal
caused by the upsetting of a lamp.
Gen. Grant arrived at Birmingham, Eng
land, and was received by the Mayor and town
4 council.
Several Spanish newspapers protest agains
the duty of fifty cents per ton on Spanish Ship
entering United States ports, which comes
into operation this autumn, and they advise re
taliatory navigation duties
One of the greatest battles of the Eastern
war has been fought in Asia Minor, where the
Turkish army undar Mukhtar Pasha was ut
terly routed, sustaining a heavy loss in killed
wounded and prisoners, among the latter be.
ing seven pashas and large supply of militia
ry material.
The Egyptian obelisk-one of the two know
as "Cleopatras Needes"-presented by the
Kh4ive of Egypt to Great Britain, was on it
way to England, towed by the steamer Olga
when heavy storm arose and the monument
had to be abandoned. The Olga lost her Sc
cond mate and five hands while transferring
the crew on the craft which tioated the obelsb
The Chinese demand tribute from Siam. ant
war between the two countries is imminent
rebellion in Japan has been overthrown
and the cholera there is no longer subject O
danger.
The obelisk which was abandoned at sea b,
the steamer Olga, was recovered by anothe
English vessel and towed into Spanish port
Machido, president of the Cuban chambers
and Larrua, the Cuban secretary of war; wer
killed during an engagement with Spanisl
troops in Cuba.
A new cattle disease that broke out in Russi
destroyed thousands of animals.
fire supposed to be of incendiary origin
broke out in woodshed at Portland q suburb
OF 81. John, N. B.. and spread with sucl
rapldity that it swept away everything in it
track for blocks, destroying $50 wooden house
and rendering 1900 people homeless or thes
700 had been sufferers by the great fire las
June. number of persons were killed an,
II injured and great distress and suffering pre-
vailed.
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