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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-22
INDIAN 8.


Tucson, Arizona. Oct. 21-A Silver
City, N M. letter says of the slaughter
on the 18th: Arriving at the scene of the
tragedy we found sixteen persons dead
We buried them. Five others. known to
have been killed, have not been found
No Indians about. A reporter has gone
TO Mimbres mountain. A bout so A pache
scouts, lately with Col. Morrow in New
Mexico, have returned to Arizona, their
time of enlistment having expired. They
refused to re-enlist This probably gave
rise to the rumor that the Indian scouts
had deserted aud joined the enemy. Gov.
Wallace is now at Lasvegas, 1t is now
believed that Victoria's band is trying to
go through by Burro mountains to New
Mexico. Col. Morrow says he has troops
enough to whip Victoria, but it will take
two months to do it. He needs a couple
of light howitzers Volunteers are being
raised at Mesilla and LasCruces. To the
fight on the 18th. MesilIa and LasCruces
company mum bering thirty were massacred
by 100 Indians. Only one man, named
Hicks, escaped. Stages leave here reeu-
larly for the east. as though there was no
trouble.
Los PINos, Col, Oct. 81. General
Adams special commissioners of the Inte
rior Department to effect the release of
the women aud children captured at the
White River agency, accompanied by
Court Dornhoff. of the German legation at
Washington. reached Ouray's house last
night. and came TO the agency this morn
ing. He leaves Immediately for the White
River country under an escort of fifteen
Utes. commanded by Chief Saperno.
Douglas is encamped about 100 miles from
here. 1t the women are given up, he will
probably return in few days. Chief
Oursy is doing all in his power to assist
Adams, and there is fair prospect that
the women will be Immediately surrender
ed on his reaching the Indian camp. A
runner, in yesterday. reports them safe
and kindly treated by Douglas
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-22
New Ork Market.

New YORK Market.
NEW YORK, Oct. %
FINANCIAL.
Gold 90
Money-G07
Governmente- Steady.
q. s. Bonds 6f8 cent 90'e 1881 ........ 105H
New 6e NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .1U3M
COMMERCIAL.
Wheat H01Hc lower; feverish and unsettled !;
No white b3 Dec.
Rye-Very firm.
COrn-Firm; 62H l63k.
Bar.ey-Firm.
Oats-Quiet; mixed western 421S 044; white 42K
046k.
Pork--Oull and unchanged.
Lard-Rather easier; @ 62H G6 65
Whisky-1 IS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-22
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
DIRTY BEHUErr.
FUN zzpose of HI. attentions conauo.

CHICAGO. Oct. 2I.-The Rezigio- Phil
osophicol' Journal for October 25th will
contain an exposure OF ID. NJ Bennett, a,
present in the Albany penitentiarg for
circulating obscene publications, and
whose pardon the Liberal convention, late
ly held at Cincinnati. demanded in series
of resolutions. The Journal says:
THE facts are ahat while Bennett was
laying claim to his right to be considered
a public teacher of better morals than the
prevailing Christian religion afforded, he
was endeavoring with beastly persistence
to obtain control of the person of q young
woman. who had touched bis fancy and
who had been induced to accept a sal
aried situation IN his Office, evidently under
the design on his part to obtain her con-
sent to become his mistress, The ad-
vances of the libidinous old Lothario pro-
Juced only astonishment and disgust on
the part OF bis intended victim, but in
spite OF her repeated protestations against
his course, che was made the object of
attentions that assumed the character of
villainous persecution. He boldly pro-
claimed to her that his home and wife
were distasteful to him; that his
love there had long since died. and that
she alone of women was the object OF
his undying 1--we 1t only added to his
unholy flame that she, who refused to
listen to him. bore an unblemished reputa-
ton From a mass of letters written by
Bennett to this young woman, abundant
evidence may be obtained to prove that
while he persecuted her under the
vilest i'm mpulses of his iewd nature, he still
knew her to be pure, and the testimony of
friends who knew her before, during and
since her business association with him, is
all strong in her cumBendation. Being
unable to prevail with professions of love
and offers to give the lady share iu his
business, Bennett discharged her expecting
that poverty would make her yield to his
prosecutions, That whatever may be his
proper grounds of omplaiut against the
court before which he was tried, and how
ever much many spirituaists and liberals
may have believed in him. being deceived,
no honest exponents of these parties can
longer acknowledge him to be their reore-
sentative; that while they will always stand
ready to contend for freedom of thought
and speech, they are not willing and will
not longer allow themselves to be under
stood as in any way countenancing a man
who, under the preteDse of teaching free
thought and spiritualism bides the char
acter of filthy rascal. "
The Efforts OF Bennett were so serious
that the young lady fed to friends in an
other State, where she now is.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29
appears he may confidently challenge any
other pedestrian in the world.
The Reoccupatton or Cabul.

The battles in Afghanistan, or rather the
British bulletins transmitted by the Vice
roy of India, bring to mind medi@val
fights in which armies contended all day
long and left nobody upon the field. Gen.
eral Roberts announces an overwhelming
defeat of the Afghans, resulting in the
reoocupation OF Cabul, achieved with Brit
ish loss of only thirty-three wounded and
fve killed, two of whom were blown up by
accident. Now, the world knows by Brit
ish experience thirty or forty years ago
that the Afehans are not contemplate
warriors, especially when infamed with
religious frenzy, as they are acknowl-
to reason. therefore, that the present Brit
ish commander exaggerates the battle OF
December % for reasons which we can only
conjecture, since trustworthy information
is suppressed by Lord Lytton's press regu-
lations. Either the Afghan attack was not
really SO formidable as he reports, or else
the Afghan forces have permitted Cabul to
be re-entered from motives pertaining to
their own system of strategy. whatever it
may be- If they had chosen to interpose
the resistance Of which they are certainly
capable General Roberts could not have
achieved that result without heavier loss
than he acknowledges. His first proceeding
after marching into the city was the seizure
of a lot of women, including Yakoob Khan's
mother and wife and Akbar Khans daugh-
ter, whom he forthwith imprisoned at
Sharpur. What does he intend to do with
them? He complains that the latter has
patriotically contributed a considerable
part of her fortune toward raising the
Afghan troops. A great many Southern
women did the like for the rebels in our
civil war, but we do not remember an in
stance of the arrest and imprisonment of
any one Of them by our generals for that
Car1ca
The New York herald., 1879-12-29
House. and therein he differs from some OF
his fellow passengers who had fewer pack
ages and more difficulty with them.


General Noyes, our Minister to France,
has been visiting Palestine, and the foreign
mails report that member of his family
came near drowning while bathing in the
Dead Sea and was rescued with great diff.
Guilty. Considering that three or four parts
of Dead Sea water on evaporation yield one
part of solid matter, and that a bather
standing erect rises breast high above the
surface, it must require extraordinary
ingenuity even for Yankee to drown
in the Dead Sea who preserves presence
of mind enough to abstain from reversing
the natural positions of his head and his
feet. The most serious danger consists in
strangulation by swallowing the strong
brine. The density of the water Of the
Great Salt Lake in Utah is not quite SO
great. A bather standing erect in it does
not rise quite so high into the air. The
southern end of that lake has been favor
ite resort for excursion parties from the
Mormon capital for thirty years, but we be-
lieve no fatal accident ever has occurred
there.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

We print this morning Mr.. Sala's narra-
tive Of landing at this port, and we find IL
very entertaining. Mr. Sala is livelier
than the Duke Of Argyll, his present
competitor in transatlantic sketching
but whether he is quite as conscien-
tious we reserve our opinion till he has
been here six weeks, the period of his
noble rivals stay. What ho writes about
the New York Custom House troubles us
little on this point. He remembers dis
tinctly that he took oath TO several things
which were represented to be needful to
pass his luggage, consisting Of ten packages,
but what they were he is sure he does not
know. benevolent old gentleman with
snowy hair handed him some papers and
said Swear" and he swore and had no
bother whatever afterward. Consequently
he compliments the New York Custom
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

Will people who select residences ac-
cording to neighborhood, appearance and
satisfactory floor plans, read carefully the
article under the head, ''Stand from Under r.
that we publish in another column to-day |?
It describes some buildings which will
probably be finished attractively and put
on the market for sale or rent, but the walls
of which, in thickness and appearance,
tell their own story to any one who
may be curious enough to examine
them. These houses show how much
risk builder will cheerfully impose upon
tenants who are not of his own family, and
to what extent some officials of the Depart
ment of Buildings are willing to assist in
this sort Of business, and the enraging rev.
elation carries it's moral with it. The
Building Department itself needs imme-
diate and searching overhauling, and if the
Legislature does not promptly act in the
interest of tenants as against builders of q
certain class, which class will increase
rapidly if let alone at Albany and assisted
as the department has seemed to assist
them, every city member will be guilty of
an offence compared with which raids on
the treasury are virtuous acts. GO look at
the walls.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29
The European storm.

We print to-day special cable despatch
from London telling of the verifcation of
another of the HEaALp's storm predictions.
The warning stated that unsettled
weather would prevail" instead of indicat-
ing the advance of a storm centre, because
the disturbances wero developed SO rapidly
that some of them were likely to merge
with one another while crossing, and reach
the British coasts as large depression
having several centres Of energetic disturb
ance. The sudden change in the weather
after the 26th proves the accuracy of the
warning beyond all doubt, and to judge by
the amount of damage done to railroad
property by the gales the weather was
decidedly unsettled" The rumored
loss of the British steamer Aragon at sea
will not tend to allay the fears for other
shipping that left port before the 9th,
but it is to be hoped that timely warning
was sent to the coast stations, so that small
craft were prevented from leaving their
anchorage in the face of the danger.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

The promise of the young negro Hart to
become one Of the leading pedestrians of
the world was handsomely fulfilled on Sat-
urday night, when the boy retired from the
track with five hundred and forty miles to
his credit. This far exceeds Rowsll's
famous five hundred and thirty, which
were considerably shorter than re-
ported, and approaches closer than any
other has done to Weston's famous English
record. The cause of Hart's success may
be sought in several directions. It is no
secret that most six-day pedestrians con-
ceive violent hatred for their trainers
on the second or third day, and by
contrariness and resistance lose great deal
Of valuable time. Hart, on the contrary, is
said to be very docile and obedient. and it
is worthy of note that Rowell's many sue
cesses ore in professional circles attributed
to the same cause. Hart has enjoyed the
great advantage Of O'Leary's advice and su-
pervision, and to the perfect walking
method of his master has addad fine run
ming gait peculiarly his own. Above all
things, however, the winner of last weeks
hnSc A"S oAA Aue"a PAyoAYuo AoA AoAB uASsoAcS
walking; he has stoutlegs. perfect back, full
lungs, a strong circulation. nerves that are as
easily quieted as aroused. and he seems to
have mono of that occasional preponderance
of head over body that has driven so many
otherwise we'll balanced fellows from the
track. Evidently he has an enviable
physical reserve fund to draw upon, 30
that he is not likely to be spoiled by over
training. He is as good standard as
Rowell to estimate pedestrians by. and
men who find that they do not compare
favorably with him in the points mentioned
will save time aud money by avoiding the
sawdust track forever. As for Hart himself,
his manners and achievements have made
him as popular as any pedestrian in
America. and II his record really was as It
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

1t is to be hoped that no soldiers of the
late volunteer army are foolish enough to
expect any profitable results from the in
PRODUCTION of Mr.. Weaver's bill to pay them
the difference between gold and the green
backs they received for their services dur
Ing the war. Aside from the fact that the
amount OF money required would be far
greater than the United States could afford
to add to its sufficiently large debt, there is
nothing honest in the. proposition. IT the
soldiers are to be paid according to gold
values, so should every one else who in any
way contributed to our success during the
civil war. The half million or moro of
men, women and children who made arms,
accoutrements and clothing for the army;
the far greater number who titled the
ground which produced the wheat that
made the soldiers bread and the oats
and corn that fed the soldiers horses the
great army of railroad and steamboat men
who furnished transportation for the
armies when marching was out Of the ques-
tion the tens of thousands of clerks who
were necessary at the departments in Wash
ington-all these and hundreds of thou
sands more deserve readjustment on o
gold basis for services rendered or supplies
delivered, if the soldiers do.
For nearly twenty years we have been
claiming that the war between North and
South was a patriotic contest. but now
appears bill which, if passed, will make
q mercenary of every patriot. There is not
the slightest possibility that such bill can
or will pass, and the few old soldiers who
have been betrayed into thinking we'll of
it and petitioning for its passage should
give few moments of careful thought to
the subject before they disgrace themselves
by making patriotism not only venal but
ridiculous.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

On Wednesday evening the street lamps
and some Of the houses in Menlo Park will
be lighted by the Edison electric light,
which has already been exhibited to several
hundred persons. As this public exhibi-
ton will so soon take place critics will
display only the simplest sense and
prudence if they forbear further comment
until they have before their eyes the visible
proofs of the systems merits and defects.
In the history of scientific progress there
are many prominent warnings against criti-
cisms made hurriedly, rs if to prejudice
public opinion even against experiments
promised at an early date. The prophecies
of scientific New Workers three-quarters of
century ago that Fulton s steamboat would be
failure and the apparently logical demon
stration by DR.. Lardner that steamship
could never Gross the Atlantic are significant
illustrations Whatever may be the result
Of Mr.. Edison's experiment. it cannot be
said that the designer of the new system of
illumination by electricity has forced his
opinions upon the public. Whatever has
been published on the subject was sought
not offered. The inventor is as much Of
recluse as any man of his kind, and what
the public knows about the light has been
the result OF persistent inquiry at the doors
of man whose good nature and accessi-
bility are apparently the only special points
of difference between him and other per-
sistent experimenters. Besides, scientific
critics generally find it as safe to beware of
a man of one idea-for the time being--as
those other critics who are warned against
the man of one book.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

overrule its own former decisions 1t would
be modification to the Court itself, and
not to Governor Garcelon.
spirit which prompted his proposal, under
took to formulate the points. and has done
SO concisely, clearly and respectfully. in
his second letter. which we print this
morning. We trust the Governor will
accept them and make the necessary
submission to the Court, for it would
not become him to seem to shrink from
judicial review of his conduct. What
ever may be the correct construction,
it should be evident to him, as il is to all
the world, that the law, as he understands
it, nulliies the unquestionable intention
of the voters. The will of the people
should not be frustrated by technical for
malities unless the legal necessity is abso-
Lutte Had the Governor and Council
possessed authority to 60 behind the
returns and investigate the original
facts there can be no doubt that
it would have been their duty to give such
certificates as would have made q repub-
lican majority of the Legislature. Justice
is clearly on one side and the Governors
Interpretation of the law on the other. In
SO unpleasant conjuncture the Governor
ought to welcome judicial opinion which
would make the law consistent with equity
and relieve him from the responsibility Of
compulsory defeat Of the popular will
He alleges that the constitution and statutes
of Maine would not permit him to respect
the manifest intention of the. voters. As
just mon he should welcome . judicial
opinion which would reconcile the incon-
sistent claims of technical law and substan-
tial equity. ,.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29
Phenomenal Honesty.

A reader of the HERALD forwards note
enclosing notification from restaurateur
that his umbrella was awaiting claimant
and identification, and asks if such an un-
usual case is not worthy Of notice. It cer-
tainly is. Shooting stars. electric lights
and quarrels over election returns, all are
important topics. but neither of them is
unique, whereas the return of an umbrella
to o man who has lent or mislaid it is
to be. classed among those mysterious
phenomena that imperiously raise warn
ing finger at science, thought and faith,
and informs them that there are things in
heaven and earth not dreamt of in our phi
losophy. Everybody can imagine the aston
ishment of the receiver OF the message, for
umbrellas go to that bourn from which no
parachute e'er returned. Every family um-
brella has been loaned, perhaps to dear
friend with whom uncounted gold would
have been safe, or to the children's Sunday
school teacher, or even the silver-haired,
sanity pastor himself maybe it was lent
by the daughters of the family to that sweet
girl on the next block who is known by all
the boys in the family to be fully fedged
angel, but the result is always the same !;
when next that umbrella is wanted It cum
not be found.
Everybody, too, has left umbrellas in
places other than the family hatrack--in
church, for instance, or at the lawyers
office, the bankers or the family's pet
charitable institution, but neither beggar
nor millionaire, law nor Gospel ever re-
stores the portable watershed to its proper
owner. Some people. indeed, promise
to return umbrellas then the proper
owner says "Thank you," and commits
q most shocking act of hypocrisy in so
doing, for who can be grateful for thing
which he is morally certain he never will
get? AS for the case to which we have.
called attention, we prefer not to attempt
full investigation there are depths of
mysticism and heights of honesty from
which even the infallible editorial pen
shrinks abashed. We would merely say
that what students Of evolution call the
''sport" theory, or that Of unaccountable
deviation from the parent stem, is the only
self-suggested explanation of the hitherto
unheard-of return Of an umbrella.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29
THE soCIALIsTIC CONVENTION.
A DAY DEVOTED TO THE REPORTS OF COM
M1rrEEs.

M PIrTsDun0, Pa, Dec. %, 1879.
Yesterday morning and afternoon were tsken up BY
the Socialistlc Convention in committee meeting.
from which the press excluded. In the evening
the public was admitted and the report OF the com.
mittee heard. The committee to whom was referred
the report OF the Executive Committee recommended
that the social democracy put candidate in the
field for President In opposition to the candidates oi
the republican and democratic parties. and urged
the passage OF resolution TO that effect. Tho report
Of the committee dwelt at somo length with the
question OF military organizations which this COM
mittee thought In violation OF the constitution
and should not be tolerated. The report was ac-
cepted and upon motion was taken up In sections.
The balance Of the evening was consumed In hearing
reports OF other committees which were OF An unin.
teresting nature. An effort wRs made to rsconsides
the motion expsllinG Mr.. IAsht but failed.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

OUR DESPATCH from Denver seems to indi-
cate that the fears expressed by the HERALD
for the safety Of the Ute Commission have good
ounds General Hatch is said to have given
up all hope of obtaining the expected prisoners,
and is going to get away-if he can. If the
affair ends in nothing worse than bunders the
public will draw breath of relief
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

A FIRE BROKE Our in Boston ut late hour
last night, andis in progress as we go to press.
1t threatens to be very destructive for it is in
portion of the city that was rebuilt after the
great fire in 1873: indeed. it originated within
about thousand feet Of the spot whore that
confiagration began At last accounts it was
working toward some OF the great cotton and
WoOllen houses
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

The PUBLIC will learn with satisfaction of
the detection of baggage, thieves on the Penn
sylvana Railroad ferries, and will hope that
trunks and valses will not hereafter be exposed
SO publicly on the boats, for they are apparently
at the mercy of any one who chooses to examine
them.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

FROM the 1st of January the legal rate Of i'm
terest in New York will be six per cent. Meth
ods of lodging the law will undoubtedly be as
plentiful as heretofore, but there is no possible
excuse for their practice in legitimate transac-
tions
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

A BULGARIAN BISHOP has written drama
which is said to be good. Perhaps this is
hint to clergymen on the proper method of re-
forming the stage.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

THE CASE OF NOAH was instanced in q tenn
perance meeting yesterday as an illustration
that man must save himself, but if Noah had
attempted to build the big boat without a great
deal of assistance cold water would have been
the death of him four thousand years ago..
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

THE RECONSTRUCTION of the French Ministry
dnder M. de Freycinet the well known engineer,
has in it no really new clements. Itmerely puts
one more trump in the hands Of Gambetta
How soon he will play it is the question of the
hour in France
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

A Prominent CANADIAN explains, in the
HERALD Of to-day, why Canada is not likely to
seek admission to the United States. Certainly
she will not become one of us unless she wants
to, for letting neighbors alone is at present dis
tinctively an American yirtue
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

HALF TRUTHS and silence were yesterday
elassed among lies by New York preacher.
He might have gone further and pronounced
them the meanest kind Of hypocrisy besides.
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

The probabilities are that The scedtter IN Ne,c
York and its cicnity today aciH be ,carm and
cloudy, possibly ,eih rai,,s. Tomorrow the same
conditions likely 10 precail, toilo,ced by clear
ing to,card night
The New York herald., 1879-12-29

Two PROMINENT New Years Day customs
are discussed in another column.