anaheim-gazette 1876-12-09

Anaheim Gazette SATURDAY... DECEMBER 9, 1876. THE SILAY PROPOSITION FOR STATE DIVISION. The absurd proposition to divide the State is receiving altogether too much attention from the San Francisco papers. The Call supplements the remarks of the Alta in the following strain: "A proposition to divide the State does not more interest San Francisco than it does other portions of California; but it is a difficult matter to divide a State. Efforts have been made for the past twenty years to divide Texas, but without any prospects of success. Indeed, the older a State becomes, the more difficult it is to change its borders. If the vote of California were now taken for such a purpose, it is our opinion it would be discarded by an overwhelming majority." If the measure could become divested of its absurdity sufficiently to warrant giving the movement serious thought and attention, the loud protestations that would arise against division in the section proposed to be cut off from the old State, would soon open the eyes of the prominent divisionists to the unpopularity of their scheme. It is only those who propose to fasten themselves like leeches upon the treasury of the new State who are agitating this matter, and they stand alone in their desire to perpetrate this most unnecessary and unjust measure. The tax-payers, out of whose pockets must come the money with which to lubricate the wheels of the new State Juggernaut, are utterly opposed to division; and, if the question should assume a serious aspect, would make their objections known in an unmisleading manner. In commenting editorially upon the sad story of George Ketchum, which we publish in another column, the New York Herald says: When the eye is cast over the story of the young clerk of Brooklyn who lost his senses when he discovered that the young lady whom he was in two days to have wed was subject to violent fits, a sense of pity will overcome even those who are inclined to laugh at everything. That his name is prosaic George Ketchum; that there is a large reward to those who catch him; that he was in the grocery line; that he went mad because his lady love had fits, are the ready elements for that uncouth graphic humor which selects the shocking for its mirth. Man can and must laugh, and the embroidering of the grotesque upon the horrible has been one of the desperate resources open to the professional humorist, as it has been the only funny refuge for men to whom horrors are professional. Shakespeare's picture of the joking grave-digger is an instance of the latter, and the "Danbury News man" and all the "funny men" of our American press daily illustrate the former. They will take poor, mad Ketchum as they take up scaled infants, burnt alive men and women and mutilated sportsmen, and hand him round from funny man to funny man until a humorous railroad accident or a comic wife murder gives fresh grist to their millis. He will be "boiled down" from a funny "stickful" to a side-splitting line or two, and all because he was a runaway Ketchum, a grocer and a madman in one. Yet not a single man of the paragraphers but will pause wistfully as he thinks of that awful process, the violent unseating of reason. Why, it is one of the most powerful elements of tragedy. Look at King Lear as his heart bleeds in distilling minute. The Caletado De This formidable barrier we are glad to record, lest way before its march. It been a century or more ago to be a sheet of water and land, since which time nature has repelled and not to traverse it. It has eighteen years since theseceived and measures taken this Jornada de la Muerte into a fruitful fleeting being passed by the California granting the State to said desert Isa Wozencraft, the original gator of the measure. To on Public Lands in Compass the passage of a bill central Government's right but, owing to an unfortunate it was placed on the case of passing, and there it until the present time. To be revived, and it is possible will pass at an early dpresent session. The presence of the propogator is worthy of endorser public of California show success at least, because can but prove highly by State and Nation. This is an age of useful works—tunneling spanning the globe with constructing the Suez Canal at the Atlantic and Pacific among which are tunneling of the Strait Isthmus Canal; the Sea Canal, connecting with the North Sea and seaport for large ship canal, with an artificial mouth; the proposed portions of the Desert French scientists; and least, this projected woes to convert a vast fruitful field, covering by means of a bountiful water, thereby reducing nature and making it less. As it is now, sirocco repel the traveler, but the over-venturesome breath extends to adjourn It is only those who propose to fasten themselves like leeches upon the treasury of the new State who are agitating this matter, and they stand alone in their desire to perpetrate this most unnecessary and unjust measure. The tax-payers, out of whose pockets must come the money with which to lubricate the wheels of the new State Juggernaut, are utterly opposed to division; and, it the question should assume a serious aspect, would make their objections known in an unmistakable and emphatic manner. If, as has been stated, there is a good market in San Francisco for lime juice, it will not be long ere this county will be in a position to fill the demand. For the information of those who intend to engage in this business, we quote the following from an Australian paper: Lime-juice is prepared in the most simple manner. The Planter's Gazette gives the following as the sum total of the labor required: "The fruits are submitted to the pressure of a mill of no great power, and boiling down the resulting juice—which may be kept a great length of time without deteriorating—to the required density, and putting it into casks for exportation. The density, which has been found most satisfactory in Dominica, is reached by boiling down to one-eighth its original volume. In Jamaica, lime-juice has been of late years concentrated and shipped to America, to be used in fixing certain dyes. The exports in 1874 amounted to 107,558 gallons; of the value of £5,378." The vineyardists of Anaheim, as well as their brethren in other parts of the State, are anxious that the present Congress shall pass a law allowing them to keep brandy in store for three years before the duty is exacted. This bill came up at the last session of Congress, but was not acted upon; and it is feared that the stupendous national problems which will be brought before the assembled law-makers will leave them but little time to attend to such matters. Some time ago we published an elaborate article from the St. Helena Star, descriptive of the method of making syrup from grapes. The experiments have heretofore worked to perfection, but we notice by the last number of the Star that a difficulty has been discovered. That paper says: "A little difficulty of our grape syrup has been discovered—that of its thickening up, 'sugaring' considerably. It is hoped a means will be found to prevent it." Medical science has again discover- railroad accident or a comic wife murder gives fresh grist to their mills. He will be "boiled down" from a funny "stickful" to a side-splitting line or two, and all because he was a runaway Ketchum, a grocer and a madman in one. Yet not a single man of the paragraphers but will pause wistfully as he thinks of that awful process, the violent unseating of reason. Why, it is one of the most powerful elements of tragedy. Look at King Lear as his heart bleeds in distilling minced pathos and madness when he cries over the body of Cordelia, "So my poor fool is hanged." Ophelia, who goes mad with her wrongs and her father's murder, has been burlesqued, but the tragedy of the scene remains immortal and the clown's jokes are forgotten. Ketchum, trying to jump off a North River ferryboat, offering a deck hand twenty-five dollars to let him commit suicide, does not appeal to our sympathy until we know that poignant pity for the sufferings of one he loved sent him forth aimlessly wandering, crazed and tired of life. Read of him in the lines of Coleridge, not as Ketchum, but "the knight that wore upon his shield a burning brand: That sometimes from the savage den And sometimes from the darksome shade And sometimes start up at once In green and sunny glade There came and looked him in the face An angel, beautiful and bright, And that he knew it was a flend This miserable knight. May we not picture the Brooklyn clerk wandering around the wilderness of the great cities with the angel face and the fiend face before him? Should we not then think of him alone with pity? In Kentucky they manage things in a style peculiarly Kentuckian. The State that can see no impropriety in even ministers of the Gospel betting on their favorite nag at a race course; the State which boasts of the strength and flavor of the whisky produced within its boundaries, and which believes a man guilty of a helnous crime if he is incapable of getting on the outside of a gallon or two a day; the State which permits, aids and abets lottery swindles—has arisen in its wrath and with a righteous indignation has pronounced against the principals in, and witnesses of, a prize fight which occurred within its sacred boundaries last September. The Grand Jury of the Criminal Court of Kenton county have found a true bill of indictment against Tom Allen and Joe Goss, principals in the prize fight before mentioned, and about thirty other persons who witnessed the same. Now let the Kentucky grand juror be con- with the North Sea and seaport for large ships canal, with an artificial mouth; the proposed portions of the Desert French scientists; and least, this projected woes poses to convert a vast fruitful field, covering by means of a bountiful water thereby reduce nature and make it hard. As it is now, sirocco repel the traveler, but over-venturesome, breath extends to adjourns them with struction of the tempest Desert, which is very cause an increase of rajacent country, and that be a sufficient reason for the General Governor the sterile Desert to an engagement to introduce wives is hoped that no more may be thrown in in the accomplishment of this but that we may have one of the great achievements. As the Desert is not quite certain, to its environment continue it will be an abomination to all who may have redeemed it may be a fruitful and delightful Alta. A Ruined [New York Herald] Detective Zundt, owed was made famous by Rubenstein, the man Alexander, in East A year ago, called uient Walling at the Center day in search of C of 109 Dean street, B respectable young man one of the largest oil lane, who has been rinsing since the 18th in A sad and peculiar with the object of his engaged to be married of high social standing and the nuptials were the 13th inst. Every pily until two days pointed time, where bridegroom made shocking discovery was subject to permit best scientific cure. When in truly a pitilable object to the highest degree strong men to hold off the paroxysm growth always follow. This sad affliction her family many after they were not with she grew older she skillful treatment, latered, grow less violent. Mr. Ketchum may the day mentioned visit, when her affection her and laid her wristified, he quests MEDICAL science has again discovered a new curative property in the eucalyptus. The December number of the Popular Science Monthly has a report of the successful treatment of a case of intermittent fever, in London, with a tincture of this well known tree. It has already been found a very efficacious remedy for many or the ills that flesh is heir to, and probably the never-ceasing searching of scientists will continue to discover in the blue gum a specific for many more maladies. It now seems that the first report, in regard to the damage done to the wharf at Lompoc, was an exaggerated one. The Lompoc Record of last Saturday says that "some two or three plies—no more—of the 900 feet of wharf left after the first injury, have been affected by storms," and that the boss builder thinks he can make it stand next time by building the structure higher. The receipt of the intelligence yesterday that the Board of Supervisors had granted a town charter to Anaheim, proved an agreeable antidote to the disagreeable wind which prevailed. Let us hope that, when next year rolls around, and sportive Boreas swoops down upon us, he will find less "mud with the juice squeezed out" to throw into the eyes of the pedestrian. COLONEL G. GREENWOOD has written an important book describing a tree-litter and telling how to transplant large trees with success. He chooses trees from twenty to thirty feet high, and cuts all large branches close to the stem; the ground to the depth of three feet is left to the roots, the small fibres being cut away. CONSIDERABLE interest is manifested in Washington in regard to the report of the Joint Committee on the Chinese question. The voluminous testimony cannot be fully transcribed and printed for several weeks, and as yet the work of drawing up the report has not been assigned to any member. The members of the Commission, however, have in conversation admitted the necessity of providing some restriction to the immigration of the Chinese, and it is believed that they will recommend this to be accomplished by the adoption of the plan heretofore proposed by Senator Sargent—that of limiting the number of Mongolians admissible on any one vessel. AFTER seven months of constant labor in sinking an artesian well at the brewery of Lembeck & Betz, in Jersey City, the workmen have just struck a vein of cold water at a depth of 1,570 feet. The water rushed up with great force into the large well prepared for it at the top of the building, and at a temperature of fifty degrees Fahrenheit. The cost of sinking the well amounted to $80,000. The Colorado Desert. This formidable barrier to progress, we are glad to record, is likely to give way before its march. It has doubtless been a century or more since it ceased to be a sheet of water and become dry land, since which time its shocco nature has repelled and forbidden man to traverse it. It has been some eighteen years since the plan was conceived and measures taken to convert this Jornada de la Morte (Desert of Death) into a fruitful field, a bill having been passed by the Legislature of California granting the right of said State to said desert lands to O. M. Wozencraft, the originator and propigator of the measure. The Committee on Public Lands in Congress agreed to the passage of a bill ceding the General Government's right to the same; but, owing to an unfortunate blunder, it was placed on the calendar instead of passing, and there it has remained until the present time. But it is about to be revived, and it is probable that it will pass at an early day during the present session. The patient persistence of the propogator of the measure is worthy of endorsement, and the public of California should wish him success at least, because that success can but prove highly beneficial to the State and Nation. This is an age of achievements in useful works—tunneling the Alps, spanning the globe with electric wire, constructing the Suez Canal, building the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad and many other great works, among which are the proposed tunneling of the Strait of Dover; the Isthmus Canal; the great North Sea Canal, connecting Amsterdam with the North Sea and making it a seaport for large ships, through the canal, with an artificial harbor at its mouth; the proposed canal to flood portions of the Desert of Sahara, by French scientists; and last, but not least, this projected work which proposes to convert a vast desert into a fruitful field, covering it with verdure by means of a bountiful introduction of water, thereby reducing its temperature and making it habitable for man. As it is now, sirocco blasts not only repel the traveler, but destroy often the over-venturesome, and its withering breath extends to adjacent lands and MISCELLANY. Two hundred and forty-five bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the Brooklyn Theatre. A new industry, that of drying eggs, has been set on foot at Passau, on the Danube. Jem Mace and Bill Davis will fight with gloves during the present month at Virginia City, Nev. The stakes are $1000. Gen. John F. Miller has been unanimously elected Messenger to carry the electoral vote of California to Washington. Frosty nights and clear warm days prevail throughout the San Joaquin valley, with no signs of rain. The croakers are predicting a dry winter. It is probable that after the present "clean up" at the Sacramento Valley Beet Sugar Works the manufactory will change hands. Lady Bell, widow of Sir Charles Bell, F. R. S., the celebrated physiologist, recently died at the advanced age of ninety years. Luke Florence, aged fourteen, went out to kill quail with a shot-gun, at Jackson, Amador county, and accidentally killed himself. "Oh, she was a jewel of a wife." said Pat, mourning over the loss of his better half; "she always struck me with the soft end of the mop." An exposed medium in Boston went off and got drunk over his disgrace, which is the worst case of low spirits on record. The barn, tool-room, storehouse and wine cellar, all under one roof, on the farm of H. L. Hatch, at Indian Springs, Nevada county, were burned recently. Loss, $7000. It took a man-of-war, 519 men and 300 tons of coal to bring Tweed and his two pieces of baggage home from a foreign shore. Scotch Tweed is an expensive luxury. Chicago has now a pork-packing capacity of 50,000 hogs a day, an expects to pack more than half the Western hog crop during 1876-7, counting both Summer and Winter. She packed last year, about 1,600,000, to 560,000 at Cincinnati, which used to be the great pork centre. BY TELEGRAPH St. Louis, Dec. 3. Ex-Senator Carl Schurz Jno. D. Henderson, and other prominent men of this city, have forwarded a letter to the President of the United States Senate, relative to counting the Electoral vote, with the request that he lay it before the Senate. They say the present condition of the country calls for some action which shall settle the political disquietude. The clause in the Constitution respecting the canvassing of the Electoral vote is quoted, and pronounced indefinite and liable to diverse constructions. An attempt to canvass the vote in a joint session of Congress is deprecated as certain to raise partisan issues and develop strife, which may prove disastrous to the country. The letter then proposes as a remedy that the whole matter shall be transferred to the Supreme Court of the United States. It is urged that is the only tribunal from which a fair and impartial decision, one which will satisfy the whole people, can be obtained. To effect this, the letter proposes that the two Houses shall improve the three weeks preceding Christmas in framing and agreeing upon a Constitutional Amendment placing on the Supreme Court the duty of canvassing the Electoral vote. Most of the State Legislatures meet immediately after the holidays, when the Amendment could be submitted. The letter holds to the opinion that the Amendment would be ratified without delay, so that it could be made a part of the Constitution, and apply to the present election. Both of the Presidential candidates, it is urged, would recognize the wisdom of this course. Both Republican and Democratic Legislatures would ratify it. The letter dwells at length on the wisdom of removing so important a matter from a tribunal likely to be affected by party strife. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Speaker Randall, on his election, addressed the House. After an eulogy of the late Speaker, Kerr, he said: We stand in the presence of events which strain and test, in the last degree, our form of Government Our liberties, consecrated by so many sacre-made with之oftheBlackOur forewordandamicalproving.Uneswasalastfiscalonewhichinordinarycreaseintheincreaseintcent,andpercentofadmissionandtheonlybyaproceed.TwoparaMexicanmeasurestheboundfrontier;workofCommissionUmpire;awardstogate$4,$12,$150,$494consideresteforthelautnaturalrelationanddeclareandthetionsinthePresident favorofcertainprivilegestheEnglishlingclausivotersatsuchlawssastoftheydoouragingknowledysthusthecountryferuponlaws,norNoallpresentbutitistarymessfeewdays with the North Sea and making it a seaport for large ships, through the canal, with an artificial harbor at its mouth; the proposed canal to flood portions of the Desert of Sahara, by French scientists; and last, but not least, this projected work which proposes to convert a vast desert into a fruitful field, covering it with verdure by means of a bountiful introduction of water, thereby reducing its temperature and making it habitable for man. As it is now, sirocco blasts not only repel the traveler, but destroy often the over-venturesome, and its withering breath extends to adjacent lands and marks them with sterility. The reduction of the temperature of the Desert, which is very great, would cause an increase of rainfall in the adjacent country, and that of itself would be a sufficient reason and justification for the General Government to cede the sterile Desert to any one who may engage to introduce water upon it. It is hoped that no more impediments may be thrown in the way of the accomplishment of this needful work, but that we may have to record this as one of the great achievements of the age. As the Desert is and is likely, if not quite certain, to be, should Government continue its past policy, it will be an abomination and a horror to all who may have to cross it. But redeemed, it may be a tropical garden, fruitful and delightful.—San Francisco Alta. A Ruined Life. [New York Herald, Nov. 26th.] Detective Zundt, of Brooklyn, who was made famous by his arrest of Rubenstein, the murderer of Sara Alexander, in East New York, about a year ago, called upon Superintendent Walling at the Central office yesterday in search of George Ketchum, of 109 Dean street, Brooklyn, a highly respectable young man, employed by one of the largest oil houses in Maiden lane, who has been mysteriously missing since the 18th inst. A sad and peculiar story is connected with the object of his search. He was engaged to be married to a young lady of high social standing in Brooklyn, and the nuptials were to take place on the 13th inst. Everything went happily until two days before the appointed time, when the expectant bridegroom made the startling and shocking discovery that his affliance was subject to periodical fits, which the best scientific skill had failed to cure. When in that condition she was truly a pitilable object. Mad and violent to the highest degree, it required strong men to hold her, and at the end of the paroxysm great physical prostration always followed. This sad affliction caused her and her family many anxious hours, but they were not without hope that as she grew older the fits would, under skillful treatment, constantly administered, grow less frequent and less violent. Mr. Ketchum made the discovery on the day mentioned while paying her a visit, when her affliction came upon her, and laid her writhing at his feet. Horrified, he questioned her family, and then the terrible story came out. It took a man-of-war, 519 men and 300 tons of coal to bring Tweed and his two pieces of baggage home from a foreign shore. Scotch Tweed is an expensive luxury. Chicago has now a pork-packing capacity of 50,000 hogs a day, an expects to pack more than half the Western hog crop during 1876-7, counting both Summer and Winter. She packed, last year, about 1,600,000 to 580,000 at Cincinnati, which used to be the great pork centre. A London woman gave her child a bottle of carbolic acid to play with so as pacify it. The child got the cork out of the bottle, and as the little angels in heaven are supposed to enjoy the highest state of pacification, that mother's experiment was emulently successful. The Odd Fellows' Library in San Francisco, during November, issued 7,870 volumes, classified as follows: Romance, 6,501; history, 214; periodicals, 212; poetry, 158; biography, 208; travels, 183; science and art, 171; theology, 32; belle lettres, 191. They purchased 453 new volumes of current literature. A leading Paris grocer offers small bits of maccaroni for use in soup which are stamped with the image of Napoleon III, instead of, as originally, with the letters of the alphabet. When the maccaroni swells, the features enlarge until the nose, moustache and profile of the late Emperor stand out in startling relief. Republicans complain that, having had to swallow the Emperor during twenty years, it is too much to ask them to renew the dose. Seven cases of small-pox are reported in the town of Concord, Contra Costa county. Dr. Carothers of Martinez is the attending physician, and it is said precautionary measures were adopted to prevent the further spread of the disease. The immediate occasion of its appearance in the town was from the purchase and use of second-hand furniture lately bought in San Francisco. All the parties are reported as being comfortable. The Bakersfield Southern Californian learns of a new discovery of silver leads on the Greenhorn Mountains, near the headwaters of Poso Creek. The leads lie on the ridge dividing Poso Creek from Kern River, about sixteen miles northeast of Glencille. About forty leads have been taken up, and the laborers have deserted the saw mills to prospect for silver. A good deal of excitement has been caused by the good prospects so far discovered. The Placer Times states that the ground in the valleys in most places is getting rather hard for ploughing, and the farmers have begun to speculate on the probabilities of a dry season. Provided the season should be dry, Placer County farmers will have the consolation of knowing that their section of the country can stand more drouth than most any other part of the State. Perry Leighton and Milton Dupey were engaged in splitting knotty cordy farm of H. L. Hatchen at Indian Springs, Nevada county, were burned recently. Loss,$7000. It took a man-of-war, 519 men and 300 tons of coal to bring Tweed and his two pieces of baggage home from a foreign shore. Scotch Tweed is an expensive luxury. Chicago has now a pork-packing capacity of 50,000 hogs a day, an expects to pack more than half the Western hog crop during 1876-7, counting both Summer and Winter. She packed, last year, about 1,600,000 to 580,000 at Cincinnati, which used to be the great pork centre. A London woman gave her child a bottle of carbolic acid to play with so as pacify it. The child got the cork out of the bottle, and as the little angels in heaven are supposed to enjoy the highest state of pacification, that mother's experiment was emulently successful. The Odd Fellows' Library in San Francisco, during November, issued 7,870 volumes, classified as follows: Romance, 6,501; history, 214; periodicals, 212; poetry，158；biography，208；travels，183；science和艺术，171；theology，32；bellelettes，191。They purchased 453 new volumes of current literature. A leading Paris grocer offers small bits of maccaroni for use in soup which are stamped with the image of Napoleon III instead of as originally with the letters of the alphabet. When the maccaroni swells,the features enlarge untilthe nose,moustacheandprofileofthelateEmperorstandoutinstartlingrelief.Republicanscomplainthat,havinghadtoswallowtheEmperorduringtwentyyears.itistomuchtothask themrenewethedose Seven casesofsmall-poxarereportedinthetownofConcord,Costacounty.Dr.CarothersofMartinezistheattendingphysician,anditissaidprecautionarymeasureswereadoptedtocontrefthefurtherspreadofthedisease.TheimmediateoccasionofitsappearanceinthetownwasfromthepurchaseanduseofsecondhandfurniturelatelyboughtinSanFrancisco.Allthepartiesarereportasbeingcomfortable. The BakersfieldSouthernCalifornianlearnsofanewdiscoveryofsilverleadsontheGreenhornMountains,neartheheadwatersofPosoCreek.TheleadslieontheridgedividingPosoCreekfromKernRiver,baboutsixteenmilesnortheastofGlencille.Absolutelyforthefutureonthefinalresult,andwhetheritwouldbenecessarytothrowtheelectionofthePresidentintotheHouseOfRepresentativesandoftheVice-PresidentintotheSenate." WASHINGTON,Dec.4. Speaker Randall.onhis election.addressedtheHouse.AfteraneulogismofthelateSpeaker.Kerr,thesaid:Westandinthepresenceofeventswhichstrainandtest.inthelastdegree,theformofGovernmentOurliberties.consecratedbyso many sacrifices,andpreservedamidsttherejoicingofanexultantpeopletoourCentennialanniversaryofAmericaasoneamongnations.mustbemaintainateveryhazard.(Applause.)Thepeoplelookconfidentlytoyourmoderation,yourcalmandjerm judgmentandwisdom.Inthistime,fraughtwithso manyperils,LetusnotI,Bestseeachofyou,disappoint theirjustexpectationsandthekeensenseofright,但byvigilance.preventeventheslightestdeparturefromtheconstitutionandthelaw,forgettinginthen momentoftiffaultity,那wearethe adherentsofparty,andonlyrememberingthatweareAmericancitizens.withacountrytosavewhichwillbelostifwedo notactwiseandpatrioticmen.Allunconstitutionalactsonthepartoftheexecutiveofficeofthegovernmentshouldbefrowneddownatoncewithrelentlessandunsparingcondemnation.Hisclosingwordsweredeliveredwithgreatforceandemphasis,andwere loudlyapplaudedonthefloorandinthegalleries.TheoathoffofficewasadministeredtothespeakerbyHolmhoo,,who.intheabsenceofKelley.istheoldestmemberinconsecutiveservice.TheoathoffofficewasadministeredbytheSpeakertoStevens.ofGeorgiawhohadnotpresenthimselfduringthelastsession,andwhoremainedinhisseatwhilebe tooktheoath. NEW YORK,Dec.4. Inreplytoan inquiryaboutthepublished reportofa interviewbetweenPresidentGrantandWm.Hewitt,它istelegraphedtotheEveningPostfromWashington.asfollows:"ThePresident said it was not hisprovincetodecide whether electionsinTheStatehadbeenfairornot；但assumingthatCongressshoulddecidetothrowouttheelectoralvotesofLouisianain consequenceoffraudsinthereturns,我们 discussedthe effectsuchactiononthefinalresult,andwhetheritwouldbenecessarytothrowtheelectionofthePresidentintoTheHouseOfRepresentativesandoftheVice-PresidentintoTheSenate." WASHINGTON,Dec.3. General Hampton RepresentativeLamarandRepresentativeHewettofNewYork,calledonthePresidenttoday,andhadaconversationonthesubjectofpoliticalaffairs,但no suggestionsforsolutionofthepresentdifficultiesweremadebyeitherofthegentlemen. NEW YORK,Dec.3. TheTimes'WashingtonspecialintimatesthattheDemocratsarehopefulofbuyinga fewRepublicanelec-handsnowpresentotherstagetoendbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypastbutthenthirdweekdaylightinglystudiesthecountryforuponlaws,nowperishingtothefirstdaypast但thenthirdweekdaysnobecauseofproblemssuchasbeingneededtobetreatedbythegovernmentmustbemaintainedateveryhazard.(Applause.)ThepeoplelookconfidentlytothrowtheelectionofthePresidentintoTheHouseOfRepresentativesandoftheVice-PresidentintoTheSenate." WASHINGTON,Dec.3. General Hampton RepresentativeLamarandRepresentativeHewettofNewYork,calledonthePresidenttoday,andhadaconversationonthesubjectofpoliticalaffairs,但no suggestionsforsolutionofthepresentdifficultiesweremadebyeitherofthegenshiremanagementintroductiontofuturepolicy(alsoknownasfuturepolicy)becauseofproblemssuchasbeingneededtobetreatedbythegovernmentmustbemaintainedatveryhazard.(Applause.)ThepeoplelookconfidentlytothrowtheelectionofthePresidentintoTheHouseOfRepresentativesandoftheVice-PresidentintoTheSenate." This sad affliction caused her and her family many anxious hours, but they were not without hope that as she grew older the fits would, under skillful treatment, constantly administered, grow less frequent and less violent. Mr. Ketchum made the discovery on the day mentioned while paying her a visit, when her affliction came upon her, and laid her writhing at his feet. Horrified, he questioned her family, and then the terrible story came out. He was most devotedly attached to her, and the discovery shook his reason. The next day he left home with his mind wandering. On the night of the 16th inst. Plahn, a deck hand of the Hoboken ferryboat Weehawken, noticed a young man pacing excitedly up and down the boat. He watched him, and when he made a dash to throw himself overboard, seized him and saved his life. He begged pithecously to be released, saying that life was no longer of value to him, and offered those who held him $25 to let him commit suicide. He was turned over to the police and the next day released by Recorder Bohnstedt, of Hoboken. On his person were found $25, a loaded revolver and a pint of brandy, which he requested the police to keep to save him from temptation. He gave his name as John Smith. He was next seen the following afternoon at the corner of Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue, by a member of the firm of his employers. This was the last trace of him, and Detective Zundt has searched Bellevue Hospital, the records of the Coroners and police, both in Brooklyn and New York, and the Morgues of both cities, but without success. The family offer a reward of $3,000 for information that will lead to his discovery, dead or alive. Grain that is in the ground is growing very fine under the influence of the recent warm weather, and grass in the hills was never better this time of the year than it is now. Stock running at large are actually gaining in flesh. The weather here for some time past has been as fine as weather could be. The roads are free from dust and generally in excellent order, and the country clothed with verdure presents an appearance altogether lovely.—Placer Herald. The Place Times states that the ground in the valleys in most places is getting rather hard for ploughing, and the farmers have begun to speculate on the probabilities of a dry season. Provided the season should be dry, Placer County farmers will have the consolation of knowing that their section of the country can stand more drought than most any other part of the State. Perry Leighton and Milton Dupey were engaged in splitting knotty cordwood with gunpowder on Charles Henry's ranch, near Cresssy's Station, recently, when Leighton accidentally dropped a lighted match into a can of powder, which exploded, burning and lacerating one of his hands very badly. He was so enraged at his injury that he went to Merced and swore out a warrant against his partner for shooting him. The accused was, of course, discharged. Mr. George William Curtis has serious opinions on the subject of pleurist. Addressing the American housewife, he says: "The question that comes home to you is, Can't you brown it? Can't you make it dry and crisp without too much reference to the lard pot? When it is apple with which you are concerned the responsibility is greater, for, so to speak, your apple-pie wears a full suit; It has a coat and trousers an upper and a lower garment, and, dear Madam, since 'it is not always May,' why should the innocent fruit be always glad in white? Brown it, Madam, brown it." Alas, O most kind Mentor, the American housewife will continue to do as she always has done, in spite of all walls. The number of convictions for murder in England was greater in 1875 than in any preceding year, the exact figures being, since 1870, respectively, 44, 46, 60 and 63. Shooting, wounding and stabbing have also increased, the number of convictions last year having been 997. Crimes against property and pauperism are, however, steadily decreasing. This result is doubtless due in a large measure to the persistent manner in which the Judges show by their sentences that they consider property of more value than life. This is beginning to be noticed even on the stage. One indignant hero thus apostrophizes the double-dyed villain: "Scoundrel, your hour is at 'and! I have long known yer to be a murderer; but you are worse—ay,far worse! You are a forgurer." Washington, Dec. 3. General Hampton, Representative Lamar and Representative Hewett of New York, called on the President today, and had a conversation on the subject of political affairs, but no suggestions for a solution of the present difficulties were made by either of the gentlemen. New York, Dec. 3. The Times' Washington special estimates that the Democrats are hopeful of buying a few Republican electors to vote for Cooper, and thus throw the election into the House, where Tilden would certainly be elected. Washington, Dec. 6. The President's Message opens with a defense of his Administration and an apology for mistakes, which he attributes to errors of judgment not intent. It contains but few digressions from the regular routine of the annual Executive statement of the most prominent affairs of the Nation. One of these is a brief vindication of the President's former policy, in reference to San Domingo; another, an announcement of his final withdrawal from public service; third, an allusion to the assassination of President Truman; pointing to a remark in eulogy of the great liberator, and the difficulties under which he (Grant) labored in the work of civil administration; to which he was called by the country; and concluding with a definition of the word "reconstruction" that the victors should have an equal voice with the vanquished in the future control of the government; the fourth is a suggestion of an educational qualification for voters, pushed with much earnestness and force of argument. Under Republican administration within the last seven years, the taxes have been reduced more than $100,-000,000; the national debt over $425,-000,000; yearly interest on payments have been brought from $130,000,000 in 1869 to a little over $100,000,000 in 1876; also that, in the same seven years the balance of trade of over $130,000,000 against the country in 1869 is more than $120,000,000 in our favor in 1876, with a prospect of still further improvement, and a flattering outlook. That the Act of Congress for spec resumption in 1879 will be enforced without serious difficulty. The present Indian policy is approved, and Congress asked to ratify the treaty GRAPH RURS, Dec. 2. Murz Jno. D. Prominent men added a letter to United States using the Electoral question that he. They say the country which shall set up a unitude. The nation respecting Electoral vote placed indefinite reconstructions of the vote in a bill deprecated on issues and may prove easy. The letter ready that the transferred to the United States is the only fair and impartial will satisfy the proposed that improve the Christmas in upon a Constitucion on the way of canvassing most of the State immediately after the Amendment the letter holds the Amendment without delay, so part of the to the present Presidential need, would result of this course. And Democratic ratify it. The notion the wisdom important a matter to be affected. GTON, Dec. 4. This election, adder an eulogism Kerr, he said: presence of events in the last government Our city so many sac- made with the Sloux for the opening of the Black Hills to white settlers. Our foreign relations are pleasant and amicable. The postal service is improving. The deficiency in its revenues was almost $2,000,000 less for the last fiscal year, than for the preceding one, which is due to the large increase in ordinary receipts, and a slight decrease in ordinary expenditures. The increase in ordinary receipts was 8 per cent., and in the expenditures but 5 per cent. Allusion is made to the Act of admission of Colorado as a State, and the consummation of the same by a proclamation of the Executive. Two paragraphs are devoted to our Mexican relations. One refers to measures on foot for the ratification of the boundary line on the Rio Grande frontier; and the other refers to the work of the Mexican Joint Claims Commission and the awards of the Umpire, Sir Edward Thornton. The awards to American claimants aggregate $4,125,000; to Mexican claimants, $150,494 41. Congress is invited to consider some means better than now exist for the prevention of the fraudulent naturalization of foreigners. Additional legislation is recommended in relation to the method of choosing and declaring the election of President and the means of contesting elections in the States. In this connection the President ventures a suggestion in favor of compulsory education to the extent of debarring from the voting privilege all who cannot read or write the English language, but with a saving clause as to all who may be legal voters at, and before, the enacting of such law. He adds with much force, as to foreign born people that: "If they do not take interest enough in our language to acquire a sufficient knowledge of it to enable them to study the institutions and laws of the country intelligently, I would not confer upon them the right to make such laws, nor select those who do." No allusion whatever is made to the present troubles in the Southern States, but it is understood that a supplementary message will be presented in a few days bearing on that subject. NEW YORK, Dec. 6. The fire in the Brooklyn Theater last night was attended with an appalling loss of life, and it is thought that not less than 100 persons were killed in the rush to the places of exit, testing the seat of J. W. Watts, postmaster, a certificate of the appointment of electors, which is evidence that Gov. Grover has ousted Watts. The six electoral candidates then assembled in the committee room of the Senate chamber. After half an hour one of the Republican electors, W. S. O'Dell, came out to the office of the Secretary of State to demand a certified copy of the certificate, for it seems the certificate included the name of E. A. Cronin, Democrat, and W. H. O'Dell and J. C. Cartwright, Republicans, and as the latter demanded to see and hold the certificate, and Cronin refused to let them have if nothing could be done. About this time Cronin left the room where the electors were assembled and took a stroll around town. The later report goes on that when the elector met, O'Dell and Cartwright refused to act with Cronin, whereupon Cronin declared a vacancy and elected J. N. T. Miller and H. Parker to fill places of electors, and a vote being taken, Cronin voted for Tilden and Hendricks, and the two others for Hayes and Wheeler. Cartwright and O'Dell first accepted the resignation of Elector Watts and then elected him to fill the vacancy and cast the vote of the State for Hayes and Wheeler. Great excitement exists. The Representatives are indignant at the Governor's action. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. Later advises from Salem, Ogn., confirm the report that the Governor issued certificates to O'Dell and Cartwright, Republicans, and Cronin, Democrat. The latter declined to show his authority at the meeting of Electors, and the Republicans refused to recognize him. Cronin then elected J. N. T. Miller and John Parker, Republicans electors, and proceeded to cast the vote—two for Hayes and one for Tilden. The Republicans organized, Watts resigned and was at once re-elected and the votes cast for Hayes and Wheeler, which with their sworn statement and copies of the abstract of the votes cast in the State, certified to by the Secretary of State, with the seal attached, were sealed and sent. Intense excitement prevails. An outbreak is expected by many who went to the State House prepared for any emergency. The Republicans are holding indignation meetings to-night. SALEM, Dec. 7. The greatest excitement prevails here NEW YORK, Dec. 6. The fire in the Brooklyn Theater last night was attended with an appalling loss of life, and it is thought that not less than 100 persons were killed in the rush to the places of exit, or burned to death being unable to escape. The fire broke out during the performance of the last scene of the "Two Orphans," in which Miss Claxton, who plays the part of the heroine, lies on the boat-house floor. In five minutes more the audience would have been dismissed, and there would have been nothing more serious to record than the destruction of property. The house was about two-thirds full, and those below were sitting well forward towards the stage. For those in the family circle, dress circle and galleries there was no way of escape except the Washington street entrance. Panic-striken people rushed pell-mell towards and down the stairway of the main exit, which became immediately chocked up, and a scene of terror, confusion and distress ensued, which beggars description. Just above the landing-place of the stairway, a woman in the crush had her foot pushed between the bannisters and fell. The crowd behind, forced forward by the terrified people still-further behind, fell over her and piled on top of each other four and five deep. The police from the station house, next door, were promptly on the scene, but owing to the manner in which the people were piled upon each other and massed together, they could extricate comparatively few, and these were all bruised, bleeding and malmed. The firemen got to work on the ruins shortly after daylight this morning. They succeeded in getting as far as the wall of the dress circle, where they found a great number of bodies, and immediately began the work of removal. Up to 11 o'clock this morning, 35 bodies had been recovered, and what appeared to be twenty or thirty more were seen in the basement, into which they had been precipitated by the falling of the burning stores. At the police station, adjoining the burned theatre, the names of 87 persons missing from their homes have been registered. The number of bodies thus far (12 o'clock) recovered from the ruins is about 75 and it is believed that as many more are still in the ruins. They are mostly those of the occupants of the family circle. The actor and actresses escaped from the stage into Johnson street. J. W. Thorp, stage manager, states that the fire occurred in this wise: Adrop was ignited from a border light by some inexplicable means, as one was guarded from the other. He immediately directed the stage carpenter and two supernumaries to endeavor to extinguish the flames, but the difficulty was to reach the part electors, and proceeded to cast the vote-two for Hayes and one for Tilden. The Republicans organized, Watts resigned and was at once re-elected and the votes cast for Hayes and Wheeler, which with their sworn statement; and copies of the abstract of the votes cast in the State, certified to by the Secretary of State, with the seal attached, were sealed and sent. Intense excitement prevails. An outbreak is expected by many who went to the State House prepared for any emergency. The Republicans are holding indignation meetings to-night. SALEM, Dec. 7. The greatest excitement prevails here to-night. An immense indignation meeting is now being held at the Opera House, and the theatre is crowded to overflowing with a dense mass of indignant citizens. Congressman-elect Willfams, Coghlan of California, Judge Dolph, Dr Watts, O'Dell and others have addressed the meeting. Resolutions have just been passed, denouncing the Governor, and calling on the Senate of the United States to prevent him from taking his seat, on the ground that he to-day wilfully violated his oath. The Republicans advise a calm expression of opinion and it is now thought no outbreak will occur. PORTLAND, Me., Dec. 7. A foolish young lad, residing in the family of John Mereltona, butcher at Gorham, was left in charge of an infant, and imitating what he had seen, killed the child. Skinned the body, and cut and hung it up. PITTSBURG, Dec. 6. The process of cremating the body of the late Baron Depolin at Dr. Lemoyne's Crematory, was successfully accomplished this morning.-The body was taken from the coffin and wrapped in a white cloth. The vices had been removed, the cavity being filled with a mixture of crystallized carbonic acid and potter's clay. 8:27 Dr. Lemoyne, Dr Alsale of Pittsburg, H. J. Newton, and Colonel Ackett, the two latter being Baron's executors, carried the body to the mouth of the retort. Colonel Alcott put on the body myrrh, cessna, frankincense and cinnamon, and the winding sheet was saturated with alum solution, and evergreens and sprigs of immortelles were strewn upon the body, and all was ready. The body was on a wire cradle which, when in the retort, raised it from the bottom of the retort. The door was opened and the body slid in, smoke from the burnt evergreens rose from the body, a faltt odor of burning flesh pervaded the building, but no unpleasant feature appeared and the process was pronounced a success in every particular.Observations every ten minutes disclosed the fact that the remains rapidly shrunk in size, and passed away in vapor gasses. At the end of the first hour, the bones crumbled, and the outlines of the form was lost. At the end of the second hour, the body was greatly reduced in size, the larger bones and ribs only being visible, and would apparently crumble at the lightest touch. At 10:45 the cremation crib was moved back in the retort two inches, and the whole mass crumbled. Col. Alcott then pronounced the incineration ended and complete The number of bodies thus far (12 o'clock) recovered from the ruins is about 75 and it is believed that as many more are still in the ruins. They are mostly those of the occupants of the family circle. The actors and actresses escaped from the stage into Johnson street. J. W. Thorp, stage manager, states that the fire occurred in this wise: Aglrop was ignited from a border light by some inexplicable means, as one was guarded from the other. He immediately directed the stage carpenter and two supernumaries to endeavor to extinguish the flames, but the difficulty was to reach the part on fire. The stage manager with the stage carpenter and supernumaries essayed to effect the object by lowering the drop and in so doing added fuel to the flames. The scene, the last in the play, embraced a ceiled apartment, and the instant the burning drop came in contact with the inflammable ceiling it served to spread the existing flames. In a flash the entire properties were in a blaze. The usual avenues of escape were thus summarily closed at the rear, and the exit, if at all possible, had to be made by way of the box entrance. All, except one or two, thus escaped. It is now believed that the number of dead will reach 125. WAMINGTON, Dec. 6. The following has just been received: TALLAHASSE, Florida, Dec. 6.—To President U. S. Grant; Count just finished. Hayes' majority is 930. The Republicans elect the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and both members of Congress. All quiet. (Signed) LEW WALLACE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 7. FLOUR—Extras in jobbing lots, steady at $8 50@7, latter figure for silver. WHEAT—Firmer; moderate trade in progress; sales of 2200 skis good milling at $2 10; 400 skis fair shipping; $2 05; 1400 do choice, for Australia, $2 12]. BARLEY—Good feed, $1 20, silver; brewing is steady at $1 22@1 25, gold. OATH—Receipts light; $1 70@1 90 for strictly choice. POTATOES—Sacramento River are heavy at 50@60c; the best in the market are placed with difficulty above 75c; sweet, 50c. GREENBACKS—92}@92}. PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 6. At noon to-day the Secretary of State delivered to E. A. Cronin, the Democratic candidate for Elector connounced a success in every particular. Observations every ten minutes disclosed the fact that the remains rapidly shrunk in size, and passed away in vapor gasses. At the end of the first hour, the bones crumbled, and the outlines of the form was lost. At the end of the second hour, the body was greatly reduced in size, the larger bones and ribs only being visible, and would apparently crumble at the lightest touch. At 10:45 the cremation crib was moved back in the retort two inches, and the whole mass crumbled. Col. Alcott then pronounced the incineration ended and complete in two hours and twenty minutes. After the refert has cooled, the ashes will be collected and placed in anurn provided for that purpose. A meeting will be held in the town this afternoon, from 2 till 5 o'clock, for the discussion of cremation and incumulation, at which Col. Alcott, Dr. Lemoyne and others will attend. PICTURE OF THE RED SEA.—Hegarth was once applied to by a certain nobleman to paint on his staircase a representation of the destruction of Pharoh's host in the Red Sea. In attempting to fix upon the price, Hogarth became disgusted with the miserly conduct of his patron, who was unwilling to give more than half the real value of the picture. At last, out of all patience, he agreed to his terms. In two or three days the picture was ready. The nobleman surprised at such expedition, immediately called to examine it, and found the space painted all over red. "Zounds!" said the purchaser,"what have you here? I ordered a scene of the Red Sea." "The Red Sea you have," said the painter. "But where are the Israelites?" "They are all gone over." "And where are the Egyptians?" "They are all drowned." The misers' confusion could only be equaled by the hasts with which he paid his bill. The bitter was bitten. SAMUEL CROAGE, of Portland, for twelve years a fireman on the Maine Central Railroad, is in luck. He has had to pick out a scanty living for himself since he was three years old, when the father was thought to have died of a fever in California. But now the old gentleman comes back rolling in wealth, and is to take his son home to San Francisco next week."