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Marietta. .%:t, iw77.
ONCE A MONTH.
To our friends in Muriettta who have
Shibiti-d an active interest in our enter
gender our sincere tlianks,
l with the assurance tlial we will at all
tx* found ready to reciprocate their
kindness. Front llie country, we have
pVooived tiuiuerous expression* of en
eouragemcnt, hut many of them negu
<tiviug the possession of "the almighty
dollar." We eouhl readily have swelled
i pur list foi a “Weekly’" at one dollar on
W. flic credit system to the desired extent,
Bhht the impracticability of publishing a
W newspaper at that price on thue, ii ith-
Ler definite lot experiment. The mim-
Brr "I subscriber- must reach live huu-
la* lore we • oiuoe
of our Weekly. In lie
lot i!
l^^iveU
r It !M p\ 1: ~ , 1
r a court inartij
pm to beTliatifrou^^^^
to make him realize 1.7-
BFr ‘'outs iif’ht* tsontfin e was t hen"
rtiijp-produec of%( 0 tlie* Emperor If.V
’ ,MM! :l "\|i the U'Vtweklge
uhoiit li' inti/ each
nunilM'r of select rending matter, li'
I one-half the people who rush toa < il'ell
lilt Mwgh'ttn w ill pay half as much for
AMi I' lltl.' iin 11 1 • y
HBBMRww > i \ c-
would le sustained.
F TltpfflWmr of t/^ cnrls ‘M> Fun;-
Is no: W ill only he ii 1,1 1,1l ,IU ‘ Ht -e wllo.-c
■tallies age on our if* ° MV* may he
•HpWtlic JVndinJbim*li,) ll applii .ition.
hml or Mem! in your ‘‘yitarttT 1 now ,
fekwc will aid you with reading in
Ag uianv an hour phm-'intlv ami
gMy.
■frajssites will he furnished w le n
thcrs ot public imlm enieiii
without extra ehsi
■Tiserihers.
m. TO THE I’HESS,
j u v Hinul thin nuitincrol tlH* Fir in ink
Fmkhidk to ii liugi* list of Now | >a| n• r-.
'not with a vlpw to uxoiiiiiigos, which,
however highly wo would value ilioiii,
we have no reason lo export, hut to show
Mill" refpeet for the “fourth estate.”
TJIK I’KKNIDENT A METHODIST.
Mcthodicm is Im*coiiling exceedingly
kuoimlar in the Lulled Stale-, i’resideut
Hrunt leaned that wav, and now ITcsi
tlvMkJiiit'i* walk*.tv Church, lakes lu>,
seat iir ilia auieii corner, and responds
a-earnestly as could lie desired, (iov.
Lohpiett is al-o set dow u ns a zealous
kMcthodist. These fuels, with many of
four people, should cover a mull II into of
—tn s.
k IMtKSIDKNT HAYES VNDTIIE
f sorin.
• 'ftp* Inaugural, in its of
policy , was unexeepilonnhle. hut as nets
•jx'rtk louder than words, llie Soulli a
wirtted something more reliable. The
kpixdutment of a democrat Boat-Master
Fteiieral And the subsequent appoint
rtfeilt of daiftoerats to post-olllres in llie
Smith, rather looked as it" Mr. Hayes in
tended to conciliate the Soulli with a
just and impartial administration; still
the troops are not reeulied from Eouisi
jMia ami South Carolina, and the ITesi
dettt in response to import unit ic- and de
iMllp'iaiiou- in vain pleads for time.
Yej'hup* fUe conference w ith tiovernor
Hampton, now in Washington, w ill re
u)t in purification.
ANOTHER election.
lit accordance with an Act passed In
two successive Legislatures of tin* State,
approved February -(>, IS7A. and Febru
ary 27, 187t’>, adding an adiliomil clause
to tlu* sixth section of the third article
of the Constitution, prohibiting any
power tn the State from pay ing or neog
ntttng tn any way a> valid any direct
fvimtis, gold bonds or currency bonds, or
Yht* States alleged guaranty or endorse-
Mu-tti <tf any railroad or other bonds
herctufow declared Ittegat. fraud diem
tor vuw Governor voiipiitt lias issued
Id- proclamation ordering an election to
he held throughout the State on the tir-t
Tuesday in May next, at which election
the qualified voters may east their bal
lot* either for “ratification” or “no rati-
Ileatiou” of said constitutional aineml-
Miellt.
jJK I*resident Hayes has appointed a
commission to v isit Louisiana for the
nuirposc of settling tlu* troubles that arc
■aruliziug all hiisiness and industry in
unfortunate State. Tin* following
Bnttieincu compose the commission:—
■ mlge Lh.-jl ies B. l aw fence, republican.
Bt' Illinois; Ex-Gov. ,1. t'. Brow n,dem-
Isrut, of Tennessee ; Joseph It. Hawley.
Bcpuhlican, Connecticut; Gen. John
Harlan, republican, of Kentucky,
itv ’ cY. republican. IVllll-
It is m*t
("I 1 1
mission.
jgCU’v Tlu>iii|is<i!i i' h it. imi
i'l' ' ■ i ■’ •
.u
lia< noriirht to in
the >lat<- -h.m1.1
left ah-olutely free to settle her own dis
putes in her owp way. ft i- also cur
lent |y reported that a majority of the
new cabinet is anx jous tojiave tiie t roop
w ithdrawn from the State House in S.
< arolina.
<*ON VENTION OH NO f*fINVEN
TION.
The paper- are falling hack’upoit rhl
an the first iplCnliou to la- determined,
and in order to a rational solution, are
beginning to enquire “w hat is the Con
vention for?" The Atlanta t'onelitiiUon
don Ids if Fulton county w ill give a ma
jority for a Lon veld ion, and w ill give its
voice against il “if the removal of the
Capitol"’ I-to he made a prominent is
sue. Other papers urge as proper ob
jects of a Convention, “a reduction of
the number of Hepresentatives in tin*
House,’’ with “Bi-emiinl Sessions,” —
“Reduction of the pay of members to
four nr live dolla rs”—“ I {eduction of the
Home lead,” ami other matters looking
to sound economy, retrenchment and
reform.
I r pon such grounds we favored a< on
volition; hut llie work is not half done
in deciding upon what sc want. We
must then select men, as Delegates, nor
only filrthjnl, hill who w ill surely carry
out our view s. ttm advice I hen, is not
to lake one step “blind’’ in this mailer,
hut, w hether we vote for or against a
('on volition, |i, vote only for men who
arc not oul,\ with, hut who'wo know
cannot bo turned from the rotrenehineijt
and reform movement. It is purely a
(jltestion between the people who arc
taxed and those who live upon the taxes,
and the appeal is to llie intelligence of
the. one and the erall of the other. So,
before </ii hirfxt (mother skvi-intv-kivk
or a ni .M)in:i> i iiors wn nm ins, be
sure you arc going to will.
THE .MARIETTA AM) NORTH
tiEOKGIA It A I hItO.VO,
At a meeting of llm stoekhoM
ors of this company in Ellijay a
low weeks since, il was decided
lo concent rate t he eon vict force at
(’anion, and work towards the
North < 'arolina lint*. The Ellijav
('aaricr says :
“ Il is intended to raise sixteen
thousand dollars by subscription
to duplicate the amount to be re
reived from the State, and to pul
200 hands at work soon, and press
the grading to completion at an
early day. Also to build bridge
and put down cross ties ready for
iron. In the meantime arrange
ment- will be made to procure
iron for the finishing up of the road
to (’anion and put it in running
order. It is very important that
this should he done, so that (lie
road will become a source of rev
enue to aid tin* completion of the
rest of the line. It is nof less im
portant that opr disconnected gra
ding should be, at the earliest
hour, linked to the main work,
and thus put il in a shape* to se
cure advances from the Slate on
first mortgage bonds, and also se
cure the confidence oT the iron
companies who will iron the road.”
A large and enthusiastic meet
ing was held at -Marietta on the
27tli instant, for the purpose of
electing ollieers of this company,
(icn. Wm. Phillip- w as re elected
President, and 11. M. Hammett,
Secretary and Treasurer; and the
following gentlemen as I >irectors :
\V. P. Anderson, 001. K. F. Mad
dox. E. E. Fields. J. M. McAfee,
N. E. Osborn, Win. Tate. Robert
Bruce and \Y in. Ileall.
(cumMl MCXU.Ji.J
tiii; state < o\\ i:\tion.
I.i'l the Capilol cpieslion lie loft tn 1.1 u*
bog i-1 at lire, blit have tin* Delegates
pleihjetl tn “Hi-ennual Sessions,’’ ami the
sessions not to exceed fnrt.v day s, I'hthj
i‘i i to a redact inn of the nniuhcr of the
House one-half, ami that the | r itiem
he tixi il in theCoiisiitution. These em
firaee the most nee,led ’ clonus, and will
j iti-fv M \X\ VOTERS.
; COM VIC\ 1C VTl:t>.]
• low me to suggest the importance
of sending mostly Lawyers ns Delegates
to the State ton v out ion. They know till
about law sand how to nuke them, and
how to untangle their complications
when they are made.
Send a few Doctors with them, for un
doubtedly the State is diseased and cor
rupt to the very heart, and they may
aid in exterminating the animaleulte
feeding upon its vitals, if it cannot he
wholly relieved.
Semi also a- many professional Oillce-
Seekcrs as possible. They understand
the ro|H*s, and are ipiick in getting into
rings, and will he certain to go for a re
duction of ottlees and salaries. These
men are wonderful workers in their
way. i know one who has been off and
on, in the Legislature for many years,
and though destitute of any hook know 1-
edge w hatover. wields as much iutht
enoc as any one there—not because he is
elotpient, like Patrick Henry, tint forliis
tact in managing clhpics and log-rolling
generally—a business honorably learn
ed in his early life.
By all means have a few Press-men In
the conclave, as many of them have l>e-
Mtcoplc, that I hey
lajU' day,
k, fur
HBbk
Tll E FIE LI) AX J ) FI RESI DE .
come adepts as “ lick-.splittlc*,” over
ready to how and smile and dissimulate
where “thrift may follow fawning.""—
Some of them are not behind the Paris
ian journals in the.daysof the French
revolution when dynasties changed with
rapidity. Napoleon, when sent to Elba,
was denounced a- “tyrant, usurper,
dc-pot,” with great fervor,and on his
escape, .ibfiii after, ami return to the
t 'apitnt. Hie same journals hailed him as
■■ the hero of* Ihe age—t tie great ('oinpie
ror,” and “ long Irve the Emperor."—
Its human natnre in one of its phases—
'■(food Lord—good Devil.’" —anything
that pays. .Such men have a pliancy
which, at times, serve a purpose. Send
some of ihem.
Send aDo a few Preachers. The body
politic heal - - some resemblance now to
a “ w hiled sepulchre,” and may need
extensive white-w ashing yet before the
resemblance is perfect.
lint send no Farmers,to* the Conven
tion. H w ould be eorr.lling the w olves
and togetlier. The Farmer would
feel lost at once amid tin* intelligence,
refinement ami duplicity with which he
would (hid himself enveloped. It is true
that Home called Mums from the field
to organize t In* State ami frame her civil
polity: true, that she took Cineinmitlis
from the plow and placed in his hands
the supreme power of the State: true,
I hel \lima gave hi - whole mind to Home
and that < iiieiimatiis. after the restora-
I ion of order and security, abdicated the
Dictatorship, and returned to ids plow
tlx poor art when lie was taken from it.
What then t VVe cannot do as Home
did, and to send a few Farmers to Con
gress, to a State Legislature or Conven
tion, can only have a tendency to inocu
late the virtues with the vices of tile
ruling classes. The Farmer's proper
biisinc.-yiow is to work hard and pay
faxes. The time may come w hen lie
may deritlr how much should be paid,
hut it will not be until he is ready to
take charge of the finvernment and
elcan-Ht of all impurities.
A I HEE I.ANCK.
DISASTER IN* NOVA SCOTIA.
Ha mPax, M.t urii ill).—Dipping a heav y
storm, a high mass,of snow became de
tached I'rOm the .summit of the hills near
the Heft’s cave copper mine, and swept
down and completely buried I wo houses.
One man and live children were taken
out, dead from the ruins. Thirty-live
persons were lit the houses when tin*
a valanehe'eanu*.
A (’()\'N E< TK’UT TOWN SI B
MKRfIbH.
NtafFokp, Conn.; Mut'd) 27.
The ilntn of the St afford ville* res
erVoir gave way this a. m. M’lie
damage to this village is fearful.
Tlte railroad, freight bouse, and
till the ears have bdei: washed
away, 'fin* jiassenger dejKtt-is all
right. StallVml national bank, the
C’ongregational ehurelt and about
fifteen other buildings have been
washed away. The damage to
the railroad track is heavy.
Telegraphic warnings were sent
to Norwich and vicinity, and the
flood is going in that direction.
Tlu* probable loss at Stafford
alone is two millions.
State Senator .Julius Converse
telegraphs that all the dams on
tin* stream from Statfordville toa
point helow tin* springs, with all
the bridges are gone. Probably
not less than thirty house- were
destroyed and the loss will be
very large.
flu* dam was considered safe,
but the heavy rains of Monday
afternoon and evening tilled the
reservoir to overflowing. The
breaking away was wholly unex
pected, but the reservoir being
set some distance .above the vil
lage, the alarm reached the peo
pie in time for them to etfeet
their escape.
\nothkk hkoki x n\m.
Sulkliead dam, on l'arrington
river, at Rainbow, Connecticut,
gave way on \\ eilnesday night
last. Tlte paper mills were in im
minent danger from the flood, but
the water was finally diverted in
a not her direct pm*
ANOTHER CYCLONE IX
UKOROIA.
W hile at Vienna la-t week we
reeieved from Mr John B. Odom
the particulars, as far a- he had
been able to obtain them up lo
that time, of t ho destructive storm
or tornado that swept over por
tions ot Worth and Dooley coun
ties on the night of the sth inst.
At the place of A. I’. Keree, on
Jones creek, every building ex
cept the gin house was Mown
down. A child of Mr. John Miller
was killed, and at another house
two colored children were killed.
One child was blow n into the
woods and was afterward found
badly bruised. Mr-. John Miller
and Mrs Mathews, a widow lady,
were severely wounded. The
root ot the house was completely
blown away, and the bare fldor
left. Beils, chairs and household
goods generally were Mown away.
A trunk lid vva- found two miles
from the scene. The width of the
storm was from three-fourths to
a miles and tree-, houses and ev
ervthing in reach of the winds
were swept away. At Mrs. (Slaugh
ter's the corn, fodder, fowls, etc.,
were scattered to the winds, and
the houses blown down. A rail
was driven into the leg of Mrs-
Slaughter, and she was expected
to die at last accounts. Two
daughters were badly wounded;
one of them sustaining a fracture
of the collar bone. Mrs. Rogers
was so severely injured, that her
recovery was considered doubtful.
Tbe house was blown away and
the meat in the smoke house was
even swept off. 'five storm con
tinued in the direction of Deep
creek, and crossed the old Troup
ville road about twenty miles
below Vienna. In Wilcox coun
ty considerable damage was done.
Mr. David Fitzgerald suffered
heavily, but we have received no
particulars. The storm, it ap
pears, followed in a parallel route
the course of an old hurricane of
many years ago. In some places
the trees were piled together in
great heaps, and pebbles were
burled with such force against
pines as to cause the turpentine
to issue forth as if the trees had
been cut with sharp instruments.
A herd of cat tle belonging to Mr.
Warren B. Hamilton happened to
be in the route of the storm and
about forty head were killed.—
Hawk!nsville Dispatch.
POLITICIANS NEED NOT
APPLY.
Secretary Shtirz Ims notified all
the heads of bureaus of the Inte
rior Department that during his
administration of its affairs, there
will be no removal of clerks or
other employees, except “ for
cause,” and no promotions except
“ for merit.” It will therefore be
useless for the department to re
ceive, or for persons to file, pa
pers soliciting clerical appoint
ments or promotions on merely
personal or political grounds; and
in addition to this general notifi
cation, it can be stated that there
are at present absolutely no va
fancies of anv kind to be filled.—
V K World.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
SOUTH.
Senator ( Jordon, of Georgia, at
tin* invitation of President Hayes,
held a long conference with him
at the White House in reference
to the Southern question. Sena
tor Lamar and Messrs. I**vy and
Ellis, of Louisiana,were also pres
ent. In reply to a request to have
the troops removed, the President
expressed in earnest terms his de
sire and purpose to bring about
some satisfactory solution as soon
as possible. He said that the dif
ficulty had been at white heat for
sixteen years, and it ought not to
be considered any great delay if
it required sixteen days to get
through with it in a satisfactory
way. He expressed It is belief
that llie problem was not so hard
-f<> solve as a great many persons
sn'flpose4-Jlie number of offices
now vacant in t he'
(soine six hundred), which must
be immediately filled by appoint
ments, was now occupying almost
the entire attention of himself and
the Cabinet, but just as soon as
these appointments were made,
and the Senate had adjourned, he
would at once take up this South
ern question and solve it.
AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.
Mexico, March 3. —Mr. Foster,
the United States Minister, gave
a ball on Washington's birth-day.
There was an immense crowd in
attendance.
Ceremonial visits have been ex
changed by President Diaz and*
Mr. Foster. Diaz has been recog
nized by Minister Foster as Presi
dent de facto and de .jure.
After the meeting of Congress
on the 21st, the inauguration of
Diaz will take place. The Senate
lias been ignored by the Provis
ional Government, which has de
clared that the law creating the
Senate was forced, by Lerdo ap
pointing his friends. His viola
tion of the constitution is consid
ered outrageous. Diaz, however,
promises to observe the constitu
tion when not too inconvenient.
A religious procession in Meri
da was dispersed by the military.
Two officers of the Zacatecas State
troops engaged in the persecution
of the protestants. Cries of “death
to protestants.” mingled with hur
rahs for Porlirio Diaz, were heard
in the streets of the capital on Sun
day. and some abuses were com
mitted. A man was tortured at
Cuernavaca for the purpose of ob
taining information about secret
ed arms. Crowds in the capital
on Monday shouted “hurrah for
Diaz and death to foreigners.”
The twenty-fifth annual
commencement of the Woman's
Medical College of Pennsylvania
took place at Philadelphia on the
15th tilt. The degree of Doctor
of Medicine was conferred on tit*
teen ladies. Professor Isaac < lon
ley delivered the valedictory ad
dress.
GRASSHOPPER C< )MMISSI< )N.
Washington, March 20. —Pro-
vision lias been made in the sun
dry civil appropriation bill for the
appointment of a commission to
investigate the grasliopper plague
in tlte west. .Secretary Schurz to
day appointed as such commission
Professor Riley, state entomolo
gist of Missouri; Professor Thom
as, state entomologist of Illinois;
and Dr. Packard, of Salem, Mass,
editor of the American Naturalist.
These gentlemen are now in Wash
ington preparing for their investi
gation, hut will start out at once,
in order that they may r&ich the
grasshopper country before the
time of the hatching of'eggs, and
watch the development of the in
sect. They will cover every st ate
which lias been visited with the
plague, and will experiment with
methods for their prevention and
destruction. The commission lias
authority to employ local experts
to assist them, and Gen. Myerhas
tendered the services of the ope
ratives of* the signal service, who
will be of great assistance, acting
under direction of the commission.
The report will be submitted as
early as possible, and will be pub
lished as a part of the Hayden
survey series,together with a num
ber of reports of a scientific inves
tigation of the grasshoppers al
ready collected by Dr. Hayden.
THE EXECufION OF LEE.
.Salt Lake, March 23. —At 11
a. m. precisely Lee was brought
out upon the scene of the massa
cre at Mountain Meadows, before
the executing party, and seated
on his coffin, about twenty feet
from the shooters. After the or
der of the court was read to him,
and the company present, by Mar
shal Nelson, Lee made a speech
of about five hundred words, bit
terly denouncing Brigham Young,
and calling himself a scape-goat
for the sins of others, lie iiopecl
God would he merciful. He de
nied that lie was guilty of Mood
shed to the last, and maintained
that his mission to the Meadows
was one of mercy. After tbe
speech, Parson Stokes(Methodist)
made a prayer, commending the
soul of the condemned man to
God. Immediately alter this, a
handkerchief was placed over his
eves; he raised his hands and
placed them on top of his head—
sitting firm. Marshal Nelson, giv
ing the word “tire !” and live guns
were fired, the balls penetrating
the body in the region of the heart.
Lee tell square back on his coffin
dead. Death was instantaneous.
The body was placed in the coffin
and the crowd- .dispersed. There
were about seventy-five persons
all told on the ground, but not a
child or relative of Lee’s there.—
The best order prevailed. Lee’s
last words to Marshal Nelson were
“Aim at my heart.” The body is
now on its way to be delivered to
the relatives at Cedar City.
A special from Pioehe, Nevada,
full confession of Lee re
garding the Mountain Meadow
massacre, iif which he states that
it was the resulf^JTr-*.direct teach
ings of Brigham Yotwig. It was
done by orders ovTcHm.se high in
authority in the M<' on commit
nity, and its perpetrators believed
it a duty that they owed to God
aniY the Church. Immediate or-
U, “were issued by Col. Dame,
Lr.'Uol. Isaac Haight and the conn
cil at Cedar City, Utah. At that
time Lee said he had no position
either in the civil or military de
partments in the Church. Haight
gave Lee an account of the emi
gi’ants who were coming, and Lee
was ordered to raise the Indians
to attack the train, run off* the cat
tle. and have the Indians kill the
emigrants. The Indians were to
receive all the blame in the first
attack. The Indians killed seven
and wounded sixteen emigrants.
The latter then fortified them
selves, and it was arranged be
tween the Indians and Mormons
that the emigrants should be en
ticed from the fortification by
treachery. Major Higbv made a
speech, saying all the emigrants
who could talk were to be killed.
After the surrender of the emi
grants. Lee took the children in a
wagon. The Indians then killed
the women. The militia men and
Lee and the drivers killed the chil
dren. The horrors were sickening
beyond descript ion. Lee reported
to Brigham Young, who said “Bro
ther Lee. not a drop of innocent
blood has been shed ; 1 have gone
to God in prayer, and God ha*
>hown me it was
people did right, Jun
little hasty; I
donee from God that tl*
ju-t in accord with God
sustain you and the brenßPn in
all you did ; all I fear is DgSiohery
on the part of the brethren con
corned; go home and tell the
brethren i sustain them ; keep all
secret as the grave; never tell any
one, and write me a letter laying
all the blame on the Indians. I
will Jhon report to the United
States government that it was an
Indian massacre.”
Brigham Young makes a publi
cation denying the truth of the
confession made by John D. Lee.
the Mountain Meadow murderer.
Young says am* statement impli
cating him is utterly false, lie
says tlttl his course of life is too
well known by thousands of lion
orable men for t hem to believe for
one moment such an accusation.
A FEARFUL SUICIDE.
I have witnessed a horrible
sight. The bright sunshine and
balmy air tempted me to lay aside
my writings and go forth to enjoy
them. Leaning on my husband’s
arm I was walking on the Rue de
la Unix, about a block from the
Yendom column, and was looking
up at the column itself, admiring
the effect produced by the dark
bronze of the shaft agaihst the
gold-llushed hue of the sunket sky,
the hour being about five in the
afternoon. Suddenly down the
face of the column fell a human
form with white and black dra
peries fluttering in the air; it
struck the wreath of immortelles
that surrounds the column at its
juncture with the pedestal, and
rebounded with such force that
it was thrown clear over the rail
ing that surrounds the base and
fell into the centre of the outside
pavement. I could not realize
for a moment that I had really be
held that awful spectacle—a hu
man being self hurled into eterni
ty—but such was indeed the
meaning of what I had seen. In
a moment the prostrate figure
was surrounded by a dense crowd.
The emotion of the spectators
was extreme, and one old lady
who had chanced to be walking
along the Rue de la I’aix near me
burst out crying in her agitation.
At my solicit at ioimiy companion
went forward, very reluctantly,
it must be confessed, to learn the
particulars of the horrible event*
Hie victim was a young and neat
ly dressed woman. She lay prone
on the pavement as she had fallen,
but no trace of Mood or mutila
tion was visible, as one of the, by
standers had drawn her water
proof cloak around her shattered
head, that having been the point
that first struck the pavement.——
Her shoes, a neat pair of black
lasting boots, had been forced
Jrom iierieet by the full, showing
clean while stockings of a quality
never worn in France by the work
ing classes. One of her garters,
also jerked off* by the fall, lay
near her—a dainty blue silk af
fair, with a gilded clasp. She
had, as I afterwards learned, gone
most deliberately to work to ex
ecute her purpose. She had con
cealed a camp-stool under her
waterproof before making the
ascent, Arrived at the top, she
bad profited by a moment when
the guide was busied in pointing
out certain objects of interest to>
another party, had then gone a
round to the opposite side, had
placed her camp stool there
! mounted upon it, and so contrived
! to clamber over the high railing.
1 passed by the spot an hour later.
The body bad long since been re
moved, and the crowd was gone ;
but a few bystanders still lingered
under the darkening sky, looking
alternately up at the summit of
the gigantic shaft that towered
above them and down at two
crimson stains upon the pavement
upon which gravel had been
hastily strewn, but which still re-
I vealed a dusky arid ominous red
j through the pebbles and sand
that tried to hide them. —Paris
Letter to the World.
THE TURKISH PARLIAMENT.
Constantinople, March 19.
The Turkish Parliament met to
day, and was opened by the (Sul
tan in person. The Ministers, the
! chief civil, military and religious
diguataries and the foreign char
ges d'affaires, except those of Ger
many and Russia, who were rep
resented by dragomens, were pre
sent. The first Secretary of the
Sultan read the >peech from the
throne. A considerable number
of Senators mid Deputies were in
attendance. The Deputies will
take their seats to-morrow. Of
the thirty Senators, there are five
who are not Musselmans.
Kvus
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