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I Eugene City Guard. CAMPBELL llBOTHEnM PUBLISHERS. SATURDAY, MAY M880 TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. Frightful imrrtean. 6t. Louis, April 19.-A telegram from Springfield, via Vinetta and Kansas L y, to C. w. Honor, general manager of the 77. ..ju.I b'r.nMiu-nUiii road. says: A hurricane paused a few mill south of Springfield aDotii o ciuu doing immense damage and killing a groat number of people. Deaths are reported on James river six miles south of Spring, field, and a great many persons are roil ing. The train dispatcher of Conway, 14 miles this side of Marsl.fled reports arriving there from Hpringfleld at 11 o'clock'and says lie found a terrible look ing country from North View, seven m lee west of Marshfield, to the latter point. Trees three feet through were torn en tirely out of the 'ground and telegraph poles twisted off. . From a passenger who patscd through Marshfield. on the St. Louis and 1 ban Francisco lirilroad, at 8:30 last night, some facts concerning the terrible disas ter were gleaned. A man who come to the depot at the edge of town while the train was here reported that at 0:30 o'cloi n furious hurricane struck the p ace and leveled all that part of town lying went of Centre Square flat to the ground. The debris immediately took fire In several places and flames could bo seen at some half dozen points by passengers on the train. Forty dead bodies had been taken taken out and many more were supposed to be buried in the ruins or burned up. There are also many living still impris oned in the debris of falling build rigs. All the physicians of the town are killed exceptlug two, and there waa great need of doctors to attend the wounded, of whom it was said there wore somo two hundred. A relief train with twenty phy sicians and nuniea and full supplies, left Springfield, Missouri, this morning for Marshlield, and probably other trains will arrive during the day. The storm was general in southweHtern Missouri, and other places probably suflered damage, but as telegraph wires are all prostrated, no advices have been reoeived. A vio lent hail and rain storm accompanied the wind. Later from the Hulurd Town. At Marshlield brick as well as frame buildings were torn down. A train man lust In says: "We did not see more than half a dozen people as wo came through that town. The place seemed deserted. The doctors and nurses who came on our train from Springfield, about 30 in num ber, went from the depot alono to hunt up the people, there being no one at the depot to receive them." A relief train went from Lebanon to Marshfield at day light this morning, with about 00 doctors, nurses and helnei, and full supplies of provisions, clothing and medicine stores, also materials for repuiring. iltlirr Towni Daintgrd Pmi'if.ii A in II 10 The lino is down at dlllerent points between Springfield and Conway, perhaps 10 miles altogether A now Catholic chinch at Cuba. IK) miles from here, was blown down. No damage done to tlio railroad except the destruc tion of one small mh iIoii house. The names of the killed and wounded at Marshfield aro not received yet, tele graphic commuuicatiou not being re nte red at this writing. There am also reports here that the city nf.Granby, 100 miles southwest of (iranhy, la greatly damaged, and that Warronsbnrg, on the Missouri and Pacilic Railroad, 05 miles this side of Kansas City, was greatly damaged. The tornado which caused such fright fill havoc at Marshlield last night, passed entirely through tirecn and Webster counties, following the course of James river in a northeasterly direction. It struck the 8t. lamia mid Hun Francisco Railroad in four places, and left it near Frank's station, 110 miles this side of Marshlield. That place presents A terri ble appearance, there not being inoro than a dozen houses unharmed lu the whole town. The courthouse and many other buildings took lire, ami soon the effects were of a dreadlul character. At one house two children were found dead and another badly mangled but still alive. The pure nts could not be tound. In another case a woman was lost entirely and seems lo have been curried away bodily. No detail of the calamity have yet been received. The force of tho wind strlped the bark from trees and lifted other entirely out of the ground, and pole and wires were carried hundreds ot rods into the woods and tied and knotted among the limbs of trees like cotton strings. Everything possible is being done to assist and succor the wounded, not only at Marshlield but other places. 1'byaicians throughout the country are (locking to oiiiti most injured and doing II they can to alleviate s'dlering. 1 co lors went from Springtleld to James river country, tlx mile south, as a ell as Marsh field, and st)res of kind hearted people have volunteered as nurses. Captain Rog ers, general manager of the St. Louie and Sail Francisco Railroad, is sending special train with relief wheiever good can be done, and are doing eveiythmg possible to aid the Injured and dying. Tht Trim Paclno. WtsiusoTuN. April 20. The senate railroad committee considered Garland's lull to extend ten years the time for com tLlinn nriliaTi.iil I'uitfli It.lilroilil ItM f.V.lV'M ... ..W . . a........ ' terms were made identical with those of tne aniemieu isorinern i aune dim, ana l.A AAmn.il,. ,m 1.M n ..1 .. I. ,rl I V f.f fill Vi.f IIIV.UUlllllUlV VJ m ll.nj"i .J . ...v decided to report a bill for action without recommendation. Some members say that this thsll be changed lo positive recommendation before the lull Is re ported to the senate. Tk WmI Potat UrNlliMlts. Wm Pom, AprU 23 F-ach cadet is being piled with a foriuuU of questions as his whereabout on the night In queMlou, and the whereabouts of his roommate, and oo other points. Some testimony waa - I I.. 4 mixtwAr4 m 1 L. named Ryan, who testified that no stu dent In cititen'a clothe visited bis place. TV. SumkuMU Btitk. Baltimobk, April 2S A number of sur vivor of the Old Massachusetts bixth Kegiment were gueaU to-day of several pools, U. A. 11 of this city, tb occasion Isring me nineuenio anniversary oi uie attack upon that regiment while march ing througn Baltimore for Washington, oader the first call of President Lincoln or troop ia "CI. lUecptloa tb ColumbU. New York, April 24-Card are out iuviting a select company to a reception and inspection of the new steamer Co lumbia, of the Oregon Railway and av Igation Company, on Tuesday next. She will sail aoon with a full cargo of rolling Btock for the Oregon Railway Company. HtI Method ol obbrjr. At 10 o'clock to-night the patrons of the Monte Carlo gambling room were thrown into consternation by a terrible explosion. It seems that a large cartridge was put under a clock on the mantlepiece near the Trente Quarante table. The force of the explosion was so great that it shattered the windows. The light er eJT" guished, and a scene of most terrific dis order ensued. Hundreds of people rushed wildly abont in every direction. Many persons fainted, ami a large number weie seriously wounded by the falling glass of chandeliers. The explosion was the work of a number of robbers, who suc ceeded with getting away with upwards of 150,000 francs. In the panic which followed several persona were trampled undor foot, and the number of those in jured in ono way and another ia very large. One end of the main room was completely wrecked. Murder and Suicide. Nkijwnviu.e, Ohio, April 23.-Jaraes Fennel, local policeman, shot and killed Charles Cooley, who made an objection able remark about him, and shot himself, probubly fatally. A Dlntrettlng '. Madison, Indiana, April 24. Graham Cromsby'a team became fractious whilo being driven upon the ferry flat at Wick like Tunding. on Kentucky river yester day, and bis mother, sister and Miss Miller and the horses were plunged into the river and were drowned. Tho young man who was on his way to be married, narrowly escaped death? Failure of Crop In Hanaa. St. Louih, April 22.-A special from Kansas City says that advices from west ern Kansas report that drought and un favorable weather has totally destroyed the wheat crop west of Salina. and that there will be a parliul failure of the crop for 100 miles north and south of Topeka. Farmers in the western part of the state are suffering snd appealing to the execu tive olllce at Topeka for help. Postal nTnac. WminvriTotf. April 21. The fosta un- for thn enmintf vear Will doiibledly be much greater than esti mate. The amount of postage stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards liiuiK.il In nnstmastorB UDOn requisition nine months ending March (tut i..m wan 2:1 079:135. un incroaso of over 14 per cent. A Bltha Claim. finnntnr Month to-dav presented a peti tion from William! L. Dodge, of Califor- niu tinivint cniiii.enRutlon for certain land ut Sitka which he eluiniH to have purchased from the Rim Iiim Amorleiin Com mill V. bllt which the II.H military authorities in lSOU foroih'y in.nmiii-iateil and ll.lVO since llt'lil lor public use. PACIFIC COAST. UnVct r On Nftw C ontltnllii. San Fhancisco, April 20. Tho Sacra mento Suviims Rank has determined to withdraw from bu si II ess. The bank is prosperous, and will pay depositors every ii ur line Willi six per cent (iiviiienu ami an extra dividend of i per cent on the ciervo fund. The sole cause of tne with drawal is the conviction or the manage ment that the new constitution and rev enuelaw will nearly ruin its business by itnnosina- double taxation. It isto be sin: ceeoed by a bank under the general law uinler ilm aume uiunuuo.ncnt. which will Hi t ns iH-eiit of the denositora and guaran teo security, in which farm mortgage will bo assessed customers only. Aweumrul. Indeoendunce levies an assessment of 23 cents. Nturmi and Floods In California The nreaent storm ii widespread, and fears are ente: tuined of a serious overllow of the nmier country. Nana creek is very liiirli a rent v and lias nooucu pari, in Nana Citv: l'utuh creek ia risinir rapidly It is reported that there is a break in the levee below that city, but it is not con firmed. The American river is coming un a fool an hour. The floods Interrupted telegraph communication. Feather river Is very Iilgh and is rising, n is raining at Downievil e and ISortri !ui) Juan There la fourteen feet of snow at tho hitter iilarn. This is whore tho danger lies. 'el..... I.. u. M.....I. u...xMf llm Kiiti-rnu ittnl foothills that should rain continue ttiere A II CI U lo BU unit II niiwn uu . . w . danger of a Hood in the valley is immi nent. No LIth Lost on the Snow Slid. Particulars of tho recent snow slide at Mineral King Mine hy which a boarding Iiouhh was erusbed and many men re ported killed, show that no lives were lost though nearly an mo occupants oi urn house were either injured or frost omen Never Buow Slorm Latest reorts from the mountr.ma on Him lino of the Central Pacific Railroad Btate that it Is snowing and blowing hard and the trains are blocked Tho Prot-rtloa of Ran Franrl.ro Harbor, At the quarterly meeting of the chamber of commerce this afternoon a letter from Lieutenant Colonel McArthur, ordinance olllcer at Kernels, waa read calling alien lion to thn necessity of protecting San Francisco harbor, and particularly to the neod of heavily rilled gune foritsaoiense, Tho chamber adopted a memorial to con gres asking that forty or fifty heavy rillea be placed in position at the seaward approaches of the city, and that at least two turreted tronciaus armeu uu i aiiuilar ordnance be maintained in eth cient condition here. Tho chamber also adopted a memorial strongly opposing the proposition to abolish the letter car rying service oi m ens, rarsu w. Th ftlorm In hmm Franrlaro. Sam Fbaxhsiv, April 21. The storm in the city haa d'-ne some damage in burst ing sewers and washing away earth on steep hillside. .rj this morning a heavv .torn, retalnin.a wall about thirty feet high in the rear of Robert. Sher- wsod a ot on California street, oevw-on Tavlor and Jones, foil, covering garden in the rear of residence on Pine street, smashing hot houses and outbuildings, and in one or two instance injuring the rtar of dwelling. .No one iniureo. Tlw flood at MarjrTlll MABYsviu.-.AprU21. It ceased rain Inn li.rj.ttt: A. M. The Yuba i at th u foot mark, and rising rapidly. It still tack 20 Inche of the high water of last year. The leveee are in good con dition, and can stand raise of three feet without danger of overflow. A portion of lha IVar river bride lilfune. this morn ing. The Suiter county levee 1 all right Two Mas Drowmad. About J 'clock UlafUrnoon,MHnry 8cbeulr, U. W. Cot and Ueorge A, Rodger were proceeding In a email boat to the warehouse of a farmer, Bituated on the bank of reamer river, jusi Yuba City, the boat ran afoul of a tree and broke in two, throwing them into the river. Scheuasier. cunging w a iree, w- eaved. Rogers anu wx were arowucu. Th Storm In tb Birrra ADril 21 The storm con- tinuea unabated, raining heavily and con tinuously. Since the last report the rain has extended aa far up as Emigrant Gap. Streams and rivers are reported very much swollen. Snow aisappeanng n.j i,ii" Rnvnral snowslide are reported between here and Summit, and the snow sheds are washed out in several places. Three Chinamen aie reported carried away in snow slides. A land slide has the lava and clay formation just above Alta, carrying away andcover liiB up about 800 feet of railroad track and roadbed. Interruption otTralna. Ohoviixk, April 21.-Clear here; wind south: thermometer oo. it is sun storm ing on tho mountains. Communication between here and Marysville by rail is cu t off by high water. At Honecut a small bridgo is gone. No trains either way to- c.a A urtni'ia Anril 21. C. E. Wehn, .r.iieitor for the firm of Harrison, Dick- enson & Company, ofSan Francisco, was this morning drownea wnne auewi-mns to cross Murray creek, near this place, In buggy. High Water In the Ban Joaquin. Mimritn. Anril 21. The San Joaquin river at Dickenson's ferry is within two feet of high water mark, and all streams, i.,,ii,r iha n.nwehillft and Fresno 1IIHUV....B " , rivers, and Mariposa and Bear creeks on the east side are overnowmg uuu uiuhb the low lands of the valley. Streams on the west side of the valley are also boom ing as far up as F'irebaugh's ferry, and the probabilities aro in favor of veiy high wujor; rain nua Land nnd flallroaa xrncn buuiii. Alamepa. April 2H-The levee atCran- dall's slouch broke this morning, giving vent to a large body of water from Ala meda creek. Wheie it crosses the country wtn.i twwnnn (Vnterville and Alvarado it la Ava f..r. ileen. and a large amount of will ho a total loss. About a thousand acres are unuur wi. rn,.Vnftlin Smith Pacific Coast Railroad r.-., m.uriv tlireo miles, commencing at iinlfum under water, and some cf the tr,.u iu aniil to he washed away. A hand car with aeven men started to cross but have not been heard from yet. , The Btorm at Placervlllo. Pi.acebvim.b. April 21. The rain storm for the lust twelve hours has been the lw.nvii.Ht known for a long timo. Ilang- tnwn creek has been awav up. Morrill's l.ri.iim ut U'elier's creek has been carried away. A portion ot me uiympiu h . .. tw M..U Hull lias ooen carriBii n uu ouu.v houses in town blown down. at Oabdale. riik-nnit Anril 21. It rained moder ately till o A. M., wnen ii commenceu pouring like a cloud burst, witnout houib n.iir. foraix hours. All streams leading from the mountains will be tho highest lor (ho season. At Marlines, Martinez. Anril 21. The storm lias been very severe here, flooding low lands and injuring many tine grain fields. Pa- ehecois badly Hooded, some onuges cur ried away and communication inter rupted. . At Folaoiu. Voixom. Anril 21. The American river was 24 feet 0 inches below low water mark at 7 V. M.. and fu ling. There lias been very little ram here since 11 A. M., anu no signs of any to-night. Uraln'Fleld Inlured and Ballroad Track Km- a a..a Whbati.ani), Cailfornia, April 21. The aim-in seams to bo over for the present. Hear river stili keeps rising. 1 he levee on the south side of the river, owned by Koys& Brewer, broko in two places flooding a large area of grain. The rail rniul tmek ia hadlv damaged. About I mile of embankment on the south side of thn river, tins been washed away. It is reported that about 200 miles of tracK this side of Yuba station is washed out. Tho trains are all abandoned. At Dowulevllle. Downikvim-k, April 21. Ruin and snow are stead:lv lulling, accompanied win thunder and lightning, with a good pros pect of continuing all night. Snow slides urn renortod all over the mountains. Stage roads are still blocked, some bridges hnv heeii swept awav. and the Yuba river has risen but little. At Coluta. Colusa, April 21. The river is within three Indies of lilgu water anu rising clear; wind southwest. At Cllico. Cnioo. Anril 21. All the htreams are .lill and carrvinc away many bridges and impeding travel. It is impossible to get to ilm river mm L'hieo. bllt a the rain closed this morning the full in water has lienn very ranid. More h gh water is ex peeled. The most damage done td grain la on Rutte creek. In Nevada County. Nkvapa, April 21. The storm continued with una hated fnrv until 8 P. M. to-day. Rainfall for last 24 hours, 5.20 inches; total for the season. .67.52. Mind southeast Appearances indicate more rain. The thermometer throughout varied only from 50 to 42, which indicates suow on tne mountainsa few miles distant. Stugemen report the amount of suow in the upper part of the county as being greater than ever lie tore Known, liouus in mo uumo diate vicinitv of the city are almost ita passable. All the principal bridges re main Arm. The Yuba river is not un usually high, a mountain storms have all been of snow. Dlaoatrona Flood at Pleasanton. PirASANTox. Anril 21. -Two inches rain fall and snow in the mountains U meltinc. Streams are higher than ever known before. The creek haa burst iu banks lust above Main street rushing A.mn thmiiL-h the renter of the town in torront. Ukimr w ith it fences and small building, and everything that was loose. Knma fumiliea were driven into the sec ond storie of their buildings; the whole country below thi place u one vast sea or water. Pvonooltloa to oaad Colored Iumlf;raato la California. Sam Fbakcisoo. April 22 Postmaster Coev has received a letter from the Kan . VrMlnipn'a Kelief Association propo sing t J send everal thousand frelmen to California, and aaaing advice on the sub ject. The letter aay that tftey may come under labor contract, or that money will be forthcoming to buy land if condition are favorable. atoarmar In rrtaoaw . The boArd of operviors visited the 'k.,- nf mrMrtiui tadav. Bcompaniea by a number of wp"'"" , " MOWTV wo - . " - pre. ionng mow w. i they collectively Interviewed Kearney in mt . . . 4 a Annnln milL0 is cell, me cx-aguawr ucdch -HnltK dnnAarannA In his new suit oi stunning pattern, and received his visi tors affably. He expressed himself well gattsfied with bis hotel, Baying that the grub waa much better than he had been a ... I -.1 Ai.ta n n .1 that hA accustomea w on uonru -- had no complaint to make of his treai- . ..ni ihot li found hla situation L.K.t nnnfininu and was anxious for the storm to clear up so that be could get on a country roaa now oeiug wum and take a little gentle exercise. Tha Weather at Baa Franciaeo. it t. Qhnwnrr here with wind northerly. ft,- Voathar . Ynha. American, onu Joaquin and Sacramento rivers are re nnrlail ful intf. 1L IH milllUK ill too ninoiiB nortions of Petaluma. Napa, San Tn.a.r..l nthAr towna aro flooded, but no " " . , , further overflow is appretienuea u huucd not rain heavily, ao estimate can uo nttha Hatrmires vet. but it must be immense. The levee at New Hope, Mokelurane river, gave way in three places this morning. All reclaimed lands are under water. A dispatch from Hanford.Tulare county ..p that th a mnrninor. Mr. raranurst, railroad agent for leasing land to settlers, waa waited on by a band of armed settlers ,i octroi wliKn ha Intended to leave town. On answering that he would leave in the morning he waa aiiowea to go, The breach between the railroad and set- tiers still prevails. iSotn siues are ue termined. Tha Flood at Sacramento. fit wDixfirVTrv ADril 22. It baa been all dav. and still continues, Tl.a American river nt FolsOUl is falling, but is eighteen feet below low water. The Sacramento river is the highest of this season, twenty-four feet and five inches at nnnn. This is within one foot and six and a half inches of the highest water ever known in the river, ine levees around the city are all holding well and oQ narofnllv watched nicht atid day. No danger is appretnndeo. Bridge Washed out of the Salinas Hirer. Saunas City, April 22. The bout nern Pacific Railroad bridge across the Salinas ntrovilla and Monterey. went Out last night and lodged against the new county btidge below, This forenoon the county bridge waa swept out to sea. The river iB falling rapidly this afternoon. Fatal Affray. Charles lines shot and fatally wounded George Mattart at William Logwoous ranch, three miles from Salinas City, this morning, two bullets penetrating Mat tart's abdomen and one penetrating bis side. lines surrendered to the authorities. It is said that an old grudge existeu De tween the parties. Berlona Damage at Hapa. Napa. Anril 22. Reports of damage done by the late flood reach here from every part of the country. Many bridges were swept away, ana roaus are iu iauv plaoos impassable. The railroad track both above and below this place is washed away in many places. io trains havo reached here from Vallejo since Monday evening and none are expected before Sunday. The water remained higher for a longer time than for 20 years or more. 1 tie damage uone in uiutouiuj will amount to thousands ol dollars. In the hlerraa. San Frakcisco. April 22. Only one wire is thus far working over tho mount ains, whicli is entirely occupieu uy run- road bUBiliess. Atiotner lias ueen got, up, but it is yet hardly available for business. From dispatches received over the rail road wire the following appears to be the present condition ofaffulrs: Passengers due in San Fruncisco on the 21st and 22d are all comfortably provided for at Truckee. and will bo hurried forward as soou as the storm abates to allow laborers attached to snow plows to work their way through the formiduble barriers, ine Roston excursion party are lying at Reno, and have made the trip to Virginia City. l:issnnLers eavniff Sun Iranciscoon tne 20th are held at Alta, west of the snow helt. and those leaving on the 21st are at Sacramento. A snow plow left Truckee this morning with nine engines and -'oU men to cluar the road of snow and slides be tween that point and Summit. They ex pect to have that Krtion of the road clear by this evening. Two plows aro working west of Summit with ten engines and itiu men. and expect to have the snow belt clear by OA. M. to-morrow. 1 hero is a hnm-v liinil hlnlu in the cut near Alta Ma lion. ArranueinonU havo been made with a local mining company to lay a pipe and use a giant to sluice out the mass of eurth. Jio passengers are detained ai any point in the snow belt, but they are all outside at stations where they aro well provided for. The storm commenced on the 13th inst., and lias continued with unprecedented violence until the present writing, leaving 10 feet of fresh snow at Summit, The storm haa swolleu streams to such an extent as to seriously en danirer railroads, many places boing washed on the Oregon division, on the Culestoca line, on the Stockton and Con peronolis road, and at other stations, all ol which it is confidently expected will be in running order bv to-morrow. The line through from San Faancisco to Tuc son has escaped and trains are running on time Charlea De Young Murdered Sax Francisco, April 23 Just before 8 o'clock Ibis even ing Charles le Young en tered the business office of the Lliroiiiclt n the cround floor at the corner of Kear uev and Rush streets, and stood talking with some gentlemen, leaning against a counter. Directly the door opened and i. M. Kalloch entered and drawing a pistol without, as far as can be learned, speak- a word, began firing at DeYoung. The latter ran through a gate of the counter to a desk inside. Kailoch firing at him as he ran. On reaching the desk DeYoung turned to face his opponent with a pistol in hia hand, when Kalloch, leaning over the counter fired again, the ball sinning IieYouna in the month. Kalloch then started for the door. DeYoung raised h pistol a if to tire, but apparently bis strength failed him, for the pistol was not discharged, and sinking backward he fell on the floor. Rvstanders ran to hi sUtanee, but the ball had evidently pierced the base of the brain, and in a few momenta he expired. As Kalloch ran out of the door he was seized bv aciiixen. and at the same moment an oriker came tin and took him into custody and con ducted him to the city prison, where he waa liM-kad UP. Ncwaof the murder flew through the rit hka the wind, and in a few moments. the treeU in the vicinity of the Chronic office were crowded with people eager to learn the particular of the a Mat r. Police men were at once stationed at the door oftheoffieeto keep out the inquisitive crowd, and only a few peronal friend and reporter were admitted. In tb rear ol Ut office. M. II. DeYoung, brother of the deceased, reclined on a ioonge or rounded by friend, evi lently overcome by the tragedy, but with dry eye and calm though strained voice. He waa not pre- entat home after dinner a " hi, bac. on ine noor, u --- - . . l... in blood, his eyes closed wd.h"XenMtabre ng the calm expression not.ceab le in the caSeof those dying fro" shot wounds .nnJ waa found on nis person, &7h a"t leaTt four shots were fired by Kalloch, two having : Pierced I th. ja doors and partition of the office. A third lodged in a window casing. Young Kalloch on being arrested was. ,s the arresting officer remarked he cool est man be ever saw. He stil I earned t he I i.: iuil In hia hand, which heSlir- i!1.- .v. m,. rin his way to renuorou w mo viuwm - -. - .. the station house he observed strict reu nanna anil nn heimr shown to his ceil pos itively refused to have any IntorcoarM whatever with representatives of the press. In the absence of any explanations rrom the assassin of the causes of the act, it is generally understood to be attributable to a pamphlet which has recently been cir culated about the city attacking Mayor Kallocu, tne iaiuer oi wn s During his recent visit east it is believed that deceased devoted a great deal or at tention to gathering up matter regarding tho oast life of Mayor Kalloch. for the presumed reason of either using it at the expected trial of the deceased on a charge of shooting Kalloch last August or of making it subserve journalistic purposes. The pamphlet above referred to was a document of some sixty pages, and re counted the details of the Kalloch scandal in Boston and other matter of a scanda lous nature. The pamphlet was anony mous, but young Kalloch evidently con sidered that deceased was responsible for its publication, and acted accordingly. After Uie TraKedy. Further inquiry shows that young Kal loch fired five shots at DeYoung, of which only one, the fourth, took effect. Other wise the original report of the affair seems to be substantially correct. It is evident that the deed was deliberate. Officer Noves states that a few moments before DeVoung entered the office he saw Kal loch walking along Kearney street and peering throngh a window of the CVironi cle counting room. He was evidently waiting for the arrival oi nis victim, at nhnnt. a ouartor oast nine the coro ner's assistant took the body from where it had heen lvinir on the floor awaiting ex amination and removed it to a wagon for conveyance to the morgue: ine crowu in the mean time nau mcreusou to thousaud, blocking up both Kearney and Bush streets. It was composed of all classes, evidently including a great many sand lot proclivities, and as the body was brought outcheers, howls and ejaculations of exultation and derision arose. The coroner's wagon, escorted by a squad oi police, drove at once to the morgue, fol lowed by a hooting, whistling and yelling mob. The demonstration waa confined merely to words, no action of a Violent nature occurred. On arriving at the morgue the crowd gathered there, lor a while rnntinuinir ita demonstrations, but soon dispersed and the oflicers retired. The conduct oi tne moD caueu luriu many expressions of indignation anddis- gust from the more respectable by-stand- ers, but there wasnoiningwuuievcr wuu ing towards any breach of peace. A great concourse still lingered in the vicinity of the Chronicle office discussing the affair, but an alarm of fire several blocks distant drew them away at about ten o'clock. The pamphlet previously reierrea to proves on examination to be simply a full report of the trial of I. 8. Kalloch in the Boston scandal, with a brief preface to the effect that it was published with no mniieion.q motives, but simolv to give a plain, unvarnished report of the trial. It bore tho imprint of "Eberhen & Co., Bos ton. 1857." but was evidentlwa fresh pub lication. It seems to be admitted that the document was issued with a view of influencing public opinion in connection with the aunroachine trial of DeYoung, and it nitty perhaps have baen further intendcu lo nave some oeuring upon more i m mediate issues. It will be remembered that the Cltroni- de "ratted" its office about ten days ago. TheTypographio.il Union and Amalga mated lruues union iook up ine ugin tor the discharged Chronicle printers, and have placarded the city with appeals to the public to withdraw patronage from the paper, aud have published advertise ments to the same effect in interior jour nals. A mass meeting was advertised for to-morrow evening to denounce the course of the Chronicle, which was to have been addressed by Mayor Kalloch, among others, and it is possible that the publication of the pamphlet was designed to have effect on the present quarrel, as well us on the coming trial of DeYoung. It is as yet too early to gauge tho ex pression of public opinion of the tragedy, nut so far as could be learned from talk heard on the street this evening, its tenor seemed to be that the death of DeYoung at the haudsof ihe M)n, was the legiti mate outgrowth of the recent attack of the deceased upon the father. When the coroner's wiigon bearing the body of DeYoung turned from Kearney street into Market, the crowd made a sort of ru.h that had the appearance of being directed at the wagon. It might have been merely the patural surge of the con course following the wagon on meeting the crowd gathered on Market, but the polico viewing it as an attempt at violence, used their clubs ireety, beating naclt the crowd and inflicting severe punishment on some of the most forward. Aside from this incident there was no sign of violence and no occasion for the service of the po lice except in keeping back the press. Largo throngs still linger around the Vhnmicle office, and at the main and branch offices of the Call and at the morgue, quietly discussing the affair and waiting with the usual morbid interest tt hear any further particular obtaiuable. JBBjJBBBJJBBBBJJMBBBjBjBJJJJU Tub Bot's Distoveri. We have the smart boy in Centreville. To explain all, I must first tell von of his father. Like many gentlemen here he take his cod liver oil and whisky each morning. Of course such an opportunity of im pressing temperance principles npon the youthful mind could not be lost. So each dose went down with shiver, ter rible frown and exclamation, "Boo! I could stand the cod liver oil, but this whisky" another shiver "i dreadful. Oar boy listened and stored it up in his youthful mind. The other day he waa cleaning oat the ton shelf of a closet for his mother. "Ma, what's thiaT" Mother look and cautiously meUa. "Oh! rancid cod liver oU." Soon an other bottle is handed down, another and another; content varying from a teaspoonfol to half a cap, U spoilt "cod liver oil." At last the youngster raised hi eyebrow and gravely remarked : 'Ma, it' fanny that pa let's all this gou cod liver oil spoil, bat sever ai -op of the whiskey. All that th American aary needs is some boat. It haa plenty ol water. A Story of Thiers' Babjhool 1 tnoaai The French Government has just had printed a report by all the Cu. torn IIoubo officers of France on the various frauds resorted to in order to evade the payment of customs duties. It is an 8vo. volume of 180 pages, and is amusing. Goods are smuggled in hollow trees, hollow axle trees hollow noles; loathor bags tied to the keel of boats; linen handkorchiofs in stead of hair, padding saddles, hogji. head, barrels, baskets with double bottoms and Bides; bodstoads with all tho wood work hollow; wheel, burrows with whoel and bandies hot. low; cabbages and cakes of butter filled with coffee; shoes and boots' soles hollow and filled with tobacco; loaves of bread and cake filled with tobacco and gunpowder; sheen sheared close as possible, silk or laco swathed around tbcm, over tho goodt u fleece (did you ever belore hoard of shocp wearing wigs?); apples and pears containing jewelry, diamond or watches; bricks filled with to bacco; dead poultry stuffed with lace; hats with double sides and tops, wig with double lining filled with lace. As for the goods smuggled in wo men's hair, corsets, crinolines, they exceed account. Customs officers almost always see .these frauds, bat do not arrest the smugglers to avoid hourly scandals. One day a mother, who had been to a country bouse near Marseilles, returned with her son to Marseilles. It was twilight. The child, eight years old, had been put into a peach basket borne by a donkey, and the mother, fearing the child might catch cold, (it was in November) had cov ered tho boy with a thick brown shawl. Tired with running around the country all day, cozy and warm under tho thick shawl, the child was soon asleep and hidden by the Bides of tho basket. Aitnougu ine city gates were ncared (there is a local Custom House at the gates of Mar. seillos), the mother, forgetting all about tho child, walked a distance behind tho donkey and did not make him stop at tho Custom House to be searched. The Customs officer ses ing tho donkey jog on without stop ping, suspected ho was laden with smuggled goods and ran after him to thrust his sharp steel probe through tho basket. Luckily the mother ob served him, ran forward and scream, ed: "Don't use your probe! My child is in that basket!" That child was Adolpho Thiers I New Orleans Pica. yune. Bismarck's Handwriting. Desbarolles has never seen Bismarck's hand, never felt the weight of it, except as a patriotic Frenchman. He has not so much as seen his handwriting, only a poor fac-simile of it, yet on this slight in dication, nd that of a photograph, he reads off the German Chancellor like page of big print. The letter was one written by Bismarck to his wife dnrinit the war, intercepted by the French, and published in fac-similo by the Figaro. It may have contained some few secrets u Bismarck wrote it, but it contained infin itely more when subjected to the piercing gaze of the Seer. "Look at this downward slope of the letter." he cries; "it means misery and ruin else why did Napoleon I. alwavs slope up the paper during the timeof" his prosperity, and down the paper when he was down in his luck?" An. he adds, "If I could onlv see the hand of Bismarck as well as the handwriting, then I could prophesy; then I could tell you exactly how the cataclysm throiwi which we are passing is to finish. But, after all, the handwriting is enough. Looi at tho enormous size of it! It is just as big as Wallenstein's, or the ferocious Swedish warrior's, Wrangel, and both or them died a violent death. It is an ab surdly high handwriting, and what does that met-a but a craving for a lofty posi tionambition, love of fame, immense pride? Why, it is even higher than tne handwriting of Louis XIV., the proudest of the kings! It Is an ardent and at tne same time a concentrated handwriting not flourishes; and what are flourishes but the signs of an effervesence without restraint. It is lively, it is brusque, but it is self contained. From the way in winch he forms the tall ends of his letters you can tell there is no particular cunning in him; still his winding, serpentine lines show that he is a diplomatist.' Those little curly terminations, it would appear, are for the weak members of the craB). The worst sign of all, according to Desba rolles, is the superhuman pride shown in thecrossiiigof thet's. The fs in factare more than eloquent. The Germans, ne savs, generally cross the letters low down, Bismarck crosses it right at the top-J A i,,r, . nfua nwii "supieioe pride!" Afterthisit will not astonish us te learn that other parts of the letter to Mme. Bismarck show him to be like tiger which throws itself on its prey. Desbaroues had discovered all tis when fortune threw the Great Chancellor himself in his way. He did not seemucn of him he simply met him taking a ' but he saw enough to recognize ' all ue signs ol Mars." which means, among otner things, that when he was attheuniversitj he was rather fond of his beer. ia chance meeting, coupled with a view oi photograph, served to finish offthe Chan cellor almost aacompletely as Dumas, inej revealed a love of music, of poetry, re vengefulness, ruse and a taste lor jn Btage. Destrnctiveness was added to tne debit of a dread account after a 8"m?! of the big Bismarckian ear, and there only a poor penn'orth ol benevolence jo the credit side. Bismarck' spirit of jus tice and his savage aptitudes, we " given to understand, will alway be on evenly matched. N. Y. World. Tolly: "Well, Fat, what is it ?: Would ye rather look at a bigger looi re are, or be a bigger fool than ye 1 Pat: "Sure now, me aslant, and I U both till I find which side o' theargaj ment yer on yeraelf, whin, by jabert, i join ye, right or wrong." "You are ijjit y an ojna, hidju dearP said d a playful mamm - playful mamma to daughter at dancing school tae ow day. "Oh, my dear Mr. T aighej. one of her neighbor. wouldn't I give to have yonr knowl of La tin r