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XII12 RIOT OF JULY I‘Jill. 
New York City a Scene of Molt Vio¬ 
lence and llloodfihed. 
INNOCENT AND GUILTY SHOT DOWN IN THE 
STREETS HI' THE NATIONAI. GUARI). 
July 12,1871, will long bo remembered In New 
York City. It wan an eventful day. and the re¬ 
sults of those events, it is hoped, will prove sal¬ 
utary in establishing the supremacy of Jaw and 
order and the purpose of Americans to protect 
people of all nationalities, regardless of their 
religions or other opinions. In the exorcise of 
their rights. We must give very brlelly hero a 
record of what has transpired, (uniting details 
that would be interesting and which till columns 
in the daily papers. 
July )2 is the mini versa ry of events which 
once transpired in Ireland, which are annually 
celebrated hy what are known as Orangemen 
Irish Protestants who are hated by the Irish 
Catholics, nod in opposition to whoso organIza- 
tion are organ Isa lions of Irishmen, known as 
Hibernian Societies, Ribbon men. &e. Between 
these organizations there is the most virulent, 
antagonism; and whenever they come in con¬ 
tact there is conflict. July 12, 1870, while the 
Orangemen wore peaceably oelebrat iug the day 
in n pic-nic at Kltn Park, they wore attacked by 
their enemies, without warning or provocation, 
mid several wore killed mid wounded, among 
whom wore women and children. 
The present year the Orangemen were prepar¬ 
ing to celebrate their anniversary again, mid, 
profiting by tho experience of last your, were 
taking measures to repel any at tack that might 
bu made upon them. Meantime the Hibernian 
organizations were also preparing for what they 
called a "target excursion" the same day. It 
came to bo known that arms and ammunition 
wore being distributed to Mien), and that every 
member thereof was preparing for a holiday 
on tho 12th. Added, there were lliroatenings 
against the Orangemen if they should dare to 
appear in the streets with their banners and 
music. So formidable and ominous did this 
mob and murderous spirit appear, that Hie 
<’athollo clergy, including Archbishop Met Hoaky, 
warned their respective congregations, Minday, 
July 9, against, attempting any interference 
wilh the Orangemen, and advised all good Gath 
olios torotnain ipiiolly at. their usual 11 vocal ions, 
and on no provocation attack those who are 
regarded as enemies of the Irish GaHmlics. 
Meant ime the city police authorities were tak¬ 
ing measures lo Insure the peace ol the city. 
But Instead of proclaiming that all peaeable 
citizens should ho protected in their light to 
march through our streets in celebration of 
evonisof significance to them, ns other part ies 
hail been allowed to do, Hie city woke up one 
morning to road an order from chief of Police 
Kelso, prohibiting the Orange procession and 
alt other processions on tho 12th. This was ac¬ 
cepted by the moboeims ns evidence that the 
city authorities had surronuored to their own 
fears anil indorsed tho right of Hie Ribbontnen 
to rule tho city and say wliat processions should 
ami should not march through its streets. Tho 
result was that, t he city press, almost unanimous, 
ly thundered its denunciations ol such pol¬ 
troon ry upon Ilia city government . Tho business 
men, regardless of party, denounced t his surren¬ 
der to tho mob. The indignation and sense of 
injustice which permeated every mind and heart 
was ovorwhclinniijg, and at the Inst moment, 
late the night before the I2Mi, Superintendent 
Kelso's order was revolted and Gov. Iiotl'iuau 
issued a proclamation announcing Ids purpose 
to protect, by all the military ami civil powerat 
hi- command, any peaceable procession that 
desired to parade lit the streets. This decision 
was sent to the lodges of the Orangemen -hut 
too late for them to make the arrangements 
which respect, for Supt. Kelso's order had caused 
them to forego. Hut it was apparent that tho 
politicians very much desired an opportunity 
to ret rieve the loss ol' publio respect that sub¬ 
mission to the mob had Involved, and ii was 
Unally arranged that; the Orangemen should 
parade at 2,!tf o'clock 1', M. 
Marly In tho morning of the 12ih rumors of 
riotous OOtJducl in the outskirts and upper parts 
of the city, among tho Irish lulmm's, began to 
be hnlloHncd. They visited quarries, yards and 
buildings, where men were pcacably at work, 
and forced them to leave their labor. They 
swept through the upper part of the city lu 
different.direction*, anil attacked one or two ar¬ 
mories of the National Guard with the pur¬ 
pose of Obtaining arms and ammunition. In 
this they were defeated. Soon after noon they 
began to concentrate in the neighborhood of 
Twenty-ninth si root and Eighth Avenue, where 
is located the headquarters of the Orangemen. 
A large body of police protected those head¬ 
quarters. Several more or less serious aff rays 
occurred between the police and the mob, who 
were steadily held In check until several regi¬ 
ments of the National Guard appeared to pro¬ 
tect the procession, which formed about two 
and a half o'clock. Instead of a thousand Or¬ 
angemen,less than a hundred hud the hardihood 
to emerge from the lodge and risk their lives in 
vindication of their rights. Those were assured 
of Hie protection of Hie police and soldiery. 
Scarcely had the march commenced, when 
brickbats, stones, bottles and whatever the mob 
could get hold of was hurled al the Orangemen 
and their protectors. No retaliation was at¬ 
tempted except t be clearing of the sidewalks by 
the police with their clubs, which were used free¬ 
ly Upon those who made t he least show of resist¬ 
ance. Still from the roors and windowsof tene¬ 
ment houses came showers of missiles. At. last 
the crowd, emboldened by the stoical manner 111 
which their assaults were received by tho sol¬ 
diery, began to lire upon them, killed one mem¬ 
ber of the PLIt regiment, and a sergeant of police, 
and wounded others, The soldiers had instruc¬ 
tions to return lire, which was done with deadly 
effect. Forty persons were killed and sixty or 
seventy were wounded. Doubtless all, at Mils 
writing, (Thursday P. M.jwbo have suffered are 
not reported. There were thousands in the | 
streets, and the discharge was at the crowd and 
into the windows of buildings whence shots had 
boon fired. Ol course the scene which ensued is 
indescribable. The si reel was quickly cleared 
of till hut t he dead and wounded. The mob had 
received its lesson, and tho procession passed on 
through its route without further multistation. 
Such is the history, In brief, of this most dis- 
graceful attempt on Hie part of the ignorant, 
I bigoted and prejudiced, to overawe our city 
authorities and riot in our streets. Such is the 
result of a worthy though tardy attempt to vin¬ 
dicate Hie law by the Governor ol this State. 
Had Mayor Hall issued a manly proclamation 
as soon as it became apparent that the mob 
were determined to attack the Orungenten, 
promising them death iu tho streets if they 
interfered iu any way to break 1 lie pence, all 
this disgrace and these lives might have been 
saved at least, such seems to be the general 
judgement. 
SCENES AT THE MORGUE THE DAY AFTER THE 
RIOT. 
The Tribune of the 14th contains tlie follow¬ 
ing:- Early yesterday morning, almost as curly 
as the dawn, the crowd began to assemble in 
front ol the gate* of Iho Morgue aiul Bellevue 
Hospital, in Tvvenly-sixth street. As the morn¬ 
ing advanced the throng grow larger and more 
excited and anxious. During all Hie forenoon 
persons prompted by curiosity only pressed 
against, the tall iron railing, peering through 
the windows to catch glimpses of the horror* 
within. Olliers seated themselves in a long row 
on the curb-stones opposite. A steady stream 
kept passing in and out of Hie Morgue, tho po¬ 
lice allowing none to tarry unnecessarily. 80111 a 
of Hie faces ol the visitors were si range studies. 
There were those which were tilled wilh tear¬ 
ful expectancy; others which showed only u 
curious appetite for the horrible which the own¬ 
ers laid come there to gratify. Mother* with 
babes in their arms, young girls who shuddered 
ut every step, old women and men, ben I and tot¬ 
tering, and men and matrons were in the cease¬ 
less stream. Some only cast fearful sidelong 
glances through the glass casement; others 
clung earnestly to the iron fender, and gazed 
long and fixedly at ghastly faces which they fan¬ 
cied Hu y recognized. 'J'hc recognitions usually 
turned out to ho unfounded. One man thought 
lie had found the remain* of 11 friend,but on 
being admitted to a nearer view he found his 
mistake. When the recognitions wore real 
scenes of agonizing grief occurred which beggar 
nil description. One woman found her brot her- 
in-law, and piteously caressed his dead lace. 
The bodies were arranged in a row on slabs, 
the cold water drizzling on their breasts from 
above. The eyes were almost always open, 
staring out through the stiff lids iu horrible va¬ 
cancy. Terrlbi.i ghastly wounds were displayed, 
stained with clotted Mood. From one In the 
head, through tho temporal hone, the brains 
were yet oozing. The body at tho further end 
of the row was that of a largo and evidently 
powerful man, will) a brutish, bull-dog head 
and a full, broad chest. The temples and face 
had turned horribly black from bruises and 
wounds, and mortification had already set in. 
All Hu- bodies were stripped to the waist,dis¬ 
playing tile tlesli, slut'll and rigid. In some eases 
the hands, generally browned and calloused 
from toil, word Clenched ns if io 1 tie last deatb 
agony. At. noon six bodies yet remained with¬ 
out Identideatton. 
In tho low wooden sheds attached to the Cor¬ 
oner's office nl the Morgue, tile scenes were yet 
more horrible. The mangled and bloody bodies 
had been hustled into rude red boxes, which 
were piled up in tiers in close proximity to 
others which iiad already remained ihere tot' 
weeks. These latter contained bodies in every 
stage of decomposition, and many of which 
were masses of worms, which ernwied out and 
covered the edges of tho coffins ready 10 at tack 
the fresh prey. The stench wits terribly sickeu- 
ing. During the day people were continually 
arriving to look at. dead friends or relatives. 
When the lids of tho boxes wore lifted, the 
lamentations and weeping was of the most pite¬ 
ous kind. One woman rusliodoul of the place 
crying wildly, "My God I my God i" Under¬ 
takers were busy removing bodies to now cof¬ 
fins, tq be buried by friends who had received 
wiittou permits from Coroner Young. White 
this was doing, a minute bull was cut from a 
dead man's arm and presented to n. reporter ns 
II mcuicnlo of the riot, of 1871. 
In the wards of tho Bellevue and Mount Sinai 
Hospitals were tho wounded who hud survived 
the night. Our reporter talked with almost all 
of the\icM 1 ti 8 . None admitted having commit¬ 
ted any riotousttet*, ami very few acknowledged 
any sentiments hostile to the Orangemen. They 
acknowledged their folly In being present at 
all. Several are Hermans and Americans, one is 
a Briton, mid one a Cuban. All of the Irish 
wounded are Catholics. One man, of nhouf 
lorry years, with his right arm amputated, had 
his cross and beads lying on the stand beside 
him. tie said that he supposed Iho rifles of the 
soldiers to be loaded with blank cartridges. He 
did not see any weapons in the crowd ; was not 
armed himself, but saw boys throwing stones 
and brickbat*. 
Others of the wounded saw shots fired front 
house-tops and window*, and saw women hurl 
barrels and boxes of garbage at the procession. 
One man related thnl when hu was shot and had 
fallen, two other men had dropped over Idm, 
dead, lie hart succeeded in crawling inton bug¬ 
gy standing m i he si reel mid was driven to the 
hospital. A poor follow, named John Maloney, 
had a horrible wound in 1 lie face near Iho nose, 
which was yet bleeding. He was writhing and 
moaning, out ol one man's thigh two ugly 
pieces of bone bad been taken, which 'Were 
shown to the reporter. Most of tho wounds mo 
in the thigh, showing that the aim of Hie mili¬ 
tary was low. At Mi. Sinai Hospital the clothes 
of Hie victims were piled lu heaps in Hie hull, 
saturated with clotted blood. 
INCIDENTS OF THE RIOT. 
Thursday, as the prisoners tiled out of tho 
Cent ml Police Office, n pretty but scaulily-elad 
child of about, nine years of age stood by the 
steps, peering into their faces asilie moil emerg¬ 
ed. Hutching a glimpse or a time she knew, she 
uttered a heart-rending shriek, and Instantly 
tell to sobbing us though h or heart Would break. 
Detective Elder approached her and asked her 
the cause of her sorrow, gho pointed her linger, 
saying, “There is my father," indicating a tall, 
In awny Irishman, who had killed a man iu the 
riots. Tlie poor creature was led uway by the 
kind-hearted detective. 
A rnau identified otieoi' iho bodies ns that of 
a friend. lie went immediately to the family of 
tho deceased man, mid returned with Ids sister, 
an interesting young girl. As soon as she en¬ 
tered tin* place she at once recognized the body 
of her brothel', and Will) a shriek fell swooning 
into tho arms of an officer. % When she came to 
consciousness her cries were most pitiable. 
“ What did lie want to see the procession for?" 
she cried. "O God! I told him to stop at home, 
and he wouldn’t. My God! what will uiy poor 
mother do?" The body was that, of a tall, hand¬ 
some man. wilha long, flowing beard. The sis¬ 
ter was dressed most respectably, and wore a 
thick veil over her face while in the Morgue. 
The Sun of the 1 ith says:—From one of the 
bodies a waistcoat was taken, through whoso 
upper left-hand pocket a bullet had made its 
way. The ball struck a watch which was de¬ 
posited there, cut its way clean through, and 
penetrat ed so far into tho man's side as to inflict 
a mortal wound. A largo proportion of Ihcslnin 
were married men. The Inst one identified last 
night was John Donaldson, shot beneath t he left 
arm-pit. Five remain a* yet unknown. So 
many dead as yesterday were never taken into 
the Morgue in one day since the cholera out¬ 
break at lWWl. At Hint time fifteen persons died 
every day in liie hospitals. Now tho average 
mortality rate is not more than throe per diem. 
Five tons of ice was used yesterday i 11 tlie pre¬ 
servation of the dead, and nevertheless the 
stench that arose was almost insupportable. 
One of tho most lamentable occurrences of 
Wednesday was the brutal shooting of Henry C. 
Page, treasurer of the Grand Opera House and 
a private of the Ninth Regiment. A member of 
the regiment, who stood fourth in the ranks 
from Mr. Page, when near Hie corner of Twenty- 
lourth street and Eighth A venue, say* the das¬ 
tardly net was done by a man iu the crowd, who 
deliberately raised a heavy horse • pistol mid 
planted t wo slugs in the head of the ill-fated 
soldier. Tho comrade* of the dead man quickly 
retaliated, a number of musket* being immedi¬ 
ately discharged at the ruffian without awaiting 
orders, in another instant (lie individual who 
made tlie at tack placed his hand on his breast 
and fell to the pavement completely riddled with 
bullets. 
HOW THE ORANGE PROCESSION DISPERSED. 
When Wednesday’s procession laid arrived in 
Fourth Avenue, near Astur Place, it halted, and 
the Orangemen retired quickly into a building 
near b,v (said lo lie No. 4 (fourth Avenue). After 
divesting themselves of their 1 eg alia, which they 
concealed about their persons, by twos and 
threes they made their exit by uu alloy-way 
into another street, where there was m> crowd, 
so slowly, quietly mid Unostentatiously ms t<> nt- 
Iruet no attention. This movement was man¬ 
aged so adroitly that the mob was completely 
thrown off Its guard, those who noticed the 
Orangemen entering the building thinking that 
they would noon reappear I 11 front, while many 
hml no Won when or how they had disappeared, 
lu fact, Col. Parker Bays that they disappeared 
ns though by magic, noil lie hud no idea what 
had become of them until afterward informed. 
While Iho Orangemen wine escaping into (lie 
house, tho Sixth Regiment was drawn up so a* 
music their retreat, and remained in that posi¬ 
tion over an hour, it taking (hut time for the 
Orangemen to escape, I lie mob, us already stated, 
in t.he meantime nuxluusly awniting their reap¬ 
pearance. The Grand Marshal was smuggled 
Into a Third Avenue our, and gal away safely. 
IUOT AT SING SING. 
While Gov. Hoffman was in New York they 
had a riot in his native place, Bing Sing. Ex¬ 
citement ran high in the village concerning the 
tight in the city, and by night the members of 
No. 1 Engine were in lighting humor. Taking 
(heir machine out to the principal btrootthey 
began lo play indiscriminately upon ladies and 
others passing by, iu defiance of the orders of 
Foreman Gulled. Tills me lo provoke a 
light. Finally, Older of Police Rider ordered 
the men into Iheir engine house. Ill's order 
was reluctantly obeyed. They then ran tho en¬ 
gine into the house longue first, and sworn that 
they would not touch a break if tlie village 
burned down. The Citizen* were indignant by 
Ibis time, and stood ready to move on the riot¬ 
ers. Hoffman's name was cursod loudly for his 
tardy action. 
Under tho lnfitience of bad whisky and tele¬ 
grams from New York, tho gang again boon me 
demonstrative. At 11 o'clock they attacked the 
Hoffman House, kept by Chief Rider. The house 
was closed aud the attack was unexpected. Af¬ 
ter several windows and doors had been smashed 
in, threats were made to burn the lintel. Tito 
clerk made a rush on the rioters with a club. 
The Chief of Police and a squad arrived al this 
juncture, and after n brief struggle, in which the 
rioter* were severely clubbed, a number ol pris¬ 
oners were taken in custody. To-day one of Hie 
gang said fliat his crowd had controlled the \ il- 
lage for several years, and wore able to retain 
their power. 
NEW YORK CITY. 
A. young man in New York, some time ago, 
undertook the construction of a set of instru¬ 
ments which would register themselves by tele¬ 
graph. He has already succeeded with such in¬ 
struments as rain gauges, anemometers,ural the 
like, and Is now cxperinieuHug with Hie ther¬ 
mometer, with which lie found great difficult y. 
It Is now announced that he has progressed so 
far as to be sure of success with t his Instrument 
also. 
Reports made hy the Comuiis*lopcr£of Emi¬ 
gration and tho German Immigration Society 
show a material diminution of arrivals com¬ 
pared With last year. The total number arrived 
this year up to iho present time is lLfi,2ll; to 
same date last yoai. 129,885. Of German immi¬ 
grants there were lauded at this port during the 
past niotlt.h 11,0(17, which is 1,377 less Haul during 
the corresponding period of last year. Since the 
1st ol January 32,Hit! German immigrants were 
landed a( this port, showing a decrease of the 
German immigration, us compared with thecor- 
responding first six moulhsof Iasi year, of 14,- 
777,11(0 whole number of German immigrants 
at this port, during that period amounting to 
47,723. There is some reason to expect that after 
the armies lately in service, belli iu France and 
Germany, have disbundeduud the affairs of Eu¬ 
rope become more composed, emigration to 
America will take a new start. 
AVmm IliitjgtOlI. 
On Saturday, July 8, C. G. Bowen's full and 
unconditional pardon (dated July 1) was received 
at Washington, from the President, And Bowen 
immediately left tho Jail, accompanied by his 
wife. 
A YEAR'S PENSION BHStNEHS. 
The stuiemcut of the finance division of tlie 
United States Pension Office for the year ending 
June30, 1871, is as follows: Requisitions upon j 
army funds. £51,10,4,924.01 ; requisitions upon 
navy fund, $434,7.ID.21; amount cd' requisition* j 
drawn upon lliewurof 18J3final, $234,000; orders ( 
for art ificial limbs issued, 7,707, being $50 for 
arms und $75 for legs, amounting to $408,350; 
whole amount of army pensioners on roll June 
30 ult., 205,232; whole number of navy pension- 1 
ers, 3,111. t 
Tho Interior Department decides that dele¬ 
gates from the Territories are not included iu 
the meaning of tho act of Congress prohibiting 
i members of Congress from prosecuting claims 
before the Departments. 
The expenses of the Navy Department for the 
last fiscal year were $1,000,000 less than the ap¬ 
propriation. 
GEN. PLEASANTON DISPLACED. 
Washington, July 13.—Them is the best au¬ 
thority lorthoreport that the Internal Revenue 
muddle was Bel lied yesterday, while Secretary 
Bout-well was at Long Branch, by the appoint¬ 
ment of Mr. .1. W. Douglass, Deputy Commis¬ 
sioner, to be Commissioner in the place of Gen. 
Pleasanton. The appointment will be made 
public iu a day or two. 
THE MAILS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. 
It has boon decided by the I’oslrnaster-Gcue- 
ral f<> advertise again for proposals for carrying 
the mails in all Hie Southern States, excepting 
Tennessee and Kentucky, for the lineal year 
just begun. This action is rendered necessary 
by the refusal of those to whom contracts had 
been awarded lo accept the awards, basing their 
refusal on the assertion that they had fixed the 
amount of compensation ut too low a figure. 
GEN. 0APRON LEAVES EOlt JAPAN. 
Ex-Commissioner of Agriculture Cat iron left 
this oiiy this evening (July 13) lor Ban Francis¬ 
co, from which city he will sail on the 1st of 
August for Japan. Previous to his departure, 
this afternoon, there was a gathering of the 
employes of the Department, about eighty in 
number, in the Commissioner'* room, and a 
complimentary address given by Chief Clerk 
McLean. A scries of resolutions congratulating 
Gen. Capron on his success in tlie Department 
anil his present good fortune whs also passed. 
Gen. Capron appropriately responded, and a 
formal Jcuvo-Uiklng followed. 
CHEROKEE LANDS IN NORTH CAROLIN A. 
A report Is going Hie rounds that the Cherokee 
Indians, in Western North Carolina, have filed a 
claim against, tho Government lor all the lauds 
lying between the Blue Ridge and Cumberland 
Mountains, and extending from Bristol to Chat¬ 
tanooga. It is said that when tlie treaty was 
made ceding this land, the Cherokee Chief failed 
to sign it, aud that It is, therefore, of no value. 
In explanation of this report, it maybe said that 
these Cherokee Indians are frequently finding 
Hint portions of i heir laud east of the Mississippi 
River lias never been ceded lo the Hulled States. 
Some country lawyer is generally employed, but 
when he comes to Washington thoclaim is found 
to tie worth no more than tho paper on which it 
is written. 
IkiMirici oi Columbia. 
Washington, July it. In l he Lower House of 
the Territorial Legislature a bill was passed au¬ 
thorizing the negotiation of a loan of four mil¬ 
lion dollar* by tho District, of Columbia for in- 
tei'Unl improvements. 
Connecticut. 
The case ol Mr*. Sherman, tho husband mur¬ 
derer, has been submitted without argument. 
The Judge ruled out the testimony in reference 
to her former husband (Hulblirt.,) a* having no 
bearing on Hie ease. The prisoner has been 
ordered from the Inek-upnt Birmingham to tho 
County Jail, where she will await her trial be¬ 
fore the Superior Court. No bull will be accepted. 
Tho CouneeUcut Legislature, July 13, by a 
unanimous vote, passed a bill repealing the 
usui'.)' laws. In the House iho bill consolidating 
iho New York and Now llitvon ami Hart ford 
and New Haven Railroads was passed-129 to 85. 
New Hampshire. 
A patch of snow more t linn an ncre in extent, 
nml eight feet deep, can now lie seen from the 
porch of the Glen House. It is on one ol tho 
Southerly spurs of Mount Washington, not far 
from the carriage road. 
flint nc. 
Portland has a remarkable mail-carrier. lie 
has been driving seventeen years last month, 
and has not been off Ids wagon a week iu all that 
time. He luis mad* 1,272 night trips without 
missing one; never smoked a pipe or chewed 
tobacco; never played cards; does not know 
the different names of cards; never was drunk; 
bus not been ten uigtiis away from home for 
seventeen years; neither lias he eaten ten meals 
out of Ids own house; nml never was in a billiard 
saloon but tw loo. During Ids life ho has attended 
church twelve years, without missiog more than 
live Sunday*. 
Pennsylvania. 
Johnstown, Pa., July 7. Hon, D. J. Morrell, 
M. t’., was thrown from a carriage last evening, 
neat this place, amt very seriously injured. 11 is 
skull was fraeliired ami tiits back sprained. Tho 
physicians think ho will recover if no internal 
injuries have been received, but the accident 
entails long confinement. 
AIIchigiii). 
A WOMAN fit Sturgis is reported to have died 
in twenty minutes after inhaling some steam 
arising from tho potato bugs, which she was 
boiling to death. 
Oli io. 
At Dayton, Sunday, July 9, a fearful storm 
occurred. Several person* were killed by fall¬ 
ing buildings and by Hgbtniug, mid great dam¬ 
age was done botli to buildings and crops. 
Illinois. 
"Tad" Lincoln, sou of ex-Presldent Lin¬ 
coln, is seriously ill ol dropsy, at Chicago. His 
recovery is regarded aa very doubtful, ills 
mother is m constant, attendance on him. 
July 8 .—Alonzo Phillips and Norris Hen¬ 
drickson were drowned while bathing in Shoal’s 
Creek, near Summer's Mills. 
Gov. Palmer lias issued a proclamation call¬ 
ing for a .special election in that. State oil No¬ 
vember 7, for a Congressman ut Large to till Hie 
vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. 
Logan, who Ims been elected U. S. Senator. 
The trial ofIgennieye.r, Hie man who was 
um-slcd in Germany and brought to Chicago 
some time ago, charged with tlm murder of 
Gumbleton, commenced ill Chicago July 10. 
WiHcoimin. 
It is asserted that farmers in this Slate have 
engaged, to a very consul) Table extent, in lo- 
baeeo raising, the fields ranging in extent from 
the garden-patch to forty acres, with the ma¬ 
jority from five to ten acres, So many children 
have been placed at work in l lie field* as to seri¬ 
ously affect the schools. 
Minnesota. 
Chicago, July 12.— Duluth, at the head of | 
Lake Superior, was visited on last Saturday by 
a tidal wave. It broke from the lake into tlie I ! 
canal, sweeping away a pier and the cribwork 
and scattering the timber* and rafts in every 
I direction. Tho current ran in ut the rate ol 
fifteen miles an hour for half au hour, and then 
ran out with like velocity for t wenty minutes, 
and kept up an oscillation all the morning, alter¬ 
nately carrying rafts and cribs out to sea and 
back for hours. No explanation has been given 
of the phenomenon. 
California. 
In the case of Mrs. Fair, under sentence of 
death in San Francisco for the murder of Al¬ 
bert P. Crittenden, an appeal ha* been filed in 
the Supreme Court, and ii writ of sujirtvcdeajs 
Issued. The appeal will be heard in October. 
There is no likelihood of the execution taking 
place before the 1st of January. 
S \\ Francisco, July 13.—Mis. Henry B. Stan¬ 
ton has spoken Mil once in this city, when she 
inula large audience ami produced a favorable 
impression. She spoke lust evening on " Tho 
power of the ballot and of the press." She is 
regarded as a failure here. Her remarks on llm 
ease ol Mrs. Fair were received with a storm of 
hisses, inducing her to promptly change the 
subject. 
K a non*. 
Leavenworth. Kansas, July 12.— A terrible 
tragedy occurred at Ei Dorado on the 2d inst. 
An election held last spring, to decide the locu¬ 
tion of the county sent of that county (Butler), 
was contested with great animosity, T. B. Mur¬ 
dock, editor of the Walnut Valley Time*, taking 
a very prominent course. After tho election, 
he received a letter, post-marked at Augusta, 
the late rival ol 171 I torailo, signed “Commit¬ 
tee," warning him to take back certain tilings 
said in Ills newspaper, ami if lie did not do this 
lie would be hanged, if caught In the county ut¬ 
ter ten days. Hi* wife regarded the matter so 
Seriously Hint her reason finally became unset¬ 
tled. On the day mentioned, she noticed her 
husband talking with the Hou. Sidney Clark 
and other si range gentlemen, who had just ar¬ 
rived in town, and at tho same time her eye 
caught sight of another gentleman walking up 
Hie street with a rope in his hand. Thinking the 
threat was now to bo carried mil, she snatched 
up her babe, about fourteen months old, ran 
With It to the rear of the dwelling, and taking a 
razor from her pocket, cut Its throat, amt then 
her own. Thoolilld died iiauiedinlely, without 
(druggie, but the mother is still living, though 
her recovery Is doubtful. The most unbounded 
indignation prevails against the authors of the 
letter. 
Colorado. 
Ttie Fontaine Colony, so rich in mineral 
springs, is giving birth to a number ol charming 
watering places. Among them is Villa la Font, 
whore it is proposed to erect a hotel to cost 
$100,000 next summer. The springs are in tho 
Ulo Pass, not far from Pike’s Peak. 
Nebraska. 
The Omaha Herald gives Hie following details 
of ii storm wliieh recently passed Hi rough that 
State near Omaha :—A procession following Hie 
Corpse of Lewi* P. Thompson was overtaken by 
the tempest about four miles west ol this city. 
Mr. Ireland was one of the first to sec it com¬ 
ing, and, being n strong man. he jumped out, 
hoping to lie able to hold tho carriage to 
the ground. But ids efforts were fruitless, 
tho vehicle being twisted out of his grasp 
ami overturned, Nearly every team was 
lifted bodily from the ground. A carriage in 
wlileli Mr*. Thompson, Mrs. Ireland. Mr*. Scott 
and other near relatives of tin 'deceased, were 
riding, was capsized. The hoarse ran down into 
a hollow where shelter was afforded. One lady 
was taken up trout Hie ground and carried a 
distance of twenty feet iu the air before she 
could regain her feel. The inon could not stand 
up, lint were thrown about at the mercy of tlm 
wind. 
The afternoon train on the Fremont and Elk- 
horn Valley Railroad was struck by tho storm, 
between Scribner and Crowell, and liie three 
coaches were lifted from the track, thrown down 
the embankment, mid turned upside down in 
the ditch. One side of the engine was lifted eight 
inches from Hie track, but the coupling broke, 
amt il fell back again. Nearly every passenger 
was more or loss Injured. But. one mile from 
tlie wreck of tho train, thebousoof Nathan Au* 
l in was picked up by the wind, carried uboui 
one hundred loot, and tom completely Into 
pieces. Mr. Austin was crushed to death in iho 
wreck by falling limber*. II is daughter escaped 
with her life, though slio was severely injured. 
The Union Pacific Railroad express tram, which 
had drawn up to the water tank at Lone Tree, 
was backed away from the building when Hie 
approach of the storm was noticed, and not a 
moment toosoon, for Hie wind mill and building 
fell immediately al lenvard with a fearful crash. 
As tlie storm swept about liie train, shaking ii 
tremendously, the employes of l lie company hur¬ 
ried through toward tho sleeping cars, which 
wore considered safest, from being the heaviest, 
and they said that, the passengers were neatly all 
on their knees praying for mercy, for not ono 
expected to escape alive. Immense hail Slones 
fell at ibis point, aud a dispatch received from 
there said that, none were smaller than coffee 
cups. One was found that actually measured 
twelve inches in circumference. In the city, 
twelve houses were blown duwu and destroyed. 
Tho roof was torn from the back side of the de¬ 
pot ; the kitchen of the hotel was blown down ; 
tlie telegraph polos were torn from tlie ground ; 
a box freight ear, standing on a side track, was 
demolished ; tlie frame was blown down an em- 
baiikmont, and t he truck was taken up by an 
opposite current of wind and thrown on tlm 
main track; piles of lumber were whirled iu 
every direction. The operator telegraphed that 
“a woman was picked up by tho wind ami car¬ 
ried a quarter of a mile at the rate of a thousand 
miles a minute." A gentleman named E. Phelps, 
living near Lone Tree, was killed, his daughter 
fatally injured, and every member of tils family 
more or less bruised. The storm there continued 
about ten minutes, and its track was about ten 
miles in width; within that limit, every field of 
grain was entirely destroyed. At Blair, the Sioux 
City and Pacific round-house was Mown down, 
and Hie watchman, with Ills son, narrow ly es¬ 
caped from the ruins with their lives. Mr. Bos¬ 
ton's house, about one mile from the town, was 
torn to pieces, but fortunately no person was 
injured. The loss m buildings and crops, which 
is immense, cannot, now be estimated, and it is 
probable that further loss of human life will ho 
reported. 
Maryland. 
Baltimore, July 12. —Mrs. E. O, Wharton, 
widow of t.he late Major Harry W. AVluirton, F. 
S. A., residing iu Hamilton Place, in this city. 
