Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1875, Page 2

. acencs of the trinl occarred at the opening of tho - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. MAY 4, 1875. BEECHER. Another Sensational Episode " " in tho Scandal Case, It Was ‘‘the Poor Child, Lying There,” Who Did It. Elizobeth Writes a Letter, to Be Bead by Judge Neilson, It Is Supposed Sho Wants to Testify, and that She Protests Her Tnnocenee. Evidently a Nice Little Game of Tracy’s and Shear- mdn’s, “ Methinks the Lady Doth Protest Too Much I3 the Gencral Comnient, Rebutting Evidence About Tilton's Part in the Communist Procession, Also to Show Some Consplctious Inac- curacies in Tracy’s Testimony. MRS, TILTON'S LETTER, THE INTEBUST ATTENDING ITS UNEXPECTRD PRE- FENTATION. Spertal Dispateh to The Chfeaan Tridune, Kuw Yous, May 8.~Ove of tho most dramatic day's session, and was evidently a aurptise to all, oxcept cno or two of 3r. Boechor's lawyers. Mrs. Tilton hed como into court st the usual hour, accompanied byMrs, Fiold and Mrs. Oviog- ton, aud the Court had vo sooner beon organ- izod than eho, rising and facing the Judgo, criod out in Ler low voico, n little tramulous from om- harrasspent 1 “*Judge Nelleon.” The Judge hoard withont distioguishing her, and Mr. Tico, s spoctator, ropeated her call, at tho sama timo poitlng toward hor. Mre. Tilton agsin spoke up, saving: *‘Your IHonor, I have a communication which I hope your Houor will road aloud.” Judge Noilson seked Mr. Evarts to attond Lo the muttor. Tho envelops hold by Ary. Tilton wos given to him, and ho, remarking tiat it wasaddreesed to the Judgo, passed it to Judgo Nellson, who, after reading tho communi- cation, said: ** Mru, Tliton, thia mattor will bo coneidered deliberately.” Aa goon as Mrs, Til- ton's voica had been heard, a hush kod fallen upen tho audicncs, and every oye had bocomo fixed upon her slight Sgure, the only ono standiog in tho contre of the room. Her faco flushed = littlo when she porocived tho general attontion which she had attracted. Tler bugbaud, sittiog 10 foot iu front of Lor, halt turncd in bia sost when ho heard his wito's voico, but ¢id not look at ber, His counsol naturally turned and looked full upon her, aa did also Mr. Docehier's, and nocks on the beuch bebind the Judgo wero stretched forward. The full con- tonte of the communieation wera not made pub-~ Yic, all partien to the suit decliningto givo » copy for publication, Judge Neilson said tuat the mattor was ons to which he felt ho ought to give tho utmost deliboration, Notwithstaoding tho request of Mrs. Tilton that it be read aloud, Lo felt compelled, at least for tho present, to cooeidor it a confidential communication, and, ovon sbould Mrs. Tillon consont to ita [unno- diate publication by him, ho should decline to give a copy for publication at onco. o should tuko no furtber action in thie mattor at all, un« lees by motiou of couunsel, orby some act of Mra. Tilton. BOMX INTERVIEWS, Mre, Tilton wae found at tho house of Mrs. Ovington, but, from 1liness and weakness supor- induced by the murum,:'u excitement, she had laiu down, sud communication with her was had only throngh Mis. Ovington. The Inttor stated that the action of Mrs. Tillon hiad been wholly unoxpocted by the friends who accompanied lier to Court. DBirs, Tilton eent woid In reply to an application for a copy of the documont that aha could not give it until the lawyers of Beocher had coosuited upou ths subject. Ex~Judgs Jobn K. Portor, Mr. Traoy, Mr. Sheorman, and Ar, Abbott, of Alr. Boccher's couneei, were fonnd in cousultation. Alr. Tracy statod that the subject was not undor canalderas tlon by counsol ; that Mra, Tilton’s action was without advice from them, aud that thoy hnow pothing of hior intoution ; sho had glven a copy of tho lettor to MY, Evarts at the samo tima that #tio had banded tho original to the Judge by tha hauds of AMlr, Evarts, and this copy Mr. Evarta had takeu away with him. The counscl of Br. Beocher could not, of comse, maka the latter public. It would be contempt of Cunrts FORESUADOWING OF TIIE CONTRNTS OF TR LETTER, 1t is undorstood that the letter embraces— fimt, an appoal on Mrs. Tillon's part 5o tha Court to bo heard in dofenss of her own chars actor ; secund, & proteat agaluwt the injustice of tho failuio of eiher side to call bor ; and, third, a solemu and pathotio assortion of her junvcouce of adultery, IT 18 THS PEELING IN THE TWO GITIRS generally thought here thas the prosocding isa weak devioo by Bhearman and ihill, and, proba. bly, ‘racy, of Decchor’s counsel, to break the effcct of e failuro to call Mlrs. 'Tilton, aftor ro peatedly umtmg thelr Intention to doeo. Ono ©of the counsel {nformed your corroapondant, & week 30, that drs. Tillon wonld be callod, and mfixcl‘;l follow MMr. Murat Halstond, Neither was called. BENIND THE SCENES, Mr. Halotead was examiued preliminarily by ano of the counsel, who 13 more pompous thai {\olha. and who, instesd of leaining what Mr, Tulstond could tell, told Mr. Ualsteud oll that hie the zuuuull) koow about the caso, Hoveral Jete ‘era from Tilton denying suy truth in tho story of adultery wero submitted to counsol, but be~ causo of au allugion to onc of Leechor's friendy tha lotters waro uot available: aud, finally, Mr, Haistesd wan nliowed 0 go unoxamined; and shey Mra, Tilton was not called, The connos quenco was thal a very unfavorsble {m. prosaion throughout tho country was orc- uted, wnd it s sald (hat, to counteract this impresslon, the ruse of putting M, Tilon forward was dovised by the diplomats who con. ducy Beachor's caso outsido the Coust, It 1y said Mr, Evarts kuow nothing of tho matier, TO-DAY'S WORK, Hew witnesucs of importance wore exatyined $o-day, Blust of those called established tho Iacta abous the Roussel procoasion. CONMOTATION. Baecher's counsel nude a great mistaka In thlg proceasion matter, and persfated in endoavoring to establlah their theory when the error was clonr, Tho effcct hes boén dumagiug, i that 1§ givos a basie for tho puapicion that the defonds .::i'u“wm;gn:: n:;uuhc ::llug evidence. Intha el r, Yyarts, fu summing up, will haye adwib candidly the error, B74py L —— REBUTTING TESTIMONY, MES, TILTOK SINDS A WOTE 10 JUDGH XEILAQN, New Yorx, May 8.—blre, Vilton, accompanlod by Mrp. Field, wss among tho earlicst arrivals af tho Brooklyn Oity Court thls morning, but they were shortly followed by Br. Bsacher and big wife, The plaiptiff camo into court with Mg, Beach and ox-Judge Morrls. - When the jury waa called, Mrs, Tilton rose, and, addrasaiog the Court, said: *‘Judgo Noile xon, I bava a communication which I would beg - Your Honor to read aloud before the opening of the procoodinge.” | ‘The nate wss passed to Mr. Evarts, who hand. od it to the Judge, who, after seadiug it, saig that (bis matipr would be conridered. THAT CONMUNIOY YROCLSHION, Mr. Moria tbep called aa 3 witnoss in rebuttal Albart Gurghant, who mado the plcture of the Tonaacl procession for Frank Leslie's ITustraled Journal, and testified that the plcturn raprosents ©od about two blocks long of tho procession, and i Mr. Tilton was in that part he did not aca bim, The witnean pointed ont Mrs. Woodhul, Mr., Claflin, Col, Bload, and Stephon [oarl’An. drows, 43 Honry Oty Fox. a compositor on tho Inde- pendent, tealified that ho saw Mr., Tilton walking arm-in-arm with Me, 8winton, and not with any woman, The witnees saw Gon, Ilvan ina car- ringe tith a waman whom ho waa aftorwardatold wan Mra, Woodhull, Willism Force, a confootioner, who has known Theodors Thlton since ha was a boy, &aw Tilton in the lpm:eu‘lun, but at » considorable disiance from tho women. 4 3 Lawronce 8, Kane, a journalist. who wrota tho roport of the lousscl procession furthe Naw York Sin, and waa as:ociatod with Gon. Ryan {n tho publication of Our Sactefyq eaw all tho women in ll;c procoseion, and Mr, Tilton was not with any of thom, ‘Theodore H, Banks, the Grand Marshal of tho rocersion, tostifled that ho eaw Mr. Tillon aud Mr, Swinton at the finfsli; that Mr, Tilton was not in a carrlage, and that ho himeelf drove off tho ground in & carciage with dira, Woodhull, Miss Clafin, and Col, Blood. In auawer to a question of the Court, the witness snid that Geu, Ryan wan muiderad at Rantiago da Cuba, James W, Stilwell, o lawyor, testified that ho sawy Miss Ciafhin and Mrs, oodhull in the pro- cession, near its heml. The former carried a banner, Siephen Pearl Androwa sas with isa Ciatliu and Col. Biood with Mre, Woodbull, Ar. ‘Pilton was not in company with the Indice. A 1ccesy waa Liero taken, RY, TILTON'S NOTE, Durlug the recces tho question of the contonts of stra, fillon's note was eageriy discureed. Judge Noilaon refused to intimato what the lot- ter contained. It shionld not be wmado publie tn uny ovont uotilj to-morrow morning, ho eald, aud then only with the consent of counsol. it is undosatood that tho lotter rofors to the sub- ’ncz of Mra. Tilton's gving testimony, 1t quotes 'rom n letter of Tilton to his wifo, beretofora unpublished, and concludes wilh the expresajon of » willingness to abido by any deeieion which the Court in its discretion may entertain aa to bor bocoming & wituoss, It ia repoited that, be- eides _asking to be put upon the witness-stand, Ara. Tiiton etiongly aseeris hor innocence, and makes a warmn protest aganst the injustice of excluding her testimony. FLONERCE TILTON. Tilton eame juto court accompanied by Mra, Anna M. Middlebrook and her daugbtor. Tho Iattor waa ot lirst miatakon for s Florence. "Thio latter was in conrt during the morning sos- sion, but remained ouly for ashort time. Itis now generally understood that she will bo ealied as a witness in rebuttal, especially if Mrs. Til- ton'a request to the Chief Justice to appear naa witnosa should bo acceded to, Henry A, Bowen, a noplew of Heary C. Bowon, was noated with plalati's counsel. NURNRY P MMANNUR was called, nnd tostitled that ho marched in tho comunistic procession from Fourtcenth slreot and Fifth avenue. & fow pacea behind Tilton, who way walkiug with John Swintou, Iu answer to Mr, Bvarts, witncss said ho firat thousht of tontifying when he read of tho rank perjury ln. thio Court relative to the procession. ALUERT MALTIN was called, and testiied that ho was Superin. tendent of the Mission Sunday-Schoel of Dr. Storrs' church. Ha saw Desuo Turner at s, Ovington's lnat summer, on tho day swhen she weut beforo tho Church Committco. Ie called at the hounso at about half-past 2 o'clock, and was told that Besslo Turnor was in tho back parlor with Gen. Tracy., The witness went up- stairs and saw Alrs, Tiiton, About half an hour 1ater thoy oamo down and sat on the giszza, re- maining abont two bours. Gen. Tracy and Des- aie Turner remained in the back parlor during this time, 1o heard them talking, but did not understaud what was #old, Gen, Tracy left sbont b o'clock. A LEGAL CONTHOVERSY. 3Mr. Evarls asked what testimony this was [n~ touded to robut, and Mr, Morris said it was in rebuttal of both QGen. Tracy and Ioesio Turner. Br. 2orris read from tho lat- tor's testimony to tho effect that Gon. Tracy called upon her only ten miuules bofore eho went before tho Committeo. Bhosrman said that thin was another unfounded imputation upon Miss Turner, aud thas the tes- tiniony related $o another intorviaw. Mr. Boach denied this, and Shearman asked him to look at tho record, Doaoh said that ho did not need to lookat the rocord, n8 he differed’ from the geuileman in having some memory aud womo {ntelligence. [Laughter.] Both of the counssl then rend from tho record, oach asserting that it supported Lie position, Motris was allowed to proceed with the wit- nees, and tho latter testified that ho remained at tea at Mra. Ovington's, and Look Bessie Turner around to Mr. Btorrs’ in the evening, in ordor that sho might tontify bafors tho Committeo. Her tostimony befors the Committeo was tho solo topis of tio sonversativn in Mlrs. Ovington's lionse that afternoon. Cross-cramined by Shearman : Ihad lodged in ‘Tilten's house about s yoar boforo that. I am lodgiog thers now, since Jnnulr{. I stayed at meals st Mrs. Ovington's cocasionally, bat uever remomber. belug thero very luto except on tho occaslon that Mra. Ltiton’s Btatoment was published, I sat _in a cfialr on the piazzn and all the timo Mrs, Tilton was there; also when I first cawe fo, X saw Tracy in the parlor, aund Mrs. Tilton ealled mo up-stairs, whera wo romained sbous half an bour. 1 did not Jook st tho clock when I went joto the houso, I do not romember what day of the month Miss Tuarodr mppear- od befora the Committee, Wa bad ten thateyan- ing about 6 o'clock. Gon. Tracy leftabout nn h‘mn;i boforo tea. A'hia witness hore lofe the stsud, FOANRLIN WOODBUFY, waa recalled, aud testifiod to Bir. Bench: Prior to my lnterviow with 'Lracy in Moulton's study, I hod two othor interviews with Traoy,—ona slone, sad the other in Moulton's presence. Mr, Evarts objectod to thoso Intorviows boing lven, and an argument eusued over tho point, ut t\:ey wero allowed In evidence, Witnoss continued: In that intetview with Trooy [ said that Tilton's chiarge sgainat Beocher wis adul- tery. A ‘Kauh asked witness If he told Tracy that }]ol?llmr bad advanced $500 in relief of Liltou’s amily. Eyarts objected to this, and another argument ennucd ovor the introduction of thia evidence. The Court sllowed tha question, and witnees eaid : I did give tbis informstion to ‘Fracy, ‘Tho witucss was then asked If, in that inter- vlew inthe fall of 1872, ‘Iilton eaid to Tiacy that his wife was not gnmrv of adultery witn DBocchicr, ‘Thig caused o third lengthy argument, Ev{nrta conteuding that this had becn gone over eforo, % ‘Tho wituesa finaily said; Xdo not recollect that this occurred. I nover romembor hearing ‘Iilton saying that Deochier was an adulterer, nor ‘Lracy ssking, * With your wife ? ™ nor Tilton re- vlyiug, * No, with another woman,” or ** with other women." > ‘Ibe Court adjonrned. PLYMOUTIS REINFOROEMENTS, , Nzw Yong, May 8.—~Mr, Duecher yeaterdsy received into Plymouth Church 105 now mem- boss, soventy-ive on profession of * falth and thlrll!' by letter from wivtor churches, After Luptising twenty-six of the now membors, Mr. Boecher sunouniced that children would be bap- | tized iut the chiurch on Suuday noxt. Heary O, Tiowen snd his family were among the commu~ nicants, Dotweon the administering of the broad and wino, Mr. Boecher stood ou the flour, almoat hiddew bohind a vaso of lilics, snd prayed., MILWAUKEE, Fhe Honrd of Health Keport-The Youny Nen's Assoctation, Bpeerat Dupaleh o The Chicaco L'ribun MiLwavkeg, May 8,~The repost of deatha for April shows 169 decoased, all white, 80 boing maalo and 79 fomale, 14 from bronobitis, 10 from cousumption, 39 from convulsions, 8 from scar~ lot fever, 5 from inflamwmation of the lungs, 5 from meningilly, 7 from oid age, 13 still-boin 4 whooplog coughy all tlis rest distributed in omes and throem ovor a list of wmeveral bundred complainta. Of tho total number the extraordiuary proportion of 118 wers under b years of ago, GJ being male, and b1 forunlo ; 127 wero natives of tho United Sintes, 20 of Gormsny, 4 of Iroland,the romalnder of other countries. ‘The sunusl moeting of the Young Mon's Asso- clation will take placo to-morrow avonlng, when tho roports of tho Prealdont aud ‘Trusteos will bo mado, and candldatos norciygted for oflico for tho cnlum% yoar, 'The regllar ticket willbe hieaded by Capt. 1:d Forgunon, J'ension Agent, Tua Merchonts' Assoclation mel to-day and eloctod oticors us follows; President, Clarouca Bheppard; Vico-Premdent, Jamea A, Crombie ; Hocrotary, W, A, Collius; Treasurer, Chestcr Bteclo;, Trustees, Johu Nawro, John Iilack, Dr. Batlan, (1, Bremor, and T, W, Goodrich. 'Thq meellufi sppointed Dr, Button, W. G. Denedict; and John Hiack & committes to co-operate with othor commitieos for Oabboak reliel. Thie Papal Bumbuany, now visitiog Boston, wiil lonve ot oooa fur Milwaukee to attend the conses cration cercmonles Lo be Leld iu Uit vity, DARK DEEDS. : Nareative of the Recent Outbreak of Popular Pury at Naghville. The Negro's Crime, and the Mob's De. sive to Hang Him Haman-High, The Tuidge’s Remarks fo the @rand Jary Yesterday chnrt‘lng the Nifot, Acoonnt of & Bloody Mutiny on Board of an Atlantio Veasol, A Comprehensive Jab by Burglars at Carnefl, la. Other Misdoings. THE NASHVLLE ATROOCITY, Erectal Dispited to The Chicaas Tribure, NasuviLre, Toon,, May 8.—In charging the drand Jury to-day in regard to tho mobbing of Roed for tho rurder of & policemen, Judgo Fra- zler sald it was an uncalled-for, junwarranted, and wanton violation of oll law, civil or moral. He condenined the net as » shamoful disgraca to the city and county, and dirccted that a soarch- ing juvestigation ba made. Tho mob has beon 80 strongly condemned by the commuulity aa to ke tho oflicers of the Iaw since, and call forth cards of explanation. Nushrrlle (Tenn.) Bahner, Hay 1. . An unprovoked and atroclous murder woa committed at 1 o'ctock yesterday aftornoon. Jo Reed and wifo, reeiding on Whitesido sircet, noat Front, hod beon quarreling for upsward of au hour, 'Tho battla of :Iordu had givon lace to o battlo of blows, and threo attempts nd beon mado fo securo tho sorvices of o policcinan to put a :imeluu to it, when, at Inst, Officer Itobert Frazier was lLailed moving along his beat on that thoroughfaro. Paseivg through tho gate, and along & natrow plank walk, i¢ soon found bimself face to face with tho combatants, Teed dealed that ho had done anything worthy of ncrest. Hi wifo, who was seatéd crying, told tho wholo truth. Sho satd thoy haa boen both_quarreliag and fighting, and " Reed noed not deby it. Frazier told her that sho might remain, sud Reed that ho would have to accempany bim to tho work-honso, Reod became greatly anraged at this propositton, and amd, *I'1l he d—a if any ouo poticeman can take mo anywhere," Frazier romarked to him that ho cclionea one policomeu could, and ho would "have to go along, At that moment Roedy who had kopt his right haod upon bis pietol tu his panotaloons' packet, ready to do the deed of murder, rcrkml it out and ehot ONlcer Trazier dcad upon tho spot, and ruehed out of tha 1dom into tho sirect, through Whiteside to Frout, through Front to Madison, and througk Madisoo stroot to tho river, plunging into the turbid stream with the intention, 1t 18 behioved, of making bis way ncross the swift current to the opposito shore, whers ho hoped to make good his escapo, Deitg tuable to stom tho rapldly nnwlnfi(udu‘ ho was forced to swim back to tho bank, down which Lo ran s fast as his eatnrated clothing would permit Lim. Beciug sn offficer wpon the hill just DLelow, ho ran back ngain and then reiraced hin steps, mak- ing down toward the race course, whero ho doubtleas wished to euler sbe [riendly cover of the cancbrake just boyond. DBut in this ho was foitod, and made up his mind at onco to lude himsel{ among the ruing of what was once dr, John Ritter's brawory, just acroas the way from the Tenoesseo Chair and Farnture IManulse- tory. [While socroted fu this place, the murderer wan distovered and arrested, and {aken to jall, :,)lf"fif"ly oncaping lyuglung while on the route itler. Buué‘ly bad the heavans beoome obsonred in tha blackness of tho night, ero quite & number of persons began to nssemble on Lcoad stroat, in front of the Maxwell Liouso and on tho south sido of thapnblia square. Of course their pur- poso was omslly divined—that of taking tho prikoner from the jail by violent force and means, and mth.a " short” shrift avenge the death of the murdered officer, As the minutes Flldod swiftly by, tbo crowd Increased rapid- . From all directions they gathered in gronps, engaged In low conversation ovor tho evont of thudoy, The momnota slipped nway, tho crowd giew still larger, and at 9 o'clock the docisive_moment arrived, A rash was made toward Frout street, and s momont later the City-Hall bell sounded the riot ulsni, which was suncceeded by a dozon .or more tape. In loss time than it takes to wrilo [t slmost, the eouth eido of tho aquare was awarm- jug with thousands of exciled men and Uoys. Rushing down Pront streot with a wild and frantie impotuosity, their progreas wus ehecked by a number of palicomen stutioned fn the middle and on both sides of tha street, op- orlto Widener's stable. By this Umo the mob had niado a clroult via Olark stroot, aud gatherod in front of tho jail, the Jdoor of which was guarded by eight or ton officers, ‘Lo seono which thon oneued wWas never ex- cclled in the history of Naahville before, Tha air waa tilled with slionts, cries, curges, and exe- cralfons against the murderer, and domands tha vengeance be meted out to him. It was' tomporaqly lulled by Mayor Howell and W, F. Meacham, who mountod tho stair atops and on- troated tho mob todiuperse and leave the prisoner 10 be punishod bg Iaw. Dut ns they wera do- tormined to have blood for blogd, the crowd soon hoated and biesed them down, and the wlldest couruzion again provailed, 108 of “Drlng bim out!" " Hang himl" *8hoot bim 1" ¢ Giye him upl” *Téar down tho Jaill " and hundreds of other exciamations to which bat _one meanip, wad aliached, weoro uttored by ‘tho throog, who, like tigers sud llons, ‘were mmhqi and thirsting for blood. It wag thon laarned that Jaller iav- orin_bad ordored & hack, in wlich to conyey Tieed to the barracks tar betler proteatjon, bitt hofore it had arrived the mob camo, thus pre- vontiog his removal. It was currontly belloved by the bpectators, had an oficer fired a shot or 60 in tha air, that the mob, consisting of but comparatively few persous, the dsmntar majority belug only “spectators wonld have placed arent faul in the saying that *disoretion s ihe Leuter part of valor,” naud fakon o their heels in iuilmlonn flight. The realatance of thoe polico was but feoble, and, like grain bofora the reaper, they went down at the approach of the miob, Tho glass in tho doory leading to the jail ‘wore shattored into ton thousand fragments, snd the frames battered donn, Lika a rostlesa flood tho mob rushied on until chackéd by the \spcond doar. . Undor thoe iuflucucs of their unitod blows and strengih it foll, and in thoy went into the oftfee, 1loro otte of flie guarda was fonnd, and, on boing told to glve up the koys, replied that he did not know whera they were, Ilo waa soized and the keys takon from his pocket. In- Kress was yoon obiained through it, and the mob tound themsolves fu he yard, Hevaral policomen hisd boon stationed In (Lere, but, as the lights had boou turned out by the mnfv, in ordor to give them a botter chisnce to do thoir nocturual work, it was impossible to dis- tingulsh frleud or foe, A Hanner repotter, on following the erowd Juto the jail-yard, witnessod the aceno hora de-~ soribod, “'The very few loadsrs, numberng not more than half a dozen of active workers,—and they boya whose agea did not exceed 20 yoars,— fouud & solitary policeman In front of iron outaide jall door, who vowed that if they entorad the jml they would do it over his dead hody. ‘T'hia policenian waa immediately taken chiarge of by throe of tho mob aud carried someirhiat roughly out of tho juil, The leadern of tho mob now vaw proper to divguise thomselves, which thoy effecsualty did by tyiug their bandkorchiofs over the lower pars of Lheir facos, and again pro ceodod to work, The loadors, choared on by a crowd of twenty or thitty, attor gotting In- #ide tho laigo door, found their fupther l;rngmu impeded by the minasive doors load- ng to the cells. Attar aliftio pauns for reab, & fow of thoparty wera sent after dold-ohikols and slodgo bammers, Bofure potting through the outsido door, Marshal Pitman {old them to desist, As the gogro was confined in the dungeon, and I would be sn impousibility for thom to a! Lim, ‘Chey, however. wers not disposed to fs- on to thatkind of talk or auy other, and Marslial Pit, mman waa recoived by the mob and carried ont to llnh{wuk.h i i ‘Tho mob, on gelting toside the Jail ropor, inquired of the otuer prlsonors u: l:l i‘l:nl v{’hu?e:- Louty of Reod, and all answored as of ogo voice, *In No. 8. Finding the door to this coll faste encd with » bar of irou and locked with a larga 1xu1louk. thov set to work, and, bresking the ock, worn soon in No, 8. As there other pritonera in the ceil,, thoy were ay ® losa to know whioh was the negro the, wanted, uutil some one stapped mp an identiod him, Qries for mf, and "%hoa 1l him | doy’ bim! shoot him1" and “Dog'| il bim!" were heard oa all sides. A small rope, used 18 § clothes-line, was procured {rom 1Lo fail-yard, which was plsced around the agok of tho victim, and he wan jerked and Lauled out of hin coll luto the atret. . Holore teachitg the streot s voico called ont, **T'o the bridge with alm!" and no rooner ware thoy out of thd jall building than he was hurtled towsrd tho muspension bridge, soveral hokling hifn by tha arms, and running him along at rapid paco, followod by tho yelling thoukauds who had gathiered to reo the lynching. Opposito Capt, UHamoior's stablo, somo oue who lmfihml by the collar put a pistol to the murdoror's head and flrod, whor tho prisoner crietl out, #0h, mefey I" mnd the selling beeamo louder, while the almosd ° lifeless nogro wan burried along even more rap- idly thatt hafote, A vops had Leen already Ddlaced around his neok, ‘Lneoing into the righ(- Tiand wall of the uridize, about 20 feot from tho niono-plilar, tho lendors atopped and raised their vietim to tho bridge-railing, —Anothor sliot was rod into hin btaln, whilo tho erowd put thom- aclves {nto ovory position for catchiug a sight of him, Ho waa then swuugorver the bridge. When thrown from the bridgo, tho rops #ith which he was bound broko, aud his body fell with a dull thitd on tho bauk bolow andl rolied, as s supposed, Into the dark rolling wavey of tho Cumborland, For a momont the voicen of tho assombled multitude wera hushed in letoning for wome sound to toll whother he was yet living, ‘Thon the tuniult begah agaln, aod soveral persous imogining thoy saw him st on the bank bolow, dred at the supposed boddy, and eried for lights and lorun to saala tho rocky biuff and find tho body, 1f it still temained out of the water, After a shott delay, lanterns wero_brouglit, snd soma adventurous lenders desconded by tho small Jxddor at the sido of tue bridgo, and, olimbing down the, dangerous elops,’ oxplorod tha wholo bank of tho rlyer for bils body, while tha mass of noisy humaulty on thae brldge above kopt upa din of instrictiony and divectiofls which v.fmy supposed would lead to tho finding of tho tody, But tho search proving vain, the searchors roturned to the bridge, whilo othors fook their places in con- ducting tho mearch, After repoatod fall- ures, tho mearch was fnally abandoned, but will probably Lo ronewed thls morning eithor by the authoritivs or some oua eleo, 1t was found by the laet party of soarch- ' erd that he had struck tho biu bead foremost, and rolied theneo futo the tlver. Joseph Reed was 30 years of sgo, & laboror, and 4 native of this Stato, 1llo was & very Iguo- rant and quarroleomo negro, and conatantly in some brawl, clther At homo or ou the bireot, 1lo was arreated about two mooths ago; for whlnmun his_ wife, and rosisted Officer AL, B, SlcKinuey who mads tho arrost. A THE RANKIN OASE. "Deg Motxts, May 3, —The laokin oafio whs ro- sumed in the Disirict Court this afternoon. Isanc Brandt waa pitt upon tho stand os & wit- noss. Ho tostified that the account of the Agtl- ctiltural Collegs fund was simply kopt on tick- ot in tho State Treasury till, ‘Lhe direct oxami- nation was very brisf. On tlie commencoment of the cross-stamination counsel for tho State objocted to this qguostion bolug further ontered iato, when Judge Nourse, coun#al for dofande, aeked tlint {ho jury hd ex- cused and Braudt oxctuded from the room, while ho stated to tho Cours tho neccssity of thia bo- ing enterod into according to tho line the defenso bad adopted, ‘This request was complied with, Tlio coungol‘theu stated tunt the theory of tho dofenso was that It could bo proved by Brandi's onn figures that tho dotaleatlon was in the State '"Eronsury, and that Brandt Limsolf during the abkenco of Rankiit counted £08,000 of Agticul- tural Collego money, in order to mako up this deliciency. Lrandt's examination will bo cdntinaed In the morning. Tho excltement is growing mora aud more intonso hers over tno developmonsaalrendy mads in this caso, and tho still moro startlidg dovelopmentd promlsed is soon to coms, MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. Loxvox, May 8.—The schooner Jofferaon Bor- don, from Now Orlcans, for this port, has ar- rived off Porth Loven, The Captaln reports that tho crow mutinted. Tho firee sud socond mates wers killed, two ehflors wounded and putin irons, ono aailor wonndod and chained to the pump, sod sanother dying. The vessel was worked by thres hands, Loxnod, May 4—1 8. m.—Tho folloning addi- tionnl particuists have boon obtatned of thoe ma- tiny on tho Jofferson Bordon: Tho echooncr Jefforson Borden, Pattersoh, Mastér, sailed froth Now Orloans March 6 for London, When cighteen ays, from the former ort & miitlny broke out, Capt. Pattorson and his officer fought the men with rovolvers and kaives. After a terriblo uLnlsFlo. in which the flrat and socond mates wora killed, tha Captalo suocaedod in dieabling and_ sscuring all tho men who tesistod. Ho lalled pamsing yoseela and obtainad sufficlont handa to work tho ship, and procoeded on the yoyage 1o Londoh, THE QUINGY INFANTICIDE. Speofa! Inapatch o T'he Chicano Trioune, Quixcy, i, May 8.~The fnfauticido case was continuad fo-day. Dr. Smith and Madame Ing- ham, who were roloased last Baturdayon the chargo of murdor, yore brought up to-dsy on & warrant clisrging thom with tho erime of abor- tlon. Hunt, who was hold with them, confonsed to complicily in this crime, though be denled bolng tne father of the chitl. 1Is gavo his avi- deuco for tho Btate, sud tostifled to having en- gaged Huwlth eud Inghom to pocform an abar- tion upon tho glrl Ricker tor {ho sum of §35, He deisiled the clrcumafances of the affair, aud, upon his evidence, Smith and Ingham were held in §1,000 bonds each to appenr for trial at thonext term of the Criminal Conrt, The prisovers were comnilited lt:dnll, &nd prob ably will not be able to procire bafl. “THE JAMES BOYS, Dispateh to the 51, Loufs Globe, Lipenty, Olay Oo., Mo, May 2.—Ehorlft Green baa latdly roturned from Hansas with ffiy shot-guns, purchased there toarm a forco to huut tho Jatmeh boys, Tha people of Olay County have become tired of thoso outlaws, and haveat length dotorminod fo hunt them to death. For thia purpoae, tho Bueriff has been socretly but busily ongaged in nizing & posse, to” Arm gomo mombers, of which he hes prooured tlio guns, Many carry choir own arms, and it is supposed’ they will number from 100 to 1060 determived mea. Thelr plan of operations has not yot been revoaled, and is kept soctet oven from the mem- bot of the forea, 3 THE DERELICT ST, PAUL JURY, L Spiciat Diapaten to The Chicago Triduns, Br. Pavr, Minn,, May 8,—The second {rial of Michaet Kolly for the murdor_of Darney Lamb Liaving resualted in a verdict of guilty in lhe first degree, with a ponalty of life imprisonment, tho Judge this morning ealled up the first fury, which dlsagreed, and waa accused, on iuforms- tlan filed by the County Attorney, of contompt’ of court, in haylng whisky in tho room, plasing carda there, and golng iuto a hiquor-saloon when being taken to meals, After a full examination, alll were diuhnrgml except tha ono who {ntre- duced the whisky luto the jury-room, who was fined. . AN OMNIBUS BURGLARY, . Qouncry Brurs, Ia., May 8.—A bold robbery was cdomunittéd at Coriilug laut night, Goods and money were stolan from Bhoglif's clothing store, Newcomb'a lnamber offics, Hall'a boot and ahoe stors, Batchow's bakery, Rodehoaver & Cooloy's hardware ators, the Grangs dry goods and grocery sloyo; nnillunucr & i‘lnwer'a gro- oery establishment, larga reward offerod, and oflicers on the trail STABBED. Suscia) Dispateh to T Chicagy Tridaie, Granp Ravips, May 8.—A man named Martin Harzlgsn wia stabbod, probably fasslly, Batuc- day pight, In & saloon row in this clty, He al- logen thay Gustavo Christ, of the firm of G, & O, Chrisp, formerly extansive brewsrs, stabbod him, sud Christ ia naw under £4,000 bands for ap- pearance on she 17th to answor the ailogation, - A YOUTHFUL THIEF, « o Bpecial Dispatoh te Tha Chicago Tridune, Klxgaxes, 1., M8y 3.—A boy who gives bls name as Olarlos Bmith, and soya bis parents so- “ldo at No, 44 Weat Madison street, Ghlcago, was -taken before Justica Coflin fhis morning on o wharge of complicity in the robbing of Babot's hardwaro stora of 8150 worth of cutlery, sto., tast Batyrday night. His caso was continned for ton dass. ‘ A DEFAUI.TE?‘ GAUCHT, Dixpaich ts The Chicage Tribums, Osans, Nab,, Bay 8.—A. W. Tennant, & detoo- tive, has roturned from the West, having in ous. tody I.J. Darton, an slleged bank dotaulter fromn Btorm Lake, Ia ; 5 AN DFFICER MURDERED, Prymoyrs, Mass., May 8.—Officer Batten wad stiot déad to-day by Christophdr Sloddard, whom he bad attem; ess. Tho Pirs Company was callsd auty and seqared Bi af had omnptisd hle vevolver, A A GREAT INDIAN ‘*SOOTHER." Gene Georgo Crook, the Neow Comimander of tho Platte, Something of His Life and Sorvices on the Pacifio Const, How He Civilized the Wild and Feroclons Apaches of Arlzona. ‘What May Be Expectod of Him on thoe Plalns. fils "Taoties with the Indiams, Syteett! Correnpondentce df The Chietqsp Trlowria, BAx Faaxoisco, Cal,, April 13.—1t is greatly to the credit of tho represeutativo men of tlio Dacific Coant that theydid tiot pormit Cen. Georgo Crook, tho successtul Tndinn fighter, to dopart from the city withéut affording thée poo- ple an opportunity of auowing tlelr appreciation of tho great servioca that this bravo sollier bas rondored to tho country, fu the hubjugalion of the witd Apsches, in ArlZona; and as this distin. guishied gentleman is ordered to report at tho Heddquatieis of tiio Army li your city, T think Iv may Iutoreat your readora to know somothing of tho man aud hio past carcer—saomething that evérybady doea not know, BOMETHING OF THG MAX, Gou. Crook ia a littla over &0 yoora of age, and in porsousl mppearance e the tttia typo of ah educated goldior. o Is, I shonld think, under 6 feot;—21uchos at lenst,—and not ovor itf as Lace reported 3 and inutead of being datic-halred and tawoy-skinhed, as of Indinn origly, he fs of light comploxion, with Auburn hair, trimmed @ la milifaire, avd with & noso acmowhaC inclified to the Wollington—n distinctivo featiro of many of the world's great military horoon. Ho i dilot [1s mauner, bat by no means tacituen or moroso Le cuti laugh and enjoy it as well as anybody. Ho would, wers it 8in profebslon, do oxcéllently woll fof a banker, and would lika fo atiswer n ‘momontons quention affirmatively ¢ but ho conld roddily say : ** No, elr,” when duty tequired the disagreoablo and unwelcomé negative fo be ut- torcd: 1is clear ofe tells of & sttiotly moral lito, sud itdieated that ‘hig vislon las Loeh carofully cultivated and been specially msoful In ab enomy’s country whioro o oldice'd byes hive Lo bo * peoled,” overi in _tho midnighé hours of slumbor. Hls porsonal influvnco 18 not instantly folt, from groat magnatiam, as the term gocs nowadigs, Ilko thdtor Gén. Shicridan=thers ia nothing of this sort sbiouk Gen, Crook. ** Little Phil " good into a fight with greap, gusta—* for tho vory fove of the thing:® Crook would po fearlossly into a fight and fearlekely blsy thoro, Dbooaude his duty required him (o bo there. For- sonal respect and coutidence from a vislfot grow sround bim, but that comes from looking at bim a8 o soldior, oducated to & bilgls Honge of hohot, atida soldior who Ldd doite nobly his duly, add not from anything that bis benring as & Uonoral lmposes. 6 puts on 1o aire. 4 great suecodd with the Indians Ip Arlzona brings i promincutly before the whole conn- iry st the peoscnt timo; but the honors shown 10 bim last might wero in consoquence of the ser- vices, cotitluued sorvices, that Lo hai rendored to the Paclfic States and Territorles for nearly twenty years, 118 FARLY SEivicEs, In 1853, Ceorge Urook came here s Hecond Licutenaut of the I'onrth Infaniry, and from thag tima to tho presont, oxcepting and duving tho years of war in the Boulh, Lo bas been roam- ing over Llis cosat, cultivating the acquaintange of tho worst Indians, aud doing them good in yarious ways. Bo euccessful was tho young Liguténant Crook thas the Bacrotary of War por- mitted & United Hlnh:z fort in Northorn Califor- nin to ba named after him,—an_kLonor which his rarely, if ovor Liefore or since; been sccorded to an ollicer of that rank, ¥ = At Webl Point, he wag the room and cliss mate of Gon. Bheridun ; they woré Liontooauis hora togotner, and took thoir first tesson in In- dlay Nighting logithor. though I think it lkely that thair after oxperiouce with the rbdeking wau somowhat differont, aud may accouat for tha dif- foroned of santiments aitributed to the two Gon- crald, Inthis I do not wish to infor that Cradk differs from Bheridau i his judgmoné of treating the Indians, in time of war, for L know notbing of tho mutlmtnll_ of the formot; but *Litfle Phal" fs tredited with saylng that **a dedd In- dian in a good Indian,” ahd f an sbont to rolate what Gen. Orook ias done for the Indian to en- ablo him to livo. b 1 will not nlmnd:t to ennumorate tha fights that tbis General hing lad with Indinns, for thoy arc too many; but I oupht to say that ho never wig whipped, and his treatlos with .the savagos have always socurod *'a {;oqd peace,"” and to the Indiane' knowledgs 6f his porsenal goouness of chazacter, apd of his u yleldlngi detemination to "onm‘ner peace,” I8 dio tho late subminsion of the wild and troncherous Apaches, 3 118 LAST GREAT cANPAIEN 5 bogan in Boplombor of 1872 and continusd lllronihmlt tho winter titl April, *79, and then 2,300 Iudians surrendered. "Thin snrrondor would havo taken place two yoara soouer hug‘ ft not_been for-tho misorablo meddling of.. **Péace Commissionors” and the Indian Buresu, ) Uen. Croole arrived In Tucson, Arizona, with avaliso In bis Liand on the Ist of Juuo, 1871, and in tén dayé afpor ha had five campau'lau of rogular cavalry and one company of scouts reaay for tho waich, and they left on a Indian hunt on tho 11th of June under his personal command. When' they wero twonty daye ont, Poace-Com- missionor Gollyer mannged to back again, and, as o rosult, the elVlifl!u ptartad suow ou the wat-path, killod lota of whito folks, atopped all ‘travel by du{, except whers thero was military escort firpiuhed, aud so snccessful wore they in tueir raiddftiias 4k u!&h being completely ruined. hp Uenoral, 1u the wiutor of *72 and 178, for- (unately could act frecly, aud tho eurronder that I have montioned was the viclory of a six months campalgo withont tents or_coverlng, Tho Indlans had *“mado peaoo " niuo or ton {Jlmva wilh Collyar and Ifoward in two years, ut *! peaco ™ wau only to get well fattencd up, and find boltor opportunity of sloaling stock aud good horses, in order to rendw thelr dopre-. dations, Gon. Crook has now put a stop to this **Jittlo gama,” and ho has extonded an_organt- zation over them that ia working admirably, aud promises to ko g% TUE TRUR SOLUTION OF '* Tu1; INDIAN QUESTIQN." At the last surrondor tho Ohiofs confossed thal they could not stnnd sgainst the Carlouches de Cobre—cbpper cartridgoa; the bullsts woro too many for thom, and, thus armed, Crook's noldiera conld follow thom anywhere, aud stenl in upon them when they lost axpeoted thods, 'l'hx great Chief of all conforsed that !huf conld find no maore reat, for the saldicrd could dlimb to their cavea a8 hl§h a8 tho bird thes, or go down in the gorgos of fle canon whore white mon navor dared to go bofore. Thoy could pot light their firos to ocook, .for that told ihe wol- diors whore they had their camps, and thoy could not ko to the warer™ vithaut eaving tholr footprinls, which the soldicrs racod, and found (hem. The Indians would therelore * mako & Ynnd peacs,” ‘The General told thom tliat Lie would make NO PEAOR WITH 1OLE VAGABONDS ; . but ha would haye them all learn to work sud do what thoy could $o bo solf-aupporting, and siuce that trdaty thd Indians huve dono wonder- fully wpl), aud if the Govornmont will only be 1aithfal to the prominos made by its roprosenta. tiyes, by pouctiial in tho porformance of its ou- ligations, and keep. out of the Iudian conntry tboso rascally Iundian agents who are forever “‘““”F the Indiana and swindling the Govern- ment, $ho ludiau will soon becomo both nsefnl =nd orgamental s The ludlays i Arizons, tumboring belwesn 5,000 and 6,000, are now on THREE RERELVATIONS— ‘White Mountain, 8au Carlos, aud Oamp Vérde, In thoso placos théy are taught agriculture and othor Iabor, and thoy take to It well, for thoy are shrewd enough to discover the advantages of thoir labor, ‘Ilse General has the ulvun?nyo of speakiug fluently threo dislectz of the Apscho Ianguaye, aud bas consequently been able to spoak directly with (he ludisus, and boon able fo moko them fool and understand Us Lsa [nstructed them to Iay out their *vil. lagea® In regular order kwlu.\ atroets rectangu- ar and 20 fest wide, Their houses gra hullF:f aund adoblos, and ‘m vory Inptead of *fsquattiog™ on ths Rroun a8 rn the usual ‘siyls of e Indian oo the desort; he eshowed them how to form yude bedsteads, about 2 feet off the ground, which for wanitary purposss was 0 Territory came rusk, . w comfogtable, geb tham ordored xcellont, and tanght them tho uda of alidlr- Ing for keeping in {lieir proper placos ths clothlng, Implomants of lml‘unlry, and kitchen ntsustis. 1o told them that D& WOULD TREAT TI(ESt AN WRITF PLOPLE, and not a8 oither slaved ue babics, and lie has so ucted, The most intelligent among them who hiave glyen svidouce of abilits, and & dexlro to bd unoful, have boen onlistod as soldiory, in order toact aspolicomon in tho villagea to presorve order, eloanlincrs, and to soo that no doprodators aro allowsd to go unpunished, ‘Tho Indinn bitcks havo been nsatetod to obtain varmr clothing; instead of hoing mrrayed in biaukots or Bkine; and the squaws have takon to Iho faslilor of ¢alicoos fnstend of the ususl hinbiliments,—n picco of guuny snck and atring ol glittering_munscl-aliclls, yollow ochre, and vermiliion, The bucks, for convenienco, are all numbored, and wenr around their nock nn orna- nient of Un, aboutan tmch i dismator, that benrs the regidtered number, and ‘““marning call" they respond with tho reguldrity of dleciplined trcops. No ofio is permitted to changd his num- ber, othersise ad offender iight stoal ot of troubld, After mnewerlng lo tho roll-gall, thoy aro nasigned their villego Iabor, which Logins with n thorough sweeping of tho strools at 7 no. o, 5 s Tud Indlana nvo cut. ditchés or eansl for the conveyance of wator from {:6 Verdo aud Gtla Riretd on to tha dodert grod. v, and, by the ald of irriratlng-strenms, thoy have hioen miccesafl in raieing very profitablo orops of batloy, corn, and hay,” They cut ono ditch FIVE ASD A ALY MLLES 1 » with an averagd dopth of 41§ feot, .. ™ cutnin some places of 23 fees deap, i3 WAs & gian. tle operation fof them, but they. ktuck to s aud accomplislicd thelr object, sud wore eatisticd with tho aftor resnits, e 3 5 “Ilielr worlk has slways beon detaiicd to squnds, and srmy ofllicers hacs #nfiorviged tholr labor, and a teoling of conflidenco hine gl:mvu up in the hosont of the tad man {owardd his conqiror, The commanding General, throngh the Quartor- «msster, hng Eurqhnlcd (rom Lhetn wood and hay, thie sanid a3 ho woutd have dotie frdmi whita thon, and the Indiag bave thue loarned the uno aud value of roney, Thqgnhnvu with thid money nout 16 Califotnis to Buy stack and hormos, and lLiayé hought ax many ad 160 head of cattie sud brood mares at & timo, All- thoir purchancs, as woll ad thieir latior, ia gitpetvisod by oflicera, so that no one can take any advantago of thele ig- norancd of businbad, G et . Thero may be to somo miuds o Lingo of Uto- plAY falth fn ; THIA TAROR OF CIVILIZATION, | brit I seo nothing to hinder tho dabky'son of the forest from yoi takiog his seat in Congresy alongBide of 4 gontlendn, of Afrlean . diicoit. Tiiore ara tioble trails of character in the child of thgq foreat, and, whon wa roflect that Darwin has domonstrated that the whiteat of na hind o very Lumblo origin, it i8_groatly to the honor of Qon: Urook that ho hiaa dealt¥o hindly and ro wisely with the wild Apaches; but whother ofther of thic tnt-throath of tha Arizonn dresorts may ever gracs tho Sonato of the United Statos with his pregencs or othermise, no one can with- bold the tributo of praiso from the warrior who has takon ttio fitat stop towards clovating the aboriginos. I will ok, howaver, give to thoss who honored Gon. Crook and lis officars Iast evening tha credit of this higher hamanitarisn view—proba- bly fow of thom thought of that phaso of bis sorviced ; bat pe;trluly thoy all took into their minds. the' matcrial worlh of hls campaigns, in tho fAet that In thred yoars ho hia changed tho outira condition of tho cointry, Thero wad no Aafely to human lif6 ; now {he miner can pros- poct the monhtslu-sides, or wander in tho oonons, with uy niugh coufidenco a8 he. can in any othier portion of the Weatera world whoroe the priniof the mocensin i not vet extingulshed. TUE CALIFORNIAN RECOGNIZES THE SERVIUES OF A . § SOLDIER whosd lead {5 ¢apablo of undoratanding that cominorce is tho great patthway £ tho highest soclal hfo and Lappinesd, andit was in fhis apifit that Gon. Crook was tendored an ovation that dtlu; greateat of tho land mugnt well bo proud of, 1 hisve moen politioal domonstrations, torelt- light procoesions, and dn immensity of fanfar- ouada; but I nover witnessod anything that snoke go cleatly the Eontiinent of the poople's heart 48 the siu:hmng dtong the strooty Aiir- rounding the Liok House Iast ovenlng. Thoy honored s foldior and n man who had apouod up to them a portjon of tho publio domaln thut was befora senled from their vislon by thie tomahawk and arzow. ‘Thorg was 5 N POLITICAL CHARACTER TO TRE DEMONATHA- N. ‘TION. Gon. Crook Lias no asplraiions dsido from those 0! the soldlor, and thé barquetiug sposchias, with tho exception of a political Lioist given to Prdeident . Giant, by Senator Bargont, were. all sirfolly harmonious ” with the occuslon, snd in & seritonca are disposed of: Gew, Crook, you s1o.an excollent sojdior, with great sdininis- trative talent; you .have rescued n orri- fory from tho hendls of murderous savages; you Lava dubjugated thém, placed thom on ‘tho .mareh to clvillzation § umik countsy is rich with wilver, aud wa aro much indobted to you for the commercial future beforo us, WO elucerel, thank you, adumire yon, thay you do s muc rood whors you ars going. “We dnnl to your roud Liealth and to yoiir fawily’s; may you'livo long aud prospors 3 I8 FUTURE WOIK, With the splrit of # truo soldior, consclous of the o6 ambition only,—fbo faithful discharge of his duty,—no ono lias lanrned aoything from tha Goneral of what i oxpaots, His firat Load- quartars, [ undevstand, will be Omaha, and that omhraces all the Indian country cast of tho Rocky Monntaina on the plaine, With tho wop- degrul faclliyy whick tho Indian hos of gotling rolinblo information, thera s no doubt that the + Indinusin Wyotning and Nebraska will soon learn who Gon. Crook is, and, without any disperage- mont to otbor d.iullngniuued officers wha have fouglt on the pining, the name of a succesaful fightor goed & great way to suggest peaco Lo tha Indian mind, ~‘I'hoy talio immensa pleasnro in aunoying auy offfcer whom thoy can designato an old squaw, and {noy are as good at reidem- boring names and peculigritics of distinguislied porgous 4 any of. tho whites aro,—if anything, hoi ;nmlnry iy somewliat more retontiva; thoy Liavo fowor subijocts to engross their intollceta. To Gen. Crook bo ootrusted tho oivilizing of tho warlike trives on tho® plains, and be wlh bo auccosuful. ‘I am sure ail the I'atific Coast will look fo his futurs with ‘i"“ intorest, for it maust be apparent to every thlnkor that the great wonlth In the mouatafus’ sud (ho ‘rich Jands in tho valleys, botwoen thoBiotras and the Missoni, must bo clearad of every obstacls to their dové- opuient; for, say what ‘morallsts mny, commerco mast be oxtended and mado secure, evon thongh the aword may be ecalled uron to opan up its way, Itis very grn(ll{lng o gee the Govorue ment seusiblo of its obligations to the Indisne in the Biack Hilla country, and no one should da- sire to aco tho Indians robbed or ruthlesaly ot sgido; but it muat bo apparcns to overybody that &l tho flue country and tho groat wealth of Wyoming Teiritory must bo util- izéd, and the Hnizer of Destiny in that work s alrendy clearly visible, With fiach an impros- slon in thelr inlods, the tosding mon of this fimpé sre proud to soe Gon, Criook golug to tho Lansl Capt. Nickerson and Liens. Bourke, who ac- company Gon, Crook, properly shared with bim the bonors lust avening, ~ They aro modest gen- tlomen, and huve beon to bim most oxceliont aldu tn the past, and will no donlt ba aa sorvico- ablo fn the future, Wo wish them afl bon voyaye And groat succoss, ' BASUE ]h\bl: BOSTONS:-MUTUALS, . Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribline, i Nuw Yomk, May 8.—Tho firat gamb betwesn the Boston and Mutual Base-Balt Ojubs to-day resulted fn the overwhalmiug defoat of tho Mutuals, the scora standing 11 to 1, ATHLETICS - WASHINGTORNS. Bpectal Dupatch te Y'he Chicaas Trioune, Wasnmvaroy, D, 0, May 3.—The Atbletica inot fhio Washingtop Basa-Ball Olub, of this olty, to-day and whitewashed them' aine times, (lie vigiting Club scoriug 21 runs. . ... POSTPONED, . Bpectal Dupateh to The Chicavs Tribund, .Jxokuk, In,, May 8.—Owing to $he raid which' Lias prevailod hore all day the gaine Hotwéen tho! | White Btockings aud Keokuks was necsssarlly deferrod, 'Iha Whites arrived this morulug, and’ the Enmu wilt bo Y]uyad tQ-morrow provided tho eather will parinic, e Sarme A LR T . .. BISHOP FULLER, s ) Haunron, Oot., May 8.—~Tho conaceration of Dr. Fuller as Firet Bishop of tho Diocess of Niagara took plade ou Haturdny, Thers was a Iarge stibndanco of Bishiops from all parts of Caunda pud tho Unitod Staten, Oletgy aug la| were aleo presoqt in large numbera, “Episcopal- iaw pulpits yestordsy were Hiled by ominent vislting divines, | D BUCK-BCER PAQGEANTRY. * Bpeclol Dlspatch to Ths Chicago Tribune, Towa Crry, May 8,—Thls morning eight wagon- loads of ‘buck beer wero donveyed from Dostal's },m.&% lh{&u Dt: %p;;&c‘l'm -;.mu to tha Rock ep: oach wagon e nngm with various inscriptions ngun mfi""“ RAILROAD NEWS. ey The Fight Between the Michigan Central and Detrolt & Milwaukee, Russell éanu to Ba Onstod by the Alox« ander Mitchell Party, Tho Searo tn Wall Streol Yesterday Over Joln T Tracy’s Sickness. CETROIT AND CHICAGO, About A otk ngo the Dotroil & Milwankes Rallrond, in order to ssoaro a largo shato bf the Weostern busincrs, reducod ita froight rates bo- twoon Dotrolt and Qfand Raplds 25 pet cont, The Micllgau Contral followod auit in the cute ting By a rediction bf 10 conta per 100 pounds on ail clnsecs, éxcopt 8pocials, and & couta por 140 Em“"“ on that. Conasoquently tho Detroll & Tilsfukéo mada 4 still further reduction, which compolled tho Michigan Cuotral, in order to maifitain tho sttprumacy, to bring the rutes dowa to bottom figntres, ‘This fight {s goveroly Ibjuting tho wholerslq doulors of this city, as " the cheap rates make if tnore advantngoots for tmorchants Hying In the vioinity of Qraud Japlds L6 bhy tholr mpring stocks in Detrolt, ani sevéral of oir mclc{:mnu Liavo written latters Lo thiu paper Inquiring why thio Michigan Cotitral was mdklvg Buch & dis crimindlion In favor of Detroit, | A Tmnust roporter eallod tipon Gonerdl Sitpotintendeiit Btronz, of the Michigan Con- tral, to lear what ho had to sy in togard to this matfor. Mr. Btrong etated that they wero. .jorced info thin fight by the Dotroit & Milwaukeo Railrozd, nad bis road bad to follow euit ns .o maiter of self-preserva- tion. Thoy lind cut dowtt the ratbs to bottom figures do a8 to Bring the Détroit & Miwnankeo to totmb &N dort posgllde, Tho Dottoit & Milwaukde Road is in x bad paition financlally, tid coultl not stand this watfard.auy leogth of time, and congoquontly ho expected tho rates ta bo rostoked agdin In a fow daya, Tha Michigan Cantral conld not pidesibly ruduco tha ratea from this city to tho ssmo fisures a8 those now pre. valllui; bottvédh Gtand Raplds ahd Detvolt, for by #0 dolig the would furcs the Michigan Southorn Muly Craud Napids & Iudiann Hallronds to tako part in the tight and tho rated to all uomft:tlug fioiuts, such a8 Dattly Oresk, Jackaon, * Ialamazoo, etey would Lo dentroged, ahd would bring o & general fighi, which wsum not only doveraly etipple thd toads, but the busincss interostsof thls city also, Tis fight tida injuring tho Micligan Contral mnch tore ilian. sowe of our wholosale houkbs, but ho wna confident Chicago ould be shedd sgain within a fow dagt. oo A CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL ROW. 5 Bpecitl Dinvaleh to The Chicago Tribuns, -New Yoiu, May 3.—Russoll Bige, Yics-Preal- dent 6f {ho Chleago, Milwatikes & Bt. Paul Railrond, Will bo dépokod ftom the managcment of that rond on Juno 12, when the stock- lioldors thobt, Alexander 3Mitehell, tho Proi- dent, clmx;ies that Hace lis specculated in dioche, and’ o circular addressed by ths Mitcloll party to tha stockboldors says that, among ather contemplntod reforms, it is intond- ed that thio offico in Now Yark ehall bo used ox- clusively for tho business of tho Company, st bo nder a wmavaretent thab will have no intorest i. thd stock-market iucone Rlstetit With that of tho eharololdora, Hago .eays that tho dltsonsions iy the Come I:hny. wliich, Lo atitoits, will reanlt in throwing im put, grow ont of his complaints that soms officors hiave bedn privately Interested In con- fracts for. lumbar suppliad o tha “sz aud that, whilo thero 18 wo praof of irregularity, there sia grave suspliclona of wroiig-toing, THE CHICAGO & ROCK ISLAND PRESIDENT, Syieeial Dispatch ta Lhé Chizaro Irivuns, . Nuw Yonx, BIay 8.—~Conslderablo excltemeni wan created in Wall street by tho roport thaf Johu T Traoy) Presidont of ibo Chioago, Rock Teland & Pacific Railiond, had been strickén dowe wih nynnlexy—a third actack, complicated wita Brght's diseaso of the kidnoys—wlich had a do- presung effect on the stock ‘market. Upon ine diliy £b gLt Al thie Gllacy louwse, whero ha taps, I fouhd that 16 liad only at attack of vor- tigo, and o was silting up, fecling much better, and not' k¢ sl in @ critieal condition. . -5l0UX OITY & BT, PAUL, Gpecial Disrateh to The Chieago Tribune, 8rovx Ciry, In,, May 8,—At tho aunusl meet. ing of tho atockholdérs of thd Slouk City & St Daui Dailtona, hola i thid tity to-day, tho follow- ing Board of_Directors for tho ensning year was chosen: I3, F, Drake, John L. Morrian, A, £, Wilder, and Ilorace Thompeon, of Ht. Faul; Adfian Inclin, Qoorge I Hovay, and W. I Brown, of Now York; and A, IL Rico and G. W. Sim- About 22,000,600 of stock waa raons, of Hoston, represcoted. THE-PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANX. Spectal Dispatoh:te Tha Chieigo Tribune, _ New Yois, May 3.~The Pennsylvania Rail- ¥oad ' Cotnpany, né ita miceting on Moy 28, af .l‘bilndnlyhln, mll doclaro & semi-annanl divinend of 4 pet caut, It has usvally declaced not lower than 10 por cont thiw year with tho er anuum, but ity rivalry altimore & Ohio hus been costly, P 3 ) iz RAILROAD SoLD, MoniLe, Ala., May 8.—Tho Alabams & Chat tanoogn Itailroad way wold by tho Master Com. misalonors o the 'Trastoos for the frat mortgage bondlalders for 31,200,000 ovor and abovs the lich croated Ly the Hocotvar's cortiticate, gourd codts, ote, ——— FHI3 INDIANS. z e i The Starving P’rocess ot tho Wichita und Forg Nill Agonvios. - Wasninato¥, D. 0., May J.~The following re- port was roceived at the War Department to- day : 1lzavquantens, Yort Sk, I T, Aprdl 10, 1875,— Abtibod: .(;bu(sm iencrul dicadquuriers Departmend 4 the Jissauri-His . Frequent complujnts havivg Dean tnude by tus Iudians cainped near this post that they arp wulicriug from hunger, 1 luve made an in- vestigition and tiud 110 complinte well founded, Tha lnllm\‘mflhlhn rution allowed by the ludian Depart. meit ¢ Beel, 3 pounds (irross on hoof) ond day in ff. teeni "3 'of .a polind of Dbacon s fssued in Mew™ of beer; flour gr bread & pound to tho hundred rations§ 4 pounids coffed, 8 vounds augar, 1 pound salf, ‘1 pound soap, 3 pound tovacco. This rallon wss alabished when tio. Tudlag eould “partly wopport himadf vy budting, ~ With no hélp 1t 1w laroly onougn to proveut Lungor, It s not, however, all fssucd. “Ehiego fu at the pgyncy no four, and ot ever ono-thind the anthorized amount has boou ‘tsqucd uring the preagut fiscal year, Tlery s no sugar, aud dlot over Do-tBiryls oF 11 Feiulur 18au0 18 boch Made, durig the samo tfue, Tis beof ldtely leauod Las beon shamefully tad, It 1a 80 poor thut.(he. gross b alic- gothur out of proportion {o tha net weight, ‘'he acting Indian Agent, flowatd, ncknowledges that the bicel fesucd was unft for food, ‘but sates i was c?l b hiad for isaue, The condition of aTairs at the Wichita Agyncy {8 worge thau hece,” Thers has beea #ip for flero for s lopig e, THa Ageut la abiout, unid {ho fudians aro kililuy aud catlog ticir Lorsca, Tam, air, very raspecttully, - (Bignedy 7L Joiw P, Maran, Lieuieuant-Colonsl Fourth United States Cavalary Comuwauding Lost, 1 nqn: T L l(zflqulnm ,,;‘,,.,'}:.‘}52 Misspopay, Fonx LeAvEnwory, Kan., Apgil. 17, 1875.—1 'tcuuuy Farwarded fo. tlie. Adialint-Goheral <oF . Tn Arngy throtyh the office 6f Avsistaut Adjutant-General fagy Wivhlog of thdllviourl, . e » 10 attention of tite proper suf ] vitud fo (e evident Foonihistealicn, of Tadiad oF f4irs whioh eyidently oxivta st tho Fort 81} snd Wiehi= t4 Ageneled, 1t fa {dle fo cxpoct that thens Indians will seljdin potoeably upom fifelr rescrvatious will tha Prospeet uf stdrvatiou in dolng wo, B0 lung up thes Tratd fmibnistratioti of affal vrfimhuna unid exisia, the, willlaty suthioritics auuno Le, snd Wil nob con- seut to bo, held .qw_xl,rubn for spy vntbreak which may cecur on their parl, G (Signed) .« ...a. JouxPoyr, . + Brovet Msjor-deneral; Comnmanding, Lraverweniy, Ron, May g.—Indian prisons ors (o {le ngmhu {r 31 !1: flu axcivy ul:xu o mOFFOWwe .+, . ! 3 . THE PENNSYLVANIA MINERS, .. OgbioLd, Pa,, May i, —Ouly & 15w broakers are working wlth reduced tofes, . Hnder tho proies- tiou o l‘ special pql,lcq, Jho indications uow a7y that the ptrike wiil Inst three or foiir mouths Toilgats. ‘Lhg Iilnfluli‘ e waloh in il for blacklogs ta provent thom from'going to wotk, aud avon pay shoir {85 hiach 4o whuro thoy cawu frooy, B_ave{uj u?er‘nz pdonta. biaye reqaeated uifnerg ta take thair tools. qup of the mivew if thay cstank \work for tha ppesators priges: Hauusnuag. ¥e; May A xiot occurzed st Moplisnuon plines to-day, ‘I'wd ofiicers were sliot, No particulary yot roceived. To ttie Tslalgh, . G ramniaipal oioction 306 o tlalgh, N. O,, municipal oloction yos- terdsy, the Domocrats’ cmmf’ oloven »’:lly of peveitseu. Aldormen. sud elected $hp Mayor. Lbis Is the flrat tinyo since the WVar that the city fias E- Domocratic, 'Thp D W”!“ SRCop Durham, Salisbyry, flll}-bom', hq.)ilo to, Hon derson, aid Wazreaton, which afe 1 towud hoard from. 1