Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-06

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| a sinking fund "
iconelude, therefore, that the :. Market s.n,s.,
3Lo = water STOCK bonds require an annual
appropriation OF 5000 and out of their r.,Sp,e
| tiVe funds; that the twenty wear d Nor conf
| funding bonds and the Thirty wear ner cent
Ionding bends require such an annual appro-
/ ptiation as viii pay them AT maturity; and that
! lhe appropriations for the redemption OF the
! other bonds referred TO are left 10 the disrr,,
| ton CT Congress. Very respectfully,
| FRANCIS MILLER.
| ESCAPED FROM SITTING BrII--Ca2t. &. \.
/ Dempsey, OF the 2d infantry, with guard OF
! SIN soldiers, passed through Omaha. Wednesday
| night with seventeen NeZ PerceS priSonosk who
| came into Lapwai agency. Idaho. In two parties
| from Sitting Bun camp. The chief, Tauaba.
! and fourteen braves, who had a fight with gen.
! Wallace in the Bitter Root Mountains. are
among them. Tapabo was then reported killed.
1neSe men were With Joseph. and after his de-
1eat crossed into the British posse SSionS with
the chief White Bird, who still remains there
ne warriors state that Sitting Bull has great
NUMBER or WARRIORS but the NeZ PerceS braves
ale treated as slaves 10y the Sioux and forced 10
Go menal work. The prisoners viii be deliv-
cred TO Agent Jones. Of the Quapaw agency. at
Baxter Springs. Indian territory. and given
equal privileges of the reservation with JoSeph
and his band. j. Il. M0nteith. for eight wears
lIdlan agent al Iapwai. accompanies the parry
with three intelligent civilized NPZ PerceS who
so rs teachers for Joseph'S band They sustain
the statement of army officers that the Neg per-
ces are the most intelligent Indians on the con
tlnent. capt. Dempsey states that Lanwai is a
perfect Indian Arcadia. the LOO Indians on the
reservation being self-supr0T;ing with the eX-
ception tiiat the government furnishes agr.cul-
tural implements.
JEFFERSON DAVIS SrrECH At THE CONNER
tiAL CoNFENTioN.-ln the commercial Conyen-
uOh yesterday In New orleans resolutions were
ohered and referred. by MIR B. f Ianahan OF
loWa- recommending liberal appropriation by
congress for the improvement of the Upper
MISSISSIPPI, and by MIR Crane 0f rrxaS fof
increasing the silver dollar 10 its fan Value and
fcSerIlng Ii a legal tender Nj Jefferson pa
VS. OF MISSISSIPPI. said not only did he represent
me state or MISSISSIPPI upon this inUortant cues
licii- pit every state bordering upon that great
nVer. There afe TWO import AM oiSt acleS to The
Improvement of the Mississippi river 10 be over
CoMc-the caNlng IN Of lis bannS and the over
now OF the same He warmly faxared the raso
lutlons. Railroads. he said might come. and
ranrCads might 20. but the Mississippi river
would How on 10 the enc OF time aud the rity
ol New nrieahS would ultimately become one OF
the mlShUcSt eIRHQriunlS OF the World-a cityof
commerce second 10 none among the nations.
I'VE New YORK CHAHBER Or COMMERCE YES
ttluay adopted resolutions r.; i;jIp1ting Congress
'o MAKE duties receivable in certified gold
cAtchs; III tlEor oi uniform rate OF postage for
printed serials and asking congressional action
tG colup.ete the Improvements uf Spuyten Duy-
NnctetA ana Harlem liIer. 80 that the waters
of tie Hudson river and Long Island sound may
be opened 10 navigation ar an early day The
subject of sensational reports OF sugar alulteT-
alton was discussed and n.-0lutiUaS atloDte1
calling Oh the board Cf health 10 ascertain III,
facts.
THE. NORTHERN PLAGuE.-whiie the yellow
IeVer is being Investigated AT the expense of the
treasury, II IL in order for medical men in this
pant OF the country TO devote their best eaer-
gles to the search for'the causes of diphthera
ms malignant disease numbers many victims
yearly in our great cities. where there is al
!t'tnt snow OF sanitary precaution; blt it is in
the smaller towns and country villages that its
laNaSeS nave made the very name OF diphtheria
as dreadful to parents as that of scarlet fever
itself. In single New Jersey school this fan
nfty- seven pupils cut OF SiXty-eight have been
attacked by il. Let the doctors put their heads
together anew and make fresh effort 10 wrest
It's secret from this mysterious and deadly
maiady.-iN. y. sun.
THANKS FROM NEW oRLEaSS.-A large mass
OF leading citizens was held in New orleans last
night and resolutions We're passed thanking the
people of the whole country i'm the WaTmacf
terms for the aid extended To The afflicted peo.
pie In the south during the yellow fever epl-
ueltllc. They declare that the annals of hu-
man suffering and human sympathy show no
parallel 10 the active beneyolence exhibited by
all classes OF our fellOW-countrymen towards
the city Of New Orleans in its late atfiicfioD Noi
merely were the naked clothed. tie staryin~fed
and the SEX and dying ministered TO- bpt o1r
darkness was cheered and our sinking spirits
sa sustained Dy charity which descended ike
some heavenly messenger. bringing healing on
its wings TO them that were ready TO perish.
BUSINESS FAILURE IN PRoyrpENCE.-Sacbett.
Davis q CO.. one OF the oldest and ne ayeSt man
ufactuiing jewelry houses In Providence, r.
mas made trust conveyance for the benefit OF
tner creditors. Their liabilities are about S2lo-
eto. The flrm estimate the value of their prop-
erty in Providence. Chicago, Newark and .Ter-
, sey Clty, NJ j. and other places at three times
The amount Of their liabilities. Unavailable real
estate is said TO be the chief cause of their EN-
barrassment.
\ MVSTFpJ0rS I'm,
Wednesday night. whilst Rev. DIR. Bull WAS
seated in his study in Trinity Theological Semi
nary; on Ninth avenue, the report OF pistol
was heard and ball crushed through window
pane, passing close by his head, lodging in the
wall behind. DR.. Bull hurried to the Window
lISt IN time to see man running rapidly away
whether the shot was all accidental one OF am
attelnpt 10 assassinate is not known.
THE UNITED STATES PorrER,s ASSOCIATION
closed its annual convention at Trenton. " j.
last evening. Much OF the discussion was upon
making ware or every description, and on the
protection which the Interest ought TO have in
the taTin- The delegates visited the Trenton
potterieS, and were entertained with a splendid
banquet by the potters of Trenton.
Nor CHARLIE Ross-Christian X. Ross only
added 10 his long list Of disappointmentS by his
Visit 10 T0Wanda, Pa. and has returned home
perfectly satisfied that the boy he was lured
tnlthtf 10 see Is not the missing Charlie.
ARRESTED FOR CHILD MURDER.-Catharine
llOiihidIl, d young woman VINO threw her new
born babe from the mail train below Altoona.
Pa. tuesday evening. was arrested at Pittsbure
al midnight. She acknowledged the child was
hers Her pitiable condition excited consider
able sympathy. and she will be taken care or
A ccronerS jury said the child met its death at
the hands of its mother
CoNGRESsMAS-EIECT 0'BRIEN DON'T INTEND
TO RESIGE.-A dispatch was received i'm this city
yesterday setting forth that .'some of the men,
bers OF The New York city delegation say that
1t Is probable that new election viii be held in
the 10th congressional district next fall James
OBfien, who was recently elected TO succeed
MI. Abram $. Hewitt, is reported as having said
that he only ran to show John Kelly and Tam
many Hall that he could beat them without any
trouble, and that he did not intend TO go to
Washington" MIR. O'Bren said last evening
81 intend 10 take my seat in Congress and re-
main there until the end OF the term. may
may hot he able TO make ffOwery speeches, but
] shall be able TO vote intelligently upon all
bills before the House, and shall vote. / do
not intend 10 make way for Mr.. Hewitt or any
other man."-[A.T. HOrld, 5th.
TROUBLES CONE IN FLOCKs.-An East Iitch-
field, Conn.,. boy, named Goodman, fell recent
Y and broke and fiSl0catai ht she