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The Fiery Furnace.
AN IDIOT CASTS A BELL, AND KE
• JAINS HIS LOST REASON.
In a huge and smoky foundry (dose
by the wharves in the town or B ,
a gang of workmen were getting
ready to Cits*, t lie.largest bell of tile
St. John’s Cathedral ohime. On Iy, an
hour more, and tney wotna tot
glaring, bubbling metal flow from
tile huge furnace into the mold which
was buried deep in the black earth
dose by.
It was just at evening, and in the
gathering twilight the lurid blue
names ttmtUrrm rrom the top of thH
tall chimney Hashed unearthly
gleams: upon the neighboring win
dows_.uad house-tops.
The scene within the foundry was
weird and almost awful. Thaswart by
forms ofthe workmen, partly lighted
by the yellow glare, moved about
like Tartarian shadows, and the sooty
beams and ponderous chains cross
ing, halt black, half golden, under
thaglpwitig roQf, recalled the engines
of the Cyclops under Alt, HSuia.
The town dock struck six. It. was
time for supper. All the men threw
down their tools, and hastened-to put
on their outer clothing.
“Be back in half an hour, sharp!”
cried the forge master. "We make
the east at a quarter past seven.”
"All right, sir!” Cried the men In
response.
"I hear some of the town folks are
coming down to see the work?,” said
oue.
"Yes, said another, "and it’ll bo
something to open their eyes: There
was never such a bell cast in the
whole (state as this one will be.”
In a moment more only one work
man and the master were left in the
foundry. Tho former was to stay
and watch the "blast.” He had
brought a double allowance of din
ner, and would make a supper of
wiiat remained.
"Perhaps you can get the ‘‘lnvent
or’to stay with you, George,” said
the piaster, laughingly, as he pre
pared to go.
"Yes, where is he?” returned the
man, in trie same jesting tone. "He’s
teen round the foundry long enough
to know whan anything goes wrong.
Hollo 1 hollo! I say! Where’s the
’lnventor?’ Ait, there lie is! Come
here!” And in silent answer to the
summons, a shock-haired fellow,
with large gray eyes and a pate, va
cant face, appeared from behind a
pile of eastings. He had on his back
a gray shirt, much soiled with dust,
and he wore a pair of lingo panta
loons, held up by a single suspen
der.
f ‘Well, Modus,’’ , quoth the man
George,'slapping him rather roughly
on trie shoulder; "suppose you’ve
got wit enough to help yell if any
thing’s the matter?”
The young follow looked stupidly
around and then nodded his head.
"Then sit here and look at the
furnace, and don’t take your eyes
off.”
The poor lad smiled, and meekly
did as he was ordered —just as an
obedient dog would have laid down
to watch his owner’s coat.
A queer fellow was this Mopus,
stupid enough in ordinary things to
need a world of watching, but withal
wonderfully tit to watch a furnace.
He knew all the workings of the
foundry by what seemed a sort of
brute instinct, though really his
strange sagacity in this was a rem
nant of a once bright mind.
If anything happened or went on
in an unusual way, he would always
notice it, and say what ought to be
done, though he could not tell, per
haps, why it ought to be done.
Two years before he had been an
intelligent promising lad. He was
the son of a designer connected with
the foundry company and had al
ways been allowed free access to the
shops, and to minglo with the men
and watch their work. But one day
a great lifting chain broke with its
load, and an iron fragment
struck him on tho head, inflicting a
serious injury. From this he partial
ly recovered, and only partially, for
his reason was impaired. But his
natural love for machinery and me
chanical experiments still remained,
and, as lie regalhed his bodily
strength, he spent most of his time
making small wheels and shafts,
and putting together odd contriv
ances, which he would exhibit vvith
immense pride and satisfaction.
This peculiar trait in the young fel
low gained for him the humorous ti
tle of the “Inventor.” All the men
felt a great kindness for him, even
though their manner toward him
was occasionally harsh and impa
tient.
Such was the person left to help
watch the great blast ofthe casting
of the king bell of the chime of St.
John’s. Faithfully he kept his place
before the furnace, while the man
George sat down at a little distance
and began to eat his supper. Doubt
less the latter intended to keep a gen
eral outsight, but he certainly made
the “Inventor’s” eyes do most ofthe
looking. Whether he felx a kind of
reckless trust in the instinct of his
half-witted companion, or indolently
concluded that nothing wrong could
happen, he was sadly to blame for
charging himself so little with the
important duty before him.
Not a word was said by either
watchers; and only the deep roar of
the furnace was heard through the
vast foundry.
George finished his supper, and
sauntered into one of the tool shops
to find his pipe. "Inventor” sat
alone before the great blast. The
one rational faculty of his feeble
mind enabled him to comprehend
what It meant, and even something
of the magnitude of the enterprise
that was ripening inside those burn
ing walls. He knew that the furnace |
was full of valuable metal, and that
-close beside him, buried out of sight
In the deep sand, was the huge mold,
so soon to be filled with the precious
cast. He knew and could see that
all the channels for the flow of the
fiery liquid were ready, and that near
the mouth of the furnace stood the
long iron rod that was to be used
when the moment came to let on the
molten stream. All this his limited
thoughts took in by habit. Dimly
conscious that something great was
soon to be done, he sat with his eyes
-on the furnace, absorbed and intent.
Suddenly something startled him.
VOL. 2.
There was a slight noise, and a burn
ing crack appeared near tho top of
the furnace. Then another crack,
and a scorching brick fell out, and
rolled to tho ground at his feet.
The lad opened his mouth to
shriek, but so terrified was he that
the sounds stuck in ills throat as if he
had been in a lit of uight mare.
A thin, red stream followed the
fallen brink, and trickled down tlie
furnace side like running lava, Then
came auother alarming noise, and
a thin gap half way down the mason
ry let out more of the hissing metal.
Where was Georgo? Was the
unfaithful fellow still huntingfor his
pipe? The furnace was bursting,
with only a poor, half-idiotic boy to
guard it!
What could ho do? He did what
perhaps a lad in his right mind would
not have dared to do. Hushing to
the mout h’.of the furnace,.ho seized
The long iron rtvt that stood near, and
tapped the vent. One desperate
thrust with a sharp point up the ter
rible funnel—a few quick, prying
strokes! Stand back, now! The
confining clay fell away, and the yel
low white Hood spurted out with re
sistless force. It leaped into tho
clay-lined troughs, and, hissing on
its way, flamed down to tho mouth of
tho bell-mold.
Tho "tool” had done a deed worthy
of a general on the Held of battle.
Was it too late? Every moment
new fissures opened in the doomed
furnace. Some of the upper stones
toppled over. Still the metal poured
out Into the mold. But the waste
was great from thijso gaping Haws.
The pressure was rolievod bv the
open vent, but tho leaks multiplied
cantiuually. It Was art numinfe a
race with ruin.
Poor Mopus stood powerless be
fore the coming catastrophe. His
knees knocked toget her, and his head
swam. A great heap of red hot bricks
and rubbish fell'at his feet. He had
barely thought to got out of tho way
j and save his life. He heard a wild
shoutof human voices in t he distance,
then an awful roar behind him, and
he saw and felt himself pursued by
surges of seething lire. Sharp, blis
tering pains pierced his flesh at a
hundred points. The rest was all a
horrible, unintelligible dream. It
was as if ho had suddenly sunk into
the earth, and had been swallowed
up forever.
By seven o’clock comparative quiet
reigned again on tbe scene of the
disaster. Ruins lay everywhere. Trie
engines had quenched tho flames
that had caugfit the building, and
the men, blackened with smoko,
stood in silent groups about the re
mains of the furnace. It had fallen
to pieces, and nothing was left but
heaps of steaming rubbish.
The poor "Inventor,” who had
been found with the tapping rod in
his, hand, lying on his face in the
sand, frightfully burned, hail been
carried to iris homo.
Little was said, but the few words
| spoken were uttered with no tnild
emphasis, in the natural wrath of
the master aud bauds against the
man George, whoso excuses for him
self only exaggerated his offense.
"See what he’s done,” said they, a
few days later, as they stood in the
half-burned foundry, "Five thou
sand dollars gone to wasto In ft min
ute! The best job in twenty years
spoiled! Tho rascal to go hunting
for his pipe, aud leave tho stuttering
idiot to watch! Is that all lie can
say for himself? Out upon surit care
lessness! Why, the boy didn’t even
know enough to bawl out, when he
must have seen tho furnace tumbling
to pieces.”
The master, who had more at stake
than the men. of course felt the loss
more keenly than they. Ho almost
wept with mingled grief and rage.
! Suddenlv something peculiar caught
his eyo among tho debris, and he
cried in a startled voice ;
"Hallo! What’s this? What’s
this?”
He snatched up a fragment of one
ofthe troughs which had led from
tho furnace to the mold. There were
traces of trie stream of bronzo still
running in it. Then tho possible
i meaning of the iron found in the in
jured boy’s hand flashed upon him.
I' “Bring mo a shovel, quick!” he
I shouted.
A spade was put into his hands,
; and ho began nervously to heave
away tho hot mass that lay piled
over the bell mold. It was a hercu
lean task, but he worked like a giant,
and three or four of his men took
hold and helped him.
Brick-bats, ore, slag and ashes
flew in every direction. Presently
the master’s spade penetrated the
sand and touched something hard.
He stooped down. Then he leaped
up like oue half frantic, and plying
his spade with redoubled energy,
tore away the remaining sand, dis
closing what looked like a great me
talie ring.
“Men,” he cried out, lifting his
flushed face, "the bell is cast!”
“Who did this?” asked every ex
cited voice, as soon as the cheering
died away.
“Come with mo, two or three of
you!” cried tlie master, “I think
1 know who did it. It’su miracle!”
They hurried away'to the home of
the half-witted boy. Tho attendant
met them with her Angers on her
lip's.
“The poor boy is in brain fever,
she said.
“Docs he say anything in his de
lirium?” whispered the master.
“O, yes, he raves all the time
about the big bell mold. ‘I hope
it will fill—l hope it will till,’ he
savs.” * ,
The men exchanged glances. It
wa3 indeed true. The idiot had cast
the great bell of St. John’s. Just
then the physician anno out. “Per
haps he will recover his reason by
this shock and sickness,” he said.
“Such things have happened.”
“Do you think so? Pray heaven
he may!” solemnly ejaculated the
master and his men; and they turned
away deeply moved.
Two months later tho great bell
hung from a huge derrick in the
lathe room of the factory, and be
neath it stood a heavy truck upon
which it was about to be lowered.
A silence fell upon the group of
workmen as the pale face and feeble
form of the “Inventor” appeared,
i borne in on a small reclining chair.
He had recovered his reason, and
was fast getting back his strength.
His large gray eyes instantly fastened
themselves on the bell, that splendid
masterpiece, whose making meant so
much to him. They had told him
the whole story of the casting, and
the disaster in the foundry, but it all
sounded like a wild romance to him.
“I remember nothing that happen
ed,” said he, shaking his head with
a smile, “It’s new to me and strange
—so strango.”
“Yes,” said the master devoutly.
“It was God’s hand.”
Every eye turned upon the invalid.
THE TIMES.
COLUMBUS, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1870.
Some of the men felt almost afraid,
it was so much like a resurrection to
have him there among thorn, the
boy they had known so long under
wttted, now a young man, keen and
intelligent, as if changed into
another being.
“I should like to strike the bell
once.” Two men lifted him up and
put a small hammer in his hand.
He struck one gentle blow. A deep,
sweet, mournful tone, solemn as the
sound of distant waterfalls, rolled
from the great bell and echoed
through tho foundry. Tears tilled
the eves of tho rough men as they
heard it.
“Ah,” said the master, “there’s a
hallelujah in that, and it may well
begin here. Long may this bell praise
(tod! He saved it In the ruins of tho
furnace by one wiso thought iu the
ruins of a human brain. Our furnace
is rebuilt, and behold, this dear boy
lias his reason again. The boll ttnd
the boy shall glorify God forever.”
“Amen!” murmured all the list-,
erners.
Then tlio groat bell was lowered,
and as the truck was rolled away
with its melodious burden, the boy
was lifted and carried after it, and
both went out into ttie sunny day to
gether, the rongh men standing in
the doorway waving their hands.
"Little Inventor” afterward woll
proved his claim to the title so light
ly givon him in his unfortunate boy
hood. His name is now read on
many a bell wiiose matchless richness
of tone his genius aud skill in metals
alone created.
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M.tlttHV MOWS.
—The Radicals of Macon county
have nominated Benj. Thompson for
the Senate, and Jas. H. Alston and J.
W. Ford for Representatives. Thero
was not a white man at their meet
ing.
-On the plantation of Capt. Ste
venson, in Macon county, last Sun
day morning, four small negroes,
who had been sent out to tho wood
yard to gather up chips, were struck
by lightning. Three were instantly
killed, and the other is not expected
to live.
—Mr. Thos. Curlin, a wealthy citi
zen of Pensacola, largely engaged in
the lumber business, died in Mont
gomery on Wednesday.
—A cotton oil mill will soon be in
operation iu Montgomery.
—Georgo F. Harrington, who was
•Speaker of the House of Representa
tives when the Bcpublicaus had a
majority in thntbody, died in Mobile
on Tuesday night.
—ln Greene county, a few days
ago, P. W. Steadman stabbed Al
bert Hubbard, his brother-in-law, at
tho Rowe place,‘below Forkland,
which resulted in Hubbard’s death.
Steadman was arrested.
—Tho Troy Messenger is informed
by a letter from the deputy warden
of the Penitentiary that two con
victs of Pike county, Scott Golsan
and (Jus Hobdy, wbu were sentoncod
last fall, made their escape on the
13th Inst. They are both negroes.
Six others'made trieir escape at the
same time. A reward of *35 for qach
will be offered.
—There will be a basket picnic at
liidgely on Monday next 24th inst.,
at which Gov. Houston is expected
to be present and address the peopio.
Aberfoll and Indian Creek Gran
ges intend holding Grange fairs next
fail.
—The Eufaula News says that Mr.
Punch Doughtie already has eatablo
sweet potatoes at his place near that
city; also, that he has twenty-livo
acres in sweet potatoes that will aver
age 200 bushels to the acre.
, —The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of the Third Congressional
District had a meeting in Eufaula on
tho 12th instant, and called tho Dis
trict Convention to meet on Wednes
day, the 30th day of August proximo,
at 11 o’clock a. m., in Eufaula, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate
for Congress. Tho District is made
up the counties of Barbour, Bullock,
Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Lee and
Russell.
home news i it on abroad.
AX AMERICAN IYNCHING CASE AS HE-
I'ORTjtD AT PARIS.
From tho Novr York World.]
That veracious chronicler, “Jean
do Paris,” gives in a recent number
of Figaro an account of a somewhat
sensational incident in American life
that unfortunately had escaped the
notice of the home press. He says;
“We have already made the an
nouncemeut that M. ltoch, the pub
lic executioner, was about to begin
his terrible round. In America tho
preliminaries forexecutionsare much
simpler, as the nearest tree is made
to serve as a gallows.
“They tell of a terrible example of
the application of the law of Lynch
that took place last week in oue of
the far Western States.
“One Higgles, convicted of tho
murder of a child of eleven years,was
being led along thehighway near the
town of Fl—— to be hanged. Tho
crowd which followed the execution
ers chanced to encounter a (jroup
of teronauts engaged in inflating a
balloon to make experiments. All
at once those present were struck
with a singular idea. They possesss
ed themselves of the balloon, fasten
ed a running noose to the car, placed
the culprit’s neck in the noose and
gave the order, ‘Let go' all!’
“It was a terriffle spectacle to seo
tho criminal struggling in the dying
convulsions, and borne toward the
clouds that obscured the sky.
“Held almost motionless by tho
contending winds, the balloon, with
its sinister burden, remained three
days over the city of Fl——, sur
rounded by crows scenting their
prey. Through a telescope the most
eager number might be seen picking
out the murderer’s eyes.
“If the aim of punishment, is to af
ford a dreadful example to other
criminals, behold oue that must
have produced the desired effect. It
sends a cold shiver down one’s back
just to think of it.”
That sour, tempered, cross, liver com
plaint individual wo passed yesterday,
should take Dr. J. 11. McLean’s Strength
ening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It im
parts strength, vitality, and pure blood.
Dr. J. H. McLean’s office, 314 Chestnut
street, ,St. Louis, Missouri.
■-A ♦ •
W. F. TISXER, Dentist,
Randolph street, (opposite Strapper's) Oolumbu
jr.nl iy] Ueorgi*.
liETTKR FROM ATLANTA.
MU. STEPHENS’ HEALTH "THE fl I'll KUNA
TORIAL CANVASS, &C,
Atlanta, July 18,1876.
Editor Times:— As I returned from
Crawfordville last evening, thinking
you would like to have a few lines
from me, in relation to our old friend
Mr. Stophens, whose health and wel
fare, I am glad to know, all the good
people of Georgia take much interest
in, I have concluded to write you
this letter.
When I first went to Mr. Stephens’,
several days ago; he was suffering
much from his old disease, chronic
dysentery, but I am glad to say that
he has pretty well recovered from it,
and is up and about as usual.
The Atlanta dailies are usually so
industrious and enterprising in pick
ing up what is called “nows Items,”
a mere visitor, or one not in any way
connected with the various “cliques”
about the city don’t stand much
ehanco to write a "newsy" letter from
this place.
Gen. Colquitt’s friends are quite
confident of iiis nomination, not only
by a majority vote, but by two-thirds,
if necessay, and I think their hopes
nre based upon quite reasonable
grounds. If all “reports” as to the
return of delegates published by the
Constitution, Commonwealth and
other papers advocating his nomina
tion bo correct, and if tho General's
zealous friends don’t taunt and
“gore” tho friends of the other gen
tlemen whose names have been spok
en of for Governor to vote “nay,” 1
shall not be surprised if ho be nomi
nated by “acclamation!”
Without having heard anything,
either directly, or indirectly, from
Gov. H. V. Johnson, yet, from my
knowledge of the man, aud from his
Into letter, if lie becomes satislied
that Gen. Colquitt is decidedly the
choice of tho Democrntio party, 1
have no idea whatever that his name
will, in any way, be allowed by hint
to disturb for a moment that choice.
And I can equally be satisfied that
he only consented that his mime
might be used, in good faith, in the
manner suggested in his letter, viz;
to heal any breach that might exist,
and to “pour oil upon tho troubled
waters.” Whatever others may
think of Gov. Johnson, I can but feol
that but fow men know him better
or as well as I do. I have known
for upwards of thirty years well, 1
may say intimately, and I have had
all kinds of opportunities to judge
his true character, and T can truly
say that Gov. Johnson is among the
most conscientious, high-toned and
honorable, truthful aud “indepen
dent for the right,” and sincere men,
I have ever known.
As to his ability,l would not speak,
for all know it. Ho may havo a
“peer” in all the broad limits of
Georgia, but I am satisfied that he
has no superior.
The excursion train from Troy,
Union Springs, Columbus, and other
places on the road arrived last even
ing at G:3(J o’clock, with three hun
dred persons, about seventy-five of
whom, T learn, were from Columbus.
Thero was no accident on the way,
and all seem to be enjoying them
selves very much since their arrival
here. It makes a Columbus man feel
“good all over” to meet with so many
of his home friends aud neighbors,
with smiling countenances and appa
rently joyous hearts, away from
home.
More A son.
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Wheeler's Acceptance.
Washington, July 20. - Wheeler, in
his letter of acceptance, quotes his
report to Congress on Southern rela
tions, saying his views remained un
changed. Regarding money and
(schools and reform, lie says the just
obligations to jmblic creditors, cre
ated when the gonernment was in
the throes ol’ threatened dissolution
and as an indispensable condition of
its salvation, guaranteed by the lives
and blood of thousands of its brave
defenders, are to bo kept with reli
gious faith as are all the pledges
subsidiary thereto and confirmatory
thereof. In my judgment tbe act
of Congress of January 14th,
1875, for the redemption of the notes
of tho United States in coin
is tho faith of the nation, and
national honor and justice to
the people whose permanent
welfare aud prosperity are depend
ent upon true money as the basis of
their pecuniary transactions all de
mand the scrupulous observance of
this pledge, and it is tho duty of Con
gress to supplement with such legis
lation as shall be necessary for its
strict fulfillment. In our system of
government intelligence must give
safety and value to the ballot, hence
the common schools of the land
should bo preserved in all their vig
or, while in accordance with Die
spirit of tho constitution they and all
their endowments should be secured
by every possible and proper guar
antee against every form of secta
rian influence or control. There
should bo the strictest economy in
expenditures of the government
consistent with its effective adminis
tration, and all unnecessary offices
should be abolished. Offices should
be conferred only upon tho basis/ of
high character and particular fitness
and should be administered only as
dublie trusts and not lor private ad
vantage.
OUE DISPATCHES.
After wo had received, last night,
tho market reports given elsewhere,
wo were informed, about ton o'clock,
that our dispatches.had boon trans
ferred to tho Western Union office;
but wo could not obtain them from
that ofllce. Wo do not understand
this sudden change, without no
tice, as wo had been assured that
tlioro would be no chango in the
working of tho office hero until the
first of August, It has out us off for
this issue, aud may do so for a few
days longor, but we will, in con
cert with other offices no doubt
similarly deprived, soon arrange
for other telegraphic service.
In tho meantime our telegraphic
news will be only a few hours fnot a
whole day.) behind. Our readers shall
lose nothing by the absorption of trie
lino that has been serving us, even if
wo cannot arrange to get tho regular
press dispatches of the Western
Union lino.
CONG REBSIOXA L.
■ 11l lINIIiY, JULY tOTII.
SENATE.
Washington, July 20. -Mr. Patter
son introduced a resolution calling
on the President for information re
garding Hamburg affairs.
The resolution continuing appro
priations ten days longor passed and
goes to trio President.
Manager Lord for the impeach
ment prosecution, and Blair for the
defense, concluded their argument.
There are four more speeches to
come.
Tho President vetoed the bill
amending tlio pbstolflce laws, for the
reason that a mistake in the title
and enacting clause renders inoper
ative its provisions in relation to
straw bids. But for this the Post
master General says the bill would
have been very valuable in breaking
up tho vicious systems.
HOUSE.
Banks’ amendment to the Texas
frontier bill was rejected, which, ac
cording to tlio decision of tho chair,
carries with it the second section. A
vote upon the adoption of the en
grossed bill, simply providing that,
tho President shall maintain two full
regiments of cavalry on the border,
with sufficient infantry for garrison
duty, was called, aud a motion to re
consider tho vote by which the read
ing of the engrossed bill was ordered
was negatived, and the bill passed
with only the first section. Permis
sion to follow t lie marauders inta
Mexico is refused.
Tho Conference report on tlio Sun
dry Civil Appropriation bill was
adopted, aud it goes to the President.
The appropriation of $7,000 for joint
Chinese commission passed.
The Committee on Patents report
ed back the Senate bill to punish tho
counterfeiting of trade marks—pass
ed.
The House Banking and Currency
Committee did nothing.
The bill repealing the Resumption
act, vvilli provisions for preparing tho
country for its passage, is ponding,
with but little prospect of action.
Glover, Lewis and Culberson, of
tho Real Estate Pool Committee,have
signed a report looking to the im
peachment of Robeson.
The Red River Overflow.— The
overflow above tho raft is the most
disastrous oue that lias occurred iu
years. It comes so late in tho sea
son that there is no chance to replant.
From what wo can gather the whole
of the valley from Denison down to
Fulton is more or less under
water. This side of Fulton
all tho low places arc under,
and fears are entertained that not a
single plantation will escape, as the
river is still rising at Fulton. We
have no fears for trie couut.ry below
here, as the lakes aud low places were
dry before tho rise, arid it will take an
ocean of water to fill them up. Wo
sympathise with our friends above
tile raft and hope things may turn
out better than they look at present.
tilers report Times, X'Mlt.
The dispatches yesterday from Ful
ton settled the fate of the upper river
vuliey. A rise of 12 inches in 24
hours, making the river 4 inches high
er than the destructive overflow of
1800, is the sad tidings that reached
us yesterday. We don’t think a single
plantation on the upper river will
escape. Wo have no information
from the plantation?!, and don’t know
to what extent they have suffered,
but the overflow of 1806 put every
thing under. lh.V'.lk.
Tins Niov Mexico Jiib—file BUI or
Admission.
Special Dispatch to tho Now York World.]
Washington, July 10.— It is now
thought that the effort to pass trio bill
tor the admission of New Mexico into
the Union as a State will fail, though
its supporters will not abandon it till
the last moment of the session. The
bill has already passed tho (donate
and been favorably reported on by
the House Committee on Territories.
Mr, Meade, of New York, has pre
sented the views of the minority of
the committee, showing most conclu
sively that the Territory does not
meet otto of the requirements of a
State. But few of the people speak
English, and thousands cannot read
and write. If all else were equal, trie
Territory has not sufficient popula
tion under tho Apportionment act to
admit it as a State. Tho scheme has
but one purpose—the admission of
two Republican Senators to increase
the slight balance of Republican
power in tho Senate of tho United
States, ft came near succeeding in
tlio last Congress, and unless Demo
cratic members are on their guard, it
may be rushed through iu tho closing
hours of this session. '
THU SAIt.ITOUA CONFEKEMIK.
GOV. HENDRICKS SAYS HE AND GOV. TIL
DEN ARK IN ACCORD ON THE “REAL
ISSUES.”
Indian a volis, July IS.—Tho Daily
News publishes tho following inter
view with Gov. Hendricks with refer
ence to the special from Saratoga to
the Commercial Advertiser, New
York;
Reporter Will you Indicate to the
News whether or not there is any
truth in the Associated Press dis
patch from New York to tho effoet.
that such differences developed be
tween yourself and Gov. Tiiden at
tho Saratoga Conference, on tho cur
rency question, as to viosslbly oblige
you to repudiate Tildeu or retire
’from the ticket yourself?
Gov. Hendricks Really, I have
soon no such dispatch as you refer to.
The reporter promptly produced
tho telegram, anu the Governor, af
ter reading it aloud, continued : It is
wholly unfounded in every particu
lar.
Reporter—Was your conference
with Tiiden harmonious aud satisfac
tory?
Hendricks—lt was, of course. We
differed in some immaterial points,
but on tho real issues of the cam
paign wo were united. It would in
deed boa strange coincident to find
any two men iu tlio country whoso
opinihions on national questions
were in exact harmony.
Reporter—The telegram, then, you
pronounce lacking in ever element of
truth?
Hendricks—Most [decidedly so. The
Commercial Adrertiser referred to in
the telegram, I suspect, is a strongly
partisan paper, which readily ac
counts for the fabrication to which
it gave publicity.
—-
Uol. Merritt’s otllelnl Itt-iiori.
Chicago, July 10. —The following
official report of Col. Merritt was re
ceived at military headquarters to
day.
lied Cloud Agency, July 10, via Fort 1
Laramie, 19. —As indicated in ray dis- j
patch, I moved by forced marches
to tho main northwest trail on In-!
dian Creek. In thirty-fivo hours my
command made about seventy-five
miles, reaching thetrail Sundayeven
ing about o o’clock. The trail
showed that no large parties had
passed north.
At day light yesterday morning,
J saddled up to move on tho trail to
ward the agency, at the same time a
party of seven Indians were discov
ered near the command, moving
with intentions of cutting off two
couriers who were approaching Sago
Creek. A party was sent out to cut
these off, and killed one of them.
Tho command then moved out. at
once after other Indians seen in this
direction and pursued them, but
they escaped, leaving four lodges and
several hundred pounds of provisions
behind. After scouring the country
thoroughly in our vicinity, we moved
at once toward the agency. At a dis
tance of twenty-live miles northwest
of the agency, the Indians broke
camp and fled, so we did not succeed
in capturing any of them. That trail
was much worn. Tlio indications
were that hundreds of Indians were
driven in by our movements.
From repeated reports, which 1
cannot give in this dispatch. I was
certain of striking the Cheyennes. To
aceomplisii this I inarched hard to
get on the trail, taking infantry along
to guard the wagons and to light, if
necessary. The reports received from
this point lead me to believe that
many of the Sioux warriors were
with the Cheyennes. lam now sat
islied the number of Indians leaving
the agency was exaggerated in tlio
report, and I am certain that not a
hundred Indians, or rather ponies,
all told, have gone north on the
main trail in the last ten days. Tho
Cheyennes, whom we drove in yes
terday, took refuge on tlio reserva
tion towards Spotted Tail. If they
leave again I think it will be to go
south, or to the agencies, as they
seem to be thoroughly frightened
out of tho northern trip. Our ap
pearance on the Indian and Hot
Creeks was a complete surprise to the
Indians in that vicinity; but those
further in wore informed by runners,
so that they got out of tho way.
I have just received your dispatches
of the 15th, I will move without de
lay to Fort Laramie, and as soon as
possible move to join Crook. My men
and horses are very tired, but a fow
days reasonable marching, with full
forage, will make them all right.
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