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The Appearance or a Clear Case OF
Wht-eWRsh In the Chicago Custom
house Frauds.

CHICAGO. June I'm the custonhouse
construction cases to day Judge Dyer occu-
pied three hours In delivering his charge to
the Jury. He reviewed the evidence as of
fered, and the authorities referred to relating
to conspiracy to defraud. Shortly after three
o'clock the jury entered the courtroom with
a verdict OF acquittal of all the accused.
This result was expected. and has been sug-
gested IN these dispatches. 1t would seem
that, as all the points charged in the indict-
ment of fraud upon the government to the
extent of over eight hundred thousand dol
lars, were not disputed, the jury accepted
the theory Of the defense that responsibility
rested not upon the officials, or upon the con-
tractor, but upon the hundreds OF laboreIs
EN- ployed upon the work. This was the the
cry set up 10y Assistant Secretary French in
extepuation and apology upon preliminary
report made by the government officers here.
Chicago has for public building a pile of
rotten stone, and the feeling Is not one of
~ of
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Paris, June 7: Blapoui has been pardon,

Paris, June z: Blanqui has been pardoned.
Philadelphia, June z: Arrived-Steam-
ship Illinois, from Liverpool.
New York, June Z: Arrived, steamships
Mosel. from Bremen, and State of Alabama,
from Glasgow.
London, June z: Lord LOTUS, governor of
New South Wales, left to-day for his post,
UiG the United States.
ST. Petersburg, June z: The trial of Salo-
vief has commenced at Fortress Peter. All
the proceedings are secret.
st. Petersburg, June 4 A special commit
tee has gone to Astrakhan to investigate the
disease which has broken out among the Tar
tars.
New York, June z: Gold shipments to-
dag, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
for the week, seven hundred thousand dol
lars.
Alexandria, June z: The British consuls in
Egypt have been ordered to report on the
condition Of the country and the alleged OPP
PRECISION of the people.
London, June 2: Oxford will confer the de-
gree of d. G. L. on Lord Dufferin, Hon. Will
liam Henry Smith and Ivan Touregnef, the
Russian novelist.
London June z: Divers recovered the
the Hamburg American steamship Pomer-
rama, sunk by collision on the night of No
vember Is, 1873, off Folkestone
San Francisco, June Z: The workingmen
nominated Clytus Barbour for congress in
| the first district; rescinded P. ]. Harper's
| nomination in the second district, and placed
E. B. Williams, of Eldoradu county, instead.
London, June z: A Vienna dispatch says:
The excitement at Now Bazaar on account
of the projected Austrian occupation has in
creased. There has been an encounter be-
tween the Turks and Arnauts near Ipek, AL
bania, in which, according to Turkish re-
ports, sixty Arnauts.were killed"
| New York, June z: Veterans of the late
war and their families, numbering about six
| Thousand persons, had a free excursion up the
Hudson to-day. Northern blasts came down
| laden with the frosts of last night, bat over
| coats, shawls, creature comforts and vigorous
dancing made the affair enjoyable.
Berlin, June z: The bundesrath, including
| the representatives of Prussia, have approved
| the proposal of Bavaria that no reigning
| German shall become governor of Alsace and
| Lorraine. The bundesrath has approved the
| treaty with Samoa. The consideration of
| the railway tariff bill has been postponed.
st. Petersburg, June z: The supreme tri-
bunal has declared Alexander Salovieff guilty
| of belonging to a criminal association the
| object of which is to overthrow the state.
After recapituating the facts of his attempt
on the life of the car, the court sentenced
| Salovietf to death by hanging, after depriva-
| ton OF his civil rights.
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One of the Privileges OF the Bar.

San Francisco Bulletin, May 9th: The
State supreme court yesterday rendered a de-
cision which is of interest to attorneys
throughout the State. 1t has been customary
from time lmmemorlal for courts to request
attorneys to defend impecunious prisoners,
Notwithstanding the fact that no pecuniary
allowance is ever made for their services.
Judge Clark, of Sacramento, requested a
young attorney of that county to take charge
of the defense in a case of this kind some four
months ago, but the lawyer declined the hon
or, seeing that there was no compensation
attached 20 it. The refusal was adjudged
contempt of court, and a small fine inflicted.
Yesterday the right of the court to compel
the attorney to undertake the case was argued
in the supreme court upon writ OF hdbeGs
corpus The decision was against the at
torney, aud it may therefore be regarded as
now settled that courts have the right to de-
mand such services from members of the
horf -
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Occasional ReIapses.

New York Tribune: ''The Benjamin
Hunter, of California, the public admins
traitor of Sacramento county, who bribed two
men to murder an old bachelor without rela-
tives, in order that the estate might come by
process of law into his hands, suffered the
penalty OF has crime yesterday, in company
with one of his tools. The trial of young
girl, who has been in the habit of smoking
and carrying pistol, and who shot a school
mate dead tor loving another girl, began yes
terday in Maryland. In this city. on Wednes-
day, the body of woman was found who Is
supposed to have hacked herself with razor
until she was reasonably confident OF bleed
ing to death, and then to have lain calmly
down to die On the same day two young
women were sentenced to the penitentiary
for throwing vitriol with a desperately good
aim. The world is getting better, no doubt,
but now and then it has frightful relapse"
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years she was able to read and showed few
of the infrmities of age up to year CT two
ago. Her memory was good, and she re-
lated many stories of events which occurred
at the close of the last century. She was
born on June Ia, 1777- She lived on the
the homestead until 1888, when the family
was broken up by death. She then removed
to Matawan, where she bought a house and
lived for many years. Twenty years ago she
went to live in the house of Mr.. Ezra Os-
born, who married her niece. Two years
ago, when the parents of Ex-Governor Bedle
celebrated their golden wedding, Miss Dor
sett sent them an original poem. Miss Dor
sett saw George Washington, and used to
relate how her father was arrested by British
soldiers, In spite of the effort of his slaves,
and taken to this city, where he was impris-
oned in the old sugar house. Her death was
simply from old age"
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Auother Russian Opttmist,

New York Evening Post: "The optimistic
reporter of Russian affairs, who attracted at
tention by his positive assertions by telegraph
some time ago, has appeared In New York
in the person of Minister Stoughton. At all
events, while individual identity may not be
established there is a remarkable coincidence
of views. Mr.. Stoughton says that all re-
ports of Russian troubles are exaggerated, and
some of them are wholly without foundation.
st. Petersburg is tranquil, and, speaking gen.
orally, the people are In love with the car.
Mr.. StOughton asks if it Is possible that they
can believe this nobe-hearted man to be a
born tyrant.' We hope not. We hope, fur
ther, that Mr.. Stoughton is not mistaken
about the Russian situation; but ten to one
the next nihilist who comes along will con-
tradict every word he says. Assuming that
he is entirely correct, it is a pity that the
minister did not take pains to convince the
emperor of the truth, and SO prevent some
measures, which, to say the least, are rather
odd to be enforced by benign and amiable
ruler against contented and loving subjects"
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Wsuen's Growing Independence OF the
Men.

Perhaps" says tine Boston Transcript,
at is because of the growing scarcity of avail
able men, perhaps it IS because of the increas-
ing independence of the fair sex-whatever
the reason, it is a fact patent to all who fire.
ouent places of amusement that ladies ven
ture abroad in the evening without male es-
corts far more frequently than they did ten
years ago, and it is greatly to the credit of
our city that they can do SO with IMMUNITY.
A lady would hardly go out alone of an even
ing; but if accompanied by another of her
sex, especially if one of the pair be tolerably
along in years--lt IS not necessary to give ex-
act fgures-both feel comparatively safe.
The result Is that young men are not quite
so much of a necessity as they once were, and
are made to feel that they are no longer in
dispensable. Time was when young man,
simply because he was a man, was permitted
to feel that he was very important creature,
but now that male escort can with propri-
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A BRACE OFLIARs.

Rev. DR.. Turner, of st. Louis, the colored
preacher who has been making common
cause with General Conway-thst other liar,
who was kicked out of Louisiana for his deal
ings. as carpetbagger-in sermon before
the New York conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal church. delivered last
Sunday before large audience in the Town
hail. Jamaica, Long Island,
Made a statement that forty-sx thousand of his
people in the south had been murdered since the
wal and that in Georgia his native State and other
pats of the south where he had Travelled extensively
ss hook agent he had seen coIored men left on the
road ide dead for several days and unburied. The
writer Interviewed him yesterday on this subject and
he reaffirmed his previous statements, and added
that the colored people of the south In districts
were afraid to bury dead niggsrS," because they
would thereby forfeit their own lives and the white
folk would not bury them until compelled to do so
for sanitary reasons He confirmed the stories of
migration and emigration and said that he and Dr..
Stanford-the most eloquent colored preacher the
sOuthfavOred emigration atog from this land,
whose government is not able to protect It's citizens.
he characterized such government as a sham and
as deserving the wrath OF Almighty God. He pre-
dlcted that blood would flow In the south again with
In ten years on the negroes account.
1t would be difficult for even Turner to
squeszs more deliberate falsehood into q
smaller compass We do not believe he
could do it, even with that other liar, Gsn-
eral Conway, to help him. But the reverend
colored orator evidently does not mind lyiD g.
During the interview, of which the above is
an extract. he fatty contradicted this raw
head and bloody-bones statement by asserting
that
He was amazed at this difference that existed be
tween the negroes of the north and of the south.
The former have no life or push in them. They
seem to wait for the white people to do something
for them, and they wait in vain without energy or
ambition. The colored men of the south, on the
other hand are full of aspiration and hopes. They
are much more go-a-headitive than their brethren
| here. and northern conference of cOlored men
confer nee. ''And," added the doctor, 1--WE in the
south demand rights under the constitution, aud
| If we don't get them we make a noise. We are de-
! termined to let the country know that are here
and that we have some rights and privileges here
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At Miss Betsy Dorsetrs Grave.

New York World: 1.-The funeral OF Miss
FL zAbeth Dorset. the grandaunt of Ex-Gov-
ernor Bedle, OF New jersey, aud who died
on Saturday evening, aged one hundred and
one years, eleven months and fifteen days,
TOOK place 5esteiIay az MievHieto"ni new
twenty years of her life. Hundreds of peo-
pie attended the funeral and followed the
remains to the old Dorsett homestead at
Bethany, near Middletown, where Miss Dor
sett was born. There were present two ex-
governors besides Mr.. Bedle-Joel Parker
and William A. Newell. The announce
ment of MISS Dorsett's death followed closely
upon the announcement that preparations
were making to celebrate with unusual cere-
monies her one hundred and second birth
day. She was one of the best known resi-
dents of Middletown, and her relatives and
friends were in the habit of going to that
place every year to assist in the celebration
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-08

The senators from Rhode Island are very
much chagrIned and mortified, as they ought
to be, because Senator M'Donald has pre-
sented the memorial of number of hon
orably- discharged soldiers and sailors of the
United States" who have been dismissed
from the Providence customhouse, and their
places filed by Civilians, with one exception.
They say, also: "For long time the inter
ference of Federal officers at the polls, at
town, city and State elections, has restrained
nen from the exercise of rights guaranteed
by the constitution. -" Such is Republicanism.
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Railway News.

CHICAGO, June The Journals Quincy,
Illinois, special says the negotiations which
have been going on between Jay Gould, on
the part of the Wabash railroad, and the
owners of the Quincy, Missouri and Pacific
railroad, have resulted in the lease of the
latter to the Wabash for ninety-nine years.
The officers Of the Quincy, Missouri and Pa
ci6c will at once sign the papers. The old
company will finish the road TO Milan, Sulll-
van county, Missouri, and the Wabash will
extend it at once to a point beyond Albany,
to connect with the North Missouri, now
building to Omaha.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-08

London Examiner: 1.-The Zulus are the
celeetials OF South Africa, the word Zulu
signifying heaven. Their reputation as d
warhke race dates from Chaka, who became
early lntiamsd with the ambition of rivaling
Napoleon Bonaparte. While omte a vonth
he fell IL with some English sailors who had
been cast ashore in st. Louis bay, and from
them he heard of the victorious career of the
great Corsican. He vowed that he would be
a conqueror, and he at once set 10 work to
fulfill his vow. When, in 1925, he heard for
the Iirst time OF the overthrow of the French
empire at Waterloo, he complacently re-
marked: Yes, see now, there are only two
great chiefs in all the earth. Nv brother,
King George, hei king of all the whites. and
l, Chaka, am king of all the blacks. ;"
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ETY. be dispensed with on occasion, he has
been made to descend from his high horse.
He was wont to impose his cheap horse talk
and slang on his lady friends, and was per-
mitted to parade his conceit and Ignorance,
simply because he was a necessary evil; but
times have changed all that, and he now Of
ten finds that unless he can command respect
by his knowledge, his character or his gen
tlemauly department, his room is considered
more desirable than his company. All of
which is having an excellent effect upon the
average young man of the period"
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ALL hotels should be fitted with the APP
paratus so long in use at the Gibson house,
Cincinnati, by which the water closets are
connected with the furnace of that establish
ment, which, creating q superior draft, draws
into the FIRE. there to be consumed, all the
foul gases which permeate the sleeping rooms
of other hotels, to kill by the slow process
usual to all deadly poisons. And let US add
that all refuse from the kitchens should be
cremateG IN the furnaces.
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WE learn that Captain Felix Robertson,
formerly of this city. but at present of Los
Angeles, California, is a candidate for re-
corder of that place with very fair prospect
Of being elected. Captain Robertson was for
one term tax-collector of Memphis, in which
position he gave the utmost satisfaction. He
was also for many years connected with the
Memphis and Charleston railroad In a very
responsible position and made for himself
reputation that any good man might envy.
Captain Robertson's friends will be glad to
hear of his success and rejoice that he has
won so fast upon the affections Of the people
of his new home. We hope ne will be
alected
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FROM the GreenYiIle Nsscs we learn that the
success of the Piedmont manufacturing COM
pany. of South Carolina, is unsurpassed any
where in the Union. The pleasing feature
of these mills is that within few short
years this. enterprise has been projected, com
pleted and successfully operated without
halt or disturbing element in its progress;
and it shows now over half million assets,
and no bills outstanding and unpaid for
construction, supplies or anything else per-
tanning to the coat of the property.
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Deaf GentIy with the stomach.

OeGA UenIAy Win the StOHnacns
II 1t proves refractory, mild discipline is the thing
to setit right. Not all the nauseous draughts and
boluses ever invented can do half so much to rem
edy its disorders few winegIaSsfulls-Sa three
a day-Or Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which will
afford it speedy relief, and eventually Danish every
dyspeptic and bilious symptom. Sick headache,
nervousness, sallowness OF the complexion, fur upon
the tongue, vertigo, and those many indescribable
and disagreeaole sensations caused By indigestion
are too often psrpetuated by niudcious dosing. An
Immediate abandonment Of such random and IL
advised experiments should be the first step In the
direction Of cure; the next step the use Of this
standard tonic alternative, which has received the
highest medical sanction and won unprecedented
pOpularity
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PITTsBURG, June 7.-At meeting of the
iron manufacturers this morning the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That under existing circupi-
stances we deem it inexpedient TO further
comply with the unjust demands of the
boiler-makers.
To-day number of firms signed the Ave-
dollar puddler scale, and it is thought that
the majority of the mills will be in full opera
ton Monday. Several firms have taken adj
vantage Of the strike to make repairs, and
will not be able to resume work for some
DAYS.
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plete and beneficial than even that of Roche
fort is the system of publication by fire.
May we not hope that here is to be tested,
on a scale that will silence all dissenslon, the
only method of cleanliness that is absolute,
the only measure of sanitation by which sew
ers can be dispensed with, and our rivers be
saved from pollution-cremation?
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a social Scandal.

LEBANON, N. H, June A social scan
dai here is causing intense excitement, which
has attained such magnitude that violence
is threatened by the infuriated citizens, the
parties implicated being leading church mem
bers. The difficulty arose through the alleged
forcible separation of Della NJ. Winter from
her husband, George G. Winter, by the father
and mother of the wife. The parents refuse
Winter aimittance to his wife's apartments,
and great indignation on the part of the citi-
zens prevails. A company of masked men
recently visited the residence of the parents
at midnight, and the town authorities were
compelled to station large force Of special
police at the house to prevent a row.
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A Railroad Train stonned by Insect

Reno New Gazette: zone cricket would
stand poor show trying to stop railroad
train, but millions of them can do it, as was
proved Saturday night The western-bound
emigrant train No. 6 met an army of crickets
at Clark's station, about fifteen miles west of
here, that night, and was detained two hours
and half trying to get through. To make
the passage the train men were finally forced
to take brooms and sweep the insects off the
rails. The crickets covered the track for
about three miles, and when the driving
wheels of the engine struck them they would
whirl around without going forward an
oh
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THE Washington Star, journal friendly
will be no vetoes of the bills as proposed by
the Democratic caucus on Thursday. Some
Of the stalwart Republicans are anxious for
more vetoes, and predict them, but 1t is posi-
lively asserted that Hayes will sign the bills.
He is, however, very unreliable and uncer-
thin
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The Grant Increment.

The New York Herald does not agree with
those who declare that the Grant movement,
so-called, Is failing. ''Whatever there has
been of the Grant movement" says the Her.
aid, remains still as active and as keenly
anxious for success as ever, and it will con-
tinue until after the Republican convention
in 1880 has met and nominated Mr.. Sherman,
or Mr.. Blaine, or MIR. Hayes, or Mr.. Wash
burne, or whoever it may fix upon, and then
will begin a new Grant movement for 1884. :"
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The Methodist church, south, has pro-
cured subscriptions for two hundred and
t1enty-one thousand dollars of the three
hundred thousand dollars necessary to rescue
the publishing house at Nashville from its
creditors. The remaining seventy
thousand must be taken by the first of July
Or the whole scheme fails.
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SUNSET Cox expresses rather confidently
the opinion that Sin all the aosurdities of
mankind from the fall of Adam TO the rise OF
nihilism, there hiss never been such a comedy
OF errors as our system of oaths."
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no yellow-fever this summer or fall. But
should it unfortunately make its appearance,
the APPEAL will promptly announce the first
appearance of the dreaded enemy. In the
meantime we advise all not to heed the SEN
sational gabblers.
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Mrs. HaVea.

Bridgeport Standard: "Mrs. Hayes went
into executive session the other day, intro
duced a bill providing that the President
should wear his hannes until the first of
June, suspended the rules, moved its third
reading, had it engrossed, demanded the pre-
vious question. passed it by one majority and
sent it to the President for approval."
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-08

The erection of statue to Thomas Paine
in st. Louis, is characterized by Bishop Coke
as "hyena worship" Isn't the good bishop
thus laying himself liable to the charge of
playing the jackal?
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NEW York Bapk Statement

NEW YORK, June Bank statement
Loans, increase, LOSS, 300; specie, increase,
$211, 300; legal tender increase, $I,O31,
400; deposits, increase, 1929, 300; circula-
ton, increase, sos, 400; reserve, increase,
$940,375 The banks now hold 81, 97S, 675
in excess OF legal requirements.
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The Cost OF a AEustache.

Erening Telegram: "a Boston man, thirty
two years after the event, tells tor the frsI
time how the Washington bank. in that city
refused him discount in 1847 because he
wore mustache, and imagines that the pub
lie will believe that this was the real reason
for the discredit of his paper. Clever fellow
that old Boston bank-president must have
been to invent so original an excuse"