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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-13
Ii'OEMJSICATED

Acogg the pceIlG ;sho have "hagti timo'
IA this world NC nay class the drivers and c2I,
duotor5 CT the Wsshirg!ca st;cn, cars. These
POP: fellows got0 their woik al o'clock il
tue moIolng and ere relieved only at | | o'clock
at night. SX;1cn hours Of clninu0us labor
cvsrg day Think OF ii Aud this is kept
up throughout the year. NJ res! On Sunday.
No recreation on any holiday. Exposed tG
heat aad Gus, . summer, TO cold and wet 10
winter. 10 lime during agy dey 10 se! ought
to ca. tha: is warm ard sly0ly, inst time
G9Gu3h 20 swallow hastily mess 0! c3!,; VIC
tuas.
sixteen hours OF rc:ual work OF the car, and
tSen tic horses hayo 10 be put away, aud The
driver must walk hemo the day. settlement
nus. be made, and the conductor may 80 To
bis rest. No time with his lerily can he
get, not enough tine fox rest.
Every lev hours during tho day tho horses
are changed, but the SAME drivers aGd ooaduo
| tcis from early Glorni1g ill nearly nidncht.
And tho men employed dare act compIaic.
There &c p!caty Of idle ha1d3 10 take their
work should they shcw discomfort. And 80
they submit TO this lab2r0us treatment, and
soon wear cn'. Tic daily wages is two dcl!;r,,
Gnd Tor this pa!try SUN mca are forced to de-
s!roy themselves Tor h:artIass corporation.
AID yet re ca! this q Christian land, AID
| coc=i:'ac ourselves civilized, while such On
encrnity is light before our cYes 3i:hcut cno
word OF protest to maa or cGc VOID e trpca!
TO 6 jos. G2d.
Ia cra It tho v.luGes Of Ruskin's works
| thlr3 ale !e@ seateEc?s which Nigh. we'll 10
2pp.let TO this oppression Of the carmen:
You know tho words about wicked r2cp,c
| arc, lie doth rsvish the pocT wicu ho gct,clh
lin alto his net This getting ino ,lc ret is
coEstirtly the fault or t3y Of the sufferer
| his eva heed'essro55 or ri5 oWa Incidence but
ti:cF no IS oaec in the cct tho oppression Of
hl", ard makicS the most Of lis distress, are
curS: The rets which TIC uso against the poor
a:o 1851 those worldly EMBELLISHMENTS which
either thelr Ignorance or thsir inpsovdarcs
ere almost ccrtsl1 et somo time or other 20
trug them into thee, just st the time wheu
VIC ought to hasten to help them, and 6i:en-
tsnGie them, ED teach them hoa 10 manage
better 10 future. We rush forward 10 pNLuGe
tton, AID force all we oan cut of them Ia their
Gc7erSty. You lake advantage of this
distress, and you fcycs as much cut Of him as
you can under the circumstances. Tho old
b,Tons ct the middle age5 used, ic gegeTal, the
thumb screw 10 extoft property NO noderca
hupser, OF dsneslio iA.c.ign, but tic feet #
Cxfortioa remains tic same. Whether We
iorco the mans properly by pucisbing his
stomach or pi2cbiog bis fogcrs, makes some
olitereGc3 anatomioaliy morally, none what
ever We use form O. torture ct some sort
la order to maks him give up bis property"
RIfMA
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adoub..

At Ralca! meeting in Portland, Me, list
tight, speeches EcTo made By Senator'S Hanllin
and D!airc and others. Dir. Hamlin clcs:d by
saying that es 4 man who wss about TO retire to
private life be urged lis plrty to retain its OF
gs1!z4tiCn iOr 1880. "@hGn,' he said, wa is-
tend to cleo: ny colleague President" Max
tho prediction Nsss,s. GRAFT and Sherman
hsd better lock to their lau7cls. Ia this cou1'
try Dow there il 10 telling who may aot b,
President
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sR MCs;pOriat.l.

LILLE TRoTH, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEP.
TEMBER 9th, 1879.
Par! clouds OF evon'
a child in Heaven
7 UplN the cross, sn1 wrea.he with Il ,Hrrs
Lead kindred whore
In fields o. air,
Child. angels plume tho golden hours.
II we had trained s2mo r,re I'D beaa!sons
flower
The gift of God in al iadulyen; hour
And knew when first it filed our rsptursd eyes
That it was destined for tho upper skies
To warn us that our flower was only lent
And that its budding loveliaess must soon
Translated be in Kdeh bowor8 10 bloom
II,
Had the mJ ELotious veil which lies between
Ihls lie OF consciousness, and thst unsce7.
Been rent by stars from tho cales!isl spheres,
Blending the lights of our twin stmoa ptcres,
Lending to Desth's wan faco and CHASTITY form
The glorles OF the resurrection morn
All then our blossom back to God we're siver
AS part or him, ourselves, oIr loro. our HEAVIER
III.
But Death With such for5ddias p,osoaee comes
10 ehsdow out the suulish. from our homes
10 make such raeful sscrleye Of love,
That Faith on trembling wings SCARCE sJsr.
above
Inc DARKNESS OF the;e !no2idotlng grayG; 10 sac
Ourselves as part OF Gots eternity--.
we mourn the broksa va5a--tse yanishot
1oWer
The. periahed frassanc, ft,m cur household
bower
The life:sbouadiag ptiac;pIo iroal :o-u
misunderstanding us bu, y iuHc7sl u;L
".
Shall be who in tho autumn Tina uncl6thes
The vernal wrsppinga from tn tree aad .os,:
VINO throws The psll Ct gloom and death hrosl.
cast
And bresthes GU: rfos. sad i.:ishl aad wi,hsf.
ing blast;
Who makes the Towering Wo!li = naked s.ens
VI let ass hills, and woods, and iifeic.s stream
linen as by magic touch h.oaka through this
tomb,
And fills anew the earth with song and bloom
Shall de not come with resurrection power,
AND make life bloom immort.! SIS tho iowor'
V.
L. the graGd universe about u srrosl
Jo mock u5 IN the hiding OF our dead?
we snare Its seasoIs-snd when autumn Conc,
With folded hands enter its halls Of gloom.
Or, like dear Lille. in iifc's morning hour
Our voice sscends to Join some seraph choir.
VI
We know NO! why this bud In Il promised bIoon,
Should suddenly De garaa:ed for the tomb
we only know Gods promises arc true.
ana IN the future We ahcll somewhere view
The loves translated from theee homes of cur.
10 gardens all abtoom with Lesthleta floBers:
Where every perahed iorn and vanished face
Shall llVei crowned with icmortal l;fo and grsc,I
icNE COVE DANIELS
Washington, u. q
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From RaYfi.

NEW YORK, Sept. IA letter from Port
au ? liuos, dated August 2j:h, has Tho follow
ing details OF affairs 10 lla3ti:
The town OF Golaivcs, which hsi protested
against the Provisional government here, was
attacked on August l4:h BY troops from Port
au Prince. Tho pliocinal part OF the plRos was
destroyed By FIRE, there only remaining the por'
ton By the seaside occupied by the commercial
warehouses. Tho capture Of the Town cost q
considerable number Of lives on both 81 les, aui
numerous atrocities were committed.
A 6ro broke out 10 Jacnicl during tho light
OF Angus! 10th. l,s oricin is ucknowo. Ii
destroyed the principal stores situated in the
mes: furnishing bu>,ntsi centres Only the
fire proof buildings remain standby. The
loss is estimated at about 5000 600.
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The democrats have q decided msjority 10
New fc!k, ind among them are many able,
patriotic AID unsefsa moo. A rrclopgatiop
OF the IuIs Of sectional hate ard radical cor
ruptlcn. when thor, is every reason for tho
restoration CT friendly relations between the
people CT all parts Of the country and for re
treuchmeut and retyrm. would be a national
misfortune. Why then cannot that misfor.
tune, sure 10 ensue under the existing condition
OF political tifairs 10 New York, be sverted bv
those who have tho power Of accomplishing 30
desirable resul,? Thera will B., six weeks
between now and tho election in New York
enough tlno surely for that purpose. Let tho
good and true men of the New York democracy
send the mobccfats who have heretofore been
leading them, to the rear, and tu!tipg cx.
Governor Seymour at their head, march Oh TO
assured victory. GOv,roor Seymour positively
and emphaticlly declined the nomination be-
fore the Syracuse convention was held, buff he
be rightly entitled 10 the reputation he cpioys.
he cannot refuse, in this emergency, not ooly OF
bis party but of his oouolry, to respond TO n
call made upon him by the best aud truest
democrats Of his State to extricatc Them from
their present troubles, and to sacrifice personal
considerations for the public veal. Lat the
democratic party Of the Empire State rise in
It's might. throw eff all its maohiue leaders, no
matter to which faction they boloug, spun
and r, -ct both the tickets DOW offered them.
nominate ticket Hi.h ex Governor Seymour at
ia head sId, Oh tho platform adopted at SRA
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TraubieAmong Telegraph e'onpanies

BUFFALO, n. T., Sep. l3.-Th0 American
Union Telegraph Cam9asg's Sorkman reached
this city Yesterday, ard 10 cpcaius their wires
mo! With considerable distraction from the
Western Uaion Company mcr. Tee Amer:
car 90. had placsd poles 65 feet nigh, which
would ms ko their wires from ) TO 10 feet above
these ct the Wes:crn Udicn. The latter coc
rany attempted 10 place POLES higher than
those 81 the t05Gcr, but they fell shott. and 10
the melee which asuai orc cf the Western
Union meu cat thc w:tcs ct the opposition
company. At > c'aek this mor5irg tic Am,
erlcsu Uclon Ea3 got their wires abcu. strung,
thereby giving them ihe Advantage, but tho
Westero uslon party were still hard at work
to circumVeps them. At that houv it was rain.
ing har3. Considerable excitement attends the
coDfiict,
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President Raves

CISCINNA1I. Sept. l3.--prcsiicrt Hayes,
who lett here this nior1ios does not axpac. to
DO p.cscCt at Dayton on Monday at the anuuaI
meeting Of the trustees of ihe Soldiers Home
unless bis attendance is necessary to s.curo
quorum for business. lie is accompanied to
Fremont By Gen. Shcrnao, Attorney General
DeVeDS and Gen. James u. ComIy.
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EsC:s,s.

JAMESTOWN. n. y, Sept t. lion. uA,r-
IN llsll, aged IS years, nlau Of largo wealth.
and extensive business Interests East ard Yves,
aud m:m5er OF the Cru ofiIaIi. Hail & Park
er. of Newark, N. j., died h;ra last Eight. Mr..
Hall served one tcim in Congress-, from tho
Northwestern Pcno,y!rqtia district. The luz
tral will take pllcs % Monday.
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The Grcenhackers CT Massachusetts u:cl ct
Boston yesterday, adopted platform, and
nouiGsed Benjamin Z. Butler loE Governor,
snd Wendell Philips for Lieutenant Governor.
now downright madness.
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President

l. te!e2raphed that d.. Hayes made 8
humorous speech at he race track at lIsIlngr
tor yesterday, wEich Was received with pro-
ongtd cheers. Mr.. Hayes is o HUMOROUS map,
Judging from tho VIEW he taSkss Of serious NAT,
tels and the litIo :ras!cal .i3kcs hs phys Of
upon cfics-s tksra, Republican s:soais:iaaa,
a. &,
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FGEEEGsP .a@II,S.

In detsilo1 annual statement. relative to tho
Fre1ch harvest, Il. Estenuo, the great ag1icul.
tural authority, says that this years aggregate
csoP oN vii DC 93C0OCG0 heetoitres, against 95.
importation Of i've or six million hectolitres.
A St. Petersburg newspaper gives, under 70.
serve list OF impendiog chsnges in tho Russian
service, which Include the appointment of the
Czarwitch rs chief Of tho imperisl guard and
commander cfthe military district ofS.. Peters.
burg.
All the directors G; the Yves. of England and
South Walos District Bank except one, Mr.
Payne. have bsen committed 10. tris! for pub
fishing false balance shoots.
Continental newspapers. especially .hose q!
faria, continue to publish eli kinds Of alarming
rumors els!iVe to The rclstiors between Germany
and Russia.
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ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE

clsc, they can YET achieve ycor? Tia: will
secure tie norc iaipesiao. oao 70 lie gained IN
the ntzt prcsiaer,isI oony4:t. That the horts:
and respectable men CT Ntw York "cu!a not
support such ticket 10 preferences 70 lie one
made by the sectional partisan cad home de-
s!roycr. NJ. Coukliog, we refuse TO entertain
9doub..
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POslp0nCG-gsiea EroI,, aniurIes,

PROVIDENCE, Il. l., Sept. l3.--Jhc hearing
10 tie Supreme Caurt Of tie application of Mrs
William Snragus lor tic nrp0ibtmcnt OF o
trustee vas tc-jay further postponed lar one
week.
MIR. AlDsy died il last prosiiclc, last
plight from iejuF!cs received by being tirown
from his wagon few Gags si;ca.
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M lEl).

On Flidny evening, SepIsmbsr l2th, 1879. in
Inc Doth year Of hnr og3 jam Ell BRO WM
wife Of j. Wallace Eutn ass- Fynorpi SIR.
wees Sunday afternoon ll.h inst, at 2 o'clock.
The friends OF the family ara invited ID attend.
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temple Of God, showing himself tina; he is
God" Chris: comes ard destroys aim sud sells
up Ills Messiah, Kingdom o. the cath, lii
cut OF these days oi tGioua,ioa" that tho rem
nant OF the JeTisl people arc saved, "
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preparing for Grant.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Sept. l3.-Extensi7e
preSsrston5 are being made here for The recep-
llon OF cen. grant. The steamer City Of Toxic,
on which be is to arrive, will be met outside tbs
heads by 2 zach! squadron, and steamers with
the reception committee AMI dis!in guished citi.
zens en- board. Salutes will DO fired from the
forts and the city decorated in hoaor Of the oc {.
cssion. The details of the programme are not
yet arranged.
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Arrested on SuSpicE0n.

NEW YORK, Sept. IS JOHN 1i,;aey ala:
Ilfialns was arrested last night by tho polio:
st Brlghtoa onssuspoiOn Of b,iuv conoerctd il
the robbery Of GiIaEd Bank. Philadelphia
from which $500 Vas stnlsn nj Saturday last
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Political Demonstration

MONTREAL, QUE September IA A political
demonstration in honor Of -Lieusensnt Gov.
error LettelieT, in which some 5000 Liberals
took psrt. was hold here last night.
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4 TUMBLE ~ QUIS1SE.-The Phi:s

4 ICMBLE II QUININE.-Tho Phi:aio phia
North American Of Wednesday says quinine
wss selling q. wholesale in that city Monday
morning last at So 80 per ounce, but that in III @
afternoon it had tunbled TO 50 80 per ounce, or
- 70 ior largo qusntites, which figures vera
maintained Tuesday, 81 the dealers baing un-
willing TO dispose Of it Of those rstes.
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PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
GD9AR SNowDEN.
EVKN'G.. SEPTEMBER Il


The Il clmoDd Wig says ", are provoking
Is si.eut as to tho deb! OF this city, and asks
how i, it Tia. ALI xlDdIia is uosb!e 10 pay her
deb., while Firgitia is supposed 10 be able TO
psy here, 0Ed Why it is dishonorable 10 the
State TO sstk q fair composition Of the claims
agaii s: hsr, and quite right for Alexandra to do
the same thing. The Wbis. from the volu
minous wey 10 which it treats the State debt,
doubtless lhi5ks VIC have been silent with re-
gtrI 10 the deb; Of this city, but We are conf
deu. cur oth,r readers do not, for We have eY
hitited it 10 ail lis PHASE, in divers manners
ADD on suadty OCCASIONS sId given it all the
prominence l:s great importance demanded.
Why Aexaudia is u5ab'e to pay her debt,
while Virginia is supposed to be able to pay
hels.is 90 less easily answered, for though Alex.
audIia doesn't contain the hnndtcdth part OF
The reputation, CT tho two hundredth part Of
the wealth Of the State. her indebtedness is
almost ooe thirIy.tbirl es great and though
that Indebtedness was incurred ia State i'm.
pr1vanents, the ben,Gs oil which The State is
-
no" rtctiVIng' It has proved the main cause OF
oil she cry's troubles. because The tanners
VINO 'Iaoed here before me railroads were Dullt
nov avail themselves OF tho iaci'ilie5 OF those
rosd=, Tor the construction Of which Alexandria
impose" upon he'se' Tue oufoen unuer "h'cn
SIC n Ut" 'Apoilrs, 10 'tsuo with c!tle5 iaftfer
notth. Inc o'a'o d ebrlcOeu ~ LEO moCey
she borrowed anu expended III lnltrcal In.
EroVemeot'; Altx'ndna has been :mpover'sh'
eu by Inc money she borrowed ard spent IN
Tue same way. out lie S!ate has RAPED the
auV'o.hst. lheo' '0o' ""'i9 tho otalc iaxos
are only My oso'5 Oh thc one huhorea dollars,
the c''y tsx OF Atxabdrla Is so high that CAPT.
tui ard Immigration are deferred from coming
bere, Old residents I'd 10 leave, add the in-
c)lne OF The properly OF those who remain
Is n many cista insufficient 10 pay It,.
WIN regard TO the question about the
uishonor attached TO an tfoft on tho part
Oh the State TO seek q fa'r Composition, we
nave never sa!d suoh 80 EFFORT "a7 d'shoDoraole,
'housa' uaaer ID" circumstances, We think 1t
"oo'n ."'o i'I'aoue" ~ '"o no1ot' sau c-r
ANY, 10 the ncar iu:urc' 10 the materia! 10,
'e'cs's Vi Inc "'H@o' II Inc taxes nae been raised
" LUG S'nA" eA'cG' requisite LOT inc payment
VI '"c io'tfeS' 90 h'r ueot. Inc tH1rt
ANAanut'a maue 10 tha' slnc was certainly
NOT d'sEono'aDic. Nae made lar aud tasl
ezciblt Of her conaluon and as:e:s 10 her
ofeol'er5' 'aho sa'u 70 'hem' Inc city owes
you every c'ot shs borrowed anc oil the
accrued interest thereof, and 1t sou Thick
1t bss. 70 exact HE les. farthlDg sho will
sndeaVor to pay II, tu; as Tho. cndsavcr mus.
non the very basu'o OF The case, annually
lessen tie OILY scur'o Of revenue lrcm which
the money 10 pay Sou Is ra!s'5, she thinks 1t
Will DC 10 your Advantage TO reduce tho rate OF
lnteresf, because SUCH REDUCTION WILL enable tho
oily to lcsson the rate CT her tsX:s, thereby
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Twenty-eight million frslcS worth OF French
gold will leave France :or tho Uaitsd State:
This week.
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List OF letters.

The following is list CT the letters remsinina
in the Postonice in this city Sept H.
Persons calling for letters will say they SIC all
vcrtised and give TIC date of the list
If not called for within thirty days they will be
sent to tho dead letter office i'm Washing,on
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, MT. James 7. RELY. cIerk ct The County
court OF Frederick county. is ill.
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II not called for within thirty days they will bt
sent to tho dead letter office, in Washington
Allen, b Hail, V, CO!
6hfhey, Mrs l. y johnson, Geo VI
Brszt0r, Mrs Lurye. Mis-, N
BBiscHWood, mrs pinn, Mrs Fsrria. col
6ufreis, Alss IL Potter w
Barber MISS Reese, Hiss X
Graham G Einclsi-. KO
ISL Mr3 Il Thompson. Edward
ns!i' htF5 y & Walch, Miss Jennie
Hund!ey, ,Iss !. Williams, Hiss l., x
tleh!r'"fs' We 4 Washington, Miss II
IL LEWIS ii OK ENzIE. L. M
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q FNH VT"
IA &,
"Sl, ~ :,
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y! 'u0 ptlCO5 tuat stdlt coIQS snail destroy tha
city aod tbs sacsuarg; aud the cad thereof sh all
% Rith Hood, and unto the end of the war
dssolaticns are determined"
I6ere vas partial ful6lment of this proph
ecy In the destruction of tue city by the Re-.
mans sttcr the days of Chris, but that destruc
ton was by "the people of tho pripce that sha III
come. not BY the prince"
Itis proves clearly that the "pripos" has
uot yet MADE bis appearance, and 10 the next
verso III 10 which the events Of the last wer k
are depicted this is confirmed .
And be this prince shall con6rm The la 10
lne original covenant With many for one
week: and in the midst Of the week be shall
Cause the sacrifice and the oblalion to
case, &c."
Now every one knows that tho Jews bava
becn scattered since the destruction of their
city and temple by the Romans, and tberefare
tnerc cannot have bsen a fuiilment of the
prophecy since then. He naturally concludes
then that these events arc sill in The futnrs
When then will it occur?
and then shall that Wicked be revealed
whom the Lord shall consume with the sn,,;,
CT his mouth, and shall destroy With the BRIGHT.
ness or his coming even him, whose cominy
Is alter the working of satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders" I'd Thess. 2:
S and 9.
II tho Interpretation of tho weeks Into weeks
OF years is correct, aid We $40 10 cause to
doubt 1t, then the last week, or seves years i'm.
modla,tely following this present dispensation of
gospel grace Is the period in which the Jew,
and oil lsreal are to be restored. tho "prinee :"
"bo is undoubtedly the anticA,ist, appears
makes league with many for the week. 10 the
midst OF which Isl years be causes the sacrfio,
aad oblatIons to cease. and, while at tho height
OF Dis power, $50 that he as God stitch 10 The
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-26
THE BARNES MURDER CASE.

BALLsToN, N. Y, Oct. 25, 1879.
In the Barnes Sandy Hill to-day. the Court.
after long discussion. allowed the evidence to
prove the threats by Priest take the life OF de-
ceased to be admitted.
George Burk testified relative to aconversation with
Priest in which the latter said he would take Barnes
life. even if he had to shoot him; Priest said in q
subsequent conversation with witness that he had
been watching for d chance to get at the old man;
witness confessed he had never told Barnes of this
conversation. although he was often at his house
previous to his death.
DR.. Maynard testified to seeing Priest pass Barnes
house, shaking his fist and swearing.
Wallace Barnes saw mysterious tracks in the snow
near the house during one night of Barnes sick
ness he also said he had drank of the water of the
spring and experienced evil effect; had heard
Barnes speak to the prisoner several times about
buying arsenic for rats.
Henry Hover heard Priest accuse Barnes of having
caused him to to be tarred and feathered and heard
him make threats to take Barnes life.
Michael Ryan testified relative to the poor health
OF Barnes several months previous to his death.
Thomas Edie testified that he had q subpoena for
Priest to attend the Coroner's inquest and that
Priest fed to Vermont.
Mrs. Jennie s. Priest. the daughter of the ased
testified relative to the poor health OF her father
previous to his last sickness, and to his drinking
large quantities Of water the day previous to his
final sickness and its causing comment from men,
bers OF the family; also to her mother having in-
formed her father OF the purchase of arsenic and
OF the same on the way home. The cross-examina-
ton of this witness will commence on Monday. The
prisoner will undoubtedly be put on the stand.
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CoNDONING MURDER IN GEORGIA.

TRIAL AND AcQUITTAL OF THE MEN WHO
KILLED THE MORMON ELDER, STANDING.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
ATLANTA, Oct %. 1879.
The trial of the men indicted for the murder of
Joseph Standing. the Mormon elder, closed to-day
with the acquittal of the last man. There were two
true bills one for murder and one for riot but a.
was impossible to get verdict of guilty on
either. The men are, therefore, acquitted Three
Mormon elders attended the trial and pushed the
prosecution vigorously, but the men stood py each
other and ali escaped. The general impression il
against the verdict. There are two of the parties
mony was tn FL the guilt on them. Several of the
native Mormons were present at the trial The
elders say that they will continue their work i'm
Georgia, and will preach IN Atlanta in a few days