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Year: 1878

There are some indications that Sittin,


Bull and his tribe intend to take the wa


path. notwithstanding The pretended de
sire for peace with the whites A few O
his tribe have came in and surrendered
their arms and ponies, but the old savag
himself is playing Bismarck in the matte
Of diplomacy. At the Yankton, Grow
Creek and. Brule Agencies, some feeling:
of rebellious character have been mani
tested, and those acquainted with affair!
at these points are apprehensive that un-
less judiCious management IS enforced
trouble is likely to occur. Several parties
from the above named agencies are prepar
ing to leave them for some point othe,
than they should be allowed to do The
Cheyennes that were removed to the IN
dian Territory are heartily sick of theil
location, and their chief Interpreter proph
estes that TIE warriors are determined tC
leave and join Sitting Bull; and he thinks
that they will in predatory bands from the
Indian Territory and, joining the ARA
phoes, raid through the western frontier
Of Kansas and that portion Of Nebrask q
where it would be almost impossible to
move troops against them before they
would be enabled to cross the Platte and
put themselves out of the way Of success
full pursuit before reaching Sitting Bull
The Indians themselves have told this to
Mr.. Rowland, their Interpreter, and he
prophesles that we will have biggest In
dians war on our hands in few
weeks that has occurred since 1861"
When he left the agency they were hold
ing q grand medicine pow-wow previous
to leaving. The Chcyennes and Arapa-
hoes can muster about three thousand
warriors.


1t is we'll to consider these matters in a
reasonable manner. There is more occas-
ion for apprehension now than in 1861,
when the Minnesota massacre opened the
ball, which was as unexpected as a clap
Of thunder from clear sky, but the Gov
ernment is better prepared now than then,
and Is not distracted with a civil war
within her borders. The attention Of the
War Department is promptly directed to
these hostile movements, as orders are
made for troops above us to be in imme-
diatc readiness for moving.


Although some deprcdations will doubt
less be committed, our military forces will
be ample, and will beyond question be so
disposed as to confne the troubles and
engagements within the borders of the
hostile country, so that the settled por-
tons have no occasion to fear any injury
to them.
Year: 1878

The completion of the survey of the
new line as run from Sheldon to Tom
Sargents place, crossing the Rock below
Bellowsf1clds, the Sioux below and again
at Fairvicw, and also west Of Fred Keeps
house, and terminating at point between
the places Of Sargents and B0yces has in
stead of quieting matters relative to the
probable route Of this road occasioncd
disagreeable suspense on the pat Of the
citizens of Canton and Belolt, as this line
if built upon will leaye both places out
and leave it in the power Of the company
to select the place for the building Of a
Town. But we are net 9f the opinion tha.
such will be the case. If this was the
first skirmish we had eyer seen Of Rail
road Companies we would consider that
such would be the case. but which ever
line the company conclude to construct
the road upon either Canton or BeiOit will
in our opinion have an opportunity to
display their liberality in the shape OF
that peculiar and attractive article called
Iucro. Subsidies, is the gen,eel and mod
est word now though for Railroad dona
tions.


At the first movement made beyond
Sheldon towards survey to the Sioux, il
was rumored and believed that no subsi
dies would be solicited by the company
or received for causing them to divergt
from what they declared to be their line
for any town, but as matters now look anc
from some intimations we are inclined to
the belief that when the road is construct
ed the town that puts mp the largest
amount of aid will get the road.
Year: 1878

IhE Ohio Democrats are frisky set. A
member of the Senate the other day said
the office of railroad commissioner was a sine.
cure, and the office of clerk, held at 81, 500
by the son of Commissioner Bell, was also a
sinecure; and he added that the only time he
ever found anybody in the office, it was the
clerk, who happened to be drunk. The rail-
road commissioner, who was present, lobby.
ing against a reduction of pay, thereupon
jumped on the Senator, Knocked him to the
floor and mashed him. This was considered
proof that the office ought not to be abol-
ished, the Democrats holding that they could
not afford to lose the services of so able a
masher.
Year: 1878

If Representative Clark of New JERSEY
can be believed the signal service is efficient
and economical. The resolution charging it
with inefficiency and extravaganza was re-
ferred to him, and he makes a strong report
in its favor.
Year: 1878

The Southern Democrats have killed a.
negro and are happy once more. 1t was
done in the interest of Cancellation. So effect
ually was the negro conciliated that he will
never make any more trouble by vile at
tempt to vote the radical ticket.
Year: 1878

Mrs. Marie L. Z,clcr has brought suit for divorce
against her husband, Edward q. Zoellcr. Tho case
camc before Judge Potter In Supreme Court, Cham
bers on a motion Tor aiimony and counsel lee, aud
also for un Injunction restraining the defendant IRON
dis posing OF his property Sho states that they wore
married when she was 6itcon and hall years
OF age that the defendant then
widower, having two children living by former
vile that he Kept house OF III reputc; and that It
only through her earnest protostations that the
says also ho subsequently bought house West
keep 1t as house Of prostitution. lie alleges
that sne was OF bad character before ho mar
RED her; that she lived with him his wile
TWO years before their marriage; that she ran
away from him three times and lived In adultery
with other parties. also says that she owns real
estate IN Rockiand county and that sho s keeping
confectionery store In Albany Judge Potter took the
papers tor examination


In tho suit brought Ia the Supreme Court oy Bar
barn Ringing 10 obtain decree OF divorce from her
husband, Gustav l.. Ringlng, on tho ground OF his
alleged adultery, Judge Potter made an order yester
day directing service OF the summons the doiend
aut by publication.


The report In last Fridays HERALD OF the suit for
divorce brought by Mrs. Edith +. Sackman agaiist
her husband John j. Sackman, through n mistake,
would make Il appear that the husband mad brought
SUIT against the wife the ground Of adultery. The
allegation Of adultery Is brought solely by MIRA Sack
man against her husband, no charge bong made by
latter affecting her purity and Virtue, tho lady .
character beng unbicmished.
Year: 1878


The Solicitor OF the Treasury has not yet completed
his opinion for the consideration OF the Secretary
concerning the deposit oil garbage in tho Lower Bay
OF the port OF New York 1t may be finished to-mor
row. While 1t Is not clear that tho general govern
nent has Jurisdiction IN tho o Recommendation
may be mado that the nuisance DO restrained by an
iniuucliQu.
Year: 1878

President Hayes has issued an order grant
ing Gsn. Fitz John Porter a new trial, and
naming Gems. sohOfeld and Terry and Col.
Getty as the court. Gen. Porter was cashiered
in 1862 for disobedience of orders at the second
battle of Manassas, where Pope's army was
badly whipped by the Confederate army
which was only half its size. Gen. Pope threw
the blame of the disaster on Porter, and 80 bit
ter was the feeling against him at the time
that he was found guilty on very insufficient
testimony. Gen. Porter has gathered together
a vast amount of new testimony, and as there
seems now to be general impression that he
was too hastily, if not justly, dealt With, his
friends are sanguine that the forthcoming trial
will be fair, and will fully Yindicate him and
re-establish his reputation aS q soldier The
issuance of the order for the new trial has
created great sensation in Washington and
throughout army circles generally.
Year: 1878

London, Feb. 26.-In the House of
Lords this afternoon Lord Derby con-
firmed the statement that the signatures
to the treaty were expected yesterday,
but said that when he left the foreign
Office no information in relation thereto
had been received. The versions of the
peace conditions are widely divergent
respecting Bulgaria and indemnity.
Some persons say the indemnity is two
hundred millions sterling, which is
fabulous, while others say it is forty
millions.
Year: 1878

Tile LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give
US all the news and keep us posted in
all matters of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this office and fur
nish us with any information they may
possess.
Year: 1878

[Thc following Valuable Books will be supplied from the office of this paper. Any one or more of these books will be sent PosT-PArD direct to any of our readers, on receipt of the regular price, which is named against each book
Year: 1878

the Greek Kalends to the days of the year.
Some information is apparently to be had
from the spirits if anybody wants it ; and
we note particularly that the spirit OF Mr..
Stewart himself has been twaddling on this
subject down in Boston. 1t is astonishing
what q temptation there is for people to
twaddle when once they get to Boston.
But we are astonished ut this conduct on
the part Of Mr.. Stewart. Why does he go
to Boston with information? Nobody wants
information there. He was accustomed to
understand better than this how to find q
market when he lived. Why did not he go
straight to Judge Hilton or to the detective
police? This ridiculous course on his part
might induce the incredulous to believe
that the spirit heard from in Boston is not
that Of the real Stewart
Year: 1878

In Lord Napier of Magdala General
Grant found soldier who like himself,
had risen to high military position purely
on his merits, but, necessarily, at a slower
rate, and we have no doubt that the .aptor
of Magdala regarded the great soldier Of the
Union with that brotherly interest which
obtains among brilliant captains. 1t is not,
therefore, surprising that the English
commandant OF the great rock fort
ress should have turned out the
garrison and showed how we'll he
is prepared to repel attack by sea or land.
To the soldier few mental problems would
be more attractive than calculating how
best such mighty stronghold could be
reduced, and if, in spite Of his character of
simple tourist and honored guest the old
Ulysses rose within our ex-President, we
presume he kept his cogitations and con-
clusions to himself. Interesting at any
time as it is to traverse the armed galleries,
the winding ways of Gibraltar, under the
friendly guidance Of the man chosen to be
the real leader Of England's armies in case
of a European war; the General must have
enjoyed the place at its best. General Grant
passes thence to Malaga.
Year: 1878

Two attempts on the life of Emperor
William and one on King Alfonso, all three
within few months, have been supple
mented by determined effort to assassi-
nate King Humbert During an entry in
state into Naples yesterday an ill-clad man
rushed Mt the royal carriage and endeavored
to poniard the King, who, draw


ing his sword, defended himself,
escaping with mere scratch, while
Minister Carroll, whom he wounded, was
captured. And what is his story? He is a
cook, out Of work he was poor and he
hated the King-as the type Of wealth that
did not avail him, of power that he be-
lieyed was crushing him. 1t is curious that
this was the plea Of H0del in Berlin and
Moncasi in Madrid. Small comfort could
the ill-clad Neapolitan draw from the fates
Of his immediate predecessors in this par
ticular crime. Hodel was beheaded and
Moncasi is under sentence Of death.
The Neapolitan assassin disclaims con-
nection with any socialist societies. But
it is obvious that all Of these crimes are the
result Oh SOclnllSt telcQluPS. IL IS Tue Tule
in such cases that where the abolition of
thing-kingship, for instance-is taught,
some one Of those who accept it rs doc
trine should seek to carry out the idea by
the crude method of killing the first king
Want pressed him he was taught that the
King made the hard times, and, as life was
at best Of little account to him, he would
run the risk of .martyrdom" for the chance
Of niche in history, as successful
surgeon operating on what he would
call the social tumor of royalty.
Serious line Of argument this for the occu-
pants of thrones! Che recurrence of these
attempts enforces attention to the social
unrest Of Europe One by one the king
doms and empires are sharply reminded
that there is force at work which some
time not far off will have to be reckoned
with, when not the lives of exalted persons
but of entire governmental systems will be
the subject Of an attack that no body guard
can ward off. Then if The King draws his
sword it must be at the head of an army.
Year: 1878




An important change appears to be on
foot in Italy in the attitude of the Papal
authorities toward the government and in
the Church policy with regard TO public
concerns Ahstention has ceased to be the
moi dordre, and participation is the new cry; ;
so that parties in future Italian elections
will perhaps be complicated even moro
strikingly than in other countries by the
energetic activities of Church party, and
by the appearance Of swarms of candidates
put forth in the Church interest and
urged upon the voters by the ecclesi-
astical machinery Plus IX. set on foot
the policy that the Church should rigidly
withhold itself from all participation in
electoral struggles; that it should neither
have voters nor candidates; that it should
simply stand apart and protest against the
whole political fabric ns an iniquity. There
was good reason for that policy, for as the
suffrage was then restricted the Church, if
it should take part in electoral conflicts,
could never obtain more than feeble mi
nority in the national representation. That
minority would be Ineffective upon legisla-
tion, but its presence would commit the
Church to a recognition of the validity Of
what it had declared was usurpation.
Hence the policy Of abstention. But
the times are changed. Notifications in
the suffrage are on foot; an extension Of po-
litical privileges is assented to in principle
by the government as wise and necessary,
and, though this change will fall short Of
universal suffrage, it will so greatly increase
the number Of voters as to make it likely
that the mental and moral character Of the
political quantity will be widely different
from what it has been in the past In the
Papal councils it is believed that this
change will include in the electoral body
large elements Of the population that have
always supported the Church, and, conse-
quently, it opens ray Of hope that the
Church may be able to cope with it's oppo-
nents even at the polls. Hence the organs
of the Vatican now announce that the
friends Of the Church must regard it as
duty to take part in political conflicts.
Year: 1878

The Superintendent of the Bureau Of OBJ
structions will do n good work If he sue
ceeds in clearing Vesey and Greenwich
streets Of the outside stands which at
present almost blockade those thorough
fares in the neighborhood of the market.
1t is always an unthankful task to inter-
fere with persons who are striving to earn
an honest living but the people have rights
which must be protected, and the blocking
of vesey and Greenwich streets is q serious
public inconvenience. Besides, there is
something unsatisfactory about this side
walk stall business, anyway. BY what
right does the clerk or superintendent. of
the market grant permits for the use of the
streets outside and some distance from the
market for such purposes? Into whose
pockets does the money collected for such q
privilege 60? According to all accounts
there does not seem to he any regular sys-
ten observed or any fixed fees demanded
in this street stand business, and the whole
matter seems open to suspicion. Now that
the work Of clearing the streets has COM
Year: 1878

THE WEATHEg.-Very little change has
taken place in the meteorological conditions
during the past twenty-four hours. The press
ure is above the mean. except in the northern
Missouri Valley where it is falling gradually.
The area Of highest barometer is still over the
northeastern coast. There Is another high area
over Texas. which dominates the weather in the
Mississippi, Lower Missouri and the eastern Sec
ton Of the Ohio valleys. Between those two
areas there lies narrow trough ~ relatively
low pressure. extending from the yirginian coast
northwesterly into Manitoba. Rain has fallen
over the lake regions, the Middle Atlantic and
New England States aud the South Atlantic
and western Gulf coasts Iu the latter district
it il reported to he very heavy The winds
have been high on the western Gulf coast and
from light to fresh IN all the other sections A
general rise in temperature has taken place in
NIL the districts except the South aud West
where il has been variable. Morning
fogs have prevailed in the lake regions and on
the South Atlantic coast. There is evidently n
depression in which an area OF disturbance is
organizing south Of the West Indies which,
although at present not very marked, may de-
velop considerable energy during its movement
across the ocean. It is not likely TO affect the
weather on our coast very much, but to vessels
travelling south of thirty degrees it may prove
eevere. Strong northeast winds are reported
drom the British coasts, which will probably vcer
10 the southeast during to-day and will be accom-
panied by rains. The weather in New York and
its vicinity today will be warm and cloudy with
rain during the early portion and gradually
clearing toward night. Tomorrow IL will be
siigLtly cooler and partly cloudy
Year: 1878

Considerable space is devoted in another
part of the HERALD to the case Of Henry
Graveline, Vermont farmer, convicted
nearly two years ago of the murder of a
man named White, on purely circumstan-
tial evidence. Unless the highest iudici-
ary power of tho State intervenes he will be
hanged next March for this crime, Of which


he proclaims his innocence. Among the
chief witnesses for the prosecution was one
who swore, among other things, that the
accused had confessed participation in
the crime, and hal hired him to kill another
man spoken of rs a probable witness on the
trial. An affidavit is now brought forward
seeking to show that this witness, who is al
legged to have served a term in State Prison,
was acting under the directions and was in


the power Of an insurance company which


would have to pay heavy sum on some
farm buildings burned about the time of the
greater crime, unless the guilt of this crime
also could be laid at Graveline's door. We
publish these staten nts. but do not vouch
for them in any way. The case is that of a
man almost at the foot of the gnllows. 1t
is his last struggle for life, and it would be
we'll for the insurance company to state
exactly what, if any, its relations were with
the murder trial. These things all seem
worthy Of impartial Investigation on the
spot where the events occurred, for the care
in cases Of circumstantial evidence can
not be too great. Graveline's story is q
strange one. The first impression one
would receive from his actions from the
time he was first suspected of the arson and
then Of the murder would not be q favor
able one. Nothing, however, could be more
unjust than to take these acts apart from
their surroundings. Hounded, badgered,
seeing his property disappear almost in
night. and stung by concocted stories, he
acted in a way that might not comport with
innocence were it not that it would be as
hard to square it with the consciousness of
guilt in man Of any shrewdness whatever.
Year: 1878

The ST. Marks Churchyard Mystery.


The police search for the body Of Mr..
Stewart and the daring thieves who carried
it away from the vault in ST. Marks church.
yard is still fruitless and improbable
one, the detectives being apparently almost
as much in the dark as when they began on
the case. This is sad confession for them
to make. There is, of course. no question
about their anxiety to solve the mystery,
and it is announced that they intend to
persevere, and, if possible, bring the
hunt to q successful ending. IL is to
be hoped that these anticipations will
be fully realized, though we confess there
seems very little ground for them. Eleven
days have now elapsed since the discovery
of the outrage was made and the "clews"
are becoming fainter and fainter each sue
ceeding day. Two or three leading police
officials have placed themselves on record
in saying that Mr.. Hilton made mis-
take in stipulating that the reward
could only be earned by the conviction
of the thieves as well rs the recovery
of the body. They claim that this proviso
is stumbling block in the path of the
detectives, for no negotiation" is possible.
To take that view is to admit that our de-
tective system is faulty one, for under it
no clever or accomplished criminal can be
arrested or punished, so the sooner we
change the system the better. In all prob
ability the terms of the reward will have
to be changed in order that the scoundrels
who desscrated Mr. Stewards grave may be
tempted to come forward and surrender
heir unhoy booty.
Year: 1878

City people are about to enter upon their
first winter of the experience Of that grand
boon, rapid transit and if they were de-
lighted with this easy, agreeable and won
deriully swift means of getting up and
down town in the summer, when the speed
of transportation was the only point Of
prominent contrast with the old method,
we believe their satisfaction will be enor-
mously increased when in the bad season
approaching they find themselves able to
reach their homes OF their Offices untouched
by the rains, undeterred by the deep slush
Of the snowy streets and ignorant almost
Of the cold days and nights. Only two
years ago we clamored day after day in the
HERALD for some contrivance on the street
cars by which the passengers feet might be
kept reasonably comfortable on the ter
ribly cold days, and the car companies
laughed at us, went to Albany and
spent little money and retained their priv
ilege to freeze their passengers. Perhaps
they would willingly warm their cars now
if that expense could restore them the enor-
nous returns that they fondly thought they
could never lose. Who would have believed
two years since that one should pres
emily be able to pass from the Post Office to
Forty second street in fifteen minutes, not
merely with warm feet, but in pleasant
roomy and well warmed vehicle! People
will find that this change will make differ
ence in their health. There will be fewer
bad colds, fewer cases Of bronchitis.
pleurisy and pneumonia, fewer cases Of the
exhaustions Of men and women of feeble
vitality from exposure to severe temperatures
and consequent neuralgias, not so many
wet feet, and n general reduction in the
volume Of winter ailments.