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The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-04
StaisdN8Hh Carolina, ! s.y..I., c.rr,


PERSON COUNTY.
Alex. Whitfield, Susan J Gregory. ThO..
Whitfield. Edwm WhnhelJ. Enply N
o. rr,aut aud her husband Alex. " 3ri.
ant, Charlie. Elliot aud Wsldon Whit
feld MINORS. by their next ificnd ksps-
ran WhitGeld. Jano Piosanis aud her
hssbai.ji Wm .Plessuts. Ftapcss Long.
I ana her husbapd Alex. Lang. Preston
! y Wbakeld, Caroline Mosga aud l,er bus.
baud llsiney Morgan, Mary thinner aud
husband William thinner. Laura >
Whiifeld. Para Lee Whitfield aud Par
lLeuia l., aud James y Whitfield minors
llsbsllssir hext iriel,l r;lisabetli Whiideld;
Albert Whitfield, Martha Blalpsk aud
hsf iha.baUd William BlalOck. parhap
Whitfield. Angale, Wbrhsl4. Jennie
Joues aud her husband 49, JOnes. Nat.
twh.sbeld. piik wiln6shI JOhn u Whit.
ala. cora Whitfield aud l.ubt. JEFF.
Coruelia snd ----- Whitfield by their
fucnt iricsa s,ylls Whi.held.
~ III drtiHst
f,aer,n Whilaeldl Aiar llA AIoofe aud hei
h,,sbaud William Muurr, l.e, lieu ~
W,atsield. Ma;can Whitfield. Wm' ~
wn1lilshi. I,s.crr,a iIudgins ~ Der heiis
I'D laauAsn.% unk,iowi1 lucllafd Whit.
g,.lsl.l Mn whilIielL,i Jollu Whitlirld
TLor,ns Whitfield, Dfwhiiiipld, sieo'
Whitfield. s,slsAii IAnthvr aiid her nus.
uaud JCnm Panther ~ their iirifsi hn',,e'
nnknown. Catharlnc Rlmmcr nnu W!
husband James liinnuer aasi Tue bsIls "
law. whose names are unkilnwn, ~ WIZ
MIncy. John. Janiesa and Jriiersoii Whit,
fisld slecvasesl.
laf'' Sumao,ts FOR Relief
rr,lIE olJc..t of ,hs proccg,ling !. lle dl.lslo'
ofths Land desl-c,l w The la.t " W ann te.,a
,n.nt 81 .Ialnrs q. Whitfield. DIS ", W r,y ,,
nert AMONG The deyi~as % sud dcss..sei s.,u ".
slsese saI Representatives, aud \ appearing Y ~
s.o,Irt tr,l IrHran Nhhhrlds Mnriha Ayo,s ~
her husband William Moore l0ollcn Wnt'
neid Malco,n whlfHchl, WIN. ~. WhilnTkls bu'
rreri, ,,.lal,s sr her lnir- ~ law. whose nanf'
ass nnknown. nIchard Mhltheld. VIM: VIII
neldIJohn WhItneld. Thptsa, Wbllten. ".
whlffef,l. Geefgs Mhne'u cusan s. !, ~. ~.
H.. hslsl,nnd John Panther ar their litir. ~ laM
,shosr na,nes are unkHown. Cailarine klltliil,r,
and her htshand Jamrs lrncf aru I've ns,rs y
law. whose NAMES are unknown, " " ~. Mllcs
Jha Ian,cs and Jefferson Whitfield. decreased
- ros,'r aidents or The state VI North tarolina
ibes are hereby notified 70 apfelf ~ ile tlesh
osf,rc II sasd gouft. at R0xauru. " sala reuhIy
on s,r before the 4th day Of ~. nn. n.
answer or demur ~ the roln aint mnltn w. .,'' Y.
Aa,s,s;...d ,n sald of,e within ten days from ths
date hereof, OF Judgment WI De vAen pfo-cc'
Nv wmr..s - ~ 4 J Iao.ds. clerk ~ aid Court =
tasi,aso. thls thth das of July ISIS.
H 'a' ., J.LASspELL,
July nst. s.s
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TIE YELLOW FEVER.

~
NEw ORLEANS. Aug. 2I.--To-day's
yellow fever reports shows lyS lew cases
and AZ deaths e...
The total number Of cases az tue week is
s9l, and mp 70 date i.sGG Total number
of deaths Tor the week is 81, and TO date
577. Tncic is no explanation u the in.
crease Of new eases to. day other than the
SPREAD of the disease. The report containing
hut lcw. il any more. old eases ilan those
"f the two proceeding days. From noon to
q o'clock this evening IO3 new cases had
been reported Il the Office II the Board Of
Health, indicating s,ill larger number u
new cases for % morrow than we're reported
up 70 nooa to-day.
vIoKsBuEG..A .Aug. 2S-The fever i siill
on the increase. The new cases reported in
the last twenty -four hours are a. Total
nunbeI of cases 10 date. nearly 200 The
sexton reports IA interments for the lat
iwent, -four. hours. The iuclesse Of new
cases for the last few days are principally
colorei. 10 add TO the horrors Of the 81.
tnation the fever l. spreading throughout
III. country among those that fed from the
city al iis irst appearance here. There
they are shunned like lercrs BY ibe eoun.
t,y people. ard provisions, medicines. &c. !.
can only b. obtained FROM the city. and fe-
ser tl,ere means certain death. .. ~
A dispatch dated jackson. Miss; Au.
gust 22. says:
'Grcnsda j. n charnrl house exceeding
10 hurror anything that can be imagined
Over one hundred negroes are down and
Abaut seventy. five whites. Only fourteen
wilite person, are we'll in al the town.
People are dying without au attendant. |
saw three segrves. With fever. lying around
the platform outside this Office ,e,ierdsy
evening. T'h~e that die turn as black Is
your hat in less than one hour. Oh. il is
horrible, horrible! fou csn smell the
fever everywhere yguge.g ggltis p.s,il'nce
that is uts5n a.. snd 6fenaiia u only pest
hpuse. sni 10 scrut is p.ague-ladeS. gir i
sure deafh. One hundred and ten have
died aud AL secIn dOomed. The oIerstpr
Miller. who left New tIrIeans 10 60 70
Grcnada. losi heart and lep, right IN. =
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~ .ar make MONEY fasier &c work Cor us than
! asEnythiuw else Capifai net fcqlilFrdi me
viii start you sis trr day af hnine nladr ny lh'l
lndustriotis. Men, wsilsn. boy Hnd eM- saH,'
NJ ss,rru h..re IL work FIR III Nsn u tm iinH..
fe.tk atsft and fclaas nee. I AddIrss ThrE 4
C.g Augusta. Maine. Ny @
The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-04

A CuRIosIrY.--The revenue officers
have discovered. in this county, curiosity
ih the shape Of brandy still. IL consist
Of wooden box. with sheet iron bottoni.
On the .cp was plss,ered with mnd--a tiE
eoniensing tube. The whole arrangement
probably cost $3.50. The officers were
compcllnd to destroy the still and report
the offender.
II is strange our people will continue TO
violate the revenue laws when they know
the terrible consequence Of such violation.
| 1LSuIisbNry JPdtchmua. ii aeta i9se
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Charlotte Observer says. G. FL. Helms.
late niuilscarrier between Pinesviile, IN
this county, and Lancaster Village, ). &:
who was charged with breaking sealed
letter while carrying the mail between the
points named. was trie.i at the session o
the United States Circuit Court ut Green.
willie. :. @. last week and round guilty but
recommended t0 the mercy 0fihe c0urt'
He was sentenced To two months impIis1
eminent I'm Lancaster jail aud $500, fine.
A petition signed by prominent citizens Is
In ejaculation praying for his pardon. =
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GRENADA.
terrible Condition of 4 iUairs II ttc Stricken
IouR.
New Orleans Deln5crat, Aug. 81.

VI + 4
From II, S. Bell, E-,E who has recently
returned from visit toGrcna,la, Miss;a y
rciarier Of the Democrat yesterday oh.
tanned ihe following graphic drscnption
ofli,e capdilianpf aiialrs Ia that plague
STRICKEN town; y r. sa4 ysH y.
II Mr. bellsaid; Lrenlaiped 10 tie t,wn
two,lays, and never before 10 AL my life
witnessed anything Which gould equal
what saw there. Out ~ a population of
from 500 to 2 T00while people there are
Remaining iii INV u not nlorethan go, and
a large majority .af these Me sick 1a y.
Everybody who could leave did leave "
the first alaliii, and iliore wiio,iid II II go
were relatives ofthe sick, and remained
To attend them. An The stores are closed;
there is .iot one Of amy description ol~i,
save and except the drug stores. The
streets are entirely deserted. and olie may
walk through them for hours without
seeing n human soul. aside from tile pliy-
sicia,,s, and perhaps some OF the nurses
returning To dut, or reporting for assign.
n,eiit. All those of ili. cilizells who have
mol contracted the disease are coniine,'
within doors, nursing and ministering to
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-04-08
MONDAY MORNING. APRIL 8.

currency the financial evils that now betide US?
Then let the currency alone, it is nearly down
upon a specie basis.
There has always been too much legislation
upon and tinkerng of the currency since the
bitter contest between Nicholas Biddle and
Andrew jackson, which at the time spread
universal ruin over the country. Brighter
days are dawning upon the nation, bringing in
their train commercial prosperity. For 1877
the balance of trade in favor Of this country
was Sl65, 100000. For January, 1873, the pal
ance 10 our favor was $50, OO0 600, for February,
although a short month, is was 800, 000 600.
These facts are substantial evidence that our
country is returning to prosperity and that our
Government bonds will be paid in gold. and
are only returned to cover balances due for our
exports.
1 have said brighter day is dawning upon
our country. Let the people hasten it by fru-
gality, industry and economy. Let every man
work over against his own house, to repair the
terrible breaches which the war has made.
Let Us De patient and prosperity will soon
again De felt In every industry in this fair land.
Let the idle, unemployed, suffering men in the
crowded cities go back to the soil, from whence
they were drawn by the war. Let the past be
forgotten in the thought and reflection that
this baptism of fire has swept away that curse
of our country, and for which the pations of the
earth pointed at US the fpger of scorn-Ameri.
can slavery; that it has made us one nation,
eementing us by the blood of a thousand battle
deids, and that glorious future awaits us,
both political and financial; that the balances
of the world will soon be adjusted either in
New York or San Francisco, and that the day
hsstens on with q mighty power when the
United States, with the influence of hundred
millions of Inhabitants, Will be the arbter of
the nations of the earth 10 the interest and for
the promotion Of universal peace. II.
PORTLAND, March 30, 1878.
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The British Army ia India,

CALCUTTA, April 7.-All military furlougbs
have been stopped. This, however, is merely
precautionary. The government denies that
they contemp plate any expedition.
Austria Will Fight TO Prevent the For.
nation of a New slav State.
PARIS, April 1.-THE correspondent at Pesth
has had an interview with M Tizza, premier of
the Hungarian ministry, who said that Austro-
Hungary would go to war il necessary to pre-
vent the establishment of Slav state on her
southern frontier
RumOred Intention of GortschalzoG to
Resign.
LONDON, April IA despatch from Paris
says that a rumOr is current in st. Petersburg
that Prince Gortschakof may resign In favor
of Count Schouvaloff with view to restore
confidence between Russia and Europe.
Matters at Oonstantinople.
A Constantinople despatch says it is an
nounced that Vefyk Pasha's indisposltlon has
increased and q consultation of physicians has
been held. 1t is stated that Vefyk considers
in the event Of an Anglo Russian war that the
Porte should not resist a British fleets passing
through the Bosphorus. The Turks are to
reoccupy Bujukdere
The Khedive Threatens TO Declare His
His Independence.
A Constantiaople special says: A report
comes from good source that the khedive has
announced he will declare his independence
should Turkey from any alliance against
England.
Russia Will Leave If England Will.
1t is stated that Russia has officially offered
to quit the peighborhood of Constantinople if
the British fleet withdraws.
Italy Trying to Stop Hostility in Thessaly'
Italy is endeavoring to induce the Porte to
suspend hostilites 10 Thessaly alleging fears of
grave complications. Greece is similarly
endeavoring to influence the insurgents.
Peaceful Rem0rs from st. Petersburg.
LONDON, April ga correspondent at st.
Petersburg telegraphing ON Sunday says: To-
day hopeful rumors which without apparent
cause were current on Saturday have taken a
more definite form. 1t is said an important
letter has been received from Berlin suggesting
that concessions should be made to avoid an
European war.
Whether this is true or not it is pretty certain
that Germany is abandoning her purely passive
attitude. Russia has not requested Germany e
good offices, but there is reason to believe she
will gladly accept them. The hopes for a con.
gress are reviving and Gen. Ignatieff has even
postponed his departure for Constantinople 50
as to be able to accompany Prince Gortschakoff
to Berlin as second plenipotentiary if the con.
gress meets.
1t is emphatically declared here that Prince
Ghika, Roumanian agent, must have msun,
derstood Prince Gortschakoff, as the latter
never refused to admit discussion on the Bes.
sarbarian question. The Russian cabinet does
not deny tnat Bessarbarian question involves
European interests although it has not We,
expressly admitted it,
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Gloucester Fish Market.

GLOUCESTER, MaSs April 6,
Gloucester Fish market and arrivals for The week
ending to-day:
Sixty-six fshsngl arrivals have been reported, 50
from Georges Bank egatug 1926 900 lbs of round
Cod; ID from Grand Banks with 1000 lbs Halibut.
The market during the week has been quiet, but
petter demand for the last two days. Georges feet
are bringing in small fares and bait is scarce caus
idg delay OF week last trip. Notwithstanding
the light receipts and light stock on hand prices rule
lower than past year; we quote Georges at 125 ~
qtl; Bank So 90 ~ qtl; Shore Cod at 375. Mackerel
conhned to small lots we quote Shore rs and 2s at
$l6 10 and $40 90 " Dbl, and Bay Is 90 and co. We
quote Hase at 90 ner qt; Pollock at 25 for salt
and Is for slack salted; Cusk at 275; Haddock at
2 %; Round Herring at Q rs q NO " bbl; Labrador
Dbl; Halibut Fins at 90; Halibut Heads at 80 /;
Ingnes and Sounds at Z; picked Tongues at Z; pick
led Haddeck 80; picked Cod at 60; Smoked Hall
but at &c " fb; prepared and homeless Cod to &c
% 10 as to quality; last sales Bank Haibut at and
&c " ID for white and gray: Shore fish, last sales
OF steak Cod at lac ID market for Cod and Had
dock 14c; Pollock and Cusk lc. Medicinal oil 90
gal; tanners oil at 45c pergal; porgie oil 42c.
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MINOR TELEGRAMs

Two tramps were burned to death in q barn
at Plainfielo, N. j., Friday.
Steamship Para was launched at Chester
Pa, Saturday.
q S. ship Portsmouth with Paris exhibits on
board has arrived at Havre.
John S. Wilcox of Elgin, a speculator. filed
a petition in bankruptcy Saturday.
Luther Redfeld, a former president of the
Tsrrytown, N. Y, bank was arrested in
Chicago Saturday.
Thirty frame houses in the lower part of
harrisburg were burned Saturday. Loss
$4,000.
The funeral of Gen. Thomas q. Dawn, late
comm ndant at Fort Laramie, took place in
New York Saturday
third story window to the pavement Satur
day and received fatal injuries.
A large vat in the Buffalo grape sugar works
exploded yesterday, killing Henry Best,
aged %.
The Jason Spring sash and door factory at
Chico, Cal, was burned yesterday. Loss
$4,000 to $4,000.
Madison Wells has Withdrawn tae charges
he recently made against Congressman Gibson
OF Louisiana.
Seven of the persons injaredeby the oil ex-
plosion caused by the collision of oil trains at
Slstington, Pa, have since died.
The Russian minister at Washington expects
war and the English minister says that Egg
land only wants the freedom of the Oar
danelles.
The alleged poisoning of Oliver D. Jewstt of
Bartlett proves unfounded, an ANALYSIS of the
contents Of the stomach by Prof Carmichael
OF Brunswick, revealing no poison.
@. Q. Perry, a carpenter of North CONWAY.
was thrown from lumber team, Saturday. and
both legs were crushed beneath the wheels.
Amputation was attempted, but he died before
ii was completed.
A special to the Savannah News saws the loss
of the steamship Agnes off MOSQUITO Inlet.
Florida, will prevent the postal commission
from going to Havana. They will return to
Washington at once.
At Sontb Wallingford, Vt, Saturday night
shooting affray occurred ON account of an
old feeling bstween a resident of that nlaca
and the Beamley Brothers of Dandy. Fatal
results are feared.
AT Washington Saturday, Cephas Jones,
Soloieo, convicted OF outraging Florence p.
Smith was sentenced to 80 years Imprisonment.
at hard labor in the Albany, N. Y, Peniten-
tiary.
The London Post says that the Canadian
Parliament has passed the bill authorizing and
confirming the scheme of an arrangement of
the bonded debt of the Southern Railroad
Company and it has been assented to and is
binding upon all.
John McCoole, the builder and well known
New York politician, is bankrupt The North
American Life Insurance Company holds
mortgage to the extent of $780, 900 on bis pro-
perry ana there are judgment creditors to the
extent oil S3O0,O00. Assets are merely nominal.
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Shipments00o bbs -four 20 600 bush wheat. 26. 900
bush corn, 5000 bush oats

bush corn, 5000 bush oats
CIScINEArl; April g.. Flour quiet and unchanged.
Wheat dull; Red at Is g 100. Corn is quiet at Al
Rye quiet and steady at 81 q &c. Bailey in fair de-
mand good to choice fall 40 "a &c., Pork quiet at 10
Laru Is IN good demand; current make 05 q 07A;
ketue aG a " u. Bulk Meats are steady; shoulders
%; clear rio 0; clear sides 81 Bacon is scarce and
firm shoulders AZ; clear rib 65 clear sides at 81 "a
.. wmskey steady and IN fair demand at Oh. But
unchanged.
Live Hogs steady and firm common at 20 "a 345;
get a. AZ q % e lo packing at 50 so; butchers
head. N' 'A-P' avn
rMILwAUKEE, April 6.-Flour quiet and steady.
or eard nr' closing steady: No Milwaukee 10
April; l2s seller May; No Milwaukee 1 OF. Corn
is quiet; No 2 at 42c. Oals dull No at 2iic. Rye
NNG at 5sse Barley-No Spring at Sc q 56sc for
April. Provisions dull ana nominal.
hecelpts-7,5 800 bbls flour, 81 900 bush wheat
Shipments 900 bbls -four, $4,000 bush wheat,
and LOT, ApriI Flour is steady with fair de-
manu- saies 5uo bbls White at 25 Wheat is lower
extra White Michigan at 321;No White Michigan
l 3o3 Corn firm; No Mixed held at 43Ic, Oats are
Mixed. wv 1 -0A >''
Recepts-140O bbls Flour, 1900 bush what. 1000
bush corn, 400 onsD oats
Shipments 200 bbls -FOUR LOCO bush wheat 1900
bush corn, 1000 bush oats
BALTIMORE, April 6.-Cotton il ouiet: Mddling
uplands l0sc.
updling lands at 1Oc. A''N
AUGUSTA, April 6.-Cotton quiet and firm; Mid
ding uplands al 90 q 9sc.
GALVESTON, April 6.-Cotton is firm; Middline
uplands at 10c. =
lands 10sc. ~
uplands 10ic. a''
u NoRFoLK, April 6.-Cotton frmer; Middling mp
lands at 10ac.
s4vAENAH, April 6.-Cotton steady; Middling up
, WILMINGTON, April 6.-Cotton is quiet; MiddliD,
, MosiLa, april 6.-Cotton is quiet; Middling up
LOUISVILLE, April 6.-Cotton is steady; Middlin
upands 1Osc.
CINCINNATI, April 6.-Cotton steady ;Middling I'D
lands lOsc. "P
lands 10. a' e ny
NEW YORK; April 6.-Cotten nominal; Middlin
uplands at 9-l6c.
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PRESIDENT HAYES.


congressman Foster Defends the Admi l.
isfratiOn.
NEW YORK, April Cit is stated that at the
nesting OF the national Republican committee
PRESIDENT HAYES was bitterly treated By Logan,
Gorham and w. E. Chandler, and defended nv
Congressman Foster. The latter, in response
to the query "What can we say to the people
for the Administrations replied, with a good
deal of warmth, This is what you can say III at
the administration has been in power year,
and there has not been single scandal con-
nected with any department. of the govern
ment. This is more than can be said of apy
previous administration for forty years. The
administration is honest. Nobody accuses it of
Jobbing ltis respectable. and no matter how
much people may criticse, no one ascribes its
mistakes to dishonest motives. Its appoint
ments have on the whole been good, and its
business efficiently performed"
He then took up the Southern question and
described the situation at the time the Presi-
dent came in office. He asserted that instead
OF the Republican party having been DESTROYED
IN the South by Hayes, it wa. already dead in
every Southern state when the present admin
lstratlon came into power,
MT. Foster contrasted President Hayes's
Cabnet with that OF President Grants, and a
long array OF subordinate officers who had proy.
81 incompetent or unfaithful and reiter atedltbat
no scandal of any kind had been fixed on anv
OF President Hayes's appointees.
In regard to the proposition to break with
the Fresl1ent, ne denounced it as ShOrt-sehted
aud suicidal. He warned those who wers criti-
cising the President severely, that the people
would certainly attribute their hostility to per
sonal disappointment in regard to patronage.
and they would look upon the present as ad-
ministration with honest purposes, and upon
those in Congress who were opposing. as
probably sore-heads.
The proposition that the party and its state
and congressional conventions, and the address
of the congressional committee should rspu.
date the President, and in fact read him out of
the party, was opposed by Representatives
Hale, Page and Phillips, who while they had
nothing to say for the administrator, Gid not
see how anything was to be gained by adver-
tlslDg the differences between the President
and the party. They said it should be their
uuty wnen the congressional committee is Or
canned, to make an honest, earnest effort to
Dtlng about an understanding between the
PRESIDE MT and party, and to induce the former
10 ace 10 harmony with the latter If this eff
ioit iailed, then they would be in favor of con.
sidering the party Ignoring the President. and
pushing the camprign in the fall with all possi-
Die vlgor, Iney were opposed to auy attacks
upon the PRESIDENT from Republican ranks
thinking it bad enough to have to carry narty
burdens without his help. fA'''
The construction of the Cabinet was STRANGELY
objected to, and several members of IT, incIndy.
ing Schurz, were denounced as imnrsctjcabIa
men who were not Republicans.
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LONDON, April 6-12.3O P. M.-Consols at 81 1916
Tor money and "a 1915 for account.
:. LONDON, April 6--123O P. M.-American securi-
ues-ondted states bonds, CTS, 1885, IS at 1868
4ss, at 1O4; 1O-40s, 1064; Erie log.
LONDON, April 60 80 P. M.-Consols at "a Ills
for money and 94s for account
Bullion Withdrawn from the Bank of England to-
day was els, 600. ~
tIvehrooL, April 6-12.3o P. M.-Cotton active
ana nrmer; Middhng uplands at 1915; do Orleans
at sales 10000 bales, including 1000 bales for
12,7OO American WV" OA-''' -A''"NANs
Futures l,32 better delivery at 1882; April
and May 81; May and June 1916,
Flour at 70 a 26 6; Winter Wheat Of 11,01,se.
SPRING do 10 9; California averages lis a IL q;
e.no u g "a; Corn 26; Peas at 81 Provisions,
&c-Pork at %; Beef at 50 6. Bacon at 81 "a 28 B.
Lard at 81 3. Cheese GO. TalloW 80. At London.
Tallow 80 3. " " '
PARIS, April 6-Rentes 1857 zoe.
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How a Party of EmiGrants were swim
died by the Venezuela Government

NEW YORK, April 6-Twelve Prussian
families numbering A persons arrived here
yesterday from Venezuela. They are part Of a
shipload of $40 who went there some time ego
under promise of six months provisions, several
acres of land They were furnished the % assage
by the Venezuelan government end embarked
per steamship Caraba from Antwerp, the 18th
of September, 1876 The contract was not
fulfilled by the government and lis died and
300 remained in Venezuela. They assert that
the ground allotted to them was located on a
high mountain, and that coffee, rice and sugar
were the only products, and that they were ig-
norant of the methods of raising them. Not
being acclimated the SIX months of the rainy
season threatened to endapger all their lives.
In consequence they came to New York anx-
ious to obtain employ ment from the commits
sioner of emigration. They do not speak a
word of English and are very destitute. The
emigration commissioner will demand their
support from the steamship company which
originally brought them from Europe. They
are solicitous for their unfortuate companions
left behind 10 Venezuela, WHO are sickcniug
and dying day by day. Although they have
little strength and spirit left in their weakened
bodies. they have sutficien energy to curse the
MAJ who lured them from their native land.