Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1879, Page 2

& a : Es 0 Ree Eh. + view Grant ts reported to * Bhe ts dying wil cate asks twas never printed by the Horse, ences oO strong to be pealsicd were used to plevent ite publication, ltwas tie testimony which preeeded the discovery of the post-trad- erahlp systerh, and, if the Investigation had heen closely followed at that tine, the Demo- cratic Congress would have failed to make one of {ts aenantions, and Hlester Ciymer would nover have recelyed the sobriquet of The Lach- rymoae,'? MIRQUOTING GIANT. ¥ Democratle nuwspapors are perverting the account of the pretended interview with Gen, Grant In regard to the South Carolina boyus Legislature which, Senator Randolph fad with Gen. Grant. In that inter- have spoken coutemptuonaly of the Supreme Court, and the presa are charicing that le said be would defy the United States Supreme Court. The state- nhont td a partisan perversion, as Cen, (rant re- ferred only ta tho Supreme Court of the Staic of South ‘Carolina, which, at a later perlod in the eame controversy, in the iutereat of Tikien, Bitemmpted to lefcat the Electoral vote of that ate, “PRESIDENT DEB IURE? THUIMAN, Scuntor Thurman has porchased 1,000 ies, of m recont issuo of the ‘Washlucton Post, which contalos bls pleture and a diographical sketch, which begins in (hese words: The de Jure President of tho United Stater, whosa portrait iecompantes this articie, is Allen, ‘Thor- inan, of Ohio, who was, on Tuceday, choren Preaident pro temporo of the United States Senate. By the terms of tho Constitution, when there fa o yocancy in the Prestdential and Vice-Presidentiat oflices, as thera now ts, Meaara, Samucl J. Tildon aod Thomas A, Hendricks having failed to quality and areunto tho duties of the offices to which they were respectively chosen, the Preeldent pra tem= yore of the Senate becomes the Acting. President of the United States. ‘To thls ofico Mr. Tharman awn yesterday chosen. SENATOR LOGAN, ‘Tho yacancy for Illivols on tho Congressional Conimittee has been fled by tho appointment of Sanator Logan. YANDERDILT'S CLOVEN HOOF. ‘The delegation of Michigan citizens, who haya arrived bere in the interests of bridging thu river from Detroit to Helle Isle City und thence to Windsor, Ontario, have discovered that Van- derbilt does not favor thelr project, os they at first supposed he Would. On the contrary, he insists. upon tunneling tha river below Detroit for the convenlenco of the Canada Southern Road, which ho controls, and, throuzh this tunnel, he expects all the trunk roads cen- tering there seeking outlet through Canada to pass, and to pay hin tribute, as the New York Central, and Boston, and Hariem Roads are now compclicd to pay tolls personally to Vanderbilt for the use of the bridge at Albany, . AN ARTISTIC APPOINTMENT. Gen. Dayld HH, Strothers (# Porte Crayon") left Washington Saturday to enter upon his dutics ap Consul at the City of Mexteu. It is expected that Gen, Strothers, upon his returit, will print a book on his ebservatiuns in Mexico. 1 SENATE OPFIOES. + The removal of the undor-otticials of qho Sen- ate is rapidly progressing. Saturday afternoon damen Vitzpatrick, Assistant Financo Clerk, wos, Notified thuf his place would be-wanted. It Ts to bo given to Mr. Nowson, at preacnt Comp. troller of the City of Memphis. ‘The people of that elty having discovered that the cheapest way to pay thelr debts to Enstern creditors is to repudinte them had the State Leplalntined repeal the law {acon purntile: the elty, tnd, as the munfelpality’ hns beon destroyed hy legislative enactments, und its debt with it, there would scem to be no longer nny uso for a City Comptrotier. Accordingly Mr. Newson ig to be transferred to the charge of the Sonate finances as goon ns ho atoll bnyo learned the in frieate dtitics and responalbilitieg of tnt post- tidn in the capacity of assiytant.” 1 is proba. Die that the Demoerata will eive' notice to Mr. Nixon, the Republican head of that ofllee, that he also will uot be wanted. 4 mE PAROLE’S VICTORY. Comments of the London Pross on Mr, Borliiarity First Raco tn Kngiand=tils ‘OC hanees for the City nn Subsrban, dy Cable to New York Neratd, + Loxpor, April 1%.—Sines yesterday's race Parole has becoma a strong candidate fur the city and Suburban Handicap, ‘The sporting colunins of the vapers contain. extended com: viimentary comments upon the victory of the Atuertean horqe. ‘The Zimea says: “The Newmarket Hail cap witnessed a triumph of the colara of Mr. Lorillard, the - American gentleman who Drought over a stud of horses to try comparisons * with our “own home prod- uce. Yeaterday, un the occasion of his first run os well ns his frat win, ho.tried conclu- sions with a horse who was thought last year to be wbuut the best tyear-old in Englund. When Jsonomy won the Cambridgeshire in the style he did such was the opinion expressed, and yes- torday, eurrying clght stone twelve pounds, he wae a wari favorite for the Newmarket Hundl- cap. Parole met him at eight pounts less, aud it is sufllelent to say that ho gaye Isuuomy quite a five-pound beating, a bringlie together of American and Enelish horses which will give reeing men food for reflection." . ‘The Sportsman enys: When Parole frat ap- peored in the paddock few people Iked him, though he .noved freely and well, for Brown, die tratver, knew nothliy directly what he could Mo with ut nglish horses. ‘There was Iittle Uesire to sudport the gelding, except by Amer- fcane, After the raco there was a geberal exodus fo town to seu whut would bu dona respecting Parole for thé City und suburban iandicap, With 119 pounds he must eapurily taken tremendous unmount of venting, for he hase gift of golt wad seems a handy horse to ride? ‘The Sportaman’s postscript anys: Ono or two {nsinificant moves took place atthe Now- market Ruome Inst night, and for the City and Suburban Handicap 800 to 100 was taken about. Forule, ft (a evident the Americans could have had no idea that they were entertaining such an angel unawares'or the Yankeo horse would have been backed for the Ejnom Handicap prior tu bls competing for to-day’s handicap. ‘the Vnve soys: " Isonomy was a great favorite, but Rylstone and the. American horae Parole were fn strong demand, Parole is the firat of Lorillard’s team whitch huve run in thls coun- try, Unilke Sanford, this gentleman made a successful debut, and the manner in which Pa- role beat fsonomy stamps hlin 9 wood horée."” ‘The: Standard” says: “ Oue ot tho leading features of the sport was the trlumph of the Atmertean gelding Paroie, who wou the New- mtarkot Handicap, with something fn hand, frown Jsonomy, Whose rider wus the only ane that pers severed when Morty, the Jockey of the Yankee, got to thu rails," The Zeleyraph says: ' Parole’s atablo threw in for £5,000 by bis aucecss, and ure on at lone odds to win nearly £20,000 fur the City aud 5ub- urban," THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP, Lonnon, April 1%2—Mr. P, Lorillard's Amerl- can horse Porole, Lofors yesterday (when ho won the Newmarket Jinndicap at the New- tuurket Crayon meeting) was quoted at 10 to 1 Jor the City and Suburosn Handicap, whieh ts to be run on the 22d inst, at the Epsom spring niceting, He {8 is now the favorite for tht raveatBtol, Jiis run yesterday means fve pounds penalty, which will make bis welght for the City and Suturban Handicap 119 pounds,— his published weleht for that race boing 114 pounds. Yesterday he carried 116 pounds, and nave lsoumy (who carried 124 pounds) more than a five-pound beating, ‘The field of batt a dozen competitura wae the smalicat alice the race was catubliahed, tu 1855, ‘This was com- posed of the threo anfmals mentionud yesterday (Parole, Jeunomy, and Ling) and Ryl- stone, ‘The Dean, and Drimbead. ‘the betting ou these wos 4+ to 1 wuinst Bylstone, 6 tol agalnet The Dean, and 7 tol ugainst Drumbead, Liva made the rauning with a clear advantage of Drumbond, ‘the Dean, aml Varole, Rylaton and Ioonomy tying of ‘They ran in this ordor tothe “Turn of the Lands," where Rylstone dropped away iuto the extromo rear, the others retaining thelr respective positions for only ao short distance further, when Parole drew clear away, fallowed by Isunomy. From this polut the race was over, Parole’ winning with wreat case by a length anda half, ‘The reat fnighed. duo cluster, 100 yards off, headed by Lina, Vorolo’s thine was dm. 1a, ———— ¥ronch Punlslinent for Adultery, Hurts Corresnondenre Neto Yark sun, “A French tribunai bas just sentenced s women to prison for six duys lur—adultery, Such, it appears, is the taw, thoun vabody remembered it but one Bordicr, the woman's husband, ‘The Judge ond prosecuting, counsel were even murs curnest than the counsel for the detenss in thelr enutreatiew to hlay notte have thy law putin Jorce, but he quietly ordered thom to goon, 4 consuinption, and he wants to have her stizmatized with a disgraceful puuish- meot while there ds yet time. Hu baa lad to wait for ils clauce. He beat her for efx years belore abe gaye blu any cause of offense, and he has begn setting her thy example of the par- ticular slu in question all through their married Utes but that, ft seams, does vot count in the cole And aul right; any other provision, eapecially in Frauce, would jund our jurluts tu Burke's ‘diticalty of drawing up au iudictment nyalust @ nation. ee A Western paper reports the discovery of o rich veln of Ieadia Kentucky, lu the body of one af Kentucky's judas, probably. /hitade- phia Chrome e-dieru d. CRIMINAL NEWS. A. Woman in Nashville Refuses to Sell Three Boers for Five Cents. ‘An Attempt te Collect More Money Rests in a SIomicide. Extraordinary Nerve Displayed by the Iniurinted Priestess of Bac- chus, A White RaMnan Throws o Slono at a Negro and Kills Him. Various Information of Interesting or Imyortant Character, NASHVILLE CRIMES, : Brecial Dispatch tn The Tritune, : Nasuvines, Tenn, April 20.— William Singles ton, keeper of a satoon on Charlotio turnplke, at the New Penitentiary, was ehot and instantly killed nt 7 olvlock this evening by Thomas Raker. ‘The dliiiculty originated about a drink ofbecr. Baker entered the eatoon and called for drinks of beer for himself and two others. Ansister of Singleton was behind the bar and refused to glye Baker the beer tntess he paid in advance, Unker said he would pay for it when ho got it. Miss Singleton then gave it to lim, and he gave her flvo cents and storted to go out. She ran to tho door and tocked it. Baker put hfs hand ochind him as if todrawa pistol. Miss Singteton called to her brother to come to her assistance, ‘The brother vame fn from a rear room nt told Biker to tnko his hand from behind hin. Baker then started toward the rear duor, when Miss Slngle- ton picked up a club and beat him back, at the same time asking bim for pay for the beer, Ba- kor thon drew hfs pistol and attempted to shoot, her, but the brother, seelug his movement, ran and gota pistol aud commenced fleing at DBa- kor. Miss Slugteton continued to rain blows on Raker. Singleton fired three times, but without effect, After firing thé third shot Baker placed bla pistol, a Inrze Colt's repeater, neainst Slngleton’s neck and fred, the ball enterlig two inches below and lodging under the skin on the other stde, break lug the neck, Singleton fell, and expired une mediately. Baker then attempted to force his way out, but Miss Singleton caught bold of hin and prevented his aseape, at the same time erying for the police. Baker then pulled loose froin her and attempted tu crawl out at the window. Miss Singicton enught him by the legs und pulled him back. “Tn the seafly Baker knocked hur down three times, At this moment Volteemen Hast and Cavert made their appearance at ‘the door ant put an end to the tragedy by arresting Baker, whom they carried to Jail. Singl 20 yenrs ald, and leaves n mother wi Alexunder Spence, a colored _kihled to-day by Billy Winne, While s was riding on Cedar strect, Winne commenced to pick nt Spence’s horse, when Spence suid he could whip any wolte nian that tterlered with his property. “At this Winne picked up a rock, threw) it at) Spence, and bit hin on the back of the neck, Knocking him off the horse. Te was opleked up Insensible, carried home, and died abont 7 o'clock. Wine has beuy arrested. ‘The negroes are rently axuttod over the Klug of Spence, and talk loudly of lyuening Winne. BUYCITERY., Beeelal Dispatch to The Tribune, Pirtsutina, Pa. April 21—About 11 o'clock to-night a dificulty occurred fn a saloon on Smithfield street, ear Munlelpal Hall, avhich resulted in the fatal stabbing of John D. Talla- han by Juseph Mook. Bath are gamesters, the victim being well known throughout the coun. try a6 a sucevsaful crooked player and a desper- ato character gonuraily. Houk iy nok itch better, and is also well known Callahan had cornered. Mook, when “tho “latter sprang behind tho counter nd seized a larga ckeese-knife, with whieh he dealt his assailant # trémendons blow in the ab- doinen, cutting a gash -flye or six inches long and redehing to the cavity. ‘The wounded man cannot lung survive, Alter the eutelnz, Hook walked deliberately down Fifth avenue, and up tu this hour (12:90) has not been arrested. Offcers are in pursuit, however, nud will doubl- Joes appreheud hin {1 a abort tue, + SIX LIVES IN JEOPARDY. Lenanon, Pa., April 17.—The most tmoortant murder trial thut has taken place in Eastern Pennsylvania for some time was cotanienced here to-dny, Charles Drews, Charles Stichter, Leo Zachman, Henry F. Wolae, dosiah Hainmel, snd Israel Brandt were arraigned fur the murder of. Juseph Raber, in the backwoods country, abaut fifteen miles from here, Inst December, The alleged murder tools place to obtafy about $10,000 insurance, ft {8 supposed, on the old tian's life, Drews and Stichler are accused of having commited the murder by drowning the vietin Iva sinall ercek. ‘The remalning four held the policies, und are accused of haylug tired. the two to do the murder, promising to pay them several hundred dollars for doing the job, Allthe defendants plead not gullty. Thu fol- lowlng insurance companies arc represented: Home Mutual, of Lebanon; New Era, of Phtla- delphila; Mutual, of “Reading; Murtford, of Harttord, Conn.; and Keystone, of Allentown, A TRIPLE MURDER. Dhapateh 10 st, Lie Globa- Deworrat, San Antonio, Tex., April li—An £zpresy speclal frum Eugle. Poss eays: “Incarnaclon Nunee, the Mexican arrested Sunday for mal- treating and threatening to kill big young wife, belug released ‘Tucsday, last night proceeded to. execute his. original avowal, He attacked the woman with a kulfe, gashige her throat and neck, whon she ran und fell dead in the street. Auother Mexican, attracted by the woman's cries, run to Lhe reactie, and Was chopped, to pieces by Nunes with an ax, Ho died to-day, ‘The murdered woman's adopted daughter waa also horribly cut. Udlvers went in pursue of Uw fend, who oseapud across the Rio G to Mexteo, He is now auppoacd tu be at L Negras!” BRUTAL MURDER, Fpectat Dispatch to Ze Tridune, Davenvont, Iu, April 20.—A° sovclal gives the fottowlng particutars of 9 brutal murder Tast night, which occurred nine miles northenst of Moutezuma. A man by the mune of Owen Cannot killed his mother about midnight by beatlng heron the heud with a stick of stove- woud, After the man had committed the horrl- ble and unnatural critue, he threw the body out of the house upon the wooll-pile. ‘The murdered woman was tu her 70th year, After duing the work Cannot left the house, and it was with somo ditiiculty that he was captured, Lnsnnity: iene only cause thatcat be asslucd for tho AMRESTED FOR ‘TIER T, | Apectat Dispatch to The Tribune, Inpiaxavonis, Ind, April 20.—vohn C. Wat- Bon, for sixteen years fn charge af the Jumbur yard of Splegol & Thoms, Jarge furniture tenus fucturers, Was arrested fast week, ‘The firm dls- coyercd that for years he hus been selling sinall quantities of lumber to farmers and pocketing the proceods. So fur as known, hia pecutattons amount to $4,000, Watson has always borne att excellent reputation, Anthony Wishmeyer was arrested and held as @ confederate “in the thieving. za 3 t —- ELECTORAL FRAUDS. Cutanvuston, 8. C., April 20,—Phe Grand Jury hus found the followfug true bills: George E, Vritchott, W, KR, Coxcy, ant W, A. Loundes, for falacly certifying thy result of av election; Wd. Heldt, A. M. Morelund, and W, A. Flahburn, for refusing to reccive the votes of porsons entitled to vote; Wid. Wilson, for obstructlag and re+ sisting o Deputy United States Maralialy J. M Mulrbead aud GE, D. Fell, for ylulation of duty as oflicers of election. YOUNG NATHAN'S ASSAILANT, Diniutch to 8 Louts Glabe-Denncrat, Naw Yous, April 8.--Authentle information hag been received that Birdie Belt, otherwise Mra. Barrett, fs dylug fron brain fever, Tt hus Ucen uscertained Uhat the day after the shouting ‘THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: BOK DAY of Washtngton Nathan, da the Coleman Honse, Write Hell Tutt the city, wil fled to sume place in Ponoaylvaniy where she tsnow. This tiie preved apon her stad; she waa driven front her residence amd friends; she feb her condition very mel, cot Alek, and went. to bed, here ag, is now proatrated with brain fever. Mer health has been go shattered thit it fs expected she will wer; in fact, sl fs ina dying conditlon AST. LOUIS SENSATION. Xpectat Diente to Tne Tribune. Sr. Louts,. April 20.—Quite n sensation was produced to-night over tho arrest al Charles Green, a son-in-law of Col, Nat Clalborne, 6 prominent criminal Inwyer offshjs city. Not long ago Green camo bere with a flourish of trumpete from New Orleans and made soelety heave. Ho led to the altar the beautiful daughter of Col. Clairborne, The aflalr was ona of great moment fn society. Green turns out toben fraud of the first water, nul is locked wh, for forgery, {t 1s bellered, although the no- lice are reticoit, and will allow nobody to sve Green or talk to hin, DR, ST. LOUIS DEAT. Svectal Diwatch to The Tribune Osatta, Neb, April 20.—Dr, St. Lonts, the condemned wile-polsoner who was to lave been bung at Walion on Friday, bu’ who cheated the gallows by shooting himself In the head tn his cell Friday morultyg at Fremont, died this af- ternoun ab 2, a MURDERED. Anpayy, April 20.—Willtam J, Tadley, the lawyer who was assaulted and cut with a knife several weeks siuce by one o¢ bis ellents, named Hughes, dled inst night. a CURRENT OPINION. True Enough, Cinctnnate Commercial Unt, Reve The belief {s gaining ground that ‘Thurman ts nota Tilden man, Bourbons In the Hritteh Army, Baw York Neaning Pat, British Generala do nut seem tu havo learned anything about Habting savages since the days of Braudock. ‘The Unton Army Traitors, Olnlona Lats.) Southern Gtatea (Hem.). Lincoln and his mob, yelept the Unton army, were tralturs, and their treason must be made outous, A Now Disclosure, Burdette (Reps Tt ts now belleved thut Mr. Tilden habitually wears n Myer-pad. Every day some new and more terriple disclosure makes the American neople glad they did wot elvet this man Presi- dent. 4 Hondricks, ~ Cineinnatt Bagutrer (Dem). Mr, Mendrivks eays that le doesn’t feel called upon tu take agaln the second place upon the national Demowrftie teket. It Is noticeable that he duvsn't say that hy will not sgatn take the second place. +No Itoomn Washtngton Dar (Den), Slowly but surely the sad suspicion fa work- tng tts way through the - husks of prejudice and conucolt into the consclous thought of the aver- age Greendacker that din the great campaign of 1880 theru will not be ruum for a third party. r If They Voralat, Augusta(Me,) Journal (Ren. If the Democrats persist in their attempt to starve the Governhiont to death, the Republican candidate for Governor will have a majority equine the Republican majoritics in the years immediately. preceding aud during the Kee bullion. Throo Cities. 4 Cincinnats Guzette, ‘Tho populatiun of .cities Ja sometimnas esti- mated by the number of votes cast. ‘The three prinefpat Weatert elties have all liad elections this spring, ?um}. hers are the tutal yotes: Gileaito, 57,000; Cinclunatl, 45,303; St. Louis, 2, Tho Tntvitabty Neaction, Harlford Courant (kep.). ‘Tho Republicaty Isiiecees in so many myniclpal elections is neeounted for by the fact that the Democrats have been a power for several years, while debts ayjd'taxes have Mercosed, und the cities have been nisguverned, It was tuoyitublo thut a reaction should occur, _ Our Woottehueke. . Daytan (0,) Jaurnat (Len). ‘Tho Ropublican' necessity for 1480 is to nomi nate a candidate: for the Presidency who can carry all the’ Stotes North necessary to oléct, and Now York: is tia one indispensible State, additional to others reasonably certain for any Aetna fests cundidate, New York is our woud+ chuck, A Minalenppl Warntag. Atlanta (Gtt.) Constitution (hen), ‘The latest: Misatasippl murder is calculnted to attract attention vy the striae of its commission. ‘The victim: was found dead fn bis bed. His head was crushed by an iron bolt, his throat cut, and iis body ripped open the’ entire length. This should be a warning to the Republican earpet-buggera now howling at Okolona, Let No One Be Deceived, Memphta ( Tenn.) Aratancre (Dein. do If the folly of withholding supplies from the Goyornment Le committed, ict no one he de- eulyed ag to the reault. A moro powerful weapon than such an act furnishes could not be put Into the bands of the Republicans, who have lived for ten youre up the blunders of their pulitival enemies, The Republican Party Tooming. Washington Renublicun (Lev), The Republican party {8 booming, No mat- ter what the result of the ponding contest in Congress may be, it has served to rouse the thorough inspirations of patriotle duty the country over; und, as a natural covaequence, the Kepublicun party {eas solid and unbroken now us It was hn 1808, or os §t ever has been sluco It canie futo existence. ‘Tho Tepublican Position. Hacheater Democrat (Reve The Republicans can afford to ubido results, They muko no wcnace, They harbor no revolus onary schemes, Asserting the wisdom and the necessity of the lows, cuarantecing the purty of the ballot-box, they can calmly remain upon the defenslye, Asolute in their purpuse to beat back the new assault upon the sanctity of tow and the tntegerity of free inetitutions, “Going to the Country," Clepeland Herald (Len. ), Thera, 1s a deal of Confedro-Democratle blus- ter and bluff about colng to the country" on the issues lately ratacd, Just come on, geutte- men, whenever you fecl like ft, and the sooncr the better, ‘The country fs vearning to take you to its bosom, anil tt will do so after awhlluy It will reach fur you, a8 ft wera, und, about the tle it dous, you will hear something drop, Lot the Procession Move On. Andiunapatta Journat (Rew). To of slavery times thousands of negroes used to Nud their way to Canada, and we never heard of any freezing to death there, Here- ubuute as a rule they don'e wear any more cloth- tug in winter than the average white man does. ‘Yhey can wtund the Northern climate as well as most folks. ‘There would seem to be no speclul occasion for anxiety on this score among Demo- cratic humunitarlung., Let the provesalon move on, Which fa Correct? Rattiure Goxette (Lem). A gontleman who culled at Gramercy Park the other day found Mr, Tilden tna wretched condition, Ho was contined to bed, and could only speak ina low whisper. Ifa rluht ade ts vuralyzod, he has Jost the uso of lls left eye, aud {a unable to take any solid food whatever, Y. 8—The gentleman Hed. Mr. Tilden waa never better in his Wife, Ou Suturday just he sawed and split twa cords of wood before breakfast, without turning a hair, and in the Alturnody rode fifteen nites on his hard-troteing OTHE. . Keep Cant. Boston Advertiser (Rev.)o When the tinw comes, the tucal conventions of the twa parties will select delegates to thelr Natlonal Convautlons, in view of the situation os fe may then appear to be, and not as tt ap beara to be now. We will not venture to pro- dice what factions or powers will coutrulthe APRIT, 2t, Democratte Convention, hut we betiove the Re- publican Convention: wilt fice the situation eally sind aelect the fittest candidate, Gen, Qrané i no ners Hhely to he that man than fin one of twenty other capable and hapors wble Republicans, ‘The effora new so openly making (o forestall Uhe action of the people next year, and to induce prominent men all over the: country to commit themselves ina way which will Miter inipurttality of Judgment and frees dom of action when the tine of actlon comes, aire fn the Inst degree unwise, and they will fall, Now Investignttons, Deteott Post (Rem). : The Confederate Gen, Chalmers, Tucaday, arked fora Committes to investigate bis con: duet nt the massacre of Fort PINuw. Naw that Fitz John Porter has hod a new tnvestigatlon, after many of the witnesses are dead, or gone no one ean say whither, und eo procured a re- port reversing the verdict of Iitstory, why should now Cen. Chalmers, or any other Confederate, try the sane dodge We tne yet live to sve a Committee of Investigation, ff nota Court of Inquiry, dellver o report denouncing Abratan Lincoln na an asgassin for bay the menus of breaking ona of the bones fu Jobn Wilkes Hooth’s teg, aml so leading to the deuth of that solid Domocrat! A Sperotinen of Southern Swaggor, SMobite (Alt) Keatater (Hen), The Democratls Congress may proceed with- out fear, Mr. Hayes nul bls array of office holders need money tov badly for him to stand in the way of Congress. If ho fs determined for part{gan purposes to foree upon Cosuress the alternative clther of leaving the Govern- ment without supplies, or of leaving upon the statute-books the Jaws designed to defeat the will of the people at. tho palls, then IL may be necessury for Congress to coualiler very rok ously whither ft {6 tiot {a order te call up fron the table of the Honse Uhat resolution whic was not acted upon ou the 8d of March, 1877; to the effect that Samusl é. ‘Tilden was elected Trestdent of thy United States. To thls com- plexton It may come at inst, if tha President nut Mossra, Garfield and Co, refuse to take their own micdleluo, a Tho Grant Revival in Minnesota, St, Paul Praneer: Pres Uind. Rend. The declaed and almost enthusiastle prefer- ence of Iepublicans.of Minnesota for Grant, nl- most to the excluston of any other name, fs 9 valitical phenomenon arising from such a com- plexity of causes tlint it ta diilleult to state them. The general revival of bis old popularity Is undoubtedly duo ehtedy to the reaction of Northern sentiment caused by the spectacly of o8olld South actually controling ove branch of the; Governnient and preparing to seize another, ‘This threntened restoration of the Jute Southern Confederacy to the —con- trol of the Goverpment naturally alarms the patriotfesentiment of the North,—perhaps to a dageee entirely disproportionate to Uie real danger,<and ju this emergoncy ft {a natural the Ropudlicans should turn to the great elle whogo fortune ft ts been to bo popularly ac- egpted as the ropresentative and embodlinunt of the patriotic sentiment of the country. Vorlous elicuttistances have contributed tu ro- atore and inereara; hfs popularity, and the un fortunato acandals , which tarnished the lustre of his admintatratign qre nearly forgotten Ln the revollectlon of its marked general succoss. i > A Tammany, Agauult upon Tlidom Nein York Exwcey (Dem.—dolin Kelly). Tilden {ts ‘very rich, with no fanily, and fs willlng to apend a miliivn of dollars to secure the Prealdenev; and the Democratle party, with no Federal patronage to draw upon, and nono: of the resources open to the Republicans at command, must have a.rich candidate.who is willlng to spond Is ‘monoy freely. This argu- ment fa ot paraddd Yn the uowspapers, but is whispored everywarrp. [t ts Inatnuated when men doro not whisper it. What would the men who founded “(ils Repiblic say to a plea ike this My belalt of a candidate? The Presidency tdbe.buught! A man notorl- ously untie and nol Wanted fur tho ulllea ta be taken up and yoteL for by the vonimon people, liecause oy alt portg.ng devlous atid undernand ways ho hos got rith, ind is williug to spend his All-gut money Mn enflyitiy on a campalen! Think ofa great national party saying to the people of Atverleas We engyot cleet an able nnd hone est xtatesmnan to the, Prosidency beeause he fs poor; therefore wo ict try to elect o cunning, unscrupulous politfiita to thatofiicy because ho is rich, and will aperl millions in debanchtiug public sentiment ung corrupting public morals.” Whnt tile South Needs, benverlyrivune (Rep). ‘Tho South can nover expect to amount to much natil Itshows a wor intolligent apprectation of the pedestrian profession. Cleveland Herald (hen). an Pedestrianism behind a plow is what it needa. Tf the peoplu of the South will only pull down polities from the ptominent poaltion which ir holds ou thelr rninig und thelr soclal life, it will be better for thet. }.1f they will only compel a doren or so of blatherskite politieinis to do 2,700 miles in 2,700 ininntes, with the Peniten- tinry for 2700 yedra os tho ponnity of fail- ure, they will fll that they will bo tn Ices trouble in three orfour years. If they will only suppress thelr fouls, our fuata will baye to wip press theineelyes, amt North uml South will wet along a grest, ddal better, If they will only ceasd.ta trighten the present with the shosts of dend issuys, and let the neuce of eominerce and brotherly tuterest follaw the arbitratlon of the sword, it will bo o blessed change all around, ‘fo keep atop with progress is the pedestrianism which the South should cultivate at preaunt; but it cunoot do so if hundicapped by tha past. Every time It makes thig error it will be confronted with the soild, unilinehing sentiment which defunted it onc: before, ane bad bjood will ‘The South stuuld forgot a great many old things, and fearn several now ones. It has it in te own hands to bury “the bloody shirt" a thousund feet out of alytit, und to grow the flowers of unity aud mu- tual reapect upon the graye. ————— ONE HUNDRED:AND TEN NEGROES BAP- . TIZED. : Spectat Disvatch to The Tribune, Nasivieng, Tenn, April 20.—Ono hundred and ton colored perauns, mate and femate, were baptized in the river here to-day, ‘The per- formance commenced at 13 o'clock and ended late In the afternvon, It roquired. the acrvices of several iministers to perform the rites, The wharf was literally thronged, and ft seemed thut the entire colored population had turned out to wituess the ceremony. A majority of them stood for several hours with- out once naying frum thelr tracks, so absorbed wero they tn whot was goingon. ‘The welkin was made to rg with their peculiar chants and songa, aud, together with the shouts und howls of the converts, was & scene lung to bo remum~ bered, a a SCARLET FEVER, Spectat Diavuteh to ane Tris, Sty Louts, Aprit 20,—Scariot foyer 1s reported. tole raviig seriously. ‘the first ease came from Kirkwood suburb a fow days ago. Now itis spreading ta an alarming extent, though the City Medieal Departincut is trying to kéep tho fact suppresacd, a Eloctric Storms on Pikoty Donk, Remarkable electric storms aro sald to occur on the summit of Piice’s Peak. Little thunder accompanies them, but the whole mountain seems to be on tire, amd the top one slicut of Name, Electricity comes out of oyery rock, and durta horo aud there wich indescelbuble radianee, An observer says that dt played around hin eon: tinuuusly, shot down hits back, glanced out of his feut, und so completely Wed hin. that he became charged Ike a Leyden jor, Ile could hot retuin tls foothold; fie bounded and re- hounded from the rocks nfter the manner of an Tndla-rubber ball; he felt as though a powers ful battery wero throbbing throuslt Die frame; aul, fearing consequences, he hurrled ito the Hiiguat station, =n - A Modest Boy, Austen Transcrint, Tho moddeatest person we ever knew was the boy who was caught pelting an apple-tree, by by ite enraged owner. In reply to the violent demand, “ What's your pamel”? the boy replied without hesitatlon, “My name is Cusparid, alr, aud Fiiys on Pine streat, the eame bulng the nome and residence of a achoolfellow, _ Ho way too modest tu give ble own name, Bald the oschard-owner, coullng down, © Well, you havo been so honest in telling your name, I will let you go this time.” ‘Thid fa the only Lipe wo ever hvard of where inodesty received Its proper roward. are Grant's Comings San Praneisod Chronicle, Aletter has been received at this office from John Russell Young, the well-known journallet, who fs uccompanylug Gen. Grant in hia trp around the world. ‘bie lett habad (Ifindostan), Feb. 28.) and states ihut Gen. Grant und party will ba fu Californta in Auruat, or perhaps cartier, (S79=TWELVE PAGH CATASTROPILE: Wreck of the Steamship Great Republic on tho Pacific - Const. ‘Tho Little ‘Town of Astoria Fat ot Unfortunate Pas- songers. Ei Hor Churelos, Halls, and Residences Open to tho Needy Sufferers, Ten of the Crew Drowned In Departing from tho Breaking Vessol. Account of tho Ornshing of tho Bareback Girous-Ridor at Philadelphia, THE GREAT REPUBLIC, San Francisco, April 20.—A dispatch from Astoria aays the Great Republic fe colug to pieces, The passengers wera ail trunaforred to Astoria. ‘The freight and paggare aren total loss, Last nlgbt the wind roso, aud a heavy sen began to roll ti and is breaking now whore the vease) Uva. All accounts agrea that the disaster was duc to au attempt to enter at night, when it was very dark. ‘he ship was badly out of her course, SECOND DISPATCH, San Francisco, April 20.—a special from Astoria at 4:20 this afternaon says: we tugs Brenham and Columbia have Just returned from the wreck of the Great Republic. Capt. Carroll, First-Oflcer Lennon, Second- Ollicer Davie, Plot Dloz, the boatman, mame unknown, and ten others, seamen nnd walters, are stiilon board the yessel endeavoring to gave the freleht and baggage, but with very poor success, In consequence of the suverlty of the storm, Av8:25 the Inst tug arrived, bringing the news that at 12 o'clock the lust bont left the ship with First Ofleer Lennon, Mr. Davis, the sec: ond oflicer, the boatswain, tivo sailors, and eight walters, TEN OF WIIOM— Lennon, Davis, the boatswaln, and seven others —were drowned by the capsizlig of the boat in- the surf. Three men clung to the boat and drifted ashore. ~ Z The ship ts golng to pieces, and Is breaking up Very fast, 3 ‘The malnmast fell during the night, ‘The engines have broken through the bilge. ‘The ship {s now Hated senward. The brakers wash complutely over her. Bedding, furniuire, ete, te washing up with the surf on the beach, CAPT. CARROLL has, from the very first, mulntatned the greatest discipline and order, aid, up to the very last by fuapiring the pnaserigers with confldeuce of anfuty, prevented n ponte, : All hands landed without toss of life, TUE TOWN 18 FULL of peonte, many of them without money. The churches, public buttdtiys, and residences are all belug thrown open for the accommodation of the pussengers, who have lost everyting. ‘The Intest converning, the conaltion of the vessel fs that sho lnys Virtually In three pteces, the forward part spilt In two and the aft part holding together. eee A CIRCUS-RIDER CRUSITED, siwectnt Dispatoh' to ThA Tribune,’ < Pinvaperria, April! 20—An accident oc- curred at the London’ Cirens net evening which nearly deprived {he arena of the man who {s aclvertised on the biligaf the show as “I'he Undisputed Champtoa! Bareback Rider of the World.” frank Metyillé made his appearance fu the ring, dressed ‘Ii Ki flashy costume, and Redted upon the back of ‘a rather restless horse, wich hd trfed, by’ Hie dgainary means used by professional horsetnensito pacify.- Melville's act wos to go through no number of diifl- cult and. graceful"! ‘postures upon his animal. while it a3 fi full motion, and to perform oa varlaty:iof different modes of mounting, ‘The :preliminary portion of his act he went through ‘with: creditably, but when it caine to Jumping up tho horse's back and maintaining. a footing pon the fasterunning mass of horsellean, ft became evident to-must of the spectators that; from sume cause, the acrobat was not in a‘condition todoso, The firat, second, and third attempts were unsuccess- fil, snd, when it came-to the fourth, Melville nearly suceceded In his. difilcutt Jeap, but, un- Iuckily, he lost his balanee after reaching with safety the horse's back, and was obliged to Jump outslde the ring among the audience. A second horse was thew brought out, but the netor’s attempts with tt were also unstcecss- ful. While he was still attempting todo his aet a child escaped from its parents, who were seated in the audience, and, brandlahtig tts hat, ran yelling gleefally toward the unmanageable aninal., Distracted by this, the horgo lost tts Ualnnee, and pitched its rider to the ground, falling upon-him and crushing him badly, and the women jn the tent were, of course, very mueb frightened, aut shricked loudly, Mel- yillo was conyeyed from, thu elrelo In an uncon. selous condition. Metso “much tnjurcd that it {s feured ho will not be ablete perform again for sume thine, FELL THROUGH A BRIDGE, f Apeclal Plepateh to The Tribute. Qurxoy, 1, April 19.—A serlous disaster occurred on the: Hunnibal & 8t..Joo Ratlroad tast nicht. Train No, 16, coming cast, ran on the now bridge over Fishing Creek, near ‘Kearnoy, the bridke haylng a short tine before been seton fire, probably by a pagelng locomo- tive. ‘The traln consisted: of an engine and tender and thirtuon cars Joaded with atock, When in the middle of the bridge it gave way, and all were precipitated oo distanco of twenty feet. The card were erushed na they piled ono ‘on top of the other, and the burning timbers from the bridge fired the train, which, with the hogs and cattle, was chttrely destroyed, Ono man, whose name is unknown, was caught in the wreek and burnéd to death befora ha could be ‘released, ‘The train-men wéro also iu the’ ruins, and all were muro or less burned or otherwise Injured, one of thenr probably fatally, ‘The freman ant one of the brakemen jumped off tho tra{n, und escaped with only slight Injuries, ——— SERIOUSLY HURT. pectat Dapateh to Tha Tribune. Rocnes.y, HL, April 19.—A nearly fatal ao- eldent ovcurred to-day to une of the hands of the construction tratn of the Iiinols Central Rallroad named E. Spence, while at work at the gravel-pitalout afx miles west of this place, ‘the hich bank auddenly caveil on hin, burying. him under three fect ot gravol, ‘The other train hands dug bin out as avdn ay possible, and he wae ut once convered to this city, On oxain- {uation by the Hiilrond Coupai vs aurgeatt, Boenucy was found to have u lex broke, hips brutsod, and injurad irternully, bs recovery ts doubtful ‘Tho Dream of w Murdered Womnn's Childe alkran (0,) Disnateh ty vleestund Heratt, A strange coluctdence of the Hickey murder at Warren came to light today, Nellie Hickey, thu I-veor-old dguehter of tha murdered woman, Works [1 the eane of Perry Woods, corner of Kast Market and Bunimit streets, On the evening of thu murder, Just wouk Monday, ris duted © Alla-.. she awoke out of a horrible dream, in which her tmothers bloody wud mutilated form avpearud betore her in ull the dreadful reality fu which it was found atthe Warren Hotel, ‘The dream was related to members of the fanily, but though it wade a deoy impression on th intnd of the young uirt, nothting muro wae thought of it untif she took up the evening paper und read therein thu detaits of the bloody tragedy, ul- inost precisely as she bad dreamea {tb at about the eume hour it occurred.” ‘ a A Law unto Herself, Of Miss Julfg FE. Smtth, of Glastonbury, | Coun., whosy marriage has been aunounced, story fe tola in Hartiord that aucgests ner Inde- pendence, Sume time aga, buliy o stockholder in one uf the Hurtturd buuky, sho called tn at the institutign & mouth or more before dividend. time, and vad that beluy i town ele would her diylde eb that no dividemt heen declared f. she wast tonth aheubof time. Noyertheless, she dentindedd dar money. PL owt do things ae other people do, sir’ pha ant Dav a baw. Motu myself, slrcand Pi tako my dividend now.) “Welly matam, you may be a law ounta sours avif,”” was the auswer she zot, but yours nut wiow unto me’? and, tustead of getting her dtyidend, sho wot angry. ‘HE ZULU WAR. Beginning of the Second stagemA Patntat wot Disasters and Misuinangemont Yoarson at MkoweeDiMeulties of Invad- Ing the Enemy's Country, New York Herald, With tho arrivals of reinforcementd in South Afrtea nnd the etart of the relief column for Col. Pearson at Vkowe, the Zulu war enters upon {ts second staze, because disaster now will be nttonded by anpilling results, ‘THE COURSE OF THR WAR, The Cape Arjua plyes the following resume of the events of the'campaign up to the tho of the disaster at Isandata: “fhe ultimatum sub- mitted to the Zula King on the 1}th of Decem- ber {ntled to secure compliance on his part. ‘Twenty days having beer assigned for his fulflll- ment ot somo portion uf the terms, and thirty days having expired, all was tn trim for an in- yaston of the country. been ralsings and organizing bls forecs since tho middle of Atygust, and when the further en- toreement of the Ilgh Commisstoncr’s demands was placed fn his hands on the 0th of January jie had in the command a total of 17,029 ofllcers and men, comprising 85 staf nnd departmental, 203 royal artillery, 5,123 regular ine fantry, Ineludtugy = the © Third. Fourth, Thirteenth {both bnttations), Twonty-fourth, Seventicth, Nincticth, aud Nincty-ninth Reet- ments. Tlie cavalry, numbering 1,103, was com- posed of mounted Infantry, armed wml gnounted police, and Juca) volunteers. ‘The mative auxill- arlos numbored 215 hoeraa snl 9,035 infantry, besides which there were 1,910 men engaged in the transport service, with 123 horses, threo wagone, nnd flfty-six carts. The artlilery com- prised twenty fleld pieces, two rocket tubes, and elght rocket troughs. ‘The entire force was be- stowed along the borders of Zululand in five columns, under Cols. Vearson, Durnforth, Glyn, Evelyn Wood, and Rowlands, the. Intter. belng specially empiosed, however, in keeping in eh the’ Bapede ‘Chief Secocoent, whose re- serve lics some distancy away from Cetywayo's country, fi the northeast of the ‘Transvaal. Cols Wood coinmenced the Invasion on the 7th by crossing the Blood Rlyer, eneouatering no opoosition, The three columns faelng: Zulu- land on the Natal side were delayed some days py the flooded ‘state of the ‘fugela, but the work of. transportation comsnenced at Rorke’s Drift, where thelelt column crossed on the Ith. A pont was om- ployed at tls point, ng also at the drift, five infles from the mouth, where Col, Pearaon was Incommand. The column in the centre was composed almost entirely of natives, nut these failed to male the passage of the river at the place wheru they were posted. A portion of this division were left to opsist In the defense of the border, and Col. Durnford moved up the re- mafnder to Rorko's Drift, where they crossed tn the reur of the General, who peraonally necum- panied Col. Glynn's coluinn. ‘Tuls division was the first to encounter thy onutty, who suffered a slight reverse on the firat day after that upon which the troops crossed. ‘The roads belng bad and the ratios continuing, the force, whieh had established comuuleation ‘with Col.” Wao, who waa operating on its left, reinaiued statlon- ary fur somo days, ate COM. PEARSON'S FINBT MOVE. 4 “ Meanwhits Col, Poargon's column lad been in course of transportation ot the lower drift, where the river [s nearly 400 yards wide. ‘The construction and working of tie pont wag ine trusted tothe naval brigade from the Active anid ‘Tenedos, aud in six days the work wis so. far forward that a fiving column got out on the 18th in the direction of Ekowe, a mission ate. tlon,, thirty-fve miles inland, whore it was In- tended to establish an intrenchet post. On the succeeding dny Col. Pearson tas followed by his rearward divlaton, oxcorting a great mun- ber of wagone,. ‘The. cummtssariat reacrye ful- lowed some daya later der an escort not par- ticularly atronyg, ‘The road just before Ekuwe is reached through passes—a broken, bushy beat oF cauntey yon the “83d ‘thd 7 attackad.tha dying, co sua or PETRI OR eee Ua He an action Instiny an hour ana halt,” Ye rite $00 dead; our casualties being teu Europeans killed, ten wounded, and thees natives wounded, Col, Venrsou ‘resumed iis march, and when Inst heard of had reacted Ekowa : safely, whoro he had Intronched bimecit and formed a permanent post. The forvin hls rear, on the Zulu side of the river, was § unsuccessfully ‘attacked on Saturday night, a loss of seven or eight men being iniileted on the enemy. On ths eame day that Col. Pearson wos attacked a dlaaater befell our army uprocedunted in the colonial warfare. On. Monday, 20th, Lord ‘Chelinsford moved forward with his camp to Isandula, about nine miles from Rorke’s Drift. On the succeeding morning f force consist- ing of sixteen companics of native foyt, sup- ported by to truops of cavalry, was sent out to scour Matznna’s location, The patrol found if necessary to blyouac, and on the following mornliug Lord Chetinaford, haying heard ot the enemy being in force in front, proceeded to its support, taking with hier the whole remainder of his forces, with the exception of fiye compa. mes of the Twenty-fourth, two guns, rine small detachment of motnted police nud yolun- teers, Col, Pulleine bulny felt in command of the camp, Col, Durnford wae ordered up from Rorko's Dritt with his nutives, numbering 250, aud some nuniberof horse, with a rocket-battery. When theac reinforcements arrived, large bodies of the enemy hovered near, especially toward the front. Col, Durnford engaged the cuemy ata distance of about tivo nies from the camp, which appeared to hive been practically deserted. ‘The regulara being ordered out In support of bis movement, the attack of the enemy rap idly developed, taking the form of a horavshoo, At leugth, when our skirmishers wors drives in unon the camp, they found it iu the possession ot the enemy, with whoin a short but desperate hand to hand contlict ensued. The soldiers wero overwhelmea by mere. numburs, ‘The greatest portion died’ in the rants, but those who sought safety in flight were oxsegaled dur- ing the pursuit, which was carried as far as the river, whera many of the fugitives wero drowned,”? APTRE THE DISASTEI. It was fortunate for the British that King Cetywayo did not attempt to follow up Als success nt Ishnlulu by invading tho Natat territory, for ft de scarcely probable thet he could have been checked until ho had committed great havoc. After the wlfalr at Isandula the runior was set abroad that the King had disbanded hig. army iu urdur to have the harvest gathered In, “but thie is not [tobatle, tor both Col, W and Col. Pearson have greatly tnereased forces of Zulus aroun them now thao bofure, Col, Wood reports that 20,000 mon attacked hin recently, and Col, Pearson reports 85,000 Zulus in the immediate vicinity of Ekowe, whore, previous to the dis- aster, only 10,000 wero repord to be, It ts, therefore, probable that the King has been busy auring. the weeks alnca Isandula in’ ree dlatrlbuting his forced, amt he hoa @dig- played eonsiderable strategtcal skill jn sond- ng them to the very points where the British forces oro weakest nnd least able to ofr adequate resistance—capcelaliy to Uin= Delint'y distelet, where Col, Wood ‘is. boing harassed, und to Ekows, wners Col, Pearson has hitherto becn completely surrounded, and only safe from unniillatton by secure intrench- ments—for whith the Zulus have, hoivorer, 10 Tittle respect, WHERE 38 CRTYWAYO? It fs diMcult to ascortain at oresant where Cutywayo 13, or tha number of troops at his dis- posal, Originally it was thought that be had au uriny of 4, t050,000 men, but as every male capible of Ufting an nssegalis called out, tt ta highly probable, Judging from the numbers of Zulus known ‘to be at differant kraals, that bis urmy numbers fram 50,000 to 100,000 well-tralned iuen., And’ they are everywhere on the alert. Not " long ago a party under Umbelin! almoat avnthilated aconvoy ut Entombe, Yesterday's cabla dia patch iuformed us that Cruvelini bud replied to Col. Wood's attack by sullying out nextday and retaking the cattle and attacking the English camp, only eufferiig repulse after four huura? hard Dgorins. But the Zulus, thourh repttiscd, do not appenr to think a deteat of much tmpure tance. ‘They retire, roassymble, and reappear du greater “mimbera next day. On thy other side, the Enutlsh, except at Fort Pearson, havy been comoelled to remain quite inactive, awatt- ing reluforcementy, Aud If it be-true, that $8,000 Zulua are between Col. Pearson undithe ‘Tugela River, it 4s probable cnough thyt Lord Ekowo will prove to by too small, ‘ Col, PEARYON AT EKOWE, Col, Pearsun crossed the Tucula tho seéond weuk fu danuury, aud he reached Ekowe about the 23d of the kame month, after the divaster ut Isandula, After that uffalr Lord Chelingford, made tt known tu thy different columns; and they were encli ordcked to cancel all former orders und to act. strictly ow the defensive, it belng lett to the discrotlun of Cul, Peutsou as to Lord Chulmsford hat | Chelmasford's relloying forea on the way to } frie from ¢Kkows or remat trenched. An fa well known, le coursd, Col, dusltie "1 dures Ze force, whieh was ther tstine 10K inten. “Fhe Inat letters recelyed feo are dated the 18th of ebruney. No Zan then on the road by which the messenie although there were known to bo Intee of ther tn the Lodalent st Amatakor " Uispatel atuted that the garrisu ea Pearson eet about torent sul wits Chis enabled to keep geet Tanth ane netted ninth-and the Third Butts playin afternoons, “The Zins vecdstonaie: there fq thay ale at om hin ne Wer ntth and anfeite, the bandsat the Rivet alternaty shuts with the. men, but no atta aueel tinde ‘Fhey had oninple food for good water and frawoud, and the sne: velghborhoml were ripe enough to foud by ie native portton of the torce, contrifmung a pleaaint nud succulent x dish for tha whife troops, ulna RKOWE AND I'RAMON'S rosittoy, The Daly Téegraph published recenth scription of Col, Cenraun's position, ts Hater “ Fort Ekow probably written hy onool the rarrison: “Ekowa (pronduneed Ec hanes) Ww, {nally a Norwarian mission station, nix Kk lad been Weeks, i altes {nis he tise ag beaks wetatla CuLly ce. Sunday, Feb, we, letter ‘and iy 8 orig. by fis ovetiponts and mora or leas fh Undone the natives when the present tron! "The mission had made few conve: been only tolerated ‘of Tate b: consisted of three -housva uf &: strow thatched, nna church of Hie: the rtecked by began, rts, ung Cetriayo, ie Udo pie qi tarint, rovfel with galvanized tron, fame ins are still standing, and fuclosed it het whieg -houses forming stores, the church 1) and tho small tower look-out. place. these, at come distance outside of the ortmthe hospital, Beaites fort, were three other houses, now. pulled gett ‘to prevent glvlog cover, - Th ( tatned from 4 stream Kkepe un by nee flowing through thiet woods, io: have been cut down, ‘fhe fort ts reeular hexagon, and is surrounded diteh {on fect dcop and ten feat wide, 9 all sorts of military obstactes outelie, ground here rigca nbout 2,000 fect ahoy but the fort 1g commante Jevel of the sen, almost all faces. ‘To the southeast, 1 off, Isa hill about 600 feet ldcher round here, magnificent views van tx "Fhe sea giltters on ono aide, about twenty off, and all. round we. overlook green ground, dotted hereand there with the slopes covered’ with adark bush, stretches in green Waven till they eure ebaln of hills sone 800 f@at Nigh, agaln {ntoacommon valley. Ne sunrige or sttnset, with a clear sky, t -the view dove. tend to alleviate’ one's inance to being plunted aut here, houses were two magniicent groves of treve, a coffee garden, sume banana patel or thrae fine clumps of bamboo ‘ber trees; nll these have been leveled ground by the ruthless fortifiers, gepton ol afuw fine snechneng of the plus globulosa, or blue gum, which are ai} within the fort. The church ts toophol defenso and we have 460 yards of “na spelny, an] at of wine WY Ire aid hed us @ the doy 400 yanis ‘from which, os indeed from all the hoe sity Dointy ¢ obtaine!, Ly miles Tolling Kadilr krone which Into s fy to dnp heless, a chart ad ra of renus. Outetde 12 orange + hes,tRa andl eeveral tho. tote with the ex. cuts. led for parapet ter the use of imusketry and batteries for une tin. Mog palin era, and two rocket tubes, On faces of the fort which are unflanked th un, two bwelve-pounders, two sere thie ere ate caponters, and the salients are rendered in. ‘practicable to sudden rsh by all sorts ef capt ning obstacles, ‘The fort is now finished, anf supposed to bu proof ogainat Zulu: ahbuld cite wes, ru which | for Lam sure ft would por. zo well-drliled European troups, with a Drlgade of arllllery, to get in. THY DEFENDERS, “89 much for our stronghuld. Now for its defenders, ‘The earpison consists of atx wm panfes of the Tuite: threo companica tl te Ninety-nioth, orie company of the Royal Bog rtilery, tn all neers, one, cubdivision of the Roy: the Naval Brigade, and Native Mone about 1.250 men. Col, Pearson ta {1 com ‘The day begins with reveille at halt twat), past 4, fatlauy dutles at 6, breakfast ot 8, fatlzoc, hall-pase O cil 12; luuchcou fatheues, haitran 1 tllt batf-post 43 dinner retreat ata quarier 7 when all muet be inside the fort. Lizhts are put out at 8° We call these meals suncleou sn! ‘dinner—ns a 'nintter Of fact we drink te: later meal and Hme-julee at the cariier, to bed at about ” 7, aud generally ind little diflleulty it ting to sleep, Bo much for cconomy. since we camu here,—ono front wound al zane, tind two from cyauntery. “rhe bn contalns about twelve or fiftee bbe Wess us 2 mutter of mil, Io yet “ our Inter Thros mon of the Buffs have dist Layo. uspial mM patents a preaent.? Allof the Ninaty-uluth’smeu have bea fa Ulttla seedy one way or another, but nothus serlous, Scorching suns un heavy mains ith unyvarying diet, are calculated to produce slit derangements, ‘The wise: food wo recelvo is of toy tivo pounds ‘of fresh meat (bel, of course) per day (naturally the meat {a toned, it ite BH Co dent nlmost “husmaediately kiddy Uvorhied hidtGlts, coffer, ten, sugar, nt aspoonful of Ime-juice, Occusionally we bate courge Luar iment instead of biscuits, ands ration of beans, compressed veretables, of pte served -potatovs ts occasionally-ssucd, Welitt in a shelter whieh we bave rigged up wagon, verti Wo aro stypusca to be surrounded by a powerful force of Zulus, but hero we ara doz: gedly plaoted fn an enemy's territory, a8 fers we know the only British troops {n the soustry, with no communleatfons whatever except sun ga can be obtained by native runners to the ‘Tugela.” COL, PEARSON'S DANGOR, ‘wTho’ road? to. Ekowo from the Tues,” writes Cul, Pearson, on the 2d of February, “i a mero beaten track, und ut this season year very bod in J ineess os y this ‘the Inyazano, whieh Ie often very al of the alde of harroy, und aluning toward the valley,’ und he expres fo jes an opin nm that cach convoy would ten Ln repalr the road with lugs and beustwoud, L Chelineford-s selene for the relief of 1 come Lb fully detailed fu the Jferald’s dispatches thls morning. “Ie not only hopes to relieve the present garrison, but also to estubllah two othe fortilvd posta in the énumy's country, The great source. of anxiety revardiins Col, Pearsoa al is his foad and water supply. rly in Febro- ary Col. Pearscn asked for more fout, butdi uot wish to make any serious diminution sn the force under his orders. “fc calculated hat bis Tesoorces would last to the end of Febras and, by careful management, for suie tit loner, Untesa, theretore, lic lad obtatced fresh stores or had undorrutad his stock theres no denying that Ils position, after the Tates, mail left, would bo critical. Reports say thst he had enough to feed lita men until the Ist ‘April, but his own diapated of Feb, 6 does bot impart that assurance. ‘There fa, ¢ nsequen!]f. sora reason for upprohenston, not that ble for would be stormed, butsthat le should be core belied to sally out and feht hfe way tole ‘Tuzla, ‘rhe Jatest Information descrives Ye Zulus us assembling in hls netehberhuod, 3 the return of the meascuuer supports that alate ment, If the: have veutured on aa assault they inust have been defcuted, as the defetss Were strong aid the earrisan cate Col. Pearsun trusted that Cetywayo inake “ay supreme effort! to carry tie which he would “flad a vory hard nut to indeed. So far as it 1s possible to jude, for a chan. woul ph cra the question at Ekowe was one of suoviles. 46 Jong ns they lasted the garrison would be #3f6 but whon the ond of these necessaries was pial fy visibte Col, Pearson, unless secured in ate would be chiyed to withdraw: nnd treet Ws ae Chineso Medlelnes New York iraning Lat ‘The lary of beetles aud orher ins safuty to batt! ts aft used mudicinally to glye stronyth to fect! fe chil dren; dpicd toads are tuxen to give tov ttt eteni; caterplilar wlrup iM m specitie for bros chithss ‘and for smallpox the skins of anakes wd scorpions, dried aul powdered, are ony vred ailicient remedies. rhinocerus, tho loud of ters, the bears, and the wings of bats oll baye ap! athe Chinese phariaacopaia, ‘tl 3 of Ue ‘The horn awa act ‘Tha body of at caton te euld to prolong site; to partaker! the white bat ta belioyedt to by to protract extatence berond A simple reinedy, contatning well-known Gente, te nbehlig thoughe of by a pation tha dectors seutn to be quite of the same one’s thut af the aged Methoaels fusere: aul Hen mea eS A Woman with Peesoneo of Mind. Roms of the insurance companie 3 of Net a York have written letuers of congratulation! auup-town lady on her bravery when covered Uinta room in the thira ature e magalficeut house was on fire, Cally ping a rug about her shoulders, ‘ tind, closing an open widow and the graphing to the nearest station for a no die 5 wre why enters Kept the fumes froin aproading, und, thell, tee elf flanics Were quickly put out, but not until article tu the Foou wae reduted to a chuder. ——————- : Blmilar ta Isandtana, ‘Tho Britlsh disaster at Tsandiana ul etition ofa mura extended scale Grech curred at’ the actlon of Berea, i i fl orca under Cen, Sir Uj, Catbeart. Hut his fuses inte three guparate commu’ cavalry, under Col, Napier, were fiat and. the ‘Twolfth Lancers lost, out sixty men, thirty-ive, killed. ie ie Ureased themselves ty.the uniforms O° Ye nnd then adyuuced toward Gen. Eyre, took diem fur the Twelth Louvers, 4 cuped by the apced of, his horse. ts but 2 A Mittle steamboat fy building at & fer Ronoluly partes, and her owners aye wi! ts namo tho eubject of a riddle at the He ‘etunds, promisluy apy ony who u1scorery re ite annolinced u Ince passaxe OF any pulug ou bor route £ arr ‘hab O w ite ts ena f wlavt Basu re td yo oie Iyer : ufboateRiddle. A Stenufbon an Faces? id te ie 4