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'll07 ANTD THIS FATH-
ERLE33
Turro ! no claw of pooplo in' the
vorM who Is enppool to bo more
vnicr tli protection of Heaven than
- Hi vrIJow and bef children 'Thoy
are liulpteea unless proviiton -has
teen niado for tliem by the prndent
fnthor in antictpaUon of thoir tn!
fortune They must have aid from
some innrtcr and so well do )thoy
deserve it that tho choicest blessings
ro promised thoso who are ablo
and who exercise their ability in do
- -' ing them service “ - v
' Hut what shall bo said of a nation
Whose widows and orphans hsvs
property in real estate amply snf
fioiontto support and educsto them
' and yet which suffers the widow to
languish m poverty and th orphan
" to go hungry pud ignorant unless
providod for' by charity alt for
- want ot the' necessary legislation to
' cttable them to realiro the ynlnd of
V tlieir property y ‘ !
" ' Suctv is the condition of tho wid-
'os’s and the orphans of tho Chero
Katiop -The declaration that the
- land belongs to the' men only anc
r- not tho woman and Ahe children
would be deniod and reseated as
- t untrue It belongs to thorn as much
' as it docs to anyotber class of oiti
sens of the' Ration It- is claimec
for them -held for - tbonu one
-Vv tenaciously dofhnded for them in the
t common right and title of all So
’'' - far So goo(h t Notliing can bo hot
tec but would ' wo could say that
r 1 tha nation who has dono this inaoh
- fbuile widows sod its orphans dfd not
v ' mtiliiy tho:benolhctlon by practical
ly excluding them IVom the benefit
oftiie common domain -Mx
4 i Yet such i tho ease It la not ex
notly a stone (baO we give to this urn
'y fortunate' class but it cetflinly is not
Bread! If it la bread ' it is Bread
- s that ia withheld which the owner
: ' t'aunot topch “ or reaoh which can-
v'vnot'be usod for ' nourishment and
whiebio owner may have f while
' tJip dies tfr starvation-These wid
f ’ owsihoso orphans aro given land
f W which they are not enabled to im
I prove and profit by"" Like Moses
1 b oy are given n sight of the promised
v land which they aroforbidden to pos
’ sess ' Their : property Is rendered
valueless to them though amply suf--1
ficient if properly managed to sup
port each one in comfort They are
as a class assigned to a condition of
dependency and pauperism' while
- their yalunbloinhoritanoe Is snfforod
- to lie a waste to beoorno a scorn and a
‘ hissing and t is seriously proposed
: Ly the great Government which acta
our guardian' that it ' shall bo
p taken away and ' givou - to ‘thoeo
'whom it wll bo allowed to profit --
'Thoso 'reflections occur to ut in
connection - with an 4 application
f which a poor Cherokee widow vain-'
ly attempted to have brought before
Council m permission to utilise
her right ia the common domain ‘
’ Yo think it is more on account of
- negligence than policy that such is
tlioir condition a law'van easily bo
passed without injury ip any one
litcnuMit to st dy and thought nec-
essary to ei able them fo enter into
and appreciate the thoughts of ' tho
SATrflSi Author— an innocent and iutollect-
ual amitsoment and a tray of couvsy
ing Information inaid of the reguinr
course of (raining tiiaVboata all th
painting and egulpturo In tho World
fcsiwr If wo mistake not the plays are of-
ten original and relate to subjects
which art specially mnttera or In-
otructiou in a High School '
For the proper instruction oftbo
ontlmcnts and tho emotions — ono
of the first objects of a high school
education — no -moans can bo made
more offociive than good plays writ-
ten and adapted rto the purposo
Whether It is becanse the Washing-
ton Institution acts upon this well
known truth and derivoa advantage
front ft accordingly or whether it Is
some othor peculiarity of the system
certain It is that it has become justly
distinguished for its complete sm
MM V k f v ir v
C0H
: WASHINGTON
I The Dramatie Association gave a
very successful rendering Ot that
fine play! “Down ' by the ' Sea" at
the New Hall on Wednesday- night
to celebrate the exit of old winter
and the advent of “gentle Soring”
Aocordingto the programme the dra-
ma was’ sandwiched ' between the
singing of several' madrigals and
songs by a select quartette of Judea
warblers tld tho Inspiring strains
of instrumental music by the War-
ren Brass Band which made a cred-
itable ’ display considering the Act
its organisation dated back only
twolve 'months - Afterwards the
floor was cleared and the entertain-
ment prolonged into the small hours
by the invariable "Gunnery” pas-
time of “tripping the light fantastic”
while oyst&s and coffee served for
the million iff tho library rooms
below folly preserved tho peaoe bo-
tween the intellccual ana bodily
wants Of all concerned i
Io spite of the bad roads a fine
audience assembled and boro am-
ple testimony to the merit ofthc en-
tertainment in all parts - The pla'y
was an exceedingly - interesting one
of two acts ' representted by six
male and threo fenialo characters as
before published in yqpr paper ex
veptthat i£rs Mary Gunn Biins-
mado assumod the' part of old Moth
or Gale instead of Mrs Belle Brins
mode Ford who was thereby left-to
devote herself more "exclusively to
ths-jstrumental accompaniments of
the chorus and song-singing — Miss
Emma Bolton was pitched upon to
represent the part of Kate Raymond
had fullyprepared herselfj and regu-
arlf rehearsedjwitb the others prov-
ing os was expeotod a very compe-
tent exponent of that important
character but an unfortunate illness
interfered ‘ to rob tho public of tho
iloAsuro of listening to her and
lira Anna Brinsnmde'jw&s forced to
assume tho part at only eight hours
DOtice-' With all due allowance for
the abort time permitted it ia no
njoro than fuir to say that tho young
lady acquitted herself with credit
howevor much the general offoct
may have been marroaby this awk-
ward stroke of ill-fortune
' The somewhat exalted reputation
of this dramatic association under
the able managment of Mr Gunn
was undoubtedly fully- maintainoa
by tho tail representation all the
lerformers entering into the spirit
of tho play and bringing out the
various features of the plot with
vivid uess and almost perfect unity
While all did well it will be no in-
justice to the others to monlion es-
pecially the part oi Capt Dandeli-
on which was capitally rendered by
Dick Burton a pupil of the Gun-
nery from Hertford ' Tbe general
putmc will perhaps be' interested to
learn that another play by the same
author as “Down by tho Sea” en
tilled “Bread on the wators” has
already boon distributed to the ac-
tors and is now preparing for exhi-
bition latO in tho month of March
due notice of which will be - given
horeafter This coming play is if
SAYINGS OP BOB INGERSOLL
“They tell us that investigation
loads only to misory in this world
and tho next The moroyou think the
worse you ore To koep your mind
undisturbed by a solitary thought
— that is what is called being an-
chored on something For ages
mon have been educated to tbe mirea-
ulous Anything that really happen-
ed was not worth telling The natural
was considered entirely too common-
place and attracted no altontion un-
less it was accounted for in some mir-
aculous way Upon this world rested
the awful shadow of another and
pnosts stood at tho portals of doath
and filled tho foture with dovils
and ungefs
If I worship anything it is liberty
It is my only altar It is about
time for the malignant ghosts to
fold their wings about the fleshless
bones and vanish fl-oiji 1iq haunts of
mon I havo looked back over the
past and funciod myself in the tor-
tures of tbo rack while the white
hypocritical faces of tho priests star-
ed at me and I huvo sworn by all
tbe ghosts to do what little I can do
to make mon really and truly free”
Col Ingersoll is what is called an infi-
del but it is easy from this to see
that be has lookod perhaps too in-
tently upon church abuses and tbs
frightfol acts of injustice and wrongs
that it has been made instrumental
n tho hands of men in by gone
times to do
and without compromising 4 tho in-possible more ioieresting than the
toret of tbo 1 Nation whereby this °k0 performed Wednesday and
will f — - '“fqr without ox-
ut pf thoir own
'raring due those
idows and lath!
— urns insured to this Nation
In order that our readers may
mlorstand the following - clipping
from ' the Idtchfioid Inquirer we
iaftsfTu there that there Is a Celcbra-
fod High ' fk-hool in Washington
Cvnniniicut for bothsoxos and ills
in reference t( that school and some
oi iU performances that most of
ti oWrvatiofis are made The
fvii viptl uC the school is Mr Fred--
U k G jnn who gradufttod'with
’ ' ji Lunoc ft or Yele College whoa
very ksJ sooo afterward
yriri (hn hUm la Washington
Ccnoflctk’ci which be has taught
’ h i new' ever since This
-cl u to btar a high and
- ' ' jrrt ii one uf itr Hoi-
' r A-Joa- la short
t - A-4crroii'y high
r cn
’ ' r ' s t' rvt cl lbs Sj bool
cl rrinLlLing pie
'I "i npnsenU
oful to
i rtir!rg tiiin
Jj l'o way (
" to wli h
1-1 tvr
'A
brought out with the same isithfol
attention to every detail that char-
acterises the previous efforts oi the
association will Iprove a “trump
card” to tho management May wo
all be on hand to witness the pres-
entation! XJ
: Gem ' Samuel Houston was a
Cbcrokeo‘by adoption He came
to tho Wes tor a Cherokee Notion
otter they had treated ' for their
and owr present muntry'knd took to
himself a wiib endows s adopted and
lived with them iu excellent har-
mony for some years The Toxsn
war of independence came up and
Gon Houston Joined his fortune)
with the Texans end thenoofcrlh
was e prominent a man with those
of his own blood as' ho had boon
with thoso of ours Ho novor has
been forgotton by his Indian fnonds
and hrothera nor did be evor for-
got Hmwi Oq every possible occa-
sion when our lights were Involvod
his casoly vote u brerd upon
the side 'of justice for Ihw Ecd man
With us never has th asms of
Samuel Housloo been pronounced
or heard st our donmtie hearths or
sheet our Council FircKoxcept with
a(Icilioot end sdrairing aUroltoo
Ws ptblish th following “scene'
frnnj b “Idtcmatinoat NeV S-
or J tlt it will be read wkh’the
iii'iit w ith u Lk-ii everything ron-
I r- u-i a i il the nxiil sod li'it eflhe
’f U Ijlj-Lltl tis tkoUh is
J ly
VJ '
life with personal advantages scarcoT
Jy rivuleo by any otheo man’ of his
Uny dressed in laultles style with
not th least of defiance or swagger
yet with perfect case self-possession
and culm dignity k the culprit
stands tho bar of the House
awaiting rcprimiind ' which I the
House bits decreed shall bo admin-
istered to him by tbospcakor Tho
House Isa study: breathless silence
reigns tbo members are ' looking On
in eager interest the bearing of
tho culprit makes sympathy and
everything offthe sort rimposeible
while that of toe epeokor makes it
diflicult in the extrome for some of
the f Representatives 'to r restrain
themselves from violating -the do-
coram ottho House by laughing ont-
right tbe Speaker is by far the
most emharrasod man upon the
scene suggesting tbo idea that he
is the one to be punished rather
than the one to administer punish-
ment In a hesitating perturbed
manner he strength tells tbo cul-
prit that the House had ordered that
ne should he reprimanded before
its bar by Its Sneaker and he (the
Speakor) begs him (the culprit) to
consider himself reprimanded ac-
cording to the anid order tbo culprit
bows in a graceful manner and
almost nudiblo srailo spreads over
the House and tho ' scene closes
The Speaker is Andrew Stovonson
of Virginia and tho culprit is Sam
Houston
A Member front Ohio named
Stanberry wo believe had accused
Houston ofdoftauding the Govern-
ment in a transaction with an In-
dian tribe upon the Tennessee bor-
der tho hitter had demanded an
investigation but had been nnable
to obtain any satisfaction Smarting
nnder the charge and dosbainng of
legal redress he at last gave the ac-
cuser a severe caneing within the
procints of the Capitol- -Of course
tho House could not do otherwise
than arraign tlio canorJand a rep-
rimand was tho least ponalty it
could adjudge him”
And (heir ihildroq love (lie Indiuns1
and their children 1
I Chen kce
r- u-i ’ v
r ' r t !- 'I
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of
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tf i
1
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The following letter addressed to
ono of ournctivo missionaries speaks
for iteelfand speaks volumos for us
Daytox Ohio ifareh 11 1871
- Be v D Bogers brother is Christ —
A visit of brother Ingalls to our
placo has awakonod much intorost in
tho hearts of our pooplo for tho In-
dians Many of our pooplo who havo al-
ways deeply sympathisod with
them in their trials were greatly
eneouragod by the accounts he gave
ns of what the otvilsod Indians were
doing for themselves and their do
sire to help the wild Indians And
when we learned our Indian Sisters
were forming missionary societies
among themselves for this purpose
we wanted to take every one them
by the hand and say God bleu you
my dear sisters
Wears happy happy to learn that
so many love our common Lord
and are truly our brothers and sis-
ters through the blood of Christ
How gladly we welcome alL
Wo want to show our lovp in
other ways than words We want
no Ahabs among our children seek-
ing the viocyards or gold fields of
tbe poor Indians in tho foture
Wo have been talking to the chil-
dren of tbs Sunday school and they
are deeply interested in learning
that Indian boys and girls go to
school and try to improve just a
they do To oxpreaa their intermit
fa them the girls have formed a so-
ciety and are to pay' five cents a
month to help eond the gospol to
the ' wild - Indianr and besides
to make thing to sell so that they
can raise more money than their foes
will mis w
Tbsy wish to msko at first ' some
qsait pstchre as they coll them' af-
ter a patter railed the Album
q-iili" and writs thrir favorite Vents
ol scripture em each with their
ivAAsAta1 V it toToa or some
iilhtr of ih iwtrsnc t b giv-
en It I- 7v ’Vt to po io-i
1 r jiLr w-j-t rr'y us t'W j
I ' - ir I J-l i iirrr't It ih-
s' i ! )
- 'J ' ' I ‘
A there any giria f your hue-
slow that would appreciate such ? lit-
tle gifts from our children? '
? If so how many Would It be well
to send to you? - ‘ x ‘ v -
Oor Sunday’ school Boys meet
next Wednesday night td ’form an
other society’ for thesam e - purpose
I think they will try to plant some
corn and beans and to ' raise Sonic
money 'Ithink thosrosller hoys
will use rag for a rag carpet! The
boys aravery much ate rested Thsy
say it Is to bad for tbe girleto have
all the good-things
' No subject has awakened such''
interest among tho young aa thiSi
' ‘Hoping for an early Answer' to
my questions " 7 7 7 1
1 am yours Iu Christian love
FROM TUE8EMIN4BY I
Ttf SxH Tsblceash C It Mur'1tU 1877
Dear BodPinot— -For iho" Infor-
mation of those moat interested 1
hod thought of giving y9fl A fulj
and detailed account of -the “situa-
tion" at tho two Seminaries during
tho time I have been in chargo as
medical Superintendent Bat I find
during the last few days my time so-
completely occupied with the sick
that it will ho impracticable for me
to do bo I have thought however it
would be proper it time would ah
tow to make a short statement in
your paper that thoso ' of our
friends living at a distance might
appreciate our troubles as well as
our privileges Doubtless exagerat-
ed statements have already gained
circulation throughout tbe country
and we fed that correct informa-
tion regarding our present state of
health would bo ncceptible to the
parents of tho pupils and patrons of
the two schools — we will therefore
endeavor to Btatc concisely the many
ills wo havo borne during tho pre-
valence of tho present epidemic at
tho Fomal'e Seminary as well im
give you a goneral idea of the sick-
ness at both schools finding otn-
troubles and trials with the incasels
Just now at the Female Seminary
the amount of sickness is large
and of severe character a large ma-
jority of tbe cases are mcasols
Three or four of which aro compli-
cated rendering thorn not only se-
vere but grave Two cases iof
Pneumonia Ono of threatened con-
gestion of the Brain and Spine
Five or lix of Intermitting and
Remitting Fevers Ono Rheuma-
tism and a few othor cases of mifior
ailments never dangcrons but serv-
ing very well as irritants to 'ir mo
spirit with At the Male Seminary
tlio health of the pupils as also that
of the Teachers and Superintend-
ents and oinployocs is at present
very good Tho “MohscIs” have not
yet appeared there and wo trust by
adapting rigorous precautionary
measures such a contingency may
bo entirely obviated On tho lfith
of February at tho Female Semina-
ry our first caso of mcasrls appoured
— and efforts wove immediately
madif to circumscribe and confine' it
to a single room — it was soou ap-
parent however that in this we
must fail for in a short whilo it es-
tablished itself in another room ohd
from thoso two points it gradually
spread throughout tho buildiag
Eacli day added now victims and
on tho 2Jd inst wo had eighteen
cases of moascls on the 25th there
were twenty throo and on Iho 20th
the following day the number of
measols nlono wore forty two To-
day the 31st wo havo about sixty
seven or eight on tho “sick roll”
and fifty four or fivo of these
m easel cases
It is sadening and griovous to
look upon To be able to adminis-
ter to tbs various wants of these at
the Female Seminar- we have
four “sick rooms” or wards tho
largest and host ventilated apart-
ments upon second floor ' One of
these “wards” contain tho convales-
cents the other threo those under
treatment all are arranged on bunke
and lounges 'in regular hospital
stylo Tho sick ftotn the “Primary
Department" alone occupying these
“sich-wardt” ' The boarders remain
' -in
their own rooms when taken
sick Throughout the ohtire “board-
ing department there' ia ’but" eae
room tnnt has escaped sickness! ' We
have employed two regular sitk-
nurses" under - monthly' salaries
and aro needing about two more
To give all proper attention details
are mads’ from tba room-mates ‘of
W sick In the boarding department
and Wbon we have had severe cases
tho teacher and our good Super-
intendent havo not hesitated to
“lend us a hand It is evident
thorn tho above that noarly
very other ' interest fo - tbs
Institution has "gone by the board”
till oar “school keeps”— hot It pre-
sents rath or a “wo bo-gono appear
sooo— -a more sksUtpn of its former
elf Iiko tho hungry mss they “go
through tbs mol on" Considering
the large amount of richness our
uiortallv he been small to tho pres-
ent only one ret Hits 1fdianoU
Hit 1 trend f fi a years died
on the 7!t of rnil-
j'p-tc’j-') lit I'neii'--' v
T tc- 'tie- ( C c
Measles) as it prevails bore is se-
vers (hough' ‘not malignant— it is
not that kind known to r the 'pro-
fession as "Bub tola nigra" 1 Some-
time$ ' called tuFronch or Black
Measles" t lio eruption Is large and
red and throughout its entire course
'wfien complicated has shown itself
to be readily' obedient to treat-
ment! Its clonical history is about
os follows'' Tbo patient complains
as in A common cold And4 ss n
ordinair attack of' Infiuenaa there
will boa' kind of mitlco-eerons dis-
charge from the nosey tbs' eyes are
red watev affd painfol there will
b6" frequont 1 eneezirtg' a dry and
pafnfol Cough sick Stomach chilly
sensations with more or less con-
stitutional disturbance aching limbs
and' head-ncho ' These symptoms
may lost from one to four and five
dap with greater Or less severity
and then the characteristic eruption
"begins to appear first about tbe face
head and neck and ftom thence over
the body After the ‘ eruption has
hoen fully established provided the
case is uncomplicated it remains
ont with fever from four to six days
Usually on tbs fourth day the erup-
tion begins to fade about the face
and gradually (Hakes off in scales
like bran and st the end of the
fourth or fifth day the “stage of
desquamation" is over and the pv
tient is convalescent The time oc-
cupied from first to last being about
12 or 15 days There are of course
exceptional cases Some getting
well soonor while others requiring
a longer time And now Mr Edi-
tor with tho limited time 1 have
had away from my patients I have
endeavored to state after some
fashion our condition and tho man-
ner in which we have borne our-
selves under the scourgo Hint is now
upon us os well as to give yOu a
general idea of the sick at both
Seminaries As said before every-
thing at tho Male Seminary looks
well That sqbool is doing a good
work everything moves there in
order Tbe young men and teach-
ers look well Lifo health and a
“flow of soul" seems even at “high-
tide" thero and if tho “ Measles ”
will but give them & “wide berth"
they will flourish like tbo “Cedars
ofLobanon”
Very Truly Yours
W T Adair
Mod Supt M k F Seminaries
MOKOOCB 1 T Starch 25th 1877
Hon W P Boudinot — Sir: —
Pleuso publish this notice of the
Fourth International Fair to ho hold
at Muskogee September 25 26 27
and 28th A D 1877 List of liberal
premiums will be made offorod and
published in July Wo invite and
solicit competition from the Chero-
kee Creek Choctaw Chickasaw
and Seminole Nations with all othor
Indian Tribes
J A Foreman1 Prcst John Ross
Secretary Nr B Mooro Treasurer
W P Ross Vice President for
Cherokee Nation W T Crabtree
Vico President for Creok Nation
J S Stnnloy Vice President Choc-
taw Nation G D Juntos Vice
Prest Chickasaw Nation E J
Brown Vico Prest Seminole Nation
JOHN LEE’S LAST MOMENTS
TUI SCENE OF THE EXECUTION OF TIIE
SENTENCE OF DEATH LAST FRIDAY’S
TRAGEDY ON TUB SPOT ON WHICH
TUff’llEADOW MASSACRE WAS PERPE-
TRATED DESCRIBED BY AN EYE-WITNESS
Refore 9 o’clock the soldiers un-
der the in command of Lieat Pat-
erson had been placed in wagons And
driven to tbo scene of the emigrant
camp where the criminal was to
expiate his crime Some of the sol-
diers were posted on tho adjoining
hills to guard against surprise ' Tbe
wsgons were meanwhile placed in
line near tho monument and army
blankets fostenod over the wheels
Behind this screen the sqnad ef men
who hnd been appointed to ahoot
Lee were to be stationed 'The pur-
pose of this concealment or the fir-
ing party was to prevont the men
composing it from being seen by
any one there botng s fear that
some of tho numerous relatives of
Lee might wreak vengeance on tbe
heads ofhis executioners "
The boards 6f which tho coflJin
was to he formed were next unload-
ed from a wagon and the carpenters
began to nail them togetbe' It was
s rough pine ' box While it was
being mado Lee sat at some distance
away with Marshal Nclsort intently
watching the ecens around him
' The ' civilians began 1 to arrive
jnst then and those specially Invited
oa witnesses were allowed toeome
within the military enclosure - All
of the others 'were' allowed to wit-
ness th preceediags from a con-
siderable dwrUnce east ot the ravino
Lee sat like an Indim chief near
the spot where he was to diet aa cool
and collected aa -ever He began
writing an autograph note in tbe
District attorney's memorandum
book Then he exchanged a few
words with Ue Rev Mr Stokes
At 10-1-2 o'clock the military were
drawn p In lino'and eloeer up to
the scene 'of execution Then the
photographer made his appearance
on tho ronw Soon alter iris the
prison or arose and holding the arm
of Mr Stokreand preeee-AcJ by the
Murriml esd Dtrfnvt Attorney ad-
t nrJ Inward the little corral c-f
wscooe The crCin l-j-j bem ia the
IIOI t’ni pUcrd twentr-fire
l-w J lir La
auLi light ' brown overcoat Ho
seated ' himsotf on' the' Coffiiu as
soon as he arrived at it As soon as
he j Boated--' himself he looked
Brcaud hurriedly though- eotlly
A -'few' 'minutes -weretthen occu-
pied by thej photographer' who
took s picture of tbe condemned man
and the gronped line of speotAi'H
Then the reporters were invi’it to
approach! and Marshal Nelson reml
tba ‘death warrant? During the
reading or the document the priso-
ner manifested po emotion and on
its oonclusiouhe was Informed that
be could then speak if he desired
He proceeded to deliver his ran-
dom speech His voice was very
clear and his manner self-possessed
bathe talked sometimes with re-
markable precision and then rushed
off into a humid style' When be
spoke of Brigham Young’s treatment
of him be exhibited feeling ‘
The speech ended Leo reques-
ted the Rev Mr Stokes to offer a
prayer and both knelt beside the
coffin The minister prayed with
fervency for the prisoner and his
family and asked that it he was in-
nocentman as he professed to be
his innocence might be established
hereafter Then the reporters with-
drew Les took off his overcoat
without assistance and shook hands
with Mr Stokes Marshal Nelson
District Attorney Howard and a
few others The hanksrehief was
tied over his eyos and as it was be-
ing done he asked the Marshal not
to tie his bands The favor being
granted Lee clasped his hands over
nia head bracing himself up stthe
same moment exclaiming “Center
my heartl”
All near tho prisoner stepped
aside and Marshal Nelson ata little
distance to the siuthwest pronoun-
ed the words “Ready— aim— fire”
A flash was seen and Lee fell over
with a dull thud upon his coffin his
arms falling on both sidos of the
box then there came three or four
slightly disconnected reports
Lee s pulse ceased to beat pro-
bably at the moment his heart was
penetrated Sevoral of the five
balls with which he was shot passed
entirely through his body and cut
ridges in the ground in the rear
Nino guns were fired in all four of
them containing blank cartridges
Three of the halls ponotrntod the
heart making but ono hole on tho
body
A few minutes after tho shooting
a corporal fainted in tho ranks
Tbo body was placed in the coffin
and a photographic negative was
obtainou of it and tho spectators
were allowed to view il Tho color
had entirely loft tho face the mouth
had fallen opoo The coffin was
nailed up at once to be taken by
tho solders to Oodnr City- and thence
to Lee's wife Rachel in Pangwitch
Before execution Loo gave what
monoy ho had to tho District Attor-
ney to bo given to Rachol ono of
his wive lie gave hjs coat to Mar-
shal Nelson and his scarf to How-nrd
TIIE CIIICO MASSACRE
cuinambN snOT DOWN while resting
IN TUKIR CABIN AFTER DAYS WORK
This morning we visited tho sceno
of a butchery which took place
Inst night on the Chris Lemma
ranch Six Chinesewere employed
in grubbing and clearing a piece of
land by contract Mr Lemma told
ns they were dilligent Chinamen
and had done good work They
had built a small cabin in which they
lived Tho six Chinamen were all
in the cabin in the evening some
lying down while others were seat-
ed around a lighted candle which
was on a small tablo
On the ground at tho entrance
of tho cabin lay a stalwart China-
man on his face with a bullet wound
in his head Another lay 'about a
foot from him nearly in the same
condition and a third partially over
tho second also wonndod in the
head Tho forth was lying with
his head partly on the matting or
bed with a terrible wound on hie
face He was still alive but itncon-
scionswhen we saw him He died
while the inquest was bomg held
The fifth Chinaman was wounded
in the breast bat he managed to es-
cape to the other sido of tho slough
where he was found dying
Thinking tliat they had complet-
ed their work of slaughter the raur-
derdors poured Jcerosene over the
place and ithe match was applied
After setting the firo they hastily
mado their escape but the wounded
man who had lain perfectly still
arose after their departure and pat
out the flatnoa ne mode his way
to town but nothing was done till
this morning
The assassins were six men and
as the Chinaman describes them
"There were five Molican men and
one boy ' or a little man? They
came right up to the cabin door and
without any warning biased away
each of thorn picking out his victim
which could bo easily- dono as the
candle on the inside showed their
position There is no clew to tbe
perpetrators of this outrago The
Chinamen belongod ‘ to the Nino
Yung Company Tbe citiaons are
going to raise a purse of tl000 as
a reward for the arrest and convio-
tion of tbe assassiD— San -Francisco
Bulletin - - -
Some time ago John Raskin the
English 'philosophical ' critic protes-
ted against hanging aa a method
of execution and partially reques-
ted that ifbe-himeoif were ever
ruilly of murder he might be shot
He gave it as his opinion that “no-
body but a bishop or a bank direc-
tor could ever bo wicked enough to
deserve to be hanged” Curiously
enough tbe first bishop who has
suffered capital puoishmeot for a
longtime was executed yesterday
out in Utah and he was not hanged
as Raekin lays wicked bishops
ought to be but was shot as Raikia
pray ? be himself maybe wbeo he
(teserrs excretion The murder
Lee who has been khol in accor
Uxdco with hi soutane was r for
most of his life had been a Bit-hop
ot the Mormon CLarth otierwi-e
called "The Cl urr h of Jesus Christ
of Ls'tcr Day Famra" The s?ih-
1 01 I t t lU’C-l--u hi— n l-V )jU4-
eelf in accordance with the provis-
ion of the Utah law ha iVldetl a pe-
culiar interest to 'his cose and hi
fnt c It ia a novohr a civil execu-
tion in this way Under tho milita-
ry codes soldiers have been executed
by shooting and In trials by Lynch
law out 7 West- men have suffered
death by the same means " -
' Capiiul punishment by hanging
wns introduced into this country by
its English- settler! 'and lias been
nmintainsd against many attempts
to change it In r Germany - the
heads-man’s axe is the instrument
of decapitation Four years ago
Austria adopted a law to try shoot-
ing os a method of execution
In France for' nearly century
they have enjoyed the guillotine
an instrument which in old times
was used by the Scotoh nnder the
name ot tbe Maiden Iu Spain and
its colonies the death puuisbment
Is administered by the garrote a
mode of execution which many stu-
dents of the art consider superior to
all others Some time ago tbe Rev
O R Frothingham of this city put
out an argument in favor ot poison-
ing capital offenders: — N Y Sun
WAR ON THE "GRASSHOPPER
THE WORK MAPPED OCT RY THE COM-
MISSION AUTHORIZED BY OONORESS
Washington) March 24 — The com-
mission on the habits of the Ameri-
can grasshopper with considera-
tions upon the best methods of end-'
ing him met here to-day and sepa-
rated to meet at St Louis and pro-
ceed upon the summer’s campaign
Besides Dr Hayden and Prof Hen-
ry there are assooiatedwith the
commission Prof Riley Michigan
State Entomologist Cyrus Thom-
as Illinois State Entologist and Dr
Packard of the Amorican Naturalist
Tbe commission has mapped out tbe
region west of the Mississippi and
east of the Rocky Mountains into
three districts in each of which a
member of the commison will de-
vote himself to studying the insect
and an excursion is to bo mado to
Canada for the purpose by Prof
Riley and Dr Packard 1 The par
asites ombriology development and
range of tho insect with a study of
the insect and (he metererological
conditions favoring its growth will
each be tbe object of special investi-
gation by the members of the com-
mission to whom this work will be
assigned by topics Bulletins will be
issued from time to time during the
imumor embodying the researches
of these naturalists and the progress
of the grasshopper — N Y Sun
EGYPT MORTGAGED TO ENG-
LAND From the Philadelphia Press
Egypt is undergoing a speces of
AngliAc-ation Tlio chief offices in
the Cabinet beneath the rank of
Minister are in the hands of Eng-
lishmen who are all liberally I
may say munificently paid The
Posmuster-Generai is an English-
man with a salery o! £2000 a year
his nephow who acts as deputy gets
£1000 and another Englishman
£800 The director of the railway
system is an Englishman with the
handsome salary of£3000 the vico-
director a fellow countryman gets
62000 It is estimated that tho to-
tal of salaries paid to English em-
ployees of the Khedive is about
3500000 and the cry is still they
come Hardly a steamer arrives
here that does not bring capataple
Englishmen sont for by the Khedivo
or in quest of employment as engi-
neers architects naval or military
meiijaiid organizers of some brdnch
or other of the public sorvice Tho
important affairs of the country the
Khedive finds cannot be safely in-
trusted to the natives lacking as
they are in intelligence honesty
and industrial habits Egypt is as
it were mortgaged to British capita-
lists and the Khedive seems dispos-
ed to allow them to manago an
estate of which he is now little else
than a trustee In the goneral
break-up that threatens to take in
place in tho Turkish Empire Egypt
will naturally fall to England as her
portion of tho spoils
It was what is called a dramatic
affair the execution of tho Mormon
Lee upon the Mountain Meadow
wbioh was tho scene of the massacre
in whieh ho participated - twenty
years ago The old murderer who
bad been a ruler in the Church and
State of Mormondom delivered his
dying speech in that solitary region
to the little group there gathorediit
which were hia execution ora He
showed nothing iiko terror or cow-
ardice sat blindfolded clasped his
hands over bis head and asked tbe
Marshal to aim at his heart' which
was quickly to hi by the bails from
five guns Not one of his numerous
wives present nor any of his many
children -Hia confession the gen-
uine copy of which is in tho Sun to-
day contains revelations so extra-
ordinary and terrible as to be almost
beyond belief and brings to light
many things heretofore unknown
about the Mountaiir Meadow massacre'-
The religion that is transfused-
through its sanguinary lines is of a
kind that has long flourished in Mor-
mondom and finds its prophet in
Brigham Young— N Y San
LOUISIANA
THB DROCLAMATIONS
I
Of
THB DUAL
’ ' 1 XXECUTITES' --- i r -
- A New Orleans dispntoh tof Tues-
day morning says Governor Nicho-
lis has issued a proclamation to the
people ef Louisiana commencing:
“The' State government being
now completed in all its branches
in fuirymrformanco 'ofall its func-
tions it become v th q duly ef the
people of Louisiana to promptly dis-
charge theix pocsuUry obligations
to it in order that all ca! cmims
gainst it may be panctuaffy mot
so the ordinary motive indneing
payment of taxes is now added to
that of evincing by soch mvment
the confidence in tbe strength and
stability rf that government end o
jtul AppceJjtion of ti-efnet that it
is tii one chovn by tbe people
TUa evi-b'oin) alrri-fy rcied on
lbi point u calirrly salu'ertnrr
ao 1 I ict)' ln ’y a om'ja- J
a ir V if r i -o 1 f - '-n
throughout' the State! Tho peopled
of Louisiana may rest “couftrlentiy-'t
-assured ?that Ahe -'government ofj
which they have chosen fe tho ex-1
ecutive head will not be imperiled j
by any compromise of their rights”1
—“A - so-called proclamation ef :
Francis T NiehoJls elniminglo bo
tho govornor’’ of Louisiana just
made public contains gross state- 'j
'meats which I ' dcem it my duty':
thus authoritatively to refute ' Mr!
Nicholls who asserts that his gov- 7
eminent is s fixed fact1 cOmpIete’in 5
all its branches is destitute of ono'
shred of legal title to the ’ office' he
attempts to nsurp’—Denison $ews7f
? its d AitfsiD Kv zL'
Public life has its dark side and
it is very dismal The - sodest'l
scenes attend the death’ of Congress
A Washington correspondent draws "I
a striking -and sombre picture in a i
letter in wbichbe' relates what was 1
recently raid to him by an Sx-mem V1
her man who had an honorable 7
public career'-Said this Congress-
man whose term Tied just expired: -
“J have now been in public life '
for twelve years' By the redistrio- 7
ting my State my District- has been ' '!
abolished -1 am almost 'glad to get
out ofpublic servico and yetj I do J
not know what to do- They have -callod
ns all thieves but! have
scarcely money enough -to 'support v
my family in respectability for six i
months I was bred a lawyer and
have bad my old shingle for the "
last ten years creaking upon its rue-' '
ty hinges before my office door in my -native
town It is a littlq town L
The business is small and has grest-£
ly changed and the people have
most forgotten me os lawyer and- '
I doubt if I commence lifo there v
again if I could earn my salt The
young men get all the clients and
need and deoeYve them because they
know tbe modern ways oi the coarts '
The truth is it is like boginning lifo
over again and- the prospects are
blue I tell you' young man if you
ever have any ambition for public
life don’t do it It is a pretty Bor- '
sorrowful spectado to see a man
threo-score years of ago in my con-
dition” I
Tbe publio is a hard task faster
— capricious in opinion exacting
generally unfeeling Often' ungrate-
fill and nearly ulways destitute of
clear discrimination A man enters
public lifo amid the enthasiastia no-
claims of a rejoioing populace Ho"
serves the public faithfully doing
more work probably for leeff pay
than he bas over receivod At the
end of one or two or half a-dozen
terms he is left out FpraHthe
years service he can count no per- -sonal
gain It has taken the wholo -ofhis
salary to live Ho has In ef-
fect given two or six to twenty
years of hard Inborous faitiiful sor- -vieo
to the public for a bare living
His life has been rich experience
but not of that character which ia
valuable in tbo ordinary every-day
affairs of life If lie is a professional
man be bad to give up on entering
public life! the practice -he had built
up probably by long years of effort 1
and application It he goes back to
his office ho finds that younger men 'f
have supplanted him im business '
and bo gets very little to do Ho
must commence at an advanced
nge probably at the foot of the lad-
dor where he commenced a genera-
tion ago
When tbo newCabinot wns form-
ed a man sixty years of age stepped
out He - has been a jjainent '
figure in public life for twenty-three
years He was three times elected
Governor of his State thrice elected
United States Senator and then
appointed Secretary of the Trcasff-
ry His publio career had been as
usoftil as it was distinguished No
suspicion of corruption had over-
clouded his good name ' He enter-
ed tho public servied with a mode-
rate competence He -went ont of
the office of Socretsry of the Trens- -ury
poor And the President whoa -those
facts were presented to him'
appointed him os Collector for the
port of Portland ‘ Maine1 In ’ order
that ho might pot in his old age be
loft destitute ’’ - ’
We hear so much of the men in -public
life who fatten on corruption
that the people are prone to think
that nearly all our public men are -venal-
Wo hear very little of the
men who -after a career of distin-
guished usefulness in official stations
step oat with dean hands' poorer
than when they came in ' And yet
thero are dozens of tbe latter data
where there js one of the former
There ia far- more - ot ! honesty than
dishonesty in public Jifo but we
folk very much oi the corruption
nnd very littlo of the usefulness and -parity
of oar public servants Bel- -nap’s
dishonesty is heralded on the '
wings of tba wind all over the whole '
world bnt Lot Morrill’s stainless
publio lifo excites very little com
menti Very few of our Presidents
have ever managed to uva anything
from their salaries Mr Fish was
Secretary of Stats for eight years--Iiis
salary was $3000 per annum '
and it is state that he spent $50- -000
ad anally 'in entertaining the-'
diplomates1 and representative of
foreign countries' Ho was enormously-
rich before he cams into
the o (Boo and conld afford iti The'
old Treasurer of the- United States
Francis E Spinner bandied all the '
vast sums expended by the Govern-
ment dnring the war and for several '
years afterwards and went out of
office poor— His salary dnring the
wholo of hie-incumbency was not
one-third of tho amount paid to tho- 1
cashiers of bunks in our largest
cities but his responsibilities were
a thousandfold greater Congress
by an unanimous vote relieved him -from
responsibility fee tbo defalca-
tion of one of his subordinate orbs
would bava been en retiring from
officn hopelentty bankrupt
There arc some of the dark tides
of public tile So many ambitions ’
yoang men think there are ne dark
sido) to publio j edition tioitit i well
tolKwpeoeh uo r (beta Is riy
Alf pceitiGine havo thoir trouble
but in frt t f?i jvi 'jnu i M a
rul-i iiuite crod?a wth eurow
d'raj'pclntrceif and xrinn
tbn any ether walk in ie Ti
ji fit c-'i f rl 'i 'ir ’r lbs prirut
-'i rrhr-n -r 're - V c hiikir
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