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Catoctin clarion., 1878-10-24
A CONTRADICTION.

Some of our readers might become
a little prejudicel against New Zeal
and by what they read in our last
paper of five Wesleyan missionaries
beng murdered and eaten up by the
natives Of that island. We are E lad
to say, therefore, that the story is
officially contradicted. 1t is hisor-
ical fact that in times past the New
Zealanders were addicted 10 cannibal-
ism. Awful stories were told years
ago of good missionaries being very
prominent on the bill of fare at their
great banquots Travelling statesmen
and others were consequently y not dis
posed to crowd that country much 10
solicit trade and show their samples.
But New Zealand has of late years
improved in morals and taste. Truth
and civilization are on the advance.
So is trade. American canned goods,
beef, oysters and vegetables, are find
ing their way to all parts Of the
world, ana it is no longer dangerous
for Jealous missionaries to 60 over to
New Zealand.
Catoctin clarion., 1878-10-24
THE OLD STORY.

The great failure Of the Bank OF
Glasgow, Scotland, with its lively
branches, has produced panic and
widespread bankruptcy both there
and in England. The failure is now
ascsrtained to be the result of dishon-
est management, bad loans and cor
rupt praetices going on for years.
The officers and directors must OF
course have been very respectable
men Of good standing in commercial
circles. 1t is the same heart-slcken-
ing story with which we have been
made SO familiar during the last five
wears in this country. The story OF
men who did not intend to do any
wrong, but who used other people S
money as if 1t was their own, and
suelaadered it in stock speculatlons or
extravagant living, plunging widows
and orphans who had trusted them
into poverty. A prominent broker
failed in New York last week. An
other broker now charges him with
robbery of stock which had been
loaned but which he sold as his own
to the extent Of 100000. A hereto
fore respectable cashier aOsconded the
same day confessing that he was de-
faulter in $4,000. lie had lost it
dealing in stocks on Wall street.
When shall the end of these things
be? 1t rscd 10 be a common thing
to designate the roughs, rowdies, the
picbpoekets, thieves, gamblers and
burglars of our cities as "the danger
Gus classes But the most danger
GUS class of to day seems to be the
respectable men who are made guar
dians Of tho money or property OF
others but who use it ald lose it In
speculation.
Later accounts say that the inyes.
tigation of the Glasgow Bank failure
presents such a terrible picture OF
crime and ruin as to be without pre-
cedent. 1t has almost paralyzed man
nfacturers and trade. The officers O.
the bank have been arrested.
Catoctin clarion., 1878-10-24
COnstabIe's Sale.

d virtue of writ of Ficri Facias, is
- sued by Henry Stokes, one of the
Justices of the Peace of the State Of Ma
ryland, ia and fov Frederick county, at the
suit of Thomas Fraley & Son against the
goods and chattels lands and tenemants
Of Israel Eylcr and Alfred Eyler and
others, to me directed, l haye seized
and taken in execution ali the right, title
claim, interest and estate. at law and in
equity of the said Israel Eycr and Alfred
Eyler, in and to all that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Frederick county,
about -four miles west Of Emmltsburg con-
tanning Thirty One Acres of Land more or
less, about II Acres cleared, the balance in
thriving young timber, adjoining lands of
DR.. A. Amman, Jacob EYler, Martin V. b.
Eylcr and others, and known as the DER
Property, and hereby give notice that on
the 9th day Of November, 1873, at ! o'clock
D. M, in front of the Wctscrn Maryland
Hotel in Emmitsburg, will offer for sale
the said property SO seized and taken in
execution, by public auction, to the high
est bidder for Cash.
WIN, II. ASIIBAUGH,
oct II 3t Constable.
Catoctin clarion., 1878-10-24
TRUSTEE SALE.

10y virtue of n decree Of the Circuit
ID Court for Frederick County, sitting
rs a court of equity, passed in Il cause de-
pending in said Court between John ROuZ-
cr VS. James ID. Daughcrty and others, the
undersigned trustee. will sell at public sale,
in front of Glbcrt's Hotel, Mechanicstown,
Md, on
Saturday, November 8, 1878,
at 2 O'Clock, p. m., the following property !:
A lot containing
6 ACRES, 8 ROODS, & 10 PER.
ches of land, and living about t mile from
the Mechancstown Water Tank, adjon-
ing the lands of Edward Baxter, Kunkcl,
Sigmound and others. The improvements
consist OF
A GOOD LOG DWELLING,
stable, spring house, and other out build
ings. A great part of the land is in good
condition with fine growing fruit of differ
ent kinds A fine spring of pure mountain
water and a branch run.ing through it
that never fails.
Terms Of Salc.-Ouc. half Of the purchase
money to be paid on the day of sale or the
ratification thereof, the residue In one year
from day Of sale, purchasers giving their
notes with approved security, bearing in-
tcrest from day of sale. ale.
oct 10 Is Trustee.
Catoctin clarion., 1878-10-24

ing J. 800 pounds.
A colored man, near Vienna, is the
father OF 81 children.
Joshua Street, of Hartford county,
raised on three acres of ground i45
bushels of wheat.
The Patapsca -four mills, at Eli
cott City, have purchased this season
about 100000 bushels Of wheat, the
product of Howard and adjoining
counties.
The watchman at High Rock, Wes-
tern Maryland railroad, has been dis.
charged for charging FIVE cents ad-
mission to the observatory.
There were lO9 deaths in Balti-
more city last week against l39
deaths for the corresponding week of
1877, and ll6 for the corresponding
week Of 1876.
On Wednesday morning Mrs. Slim
mel, an aged lady,, living at Elys-
Vile, Howard county, died suddenly
at the residence Of her son.ln-law.
Mr.. Milton G.. Urner, republican
nominee tor Congress, and Capt. Fl.
G. Naill, of Frederick CITY, addressed
republican assemblage at Rockville,
Monday night week.
A dying man in Burlington crawled
out of his bed, dragged himself to the
rocking chair, pulled the tidy down.
rolled it up, end sat upon it; and died
with sweet smile of triumph light
ing up his face.
Edward Con1on the released Fenian
prisoner, will visit Chicago in few
weeks, and the Irish people are pre-
pairing grand reception for him.
A male bear in Belgian geological
garden recently got mad with fema e
companion in his cage, tore her 70
pieces, and was on the point Of becom-
ing cannibal, when the corpse was
snatched ont Of the cage. The quar-
rel occurred at their dinner table.
Surgeon Woolworth, Of the Marin e
hospital service, has appointed Co lonel
Hardee, of New Orleans, sanitary
engineer on the commission to inquire
into the cause Of and spl cad Of yellow
fever.
The grand jury in tho case Of
Frank Basse.t, charged with the MUIR
der Of one Weinbacker alias "Stntter-
ing Jack" in Connecticut last July,
retuaned a true bill against him Oh
Friday last He pleaded not guilty.
A fire in one Of the buildings Of the
Ha, tford foundry and machine com
pany, Hartford. Conr., Monday Nor
ming, caused loss Of about $4,000.
During the fire Chief Engineer Eaton,
Of the fire department, fell through a
skylight and broke both wrists, his
nose and jaw.
D. l.. Moody, the evangelist, preach
ed twice Sunday in his Chicago Dave
nue. church, morning and evening.
Among the passengers on the
steamer BrlttAnic, from New York to
Liverpool, on Saturday, was James
Gordon Bennett. A large party OF
riends was on he pier to see him oft
nnday morning.
Professor James D. Woodruff Of
the Woodruff scientific expedition
around the world, is in Washington,
having recently returned from Europe
where he purchased steam vesse for
the expedition. This vessel, which is
called the General Werder, is Of
5000 tons burtEen. She is an iron
screw steamer, and was built by
Caird g. Co., at Greenock, on the
Clvde. One hundred and forty stu
dents have already enrolled their
names for the expedition, and Mr..
Woodruff expects to have two hun.
dred by May, the time fixed for start
ing.
Catoctin clarion., 1878-10-24

A cat bit llrs. Crttenden, Of Mid
dletown. Conn, two years ago. She
was strangely i'll for time, and has
since been almost helpless, her ner-
yous system being thoroughly disar-
ranged. She cannot speak without
stammering, and some Of her symp-
toms are like those Of hydrophobia in
lmiIl form,
Catoctin clarion., 1878-10-24

ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK
"a neatly executed at THIS OFF ICE
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
sick sfHs.

We are heartily tired Of the despond.
co. talk We occasionally hear IN somC
quarters. These grOWlsFs are con,
slaully declaring that Vicksburg can Dc
nothing that there lS no unanimity Of &C.
tlon here, etc. Ifthsss people will turn
out now and attempt 10 rent q house
either for business or TO reside In, they
will 6nd II quite difficult to secure one
New buildings are going up ell lhC
time, and VlckSburg iS growing stead
| lily, yet there are few desirable houses
10 lei. We have one of the fnest com,
presses In the South, and our CottoE
Exchange is doing good service. Yet
these same cr0Akers thought that these
great benefits could not be secured
This year 10 promising. 1t Is very
probable that an immense crop will be
raised, but the few GROWERS predict
that nothing can be done to increase
our means OF control over the crop
produced near here, and our facilities
Of transportation with the adjacent
country. OF course II we make no at
tempt and spend our time in growing,
nothing will ever be done. But we
say something can be done. We point
to what Vicksburg has done, and 10
her bright prospects in the future.
We point to what neighboring
towns are doing. Natchtz is slowly
but surely stretching out her beautiful
and useful nArrow.gauge through JEFF.
fsrson and Claiborne; she has already
finished her cotton factory and its
fabrics have found ready sale on
the market. Greenville has built q
nArrow.gauge out To Deer Creek, and
It is even now doing very pretty bus
iness. Even little FriaTs Point is busy
building narroW.gauge, and it will
soon be running TO Clarksdale. Port
Gibson, by q vote Of 1876 to 30 has Just
agreed to donate forty thousand dol.
lars 10 the VIcksbnrg and Ship leland
road 10 secure lie completion to that
thriving town, yet some few, BY their
talk, greatly discourage those who wish
our city TO strive for two tap.rOAds that
will be vast benefit 10 us all and our
discendants forever. Is 1t not time, in
Heavens name, for Us ell 10 make an
effort2
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
The Attack On the JesuIes.
New Orleans Plcayune.l

New orleans Plcayune.
The correspondence between Capt.
Eads and certain gentlemen connected
with the towboAt companies concern
ing an alleged scheme to obslruct the
South Pass channel through the jetties,
had the effect of bringing out an An.
swer from the person against whom
the charge was made. That answer
leaves In 9 state Of uncertainty the
question of responsibility, but, taken
in connection with the original letters,
1t seems TO settle one point, and that is
that there was scheme, or plan. or
purpose, on the part Of somebody to
throw an obstruction across the jetlies.
The project was for q commander of
one OF the tOwboats 10 ground q large
vessel on The bar In such position as
to obstruct the channel.
Il would be entirely superfluous 10
sligmalize an act of this kind as II de.
serves. ANY quantity of epithets could
not exaggerate lite turpitude. In fact,
1t is crime Of such magnitude that
merely to name II Is TO excite the
horror and indignation OF an outraged
community. And yet 1t appears that
this crime was actually contemplated.
All the persons mentioned In connec.
tion with the melancholy business ad-
nit that much. They differ only In
their testimony as to the persons or
by whom 1t was proposed and the per-
son or persons by whom 1t was con-
demned. The regular towboat party
took The initiative by charging Mr..
Black with having conceived and sug.
gested the project, and claim, on their
side, that they reproBaled and frus.
trated II. They certainly bad the ad-
vantage of the offensive-whatever that
was worth. Mr.. Black does not dis.
claim q knowledge Of the project. He
does not content himself with simply
denying the truth Of the charge as
brought against himseli, but be retorts
1t on bis accusers. He admits that be
knew ell about the scheme. He was
present when it was proposed; but II
was proposed, be asserts, by the other
party, and was condemned and finally
frustrated by him. The testimony 10
now simple balance. The public do
not know whether the plan emanated
from one side or the other side OF this
controversy, or both. But they have
the admissions OF all sides that there
was a deliberate purpose on the part
of some person orpersOns occupying q
most delicate aud responsible relation
toward the commercial public to do an
act which involved the possible sacrifice
of the Immediate property conGded to
them, and the most disastrous con.
sequences 10 the interests of the port
of New Orleans. 1t will not do 10 let
this thing go without such inquiry as
will fix the responsibility where ii
properly belongs. We cannot afford
that the great commercial interests Of
this city shall be at the mercy OF per-
sons who can coolly and deliberately
cOnsplre against them, aud W no, In the
pursuit Of private gain, or for the
qualification Of personal resentment,
are willing to commit actual crime.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

Copy Of Hrs TIlson's CORfessiOR
-HF. BseeheF's Denial.
Mr. Ira B. wheeler
Ny DEAR SRA few weeks since,
AfieT long months Of mental anguish, !
told, - you know, Q few friends whom
had bitterly deceived, the charge
brought By my husband Of adultery
between myself and Rev. Henry Ward
BeecheF was true, and that the lie !
had lived so we'll the last four years
had become intolerable to me. That
statement now solemnly reAfirm, and
leave the truth With God, 10 whom,
alec, l commit myself, my children,
and ell who must suffer. ! AnoW full
well the explanations that will besought
by many for this acknowledgment
"A desire 10 retS 10 my husband,
insanity, malice, everything save the
true and only 0Ge-my Quickened con.
science and sense Of what is due 10 the
cause Of truth and justice. During all
the complications Of these years you
have been my confidential friend, and,
therefore, | address this letter 10 you,
authorizing and requesting you 10 se.
cure its publication.
ELIZABETH 4. TILTUN.
BRooKLYN, April 10, 1878.
Frank B. Carpenter, the artist, In an
interview this afternoon, stated that
there was no doubt about the genuine
ness of the letter. Mr.. Ira B. Wheeler,
he said, had been the legal adviser ana
confidential friend OF Mrs. Tilton ell
through the troubles. Lawyers Shear
man, Morris and Pryor refused 10 be
interviewed.
Mr.. BEECHER STILL DENIES TIE BUsI.
NESS.
Mr.. Beecher was out of the city 10.
night when Mrs. Tilton's letter was
made public, and his whereabouts are
not known save TO q few friends. The
New York Tribune telegraphed him q
copy oi the letter at Q late hour TO.
night, and received the following dis
patch in reply from Mr.. Beecher:
WAvsRLY, N, Y, April 10.
Editor New York Tribune:
l confront Mrs. Tilton's confession
with an explicit and absolute denial.
The testimony to her own innocence
and 10 mine, which for four yearS she
has made 10 hundreds in private and in
public, before the Court, in writing and
orally, declare to be true. The allie.
cations now made, in contradiction OF
her uniform and unvArying statements
hitherto made, | utterly deny. | de-
clare her 10 be innocent Of the great
transgressior.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
CoNKLING INTERVIEWED.


The NSu YsFk Senator ThIakS TIE LOuls.
lana Electoral BaFaals ls Bouna 70 Do
ExpoOsd-Hayss slrsssIY 0OaouHOSd-
hOW Tlltss weHId hsvs bees Seated IL
Certain CoRtlageaelss.
NEW YORE. April 1.-THE world
publishes q six-c0lumn interview with
Conkling, Of which the following 10 Gn
extract:
"Well, Senator, l would like to know
whether you think the true history of
The Louisiana Electoral business will
EVER be told 10 Congress, and II 60, how
Mr.. CODklipg paused q moment,
then began very slowly, warning up
with hie subject as be proceeded:
Yes, think It will; | do not see how
It can be kept down. There are loo
many avenues of information opened
to-day 10 make concealment OF avail
much longer. No reasonable man can
doubt but that there was come kind of
bargain between the friends of Mich.
oils and that man Hayes, and that
Stanley Matthews and Sherman were
priVy to H. A very great many peo.
pie have become exceedingly curious
to know precisely what the bargain
was, and exactly how II was carried
out, and Yankee ingenuity will be sure
10 nnd some means of getting at IT,"
What will be the result 2"
"The result will be that the whole
country will be appalled, by the die.
honor Of this Administration. l tell
you, sir, that never in the history of
this Nation has there been in the en-.
Tire four years OF en- ADMINISTRATION SO
much corruption, bartering of Offices,
rewardiDg Of political favorites,
rafhc with political leaders, and
bargain and sa!e Of the electoral fran.
chiee, as during this past year. People
will not believe until the proof il
shown them, but the proof will be
forthcoming. People cay that Hayes
ls good man aud mesns we'll, Dut
they do not know what they are talk.
ing about. When ell the facts are
known about this Administration no
one will attempt to excuse the man on
account of his supposed goodness, nor
yet because be is weak and ignorant"
"The point Of peril was not in the
South, but in the West. II was under.
stood tha! the Republican lesders had
determined 10 have Vice.P President
Ferry count The votes at all hGzardp,
aud declare Hayes elected The West
determined on resistance. II was 10
be no child's play in that section.
General Stsdman had seventy thou.
sand men enrolled and assigned 10 reg
lmenis for the purpose OF seating Til.
den In Office In case Vice. President
Ferry carried out his proposed pro-
gramme. You may look asionished,
but these things are true. President
Grant was at his wits end; be con-
iessed 10 me that he did not know
what 10 do"
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

TEE great Radical leader, Senator
COhklIng, Of New York, haS opened
the vialS Of bic wrath on the President
Of last. In the dispatches this morning
apoFlIon Of an interview with Mr..
Conkling iS given, and the way he goes
for shat man Hayes" will furnish oil
with convincing evidence that the
President isn't distributing New York
pslronsge just exactly to suit King
CODkliBg. All that CoHkliDg has to
say abont the Louisiana fraud, except
60 fer a. It includes Gov. Nichols and
the Democratic leaders OF that State,
we believe 10 be true. Tnere 10 no
doubt in our mind that the States Of
LOuisiana and Florida were stolen by
the Radical leaders for Hayes; and
there u, no donbt In anybOdy's mind
that COnkling made the least attempt
to prevent the great thef. One word
from him ct the right time would hav'
prevented the great diShOnOr" hC
speaks Of, but thousands Of words now
will only prove that the Senator iS mol
getting what he considers q "fair d.
vide" Of the booty, We are reiOiced
that be fears the West.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19
Memphis Avalanche |

1emph.o ANalanche'l
II men ere 10 be executed for their
crimes, humanity suggests that they be
allowed the simplest and easiest mode
of death. The agony and the tortures
of the condemned murderer subServes
no good purpose. Enthanasia will,
sooner or later, be practiced by the
American people, and physicians will
be allowed 70 give an easy death TO the
ineuTably sick and MANNED. The con-
demned culpFlt should be allowed the
privilege Of selecting his own mode Of
death. DR.. John N. Packard, Of Pnila-
dslphia, In 9 paper read before the
members Of the Medico.Legal Society
In New York, revlves the question,
GHoW Shall the Murderer be Killed ~
and shows that there is really q feeling
abroad that hanging, with ell the hOr.
FoEs OF the gall0ws, as 8 means Of cap
ilal punishment, is repugnant. After
an exhaustive review Of the subject,
expressing himself as In favor Of the
death penalty, Dr.. Packard says the
present mode is baFbarous, sensational,
and repulsive In detail, and is made
90 e. much by needless carelesSnesS
and clumsiness, as anything else. He
would put the murderer TO death by
placing him In an air.tight room into
which caTbonic oxide, Q rapid narcotic
poison, iS 10 be injected. He made
the experiment with forty.lhFee dogs,
and the whole pack died within three
minutes. He had seen one die in one
hundred and five seconds, aud without
. perceplicle struggle. He did mol
present this as anything entirely new
except 80 fer as be had experimental
For such executions there could be ft-
ted ~ . cell In each one Of the city
prisons, aud to satisfy the public thai
the criminal was really killed, the cell
could be placed 10 charge Of disinter.
ested parties, II the man was confined
there. The other members Of the so.
ciety, Of which DR.. Packard is one
thought that the moral effect Of thel
taking Of would be fully 90 service,
able as that OF any other method o
killing, 60 far ss the method is con
cerned. It would be unproduchve o
struggle and non-sensatiOnal In all II
effects.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

CCEsREss is Of lest beginning 10 AeI
wisely about National finances. II the
demonstrations OF the Senate Fl
nance Committee are carried ont, the
resumption OF coin payments will coon
follow, and the resumption will DO per-
mantni. This will be accomplished
amply BY the Government bOaoring itl
pFOmISsory notes, just as 1t has always
honortd It's bonds. For nearly thir.
teen yeAFS lhe Government has refused
10 receive greenbackS for duties on Inn
porte, or 10 receive them in ez.haDga
for ito bOndR This was 9 great t..9., ,
and the country has suffered immense
u from Il. Now the Government pro-
poses to receive greenbackS at par for
silver, gold, for duties, and fer fOurpsr
can't bonds and they are legal tender
for ell private dsbts. 1t has but one
more step to take. II should quit
boarding gold, thus making 1t scarce,
and adding 10 II . fictitious value. Let
Il throw lts gold right in the face Of the
spoculaIoFS and give them q Lesson not
soon to be- forgotten.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-19

The history OF the alleged forgery,
for which Ex-Governor Moses, CT South
Carolina, was recently arrested In this
city, is given in the Charleston News
and Courier. In brief, It is that Moses
purchased, in January, 1877, at a jew.
elry store in Charleston, goods amount
ing TO 1916 in value, as presents for his
wife, on her birthday, giving in pay
ment note for that amount, indOrsed
by Josephus Woodruff. When the
jeweler went 10 the indorser for the
money, the signature was pronounced
g forgery. When confronted with this
charge, Moses said that Woodruff au.
thorized him to sign his name, but af-
terward he confessed that he had no
authority, and agreed to give up the
goods. He surrendered about SlO0
worth, and gave an order for the rest
of the money. The order was never
paid, aud none of the rest of the goods
were ever returned. II ls claimed In
South Carolina that there Is nothing
political In the arrest, as the transac.
tion was purely q commercial one. Il
seems to have been.-[N. Y, Tribune.