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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
VICB-rRESIDENT COLFAX. 
May 31.—Vice-President Colfax was conveyed 
in u carriage, tills evening, to the railroad depot, 
where he took passage In a special car for his 
home in Indiana. Ho was accompanied by Mr. 
Bliss, Mr. Todd, his private secretary, and sev¬ 
eral others. 
BOWEN AND BIGAMY. 
May 81. The trial of ex-Congressman C. C. 
Tlowen, for having one or two more wives than 
are allowed outside of I tali, is still going on 
here, and oxcltesgreat interest. The indications 
now are that llnwen will not only be convicted 
ol' bigamy, but also or forgery. It appears that 
the Court in Now York, which Bowen affirmed 
laid granted him u divorce from m previous niur- 
riugc, reports to t he Court here that no judge¬ 
ment van bo found recorded, mid no papers of 
any kind; also,that the clerk’s records allow that 
erasures have been made, and the liatneof Bow¬ 
en and the divorced wife Inserted. United Stales 
A Homey Noah Davis telegraphs that lie believes 
there has been fraud and forgery, and that wit- 
ueases and papers will be atouee sent forward. 
One of Bowen’s attorneys said In Court to-day 
that If thceharges made were substantiated, and 
it appeared lie laid boon deceived by Bowen, bo 
should retire from the case. Bowen’s ball was 
increased to $7,500. 
INDIAN MATTERS. 
Reports arc now coming into the Indian 
Bureau which fully confirm those heretofore 
published in regard to the troubles among the 
Little Osagcs in the Indian Territory and the 
Apaches of Arizona. It Is not thought that a war 
will grow out of tiie recent lights between the 
former tribes and the white Bottlers, as mutters 
have already, to a great extent, been satisfac¬ 
torily adjusted. The Indians of Arizona are 
now llie most troublesome, as they are not on 
reservations, nor disposed to bo friendly to the 
whites. During the ttill'd session of the Forty- 
first Congress the Indian Bureau asked for an 
appropriat ion of $10,000 with whtcli to feed and 
care lor these tribes, and an item providing for 
it paused the House, but was stricken out by the 
Senate. These Indians remain, therefore, in 
charge of the military. A member of the Roan! 
of Indian Commissioners will probably go to 
Arizona to advise the Indians, and induce them 
to go voluntarily upon a reservation. It is still 
hoped that if they can Ik? temporarily quieted, a 
general war may be avoided. 
New York. 
Tin; Methodist Book Concern trouble is again 
opened. Dr. Lannlinn lias been suspended as 
Assistant Agent by the Book Committee, and is 
to again bo tried by the Methodist Judiciary 
early In Juno. He lias instituted a suit to gain 
access to the books of the Concern, In order to 
examine them. This suit, is pending. 
TERRIBLE STORM ON TriK UPPER HUDSON. 
Poughkeepsie, May 81. Further particulars 
of the terrible storm on I lie Upper Hudson, yes¬ 
terday, have been received. At Kingston and 
KutldouL and odor portions of Ulster county, 
till* electric display surpassed anything of the 
kind ever before witnessed i here. 
Yesterday morning the weather was intensely 
hot, the thermometer marking 9.V in tliu shade, 
and then heavy masses of lilnek clouds eom- 
inerieod to gather in the west. By 1 I’. M. the 
storm burst in all us lnry, H*- wind blowing a 
hurricane, tearing up troes by the roots, pros¬ 
trating fences, graperies and outhouses. Hail 
followed almost immediately, and such a hail¬ 
storm was never witnessed there before. Chick¬ 
ens and birds were killed by the hail, and win¬ 
dow glasses exposed to tho storm were smashed 
into atoms. For half an hour or more there was 
a continual blaze of electricity. An engineer oil 
the Rondout and Oswego Railroad, while? run¬ 
ning his trail! through the storm, distinctly ob¬ 
served a bail of electric tire run ahead of liis en¬ 
gine over the rails. 
In the now school-house in District No, 7, Ron- 
dout, where about 500 children were congregat¬ 
ed, a seene occurred which ounic near resulting 
disastrously. The lightning struck the building, 
and, following the steam pipe used for heating, 
it rail Into the cellar and thou into the ground. 
Nearly every child m the school was utfeeted, 
and for an Instanl seemed paralyzed ; but, recov¬ 
ering, they It I led tlic air with piercing shrieks, 
and rushing hastily toward their teachers, hud- | 
died about them In group*. Many fainted away, 
creating a still greater panic. The teachers, 
however, acted with great presence of mind, 
thus, undoubtedly, preventing a calamity. None 
of ihe children were injured. In the vicinity of 
t hoschta •l-house sev era 1 largo t rues were spli t by 
the lightning. Mrs. W. C. Moore’s residence was 
struck, auil several members of the family and 
a servant were stunned. Several members of T. 
A. Canfield's family were made temporarily un¬ 
conscious. A tree under which three horses 
were standing was struck by the fluid, and the 
three horses were Instantly lulled. In another 
place, six heiulof entile Were killed by one stroke 
of lightning, and when found, they were lying 
in a circle, with no marks upon them. 
In the woods near Kingston, many lmgo trees, 
which have withstood the storms mid tempests 
of forty years, were blowu down or destroyed 
by the lightning. 
a Vermonter's suicide. 
The Tribune. June 1, has the followingA 
middle-aged man arrived, on Tuesday evening, 
at the Grand Central Hotel on Broadway, regis¬ 
tered himself as “ J. F. Hayes, Mass.,” and was 
assigned a suite of three rooms oil the Broadway 
front. He seemed to have plenty of money, and 
apparently desired the best the bouse afforded. 
At in A. M., yesterday, he rang Ids bell, und de¬ 
sired that a morning newspaper be sent to him. 
Ho was then in ids night shirt, and was not seen 
alive afterward. During the afternoon one of 
the girls entered his room to make up I lie bed, 
and on looking into the bath-room saw the ocou- j 
pant sitting in the bath naked, with blood issu- I J 
ing from his right side. She at once gave an | , 
alarm, and some of the employes entered and ( 
found Hint lie was quite dead. He lmd appar¬ 
ently shot himself some time during the fore- , 
noon, as the body, when found, was cold. The J 
weapon used was a small revolver, which was ( 
found lying beside him in the bathtub. The 
wound was in the right side, and tin? hemorrhage 
was mostly internal. On the (able in the bed¬ 
room was a long letter, addressed “To my 1 
friends,” in which the deceased set forth that 
he had become addicted to extravagant habits, 
was living beyond his means, and saw no hope 
for the better; for these and other reasons he 
had determined to end his life; lie Implored 
forgiveness from all his relatives, uml trusted 
to meet them hereafter; he gave the address of 
some friends In Mansfield Place, to whom he 
desired that information of Ids suicide might tie 
sent. It was subsequently ascertained Hint his 
real name was George K. Hathaway of Holland, 
Vt. lb? was agent lor some extensive marble 
works at that place, and was considered a good due „, e fl rc and to penetrate the recesses of. 
bus.neas man. With excellent prospects. He lost. „ |jn , berure Ulc wnk , rtuImtc lllt . n rtl0Mld 
hm wife and one child several years ago. His At ,, 10 ei|l , of rll)lt . „ ie „ 
tut inv iu rttiri t\f (no u’tui ltiiiult rni'ti in L’n niu 1 ^ 
father is one of the wealthiest men iti Rutland. 
iUansarh iiactta. 
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS. 
Boston, May 29.- The New England Woman 
Suffrage Association held its initial meeting of 
the Benson, in Tremont Tom pie, this evening 
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe presided. Tie-at tendance 
was small. Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, the 
first speaker, asked If the child *’ Liberty ” was 
in more danger of being spilled out of the cradle 
of litate when rooked by women tlnm by their 
husbands, sons and brothers, and claimed that 
there were numerous political questions that 
needed the minds of women to aid in their set¬ 
tlement, especially the question of temperance, 
the most vital one now under consideration. 
Julia Ward Howe said that the Association 
hoped to rock the world to peuco ere long, as 
each convention thus far held hud excelled its 
predecessor. Grace Greenwood announced her 
platform liy saying (hat. six? was willingthat but 
three classes of women should be allowed to 
vote; single women who bad property ; married 
women who had minds, and such others that 
might desire Hie ballot. A gold watch, a dollies 
wringer, and a sowing-machine should be the 
property qualification, uml the ability to support 
their husbands well, and the facility In keeping 
a good boarding house should not be overlooked 
in the requirement* of the Government ex¬ 
aminers. 
THE BOSTON EIGHT-HOUR LEAGUE. 
Boston, May JL—A convention of the Boston 
Eight-Hour League was held to-day in Horti¬ 
cultural Hall, when resolutions were adopted 
declaring that, labor reform is based on princi¬ 
ples lying iti the root of demount) ie inst itu lions, 
and Is therefore a problem of national concern: 
favoring co-operation, but regarding it imprac¬ 
ticable until the poverty and ignorance of the 
laboring class und the excessive wealth of the 
employing class have been reduced; affirming 
that t tie reduction of hours of labor will gradu¬ 
ally equalize wenlth mid not increase the cost of 
production, and Indorsing the woman's rights 
movement ns a part of labor reform. 
Wendell Phillips reported the resolutions und 
was the principal speaker. The aim of Ids re¬ 
marks was to show the usefulness and the ne¬ 
cessity of the eight-hour reform, as Illustrated 
by Hie recent events in Paris. The more lie r©- 
lleoted on the question of labor reform the 
larger, graver, and the more important it seem¬ 
ed. lie did not join in the universal voice of 
the American press in their indiscriminate con¬ 
demnation of the conduct of the revolutionist* 
in Paris. Certainly bo felt disgusi tit i lie van¬ 
dal destruction Of public and private properly, 
but in this struggle between Paris and Ver¬ 
sailles. Paris represented wlmt every American 
ought to love—the desire of the French people 
to govern themselves. The Parisians knew that 
Tillers was seeking the restoration of the Bour¬ 
bons Or Hie Orleans branch of them, while other 
cliques were striving for the restoration of the 
Bonaparte*. The effort of the Parisians was to 
republleanizo France, and it was an honorable 
effort, and one that is to be honored. There 
was no other people in Europe that lmd done 
one-half the service to science that France has 
Within the last 100 years. Thera was no other 
country in Europe that iu the last 200 years lmd 
done one-half what France had for art. Iu 
science and art Frauce leads Europe to-day, and 
when you come to consider the question of Lib¬ 
erty Incorporated in institutions, there is no j 
other country in Europe except England that is 
entitled to be named in the same breath with 
France, When Prussia lmd abased herself be¬ 
fore one who was not entitled to lie called a de-s- I 
pot, but n “ Kicgljiig,” Franc?' was giving les¬ 
sons to Thomas Jefferson; and it we iu Hus 
country lmd escaped since 1801 Hie narrowness 
of the policy of Hie Federalists who had launch¬ 
ed the Government, we owed it to France, It 
was a debt to bo remembered by us. mid one 
that could not easily be paid. He proceeded to 
speak of the growth ol great cities ns compared 
with the growth of Hie country?. Boston was 
growing twice as rapidly as Massachusetts; New 
York city was outstripping in a greater ratio 
tiie growth tit New York Slate, and similar was 
the condition ol London, as compared with Hu* 
increase of population and weallii in the rest of 
England. Cities thus became a lilve, in which 
were gathered Hie very rich und the very poor 
—a permanent class of poor people and of rich 
people- and from such condition of classes per- 
tnaueiitly fixed, came Insanity and crime. The 
dangers which will beset this American Govern¬ 
ment in tin-next generation will be those aris¬ 
ing from the congregation of the masses in the 
great cities of the land; auil Hie condition of 
Paris may be possible, if the proper safeguard 
be not taken in due season. The solution or 
this, the problem of the future, lay in part in 
the establishment of the idea that the laborer 
the mnrder of liiB betrothed. The doctor has 
strong hopes of persuading the Governor to 
commute tils sentence. 
A COAL SHAFT ON FIRE. 
I’ittrton, May 28.—A column of smoke, which 
soon grew dense, rising from the shaft of the 
West Pitts Lot i mine yesterday afternoon, at 2 
o’clock, told that the alia ft was on tire, and 
caused an immediate rush of all the people 
about here for the rescue of the numerous 
miners known to lie below. There succeeded 
twenty-four hours of desperate exertion to sub¬ 
due the flrc and to penetrate the recesses of the 
mine before nil Hie unfortunate men should lie 
suffocated. At the end of that period, the last 
ot the thirty-eight who bad been entombed was 
brought, to the surface. Eighteen wen* dead. 
Mostof the others were tit a state of Insensibility 
when found, but recovered upon reaching the 
air above ground. Several of these have since* 
died. 
Ohio. 
Cincinnati, May 27.—A distressing accident 
occurred this evening at the residence of ex- 
Mayor Crawford, in Pewee Valley, eighteen 
miles from tills city. Miss Morton attempted 
to light the gas, which was manufactured by a 
patent gas machine, it would not ignite, and 
she and Mr. Crawford went, into the cellar with 
a light to ascertain t he difficulty, when a territlo 
explosion occurred. Mr. M('Campbell rushed 
Into the cellar and attempted to carry out Miss 
Morton, who was crazed with fright. She ran 
from him back Into the cellar, and was finally 
rescued in a dying condition. Mr. Crawford was 
dttrigorously and .Mr. McCumpboll badly burned. 
The Columbus correspondent of a Cincinnati 
paper says that Prince de Lvnnr was so shocked 
at the refusal of Miss Parsons’ father to settle 
only $50,000 on her that lie refused to fulfill 
the connubial contract until the young lady’s 
mother added $50,000 more. 
THE EVIL SPIRIT* IN WOOSTER. 
That outrageous evil spirit which Imunts the 
house of David Hoffman in Wooster, continues 
it* mischievous pranks, to the great bewilder¬ 
ment of all the good people fu that, region. 
Some of Mr. Hoffman's neighbors think the liv¬ 
ing female members of tlie? family cause all Hie 
trouble, but arc unable to present any facts In 
support of the theory. The family indignantly 
deny the imputation, and say they are very anx¬ 
ious to he relieved of their unknown malignant 
enemy, who Is ruining them financially, and in 
every maimer giving them Hie greatest discom¬ 
fort, Clothing, furniture and provisions con¬ 
tinue to disappear In the most, mysterious man¬ 
ner. Mr. Hoffman's good clothes arc all gone, 
and what little money lie has left he saves by 
wrapping it in a handkerchief which he ties 
around his body underneath lit*shirt. It.seems 
the spirit cannot reach that. The daughters say 
they have pins run into their bodies while they 
are asleep, and visitors have their clothes cut to 
pieces iu broad daylight In Hie very presence of 
people wlm are trying to detect the cause of the 
disturbances. A reporter who undertook to 
investigate the matter found hishat slashed into 
ribbons when about to depart; it had been on a 
stand in the room where there were several peo¬ 
ple present. If the Evil One himself lias not 
taken up his residence in Wooster, it certainly 
looks ns if he had disciples there. 
lVIIclilgan. 
A TriiSltli UNDER THE DETROIT RIVER. 
As a consequence of the virtual consolidation 
of the Mic higan Central and Great Western Rail¬ 
ways, ii is announced that a tunnel under the 
Detroit river will tn* Immediately built. A 
company tuts boon formed to undertake tiie en¬ 
terprise of constructing this tunnel, and work is 
to bo begun early in the summer. This company, 
which includes Canadians and Americans of 
prominence, has been incorporated by the 
Canadian Parliament with a capital of $,5000,000, 
is authorized to issue stock and bonds, and to 
consolidate with any Michigan organization de¬ 
signed lot the same purpose. The leugtli of the 
funnels front the Detroit tn the Canada portal 
will lie each 8,558 feet. The engineer has pro¬ 
posed the construction of two single truck tun¬ 
nels, entirely separate, instead of one larger one 
sufficient to accommodate h double track, lie- 
cause by this plan the total amount of excava¬ 
tion will be considerably reduced, the liability 
to accident will be greatly lessened, and also for 
the Important consideration that. In the event 
of an accident, or any obstruction occurring in 
One tunnel, the other will still be ready for use, 
and the passage ot trains lie not even tempora¬ 
rily prevented. The tunueJs will bo cylindrical 
in form, mid will run parallel, 30 feet npnrl. 
The interior diameter of each is 18 feet (J incite*. 
The Shell of brick masonry will be 2 feet Hiiuk 
iu all that part of the line under the bed of the 
river, but at each bank tills will be reduced to 
one foot six inches. Tiie grade will be one iu 
fifty on each side ot the river, witli 1,000 feet of 
level line under the bed of the river. The esti¬ 
mates for llie entire cost of Hie tunnel and ap¬ 
proaches, including a permanent double track 
with steel rails, the right of way, &c., is $2,850,- 
000, and it is thought that the work cun be com¬ 
pleted in two years. The proposed tunnel will 
be the longest subaqueous tunnel ever con¬ 
structed for purposes of travel in any part of the 
world. 
Indiana. 
The attorney of Daniel McFarland, in Indiana 
xviio recently moved that the case in Morgan Co., 
against Mrs. Richardson bo dismissed, on the 
ground that his client was in an insane asylum. 
I . > . . , , _ I— -— - - »•*-» ou I MCRIIIV WOJ I U Illy 
shall work less, and get more for ins work. The has reconsidered tiie question, and has now filed 
success of our institutions in the future was 
wrapped up iu this proposition that the mass of 
mankind should work less and enjoy more. 
Connecticut. 
Hartford, May 31—In tiie Senate, to-day, 
tin? Constitutional amendment providing for 
only one State Capital, waa lost by h vote of 13 to 
8, lacking one vote of the necessary two-thirds 
required to submit it to the people. 
Mrs. John Gogan of West Hartford used kero¬ 
sene in lighting a lire May 29. An oxpl osion fol¬ 
lowed, when Iter Infant child was burned to 
death and herself so badly injured that she died 
May 31. 
Abner Newton, who has been the editor and 
publisher of the Middletown (Conn.) Constitu¬ 
tion since 1837, died on Sunday, May 28, aged 75 
years, lie was the oldest printer in tiie State 
engaged in business, and occupied tin honorable 
position in his profession and in society. Mr. 
Newton was the first man in this country to re¬ 
print the foreign quarterlies, the enterprise now 
conducted by Leonard Scott & Co., New York. 
Pen nsylvtiula. 
Gov. Geary lias consented togrant a personal 
interview to Dr. Shoeppe, under sentence for 
an appeal to the Supreme Court of the State. 
Iowa. 
The Mitchell County News gives the particu¬ 
lars of a suit instituted at St. Ansgar, in that 
county, under a statute, by Mrs. John A. Todd 
against Charles German, for damages to the 
amount of $100 tor selling liquor to her husband. 
The case was tried before the Justice and a jury, 
and resulted in a verdict of damages for the 
plaintiff of $28.50; not so much as she claimed, 
hut enough to establish a precedent for similar 
suits under the law. 
Stoux City, May 28— A ion or. dated on board 
the steamer Ida liees. May 13, gives the follow¬ 
ing particulars of tiie fight which recently oc¬ 
curred, near Muscle Shell Mount, between a 
party of wood choppers and a band of Yankton 
Indians. The war party of Yanktons came to 
the river a few miles above here, a few days ago 
and attacked three men belonging to a party of 
wood-choppers. The men ran to the bend in the 
river mid concealed themselves in thick bushes, 
but their hiding place wna discovered, when a 
desperate fight took place, resulting in the death 
of one white man and eleven Indians. The 
Indians numbered forty, and left six ol' their 
dead on the field of battle, not having horses 
enottngli to carry them off. The fight com¬ 
menced at 2 P. M. and continued until dark. Tiie 
men were intrenched in heavy undergrowth and 
lay behind a large log, from which position the 
Indians found it impossible to dislodge them. 
The t wo survivors readied their camp in safety 
the next morning. 
California. 
San Francirco. May 29.—Judge Sawyer of the 
Police Court to-day dismissed a charge of rob¬ 
bery against a white man made by a Chinaman, 
deciding to abide by the decision of t he Supreme 
Court of California against the admissibility of 
Chinese evidence, notwithstanding the Ku-Rlux 
bill. 
KailNKM. 
THE CHEROKEE NEUTRAL LANDS CASK DECIDED. 
Topeka, May 27.—Tin? United States Circuit 
Court to-day decided the ejection cases of Joy 
agt. Hie Settlers on the Cherokee Neutral Lands 
as follows: 
f'lmt. That the? treaty of lKAjiuid patent of 18RS gave 
nfe.. «nnple title to the Cherokee Indians of neutral 
land*. 
Mvrtttd, That whetherthn Indians hold n fen or only 
.•inordinary possessory right, the treaty of I860 »in <1 
IHtW gave a fall III Into tlic purchaser under the pro¬ 
visions ns such whs plainly the. Intent of the trail tv- 
uiHkoig power. 
Th ir J. That the treaty-making power had full au¬ 
thority to alienate the puhHc domain, and titles so 
acquired were perfert and Indefeasible. 
fourth, That to *ny the Government would sell this 
land for nearly W.IWMW. pay Hie money to the In¬ 
dians. and then wiv the purchaser had no title, would 
he to make the Government a party to an enormous 
fraud. 
Fifth, That whether the sale to Joy was regular or 
not under t tie treaty of HUSK, the treaty covered 
nil defects and mudatlie ilt.le perfect. 
Sirth, That under nil the tacts and circumstances 
the title <>f joy to t,h u land Hi question is, under the 
treaties and patent, complete, and cannot he success¬ 
fully assailed. 
Demurrer to the answer was sustained. 
Virginia. 
Henry A. Wise lias discovered the enuse of 
the dealti of .Tames M. Mason, and gives a diag¬ 
nosis in ibis language:—“The disasters to the 
South, the wounds U) liis pride, the aching agony 
of seeing all iiis hopes of liberly, self-got em¬ 
inent and State Rights blasted, the desecration 
of tutored tilings and the devastation mid demor¬ 
alization he witnessed on coming home, were 
too much tension on the nerves of an aged man 
of delicate eensihilltiesand a proud sense of hon¬ 
or; and lie could no longer endure.” 
South Carolina. 
Gov. Scott arrived at Washington May 28 and 
had a long interview with President Grant, in 
which lie said there was no necessity for putting 
the. State under martial law, and that there was 
•a good state of feeling among the better classes 
of citizens to put down ihe Ku-Klux organiza¬ 
tions. 
Kentucky. 
May 28.—Col. David K. Murray, one of the 
oldest and most honored citizens ot Southern 
Kentucky, and prominently Identified with the 
early political history of the State, died at Clo- 
verport, Ky. 
Jlishinfci |lpi t 
Gov. Alcorn has nominated ex-Senator Hi¬ 
ram R. Revels as President of the Alcorn Uni- 
versityat Jackson, in that State,and he has been 
elected to that position. 
Texas. 
St. Louis, May 31.—A letter from Juekson- 
boro says:—“On the 18th of May, a band of 
about 100 Indians attacked Warner’s train, 28 
miles from that place, killing seven men belong¬ 
ing to the train and wounding one. Gen. Sher¬ 
man, who was nt Fort Richardson at the time, 
ordered four companies of Cavalry in pursuit, 
with Insst ructions to drive the Indians into Fort 
Sill, saying if he found they were Fort Sill In¬ 
dians lie would stop Indian trade in that quarter. 
A ri/.onn. 
TUB INDIAN BUTCHERY. 
The official report of Hie wanton butchery of 
friendly ludiuos under protection of the United 
States at Camp Grant, is even more horrible 
than the telegraphic report gave reason to fear. 
* apt. Thomas 8. Dunn, in command nt Camp 
Lowell, on HieSQtiiof April, dispatched a mes¬ 
sage from Tucson to the commanding officer at 
Cmnp Grant, informing him that a body of citi¬ 
zens were organized for the purpose of massa- 
crofng nil Indians at that post. The messen¬ 
gers were not well mounted, and arrived too 
late. The Indians, about SOU in number, Apa¬ 
ches who hud claimed and were living under the 
protection of the Government, were attacked 
nl daybreak, on the 30th of April, by u strong 
party of citizens of Tucson, aided by some Papa- 
joe Indians. The Indian* under protection since 
they hud been at Camp Grant had done (the 
Post Commander, Lieutenant Whitman, says) 
“ everything in their power to prove their sin¬ 
cerity and good faith.’’ The attack was a mere 
butchery. Lieutenant Whitman reports that 
“ 83 bodies had been found, autl more than 100 
are dead or missing. All save eight are women 
and children." The report concludes with the 
particulars of some proposed measure to save 
“front a life of debauched servitude * * * 
as the Government no longer recognizes private 
ownership of human beings," the surviving wo¬ 
men and children whom the citizens from Tuc¬ 
son are supposed to have carried off with them. 
There Is no indication iu Hie dispatches of any 
measures to punish tiie perpetrators of this un¬ 
exampled outrage. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
France. 
The Versailists have possession of Paris, and 
since the Commune has been overpowered ihe 
executions have been constant and by the hun¬ 
dred nt a time. A dispatch to the Evening Tele¬ 
gram, dated May 31. gives an example of tlieso 
executions: —“ To-day thirty-three Communists, 
among whom were seven womens, were shot in 
a body by a company of soldiers. Around three 
sides of the square troops to the number of 1,500 
were drawn up, under command of Col. Guizot. 
At 8 o’clock the prisoners, who had been con¬ 
fined in the coal cellars back ol’ Hit? porter's 
lodge in the Hotel do Vilie, were brought out, 
their hands tied behind their backs, and then 
marched out by tiie main gateway through a 
double file of soldiers, and having reached the 
center of tiie wide area in front of the Hotel do 
Vilie, were ranged in a row and made to kneel 
down close together. There was nothing on the 
whole plaza but three empty scavenger carts, 
whldh stood in a line at tiie rear of the prisoners. 
When the company was in line and ready tofire, 
Col. Guizot stepped forward and told tiie prison¬ 
ers In a few words that they were to suffer death 
for having been caught in the act of setting fire 
to buildings and dwellings of Paris. At this 
stivir?. 
and began to sway themselves back and fortl 
An officer advanced and made them keen mm 
with the flat of his sword. A few moments 
afterward a volley was fired, and when u,, 
smoke cleared away a most horrible sight. v 1 
presented. Throe of Mi© women, who were I 
tiie middle of the row, between the men, wen* 
still living, and writhing in agony, a secoini 
volley was fired and a third, and not until tin. 
sixth did nil the prisoners cease to live. T],,l 
dead bodies were Mien Hung into three scavem 
ger carts and carried away to be buried. There 
were vt?ry few people on the scene. 
One effect of tin; Prussian occupation of the 
Champagne district tins been to Increase onoiv 
mously the export* of brandy to England. ’|q l( , 
bonded stock of brandy thero now amounts t., 
nearly 13,000,000 gallons; the bonded stock to the 
end ol last quarter nmounted to upward of t.5oo,. 
000 gallons more than the previous year, anil 
these enormous import* still continue on the 
same scale. 
PROTEST AGAINST FURTHER SLAUGHTER. 
A Paris dispatch wi.vb:—T he press and people 
or Europe unite in an outcry against, farther 
executions of insurgents by tho Versaillists, 
Th© Commune has been subdued, and its follow¬ 
ers have suffered sufficiently for their errors and 
crimes without the infiicHoii of farther cruel¬ 
ties. Europe tins grown sink of Hie slaughter, 
uml protests against its coni i nuance. 
Uermnny. 
Princf. Bismarck lias agreed to a compromise 
on the Alsace question, malting the government 
of tho conquered territory n dictatorship until 
1873. The sanction of tiie Reichstag is, however, 
to be required for the raising of loans in Alsace. 
Auxtrln. 
Thk Naturalization Treaty between tiie Aus¬ 
trian Empire and tiie United State* of America, 
which was signed by Baron Von Beurt and Min¬ 
ister Jay last September, has been ratified by tin? 
Austrian iteichsralh, and will b© submitted to 
tho Hungarian Diet on the 25th of June. Twelve 
months are allowed by Hie treaty for the ex¬ 
change of ratifications. 
Bavaria. 
An association ha* been formed nt Regens¬ 
burg, for the encouragement of burials without 
elaborate religious ceremonies and social formal¬ 
ities. It is violently opposed by the clergy, who 
would lo*e materially in the way ot fees, if tho 
reform should become popular. 
Canada. 
THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 
Months* t., May 29.—Tiie Witness says“ (>ur 
Canadian Executive Is going to exorcise Hie 
same privilege ns the Queen hertelf of ratifying 
a treaty without asking the consent of Parlia¬ 
ment. Tills will, we presume, be flunl as far ns 
regards llie fisheries, but legislation may Ik? re¬ 
quired to open the canal*. All this is for llie 
best for two reasons. First, any solution of in¬ 
ternational difficulties la better than the arbitra¬ 
tion of war; second, the Dominion of Canada 
will, we hope, gain by nil she concedes in tills 
Treaty as well as by all she acquires through it. • 
There are certainly various points in which wo 
©flight Justly have claimed more; but. upon the 
whole the Treaty i*. ive think, a happy solution 
of llie complication ot difficulties." 
The Ottawa correspondent ol The Toronto 
Lender says ifo r*|>lni|ntl<ms will l f {given way 
Sir John Young signed the Treaty of Washing- * 
ton until after the Treaty lias been signed in 
England. 
-4AV- 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
Ok the editors of Tho Cornell Era—just, elect¬ 
ed py Hielr fellow students—one is a waiter at 
Cttscadilla Place, and one, formerly a member 
of Lite Maine Legislature, is cow working iiis way * 
through college. 
The Rev. Amos Foster of Putney, Vt., is said 
to be the oldest elergvman in the State in active 
service. He has spent forty-five years in tiie 
ministry, and now, ut the age of seventy-four. 
Is hale and vigorous. 
The man Grant, who killed If. Rives Pollard 
in Richmond, Vh., is still in Hie negro minstrel 
business. Ho is now said to be attached to Cam- 
cross & Dixie's burnt-cork company, under the 
mime of J. G. Russell. 
Berthold Auerbach denies in the (South 
German papers that lie is wealthy. He says Hi " 
Hie reports about the enormous copyright* 
which lie is said to have received for Iiis works * 
arc generally exaggerated. 
A Prussian countess recently became con¬ 
verted to Judaism, and the Berlin papers now 
want to know what the Royal Consistory, which 
issued sonic lime ago a famous manifesto uguiitst 
such conversions, t» going to do. 
Bismarck tells a correspondent that after 
(Sedan lie negotiated with Napoleon. He wanted 
a legitimate Power to treat with. Nupoleou, he 
says, could not muster courage to accept tiie 
terms offered, and finally they were obliged to 
conclude with Tltfers. 
Mortimer Jones of an interior town i" Illi¬ 
nois, was recently tarred and feathered by hia^ 
fellow citizens, because ho thought it proper to 
play croquet twenty-four hour* after Iiis wife 
died, and he iias brought tiie mil tier before a 
jury to know if these tilings can he. 
An announcement is made of tbc sudden death 
of Mrs. Julia Tyler Spencer, ut the residence ol 
her husband, Mr. William H. Spencer, »©8P 
Gcueseo, New York. Mrs. Spencer was th© 
daughter of ex-Fresidont Tyler, and a lady 
highly esteemed. 
Gen. Robert Toombs is lecturing in Georgia 
on “ Mug mi Churta." He advises his hearers to 
make no compromise, and to have nothing to 
do with men who talk of dead issues. He urges 
tliom to make a square fight, and has no patience* 
witli "Conservatives.” 
James H. Stone, a young man connected with 
the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Telegt aph is a subject tor 
sympathy at tiie hands of tdl well regulated 
minds. Iiis mother is to take twelve young 
ladies for the tour of Great. Britain, the Conti¬ 
nent, Egypt, and the Holy Land, and he a one 
is to accompany them as their guide, counse ot 
and friend. 
Some German ladies iu Dubuque, several wet a 
ago, sent Gen. Von Moltke a $20 gold piece 
recognition of his services for Fatherland, an 
the acknowledgement of the present came t a 
other day. The Count congratulates German*, 
everywhere on tho success of their arnis, gu‘ ‘ 
by Providence; thanks tiie Indies or Du n>Q • 
in particular for their well-wishes fot Serui. 1 . 
unity, and prays that the same may continue. 
