Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1874-04-04

              Wma rMV yAyy vv'wv VOL. XXXV. COLUMBUS, SAT UK DAY, APRIL 4, 1874. NO. 80. SIEBERT & LILLEY, Blank Book Manufacturers. Printers, Binders, Stationers And Legal Blank Publishers. BOOK BINDING Of every description, by the' Edition or tingle Volume. OPERA HOUSE BUILDING, j ' ' (Up Stairs.) mr20 COMJWBUS. latefaitvnaL lllce I lligb, Pearl nnil Chnpel Ma. .COMLT. 8. M. SMITH. A. V. FBANCISOO. COMLT, SMITH & FRANCISCO, ri'RM8IIF.R8 AND PROPRIETORS. JAMES M. COMLT, Editor. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. Congress. April 3. Semite There was considerab'e discussion in reference to the propriety of adjourning over Good Friday, resulting in refusal to adjourn The free banking bill was again taken up, but was laid aside In favor of the bill providing for payment of the Louisville and Portland Canal company's bonds, pending discussion of which the Senate adjourned until Monday. llmue Bills were passed legalizing a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi at Prairie du Chicn, and providing for investigation as to the fur and seal trade of Alaska. Seventy bills were passed, in all. Constitutional t oil vciil loll. April 2 Proposition 225, a substitute for Article 13 of the present Constitution, relating to corporations other than municipal, was read the third time and adopted A resolution wag adopted forbidding leaves of absence after April 8, except in cases of extraordinary necessity, and revoking nil leaves now existing. Clcuernl Assembly. Aran, 3. Senate Consideration of the General Appropriation bill was resumed, and the amendments mado in committee of the Whole agreed to. Amendments were also inserted appropriating $9999 for the Boys' Reform School, and $25,000 for the Girls' Industrial Home The nomination of Andrew Hoy to be Mino Inspector was con-iirmed.Home Tho bnsincss of the Houso was meagre and unimportant. Ia there any connection between more greenbacks iu Congress and more hospitality in the mansion of tho Honorable George II. Pendleton? Buster lias a bad cold. He will never get done laughing at himself for bursting in the other day with information that "Johnny says he's goin' to wide the goat just as much as he aehem! achew! a-chooses I" We have a letter from Xcw Albany stating that the temperance cause docs not flourish in that locality. Borne professing christians refuse to sign the pledget and one of the two drinking places in the town is owned by a church member. The women organized, but have not paraded.It is considered by the English papers "a splendid specimen of the grim humor that characterizes Mr. Lowe," as well as of the daring naughtiness and irreverence which " adds a pleasant pungency," but makes them almost afraid to publish the juke, that Mr. Lowe, at a recent dinner, observing that there were no clergymen present, asked permission to say grace, " Imagine the face of the company," says a scared but delighted British editor, " when the honorable gentleman, after his desire had been complied with, exclaimed, 1 Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die!" Tjiuiiman must look to his scalp. The rural Democratic journals are marshaling under the lead of the Enquirer to the cry of "More Greenbacks !" Meantime there are hospitable intentions expressed by the Honorable George. All the Constitutional Convention, the Ohio Legislature, and all the leading chiefs and braves are bidden to the festive board. What !b uncle Allen to do against this sea of troubles, with only a miserable honorary position here and there at his disposal even if our Democratic Legislature does attach big salaries to places where salaries were never known before. TlIK passage of the Heitmann Folic,. Commissioner bill was one of the meanest and most indefensible partisan measures of the present Legislature. The Democratic nominations for the place are the fittest commentary on this action with One or two exceptions they are the most discreditable selections that could have been raked out of the city. The Republicans are simply disfranchised utterly by the bill. They have no more chance of representation, though they constitute nearly half the voters, than though the bill had enacted in so many words that "no Republican voter of the city of Columbus shall be permitted to vote for Po lice Commissioner." , . They can only join in the citizens' movement to select Commissioners without regard to party. The old Board is the best that could be selected let it be reelected, by the whole people, irrespect ive of party. The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia has sent to the Park of Fruits, near St, Louis, 230 varieties of grape cuttings, gathered from all parts of the Russian Empire. He visited the park during his stay in this country, and the cuttings were promised at that tune. Rev. Dn. Crosby, who preached a ser- mon recently in which he stated that he failed to find scripture warrant for prohi- bition and total abstinence, has been so denounced for it that he writes a sort of hallelujah of thanks to the Independent for publishing a rejoinder, which is no more impolite and harsh in its phraseology than an ordinary political campaign speech. He says that, "after the many angry articles, letters and speeches hurled at his head" .from other sources, he finds the Independent's article "as refreshing as wi grape juice." He continues: "I looked in vain through the article for the flowers of rhetorio with which the bouquets daily presented to me are stock edsuch as 'hellish doctrine,' 'tippling minister,' 'fashionable pastor,' 'friend of the groggeries' and then concluded that the Independent could not be perfectly sound on the total abstinence question. A place of probation in the lowest rank of the Kechabite Lodge is the most it could claim. The Independent is too logical, and too independent, and too gentlemanly for the genuine total abstinence bashi-haztmk corps." We sympathize with Dr. Crosby. As the Young Man of the Name of Guppy says, we too have suuerea. we nave only dared, in a modest and unpretending style, to question the credentials of cer tain persons assuming to be the only local representatives of Divine Providence, and the result could not have been moreover-whelming to any unconscious infant who had tiptoed at a waehstand and pulled a slopbasin over on its astonished head. It has fared no better with several clergy- of the city who have offered mild suggestions of disapproval, and have been denounced for daring to call themselves "temperance men." Some did not care to speak their minds, except in the most essential points, for fear of be ing blackmailed with reports affecting their standing as public teachers and their character as men abstaining from the use of intoxicating liquors. Many of our readers will find ' it hard to believe this statement, but it is absolutely and accurately true. So long as the number of these clergymen was so small as to draw unpleasant attentions upon any who might be suspected of having furnished us such information, we have refrained from using it. We have now the direct statement of the pastors of several of the churches of this city, together with the assurance that within tho last three or four days there has been such a change of sentiment that probably more than half the pastors and clergymen in this city are now unwilling to indorse the Woman's Movement as it has been conducted here. Let no one suppose that we fur a mo ment question the faith and the entire self- abnegation and earnest Christian devotion of the bulk of the women who have surrendered themselves without question to the work set them to do. It would be monstrous to charge them with being willful accessories to some of these things, of which we have every reason to believe they have been kept in ignorance. It would be only less monstrous to conceal from thein the knowledge which has come to us, and allow them out of tender regard for their feelings to proceed in the work without an effort to draw their at tention to such abuses of the liberty of conscience and free speech as have been committed in their names, and seemingly with their consent and assistance. That our efforts to expose the objectionable features of the work have met with an astonishing and most cheering degree of succees, is evident from many personal assurances and written acknowledgments, from men and women whose good opinion is worth the best efforts of any man, some of which have been filed away as the most precious souvenirs of a remarkable epoch in the history of emotional disturbances. It is a fact honorable to the community in which our lot is cast, that the State Journal has not only lost nothing in influence and respect by its course, but has gained in material prosperity by honesty and independence. We have all the time felt so secure in the rectitude of our intentions that to doubt the final approval of our course would have been to doubt the fairness and justness which we believe to be the very foun dation of the liberties of a free people. The North American Review (Boston ; James R. Osgood & Co. $6, Bingle num ber $1 50) for April is received. Contents: 1. The Ancien Regime in Canada, 1603-17G3, by Francis Parkman ; 2. The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ ence, May 20, 1775, Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, by James C. Wetlingj 3. The New Trials of the Roman Church, by E. Gryzanowski ; 4. Iwan Turganiew, bv Henry James jr.; 5. The Life of Timo thy Pickering, by George E. Ellis; 6. Critical Notices, by the editor of which there are 81 pp., an unusual quantity. Two of the heaviest articles of the mini bcr, it will be observed, are devoted to the Revolutionary War epoch in our history. Dr. Parkman's charming paper dates a little beyond for a subject. The Russian Novelist and the Bismark and old Catho lic Troubles of the Romish Church are not certainly too much of contemporary affairs for a number composed of five arti cles. The 1st, 3d and 4th articles are very fine. A remarkable imposture was at tempted in this city yesterday : An unholy auburn haired man attempted to pass himself off for Deacon Richard Smith.' The man wore a sanctified coun tenance and a pepper-and-salt necktie, and for a time it seemed as if he would deceive the very elect. But one surrepti- tiously offered him a drink of Cincinnati whisky to try him, and before he had swallowed half a pint he dropped igno- minioualy, dead drunk. So long as the ladies leave his Worces tershire Sauce alone Bickham is a cru sader. But, let them once lay their hands on his Sauce and he will be down on them like a thousand of Jirick. A Mixed Gobbler for Crusaders. Epitaph for a temperance man : "Here lies one whose name ws writ in water !" "Life's uup is nectar at the brink, Midway a palatable drink, ' And wormwood at the bottom." The worst injuries which man can do to man are precisely those which are too delicate for law to deal with Robertson. Artemvs Ward once observed that he approved of temperance hotels, although he thought that as a rule they sold worse liquor than the other kind. An ox that had been eating fermented grain, which was in preparation for mak ing ale, became intoxicated and was of fered for sale by his owner as "corned" beef. The taste for emotion may become a dangerous taste ; we should be very cau tious how we attempt to squeeze out of human life more ecstasy and paroxysm than it can well afford. Sydney Smith. One of the besieged addresses the sing ing sistert,with this, from Keats's "Ode to a Grecian Urn" : 1 Heard melodies aresweet, but tkoacunhrard Are mater. Wherefore, ye soft pipes, play on." A husband, who has got tired tending baby while his wife goes about with the praying bands, told his wife they could not agree, and must divide the house. "Very well," said she "you can take the outside." Hebe is a little gem, dedicated to the sisters themselves : The Master hath need of tho reapers, Ami. Mourner, hecalleth for thee; Come out from the valley of sorrow, look up lo the nill-tops ttuu see How Ihe fields with the harvest are whitening, How golden and full is the grain. O, what are thy wants to the summons ? And whul are thy if nets and the pain t The Master hsth need of the reapers, And, idler, he calleth for thee: Come out from the mansions of pleasure, From the halls where the careless mav bo. Soon the shadows of eve will he tailing Willi mists, anu me news, and tne rain; 0, what is the world and its follies To the wioaMaud the rut of the grain. BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. The cotton factory at Woodbury. Md has resumed on the ten hour system. The terrible tragedy reported from Austin, Nevada, Tuesday night, proves to be a hoax. Barnard McNulty was run over and instantly killed by a Pan-Handle train at Indianapolis yesterday. The report that startling charges were preferred against Comptroller Green, of JNew lork, was unlounded. The Newfoundland Legislature has ratified the Treaty of Washington so far as its fishing interests are concerned. T. K. Finley, Charles Briecs and Col. James Wingfield, prominent citizens of New Orleans, all died within twentyfour hours. The Norwegian steamer Anna, now fortyseven days out from the port of New York for Rotterdam, has not been heard of since she sailed. Yesterday being Good Friday, comparatively little business was done in New York, and services were held in all the Protestant Episcopal and Catholic Churches. Wong Chin Foo was admitted to citi zenship at Grand Rapids, Michigan, yesterday. He claims to have been the first of his nationality to renounce allegiance to the Chinese umpire. At Oakland Park, California, Thurs day, the California mare Lady Mac made what is said to be the best tune recorded in a five-fhile trot against Jerome and Omaha, Time thirteen minutes. Leander and Myron Fox, convicted of sending obscene matter through the mails, nave been pardoned by the Presi dent upon condition of their paying $500 hne, imposed when convicted, and the costs ot trial. Twenty of the crew of the steamer Ko- man, at Boston, after dinner Thursday disclosed symptoms of poison, but were soon placed out ot danger by a physician. An examination showed that arsenic had got accidentally mixed with the food. Lawrence Ferry, clerk of the rail mill at Covington, Ky., fell into a narrow pit beside the fly wheel Thursday night, and being caught by the cogs of the wheel, was literally cut in two. He was son of a well known Cincinnati insurance man Adolph Rummers, late tax collector of Louisville, whose accounts were about $60,000 behind, and who died recently. secured just before his death, insurance policies on lus lire amounting to nearly $140,000. The companies demanded an autopsy, which was held, and disclosed sufficient morphine in the stomach to cause death. Washington Bfotes. The President left Washington for New York yesterday. The House Judiciary committee has postponed action in reference to the Geneva award distribution until Monday, April 13. Dr. Mary E. Walker's claim lias been transferred from the House committee on Military Allaire to the committee on War ClainiB, where it will be referred to a sub-committee. The House Judiciary committee will hear the south Carolina tax pavers dele gation next Monday in advocacy of a Congressional investigation of South Carolina affairs, preliminary to legisla tive action. The House committee on Railways and Canals favorably reported yesterday bill nrovidmg that the Government shall guarantee bonds of the Portland, Dallis and Salt Lake canal, in Oregon, to the amount ot Siu,uuu per mile. Flies. Box factory burned. St. Louis Lobs $5000. Appleton, Wis. i The Masonic Block was destroyed. Iioss $16,000; insurance SIO.UOU. Wellington, Ohio: Furniture estsb lishment of O. G. Couch burned. Loss $12,000 ; no insurance, The destruction of J. G. Roots & Sons mills, at Cohoes, caused a loss of $200,- 000: insured for S28.UUU. The Sun In surance Company, of Cleveland, losses $2ouu ot this amount, Foreign. An official dispatch received at Madrid, states that 410 officers and men have de serted from Gen. Santes's command and came into the Republican lines. Rochefort and his companion! refuse to disclose how they succeeded in aettin aboard the vessel which brought them from New Caledonia, for fear of implicat ing friends. Paris Csrlists claim to have informa tion that a revolt has broken up in Bilboa, that only one half of their army has been engaged in the recent battles, and that Santei will shortly march with a strong division upon Madrid and cot off Marshal Serrano communications, BY TELEGRAPH TO THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL WASHINGTON. THE MOIETY CONTRACT INVESTIGATION. Washington, April 3. -The commit tee on Ways and Means had another hear ing this morning on the Sanborn contract matter, and examined, under oath, Acting Collector James M. King, of Indianapolis. He testified that Greene, one of Sanborn's agents, had called at his office last January and introduced himself as special agent of the Treasury Department, showing a letter of credentials to Mr. Hogate, the Collector, which let ter, however, the witness had not read. Greene stated, or conveyed the idea, that he had been sent by the Commissioner ot Internal Kevenue to collect the back tax on dividends from the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad company, and he went to the company's office next day and collected the tax. The witness was specially inquired of to Greenes representations to him. Greene positively denied before the committee that he had represented himself as pecial agent of the treasury Depart ment, and the witness was equally positive in asserting that Greene had so repre sented himself, and he added that, as newspaper dispatches ot the day contained exposures of the Sanborn contracts and mentioned Greene's name in connec tion with them, the witness had called them to Greene's attention, and Greene denied the truth of the telegraphic statements, denied that any Buch contracts hnd been made, and denied that he was the Greene alluded to in the dispatches. DISTRICT INVESTIGATION. At the morning session of the District nvestigation Mr. Wright Rieves testified in relation to improvement of Bladens- urg road, and expressed the opinion that portions of the work were defective, though the charge for the work was ex cessive. The original estimate ot tne cost submitted to the Legislature was $230,- 000; actual cost was $02,000. ihe road was actually impassable at times, and the witness had petitioned the Board to have it put in order. There was heavy grading and filling done and they paid too much for earth excavation and lor grading ana hauling. The witness also spoke of the cost of improvements and of assessments at the intersection of Third and E streets, near the City Hall, and stated that too much had been charged to E street. The board had charged tor more euro, wood pavement and sidewalk on E street than the street would measure, and that the Board had charged the United States Government for 4000 yards more grading than they should have charged. Gov. Shepherd stated that with reference to jouisiana avenue, relerred to dv col. Kieves, that the. charge contained an amount of grading done by the old corporation which had never been previously paid for and which was provided for in he appropriations made to re-imuurse tne Board for what they had done. Archibald White, a resident on the Seventh street road, stated that material was put put into the improvement on that road which had been condemned as unfit. They charged the witness for 100 feet front more than his property measures on the Seventh street road. The road was better for a width of 24 feet before it was improved than it is now. S. Kichards, late Auditor ot the District Government, testified that it was his official duty to act on all accounts presented against the District. He did so, and about a year ago received a statement ana a hatch of bills from the Board of Public Works for work alleged to have been done by the Board in carrying out old corporation laws. The clainiB were not reported to tno witness, many oi them were for work when the original contracts were annulled or changed. The Auditing committee had, as the witness supposed, acted previously on all such claims, and had those claims under con- uderation several weeks, rte did not think that class of bills should be paid out of the sinking fund, in view of the fact that they had never been authorized by the old corporation. At last the witness approved bills to tho amount of $33,-000, some $94,000 less than the amount presented. DISTRICT REFORM SCHOOL DEFICIENCY. The House committee on Appropria tions were again occupied in preparation of the Deficiency bill, lit considered, without action, a request of the Commis sioner of Internal Kevenue to be author ized to transfer certain balances of appro priations in order to be able to august ac counts of the Bureau, and also discussed the propriety of recommending a defi ciency appropiration of $18,000 to make up $'J000 loss sustained by trustees ol tne Keform School ot the .District ol Colum bia bv failure of Jay Cooke & Co. Ob jection is made to this provision, as last year s appropriation lor this institution should have been drawn from the United States Treasury only as actually needed, and should not have been drawn out for deposit elsewhere. LANDS FOR MENNONITES. The Senate committee on Public Lands to-day heard a delegation of three Men nonites from Pennsylvania and two from Russia asking legislation to enable prep arations to be made for settlement in this country of some 40,000 Men nonites now living in Russia who are obliged to emigrate from that country prior to the year 1881, or else perform military service, wh;ch the tenets of their religion forbids, the commit tee authorized benator Windom to prepare and report to the Senate a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw from public sale such large tracts of land as they desire to occupy within the next two years, either by homestead or pre-emption entry. LOSSES IN LAKE NAVIGATION. The Treasury Department has prepared as complete a list as possible of casualties on the great Lakes of this country within the last ten years, from which it ap pears that in that period the number of vessels lost was 4527. The loss of life amounted to 1341 persons, and the loss of property aggregated o7,o(0,ub2. Arrest of a Suspeelt d Cashier. Erie. Pa.. April 3 -D. D. Williams. cashier of theConneotville National bank, which was reported robbed some weeks ago, was rearrested by S. B. Benson, Government detective, and lodged in jail, his bail having surrendered mm. un the morning of the reported robbery he was found in the bank bound and senseless. A recent examination of the bank books shows a defalcation of $27,000 in addition to the reported robbery of $47,000, which caused suspicion ot Vt unams s guilt. Hlnarnlnr Aertrtent. Cairo. Ill- April 3. This afternoon a young man named Ernst Pettit was riding on horseback in the outskirts of the city, when the fore legs or the horse caught and sunk in a deep hole, causing him to turn a complete somersault and fall upon Pettit, who received serious, perhaps fatal, injuries. The horse's neck was broken by the fall. The New York Board of Charities is plosing its soup kitchens, - XLIII Congress First Session. Washington, April 3. BKNATE. "After the reading of the journal, Mr. Anthony said he had taken pains to look up precedents as to the Senate s adjourning over Good Friday, and had found since the war the practice had been to adjourn, except in 1868, when the impeachment trial was in progress. Prior to the war the Senate always adjourned over that day. lie moved the Senate now adjourn till Monday next. Mr. Morton inquired if that motion was in order. The Chair ruled it was not during the morning hour, except by unanimous. consent.Mr. Anthony said he had' no conscientious scruples against sitting on Good Friday, but there were members who had, and to whom it was painful to be here today.Mr. Sherman suggested that the business of the morning hour be transacted, and a motion to adjourn would then be in order. Agreed to. Mr. Harvey presented a memorial of citizens of Kansas asking protection against outrages by Osage Indians. Referred. Mr. Spencer, from the committee on District of Columbia, reported favorably on House bill to pay school teachers in the District. Placed on the calendar. The Senate then proceeded to consider ation of bills on the calendar till expiration of the morning hour. l he motion ot Air. Anthony to adjourn till Monday being then in order, it was rejected yeas 28, nays 30. Mr. Anthony then moved that when the Senate adjourn it be to next Monday. Agreed to. Mr. Morton presented a memorial of Georgia planters asking for an increase in the volume ot United states notes, ite-ferred.The Senate then resumed consideration of the bill to provide for redemption and reissue ot united states notes, and tor free banking. Mr. Sherman said he desired to offer one or two auiendments, being a modification of the second and fourth sections of the bill stricken out. and he would be glad if the Senate would allow the Fi nance bill to go over till Monday and go on with other business to-day. Pending discussion, at the request of Mr. Sherman, the Senate took tip the bill providing for payment of bonds of the Louisville and Portland canal company, the question being on the motion of Mr. Thtirman to disagree to the House amendment and ask lor a committee of Conference. Mr. Chandler moved to refer the bill to the committee on Commerce. Messrs. Sherman, Thurman and Morton advocat ed its reference to a conference commit tee, on the ground that it should be disposed of immediately, that the Government might take possession of the canal in pursuance of the original contract, and reduce the tolls thereon, thus relieving the commerce of the West lrom the ex cessive tolls now charged by the trustees. Messrs. Conknng and Hamlin doubted the propriety of the Government paying any money upon the bonds of the canal until the state of Kentucky Bhall cede to the United States jurisdiction over it, and advocated the reference of the bill to the committee on Commerce. Pending discussion, Mr. Stockton mov ed the Senate adjourn. Mr. Conkling presented a petition of citizens of Oneida county, New York, asking a duty of fifteen cents per pound on hops imported from foreign countries. Referred. Pending discussion on the Louisville and Portland canal bill, the Senate ad journed till Monday. HOUSE. ' Mr. Sawyer, from the committee on Commerce, reported a bill to legalize a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi at rairie dn Linen, rasped. The bill for the appointment of an agent to obtain information in regard to the fur and seat trade ot Alaska came up as unfinished business. Mr. Coburn offered an amendment for a detachment of navnl officers, in connec-' tion with a civil agent, to report on all subjects referred to, and whether . contracts as to Beal fisheries have been complied with and can be safely extended. Agreed to. Abe Dill was then passea. Mr. Alilliken asked leave to otter reso lutions instructing the committee on Ways and Means to proceed with investi gation of charges made at the last Congress as to corrupt practices ill connection with the increased subsidy to the Pacific Mail oteamsbipcompany. Mr. Butler of Massachusetts objected to the resolution unless it was simply referred to the committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Milliken consented, and it was so referred. The House then proceeded to consideration of private bills. Among bills passed was one reported by Mr. Banning of Ohio, from the c unmittee on Foreign Affairs, requesting the President to use his good offices with the English Government for the discharge from prison of bdward O Meager Coodon of Cin cinnati, convicted on a charge of murder in Manchester, England. there were altogether seventy bill! passed, nearly all pension bills. Mr. opeer ouered a resolution directing the committee on Invalid Pensions to in quire whether the system adopted by managers of National Military Asylums 'of deducting fines and forfeitures for breach of discipline is in accordance with the spirit ot the pension laws, Adopted. Among reports made was one very im portant one from the committee on War Claims in the case of J. & T. Greene, of Jackson, Mississippi. The claim was for near one million dollars lor the value ot cotton and woolen mills destroyed during the war of the rebellion by order of Gen Grant, and for cotton bonds and Confed erate money taken lrom bank at Jack son. Mr. Lawrence, Chairman of the committee, reported adversely to the claim on the ground that the property was destroyed as being an element of strength to the rebellion, and that conse quently the Government is not bound to compensate owners. The bill was laid on the table, and the House adjourned, Weather Probabilities. Washington, April 3. On Satur day, for New England, clear or partly cloudy weather, Iresh brisk northwest rlv to northeasterlv winds. For Middle States snd Lower Lake region, fresh and brisk easterly to northerly winds, generally cloudy weather and possibly light rain and snow. For South Atlantic and Gulf States east of the Mississippi, fresh and brisk southeasterly to southwesterly winds, in creasing cloudiness and probably rain during alternoon and evening. For Tennessee and Lower Ohio Valley. fresh and brisk winds shifting to northerly snd westerly, li).h. lain and falling temperature with clearing weather dur ing Saturday. For Upper Lake region, Iowa and Mis souri, clear or partly cloudy weather and fresh to brisk winds. For the Northwest, pressure will dimin ish, witn wmus smiling to east and south) the low barometer over Missouri and Illinois will probably move southeastward toward South Atlantic coast and produce rain. LITTLE BOCK. Three Indian Murderers Hnnsr at Fort Smith, One of them Protest ing; Innocence. Little Rock, April 3. Three Indian murderers were to be hung at 1' ort Smith to-day lor murders committed in the In dian country. John Riley, a full blooded Choctaw, killed in November last Perry Duval, a Deputy U. 8. Marshal, who was attempting his arrest on the charge of Killing a negro, tie was a desperado areaoed throughout tne territory. Isaac Fillmore, also a full-blooded Choctaw, was another one of them. He was but sixteen years of age, and utterly unconcerned about his father. Last June he went out to kill a man and rob him, being too indolent and wonhless to do work for a living. He met a poor traveler who had come lrom California on foot. After passing he turned back, passed the traveler again a few steps, then wheeled and shot him dead. The entire booty was a dollar and a half and a pair of shoes. When asked if he knew the name of the man he murdered, he replied with a scowl, "Dog on if I know." The name of the next victim was John Por ter, a full - blood Seminole Indian, convicted of the murder of a drover of the Choctaw nation last fall. He declared his innocence yesterday with much feeling, and said he had to die for a deed committed by another person. He was believed by the prison-keeper to be innocent. NEW YORK. A MYSTERY SOLVED. New York, April 3. In view of the many recent escapes from Sing Sing it was thought best to set detectives at work to ascertain, if possible, the meantCby which prisoners obtained their liberty. Their efforts were successful, and to-day parties were arrested here who have been manufacturing keys, burglars' implements, etc., and conveying them to the prisoners by a woman who had means of access to the prison. . QUARREL BETWEEN LAWYERS. District Attorney Tenny, of Brooklyn, and Assistant Attorney Hughes have had a quarrel, growing out of the Sanborn trial, and at Tenny'a request Hughes has tendered his resignation. At the same time he is preparing charges against Ten-ney of official misconduct and forwarding them to Washington. It is believed that Hughes will have the support of Attorney General Williams, who is hisbrother-in-law, and also of Supervisor Hawley. TESTIMONIALS TO MR. BEECHER. At au informal meeting of prominent members of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, a few evenings since, both the project of building the largest church in Brooklyn and giving the pastor a six months' vacation were favorably talked as a fitting mark of confidence of the members in Mr. Beecher and appreciation of his labors. ANTI-WHISKY WAR. Street Fraying Heg-un nt Wheeling 1'rotf rens in Knsicrn unio. Wheeling, W. Va April 3. The la dies fully inaugurated the street praying in this city to-day. 1 hey visited numbers of saloons, and although meeting with no positive success feel greatly rejoiced at the kind treatment received. At a number of saloons they were denied the privilege of praying inside; they then knelt on the pavements and sang and prayed, ine pioprietor of Laramie's Varieties met them at the door and conducted them to the concert hall, and gave them free permission to Bine and pray, during which exercises the utmost order was observed. Mr. Laramie publishes a card in the afternoon paper informing the ladies that they can have the use ot ins hall with stage and 175 seats for services for half an hour each day. At St. Clairsville Josie King surrender ed last evening, and this morning Downing, the last one, surrendered. At Bell-niie, Bridgeport and Martin's Ferry the daily visiting still continues, with but little if any decisive results. Temperance Brevities. Demijohnnies is a new coinage of the Cleveland Leader. The last of four saloons at West Mil ton has been closed. , Miss Elsie Merdaunt delivered an anti- crusade lecture at Dayton Thursday evening.Brooklyn ladies continue to visit sa- looiy) and obtain signatures to their various pledges. The Pomeroy Women's League has started a new paper called the Temperance Banner. A woman named Curran, who keeps a saloon in Lancaster has agreed to pour out, ner uquurs. The Sons of Temperance held a grand mass meeting at Cooper Union, New York, last night. Hon. Mills Gardner is to be one of the speakers at a meeting of the Circleville temperance League to-day. Mrs. Reese, a sister of General Sher man, addressed a woman's temperance meeting at Springheld l hursday. An attempt to organize a woman's tern perance movement in the eastern district of Brooklyn, Thursday evening, was not succeBslul. t Kent, this State, $16,000 has been subscribed toward a joint slock company with a capital of $40,000, to enforce the tiquor laws. The Evening News, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, has come out against the temperance movement and declared for a license law. The Steubenville ladies are soliciting lunds to establish a reading room which shall be a pleasant resort for young men, in lieu ot the saloons. The President of the Brooklyn city railroad has ordered that, on pain of dis missal, no conductors or drivers on the road shall drink intoxicating linuorsor enter nouses where they are sold. i ' Ninth KM lot for Senator. "4 Boston. April 3. The Legislature taV day had its ninth ballot for United Stateu Senator as follows: Whole number on votes 262; necessary to a choice 132. Dawes received 91, Hoar 75, Curtis 70, Adams 10, Banks 5, Pierce 2, Washburn, Whittier and Phillips 1 each. Repljr (.nther's Pupils. . Columbus, O., April 2, 1874. C. H. h. Bhuette, "Minister of the Gospel snd Professor in Capital University :'v 'Thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad." Reverend and Learned Sir I have advertised three times and have waited anxiously since March 2G, hoping to find the honored author of Ihe literary foundling headed with the classic line "Semper ego auditor tantum." Why, air, I even went so sar ss to address a note to the editor of the State Journal asking if yon were the nameless "combatant." Perhaps I ought not to have done so; but if yon could imagine how anxious I was to know, yon would excuse my curiosity. I had a real solemn, serious, clerical answer to that piece of heavy historic research, and I did so want to see my reply in print. I am even nlw so sorry yon did not answer. I suppose voe. were busy, however, studying the History of the Reformation (by "Welch, verbally translated from the German, acknowl edged the best authority",), and bo did not sec my communication. Since my last advertisement for the "namelcsscombatant" I have learned that the precocious author of that precious bit of historic lore is dead. May he " requiescat in pace " for a good while. I hope you will pardon the mixing of Latin and English by an "ignorant" man. I wish to express here my amazement at the progress I have made in a few Havs. On March 17 my words were an unqualified "calumny." (See State Journal, March 17; K. Mees.) On March 27 the veracity of the same words was simply "questionable.'' (See State JnnnvAi.. March 28: C. H. L. Schuette.l Did von ever know words to improve in veracity so before? I have a sort of a premonition that in ten days more those same words will be accepted as the truth, and finally they may become infallible. Who can tell ? Pardon me for this digression. I now gladly respond to the demand you make of me in a card dated March 27, asking me to "substantiate." What did I say? Look at the State Journal March 17. What did the Head Master Luther himself say? Look at Walch ("best authority") vol. X. d. 754. Luther expressed his mortification, regret and shame for having preached that first ser mon or his on matrimony. And, sir, I quite agree with him. I think he ought to have been ashamed of himself. Luther said that he "felt induced to amend and revise that first sermon." You see I am quoting Walch, "best authority." And, sir, I quite agree with Luther that it needed revision and amendment. I said that "it could not be quoted nor read." Luther said that it ought to be "annihilated." And, sir. I quite aeree with Luther that it deserved annihilation.' Now. sir. if you are a real Pennine, "nn- pil of Martin Luther," you too will agree witn your neaa master. My authority for the opinion of Luther as to his own sermon is furnished by that other "pupil of Luther," K. Mees. (See his article in State Journal, dated March 20.) am quite surprised and sorrv that "Luther's pupils" do not agree, for "a house divided against itself cannot stand." I hope you are satisfied with this attempt to "substantiate." If this is not according to the precise rules of logic (for I am as ignorant of logic as I am of history), then be kind enoueh to consult mv sincere friend, Rev. K. Mees, and then when you have decided what you want, inform the obliging editor of the State Journal, and he will tell me. Hoping that the conference of vou and your distinguished colleague may be en tirely Harmonious, i remain, " Yours, as "ignorant" as ever, Chas. H. Kellogg. A Correction. To the Editor of tho Ohio State Journal : In a letter from Charleston, S. C, published in your paper of March 27, 1 described a curious monument in the cemetery in that city, erected by a bereaved husband to his wife, and remarked that "he even slept near it, when it was possible." The types had it "never," instead of "even," and materially altered the meaning. Have you space to make this correction? ... L. T. H. F. Cambridge, Mass., April 1, 1874. ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS. X The North Hravi When there is dearth of matter to wrife about, reporters can always fall back on the North Graveyard. Its complications are inexhaustible. And however lively the news market may be, whenever anything is said of the ancient cemetery it seems necessary to go into a litte history to make the point clear. The court or dered the removal of the remains,the subdivision of the territory into lots, and the Bale of the property the proceeds of sale to go to the city or lot owners or lot claimants, as may hereafter be judicially determined. Excepting the Kerr tract, in the northwest corner, the remains have been removed and the property platted and appraised at $143,051, after deducting $24,000, the value of the Kerr tract, It was stated yesterday that the city, through the Council committee on North Graveyard, had elected to take twentyfour lots at their appraised value of $31,150. This is explained in this way : The northeastern portion of the grounds, comprising nearly onefonrth of the property, having formerly been somewhat marshy, was never used for burial purposes. Lot hold ers having no claims there, it is held that there ought to be no question about the city's ownership, and by authority of court the city proceeds to reserve, before the sale, the equivalent of the- unoccu pied territory selecting lots upon which it may be desirable to erect a market house, station house, etc., and such other lots as should be under public control to facilitate the opening of Btreets, alleys, etc. , The selections made are as follows : r The two lots on which the engine house is located, and the lot immediately north, adjoining Spruce street. The market space of eight lots, west of the engine house, and extending from Spruce street (the northern boundary of the grounds), to Vine street (which runs east and weBt through-the center of the grounds). The north end of the market space will be a little west of the present location of the dead house. The eleven lots lying west of the mar ket space, and adjoining the Kerr tract, The lot at the northwest corner and the lot at southeast corner of the grounds. We have assumed that Spruce street borders on the north of the grounds although to perfect such an assumption we believe a small strip known as the 'Jiickel tract Is yet to be disposed of. I Local Personal. Mayor Johnston, of Cincinnati, met with the Senate committee on Municipal Corporations last night, Joseph Love, of Knox county, of the Executive committee of the State Grange, was at the United States Hotel yesterday. Rev. R. G. Hutch ins, pastor of the First Congregational Church,has returned from Brooklyn snd will preach to-morrow morning at 1 1 o'clock. Miss Minnie Roby,daughterof Dr. Roby, of Ludington, Michigan, is in the city. She came to attend the wedding ef Mr. Scovil and Miss Coggeshall. Rev. Rufus W. Clark, D. D., of Albany, N. Y, father of Rev. R, W. Clark, rector of Trinity Church,will preach in the First Congregational church, Broad street, Sunday evening at 7 J o'clock. Dr. Clark was formerly pastor of Congregational Churches In Brooklyn and Boston and was considered one of the ablest men of the denosainatioa. Hiaii Street Tunnel. City Civil Engineer Graham has advertised for proposals to construct the High street tunnel, and the sewer which is to drain it. Bids are to be filed on the 4th of May four weeks hence. Then the bids must be referred to a committee, who must have them a week before reporting. Then, unless all bids are rejected, the city will be ready to enter into a contract. The time of commencing the work will probably be nominated in the contract, and will depend upon the progress of work at the depot. There must be a concert of action between the city authori ties and the railroad companies in the readjustment of tracks. New Corporation. Certificates of incorporation of the following companies have been filed with the Secretary of State : National Lodge No. 509,1. O. O. F., of Columbus. The Corporators are, John Kauffeld, Philip Schmith and Jacob Bohlander. The Lake Shore Pipe Works, ol Cleveland. OrPanizpd With a tnnitnl atnnh- nf $200,000, In shares of $100 each, for the uiaiiuiuuiure oi iron pipe, car wheels and general castings. The corporators are O. M. Burke, A. M. Burke, Harvey Taylor, H. F. Taylor, Silas Merchant and S. Burke. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses were issued during the past week as follows : Thomas McDrnough ard Sarah J. Wolf, Anton Hodapp and Anna Frank, R. H. Thompson and Eva Baker, Jacob Schmidt and Louisa E.-wine, George Mel-' treller and Clara Bader, Isaac S. Hanson and Jennie Mason, Samuel S. Biller and Jennie M. Hunter, John F. Sbadle and Mary E. Elliss, Lyman W. Carpenter and Aurelia Philipps, John Schneider and Dora Wirthwein, Leon W. Herrington and Mary M. McDonald, Christian Wilt-enraan and Barbara Eftener, Joseph F. ' Davis and Amanda Lepps. MARRIED. Harbinotos McDonald At the residence of the brides parents, Anril 2, 1874, hi Hv H A Vm it l.n. W u. ....-., ton, of London, Ohio, and Miss Mae M. m,uuiAho, oi xn scity. no cards. ' w New Advertisements. MAOOMC. SPECIAL COMMUNICATION OF Humboldl Lodire. No. 47fi.F. & A. M. this (Saturday) evening, April 4, 1874, at VA o'clock. Work in K. A. degree. J. H. HEITMANN, W. M. M AY'Oirs PROCLAMATION Mto' Orn-, Cmr Hf, Coi.ua, us, Ohio, April 3, 1871. J TO WHOM IT MA Y CONCERN : , " WHEREAS, THE STATUTE OF OHIO RE-QUIUES that all phiees wherein spirituous, vinous or malt liquors are sold shall be cloed on all days of eleotion in Ihe fetHtei find whereas, said statute requires meto give notice to the owners and occupiers of all i-lacts wherein liquors, spirituous and malt.are sold, to close their place on days ol' election; now.there-fore, 1, James G. Bull, Mayor of the city of Columbus. Ohio, do issue this niy proclamation, requesting the owners and occupiers of buildings where spirituous, vinous and malt Honors are sold,- to close their places of business ou Monday, the Oth of April, A. D. 1874, it being a day of election in the State of Ohio. And the Marshal, Captain of Police snd all police officers ara hereby ordered to cloBe said placos if anv are found onen on said dav. and to arrest and bring before me all offenders against the provisions of said statute. witness my nsnu ana seal, inis na aay ot l-KALj April, A.V, IBC. ii,i4 .IAS. G. BULL, Mayor. Ladies' Trimming Store. Wit ARB DAILY RSCK1VINU Notions and Novelties FOB THE r Holidays And will sell them lower than any House in uommmis. we invite tne lames to give our DRESS and CI. OAK MAK1.NG DEPARTMENT a trial. , Party and Wedding Dresses Made to Order on short notice at 39 NORTH HIGH STREET, COLUMBC8. Z. FRAZEY. Agent for Domestic Paper Patterns. apl7 tu th sat ly IRON FENCING. GARDEN 05NAMENTS, IRON SET. TEKS, Flower Vases, Urns, etc. The best, cheapest, most practical, substantial, durable and in every respect the best Fence made. It is all Wrought Iron, and includes all of Kmmm's Patent Improve mcuts. Guaranteed for any length of time to stand in perfect order, with good working Gates. Price of Fence, 75 els. to $8 per foot; price of Settees, $16 and $16 each; price of Urns, $1.50 and $9 each. MARTIX KRUMW, No. 254 South Fourth St., Columbus, 0. mr21 3m sr. Or. btjtxjbxi WHOLESALE Grocers, Produce and Commission Morohaiitsi. orrtci amo WAnKBorjRs: Northeast Corner High and Gay Streets. mrj ly HOTKL'CHANGE. KAUFFMAN BACK at the old stand. EXCHANGE HO-TEL.Coliimbns.Obio. First-class in everv re spect. The mostconvecient place in tbecity , it you want to take a train in any direction. Immediately opposite tie Union Depot. HKNRY KATJr'r MAN, Proprietor. spi deod Aw 3m ISAAC EBERLY at CO., Wholesale Grocers, 1517 EAST FRIEND ST., p.icm coi.rjim'si, omo. MAX J. DRACH, ARCH ITKCT, ROOM AO. 1 1 (3d floor), 13 1-2 EAST STATE STREET, my eod ly (Piatt Building.) FOU GOOD WORK. TRVTHS HAYES CARRIAGE CO 109 EAST TOWN STREET. mr241m Kqnal to the best ansVrhesp as the cheapest, at the Okie) Mat JoorasO.