Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-08

tent. Upon the ice the natives hunted
seal. and during excursions repeatedly
saw the body Of Putnam, and by hia
side revolvers, sled and the skeleton Of
his dog" Early in August the Corwin
entered the Arctic Ocean. After some
days cruise here she spoke number Of
whaling ships. The captain of the bark
George and Susan reported the loss Of
the steam whaler North Star, crushed
in the ice July 9Th, and the Corwin re-
leased him of one Of her wrecked sea
nsn, the remainder having called for
San Francisco By The Thomas Pope.
Captain Hsaly says: II vas particularly
sorry that during our trip % far 70 the
eastward would not allow me 70 take
any astronomical observations. We
ran lines OF soundinRs however, dur
ing the entire cruise In the Arctic, and
while We found that to the westward of
point Bafrows. along the coast, sound
ings as marked upon the charts were
very correct, those to the eastward to
some degree were incorrect" He TO
commends that q line of sOundings be
made along the coast from Point Bar
row to the Mckenzie river. Captain
Healy visited the habitations Of the
natives of Kings Island in the Arctic
Ocean, a curious people who live upon
precipitous hillside. These northern
people live, he says, in houses erected
upon poles. The entrance 10 each ID
effected through hole in the front wall
about fourteen inches in diameter. The
Corvin is nov on her return voyage, by
way Of Sitka, to San Francisco.
Secretary pro ten.
General Sherman is acting Secretary
Of War in the absence Of Secretary Lin
coin.
New Appointee.
The Commissioner of the General
Land Office has appointed A. St. Johns,
Of Kansas, Law clerk of the General
Land Office, to succeed G. B. Edmunds,
resigned. st. John is the son of the
Governor of Kansas.
A Race War.
VARNvrLLE, s. c., Nov. spokesman
Robert Reed, of Hampton Courthouse,
threatened to take q pistol from q no
Gault went TO the adjoining town, col
Looted a mob OF twenty negroes, re-
turned and attacked Reed with six 9TH
or whites. Reed was killed and G.
Newell, A. D. Gerald, Saml. Davit and
Henry Peoples were cut badly and
otherwise injured. Threats were made
by the negroes that many more whites
would bite the 1dust before Tuesday
night.
Terrible Accident.
YELLvrLLE, Ark. 6.-While Misses
Minnie Shanks and Mary Godfrey,
young ladies Of excellent families, we're
sitting under tree, it fell. killing the
former and badly mangling the latter.
Supreme Court Decisions.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 6.-Among the de-
cisions handed down in the Supreme
Court today, one is in the case of VIM.
c. H. Reynolds against the executors of
the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, owners
of the steamship North Star, which COL
lidsd with the steamer Ella Morley in
1863. The judgment of the Circuit
Court of New York was sustained which
must be aggregated and divided accord
ing to the amount of damage to the
colliding vessels, provided both be
equally at fault.
The case Of w. H. Seesup against the
United States, in the matter of bonds
for match stamps, appealed from the
Circuit Court of California, decision
sustained, the Court holding the bond
good and forfeited az soon az payment
vas made.
Not Sustained,
According to the report Of tho COM
mittee appointed to investigate the mis-
conduct against Superintendent Craw-
ford and Chief Clerk Hafer of the Car
son City Mint. the charges are not sus-
tanned.
Died Of His wounds.
EUREKA, Nov. 6.-James E. Anderson,
the editor who was shot on Friday by
j. Reek, Republican candidate for Su-
perintendent Of instruction, died this
morning.