California democrat (California, Mo.), 1876-07-20

              1 ' : f ilOFE AND FAME. w US'!? ftir'M njorainirliifht tat forth aofdier to lifeVAgtit; SeJd W' l-ed hair aeemed bright a anj cwnoi to wer.. BU hi form , so bright hit tread The youtb .. winged, ySu .woidbave .aid. ;VlIi,ore.th1an ope rote high In bi man'a heart and touched ibe aky . n ril!n.lfi0'r' 0,6 meridian heat, fcU flew the youth on tweteM feet. But in the war a crimson tide ' swept o'er him. and the rl Then Fame and Lore . ... , v By thi dead warrio JbBd in band 1uvm In- I'ama'a . And went shoulder bent her bead, 1e yonth 1 loved U dead. "Kame, it w To cnisn -r:NI "rn0 lurea mm on - aa uiuuostauiial crown. "I wh lie- n the blnrtiingrotea hide. jtit my darling to abide." jTare sipfaed ; The heavenly youth was mice Thy rose-torped chain . the common lot Alea wear Jt, but their names live not; But oh ! to follow alter me w aa to grasp immortality, 'And . fallinjr in the battle's strife. I crown them with eternal life." As spate Fame thns to sad Love fair A new star tilled Uie evening air. " Kiaen into his place J" cried Fame. Lrffve sighed, and softly breathed his name. ' T Mardam, intlte Graphic .MISCELLiANT. THE IOWA TORXADO. Hair a Million Dollar' Worth of Prop. "y ifMroTrd-Mnjrnlar Vreaavs of mi storm The Dead and Ytomnded. From the Des Moines Register. In order to obtain fuller details of the tornado in Warren County, a Reg-ister reporter was dispatched there on Friday morning. The difficulty he had in reaching the scene of the disaster fully explains the reason why the news from there has been bo meager. The gust missed Dea Moines, ana the rain came in its stead, and the rain phenomenon appeared in the county at the head of Middle, North and South Rivers. The rain rained these streams to a height unprecedented in the historv of , lowa, earn ing ofi nearly all tne bridges and rendering passage impossible. This was the case between Des Moines and Indianola. From Wednesday until Friday evening no trains were able to cross, and most of the time the telegraph lines were down. In this state of things even the Register was compelled to wait. Friday morning at 6 o'clock the reporter left Des Moines luxuriously seated on a pile of ties on a construction train. This bore him to Carlisle. From there to Summerset he traveled on foot, ferrying two streams on the way. From the latter place the track is uninjured. Wednesday morning a farmer living west of Summerset came riding into the village post haste, warning the people of the coming flood. Hasty prepara tions were made, and none too soon, for an hour later a wall of water three feet high came roaring down the valley. In nine minutes the river raised fifteen feet at Summerset. The flood spread out un- j til there was a mile wide of water. It i poured over the railroad track, washing out embankments and carrying off every strip of stringers as if they were but straws. Three hundred feet of bridge was swept away. A portion was floated over a fence four feet high, and is now lodged half a mile below the road in a corn-field. At Summerset Junction tha platform was .Rt.rf-.ly nn-' UbT waierT andean" an?rrT tide roared and foamed through a crevasse cut through the embankment west of the point "where the roads meet. At Summerset . several families were rescued from their home just as the water forced in the windows, to the high timbered hills bordering the valley. On either side of the railroad, were thousands of acres of grain submerged and destroyed. The river was at its height Thursday noon. At 6 o'clock that evening it began to recede, and by the next morning it had fallen twenty inches. After that it fell very rapidlv. and Yesterday noon was sweep ing along entirely within its banks. 1 The damage by water is immense, but it is impossible to estimate the amount. Thousands of acres of corn and other grain will be ruined. Miles of fencing are swept away. The iron bridges and seven wooden bridges are gone and a number of dwelling-houses and barns have been carried down in the flood. The railroad company suffered severely. In men of ordinary nerve, the prospect would have been appalling, but within two days the energy and zeal of Superintendent Iloyce and" his assistants have placed the track in passable condition. TheWintersel branch is said to be washed worse than the Indianola division, but will probably be in passable condition by Monday. The tornado traveled through Warren County in' two directions, from northwest to southeast and in a course almost exactly the reverse. It swept along with a fury that can not be imagined one that has not seen the consequences. It is clearly demonstrated that it was not a whirlwind. In the course of some forty miles travel and observation, the reporter failed to see a tree that had been twisted off or a building or fence that was scattered out of the path in which it started. It is ' also . demonstrated that the tornado traveled in strips but a few hundred feet wide. When it passed through In dianola it scarcely exceeded 200 feet in width, and there were but four disas trous currents of wind that struck the town.- The tornado "skipped" like a stone skimmed along the surface of a river. Thfl dins were very abrupt, as if there had been a great weight in the gale that caused it to drop directly to the ground. A, singular instance of this was seen'in the effect at Indianola. The storm came 'sweeping down imme diately in the line of the railroad. 'The first two buildings ' in the way were the Farmers' Elevator and the Bush Ele-, vator. Then eame the depot, the engine house and the windmill. The elevators were about the Bam e height,' standing three hundred feet apart. ' The storm leveled , every other building, missing the first, demoitsning tne secona, miss-inT.the third and destroying the fourth. These buildings were from three to six hundred feet apart. Busk's elevator was cornea upsiue down. The lower half was blown entirely away ; the upper half lies top side down, sixty feet from where it original- " ly stood. The west end and north side of the engine house are blown entirely awav. the ruins being scattered half a mile. - - ri rr ci-i 'l''"' r Just bei oreroa reach. Indianola- by rail the results of the storm become vis ible. THe house of John Lafferty was blown away So" Completely that none of - the ruins are leit. . a. a. unuseys .-,'dwellintris almost as badly scattered. ; The. family wore saved by taking up their quarters ia the cellar !;'"; Mi. Eppis refused to leave his house r '.when the remainder of his family left, and was blown out of the sec6nd-story .window; and landed, uninjured, astfide asmoKenouse. from tne railway train . ' can be seen, the nut tI raree dwellings. of which nothing remained, and a dozen -' more thafc are so badly wrecked as to be almost valueless. ,The debris of one ' house struck a railroad bridge with such force as to displace it . two leeu- Mr. ; Ford and family were blown out of second-story window and carried over a quarter of a mile, ana eet down com- par&uveiy uninjured, -v. VOLUME V. In every instance where a house was destroyed the windows and doors ap pear to nave Deen nrst xorced in and then the roof went off. At- Dan Van Pelt's his large barn door was fastened to a center post four inches soarn. It yielded the nrst blast and therale'Jift-ed the roof in an instant. The house was surrounded by a dense Crewe-' of mapies,-wmcn saved it irom destruc tion. The trees, many of them twelve inches through, are broken off about ten xeet iroui the ground, and the tops are hurled over the farm. Mr. Van Pelt's fine orchard is probably half de- siroyea. jjut 01 individual Josses we have not space to speak.- Tho destfaei tion of property is immense, but iruch. "f it is of a nature that prevents calcu- lataon. - The value of a .bearinsr apple . . i .... . . i uce can not oe- esamatea; inousands are entirely destroyed. ;- ;"in- Where the storm passed through tim ber it mowed a swath as cleanly, cut as if done with a scythe. Oaks two feet thick were sent to the ground and torn up oy me roots. .ims nau tnat size were broken off about ten or fifteen feet from the ground, and all the weaker woods were snapped like pine stems. Probably three-fourths of the planted groves on the line of lie tornado sre destroyed, and the same proportion of orchards. Barns and out-houses 'suf fered severely. Scarcely one remains uninjured, and many are entirely gone. . The commencement of the storm wa4 about 9: 15, and continuing thirtyi minutes. This is the report given W par lies residing at points on the line of the tornado fifteen miles apart, showing its intense velocity. Its general course was from a little , west of northwest Xo the southeast, although in some places this was entirely reversed. The death roll, wonderful as it appears in view of the number of dwellings destroyed, foots up but live two mothers and their infant children, and one boy. In almost every house injured people were found; but none of the wounded are considered to be in a dangerous condition. The circumstances of the deaths are as follows : Mr. Eudaley's house, on the fatal night, was occupied by himself and wife and his six children, Mrs. Ogden and her three children. When the storm came in its fullest fury most of them had arisen A door was Llewn open. Their united efforts were, insufficient to close it, and, while they were trying to do so, the roof of the house lifted and the walls collapsed, all falling in one pile. One portion of the ruin was held up by a chair, and under this the chil-dren chanced to be. Mr. Eudaley was blown out of the house into the garden. When he was able to return to the ruin he ascertained that his own family were uninjured, but, by the flashes of lightning, discovered the body of Mrs. Ogden buried in the debris, and dead. Her child lay on its face in bed, a portion of the roof resting upon it in such a manner as to hold its face down, and there U, w ..-! ,il Mr. Ozden was in Des Monies at the time of the calamity, and was unaoie to return home until Thursday, when he met the procession bearing his wife and child to their grave, in the streets of Indianola. Mr." I. P. C.Martin lives near Mr. Eudaley. Eight children, with himself and wife, were at Ilomc. The house was movetl several feet from its foundation before it fell. All the family were buried . under the ruins in the "same nlace. Considerable time elapsed be . . . . ... fore Mr. Martin could extricate himself.' rnderneath a heavy wardrobe he found his wife and her infant eh;ld, dead ami partially buried in the earlth on : which tney were lying. Mr. Kathan Harding is one oi tne oldest citizens of Warren County. His house was a large, two-story structure, made with a heavy, hardwood frame. The family were all at home, consisting of himself and wife and eight children. A hired man was also there. All had retired when the storm cam, but none were sleeping. The house was lifted from the ground and moved about ten feet, and before there was time to real ize the danger a furious gaie Durai in the door. All the inmates rushed toward the stairs to descend, but before they could do so the. walls fell in. : Mr: Harding alone was thrown from the buildinsr: the others were caught beneath the falling ruin- Rising his feet, he attempted to reacnthe house, and was taken up and tnrown fifty feet, and deposited . by some Wush-e.n. From there he crawled to' the ru ins and attempted to rescue the prison er. but was unable to do so until assistance had been procured from some neighbors. ' All ef the -fanuhr were in jured, and Johnny,' a hbf of eleven vp.ars. was dead. Another boy had his nnl ftr-nnne 8.RU IWU rius iiiuikv-u. rui a long time he was considered latauy hurt, but is now recovering. . , , . , M r. Vick (ireaves's house was entire ly destroyed and himself and wife car ried ZW yards, wnere tney were picaeu up insensible, liotn are seriousiym iiirmt. . i Mr. lieorge nanus was carrreu wg way in the air, and found on his return that his house was blown away, and his son criDplcd with a broken leg. mashed beneath a heavy post, Mr. Taylor's house was leveled to tne ground, his - slaughter, a young -lady. riAinr uiownwver a srove niiv ice uisu and dropped into a corn-field 60 feed distant, xuere sne was uiscovereu, inr sensible, and with an arm broken an driven into the eround. The- house is spattered for more than a mile. Mr.'C. C Cherry was thrown aoout fifiWoAt: r.d-i9 wife the same dis tmPA. hnt in a different direction. He is rmrthr hrnised. but nobones are prok- ' The four children were found in the cellar -uninjured, and lying on tne bed on which, they had Deen sleeping. - . a 1 I Mr. Charles llagler nau a wonuemu escape. Ilia house was turnea oonom side up. and the family were fonnd un injured under tne lower Biae oi me up- er-floor. Mr. F. is badly bruised. mere are nunarcus oi instances oi such miraculous escapes. In fact, the incidents of that terrible night wiuld fill a volume, . They ' are enlif cly .too numerous for & newspaper article " The estimate, of the loss of property; as piven in the Indianola dispatch of yesterday, u believed to be too small. ... . A A - It will not proDamy iau snort oi ?avv 000. A conteactou bargained to boild house in Scranton, Pa., and means to earn and get the pay : but the other parJ ty changed his mind, and is determined that the work shall not be done.) Every day the contractor has framework put un bv a larsre. force of workmen, and ererrniirht the owner of the ground hires an equal number to clear away the timber. The expense to the ; con testants is great, ' but each is satisfied because he expects that the law will make the other pay the cost; and the workmen are contented because most of them are employed on both the night and the day job. devoted to NEWS 4 UMMAJV& '; ' FSKaMHfAX A.D POXJTICAL,. .- ineannouBoemflnt, on th. llthj of the resignation, by request of tEe President, of rosunaster.General Jewaii, jas as great surprise in Washington as it was to the rest of the country. Acearllini; tiflhe Associated Press dispatchMr. JeweU, inuring a brief eall at Uie Executive 31an8lo on a business Cirand.'wa$ teformtd by" EreMdeut. Grant that fcia resignation, woiriU -be accepted Without any "i further exDlanatinn Jfr. Jewell, la two Wief lines, nenned his resignation and banded it to the President It Is stated tiMt mane of the other members ox inc lADinet were awart. of the intended action of the Preaieeat, and are utterly at a loss to account for ftJ Juflsra J. X. Tvner. of Tridlaaa HSeoaad-jVssiat PostniaSee Uenaral, baa been nominate, aa Mr. ,TelV- 71l B It was-MverHd from Wwftftiston on the rum tharatrdHg Tstessure was being ex erted to ecnre executive clemency in the cases of MvKee and Avert. Affidavits have een presented in ilcKee'g case for the pur pose of showing an alleged predetermina tion to convict by some of the Jurymen re gardless of the evidence. . Avery's petition- is said to be aremarkalily strong one in point 01 stsrnaUires, and is based upon the ground that the evidence did not Justify his convic Mr I3u tie IHiVjeian bavins telecranhert w Hit ueuic 4 udnfiury tmnttee that ab-olttte'iuie:t fa$ (Icsfraoie and perhaps ne cessary to insure his recovery, the committee, on the 11 th, unanimously agreed to postpone further consideration of his case until the aextewion of Congress. "TheTrc?ident has removed District-At torney Dyer of the Eastern District of Missouri, and appointed Mr. Wm. II. Bliss as his successor. Mr. Pratt, Commissioner of Internal Rcvt enue, has resigned bis position, to take efc. feet Aug. 1. - It is intimated that hfc rcsftr- nation wa tendered by renuest of the resident. Samuel Lappin, the . defaulting State 'reasurer of Kansas, in compaay with other prisoners, enacted his. esoape front the To-peka Jail on the night of the 10th A re- ard of 500 it offered for his apprehension. The Democrats of the Louisville (Kv.i District kave tendered to Mr. Henry Wat- tersonthe nomination for Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Parsons, and Mr. Wattenon hasTcetsented to be a candidate.: ' : At tie special erection for Mayor of Chicago, held on the 12tb,-Monroe Death, Republican, was elected by alarge majority over both his competitors. ' King Victor Emanuel has sent President Grant a letter, congratulating us. as a Xation upon having reached our Centennial birthday. . The following sufficiently explains itself Executive Hankiok, Washisots, D. C. juiv is, is.fi. Jios. . u. r,iifTUv:- Uear Sir i inrougn uie presa I learn tlwit the Committee I ot Cuhjcres inTeatifratinfr whir-ky frauds bare4 Bummonea you as a witness. inJ tan j-eu, with treat propri ty. as I think, have decBral to testify, claiininir that what occurs in CaLinei. or ""gft. J-arnhf r , . ot j fhe Cabinet an.l and that a committee of Concres. h-i'A no rUrht to demand answers. I appreciate tne laitton too hare assumed on this quesiiun, nut x to rciipTe vou from all ohlirations of strrccy nu this euLjL-ct, and acsirc not only Uiat you may answer an questions asaeu re.auun io-ii, uui with that all members of my Cabinet and ex-mraiberg of the Cabinet einco I hare beta 1'resi- Uent may also be otdlmd upon to testify in repanl to the same matters, n lia groat respect, your obtilient tenant, I. S. jHat. The Emperor of Brazil and stdte failed from New York for Europe on the 12th, The St. Lout Ton of the 14 th publishes report oren interview with; Gem Sturgis, Colonel of the Seventh Cavalry, of which Gen. Cutter was the . Lieut. -Colonel, reference to the . : recent dis astrous eacouuter with .tne,- In dians. Gen. Sturgis freely expresses his opinion that to Custer disobedience ot orders and rash and unskilled handling of his troops is wholly due the nnnecessanH liy due fw,rt0,l of .elf slaughter which en sura. ucui. starvia, son of Gen. St-urgis, was one of tbe'othcere killed in the engagement; ': 1 The Arkansas Republican State Conven tion will be held on Aug. 0. The Uouse has granted a pension of $80 a month to the widow of Gen. Custer, and .V a monlbeaoB to Ids Btfhcr 'and mother. KW; LienU CalhoriB Jfo.OOO; CntUnden, !fl0,000; and Porter, Jf5,00. " " COMMERCE JkXO 1XDCSTB1". The June crop reports from the South western Statue isJnw:rft uetetdafftrase for nearly all tiftn.. .Ibe tottqg2 f fop is from one to two week's'later tlTau last year. Tbe PostmasU4-Geiwf:flflsTei uotified by Vanderbilt auflJSeutt that; thefast mail . . i V . - ... in i service over ineir respecme roaus win uc diswaariaeJT&iAil :ajter Saturday, July !. Li i . i i f . I T -f I fl CBntS8?A3ta CASrALTIES. Iii 3feV YorkTCifyon the 8th, 9th and IDth of July the best was the most excessive that has been known for years.. During the three days there were some 'JO cases nt sunstroke, over one-halt ef which were fatal.. In Philadelphia on the 10th the thcrntoftifetor registered 102 s in the shade, and hundreds were prostrated by the heat, the- number of deaths reported being from 18 to SO. Re ports from other Eastern cities were of a tunilar character;::!-.-!! -. v "! ii' . fI w occurred: aV Hamburg, EdgcfieVU County U. on the 0th, Aajweea whites and blacks, in which six negroes were killed and three wounded, and one white man killed and another wonnded.' " ' ,jU - Riyhnaendf Q on he night of the fcih.'a atfebtt Muriated nien tjk a wetfcn Bameif Cfenrgrf TfSlliaM from the jail and hanged him tOj treviyarnfc! was under arrest lor outraging two rt sfcet-able women, ene or whom he killed 4n or der to conceal his sriAie, and the other Mre-lv escaped from his clutches with her life. The dead bedy of his flfrt rtetfca wM found in a lonely place, horribly .mutilated. I Three masked men enectea an eniran into be Jail at Kelaska ChjrT"e.oi t nigblor thetirn.Surtl faUllyehdl 4pTiftn Three masked men enected an entrance the ner named JIjuk Dedgifinider sentence of death for murder.. It waatenortedthat the CJovcrnor would edmmute lnssciftence to imprionBenf M ife-4 p'hl p H i- ' Af Xewartt, TT. T.T 6n the 13Ch, To! ice Oilk-ersDWwrttDTi KmtUWM MJipted toi nrresf three Broflierg named I lehorn for dia- nninriT eondnct. The trotheri resisted and tiot reisterR dead) audi fatfcllyl wotuided' Dickerson. T&e aesperaaoes men ran m a tannery from which tlwyhadj beea-dl- charged, and commenced . an-ladigcfim Inatc . firinz .into- : the building,!.. kill Inn one man and wounding two Uler.-iTke employees of the tannery than tamed etft In a body and followed' the murderer to tie river, when the latter. Jumped 4a -and-at tempted to swim across, but were stoned oy the workmen until Insensible, and ail were drowned; it nu btiitii" - -The EnirllsV "tairet-sh!o',!Tt'm?derer, While making a trial trip on thS;iltb',. hurst a Doner, xtmng or tne crew ana. .woana ing many more'., , The bodies of thekiiled were horribly ,iuUlatedj the lleWJ, being stripped from tho limbs by tbe escaping steam. " -lr. i: . t.:-- ' Haywood Grant was hanged at Rome, Ga., on the Uth, for arson. He confessed to having killed four men, oneot whom was : ' - - ' ' ' Politics, Literature, News, Agriculture, Science, Wit, Humor, and CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, JULY 20, 1870. Genj Jliadnun', of the- Coofeddrate Army, at Helena, Ark. Mrs. Thomas Ligbthill and four children were drowned at Freedom, Pa., on the 13th, their house being carried off by a freshet. The accident occurred on Crow's Run, a tributary of the Ohio River, 21 miles below Pittsburgh. Information has been received at Burling-ton, Iowar of the massacre, by the Indians ted the 20th of June, near Cnster City, of six miners, named Carter. Win Rmmi. Henry Brown, Lowell Valentine, dohaf Ti. .r I i . m m . i - . iiuu suit ui. x inuui me VWT Ilanscom and Cook, escaped, acajt' f .rmcr brought the news to Burlingtaatar; SIISCEI.LA-fKOCS. yi. a n .. . . i .. . . i. a ..,.1. ...... r . i i r coTumg to aispau'iics ni rne inn, is decid edly In favor of the Turks, and it was rc ported that the Servians were about to solicit the intervention of Russia tor a general amnesty. Agency Indians along the Upper Missou ri, whe have received an account of Custer's fight through some hostile Indians who took part in it, say Custer (hot three Indians with his pwtol, and killed three others with his saber, when he fell, shot through the head by Rain-in-the-Face a chief whom Custer had forcibly arrested some time ago for murder. The Indians lost 70 killed, among them many noted hiefs. The fight was hand to hand. The Indians say they did not tear the pistols as kmtuifa aa the sabers. Tbev arc nearly out of ammunition, and will not fight again until they get a supply from the Agencies. The bodies of the slain were treated in the most barbarous manner. Rain-in-the-Faee cut the heart from Custer's dead body, and put it on a pole, and a grand war dance was held around it. It was reported at Fort Lincoln, on the 14th, according to a Chieago Tribune dis paeh, ttoatr shting-Bull was killed in the fight with Custer, and also a white man named Milburn, Sitting-Bull's chief adviser. Indian Inspector Vandervcre has made an olticial report of a council with the Indians of the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agenclc3, eld June 30, at which be made them cer tain proposals in consideration of which they f hould consent to relinquish the Black Hills country. These proposal were agreed to, and the chiefs all promised to keep their people at home, and to remain about the agencies. They declare that very few Sioux are absent, and that it is chiefly Cherennes who have committed depredations and who have gone .North to Join tbe hostiles. Bear-Stand-lp 'an Indian of the Spotted Tail Agency, had been for over two weeks in Sitting Bull's camp, where he went on a peaceful errand. He reports that the hostile camp comprised about 2.000 lodges. Sitting-Bull told him that he did Hot intend to molest any one south of the Black Hills, but would light the whiles in that countrv as loa ti fhc question is unsettled, and, if not settled, as long as he lives.- Advices from both Crook's and Terry's command, received on the 1-Vh. report the troops in good health and waiting for sup-i."1? i cin'orcrments. lUtXniliftrsjtn'xe and had repeatedly fired into Terry's camp and tried to burn them out by tiring the graft. '"TSc victorious Sioux are dressed in TJustersk1iiens"cTothiPg and mounted on their horses. -Crook has been- joined by 2U0 Snake Indians. Lord Derby, in reply to an address of the Christian League, said, so far as human foresight could discern, a general war was a most unlikely result of the present conflict. He had refused to adhere to the Berlin memorandum, because he felt sure that tte Porte would not accept it, nor even the Insurgents. France nud Italy, (or financial and other reasons, do not desire war; Germany has no direct interest in the question; England will not make war; and Austria, JLhombL.peeuSiarly placed, will not break Ilffjrt1rK1tW'sla sympathizes with Slavonians, and desires the erection of a Sclavonic Empire under Russiin guidance and influence, but that party Is not in power. The Czar is a lover of peace, and Rus sia has other reasens her finances and extent of Asian conquests for not wishing war. England's endeavor is to keep within . Its present IfroHs. AndflrapresMhat view upon others. Lord Derby saidhe had'no doubt of Eng land's success, and continued: "All we desire is to see fair play. If Turkey is decayed we can not help it. We have guaranteed Turkey against murder, but not against suicide or sudden death. If an opportunity of mediation offers, which opportunity may even now be at hand, we shall avail of it?' , COXttRESSIOXAL PltOCEEIHJf GS. . In the Senate, on the lOih, the impeachment trial was resumed, and Whitclaw Keid , edi-itnr of the N. Y. Tribunt, Caleb P. Marsh, Gen. Hazenand other witnesses were examined...... In the House, the Speaker pro ta-m. prewnted a telegraphic dispatrh from the G ivernor of Maine, statinx that Mr. Hlaine .having accepted the va-cnl39itrsbir tom-that Miut ka 1 Tesizneil his seat at a member from this day. A number of bills were introduced, anionic them one by Mr. Steele, of Wvoinine. authoriiinjr Uie I'reside.it to enlixt rccrulU for tlie nrmy. t 'rve no more Uinnsix moHlhs. to aid in sUipresginp the hos-tility of certain band of Sioux In lians. The li.ii, . Mourned till Wednesday, in order tcire the Conference Committees ojqiortunity to gel up with their work. In the Scutcn he Uth, the Jmyeech-mont IS.'illaB aoiitinucd. 5Ir.VarehJsex iindt hntfcta-ertB tohifa-iiiiU to Belknap, and stated that he never agreed to give Belknap any thin for the appointment of Evans iwuit. tm.lcr. He sent tin- money to him .he s:ud. as a present, always gratuitously. He thought the appointment ws given him principally pn account of kindnesses extended by him to sirs, llelknap. He admitted Utat he hsd nn under t.imlinir. however, with both of Uie Mrs. Jtl knaps. Themanatrers announceit that the case for ihenrocuuoo was now,$fH V i!1-cpUotf of fm eiaAnhluon of Erans and risher, who were not precnfc.Tke llou-e was not in seasiuu. In the Senate, on the 12th, the Joint reso lution to authorize tbe President to accept ser vices of volunteers to aid in suppressing the Sioux Indian hostilities in the Northwest was taken from the table and referred to the Com mittee on Military Affairs, ibe impeachment trial was resumed, and J. J. Fisher, partner of LKrana. wm asrornaad-enmined lT McMabon. aat aymenls tolBetknp. He Bad ' read a contract oetwecn aiarsn an'i r.ran, and monev was paid in accordance with its term, llelknap bad never, to his knowledge ."Written to his firm on tbe subject oi complaints from troops about excessive charges Th defence then called lien . Pone and Urn. Me J'eely, each of whom testiQed to ltelknap's good character and excellent management of ihe n ar Department, and much other evidence of similar.. naXtun WBr aaTsn.Iw that House, Mr. iliSTH.J CTiJrmiia if tte i Cfcnmiilea oni l--otiJ i Kcuortcd. a rtsolulion on the Louisiana contested election case, declar ing Mr. Durrell, the sitting member, entitled to tne seat. Adopted. Mr. Morgsn, from tao fJommittee on Indian Affairs, reoorud liai-k tbe Senate bill providing for the sale of a portion of the reservaiion oi me i4nieocrate uiio ami Missouri Indians of Kansas and Nebraska Passed. Mr. Hewitt, from the t'omaiiuee on Foreign Ana rs, reported back trte resolution declaring the action of Rob ert C. Sclicneki 6W1A tniled States Mm ister to England, in becoming a Director of Uie Emma Mine Company, anil his oiierations In connection with the shares of said eomnanv and vendors thereof, as ill-advised, unfortunate, and incompatible wiih the duties of his position. Adopted without discussion or a division. The House then went into Committee of the Whole Mr. Monroe in the chair, on the bill for the pro tection of the Kio Grande frontier from cattle thipvoA and naniuku f nam Maxico- ' The Com Onittee rose withoM action otr hc niultcr In the Senate. eaa ISlhi the impeach ment trial was "re unie.l, but owing to the absence of the witness, John S. Evans, post-trader at Fort EUI, Court adjourned till to-morrow, and legislative business was resumed The House freed to tbe conference report on tbe Silver "DEM0R1:T ?l-,T?"ch PWHea Hit the tone of 10,OQO.O 0 subsidiary silver com, in exchange for legal-leiMora, -and provides for the additional comagHof f il.tou.oio, or so muh aa will take tne place ol all outstanding fractional currency, it oimu all allusion to the silver dollir, an.l to icgai tender, in explaining this onuBSjun, Mr. Payne showed that, owing to the it i , uccuue in lue price oi silver within tne last few months, an.l mot remarkably within Uie last ten days, the silver dollar of the Wright 03 (jir.m-rnxKi v iaw is to-day worui ne more than to rents relatively to gold, and lees than Weeutsn liilively to greenback. Mexlreinr 2 n,,,,en change in the value of tiie silver .lender a most BtarUing proposition,' and one of a uvjtnr maiin xha imktuiaitinti e J.. it I.. I t muwiuiry in.uraricr. liiecoulerence Coiu-" therefore could not a-roc in recoinmencling aII.m. . .. . . . . 1 1 .... o H.I -j -' j u icu.-icui:d vi me stiver uouar. 1 ne "ittee's report was adopted yeas, is; VJb Senate, on the Hth, the report of vfeteence Committee on the Silver bill was (See House jiroodedings of yester-v.lmiieachment trial was airsin nnat. liver and Harbor Appropriation wpand several it agreefl upon, she Conference Commute? on the s ocTeed to in the House, a contested election cai-e was I Abbott, Uie contestant. ja the 15th, the amend ments to JUVer and Harbor Appropriation bill wcreataa4 to... ...The House passed a bill granting a pension of $ SO a month to the widow of Gen. Custer, also $50 a month each to his father and mother. The bill for the protection i me lexas ironiier was considered in Cimnnit-tee of the Whole, but the House adjourned without disposing of Uie bill. THE CASTER MASSACRE. Ken. Terry's Official Report of Gen. fai-tr' I.at Flcht Ills AIoTetnrmts lre-cedlnK tbe Battle. IlEAIXiCAKTF.RS DKPARTVENT OF DAKOTA. ) Camp ox Little 1:10 Hokn Uivkr, June 27. j To th Admlnnt-General of the Military Eirislon of tlie .Vitxmri, at Chirano. It is my painful dutv to report that dav lefore yesterday, the i'dh instant, a great di-nstef overtook (Jen. Custer and the troops under his command. At 12 o't lwk if the M he started with his whole regiment and strong detachment of scouts and guard from the mouth of the Rosebud. Proceed- , ing up that river about 1"' miles he struck a very heavy Indian trail which had previously been discovered, and pursuing it found that it led, as it was supposed it would lead, to tbe Little liig Horn Itiver. Here he found a village of almost unexampled extent, and at once attacked it with that portion of his force which was immediately tit b:ind. Ma. Heno with three companies A , G and M of the reeiment was sent into the vallev of the stream at the point where the trail struck it. Gen. Custer with five companies E, F, I, .1 and L attempted to enter it about three miles lower dea n. Keno forded the river, chanted down its left bank, dismounted and fought on foot until linallv completely overwhelmed by numbers he was compelled to mount, recrosstue river. and seek a refuge on the high bluffs which overlooked its right bank. Just as he re-crossed, Capt. Helton, who with three com panies u. 11 and K was some two miles to the left of Keno when the action com menced, but who had been ordered lv Geo. Custer to return, came to the river, and rightly concluding that it was useless for bis force to attempt to renew tbe ti?ht in the valley he Joined Ueno on tbe binds. Capt. McDoturail, with bis Cora pan V Is. was at lirst at some distance in the rear with a train of pack mules. He also came up to Keno. Soon this united force was nearly surround ed by Indians, many of whom, armed with titles, occupied positions which commanded tha ground held by the cavalry, ground from which there was no escape. Killo-pits half-past i o'clock of tbe 2."th till 0 oVIock of the iiiitb, when tne Indians withdrew from the valley, taking with them their vil lage. Of the movements of Gen. Custer and the live companies under bis immediate command scarcely any thing is known from those who witnessed them, for no soldier or nllicer who ereonipanied him has yet been found alive. Ins trad from the point where Keno crossed the stream passes along and in tbe rear of the crest of bluns on the nijlit bunk for nearly or quite three miles. Then it comes down to the uanK 01 the river nut at once diverges from it as if he had unsuccessfully attempted to cross, then turns upon itself almost completely a circle and closes. It is marked by the remains of his oliicem and men, and the bodiei of his horses. Same of them dropped along the path; others were heaped where halts ap pear to have been maue. 1 nere is ainiiiii iHi evidencaihat a gallant resistance was offered by tha tiuops, but tUfcy were beset on all sides by over-powering numbers. The onicers Known to oe hineu are ucn. Custer; Capts. Keogh, Gates, and Custer; .ietits. t ook. MBilli, iUKUitosn, caiuoun, Porter, Hodgon. Sturgis and Keiliyof the cavalry: Lieut. Crittenden of the Twentieth Itilanlrv. AcllU AsMsiaui ounrwu 1 wm, Lieut. Harrington of tbe cavalry and Assist ant Surgeon Lord are missing. Capt. Benton and Lieut. Xarnum of the cavalry are slightly wounded. Mr. lioston Custer, a brother, ami ir. tieeu, a nepnew vi uen. f hister. were with him and were killed. No otherollicersthan those which I have named are among the killed, wounded and rciing. It is impossible aa yet 10 obtain a reuaoie usi of the enlisted men who were killed and wounded; but the number killed including officers must reach ix. The numier of wounded is al. AtthB mouth of the Kosebtitt 1 informed Gen. Custer that I should take the supply steamer " Far West" up the Yellowstone to fcrrv Gen. Gibbon's column over the river: that I should personally accompany that column, and that it would in all probability reach the mouth of the Little Kig Horn on the 5'ith inst. .The steamer reached Gen. Gibbon's troops nartbe-outh of the Big Horn early in the morning or the 21th, and at .4 o'clock in the afternoon all his men and , animal were across the Yellowstone. At 5 o'clock the column, consisting of five companies of the Seventh Infantry, four companies of the Second Cavalry and a battery of Gatling guns, marched out to and across Tidlock's Creek, start ing- soon after 5. o'clock in the luorn-Idj of the Solli. the in'antry nudn a march of 22 miles over the most difficult country which I have ever seen. In order that scoute might be sent tnto tbe valley or tne Little Bis Horn, the cavalry, with the. bat tery which wa there, puslied on 13 or It miles further, readmit camp at midnight. The scouts were sent out at half-past 4 on the morning f tbe 3dth fiie scouts dis-cotered Indian, who were at tirst supposed to W Sioux, but when overtaken they proved to be Crows who had been wit h Gen. Custer. They brought the first intelligence of the batlie. Their story was not credited. It was supposed that some fighting per haps severe lighting had taken place, but It was not belutved Utat dwatter emtio nave overtaken 10 iaQ3 a Xoree aa 11 Companies 01 eavairy. The infantry, which bad broken camp very early, soon. come, up, - and- the whole csmll entered aitd moved up -tbe: valley of tbe Little Big Horn, and during the after noon eiiorts were maue to send scouts through to what was supposed, to bar en. Custer's tiosttion and to obtaiiv informatinn of the condition of affairs, but thosawho Were sent out were driven back Tfy parties of Indians, wboin Increasing numbers were seen hoveriag In Gen. Gtiilion's front. At 20 minutes before 9 o'elock" In 'the evening the Infantry had marched between 29 and SO miles. The column was therefore halted for.-th flight at a in a straight point about it miles line . , above v tbe atream. Thia tnornine the move ment was resumed, and after a inarch of nine miles Ma). Keno' entrenched position was reached. The withdrawal of the Indians from around Iteno's command was undoubtedly caused by the appearance of Gen. Gibbon's troops. MaJ. Heno. and CapU .Benton, both of whom are (offleflr of ' great experience, accustomed to see large masses of wounded men,' estimated the number of ' Indians engaged at not less than twenty-five hundred. Other officers think that tne number was greater than thia. The village in the valley was about three milqs in length and about a mile in width. Besides tha lodges proper a great number of temporary brushwood shelters was fouqd i it, indtratin? that manyjnenbeBidesju pperiolljUnts bad gathered together there. , ' : . Maj. Keaofs very confident that there were a number of white men fighting with the Indians. . It Ulplifived that the loss of the In- dlnns was l.iriro. T have as vet received no official reports in regard to the battle, but what is stated herein as gathered from the officers who wero on the ground then and from those who have been over it since. Alfred H. Terry, Brigadier-General. a fhevv deculv Home Interests. MISSOURI STATE NEWS. Uenerwl 2Votea. On tbe 10th, an announcement was made that all conductors on the Missouri Pacific Koad and its leased lines had been discharged under order of the new Superin tendent. Their names, etc. , are as follows: passenger conductors of the Eastern Division: John V. McConnell, Capt. Oliver Tibbete.U. C. Kedfield, C-A. rratt, C. B. Fuller. C. L. Dunham, D. G. Temple, L. B. veland. Of the Accommodation Trains: J. L. Cusbing, James King. Of the Western Division: S. A. Denike, James Hall, B. V. Cole; of the Lexington Branch: Mr.Lemmon and James Merrifield; of the Boonville Branch: II. M. Sprague. Following is a list of new appointments: L. D. Hopkins, W. II. McDowell, J. D. Bernard, L. A. KadclitTe, C. . GaUaher, J. C. Hooten, Wm. Spinney and It. E. Fitzgerald, promoted from freight conductors; G. JDu Bols, old Missouri Pa cific conductor; L. D. Williams, from Toledo, Wabash.fc Western Railroad; J. Wiilis, from Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad; Edwin Adams, from Missouri, Kansas A Texas Railroad. No cause was assigned for the discharge of the old employees. Barry County. At Corsica, Sunday, the 0th, Dr. J. A. Ualliday was shot and killed by a man named Crawford. At the time of shooting, the Doctor was escorting his wife and a lady friend to their home, near town; the cow ard met them, passed, turned and, coming to the front fired, the ball striking near the region of the heart. Dr. Ualliday only had time to say, "lam dying," and tell to the ground dead. Buchanan County. On the 7lh, at St. Joseph, John McXew, ;ed about 21, while coupling freight cars, was caught between the M. and A. coupling link, and run entirely through his body. Strange to say he lingered several hours with this terrible hole through him before he died. A little son of II. B. Ketcham, a wealthy merchant of St. Joseph, while playing with a pistol on the lf.br fatally shot himself in the left temple. Caas County. At Pleasant Hill, on the lutb, a compositor on the Jltvieie, named Henry Buchanan, was fatally injured by diving into the lake aad striking his head against a stump. Greene County. Rev. T. W. l'cndergrass, of Springfield, bad his right hand shot away, on tbe 10th, by tbe accidental discharge of a gun which he had under examination. Henry County. At Clinton, on the 11th, a Mr. Snowden, farmer, was thrown from his horse, and had three ribs broken. Jackson County. Gen. Joe C. Shelby to-day sant tbe following dispatch to President Grant: Kansas City, July 7. To U. S. Grant, President of the I'nited Stales of America, Washington, D. C: Gen. Cutcr baa been killed. We once fought him, and now propose to avenge him. Should you determine to call for volunteers allow Missouri to raise one thou-aand. .. . joe O. Shelby. Pettis County. On the 2d, a 10-year-old son of Mr. Thomas Butler was drowned in a creek 10 miles northweht of Scdaiia, while bathing. A doctor, named Brandenburg, was severely cut on the 2d, in a fight with a barber named Schmidt, of Smithton. St. Louis. During the evening salute at the U. S. Arsenal, the 4tb, a gunner, named Stokes, was blown a distance of 20 feet by the premature discharge of a cannon, falling dead. William Hettig, a member of a rowing-club, was drowned .at the foot of Toplar Street the night of the 7th by falling off of a fcTry-boat. He resided at Xo. 200 Center Street. . John Brown, aged 24, a barber who resided at 1 W Elm Street, was seized with cramps while bathing on the 7th, at the foot of Spru-e Street, and was drowned. On the LUb, Mrs. Thomas Murphy, aged 50, living at the corner of Menard and Main Street, died from the effects of burns caused by the Ignition' of a can of kerosene with which she was trying to quicken a fire in a stove. Charles Miller, aged 23, part owner of Milke's Hotel, corner of Tuird and Vine Streets, committed suicide on the 12th by means or strychnine. Disappointment in love the cause. Johanna Welsh, a widow with three children, drowned herself on the 2."JJ in a pond near her residence, near Twenty-third Street and Cass Avenue. Cause, whisky. Mrs. WilhelmiHa Gulbrodt. of 1321 Columbus Street, who was suffering from an ncurable cancer, drowned herself, on tr. 12th, in a cistern belonging to her premisec, to relieve herself from physical pain. Early on the morning of the 10th, a fire damaged the foundry of Shickle, Harrison & Co. to the amount of $05,000. A project has been started to build here the largest hotel in the world. It will be called the Home Hotel, will contain 2,000 rooms, and accemmodate 3,5K) guests. The cost of the structure will amount to $2,000,000. The Constitutional Sioux. To look at, a Sioux is a horse-headed man, with a long, aquiline nose, a short, squaro chin, large lips, a face broad aeroes the checks, a low, compact forehead, eves full of humor and ferocity, anil a line, large body of great muscular development and length in every limb. He has more individuality than any Indian of the country, and equal understanding with any. whoever has seen Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, with their associates, has not failed to mark their sententious speech, the quick apprehension and flexibility of some parts of their countenances, their apparent versatility and love of fun, and yet their want of stability and principle. They have no humility or bashfulness, are rapacious and yet shiftless, and they belong to the same kind, of democracy as our gamins or rowdies, fighting each other and making common cause against the police and the law. lhey are heathens even among tho Indians I for thev do not believe in one Great Spirit. They are polytheists, and hold I , liat srTrnirer srods exterminate the inferior. The chief goa or ail tney represent as- an ox ; the mnskrat made the earth, the worms peopled it, and these worms grew up to be Sioux. When tbey find the bones of the mastodon they think them the remains of Oantayhee, or the ox-god. Heyoka another Sioux god, is a paradox who laughs when in grief, lies when truthfully moved, and goes naked in winter and warmly clad in summer.: This character they deduce from their, own. ,-Tbey -are. dandies, confidence men, flatterers and haters of property rights. , If they want a nonv from a man who has two, and can not hev or steal it, they stab one, Thev haves lansuaje like the Assini- boin'es and Osages, and a complex and flexible Terb.- Tho only organization they keep up is hunting regulations as to the division of an animal run down by several hunters. Iindthey value only to roam over. They arepolyga-mists.--PAtfaiefpAia Times, 31. STA5D ASDDELITXBI Uarlaar Express Rsnbery kr Masked lIlKnuraymen on tne Mlsaourl PacUIe naiiroaa A Big Haul A Lot of Scared ruicBccri. From the St. Louis Times, July . When the leaves are out and the nights warm the night riders will be heard from. The lesson was tau?ht at the Gadshill, Muncie and the Rock Isl and train robberies as well as by the raids on the Ste. Genevieve, Corydon, Gallatin, Russelville, and Huntington. To the long list of bold operations is added Rocky Cut. The Missouri Pa cific express No. 4 reached thi9 city yesterday morning with a couple of plundered safes and a story of robbery to tell beside which all ordinary exploits seem insignificant. ine train under conductor Tibbeta left Kansas City at 4 : 45 Friday afternoon, arrivine at Sedalia without acci dent shortly after nine. After a brief nait to recieve the express matter of the Adams Company, which owns the M. K. & T. route and transDorts to St. Louis in the care of the United States Express Company, which owns the Missouri Pacific route, the train steamed eastward. At about half-oast ten the heavy down grade east of Otterville wa3 reached and the train started into a wild piece of country, little settled and full of ravines and heavily timber- eu. Aoout tnree miles east of Otter ville the tram runs down what is called Rocky Cut. Out in the open country uie moon cast a nooa of light. In Rocky Cut the high precipitous sides threw heavy shadows and the darkness was stronger by contrast. There THE TRAP WAS SET. A mile away from the cut, at Lamine bridge, the robbers had picked up a watchman and gagged and pinioned him. He had been forced to join them, taking his lantern in hand. At the lower end of the cut thev had stationed the watchman, and behind him they piled a heap of ties. As the train came inside down the cut, they toosenea tne watenman s arms, stationed themselves on the sides of the cut, aud bade him signal a halt. Responsive to the waving light, the engineer whistled down brakes. With momentum largely overcome the engine struck the obstructions, climed upon the ties a foot or more, then slipped back again upon tne rails, tserore the train stopped, men were at work on the track behind putting up . a barricade, others with drawn revolvers were clinching into the engine and cab aad express car, while from the bank on either side came oaths and yells and the sharp rattling fire of revolvers. Up and down each side of the train marched a stalwart guard, threatening death to anyone who came from the cars or looked out of the windows. Outside, this was the programme faithfully carried out for over an hour. Inside, with the train men under guard, the robbers plied their work at the safes, until finally, having Ol UVIB Wnjr iiaprecatiens. one of the passengers wero robbed, and no indignity offered beyond the continual cursing and blackguardism used, with the evident purpose of preserving the first effects of intimidation and panic. The train consisted of two baggage cars, three coaches and two sleepers. The passenger list was a heavy one, but during the halt in Rocky Cut it was an exceedingly quiet one. How the frightened travelers passed the time is told in the statements of themselves and of the train men below. Only one of the robbers showed any disposition to go in for individual plunder, and he was promptly checked by the leader. The robbers, from the various descriptions . given, seem to have been mostly young men. None of them, so far as these descriptions go, had any beard. They were moderately well dressed, chiefly in jeans and stout country clothes, and nearly all wore high cavalry boots with the pants tucked in. Several had on spurs. They made no effort at disguising their voices, but talked almost continuously. To the people on the train it seemed as if there were a dozen in and along the train and as many more on the banks shouting and shooting. The trail, however, shows a party of less than twelve. The train was held just an hour and ten minutes. As the robbers drew off they called attention to the obstructions in the rear, remarking that they had better be removed. The train men set about clearins the track, and while at work could hear the robbers chatting and laughing as they walked over the hills. None were mounted at the cut, but it was subsequently found that they took horses a short dist-ince away and rode to the south. As free as the robbers were in their speech while about the train, it was noticed tLat none of them called each other by name. TUB MESSENGER'S STATEJf SJiT. It happened about a mile east of the Lamine water tank, near Otterville. The first intimation I had of any thing wron? was from the sudden stopping of the train, I was standing at one ot tne side doors of our car at the time, and the instant the train stopped some fellow, standing out on the bank, only a few feet from the train, snoutea oui, ".SIiootrthQ-- .of ,"aud with tknk the aame fellow blaaed-awav and came near popping me-'in the- head. The ball struck WITHIN A COCPLE OF INCHES of my head, which I bad up against the side of the door frame. I jumped back inside of the car and went to the end of the car next the smoking car. , There I met a brakeman by the name of Long who said to me, "I've got a revolver, do yon want it?" I replied that I did, and then he rave It to me. I save Long the key to the safe and told him to go bacK to the rear ena oi tne muu im it, and he did so; I didn't want to give the key up .to the robbers unless forced to; when I gave Long the key I was standing in the smoking car; 1 turned to go back , to the express car and had goas far as the platform, when they commenced shooting at me, aad yelled, " Get back there, too of , or I'll hoot you." I stepped back inside of the smoking car, and as I did so FIVE MEM sprang on to the platform and rushed into tha express car. The express car and baggage car are all one, one end of the car being set apart for baggage, and the other for express matter, and there is no partition between them. The robbers mistook Tete- Conkling, the baggageman, for me, and ordered him to deliver up his keys or be shot. Pete answered that he was not the ex press messenger, and did not have the keys.. - They . searched him, and not findinsr any safe keys, demanded to know where the expressman was. Pete told them I was at the other end of the train. They gave him to understand that if he didnt find me they'd shoot him, and as they NUMBER SHOVED A COITPLE Of "REVOLVERS into his. face, he concluded, is policy to obey, and he brought, -them back into the smoking; car and pointed me out to them. One of the five was a fellow with, a striped.lirie'n coat, dark-colored pants, bhtck slouch hst'aftd with a white handkerchief tied across his face, just under his eye3, the folds of the handkerchief dropping down over his nose and mouth. He was rather a lare, tall man and nad 'light-eofired hair. Thia fellaw.stepped up to me and said: "You're tne man I want. You want to march back in there d d quick and unlock that safe. We've lost too much time already." . I told, .him I didn't have the key. "You want to find it d d . quick, then,, or, I'lJ .blow a hole clear through you," he said J or words to -that effect. He and two other men then marched, me, back through five rirs to the rear sleeping-car, where I iound Long, the braseman.- I told Long to rive- me tha key, and he did so, pulling it out from . .. , y - - HISBOOT-LEG, where he had hid it. - The three robbers then marched me back through the train to the express and baggage car and made me open, the, way-safe' of the United State! Express" Comnanv. They soon emptied tho safe of its contents and then wanted me to open the through-safe, which belonged to the Adams Express Company and which I nau received irom the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road at Sedalia; I told them that the safe wa3 sealed and that I hadn't the key. They took & look at the safe and found the seal before they would believe me, and then one of , them went to tha locomotive and ' trot' a " tict-ax. They picked aad hammered way at the safe door for over half an honr. when one of the sheet-iron panels gave way and a bier hole was then soon bat tered through. One fellow ran his hand through the hole and cut the four bags that were inside, two leather and two cloth bags, and then 1 ' DREW OUT Tni PACKAGES, one by one. All this time the rest were standing over me with revolvers and also watching the operations of the man at the safe. When the fellow had emptied the safe, they wanted to know if that was all I had, but without taking my word for it, they examined the packing trunk, in which we carry large and more cumbersome valuables consigned to our care. They found nothing in this, and after swearing around awhilo, they left, one of them veiling back. "If you see any thing of Allan Pinkerton's men tell 'em to come out and find us." Of the five men who were in the ex press car, all wore handkerchiefs over the lower parts of their faces except one, who had on a full mask. None of them had side whiskers, and all seemed to be young men between twenty-live and thirty-five years of age. AIL wore black slouch hats, and all, except one, were rather large, above the average size. . . . , ,,. This is the account which the express messenger gives of the robbery, and it was told in a frank, open wav. that leaves no doubt of its truthfulness and exactness all through. Mr. Bushrrell U quite a young man, apparently not more than 25 years old. He has light hair. short, light moustache and a full round face. . THE toss. In a few days, or. at farthest.' at the end of the month, when the aircnts along the lines of the two express routes send in their returns, the total los3 can be ascertained exactly. Major lerry minus it wui be between .?14,W0 and $16,000, all but about $2,000 of which was in the safe of the United States Express Company.- The Major also stated that their comoany would WaM,Tl1ftfrr, liilftcrPPi at the time it was broken open. The Xeir England Farm-house at the Centennial. One of the most interesting features of the Centennial grounds is the New England farm-house. It is made in exact imitation of the country dwellings of a hundred years ago. The parlor or " settin'-room," bedrooms, and kitchen, are furnished with the veritable heirlooms contributed by the people of New England, articles which really came over in the Mavflower, or were manu factured so long ago that the flavor of antiquity is about as strong as . we can expect to find it in this new country. Entering the low door, the visitor steps just into such a room as one of his an cestors may have occupied when the news of the battle of Lexington first interrupted the monotony of household routine, and set patriot hearts ablaze with ardor for the coming struggle. The farm-house is occupied by ladies only. These fair Yankee matrons and maidens do the honors of the establishment, and conduct the visitors through the different rooms, explaining with courtesy the wonderful articles of. furniture and cooking utensils, whose very simplicity makes them incomprehensible to the victim of modern improvements. Yet one of the greatest mysteries of the farm-house ia the ladies themselves. By right, of . their, surroundings and quaint costumes .they should be at least a century or more advanced in years, and yet they are 'as fresh and blooming as any of their fair sisters who we know have scarcely reached the age of five-and-twenty. Passing through the rooms, the visitor may sit down in a chair which was once a possession of the family of old Governor Endicot, of Massachusetts, for whom it was made in Dover more than two hundred years ago. It creaks a bit unpleasantly, and has not much to boast of .in the way of beauty. Then there is the Fuller cradle " in which Peregrine White was rocked, the baby who "came into the world aboard the Mayflower. The ravages of time have made awav with the rockers, bat we still have the cradle left to remind us of that adventurous infant who forced his wav into the world at such a : trying time for all concerned in his advent . One piece of furnitare in the. old farm-house is full of romantic and pnetio associations the desk of John Alden, which also made the voyag in the Mayflower. : V as it in mm. oi ais curious old desk that ha was when r F Nothing was heard in tha rooaa but the TVritJo? epiftles Important to go next day by the Mayflower, , . . . Filled with the name and the fame ct the Puritaa maiden rnsciiia; Every sentence began or 'closed with the iiimB nf l'riricllla. ... . -v-'i-l Till the treacherous pen to which he confided the secret Strove to betray it by sinping and shouting tne name or rructiia: . . 2.. Yonder we have the wheel that may have been the one over which the Puritan maiden Priscilla leaned while the love-making that was intended to be vicarious became real. It only needs a piece of the armor worn by the" brave Captain of Plymouth to make the relics complete.' r sni' ;, A gentleman afflicted with an' im pediment in bis speech took dinner at a tavern, ana calling to a waiter aaareesou him thus :; , " We-w-waiter, gi-ffive me me s-s-some r-r-roast beef.'.' , The waiter hammered out in reply;.- W-W""0 a-a-aint g-g-got any." At which the gentleman, hTghly enraged, supposing the servant was mocking him, sprang from his seat and was proceeding to knock him down, when a third person arrested his arm and cried to him.not to strike, saying: "He st-st,stutters s-s-same as w-we d-d-do I . -. fi.AEA Louise Kelloo sang the " Star-Spangled Banner " at Hartford, Conn., on the xoaixn