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New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
THE MAILS IL TEXAS INSECURE
MAsuLNGInE. InnslaN. Anrl 10. Isl.

WNV,IINTTOF,
w. L. Hunt, assistant superintendent oi
railway mail service at ST. Louis, writes TO the Pos
Onicc Department, calling attention TO tne TACT tha
within tbc mast two months the mail trains IN Texas
nave been attacked 10y iuIlus fOur times. on thrce OF
winch occasions ore or less mail matter Wa, s'"'i
einp0yC ana he suggests that 10 il the duy Ol the t"N
crnmcnt 10 afford Tie cmploycs Of 100 rlh"ay 'iI ser
mails He represents that this necessity exists III rrSlu
nearly all the Texas railroads, aud especially 'hose
connecting with tine North.
A LAWYER'5 SUIT AGAINST MR.. BELhNAP.
jeremiah =. Black has instituted suit IN
the Crcui. Court against cXSCcrctagy BtlnaP' c':A-
inc - 600 for work ana labor done Nv the palniih NJ
his request etc" The declaration u IN TIE ush'l 'i
and The Nil Of particular !. ~ follows N ". Bchnlp
10 jeremiah = Black debtor, for professional .f'l,t5
"a couusCl.ofat 5000" The foe cIimrd ~ Ilr
SCI vices In the BcIkrap Impeachment case. ar H. W.
Garnctt appears for the plauth
New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
KANSAS PACIFIC.
A REPORT BY GENERAL DEvENS UPON THE SUITS
NOW PENDING AGAINST THE COMPANY.

IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRTBUsE.I
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Attorney- General
Deyens sent to the House to-day a communication in
response 10 resolution recently passed by that body
asking him for information in regard to foreclosure suits
against the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company.
eeners Deyens says that the only foreclosure suit
against the company which he knows about officially is
that of Adophus Meir and Others representing inc 'n
mor,gagee, Tho United States is made the defendant
10 TINS sut Mr.. E. r. Mead, Of NewYork has informed
the Attorney. General that other suits are pending
TO which the United States not made party but Of
New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
THE CLEVELAND PLATFORM.
ooon nR,r. OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN II An

A GOOD DEAL OF PUBLIC lGlRON i4hLt'iS ~ - ''-
40 DECLARATION ABOUT SUBSIDIES.
,BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBUNEl
WASHINGTON, April 1G.-While the President and
several members of the Cabinet were sitting III lhe
executive chamber to-day, waiting for the arrival
of other members who were tardy' the lIes'uci't
called attention to a late number of The Ctereta"d
Herald which contained a platform of principles
suggested as a proper one on which the President
and Republicans everywhere could stand, anu
which. it was suggested would give Republican
tickets great strength among conservative Demo
Gratis. The President said that several marked
copies of this article had been sent to him. and afteI
reading il to the Cabinet he remarked that he had
seen nothing of the kind which so entirely met MS
view. The platform read was as follows:
FSrst-Resumption of specie payments in gold and
Secopd-Resistance to all schemes for initiating the
present volume Of currency. -, -, q, g,
ThiTd-A fair and moderate tarlt that VIII aHoId
a reasonable protection to American industries.
F0pyfb-An amendment to the Constitution pro-
hbting the use of money raised by taxation lOl the
support of sectauan schools. ~. II,
fiGh-1he speedy completion of all public woTSs
such as river and harbOr improvements pubic
buildings and foTtifcatons, now that labor ana
material are cheap, and working men need employ
ment and a liberal policy for the Improvement OF
great National channels of commerce like the
Mississippi River and its tributaries.
Secretary McCrary suggested that there ought
to be a clause added declaring opposition in en-
phatic terms to the payment Of all claims of dis
loyal citizens for damages ana losses growing out
of the war and payment of pensions to persons who
were disloyal during the war. With this amend
lnent, which the members of the Cabinet present
all accepted the resolutions were pronounced very
proper and complete presentation of views OF the
Administration.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
THE EMTGRANr SAVINGS BANK OF BOSTON
-

BOsTON, April ia temporary injunction
was issued this morning restraining the Emgran Saw
nss Bank OF this city from doing business The new re-
srictve law was applied there is doubt as TO the
solyency of the bank which the passage OF dividend
would not remedy The bank owes depOsltOrs S2O03-
$50 and It Is believed that the latter, IN time, will be
pad in full.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
1NnIAN pEpREpArIoNs IN TME SOUTHWEST.

GALVESTON, Tex, April 16.-A special dis
match TO The Necs states that In an Indian attack on
the mail carrier near Fort Concho yesterday, one man
was killed and the mail was taken, on the same day
Fort Davis Cavalry in pursuit OF the Indians, who
are snnposed 10 be from the Fort Stanton Reservation
New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
COMMITTEE LABoRs ON FINANCE.

NEW BILL PERFECTED AND TO BE REPORTED TO
THE SENATE To-DAY-NEw-YoHK OPINIONS
LISTENED TO.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The Senate Committee
on Finance has spent nearly the whole day in the
revision and perfection of its currency BILL and viii
report it to the Senate tomorrow morning The
bill, as it now stands does not differ in any import
ant feature from the outline published IN THE
TRIBUNE yesterday. 1t win provide first, that legal
tender Totes shall be Immediately exchangeable for
q per cent bonds issued by authority of the
Funding Act of 1870; second, that legal-tender
notes shall be received for duties on imports
from and after the 1st of October next third that
the volume Of legalteDder notes outstanding on the
1st of October 1873, shall be maintained, and that
no portion of them shall thereafter be cancelled or
DESTROYED; and fourth, repeating that feature OF
the Resumption Act of 1873 which provides for the
retirement and cancellation of legal-tender notes
equal to so per cent of the new National bank notes
issued this part of the act also to take effect on the
1st of October next. The bill will be very brief
and the committee Will ask the Senate to act upon
ii at an early day,
The House Committee on Banking and Currency
held meeting tonight to hear the opinions Of Mr..
James b. Colgate, of No. AZ Wall-st., and OF Mr..
Wm II. Winder of New-York, in regard to the prac-
ticability of resumption. The members present were
Messrs. Ewing, Phillips, Hardenberg Bell, Fort,
Eames and Hartzell. Mr.. Colgate expressed the
opinion that although resumption may, owing to
present favorable circumstances, take place on the
1st Of January next, it cannot be permanent until
the greenbacks are retired. He also expressed the
opinion that the interests of the country will be
greatly subserved if there is gradual withdrawal
of all bank and Government issues, ex-
cept paper based alone on gold and silver
AS to the reconciliation of silver he thought that
has had a beneficial effect on the commercial and
material interests of the country. Mr.. Winder
stated the opinion that convertible money is curse
possible so long as this country is debtor country
New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
A prcIsIoN INyoLyINa MORE THAN sl.OoO. GOO.

ST. LOUIS, April 16.-The Court OF
Appeals this morning gave decision in the suit of this
city against the st. Louis Gas Company for the posses
sion OF the works of that company affirming the decision
OF the lower court and giving the works % the city.
The suit involved from 81 100000 to S2,OOOOOO Tho
case Will be appealed TO the Supreme Court.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-17
ENGLAND MORE PEACEABLE.
PUBLIC OPINION FLUCTUATING.

THE FOREIGN sEcRETARY's CIRCULAR UNDIPLo-
MATIC AND DIsCOURTEoUs-THE WAR FEELING
sUBsrDING-PAR sKIRMIsHSG-IIB-
ERALS DISSATISFIED WITH TnEIR LEADERs-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
The Mound Builders SepuIchre.

Near Niles, Michigan, are relics of
the mound builders in the shape of nine
mounds. These mounds are in three
parallel lines, three in a line. Com
mencing at the village of Sumnerville
and extending north about half mile
the lines running east and west.
The central mound ON the farm of Mr..
Walter was opened by DR.. Bonine, of
Niles, under the direction of the Smith
sonian Institute last Thursday. The
doctor sunk shaft from the top of the
mound nineteen feet deep, where the
bones and relics were found in d sort of
circular basin seven or eight feet in
diameter, rather oval shaped from
southwest to northeast. Fifteen years
ago a burr oak, four feet in diameter,
stood on the summit of the mound.
This was cut down by the owner of the
farm. After sinking the shaft side
entrance was made on the east side.
The mound is thirteen feet above the
prairie level and sixty feet in diameter,
built of sod, the layers still showing,
and the bodies consequently were
buried six feet below the surface.
About twelve skulls were found. One
set of bones indicate a man at least
seven feet six inches in height. Other
bones are those of infants. The bones
are all heaped in together, the skulls
on top. This is accounted for from the
fact that they were buried in a sitting
posture, and in the lapse of ages the
skeletons all collapsed into heap.
Besides the bones, three copper axes
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
Artificial Mirage.

AYEAR ago last spring, Mr.. Ores
cham received an order for coating of
asphaitum for the roof of one of Joseph
Stiner's tea stores, at Hudson and
Spring streets. He says: "My men
were engaged in mixing asphaltum and
coal tar in caldron, over hot fire
in the street, in front of the store 1t
was a clear, sunshiny afternoon, and |
was walking about the roof, making
the usual examination. Suddenly a
dense black smoke arose from the
street below, and knew the men had
upset the caldron, and that its con-
tents had ignited. l knew there was
no danger of firing the house; and
was curiously watching the great
masses of black smoke rolling overhead.
Suddenly a sunbeam shot through them,
and beheld sight | shall never for
get. Pictured in the same weird form
that | have seen distant ships at sea
during mirage, | observed dis
tinctly large brig lying at a wharf at
Hunters Point on fire. The whole
scene was sharp and distinct. One
body of men, with the hose, were
throwing water on the burning vessel,
and another gang were casting off the
lines from the schooners that were
made fast to an adjoining wharf [
could even distinguish the different
sails as they caught fire. l saw a
tongue of flame run up the fore shrouds
and at the crosstrees ignite the topgal-
liant sails, and thence run up the royal.
l could scarcely believe my senses. By
this time the fire engines were playing
upon the caldron of asphaltum in the
street, and my men came up to tell me
the cause of the accident. Their names
are Thomas Casey and George Combs.
They are employed by me yet, |
pointed out the phenomenon to them,
and they, too, were overwhelmed with
establishment. They recognized the
locality as Hunters Point, and saw the
other objects as clearly as | did myself.
When the fire from the asphaltum was
extinguished, and the smoke blew away,
the mirage disappeared. l afterward
ascertained that the brig was filled with
petroleum, and this latter substance
and asphaltum are the only ones that
have been able to find that will pro-
duce the artificial mirage. "-Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05

were found, two of them Just the shape
and size of the axes of this time. only
not SO thick, being not over half an
inch IN thickness. They are of excel
lent Workmanship, smooth and even.
On one ak is something that NAV be a
most important discovery. 1t is the
fibre OF cloth on one side of the ak, as
though 1t laid on cloth that decomposed
and hardened again solidly on the cop
per. The threads can be distinctly
seen running both ways. 1t is said
remains of cloth have been found in
but one instance before in the mounds
OF this country; if so this is most i'm
portant discovery. The smallest ak is
more the shape of chisel. There are
no notches or holes for handles in the
axes.
Deer bones were found, sharpened to
a point, and the butt end being the
joint end. just such as shoemakers use
now to crease leather with Some
pearl ornaments were found, but they
crumpled on exposure to the air. Three
small pieces of burnt pottery were
found, curved like the neck of a vase,
and on one were two rows of small
holes for ornament. The tooth of some
animal was also dug out, of solid ivory,
about five inches long, and perforated
with hole, as though to string on the
neck. A few years ago a copper kettle
and copper spindle were found in one of
the smallermounds, which are still pre-
served by the finder, who lives near.
About half way between the central
mound and the southwestern one is an
oval ditch, open at the east end, like a
horseshoe, which was few years ago
six feet deep, with large trees growing
in it. 1t is gradually being filled up by
blowing over it, but is still very dis
tinct.
AS these mounds are not large
enough for defensive purposes they may
have been for sacred uses, and these
bones the remains of sacrifcial dedi-
cation, as the sacrifice of human beings
was known to have been common with
Aztecs, who are supposed to have been
the descendants of the mound builders.
Certainly the relics, although COM
paratively few, are very interesting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
Two Noted Grave Robbers.

Our readers will remember the account
given in these columns of the robbing of the
grave of the Hon. Scott Harrison, in Ohio,
last May, the body being found in the dissect-
ing-room of the Ohio Medical College. Pub
lie Indignation justly brands any man as a
scoundrel who will rob the grave of the dead.
But there are two noted grave robbers in the
country, SO far from being the subjects Of the
peoples wrath, are universally lauded for
their virtues. The reason is plain. While the
former class steal the dead bodies Of our loved
ones to submit them to the dissecting- knife,
these only rob the graves to restore the living
victims to our hearts and homes. Their names
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most valuable laxative and cathartic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05

WnHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE ToNIC.-This
medicine is used by construction companies
for the benefit of their employees, when engaged
in malaral districts. The highest testimonials
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Proprietors, New Orleans
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05

The three Fox sisters, who originated
the rapping phase of spiritualism
twenty-nine years ago, are all alive.
Margaret, the youngest, who claimed
to be the wife of DR.. Kane, is giving
exhibitions in England. Kate is living
in France. having married titled
Frenchman. Leah is Mrs. Underhill,
and a resident of New York.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
II Is Worth a Trial.

81 was troubled for many years with Kid
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thin; l was dull and inactive; could hardly
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over, and could get nothing to help me until
got Hop Bitters, ard now am boy again.
My blood and kidneys are all right, and l am
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
vEGETINE
Will Cure Bronchitis.

=, u O., CINCINNATI April Q, 1877.
Dear SiI-I have been afflicted with Bronchitis for
several months and have used NegettnP and has
effected radical cure and can cOnScientollsly rec
Ommend 1t to the public.
SAMUEL BAILEY,
5O2 w. 9Th Street, CHM, Ohio.
Mr.. Bailey is a gentleman Of influence and afiuence
and well known in Cincinnati.
VEGETINE has never failed to effect a cure. giving
tone and strength to the system debtaed by disease
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05

A CABLE dispatch to the Associated Press
says that Mason IL Hamlin have been award
ed two highest gold medals at the Paris Ex-
position for their Cabinet Organs. Thirty best
makers of the world were competitors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05

About the adulterated, cheap baking powders
in comparison with DooLEY's YEAST POWDER.
The latter is strictly pure, wholesome, and is
put up full weight. Satisfactory results in
using are guaranteed every time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05

No CHILD can sleep soundly while suffering
with Collie or from Teething. Remove the
cause by using DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. Only
IS cents a bottle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05

PARTICULARS regarding Electric BELTS free.
Address Pulvermaeher Galvanic Co.. Cincin., u,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
vEGETINE
An Invaluable Medicine.

z, WORCESTER.
This is to certify that your vegene has cured me Of
BTonchttS and would recommend it as an invaluable
medicine for COiS, COHgs and the infanmatois that
follow them upon the throat and lungs
am, very respectfully,
GEO. H. ULLMAN,
NEGETINE does not act cathartc to debilitate
the bowels nut ceanseS all the organs enabling Zach
to perform the functions devolying upon them
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-05
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The daily gazette., 1878-06-05
A Pleasant Visit.

Last evening the young ladies of James
II. Appleby's bible class of Delaware
Avenue Baptist Sunday School, accom-
panied by E. F. James, Superintendent OF
the School, and P. b. Ayers, Assistant
Superintendent, paid friendly visit to
Mr.. .Appleby, at his residence, No. 722
Madison street. The evening was very
pleasatly spent in singing, social conver-
sation, and discussing ice cream, cake,
strawberries and other seasonable delica-
cies which Mr.. Appleby provided In
abundance. Before the company left
the table, Mr.. E. F. James, on behalf of
the class, presented Mr.. Appleby with
beautiful silver cake basket, as testi-
monial of the regard and esteem in
which he was held by the members OF
his class. Mr.. Appleby responded, as
well as the surprised state of his feelings
would permit. Afterwards one OF the
young ladies pres ented Mr.. james and
Mr.Ayers with hiDdsome bouquet.
The daily gazette., 1878-06-05
rIr. McIIhenny's Accident.

The accident in Chester on Monday
afternoon, by which Mr.. Bernard Nell
benny, of this city lost, his life, as stated
in yesterdays GAZETTE, occurred in the
following manner:
He was visiting his friends in Chester,
and was walking along the river front to
see the improvements. He passed down
Edgmont avenue and crossed over the
Front street railroad track and afterwards
attempted to recross the track, but just as
he put his foot on the track, engine No.
70 came over the bridge end struck him,
knocking him down among some stones,
which cut, bruised and stunned him. Mr..
McIlhenny was hard of hearing, and the
engine was running. backwards, which
caused the accident. He was carried to
the office of the company, Front and Mar
ket streets, in an unconscious condition,
and Drs. Starr and Harvey called. He
seemed to recover somewhat, and at o.
clock he was removed to the house of
relative, Mr.. Dougherty, No. 419 West
Third street, where he suffered extremely
until six o'clock next morning when he
died. He was seventy years of age. Cor
oner Fairlamb was notified and proceed
to hold an inquest after which the body
was brought to this city for interment.
The daily gazette., 1878-06-05
Brief Locals,

Five more days and shad fishing will be
over.
Strawberries from down the State are
almost at an end.
The DAILY GAZETTE leads but neveI
follows in local news.
The anniversary of the First Baptist
sunday school last evening was pleasant
affair.
DR.. Gallagher, the dentist, at No. $50
Market street, is always pleased to wait
on customers.
The Board of Health is trying to rid
the city Of nuisances and every one should
help them to do so.
Chapman's cent Havanas beat any
other cigar in the city. Try one at Fourth
and Shipley streets.
Owing to the rushing business that he
is doing Mr.. Chapman, the cigar man,
will be unable to visit Boston.
Leave your orders for job work at the
GAZETTE job office and you will be sat
isfied both as regards style and price.
d. NJ. Mccoy, collector of taxes for
New Castle Hundred, notifies the delin-
quents for 1877 to pay their taxes at once.
Whoever knew of builders using sum
beams for timber in building house, or
after it was done, getting thunder bolts
for its doors or shutters.