aemtmmHaaaw7!rii fe?aafcte. n., ..-.r-ty. .t.-. "".mW The Coast: Mail. TKCE3 The Coast Mail. COAST MAIL KVOTi:i) TO n.3jjj liivm xaamxranni. i'triiMutn KVKHY SATURDAY MORNING I1Y WEBSTER, HACKEil & LOCKHART, Marshfiold, Coos Co., Or. run inti:ri:stb ok south KRN ORKGON ALWAYS KORKMOST, 9 Terms, in Advance. One year -Six months Tlireo months .$2 CO 1 M 1 00 Vol. 3. MARSI-IFrELI), QB SATURDAY, MAECH 13, 18SO. !No. 11. OFriCIlIi PAPIIR OF coos to Tlio Development ci f otirMincs, llio Improvement of our hnihois, mid mil 10ml communication with tho Interior, iqu'clalities. 1 I ' "" J OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Slutr Oicijim. Governor, W. W. Tlinjer Heoiotary of Slalo, It. I'. Uiirhnil 'lienstiror, I;. mush Hupt. Public Schools, J. L. Powell 2d Judicial Diilriel. Judge, Disliiot Attorney, J. V. Watson S. II. Hazard CtlOA Couiiti, County Judge, J. II. Noslot Commissioners, ju )'' ilolm Ken von It. C. Dement Khcrilf . A. (J.Aiken Clerk, Alex. Stuulf Treasurer, 1). Moiso.Jr Assessor, Jolm Liinu School Superintendent, .). F. Moore Coroner, T. C. Maekoy ( 'firry C'owiit'y, County Judge, Dolus Wuodi till" WltlJTlIN Toll llli: COAHT MAIL. HISTORICALJSKETCHES 4r Ori'Bou'K Nouthcrn CommI. mjmiieu ix. I'UT. I.. I.. VVIM.IIVIH, AND Till: KXPI.OII- ino Jixi'i.nirioN or 1851. Commissioners. Hlioriir, Clerk, Kehool Stipl., Trriitiurer, Coroner, 3 P. Hughes JJ.A.Cooley A. II. Monro WiilliT Sutton A. M.(iille,.ie M R Gibson 'I'll oh. Cunningham An Indian I'olli-j. Tlio senate committee on Indian af fairs havo agi cod to report for passage tlio original hill designed to eoor the entire range of various new provisions based upon tho general principle that tlio United State should in a gre.it iiioasuio ahaudmi the policy of treat ing Indiaui as children, and place tlu in as speedily as possible tiiou the footingofcilircns. The main features of tho plan outlined hy tho commit tee, arc First Permanent localiza tion of tho Indians hy allotting home clouds to them in tho several territories with provision thai tho 1 iikIh ho id lot ted shall U' absolute!) inalienable tin img a period of !!," ve.irs Second Kxlcnlion over the Jimi.nn of the gen eral civil and criminal laws of the United States, or of tho ruspcclito Mates and territories within whoo borders they aro located. Third Continuation of a ceit.uu degree of assistance ti them hy the government in lino of their progress toward civil ization, until they hecoino self-sustaining hy means of agricultural and pas toral occupations It in not proposed liy tho committee to transfer tho eon (ml of Indians to the war deptrlmout, hut tho hill will largely divest tho interior department of dis cretionary power in regard to tho Indians hy placing them individ ually under tho country' general lawn. Tho provision of the hill aro to nppl to tlio fho civilied tribes of In dian Territory. Its details will he a subject for consideration at future meeting. Col. Brooks, acting com missioner of Indian alfaiis, Maid that all tribes except tho Utcn and Lem hi aro on reservations, and cnpthlo of supporting themselves hy means of ugrioulturo or stock raising. Our Ilrulfli. Tho comparative rato of mortality prepared hy tho government, shows that Oregon, as a Mate, in tho health iest iiw the union. Tho following ta bic, taken from tho government sta tistics, shown that tho proportion of deaths to tlio number of inhabitants in somoof tho jirincip.il eastern states, compared with tlio Pacific coast: EA8TKUV KTATI.S. Maine and Louisiana 1 in lSdioyr'ly Illinois and Indiana 1 in 17 " Arkansas 1 in 98 " Kansas 1 in OH " Vermont linOl! " I'ACIHC COA8TBTATi:s. California 1 in 101 dioyr'ly Oregon 1 in 172 " Though then; may bo some Hick liens incident to tho humid climate of tho coast region, the people who como licro from tlio cast nio benefited by tho change. Tho country east of tho Cascades is dr.vor and tho air lighter th in in tho valleys of the coast, and a good change in climate and atmos phere is possible in one day. Almost us great a change may bo realized in oiio day's travel fiom Portland to Tho Dalles as to remove from tho rogiou of Richmond, Va., to Denver, Col There is no parallel in climate, how ever, for the dense air of tho const country ban not the oppressive heat of Virginia, and tho air of tho Cas cades and Illue mountains is not near as cold or changeable as tho atmos phoro of Colorado. llftourcei of Or. An exchange says Darntini proposes to benolit the sulfaiing in Ireland with another $100,000. His plan, how- over, dilfors from that of tho New York Jlrmld. It cohhIhIh in buying Wwituin lands uud nulling alternate idols to imniigianls on condition of Immediate improvement; and also, in advancing moiioy to Ining families from Iieland, or any other part of tho world, and in starting them bo that they may bo ublo to tako uuioof tliuiu ttClltU. Wo now enter upon tho most im pui(aut, as well as the most interest ing incident in the histoiy of Coos and Curry counties, tho ill-fated ox peditlou of 1831 Of this expedition L. L. Williams, a man well known in southern Oregon, now a resident of Wnitshurg, W. T , and Mr. Ilcdden, of Scottsbuig, nro tho hoIo survivorc. Tho expedition was ono of great hard ship and pen'l from the commence ment, and terminated in a deadly hand to hand-to-hand fight near tho mouth of the Coquillo river, from which but five cnine out alire. Tho part borne hy L. L. Williams in this expedition and (ho bloody conflict in which it terminated, as well as his enrcor since, aro of such a remarkable character, and ho closely connected with the historv of southern Oregon, that we hero intioditee, hy way of pref ace, a brief hkctch of his life. L. L Williams was hoiu in the State of Yeiuiout, in 18111, moved with his patents to Michigan in IS.'!.'!, his fath er settling sixty miles northwest of Detroit. Young Williams never at tended school, and all tlieeducation.il advantages I'vci enjoved hy him were those of his own eieating. Ho was endowed by nature with a strong con stitution, and at the age of fifteen was a man in sire, broad-shouldered vvell-developod, and pottering in its fullest degieo tho determined and Nclf-ieliaut spirit that has since car ried him through haidships that very few iiicn could survive. It was at this age th.it he joined a company engaged in hunting and trapping for furs along tho northern boundary, from the Lakes to the Rockv Mountains, and remained in this service for live jeers. lie he saw many hardships and many narrow escapes , they were surrounded by Indians more or less hostile, and were frequently attacked by small hind", which wore repelkd h) tho daring frontiersmen. The ex perience acquired in this bifiuess served him a good pin pose in after life. In ISoO ho came to Cahfornii, and the following ear catno to Port Orford in tho steamer Sea dull, of which Win. Tichouor was command er. Ho received a seveio wound in the fight with tho Indians near tlio mouth of the Coquillo, in September, 1851, being then twenty jears of ago. arrived at the Uinpqu.i some days l.itfr, and remained an invalid fiom ins wound lor some years no was twice County Treasurer of Umpqtia county, and twice County Clerk of the Hamo county. Douglas and Uinp- qua counties weie coiienlitlatcu in ISO.'!, and ho filled thootlieoof County Clerk of Douglas county three terms hy election and two by appointment and in tho jcar 1M"1 Williams was was enrolling odicer fortius district and became Captain of a Co. of voltiu tceisaud spent the following two or thico vears with his command among the Indians of Southeastern Oiegou. Delias been a (loverninont Deputy Surveyor and chief cloik in tho Rose- burg LaudOllice. Ho iiImi took an active part in the Snako Indian cam paigns. In 1871 ho visited the buH'a lo country on tboSascatchewau rivor in Rritish America and thence to the Illack Hillsin 187(S. In 1879 ho inado an extended tour of the Yellowstone couutiy and wrote some iuteiesting description of tho remarkable sconory of the National Park. Williams is a bachelor of medium height, Ktrongly built, and ii man whoxe acquirements and goneinl intel ligence consideiing his want of early tiainiug, nro quite louiaikahlo. Ho is ono of the best clei ks in Oregon, and his long experience in tho clerks ollico united witHMound judgement a habit of close observation, have given him u bettor know ledgo of tho forms of Invv than isgenoinlly to bo found outside of the legal piofossion. Ho is n good liunucicr mid has acquiicd a hand some competence, Ho never gam bles, uses tobacco nor drinks ten, coll'eo nor whiskey; is always honest and straight fin ward in business, and en jojs tho fullest coiilldenco of all his acquaintances. Ho is a strango com bination of a self-taught scholar, a life long backwoodsman, a llrst clasi hunt or, a good explorer and mountaineer, and a persistent Indian hater. For this last named quality hu has as good wariaut as any man living, as will ap pear more fully fiom tho following ex tract fiom his inuiiinl. the facts and details for which vveio caicfully noted hy Williams and Hodden immediately after tho ocoutroncos narrated, and while tho incidents vvcio desli in tho minds of the aetnis. Having thotoughly explored the whole coast from the mouth of the Coquillo River UO miles unitli ofl'oit milcHsoulh, it was determined to or ganize paijy to oxnloio the interior, and about tho middle of August 18rJ an expedition of ".'! fine voting men iindcrtho chaigo of W. U. T. Vault left Port Orford, to examine the Coast Range mountains, and llnd a practica ble route if ono existed, for ii io.nl or puck trail from the Coast eastward to n point on tho Oicgon and California trail near Shasta. T. Vault was an old Oregonian, hail been six or seven years in the country, and his servieoB had been secured to explore this region of country in the interest of the Port Orfoid company. Ho was represented as being a good practical mountaineer, and an experi enced Indian lighter The mostof the parly wet o emigrants of that jear.or tho year previous, and had but very littlo knowledge of the geography of tho country and hut few of them bad ever been accustomed to mountain life orlhowiijHof hostile Indians, yet all weie anxious to be oil", looking forward to the time when they might immor talize themselves in some hand to hand coullicl with tho natives, or reach the rich gold Holds of tho Shasta country, which at this time was attracting the attention of the adv enttirous gold min ers from all parts of the coast The parties in interest at Port Orford being more diiectly inteiested in the success of this expedition, had provi ded alwut eight (lav s rations, asserting confidentially that no longer time would he needed in passing over the mountains to tho mining ilistiicts in tho interior wheie supplies could he obtained. Heroic Women. The extraordinary courage of the Mhaiiian women has been displaced over and over again in the history of the country , hut one of the most cele brated instances was that iccordcd of the branch of the Albanian people icp resented by the Suliotes, when they were besieged hy AH Pasha in 179-. The Suliotes formed a semi-independent confederacy, comprising GO vil lages, in the districts of Margariti, Paramythia and Jauin.i. Up to the time of Ah P.isha they prided them selves on the legulaiity of the pay ments of their dues to the Porte. Rut the intrigues of the cunning old Veli, who wanted lo gel the whole of the sp.ilulik of Suli into his greed v hands, soon roused the people into lehellion, anil they commented their glorious and lengthened war against the far greater resouicci of the lenowned Pa sha. The latter, by means of the du plicity of which he was such a cere inonioiis master, had entrapped Tza. veil. i.ono of tho Sulioto heads of homes, into his power, and then laid siege to the town of Suli. Ho endea. voreil hy biibos to induce Tavelle to turn traitor. Cunning heio met its match : the ciafty Sulioto protended compliance, and even left his own son Potoiu All Pasha's hands as a hostage lie returned to Suli under pretense of betraying the tow u, hut no sooner had ho arrived than he sent a letter of tie fiance to the Pasha. Ali ass tiled tho tow u, and it was hero that the heroism of tho Alhinia.i women became sol conspicuous. Mosko, tho wife of Tza vella mid mother of l''o, showed pro digies of valor during tho siege. She broke open sonio cartridge-boxes with a hatchet, and then loaded them on the other women, and nibbing into the trenches, distributed thcin among the Suliotes. Ali tliieatonod to lo.ist alive hereon 1'oto, hut she icplied that sho was xoung and co tld have other chil dren, and that she would oat a bit of the masted llosh of her hon rather than betray her country. - Rlackwood's Magit7ine. .Niiri-oiiittlliic; r (lit Imperial Ilouneliolil In ItliftNlu. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says it may ho unintelligible to ninny per sons abroad how the nihilists succeed in doing their work in tho very resi dence of llio royal family. Probably no other building in St. Petersburg is less snfc Minn llio winter palace. It lias alwnys been a refuge for number loss vagabonds, workmen, friends of servants and others, and many with out passports who could not live with impunity anywhere else. The impcr. ial ukase of last April gave full power toOcn. Gotirka to search the buildings of tho palace, but even Hint severe governor general could hardly ven ture, such is Russian administration, to interfere with tho special authori ties of tho imperial residence. There is an old Russian law which gives the right of sanctuary to criminals taking refugo within the buildings of the imperial pnhiccs, so far ns concerns the ordinary police, who havo no jur isdiction in such cases. No fewer Jinn five thousand persons have been living in the winter palace, and no body has over known the precise du ty of one-half of them. Tho appoint ment of Gen. Malilfbir as virtual dic tator lias created a good impression, especially in circles where ho himself and his previous administrations arc best known. His rule at KhnrkcfT, though mild, has been effectual in re pressing disorder. His views gener ally aro known to bo liberal. All classes feel that the measures taken aro necessary and w isc, and think Gen. MclikolF is the man most fitted for the place. No well informed person believes in nnj vvidcspiead conspiracy amongst dignitaries, court officials or nulitaiy. MniiiiiiorlnK. (til . (Jiiroelon'M I.m r Iin-rlit' His fust wife was Miss Waldron,nnd byhorhe liuil livo childion, fourof whom nro now nlivo. Ho went out with n Maine regiment early in tho war, hut soon rctui ited home. When he came back ho mm lied tho wife of n man who had gone to California when tho fovor bioko out, but who had nl. ways sent hack plonty of money. Just hcfoio tho nun riago $700 wasio- coivod from him, and this holpcd to buy tho wedding piesonts. Just tlueo vveoks after tho inaniago tho former husband returned fiom California and wiisgieatly sui prised to find that his wifo was tho wife of another. Ho went to Garcolou and told him ho could keep tho woman, but ho wanted his money back. An nitangeinont was madoand ho lotuincd to California. Rochohtor Democrat, Stammering is tho result of a func tional disordcrofth.it part of the brian which presides over the faculty of speech, according to an article of Dr lliimmaud This is proved, hesays, by the fact that all stammers can at times speak as well as other persons "There is no defect in the organs of speed, no paralvsia of the tongue or lipv hut there is a condition pres ent which, at times, especially when the subject is excittd or interested, or especially tries to do his best, prevents the normal sv -tematio articulation of certain billables. And this nppc.us to be duo to an impossibility of co-ordinating tho muscles hy which speech i cH'ected of biingiug them into baiiiionious and syteinatiu action." Dr. Hammond was a stammerer at 19 but entirely cured himself, mainly by the performance of some slight mus cular action svnchronously with the aiticulation of difficult syllables. "With each troublesome word," he explains, "especially with ono begin ning a bentenco, I mndo some slight motion with my hand or foot, or even with a single linger, and I found that this plan enabled mo to get "tlio word out without stammering. In this pro cedcuro tho attention is diverted from tho effort to speak to tho performance of the muscular action mentioned, and henco the specck becomes mocc automatic than it is with stammerers generally. And this is the wholo sys tem of cure. It consists in efforts to render tho speech automatic." Ho occupied two jcars in euiing hinisolf. rnnny u fervent prajcr ascended to the Heavenly Throne in thankfulness for their miraculous csenpe. Tele gram, March ltt. Merman Wire. The cuKnnry nrt forms a part of the cducntion of tho women in Germany. Tho well-to-do tradesman, like the mnchnnic, takes pride in teeing his daughters good housekeepers. To ef fect this object, tho girl, on leaving school, which sho docs when about about 11 years of age, goes through tho ceremony of confirmation, and then ii placed hy her parents with n country gentleman, or in a largo fam ily, where she remains ono or two years, filling what may also he termed the post of servant, or doing the work of one. This is looked upon as an apprenticship to domestic economy. She differs from a servant, however, in this she receives no wages; on the contrary, her parents often pay for tho care taken of her, ns well as her clothing. This is the first step in her education ns n housekeeper. She next passes, on the samp conditions, into the kitchen of a rich private family, or into that of a hotel of good repute. Here she has control of the expenditures of the servants employ ed in it, and assists personally in the cooking, but'is always addressed as Miss, and is treated by the family with deference and consideration Many daughters of rich families re ceive similar training, with this dif ference, however, that they receive it in a princely mansion or a royal resi dence. There is a reigning queen in Germany at the present time who was trained in this way. Consequent ly the women in Germany arc per fect models of economy. Itullroud Incorporation. In conclusion tho lecturer said: "Peter Van Schnnck, LL D., was in Dnglnnd scvernl jenrs nftcr Amold'rf treason. On tho occasion of oho of Ilis ncctistomcd vlsitsto Westminster Abbey, his attention was arrested by the entrance of General Arnold accompanied hy a lady. The lady was doubtless Mrs. Arnold. They passed to the cenotaph of Major Andro and there stood. What n scene for a pen cil! The traitor Arnold at tho tomb of a man for whoo ignominfous fato ho was responsible, reading the mon umental inscription that will trans mit to all ngos the tale of his infamy." New York World. The Salem Talk of the 1st instant has the following: On Saturday evening articles of in corporation of the Salem and Silver ton and the Albany and Lebanon rail road companies were filed in thcoflice of Secretary of State. J.N. Dolph, J. Rrandt, Jr , and I'. Schulze are the in corporators of the two lines, and direc tors of the two roads. J. N. Dolph has been elected President and Joseph Simon, Secretary of tho companies. It will bo seen that the companies are in earnest in the matter, as tho engi neers were to start out to day to locate the routes. Both roads are expected to bo binlt and equipped in time to carry the growing grain crop to mar ket. The farmers along the route be tween this city and Silverton can con gratulate themselves in the fact that they will soon bo independent of mud schooners as their only means of trans portation in tho winter, over almost impassable roads. Ilcncdlct Arnold' IVIfc. II. C. Van Schaack, of Manlious, Onondaga county, New York, father-in-law of Aaron J. Vnndcrpccl.of this city, read before the New York His torical Society last evening, a paper entitled "Ucnedict Arnold before his Treason." The paper was too alum inous for reproduction in a daily pa per. In concluding it Mr. Van Schaack however, touched upon a phase of the subject too interesting to be omitted ; "An attempt was made," ho said, "many years ago and has been repeat ed since, to implicate Mrs. Arnold in her husband's treason, and in fact to mukc her the chief conspirator. The object was, it seemed, to convince the world that had not Arnold mar ricd Miss Shippcn, he would not have straved from tho path of patriotic virtue, his treason would not have oc curred, and by consequence, llio un fortunate Andre would have escaped tho gallows. Jtcmarkablo discovery that Arnold would have been no trai tor but for his wife! We shall perhaps next be told that it was the condition on which she yielded to him her heart and hand. It was Davis' biography of Aaron Burr which undertook to convince the world that Arnold's virtuous patriot ism was corrupted by his wife. Strange indeed is it that the Ameri can public should thus have been made acquainted with this remarka ble fact through the pages of a work which commemorates a character scarcely less extraordinary than that of the arch-traitor himself. If. indeed, we were called upon to designate two individuals figuring upon the pages of American history whose characters beyond all others were the most mys terious and the hardestto undersand, we should unhesitatinly point to Ben edict Arnold mid Aaron Burr. After Arnold's escape from Wct Point, Washington kindly gave Mrs. Arnold her election to be sent to her husband in New York or her friends in Philadelphia. She chose the lat ter, and wlnlo on her way in her car. riagewith her rnirse and joung child which is destitute of eget.-tion, and to that city, shestopped one night in ' so arid that there is no inducement t New Jersey with Mrs. Provost, who 1 the settler, was once a tropical courj two years afterward becamo the wife try, abundantly supplied with tropical of Colonel Burr Now the statement j fruits and vegetation. Geneial Slier in Burr's biography represents him . man is much interested in the prcser tclling his biographer what Mrs. Burr vation of such specimens, and encour told him after marriage in regard to ages every ono connected with tho WlBTrcc FossIIh. Two largo fossil trees are now on their way to Washington from the western part of New Mexico, designed for the new National Mttsium. Gen eral Sherman, while on his tour of in spection to the military posts of New Mexico, examined some of the large petrifications which abound in the vicinityof Tort Wingnte, and he was so much impressed with the value of these specimens that ho decided to have them biought to Washington and placed in front of the National Musium, The two specimens refer red to will each weigh several tons: they will serve as conspiccous repre sentations of the ancient flora of the region from whence they came. Tho entire t-oiuitry sun ounding tho spot where these fossil trees are so abund ant is at the present day utterly des titute of vegetation, save a few pin ions and other stunted trees, which arc of little or no use. This was not the case in times long past, for the two immense specimens now en route to Washington, according to General Sherman's account, were not alone. The country is literally covered with the remains of an ancient forest, rep resenting a great quantity of vegeta tion and establishing the fact beyond doubt that this entire country, which is now only inhabited by a few tribes of Pueblo Indians and covered all over with evidences of extinct tribes, and INnri-ow llscupo. Tho steamer Gtorge IP. Elder had a very narrow escapo from shipreck ycstoiday, and tho passengers can scarcely icalizo by what happy combi nation of circumstaucos their lives were saved, for had the vcel sunk, scarcely a survivor would havo been loft to tell the feaiful tale. The good ship was steaming merrily tlnough the whito ciested waves tow .ml the mouth of tho Columbia rivor, her jiving height amusing themselves as Tin: Tk.vdexcy of Gold. A late dispatch says tho imports of gold to this country, which were so large three and five months nco. have ceased nlmost entirely nnd tho tide has tinned tho other way. If tho im ports keep up until Juno to tho amount reported in January and Feb ruary, tho balanco of trade in favor of the United States will bo reduced to a very low figure for this year, and the gold nccuniulation will bo drained away. Tho secretary is anxious to get silver dollars into circulation, and uso them instead of gold in tho mark ets, Tho Now York money market is now almost entirely dependent upon tho action of tho treasury, the largo increase of business everywhere hav ing absorbed all tho currency, nnd monthly purchases of 5 per cent, bonds, that vv ill bo mado by tho treas ury, will havo an important effect up on financial centers. It is understood that an important circular is being prepared at tho treasury with regard to getting silver into circulation. Dashhd out his Bit uks. A Mary land farmer, the other day, wont to best they could, and anticipating a Baltimore, and permitted himself to Oifoid to Ihu California lino about 90 TiinSecretaiyof tho Navy has been cabled fiom Montevideo that tho U, S. steamer Marion had anived theio fiom ltio, and that uixofnceis and fif teen muu had been down with the yellow fovor, Lieutenant Wallis died on tho "'Id, and Rogers, an nppientico on tho 20th. All tho olllceis, ccep ono midshipman, vveio well and con valescing. Tho oluoois nnd men woio ashoro on l'loies' Island, It is sup posed that tho fovcroiiginnted at Rio while tho vessel was coaling. Suubcitnii: for llio Mail. joyful louiiion with ichitives nnd fiiuiids. A tolerably thick fog coveicd the bosom of old ocean mid concealed all familiar objects fiom tho eves of tho Captain and hisexpoiienccd Pilot, At once, ns if by ningie, tho heavy vapeis lifted and exposed to tho start led gao of tho tais and p.isougors, Tillamook rock (-qtiaio ahead, not iiioio than two bundled yntdsdistaut. Oideis vveio bellowed, tho bolls tink led tho gigantic engines Mopped, then icveued, and tho foituniito hleamor with her 200 men, women am! childion swiltly ictieated fiom tho vicinity of tho dangoioiis icof. Another minute's fog and tho vessel would have stiuok and her living cur go been scattoied in tho floico and tuigiy vv titers. A sigh of lolief wns uttoicd by evoiy hoail, nseaoh ie.il uod the feni fill danger nun led hv a kind and all-wisjo rrgvuluuco indulge overmuch in tho flow ing bow 1 As a propitiatory offering to his wifo, ho purchased four pounds of sausage meat, and ns a hnndy place to carry it, ho placed it in tho crown of his hat. On reaching his station and at templing to alight from tho cars, tho overloaded granger stumbled and went headfirst to tho ground, bursting tho high hut and scattering tho satis- ago moat. Tho conductor horrified tho jvisscngois by singing out for "Help, in heaven's nniuo tho man has dashed out his brains!" And so it seemed in tho duik, until a light was biought nnd an inquest held tho juiy leudeicd a veuliet of " whis ky and snusngo." Tnuitr. nro 29 Indian tax-payers in Yakima county, !W in Clarke county, HO in Thtiistou, mid loo in other por tions of this Touitoiv. These taxes and laic paid mainly on land. Mrs. Arnold's admissions to her w bile stopping at her house. (Mr. Schaack here quoted from the Burr biogra phy.) This account places befoio us a newly married jounglady of nine teen and she a young mother eoi rupting ,n American General of six years' standing, and of the mature age of forty, and that General her hus band, all (for such is tho motive as cribed) to acquire tho means of grati fying an inordinate vanity. Crcdal Judoens Jppcla non cgol Time will forbid myen'cring upon a full vindi cation of this lady from the absird chargo of being the authorof the plot for the surrender of West Point, and I her husband only a reli.c ant instru ment in her hands to further the dark scheme. Tho hears ly testimony upon which it is based is so unsatis factory in itself, so ineo.nistcnt with historical documents of established authenticity, and with the eleuly ex pressed opinions of General Wash ington and Col. Hamilton and Major Franks, that I protest against it as in culcating an unnatural and revolting supposition. I impeach it tho naino of female loveliness, incapable of such baseness. I arraign it in behalf of youth without tho art to conceivo or the craft to mature the foul plot, and I discard tho rev elation in all its ma terial positions as absuid in itself and as a tax upon our credulity at tho oxponso of our judgement. Margnrjt Arnold never dug tho gravo for Iter husband's honor. Burr's story is en tirely toobig. There is, however, an episodo to tho histoiy of Mrs. Ar nold's visit to Mrs. Piovost's, which does not appear in Col, Burr's biog raphy. Burr was himself at Mrs. Pro vost's at tho timo Mrs. Arnold was thoro, ho probably boing at tho time a suitor of Mrs. Provost. It is not sur prising, hovvevor, that Burr should havo neglected to stato to his hiog raphortho facts that when Mrs, Ar nold left her houso in tho morning Burr ofl'ered his escort, which, ho protonded, might bo useful to her in tho then excited stnto of tho publio mind. On tho vvny ho basely mudc love to this nfilicted lndy, thinking to tako ndvnntago of her just foolings of indignation towards her husbands nnd hor holplcss condition to nid him. Boing indignantly ropollod, ho treus tired up his rovongo and loft n stoij behind him vvoithyof his fnNo and malignant heait to blast this unliable lady's name. aimy to make colections in all branches of science tialtiwore Sun. Imporlanl IeoIsIon. A Washington dispitch of the 1st instant says the Supremo Court has given a decision in tho case of Taylor Strounder, plaintiff in error, vs tho State of West Virginia Legislature ex cluding colored citizens from jury sorvico in the courts of that State. This court hcld-i that when a 'colored citizen is tried for his life by a jury from which citizens of his own race are by State statute expressly exclud ed, ho denied equal protection of law guaranteed by tho third clause of tho fourteenth amendment to tho consti tution and that the State statute de nying him such light is repugnant to said constitutional provision. Tho judgement of tho Snpioiuo Court of appeals of West Virginia is levctscd. Ju-tice Strong delivered -tho opinion, Justice Field dissenting. A KEcouTnr.'slDK.v. One day thcro was a groat loss to ono of tho banks by means of a laised check loported in New York, and the repoitois of tho Sun were busy writing out tho faots about it. Ono of them stopped a mo ment to say in a chatty way that if the bankcis would cut into tho cheeks tho amount for which caoh was diaw n, aiaised check would bean impossible thing. Tho managing editor over heard tho icniaik. "Mr. Blank," ho said. ",v hen j on got through, write a letter to tho editor of the Sun, giving- that idea." It was dtn and the lat ter was printed tho uot morning con taining the suggestion that tho amount of each check should bo cut into it to piovont any altoications. A fow nights aftei ward a spi uce j oung ninn canio in, irid scattering mound soino blank checks with luunhors cut through thoni us is now common, snid : "I am intich obligod for that idea; it is going to bo worth $10,000 ' inc.' Tho reporter who originated u is still laboi ing hv th w oek- ii IlEiu'.vfu ui.itEsi'o .otu.N r Frank Maddock's coal mine, about 1) mile fiom Hoppner, is a decided aiiccesa. A gieat many families in town and ulso many of tho business houses nro burning- this coal ;it niukos a eplondid tiro, heating up a room much quuktr than wood, uud it issaid that ,. t if coal will last is Iimiu an ' ii wkhI. llio ooai usoui.K tn i iu for fi par ton, nnd duhvcicd in IItiu- nirfor fl2,