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ALEXANDRIA, June 21.-The Western powers
have iuturr demanded the remuVai OF the Khediye6
two sons, hnssein aud llas,an, lrum Egypt
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American "star" SON Capsules.
Blue wrapper Best Avoid Inferior capsules oftsred-
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80 terribly from chs ami Frveri chinkalyptas eurss
every case. Sold by druvsists cverywhere,-AdS.
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Aliens Brain Food nervous debility and re sstors.
lost powsIsi tL Al dTuaSStA Ansnk SI3 IAI Ay,--AH
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Then followed long list OF checks on tho
Ocean National and various other banks for
small and great amounts, aRgregating the sum
OF tt29 i7279 Among these were the cashiers
check OF the Exchange Bank. payable to order
d. II. Martin. PAYABLE to himself. for $4,000;
ono drawn 10y c. s. Stevenson, payable to him
self. on the Ocean National Bank, for "a 600
The $4,000 check OF Martin and the 4OOO
check OF Stevenson were paid on Saturday.
June 90. 1869. In addition to the checks
Capt JourdAn's list shows that the rob-
bers returned sundry coupons 10 the amount
OF $3.50 Ocean Bank bills t47G. currency
SAL aud memoranda OF tho United States
Treasurer showing there WAS due the
Ocean National Bank for mutilatnd currency
redeemed. fi 900 OF the securities returned
10y the robbers, according to the above list. the
2ll bonds Of the Washington, Alexandra and
Georgetown Railroad wore claimed by the Pres
ident OF the bank. The total ince value OF the
cash and securities returned by the robbers
was t277, ,O22 20.
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TX.

The Ocean Bank had been a prosperous nsti-
tuition. II was originally chartered as "A State
bank. and for many years had the confidence OF
n considerable portion OF the business commu-
nifty and a wide circle Of correspondents ID.
Randolph Martin had Tor fourteen years prior
TO the robbery been the esldent, and some OF
the oldest and most reliable merchants OF New
York were stockholders. In 1865 the bank was
reorganlzed under the national banking laws,
and became the Ocean National Bank. Corns-
lus S. Stevenson In Jul OF that year was made
friend OF Hugh McCuoch, then Secretary OF the
Treasury, From an oary age Ill 1856 ne had
been connected with u bank at Lawrenceburg,
made cashier OF branch OF the state Bank at
Indianapolis, OF which Hugh McCulloch WAS
President He held ths position till 1861 whom
ho was appointed a payniaster in the army. He
held tho paymastership till 1865, when he re-
signed 10 become cashier OF the Ocean National
Bank. He had known Martin as far back as
1880 The capital OF the bank was tl.OOO,O0O.
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XVII.

The following letters, written by Davis to
Frost and lngersoll show how closely he was
connected with all this rascaly and how deep
dicate which had been organized ut his sugges-
ton to swindle the stockholders and depusitors
OF the Ocean National Bank. They currobor-
statements OF MIR. Frost. which are summarized
nhnNn.
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VII.

In the trial OF the suit Of the First National
Bank Of Lyons, Iowa. to recover $50 600 ot spe-
cial deposits with the Ocean National Bank. al
legged to have been lost by the robbery. Cashier
Stevenson furnished as part OF his evidence
for the defence the two following exhibits:
srArEHESr oAsmER sEouRrri,s rIEEs br ROB
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]
RKcEUER or THE OCEAN NATIONAL BAEE or rHE
CIR OF NEW NORk. 10 NAssAu sTRlEr

ChdA Ro.t EsQ, Chi0lQo III
Ny DEAR slR Yours OF the 18th inst duly 10 hand
have seen the parties named by you and laid before
them your claims to the position OF receiver They all
say that had you but inumAed TO Ingersnll you
would take H. they ungersoll ncudedl would have gone
Tor you, but a. you SAID nothing and agreement
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N v.

The bank struggled along for eighteen
months after the robbery and then failed. In
III" mean tims Martin resigned and Stevenson
WIS elected President. The failure was an
nounced Dec. l3. 1871. and Theodore NJ. DAVIS
WIS appointed receiver. Davis formerly lived
tn the West. but by political or other influence
managed TO secure the appointment OF receiver
ol the National Bank OF tho Metropolis ut
Washinston. D. O., This bank failed in 1866.
suffered severely by its failure The misdeeds
of lts officers have never been fully known, be-
cause the Treasury Department and Repubi-
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xii.

From 1868 TO 1878 there we're several organ
lied gangs OF thieves operating in and from
New York Every man Of the different gangs
was known TO the detectives. Their habits and
manner OF working were well known.
One OF the most dangerous OF these organ IA
tiOns furnished the men to rob the Ocean Ma
tonal Bank and TO exchange into money the
half million dollars OF negotiable securities
taken from It's vault William j. Sharkoy WIS
member OF this gang. He was the connecting
link with the Tweed Ring. lie is the son of u re-
spectacle man, who is prominent member ot
an uptown EpiscOpnlian church. At an early
age no was a pickpocket. and became familiar
with criminals. At the beginning OF the rebel
lion he had acquired capitaland opened several
gambling houses. In Il few years he had one
on Broadway, one in Prince street and another
nenr Jefferson Market. In 1867 he fitted up at
2U2 Broadway one OF the finest billiard saloons
In the world, and expended more than sl5,0U0
in its appointments and adornments His
gambling houses and the billiard saloon at 2O2
Broadway were the common resorts OF thieves.
and especially the rendezvous OF the gang with
which he was connected, He made great deal
of money. logitimately and illeg Ultimately.
by his business and his connection with
his criminal associates. He became a
power In Ring politics, and was intimate with
Judges, lawyers, legislators. and statesmen"
OF the Tweed type.
II was first determined to have the Ocean
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VIZ.


are IA follows: Cashier Stevenson in his list
OF securities taken by the robbers gives 800
900 OF Portage Lake ana Lake superior snip
them in his list OF stolen securities belonging
to the bank. Callender Bank Examiner, in his
report TO the Comptroller OF tho Currency gives
as missing securities belonging To the bank
800 900 nominal value Portage Lake and Lake
SuurriOr Ship Canal Company bonds worth
500 900 President Martin in his crOss-eNan-
nation in the cuse OF Smith, Randolph Co.
against the Ocean National Bank speaks OF
f2OO.UOO OF these bonds having been stolen.
$lOO.OuU OF which belonged TO the bank. The
list Of securities returned bv the robbers does
not INCLUDE any OF these bonds. The cashier
gives United States COUPONS stolen the prop
erty OF the bank, sl0.l20. The Bank Examiner
in his report gives $4,000 coupons MS missing
property OF the bank. The robbers, according
10 Jourdans list, returned $3.50 Of these
coupons The legal tenders ana national bank
notes properly OF the bank stolen are reported
by the cashier as S3S7O2 Tne report Of the
BanS Examiner gives II like amount OF cash
snort. Tho robbers returned, according 10 the
OH cial list. t4l currency. Tue amount OF specie
uSrn by the robbcrs Is gwen py tnp cashier al
$l43I-the property Of the bank. Calender re-
ports none as lost Tue robbers returned none.
The total loss to the bans. Cashier Steven
son says in his circular, WIS $3S. .3ll ,68 Calen-
der reports the actual loss To the bank by the
rOhDory tl72. 30. The cashier says: " The
difference between the amount stated by him
(Calleuderl as our actual loss and the item men
Toned above by me is accounted for by cash
items tmemoranda and Vouchersl received by
US out OF the trunk returned 10 the police oiil-
GERS by the robbers" But the robbers returned,
hfNhIhlhk W bilNlh ilHAs ibhh " llI n'NuIl-
tos mentioned 10y Calender. only $3.50 OF
coupons and t4l IN currency. And by the
cashiers sworn statement OF cash and securi-
ties taken by the rOhbers belonging 10 the bank.
OF which only tl23.50 were returned by the
robbers the loss 10 the bank was $50 27550.
But this IL not all. The robbers returned
memoranda OF the Treasurer OF the United
States showing f4 800 due the Ocean National
Bank. The cashiers list OF property belonging
to the hank taken by the robbers docs not in
clude this item, Neither does Il include Logan
Mineral and Manufacturing Company bonds.
b. W. Low Manufacturing Company stock, Ber-
gen OIL and Coal Company stock. Michigan
Central aud North Indiana Railroad stock, or
Union Pacific kallrond bonds. The list of So
$50 OF these BocuritleS,
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Somebody promptly opened communication
with the burglars. The robbery wis discovered
Monday morning. June 2S. aud Tuesday night,
June 20. a small trunk taken from the vault OF
the hang WIS left by confederate In front
of 2 Elizabeth street. where II WIS pointed out
10 PatrOllnan Donahue with this remark that Il
might contain the body OF an infant He car
the following report was made by Capt. Jour
dan 10 Headquarters: ,a.o
Capt JourdAn OF sixth Precinct reports that Patrol
man DonAhue Of his command, a. e;ib A. NJ brought "
the stAuOn small trunk uoa ATOan1 with eSTd. hAunG
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Gen T. Tngersol ~. Ckfsi1hi. OHIO
DEAR siR; After consultation with Frost Mason, I
have concluded TO 20 60 Chicago and Judge Drum
mond. II he - not there | shall follow him up We
thnk you ought In induce your brother TO oin me
Chicago on Friday morning Il leave tomorrow and
shall arrive Thursday nighp. or. II he can't that
ought 90 IL will never do 10 let the matter drag
on neither is II wise TO let Judge D. settle the decree
without interview with side Bob Ingersoll
had the last pull him; ou-h 10 show
and word for side. hope you your
join me at the Grand Pacific Friday, A. NJ not,
please telegraph me there. Very truly.
(Signe6 1HKo. NJ DAvIa
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The bank owned the building on the south
east corner oil Fulton and Greenwich streets.
and occupied with It's business room, Presl-
dents office, and vault the first hoor The
vault WAS built Of granite in large dressed
blocks and lined outside and inside with i've
plates Of heavy boiler iron. II had three com
partnents and three doors. Tho first door was
q iron backed 10y heavy steel plates. and held
b. extra strong bolts projecting into each lhmb
aud secured by Covert combination lock. Inc
second door was iron, fastened by duplex
Yale lock- This lock had two keys; the first
threw the bolts into the recesses In the door
lamhs and the SECOND locked the bolts. The
thlrI door WIS lnch-nnd-h-quarter IRON, ana
Eeeured by n combination key lock. Butterworth
No 3. Back OF this third door were two large
sales, one a Bacon and the other Marvin
burglar proof In these two sales were kept
the cash ana securities Of the bank. The pay
Ing teller Mr.. Clark. had charge OF one. and
tho receiving teller. Joseph Lyons. the other.
snd in addition the hird vault door The ssr-
ond vault door WAS IN the custody OF the porter
aud the two nrssenRrrs The Key thHt threw
the bplis was hung upon the easement Of the
door, aud the one that locked the bolts was Kept
~ tnr drawer Of the desk Of one Of the assistant
clerks in the bank room. The fret or. outer
yauh door was always locked and unlocked
nlsrnatoy by Edward and William III. Dunn.
ne TWO messengers Of the bank. The Cashier.
Horhellus y. Stevenson. and the porter. Joseph
~; Martin. also had the combination.
o., he basement room OF the bank building was
.oI Iselofal years occupied BY the Globe InsuI-
aloe Company. The President Of the bank. D.
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In the list OF securities taken by tho robbers.
as made out by Cashier Stevenson. the amount
OF the so shares OF bank stock. of the 800 shares
OF gas stock and railroad stock is not given.
Without these items the list foOts up. In nom-
nal value. f76S. .S19.7A.
The nominal value Of securities left by the
robbers, according 10 Mr.. Steyensol's list. is
81 ,SO6.95S.
OF the securities and money taken by the rob-
bers. Mr.. Stevenson. In his testimony In the
snme suit. stAtes that the following belonged 10
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According to his own figures the assets ought
TO have realized. after deductng all expenses
have not. according to Mr.. Davs's accounting.
The stockholders. instead OF receiving n div-
dend OF fifty per cent on capital OF 81 100000.
not only received no dividend. but have had to
pay si00.000l
What has become OF the $500 900 which ac-
cording TO Mr.. Davis's estimated value the as
sets OF the bank ought to have realized in ex-
cess OF its liabilities Among the assets OF the
ka Coll
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holders and correspondents Of the Ocean Ma
tional Bank. dated July g. 1869, says:
BY the recent robbery, Of which you have doubtless
heard the actual luss 10 the bank Ia money So Sil &
Below u report ot the Government Bank Examiner
dated July ls69 The difference between The amount
stated hin actual loss ard the items mentioned
above by H accounted ier by cash items nnenorandA
and Nouchrrs received bf out OF the returned
the uoce ofcefs the toners All evidences
OF Indebtedness a. this bank remain intact
The circular proceeds TO claim that the bank
has surplus lund OF fli5.0OO. and that its net
profits Tor the last SIX months were $50 1896
aud sulcits a continuance Of confidence in its
stability and management.
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Bonds Of the Lake Superior and Portage Lake
Canal Company, par value =, -. se7eooo
GsilrOsd Comp ny par value ...'.,.,' 25eooo
road Company par value - '...,......'.. 5000
75OD OF choice lands IN Illinois valued at 1000
Coal and Iron Company OF west YIrginia... 10000
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
Grains of Gold.

Men. like bullets, go farthest when
they are SmoothcSt.
1t is good to he deaf when a slandercr
begins to talk.
The gay soul of dissipation never had
a thought unselfish.
The best sort of revenge is not to be
like him who does the injury.
The wisest of men is he who has the
most complaisance for others.
1t is astonishing how keen stupid peo-
pie are i'll discovering aflronts.
Good will, like a good name, is got by
many actions and lost by one.
Books are embalmed minds. Fame is
4 flower upon dead mans heart.
Think not of faults committed in the
past when one has reformed his conduct.
Surely half the world must be blind
they can see nothing unless it glitters.
A man who can be flattered is not nee
essarily fool, but you can always make
one of him.
To know how to listen is great art;
it is to know how to gain instruction
from every one.
Live on what you have; live if you can
on less; do not borrow, for vanity will
end in shame.
The affection of parents is best shown
to their children by teaching them what
is good and true.
A good report fingers on its way, but
bad one flies straight where it can do the
most harm,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
ORPHANS, COURT.

| The STATED MEETINGS of the Orphans Court Of
| Cecil county will be held on the SECOND TUESDAY
in every month Executors, Administrators and Guar.
dams wanting their accounts stated will please bring
in the vouchers q few days before Court.
REUBEN D. LAMAR,
sf.r
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
MIR. MARCY's DEATH.

A few years after this, Mr.. Marcy was
residing at the Hotel Sans Souci in Ball
stone Spa, i'll the summer, and my family
were guests i'll the same house. The
alarm was given that Mr.. Marcy was
dead. lie had just come in from walk,
and lying down upon the bed, expired
The room was soon filled with the board
ers. a physician was summoned: and he
searched for signs of life. and asked one
of the ladies of my family to place her
hand over his heart, as her more delicate
touch might detect its throb. All was
still. His eyes were open and she closed
them.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-05-24
NO POLITICS..
THE SABBATH,

The Sabbath at the White House was
wholly devoted to such pursuits as would
mark Christian home in New England.
No company was received. We went to
church twice. The reading and CONVEX
sation were i'll keeping with the day. In
the evening | had a long conversation
with Mrs. Pierce on the subject always
uppermost in her mind-the boy that
died. She told mc-but | cannot feel it
to be proper to write the words of fond
mother, whose life was bliyhted in the
hour of her brightest hope.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce have been dead
several years. King David said. when
his boy died, - shall go to him." They
have found their boy. IREM.Eus.
National Republican., 1879-05-31

TO tho Editor of the National Republican:
SIR: l see in your issue of last Wednes.
day that Mr. Chalmers, of Mississippi, has
sent to Governor Stone to prevent the proposed
steamers from taking away the coored people
who arc waiting on the banks of the Missis.
sippi for transportation to st. Louis and other
places where they desire to 90. Now, sir, here
is exactly what happened thousands of years
ago--history repeating itself to the letter
When the Israelites wanted to leave Egypt they
were forbidden; when the first born ofthc Egyp.
tiaus were slain because they were so forbid
dcn when they thrust them out and said
haste, get away, or we be all dead men. Last
year the yellow fever came and slew the
Southern people, and for time they We're
humble but the hand of God being stayed for
u time, they have assumed their arrogance
Now, sir, the yellow fever may come or may
not come again this summer, but this much
will surely come if they continue to prevent
the people from leaving, and that is, they will
rise up as a man and slay their oppressors aud
tcrmentors, and who can blame them? Then
will they say to the negroes, us the Egyptians
said to Israel, haste, get away or we be all
dca men. A NEGRO.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 90.
National Republican., 1879-05-31

When it became known that one of the rich
est California bankers had left the Pacific coast
and transferred his base Of operations TO the
New York Stock Exchange all the shrewd
fnancicrs watched his course with keen inter.
est to sec how he would succeed. The result
mas cmphatcally proved the wealthy bankers
sagucity. Besides having much wider and
more promising field to operate in, he is known
to have been in several stock combinations that
paid immense profits. BY tho combination
method of operating in stocks Mcssrs. Lawrence
& Co., bankers. New York, unite orders Of thou.
sands of customers, in different sums, into one
vast capital, and operate them as mighty
whole, dividing profits pro rata among share
holders every thirty days. Capital in any
amount from $40 to 100000 can be used with
great success in these pools. Twenty-Five dol
lars would pay 800 profit. Five hundred dol
lars would make 5000, or 10 per cent on the
stock during the month Mcssrs. Lawrence &
Co.'s new circular (mailed frce) gives two un.
crring rules for success" and full particulars,
so that any one can operate in stocks and make
money. Stocks and bonds wanted. Govern
mrnt bonds supplied. Apply to Lawrence &
Co., bankers, 81 Exchange Place, New York.
National Republican., 1879-05-31
HOME AFFAIRS.
CITY NOTES.

Good board and rooms at tho Holly Tree.
-Turco. Russian aud sulphur baths, 903 l.
st. II W., cures and prevents malaria.
Silks, Satins Damasso Grenadines, Bunt.
ings, and Fancy Dress Goods Mt Burdette's,
Seventh street. between | and X.
Excellent drip coflco served with those
sumptuous twenty. y.fve.ceut meals at the Bay.
ard House, corner Tcnth and L streets.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to rob
Marshal Douglas house, near Unontown,
Thursday night, by cutting the Stats of a win.
dow.
Mr.. Kuhn, one of our prominent music
dealers was made happy yesterday by the ar.
rival of the fourth of his promising quartette
Of boys. His wife is doing us we'll as could be
expected
Mrs. Lottie Beaslcy, of No 422 Eleventh
street, had her pocket picked yesterday of a
purse containing $3.50 and n check for $40,
while standing in front of a store on Pennsyl
vania avenue between Ninth aud Tenth streets.
- AND So PANTS TO ORDER, STYLISH AND
DURABLE EISEMAN BROS, CORNER OF SEW.
ENTH AND L STREETS
National Republican., 1879-05-31
SOMETHING new; zero hat. Stinemetz, 1887
Pennsylvania avenue.


Tho International Typographical Union.
The twcnty.cighth annual convention of the
International Typographical Union will be
called to order next Monday morning at
Franklin Legion Hall. About scventy.llve
delegates, representing a majority of the
unions in the United States aud Canada, arc
expected. Most of them will have arrived in
the city by tonight The reception commit
tee, appointed by Columbia Union No. lOl and
Prcssmons Union No. l. of this city,
have already arranged n programme of
entertainment. Tomorrow the delegates
will be treated to ride to Airing
ton Heights Tuesday all the delegates
will be invited to an excursion to Mount Yer
non, where collation. will be spread on the
lawn. The event ofThursday will be drive
to the Soldiers Home, with banquet at the
Schuotzcn Park The convention will proba.
bly, last five days. The president and the cor
responding secretary arrived in the city ycster
day morning. and are busily engaged in arrang
ing the business of the convention.
National Republican., 1879-05-31
Popular carpet house, Julu, Lansburgh.


Yesterday morning Mr.. Ignatius Dyer a
well.known carpenter and builder of George
town, met with serious accident. He had
taken the bride from his horse when, for some
reason, the animal started up ON lively Iun.
Mr.. Dyer seized hold of his name, endeavoring
to stop him, but was dragged for half a square,
when he was forced by exhaustion to let 60 his
hold, and fell heavily on the cobble-stones. He
received an ugly scalp wound and fracture OF
the collar bone, but no internal injuries. The
attending physician states that no serious re-
| suits need be apprehended.
officer Hess yesterday arrested an individual
well known as Skies Walker for cruelty beat
ing colored youth Of simple mind, simply be
cause he was unwilling to be teased by a bully
ing white man named Graham.
National Republican., 1879-05-31

The case of Patrick Mcnamara and others,
indicted for committing an outrage upon Miss
Maggie NJ. Cheney, in March last, was con-
tinued in the Criminal Court before Justice
Hagncr. The defense examined the following
witnesses: William Forsythc, Isaac Bcckman,
Morris Roach, Esmeralda Richey, Dennis Con-
nell, George w. Hardness, Lieutenant John f.
Kelly, Dennis OBrien, Dennis Fitzgerald
George Loutner, indicted MS Lowry; James
O'Neil Mrs. Ellen Nash. Margaret Caughton
Michael Connor, Margaret Solin, Mrs. Mary E.
Butler, Joseph Dannahcr, John Gleason, and
Henry Madison. Without concluding the evi'
dence, the court adjourned until to-day.
National Republican., 1879-05-31
Ritualism in the Episcopal Church.

BALTIMORE May 3O.-In the Protestant
Episcopal Diocesan Convention to-day the con.
sideration of the reference of the canon intro
duced yester day by Mr.. Albert iorbidding rt-
ualisms not authorized by the pIayer-book
and rubrics, was resumed and consumed the
whole morning and afternoon session.
AT the session tonight the consideration oil
the canon was not resumed, and after the
transaction of routine business the convention
adjourned until May of next year.
National Republican., 1879-05-31
Getting Down to Hed-Rock.

A fresh lot of superior cigars has just been
received by NJ. Goldstcin, GIL Pennsylvania
avenue, under Metropolitan Hotel, including
several thousand Rcgaia dc Ia Reys and Dukes
Motto Londrcs. The former are sold at the
rate of twenty-five for 81, or "a per hundred,
and smokers will find them equal in size and
quality to the grades of cigars ordinarily sold
elsewhere ut the rate of three for II quarter or
ten cents each. The Londrcs, like the Dukes
Notices. are made from La Coquette cuttings
u trile smaller in size but of u finer selection
of tobacco. If Goldstein keeps on he will yet
give us ante.war priccs-two Havana cigars
for five cents See his card under Special
Notices."
National Republican., 1879-05-31
The Eruption of Mount Etna.

CATANIA, May 3O.-Fresh craters have open
ed on Mount Etna, endangering Blanca Villa
Randazzo and Castigiore. Clouds of ashes
overlang Piedmont, which is in almost total
darkness.
ROME, May 3O.-The latest advccs from
Randozzo report that craters have formed on
two slopes of Mount Etna aud double erup-
tion is proceeding. The Aunale and Catauia
hcpn done