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A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
Story OF Family Who woro Reduced to the
Verge Of Starvation.

LEBANON, Jan. 20.-Bunker Hill, smal
village four milesfrom here, was the scene
OF a poisoning, whether. intentional or ac
cidental Is not known. Christian Krall's
family consists OF himself, wife, and five
children. Krall is a laborer, and his family
is in very destitute circumstances, the
husband being out OF work. The neigh
bors observed that the house was closed
for several days, and seeing no one
about made an investigation. krall
and his family were discovered in
terrible agony. The husband, wife
and children were all found stretched
out in their beds in the cold
and cheerless rooms, insensible, and all
appeared as il dead. They had probably
lain in this way for over twenty.four
hours, and their bodies appeared stiff with
cold, Sttnulants and medical aid were
brought into play, and the entire seven
people revived. They were unable
to give an account OF them
selves. They only knew that they
hadsat down tosupper andbeOame deathly
sick. They were unable even to drag
tuShtoVlNCA auOut LIle hOuSet tuu Ill tu-
dition to the pain produced by thepoison
were suffering the pangs Of hunger. Mrs.
krall, middle.aged woman, died in great
torment to-day, and her daughter Mary, a
beautiful and lovely girl aged eighteen,
breathed her last a few, hours afterwards.
Two more OF the children are in critical
and are not expected 10 recover,
and krall and two other children are very
Ill, and still .inseMslbie. The house oc.
Cupied by the kralis has an appearance OF
a hospital, with its dead and dying.
II Is a mystery how they become poi
soned, as only one Of the children has
been able to give an account Of the affair,
From the incoherent words Of the little
It appears that their last meal consisted
Al nothing but potatoes and dry bread.
Tho potatoes were badly frozen, |
and many think that they must
have been poisoned while undergoing
this change. The family also drank som" !
sour vino with their spare meal, and
pthera think that this poisoned. The air
IS full OF lying rumors as TO the direct
Danse OF the poisoning, but this Is wrapped
IN entire mystery, as none Of the members
Of the family now lowering between lifc
and death can give collected account
oi their last fatal meal. Krall was
honest and sober, and it is not known
hat he ever had any trouble with |
his family. The wine and potatoes will
be analysed at once. and a satisfactory So
ntion OF ute aeep mystery brought about. |
krall Is about forty.tive years old, and the
Jour children who are still i'll range from
three to fourteen years. The authorities
have taken the matter in hand, and will
make thorough investigation. A post
mortem7 examination Will probably be
made on the bodies Of the mother and |
daughter. d.
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He Never Know of Them.

WAsHlSsr9N, D. c., Jan. 20.-In ex.
planatiop Of the opposition Of General
Rosecrans to the bill for retiring General
Grant some papers hayo Published two
dispatches, purportiug to be from General
Grant and sent during the war to secte-
tary Stanton and General Halleck, one
demanding RosecFans' removal aud the
other demandire his arrest In n certain
contingency. When General Rosecrans'
attention was called to these dispatches
and tile comments thereon, he said! "Thil
is the first intimation have ever had oi
the existence OF any such dispatches, or oi
any ground upon which such telegram
might be bassd.n
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sTE,yART,s WOUNDS
Are not seFieas-Ali Others Injured Com.
furtnbIy Cared for.

nav "eh oSsaVu'-"b othbtt
fortably Cared for.
LoNDoN, Jan. 20.-General Wolseley
telegraphed from Korti this morning that
he has received reports from the surgeons
at Gubat stating that General Stewart is
doing well. No attempt has been made
to extract the bullet. The bullet entered
the thigh and is now lodged in. the region
OF the groin. The hospital for the wounded
and disabled OF Stewards command is
pitched on the bank OF the Nile.
All arc housed in cosy tents and pro-
vided with comfortable beds obtained
from the natives. In view OF tho many
hardships and deprivations the wounded
had 10 suffer, and the almost constant
moving they have been subjected to,
most OF them arc making wonderful pro.
gress toward recovery. In the cases OF
about two-thirds OF the wounded the in
juries are very bad. Among this
class n great number OF surgical opera.
tons are still necessary. AS many as pos
sible Of the wounded were sent back TO
Gakdull wells The supplies in the vicin-
ity OF the post at Gubat are plentiful The
army will make no demand on their base
OF supplies II the natives continue TO bring
produce in.
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.MUTINY ON HIGH SEAS.
Observation-Disclosures
A cap.ala's Son nuteherea aaa Two ssaasn
Justiaably klIlcd-A Ship Commander
Gets the "Jim Jams" on Rocky
Coast, and Meets with aJustFate.

New YoRx, Jan. ga terrible tale Q
mutiny aud murder is recorded on tn,
log.book Of the Brigantine Natal, which il
lying in the Atlantic basin, Brooklyn
She is commanded by Captain Peter +
Enstrom.
The story was told tonight in the
brigantine's cabin, by Mate Bokberg
Overhead there was an evidence Of a
struggle with mutineers, In deep cash
made with IN axe. The last time the
Natal was on the Atlantic coast, was when
she left Boston harbor bound for Brisbane,
Australia, laden with general merchau-
disc. There were eight on board
Captain Enstrom, his mate, Silvanius;
the second mate, who was the captains
son, the carpenter, steward and Rufus,
Toton and Johanssen, sailors. When
two months out, while the captain was
asleep one night, the carpenter attacked
him with a broad.axe, laying open his
face. The captain warded or second
blow, and the carpenter stabbed him in
the neck. The captain cried out and
fought desperately. The mate hearing the
aid, drove out the carpenter and barricad-
ed the cabin door just as the steward was
coming to reinforce the carpenter,
The captain staunched his wounds, and
he and the mate armed themselves and
sailed out, aud were met by the caTpen-
ter, steward and three sailors, armed with
axes, sheath knives and capstan bars.
The mutineers retreated into the fore
hold, where they were all imprisoned, as
was supposed, by the battening down Of
the fore matches. Next day they discover
ed Johanssen skulking behind the cap:
stan. He was armed with capstan bar,
but dropped IL and surrendered when
threatened with pistol.
After loosely glowing up the light sails,a
search was made for the captains son.
Ills cap, with broad axe cut in, was |
found on deck, He had been murdered |
and thrown into the sea by the mutineers. |
The three men worked the brigantine for |
four days. The captain then lo0sened the
fore hatch &Nd called on the mutineers to
come up, disarm and surrender. They
threw their sheath knives on deck, but
muttered that the pistol had been lost be-
low. The captain had no leg irons or
with which to secure them. He
believed they lied, and ho shot tho car
pen.er aud Gteward dead, and threw their
bodies overheard. Toton agreed to obey
orders after that. When the Natal reach
ed Brisbane, the mutineers were arrested,
but as they were not British subjects, aud
their crime, ae alleged, was committed on
the high seas, they wei released.
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TnE Senate yesterday decided to recon-
siler the vote by which Senator Nc
Creery's bill, No. ., was passed. This bill
cuts down the price allowed newspapers
for publishing the annual financial ex-
hibit Of the County Commissioners from
one and one.lOurtlI cents per word to
tIlreC.fourtlls Of cent per word. With
ont entering into any argument, it is only
necessary to say that the present rate is a
fair and reasonable one. and is less than
pail i'll adjoining States for similar service.
We do not learn that there is any demand
for change. The newspapers of the
State, and particularly the country press,
should he encouraged by liberal laws
when Just aud proper, as this one is.
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CAUSED nY DRINK.
The Captain of Vessel Gets Drunk an,
Alarms Ills Crew,


Alarms Ills Crew,
Plymouth, Jan. %. = The American
baFk Wellington was towed into this port
this morning. The mate, who was badly
wounded, reported that serious mutipy
had occurred on board, in which the cap
tain wss fiiiea; that none OF the Grew
were killed, hut three Of them received
wounds afa serious nsture.f Immediately
upon the mutincers gaining command OF
the vessel they engaged in quarre.ing
among themselves. In their incompetent
hands the snip soon became unmanage-
able, and they became terror stricken
from fear that the vessel would be wreck
ed on the rocky coast, to which they were
perilonsly close, They signalIed ior as
sistanpe, which speedily came, and were
towed info Plymouth, Their arrest fol-
lowed and their Immediate arraignment
for mutlny will take place.
LONDON, Jan. 20,-The particulars OF
the mutiny on the bark Wellington are
giveE by the crew as follows, The ship
left l,Gvfa fer New York January a'st,
Captain Armstrong in command. lie had
been drinking for several days before
leaving part and at sea increased his liba-
tons until they brought on dclirium tre-
mems on the 25th inst. The vessel was
400 miles west Of tho Sicily Islands. rhe
Captain imagined certain members OF the
crew were III mutlny and had the boat
swain, carpenter and stewart put in irons
Tor twenty-four hours for some imaginary
otIense. The next day he assaulted the
carpenter and placing revolver at his
thsoatasd fred. Owing to the Captaia'sun.
steadiness the bullet missed iIs mark aud
wounded seamaa. The Captain, evil
IDENTIFY maddencd by this failure, sworc he
isGed his revolver. The crew then closed
in upon the Captain "a disagn him. He
struggled desperately and was violently
thrown on the deck and his skull fractur-
ed. He died four hours afterward.
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RISING FROM TIE GRAVE.
a Lively Corpse Creates CONSERVATION at
Colored Funeral.

NoluFBu HuHgfHt1
VALDEsrA, GA, Jan. 29.-The colored
people Of Lowndes county are somewhat
mystided over the irregular proceedings of
a corpse, which refused the decent burial
with which they were complmenting it.
Crow Duncan has been for years leader
in colored politics, but he never took to
religion.
A few days ago he became violently i'll,
and going TO bed he was duly bcSet by
weeping sisters and Jealous preachers, but
all 10 no purpose. When the time came
he died, and a large concourse Of friends
and aCquaintanees gathered to pay the
last tribute to his memory.
AS is the custom among coiored people,
they sang over his body all night. The
wierd music that tloated over tho adjacent
forest that night struck q responsive chord
in the boSoms Of the owls Of baser note,
and they Joined in the refrain.
About midnight o little bird fitted in one
door and out the other. This caused the
assembly 10 90 on Its knees, when the
leader declared that ''speris could not
harm 'iigious iolks," and the singing was
resumed. When daylight came the weary
watches detailed one squad to build q
Collin and another TO dig the grave.
The rude casket was first completed and
conducted to to the proper place. 1t was
pnt on two chairs facing each other beside
the corpse. Friends drew around to
take last look, pall.bearers put them
selves in position 10 bear tho burden to
the grave, the coffin was held over the
open grave, and at word II was lei
drop to the bottom. In an instant the lid
went flying of the coffin and tho dead
man arose and cursed with oil tho exubcr
anCO Of o man who had worked on thC
canal. The moaFReEs scattered in every
direction. But the funny part OF It Is they
insist that he Is really dead, and will hayt
! nothing to do with him.
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VOLUME XXXIII.---NUMBER 1877.

the most pleasant character. What has
led Mr. Conant to absent himself without
giving notice OF the cause and stating his
Whereabouts, Is something they are at a
loss to explain. The NGessrs. Harper feared
that Mr.. Conant had wandered off while
laboring under mental alteration. Mr..
Conant, who is fifty years Of age, resided
with his wife and son at % Willow street,
Brooklyn. Mrs. Conant said that her
husband had gone South for the benefit Of
his health, and would soon return. She
said she was not in the slightest degree
alarmed because OF his absence. and that
he would soon be back. Further than
this, she declined to speak on the subject,
and excused herself as she closed tho
door with the remark: "I'm very busy
indeed, and have other matters requiring
my attention."
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a SoTAHLE meeting took place in Baiti-
more on the eth inst. in the gathering OF
the Directors Of the West Virginia Central
%FIItsOurgh railroad. This road was the
bone oil a certain contention between the
Two parties during the late Presidential
canvass because Dir. Blaine owned stock
IN it along with ex-senator Henry G.
LAWS, The iattar gentleman had diff.
hcoIt time OF it explaining that his rela.
tons with the eminent Republican states,
man were purely Of Ia business and social
Character and not OF political aGiIls.
'on' hit now, that the fight Is
over and the bitterness OF the campaign is
buried it can do no harm to call attention
'Sshe politics OF the Board OF Directors
elected by tho company. How could q
man OIindfOldcd put his hand in bag and
uFaT forth the names OF persons more
opposed to each other politically than the
gentlemen named below, who were chosen
20 direct the interests Of the company for
the ensuing year. They were: James G,
b,alno, i.,s Alex, Shaw, H. G. Davis, S. B,
akins' VIM. Keyser, J. N. Camden, A. P.
uorman, Wm. Il. Barnulu, ], A, Hamble.
ton and rhos. u. Davis.
Scanning this list one might pcrtincntly
inquire II president.elect Cleveland wa,
not a silent partner in the company, judg
ing people by business association as Mr.
Davis was judged in the late canvass. Bu
business !. is business, and politics is poll
.'cs' which profession" makes stranv,
od''euows. Ex-senator Davis was re
elected President of the road and Mr.. E
VS. Moore, Secretary, two well deservel
compliments.
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Telegrapplns From i Moving Train.
LIVELY Times 4 . oolored Ball.

GREESsDuRG, KY, Jan. 20.-0n Satur-
day night, at dance near Gardner's Mill,
in this county, Ioha Patton was shot and
killed by Joe Free. The dance was in
progress at the house Of Patton, and
when Free put in an appearance
he was ordered away by the former.
He said he would go, and as he
started he heard some talk OF getting the
guns and shooting, and, seeing q gun, he
took italans With him. When he reached
thetloor some one struck him on the head
with rock and knocked him down, and
Patton shot him before he could
rise. AS soon as possible he re.
turned the Are with the gun lie had, and
struck Patton in the breast, the entire
charge Of ,hirishot and bullets entering his
body. Patton. died some time during the
night. Erpeaa nat thought to be badly
hurt, as he made Ills escape. Officers
were unable to find him up to to-day. All
the parties were colored.
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DECLARED GUILTY.
General Swain Convicted by tho Court
Martial.

General Swain Convicted by tho Court
Martial.
WAsuISqToH, Jan. GA verdict Of
guilty was given in the Swain court mar
tial case this morning bya vote OF 8 to 3.
1t has caused much comment in military
and political circles. The friends Of Judge
ADVOCATE Swain assert that the court was
appointed for the purpose OF conviction,
and that such result has been foregone
conclusion from the start. Very little
sympathy was manifested in his behalf,
when it iG considered that the method
and manner OF bis appointment was gen.
orally cGndGmned.l It yns thought that his
intimate relation with Mr.. Garfield would
create sympathy for him, but his record
showed that his whgle coqrss While in the
department, and his transactions and
speculations since he assumed olllGe were,
many OF them, OF questionable character.
The charges against Judge Advocate
General Swain, in brief, were that he
reGosnised and abetted the method Of
duplicating the nay ACCOUNTS OF army oili-
GERS, The duplicating Of pay ACCOUNTS was
la vogue long before General Swain rs.
sumed the Office 10 which, he was appoint
ed by his intimate friend, Garfield. This
direct charges against him were lodged
with the War Department by the firm Of
BatapaD & Co., Washington brokers, who
dealt in such acpolnts. Bateman and
Swsim bad . falling put ovFr an amount
OF seVeral Thousand dollars, which the
former claimed Swain owed him, through
the duplication OF the pay accounts Of
Colonel Albert Morrow. The Bateman
charges created sensation and had the
effect DESIRED by Bateman. Swain com
promised with Him agl the broker with
drew the charges. Tho War DepaEtmsntI
however, did not treat the matter SO
lightly and ordered court martial, de-
t2iling a staff OF officers outranking any
simiiar court siace the Fitz John Porter
court martial. IEhe hearing in tho Swaim
case will be followed by that OF Colonel
Morrow. There are now other subordinate
officers charged with SIMILAR odenscs
against the rilles, some Qt whom haVe
been ordered tried.
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osATlsrAcroY was the result Of the
l,,palyauce in the nail card that the man
mfuturcrs Of the Wheeling district feel
in,ti6ed in making another increase in
4, nriee. This is good sign, and il still an
o,ber advance takes place, Us now seems
nyobable, in the near future, it will be a
still more gratifying harbinger of return
iug prosperity. A demand maintained in
tbe face Of these increases Of price is q
h.,nltLv llnmnnd.
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yorycsrowS, Ohio, is in the same plight
=. Wheeling, financially speaking, That
= ',as like our own, is not in vulgar par
lsnce busted" i" but owing to mismanase-
men, oil the part Of the city fathers has
,.come embarrassed. Wheeling is good
ior all she owes, and more too. 1t is capa-
lie fnanciering that she most needs at
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s,r1rrnENY111E.
A Prominent Marriage Tho Condemned
Presbyterian Church. n
Social Di,pateh 10 tk II.telligeaeers III

fFes9yterAhu SnuFcus =.
Special Di,patea 70 tSe Ilteiltgeaeers, n
srEuBgNvIlLEl O., Jan. ga number
ofiinyited guests from home and abroad
this evening attended the marriage of a
prominent lady Of this city. The mar.
ridge was that OF Miss Hannah FL Gill
and Rev. ELS. McNtrick, which took
place from tie residence Of the brides
sister, Mrs. George w. AIcCook. The knot
was tied by Rev. E. D. Ledyard, pastor Of
ofthe Second Presbyterian Church. The
bride is 9 sister Of the Gill Brothers, Of
the Acme glass works, and is from one OF
the oldest Quaker families OF the county.
The groom is the pastor Of the Third
United Presbyterian Church Of Allegheny
City, where be has been stationed forten
years. The couple left on d late train on
a bridal tour through the South. On
their return they will reside in Allegheny
George ofth, the architect Of the dam
aged First Presbyterian Church, has made
his reportas to the causes which led to
tile damage caused by wind on Friday
evening, January IL. The insufficient
construction, OF the roof and walls, high
and heayy.roof, are the main causes for
the spreading Of the walls, which are too |
thin. Healsp recommends that the walls
down, roof taken of and towers
strengthened, and the entire church be
made smaller Il Is believed but little
Will,bs done before spring.
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Aeeg.e 1Iaslt l.4t4sr Of Ilegnkenne..,

Ngw YoRk, Jan. 2l.-Dr. A. Roberg was
a surgeon of the Confederate army in
Georgia ID 1871 and lSlg. Later he cane
10 this city, and built up practice that
yielded him ton thousand dollars year.
While in Georgia he married Matilda
Mason. To-day his Aye children applied
TO have another guardian than theirfather
appointed. Mrs. Roberg died last sum
lner. The oldest son, II. Mason Roberg,
told tile Surrogate that his father is not
Ct 10 femain guardian, as he
has been and 10 . heavy drink
'er. The petitioner gives instances
OF alleged .intoxication on the part Of the
doctor. The young man says his father
came down stairs with a bag, which he
said was full ofsnakes, aud told the servant
10 kilfthe reptiles In the garden,
DR.. Roberg answers that the charges
are all untrue, and that there Is con.
spiracy against him to have him placed in
an asylum, He adds that his wife's sister
madeimprh trouble between himself and
wife by inteEtesing In theiE affairs.
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Ought to Pass,

H4RRlspuRo, Pa, Jan. 90.-In the Sem
alto to-day the bill to indict corporal pun
ishment on vito beaters was reported neg.
atively. Tho opponents IN the committee
had one more vote than the friends Of the
bill. After spirited debate lts friends
triumphed and the Senate, OH motion to
place the bill on the calendar, carried 1t
by 80 yeas to 10 nays.
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Gsnernl Enrln,s nInynn,nn,..

LONDON, Jan. 2o.-Further news from
General Earle shows his total force
amounts to $500 men. They are proceed
ing up the Nile, partly In whale boats and
partly by road on tho river bank. After
the capture OF the village Of Warag, Earle's
forces started for Abu Hamed, two days
march distant.
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ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Jan. 98.-John Dem
mis-, reporter for the Daily Democrat and
Chronicle, was to-day committed for con.
tempt in refusing 10 tell the grand Jury
the name Of the person alleging that certain
Jurors had been "fiXed" In the trial Of an
alderman charged with bribery,
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wuyx parties elopo these degenerate
.,,,. and when the police care not on the
~" ,,,ct !" they are supposed to have gone to
We, % yew Orleans Exposition. This, how
~. WV, il not .ucant as reflection on the
WorlL's show.
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Accidental Explosion,

PERTH, oSTp Jan. 9O.-six dynamite
cartridges left on the floor OF the I,ay ca.
nal works, at Beveridge bay, exploded
this morning, blowing tho house to atoms.
a man named Lewis, in charge OF the ex-
plosivcs, and George Mcdonald, son OF
the contractor, were fatally injured.
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ps,sosApLx delay will not hurt the
.,rsi,leration Of the tax exemption propo-
.y .,iops now pending in the Legislature.
T p,", members should see that no trick is
allowed to defeat the well known WISH Oh
,l,a Deople OF the State.
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COuntorteIter " ArtSS.s.t-

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 20.--Peter Rosen.
oStSer, Sl llazletOn, NIahoning county, was
S.restM ,,u this morning for attempting 10
Ise the msils for fraudulent purposes.
III Ite mas sent letters oil over the country
YaeF'hg to sell counterfeit money.
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delayed E.planhiloni q ithe shel llon aIystsry,

Kansas Cry, NO., Jan. 2a.-The Jaar-
nal, to.molrox, will publish an inter.
view with Adjective, who says he was one
Of thetyomenyho served apretended war
rant on Alfred Sheldon, on the night
Of May 4 last He states that the myster'
ious disappearance was . ruse planned ny
Sheldon 70 Glide his creditors, and tells
the story OF tile escape, and how Sheldon,
boarding a, freight train east Of the city
got away to Canada,